Li Yuanba once again walked into the mission hall of the outer sect combat department of Senluo Sect and placed a corpse in front of the deacon.

"Hand in the task!" he said lightly.

The deacon saw him. Although a few days had passed, it was extremely rare for the elders to specially issue a mission. How could he have forgotten it?

"Complete his task and let him go to the second floor!" He looked up in the direction of the second floor and heard the elder's voice.

The deacon quickly processed the formalities for Li Yuanba, and the contribution points on Li Yuanba's identity jade disc increased to 4050. He was already considering seeing if there was any formation knowledge that could be purchased.

Li Yuanba does not have to worry about his own cultivation resources. Li Shiming left one million spirit stones for his clone. In addition to the spoils of war from constantly completing missions and killing monks, this is another considerable fortune.

His current main task is to continuously accumulate contribution points, provide the main body with the knowledge of Senluo Sect, and find materials for the third-grade five-element formation.

"Fellow Daoist, Elder Jian is waiting for you on the second floor!" The deacon called out to Li Yuanba who was about to leave to check the harvest.

Li Yuanba's heart trembled. He had only met one elder of the Senluo Sect, and that Elder Lu did not look like a Jindan elder of the Demon Sect at all.

He didn't know who the Elder Sword who was looking for him this time was, or why he was looking for him, but he knew he couldn't refuse.

He nodded to the deacon and went up the stairs to the second floor.

The second floor is very spacious, but there is only one person there, who is sipping tea.

When Li Yuanba saw this person, he didn't pay any attention to what he looked like, because in his perception, the person in front of him was not a cultivator at all, but a long sword in a scabbard.

Perhaps other cultivators cannot see this, but the sword cultivators can clearly sense it.

The long sword is even more dangerous when it is sheathed.

"This is a powerful swordsman, even more terrifying than Yun Xingyi!" Li Yuanba said to himself in his heart.

Of course, when he met Yun Xingyi, Yun Xingyi's strength was only one hundredth of his. It was difficult to judge who was stronger between the Elder Jian in front of him and Yun Xingyi. At least he was not qualified to judge.

"Outer sect member Li Yuanba greets Elder Jian!" He suppressed the pressure in his heart, walked up to Elder Jian, bowed and saluted.

Elder Jian was also looking at him as he walked up to the second floor.

Elder Jian was still very satisfied with Li Yuanba.

As a Jindan elder, he certainly did not give Li Yuanba the task out of boredom. It was the sword intent in Li Yuanba that attracted his attention, so he gave Li Yuanba an opportunity.

Of course, if Li Yuanba, as a sword cultivator, died at the hands of a true disciple of Houtu Sect, then it would mean that Li Yuanba did not have this opportunity.

Among the ways in which the Demon Sect's Golden Core Elders test their disciples, Elder Jian's method is considered relatively normal.

"I asked you to come here to tell you that you have passed my disciple assessment, and I will accept you as my apprentice!" Elder Jian said very directly.

Li Yuanba was stunned. He didn't expect Elder Jian to say that.

He thought it would take some time, at least until he entered the inner gate, before he could attract the attention of an elder.

The fact that he had completed the tasks in succession was only known to some cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage because the time period was too short. If Elder Jian had not been free in recent times, he might have had to wait until he competed to enter the inner sect before attracting the attention of other Jindan elders.

"Disciple Li Yuanba greets the Master!" Li Yuanba was stunned for a moment but quickly reacted, bowed deeply and changed the address.

The purpose of entering a sect is to find a backer, right? The Elder Sword in front of him at least is not the Jindan elder who practices magic, so there is no need to worry about being used as a consumable for magic one day.

"Li Yuanba, what martial arts are you currently practicing?" Elder Jian restrained his aura and asked with a smile.

Li Yuanba could no longer sense the oppressive aura from before. The Elder Jian in front of him now looked like an ordinary mortal old man.

He had not yet reached this state of being able to control his movements freely, so after practicing the 'Secret Book of the Sword Demon' and the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique', he was filled with sword spirit even in normal times.

"My disciples have been practicing the 'Sword Demon Secret Codex' and the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art'!" The main body had gone through a process of becoming an apprentice, so he was well prepared for this and did not intend to hide anything, so he answered.

"The Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art is the inherited martial art of the Mingxin Sect. However, since you passed the assessment of the Questioning Heart Hall, I guess you are not a cultivator of the Mingxin Sect. Where did you get the Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art?" Elder Jian asked with a slight frown.

