"Your master comes from the 'Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion'. After I accept you as my apprentice, you are not only a disciple of the Senluo Sect, but also a disciple of the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. You must know this!" Elder Jian said as he took Li Yuanba into the inner room of the cave.
It was the first time that Li Yuanba heard that a person could have the identities of two sect disciples, but after hearing what Elder Jian said, he thought that the sect also knew about this.
“Where is the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion?” He really couldn’t remember the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. You know, he and his original body were in two major sects, but had never heard of the existence of the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion.
“Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion is not in the Beishu Continent. If you have the chance to become a Nascent Soul, perhaps you can go back to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion to take a look!” Elder Jian said with a hint of reminiscence in his eyes.
Back when Elder Jian was still a foundation-building cultivator, he encountered a catastrophic storm while out to sea. He was sucked into the vortex of the storm. When he woke up again, he was already in the Northern Shu Continent. He was rescued by an elder of the Senluo Sect and became his disciple.
It is impossible to return to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. Without the strength of Nascent Soul, crossing the sea which is countless times more dangerous than the North Sea is tantamount to seeking death.
He was lucky to encounter a space vortex, which allowed him to arrive in Beishu safely.
From then on, he became a cultivator of the Senluo Sect, and with the help of his master, he eventually became a Jindan cultivator and took charge of Wanjian Peak.
Although Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion is not a righteous sect, it is not a sect of evil cultivators. Therefore, Elder Jian, who came from Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, does not have much good feelings towards evil cultivators.
This is very funny. A Jindan elder of the Demon Sect has no good feelings towards demon cultivators, but this is the fact. Elder Jian has also become the most special existence in the Senluo Sect.
Fortunately, Elder Jian's master successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, giving him a very strong backer in the sect. This meant that no matter how arrogant he was, no cultivator dared to target him.
In addition, Elder Jian is indeed powerful. Now he is already in the late Jindan stage. With a sword in his hand, he has no rivals except for the Nascent Soul stage.
He also made great contributions to the unification of the Ten Thousand Mountains by the Senluo Sect. Both his strength and achievements left the other elders speechless.
It is extremely difficult for a Jindan cultivator like him to find a suitable disciple in the Demon Sect.
Most cultivators who enter the Demon Sect will choose magic skills when they first enter. Even if they do not choose magic skills, under the influence of this environment, they will also practice magic skills as a supplement to speed up their cultivation.
As for the independent cultivators who joined the sect through other means, it is almost impossible for them to master the sword intent through their established cultivation methods.
This is why Elder Jian issued the assessment task after a brief investigation after seeing Li Yuanba, as it was really difficult to find disciples.
Entering the inner room, Li Yuanba saw a painting on the wall. In the painting, there was a mountain shrouded in clouds and mist. On the top of the mountain there was a towering pavilion with the words "Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion" written on it.
He could vaguely see figures moving around in the Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, and the clouds on the mountains were also flowing, so it seemed as if the painting was alive.
He soon realized that this was a magic weapon, but its aura was obscure and he did not notice it for a while.
“Yuanba, come here and kowtow to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion!” Elder Jian stepped forward and respectfully bowed to the scroll of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, then gave instructions to Li Yuanba.
Li Yuanba came to the scroll of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, knelt down, and respectfully kowtowed three times as a ceremony of entry.
He turned around and bowed deeply to Elder Jian, who smiled.
Li Yuanba stood up and stood beside Elder Jian with his hands behind his back.
“Grandmaster, today I accept Li Yuanba as a disciple of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. I will make Li Yuanba abide by the rules of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. I hope you will bear witness!” Elder Jian said to the Jianyi Chongxiao scroll. After doing all this, he turned to Li Yuanba and smiled, “Okay, from now on you are a disciple of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion!”
In his words, Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion is more important than Senluo Sect.
"From now on, the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art' that you practice can be used as a supplementary technique, and you should change to practice the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art'!" After Li Yuanba paid homage to the Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Pavilion scroll, Elder Jian became more friendly towards Li Yuanba, and said with a smile.
"My disciple has been practicing the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art' for some time, and the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art' in my hand is also a complete copy, which goes all the way up to the Nascent Soul Stage!" Li Yuanba thought that Elder Jian was not aware that the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art' he had obtained was a complete copy, so he hurriedly explained.
You should know that changing the skills will have a significant impact on cultivators, as it is related to their future path of cultivation.
