Chapter 885: Chapter 885: Meeting the Sect Leader
Jiang Xiaobai pondered for a while and felt that this was another development path.
Diversifying one’s skills.
You never know, if something like the primordial spirit achieving transcendence happens, during a fight, one could divide oneself in two and beat the opponent to death.
“But remember, sword cultivators do not need defense!”
The Wine Sword Immortal said with a faint smile, “A qualified sword cultivator’s strongest defense is the sword in their hand. If the sword is strong, the person is strong. Why would you need defense?”
“But what if I can’t beat someone of a higher level?”
“Even simpler, just cultivate to be stronger than them,” the Wine Sword Immortal replied, taking a sip of his drink and laughing heartily.
Jiang Xiaobai was speechless. Why did he keep encountering such unreliable people recently?
However, the matter regarding the primordial spirit was indeed a direction worth considering.
Under the guidance of the Wine Sword Immortal, Jiang Xiaobai met his friends again.
“How did it go, did you pass?”
Qi Chuan said excitedly, “Now I have connections in the Immortal Alliance, super big connections. Brother Jiang, if someone bullies me later, it’s okay to use your name, right?”
“No problem, since it’s not me who’ll end up with broken bones.”
Jiang Xiaobai smiled unscrupulously.
“So, it’s time to leave. Are you going back to your own world or do you have other plans?”
“Let’s go back. There are other things to attend to in the Wood Spirit World,” Qi Chuan said indifferently. “I still have to pursue my goddess!”
“That Sword Immortal senior, can the two of us follow Brother Jiang to the Purgatory God Sword Sect?”
Yuan Chongwei hurriedly said, “We have nowhere else to go, and it’s more fun to be with Brother Jiang.”
“That…you going there would be useless, the Sword Sect won’t assign you any tasks, nothing at all. Moreover, in the Su Hai world, there aren’t any places for trials and cultivation,” the Wine Sword Immortal explained.
“However, if you’re looking for something to do, go to Dust Star. There have been some major events there recently, with secret realms, trials, and so on. It’s a nice place for cultivation,” the Wine Sword Immortal added, prompting the two to light up with excitement.
That’s something to consider!
“I’ll open a passage for you, go on your own.”
“Thank you so much, Senior Sword Immortal!” they said excitedly, nodding their heads. After all, they were both sent out to gain experience, so it didn’t matter where they went.
Three passages opened up immediately, and everyone headed to their respective destinations.
Returning to the Purgatory God Sword Sect once more, Jiang Xiaobai felt a wave of weakness wash over him.
This trip had been quite a waste of energy.
Essentially, aside from becoming a true immortal, he hadn’t achieved much else.
He hadn’t completed the task given by the Su Hai Immortal Venerable and had nearly been tricked into becoming the master of the Beast Master Sect.
If he truly became the sect master, he feared he’d be worked to death.
Upon entering the Sword Sect, Jiang Xiaobai immediately took Qiongyu to find Elder Song, who was all too eager to hear about Jiang Xiaobai’s exploits in the Immortal Alliance.
He praised Jiang Xiaobai endlessly. Su Qingchen just happened to be in the yard, and Elder Song grabbed him and talked his ear off.
This annoyed Su Qingchen so much that he didn’t show Jiang Xiaobai a good face.
As for Qiongyu’s matters, Elder Song indicated that he would help, and it was no problem for her to become an inner disciple.
“Alright, Xiaobai, go to the sect master’s hall. The sect master wants to see you.”
Jiang Xiaobai left Qiongyu in the yard and ran off.
On his way to the sect master’s hall, he took out his communication token and tried to contact Ao Yan once more.
This time, Ao Yan responded.
“Cultivating, emergency breakthrough, contact in three months.”
Such a simple message, but Jiang Xiaobai finally felt at ease.
Since Ao Yan was making a breakthrough, there was nothing to worry about.
Otherwise, Jiang Xiaobai really would’ve had to go looking for her in the Void Dragon World, although his original plan was to find Ao Yan after becoming a true immortal.