Elder Jian knew about the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique' as his old rival Yun Xingyi was practicing this technique.

If it was any other martial arts technique, Elder Jian would have no way of asking about its origin.

He was planning to accept Li Yuanba as his disciple, but this was his first time accepting a disciple in Senluo Sect and he didn't want any trouble.

"I found it in the storage bag of a cultivator I killed on Tianhai Island!" Li Yuanba answered half-truthfully.

"Tianhai Island! Could it be that Yun Xingyi died on Tianhai Island? No wonder his skills were lost!" Elder Jian did not doubt Li Yuanba's words and whispered to himself.

Although Tianhai Island is quite far away, it is still possible to investigate whether Yun Xingyi has died. This can be verified through multiple channels, such as Beishu Trading Company, or sects like Wanfo Sect that can contact Tianhai Island.

"What kind of physical training have you practiced? Why do I sense the breath of death in your body?" Elder Jian reached out his hand and patted Li Yuanba lightly, then asked.

"I have practiced the sword-cultivation technique of 'Sword Demon Secret Book'!" Li Yuanba allowed Elder Jian to examine him. In his heart, he was extremely worried that the secret of this body would be discovered by Elder Jian, but he spoke calmly.

Elder Jian had the same reaction as Li Shiming's master, Elder Su. He had also never heard of the 'Sword Demon Secret Book'.

"Let me see the 'Sword Demon Secret Book'!" Elder Jian demanded.

Li Yuanba took out a blank jade slip, engraved the contents of the "Sword Demon Secret Book" on the jade slip on the spot, and presented the jade slip to Elder Jian.

Although he has not formally become his disciple, in fact, Elder Jian is already his master.

It's just a copy of the 'Sword Demon Secret Book'. Even if Elder Jian wants the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art', he can still give it to him.

Elder Jian took the jade slip and read the contents of the "Sword Demon Secret Book" without saying anything for a long time.

"What a pity that this sword cultivator wants to take another path. I am ashamed of his courage!" Completely different from the evaluation of Elder Su of Shushan Sect, Elder Jian's evaluation of the "Sword Demon Secret Book" is very high.

When seeing Li Yuanba's inquiring gaze, Elder Jian smiled.

"Long ago, sword cultivators were divided into two groups, one for close combat and the other for long-range flying swords. With the rise of magic cultivators, close combat sword cultivators became shields for magic cultivators, which did not conform to the philosophy of sword cultivators. As a result, close combat sword cultivators became less and less common, and their inheritance was mostly lost.

The cultivator who created the Sword Demon Secret Codex was obviously a melee sword cultivator. He wanted to restore the glory of melee sword cultivators by sharpening their bodies early. Unfortunately, this technique only lasted until the Golden Core Stage. For some reason, he did not continue to innovate, but stopped at the Golden Core Stage! " Elder Jian explained with a sigh.

In fact, Elder Jian also guessed the reason. It was very likely that this melee swordsman died in the Jindan stage and was not able to become a Yuanying, let alone create the 'Sword Demon Secret Book' for the Yuanying stage.

Even the Jindan stage skills of the 'Sword Demon Secret Book' have become a way to create and strengthen magic weapons, and are no longer as stunning as before.

Elder Jian vaguely saw the process of a brilliant and talented swordsman, from being brilliant to being ordinary, and finally to annihilation.

"It's just strange, how could practicing the 'Sword Demon Secret Book' cause the body to have the aura of death?" Elder Jian studied the 'Sword Demon Secret Book' repeatedly, but could not find the source of the aura of death.

He just thought that there was something wrong with Li Yuanba's practice, but after checking Li Yuanba's body, he found that the breath of death did not affect Li Yuanba's practice, so he gave up.

"Follow me!" Elder Jian took Li Yuanba out of the mission hall, and then the two of them turned into two sword lights and left.

Elder Jian slowed down the sword light, and Li Yuanba's hairs stood up all over his body, because the mountain in front was shrouded in countless sword intents, and it seemed that he would be injured by the sword intent as soon as he got close.

"That is the sect's Wanjian Peak, and it's also where my cave is!" Elder Jian explained lightly.

As Elder Jian descended, the sword intent created a path, allowing the two to enter.

As soon as he approached the mountain shrouded in sword intent, Li Yuanba felt the sword intent in his body become restless, and the sword intent in his body seemed to be echoing with the sword intent outside.

