sbdcsierra Chapter 120 Tianhe Sword Sect
Chapter 120 Tianhe Sword Sect
A month has passed since Shen Xu boarded the Flying Cloud Boat, and it is now mid-June. The Flying Cloud Boat has already embarked on its return journey and is gradually approaching the Heavenly River Sword Sect. Everyone on the boat knows that the arrival time is just around the corner.
Since the incident in the cafeteria, Shen Xu's life has returned to normal. He spends his days either going out to eat or returning to his room to cultivate the Cloud Mist Illusion Technique.
The Tianhe Sword Sect set up a medium-sized Yuan Gathering Array inside the Flying Cloud Boat, which made the Yuan Qi in Zone D comparable to that in the Jade Bamboo Forest. This made him curious about how high the Yuan Qi concentration would be in Zone A, where Elder Huang and the others were located.
Moreover, no one initiates conversation with him when he goes out to eat now, which has improved Shen Xu's mood considerably. However, the price is that he hasn't been able to hear any useful information for a long time.
However, some well-known facts would reach his ears even if he didn't deliberately inquire, such as the fact that almost all the rooms in District D were full, so the population of District D was around three thousand.
Adding in the people from Zones C and B, this single Flying Cloud Boat could hold around five thousand people. At this rate, the Four Directions Sword Selection will likely have at least fifty to sixty thousand participants.
Area A is where people from the Tianhe Sword Sect and some of the Sword Selection Seeds live. There aren't many people there. As far as he knows, there are only a dozen or so Sword Selection Seeds on his Flying Cloud Boat.
"Those people should be able to fulfill Senior Brother Lu's wish to see geniuses from all over the world. However, seeing too many geniuses can easily shatter one's Dao heart. I hope Senior Brother Lu can overcome this hurdle!"
Su Jing's attitude towards him made him feel that it was the right decision not to display his sword skills. Given Su Jing's status, if he wanted to cause trouble for him, he would have no power to fight back. Therefore, he decided to avoid Su Jing's attention.
Perhaps after so much time has passed, Su Jing will forget about him. Although Shen Xu thought it was unlikely, it was still much better than him staying under his watchful eye.
Suddenly, Shen Xu felt the speed of the entire Flying Cloud Boat gradually decrease. Instantly, a thunderous cheer erupted from the entire Flying Cloud Boat. He knew that the Heavenly River Sword Sect was about to arrive, and a brand new journey awaited them.
Shen Xu pushed open the door, wanting to see what the Tianhe Sword Sect, which hadn't been destroyed, looked like. However, the corridor was crowded with people, and the windows were packed with people. Shen Xu had no choice but to go back to his room and wait quietly for the Flying Cloud Boat to land.
The Tianhe Sword Sect is situated against the mountains and beside the river, with its various buildings arranged along both sides of the riverbank. The river flowing through it, daring to bear the name "Tianhe" (Heavenly River), must possess something extraordinary.
According to legend, this river was originally the remains of a dragon that was about to transform into a true dragon. This dragon failed to withstand the tribulation lightning during its transformation and fell to this place, thus transforming into the turbulent and majestic river before us.
Even today, faint traces of lightning still remain in the river.
What's even more astonishing is that on days with thunderstorms, the river begins to churn and surge violently. If you look from a distance, you can vaguely see the remnant soul of a dragon rising from the river, baring its fangs and claws as it roars angrily at the pitch-black night sky.
For this reason, water and lightning naturally became the two most common attribute characteristics in the Tianhe Sword Sect. Furthermore, a large number of disciples skillfully used the power of heavenly lightning contained in the river to temper their bodies. After years of tempering, most of them developed a body of copper skin and iron bones.
Legend has it that if someone's body is strong enough to withstand the fierce scouring of the most turbulent and dangerous parts of the river, then that person will be fortunate enough to receive the baptism and tempering of the dragon essence hidden within the remains of a dragon.
For every cultivator dedicated to body refinement, that is a rare and coveted opportunity.
With a violent jolt, Shen Xu knew the Flying Cloud Boat had landed. A cacophony of noise erupted outside; Shen Xu even heard several clashes taking place. The enforcement team quickly mobilized and herded everyone back to their rooms.
