Ch- 3. Wu Hong

Mo Yan, looked around the group and found, that everyone was more or so around the same age.

He is the only person, that was the youngest of the group.

At this time, a fat person from the group came towards Mo Yan. With a smile on his face, he scrutinised Mo Yan looking up and down.

"Hehe... brother Mo Yan, you are as strong and handsome as the rumours say. I've heard a lot about you. Truly a hero."

Mo Yan wasn't sure about these rumours, he didn't feel any I'll intent from him, but he can say that, this fellow sure had his way with words.

"Oh.. how could I have forgot, my name's Wu Hong, it's nice to meet you brother Mo Yan."

"Everyone calls me fatty Hong, from now on you call me fatty Hong."

"Hello brother Hong."

Nodding his head, he also greeted Wu Hong.

They both talked for sometime and the more Wu Hong talked, the more enthusiastic he became, he seems to know more things about everything that happens in the sect and is more knowledgeable.

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"Brother Mo Yan, have you heard, there is someone who was directly accepted as inner disciple of Jade peak. It is said that he has awakened his physique during the assessment and has drawn the attention of an inner sect elder."

"what!! really!!... who is it?"

"I think he's called Zhu Yan, the third peak master, 'Li Chen' has specially came to accept him as his disciple."

"Hehe... brother Mo Yan, i think you don't know that much about the sect, let me tell you. The Heavenly Sword Sect has been standing for nearly 5000years and has very rich heritage. The sect has been founded by the founding patriarch when he was traveling he saw a huge meteorite fall from sky. A huge explosion took place that shook the earth and has formed the shape of the sword mountain. From then on the sect has been founded."

"In the Great Yan, our sect has been in the top three, our sect has been in conflict with Demonic sects and was attacked several times and still kept standing, in the river of time."

There are other orthodox sects that oppose the Demonic sects and aside from our sect, the two sects that has stood firmly against the Demonic Cultivators are the Medicine Valley sect and the Nine Clouds sect. They are relatively famous sects, that can be compared with the Heavenly Sword Sect and have occupied the top three strongest within the Great Yan."

Mo Yan was stunned that this sect has such great backstory and felt great joining a sect like Heavenly Sword Sect.

"Now, coming back, the Heavenly Sword Sect has eight peaks and the peak masters are all very powerful, it is said that they have all reached Nascant soul realm and the sect master 'Wu Zi' has reached the peak of Nascant soul realm, a long time ago and he resides at the main peak, the hidden sword peak."

"Next comes the Scarlet peak, which belongs to the Du Zhong, which is famous for its forging techniques, every treasures and artifacts that are forged by the Scarlet peak are very high quality. It is said that peak master 'Wu Zi' has personally invited master Da Zhong to the Heavenly Sword Sect."

"Our Scarlet Peak can be compared to the other sects, that solely specialises in forging."

"Then comes the Jade peak, it's famous for the amazing pills it concocts and all the pills for the sect, comes from the jade peak. It is said that a disciple once offended some elder of jade peak and guess what happened. He had been banned from getting pills and also warned others, that who ever helps him will also be banned from getting pills. That disciple was so miserable, that he had to beg the sect master to help solve this problem or else he would have been finished without any pills for cultivation."

Listening to Wu Hong's words, he felt a chill on his back. He also felt sorry for that disciple, who offended the Jade peak elder.

"The peak master of Jade peak is master 'Li Chen'. He has a high cultivation, compared to the sect master, he's only the second highest in the entire sect in terms of Cultivation."

"After the Jade peak comes the Violet stone peak. It is different from other peaks, because the disciples of violet stone peak only practices Talisman making. It's peak master is 'Sun Qian'."

"The Talisman making is very complicated and mysterious process and only a very very few people has managed to reach high levels in Talisman making."

"Such as talisman making, there are also those who specialise in formation. They are as rear as phoenix feathers. Only those with high attainments in formations, can be counted in one hand even in the Great Yan."

"Luckily our sect has the misty cloud peak which specialises in formations. It's peak master 'Lu jian' is very much obsessed with formations."

"And there's Serinity peak which accepts only female disciples and no males cultivators are allowed."

"The disciples of Serinity peak are all very beautiful. All the other peaks disciples have fallen in love for their pearless beauty."

"The peak master of Serinity peak is called fairy Xi Xuan and has early stage Nascant soul realm and considered the youngest of peak masters."

"Next comes the Azure Sword peak, it's master 'Zi Ping' has amazing sword techniques and is third only to the sect master in sword skills.

"And finally comes the Thunder Sword peak, it's peak master Xuan Tain is a Cultivation madman. Almost everyone of the Thunder sword peak's disciples are Cultivation maniacs and are rearly seen outside, as they always seclude themselves in closed door Cultivation, the entire time. The Thunder sword peak has the lowest disciple count, no more than ten. Everyone of these people is a monster comparable to one in a million genius."

