Novel Full Chapter 513
Chapter 513: Chapter 39: Po Yun Sword Immortal, The Tribulation Begins Chapter 513: Chapter 39: Po Yun Sword Immortal, The Tribulation Begins Several days later, Xu Yinglian officially resigned from her position as the Chief Disciple of the Foundation Establishment Realm, her Daoist name was “Qiong Ying.”
“Qiong” refers to fine jade; “Ying” means exceptional talent.
The use of “Qiong Ying” as a code name was, on one hand, an acknowledgment of Xu Yinglian’s exceptional talents, and on the other hand, a hope that she would learn from the harmonic nature of jade to not be too aggressive and pressing.
Being in possession of the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart and having perused numerous scriptures, Xu Yinglian immediately understood her master’s earnest expectations.
Right then and there, she secretly resolved to closely follow in her senior brother’s footsteps and not to follow her own whims with regard to other affairs.
As for the position of Chief Disciple of the Foundation Establishment Realm, it fell to a certain senior brother after an unseen competition.
This direct disciple, originally ranking third in cultivation level among all the Foundation Establishment Realm disciples of the Ziwei Master, behind Xu Changqing and Song He,
suddenly received the chief position out of nowhere, much to his surprise and delight.
Of course, for these two Golden Core True Persons, the position of Chief Disciple of the Foundation Establishment Realm was no longer of concern.
As a newly minted Golden Core True Person, Xu Yinglian chose to join the Disciplinary Hall, where she began patrolling the Kunlun Mountain Range with impressive authority.
She originally wanted to join the Border Patrol Hall, to fight against the Demon Cult on the frontlines, but it was well-known that a Second Grade Golden Core True Person on the frontlines would certainly be surrounded and killed off by Nascent Soul experts of the Demon Cult, hence the Ziwei Master directly vetoed it.
On Qiu Changtian’s side, he continued to lead a leisurely and simple life of cultivation in the Scriptural Repository.
The Hell Path had originally promised to elevate Wei Dongliu into a giant of the Demonic Path, to contend against Qiu Changtian, the leader of the Orthodox Sect, in a competition.
But before Wei Dongliu reached that status, Qiu Changtian had already willingly stepped down, which was quite amusing.
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“The Shushan line?” asked the Kunlun Mirror tentatively.
“Let’s go,” Qiu Changtian said, “to help you recover the last fragment.”
[Location Two: Shushan Shangqing Faction, Qingluo Peak.]
[Character Identity: Ling Yunpo.]
[Mirror Flower Water Moon Template overlay, time-space travel commencing.]
Ling Yunpo, in the Daoist temple on Qingluo Peak, spent his days either buying wine for his senior sister or accompanying her in swordsmanship practice.
About ten days passed in this way, and the fuss about Qiu Changtian becoming a First Grade Golden Core True Person had completely settled down in Shushan.
The time had come.
“Senior Sister, I need to take a long trip,” Ling Yunpo lied.
“Where to?” An Zhisu asked in surprise.
“I met some fellow Daoists during the grand competition at White Jade Capital,” Ling Yunpo replied with a smile.
“I plan to travel with them for a few days.
It’s not for exploring secret realms, just to change my mood.”
“Oh,” An Zhisu nodded, standing up.
“I’ll accompany you.”
“Ah?” Ling Yunpo said awkwardly, “Senior Sister, I didn’t mention to them that you would be coming with us.”
“Is that so?” An Zhisu blinked.
“Can’t we just talk about it after we meet them?”
“They are all male…” Ling Yunpo implored.
“Oh, you should have mentioned that earlier,” An Zhisu quietly sighed in relief.
“Since they’re all male cultivators, it wouldn’t be right for me to insist on coming along…
When will you be back?”
“If it’s short, three days; if it’s long, five days,” Ling Yunpo replied with a smile.
After leaving, he would simply claim to have undergone the Heavenly Tribulation and formed a Third Grade Golden Core!
The reason for falsely claiming to be Third Grade, of course, was also to feign weakness to his opponents.
Due to the reputation of the Sentiment Inquiry Path, Qingluo Peak was already a source of envy within the Shushan Sect.
If it were known that another Second Grade Golden Core cultivator from the Sentiment Inquiry Path had emerged, would it not invite even more hostility?
After parting ways with Senior Sister An, Ling Yunpo took the Thunder Punishment Sword and the Myriad Bamboos Sword and left Qingluo Peak, soaring into the sky above the Shushan mountain range.
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Shushan is not just one mountain, but a collective name for an entire range of mountains.
The main peak is Mount Emei, the residence of the lineage of the Jade Capital Sect Leader.
