Junior sister, I really need to control you

Although they were not sword cultivators, at this level, with their limited perspective, they could naturally see that the sword technique Mu Xiaoyu used was something almost no one of her peers could do.

Unlike cultivation levels, sword techniques cannot be rapidly improved by consuming pills or rare and precious herbs.

To possess sword techniques of this caliber, one must be extremely talented and also diligently practice.

Within the light screen, Wu Zhaochen's expression of surprise was extremely obvious, but it quickly transformed into a resolute look.

If this continues, the scabbard will collapse in a few breaths. At that time, he will only have one flying sword to deal with the clouds and the other flying sword at the same time, and he will surely be defeated.

Therefore, he immediately changed his sword technique, and his magical power surged wildly into the flying sword, even turning his face visibly pale.

The sword, which had shrunk to less than a foot in length, transformed in the blink of an eye into a giant sword several feet long, and slashed down menacingly at Mu Xiaoyu.

However, he was clearly holding back, and his target was not Mu Xiaoyu, but the Dragon Abyss Sword, seemingly wanting to defeat his opponent by destroying the flying sword.

But as the giant sword slashed down, the Dragon Abyss Sword, which had been unleashing a sky full of sword light, suddenly spun around slowly.

The sword light surrounding the Dragon Abyss Sword instantly converged and intertwined, transforming into a ferocious dragon with horns on its head and four claws soaring into the air.

Compared to the giant sword that was several meters long, the dragon was ridiculously large, even when coiled up it was twenty or thirty meters long.

Faced with the giant sword coming at it, the ferocious dragon simply extended its claws and gripped it tightly.

After a brief stalemate, the ferocious dragon lowered its head, its two sharp and menacing horns gripped the giant sword and twisted it, shattering the sword and revealing the sword's true form. The sword was then flung away by the dragon's tail and crashed into the protective barrier at the edge of the arena.

At the same time, the ferocious dragon pounced on Wu Zhaochen and snatched the sword sheath with its claws.

Wu Zhaochen, who had already greatly depleted his magical power, was immediately shrouded in mist, bound hand and foot, and unable to move.

Inside the main hall, the elders had different expressions as they watched the light screen that had determined the outcome in the blink of an eye.

Elder Jin looked at Elder Shen with excitement, his eyebrows dancing with joy: "Hey, it seems your disciple lost? Did he lose? He lost, right?"

Elder Shen remained expressionless and silent, but suddenly stood up and transformed into a streak of light, about to fly away.

The elder was quick-witted and released the golden bowl to stop it.

"Hey, hey, hey, Junior Brother Shen, what are you going to do? The outcome is already decided. You are the Second Elder, you can't do something like that!" The First Elder hurriedly advised.

Stopped by the golden bowl, Elder Shen turned his head with a livid face: "Who can't accept defeat?"

"So you're going to..." the elder asked, puzzled.

"I want to take on disciples!" Elder Shen said decisively.

Chapter 154 Fierce Battle

The 26th floor of Zhengyang Hall.

Faced with Elder Shen's immediate declaration, "I want to take on disciples," the other elders exchanged bewildered glances.

They could easily understand why Elder Shen had this idea.

After all, in that battle, Mu Xiaoyu was no stronger than Wu Zhaochen in either cultivation or flying sword.

Although the other quasi-magic weapon did have some advantage, its power was also reduced considerably when she diverted her magic power to activate the flying sword.

The reason she was able to defeat Wu Zhaochen so easily was mainly because the sword technique she used was indeed much stronger than Wu Zhaochen's.

Moreover, she is several years younger than Wu Zhaochen.

Normally, such talent would certainly warrant the elders' full support and guidance.

but……

The elder shook his head and said, "Junior Brother Shen, I know you value cultivators with sword talent highly, but I'm afraid that young friend Mu's cultivation talent is not satisfactory."

Since they had planned to train Li Yinsheng beforehand, they naturally had taken the time to learn about the situation at Xuanzhen Temple.

When asked about Mu Xiaoyu's talent and cultivation, the only new disciple of Xuanzhen Temple in more than ten years, Shangguan Ling'er did not hide anything and said frankly that the girl had no natural talent and her cultivation was entirely due to the rare and precious materials given to her by her senior brother.

Although it is quite astonishing that one can accumulate such a level of cultivation, if one lacks talent, then one simply cannot succeed.

After the Grand Elder's reminder, Elder Shen also hesitated.

He was indeed a little too excited when he saw that sword technique that was even better than Chen'er's. At the same time, he subconsciously thought that with such talent in swordsmanship, it wouldn't matter if his talent in cultivation was a little lacking.

But now that he's realized it, he can't help but feel a headache coming on.

If one's talent is average, with only medium potential, then it's not so bad, since resources can compensate for it.

But without the foundation... this talent is a bit too poor.

Although her cultivation level is now no less than Chen'er's, it is all due to the resources she has accumulated, which does not help her future.

In the records of the lineage, several generations ago there was even an eighteen-year-old immortal who was created using resources—

This person was originally just an ordinary disciple of the Dharma lineage with ordinary talent, but by chance, he consumed an extremely precious thousand-year-old Water Elemental Spirit Mushroom.

He should have exploded and died from the effects of the medicine, but he also happened to be poisoned by the fire poison of a strange insect, and he also had an ancestral antidote pill on his body.

With the balance of the three factors, he not only avoided death but also gained nearly a hundred years of cultivation in one fell swoop.

With his original cultivation, he achieved the status of a True Person at the age of eighteen.

Because of its legendary nature, this experience, even though it happened a long time ago, is still talked about today.

