83: Chapter 42: The Great Conquest of the Three Sects

"Junior Brother, you are still so cute." Liu Lili reluctantly let go of Chen Xuan, lingering to pinch his cheeks.

It must be said, Chen Xuan was growing up really fast.

Nearly a year ago, Liu Lili was a whole head taller than him, but now she was only half a head taller.

"I heard you came out of seclusion, so Senior Sister came to bring you an Opportunity."

Cultivation emphasizes wealth, companions, methods, and locations.

Opportunities are among them.

Chen Xuan's expression immediately sharpened. He accompanied Senior Sister as they strolled outside the Scripture Pavilion, listening carefully.

"The The Three Sects will begin their competition in a year."

"It determines the distribution of Golden Core cultivation resources."

"And the number of people allowed into the Tianyuan Secret Realm."

Liu Lili stated the main information about the The Three Sects Competition in one breath.

Golden Core resources are the most top-tier cultivation resources in the Southern Region.

They do not circulate in the chambers of commerce; even at auctions held every few years, they are rare items.

Once they appear, they become objects of frantic competition among various families.

After all, they are the foundation of a Family.

Money should be spent at such times.

"Isn't that still a long way off?"

Chen Xuan looked over, puzzled.

"Wrong."

"Junior Brother, you're still laughing? Haven't you heard of preparing for a rainy day?"

"The Master-taking ceremony is in one month. The Disciples who joined this batch arrived half a year before you and have already been assigned Foundation Establishment Elders as Masters by default."

"If you find a good Master now, you will have a chance to shock everyone in a year."

"The reward is a Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact."

A Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact!

Chen Xuan's eyes lit up. As the president of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce in his past life, he had naturally seen many Magical Artifacts.

There were even occasional auctions for Spiritual Artifacts.

However, the strongest ones were almost always Low Grade Spiritual Artifacts.

Medium Grade and High Grade ones almost never appeared.

As for Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifacts, they would never circulate on the market.

This was the situation throughout the entire Southern Region; any slightly rare cultivation resources would not circulate.

Class stratification was extremely severe.

It was no wonder that the rhetoric of the White Lotus Sect could easily persuade everyone.

When the The Three Sects controlled the entire Southern Region and ordinary people had no way out.

Someone said, here is a path to advancement.

Could you not take it?

"Senior Sister." Chen Xuan immediately put on a smile.

Liu Lili felt a flash of cunning in her heart. 'The little fox has finally been caught by me, hasn't he?'

Ever since Junior Brother joined the Sect nearly a year ago, he had cultivated for half a year, traveled for a few months, and then returned to seclude himself for another month.

Junior Brother was truly a "hard-working Cultivator!"

This kind of dedication to hard cultivation was not something a young Cultivator should have.

It is usually only those who have understood their fate and known their destiny who would work so hard.

Junior Brother possessed a composure that did not match his age.

The Family Elders all said he was a Golden Core seed; his Aptitude was sufficient, his talent was sufficient, and even the most difficult Dao Heart was qualified.

Talented people were countless across the hundreds of thousands of miles of the Southern Region, yet less than one in ten could achieve Foundation Establishment.

Most Geniuses could not endure the dull, day-after-day cultivation.

This kind of persistence was the key to transcending mediocrity.

And yet, this was the age of twelve or thirteen, when one loved to play the most.

In the eyes of everyone in the Liuyang Sword Sect, Yun Qi was a Dao-seeking seed who could sit still and keep his cool.

In the future, he would very likely be the leading figure of the Liuyang Sword Sect.

For a Sect, the successor must be someone with the cultivation to suppress the entire Southern Region.

In this world, it wasn't just about Aptitude, talent, and morality; the most important thing was only two words:

Combat power!

The Southern Region's cultivation world was just like this; the establishment of the The Three Sects was built on piles of corpses.

In other words.

In the future, as long as Chen Xuan could achieve Golden Core combat power, the position of Hall Revered Master of one of the four peaks of the Liuyang Sword Sect would be handed over to him.

