Chapter 488: The Sect Master - 488
Zhu Yi's assessment of the Sword Sect was increased due to Elder Chit's words. As they continued walking, he spoke again.
"Why are there different colored clothes?"
Elder Chit looked around. "There are 5 colors of clothing that the people in the Sword Sect wear. Gray is the color of those who are the main disciples of the Sword Sect. The other colors you see means that the person is part of one of the four sects and came to the Sword Sect because they use a Sword. You can think of them like exchange students."
Zhu Yi nodded in understanding. Before long, they reached a large room with around ten young children waiting in line.
Zhu Yi looked at Elder Chit, and Elder Chit spoke. "This is where talent is tested. These children were found around the Four Elements Gathering world and seemed to have talent. You will be tested here, but you don't have to wait in line."
Saying this, Elder Chit walked past the line of people and stood directly in front of an array on the ground. Zhu Yi followed him.
As soon as the child on the array was done, a man with glasses spoke. "Great Rank meridians. Basic rank sword talent. Fire affinity. Can be accepted as low-rank member. Next."
The child walked off of the array and Elder Chit signaled Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi stepped on the array and Zhou Fan took action. As the array lit up, Zhu Yi felt as if something was viewing every part of his body. When the light died down, Zhu Yi saw the man with glasses, now without glasses. His jaw was dropped.
"Meridians undetectable. God-level Sword talent. Unknown Affinity, Space affinity, Fire affinity." After speaking, he did not say anything else. He did not have the authority to decide on Zhu Yi.
Elder Chit appeared from behind Zhu Yi and grabbed him by the collar with a serious face. Zhu Yi felt as if the world around him moved at an impossible to understand speed.
When he could see clearly, he was in front of a large door. Sitting on a chair to the side was an elderly man. His gray hair was so long that it bundled up on the floor.
Upon their arrival, he looked up.
Elder Chit bowed. "High Elder Jue. I request to see the sect master."
High Elder Jue looked at him seriously. "Is it because of that child?"
Elder Chit bowed again. "Yes sir."
High Elder Jue thought for a moment and nodded. The door behind him opened. "You know the consequences of bothering the sect master without a proper reason."
Elder Chit bowed once more before walking into the room. Zhu Yi silently followed. None of this was unexpected.
As the door behind them closed, Zhu Yi looked around. It was as if he had entered another world. There was another sky, a mountain, large fields, and even another sun.
Elder Chit walked fast towards the mountain. Upon arriving at it, they walked up. They did not fly, most likely because it was not respectful towards the sect master. Although they walked, it was not slow, and instead extremely fast.
They arrived near the top of a mountain and saw a courtyard. This sight reminded Zhou Fan of his residence at the Cosmic Sect.
Elder Chit stopped outside and bowed. "Elder Chit requests to meet the Sect Master."
After a brief moment of silence, they heard a voice. "Come in."
Elder Chit led Zhu Yi through a door and saw a man sitting on the ground cultivating. There were many spirit stones around him, all of them top-grade.
The Sect Master opened his eyes. "What's the matter?"
Elder Chit responded. "This child here was brought up from a lower world. We tested his talent, and the results were surprising. Unknown meridians, God-level sword talent, unknown affinity, space affinity, and fire affinity."
As Elder Chit spoke, the Sect Master eyes widened. By the end, the Sect Master waved his hand. "Take your leave Elder Chit. I will talk with this boy."
Elder Chit bowed and left.
The Sect Master looked at Zhu Yi. He immediately asked questions. "In what mortal world were you born in?"
"I don't know the name of it. Do you know a Chen Jie?" Zhu Yi asked.
The Sect Master nodded. "Chen Jie's world. I see. When you were young, did you ever receive something from the Cosmic Sect?"
Just as Zhu Yi was about to answer, Zhou Fan spoke. "Say yes."
"I did. Was that something important?"
The Sect Master nodded in realization. "So you rejected it."
"Say yes." Zhou Fan said again.
"Yes." Zhu Yi responded.
The Sect Master fell into thought for a moment. "How would you like to accept me as a teacher? Not a master, but a teacher."
Zhu Yi looked at Zhou Fan.
"I don't mind." Zhou Fan responded.
"I accept." Zhu Yi said.
The Sect Master smiled. "That's good. You see, our branch of the sword sect isn't doing so good compared to the others. In the wider universe, we are considered to be one of the weakest branches in terms of disciples. I am an inner world realm cultivator, like many of the other branch masters, but the disciples that come from here are always lacking. How would you feel about representing the sword sect in a competition?"
"I can do that." Zhu Yi responded. The Sect Master clearly had high hopes for him.
"That competition decides a lot for the branches of the sword sect. If you win, it will also benefit you. You will be able to join the main Sword Sect, which resides on the world tree."
Zhu Yi was surprised. The competition seemed extremely important.
"This competition is for anyone in the void traversing realm that has been a member of the Sword Sect for more than a hundred thousand years. It is considered a youth competition since even the oldest Void Traversing realm cultivator is only ten million years old. I will teach you to the best of my ability on the condition that you do your best in the competition."
