The meeting room suddenly became noisy because of the lightning strike wood that Jing Shizhen brought out. Naturally, everyone wanted the good stuff.
Jing Shizhen and Su Xiaofan still had some of the smaller lightning strike wood, which was cut from the main trunk, but Jing Shizhen was able to trade some things.
Zhao Yijian's phone call took a long time, and it took him half an hour to return to the conference room.
"Both of you, I have already announced the master sect. I can accept you two as disciples and teach them sword-control techniques."
After Zhao Yijian came in, he didn't pay attention to anyone else, and directly sent a message to Jing Shizhen and Su Xiaofan: "But the two of them are masters and apprentices, and they are also art masters. This seniority is really difficult to arrange.
The ancestor has spoken. Both of them are outer disciples of the Sword Sect. They are listed on the Sword Sect's gate. They only teach the skills but do not enter the sword tomb. They judge their seniority based on their cultivation...
In other words, you and I are both at the Three Flowers Gathering Stage, and in our Sword Sect, we treat each other as brothers and sisters, so what do you think of brother respect?"
Zhao Yijian blinked at Jing Shizhen and suppressed the smile on his face.
If seniority is purely based on cultivation, then within the Sword Sect, Master Jing Shizhen might still be called Senior Brother Su Xiaofan.
"You sword sects are quite bad."
Jing Shizhen laughed bitterly when he heard this, but he could also understand Jian Zong's difficulty in getting out.
Jing Shizhen was the master and disciple, but neither of them had anything to do with the Sword Sect before that.
The Jianzong could not respect Shizhen's seniority and belittle Su Xiaofan's seniority just because they were master and disciple. This was against the rules, especially since the two of them were at the same level of cultivation.
So Jian Zong came up with this idea. You can decide your seniority among yourself.
But in the Sword Sect, seniority is determined by cultivation. If you Jing Shizhen has the ability to break through to the realm of Yangshen, then Zhao Yijian will call you uncle.
"I wonder if you agree, Brother Jing?"
Zhao Yijian smiled and looked at Jing Shizhen. Anyway, this was the condition. If they agreed, they would agree. If they didn't agree, it was not impossible for the Sword Sect to get the Lightning Strike Wood from the Death Forbidden Zone. It just required the ancestor to take action.
In fact, there were two opinions within the Sword Sect regarding Jing Shizhen’s apprenticeship in the early years.
One is to accept Jing Shizhen. After all, Jing Shizhen's cultivation talent is very strong. He has already reached the Great Zhoutian realm in his twenties, and meets the conditions for the Sword Sect to accept a disciple.
But there is another view that the Kung Fu of Jing Shi Zhen’s original sect is too peaceful and does not fit in with the Sword Sect’s mentality of going forward with an invincible sword, so they refuse to join the Jing Shi Zhen sect.
But now Jing Shizhen has become a cultivator in the Three Flowers Gathering Realm. Even in the Sword Sect, it is a high-end combat force. He is still willing to join, which is also beneficial to the Sword Sect.
Coupled with the addition of Su Xiaofan, who was in his early twenties, even though the conditions for accepting disciples of the Sword Sect were extremely harsh, he lowered his dignity and started to recruit people. Quan thought he bought Su Xiaofan and gave him Jing Shizhen as a gift.
"If the two of us join the Sword Sect, what will be the difference between us and the inner disciples?" Jing Shizhen pondered for a moment and passed on his spiritual consciousness.
"There is no difference. Apart from not joining the Presbyterian Council and being unable to participate in the Sword Sect's decisions, everything else is the same."
Zhao Yijian replied: "You two can enjoy the same offerings as me, three bottles of Jingyuan Dan every year, and you can enter the restricted area to practice for half a year every year, but you are not allowed to enter the sword tomb to get swords, so you two can only find ways to use your own weapons...
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"oh?"
Jing Shizhen raised his head when he heard this, "Then what obligations do the two of us need to bear?"
The conditions given by Jian Zong were far beyond Jing Shizhen's imagination. He originally thought that Jian Zong would just teach them sword-controlling skills, but he didn't expect that there would be so many benefits.
Three bottles of Jingyuan Dan per year is much more generous than the relevant departments, and there is also a restricted area for practicing, which is also very important to Jing Shizhen. These two things are unexpected blessings.
