"However, I must remind you of one thing. Although the Sword Forest seems to contain only swords, in reality, the Patriarch set up a sword formation. Unless someone destined can draw out the treasured sword without harm, anyone else who forcibly attempts to draw a sword will trigger a restriction, and the sword formation will immediately activate..."

Qin Fang was confident in his own strength; even if these longswords were embedded in stone, he was sure he could pull them out. Moreover, with his scouting skill—such an extraordinary skill—he could easily discern the best sword among these hundreds of treasured swords.

Yet, before Qin Fang had a chance to rejoice and was ready to step into the Sword Forest to retrieve a sword, Cui Haoyu unexpectedly added a remark.

"For many years, no one has ever come out of this sword formation alive... Not even a grandmaster!"

Especially Cui Haoyu's words were like a basin of cold water poured over him, causing Qin Fang to break out in a cold sweat...

Master of Yijian Fu Cailin was probably a top-level expert at Level 9, and the sword formation he set up in his later years was definitely the pinnacle of his swordsmanship.

Once such a sword formation is triggered, it's difficult for even a grandmaster or great grandmaster to enter and leave unscathed, let alone Qin Fang, who is only at a grandmaster level now.

"Well... I'll give it a try!"

Qin Fang naturally didn't doubt the truth of Cui Haoyu's words; he was willing to let Qin Fang have a go, suggesting that he was quite confident about it as well.

Moreover, although there were hundreds of treasured swords planted in the Sword Forest, very few had been taken. Only a few sword slots were empty; most remained intact.

For hundreds of years, both the Cui and Fu families had passed down through at least a dozen generations, with at least a hundred grandmaster-level experts and more than a dozen grandmaster-level experts.

Yet, with so many experts, only twenty or thirty treasured swords had been taken at most. The vast majority remained in their original places, which spoke volumes.

"Let's not talk about this for now; there's plenty of time. Let's head over there..."

Cui Haoyu chuckled, pulling on Qin Fang, who was about to enter the Sword Forest to seek opportunities, and gestured toward the group not far away.

Since the host had made such a request, Qin Fang couldn't refuse. After all, his current identity was quite special—joining at the host's discretion; otherwise, he wouldn't have known about the Sword Forest's existence.

"Why is he here?"

In fact, when Qin Fang appeared at the Sword Forest, many from the Cui and Fu families looked genuinely surprised, not understanding how Qin Fang ended up there.

Their gazes toward Qin Fang were strange. In terms of age, Qin Fang was even younger than the few winning contestants, yet in terms of skill, only the grandmaster-level experts Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin could surely defeat him, while experts like Steward Fu and Cui Zheming didn't dare to claim they could certainly overcome Qin Fang.

A few days ago, the battle between Qin Fang and Shi Yuan Yilang revealed much, especially since Shi Yuan Yilang mysteriously disappeared afterward. Although the Fu family never found his corpse, they guessed that Shi Yuan Yilang was likely ended by Qin Fang...

As for the missing body, though Bagong Mountain wasn't large, finding a place to hide a body wasn't difficult, so it wasn't surprising they couldn't find it.

But the issue was that this was an internal Yijian assembly of the two families, involving the most secretive matters, yet Qin Fang was called in, which was quite surprising.

"This gentleman, you must all be familiar with him—Young Master Qin from Dragon Country—and today he will participate in the Chess Sword Formation Remnant with four junior disciples from our two families..."

Cui Haoyu brought Qin Fang to the front of the crowd and immediately answered everyone's inner questions with this statement.

"What? Let him participate..."

However, the crowd from the two families was puzzled upon hearing this, almost everyone was stunned and stood there gawking, unable to comprehend for a long time.

"Ahem ahem..."

Fortunately, Cui Haoyu expected this kind of reaction and quickly coughed, awakening everyone from their shock.

"Family Head..."

A hesitant elder from the Cui Family seemed on the verge of speaking up.

But just as he was about to speak, Cui Haoyu waved his hand impatiently, saying, "This matter has been decided, so the elders need not say more. Lead these younger ones to prepare, as the remnant will soon begin..."

"Yes, Family Head..."

Although a few elders from the Cui Family looked as though they had more to say, with Cui Haoyu's decision, they had no choice but to agree reluctantly and began leading people to prepare.

Seeing this scene, Qin Fang wondered a bit, because it seemed these people were too compliant, not making any fuss.

What Qin Fang didn't know was that the two families usually revered their family heads; once a decision was made by the head, it was rarely overturned.

Even though both families had many elders, and the Council of Elders held significant power, sometimes even overthrowing a family head...

But those were rare occurrences, as anyone who could become a family head was undeniably the first master of the family. Though the elders had significant power, without matching the head's strength, disputes would end up being pointless. The head could even charge dissenting elders with uprising and handle them decisively, without anyone saying a word!

Currently, in both the Cui and Fu families, only the two family heads were grandmaster-level experts, so the elders could only obey; otherwise, one disciplinary action would suffice as punishment.

So, upon hearing that Qin Fang had taken a spot meant for a Cui Family member to solve the Chess Sword Formation Remnant, even though they were very unwilling, Cui Haoyu's words quelled them immediately.

Of course, the main objections were from the Cui family's side; the Fu family was much quieter...

Although they were the victors in the competition, due to one contestant's breach of rules requiring a slot to be given to the Cui family, they were quite upset.

But it was an unchangeable matter; rules set a thousand years ago couldn't be altered, or the two families would indeed clash.

Unhappy as they were, they had to swallow it down, feeling most only internal disdain. However, with the slot, initially meant for the Cui family, now going to Qin Fang, an outsider, they were surprised but somewhat accepting.

In fact, they even felt a slight delight—seeing the Cui family upset turned their discontent into satisfaction!

"Young Master Qin, sorry for the spectacle..."

Seeing his family's obvious dissatisfaction, Cui Haoyu awkwardly spoke, appearing very humble, making Qin Fang feel slightly embarrassed.

"Senior Cui, you truly... make this junior feel ashamed!"

Qin Fang politely replied, though he couldn't let go of the opportunity, especially as he suspected Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin might not have purely good intentions, possibly harboring some unknown motive, so Qin Fang naturally had to approach it carefully.

Everything now seemed like Cui Haoyu's sugar-coated bullet, and Qin Fang's plan was to peel off the sugar coating and throw the bullet back...

"I won't say much more. Soon, Qinglin and I will initiate the Chess Sword Formation Remnant, and you will enter with four other disciples... Like I said, it all depends on your fate. If you manage to solve the remnant left by the Patriarch, you might inherit the Patriarch's Sword Dao legacy! Maybe, by then, we two will have to call you 'Master Grandfather'..."

Cui Haoyu patted Qin Fang's shoulder, speaking with a cheerful grin. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation.)

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