Yuan accepted the silver key shortly after. Although the reward may seem insignificant at glance, it obviously had a significance behind it.
Of course, Yuan saw the Nine Supreme Swords as the real reward for this trial, so he didn't think too much about it.
Once the spectators were certain that the trial had ended, they started crowding around Yuan.
"Young Lord, can you please tell me your name?!"
"Which family do you belong to, Young Master?!"
"Please get away from my friend! Can't you see that he's tried?! Shoo! Shoo!" Tian Yanyu rushed over and started chasing away the crowd.
"Are you okay?" She then asked him. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
"Yeah, I'm fine." He nodded.
"Really? Your injuries don't seem to be healing anymore…" Tian Yanyu said as she stared at his half naked bloodied body.
<Due to the lingering Sword Qi in your wounds, your regeneration has slowed down greatly>
"It'll eventually heal itself, and it isn't as bad as it seems— I promise." Yuan smiled.
"Hey! There's something wrong with the Nine Swords Trial! It's not restoring the damage! It should've started by now!" Someone there suddenly shouted.
Normally, even if the entire platform disappeared, the Nine Swords Trial would restore all damage dealt to the land after every challenger.
"Maybe it's slowed down because of the severe destruction? The damage this time around is incomparably large." Someone said.
"That makes sense. Let's give it some time."
Unbeknownst to these people and the world, Yuan would become the last person to partake in the Nine Swords Trial because it never repaired itself no matter how long passed, as it no longer had a reason to exist.
"Alright, let's head to our next destination— the Sword Pagoda." Yuan said.
"Seriously? You should at least clean yourself before you go anywhere." Tian Suyin said with a slight frown on her face.
"I'll clean myself when we come across some water as we go there."
Thus, Yuan left the scene shortly after with Tian Yanyu and Tian Suyin following him from behind.
Some of the people there tried to follow him, but they quickly gave up after receiving a threatening glare from Yuan.
On their way to the Sword Pagoda, Yuan stopped at a river to quickly wash his blood-stained body.
"Are you really peeking at a man washing himself? When did you become this pervert?" Tian Suyin scolded Tian Yanyu when she noticed her daughter was taking peeks at Yuan in the river.
"S-Shut up! Who's peeking at him?! I looked for a second because I noticed that his body had healed from the sword cuts!" She stuttered while defending her honor.
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