"The Thunder sword peak's master 'Xuan Tain' is certainly stronger than Azure Sword peak master 'Zi Ping' and second only to the sect master."

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Hearing all this information, Mo Yan has a clear view of what he should do, now that he can start his cultivation journey.

Of all the peaks, he felt that the Thunder peak is the most powerful and mysterious, when compared to others.

Even Wu Hong didn't know, much about Daoist Xuan Tain and what realm the peak master of Thunder sword peak has reached. Mo Yan felt that the peak master should be comparable to the sect master or even stronger than him.

He pondered for a long time and decided to Cultivate hard and join this Thunder sword peak.

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Tap...tap....

Hearing the sound of foot steps, all the group turned toward the disciple. He has a robust physique and exudes a pressure.

"All of you should be the new disciples, I'm Su Chen. You all follow me to the Scripture pavilion to choose your Cultivation technique..."

With that, he turned around walking towards the path. The group quickly followed.

They were all silent thought out the journey. It was a one hour journey,they soon reached the Scripture pavilion, which is a seven story high.

It looked majestic and tall. Which occupied a vast space and the only building around the spot.

Mo Yan was amazed and felt exited about choosing his cultivation technique and martial technique.

But before that, he decided to check for any possible talent to extract. He checked everyone and felt dissatisfied with the result. Everyone has below average talent and even the senior who accompanied through the way is also considered as low talent.

He casually turned to Wu Hong and was surprised.

With a quick look he checked his attributes list...

[Name: Wu Hong]

[Cultivation: Second level of Qi Refinement Realm]

[Physique: Scarlet Pure Body (Unawakened)]

[Cultivation potential: High]

[Spiritual Root: Earth (Mid)]

[Elemental Affinity: Fire, Metal]

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Hmm!?

"What the hell!!" This is the first time Mo Yan saw someone with Heavenly physique and it also seems to be Unawakened. His other attributes are good, but only the physique part has attracted his attention.

Mo Yan opened the description about the physique...

[Scarlet Pure Body: This Physique is one of the 100 Heavenly Physiques. The Scarlet Pure Body has very high Fire and Metal Affinities. When forging +20% attribute boost and has high success rate, when learning and performing forging techniques.]

[System Note: The target has Unawakened state physique. To awaken, the target has to consume fire or Metal Affinities related treasures.]

Mo Yan was very surprised. This physique is very convenient and to skilled forge masters,

It also provides attribute boost, when learning forging related skills.

The plus 20 percent may look small, but in forging, even a one percent boost can increase the quality and rank of the treasure and can ensure high success.

[Ding!.. does host wants to extract?]

"yes"

Mo Yan felt his body heated for a second and came intense pain, he felt like hot magma was pored into his body and beads of sweat rolled down continuously, drenching his clothes wet.

His body continuously heated up and even sweat has disappeared. The process continued for Ten minutes.

"Hu~"

Mo Yan breathed out foul air and felt refreshed. He clenched his fist and felt the power, brought by the physique awakening. He felt happy and thanked Wu Hong in his heart.

He felt relaxed, that he wouldn't have to consume any treasures to awaken the physique. The system has saved a lot of spirit stones for Mo Yan, by Awakening the Scarlet Pure Body on it's own, he felt really good to have the system.

Because any treasures, that comes out will be sold away instantly and can be auctioned off at a very high price. Clearly Mo Yan has no way to have that many Spirit stones and even if he has, there it is not guarantee that there won't be any compitition. So he felt relieved and smiled lightly.

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[Name: Mo Yan]

[Lifespan: 12/85]

[Race: Mortal]

[Cultivation: 2rd Level Qi Refinement Realm]

[Physique: Scarlet Pure Body]

[Technique: None]

[Equipment: None]

[Cultivation potential: High]

[Spiritual Root: Earth (high)]

[Elemental Affinity: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Metal, Wood]

[Sword Affinity: High]

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Seeing his status, the additional information about physique made him happy and felt eager to gain more Heavenly Physiques.

"Hm.. brother Mo Yan, are you alright?.. you.... seem to be a little pale."

Wu Hong felt that Mo Yan was not feeling well and asked with concern.

"No! I'm alright."

Mo Yan just laughed lightly. He turned his head towards the Scripture pavilion.

They have been waiting here for ten minutes. The senior who accompanied them bowed slightly towards the Scripture pavilion and walked away leaving the group puzzled.

Suddenly, a heavy pressure came upon them, threatening to crush them. Everyone felt like a huge mountain was weighing on their backs. Only a hoarse voice came from the place...

"Listen up newbies, you all have one chance to select a cultivation method and one martial arts technique and also you are not allowed to go higher floors and only check out the first floor. You all have three hours to choose."

With that said, the pressure disappeared, everyone sighed and breathed out air with a sigh of relief. The once heavy immovable doors, slowly opened, bringing the ancient smell of incense and wood.

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