Chapter 3713 Stoneheart Swordsmanship
“If you’re this powerful in this spiritual-energy-deficient mundane world, your talent must be quite impressive.” Santino bequeathed rare praise to Gloria.
In reality, he was pretty shocked by her power. Even though he appeared unmoving earlier, he had been secretly using more energy to counter the impact of her attack.
Not only that, but when he was fighting back against her power, he felt their auras clashing against each other. Even in a confrontation between two members of the seven most powerful Paladins in Void Sect, a situation like that would rarely happen if a combatant wasn’t using their full power.
Yet, a mere head of a sect from the mundane world was capable of achieving that. It was only natural that he was shocked. “If I had used my full power on that shield technique, your internal organs might’ve been destroyed,” Santino uttered pridefully.
Of course, he was just bluffing. His shield had actually almost been at full force earlier. He just wanted to scare the fighters from the mundane world.
Gloria played along and buttered him up. “I thank you for your mercy, Santino.”
“Mhm!” He nodded slightly. This Gloria has good manners! Her flattery is on point, and she plays along with my attempt at showing off very well.
In a happy mood, he raised his hand. “No need to kneel before me anymore. All of you, stand up!”
The elites of the Glorian Order, who were all originally kneeling on the ground, suddenly felt as though an invisible force was traveling through their body. They then felt their knees straightening out, the movement beyond their control.
The oppressing aura from earlier had instantly vanished. “This isn’t a good place to chat, Santino. Please, come in,” Gloria invited politely.
Santino stepped into the building and arrived in the hall. Without hesitation, he sat on the chair that belonged to the head of the Glorian Order.
While people were pissed he did that, no one dared to object. There was a huge difference between Gloria allowing him to sit there and him sitting there without permission.
“Santino cultivates Stoneheart Swordsmanship, Gloria! You should quickly present him with the magical herbs that you gathered beforehand,” Grant reminded.
It was then Gloria suddenly recalled that. In the past, she had taken time to learn about Void Sect’s situation. The people of the Void Sect mainly practiced the art of swordsmanship. Most of them cultivated Stoneheart Swordsmanship, in particular.
A cultivator had to sever all emotional ties during cultivation in order to achieve a heart devoid of desires. Only then would they truly grasp the principles of Stoneheart Swordsmanship.
Seeing as Santino possesses such a high position in the sect, that means he must have a very deep understanding of Stoneheart Swordsmanship. No wonder my Charm Technique didn’t work earlier! And here I thought I had failed.
The truth was that Santino was simply immune to its effects.
It seems like I won’t be able to rely on Charm Technique to control the high-rank officials in Kenfort. As her train of thought ended, she quickly smiled. “I’ve prepared many gifts for you, Santino. Please take a look.”
“Show me!” Finally, a subtle smile appeared on his cold face.
Clearly, he was much more interested in magical herbs than beautiful women.
Gloria shot a glance at her subordinates before they brought out the magical herbs she had prepared beforehand.
The gifts included hundred-year-old herbs grown near super-spiritual ley lines as well as a bunch of treasures from different places.
It was an amazing sight to behold, especially since the gifts that were sitting in front of the rest were exuding powerful spiritual energy.
Santino’s attention was instantly grabbed by the gifts. Initially, he thought there was nothing special about things from the mundane world.
However, he now realized how very wrong he was, especially when he saw the magical herbs sitting at the very front. Those were as potent as the herbs found in Kenfort.
Seems like my trip here isn’t a waste of time! Santino’s mood was greatly improved as the smile on his face became brighter.
“I heard from Grant that you’re quite talented, Gloria. How about you show me your skills?” he requested with a smile.
Aside from collecting magical herbs, he also came because he wanted to recruit promising and talented cultivators for his sect.
