Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 773 - 10: Tai Yin Sword Master Tops the List

Chapter 773: Chapter 10: Tai Yin Sword Master Tops the List

After more than a hundred thousand years, a new generation Tai Yin Sword Master had finally emerged from the Shushan School!

Such earth-shattering news spread swiftly throughout the Divine Land Continent, hand in hand with the announcement that the Shushan Shangqing Faction was going to hold an Ancestral Ceremony.

Those with memories of the past would recall a similar groundbreaking event when True Person Changgeng achieved a First Grade Golden Core, and the Kunlun Taiqing Sect also held a grand Ancestral Ceremony.

The purpose of the ceremony was actually a pretext to invite you to come and watch, so they could start bragging non-stop about how powerful the Tai Yin Sword Master is… Of course, the reality was indeed so.

Those unaware praised the flourishing destiny of the Orthodox Sects, thinking that with the First Grade Golden Core from Kunlun followed by the Tai Yin Sword Master from Shushan, such formidable cultivators were emerging one after another.

But those in the know couldn’t help but ridicule Shushan for handling funeral matters as if they were celebrations, a bizarre practice indeed.

Although Shushan tried hard to keep this aspect confidential, the public execution of True Person Jiao Xiao was never a secret.

If True Person Qing Heng had not returned to save her, Shushan could perhaps explain it away by saying they had only staged an “execution” to lure out a traitor.

But True Person Qing Heng did not just return, he even transformed into the Tai Yin Sword Master. To save his elder sister, he had slashed the Ancestral Master Hall into kindling and cut Mount Emei into four parts, leaving Shushan completely unable to justify themselves.

The Ancestral Master Hall could be rebuilt, but Mount Emei could not be glued back together. To say they had split Mount Emei “just for show” would be an insult to the intelligence of the vast majority of cultivators.

In this regard, Shushan naturally had no good solution and could only consult the newly appointed Seven Kills Sect Leader Su Jian.

Due to his more extensive experience, Su Jian’s emotional intelligence was a bit higher than An Zhisu’s, but given their father-daughter relationship, the increase in emotional intelligence wasn’t all that significant.

Faced with such trivial publicity problems, the Sect Leader waved his hand magnanimously and gave three brief words:

“Handle it.”

These seemingly simple words encapsulated the highest essence of management in our traditional culture. The Shushan disciples then proceeded to explain to their close friends and inquirers according to their own understanding.

“The Ancestral Master Hall is gone? That’s only because the Tai Yin Sword Master found it too small, so he razed it to the ground intending to build a new one, nothing to make a fuss about. It will be reconstructed on the day of the Ancestral Ceremony, and it will be even more majestic and grand than before.”

“The Four Emei Mountains result from the Tai Yin Sword Master’s deliberate act. Although the original Mount Emei was splendid, it wasn’t perilous enough to match the temperament of a Sword Immortal. Therefore, the Tai Yin Sword Master wielded great divine power to split it into Great Emei Mountain, Second Emei Mountain, Third Emei Mountain, and Fourth Emei Mountain. The Four Emei stands like Four Swords, guarding Shushan steadfastly.”

“Tai Yin Sword Master battling the elders of Shushan? Who would believe such a lowly rumor? Take the Suming Sword for instance, even immortals dare not grasp its sharpness, how could the Nascent Soul elders dare to challenge the Sword Master? Don’t just blindly believe rumors, use your brains and think about it.”

“The reason why the heavens and earth changed color that day was simply that an elder wished to witness the might of the Suming Sword, so the Tai Yin Sword Master displayed a bit of his divine skills. Don’t be incredulous! If the Tai Yin Sword Master was really going to strike at the Shushan elders, how many do you think could survive? Go and see, all the elders are still very much alive!”

“The new Seven Kills Sect Leader of Shushan is the master of the Tai Yin Sword Master; True Person Jiao Xiao, the daughter of the Seven Kills Sect Leader, is the beloved of the Tai Yin Sword Master. To say that the Tai Yin Sword Master is dissatisfied with Shushan is clearly making a fool of everyone with these rumors!”

A multitude of such whitewashing accounts were flying everywhere, with some believing them and others not. In general, those who were friendly towards the Orthodox Sects believed them, those who were opposed did not, and as for the neutral onlookers… they didn’t care about the truth, so it mattered little to them.

