Chapter 214: Chapter 116: True Disciple

Yang Jing condensed a Metal Element Magic Sword, holding it in his hand. He took the core of a piece of locust wood, sliced it into thin slivers, and stacked them together.

After dispersing the Magic Sword back into Magical Power and withdrawing it into his Dantian, Yang Jing sat cross-legged on the Meditation Cushion. His surroundings suddenly darkened as a large amount of Sun Essence Qi was drawn into his body.

After he reached Foundation Establishment, his Magical Power had greatly increased, and so had the amount of Sun Essence Qi he could refine in a single session of Nine Breath Qi Refining.

By the end of the process, the vast amount of Sun Essence Qi was reduced to a tiny speck. Before, it had been only the size of a pinprick; though still minuscule, it was now at least three times larger.

Yang Jing carefully spat out this speck of Sun True Fire. The golden point of light wobbled as it drifted down, landing on the slivers of locust wood core.

The point of light first flickered, then settled steadily onto the wood slivers. Unlike before, it didn’t extinguish instantly. Instead, it used the locust wood core as fuel and burned stably.

From then on, every day, in addition to his regular cultivation, Yang Jing would use Nine Breath Qi Refining to condense Sun True Fire and merge it into the point of Sun True Fire on the locust wood core.

Since Ji Feng was still far from finishing the refinement of the three hundred and sixty-five Tier One Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, Yang Jing felt at ease expending his Five Talisman Scripture Magical Power.

He had already completely mastered Nine Breath Qi Refining. This time, he shared the Talent Legendary Talent Five Elements True Fire.

[Five Elements True Fire (8%)]

With this Talent, Yang Jing could feel that his speed of refining Kunli Earth Fire had increased significantly. The combination of his many Talents allowed him to accomplish things that many other disciples could not.

A month later, the Sun True Fire on the locust wood core was already the size of a grain of rice, releasing an astonishing amount of heat. The original locust wood core had long since been burned to ash.

Yang Jing guided it onto a new locust wood core. Once this speck of Sun True Fire grew to the size of a mung bean, he should be able to use the Thousand-year-old Fusu Wood as kindling to increase its power even faster.

During this time, he also made progress in other areas; his True Yang Body had opened another Acupoint.

Iron Head was currently learning the Artifact Refining Skill from Ji Feng. The Artifact Refining Skill would be very helpful for forging the Five Elements Wheel. Because the Alchemy Skill and the Artifact Refining Skill had things in common, and because he had experience refining the Insect Extermination Bell, Iron Head was progressing quickly.

He planned to start attempting to forge the Five Elements Wheel next month.

On this day, Yang Jing had just used Nine Breath Qi Refining to condense a speck of Sun True Fire and spat it onto the locust wood core when a Communication Talisman flew in from outside the Array. It landed before his door, bobbing uncertainly.

Chi Yu, who was tempering her physical body and cultivating the Profound Whale Body, immediately leaped up, grabbed the Jade Talisman, and skipped over.

“Master! There’s a Communication Talisman!”

Yang Jing glanced at her, took the Communication Talisman, and read the message within.

His eyebrow raised. It was from Senior Brother Guo Chuanzhi of the General Affairs Hall. Senior Brother Guo had somehow come to the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion and was asking to meet him at Feixian Tower.

’It seems word of my deeds in the Northern Domain has already reached the Sect.’

Yang Jing instructed his four disciples to be on high alert, then drifted gracefully out of the residence and made his way to Feixian Tower within the Governor’s Mansion.

Guo Chuanzhi was already waiting in the tower. When he saw Yang Jing arrive, he looked him up and down.

“Senior Brother Guo, my apologies for being late.”

Yang Jing apologized as he took his seat.

“Not at all, not at all, Junior Brother Yang! When I was in the Sect and saw the reports from the Northern Army Governor’s Mansion, I almost thought it was someone else with the same name as you. Only after confirming it repeatedly did I realize it was truly you, Junior Brother, a True Disciple of our Five Elements True Spirit Sect.”

Guo Chuanzhi said with some excitement.

