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Chapter 1597: Chapter 1598: Heart Inquiry Sword Array Chapter 1597: Chapter 1598: Heart Inquiry Sword Array “Hold firm and endure!”

Song Jian looked at the array disc in Fang Dayou’s hand and couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.

This ordinary-looking Bagua array disc was actually an item of legendary quality; this meant that the entrance exam of the Divine Sword Sect, the Heart Inquiry Sword Array, was also a formation of legendary quality.

Just for an entrance assessment, they were using a formation of legendary quality to test everyone; it had to be said that the Divine Sword Sect was really strict.

Fang Dayou tossed the array disc into the air, the light it emitted enveloping everyone on the grass field. Moments later, a light mist rose from the ground, making the figures of people amongst each other suddenly vague and indistinct. Soon, the figures were covered by the mist and could no longer be seen.

The candidates for the assessment did not panic at all; some had even attended the assessment three or four times before. Naturally, they were already familiar with the situation. Even those who were participating for the first time had obtained information from others and knew what the content of the examination was.

When the mist became dense enough, the array disc in the sky turned into a beam of golden light and flew into the mist.

Boom-boom-boom~
The mist immediately churned as if a Giant Dragon were rising and dancing within it;
“The formation is complete!”

Fang Dayou bellowed. At this moment, the area shrouded by the mist and the ground where Fang Dayou and a few others stood were already separated into two different planes.

“Song Jian, everyone has already stepped onto the Path of Heart Inquiry. As long as their temperament and aptitude are up to standard, they’ll be able to make it out from the Path of Heart Inquiry!” Fang Dayou said with a smile, “But this Path of Heart Inquiry is not easy to walk. There will be demons, ghosts, and all kinds of temptations along the way. Not many can persist through it!”

“The Path of Heart Inquiry; what a good name!” Song Jian laughed heartily, as if he was reminded of something, his face full of emotion.

“If that’s the case, then I shall walk the Path of Heart Inquiry myself and experience the Divine Sword Sect’s methods,” Song Jian said with a laugh, heading towards the mist without any hesitation. In no time, his figure disappeared into the mist.

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It was only after Song Jian had fully entered the Heart Inquiry Sword Array that a disciple behind Fang Dayou spoke anxiously, “Senior brother, I noticed that when you were adjusting the array disc, you seemed to have unleashed the full power of the Heart Inquiry Sword Array. Isn’t that a bit improper…?”

“What’s improper about it!” Fang Dayou snorted coldly, “You think today’s entrance examination is arranged for those who want to join? Even if not a single person comes out from the Heart Inquiry Sword Array today, it doesn’t matter, as long as Song Jian doesn’t make it out!”

“Imperial Sword Sect, perhaps you’ve never heard of it, but I’ve heard about it from our Sect Leader…” Fang Dayou said with a dark expression, “The Sect Leader of the Imperial Sword Sect, Duan Xingliu, has always been at odds with our Sect Leader, Divine Peak Master. Sending disciples over this time is definitely to compete with us for the Ascension Secret Realm slots!”

“What, the slots for the Ascension Secret Realm? That’s our Divine Sword Sect’s secret realm. Why should they give it to this guy from a sect we’ve never even heard of…” a disciple said in surprise.

“It is said that the Ascension Secret Realm was discovered by Duan Xingliu and our Sect Leader, Divine Peak Master, together. It’s just that the location of the secret realm is closer to the Divine Sword Sect, therefore it has been kept under our care. However, disciples of the Imperial Sword Sect are also entitled to enter. It’s just that the Imperial Sword Sect later encountered powerful enemies, which led to its complete downfall. As a result, very few people in the martial world know the name of the Imperial Sword Sect anymore. I didn’t expect them to actually send disciples over…” Fang Dayou shook his head and whispered.

“Senior Brother, these matters should be the concern of the Sect Leader and the elders. We outer sect disciples are only responsible for recruiting newcomers. Is it really okay for us to do this?”

“Do you want to remain outer sect disciples forever?” Fang Dayou looked disdainfully at that disciple and said, “If we can make that youngster give up knowing his difficulty, it would be equivalent to holding onto a spot for our Senior Brothers and Sisters. When that time comes, the sect will surely reward us. We might even be directly promoted to the inner sect…”

Upon hearing what Fang Dayou said, several disciples immediately got excited.

“Senior Brother, I heard that the Heart Inquiry Sword Array can also activate the Four Saints Ultimate Destruction Heaven Array Skill. Should we activate it immediately and completely eliminate any possibility of that youngster walking out of the Sword Formation?” one disciple suggested eagerly.

Fang Dayou looked at that disciple speechlessly, thinking to himself, “How can you be so ruthless? I never saw it before. I’ll have to keep my distance from you in the future.”

“Although the Four Saints Ultimate Destruction Heaven Array Skill is powerful, it is only aimed at ordinary disciples. I see that Song Jian has extraordinary strength, and I’m afraid the Heaven Array might not be able to handle him. Senior Brother, I have a treasure here, which I stumbled upon while traveling. If you put it in the Sword Formation, at the critical moment, it could exert a strike with the full strength of a peak Legendary Realm expert…” Another disciple suddenly pulled out a silver hammer the size of a palm from his chest and said with a smile.

Fang Dayou looked at the silver hammer in his hands. It was an immensely powerful single-use magical artifact that could exert a strike with the full power of a peak Legendary Realm expert. Even Fang Dayou wasn’t confident he could dodge it.

“It’s not safe, not safe!” another disciple shook his head and said, “I have a Black Poison Absolute Python with me. Its poison is extremely potent, and if it bites into flesh, one would die within three steps, and even a Legendary Realm expert would not be able to withstand its toxicity. Why don’t we put it into the Sword Formation? If we encounter Song Jian, it can bite him once, ensuring he can never return, and making sure the Imperial Sword Sect never underestimates our Divine Sword Sect again…”

For a moment, several disciples got excited, enthusiastically discussing how to kill Song Jian in the Sword Formation. This was a great opportunity to rise to the heavens, and none of them wanted to let it slip away.

“Junior Brothers, what are you…” Fang Dayou’s face turned somewhat unsightly, feeling that the disciples he had been living with day and night had suddenly become strangers.

“So this is what you all are like, I never realized it before…” Fang Dayou suddenly felt a chill run down his back.

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At this moment, Song Jian was surrounded by a dense fog that even his divine consciousness couldn’t penetrate.

“Just a Legendary grade Sword Formation can actually block the investigation of divine consciousness; it seems I have underestimated this Sword Formation.” Song Jian thought to himself.

You should know that with Song Jian’s current level in formation techniques, he would only need to look at an ordinary formation twice to find its core. However, he couldn’t detect the core of this Heart Inquiry Sword Formation, even though he was right in the middle of it.

What’s more terrifying is that there were originally thousands of people on the grassland, not too far from one another, but after Song Jian entered the Sword Formation, he had walked for a long time and hadn’t encountered a single person. This kind of formation, which could isolate thousands of people and test them at the same time, could only be compared to the Ten Thousand Dragons Array that Song Jian had seen before.

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