"Senluo Sect's Wanjian Peak was looted. It was originally the main peak of a medium-sized sword-cultivating sect, and was moved back by several ancestors!" Elder Jian introduced the origin of Wanjian Peak.

Li Yuanba couldn't imagine that a mountain like Wanjian Peak was moved back like this. Besides, the sword-cultivating sect that owned Wanjian Peak must be very powerful. Even the foundation of the sect had been robbed. This was indeed a very evil practice.

"Master, are there few sword cultivators in the sect?" Li Shiming did not sense any sword cultivator aura in Wanjian Peak, so he asked curiously.

"We are the only true sword cultivators. The rest have gone astray. They won't come here!" Elder Jian shook his head.

As the power of the Senluo Sect grew, the sect had more and more skills and resources. In particular, there were a lot of opportunities to obtain the corpses of cultivators, which made the magic skills popular.

The corpses of cultivators can be used for more than just corpse refining. There are many other ways to use them, such as extracting their souls, refining their essence and blood. These are taboo techniques in other sects, but are normal in the Demon Sect.

Therefore, the more difficult a technique is to get started with, the fewer people will practice it.

Of course, one of the reasons is that Elder Jian is too lazy to train sword cultivators. As the master of Wanjian Peak, he almost never opens Wanjian Peak to the outside world, making it difficult for the cultivators in the sect to use Wanjian Peak to stimulate sword intent.

When he saw Wanjian Peak clearly, Li Yuanba finally understood the origin of the name.

The peak of Wanjian Peak is filled with various broken swords, most of which are magic-level swords, but some spiritual swords can also be seen from time to time.

When he landed at the top of Wanjian Peak, he also saw five flying swords with the aura of magical weapons inserted into the rocks at the top of the peak.

Even though he had kept a magic flying sword in his body, when he saw five magic flying swords, he still had the urge to go forward and take one.

“No need to look. All the swords in the entire Wanjian Peak have been integrated with this mountain. No sword here can be pulled out, let alone leave Wanjian Peak. These five flying swords are the treasures that suppress Wanjian Peak, and they cannot be moved at all!” Elder Jian glanced at Li Yuanba and introduced with a smile.

Elder Jian wanted to let Li Yuanba have a look around, so after giving a general introduction to Wanjian Peak, he took Li Yuanba to his cave.

"I have learned about your situation. The sect cannot find out your origins. After listening to your story, I think you are from Tianhai Island and not a native cultivator of Beishu!" Elder Jian said lightly, sitting in the main seat in the hall.

Li Yuanba naturally knew that his origins could not be investigated because this body had no origin at all.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in your background, and I'm not a local cultivator!" Elder Jian saw Li Yuanba's uneasiness, smiled and waved his hand.

"You are a child of principles. I have investigated your situation after joining the sect. You did not learn the sect's magic cultivation techniques. You were wholeheartedly practicing and honing your sword skills. You have always worn a mask to show others. Don't you want to go along with the corrupt crowd?" Elder Jian continued.

Li Yuanba was really scared, but it cannot be understood in this way. It is true that he wore a mask, but he really did not have any dissatisfaction with the sect.

Besides, wearing a mask does not actually affect a monk's normal communication. Monks can confirm each other's identities by their breath, which is easier to distinguish than hiding their faces.

"The reason why I chose you as my disciple is because I like your purity. There is no pure swordsman in the sect. My successor must be a pure swordsman!" Elder Jian sighed and stated the main reason for accepting Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba suddenly didn't want to explain anymore. He thought to himself that he must hide Jiang Chen well and not let Elder Jian find out about Jiang Chen's existence, otherwise Elder Jian might change his mind.

He is not a pure swordsman at all. He is trying hard to become a swordsman, but he also has the powerful corpse refining as his final trump card.

To traditional sword practitioners, this kind of sword practice is impure.

However, he believed that staying alive was the most important thing, and a swordsman who survived was a good swordsman.

The reason why he wears a mask is very simple. His face is too dazzling, so dazzling that it might be a problem if he doesn't cover it up.

"Master, I have to wear the mask!" He took off the mask and explained to Elder Jian.

Elder Jian was also stunned after seeing his face, and then he couldn't help laughing.

"You'd better put on the mask. If you reveal this face in the battle, it will be enough to save your life. Also, be careful of the dual cultivation and evil practitioners in the sect!" Elder Jian laughed and waved his hand.