Martial Master

However, when Qin Chen saw that the one hundredth silver sword path beside him had already disappeared, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It seemed that You Qianxue didn't need him to wait at all, and had already left the sword path.

Thinking about it, he had spent almost three days on the supreme sword path to resist the chilling power of the mysterious rusty sword.

Even the later white-clothed woman had caught up with him, so it was only natural that You Qianxue had passed through the sword path earlier than him.

However, why wasn't Qianxue here waiting for him?

Qin Chen began to feel puzzled again.

Just like how he first thought of waiting for You Qianxue when he passed through the sword path, You Qianxue, if she had passed the sword path, would definitely not leave so easily, but would stay here to wait for him.

Yet now, there was no sign of You Qianxue at all.

Could it be that she didn't pass the sword path assessment?

This wasn't impossible. If his guess was correct, the further along the sword path, the greater the difficulty. You Qianxue relied on her spiritual seed and the aura of ancient strong beings to activate the one hundredth sword path, but based on her true strength, she shouldn't have been able to reach the level of one hundred sword paths.

In that case, it was not impossible for her to have failed at the sword path.

If that was the case, it would truly be a case of trying too hard and failing.

Qin Chen smiled bitterly.

Although he didn't know what assessments lay ahead, simply stopping at the first level of the sword path was a huge loss no matter how one looked at it.

Of course, this was just Qin Chen's speculation; it was also possible that You Qianxue had encountered something and left here first.

Since You Qianxue had either left or failed the sword path, Qin Chen didn't linger any longer and directly swept forward.

Now, there were hardly any sword paths left on the cliff; it was estimated that the vast majority of people had already passed through the sword path, and he was one of the slowest batches. If he didn’t hurry, what if there were treasures ahead?

As he quickly flew forward, the way ahead was completely clear. About half an hour later, Qin Chen finally saw a towering sword that reached into the heavens, exuding an aura that shocked the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

However, this was not a real treasure sword, but a peak that stood like a sword, soaring into the clouds. Even at an infinite distance, he could still sense waves of sword energy sweeping across, captivating and breathtaking.

The peak seemed to be right in front of him, but it took Qin Chen a full day to arrive at the foot of the peak.

A straight path appeared before Qin Chen, with the entire sword mountain towering into the clouds, its peak unseen.

Qin Chen began to climb the mountain, but after walking for a short while, he unexpectedly encountered countless forked paths at the end of the road.

"Just walk down any one."

Qin Chen frowned; with so many forked paths, there was no discernible difference, and he didn't know which one was correct, so he would just pick randomly.

He casually chose a path and walked forward. To his surprise, this path was very winding, and after walking back and forth for two hours, he found that it turned out to be a dead end. Ahead was a cliff that was bottomless and pitch dark.

No need to ask; falling down would definitely lead to losing his qualification for the inheritance.

This was definitely the wrong path.

Qin Chen turned back along the original route. This time he quickened his pace and returned to the starting position in just one hour, then chose another path. After going around again, this time it was better; after two hours, he unexpectedly came across three forked paths ahead.

“If this path is the wrong one, then no matter which one I choose, I will only walk further down the wrong road.”

“If I move blindly, I might never find my way out in my lifetime.”

“There should be some kind of rule here, or perhaps a formation.”