Child of Destiny

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As Shin was immersing himself in his training in the virtual world, something happened in the real world.

On the outskirts of the Soaring Continent, in the borders of the Western Plain Region, an ancient tomb was dug by archeologists and professional excavators.

The tomb was situated in the middle of a valley surrounded by towering mountains.

In the modern times, this place was called the Five Sword Peaks. It was called like that because those five tall mountains looked like five different swords sticking out from the ground.

At the same time, the surrounding place was filled with dense sword intent, making the expert suspect that a powerful ancient cultivator had died in this place.

Due to this reason, a lot of swordsmen and sword practitioners were visiting this place to practice their swordsmanship.

What was even surprising about this place was when someone was standing on a different peak. Each mountain seemed to be able to give a different insight when it came to the path of swords.

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The ancient tomb situated in the valley in the middle of the five mountain peaks was only discovered by chance.

An expert swordsman, who was a frequent visitor of the mountain peaks, was trying to look for a different inspiration and decided to climb down the mountain, planning to look at it from a different angle.

The valley at the center of the five mountains was the perfect spot for his sword training.

At first, everything was going smoothly. The expert swordsman was able to get the inspiration that he was looking for and able to progress his swordsmanship to another level.

But during his training, when he was in the middle of his breakthrough, something unexpected happened.

The five mountain peaks seemed to have responded to the expert's swordsmanship, making the surrounding sword intent to gather, creating a storm in the sky.

Then, unexpectedly, the gathered sword intent suddenly formed a sword formation that assaulted all the swordsmen and sword practitioners training on the mountain peaks.

If not for Sword Immortal 'Eugene White', who was sensitive to such dense sword intent and large movement, rushing into the place and breaking the sword formation, then everyone present in the Five Sword Peaks would most likely be dead.

After investigating the mountain peaks and the valley at the center, Eugene was able to discover the tomb hidden underneath the ground

Eugene then contacted his friends, who immediately reported it to the government and called the departments responsible for such events, especially the Department of Cultural Relics and National Treasures.

This was the modern times, so the discovery of such tombs and similar ruins needed to be reported to the government to prevent the people from creating chaos due to the competition for the possible inheritance left behind by the ancient expert or cultivator.

Instances that happened with the Black Serpent Mafia were special occasions since it was a private discovery and also concerned different crimes.

The Military Forces had the right to move on their own and launched a special operation to subdue the criminal organization and save the victims.

As for the discovered inheritance, it was another case and the military could do anything about it as they saw fit since it was a private discovery.

But if it was a public discovery like this case with the ancient tomb in the Five Mountain Peaks, where a lot of people were involved, the government needed to make it fair for everyone.

They could give certain organizations a certain quota of people that they could send to investigate the tomb. The people, who were present within the vicinity during the discovery of the tomb were also granted the right to enter according to the law that was created for this kind of occasion.

The government would oversee everything and make sure that no one would commit any crime during the exploration.

Competitions and fighting over the discovered relics and inheritances would be permitted, but the senseless massacre was strictly prohibited.

If someone was caught in action, then the punishment and consequences would be as heavy as the death penalty.

Of course, to make sure that there would be absolute fairness, the government would invite some third party to help oversee the entire situation.

Experts like Sword Immortal Eugene would be invited by the government as the overseer of the entire situation.

He would be joined by other Peak Domain Realm and Peak Venerable Realm experts, who would not be interested in this kind of inheritance.

After all, experts like them had already been following their own paths in their respective disciplines and only a step away from reaching the absolute peak, so these kinds of inheritances would be useless to them.

They would be the perfect candidate to oversee such events.

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Regarding the entries that would enter the tomb, the experts of the government discovered something unusual.

After entering the tomb, the experts who were sent by the government noticed that there was a powerful 'law' that was restricting anyone who entered.

Even though they were able to enter without problem upon entering the outer layer of the tomb, they were suddenly stopped by an invisible wall when they tried to advance further.

Upon further investigation, the experts discovered that only individuals beneath the Void Manifestation Stage Martial Artists, Rulers Realm Mentalists, and Advanced Level Swordmasters could enter.

After learning about this, the government quickly issued a summoning command to the entire Continent. It was to call upon all the powerful families, private organizations, and government-related departments.

The summon was issued for two reasons, one was to discuss the distribution of the entry quota and how they were going to prevent the other Continents from interfering.

If it was an ordinary inheritance and a tomb of a regular ancient cultivator, then they would not mind letting organizations from other countries join the fun. However, after the initial investigation, they discovered that the tomb was related to one of the famous experts of the past, who was also quite known in the current era.

One of the old experts from the Department of Cultural Relics and National Treasures read through all the records that they had and discovered that the owner of this tomb was related to an ancient cultivator known as the 'King of Blades'.

The historical records stated that the 'King of Blades' had suffered a crushing defeat against another expert known as the 'Blind Immortal'.

Aside from being defeated, the 'King of Blades' had also suffered a grievous wound that led to his death.

And after doing some comparison, and based on the evidence left in the tomb, the expert had confidently concluded that the tomb was most likely related to the 'King of Blades', even if it was not his tomb.

The 'King of Blades' might not be as strong as the 'Thunder Lord', and their inheritances could not be compared to one another, there was a high chance that the former had a complete inheritance given that there was a tomb.

And since it was from a famous expert of the past, the possible inheritance that was left behind would have a certain level of importance.