"The sword sect's skills are not allowed to be spread to outsiders. In addition, if the sword sect is in trouble, you two must go all out..."
Zhao Yijian set out the conditions of Jian Zong, but in the eyes of Jing Shizhen and Su Xiaofan, these two conditions are not excessive. Compared with what Jian Zong gave them, these conditions are already very loose.
"I also have a condition."
Jing Shizhen suddenly sent a message: "If we are not allowed to enter the sword tomb, where will we find weapons? If senior brother is willing to include your flying sword in this transaction, then we agree!"
"Old Jing, I really saw you right, you are a businessman."
Hearing Jing Shizhen's words, Zhao Yijian suddenly burst into laughter, "Okay, I agreed, and this will be regarded as a meeting gift from my senior brother..."
"Senior brother, what about Xiaofan? Doesn't he have one?" Jing Shizhen said shamelessly.
"Junior brother Xiaofan doesn't need it."
Zhao Yijian looked at Su Xiaofan, and his consciousness fluctuated: "In the early years, some flying swords from our Sword Sect were lost outside. Doesn't Junior Brother Xiaofan have one on his body?"
"Senior brother, you have good eyesight!"
Su Xiaofan didn't expect that the flying sword he had hidden on his body would be sensed by Zhao Yijian. He nodded and said, "I got it from Ao Island some time ago. I don't know if it is the flying sword of the Sword Sect?"
"It must be. I can feel it from the fluctuations on the sword. Your sword was lost from the Sword Tomb."
Zhao Yijian said calmly: "When the mountains and rivers were shattered, my sword sect was also born to kill enemy chiefs. Your sword should be the one that was lost outside."
"This is also the fate between you and my Sword Sect, just keep it for yourself."
After Zhao Yijian passed this sentence to Su Xiaofan, he looked at everyone in the conference room and said: "Jing Shizhen and Su Xiaofan have decided to join our Qingcheng Sword Sect. I agreed on behalf of the Sword Sect and will complete the initiation ceremony in the future.
I also hope that everyone will watch the ceremony..."
"Congratulations, congratulations to the Sword Sect for accepting another high disciple!"
"Yes, the Sword Sect has had no disciples for twenty years, right?"
"I will definitely be there the day after tomorrow. Congratulations to Jian Zong!"
"Old Zhao, don't you think about my son anymore? The vajra I just replaced can be used as a disciple ceremony."
As soon as Zhao Yijian entered the door just now, he was flirting with Master Jing Shizhen and his disciples. Everyone knew that they were communicating through spiritual consciousness. Now when they heard Zhao Yijian's words, they knew that the agreement was settled.
The Sword Sect's acceptance of a disciple is also a big event in the circle of cultivators, and everyone in the venue expressed their congratulations.
But some people understand, and some people are puzzled. Su Xiaofan seems to have no cultivation, and why Zhao Yijian seems to have got a treasure, smiling from ear to ear.
Although it was a happy event for the Sword Sect to accept a disciple, the transaction still had to go on. Su Xiaofan found a moment to leave the conference room and picked up the four lightning rods in the car.
Each one was one and a half meters long and nearly thirty centimeters thick. Such a large lightning strike tree immediately stunned everyone.
It's not like lightning-strike wood has never appeared in past trade fairs, but they all looked like the ones Jing Shizhen first took out. They were very small. They had never seen such a big lightning-strike wood there.
Those who were still questioning Su Xiaofan just now realized that these four lightning-strike logs weighed more than a thousand kilograms. How could Su Xiaofan be an ordinary person when he could pick them up so lightly?
For a time, other items traded at the trade fair were no longer so popular. In today's fair, master and apprentice Jing Shizhen really stole the show.
The trade fair ended in a bit of an anticlimax, and even Lu'an was a bit disappointed. Even their relevant departments couldn't take out the few pieces of lightning-struck wood.
After the trade fair, Zhao Yijian invited Master Jing Shizhen to his room. Apprenticeship was not a trivial matter for the two of them, and they needed to discuss it with each other.
Those lightning-struck logs were given to another Jianzong disciple to take back. Qingcheng was the territory of Jianzong, so there was no fear of anything happening.
