Chapter 71 A Sword's Frost Chills Across Fourteen Provinces 4
Choosing a sword based on one's conscience is an honor that every disciple of the Giant Sword Sect aspires to achieve.
However, only the top fifty disciples in the assessment have the opportunity to go to the Sword Pavilion to ask their hearts and choose their swords. Asking one's hearts naturally tests whether one's heart is firm in pursuing the Dao and cultivating immortality. Choosing a sword is naturally a two-way journey between the sword cultivator and the sword. The precious sword has a spirit and will choose its own master.
Most of the swords in this sword pavilion were left behind by the fallen or ascended predecessors of the Giant Sword Sect. This is a kind of inheritance and a testament to the sect's heritage.
Furthermore, every time the Giant Sword Sect opens its Sword Pavilion, other sects will exchange resources to trade for a few spots, reserving them for outstanding geniuses among their disciples who cultivate the sword path.
There are not many slots available. The two sects and six schools each have only two slots, totaling a dozen or so people. If each person gets a famous sword, it will be enough to cause the Giant Sword Sect to suffer a huge loss.
However, not everyone can choose a sword that suits their taste. Most people will leave empty-handed. Famous swords have a spirit. The sword you like may not like you back, and you may not be willing to settle for the sword you don't like. In the end, you will get nothing.
The first test to choose a sword is the Questioning Platform. This test is designed to filter out those with impure hearts and weak resolve. However, the selected disciples are mostly seasoned veterans who have overwhelmed their opponents, so they usually have no problem with this test.
However, this time is somewhat of an exception.
Although it's called the Questioning Platform, it's actually a walkway. Disciples participating in the Questioning Platform to choose their swords walk through it in an orderly fashion to reach the front of the Sword Pavilion. Normally, the order is never chaotic.
However, the group stopped when there were only about 10 people left. The people in front were all disciples of the Giant Sword Sect, while the people behind were "exchange students" from other sects.
Ten peak masters from the Giant Sword Sect also came. Except for the Sword Master of Broken Mountain and the Peak Master of Medicine Peak, the others were watching the performance of their disciples from the stands.
They will also enter the Sword Pavilion later. One reason is to protect the disciples from being injured by the famous swords inside. Some of these swords are extremely fierce and have bad tempers, and they can easily be provoked and hurt by these hotheads.
Secondly, it is to prevent some people from being greedy and stealing the sword. There have been such cases before. This is not unfounded. According to the rules, each person can only choose one sword.
However, given the precedent of two swords targeting the same person, the leaders must keep a close eye on the situation to prevent others from making any moves.
The master of Biyue Peak was in a good mood. Five disciples from their peak were participating in the Sword Selection Competition. He saw that his disciples had already arrived at the entrance of the Sword Pavilion, so the one stuck on the path of the Sword Selection Competition must not be his disciple.
The elders from the two sects and six schools standing nearby looked displeased. This order usually referred to their disciples. Among them, the elder from the Flowing Cloud Sect, who cultivated a pupil technique, carefully counted the disciples standing at the entrance of the Sword Pavilion and found that there were exactly 48. Tsk, doesn't that mean that the one blocking the way is someone from the Giant Que Sect?
The elder of the Liuyun Sect said in a gentle voice, "I believe this person should be a disciple of your Juque Sword Sect. Your skills are superb, can you tell if this is correct?"
Others, upon hearing this, also carefully counted the number of people, and lo and behold, they really were disciples of the Giant Sword Sect.
Tsk, now it's the other two sects and six schools' turn to watch the show.
The ten peak masters' faces darkened; it was truly embarrassing. They had just been mocking the "exchange students" from outside for being useless, but now it turned out to be their own disciples.
The peak masters all stared intently at the exit, trying to see who the disciple who had failed in his spiritual inquiry was. After a quarter of an hour, the person still hadn't come out. Good heavens, could it be that this disciple failed in his spiritual inquiry? If so, the Giant Sword Sect would have lost face big time today.
Lei Yun Daoist had a vague guess that this disciple might be his own junior disciple, Miao Qiqi.
A few breaths later, a female disciple finally emerged from the exit, and sure enough, it was Miao Qiqi.
Her black hair was damp with sweat, her face was pale, and even her lips were bloodless. She walked out of the Questioning Platform looking exhausted. After she left the Questioning Platform, the disciples of the other sects arrived in front of the Sword Pavilion in no time.
