Using Cultivator's Crevice as a test point this time for revising the contents of the spirit sword exchange meet was the result of collaboration between Huang Xinghe and Moyue Jian these silly two brothers. The rest of the teachers hadn't been alerted about this and had only recieved a message three hours before the exchange meet.
The two headmasters hadn't expected the trial version to be this successful. Various kinds of functional magic artifacts continuously appeared, which made the spirit sword exchange much more interesting. All the students in the audience were invested in the event and not a single person had dozed off. In previous years, halfway through the event, students would prop their heads like the Philosopher.
But still, unexpected things had happened during the event.
The spirit sword refinement process this time in the end was still a trial version. There were many imbalances in this battle; once the side gained an advantage, the other side would have no way to win.
This resulted in "that" type of scenario...
That was, before most people needed to properly build a spirit sword, they could very likely use the blank sword and the great magic sword to end the competition fast.
... Wait f**k! How could there be no spirit swords in an exchange meet!
The two brothers realising this now were instantly embarrassed!
All the students carried spirit swords — why would they not have the opportunity to show them off?
But the event was already over!
When Xero came out the virtual space with his companions, he heard two headmasters communicating telepathically in constant back and forth.
"Senior brother… you should hurry up and think of something!"
"…"
Headmaster Jian covered his face, "A spirit sword exchange without spirit swords… if this gets out, I'll be pissed on for life!"
"Ai… Junior brother calm down!" Huang Xinghe knew that once this junior brother worked himself into such an agitated state, the maiden heart sealed would overflow within. For the sake of the Starfall Valley's reputation, and that both of the students and teachers' eyes from both schools were on them… Huang Xinghe's brain spun wildly!
Shortly after that, Huang Xinghe cleared his throat and said in a relaxed voice. "Deputy Director Master Akira still has a spirit sword performance later, how about we choose one of the students' sword for the Nine Heavens Falling Edge?"
Headmaster Jian breathed a sigh of relief, "Senior brother, great idea!"
Headmaster Huang: ";)"
Xero couldn't help twitching his lips. "…"
…
On the stage, Master Akira stared at the spirit swords laid out on the table with cold sweat.
Honestly, this was a much better outcome than Akira could've imagined; he didn't want to perform the Heaven Blade Parting Skill, but he could handle the Nine Heavens Falling Edge. Whether the performance ended smoothly or not, it would depend on which sword he chose.
Because all of these swords already have a master; for a stranger to wield them… he would need a tremendous amount of strength and power.
As Deputy Director of the General Management of 100 Academies, if he f**ked this up, he would be shitted on!
"Man… I really wanted to show off Xing Lie and Xingbai…" Sitting below the stage, Xinyan sighed.
"It's fine, don't worry. Maybe you can show them off in the spirit sword classes next semester?" Lianhua comforted her.
"… It'll take too longg..!" Xinyan pouted while puffing her cheeks.
"Your swordsmanship has improved a whole lot Xinyan!" Misaki smiled.
Xinyan lifted her head up and chuckled, "Yeah! After Teacher Xuan showed me that book of Dark Conjuror, I learnt the secrets of parent and child swords!"
"What's the secret?" Han Jue asked.
"Two bitches together = invincible!"
"…"
"I wonder what sword Master Akira will choose…"
…
Master Akira's eyes flicked back and forth as he scanned the spirit swords. Misaki's Stardust Sunder has already formed a sword spirit… it would be impossible for him to control it. As for Xinyan's parent and child swords, he didn't even want to wield that, that would be enough to kill him if not handled properly…
The rest of the spirit swords: Zhen Jie's King Jie, Han Jue's Knight Tiger, Lianhua's Petalshade, Zunhao's Moonlit Edge, Yixuan's Duankong, Xie Zhenyu's Ethereal Vow, and the Soaring Dragon series of the two brothers, Ji Tianqi and Ji Mingze.
Xero's eyes followed Master Akira's gaze.
It was a slim chance, he wouldn't choose Kongji right?
Right?!
…
Then Master Akira picked the medium sized wooden sword, "Then it'll be you! I choose your sword!"
Xero: "…"
Master Akira had his own reasons as to why he chose Kongji.
First of all, this sword looked harmless; and definitely didn't pose any threat and it looked easy to handle.
Second, the master of this sword was Xero.
He felt this was a miracle…
Holding Kongji, he was determined to perform well! If I can do well using laoban's sword, I might be able to please him!
"…"
Go f**king please your mom! And who the f**k is your laoban! Don't make me curse your head!
Xero sighed. He could only hope that Kongji would hold back his strength against a stranger…. Under no circumstances is this sword allowed to go on a rampage or else… well, everyone here might have to move to another country.
Although this sounded like an exaggeration, this was truly a fact.
Kongji was indeed a medium sized wooden sword, but its power was boundless.
When Xero had entered the Dimensional Barrier Between Worlds to save Old Jing Yu, he had used Kongji to slice the demon army and god. Soaked in the blood of the demon god along with its soldiers, Kongji underwent tremendous and powerful refinement. It was since that time, like Xero, that he couldn't suppress his prehistoric powers.
Like spirit sword like master indeed…
"And now, let us invite the Deputy Director of the General Management of 100 Academies, Teacher Akira, to bring everyone a wonderful performance of the Nine Heaven Falling Edge!" Seeing that Master Akira had selected a spirit sword, the female host shouted excitedly.
With Kongji in hand, Master Akira slowly walked to the center of the sports field accompanied with thunderous applause…
On the stage, Li Hong frowned. "This spirit sword… is it Student Zhang's?"
Beside him, Headmaster Huang didn't know why he answered this question, but answered nonetheless. "Yes, it is Xero's. He was born into a relatively poor family, and our school is ready to organize a home visit and raise money to help him."
The old secretary nodded with satisfaction, "Well done. However poor we are, we should never be poor in the education of our children. Each and every student should feel care and respect, only then, will they grow in spirit."
Next to him, the directors of the two schools and headmasters leading the teams couldn't help nodding. "Secretary Hong is quite right!"
"Well, everyone, it has been hard for you. It should be common practice for everyone including teachers to show concern to students alike." As the old secretary was speaking, he still couldn't help but stare into the heavenly wooden sword in Akira's hands.
Was he... concerned?
For some reason, he felt that this sword was a little... unusual.