Chapter 28: News of Sect Competition

  Taisheng Sect Deacon Hall.

  Xia Jinxi returned here to hand over the task. Looking at the complete 41 golden wolf bones, Deacon Zhang was smiling.

  "Junior Sister Xia got a total of 123 contribution points. To be honest, it seems that it has become much easier to obtain contribution points here. Did you encounter any unexpected things during this mission?"

  The last sentence is a routine inquiry. After each disciple who accepts the task of hunting monsters returns to the sect, Deacon Zhang will ask this question to prevent the situation beyond the control of the sect in the primitive forest.

Xia Jinxi did not hide anything, "There is no problem at all, thank you for your concern."

  After leaving the deacon hall, Xia Jinxi returned to Yunxian Peak. From this hunting, she comprehend Tai Chi Swordsmanship deeper an touching the first move 'Remnant Phoenix Shadow'. Although she still can't condense ice phoenix because limitation, but just this sword move is more exquisite than basic Tai Chi Swordsmanship and motivate her to master swordsmanship.

Taking advantage of still refreshed memory, Xia Jinxi practice the first move 'Remnant Phoenix Shadow' continuously and combine it with Tai Chi Swordsmanship. She doesn't know how many time she tried to combine them.

Xia Jinxi was practicing until it was memorized by her body and moving as natural as possible, she noticed Shen Qingluo's arrival, she paused her sword and smiled.

  "Congratulations, Senior Sister Shen, your cultivation has broken through again."

  Shen Qingluo didn't react for a moment when she heard this address.

  Although the disciples who have not yet become disciples are judged by their cultivation, she still felt strange.

  "Junior Sister Xia? Why don't we just call each other by our names in the future? It's not easy to change our seniority frequently."

  Xia Jinxi was startled, then nodded, "Then I will just call you Qingluo in the future, and you call me Jinxi."

  "Yes!"

  "Qingluo, do you have time now? If so, let's have another sparring match, how about that?"

  "Of course!"

  Although Shen Qingluo's cultivation has surpassed Xia Jinxi now, the focus of sparring is to improve her fighting skills, and she can still gain something. Then she realized she underestimate Xia Jinxi as her swordsmanship improve leap and bounds.

  Six hours later. After hundreds of sparring matches, although they were all just a little bit, Xia Jinxi had a lot of fun. Like Shen Qingluo, she also had a strong desire to improve her strength.

  "Does Jinxi know that Yanlan Cave Heaven will be opened next year?"

  "Well, I've heard Senior Sister Zhao mention it before. After the mission in Dongqi Town was over, Senior Sister Zhao came to me once. Her original intention was to find the two of us and tell us some sect-related matters. I guess it was because of the mission contribution points. She wanted to repay a favor, but unfortunately you were not in the sect at that time."

  Xia Jinxi carefully recalled the situation that day, and then said: "The first thing Senior Sister Zhao mentioned was Yanlan Cave Heaven. It opens once every hundred years. There are only one hundred places, limited to Qi Refining disciples. The places are determined by the strength ranking through the sect competition.

  In addition, Senior Sister Zhao also mentioned the Three Sects Discussion held every two hundred years. The three sects are the three super powers in the Lingyun World, Taisheng Sect, Yuanshen Sect and Daoyi Sect. The Three Sects Discussion, to put it bluntly, is a battle of dharma, from Qi Refining to Yuanying. At that time, countless cultivators will come to watch. As for those above the God Transformation, because the battle is too powerful, it is no longer suitable to participate in the battle."

  Shen Qingluo remembered that the original book mentioned the Three Sects Discussion of dharma, and Murong Xue won the first place in the Foundation Establishment Period, and she has been famous since then.

  If she remembered correctly, the three sects' discussion was fifty years later.

  This discussion was not an ordinary battle of wits. There were many cases where both sides fought to the death, and there were many casualties.

  Speaking of which, the relationship between the three sects was not as harmonious as it seemed on the surface.

  In the world of cultivation, the strong are respected. The overall strength of the three sects is similar. No one is willing to give in to the other, and they all want to compete for the first place.

  Xia Jinxi continued: "The last time the three sects discussed the Tao was 150 years ago, so the next time will be fifty years later. It's still early. Qingluo, we have been in the sect for half a year. Do you plan to become a disciple?"

  "Not yet. After joining the sect, apart from practicing, I basically spent the rest of my time refining pills at Danfeng, or going out to take tasks from the sect. I haven't paid attention to the situation of the sect elders."

  "Well, I'm about the same. I don't know much about the sect elders."

  In fact, more than a dozen of the disciples who entered the sect at the same time have now become disciples and left the outer peak.

  These dozen disciples are not all outstanding in qualifications, and their masters have different cultivation levels. The lowest is only at the Jindan stage, and the highest has reached the Fanxu stage.

  Although most of the time, cultivation still depends on oneself, but if there is a good and reliable master, you can get some guidance occasionally and avoid some detours.

  At present, all of this premise focuses on the word reliable. If the master is not reliable, it is likely to drag down the apprentice in turn.

  In short, becoming a disciple is a two-way choice. Taisheng Sect has clearly stipulated that the elders of the sect shall not force disciples to become disciples, otherwise they will be severely punished according to the sect rules!

  After a little thought, Shen Qingluo said, "It is necessary to be cautious about becoming a disciple. If the elders do not limit the reply within the specified time, Jinxi can wait a little longer and use this time to learn as much as possible about the elders. After all, a teacher is a father for life. The character of the master is very important to me."

  Xia Jinxi nodded, "Qingluo has the same idea as me. I plan to participate in the sect competition next year and strive to obtain the qualification to enter Yanlan Cave Heaven. I will talk about becoming a disciple after that."

Shen Qingluo often went to Danfeng and showed her extraordinary talent for alchemy, but she did not encounter the situation where the elders of Danfeng competed to accept her as a disciple.

  The reason is that Wuyouzi, who was in charge of the alchemy apprentice task, did not disclose her alchemy talent to the outside world.

  Some past experiences made Wuyouzi deeply aware of the truth that a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

  Shen Qingluo is still in the Qi Refining stage. In his opinion, his strength is too weak, and it is not a good thing to be noticed by everyone too early.

  That night, Xia Jinxi returned to the cave and took out the soul-shaking bell she got from the casual cultivator who set up a stall in the market. It seems she can't recognize it before foundation building.

She had strong desire to improve her strength. This was huge profit for her to cultivate immortality to live long life, if she died out of accident because she's not strong enough, isn't it a bit aggrieved?

"If you want to become stronger, hurry up absorbing Yuan Yang" Peach Blossom Fairy urged her.

"Yes, I know. It's not like I refuse to do it or something but I am just too weak, if I do it with sober man I will lose initiative and may became their plaything. That's something I cannot accept at all"

"Hmm.. you're right in that.. but you have to do it before foundation building, isn't it the same sooner or later?"

"Of course not. If I am not strong enough, I just need a strong backer like powerful master, now I need to work hard to get this goal. I already have candidate but I need to impress them in sect competition, so you'd better train me so I can be seen as a genius."

"You really think about it. Ok. I accept this strategy. You can't practices magic now but you can still practice swordsmanship to the fullest that can be called genius. Starting tomorrow."