Borrowing a sword

Chapter 91 The Leader of the Eastern Continent
The Mysterious Heavenly Breathing Pill, a top-grade seventh-level spiritual pill, is priceless!
However, what Chu Huaixu was thinking about at the moment was:
"Tenth Elder, are you sure this thing best suits my current situation?"

"Would you like to take a drop of my semen and test it?"

I am already a dignified mid-grade fourth-level spiritual embryo!
Even so, he was still somewhat excited when he saw the elixir.

First of all, level seven elixirs are extremely valuable, and they are so rare that they are practically priceless.

In addition, although the Xuan Tian Fetal Breathing Pill is only effective for low-grade spiritual embryos and has a very high probability of improving the grade of the spiritual embryo, don't forget that this elixir can also heal damaged spiritual embryos.

When the Pill King refined this pill, his initial purpose was to solve the problem of damage to the spiritual embryo of cultivators.

The spiritual embryo is the foundation of everyone's cultivation. Once it has a problem, the path of cultivation is completely ruined.

Each additional Mysterious Heavenly Breathing Pill provides an extra layer of protection.

No one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first.

"Having one on hand would be excellent," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

"I can also use it to cover up the fact that I advanced to the middle-grade spiritual embryo because I took a pill."

If this elixir had been given to Liu Tianfeng, who was desperate to save his son, he might have been willing to become a dog.

At this moment, Chu Huaixu didn't mind showing his money-grubbing side at all.

Upon seeing the Xuan Tian Fetal Breathing Pill, his expression immediately changed, and his attitude instantly became much warmer.

"Tenth Elder, it's too precious!" Chu Huaixu said, but he held the elixir box very tightly.

Chu Yinyin indeed received the signal and understood in her heart: "This disciple is easy to control. Just give him more good things."

Men who have worked as escorts know very well that you need to learn to provide women with emotional value.

If someone gives you a gift and you don't give them any emotional feedback, will they continue to give you gifts?

You might even feel very uncomfortable.

But if you provide the right emotional value, that's a different story; isn't that a kind of return gift?
Chu Huaixu: This is my way of reciprocating courtesy!
Chu Yinyin waved her hand dismissively, as if in her eyes, a seventh-grade high-quality elixir was nothing special.

"It's just a small gift, please accept it."

Chu Huaixu immediately put it into his storage token and deliberately asked in a tentative tone, "Then this disciple thanks Second Master?"

These words amused the older woman.

"You're quite perceptive, buddy! But you don't even have a master yet, calling me second master feels a bit odd to me." She smiled broadly.

If she had a little tail, Chu Huaixu suspected it would be sticking up to the sky.

This tenth elder, whose childlike spirit remained intact due to his cultivation technique, even deliberately imitated the tone of the law enforcement elder, Lu Pan.

"Taoist sects have their own rules. It's not too late to call out to them after you've entered the inner sect."

She said this, but inside she was already celebrating.

"The savior mentioned in the Taoist maxims will be my disciple from now on!"

"Then surely I'll have my name recorded in the annals of the cultivation world in the future?"

Chu Yinyin became increasingly smug!

She felt no pain whatsoever at giving away a Xuan Tian Fetal Breathing Pill.

In fact, Chu Huaixu was right. The Tenth Elder in front of him was indeed a wealthy young woman from the Daoist sect.

The reason is simple: as an elder of the Taoist sect, the resources she can allocate are quite formidable.

Although the later stages of cultivation require more rare and precious materials.

However, don't forget, she was unwilling to break through her current realm!
Chu Yinyin deliberately remained stuck at the peak of the sixth realm, and her cultivation had not progressed at all over the years.

Therefore, the loss of her treasures would be minimal.

Moreover, she didn't even have a single disciple, and no one came to share her good things.

Even the sect leader, Xiang Yan, often remarked in private, "Junior Sister is probably the one among us who has the most cultivation resources."

At this moment, Chu Yinyin glanced at her future apprentice beside her, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she became.

"It looks pretty good too. Just walking out like this won't make people feel ashamed."

