Privileges of Outer-Court Disciple

"Here, this will be your new room. Well, your master lives in a hut, so living with a new disciple won't be a bad idea." Elder Joy walked inside a room and spoke after turning behind. Li Xian was behind him, glancing at every corner of his new room.

It was neat and clean. There was a bed at the corner, near the small window. There was a table and chair near the bed. There was a complex structure hole like a dog's house at the wall near the door. Elder Joy walked near the complex structure and pointed at a black crystal stuck near the half-circle hole on the wall and explained.

"This is the identification jade. As long as you press your token at this, you can order your food. You can also ask for a menu and then order through it. It can record your sound and send it to the School Dining Hall."

"And the cooks on the Dining Hall can send your order through a teleportation method. By the way, I don't suggest you use it unless you are in hurry. Single transportation costs ten contribution points, not including your food price."

"As for water, you can find it in the room at the back. There is a toilet and a fountain for water. You can use that water for anything but don't impure the source."

"By the way, Contribution Points are the currencies that the Sword School accepts. Except for Contribution Points, you can't make any kinds of transactions inside the school. For your first time, Sword School will provide hundred contribution points."

"Using contribution points, you can buy cultivation techniques, scriptures, sword arts, pills, weapons, and any other treasures from the treasure hall. For your information, there are seven halls in the Sword School."

"Sword Scripture Hall, Dining Hall, Alchemy Hall, Forging Hall, Enlightenment Hall, Disciplinary Committee Hall, and finally Elders Hall. Now, you might be wondering why a sword school has Alchemy Hall and Forging Hall."

He stopped for a moment waiting for Li Xian's reply. Li Xian was amazed by his words that he kept nodding again and again.

"Previously, I told you about it. Swordsmanship is all about Freedom. If your heart is a constraint, you will never achieve true swordsmanship. But it depends on you about the limit of your freedom. But let me make things clear, Freedom doesn't have a limit and it is also one of the most inaccessible dreams in this cruel world."

"As long as you have a free heart, your swordsmanship will never face breakthrough. Since you crossed that trial, you should've met the Founder, right?"

Li Xian hurriedly nodded. That old man not only said that but also asked him to attain Ultimate state in Affectionate Swordsmanship to challenge him.

"Founder has the most unrestrained heart. But that also made him the most ruthless. To be ruthless, you don't have to kill anyone. He abandoned his wife, parents, family, sect, and each person that was close to him. He erased the feeling inside his heart achieving Ultimate Ruthless Swordsmanship."

"He kept challenging others and kept making progress without looking back. But the most ruthless thing about him is his abandoned feeling. He saved his family but never look back. Because for him, his family's enemies were just a stone sharpen his sword."

"You are different. As a swordsman, I can feel the burden and hesitation you are holding in yourself. You are worried about being distracted from the sword because you have involved yourself in the Martial and Spiritual Path. But, have you ever thought what distraction is?"

Li Xian shook his head. He knows what distraction is but he still wants to understand his masterpoints.

"Distraction is the state where you waste your time. Practicing Martial Arts while being a swordsman is the waste of time. But, do you know this is only for those who do not have a talent for both. If you have the talent then you use it, if you have the heart, then follow it, if you have the desire then fulfill it."

"A single mistake doesn't make a man, but a million mistakes make a perfect sword. You need to form that sword, so do not hesitate to make mistakes. Give me your token!"

Elder Joy spread his arms and said. Li Xian hurriedly took out his token but he still took it out from the low-level spatial ring of Jerry. He was a little cautious because of those memories.

Elder Joy took his Purple token and took out his. When both tokens touched each other, a strange light shone from the Elder's Joy Purple Token and entered his bronze token. Then, he put his own token back to his spatial ring and touched the sword mark on the bronze token.

"200"

Suddenly, these numbers flashed above the token startling him. Then, he quickly searches about it in his memories and found it was a kind of projection through spiritual power. Using a bit of spiritual power, one can make the projection of anything he wants.

And these kinds of token holds a soul crystal mixed with a certain rune that can projectile these numbers. These are also used for teaching cultivation techniques and arts. Passing the token to him, Elder Joy said "Normally, you would only gain hundred contribution points. But since you are my disciple, I can give you some extra."

"Take proper rest for today and sleep well. You need proper sleep. You might think of this as a joke, but only when you sleep your body and mind will relax. For a swordsman, having a relaxed mind is the most important factor."

"You only get today for rest and tomorrow for getting ready. Tomorrow, you should enter the Sword Scripture Hall, select Basic Five Elemental Sword Technique. I know you have a cultivation technique for yourself but this is for your foundation."

"You will also get to select a sword art for offense, a movement art, and art for defense. For these, I won't give you any suggestions. You can select whatever you like. After that, you should visit Alchemy Hall and get yourself Ten Sword Essence Pills and Three Meditation Pills."

"Finally, you can also select a sword from the Forging Hall. All of these are for free. So, when you go there, don't offend anyone and show your manners in front of elders. You can enter my hut the day after tomorrow and from then on, I will start your training."

Saying so, Elder Joy left the room leaving Li Xian alone. After he left, Li Xian closed the door and locked it. He walked towards the bed and lay down. He puts his sword sheath near his cushion and slept. There was a thick layer of mattress under him giving his body proper comfort, unlike his previous bed.

In no time, he fell asleep like a baby. At this moment, his whole body and soul relaxed.

At the southern side of the Divine Wind Mountain Range,

Huff! Huff! Huff!

A young man with a tattered robe took deep breaths while taking out a jade from his spatial ring. There was a deep hole on his right shoulder and the entire face was covered in blood. He infused his spiritual energy into the jade and wailed.

"Elder save me! I---I am hunted down by some unknown group of people. Please save me!"

After transmitting his voice, he instantly kept the jade inside his spatial ring and ran. He was infusing his legs with the spiritual energy to run faster. But suddenly, a strange circle appeared in front of him. It was a dark purplish circle. Seeing this, the youth got terrified as he tried to turn around.

"Fire Fist" Boom!

Suddenly, a powerful stream of flames gushed out of the portal with a hoarse voice of a man. The stream of flames covered tens of meters and engulfed the youth on the flames.

Ahhhhhh!

The youth wailed with agony and tried to run away. But suddenly, another dark circle appeared above him when the flames dissipated.

"Divine Chop"

From the portal, a young man with a toned body wearing a purple t-shirt and a pair of jeans came out. He spread his arm in the stance as if he was using his arms as a sword. Suddenly, the bellow edge of the arm sharpened like a blade. But it didn't transform or change.

Bang!

His hand struck the youth's head, smashing him on the ground. Blood gushed out of his ears and nose. His legs turned weak and he fell to the ground. At this moment, two more men walked out of the portal at the ground.

One was relatively a teenager with the flames burning in his arms and another was around twenty-five. The teenager was wearing a pair of jeans and a yellow t-shirt. There was a cross symbolic medal hanging on his neck by a thin thread. He was fairly handsome just like the young man using 'Divine Chop'.

"See, I told you guys. Without my teleportation, you guys can't finish a single job." Suddenly, the man came with the teenager but wearing different clothes. He had a white shirt with a black tie and a black coat on his upper body while wearing black pants. He had a sandy tone face with a stern look.

"We are ashamed, Red Dragon Squadron Leader." Both teenagers had blushing red faces with embarrassment. They bow their head and apologized. But suddenly, they heard a powerful roar from behind.

"Mortals, how dare you hunt our Genius?"