The Ji Family's Pride

Chapter 57 Jade Brocade Master
"Junior Brother Qingping is said to be a sword cultivator. He has comprehended a glimpse of the true meaning of the Dao at a young age. The last time he discussed the Dao with me, he chose a thousand sword puppets. I wonder what he will choose this time..." Someone whispered beside the red-robed bald young man who was surrounded by the crowd.

"Xuan Tang, you have fought with him before, so you should have some understanding of him... How strong is this Junior Brother Qingping?" Fire Saint True Man became interested and asked immediately.

"Strength? I don't know much about his strength, but Qingping's understanding of Tao is extremely strong. At that time, he only threw out one sword, and my Five Qi Great Grasping was chopped into pieces. Then he only threw out one more sword, and I was defeated." Beishan Xuantang had a bitter look on his face. He still feels a little scared when he thinks of that sword.

"One sword? He realized the Great Dao with only the Purple Mansion cultivation? I thought it was just a rumor among my junior brothers and sisters." The sloppy fat boy next to him opened his eyes wide, "After all, the Great Dao is not that easy to comprehend."

"From what Junior Brother Xuan Tang said, he had fought with Junior Brother Qing Ping, so his understanding of the true meaning of the Dao should not be groundless." Fire Saint nodded gently, "But whether it is true or not, we will know it later. Among the fellow disciples present today, there are quite a few who have a good understanding of the Dao."

"Well, let's take a look first." The sloppy master also nodded very cautiously.

……

Inside the Discussion Hall, after Ji Xiaoshan selected a puppet, he lightly stepped onto the towering stone pillar on the Discussion Platform.

"boom!"

As he waved his arm, a dark puppet stood upright on the discussion platform.

Ji Xiaoshan still chose the Thousand Sword Puppet that he had used twice before.

"My fellow brothers and sisters, my Taoist name is Qingping. I am one of the new disciples. Luckily I won two discussions a while ago. I am invited here again today, and I hope you will give me some advice." Ji Xiaoshan looked around the hall and said loudly.

Ji Xiaoshan's clear voice echoed throughout the hall, and at that moment, the hall was silent.

"Heh, this new junior brother is quite straightforward." A woman's light laughter broke the silence. She said loudly, "Junior Brother Qingping, let me spar with you."

Ji Xiaoshan looked over when he heard the voice and saw a woman in a snow-white Taoist robe walking lightly and stepping onto the Taoism platform in just a few steps.

"Senior sister, your movements are quite graceful." Ji Xiaoshan praised, but for a moment he felt that the woman in the snow-white Taoist robe was extremely unfamiliar.

"Junior brother Qingping, my name is Yu Jin. I happened to be out for training some time ago, and was unable to return to the academy in time for the initiation ceremony. It is normal that you are a little unfamiliar with me." Master Yu Jin said with a smile.

"Senior Sister Yujin, since you are willing to discuss Taoism with me today, please choose a puppet for me!" Ji Xiaoshan nodded, with a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes.

……

The woman in a white Taoist robe walked out of the side hall and landed on the stone pillar opposite Ji Xiaoshan. She looked at Ji Xiaoshan from a distance with a smile on her face, "Junior Brother Qingping, how about the prize of this discussion of Taoism be these one hundred black and white pills and ten kilograms of Yuanye?"

"Okay, junior brother, I have just started, and I am very short of money." Ji Xiaoshan nodded.

Thanks to the gift from the Crow Immortal, he did have some essence liquid, but there were only a few hundred black and white pills. It was true that he was short of money.

Master Yujin smiled slightly. "Yes. The puppet I chose is the Thousand Silk Puppet. You have to be careful."

"Senior Sister Yujin, please!" Ji Xiaoshan sat cross-legged on the stone pillar.

Taoist Master Yu Jin, who was wearing a snow-white Taoist robe, waved his hand and put down a thousand-thread puppet, then sat down cross-legged.

When the voice of the white-robed old man's puppet sounded in the Discussion Hall, a sealing formation like water waves enveloped the entire Discussion Hall in an instant.

The battle of the doctrine has begun.

……

"Junior Sister Yu Jin was quite impatient and was the first to come up." The sloppy Taoist Sanpang said with a smile. Such generosity was quite consistent with his personality, and they had a good relationship on weekdays.

