59: Chapter 18 Sword Overwhelms All Heroes

After some pleasantries, everyone took their seats.

Facing the rising sun, the dancers finished their performance, and Elder Liu spoke up: "According to tradition, I invite the talented youth of the three families to demonstrate their skills for our Sect."

Hearing this, several people stood up.

Chen Xuan and Xiao Ye also slowly rose.

Chen Xuan looked around; on the Chen Family side, there were two women; the Wang Family had two men and one woman, who must be Wang Qiuxue; and the Liuyang Sword Sect had five people in total, a mix of men and women.

As everyone walked toward the stage, gazes converged upon them.

Elder Liu had two purposes for coming here.

First, it was naturally to inspect the officials and monitor the commoners.

After the fishing competition ended, he would still need to tour and visit the three great families for a month.

Second, it was to select raw gems of talent to serve the Sect, and he naturally considered himself a guide, forging a virtuous connection of guiding the Dao.

"Whoosh!" Everyone stood in their respective groups.

Instantly, the sound of swords ringing out began.

In an instant, sword lights of various colors lit up, and everyone began to dance with their swords; for a moment, the scene was chaotic yet beautiful.

Many people even began to spar with those around them.

Sword Dao did not require support from magical power; sword light and the like were all determined by one's attainments in Sword Dao.

Chen Xuan held his sword in hand but did not move.

In this place, the only one worthy of being his opponent was Xiao Muting, but Xiao Muting had not made a move.

Otherwise, he really wanted to see whether the "Wine Sword Immortal" with his innate Dao body or his own "Innate Sword Bone" was superior.

Naturally, Chen Xuan's behavior also attracted attention.

Wang Qiuxue unleashed the Wang Family's strongest top-grade sword technique and immediately attacked Chen Xuan.

Sword dancing, after all, was about a clash of Sword Dao.

There was a show to watch!

The crowd immediately cleared a path.

Xiao Ye immediately changed his sword stance, using an opening stance to respond, intending to take down this arrogant person for Chen Xuan.

Yet, with a single point of her sword tip, Wang Qiuxue broke Xiao Ye's sword move, flew up like a startled swan, and charged straight at Chen Xuan's glabella.

Chen Xuan just watched silently. Under the gaze of many eyes, that scorching, cold sword tip touched Chen Xuan's glabella and passed right through!

"Ah!"

Exclamations immediately came from the crowd.

Yet, the next moment, that figure dissipated; it had actually been an afterimage.

"Eh?" Just as Wang Qiuxue retracted her sword to defend, she suddenly felt the scene before her change!

Light snow began to fall from all directions of heaven and earth, and biting, cold sword light instantly slashed in from all sides, swallowing everything.

When the Concept before her eyes dissipated, a drop of blood seeped from Wang Qiuxue's glabella.

"Swish!" Chen Xuan sheathed the red magic sword, the "Liangyi Rule", in his hand.

"I lost." Wang Qiuxue stood frozen in place, unable to believe it, letting the bead of blood slide down.

Her Dao Heart was on the verge of shattering.

From childhood, in the Wang Family's ancestral grounds, she had been the one with the highest talent.

Sword techniques that took others a month to learn, she only needed one day.

Even the Old Ancestor praised her, saying she had the potential of a Golden Core, and achieving Golden Core in the future was nine times out of ten a certainty.

Therefore, over these years, the Wang Family had been annexing large swathes of the Chen Family and Xiao Family's territory.

Plus, several grand-uncles in the clan showed signs of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, which further proved that this generation of the Wang Family was the most prosperous.

And she was the Qilin of the Wang Family.

How could she lose?

"Impossible, Qiuxue is an undefeated myth."

"Sister Qiuxue has never lost before; there's something shady going on."

"That kid is unknown; I don't believe it."

The Wang Family Elders' expressions immediately turned gloomy; Wang Qiuxue had actually lost.

No one could have imagined that someone in the same Realm could defeat Wang Qiuxue.

One had to know, Wang Qiuxue's attainments in Sword Dao were already infinitely close to Sword Light Differentiation.

Sword Light Differentiation was a Sword Dao Realm that only Foundation Establishment Cultivators had a chance to break into by using their Divine Sense; otherwise, ordinary people would definitely need decades of hard work.

Wang Qiuxue was only eleven years old!