Now, the faces of the peak masters of the Giant Sword Sect darkened even more. Wasn't this Miao Qiqi? They had also heard their direct disciples mention Miao Qiqi before, and they all praised the girl. Although they didn't know her personally before, they had a very good impression of her.
That's it?!
Her Dao heart is so weak that she has had such a difficult time passing the Questioning Platform. Everyone here is a pillar of their respective sects, and their cultivation is naturally beyond question. They can easily see that this young girl's cultivation is mixed and her foundation is unstable. It is likely that she has not been cultivating diligently and has relied on spiritual medicine to get there.
The other peak masters had also heard about the incident where Lei Yun Daoist's sixth disciple destroyed his innate sword bone and broke with him. Seeing Miao Qiqi's behavior now, they felt that Lei Yun Daoist really didn't know how to teach his disciples.
Lei Yun Daoist was very worried about Miao Qiqi. He had always spoiled his little disciple. Now she was going to the Sword Pavilion, and she had just used up her magic power at the Questioning Platform. He no longer expected her to succeed in choosing a sword. He just wanted her to return safely.
Although these peak masters can enter the Sword Pavilion together to protect their disciples, that only means they will intervene when the disciples' lives are in danger, saving their lives.
The severity of the injury is not within their scope of responsibility.
The path of cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao is inherently filled with bloodshed. The Giant Sword Sect does not cultivate delicate disciples; they seek talents who can uphold the sect's honor.
Therefore, even if Miao Qiqi was injured at the Sword Pavilion, as long as her life was not in danger, Daoist Lei Yun could not protect her.
As soon as Miao Qiqi stepped out of the Questioning Platform, Zhang Zhaonan helped her up. A group of people around her fussed over her, and several foreign disciples also looked at her with concern, appearing very worried.
Miao Qiqi swallowed two Rejuvenation Pills, and her face gradually regained its rosy color, and her breathing became steady.
Logically speaking, Miao Qiqi shouldn't have been able to enter the top fifty of the Juque Sword Sect's disciple assessment. However, she had many friends, and every time she went on stage to compete, the male disciples she met admired her. Sometimes they would let her have a move or two. She also had a lot of pills. While others went through a series of battles and their cultivation hadn't recovered by the next day, she had already used pills to fully restore her health and mana. Then, she relied on this to enter the top fifty.
This is a stark contrast between players who spend money and those who don't!
Several elders watching from a distance frowned slightly. This young girl certainly had a knack for winning over these disciples.
This is not a good thing. These people have lived for hundreds of years and have seen all kinds of tricks. They are all shrewd and can easily see through this little girl's methods.
However, they are the Three Sects and Six Schools, a prestigious sect in the cultivation world. They hope that their disciples will have a stable Dao heart and not resort to any underhanded tricks. Such tricks are ultimately not respectable.
Furthermore, if this continues, the path will inevitably be hindered, which is not what these teachers and elders wish to see.
However, since Miao Qiqi's master, Lei Yun Daoren, didn't say anything, they couldn't overstep their bounds and could only secretly remind themselves to keep their disciples away from this female cultivator when they returned.
"Huh? That's not right. Why is the Giant Sword Sect one person short? Look, there are only forty-nine people on the field."
The female elder of the Liuyun Sect counted the number of people again, and indeed the Juque Sword Sect was one person short.
The other peak masters knew that the sect leader had personally allocated a spot for the newly accepted disciple of the Sword Master of Broken Peak.
Po Yue Sword Master's combat power is extraordinary. His lineage has always been known for its prodigies. Each generation of successors is a genius who can overpower all the talents in the cultivation world. Moreover, they witnessed the extraordinary phenomenon of Luo Shu's tribulation. No one doubts that Po Yue Sword Master's disciple is a good-for-nothing.
Therefore, as soon as Tantai Ming brought it up, everyone agreed to it.
However, since this matter involves the Sword Master of Breaking the Mountain, it was not made public to the disciples below. These fifty spots are being watched by everyone in the entire school. The fact that one spot was predetermined has led to speculation among the disciples.
However, it was not up to the disciples to question the decisions of the peak master and sect leader, so this matter was not explained to people from other sects.
At this moment, an elder from the Liuyun Sect brought it up. The elder from Tianxuan Peak had the highest cultivation level, and he replied, "This was reserved for the disciple of the Poyue Sword Master. Speaking of which, she is our junior sister."
Upon hearing this, the elders of the outer sect were all filled with surprise.
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