"Unlike the sect leader, who is ugly himself and whose disciples are all even uglier than the last, if such a sect leader's disciples go out into the world, they will be disgracing our sect!" Chu Yinyin thought to herself.

Anyway, she would never take an ugly girl as an apprentice.

Along the way, having already established a close relationship with the Ten Elders, Chu Huaixu naturally began to inquire about information.

"Tenth Elder, I wonder why the Sect Master and the other elders have summoned me to the Purple Bamboo Grove again?"

Chu Yinyin waved her hand and said, "The matter on Cangling Mountain has already been discussed internally, but I can't tell you the details."

"The main reason I called you here today is because the Daoist Canon you cultivate is different from others. So I wanted to ask you some questions and, by the way, we can all study it together to help you on your cultivation path."

"Disciple understands." Chu Huaixu nodded.

After all, the Daoist canon has been studied for thousands of years.

He mastered the complete version of the "Taoist Canon," no wonder the higher-ups paid attention.

As for the sword on the mountain, Chu Huaixu was actually very curious about what the higher-ups were discussing.

Since even Chu Yinyin, who has such a big mouth, is unwilling to say, it seems there's no way to find out, so we can only give up.

The two landed in the bamboo forest, where the sect leader and others were already waiting.

Chu Huaixu began to bow to each person, appearing very well-behaved and with reverence in his eyes, a stark contrast to his behavior on Cangling Mountain.

He couldn't help but steal a glance at the slender Taoist nun sitting on the boulder, his future master who would die a violent death three years later.

This reminded him of a post he had seen on the forum.

It is said that after the Seventh Elder died and his soul dissipated, the Tenth Elder, Chu Yinyin, sat on a boulder in the Purple Bamboo Forest for a day and a night, without joy or sorrow.

After dawn, she walked out of the purple bamboo forest and entered the seventh realm.

And in just one year, he reached the seventh realm of perfection. Chu Huaixu thought to himself, "These future master and second master must have a very good relationship, right?"

He currently feels a very harmonious relationship with the higher-ups in the Taoist sect.

In reality, it is common for high-ranking members of many sects to dislike each other, and open and covert struggles occur frequently.

The larger the sect, the more deeply entrenched its internal forces.

Large sects have many members, and it's unavoidable that some lower-level members might engage in petty scheming and corruption. In a large forest, you're bound to find all sorts of birds.

But if even the top leaders are like this, then there will be problems with the overall direction, and it will be rotten to the core.

"It's truly rare to see such harmonious and peaceful relationships among the higher-ups of the Daoist sect," Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

"Perhaps that is why the two main characters of the Eastern Continent in 'Borrowing the Sword' are both set in the Taoist sect."

The high-ranking members of the Daoist sect were unaware that this outer disciple was already making comments in his mind.

They began to ask him questions, inquiring about what happened when he first began practicing the Daoist Canon.

Chu Huaixu was basically clueless when asked questions.

Because he himself doesn't know either.

He upgraded with a single click through the system, and that's how it happened so inexplicably.

Xiang Yan and the others exchanged glances, also unable to reach a conclusion.

"So, the Dao Ancestor was actually a body cultivator? A body refinement practitioner?"

It's not that they all look down on the crude physical cultivators. Well, they do have some degree of that.

The main problem is that there is no record of this in any ancient texts!

They are already in the leadership of the Taoist sect, and it can be said that they know all the sect's secrets that have lasted for thousands of years.

“Even the ten true disciples of the Dao Ancestor, our ancestors, never mentioned this point.”

"Whether he had a sword or not, he always insisted that he was a sword cultivator."

"And indeed, during the period without swords, most of the techniques used were swordsmanship. Later, he even created the number one Heavenly-level technique—[Ten Thousand Swords Return to One]!"

Xiang Yan looked up at the sky and felt a slight itch on his head again.

"I've been experiencing frequent itching lately."

These great cultivators were holding a private meeting right in front of Chu Huaixu, using various forms of telepathic communication.

After discussing it for a long time, we still dared not draw any conclusions.

