Chapter 111

The Fourth Elder was dressed in the typical attire of a Confucian cultivator: a spotless white robe, holding a paper fan, walking with a steady gait, treating others with gentleness, handling affairs with thoroughness, and treating all disciples equally: "You should stay away from old Ninth. It's fortunate that he disappeared recently, or he would have harmed you."

"You must cherish the opportunity to learn from Miss Yun Zhi. There is no future in learning from old Ninth."

"The sage says a gentleman has five virtues: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness. Old Ninth doesn't possess a single one. He is involved in every kind of swindling and evil; I don't even know how many times I've had to go to the heavenly prison to fish him out."

"Do you know what your Master's sword-Dao unique skill is?"

Lu Yang replied: "I heard the Senior Sister mention it. It is 'One Sword Becomes Ten Thousand Swords.' After being fully unleashed, one sword can derive ten thousand swords, like dark clouds pressing down on a city, covering the sky and earth, invincible. After slaying the enemy, the ten thousand swords return to one, not a single drop of blood stained."

At the time, Lu Yang felt a sense of longing upon hearing the Senior Sister's description, feeling that the so-called sword cultivator's elegance and grace could be nothing more than this.

The Fourth Elder nodded: "Correct, 'One Sword Becomes Ten Thousand Swords.' As a sword-root cultivator, old Ninth is indeed a rare sword-Dao genius. Few sword cultivators in the world can reach his realm."

Lu Yang found it strange; he always felt the Fourth Elder's tone had a way of… how to describe it… gnashing teeth, ashamed to be associated with him, and a feeling of hating that iron wouldn't turn into steel?

That was probably the feeling.

Then he heard the Fourth Elder continue: "Once, old Ninth unleashed his sword technique, deriving ten thousand swords, and sold the derived ten thousand swords to the Falling Money Chamber of Commerce. After getting the money, he unleashed 'Ten Thousand Swords Return to One.' If I hadn't stepped in to talk nicely to them and the person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce hadn't calmed their anger, your Master would still be locked in prison now!"

Lu Yang: "……"

His Master is indeed locked in prison right now, so it can be considered a case of evil meeting its due reward.

"Also, have you ever heard of the spell book 'Size as You Wish (Partial Version)'?"

"I just heard about it from the Third Elder."

"Do not spread the existence of this spell book. Young disciples nowadays don't know about it. If you go back a hundred years, newly joined disciples would fight to apprentice under old Ninth just to learn this spell book."

"Fortunately, Junior Niece Miss Yun Zhi understands the big picture and destroyed the copies of this spell book, leaving the original in the upper layer of the Scripture Library. Coupled with deliberate concealment, no disciples are clamoring to learn this kind of spell now."

Lu Yang didn't have the heart to tell the Fourth Elder that he actually wanted to learn this spell too.

I'm sorry, I reflect on myself.

The Fourth Elder's tone softened slightly: "However, old Ninth does have his merits. At the very least, after he became the Sect Master, our Congwendao Sect as a whole became much stronger than before. Of course, this is not his credit alone; the eight of us have made great contributions."

Lu Yang didn't realize whether the Fourth Elder was praising his Master or himself.

"By the way, why did you suddenly become concerned about what kind of person your old Ninth is?"

Lu Yang laughed it off: "Nothing, nothing. It's just that I haven't seen him since I apprenticed under him, so I'm a bit curious."

"Having curiosity is a good thing, but don't use it on old Ninth; it's too wasteful."

Having asked three people in a row, Lu Yang had roughly figured out what kind of person his Master was.

And he still wants to be released with this reputation?

The Tiance Sect is located on the east side of the continent and covers a huge area. Looking at it from the sky, one would find that the Tiance Sect looks like an inverted Bagua plate, which is a rare sight.

The Tiance Sect is quiet and sparsely populated, like a hidden sect tucked away in deep mountains and old forests, quiet yet terrifying.

However, the main reason for the Tiance Sect's quietness is that they sent their disciples out to pay back debts, resulting in few people left in the vast sect.

Reducing expenses and tempering the heart in the mortal world can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

A shout broke the quiet atmosphere of the Tiance Sect.

"Master, Master, I'm back!" After running into the sect, Luo Bu went straight to find his master.

Hearing his disciple's shout, the Tiance Sect Master walked out of his cave dwelling: "Good disciple, why are you back now? Have you thought of a way to pay off the debts?"

Luo Bu ran until he was panting: "Not, not yet. When I was traveling, I was fortune-telling for people and encountered a troublesome person. I wanted to come back and tell you so the sect can take extra precautions."

"Sit down and tell me slowly."

Luo Bu calmed his breathing before saying: "I traveled to Yanjiang County. At the time, I was penniless, so I thought I'd just do some fortune-telling and trick a few unlucky people to get money."

"It just so happened that I met three Congwendao Sect disciples and one Laurel Immortal Palace disciple; they were all fat sheep."

"I didn't intend to tell their fortunes seriously at first, just to brush them off, but what I didn't expect was that one of them was very extraordinary."

"That person's name is Lu Yang. Although his cultivation base is not high and he has just started cultivating, his future is extremely terrifying."

The Tiance Sect Master's heart stirred: "Are you saying we should invest in him in advance and have him help us pay back the money when he makes it big?"

Luo Bu hurriedly extinguished his master's terrible idea: "No, no, no. I saw that Lu Yang's future is destined to have causal entanglements with several immortals."

"Causal entanglements with several immortals?!" The Tiance Sect Master gasped. Generally speaking, having a causal entanglement with one immortal makes it very easy to die and disappear. This person named Lu Yang will have major causes with several immortals and still not die?

The one thing their Tiance Sect fears most is having contact with people with major causes, which is unfavorable for transcendence. The heavier the cause, the more difficult the cultivation, and struggling to break free will only make the cause tighter.

"That's not all. I also discovered that Lu Yang will spread the bad atmosphere of the Congwendao Sect to the entire Cultivation Realm."

The Tiance Sect Master gasped. Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier? Compared to this, what is an immortal cause?

"In short, we must try our best to avoid contact with the Congwendao Sect, especially that person named Lu Yang. The further away, the better!"

Suddenly, the Tiance Sect Master's expression changed.

"What's wrong, Master?"

"An extremely arrogant aura is flying toward our Tiance Sect. I estimate the visitor is not coming with good intentions! Open the great formation for defense first!"

The Tiance Sect Master made a prompt decision and activated the sect-protecting great formation.

The formation nodes lit up like starlight in the night sky, forming the shape of a Bagua plate.

The huge Bagua plate covered the Tiance Sect, indestructible. The eight directions were intricate and complex, making it hard to find an exit. Once trapped in the formation, one couldn't solve the mystery of the formation even after exhausting a lifetime of effort. I don't know how many Integration stage experts have returned empty-handed, and even more Integration stage experts with evil intentions have been trapped to death!

The power of the Tiance Sect's sect-protecting great formation can be seen from this!

Seeing the Tiance Sect activate the sect-protecting great formation, the visitor didn't show any intention of stopping, arrogant beyond compare.

Facing the intricate great formation, the visitor reached out and slapped it, and the great formation shattered directly.

Only then did the Tiance Sect Master see the visitor's appearance: graceful and charming, like a god or an immortal, inviolable.

"Miss Yun Zhi of the Congwendao Sect has come to pay a visit to the Tiance Sect's Supreme Elder. Please grant an audience."

The Tiance Sect Master's face turned pale. Speak of the Congwendao Sect, and the Congwendao Sect arrives.

(End of chapter)