Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 211 Nine Realms Battle
The saint's eyes had little stars in them.

Her bright eyes, visible through the veil, now seemed to be filled with stars, sparkling brilliantly.

The saintess doesn't seem angry?

“If that’s the case…” Lu Linglong looked distressed. “Then I might have to go back and ask my master for instructions.”

Bringing back a young talent with such cultivation who can master the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array is certainly an option, but this genius also wants to bring a mortal to the Holy Land... Although they are very compatible, this kind of thing clearly violates the Holy Land's rules.

She wouldn't dare make such a big decision without consulting her master first.

"That works too." Lin Jian was quite satisfied with this suggestion. "I also have some personal matters to attend to, so I'll trouble the Holy Maiden."

"No trouble at all," Lu Linglong waved her hand and smiled. "With such talent, it would be a real pity if Senior Brother Lin didn't go to the Holy Land."

The saintess is gone.

They left very decisively.

Watching the Holy Maiden's departing figure, Elder Transmission of Skills nearly went blind from staring.

'You're leaving already?'

Lin Jian sidled up to him, following his gaze with curiosity, and asked, "Does the elder want to invite her to dinner?"

"Eat, eat, eat!" Elder Chuan Gong was furious. "All you know is eating! Such a good opportunity is right in front of you, and you don't even know how to seize it!"

"But didn't the Holy Maiden say she would go back and ask for my permission?"

"How can we be sure about going back?!" Chuan Gong exclaimed, his beard bristling and eyes wide. "If we don't act now while the Holy Maiden is still moved, and wait until she goes back and calms down to think it over, is it worth... worth pleading for that mortal woman beside you?"

"Then let's not go..." Lin Jian shrugged, turned around and hugged Chunxue, wanting to run away. "What's so good about the Holy Land? It's better to have Chunxue with us."

"Exactly!" Chunxue said proudly, hands on her hips. "What's so special about a holy land?"

Oh no! It's hopeless!
He closed his eyes in anguish as he transmitted his power.

It’s not that one family doesn’t enter the same house.

What's so great about a holy land? A holy land is the heaven of the Seventh Realm!
Only a naive young person like this wouldn't know what a great opportunity they just missed!
"It's nothing really," an elder from the Pingding Sect next door came over to comfort him. "Isn't the Nine Realms Competition about to begin? Even if he hasn't managed to gain the Holy Maiden's favor and join the Holy Land through connections, with this disciple's talent and strength, he should be able to stand out in the Nine Realms Competition."

"Stand out?" Chuan Gong glanced angrily at Lin Jian. "What makes him think he can stand out? In previous Nine Realms Competitions, the Golden Core stage was the main stage. How can a mere Foundation Establishment stage kid compete with those prodigies?"

What is considered a genius by the Zhengyang Sect members may not be considered a genius elsewhere.

The most outstanding disciple among the four sects would probably only be considered an average first-rate disciple in a large sect like the Pure Yang Sword Sect.

The Nine Realms Showdown is not the same as the previous competition held by the four sects themselves. It is a top-level event that brings together all the geniuses in each realm except for the Holy Lands.

Lin Jian did perform well in the Four Sects Grand Competition, but with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, if he were to enter the Nine Realms Competition, he would probably be crushed into dust in no time.

"There's still time, isn't there? There's still more than a month until the Nine Realms Competition." The elder of the Immortal One Sect looked at the forest with a smile. "With such talent, with a little training, he will surely make a name for himself in the Nine Realms Competition. If your Zheng Yang Sect thinks it's impossible, our Immortal One Sect is not unwilling to train some junior disciples for our brother sects."

"Get lost!" Chuan Gong exclaimed, his beard bristling and eyes wide with anger. He finally understood.

So this is like poaching talent and ending up poaching them themselves.

If we let you train them for a month or two, wouldn't they turn into the shape of your Immortal Sect?
Will they still remember which sect or school they belong to then? "The strength of our Zhengyang Sect is obvious to all. Do we need you to fawn over us for no reason? All of you, leave now. We need to return to our sect to report."

"Let's go."

The crowd dispersed with a roar.

Chuan Gong pulled Lin Jian towards the flying boat parked not far away, saying, "Jian'er, the people outside are treacherous. You can know a person's face but not their heart. Don't blindly believe the nonsense of some people outside. You must know that only the sect will truly be good to you."

Lin Jian smiled, pursing his lips. "I know."

"You have made a great contribution this time. When you return, the sect will definitely do its best to cultivate you! You can tell me what you want. Our sect is not short of money! From now on, I will not ask for anything else. I only ask that you do your best to break through to the Golden Core stage in the next month or so."

With the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage, whether one directly participates in the Nine Realms Competition or enters the Holy Land through the back door opened by the Holy Maiden, one can at least have some confidence.

No matter where you go in this world, strength will always be the most important thing.

"Reporting to the elder, I wish to obtain a fifth-grade metal-type magic artifact," Lin Jian stated truthfully.

According to Chunxue's analysis, the fastest way to improve her cultivation technique was to visualize metal-attribute magical artifacts, which would allow her to quickly increase the speed at which she could condense the Taibai Xuan Gang.

With his current Foundation Establishment stage strength, or rather, all cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage, could only use fifth-grade magic artifacts at most.

Even if the sect were willing to provide higher-level magical artifacts, I would not be able to enjoy them.

"Alright!" Chuan Gong readily agreed, making the decision directly on behalf of the sect.

Although the matter here has not yet been reported to the sect, given the achievements Lin Jian has made this time... most importantly, it has greatly enhanced the prestige of the Holy Land.

For this contribution alone, the sect should reward him with a fifth-grade magic weapon.

"Where do you plan to go next?" Chuan Gong asked curiously.

When the Holy Maiden asked earlier, Lin Jian said he had some private matters to attend to, which didn't seem like a perfunctory response.

Chuan Gong even guessed that even if Lin Jian had just agreed to return to the Holy Land with the Holy Maiden, he probably would have to take care of his own affairs first.

In order to allow Lin Jian to join the Holy Land without any worries, I must make sure to pave the way for him before he actually goes there.

"It's nothing serious." Lin Jian had a bright, harmless smile on his face. "I can handle it myself, no need to trouble the elders."

What do we need to do?
Of course... it was the jade slip given to him by the Jade Lake Immortal who entered the interdimensional space between the two realms with him.

The jade slip has two layers; the top layer contains a message written to Lin Jian.

The deeper message, however, is the core message that Master Yuhu truly wanted to convey regarding the return of the Demon Sect headquarters.

Lin Jian had already used his spiritual sense to investigate, and he knew that he couldn't forcefully dispel the message with his own abilities.

Moreover, even if it were forcibly broken, it would probably yield nothing.

Based on the surface-level messages left by Master Yuhu, only those of the Demon Worshipping Sect would know how to decipher them…

(End of this chapter)