Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 90: Sword Sect’s Reward
"It still feels a little off." Lu Qingshan slowly opened his eyes in the bamboo building.
He grasped the lingering spiritual light in his mind and spent another ten days trying to comprehend the true meaning of destruction, but he still could not cross that threshold.
After calming his mind and regulating his breathing, Lu Qingshan slowly stood up.
He first took out the sword talisman out of habit to see if anyone had sent him a sword letter during his retreat.
Generally not.
Because although he had been in the Sword Sect for three years, except for Ji Chuan, his relationships with other people were very ordinary.
But this time, there was a flash of light on the sword talisman.
Someone is looking for me? Who could it be?
Lu Qingshan was a little surprised.
Thinking of this, he had already probed his spiritual sense into it.
There were not just one sword letter, but two in total.
The first sword letter was passed down by Uncle Xi Xiang.
In short, he told him to go to Huaying Peak when he had free time after his retreat.
Although the sword letter did not specify what the matter was, Lu Qingshan had roughly guessed the purpose of Xi Xiang calling him over.
The second sword letter came from Xuehan Peak.
He and Xue Hanfeng were only nodding acquaintances, so Lu Qingshan was quite surprised to receive the letter from Xue Hanfeng.
The content of the sword letter was very brief. Xue Hanfeng said that news had come from the Sword Sect that half a month ago, someone had discovered traces of a spirit called "Golden Well and Jade Lan" near Changbai Mountain in the southernmost part of Lanzhou.
The Golden Well and Jade Lan are extremely precious and supreme elixirs.
This kind of magical medicine was born from heaven and earth, and since its birth, it has a natural mystery in its body.
Once you take this elixir, you can obtain many mysterious information and secrets existing in Jinjing Yulan's body.
According to rumors, the mystery fostered by this golden well and jade railing is actually a mystery of cause and effect.
As the saying goes, one can draw inferences by analogy. If Lu Qingshan can catch this golden well and jade railing and swallow it, and obtain the mysterious secret contained therein, it may be possible that his own true meaning of cause and effect will be touched and improved.
There was nothing else in Jianxin's message except telling him the rumor.
Xue Hanfeng did not mention whether the news was true or false, whether it could be trusted, or whether he encouraged Lu Qingshan to go treasure hunting.
These things should have been analyzed and judged by Lu Qingshan himself. He was only responsible for conveying the message.
Of course, although Xue Hanfeng did not say it explicitly, Lu Qingshan also understood that this sword letter also revealed Xue Hanfeng's intention to make friends.
Although sword cultivators do not like flattery, it does not mean that they are aloof.
Xue Hanfeng is not the only one in the Sword Sect who wants to make friends with Lu Qingshan, who has a miraculous performance in the Dojo Competition and ranks first on the Yellow List.
Xue Hanfeng took the lead and prescribed the right medicine.
After all, it is a well-known fact that Lu Qingshan needs the treasure of the true meaning of cause and effect to improve his true meaning of cause and effect.
"Interesting..." However, when Lu Qingshan looked at the sword letter, a strange expression appeared on his face.
After pondering for a while, he came up with an idea. He put away the sword talisman, stood up and flew towards Huaying Peak on his sword.
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On the Huaying Peak, in the Zongheng Palace.
Lu Qingshan was able to see Xi Xiang.
As one of the most experienced sword practitioners in the contemporary Sword Sect besides several Peak Masters, Xi Xiang, like Taoist Kongshan, is a highly respected person in the Sword Sect and is well respected by those unruly sword practitioners.
The two men have different responsibilities. Taoist Kongshan is in charge of external affairs, while Xixiang is in charge of internal affairs.
The so-called Lord’s inner circle refers to the rewards and punishments for disciples.
Lu Qingshan believes that he has not done anything wrong, so why should he be punished?
And if it was a punishment, why would he be so polite and let him come back when he was free?
So the purpose of Xi Xiang calling him here is obvious, it must be the reward.
This is also true.
"I summoned you here this time to reward you for your performance in the dojo competition." Xi Xiang said in a flat tone.
Lu Qingshan defended the glory of the Sword Sect in the Dojo Competition. He was fulfilling his duty and did it voluntarily. He had no ulterior motive when he took action.
But this is just Lu Qingshan’s idea. The Sword Sect would not be so petty.
The Sword Sect has always adhered to this truth: there is nothing natural in the world.
Only by establishing an emotional bond between the sect and its disciples can the bond be indestructible. And if one wants to establish an emotional bond, there must be no omission in putting interests first.
Since you, Lu Qingshan, have made contributions to the Sword Sect, the Sword Sect will definitely reward you, Lu Qingshan.