Li Yuanba had already planned his own path of cultivation. The clone needed to cultivate faster and provide help to the original body.
"I'm not asking you to give up the Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art. You are a disciple of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion and you must focus on the Sword Intent Chongxiao Art. Besides, how can the Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art be compared with the Sword Intent Chongxiao Art!" Elder Jian explained with a look of disdain on his face.
Seeing Elder Jian's attitude, Li Yuanba did not insist any longer, because there was no point in insisting. Since his master had said so, changing his main practice method was inevitable.
Fortunately, he is only in the initial stage of foundation building, so it is easy for him to change his cultivation at this time.
"Yes, disciple will obey the master's orders!" He bowed and replied.
“I won’t let you suffer any loss. If I hadn’t been a true disciple of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, I wouldn’t have the complete set of Sword Intent Chongxiao Jue in my hands. This martial art is much more powerful than most martial arts in the Northern Shu continent!” Elder Jian said with a smile.
Li Yuanba heard one of the implications, which was that his master had a kind of condescending contempt for the Northern Shu Continent.
Perhaps there was no need to hide anything in front of his disciple, Elder Jian was truly expressing his true feelings.
In the world of immortal cultivation, the relationship between master and disciple is very close, even closer than that between father and son in the mortal world.
In the secular world, the time between father and son and relatives is at most a few decades. However, in the world of immortal cultivation, the time between master and disciple is often more than a hundred years, and the time between Jindan cultivators and their disciples is even longer.
After Li Yuanba had paid homage to the scroll of Jian Yi Chong Xiao Pavilion, Elder Jian began to regard him as one of his own.
"By the way, I haven't arranged a cave for you yet. You will live in the cave on the other side of the peak of Wanjian Peak. Anyway, there are only two of us master and disciple here!" Elder Jian clapped his hands.
This was his first time to accept a disciple, so it was considered a chance. It was not easy for him to meet a disciple that suited his mind.
While I am happy, I am also trying my best to learn to fulfill the obligations of a master.
Elder Jian took Li Yuanba's identity jade disc and changed his identity from outer disciple to true disciple. He had no disciples, so this only disciple was naturally a true disciple.
He didn't even have to compete with other Jindan elder disciples. He had a spot for a true disciple, which he gave directly to Li Yuanba.
"Settle down first today, and come here tomorrow morning, and I will teach you the Art of Sword Soaring to the Sky!" Elder Jian brought Li Yuanba to the five flying sword magic weapons on Wanjian Peak and gave his final instructions.
"Yes, Master!" Li Yuanba bowed and replied.
There is no need to go to the cave outside the gate, as there is nothing left there.
He went directly to another cave in Wanjian Peak. When he used his identity jade disc to open the cave, he discovered something unusual.
"This is a Jindan-level cave!" He couldn't help but exclaimed as he felt the extremely rich spiritual energy.
He did not expect that Elder Jian would allocate a Jindan-level cave to him. Although there were no other cultivators in Wanjian Peak, this treatment was beyond his status as a foundation-building cultivator.
The interior of the cave is very large, especially in the training room. In addition to the rich spiritual energy, there is also a faint pure sword intent lingering in the training room.
Practicing the main sword cultivation technique here, in addition to improving one's own spiritual power, can also subtly increase sword intent. This preciousness is extremely important for sword cultivation.
"It's still good to have a background!" Looking at the current training environment, Li Yuanba sighed.
He thought of the true disciple of Houtu Sect who was killed in this mission, and took out a storage bracelet.
He first took out the Thick Earth Shield Bead. Although this bead did not protect Ren Pengxiao at that time, its defensive effect was still extremely strong.
You have to know that Li Yuanba's sword at that time was the strongest sword he could use. In addition, the quality of the third-grade sword itself exceeded that of a spiritual weapon. Especially in the final stage, he realized the sword intent into silk, otherwise he would not have been able to break through the defense of the thick earth shield bead in a short time.
If Ren Pengxiao used the talisman, he would have to summon generals to resist for him.
The talisman at that time also fell into Li Yuanba's hands. It was a giant mountain talisman with two remaining chances to be used, which gave him an extra trump card.
This thick earth shield bead is useless to him. Driving this jade bead requires earth-type spiritual power, but he can give it to the main body when he has the chance.
His spiritual thoughts entered the storage bracelet, and there were quite a few spiritual objects in it. Come to think of it, some wealth could not have been left behind before the sect was destroyed. True disciples were the seeds of the sect's future, so naturally he had to give them more.
