I don’t know how Shu Jiuwei persuaded Zhong Changyao to bring her to the Sword Sect. Anyway, now both sides are very silent.
If we want to talk about serious matters at this time, it is definitely impossible to talk about it unless someone else takes the two of them away, but this involves the dispute over ranking.
While the Sword Sect had many elders, their ranks were clearly ranked. As the current leader's father, Liu Chang was undoubtedly the first elder. His reception of Ji Rongxue and Xue Lingxiu was, to say the least, excessive. If other elders were allowed to take Ji and Xue away, wouldn't it make them seem inferior to Zhong Changyao? However, what he wanted to say to Zhong Changyao was something he couldn't let him do.
Choosing the lesser of two evils, Liu Chang could only say, "Young friend Zhong Chang, although I admit that the Sword Sect isn't very impressive, if the princess wishes to visit, I can still offer some advice. How about this: First, ask Elder Liu Liu to show you around?"
Although it was a humble word, there was an unconcealable sense of pride in the words.
Zhong Changyao was a shrewd man, so how could he not understand the hidden meaning behind his words? He immediately said, "Of course."
Shu Jiuwei was still thinking about her blister. Seeing that Zhong Changyao didn't seem worried at all, she became a little unhappy: "Brother Yao, I said it hurts!"
"It's just a minor injury." Zhong Changyao said, "The doctor will be here soon. Just be patient."
Shu Jiuwei: "..."
The tips of her ears drooped, and she said nothing more: "Okay."
Soon, Liu Liu arrived in a hurry, frantically wiping his sweat. Liu Chang saw his panicked expression and asked solemnly, "What happened? Why is there so much noise?"
"I don't know!" Liu Liu was also puzzled. Although the Dao Sect practiced the broadsword, which required considerable strength and male practitioners required more than female practitioners, he had never heard of male practitioners harassing other male practitioners. What kind of nonsense was this? "The inner disciples rioted, saying they wanted to help their senior brother catch a rapist!"
He was so scared that he thought his exploitation of outer disciples had been exposed and that everyone was rioting, but fortunately they didn't.
Liu Chang almost spit out a mouthful of tea: "What?! Pervert?!"
Are you crazy? You have to make trouble at this time! Who wants to see so many big, strong men?
"Is this really true?" Shu Jiuwei spoke up, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, and said, "How can we let this happen! Elder Liu, Jiuwei can deal with him!"
Zhong Changyao pulled her and scolded her in a low voice: "This is someone else's sect, what does it have to do with you?"
Shu Jiuwei hesitated and said, "But that is..."
"Why bother to get you, Princess?" Liu Chang's old face was almost embarrassed. He said with a forced smile: "The place where the distinguished guest is going is different from where I am. It doesn't affect me, it doesn't affect me. Liu Liu, why don't you take the distinguished guest away?"
Before the man and the demon left, Xue Lingxiu and Ji Rongxue exchanged glances in a flash. Ji Rongxue moved his fingertips slightly, and a stream of light quietly disappeared into Shu Jiuwei's swinging furry tail, silently.
Next, the highlight comes.
Liu Chang's old face froze, and he turned to look at Ji Rongxue and Xue Lingxiu, who had come here for no reason, and secretly guessed the purpose of their visit.
If Ji Rongxue is here, it's most likely about the Fenghua incident in Qiankun City. It seems that Liu Liu's plan, that fool, has not only failed, but has also been nearly completely exposed. Ji Rongxue likely has evidence now, and Liu Fushang is secondary. The most important thing is that Liu Liu purchased the Fenghua provided by Lianzuo and laced it with the food of the Qiankun City residents, indirectly luring many Qiankun City residents to Lianzuo, where they either died or went insane. The details of the Smiling Buddha incident remain undisclosed, but Mingguang will depart soon, presumably to discuss with the Buddhist community whether to disclose Mingren's case to the world. And then...
Countless thoughts flashed through Liu Chang's mind.
However, if Ji Rongxue really wanted to use this incident to slander the Dao Sect, she would have done so long ago. Now she has gone to the trouble of coming to the Dao Sect as a guest, obviously hoping to use this information to exchange for some benefits.
What did she want? Qiankun City? Or intelligence about the Martial Arts Tournament? Or was she simply pushing for more? Could it be that she had suddenly rushed into the Sword Sect because she knew about that matter?
No, it's impossible. If I knew, how could I still be sitting here peacefully?
Liu Chang frowned again.