Zhu Yi agreed without hesitation.
Chapter 489: Teachings - 489
Although Zhu Yi had Zhou Fan to teach him, Zhou Fan's guidance was limited due to not having a body. Zhu Yi could still see him do things, but there was no feeling. It was simply an imitation.
With the help of the Sect Master of the Sword Sect, Zhu Yi would be able to train faster with the sword, especially since Zhou Fan would still be helping him.
In addition, the Sect Master could provide him with many Spirit Stones. There was only one more thing that Zhu Yi needed.
He asked the Sect Master of the Sword Sect. "I need to fight Chaos Beasts. Can I do that here?"
He had only arrived recently and did not know much about this world.
"I suppose you can. Do you want to fight a nascent soul realm Chaos Beast?" The Sect Master responded.
"I want to fight as many of them as you can give me." Zhu Yi said.
"How does five at a time sound? Can you handle that?"
"I can. That works for me." Zhu Yi responded.
The Sect Master nodded. "Wait about five hundred years. Chaos Beasts arrive on our world once every thousand years."
Zhu Yi nodded and asked a question. "What is the strongest Chaos Beast that comes here?"
"A lesser dao creation realm Chaos Beast. It's never fun to fight. Luckily, all the intelligent ones are at the frontlines." The Sect Master said.
Zhu Yi recalled what the old man from the frost sect had said about Chaos Beasts and asked yet another question.
"Can you handle that Chaos Beast alone?"
The Sect Master shook his head. "I can barely survive alone. If we're lucky, every inner world realm cultivator of this world combined can defeat it. Sometimes, the overseer must intervene."
He did not know who or what an overseer was, but Zhu Yi decided to refrain from asking any other questions. He would learn in the future.
"Do you need to rest or are you ready to start training?" The Sect Master asked.
Zhu Yi was prepared. "I am ready."
The Sect master grabbed a branch from a tree within the courtyard. His sheath was empty.
"First show me what you know."
Zhu Yi nodded and unsheathed his sword. He first used the formless sword. The sword wave was so common it was not worth mentioning.
Zhu Yi smoothly used the formless sword a thousand times before sheathing it. The Sect Master was already amazed.
"What kind of advanced technique is this? I've rarely seen anything so incredible in all of my life!" The Sect Master exclaimed.
"I found it after falling into a hole." Zhu Yi explained.
"Incredible. That should be your strongest technique right?"
Although the Sect Master could see the formless swords, it was only because Zhu Yi's cultivation was so low. If Zhu Yi was even at the realm below his, it would be nearly impossible for him to sense them at all.
"Not quite. This one is called, "Breaking through all things."
Zhu Yi focused and held his sword. He used breaking through all things and slashed down. An unstoppable power shot out of his sword and struck the air in front of him. Although there was nothing to hit, the sword technique was clearly displayed.
This time, the Sect Master didn't even speak. Although its complexity was not high to the Sect Master due to his high realm, it was still an unfathomably strong sword technique to him.
"Where did you get this one?" He asked seriously.
"The same hole." Zhu Yi responded. He didn't know what else to say.
The Sect Master took out a talisman and spoke into it. "Go into the mortal world that birthed Chen Jie and search it in its entirety. If the celestial ice sect has anything to say about it, tell them that it is not a request, but a command."
After saying that, the Sect Master put away the talisman.
"Sorry about that. If techniques like that are on that world, then who knows what else we could find. I can help you train in either of the techniques for now. I'm afraid I won't be able to help you much in the future."
It seemed that the Sect Master was thoroughly shocked.
"I want to train in the Breaking Through All Things technique." Zhu Yi said.
The Sect Master nodded and showed him using the technique. It was a mere imitation of the technique, but Zhu Yi could feel something when the Sect Master did it.
To Zhou Fan, the sect master was quite sloppy. However, he could at least give Zhu Yi a little bit of help. Only when he recovered more would he be able to help Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi learned from the Sect Master for nearly a year straight before he stopped training the sword. Although he had progressed faster due to the Sect Master, most of the credit went to Zhou Fan.
While the Sect Master taught Zhu Yi in the real world, Zhou Fan stood next to him and explained what the Sect Master was doing wrong.
It was quite comical to Zhu Yi, but he never laughed.
He respected the Sect Master.
After the year passed, Zhu Yi was ready to cultivate. He had only two requests for the Sect Master. Not to spy on him, and to provide spirit stones. The sect master gladly accepted. The next day, Zhu Yi was given a thousand top grade spirit stones. He was also told that he could ask for more at any time.
In addition to the thousand top grade spirit stones used for cultivating, he was allowed to buy anything around the Sword Sect for free.
Although he was not the Sect Master's disciple, he was the Sect Master's student. News seemed to get out that the Sect Master of the Sword Sect had accepted a student.
Besides participating in the competition in the future, the Sect Master only had one more request for Zhu Yi. Every now and then he needed to beat up some people that were jealous.
Zhu Yi agreed to this request. It was good to fight and not lose his edge.
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