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In the end, the visible part of the Emissary Sword Tournament ended, and the judges invited by the two major families all bid farewell and left, but Qin Fang chose to stay.

Declining the gracious invitations from Elder Mu, Fang Zonglin, and others, Qin Fang did not leave with them.

However, Qin Fang did accept Fang Zonglin's invitation, expressing that when he had some free time, he would definitely visit the Little Island and the Tian Nan Sect to experience this unique atmosphere.

Regarding Qin Fang's decision to stay, the Cui and Fu families maintained a fairly polite attitude. Steward Fu even personally entertained Qin Fang, treating him as a distinguished guest.

Although he knew that Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin would never give him such a big advantage without reason, Qin Fang still decided to stay. At least this Emissary Sword Tournament held some attraction for him.

Qin Fang wasn't hoping to unravel the Chess Sword Formation Remnant left by Master of Yijian, Fu Cailin; he was only thinking of gaining some benefits from it.

As of now, he was already at the Master Level Peak in terms of cultivation, but crossing over to the Grandmaster Level posed an incredibly huge chasm.

To fill this chasm, in addition to the grind of time, an enormous opportunity is also needed... this Chess Sword Formation Remnant undoubtedly belongs to such an opportunity.

With such a big advantage, to the extent that the two families would fight life and death for a single spot, it's simply handed to Qin Fang for free. If he said there wasn't any trickery involved, Qin Fang wouldn't believe it even if he died. As for Cui Haoyu's so-called bullshit reason, Qin Fang didn't take it seriously at all.

With such a reason, perhaps it might be enough to fool a child, but taking it to Qin Fang here, only a fool would believe Cui Haoyu's words.

If only the Mind Reading Technique worked on Cui Haoyu, Qin Fang would have already extracted all the nonsense from his mind.

Given an advantage for nothing, Qin Fang knew there must be an issue here, and he even suspected that Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin might have specially designed this trap against him.

The deaths of Shi Yuan Yilang and Cui Zhimin, others might not be able to find out anything, but the joint efforts of these two families could definitely guess something, and they might have some hatred towards him already.

However, regardless of what happens, this Chess Sword Formation Remnant is a rare opportunity. If he can gain something from it, it would substantially aid Qin Fang in breaking into the Grandmaster Level.

As for danger, while Qin Fang would maintain caution, he wouldn't be overly cautious... unless the two Great Grandmaster Level experts, Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin, team up to besiege him, perhaps then his life might truly be at risk.

Otherwise... Qin Fang was confident that his capacity for self-preservation would still pose no problem at all.

He was even certain that if these two Great Grandmaster Level experts really intended him harm, while he might indeed be in danger, they would also fail to benefit much from it.

Anyway, since Qin Fang had decided to stay, naturally he needed to focus and make some preparations for the upcoming Chess Sword Formation Remnant.

"Sharpening the axe won't delay the woodcutting." Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Fang sorted out the items in his Props Box, preparing some necessary equipment in advance to avoid finding what he needs later on, which would be too time-consuming.

"Young Master Qin, please..."

After Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin had sent off the invited judges from Bagong Mountain, they returned together and entered the next process, specially dispatching Steward Fu to invite Qin Fang.

These two Great Grandmasters naturally cared about their reputation. Their joint invitation was already quite an honor, and it was impossible for them to come personally to invite Qin Fang on his journey.

"Steward Fu, is the Sword Forest also in this mountain?"

Steward Fu led the way ahead, guiding Qin Fang deep into Bagong Mountain. The path was eerily quiet, devoid of even a ghostly shadow. This made Qin Fang feel quite uneasy, as if the old steward wasn't leading him to the Chess Sword Formation Remnant, but instead was luring him deep into the mountains for some other purpose...

It was precisely because of this that Qin Fang couldn't help but ask. After all, during his battle with Shi Yuan Yilang and the pursuit of Cui Zhimin, he had run through many areas of the mountain and hadn't noticed any particular locations.

This could be because Cui Zhimin knew the location of the Sword Forest and feared the secret would be exposed, so he purposely led Qin Fang astray... but Qin Fang still felt there was something off.

"Indeed... it's in the mountain!"

Steward Fu seemed to perceive Qin Fang's doubt and lightly nodded, saying, "The location of the Sword Forest is very secluded, and except for a very few people, not even our two families know exactly where it is... It's like this Emissary Sword Tournament; many people thought it was over, but actually, only some elders of the two families and several winning disciples in the contest will go to the Sword Forest, hence the absence of people along the way!"

