Chapter 1172: Sixteen Words from the Marriage Contract!
On that occasion days earlier, Nineshores had accepted the other betrothal gifts, but had not taken the jade slip that allowed the user to take any treasure from the immortal palace. He had given that to Xu Qing. All in all, he was giving away his daughter’s hand in marriage, and given his personality, was not the type of person to covet the belongings of a family friend.[1]
That jade slip was now a trump card for Xu Qing to play in a key moment. Originally... Xu Qing had been ambivalent about the use of the jade slip.
And when he picked the sword furnace as the location to fight Sir Star Ring, he didn’t do it with the intention of forcing the two swords to be bonded to him. His original goal had been to ensure that the clash between order and chaos would put pressure on to the two swords in the furnace, and thus give Hordeslayer and Rampart no choice about what to do. They would be forced to take advantage of the moment to complete the swords ahead of schedule. They would be in a very passive position.
If Sir Star Ring won, then their future success would all be contingent on his approval. After all, suppression itself was an act of maintaining order. If the young lord won... then all he would have to do was order them to be bonded to him. That also gave Hordeslayer and Rampart a spectacular motivating force.
In the end, they really had no choice but to speed up. Only by putting everything on the line could they catalyze their sword bodies and come out into the world early. That was the only way to come out on top. It was their only chance at success. And that was what Xu Qing wanted. It was an overt plot.
According to his plan, as long as the two swords came out into the world early, it would result in space-time waves that would help him going forward. But... the words spoken by the two swords before their departure were overly excited.
Therefore, Xu Qing decided that forcing a bond would be a significant departure from history. And that would be great for him. Even as the excited words echoed out, and the consciousnesses within them stirred in preparation to leave the fourth world....
Xu Qing took out the blank jade slip and threw it up into the air. It rose above him. Dazzling, endless light shone out.
Xu Qing sent out his divine will at the exact moment that the consciousnesses of Hordeslayer and Rampart were about to leave... and he branded them into the jade slip.
“A pair of immortal swords have come into the world today. I hereby assign them names. One is Hordeslayer. The other is Rampart... and they will be my personal swords!”
As his divine will spread out, rumbling sounds filled heaven and earth. It was like the resonance of a great dao as magical law stirred, and a binding order formed.