"Senior Brother Zhao, after all this going around and around, we have become the same sect."
Jing Shizhen smiled a little proudly. When he was young, he was rejected as a disciple, which always left a thorn in his heart. Now he has finally pulled it out.
"If it weren't for Junior Brother Xiaofan, do you think the ancestor would accept you?"
Zhao Yijian curled his lips, looked at Su Xiaofan, and said: "Junior brother Xiaofan, I am not asking for your privacy, but with your cultivation..."
Zhao Yijian said half of his words, but Su Xiaofan knew what he meant. His cultivation level was abnormal in anyone's eyes.
"Brother, I can absorb a kind of energy..."
Su Xiaofan's words were already familiar, and now he brought out the energy of the starry sky again. The well-informed Zhao Yijian was stunned for a moment.
"Is this serious?"
After listening to Su Xiaofan's story, Zhao Yijian looked at Jing Shizhen.
"Lu'an and I have witnessed it with our own eyes, can it still be false?"
Jing Shizhen said: "Xiaofan's physique should be different from ordinary people, just like those who can absorb the energy of the restricted area when they are ordinary people. He can be regarded as a gift."
"This matter is of great importance. I'm afraid Junior Brother Xiaofan still has to practice it."
Zhao Yijian said with a solemn expression: "You two, why don't you come with me to the Sword Sect's station now? I, the Sword Sect, should be able to find some of the flying rocks in the sky."
Zhao Yijian was a little older than Jing Shizhen, and he was a swordsman who had been in seclusion in Qingcheng all year round, so he would still describe meteorites as flying rocks from the sky.
"Now?" Su Xiaofan asked.
"Now!"
Zhao Yijian nodded. This starry sky energy can actually advance a person's cultivation level so quickly. It can be said to be an extremely important thing.
If this method of cultivation can be popularized, it will definitely have a subversive impact on today's cultivator world, so last night Liu'an sent in meteorites to try it personally.
"Okay, let's take a walk."
Su Xiaofan nodded. The sooner this matter is resolved, the better. Otherwise, others may not be sure how to think about him.
Everyone can get meteorites, but only Su Xiaofan himself can absorb the energy of the stars. This is talent. When the news spreads, some people will have no choice but to give up.
"Then let's go now..."
Zhao Yijian couldn't sit still and made a phone call while walking.
When a few people arrived at the door of the hotel, a car was already waiting there.
"Senior brother, aren't we going to the sect's headquarters?"
Su Xiaofan was still a little confused when he got in the car.
When he thought about it, just because of the name Sword Sect, shouldn't the sect's headquarters be in a famous mountain to show the majesty of a high-ranking sect?
"Yeah, it's not far. I'll be there in a minute."
Zhao Yijian was thinking about the starry sky energy and didn't pay attention to Su Xiaofan's face.
"What are you thinking about? With modern civilization here, who would go to live in the mountains and old forests?"
Jing Shizhen sent a message to Su Xiaofan, but when he came to Jian Zong, Jian Zong was really based in Qingcheng.
Zhao Yijian said it wasn't far, and it really wasn't far. Half an hour later, the car drove into a villa area on the outskirts of the city on high ground.
This villa area is somewhat similar to the one Su Xiaofan bought. The greenery is very good. The entire villa seems to be surrounded by a forest, blocking out all the hustle and bustle of the city.
"This is where our sect is stationed?"
Su Xiaofan was stunned when he saw it. Why was it different from what was written in the novel? Shouldn't it be in a majestic and majestic place at the mountain gate?
"Yes, there are a total of thirty-six houses here, sixteen of which are occupied."
Zhao Yijian said: "After you join the sect, each of you will be assigned a set as a place to stay and rest when entering and leaving the restricted area in the future."
After hearing Zhao Yijian's words, Su Xiaofan's heart suddenly trembled, and he couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what kind of cultivation are the people who can settle down in a house here?"
"Only brothers who are in the Three Flowers Gathering Realm can settle down here."
Zhao Yijian's words made Su Xiaofan take a breath of air. All sixteen houses were occupied, which meant that there were actually sixteen masters of the Three Flowers Gathering cultivation level in the Sword Sect.
"There are so many?"
