Chapter 196: Chapter 111: Rising to Fame [Extra chapter for 1000 monthly tickets] _3
“I didn’t expect Elder Ming to cause such a motion,” Lu Yi said with a wry smile.
Liu Ningshuang nodded slightly, equally at a loss for words.
The two continued on their way.
Soon, they saw Elder Ming standing outside the city, with no one daring to approach within a few hundred meters, and cultivators in the distance were watching the situation here closely.
A silver-haired elder landed in front of Elder Ming, sizing him up with some caution.
Elder Ming smiled slightly and cupped his hands, saying, “Fellow Daoist need not worry, this old man is here only to look for someone and means no harm.”
Relieved by these words, the silver-haired elder chuckled and asked, “In that case, do you need any help?”
“No need, I’ve already found what I was looking for,” Elder Ming replied with a smile.
Lu Yi and Liu Ningshuang were very close by now; they hadn’t deliberately hidden their presence, so with a simple sweep of his powerful Divine Sense, Elder Ming easily located them.
Seeing that Elder Ming did not wish to say more, the silver-haired elder also refrained from further questions, lightly laughing as he said, “I see, it’s good that you’ve found them. Would you like to visit my mansion?”
Once again, Elder Ming smiled and politely declined, indicating his intention to leave.
The silver-haired elder said no more and transformed into a streak of light, flying back to Tianlu City, while Elder Ming flew toward the distant Tianlu Mountain Range.
Seeing that nothing happened, the cultivators also left one by one.
Lu Yi and Liu Ningshuang exchanged glances, like the other cultivators, and left the city. The two headed toward the Tianlu Mountain Range and not long after, in a deserted forest, Elder Ming found them.
Elder Ming glanced at them and asked, “The two of you, did you kill those thirteen Nascent Soul Cultivators and the Divinity Transformation Cultivator?”
Lu Yi and Liu Ningshuang both nodded slightly.
Elder Ming clapped his hands and laughed loudly, “Hahaha! Excellent, excellent, a Golden Core and a Nascent Soul managed to slay so many Nascent Soul Cultivators and a Divinity Transformation Cultivator. I suppose the faces of the people from the Four Sects of the Blood Spirit Sect must be green by now.”
You should know that even in such a grand battle in Qingzhou, so far, only a handful of Divinity Transformation Cultivators have died.
Now that one has died at the hands of two juniors, you can imagine how colorful the expressions of those sect elders must be.
“Let’s go, once we’re out of Qingzhou, they won’t be able to catch up with us. Let’s head to the Divine Sword Sect now,” he said.
Lu Yi and Liu Ningshuang nodded.
The three of them moved again, flying towards Wangzhou.
Since they were out of Qingzhou, they no longer needed to be so discreet and could afford to stay in the cities.
With just over a month left before the Sword Tao Conference began, they flew and traveled along the way, finally entering the region of Wangzhou after a month.
As the host state of the Divine Sword Sect, a sword Tao sacred land, Lu Yi noticed that almost every cultivator in Wangzhou carried a sword on their back. Not every ten were sword cultivators, but certainly, eight out of ten practiced the Sword Dao.
Sword cultivation was quite the trend in Wangzhou.
The three traveled to a city and, while staying in an inn, overheard discussions about the Sword Tao Conference.
“I heard that the old Sect Leader of the Divine Sword Sect has returned. He might personally explain the Sword Dao to the juniors at the Sword Tao Conference. This year’s conference is bound to be extraordinarily lively!”
“Yes, and in recent years, sword dao prodigies in the Eastern Domain have been sprouting like spring bamboo after the rain. Not to mention the two monstrously talented individuals, Jian Ruyu and Wang Qifeng, from the Divine Sword Sect, Yu Weiwei of the Jade Sword Sect seems to have also prehended powerful sword intent. Not to mention, there are numerous talented sword cultivators emerging outside of Wangzhou, causing quite a stir.”
“Apart from the older generation of sword cultivators, these talented younger ones are likely all heading this way for the petition, right? The sword fights then are sure to be quite spectacular,” someone else chimed in.
“Yes, every sword fight brings out once-in-a-lifetime geniuses who are exceptionally invited to contemplate in front of the Divine Sword Stele at the Divine Sword Sect. It’s truly enviable,” added another.
“…”
Lu Yi and his panions were sitting not far away, Elder Ming showing a look of surprise as he listened to the people discussing, and said, “I didn’t expect that old Sect Leader to have returned.”
Lu Yi, somewhat puzzled, asked, “Wasn’t that old Sect Leader usually at the Divine Sword Sect?”
Liu Ningshuang spoke up, “It is said that the old senior is rarely seen, seldom staying at the Divine Sword Sect and almost always traveling outside. It’s unexpected that he has returned this time. Whenever there is a Sword Tao Conference and the old Sect Leader is present, he surely explains the Sword Dao to the sword cultivators. Junior Brother, you are indeed quite fortunate.”
Lu Yi’s eyes sparkled, revealing a look of surprise as he smiled, “It seems my luck is indeed promising.”
If the old Sect Leader really did explain the Sword Dao, the task rewards wouldn’t be too shabby, right?
After all, he’s nearly half a step away from crossing the Tribulation for Ascension, probably one of the most powerful individuals in the whole Tianming.
Lu Yi felt somewhat expectant.
Additionally, Lu Yi held another expectation. The Divine Sword Stele of the Divine Sword Sect was famously renowned throughout the entire Tianming. It was said that after the founder of the sect ascended to immortality, he returned to Tianming and left behind the stele engraved with profoundly deep Sword Dao concepts.
You should know, that powerhouse was an Immortal and a sword cultivator who specialized in the Sword Dao. The Sword Dao concepts left by such a high-level powerhouse would undoubtedly be profoundly deep.
If he could prehend under the Divine Sword Stele, breaking through to the Sword Tao Domain Realm should not pose too great a challenge.
Lu Yi internally made up his mind that, e what may, he must achieve victory in the sword fights.
He thought to himself, “I must win in the sword fights at the Sword Tao Conference.”
[Task]
Win in the sword fights at the Sword Tao Conference.
Reward: Top-grade Artifact, Mingxin Sword.
Accept: Yes/No
Another top-grade artifact?
Lu Yi was surprised and then also delighted. Top-grade artifacts were extremely rare, and naturally, Lu Yi would not refuse another one.
He happily accepted the task.
After resting, the three continued on their journey.
Soon, they arrived near the Divine Sword Sect.
Even from hundreds of miles away from the Divine Sword Sect, Lu Yi could see a massive stone sword piercing the ground, its hilt soaring into the clouds, making it impossible to ascertain just how tall it was.
But just being visible from hundreds of miles away probably indicated an extremely exaggerated height.
Around the stone sword, clouds surrounded, and atop the clouds floated numerous strangely beautiful and splendid Immortal Mountains.
All the Immortal Mountains floated around the stone sword, with rising mists and drifting Immortal Energy. The rich Spiritual Energy formed a colorful glow that enveloped the entire area, making the entire Divine Sword Sect seem unlike the Mortal World.
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