"I heard that Junior Sister Yu Jin had participated in the selection of Yinglong Guard before. She must have just returned!" Fire Saint said softly as he looked at the two figures on the stage.

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"When did Senior Sister Yu Jin come back? I heard some time ago that she participated in the trial of Yinglong Guard with Senior Brother Xueying and others." Jiulian below was also stunned. When Ji Xiaoshan stepped onto the stone pillar of discussion, she was about to accept the challenge, but she didn't expect that Master Yu Jin got there first.

"Just these two days, I heard that Senior Sister Yu Jin has become a One-clawed Yinglong Guard. This senior sister has reached the realm of Dao in all three Daos."

"Three? That would rank first among all the third generation disciples. That would greatly enhance the combat power."

Jiulian listened in silence. Currently, she had only one way to reach the realm of Dao. With the powerful lotus secret technique, if she really confronted Ji Xiaoshan's true swordsmanship, she would have some chance of winning.

She came from a large tribe and was more proficient in various techniques and secret arts. However, her comprehension of Taoism was not as outstanding as that of the other disciples of the Black and White Academy.

"It seems that when Junior Brother Qingping entered the sect, the seemingly joking discussion of Dao was difficult to fulfill." Jiulian smiled with relief. She could still feel that the black-robed boy kept a distance from her after the discussion that day.

But she had been the proud daughter of the Dongyan clan since she was young, and was chosen by the clan's ancestors to be the next leader of the Dongyan clan at an early stage, so she naturally had enough pride.

……

"String sound!"

"go with!"

Inside the Dao Discussion Hall, a sharp light flashed in Ji Xiaoshan's eyes. He controlled the Thousand Sword Puppet. The flying swords turned into streams of light, like the vibrations of a musical instrument's strings. Lines of sword energy crisscrossed the sky, instantly enveloping the Thousand Silk Puppet.

"A myriad of threads!"

The woman in the snow-white Taoist robe still had a warm smile on her face. Countless silk threads flowed out from the Thousand Silk Puppet to meet the flying swords with powerful sword energy.

Wow!
Each of the gushing silk threads was attached with a trace of water, leaving a faint trace in the air, moistening everything silently.

As the flying swords intertwined with the silk threads, the originally straight and hard silk threads instantly turned into soft threads that could be wrapped around fingers, clinging and entwining.

"cut!"

Ji Xiaoshan's mind moved, and the sword moves in "String Sound Sword Art" were instantly released by him, and a powerful sword intent suddenly burst out.

A trace of the true meaning of Tao permeated the void, covering the entire discussion platform.

Sword Song Realm, come out!

The entangled strands of silk suddenly shook, and droplets of water splashed everywhere.

"Freeze!" Master Yujin chuckled. On the discussion stage, a bone-chilling coldness spread into the void. The water carried by countless silk threads quickly turned into frost, tightly freezing the flying swords.

"The way of flowing water? The way of ice? Have both reached the realm of Tao?" Ji Xiaoshan only felt that the realm of sword music combined with the "String Sound Sword Art" made the flying sword like a drop in the ocean, controlled by layers of silk threads and difficult to control.

"Kill Lingxiao with the sword!" Ji Xiaoshan suddenly shouted in a low voice.

Extremely sharp sword energy penetrated through the layers of wrapping, and the majestic sword meaning easily pierced through the ice that seemed to have been frozen for thousands of years.

Click!

Click!

Cracks spread rapidly, and the sound of ice breaking was endless.

"Ji Xiaoshan's swordsmanship..." Wan Nianfeng in the audience felt the majestic sword intent that seemed to break through the sky, and was surprised.

He had only been in seclusion for over a month. Although the time was short, Ji Xiaoshan's swordsmanship and sword intent were much stronger than when he first started.

"I have made great progress in swordsmanship since my seclusion. Now it seems that I am not the only one who is making progress." Wan Nianfeng looked puzzled.

……

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the ice on the discussion platform, which was already full of cracks, exploded directly.

Sharp sword energy rushed towards the thousand-thread puppet with tremendous momentum. After breaking countless fine threads, it directly slashed at the rock-like black puppet.

"Bah!"

The sword energy was so sharp that it directly cut through the protective layer of the Thousand Silk Puppet, revealing the red color inside.

"Qingping wins!"

Thanks for the reward from Little Lion!

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(End of this chapter)