The rest of the various peaks represent the bases for different swordsmanship sects.
Unlike the hereditary transmission of the Kunlun Sect Leader’s position, the next Sect Leader of Shushan is to be chosen from among the peak masters of the various peaks, with the specific selection method naturally being duels.
Whoever wins the final position of Sect Leader gets to relocate their entire family to the main peak of Mount Emei.
By contrast, the descendants of Jade Capital Sect Leader must move from the main peak of Emei back to their original peak.
From this, it can be seen that, in terms of the Sect Leader position, the stronger the Shushan Sword Immortals, the better.
But from the perspective of Sect Leader lineage, the stronger the Sword Immortals from the various peaks, the weaker one’s own lineage will be in succession.
Therefore, the Jade Capital Sect Leader had to both enhance the strength of all sect Sword Immortals as much as possible and restrict the excess strength of other peaks’ Sword Immortals.
The mystery within, naturally, Ling Yunpo was more than clear about: it depended on whether the target Sword Immortal was very strong or excessively strong.
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If very strong, then provide support, showcasing the magnanimity of the Sect Leader.
If excessively strong, definitely restrict them, to prevent a threat to one’s own sect.
However, for Qingluo Peak, there was a more serious issue.
Qingluo Peak’s teachings came from Qi Sha True Person Su Jian, who was the disciple most valued by Sect Guardian Immortal Long Eyebrow of Shushan-especially after the death of True Person Dao Yan.
However, Su Jian had chosen the Sentiment Inquiry Path and was entangled with the bonds of a wife and daughter.
In the eyes of Long Eyebrow Immortal, this was equivalent to tying one’s own hands and feet on the path of cultivation.
Su Jian, such an excellent Sword Immortal, chose to stay in the mundane world because of his wife, wasting decades of cultivation;
And on his way back to the mountain, he was severely injured by an elder of the Asura Path while protecting his daughter, forcing him to shut himself in life or death seclusion to cling to life.
All these were enough to prove that the Sentiment Inquiry Path was a malignant tumor!
It was the Heart Demon that caused Su Jian to be distracted by mundane matters and unable to focus on cultivation!
Had it been any other Shushan Sword Immortal who knew how to calculate advantages and disadvantages, who would let themselves fall into such a miserable state?
Ling Yunpo could even be sure that, no matter how excellent he and An Zhisu were, in the heart of Long Eyebrow Immortal, they could not compare to Su Jian.
The grudges or even hatred that various peaks had against Su Jian constituted the first layer.
The intensely competitive environment among Shushan Sword Immortals and their instinct to overpower each other was the second layer.
The disdain of the Sect Guardian Long Eyebrow Immortal for An Zhisu and Ling Yunpo, considering the former to be a burden on Su Jian and the latter potentially becoming one, was the third layer.
These layered reasons led to a very bleak situation for Qingluo Peak within Shushan.
Fortunately, due to Shushan’s sect rules limiting infighting, they couldn’t overtly go too far against Qingluo Peak.
But if I were to form my Golden Core, even if I claimed it was only Third Grade, it would ultimately be High Grade.
At that time, wouldn’t it further intensify the problems of Qingluo Peak?
Ling Yunpo, flying through the sky with Sword Control, quickly sorted through these thoughts in his mind.
It definitely will!
But I can’t just forcefully hold back on forming the Golden Core because of this.
If I don’t announce my Core Formation, there are many things that Golden Core True Persons can do that I won’t be able to!
Moreover, if I always conceal it, and then do something more dangerous, like entering the Demon Locking Tower alone, it will certainly bring about more suspicion and jealousy.
Forget it!
We Sword Immortals must ultimately face difficult challenges head-on!
This is a good opportunity to boost the Synchronization Value of the unyielding persona!
With this in mind, Ling Yunpo spurred his Sword Light to fly towards the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the west.
Arriving at the vast, unpopulated plateau, Ling Yunpo paused to ponder for a moment before taking out Thor’s Hammer and Thor’s Awl that he had brought with him.
Soon, earth-shaking thunder roared around him, even spreading to areas a thousand miles away.
“Is someone undergoing tribulation over there?” a few passing monks looked towards the distance but saw no traces of tribulation clouds.
They were cultivators from the Asura Path, hearing the resounding thunder approach while nothing could be seen of tribulation clouds within visible distance, suggesting the site of the tribulation must be very far from here.
In other words, the fact that the sound could reach beyond the limit of visual range indicated just how terrifying that heavenly tribulation must be?
After exchanging glances, the monks quickly reached a consensus:
Let’s go have a look first!