But now, it seemed like everyone had something to do, and only he, Jiang Xiaobai, was idly basking in complete leisure.
Soon, he entered the Sect Leader’s Hall.
Sect Leader Qiao Nan Heng was already waiting for him.
“Good lad, you’ve really brought honor to our Sword Sect!”
Seeing Jiang Xiaobai enter, Qiao Nan Heng chuckled: “Not bad at all, I didn’t expect Elder Song to have such a keen eye, picking out such a talent as you.”
“You flatter me, Sect Leader.”
“No need to be modest in front of me, we in the Sword Sect would want nothing more than for more disciples like you to join.”
Qiao Nan Heng laughed heartily and then tossed a storage ring to Jiang Xiaobai: “You’ve made a great contribution during the last incident in the Wood Spirit World, and this time you’ve become a ‘Heaven’ ranked talent in the Immortal Alliance, which is very good.”
“All the rewards are in there, I know you’re greedy for wealth, boy. There are a multitude of resources inside, enough for you to cultivate for a while!”
Jiang Xiaobai opened it to see, my goodness, fifty million top-grade immortal stones. The Sect Leader was truly generous with his spending.
Compared to the Immortal Alliance, the Sect Leader was definitely a rich landowner!
“Many thanks, Sect Leader!”
“Hmm, just cultivate well, and when you have the chance, take on more Sword Sect tasks, it will be beneficial for you.”
“This is your personal disciple token. I was planning to find you an elder to be your master, but I heard from Yun Shen that you already have one, so let it be. Otherwise, it might backfire.”
As he spoke, Qiao Nan Heng’s expression became serious: “Don’t slack in your cultivation just because you have some talent. The Sword Sect may seem harmonious, but the competition is also extremely fierce.”
“Two months from now is the Sword Sect’s grand competition, do you want to shine there?”
“Hahaha, you’re not yet qualified, you’re the lowest in rank among the personally transmitted disciples, just a real immortal. You still need to hone your skills.”
Qiao Nan Heng waved his hand: “Alright, go on. I just wanted to see for myself the lad who brought glory to our Sword Sect, what he looked like.”
“Quite a talent, not bad at all. Focus on your cultivation.”
Jiang Xiaobai nodded, holding the personal disciple token and walked out of the Sect Leader’s Hall.
He felt like even his breathing was smoother.
Time to cultivate, cultivate!
Back in his small courtyard, Qiongyu was already there.
After passing Song Huonan’s assessment, she indeed qualified to join the Sword Sect, but at most, she could only be an inner sect disciple.
However, Song Huonan held a high evaluation of Qiongyu’s swordsmanship.
“From now on, we’ll be fellow sect disciples. I joined earlier than you, so come, call me ‘senior brother’ and let’s see how it sounds,” Jiang Xiaobai bragged with a smile.
Then, Qiongyu got up and walked into her own room.
Bang! She shut the door, and Jiang Xiaobai couldn’t help but touch his nose.
“Fine, don’t call me that if you don’t want to, geez.”
He began organizing his recent gains, and his resources had grown once again.
Now, his two great sponsors no longer needed to consume immortal stones to break their seals, because once they reached the Upper Three Thousand worlds, nearly half of the seals were already undone.
Such resources were best used for increasing cultivation.
Using the Kunpeng Swallowing Sky Skill for less than three seconds, Jiang Xiaobai immediately stopped.
His face was bitter: “Damn it, after becoming a true immortal, the absorption and conversion speed has become even slower. Even if I absorb a couple hundred million top-grade immortal stones, it may not be enough to reach the mid-stage of true immortality!”
“It looks like I must complete that breakthrough task. I need to upgrade the grade of the Kunpeng Swallowing Sky Skill.”
“Otherwise, absorbing all those immortal stones would be a waste.”
“Hmm, I also need to steal something from the elf race and save up points to improve the skill’s grade.”
“Seems like there’s even more to do now.”