However, not everyone relied entirely on these clues; after all, the sealing art of the Immortal Sword Sect was famous throughout the world, and some swords without luster might actually be exceptional.
Assessing by shape and listening to the sound were just the most basic methods of sword appraisal and were not very accurate.
The purpose of the Immortal Sword Sect's seals and enchantments was to confuse and deceive, to blend the false with the true and transform the real into the false, so those using these techniques would likely not find any exceptional swords in the end.
However, who among those daring to take the stage did not practice some kind of divination skill that saw through illusions?
They each unleashed a faint gleam in their eyes, piercing through seals and enchantments, discerning the essence of the swords with a calm and composed demeanor, clearly having made their assessments after the scrutiny.