However, this person never broke through to the Great True Person realm in his lifetime, and passed away at the peak of the True Person realm.

The reason is simple: after that incident, he never encountered any more extraordinary events and could only rely on the cultivation of his lineage and his own arduous practice.

Because of his talent, even though he was an eighteen-year-old young immortal, he did not receive much more resources than other immortals.

Therefore, he never broke through to the Great True Person realm and remained at the True Person realm until his death.

This life is actually quite fortunate for an ordinary disciple of the Dharma lineage.

If he were placed in the Demonic Sect, he would probably be refined into a human pill, made into a puppet, or killed by being drained of his life force when he was discovered. How could he have the chance to die a natural death as a true immortal?

However, for the elders of the lineage, a disciple who can only remain at the True Person realm for life is really dispensable.

Although each elder usually only has one or two disciples who are Grand Masters, the other Grand Masters all have some hope of breaking through to the Grand Master level.

For prodigies like Wu Zhaochen and Wei Nian, the Grand Master is only the minimum expectation.

Elder Shen's face showed a conflicted expression.

If we really accept this disciple, given her talent, we must invest a huge amount of resources to help her improve her cultivation. Otherwise, no matter how high her sword technique is, if her cultivation can't keep up, she will hardly achieve anything.

However, Mu Xiaoyu's talent was not as good as that lucky disciple of the lineage in the records, and even less than that of ordinary Taoist temple disciples.

Even if you poured all your resources into her, it might not be possible for her to break through to the Great True Person realm in her lifetime.

Besides, he has other disciples to train, and his own cultivation is even more important.

Although I don't know why that young Li would invest so many resources in a girl who has no potential, or where he got these resources from.

But he asked himself honestly, he knew it was impossible to devote everything to nurturing Mu Xiaoyu.

Thinking of this, Elder Shen shook his head and sighed, "What a pity, what a pity."

"Such talent in swordsmanship, yet it's precisely this kind of innate ability..."

As he spoke, he returned to his throne, clearly having given up on the idea of ​​taking on disciples.

On the other side, Elder Qin leaned against his throne, a slight thought stirring within him.

Mu Xiaoyu stayed at Wuxia Peak for a while, and after observing her up close, she didn't think the girl was as untalented as Ling'er had said.

While it's certainly not the best, it's certainly better than most ordinary Taoist temples.

If you have some connections, you can become a formal disciple in the lineage.

Of course, this talent was still far from enough for the elders to accept as disciples, so after thinking about it, she didn't say anything.

……

The next day, in the square in front of the palace, the largest number of cultivators surrounded an empty arena where only the Si Zheng stood.

Although the cultivators who came to watch the spectacle did not know the list of participants, they had their own methods to judge which arena was more interesting.

Because the higher the cultivation level of the disciples who are arranged to fight, the higher the cultivation level of the master on the arena will be.

Moreover, in order to deter disciples from cheating or using excessive force during the competition, the judges would not hide their auras and would even deliberately disperse them.

Therefore, it is not difficult for cultivators with higher cultivation levels to judge which official has a higher cultivation level.

The arena with the largest number of spectators had the most powerful aura among its invigorators, which is why it attracted the most onlookers.

"I wonder who will be fighting on this stage?" one of the onlookers asked.

Someone next to that person immediately said, "It must be Senior Sister Wei and Senior Brother Wu. Among the disciples of the same generation, only the two of them have the highest cultivation."

"Have you been unconscious due to a cultivation mishap? Wu Zhaochen was defeated yesterday!" said a burly cultivator.

"Senior Brother Wu lost? He's a sword cultivator, I never expected him to lose to Senior Sister Kui..." The cultivator who spoke was dressed in a black robe, his face full of surprise.

"I didn't lose to Senior Sister Kui, but to a prodigy from a Taoist temple, I think it was Xuanzhen Temple, and his surname was Mu."

"The Taoist monks have defeated Senior Brother Wu!" the monk in black robes exclaimed.

"That's not all! I heard that Senior Brother Wu was defeated head-on by someone using a sword technique!" The burly cultivator shook his head and said, "Have you really gone mad from practicing your cultivation? You haven't even heard of such a big thing?"

"I am ashamed, I was in seclusion refining pills for the past few days..." The monk in black robes cupped his hands.

The burly cultivator stood at attention with awe: "So this senior brother is an alchemist? I was just being disrespectful..."

The cultivators around the arena chatted in small groups. Although their attitudes differed, they were all extremely excited about the battle on the arena.

As the sun rose, a handsome man and a beautiful young woman arrived together.

Almost simultaneously, a graceful woman dressed in a bright red wrap dress also crossed the crowd and walked to the other side of the ring.

The arena was a hundred feet in circumference, but both sides immediately noticed each other.

The woman in the red dress stepped forward and walked up to Li Yinsheng and Shangguan Ling'er, bowing and saying, "Greetings, Senior Sister Shangguan, and Senior Brother Li."

Although she was still far behind in terms of cultivation level, as the personal disciple of Elder Faxiang, she could still be considered an equal to Shangguan Ling'er and Li Yinsheng.

Of course, although they were of the same generation, the difference in their cultivation levels was obvious, so she still bowed quite respectfully. Coupled with her gentle and graceful face, she immediately won people's favor.

"Junior Sister Kui, no need for such formalities," Shangguan Ling'er waved her hand and smiled, "It seems you're Xiaoyu's next opponent?"

Kui Nian nodded: "As indicated on my waist badge, my opponent today is in this arena."

Although she was replying to Shangguan Ling'er, her gaze was mainly fixed on Li Yinsheng's face.