Needless to say, one million spirit stones was not a lot in his opinion.
The rest are some second-grade spiritual objects, such as spiritual tools, formation plates, talismans, pills, and a large number of various materials. There are so many of them that their value is probably tens of millions of spirit stones.
This is the foundation of a medium to large sect. The wealth left for future seeds before the sect was destroyed is only a small part of it, but it also made Li Yuanba's heart beat faster when he saw it.
But none of these attracted as much attention as a piece of rock emitting yellow light. This was a third-grade spiritual object with earth attribute. It was exactly the third-grade five-element material that Li Shiming needed. It contained extremely pure earth-based spiritual power.
Li Yuanba thought to himself that it seemed that he really needed to meet the original body.
The thick earth shield beads and the third-grade earth attribute materials need to be handed over to the main body.
In addition, Li Yuanba also needs to practice "Purple Air Coming from the East", a technique that can greatly enhance one's own Taoist body and spirit, so he must share it with his clone.
In order to achieve the best effect of the "Purple Air Coming from the East" technique, a complete set of 1,500 Fresnel reflectors is required.
Although he did not have a suitable place to practice "Purple Air Coming from the East" at this time, he thought that if necessary, it might not be a problem for him to ask his master to find a mountain for him to use alone as a true disciple.
He put the confiscated storage bracelet on his wrist. He was also a true disciple. Although Elder Jian and the sect did not give him the storage bracelet, he would not be coveted by other cultivators if he used the storage bracelet openly.
The next day, he arrived at the place with five flying swords very early, but Elder Jian had not arrived yet.
He felt the omnipresent sword intent of Wanjian Peak. Yesterday, due to the presence of Elder Jian, he did not have the opportunity to study it carefully.
There was no one around at this time, so he tried to emit his sword intent. Wan Jianfeng's sword intent wrapped around his sword intent, and he felt that his control over the sword intent was weakening.
He was shocked that Wan Jianfeng's sword intent was devouring his sword intent.
Li Yuanba hurriedly and forcibly retracted his sword intent. Even so, a part of his sword intent was still devoured, which was enough for him to practice for more than ten days.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough, otherwise his losses would be huge.
"The sword intent of Wanjian Peak is the accumulation of countless generations of sword cultivators. Although these sword intents have no masters, they still retain the consciousness of protecting Wanjian Peak!" The voice of Elder Jian came. Elder Jian had stood behind Li Yuanba without him knowing. He saw clearly what Li Yuanba had just done.
"Master, you are here!" Li Yuanba greeted hurriedly.
"My master wanted me to pass on the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky' in the Senluo Sect, so he specially snatched the Wanjian Peak and gave it to me. Accepting you as a disciple is also an explanation to my master. After my master comes out of seclusion, I will take you to meet your great-grandmaster!" Elder Jian nodded and said while looking at the Wanjian Peak.
Li Yuanba heard one thing, that is, Elder Jian’s master was a Nascent Soul ancestor.
“The Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art is an ancient inheritance of sword cultivators. There were five ancestors of the Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Pavilion who ascended to the upper realms with the help of this art. The reason why this pavilion has been able to pass on its traditions to this day, in addition to the powerful sword cultivators, the most important thing is that we have the protection of immortals above us!” Elder Jian continued to introduce.
"Master, is there really an upper realm?" Li Yuanba asked hurriedly when he heard about the upper realm.
"Of course there is an upper realm. Some major sects with a long history have ancestors who have become immortals and ascended to heaven. Through special means, it is possible to contact the immortal ancestors. It is too early to tell you about these things. It is enough for you to know that the highest level of practicing the Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art is able to ascend to heaven!" Elder Jian replied with certainty.
Li Yuanba was shocked when he heard his master say this. Although he didn't know what realm was required for ascension, he knew that the strongest existence in the Northern Shu Continent was the Nascent Soul Ancestor, and ascension must be much higher than the Nascent Soul Ancestor's level.
Only then did he understand why Elder Jian looked down upon the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art'. He even thought about letting his original body practice the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art' as well.
“From today on, I will teach you the ‘Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky’. You must swear on your soul to this technique. Unless someone is your disciple and accepted as a disciple of the Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Pavilion, this technique cannot be passed on to others. Those who violate the rules will have their souls and spirits destroyed!” Elder Jian said solemnly before passing on the technique.