Not to mention Su Xiaofan, even Jing Shizhen was shocked. He originally thought that there were only a handful of people with the Three Flowers Gathering cultivation level in this world, but he didn't expect that there were as many as sixteen people in one sword sect alone.
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"Most of them have been promoted in recent years."
Zhao Yijian said: "I don't know why, the energy in the refining restricted area has grown rapidly in recent years.
Even disciples in the Great Zhoutian realm can refine energy and increase their cultivation with the help of their elders, and they do not need inner elixirs to break through the barrier of the Three Flowers Gathering Realm."
"Is there such a thing?"
Jing Shizhen was stunned when he heard this. He worked hard to find the inner elixir to break through. Unexpectedly, in the Sword Sect, he could break through without the inner elixir.
Compared with a big sect like the Jian Sect, his Xiaoyao Sect was simply a joke. Jing Shizhen, who originally had a strong sense of belonging to the Xiaoyao Sect, suddenly felt like a casual cultivator.
"If you break through on your own without the help of inner elixirs, your potential will be even greater in the future."
Zhao Yijian sighed and said: "Junior Brother Jing, you and I both relied on the inner elixir to break through. I'm afraid there will be no hope for the Yang God in the future, and the cultivation of the Yin God will probably be the end."
"Can't we improve our potential with the help of magical medicine?"
Jing Shizhen's heart moved and he asked. He felt that after using the spirit stone to repair the old injuries on his meridians, his cultivation level could still be improved.
"It's hard."
Zhao Yijian glanced at Jing Shizhen and said: "Junior Brother Jing, you have some luck, and you can actually get spiritual stones to repair your meridians, but if there are no other opportunities, the most you can do is to be able to leave the body."
"Senior Brother Zhao, do you also know about spiritual stones?"
Jing Shizhen blurted out, he didn't expect that Zhao Yijian could see his roots clearly.
"You can get the spirit stone, why can't I, the Sword Sect, still not get it?"
Zhao Yijian laughed dumbly, "Actually, spirit stones are not used to repair the body. If you use spirit stones from the beginning of your practice, the true energy in your body will be so pure that you don't need to use inner elixirs to break through the barriers.
It’s just that spiritual stones are too rare, not to mention our sect, even the country can’t do it, so I can only think about this kind of thing.”
"Senior brother, how many people can practice with one spiritual stone? How long can the energy in the spiritual stone last?"
When Su Xiaofan was practicing with Jing Shizhen, he basically had to cross the river by feeling for the stones. Now that Zhao Yijian was here, he naturally had to take the time to ask for advice.
"Spiritual stones are also divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower grades. However, the spiritual stones in the cultivator world nowadays are basically all low-grade."
They will soon become fellow disciples, and Zhao Yijian has nothing to hide.
"Low-grade spiritual stones are for use by disciples in the Qi training stage. One spiritual stone can last about three years of cultivation.
If we practice it, you, Senior Brother Jing, can probably absorb it for a year, and for us, it will take about half a year, and the energy in this spirit stone will be exhausted."
"According to senior brother, that spiritual stone should be almost consumed by the time Uncle Liu'an finishes his cultivation."
Su Xiaofan calculated in his mind that after getting the spirit stone, Aunt Mei's consumption would be negligible.
Su Xiaofan himself used it for about a month, his master used it for about two months, and there should be three months left for use.
If Master Lu'an recovers from his injuries and the spirit stones are not used up, Su Xiaofan plans to use them for his sister. Mosquitoes are still flesh no matter how small they are, and they can purify the true energy in her body to some extent.
It's not that Su Xiaofan favors one over the other and doesn't give good things to his sister first.
But Su Xiaofan had never known the true function of spirit stones before, and his master, Aunt Mei, was not an outsider, so she should be responsible for repairing their meridians.
Not to mention Uncle Lu'an, considering the meteorites he could bring to Su Xiaofan in the future, it would not be an exaggeration for Su Xiaofan to give him the spiritual stones.
"Grandma, it looks like I'm going to find a way to snatch the giant ape's spiritual stone."
Su Xiaofan thought about the giant ape in his mind. The spirit stone was five or six times larger than his own, and the energy inside was more abundant. It might be a middle-grade or high-grade spirit stone.