Su Jian mostly adopted an attitude of indifference toward these messages. After all, he believed in the supremacy of strength and was straightforward in character, convinced that as long as the Shushan Shangqing Faction stood unyielding, it would be the best counterattack, and there was no need to pay attention to some outside rumors.

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However, one piece of news really troubled Su Jian:

What do they mean “True Person Jiao Xiao is the beloved of the Tai Yin Sword Master”? My daughter is still unwed, and her purity can’t be stained by such baseless rumors!

Previously, because Long Eyebrow Immortal disliked gossip, the people of Shushan, although mostly aware of the relationship between Jiao Xiao and Qing Heng, had tacitly agreed not to discuss it—they had become accustomed to it. So much so that when Su Jian took office, no one spoke to him about it.

This cheap father-in-law still doesn’t know a thing!

After learning about Ling Yunpo’s past from An Zhisu, Su Jian was very pleased with this disciple.

First of all, this disciple’s character is firm and unyielding, just like me.

In the past, Ziyun Peak spotted Ling Yunpo’s talent with his Innate Sword Bone and sent his disciple, Lou Zhizheng, to recruit him, only to be sternly rejected by Ling Yunpo.

He preferred to stay at Qingluo Peak without a master’s guidance, which Su Jian found no fault with. Later, Ling Yunpo decisively killed Lou Zhizheng during a magical competition, which made Su Jian cheer with delight.

Secondly, this disciple’s strength is exceptional, just like me.

In the Foundation Establishment Realm, he secured the second place on the Shushan Immortal Sword Ranking, and was respectfully known as “Po Yun Sword Immortal.” There’s no need to elaborate on his strength. Although he didn’t take first place, first place was after all his own precious daughter, so actually, this disciple had performed quite excellently.

During Core Formation, he formed a Third Grade Golden Core. Among the true persons of the Shushan Shangqing Faction, he was only second to the top—top being the Second Grade Golden Core Su’er, and it’s quite normal that you can’t surpass her.

Not to mention the great White Jade Capital competition and the exploration of the Golden Que, the few spots for the twelve secret realms given to Shushan were won by the daughter and disciple.

In Su Jian’s view, An Zhisu was taught by him personally, so it was normal for her to have such talent and strength. Since he had not taught Ling Yunpo at all, the only explanation was “this boy is a chip off the old block.”

It was precisely because he was so much like Su Jian that An Zhisu instantly took a liking to him when he first joined Shushan. That made sense, too.

“Qing Heng.” Finally finding some leisure time, Su Jian called Ling Yunpo to the area under Thunderbane and inquired, “What is your current cultivation level now?”

“Replying to Master, your disciple has just broken through a bottleneck recently and has entered the Golden Core Realm at the Obscure Weave Rank,” Ling Yunpo answered respectfully.

From the moment he resolved to rescue his senior sister and stepped out of the hiding cave, the bottleneck that had troubled him was thoroughly cleared.

“Hmm,” said Su Jian. Although he had understood in detail from An Zhisu, he still needed to personally test his cheap disciple’s true strength, “Given your current lifespan, this cultivation realm can also be considered as having advanced rapidly.”

I am a Fifth Rank Qi Lian! Could you possibly find someone who levels up faster than me?

Ling Yunpo mumbled in his mind, while continuously expressing modesty with his words.

“Let’s test your swordsmanship level,” said Su Jian, extending a hand and summoning the Harsh Cold Sword that An Zhisu had returned to him the day before, “Go ahead and draw your sword.”

“Then your disciple shall not decline.” Ling Yunpo nodded slightly, pulling out the Tai Yin Suming Sword from within his body.

Su Jian’s eyelids immediately twitched, and his facial muscles spasmed, forcing him to cough and say,

“The Tai Yin Suming Sword is a Divine Artifact of the Human Race and should not be handled carelessly. Switch to another sword.”

Ling Yunpo hastily withdrew the Suming Sword and conjured the Thunderbane and Myriad Bamboo swords, then respectfully bowed to his master, Su Jian.

If anyone else did this, they would certainly be despised by Su Jian as being over-fastidious.

But at this moment, Su Jian was in a state of “the more I look at you, the more pleased I am” with Ling Yunpo, and immediately took a liking to his reverence for the master and his teachings, laughing aloud,

“No need to be reserved, come at me with all you’ve got.”