Chapter 103: Opening

  "How come you haven't left yet?"

  The Deputy Dean of the Dao Yuan, who was instructing the young man in swordsmanship, turned his head and saw that Qin Tianyi was still standing there, and couldn't help but say it again, with a hint of the deputy dean's majesty in his tone.

  Being able to get guidance from a Sky Sword Master and being able to get the academy's resources tilted in his favor was indeed what Qin Tianyi had hoped for, but at present...

  "I have the resources of Wan Jian Men, at least before reaching the realm of Da Jian Shi, I don't need to rely on the academy's resources for cultivation. Although it seems difficult to get guidance from this Tian Kong Sword Master based on the trend, but thinking carefully, for a long time to come, I will be consolidating my sword master realm, and then face the trial of Shen Xiao Sacred Mountain, followed by the Shen Xiao Academy Grand Competition to decide the quota for going to Shen Xiao Sect. The time to truly listen to guidance is already limited, having the title of Vice Dean's disciple can avoid a lot of trouble which is good enough."

  Thinking of this, Qin Tianyi didn't insist and slightly bowed to the deputy dean: "The student takes his leave."

  Dào Yuán nodded without understanding his meaning. Qin Tiān Jī didn't say anything else and followed the old man named Chǔ Cí out of the courtyard.

  From start to finish, this deputy dean didn't even ask for Qin Tianyi's name.

  Soon, Chu Ci had already taken out a set of clothes from the storage room and handed them over to Qin Tianyi.

  "These clothes represent that from now on, you are a student of Dao Yuan Deputy Dean. From now on, what you represent is not just yourself, but also the face of Dao Yuan Deputy Dean. You must think thrice before acting, act within your abilities, and absolutely cannot tarnish the reputation of Dao Yuan Dean."

  "Yes."

  The old man Chu Ci saw Qin Tianyi take over the clothes and said again: "Practicing a way, being eager to succeed is no different from pulling seedlings to make them grow faster, being greedy for temporary pleasure will lead to endless disasters. In the future when breaking through the boundary, the foundation will be unstable. Remember not to force it. Fortunately, your current cultivation is still low, and you can consolidate and accumulate well in the future, which can also make up for the hidden dangers left before. Work hard."

  "Thank you for your advice."

  Qin Tianji slightly bowed to the old man.

  Relying on external forces to break through the boundaries is not a rare occurrence in Wanxia County, Qingzhou, or even the Daxia Dynasty. However, at Shenvu Academy, the deputy deans have set their sights on each student, aiming for them to become at least Sky Swordsmen, and hoping they can eventually contend for the throne and reach the pinnacle of power within the Shenvu Sect. Although only a handful ultimately achieve this goal, they never give up.

  Because of their high requirements, ordinary talented students naturally can't meet their standards, let alone those so-called geniuses who rely on elixirs to boost their cultivation.

  "Go."

  "Class dismissed."

  Qin Tianji nodded and headed out of the courtyard.

  "Huh? Is this... our new little junior brother?"

  Qin Tianji had just taken a few steps forward when two students, a man and a woman, approached him. The man was already at the Sword Master realm, with thick and stable true energy emanating from his entire body, possibly rivaling Xia Bingyu's abilities. Although the woman was only at the Great Swordsman cultivation level, her whole being exuded sharpness and gave off an icy and stern aura, making even Qin Tianji, who had just broken through to the Sword Master realm, feel a faint sense of threat from her.

  "Is this the new disciple Master has just taken in? I wonder which figure from the Spiritual Road Ranking he is?"

  The woman said, her eyes turning to Qin Tianyi, her expression somewhat cold and proud, but her tone had a hint of familiarity: "I am the teacher's second student Xuanwu, I don't know how to address you, little brother? Looking at your cultivation, you've already reached the Sword Master realm? I know all the students in the Sword Master realm of our Shenvu Academy. Could it be that you're a new student who has just reported to the academy recently?"

  "I..."

  Just as Qin Tianji was about to speak, a clear and cold voice came from behind him: "It's just that he relied on elixirs to break through to the Sword Master realm. Moreover, according to Teacher, his whole body is filled with the aura of elixirs. It's likely that he has swallowed countless elixirs along the way, and it's a miracle that he was able to successfully break through to the Sword Master realm."

  The owner of the voice was a 16- or 17-year-old girl who had been standing beside the courtyard earlier.

  "Swallowing Dan medicine?"

  Xuan Wu heard the girl's words and still had a smile on her face: "Looks like this junior brother has a strong background."

  The enthusiasm between words has obviously faded a lot compared to just now.

  "Brother Jiangbei, Sister Xuanwu, the teacher has been waiting for you both. This time, during the spiritual void sacred mountain trial, several of the great hall masters have applied for a considerable amount of resources from within the sect. The teacher has called you here specifically to discuss this matter thoroughly."

  Xuan Wu nodded: "Senior brother, let's go."

  Jiang Bei glanced at Qin Tianyi, then looked at the little junior sister in front of him, seemingly wanting to say something, but after a moment, he just shook his head and followed Xuan Wu to the courtyard of Deputy Dean Dao Yuan.

