11: Gale Village

...after talking to the old man for half an hour, xiao Chen knew more about the gale village..

Apparently it was one of the strongest villages in an 100-mile radius, most sects came to these villages for a chance to look for talented young cultivators..

The gale village also had a guardian, this guardian was some sort of flying beast, it seldom comes out in the public, it only comes out once it has to protect the village..

Despite its huge reputation, it would lose out to the jade-scaled roc in an upfront confrontation..

Most of these villages around a 100-mile radius were all ruled by a single sect, there was a limit to how much information he could get out of the old man, after all he wasn't even a cultivator..

"Lad, we are here, stay in the carriage. since you don't have anywhere to go, come to the Liu clan with me" the old man said as he whipped the horses..

Xiao Chen raised an eyebrow, Liu clan?, they were probably a clan residing in the gale village, this wasn't anything surprising honestly..

Xiao Chen then looked towards the area where the carriage was facing, in front of them was a village surrounded by wooden walls, two guards could be seen standing at the front, watching many people leave and go in the village..

Xiao Chen couldn't get a clear size of the village, but from the width of the walls alone, he could tell it was a lot bigger than his old village..

The gale village allowed anyone inside as long as that person wasn't a beast, demon or ghost..

With the increase in many rumors, many people aren't even sure who is human or not, this was the same problem for many places, they could only look towards those sects for help..

There were also many beasts hundreds of meters tall sometimes roaming these areas, those beasts were usually subdued by the sect, or sometimes the sect would try to reason with it, the latter rarely ever happened.

Xiao Chen sat in the carriage as the old man slowly made the horses move towards the gale village gates..

The guards didn't even bat an eye as they saw them enter, after all no one would dare cause trouble in the presence of the guardian beast of the village, many people had witnessed the beasts might, not only that the village leader himself was a strong man at the peak of the body-refining realm just like xiao Chen..

It was hard for these villagers to breakthrough to the heavenly Qi realm, only those large sects could help, but getting their help with cultivation was easier said then done..

Xiao Chen looked out the window and expressionlessly watched the bustling village, back on earth he had been to many places larger than this village, what was there to be excited about?.

"Lad, with your strength you can take the sect's exam, if you can make it into the sect no one in a 100-mile radius will dare offend you" Old man Liu turned around to look at xiao Chen, an expectant expression on his face, it seemed like he had much hope in xiao Chen..

Xiao Chen thought seriously for a while, if he joined the sect he could get a feel for how a sect was, he had read many Xianxia, but he hadn't lived in one, this was also a form of experience for him..

[system mission

Task: join the sky sword mountain sect...

Reward: flying sword (Locked until breakthrough)

Time limit: end of disciple tests]

A holographic screen appeared in xiao Chen's face, completely blocking his view of the village..

"System, why is the flying sword reward locked?" Xiao chen asked as he noticed the rewards..

[the flying sword can be used for flight and also attacking, without breaking through to the heavenly Qi realm, it is impossible to control this treasure] the system said..

Xiao Chen smiled softly, he would have to join this sky sword mountain sect, to be able to gain the ability of flight...

"System, aren't heavenly Qi realm cultivators able to fly by themselves" xiao Chen asked, he was really confused...

[it is possible, but they won't last long while flying, that is the reason why flying swords are used] the system said..

Xiao Chen suddenly had an image in his mind, it was that of him flying through the air atop a sword..

He would definitely look like a true sword immortal, if only he had lived for thousands of years..

Xiao Chen shook his head at that thought, what was the point of being old?, he wanted eternal youth..

Xiao Chen steeled his mind as he thought about that, he currently wasn't planning on taking revenge on that jade-scaled roc, after all he was the shameless one that robed its only egg..