He could still guess Ji Rongxue's purpose for coming to the Sword Sect, but he had no idea why Xue Lingxiu had come. When did these two become friends? They didn't seem to have much of a relationship during the Four-way War.
Could it be because I robbed a cargo ship from the Southern Territory? But that happened half a year ago, there's no way they're just looking for revenge now...
Liu Chang's mind raced, almost recounting all the bad things he had done in his past life. Finally, he heard Ji Rongxue's cold, judgmental voice: "Elder Liu."
Liu Chang said: "Miss Ji, why are you here this time..."
Ji Rongxue: "Which came first, the egg or the chicken?"
Liu Chang: “?”
"We've come here to discuss the martial arts competition." A vein throbbed on Xue Lingxiu's forehead. He calmly tapped Ji Rongxue, signaling her to be silent. "It's always good to plan ahead," he said, softly. "I just wonder if Elder Liu would be willing to give me this little favor."
When it comes to witty words, who can compare to a businessman? A medical practitioner who doesn't want to be a businessman isn't a good Lingxiu. In short, when it comes to witty words, Xue Lingxiu is probably the only one who is most capable.
“…”
At the same time, Yun Xian and Su Chi finished their operations and walked out of the treasure house as naturally as ever.
Qiao Lingshan's whirring sound stopped for a while before Jimo Shu's voice came through the sound transmission talisman: "There are indeed no pure demons in the Sword Sect, but I have discovered some clues regarding the demonic energy."
"Lady Saint, you are indeed the most reliable." Yun Xian jumped twice on the spot and said, "What clues?"
Jimo Shu said, "There is a magic core at the spiritual spring where the disciples can heal their wounds."
Demon Cores, a specialty of the Demon Cult, look a bit like the Demon Cult version of a relic, but they're actually quite different. Relics are the remains of high-ranking Buddhist monks after their passing, while Demon Cores are simpler. They don't require dead demons as the raw material; any demon willing to convert a portion of its own demonic essence into a core can be considered a Demon Core.
Well, it’s not that simple. After all, it’s better to let a demon die than to ask it to willingly give its magic source to others.
"Demon Core?" Putting it in the spiritual spring, it sounded like some kind of health supplement. Yun Xian asked, "Does it have any beneficial effects on the disciples of the Sword Sect? Does it improve the beauty of male cultivators, or strengthen the bodies of female cultivators?"
"Demon cultivators cultivate plunder," Jimo Shu said. "To plunder, demonic techniques can be combined with any other technique, such as Mingren's... no, the Laughing Buddha's technique. You've seen it increase power dramatically, achieving twice the result with half the effort. But if this continues, the only outcome will be either the technique's complete destruction, a mid-path collapse, or direct demonic possession."
There is no such good thing in the world. If you take shortcuts, you must pay the corresponding price.
"..." Yun Xian said: "But Liu Shi, Liu Xu and others don't seem to have such signs."
"Because they don't have to squeeze in with others to use the Spiritual Spring here." Jimo Shu said coldly, "This Spiritual Spring is for inner disciples. The two you mentioned are both gifted and have long been recognized as core disciples by the head elders. Liu Shi is even the head elder's son. If this magic core is really so beneficial without any disadvantages, would these elders keep it from them?"
Sure enough, the matter of the knife-cut noodle shop was not Liu Liu's own decision. This was the consistent style of the Dao Sect, and the subordinates followed suit.
The talented disciples who truly needed cultivation were piled up with elixirs and magical treasures, denied access to the magic core and spiritual spring. The remaining inner disciples were the backbone of a sect's strength. The Sword Sect secretly used magic cores to accelerate their development. Regardless of their future path to immortality, the unsuspecting disciples were like leeks, clinging to dreams of immortality while their youngest and most vigorous energy was drained away, only to be discarded like dust.
It was obvious that this magic core was probably given by the Demon Cult leader. In fact, it was indeed very useful. The Sword Sect had been suppressed by the Body Refining Sect for decades, and now they were beginning to covet an attack on the Eastern Realm.
Yun Xian held the sound transmission talisman in his hand, and his expression gradually became serious.
Su Chimo said: "He's hitting himself on the instep."
"Indeed." Yun Xian said, "It's really...very immoral."
It seemed that he saw the two disciples who were unconscious in the grass. There were faint sounds of footsteps, and a group of people were coming towards him. Yun Xian tightened his waist and was brought to the top of the roof.