"So that's the case..."

Hearing Steward Fu's explanation, although Qin Fang couldn't tell its authenticity, at least the logic held up.

The Sword Forest is a secret location of the two major families, and ideally, as few people as possible should know about it; otherwise, it would be difficult to maintain its mysteriousness.

This is the same as the secret location of the Ryu Family. Besides the Family Head, not even the elders of the family know where it is actually located…

If the secret location is exposed, then a lot of experts are bound to flock there. Although the Chess Sword Formation Remnant has restrictions set up to limit the number of people entering, it's hard to prevent some experts, who couldn't get in, from deliberately causing trouble.

If some destructive restriction is triggered that completely destroys this secret place, it's likely that the people of the Cui and Fu Families wouldn't even be able to cry about it.

Despite Steward Fu's reasonable explanation, Qin Fang still remained quite vigilant about it, as this matter exuded a deep sense of conspiracy.

The mountain was extraordinarily quiet. After all, this was Fu Family's territory. Besides the Fu Family members, almost no one else came here…

And now, from the Fu Family's side, those who knew about the Chess Sword Formation Remnant had already gone to the Sword Forest. Those who didn't know were celebrating the Fu Family's victory.

Naturally, on the way, Qin Fang and his companions found the place eerily empty, without anyone to interfere with them.

"Young Master Qin, forgive my bluntness, but the Sword Forest is Fu Family's forbidden place, and the way to enter it is extremely secretive, so…"

When they reached a dense forest, Steward Fu suddenly stopped, pulled out a black blindfold, and courteously expressed this.

"No problem…"

Qin Fang glanced at the surrounding environment but couldn't discern anything unusual. Yet, there was no one around, and not a sound could be heard. He wondered if there was something special about the location of the Sword Forest.

However, since Steward Fu had put it this way, Qin Fang didn't refuse and took the blindfold, directly putting it over his eyes, making his surroundings turn pitch black.

Then Steward Fu handed Qin Fang something like a rope, "Young Master Qin, you hold onto this rope. I will walk in front, and you just need to follow me…"

Of course, Qin Fang assented, and this way, he became a "half-blind man," unable to see and needing guidance to walk.

Naturally, Qin Fang dared to do this because he had his own reliance.

Even though his eyes couldn't see, his mini-map function was still available. If anyone showed up around him, or if Steward Fu tried to harm him, Qin Fang could detect it instantly.

So, he wasn't afraid of Steward Fu playing tricks, hence he had no reason to refuse his request…

Once everything was ready, Steward Fu immediately set out, with Qin Fang holding onto the rope, following step by step slowly behind him.

Steward Fu wasn't walking very fast, but not too slow either, changing directions after every few meters, repeating this back and forth…

Qin Fang had a quite good sense of direction, but with his eyes unable to see, he quickly got disoriented with the constant change of directions.

Luckily, Qin Fang's mini-map had its own direction indicator, regardless of how often Steward Fu changed directions, Qin Fang could always grasp the current position they were heading towards.

Time ticked away, with Steward Fu leading Qin Fang through the mountains for over twenty minutes already. Had it been anyone else, they'd likely have grown impatient by now, but Qin Fang maintained complete composure.

He kept a close watch on his surroundings, constantly using his Scouting Skill. Although his eyes couldn't see, he still had everything within his control.

He even mentally noted the location of every tree and stone, gradually drawing a route map in his mind according to Steward Fu's directions…

This route map, though not precise to every single point, was still close enough for Qin Fang to roughly estimate, with an error margin not exceeding one meter; it was already quite accurate.

Buzz~~

Just as Qin Fang was silently drafting this route map in his mind, the mini-map suddenly underwent a major change. What was originally an empty map now displayed more than ten red dots, indicating that suddenly over ten people appeared around them…

"Young Master Qin, we've arrived… You may take off your blindfold!"

Just as Qin Fang was heightening his vigilance, Steward Fu's voice sounded in his ears. Clearly, they had arrived at their destination… the Sword Forest.

"Is this the Sword Forest?"

When Qin Fang took off the blindfold and somewhat regained his vision, he looked around, a deep astonishment filled his eyes. He almost couldn't believe it and inquired in disbelief, evidently shocked by the scene in front of him… (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation.)

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