"As you command, Master!"
Ximen Gu was overjoyed and followed the elder in black as they passed through numerous Sword Tombs, arriving in front of a giant stone.
"This is the Sword Testing Stone. Before entering the Forbidden Land, you must draw your sword to test if you qualify to enter."
"As you command."
Outside the Forbidden Land, a man wearing a Sword Pavilion robe watched a figure approaching with a look of confusion.
"Is it Junior Brother?"
The man called out but received no response. As Ximen Gu approached step by step, just when the man was puzzled, Ximen Gu suddenly drew his sword violently, and the terrifying Sword Momentum surged.
"Junior Brother, what are you...?"
The man looked at the long sword piercing through his chest with disbelief, slowly falling into a pool of blood, helplessly watching his junior brother, who seemed possessed, head further in.
"Master, how was my strike?"
"Not enough."
Blood dripped from the sword's edge, leading deeper inside.