  However, as he passed by Qin Tianyi's side, he still advised: "Young Master, relying on the elixir to impact the sword master realm may gain great power in a short time, but in fact, it will leave endless troubles. Next, you should calm down and focus on your cultivation, with stabilizing your realm as the main goal. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the rapidly increasing true yuan may lose control and go into madness."

  "Senior brother, let's go, don't keep the teacher waiting."

  The girl urged him on.

  As they spoke, she glanced at Qin Tianyi. She looked down on cultivators who didn't focus on their own cultivation and instead relied on external forces or opportunities to suddenly rise to the top.

  "Alright, let's go."

  Jiang Bei didn't say anything else and went straight into the courtyard with Xuan Wu, disappearing from Qin Tianyi's sight in no time.

  "A famous but useless disciple... Shengu Sacred Mountain, how treacherous it is. That Deputy Dean of Dao Yuan, he clearly recalled his own disciples and wanted to explain the precautions for Shengu Sacred Mountain to them, but not a single word was mentioned to me..."

  Watching several people disappear from view, Qin Tianyi's right hand clenched his fist tightly.

  "Alright, alright, you don't take me as your student, why should I take you as my teacher? Shenxu Sacred Mountain? Shenxu Sect, even without your guidance and instruction, I believe that I, Qin Tianji, can still achieve something!"

  At this point, Qin Tianyi suddenly turned around and went straight to his own courtyard.

  Stable boundaries, this point, Qin Tianyi understands better than anyone else.

  And for the next ten days, what he did was indeed to solidify his Sword Master realm and cultivate the defensive counterattack sword technique of Tian Ji Liu Guang.

  2.7 spiritual degree, Qin Tianyi's control over the true yuan is not inferior to those of the Sky Sword Master level giants, he only used three days to make the true yuan move with his mind, flowing through every acupoint on his body, seven days, refining the true yuan in his body, transforming it into auras, making his attack and defense rise to a new level.

  By the tenth day, he was able to control his true yuan to instantly transform into dozens of sword auras, and use these sword auras to carve out an article on the ground.

  This level of control over the true yuan furnace's pure blue flame is something that even the third-stage sword masters from the Divine Void Academy cannot possess, except for those great sword masters who have completely refined their essence and spirit to produce a golden elixir. In terms of subtle manipulation of true energy, he was already not inferior to any member of the Divine Void Academy.

  "It's almost done."

  Calculating the time, it's already the moment when Shengu Sacred Mountain opens.

  "True essence condensation, belonging to the first stage of swordsmen, is called a first-stage swordsman. When 70% of true energy is converted into true essence, it is the initial stage of a first-stage swordsman. When 100% is converted, it is the middle stage. When one can truly control all true essence and make it obey their will like an arm, that's when they reach the peak of being a first-stage swordsman. My current true energy liquefaction degree is at 70%, and my ability to control true essence far surpasses that of great swordsmen. Looking around the entire Divine Void Academy, as long as I don't encounter those top five ranked first-stage swordsmen who have reached the peak and possess powerful sword techniques, I can basically win against anyone."

  As for those genius students who ranked in the top five...

  Even if he's not victorious, relying on his originally skilled defensive Tianji Flowing Light Sword Technique, he can still ensure that he won't be defeated.

  "In less than two months, I have already fully qualified to rival Gu Wushuang and the top geniuses of the six nations in the southeast."

  Qin Tianyi slightly raised his head, his eyes fixed intently on the ancient sword in his hand.

  He could feel that his strong spiritual power was constantly boiling in the moment of gaze, but due to the intangible pressure from the outside world on the spiritual power, this spiritual power had been difficult to fully burst out of the spiritual world and interfere with matter.

  "In the federal world of that year, the class hierarchy was countless times more cruel than this world. Some civilians would spend their entire lives struggling to get a good job, and it was hard for them to achieve anything. But those nobles could easily indulge in lucrative positions, only needing to have a grand idea, and immediately there would be countless merchants offering huge sums of money and sharing profits, just asking to use their names to do business. Under such strong class oppression, I, Qin Tianji, was still able to stand out and enter the elite ranks of Xinghua University. A small school like Shenxiao Academy couldn't hold me back."

  Qin Tianyi said calmly.

  But in this calm tone, there is a conviction that ordinary people cannot shake, an unyielding ambition to reach for the heavens.

  "Justice will be served!"

  Standing up, Qin Tianyi gently stroked the ancient sword in his hand.

  "Shenxu Sacred Mountain is just the beginning, Shenxu Academy is also just my starting point. Accumulation has almost been completed. Next, it's time to formally start competing, seizing and snatching from those so-called geniuses and sons of heaven."

  "Whoosh!"

  The ancient sword slashed through the void, as if to cut away all hesitation, doubt and confusion in one's heart.

  "They can! I can too!"

  "Ding ding ding!"

  At the moment when Qin Tianyi's sword was cut out, a ringing sound that pierced the sky rang out in the Shendu Academy.

  Immediately afterwards, a voice filled with endless majesty, carrying a wave of shock that shook the Divine Void Mountain Range, instantly spread to every corner of the Divine Void Mountain Range.

  "The Divine Void Holy Mountain is about to open. All participating students, gather at the main square, seek opportunities and make a final sprint for the assessment of entering the Divine Void Sect!"