Chapter 245: Glory
"Like the wind that sneaks into the night, moistening everything silently."
Yun Qiu Shui clapped his hands in admiration. He admired Gao Xian's gentle and caring attitude.
Unexpectedly, after a year, Gao Xian had made some progress in his swordsmanship.
This move was very powerful and brought out the full beauty of the gentle breeze and rain. With just one sword, the sword broke the power of the sword spirit's transformation.
In fact, Gao Xian took a huge risk. If he failed to succeed with the sword, he would most likely be killed by the red phoenix transformed by the sword spirit.
But Gao Xian made light of the heavy tasks, and was very carefree and unrestrained. This kind of romantic style was almost comparable to his.
Yun Changfeng asked, "Were these two lines of poetry written by Gao Xian?"
"That's right, what do you think, father?" Yun Qiu Shui asked with a smile.
"He is indeed a talented person."
Yun Changfeng had to admit that he had made a mistake. Gao Xian, a cultivator of such a lowly background, actually defeated several geniuses with natural spiritual bodies.
His magic skills and swordsmanship are so advanced that, at the foundation-building level, he can be said to be an expert in both magic and swordsmanship.
He added: "I never looked down on him. I just said that he was old and his future was bleak. His entry into the Shenxiao Palace would not change that..."
The so-called old age means that Gao Xian was already thirty years old when he achieved the foundation.
For ordinary practitioners, being able to establish a foundation at the age of sixty is considered fast.
Before building the foundation, the cultivator has to breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the one hand, and consume the essence of life on the other.
The later the foundation is built, the more innate life essence the cultivator will consume.
For cultivators, the innate origin is extremely precious and difficult to replenish through acquired means.
True disciples of large sects can use sophisticated secret techniques and a large number of elixirs to reduce the consumption of their innate essence as much as possible when practicing Qi.
These true disciples will complete their foundation building before the age of twenty-five at the latest.
Gao Xian obviously did not have this condition. Even if he had some fortuitous encounter and his cultivation level increased rapidly, the innate life source consumed would be difficult to make up for.
As for the fact that the secret method of foundation building is not working, it is not a big problem for the true disciples of Qingyun Sect.
What Yun Changfeng meant by being pessimistic was actually that Gao Xian had almost no chance of achieving a third-grade golden elixir.
For him, although a lower third grade golden elixir can be called a true person, it is meaningless.
With Gao Xian's aptitude, if he is well trained, it is not impossible for him to achieve a third-grade golden elixir.
He didn't say these words explicitly, but he believed that his daughter and son would understand what he meant.
Yun Qiushui said disapprovingly: "My friend is extremely gifted and cannot be judged by common sense. Besides, fate is mysterious and destiny is unpredictable. Who can predict what the future will be like?"
Yun Qingxuan nodded slightly, expressing his approval of his brother.
"Okay, I hope he has a bright future."
Yun Changfeng had no prejudice against Gao Xian, and even admired him a little. He said this entirely out of rational judgment.
Since his daughter and son don't like to hear this, there's no need for him to emphasize it.
In other words, as long as Gao Xian could form the elixir, it would be the best result. Why bother to hope for a third-grade golden elixir?
He said to Yun Qingxuan, "It's time for you, the head of the Water Department, to go on stage. After all, this is the first Dharma Assembly you presided over, and your friend won the championship, which is quite commemorative."
Yun Qingxuan did not comment on this. She did not think there was anything worth commemorating.
Commemoration is nothing more than reminiscing about the past. She likes to grasp the present and occasionally plan for the future, but she will never look back at the past.
"It is indeed a good day worth remembering." Yun Qiu Shui was quite excited. He wished he could go on stage in place of his sister.
Yun Qingxuan ignored her younger brother and floated up to the sword-fighting arena and landed next to Gao Xian.
The cultivators watching the battle from all directions saw a beautiful woman in green coming. She had picturesque eyebrows and eyes, a noble spirit, and a graceful demeanor. She was just like the fairy Gushan.
Few people in Qingyun Sect had seen Yun Qingxuan, let alone the many cultivators present.
