Mortals, and even my disciple Han Li, don't mess with me!

This is simply because he was originally the best candidate for first place in the eyes of the elders of the Luoyun Sect.

Among all the Foundation Establishment stage disciples in the entire Luoyun Sect, there was no one more suitable than him.

Who told him to reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment at such a young age, before he was even thirty?

Throughout the entire history of the Luoyun Sect, spanning thousands of years, only Song Yu has ever achieved this.

Wu Yun is now the second to achieve this, so naturally, people have high hopes for him.

Moreover, disciples who are thirty years of age or older or who have not reached the tenth level of Qi Refining are not allowed to participate in the Three Sects Sword Trial Tournament.

These are also two mandatory requirements.

To reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment before the age of thirty, one must either possess exceptional talent or have an extraordinary stroke of luck.

Don't even think about it.

The Ancient Sword Sect happened to have taken in a disciple with the Heavenly Spiritual Root and Nine Spirit Sword Body.

These are disciples with exceptional talent, while Wu Yun possesses an extraordinary opportunity—he obtained a system.

This is an incredible opportunity that no one can match, not even Han Li, who possesses the little green bottle.

After all, this is a system issued by the Time and Space Administration.

Most importantly, Wu Yun now possesses another powerful weapon—the Azure Ice Flame.

This is a spiritual flame capable of severely injuring or even killing a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Although it is easy for people to doubt him if he uses such supernatural powers at his level.

But if it's absolutely necessary, he wouldn't mind.

He just needs to be careful, and he plans to use this time to familiarize himself with and master this supernatural power.

He should use it as skillfully as possible so that he can better prepare for the upcoming sword-testing tournament.

Therefore, he is already confident of winning first place, but in order to be absolutely certain, he still needs to make more preparations.

Absolutely no mistakes can be made.

He planned to use this time to familiarize himself with the Azure Ice Flame while taking refining pills to cultivate, aiming to raise his cultivation level to the late-stage Great Perfection of Core Formation as soon as possible.

Although the Sword Trial Tournament is not far away, we still need to improve as much as possible.

……

Han Li became the envy of many Qi Refining stage disciples of the Luoyun Sect.

Many Qi Refining stage disciples went to the herb garden to curry favor with Han Li.

This annoyed Han Li somewhat, but he had to be careful to avoid revealing any flaws and arousing suspicion.

At the same time, they have become more cautious.

However, it also brought Han Li a lot of benefits, especially the gifts from his senior brothers and sisters.

There were all sorts of things, and although Han Li didn't find any of them appealing, he learned from his senior brothers and sisters that Wu Yun was a pretty good master.

Wu Yun also valued these disciples highly.

Furthermore, two disciples have already successfully established their foundations with Wu Yun's help, but the master-disciple relationship still exists.

This also made Han Li feel a little bit of goodwill towards Wu Yun.

But I always felt that Wu Yun had ill intentions and definitely had ulterior motives.

Although his senior brothers and sisters all said that Wu Yun liked others to call him "Master" and liked to act like a teacher.

However, he didn't dwell on it any longer and focused even more intently on the upcoming sword-testing tournament.

……

On this day, Wu Yun, who had already mastered the Azure Ice Flame, received a communication talisman instructing him to go to the Cleansing Heart Hall to prepare for the upcoming Sword Trial Tournament.

"They've finally arrived!"

Wu Yun chuckled and left his cave dwelling, heading straight for the Cleansing Heart Hall.

The interior of this great hall is incredibly spacious, spanning over a thousand meters. Apart from dozens of tall, round pillars, there are two chairs, one facing forward and the other side, placed in the very center. The rest of the hall is completely empty.

These pillars are also inlaid with pieces of moonstone, which emit light and illuminate the entire hall brightly, yet without being dazzling.

At this moment, two cultivators, both at the Core Formation stage, were already sitting in the two chairs.

One was a refined-looking man in white, and the other was a ferocious-looking old man in gray.

When the two men saw Wu Yun, who was the first to enter the main hall, they both smiled kindly.

"You're finally here, kid. I thought you'd slipped away. I heard you took on another disciple at the Qi Refining stage a few days ago. When are you going to change your habit of taking on disciples?"

The refined-looking man in white joked with a smile.

"I didn't expect that both of my senior uncles already knew about this matter." Wu Yun cupped his hands and said with a smile.

Then, he walked behind the man in white and looked at the others who entered the hall.

This included Han Li, as well as another undercover agent, Du Dong.

The reason he didn't accept the latter was twofold: firstly, he didn't have the mission, and secondly, he was worried about being killed to silence him.

This was his previous concern. Now he's not so worried, but he doesn't want to take the other person as a disciple because it could easily arouse suspicion.

It would be better not to accept it at all.

As soon as the others entered the main hall, they immediately bowed to the two of them.

"Greetings to Grandmaster Xin and Grandmaster Yu, both Grandmasters!"

"Alright, get up, everyone."

The man in white smiled and told everyone to stand up.

The disciples naturally stood up without hesitation.

They stood in two rows on either side of the main hall.

As for Han Li and another undercover agent, Du Dong, they stayed at the entrance of the main hall.

Besides them, there was also a beautiful young woman who kept staring at Wu Yun, her beautiful eyes filled with a complex emotion.

This woman was none other than Mu Peiling.

Wu Yun initially had some affection for this woman because of his love of beauty.

But that initial goodwill vanished completely after the woman used him as a shield once.

Therefore, Wu Yun completely ignored the woman's gaze, as if he hadn't seen it at all.

However, this woman had a strong liking for Wu Yun.

Firstly, because of Wu Yun's potential; secondly, because Wu Yun is the best dual cultivation partner and the best choice to escape the arranged marriage between families.

Unfortunately, because of what happened back then, the relationship between the two became very awkward.

Mu Peiling had apologized, but Wu Yun ignored her, saying that they had nothing to do with each other anymore and that Mu Peiling should not come looking for him.

At this moment, the cultivator surnamed Xin, who was the peak master, began to speak.

"The reason for summoning everyone here today is probably already known to the disciples: it is the Sword Testing Tournament, which will be held in six months from now, and the location will be the Hundred Crafts Courtyard, which is closely connected to our sect..."

After a long and rambling explanation, it all boils down to one sentence: first, an internal selection process will be conducted, and the winners will be the participants.

However, Wu Yun and a few others do not need to go through internal selection and can participate directly.

After all, Wu Yun was the top Foundation Establishment disciple of the Luoyun Sect.

For this reason, Mu Peiling lost her qualification to participate directly and needed to go through the selection process to participate.