"Senior brother, do spirit stones have properties?" Su Xiaofan suddenly remembered the word ice and asked again quickly.
"Yes, but spirit stones with attributes are even rarer."
At this time, the car stopped outside the yard of a villa. Zhao Yijian opened the door and said: "Spiritual stones basically contain the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Spiritual stones that match the physical attributes will be more effective when used for cultivation."
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Just like our sword sect's skills are metallic, using metal spiritual stones to practice can get twice the result with half the effort, which is stronger than other spiritual stones."
Having said this, Zhao Yijian couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Lingshi itself is extremely rare, we have no choice at all..."
"Senior brother, besides these five elements attributes, are there no other attributes?" Su Xiaofan continued to ask.
"I don't know about that. It should be gone, right?" Zhao Yijian shook his head, that's all he knew.
"Yes, there are also spiritual stones with wind, thunder, ice, dark and other attributes!" Suddenly, a voice reached the ears of Su Xiaofan and others.
"Ancestor!"
When Zhao Yijian heard this voice, he quickly stopped respectfully, saluted at the door, and said: "Grandmaster, I am bringing two junior brothers to meet you."
"Come in." The voice rang again.
"Yes!" Zhao Yijian winked at Jing Shizhen and Su Xiaofan, and led them to the door of the house. The door opened automatically without any wind.
"You two junior brothers have not yet paid homage to our ancestor."
After entering the house, Zhao Yijian led the two of them and bowed to an old man sitting on the master's chair in the room.
The old man had white hair, but his skin was very red and smooth. He looked like a baby. His eyes were extremely deep, and it looked like he would make you fall into it. Su Xiaofan took one look and quickly lowered his head.
"No need to be polite."
Without seeing any movement from the old man, Jing Shizhen and Su Xiaofan, who were bowing to the old man, noticed a force holding their hands, making their bodies stand upright.
"You little monkey, have you come to our Qingcheng to cause trouble again?"
The old man looked at Jing Shizhen and laughed, "I don't know which monkey cub it was back then, and shouted at the gate of my sword sect that my fate was up to me, and that my sword sect would regret it in the future?"
"Ancestor, I was young, frivolous and ignorant. Do you still remember this?"
Jing Shizhen remembered that when he met the ancestor of the Sword Sect, the ancestor seemed to look like this. This Jiazi disappeared, but the ancestor did not change at all.
"If you were really young and frivolous, I would have accepted you back then."
The ancestor shook his head and said: "You were actually too stable and lacked energy back then. If you dare to break into the mountain gate after I leave instead of making noise outside, then you are really young and frivolous!"
"Ah? If you have a fight, will you accept me?"
Jing Shizhen was dumbfounded when he heard this. He never imagined that it would be so easy for him to enter the Sword Sect back then.
"Forget it. Seeing that you and Jian Zong are destined to be together, I'll accept you into the outer sect."
The ancestor waved his hand and turned his gaze to Su Xiaofan.
I don't know why, but when Su Xiaofan met his ancestor's gaze, it was as if all his clothes had been stripped off, and there seemed to be no more secrets left.
"Child, Yi Jian said you can absorb the energy of the stars?" the ancestor asked.
"Ancestor, that starry sky energy is a name I made up randomly, I can't take it seriously."
Su Xiaofan laughed bitterly when he heard this, but felt relieved in his heart. It seemed that the ancestor had not been able to see through his own repair system.
"Meteorites come from the starry sky and the universe. If you can draw energy from them, it would be appropriate to call them starry sky energy."
The ancestor used his wrists and took out a fist-sized meteorite and said: "This is an extraterrestrial stone that I found falling from the sky when I was watching the sky at night. You can try to absorb it..."
"Yes, ancestor!"
Seeing the meteorite, Su Xiaofan's eyes suddenly lit up. It was a gold-iron meteorite that he had absorbed. Although the repair value it had given before was not very high, it was better because of its large size. It must have given a repair value that would not be too small.
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After taking the meteorite, Su Xiaofan nodded towards his ancestor, indicating that he could absorb it.
[Gold and Iron Meteorite: Can it be absorbed? Is it absorbed? 】
"absorb!"