But unexpectedly, Elder Liu's eyes lit up, and a dragon-seeking token was thrown from his hand, being caught by Chen Xuan without a miss.

"Kid, not bad. Now I give you two paths."

"Follow me back to the Sect, and you can obtain the position of an Inner Sect Disciple."

"Or return on your own, and after gaining experience, use the dragon-seeking token to undergo the Outer Sect trial."

Elder Liu did not explain the choice clearly, but he looked toward the latter.

If one chose the Outer Sect trial, once passed, they would inevitably be cultivated as a Golden Core seed.

That was the true core Legacy of the Liuyang Sword Sect.

And once one returned directly, for an Inner Sect Disciple to achieve Golden Core seed status, it would take years or even a lifetime to achieve.

"I definitely choose Inner Sect Disciple."

"To think he can directly become an Inner Sect Disciple; if only I could get this immortal opportunity."

"That's right, wealth, companions, Dharma, and land; things won't be bad once you go to the Liuyang Sword Sect."

"I'm so envious, but to actually defeat Wang Qiuxue, could he have used forbidden methods?"

"That's impossible, right? This is the Lightless Sea."

The Lightless Sea remained calm, the sea surface devoid of light, seemingly swallowing everything, even swallowing gazes and dragging them into the depths.

Chen Xuan cupped his hands in thanks: "I choose the latter."

Elder Liu nodded: "I am Elder Liu."

"This kid understands." Chen Xuan naturally understood what this sentence meant; if he had any issues, he could find him.

Of course, the proper etiquette after entering the Sect could not be neglected either.

"Eh! Why not choose Inner Sect Disciple!" Xiao Ye was directly confused.

The people of the Xiao Family were also uniformly confused.

No matter how you looked at it, choosing Inner Sect Disciple was better; it was a sure thing in the bag!

Besides, he could directly establish a connection with Elder Liu.

Just as they were confused, Elder Liu threw out another dragon-seeking token, to Wang Qiuxue!

No one was surprised that this girl could obtain the token.

It was just that she looked deeply at Chen Xuan twice, gritted her teeth, and originally wanted to choose the same path.

But thinking of the instructions from within her clan, she still said: "This Disciple chooses Inner Sect Disciple."

"Good!" Elder Liu said.

Being an Inner Sect Disciple was also a very good starting point.

One had to know that Outer Sect Disciples needed nearly ten years of contributions, as well as passing an assessment, to be able to be promoted to the Inner Sect.

And the Outer Sect Disciples brought out this time were the same; if they could obtain a dragon-seeking token, they could also achieve Inner Sect status, saving time while simultaneously obtaining better resources for cultivating the Dao.

After the two left the stage, the others also finished their demonstrations one after another.

Yet.

Not a single dragon-seeking token was given.

Next was the time to decide the resources and taxes for the three families.

There were nine people fishing in total.

Wang Qiuxue was not good at fishing and was not among them.

Chen Xuan, Xiao Ye, and Xiao Muting were already sitting cross-legged at the edge of the floating weed, looking at the Lightless Sea, which was pitch black and swallowed all light.

In this darkness, could there really be fish?

Not just them, others had the same thought.

Only a few clan Elders and Elders knew that in previous years' competitions, it was indeed possible to fish out Spirit Fish.

It was all about Luck!

And in the Lightless Sea, where magical power was suppressed, Spirit Fish had almost no power to resist once fished out.

Therefore, this competition was a contest of Luck!

The Cultivators from the three great families and the Liuyang Sword Sect were all prepared.

"Pop!"

Ripples of water splashed, and dozens of silk threads fell into the water.

Everyone was preparing by calming their hearts and nurturing their spirits.

Chen Xuan delayed casting his hook.

At this moment, it was already past noon; on the Lightless Sea, the great sun was gradually setting, with about four hours of time remaining.

According to past conventions, in four hours, catching a single fish was considered excellent Luck.

But without casting the hook, how could there be a chance!

"Swish, swish!" The water splashed.

The Wang clansmen's faces lit up with joy, and they lifted their rods.

A first-grade Spirit Fish!

The whole venue was watching.

Yet Chen Xuan remained unmoved.

Only because a Jade Slip appeared before his eyes:

[Great Fortune: Head to the Lightless Sea in the central area of the Long Sea to fish; there is a wandering second-grade harmless Spirit Fish, Bilinglong, which can be captured using the special bait, Heaven-Swallowing Small Azure Dragon.]