A soft, melodious female voice rang out from all directions of the corridor, and everyone quieted down, ready to hear how the Tianhe Sword Sect would arrange things for them.
The result was that they had to stay on the Flying Cloud Boat for another day, because the last Flying Cloud Boat wouldn't arrive until tomorrow. They would have to wait until everyone had arrived before they could be teleported to the Four Directions Sword Alliance through the Heavenly River Sword Sect's teleportation array. During this day, the Heavenly River Sword Sect would not open the cabin doors for them to leave.
Hearing this, everyone was greatly disappointed, as they were planning to visit the Tianhe Sword Sect!
But since they were on someone else's turf, they naturally had to listen to them, so although everyone had some complaints, they had no choice but to swallow them.
However, the rule of not being allowed to leave the cabin only applies to the people in Zones D and C. As for Zones A and B, they are naturally not subject to this rule. After all, in the eyes of the Tianhe Sword Sect, only the people in these two zones are worth their special attention.
At this moment, the group from District A, led by Zhou Sanyi, is visiting the interior of the Tianhe Sword Sect. The two from the Qingzhu Sword Sect are naturally among them. Elder Huang originally wanted to refuse the invitation because Lu Qingshan was not a true sword seed and it would be inappropriate for him to stand among a group of sword seeds.
However, Zhou Sanyi said that this was Su Jing's arrangement, and if they refused, he would have a hard time explaining it to Su Jing.
Moreover, Lu Qingshan had been urging him to go down and take a look. In the past month, he had built a good relationship with those sword-selection candidates thanks to his skillful social skills. If he didn't go down now, he might create an invisible barrier between himself and those sword-selection candidates.
"I wonder what Shen Xu did to offend Su Jing? At first, Su Jing often chatted with Shen Xu, and their relationship seemed pretty good. How did it suddenly turn out like this!"
Having offended a powerful figure in the Four Directions Sword Alliance, Elder Huang couldn't help but feel endless worry about Shen Xu's upcoming sword selection journey.
However, seeing Lu Qingshan chatting confidently with those prodigies, Elder Huang couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. If Lu Qingshan could get help from these people during the sword selection, his chances of passing would greatly increase, and he would have something to report back to.
"It seems that letting Qingshan participate in the sword selection was an absolutely correct choice!" Elder Huang couldn't help but exclaim.
At this moment, Shen Xu was eating in the canteen. Although he also wanted to go out for some fresh air, the Tianhe Sword Sect wouldn't give him the chance, so he might as well take advantage of this time to eat more!
Moreover, at this moment, everyone was still immersed in the disappointment of not being able to go out, so there were only a few people scattered in the canteen. No one came out to compete with him for food, and many items that were usually in limited supply were still placed on the table intact.
It felt as if he had booked the entire canteen all by himself, with all the food laid out in front of him for him to choose from.
However, he had to speed things up, otherwise by the time those people realized what was happening, all of these things would be completely wiped out.
"Eat the limited portions first!" Shen Xu's gaze swept over the unusual foods, and then he began to devour them in the cafeteria.
"Are these things really that delicious? You could have gone to eat something better!" Su Jing picked up a piece of pastry and put it in her mouth to savor it.
Upon seeing Su Jing suddenly appear in front of him, Shen Xu's heart sank, and he said calmly, "One must learn to be content!"
Do you know what Elder Huang and your senior brother are doing right now?
Shen Xu drank a glass of juice, swallowed the food in his mouth, and then slowly said, "They're probably visiting the Tianhe Sword Sect!"
"You're not stupid," Su Jing couldn't help but praise.
“If you apologize to me now for what you said that day and tell me about the wind leopard, I can consider letting you live the same life as the two of them, and I can also let you stay by my side as a sword guard.”
After all, I still admire you, and I don't want to make things too awkward between us.
“I think life in District D is good enough. I’m used to being poor, and I’d be uncomfortable if things got too good,” Shen Xu replied with a smile.
"Although I knew you would answer like that, it still sounds so jarring. Since you enjoy hardship so much, I might as well feed you a little more. You'll soon realize what you've been missing!" After saying that, Su Jing slowly disappeared into the dining hall.