He had originally thought it would take Yang Jing several decades of quiet cultivation before he could make a name for himself among the Six Sects with his Thunder Sword Dao. He never expected that not long after arriving in the Northern Domain, Yang Jing would distinguish himself so quickly, his talent proving impossible to conceal.

What satisfied him most was that even though their respective statuses had clearly been reversed, Yang Jing’s attitude toward him remained unchanged, just as it had always been.

“Junior Brother Yang, within our Five Elements True Spirit Sect, Inner Sect Disciples are supposed to hold an office and temper themselves for five years before they even have a chance to compete for the position of True Disciple.”

The Six Righteous Sects are extremely cautious about promoting True Disciples, unlike the Four Demon Sects, where anyone who masters the Fundamental Demon Scripture can attain the status of a True Disciple.

In the Six Sects, however, a disciple must first obtain the status of a True Disciple before they are qualified to cultivate the Sect’s Superior Techniques.

“This time, Junior Brother Yang, you have performed such a great service. The Cultivators of our master-disciple lineage have argued forcefully to secure the status of True Disciple for you ahead of schedule.”

Although the Dark Room lurking within the Demon Sect had not yet confirmed the full extent of Yang Jing’s actual Merit Points.

But within the Five Elements True Spirit Sect, almost no one believed Yang Jing was unworthy of the True Disciple status. It was only the Noble Lineage who argued forcefully, citing the Sect’s rules, insisting that Yang Jing must waste away for another four years.

The master-disciple lineage, on the other hand, countered that by killing so many of the Demon Sect’s True Disciples, Yang Jing had already become a thorn in the side of the Demon Cultivators. They also cited the precedent from a thousand years ago when the Nine Yang Sect was annihilated; during the war with the Demon Sect, the Sect of that time had also urgently promoted several exceptionally talented True Disciples.

Given Yang Jing’s Merit Points, they could absolutely follow this precedent.

Cultivators of the two lineages argued in the Three Halls for over a week, even taking the matter to the Nascent Soul Elders. In the end, it was the Nascent Soul Elders who, after some discussion, decided to make an exception for Yang Jing.

After all, it had been a long time since the Five Elements True Spirit Sect had produced such a favored child of heaven.

However, for Yang Jing to secure his position as a True Disciple, there was still one more trial to pass.

“The ones coming to test you this time are from the Zuoqiu Family of the Noble Lineage,” Guo Chuanzhi said to Yang Jing with a solemn expression. “The Zuoqiu Family’s Golden Core Cultivator, Zuoqiu Feng, has already arrived at the Governor’s Mansion with Zuoqiu Ye. You must defeat Zuoqiu Ye to be promoted to True Disciple.”

“This Zuoqiu Ye is considered the number one Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the Noble Lineage. Even in our master-disciple lineage, few can match him.”

Guo Chuanzhi said, a little ashamed.

He said “few can match him” just to save face. In reality, for the past fifty years, no one in the master-disciple lineage had been a match for Zuoqiu Ye. Even he himself had been defeated by Zuoqiu Ye.

His master-disciple lineage had requested a different person for the test, but the Noble Lineage naturally refused.

The Nascent Soul Elders considered that if Yang Jing could defeat Zuoqiu Ye, then no one could question his position as a True Disciple, so they agreed to the choice of Zuoqiu Ye.

“Senior Brother, do not worry. Although Zuoqiu Ye has reached Foundation Establishment Perfection in his cultivation, I will not necessarily lose to him.”

Yang Jing said with an air of nonchalance.

Guo Chuanzhi could only nod.

“That Zuoqiu Ye cultivates the Tai Li Fire Talisman Scripture, a Cultivation Technique of our Five Elements True Spirit Sect. He excels at Fire Element Magic and has even refined a wisp of Nanming True Fire. He possesses the Magical Treasure, the Three Flames Five Beasts Fan. When he unleashes it, True Fire blankets the heavens and covers the earth.”

Fearing that Yang Jing would underestimate his opponent, he quickly detailed Zuoqiu Ye’s abilities.

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