Everyone's playing as a roguelike, starting with an extra Mythical Relic.

Two artifact spirits had visited Wan Jian a day earlier.

They told Wan Jian a story.

More than five hundred years ago, there was a spirit that came down from the upper realm, named Gui Xuan.

Gui Xuan's aptitude was very poor; he wasn't even an elite artifact spirit.

However, he is extremely knowledgeable, and can be said to be the most learned artifact spirit in the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Gui Xuan used his self-created method of nurturing minerals to create many spirit artifacts with good aptitude, and then took them in as his disciples.

With the help of these disciples, Guixuan's family grew stronger step by step.

What's most bizarre is his aptitude; he actually evolved all the way from an ordinary artifact spirit to an artifact master.

It's important to know that while artifact spirits can evolve, they can only evolve to one grade at most.

No one has ever been able to evolve continuously.

More than two hundred years ago, among Gui Xuan's disciples emerged a genius named Yi Dao.

Yi Dao was born to be a weapon master, and later evolved into a master of weapons.

With Yi Dao's help, Gui Xuan even became the master of the spirit artifacts in the Spirit Abyss Realm.

Until one day, Yi Dao obeyed Gui Xuan's orders and led troops to attack the city of the Wood Spirit Clan.

No one knows what happened that day, only that he died from a single stab wound.

And three days later, Gui Xuan became the Lord of War.

Unlike before, this time the time interval between Yidao's death and Guixuan's sudden becoming the Lord of War was too short.

As a result, many of Gui Xuan's disciples, especially those with close relationships with Yi Dao, began to doubt their teacher.

These spirits include Xuan Zheng, Ren Ming, Li Yue, Liang Yi, and other early core members of the Silent Blade Society.

They secretly sought an opportunity to infiltrate the Wood Spirit Clan and gather information about the day of Yi Dao's siege.

As it turned out, they actually discovered a problem!

First of all, the date of the siege was already known to the Wood Spirit Clan.

Moreover, all of Yi Dao's techniques, talents, and combat skills were known to the opponent.

There is no absolutely invincible being in this world. Once a combat system is countered, even a prodigy may die.

Based on this information, their suspicions about the teacher grew even stronger.

When they finally found Yidao's body in the teacher's secret room, their suspicions became a reality!

These disciples confronted their teacher, but were suppressed by force by Gui Xuan, whose aptitude had been elevated to the level of the Master of War.

After that day, a Silent Blade Society appeared within the territory of the Spirit Clan.

Their goal was to overthrow Guixuan's rule.

Wan Jian looked at Ren Ming and Li Yue standing in front of him.

He had heard the story of the Silent Blade Society from his teacher, but it was a different version.

If we're talking about trust, he'd definitely prefer to trust his teacher.

The reason he was able to be born from this world is because of the sword tomb that his teacher built for him.

The Sword Tomb contains ten thousand famous swords, and he is the only one among them that has developed sentience.

Therefore, it was named Wan Jian (Ten Thousand Swords).

The Spirit Race has no parents. The closest spirit to a spirit is the one who transformed them from a weapon into a spirit.

Teachers are such beings.

But there are indeed many suspicious points about the teacher...

Wan Jian asked the two, "You said that the teacher used the disciples' corpses to improve his aptitude, but the teacher's aptitude is already at the level of a master soldier. There is no reason for the teacher to want to take advantage of my body."

Renming suddenly asked, "How old is Guixuan this year?"

Wan Jian blurted out, "Seven hundred and thirty-six."

Renming sneered, "Heh~ You really are his good disciple. Our Spirit Clan is considered a long-lived race, but in the Spirit Abyss Realm, living to over seven hundred years old is pretty much the limit."

"Why hasn't he ascended to heaven yet? Is it because he doesn't want to... or because he can't?"

Wan Jian did not answer, because he had asked his teacher the same question.

That day, the teacher didn't give him an answer, but the way he looked at him made him very uncomfortable.

Seeing Wan Jian remain silent, Ren Ming gave his answer: "Hehe~ Gui Xuan's method for improving aptitude has flaws! I think the person who told him about this method concealed this flaw from the beginning."

"When he fantasizes about ascending to the upper realm again as the Lord of War, he suddenly realizes he can't ascend at all, haha~ that scene must be very interesting!"

Unlike Renming, Liyue seemed more worried about her junior brother.

"Wan Jian, although I wasn't there when you were born, I personally arranged every precious sword in the sword tomb where you were born."

"You have to believe me, Gui Xuan killed Senior Brother Yi Dao more than two hundred years ago, and he plans to kill you in the same way this time!"

"I once saw a book called 'The Book of Spirit Infusion' in his secret chamber. It not only contained methods for enhancing aptitude using the corpses of artifact spirits, but also mentioned the method of spirit transference!"

"Since he can no longer ascend using his own body, he'll definitely set his sights on yours!"

Wan Jian glanced at Li Yue. He did have a strange fondness for this senior sister he had never met.

Perhaps it's because she really did set up a sword tomb for herself.

But it's still too difficult for him to believe that his teacher would try to take his body.

He tried his best to find reasons to refute this idea: "My teacher's level is higher than mine, and he also has the aptitude of a War Master. He knows my combat system inside and out. If he really wanted my body, he could do it himself. There's no need for him to devise this scheme for me, is there?"

Renming sneered, "Heh~ because he's a coward! Back then, Senior Brother Yidao was in a similar situation to you. He also had the aptitude of a Warlord, but his life level had only just reached level nine."

"Gui Xuandu has been at the second-stage Great Perfection for over two hundred years, yet he still dares not personally attack Senior Brother Yidao."

"Because he's afraid of geniuses like you, hehe~ I bet Gui Xuan suffered a great loss at the hands of some geniuses when he was in the Upper Realm in his early years."

"Your talent is even greater than that of Senior Brother Yidao back then. Guixuan didn't dare to personally attack Yidao back then, so naturally he wouldn't dare to personally attack you now."

Wan Jian then asked, "If that's really the case, why didn't the teacher take action against us before we matured?"

This time, it was Li Yue who gave the answer: "The Book of Spirit Infusion mentions that in order to successfully perform the two techniques of improving aptitude and transferring spirits and bodies, the minimum level requirement for the corpse is level nine."

Back when Senior Brother Yidao had just reached level nine, our teacher assigned him the task of attacking the Wood Spirit Clan's city. What about you?

Wan Jian fell silent again, because he had just entered level nine!

Renming and Liyue's words shook Wan Jian's confidence in his teacher.

"I will not doubt the teacher because of what you said."

"I will find out the truth myself!"

Li Yue asked, "What are you planning to do? Do you need our help?"

Wan Jian shook his head and suddenly slashed out with his sword.

The sword passed right between Renming and Liyue without harming them in the slightest.

However, neither of them could move.

"There's a very simple way to find out the truth!"

"I just need to die once tomorrow..."