Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

On the way to Celestial Spring Peak, Li Guanqi encountered many disciples who had entered the sect at the same time.

Young men and women, clad in brand-new sect attire, had faces brimming with anticipation for the future.

Gathered in twos and threes, they chatted and laughed as they headed towards Celestial Spring Peak.

Celestial Spring Peak was located in the western part of the Great Xia Sword Sect.

The positions of the five main peaks were also planned according to the Five Elements.

Only the Wind, Lightning, and Ice element main peaks existed independently.

Just as Li Guanqi was envying others for gathering and chatting, two figures suddenly wrapped their arms around his neck from behind.

“Hahaha! Guanqi, who would have thought you’d choose the Lightning element spiritual root.”

“That’s right, who would have thought you’d actually have a saint-grade spiritual root, one in ten thousand!”

“Entering the inner sect directly, it's like soaring to the heavens in a single bound.”

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Guanqi's mouth; the visitors were none other than Lin Dong, who had joined the Earth Peak inner sect, and Li Shengan, who had joined the Metal Peak outer sect.

Li Guanqi smiled slightly; he had recently inquired about the two's situations.

“Lin Dong, you're not bad either; you actually have an Earth element heaven-grade spiritual root; you will surely have a great future.”

The honest and simple Lin Dong scratched his head and grinned, saying, “My family's ancestral grave must be emitting green smoke; it's the blessings of our ancestors.”

Meanwhile, a look of contentment appeared on Li Shengan's face.

He said to himself, “It's already good enough that my mixed spiritual root could get me into the outer sect.”

The three of them ascended Celestial Spring Peak together.

Along the way, nine out of ten disciples on Celestial Spring Peak were actually female disciples.

Along the way, many senior sisters stood on rooftops or high places, constantly chatting and teasing this year's newly entered disciples.

“Wow, Senior Sister~ Did you see that blind man carrying a stone on his back?”

“I heard that he's the only disciple taken in by Lightning Peak this year, and he even has a saint-grade spiritual root that's more powerful than Senior Brother Wu Bing!”

The delicate-featured woman only smiled faintly as she listened to her junior sister's chattering.

“Li Guanqi, to think a blind man would have such a refined name.”

“His talent is top-notch even when looking at the entire Azure Cloud Continent.”

“Alright, time to go practice.”

The bustling crowd gathered in the main hall of Celestial Spring Peak.

Each person had a prayer mat to sit cross-legged on.

The seating arrangement was also very particular; the cultivation world valued order and respect for the strong.

Li Guanqi still wanted to sit with the three of them, but Li Shengan said, “That won't do, that won't do; your current identity is the closed-door disciple of the Grand Elder of Lightning Peak.”

“That is to say, you're a personal disciple with a higher status than even the core disciples under the elders.”

“You have to sit at the very front!”

Li Guanqi looked around and found that the faces of the people around him were a little unnatural, so he had no choice but to walk to the very front.

There was only one prayer mat there, all alone, with the inner sect disciples behind him, and the outer sect disciples further back.

This time, the Great Xia Sword Sect widely opened its doors, taking in a total of three hundred and ninety-two disciples, which could be considered a relatively large intake.

Among them, there were more than sixty disciples who directly entered the inner sect to cultivate, including four with heaven-grade spiritual roots.

Even with a heaven-grade spiritual root, one would not necessarily be valued by an elder and taken as a disciple.

Li Guanqi sat cross-legged on the ground, with a low table in front of him and another prayer mat.

Whoosh!

A gust of breeze swept past, and a woman in an ice-blue robe appeared out of thin air behind the low table.

The serious-looking woman was none other than Lan He, the Third Elder of Celestial Spring Peak, with a Golden Core stage cultivation.

Lan He's beautiful eyes saw that there were still many empty prayer mats, and her face immediately darkened.

With a wave of her hand, the door of the main hall slammed shut, and the disciples who were running over from outside immediately wore bitter expressions.

They didn't dare to knock on the door and could only stand obediently outside.

Lan He lightly lifted the hem of her robe and slowly sat on the prayer mat.

“Daring to be late on the first day of class! Then all of you can just stand outside!”

“Class begins!”

The disciples in the hall straightened their backs, not expecting that Elder Lan would actually do as she said.

No matter if you're an inner sect disciple or an outer sect disciple, as long as you're late, you won't be allowed in.

At the same time, everyone had their first impression of the Sword Sect.

“Actions speak louder than words!”

Lan He was very beautiful, but as a teaching elder, her eyes always carried a hint of majesty.

Lan He softly opened her mouth and said, “Presumably, you all think that entering the immortal sect to cultivate is a very exciting thing.”

“But the first lesson I want to teach you today is to tell you not to easily trust people's hearts!”

Whoa!

As soon as these words came out, the disciples below immediately started buzzing with discussion.

After a moment, Lan He continued, “When you cultivate to a certain level, you will know that those who call you 'fellow daoist' on weekdays will definitely choose to let you die rather than themselves at critical moments.”

“You don't need to understand this sentence now; just keep it in mind.”

The woman's voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly by everyone in the hundred-zhang hall.

Then, a flash of light appeared in Lan He's hand, and a jade slip appeared.

Lan He raised the jade slip and said softly, “Presumably, you have all received your own identity jade slips.”

“Then, from today onwards, be sure to always carry it with you!”

“Because this will be something that accompanies you for life!”

These words were said very heavily, but every disciple who walked out of the Great Xia Sword Sect knew what these words meant.

“This jade slip has many uses; the most important thing in the sect is contribution points.”

“Points will also be recorded in the jade slip, and the jade slip also has positioning capabilities, which can be used to see the locations of other fellow disciples when necessary.”

“You can also use the jade slip to view the items in the Treasure Pavilion, and you can also watch lectures by other elders through the jade slip.”

“In short, this jade slip must be kept safe! When you step into the Qi Refining stage, you will naturally be able to unlock these functions of the jade slip.”

Everyone took out their jade slips and carefully examined them, not expecting that this small jade slip would have so many functions.

However, Lan He's next words completely shocked everyone's worldview!

Lan He said softly, “Do you know what place we are in?”

Someone said, “The Northern Domain of the Azure Cloud Continent.”

Before the voice could fade, another young man with slightly red eyes said in a deep voice, “The Great Xia Domain, the Northern Domain of the Azure Cloud Continent!”

Lan He was visibly stunned when she heard this voice, then glanced at the young man with a hint of understanding in her eyes.

She said softly, “So it's the young master of Yuyang Mountain, Zhong Lin.”

“That's right, we are in the Azure Cloud Continent, and the Azure Cloud Continent belongs to the Great Xia Domain.”

“This world is the so-called Human Spirit Realm, which is also the so-called Lower Realm.”

“The Human Spirit Realm is divided into six domains; you can explore the others yourself in the future.”

“The reason for saying this is to tell you that in addition to the Human Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm, we also have another realm!”

“The Yellow Springs Realm!”

“It is precisely because of the existence of the Yellow Springs Realm that in these unknown tens of thousands of years in the Human Spirit Realm, there will be many powerful cultivators who seize bodies, as well as people who reincarnate with memories of their previous lives!”

Li Guanqi was immediately shocked and thought to himself, “Reincarnators?”

“When testing spiritual roots earlier, the Law Enforcer had already killed two people who had seized bodies!”

“Now there are even reincarnated people with memories of their previous lives?”

“If I hadn't entered the immortal sect, I probably would never have known about such things in my entire life.”