Chu Yao turned back resentfully, his slender eyes clearly saying, "Master, this is not what you said before?"

Jiang Wang ignored his little disciple’s look and smiled slightly at Ning Shuangrong: "Fellow Daoist, it has been several years since we last met."

Neither of them had their real appearances in the Taixu Illusion Realm, but they both recognized each other.

Countless sword duels had already made them familiar.

Ning Shuangrong also smiled as she examined him: "We couldn’t meet at Guanhe Platform, but today, the old wish is granted. I find your demeanor surpasses even that of Brother Dugu."

Jiang Wang felt a bit embarrassed and cupped his hands: "Regarding our identities in the Taixu Illusion Realm, please help cover for me, Fellow Daoist Ning."

"Of course." Ning Shuangrong laughed and returned the courtesy, then took her stance. With one hand holding her sword horizontally in front of her, she looked at Jiang Wang and simply said, "Please."

Jiang Wang asked with his hands behind his back: "Does Fellow Daoist Ning know why I’ve come?"

Ning Shuangrong replied: "That is precisely why I have come to meet you."

Jiang Wang laughed: "If not for this matter, would Jiang Someone not deserve a visit from you, Fellow Daoist?"

Ning Shuangrong simply said: "If you come to visit friends, I would meet you at Xiuping Mansion. But if you come to challenge swords, I would naturally stand here with my sword."

"Oh. This is Ask Sword Gorge."

"Yes. This is Ask Sword Gorge."

"When did you achieve ’God Arrives’, Fellow Daoist?" Jiang Wang asked again.

"Just now," Ning Shuangrong replied.

Jiang Wang then composed himself: "What fortune."

He waved his hand backward.

Chu Yao then drove the ox cart back, retreating a full hundred steps. The highly spiritual Bai Niu stood close to the cliff face, behaving obediently like a stone sculpture.

At this moment in Ask Sword Gorge, the sky was but a line.

In blue robes and green clothes, they stood opposite each other.

Ning Shuangrong was proud, stemming from her top-tier sword talent and being surrounded by admiration since childhood. However, in front of Jiang Wang, who had repeatedly defeated her, she was not arrogant.

She appeared very cautious.

A fierce wind rushed through the gorge, the late summer sun peeking through the crevices.

In a subtle moment.

Ning Shuangrong’s eyes flashed, and the famous sword [Autumn Water] unsheathed.

The scabbard shot out like electricity, penetrating several inches into the cliff. The sword edge, like water, surged with her gaze, leaping forth.

Her expression was joyful, like an innocent girl of eighteen, skipping among the flowers.

Her sword light was brilliantly agile, radiant and captivating!

Since their first meeting in the Taixu Illusion Realm, she couldn’t remember how many times they had dueled. Both had sufficient understanding of each other, with no need for probing stages.

Therefore, her opening move was an Absolute Sword Technique she’d never used before, [Walking on Grass]!

If, after so many sword duels, she still didn’t know that Jiang Wang had the ability to quickly capture knowledge, she would hardly be called exceptionally talented.

The opportunity for ’God Arrives’ is mysterious beyond comparison.

For her, Jiang Wang, whom she had long known in the Taixu Illusion Realm, visiting as Marquis Wu’an, was precisely the opportunity for that step.

Among this generation of Sword Pavilion Disciples, she was the most outstanding.

Among the Sword Pavilion Disciples of Jiang Wang’s age, only she could now achieve ’God Arrives’, only she had the chance to stand before Jiang Wang with her sword.

So it was her.

Victory was not her expectation, but for the sake of achieving ’God Arrives’, intercepting Jiang Wang with Autumn Water at Ask Sword Gorge today, she also wanted to use every effort to frustrate Jiang Wang’s sword edge!

What is Absolute Sword Technique?

There have been many interpretations since ancient times, with differing views even among sect members.

But for Ning Shuangrong, the ultimate pursuit of this path is "absolute"!

This move "Walking on Grass Through a Spring Stream", spread the brightness of the sword light to the extreme, sword light like water, gathered and flowing like a spring stream crossing ahead.

With just a thought, the sword light had already followed her gaze to strike.

What was seen was vibrant and dazzling. What was felt beyond, intensely cold.

In one smooth motion, Jiang Wang drew Longing, with great Sword Qi rising up like a waterfall from below, directly filling the path in Ask Sword Gorge, blocking Ning Shuangrong’s sword light.

This sword was named Frosty Snow Bright, combined from Sword Qi Silk and Longing Killing Sword.

By wielding this sword, Jiang Wang not only blocked the sword light like a spring stream with a waterfall of Sword Qi, but also conveyed through the words "Frosty Snow Bright" his attitude towards Ning Shuangrong—

This time he will respond to sword moves with sword moves, meet Sword Qi with Sword Qi, and greet sword with sword!

To offer Ning Shuangrong, with her ’God Arrives’ step, the utmost respect, to offer her the most pure swordsman duel.

What Ning Shuangrong felt was Jiang Wang’s ease, victory in his grasp.

If it were not for his ease, would this "Slave of Merit" in the Taixu Illusion Realm, with an extreme desire to win, bind his own hands and feet to make such a choice that lowers the possibility of victory?

She felt angry. How could the Sword Pavilion be underestimated? How could Ning Shuangrong be disregarded?

But she also understood, with Jiang Wang’s current strength, he indeed had the qualification for ease.

The sword light clashed with the Sword Qi waterfall, producing a sharp, extreme hiss.

Two forces frantically consumed each other.

Ning Shuangrong, in mid-air, directly collided into the waterfall!

Walking on Grass, this set of sword skills, stepping on splendid spring light, with leisurely comfort. Once the offensive unfolds, it is like flowing clouds and water, continuous and unbroken, with killing intent filling the sleeves, no stagnation anywhere.

Ning Shuangrong, dressed in green, followed her sword. In the Sword Qi waterfall, agilely fluttering like a dance, all the way Walking on Grass directly cutting to the last move. In her hand, the Autumn Water sword sparkled with rippling light.

The sword like a water wave across, a sword like a jade belt around the waist!

This was the killing move.

The waterway of sword light even produced a "Water Pattern", and this "Water Pattern" was incredibly sharp, even long driving through and even splitting the waterfall formed by Sword Qi Silk!