She was used to being fished out, so when she looked down, she saw her unlucky acquaintance, Liu Xu.
Ever since she was beaten up by Ji Rongxue for no reason in Qiankun City last time, I don’t know if she was forcibly recalled by Liu Chang and imprisoned in the Sword Sect. In any case, she doesn’t look very mentally sound now. Even the scar on her face looks a little wilted, not wild at all.
Liu Xu yawned and said, "Just look around."
She was standing there bored, when suddenly a piece of grass was thrown on her head. Her aura changed immediately and she looked up alertly.
Then I saw a stranger shining with golden light on the eaves.
This Five Elements' naive temperament, the sly little claws, and the expressionless senior brother next to him, like a pendant, instantly made Liu Xu think of someone. She was stunned for a moment and said, "Yun Xian?!!"
“…”
“…”
Shu Jiuwei didn't know that her big tail, which she was proud of, was stained with a sound transmission stone. She was following Zhong Changyao into the treasure house.
Liu Chang, who was leading the way, had just been delayed by Xue Lingxiu for nearly half an hour, talking until his mouth was almost dry. He finally sent the guest away, but now thinking back, it seemed as if he had said nothing at all, and he was suddenly at a loss.
But originally, this was an unexpected event, and the person he wanted to invite was Zhong Changyao.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to participate in the martial arts competition on behalf of the Sword Sect," Liu Chang said. "However, as a sword cultivator, apart from the Sword Pavilion, it seems that the other sword-using sects are not qualified to enter the martial arts competition..."
Zhong Changyao smiled but said nothing. After a while, he said, "The martial arts competition is not limited to the eight major sects. There are also many smaller sects. I am sure they will welcome me."
Liu Chang was waiting for this. "Now that you mention it, there is actually a sect in the Northern Realm called the Divine Weapon Sect. The Sect Master and I have a close relationship..."
Shu Jiuwei said uneasily: "Brother Yao, it's so cold here."
"Just bear with it for a while." Zhong Changyao smiled and said, "I'm talking to Elder Liu, please don't interrupt."
Shu Jiuwei slapped his big tail twice in anger.
"I was talking about Yun Xian with Elder Liu earlier." Zhong Changyao pondered for a moment and said, "I don't really know much about her, so I can only tell you a few things. Her weapon is called Kuishou, but it actually houses a sword spirit called Taiping. This sword spirit probably originated from the realm of swords and was once the sword that guarded the pavilion. The technique she practices is called Qingyan Dianpu, and was taught by her mother, Xiao Wu..."
He said "I don't really understand", but he almost told Yun Xian everything that could and couldn't be known, including the matter of Taiping, which he should not have known.
Knowing that Liu Chang is very likely to use the fighting meeting to target Yun Xian, this is simply pushing him into the fire pit!
Even though Shu Jiuwei was spoiled and naive, he could sense something was wrong. "Brother Yao, this..."
"Nine-tailed Fox." Zhong Changyao's eyes were devoid of smiles. "I told you not to interrupt."
The three of them walked all the way to the treasure house. Liu Chang entered the key and opened the door. The more he listened, the more he felt that he had made the right choice by choosing Zhong Changyao.
Only when there is give and take, and interests are linked, can cooperation be stable. He laughed heartily and said to Zhong Changyao, "You are indeed mature beyond your years, and have a bright future! I haven't given you a meeting gift before, but I will make up for it now. I hope you will be satisfied."
There was silence in the treasure house, except for the gentle sword blade above the clear water, which was sharp yet soft.
Zhong Changyao's eyes were determined, and he could hardly hide his joy.
This sword really hits the spot and is perfect for him!
Seeing that he was satisfied, Liu Chang's smile deepened and he said, "Go and test your sword."
Zhong Changyao slowly approached, gazing at the longsword with admiration. He lightly gripped the hilt and exclaimed, "This sword is truly rare in the world. Although it is water-attributed, it remains sharp. Softness can overcome hardness, and it possesses a vast and versatile power. The blade itself is even more extraordinary, being made from a single piece of black iron, making it exceptionally strong—"
Before he could finish his words, his fingers just stroked the sword, and the gorgeous Green Water Sword "cracked" and broke into two pieces in his hand.
The sword was bare, and its reflection made Zhong Changyao's face turn green as an old cucumber.
Zhong Changyao: "..."
Liu Chang: “…”
In the silence, Shu Jiuweifang said, "Elder Liu, did you buy a fake?"
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