There are three rewards from the Sword Sect.
1. Increase the quota of Lu Qingshan’s Gewu Hall by 500 spirit crystals.
This is a reward in terms of authority.
As the treasure house of the Sword Sect, the Gewu Hall is extremely valuable and it is extremely difficult to upgrade it.
The method that most of the Sword Sect disciples can access is to improve their cultivation.
The Jindan realm has a quota of five spirit crystals, while the Yuanying realm has an additional quota of fifty spirit crystals on top of the original quota.
In order to exchange for the peach blossom advanced spiritual material, Lu Qingshan had already used up his quota of five spirit crystals, and even purchased some quota from Ji Chuan.
This time he was directly rewarded with a quota of 500 spirit crystals, plus the 50 spirit crystals he was entitled to after being promoted to Nascent Soul cultivator, and the 100 spirit crystals rewarded to the first place on the Yellow List. His quota was suddenly increased to a terrifying number that could not be matched by many Void Refining Sword Cultivators in the sect.
For any disciple of the Sword Sect, the quota of the Gewu Hall is a basic need, because everyone needs spiritual materials to improve the quality of their own natal sword, and the same is true for Lu Qingshan.
Therefore, he couldn't be more satisfied with this reward.
Second, the sect’s hidden sword scabbard will be open to Lu Qingshan without restrictions.
The sword sheath is actually the place where the Sword Sect stores its books, which contains numerous jade slips that the Sword Sect has collected and plundered over tens of thousands of years.
The contents of these jade slips are complex and include sword techniques, escape techniques, auxiliary spells, customs and human nature, and records of exotic beasts... In short, the variety is rich.
Of course, what attracts the most disciples of the Sword Sect is the sword techniques they possess.
The Sword Sect has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, and has produced countless outstanding sword practitioners. These extremely talented people have more or less left one or two signature sword techniques in the Sword Pavilion.
These sword techniques are the essence of our predecessors' continuous improvement through repeated battles and repeated tempering.
Of course, there are also sword techniques plundered from the outside world, but compared with the sword techniques left behind by the monks of this sect, the number of these foreign sword techniques is not large.
However, this is not the reason why the Sword Sect’s cultivators do not kill many people outside, but because the Sword Sect’s requirements for swordsmanship are extremely strict.
If your swordsmanship is not strong enough, you are not qualified to enter the Sword Pavilion... If you are strong enough, would you still be plundered by the Sword Sect?
In short, the sword scabbard is an extremely important place for the disciples of the Sword Sect.
As the saying goes, "The master leads you to the door, but practice is up to you." Why does the Sword Sect stipulate that once disciples advance to the Refining Void stage, they must leave the main peak and choose a peak of their own?
This represents the Sword Sect's practice philosophy. From the moment you reach the stage of refining emptiness, you will be an independent sword practitioner, and the choice of your future practice path is entirely up to you.
Although cultivation depends on one's own efforts, one cannot act recklessly. One can learn from others' experience to polish jade. At that time, the importance of the sword sheath becomes apparent.
"Although Hidden Sword Sheath has relaxed the restrictions on you, you must remember that you cannot chew too much. You must have self-control." When announcing the second reward, Xi Xiang could not help but nag a little more.
"Disciple understands." Lu Qingshan nodded.
The last reward is more direct, three hundred spirit crystals.
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Even with Lu Qingshan's wealth, he was still secretly astonished by the generosity of the Sword Sect's reward this time.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
First of all, for Dao Zong, the glory of the sect is above all else.
He defended the glory of the Sword Sect, so the reward must not be bad.
Secondly, the subsequent impact of winning the Dojo Competition is that the Snail Dojo will be located in the Eastern Region.
Once this temple is built, the benefits both visible and invisible that it will bring to the Sword Sect will be immeasurable.
The Sword Sect gained such huge benefits, so they had to share some of it with Lu Qingshan, who was a great contributor.
Finally, the Sword Sect is extremely generous to its disciples.
After all, resources should be used for disciples, and there are only so many people in our sect, so why are we still being stingy?
Should we leave the resources to rot and turn to ashes, or keep them for the New Year?
The reason why the Sword Sect usually limits the subsidies given to disciples is not because they are reluctant to do so, but because if too much is given for free, the disciples will take it for granted and lose their gratitude towards the Sword Sect, and will also lose their fighting spirit - if they are already "well-fed and well-clothed", why should they work hard?
This is not groundless the real human heart.
Human hearts have always been like this.
After distributing the rewards that the sect had decided to give out, Xi Xiang saw that Lu Qingshan had no intention of leaving, so he frowned and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Lu Qingshan smiled and said, "Uncle Master, I have something to report to you..."
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