Declaring the War against Iron Blood Manor?

Xing'er froze after hearing his words. The first thing that came to her mind was 'Is that how a true swordsman behaves?'

She wasn't a swordsman. Only her uncle was a swordsman. But her uncle was a little different. He lies, he never cares about others, he behaves like a drunkard and he also has many other bad habits. But Xing'er has seen some swordsmen acting cold and tough.

But she has never seen someone a swordsman so naïve. It's not Li Xian's fault either. He has memories and experiences from other person that doesn't mean he can let go of his true attitude and behavior. Change needs time and so does Li Xian.

"Young Master Li, I was just warning you. Don't be so naïve. No one truly believes swordsman or anyone else with low strength. If you don't have the strength or some use, no one will help you." Xing'er tone was a little cold when she spoke.

Her tone made Li Xian embarrassed. Even though he got memories, he was still naïve. He looked at Xing'er with gratefulness and said "Li Xian was truly foolish. Li Xian thanks Young Miss Xing to open his eyes."

"So, did you decide to sell the Spiritual Stones? Don't worry, I won't make a small bid. Two hundred gold coins for spiritual stones." Xing'er laughed while leaning closer to him. There was a faint smell that entered his nose making him a little intoxicated.

His hand moved and touched the hilt of the sword. An invisible sword aura spread around his body blocking the faint smell that was very intoxicating. Xing'er didn't notice any abnormalities but she was surprised that Li Xian could withstand her temptation.

"Young Miss Xing! Doesn't this sounds a little inappropriate to take back things after giving them to someone else." The gratefulness in his eyes instantly disappeared when he heard her words. But Li Xian still squeezed the smile and asked.

"Humph! Spiritual Stone is our property. Uncle Xing must be drunk enough to give you the spiritual stone. And, I am politely asking you to sell it to us." Xing'er felt irritated when she heard his words and snorted at him.

"For your information, Elder Xing didn't gift it for free. I exchanged something valuable enough for these spiritual stones. I hope Young Miss Xing would confirm everything before talking. If there is nothing else, Li Xian will take his leave." Without giving her a single glance, Li Xian stood up while speaking and turned around.

He slowly walked towards the door but suddenly, Xing'er spoke "Li Xian, spiritual stones aren't something you can exchange for. If you move a step forward, you will be declaring the enemy with Iron Blood Manor."

Her words were full threats. She didn't acknowledge that Li Xian could take out something valuable enough for the exchange of spiritual stones. She even asked her maid to check his background. Iron Blood Manor was able to find out his background from the moment he entered Jingui City.

In her eyes, he has no background. He went to Sword School a week ago and after that, he didn't return. Instead, he walked out of the city. Of course, she didn't know that Li Xian was already chosen as the outer disciple.

But her words had no effect on him. Li Xian opened the door and only heard a loud noise before walking down the stairs. At this moment, he didn't notice someone was watching him from the dark. The figure was none other than Shen Lao.

There was a wild smirk on his face as he muttered "I don't know whether to be grateful for the ruling of strength or not. Strength makes people arrogant. Arrogance makes people short-tempered. Hehe! Li Xian, you are really a ray of hope for me."

"I just need another push and I will have complete control over this auction."

As for Li Xian, he had no idea that someone was plotting behind him. Of course, he was a little doubtful about Xing'er. He didn't understand why she had no knowledge about the transaction. But he didn't think too much.

He strode towards the Sword School. It took him ten minutes to reach the Sword School. When he saw the tall building, excitement flashed in his eyes. He looked around and saw many swordsmen. Unlike the previous time, he directly walked towards one of the youth and asked "Senior Brother, how do I enter the Sword School?"

"Since you called me senior brother, you must be the new outer disciple, right?" The youth turned his head and saw Li Xian standing beside him. He glanced at his cultivation and asked.

"Yes, I am the Outer-Court Disciple. But I haven't entered the Sword School. I hope senior brother will clear my confusion." Li Xian put a smile on his face and took out the bronze token.

Seeing the bronze token, the youth nodded his head and said "Follow me! I will take you to the Outer-Court Elder." Saying so, he walked towards the tall building.

"And, I am also the outer-court disciple. My name is Gu Fang. You can ask me about anything you don't understand."

Li Xian nodded his head. Gu Fang was a six feet tall youth with a slender body. Unlike Ling Tan or him, Fu Fang had a body suitable for a swordsman, thin and tall. His cultivation was at the fifth rank of Junior Swordsman Realm.

'It seems Junior Swordsman are Outer-Court Disciples, Swordsman is Inner-Court Disciples, and Sword Master are Core-Court Disciples. But if you have enormous talent, you can become a True Disciple. I think True Disciple also has the same cultivation as Core-Court. Since Mo Xuan was a Sword Master.'

'This is a problematic situation. If I reveal the growth of my Sword Meridians, Elder Mo would definitely get suspicious. He seems to be an important elder with high cultivation. If he got greedy about my possession, he might try to kill me or turn me into his puppet.'

'But if I don't reveal my talent, it will create even more suspicion. Hmm! I think I must obtain the tenth place in the Outer-Court competition and become Elder Xing's disciple. I hope Elder Xing has the same authority as Elder Mo.'

"Elder Joy, I have brought the new disciple." Li Xian came back to reality after his thoughts were disrupted by Gu Fang's loud voice. Only then, Li Xian closely noticed the place around him. It was an open field with lots of other sword disciples walking around.

There were ten small huts on the corner right side. Currently, they were behind the tall building. Li Xian's sight wasn't falling at the hut rather the vast field with lots of disciples walking around. There were five or six buildings at the front.

They all had a wooden column and paneling with yellow glazed roof tiles. Some had even had red and blue glazed roof tiles. The most notable landscape garden and raised pavilion in these buildings. The structure of doors and windows were extremely delicate with different shapes and size.

Opposite to these buildings, there were twenty buildings with simple structures. They were seven or eight storeyed buildings. Each of them was rectangular-shaped, colored in white, and had rectangular doors.

But soon, Li Xian's gaze turned back at the hut when he felt a person coming out. It was a middle-aged man with a clean shaved face. He was wearing a different kind of dress than most of the disciples. He had a purple robe outside of the white shirt and white pants.

He was wearing bamboo slippers and had a sword sheath on his waist. There was a trace of laziness in his eyes as he yawned "Boy, can't you find someone else during my sleeping time?"

"Elder Joy, in which time are you not sleeping? I haven't seen a single elder that is lazy as you." Gu Fang's tone was filled with ridicule as if he wasn't afraid of the elder. But it was quite opposite. He was very afraid of the elders but this specific elder only laughs at his words.

"Haha! Boy, don't you know when a man is too tired? He needs a lot of sleep. I stayed awaken day and night for seven days and finally comprehended Sword Intent. Don't you think I deserve a proper sleep?" Elder Joy laughed at him and spoke while broadening his chest.

Gu Fang shook his head helplessly. Heaven isn't fair. Some people are given an enormous talent but they kept wasting their time while others work their asses off and didn't get a single achievement in their life.

"So, you are the new disciple. Sword School finally recruited a talent. A Level-Two Sword Aura, you should've joined the sect a few days ago, right?"

His words froze Li Xian and Gu Fang. Li Xian was shocked because Elder Joy was able to see his Sword Aura in a glance. Even Elder Mo and Elder Xing couldn't see that. But suddenly, he remembered Sword Intent and instantly understood the reason.

Only a true genius recognizes another true genius. Elder Joy had cultivated Sword Intent. So, he could easily recognize his Sword Aura even though he tried to hide it.