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, after running the technique, Su Xiaofan gave the instruction to absorb. Suddenly, the meteorite he held in his palm turned into a small pile of powder.
"Um?"
The ancestor and Zhao Yijian, who had been observing Su Xiaofan with their spiritual senses, couldn't help but let out a light drink. Neither of them could see how the meteorite had changed.
Especially the Ancestor. At this moment, Su Xiaofan's meridians all over his body were clearly visible to him. However, after the spirit stone was shattered, the Ancestor did not feel the slightest fluctuation of Qi.
[Repair value: 1101 points!]
Looking at the prompts in his mind, Su Xiaofan suddenly became excited. Finally, he had enough repair points of 1,000 points, and he could cultivate his skills again.
"Why hasn't your cultivation changed?"
Zhao Yijian looked at Su Xiaofan, wouldn't it be possible to advance quickly by absorbing the energy of the stars?
"Senior brother, you still need to refine this energy."
Su Xiaofan said: "Now the energy is overflowing in the limbs and bones. I can't use it, but it can be refined."
"Then refine it and let me take a look."
The ancestor also had a puzzled expression in his eyes. He had never seen such energy without a trace or fluctuating energy.
"Ancestor, this kind of refining needs to be done in one go. It is estimated that it will take a long time to retreat. This disciple has something to do recently. He can come back to retreat after he is finished."
Su Xiaofan will have to enter the restricted area in a few days. They are willing to cultivate the skills now. If it takes ten and a half days to cultivate, even his sister will come out of the restricted area.
"Okay, come back and retreat after finishing your work!"
The ancestor nodded and suddenly stretched out his hand. Su Xiaofan felt a chill on his arm. The flying sword originally placed there had fallen into the ancestor's hand.
"This is my junior brother Sun's flying sword."
Looking at the flying sword, the old man fell into deep thought. After a while, he sighed: "Junior Brother Sun could not see anyone alive or dead, but the disciples of the Sword Sect never left their bodies with their swords. Since the flying sword is with you, Junior Brother Sun
He is probably no longer in this world."
"Ancestor, are you talking about Grandmaster Sun?" Zhao Yijian asked softly.
"Yes, when the foreign invaders invaded, your Grandmaster Sun and his eighteen companions went out to save the country, but only three of them came back."
After hundreds of years, the ancestor has long taken these things lightly, but when he mentioned this matter, there was still a trace of sadness in his eyes.
"I want to put this sword back into the sword tomb. I'm afraid I won't be able to give it to you."
The ancestor's words made Su Xiaofan a little confused. Without a flying sword, he didn't know much about sword control. He couldn't use a stick as a flying sword, right?
"With your cultivation level, the Yin Shen will leave the body soon, so you should cultivate your own flying sword."
Su Xiaofan didn't know where the ancestor's things were hidden, but with a little trick, another emerald-green bamboo with the length of a flute appeared.
"This is a century-old thunder bamboo. It can be used to refine the natal flying sword. However, it cannot be used to make the flying sword itself. It needs to be integrated into the main material for refining the weapon."
"Ancestor, is this for me?"
Su Xiaofan took the bamboo handed to him by his ancestor, and immediately felt a coolness in his hand. When he looked at it with his spiritual consciousness, he found that there seemed to be lightning flashing in the emerald green bamboo, which looked quite extraordinary.
"Yes, since you have gone to Devil's Valley, take something from it and use it as the main material for refining your natal flying sword."
The ancestor nodded and said, "There are records in the sect that there is a kind of ore in Devil's Valley, which is bombarded by sky thunder all year round. Over time, it will form a material called sky thunder stone.
This kind of metal extracted from the Thunder Stone is used to refine flying swords. It is far superior to other materials in terms of spiritual speed and power.
You can find a way to get it, fuse it with the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo to make a flying sword embryo, and then cultivate the Yin Shen, then your natal flying sword will be more in line with you..."
"Ancestor, why haven't I heard you talk about the Thunder Stone?"
After hearing the ancestor's teachings to Su Xiaofan, Zhao Yijian next to him suddenly felt that the wood was no longer fragrant after being struck by lightning.
Thanks to everyone for the reward, thanks to the veterans for their love, I wrote a little more, more than 7,000 words, now 13,000.