Was the Dao Ancestor a practitioner of physical cultivation?
This is even wilder than unofficial historical records!
"But no matter what, Chu Huaixu has paved a new path for the Dao Canon. It's just unknown whether it will have any impact on subsequent cultivation," Elder Lu Pan transmitted his voice.

Xiang Yan nodded slightly and said directly to Chu Huaixu, "Close your eyes, calm your mind, and then mobilize all the spiritual power in your body to show me."

"Yes." Chu Huaixu began to do as instructed.

The giants of the cultivation world stared at him, only to find that the spiritual power within him was truly unremarkable, or to put it more politely, neutral and peaceful.

However, if the [Spirit Embryo Secret Treasure] and [Body Shell Spirit Treasure] are added together, the total amount of spiritual power in his body can be described as quite surging and incredibly astonishing.

Recently, he broke through two more levels, and the gap between his total spiritual power and that of other cultivators is widening!
"If he can maintain this level, it will be unimaginable when he reaches the realm of a great cultivator!"

After examining Chu Huaixu thoroughly, no one found anything wrong with him.

His cultivation foundation is very solid, and he takes every step very firmly.

Unfortunately, the path of body tempering will be very arduous, or perhaps it would be more accurate to describe it as painful.

Moreover, the later the stage, the more difficult it becomes to advance.

Sect Master Xiang Yan continued to transmit his voice to the elders: "Fortunately, he is progressing very quickly. Perhaps he can reach the third realm by the time the second level of the [Origin Spirit Realm] opens next year?"

Elder Lu Pan added to the sect leader's words: "To be precise, one must cultivate to the Great Perfection of the Third Realm to be safe."

Xiang Yan nodded, but quickly realized he was overthinking things: "We still need to take care of the things at hand first. The most important thing now is to solve the first level of the [Origin Spirit Realm] in three months."

"If he can win first place in the first realm competition, then this heavy responsibility will fall on his shoulders."

Everyone nodded.

Chu Huaixu looked at these senior Taoists, wondering what they were "plotting" about; they were clearly communicating telepathically.

Finally, a look of earnest expectation appeared on Xiang Yan's ugly face, and he spoke in what he thought was a heartfelt but still unpleasant voice:
"Chu Huaixu, the first realm competition in the Eastern Continent is about to begin. We hope that you can represent the Daoist sect and win the championship."

"Then, go and fight the number one from the West Continent."

Because the bald man was so ugly and had such a villainous look, and his voice was also so offensive, Chu Huaixu even felt that the sect leader was threatening him.

"What's going on? Why are you putting pressure on me right away?" he asked, somewhat puzzled.

If he didn't have a general understanding of Xiang Yan's character, the way he just acted gave the impression that he was saying: "If you don't get first place, I'll kill you!"
Chu Huaixu had some recollection of the Eastern Continent Grand Competition.

However, "Borrowing Swords" only started its closed beta test in November of the Xuanli year 1990 and its open beta test on January 1, 1991. Therefore, he only witnessed the Third Realm Grand Competition next year.

At that time, the players were basically sitting in the audience.

In such a short time, only a very small number of beta testers, who disregarded the consequences and foundation and recklessly leveled up to explore the front lines, barely managed to reach the third realm with the help of the system, and were then brutally crushed by noobs.

Moreover, such players' accounts are basically half-useless, which is a case of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

At the time, everyone felt that the grand Dongzhou Grand Competition was a way for "Borrowing Swords" to show players that as long as they worked hard at the game, they could become just as strong and cool as them in the future.

Players' enthusiasm for leveling up is unprecedented! They are completely captivated by the high-end special effects in "Borrowing Swords".

"Now it seems that it's not that simple?" Chu Huaixu thought to himself.

"I always felt that the sect leader's emphasis on the Eastern Continent Grand Competition wasn't just for the sake of the sect's reputation; there were other reasons as well," he speculated to himself.

However, although the open beta of "Borrowing Swords" will be next year, players have already delved into some of the storylines before 1991 in the Xuanli era.

Therefore, Chu Huaixu was very clear that, according to the original storyline, the winners of this year's First Realm Eastern Continent Grand Competition and next year's Third Realm Eastern Continent Grand Competition would both be...
—Xu Ziqing!

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