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Chapter 48: Surprising Yet Not Surprising
The Sword Tower actually has two special rankings: the Sword Intent Difficulty Ranking and the Sword Intent Quantity Ranking.
While we won't discuss the Sword Intent Difficulty Ranking for now, it is worth noting that throughout the history of the Xianjian Sect, very few individuals have ever surpassed five hundred in their Sword Intent. However, Unyielding Half Cloud has reached an astonishing one thousand types of Sword Intent, nearly doubling the second place.
How could this not be astonishing?
Yet, the astonishment came fiercely but cooled quickly.
Someone remarked, "What's so strange about this? Have you not seen the content of the Ten-Person Cultivation, Hundred-Person Cultivation, and Thousand-Person Cultivation that Bai Yun compiled? Many elders can write Ten-Person Cultivation and Hundred-Person Cultivation, but they absolutely cannot achieve the level of simplicity that Bai Yun has."
"Indeed, it's true. The predecessors of our Sect lack strength and vision. For many years, no one has realized that Elder Gu created the Ten Thousand Swords Classic, while Bai Yun was able to comprehend it after just one look. This must be related to his mastery of multiple sword techniques."
"No wonder Xiao Jun values him so highly."
"Uh~~ You should refer to Bai Yun as Honorary Patron."
Regardless of how the outside world reacted, Lian Yun was slowly adapting within the Sword Tower. His primary focus was on familiarizing himself with the additional two thousand types of Sword Intent.
After a day and a half, Lian Yun had released all his original Sword Intent. He then exited his seclusion and returned to Azure Cloud Peak to meditate. After waiting for two or three hours without seeing Cai Wenjie appear, he decided to return beneath the Sword Tower.
He found an elite disciple and asked him to relay a message to Cai Dongjie: "If you don't mind, regardless of status, let's exchange as equals."
The disciple Lian Yun approached, along with those around him, were left astonished and speechless.
It is important to note that regardless of Bai Yun's status as a patron, simply having the Ten Thousand Swords Classic come into existence and the contents of Thousand-Person Cultivation, Hundred-Person Cultivation, and Ten-Person Cultivation could elevate Lian Yun's status to that of a real elder.
Yet Bai Yun was so approachable, showing no airs at all.
The disciple Lian Yun approached eagerly conveyed the message amidst envious glances from others. Although they were all disciples, there was still a significant difference between core disciples and elite disciples. This was a coveted task that would surely come with some rewards in cultivation resources.
Meanwhile, Lian Yun returned to the Sword Tower to focus on his cultivation. During his second entry into the Sword Tower, he was no longer simply practicing Sword Intent; he began training in sword techniques as well. He even unleashed Three Golden Hairs to practice sword techniques that aligned with Three Thousand Sword Intent.
Although many sword techniques had reached a high level of mastery, Lian Yun had not personally practiced many of them even once. Therefore, with the addition of his true self, Lian Yun was simultaneously cultivating four different sword techniques, creating four figures that performed almost entirely different movements. A single insight could be comprehended by all four at once, allowing them to grasp the four sword techniques together.
With such a solid foundation already established, Lian Yun made remarkable progress in his swordsmanship, advancing by leaps and bounds.
After Lian Yun entered the Sword Tower for the second time, the Xianjian Sect welcomed a grand gathering.
Leaders and influential figures from the Four Great Cities of Huaxia and various Fortresses beyond the Famous City arrived at the Xianjian Sect. With families in tow, over three thousand Monarchs appeared at once, including many Peak Monarchs and several Peerless Monarchs.
At the opening, Qiu ChujI said, "I believe everyone is already aware that our Xianjian Sect has recently acquired a new set of heritage scriptures. Rather than keeping it hidden, we might as well inform you directly."
"Today, regardless of right or wrong, we are here solely to strengthen the overall power of Huaxia."
Following this, Elder Liu and Elder Xie took the stage with their contrasting performances.
For instance, Elder Liu first asked everyone present to sign a contract stating that they could not practice or disclose what they were about to see. Then he distributed the contents of Thousand People Cultivation, Hundred-Person Cultivation, and Ten-Person Cultivation.
While everyone was observing, Elder Xie smiled and said, "After all, this is the result of decades of hard work from our Sect. Surely you wouldn't want to take it for free?"
All present were experts; someone remarked, "Is it just Thousand People Cultivation? How many resources does your Sect desire?"
"Will you not also provide the contents of Ten Thousand People Cultivation?"
Elder Xie immediately frowned and replied, "Hmph! Our Sect's willingness to share seems to make you think we are yielding or weak. The Thousand People Cultivation is sufficient to enhance your powers; why would you need Ten Thousand People Cultivation? Are we expected to give away the foundation of our Sect?"
Elder Liu then added, "Everyone here is not lacking in ability; it's not that I look down on your forces. However, your forces differ from our Xianjian Sect. We are solely focused on imparting swordsmanship in hopes of elevating it further so that our disciples may flourish."
"Most of your forces strive for perfection and may be stronger than our Xianjian Sect but do not necessarily have more than ten thousand disciples."
"Thus, whether you receive Ten Thousand People Cultivation or not should not matter much. Furthermore, if someone were to decipher the Ten Thousand People Cultivation and expose its flaws, wouldn't that lead our Sect into an irretrievable predicament?"
"In conclusion, everyone here is capable; if there is truly a need, deriving insights from the practices of Ten-Person or Hundred-Person Cultivation to grasp Ten Thousand People Cultivation should not be difficult. So why must we be put in a difficult position?"
Elder Xie continued, "As for the compensation we seek, it is not much—one million Diamond Spirit Coins and one thousand bottles of Mental Potions from each faction. Among those, at least one hundred thousand must be in Diamond Spirit Coins; the rest can be substituted with other resources, and payments can be made in installments over ten years."
One million Diamond Spirit Coins and one thousand Mental Potions—was that too much? If paid all at once, it would be a significant sum, and many factions might struggle to come up with it. However, spreading it over ten years made it seem quite manageable.
It should be noted that during an Annual Meeting, the major Fortresses could produce far more Golden Treasure Boxes than what could be found in the Year Beast Secret Realm. Tens of thousands of Diamond Spirit Coins were hardly a concern; the issue was that when divided among the upper echelons of each faction, it paled in comparison to the individual gains from the Year Beast Secret Realm.
However, for the Clear and Bright event, the disciples did not need to be numerous. Even if just one out of ten participants received a bottle of Mental Potion, many factions could acquire thousands of Mental Potions in a single event.
The constant attacks from the Chaos Beast Tide on Fortress territories and the demands placed on those above Monarch rank to tackle high-difficulty Dungeons had created a significant scarcity for every faction.
Nevertheless, distributing one hundred bottles of Mental Potions over a year was not too difficult to achieve. The upper management of each faction would simply need to put in extra effort to tackle some relatively ordinary Dungeons to replenish their resources.
While the request from Xianjian Sect might seem somewhat burdensome, it was certainly not unreasonable; each faction could manage it with a little tightening of their belts.
Xianjian Sect had been quite generous this time, so no faction voiced any objections, tacitly accepting these terms.
However, some factions shook their heads, indicating they did not require such inheritance content. Naturally, Xianjian Sect would not press the issue. After all, with all the factions from Huaxia present, as long as half of them showed interest, Xianjian Sect would still reap substantial benefits.
(End of Chapter)
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