Many cultivators started to make noises, "Where did this beauty come from?" "She is really beautiful, but a little too cold..."
"What is this beautiful lady doing on stage?"
"She and that Gao Xian both wear blue clothes. Are they a couple?"
Hearing all kinds of messy discussions, Yun Qingxuan slightly released the golden elixir aura.
A mysterious invisible pressure enveloped all directions, like an invisible mountain pressing down on everyone's heads.
The noisy cultivators all became red-faced and could not utter a single word.
The other practitioners also felt heavy all over and had to use their magic power to resist this invisible pressure.
For a moment, the huge sword-fighting arena fell silent.
Yun Qingxuan suppressed all the noise, and then said to Gao Xian in a leisurely and gentle voice: "Congratulations, fellow Taoist."
Gao Xian smiled and said, "Thank you, Master."
He didn't say anything more polite. There was no need to be so vulgar with Yun Qingxuan.
Yun Qingxuan took out a cloud-patterned blue copper plate and handed it to Gao Xian. "Qingyun Dharma Assembly Qingyun Sword Order, a third-level lower-grade magic weapon, activates the Qingyun magic shield to resist a golden elixir attack."
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The so-called defense against a golden elixir attack is actually very vague, because the upper and lower limits of a golden elixir are too different.
Gao Xian didn't ask any more questions, since it was a third-level magic weapon he got for free.
Everyone in the audience focused their attention on the small Qingyun Sword Order. This thing looked insignificant, but it represented the honor of being the leader of the Qingyun Dharma Assembly, the true teachings of the Qingyun Sect's Shenxiao Hall, the world's top secret techniques and various elixirs, and the ability to receive face-to-face guidance from the Yuanying Zhenjun...
Lu Shidao, Luo Xiujun, Li Qingfeng and others looked even more seriously, their eyes seemed to be glued to the Qingyun Sword Order.
Li Feihuang, who was standing next to Gao Xian, also stared at the Qingyun Sword Order. Compared to the others, she was more regretful and sad.
As long as she stayed calm in the battle just now, she would have a good chance of winning it.
This Qingyun Sword Order should have been hers! Thinking of this, Li Feihuang was even more resentful towards Gao Xian.
The old man Li Chengfeng in the audience was also very sad. For this Dharma Assembly, he had gathered the power of the sect and spent countless resources, but in the end, he was just a little bit short...
The cultivators watching the battle from all sides were also looking at the Qingyun Sword Order and Gao Xian eagerly, their eyes filled with envy and jealousy.
In the last battle, even the foundation-building cultivators didn't understand it, let alone the Qi-training cultivators.
The mysteriousness of the battle process made many people feel awe for Gao Xian.
This man is not only good at magic, but also seems to be extremely good at swordsmanship.
Gao Xian once again became the center of everyone's attention.
According to custom, the water cultivator in charge of the Qingyun Dharma Assembly released a colorful dazzling light spell. This spell was useless but extremely bright and beautiful.
At important moments, colorful glare magic will be released to celebrate.
Hundreds of talismans prepared in advance were released at the same time. It happened to be the darkest moment before dawn. Pieces and balls of dazzling colorful flames illuminated the starry sky and illuminated the entire Qingyun City.
The great sage on the sword-fighting stage seemed to be more dazzling and brilliant than the colorful spiritual light that illuminated the heaven and earth.
The glory of this moment is also deeply imprinted in the hearts of all spectators.
Gao Xian, the leader of the Qingyun Dharma Assembly, will become an indelible memory for them.
Gao Xian was in a complicated mood as well. He was not used to being the center of all attention, nor was he used to this huge honor.
But he had to admit that he felt pretty good at the moment.
He turned his eyes and saw the calm Yun Qingxuan, the approving Lu Jingxu, the regretful Li Feihuang, the complex and deep eyes of Shui Yuying, and the jealous and envious eyes of the audience...
Finally, Gao Xian's gaze fell on Yun Qiu Shui's face.
Yun Qiu Shui had a happy and relaxed smile on his face, and his bright eyes were filled with joy.
Gao Xian couldn't help but smile. It was great that someone could share this glory and joy...
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