Signing In At Mount Sword For 100 Years To Become Invincible

Chapter 53: Heavenly Saint Dynasty’s Hidden Sword Pavilion

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

According to Daoist Li, on the surface, the Hidden Sword Pavilion was the armory for the palace guards. In fact, there was a secret room inside. Most of the divine artifacts stored there were used by famous generals.

After the generals died on the battlefield or retired to the countryside, they would keep the weapons they used in the Hidden Sword Pavilion. When the generals in the future made extraordinary contributions, the royal family would reward them with this. It was considered a supreme honor for the soldiers!

Therefore, compared to the divine weapons of Mount Sword, the divine weapons in the Hidden Sword Pavilion not only had incomparable power, but they were also passed down from generation to generation.

When Lin Ran first arrived in the palace, he had also wanted to go to the Hidden Sword Pavilion to “expand his knowledge”, but he had never found a good cause to do so. Now that the empress was preparing to open the Hidden Sword Pavilion, wasn’t this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

If he could obtain the inheritance of a famous general in the Hidden Sword Pavilion, his cultivation might advance further!

Thinking of this, Lin Ran immediately became excited, but he still pretended to be calm. “I didn’t want to join in the fun, but since you’re sincere in inviting me, I’ll go with you.”

“Thank you, Sword God!”

Zhou Hao was overjoyed. Then, he took out a wooden box from his pocket. After opening it, he carefully took out an incomplete manual.

“Sword God, this is the sword manual that has been passed down in the Zhou family for generations. Unfortunately, it’s incomplete. Although it’s nothing to you, it’s the most precious gift I can give!”

Lin Ran looked puzzled. “What is this all about, Imperial Guard Zhou?”

Zhou Hao replied in a low voice in embarrassment, “To be honest, I have my own selfish motives for inviting you today… I’ve long heard that the Ten Miles Sword God has a pair of discerning eyes that can distinguish the divine weapons in the world, so I want you to choose a suitable weapon for me. Please fulfill my wish!”

“No problem.”

Lin Ran nodded without hesitation and put away the sword manual. As for choosing a weapon for Zhou Hao, he did not take it to heart at all.

Zhou Hao was just an ordinary guard. There were thousands of such guards in the palace. Even if the guards were going to get new weapons, they couldn’t possibly be allowed to use divine weapons.

If he agreed, he would get a sword manual for nothing. Why would Lin Ran say no?

Unfortunately, Zhou Hao did not know he was being fooled.

Seeing that the Sword God agreed so readily, Zhou Hao was so happy that the corners of his mouth were about to reach the back of his head. He lay on the ground and kowtowed to thank him. Lin Ran was worried that he would have a concussion from kowtowing like that.

After Zhou Hao was done kowtowing, he added, “Sword God, I still have to inform the commander of the guards, Lin Ran. Please wait here for a moment!”

“Stop!”

Lin Ran hurriedly called out to stop Zhou Hao. “I heard that His Majesty was assassinated a few days ago and Commander Lin was injured while protecting him. Let him rest and recover.”

When Zhou Hao heard this, he cupped his hands and said in admiration, “Sword God, although you’ve been staying in Mingzhao Hall all this while, you know everything in the palace like the back of your hand. I simply can’t express how much I admire you.”

Lin Ran waved his hand and said indifferently. “Don’t waste time. Lead the way.”

“Yes!”

Under Zhou Hao’s lead, the two of them left Mingzhao Hall and arrived at the Hidden Sword Pavilion in the northeast corner of the palace.

When Lin Ran arrived, the place was already filled with people lining up to receive their new weapons.

Fortunately, these guards were well-trained. They lined up in small groups and handed over their swords one after another. Then, the officials of the Hidden Sword Pavilion distributed new swords to them. The entire process was orderly. Although there were many people, it was not messy at all.

Lin Ran nodded in approval. The empress really had a way of managing such a big palace.

However, Zhou Hao couldn’t stay calm. He thought that he could enter the Hidden Sword Pavilion to choose a weapon of his choice, so he gave his precious manual to Ten Miles Sword God. He didn’t expect the process would be done in this way. Then wouldn’t his sword manual be given away for nothing?

Thinking of this, Zhou Hao immediately felt his blood boil.

Lin Ran, who was standing at the side, sensed something wrong. Before Zhou Hao could speak, he took the initiative to speak first, “Guard Zhou, I’m afraid I can’t do what you wanted me to. This sword manual…”

“You, you can keep it. Take it as a gift from me.”

Zhou Hao replied with a pained expression. In fact, he had stolen this sword manual from his family. He thought that he would be able to choose a divine weapon. He did not expect to end up with nothing.

However, if he could use this sword manual to get close to the Ten Miles Sword God, Zhou Hao thought it was worth it. At the very least, his father wouldn’t beat him to death for the sake of the Ten Miles Sword God.

Lin Ran didn’t care. He nodded and walked straight to the Hidden Sword Pavilion.

When the guards saw a black-clothed figure walking over with endless sword intent, they immediately knelt down. Even the officials of the Hidden Sword Pavilion hurriedly stood up from their seats and knelt down to welcome the Sword God.

The empress had long ordered that the Ten Miles Sword God could go where he wished in the palace and no one was to stop him.

Lin Ran took advantage of this privilege today. He raised his hand and gestured for everyone to stand up before walking into the Hidden Sword Pavilion.

As soon as he stepped across the threshold, a familiar voice sounded in Lin Ran’s mind.

[Ding!]

[Special location detected. The host is in the Heavenly Saint Dynasty’s Hidden Sword Pavilion.]

[Host, do you want to sign in?]

Lin Ran was delighted. His previous guess was right. A location with divine weapons was a special location!

At the same time, Lin Ran also noticed that the location detected by the system was the Heavenly Saint Dynasty’s Hidden Sword Pavilion. In other words, there were also “Hidden Sword Pavilion” in other dynasties. If he had the chance to visit the Hidden Sword Pavilion of other dynasties, who knew how many rewards he would receive!

After being excited for a while, Lin Ran calmed down and began to size up the Hidden Sword Pavilion.

The first thing he saw was rows of weapon racks made of ebony.

Standard longswords were placed neatly in the rack. Just by standing in front of them, one could feel the sharp sword intent contained in them.

However, Lin Ran’s goal this time was the secret room in the Hidden Sword Pavilion. Even if he wiped these weapons and signed in, he probably wouldn’t get anything good.

Thinking of this, Lin Ran continued walking. He quickly passed through the rows of weapon racks and walked straight to the secret room in the depths.

Lin Ran remembered that Daoist Li had said that the secret room in the Hidden Sword Pavilion was surrounded by layers of weapon racks, which was the center of the Hidden Sword Pavilion.

However, Lin Ran walked all the way to the end of the Hidden Sword Pavilion and didn’t see anything that looked like a room.

“Could it be that the secret room has been moved away?”