Even if this was not the case, the treasures that could be found inside the tomb would be helpful for the current era. At the very least, they could be an important subject for research and experiment.

After all, the 'technology' of the previous eras was still a mystery for the experts of the current age.

Although the secret of spatial attributes had already been uncovered by the current era, especially when it came to spatial storage and teleportation methods, there were still some things that were not clear to the current experts.

One example of this was the relics and artifacts of the previous era, particularly those sacred weapons of the past.

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Within the Magic Ace Academy, all professors with the highest martial and mentalism attainments were gathered in a conference room along with the deans of different departments.

The one leading this conference was the vice-headmaster of the academy since the Headmaster was already in the meeting place where the discussion between the top families and organizations of the Soaring Continent would be taking place.

Inside the conference room, Old Man Lin was currently sitting on his seat in a lazy manner while saying. "Why do we even have to take this much preparation for just an 'insignificant' inheritance?"

"It is just the tomb of an ancient cultivator who managed to somehow make his name known in the past. And we are not even sure if it is really his tomb. Aren't we just wasting our time and effort for it?"

"If it is another 'Lord' or a 'Conqueror' of that era, then I will say that it will be worth it. I will not only support them wholeheartedly, but I will even volunteer to become the overseer of the entire exploration."

As he was rambling everything he wanted to say, no one in the conference room dared to voice out their complaints. They did not dare to interrupt him because they clearly knew his temper. If they tried to stop him, then no one would be willing to handle the consequences.

They could forget about the conference and get ready for a war instead.

All they could do right now was to endure hearing his ramblings and wait for the old monster to calm down.

It was until when another troublesome old monster joined them in the conference room. "Stop complaining already, Lin Huang. It is not like you are obligated to join this conference."

Hearing that, Martial King Lin Huang suddenly turned toward the source of the voice before snarling back. "Hah! Manuel Morales! Don't act like a big shot just because you become an executive of this academy. If not for us wanting to settle down and laying low, you will never be able to have that seat!"

Hearing that, the muscular man sitting opposite Old Man Lin immediately shot back. "Hah! Don't make me laugh! Just admit that you are already too old to be on active duty!"

"I am even wondering why the Headmaster chose to leave those children under your care. Isn't it a little too much for your old bones to look after those younglings?"

Ling Huang laughed heartedly when he heard that and started mocking the other party. "Just admit that you feel bitter because you were not chosen by Mr. Stone to train those candidates for the next Battle for Supremacy."

As the two old monsters were bickering with each other like children, the head instructors, leading professors, and the rest of the executives of the academy were wearing bitter looks on their faces.

Some were just ignoring the two and did not care. The others were doing their own thing while the rest just did want to get involved.

It was not that they were afraid of the old men, but they were just unwilling to take part in the issue. They did not want to tire themselves and calm the two down when the situation got out of hand.

That job was supposedly for the Headmaster of the academy. But since that person was currently not present, no one would be willing to 'babysit' these troublesome men.

The Vice-headmaster was currently having a headache as he did know what to do. He wanted to start this conference and end it as soon as possible, but he did not dare to provoke the two monsters since he was not their match.

On one hand, there was the legendary Martial King, who was notoriously known as one of the most brutal and strongest Martial Practitioners when it came to body refining.

Old Man Lin was also famous for his strange Martial Arts. But most importantly, this old man was a complete madman, who would not care who was his opponent and loved to fight. Trying to fight him was practically a suicide.

On the other hand, there was a crazy demon known to many as the 'Undefeatable General'. One of the most powerful generals, who fought at the frontline when there was a war between the Soaring Continent and the primitive people beyond the Forbidden Valley.

During the first discovery of that place, an unknown number of experts with strange discipline suddenly started swarming toward 'General's Gate' – the huge entrance of the said valley – and killed their way over.

The war between the seven continents and those unknown people lasted for at least a hundred years before the alliance between the continents had won and built the current World Government.

As one of the great generals, who was at the forefront of the battle during his younger years, Manuel Morales had earned his name and title by slaughtering countless enemies and killing a lot of generals from the opposing side.

The war was at the most crucial stage at that time, which was why his contribution was widely accepted by everyone, especially when the war had ended during those years.

He also had a very troublesome temperament, making it hard to control him.

It was still a mystery why he had chosen to join the Magic Ace Academy during his retirement on the frontlines instead of the rest of the famous and prestigious schools around the world. Especially the Top Military School, which was centered on producing talents with similar training methods as the military forces.

Between these two experts, the Vice-Headmaster felt like he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

In this time of crisis, he could only turn his head in a certain direction, looking at Professor Henry. Out of all the people in the conference room, this person was the only one who could help him solve his current predicament.

Seeing the pleading look that the Vice-Headmaster had, Professor Henry could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

He then turned toward the two bickering old men before hitting the table with his palm. "That is enough for the two of you. Let's start this conference already and set up the trap for those people hidden in the dark."

The first part of his words was basically ignored by everyone, showing their lack of interest in it. But when they heard the latter part of what he just said, they could not help but turn to him almost simultaneously, including the two old men, who were already about to start a fight.

Everyone inside the room possessed high status and great strength, which made them qualified to learn about the hidden dangers lurking in the dark, aside from the underworld organizations around the world, who were also giving them a certain headache.

This was the reason why their faces suddenly became serious when they heard Professor Henry mention those 'enemies'.

They turned to him and waited for his next words in silence.

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