And his special Physique could even cultivate the fundamental technique of the Liuyang Sword Sect, the Liuyang Sword Canon.

This technique was a supreme method that leads directly to the Nascent Soul stage.

"Eh?"

Liu Lili pretended to be surprised, playfully spinning around like a young girl, pretending not to see Chen Xuan: "Who was it that was ignoring me just now?"

"Senior Sister, I was wrong." Chen Xuan sensibly tugged at her sleeve, "Senior Sister, please tell me how to participate in the The Three Sects Competition, and also about the Revered Master situation..."

Chen Xuan naturally wanted a Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact.

This was a Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact; once obtained, his combat power would soar.

It was not like a Supreme Grade Magical Artifact, which was so common.

The Materials for a Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact were rare to begin with, and refining it to possess spirituality was even more difficult.

In his past life at the Qingyuan Market, the Magical Artifacts his younger sister refined, and the ones he refined later on, were extremely difficult to make into Supreme Grade.

High Grade Materials often produced Medium Grade Magical Artifacts.

Artifact Refining was almost the job that relied most on Luck.

As for Spiritual Artifacts, without the mana that unifies essence, energy, and spirit, they were impossible to refine.

Unless you mastered Exotic Fire! Divine Water! Divine Thunder, or other rare treasures of heaven and earth, you could use these treasures to replace mana for refining.

"Fine!"

"Come up. I will take you to my Immortal Cave to discuss it in detail."

Liu Lili smirked; he had finally taken the bait.

She immediately summoned her Flying Sword. Chen Xuan originally intended to fly on his own, but under the threatening gaze of Senior Sister, he obediently stepped onto her sword.

The bright fragrance at the tip of his nose kept tickling his heart, and he secretly thought: Senior Sister, you smell so good!

The two quickly flew into Qingming Peak.

Entering the Immortal Cave, the Daoist attendant Little Cui saw Chen Xuan and bowed, saying: "Greetings, Senior Brother Yun!"

She followed her Revered Master's Family name, so she was called Liu Cui.

While speaking, she also secretly sized him up.

Indeed, she had a High Grade Spiritual Root. As a Daoist attendant to the legitimate daughter of the Liu Family, in the future, she would be a "buy one get one free" deal with Liu Lili, to be married off to the husband's Family together.

Therefore, after having late-night talks with Liu Lili, she naturally knew where her future lay.

Of course, as a Daoist attendant, she also had the duty to share the pressure for her mistress and serve as a concubine.

In the mortal world, this would be called a bedchamber maid.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Cui!" Chen Xuan cupped his hands.

It must have been Senior Sister Cui who sent the message.

Chen Xuan pondered in his heart.

"Sit down."

Liu Lili greeted him.

"Cui Cui, you go out first. I want to chat with Junior Brother."

"Yes." Liu Cui smiled and retreated.

Chen Xuan sat down, and Liu Lili familiarly poured tea for him.

"Junior Brother, I believe this is your first time here."

Liu Lili smiled and said.

Back then, during the Shuize crossing, she was seriously injured. After returning to the Sect, she had been recovering from her injuries while honing her Dao foundation.

All for the sake of attempting Foundation Establishment before the age of thirty!

She was already at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and in another two years, she should be able to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining.

She had to prepare to attempt Foundation Establishment!

And like Chen Xuan, she had both cultivated secret techniques to assist in attempting Foundation Establishment.

And neither could lose their virginity, to avoid becoming a flawed vessel.

"The Liuyang Sword Sect recruits Disciples once every two years, and each time it is an open recruitment."

"And those who come via the dragon-seeking token are all Prodigies from affiliated forces."

"Most Disciples from open recruitment determine their Revered Masters after a few small tests upon entering."

"But for those with a dragon-seeking token, they must be carefully evaluated."

Most of those who come via the dragon-seeking token arrive with prior training.

In other words, they need to be observed more to find a suitable teacher.

However, for Genius Disciples, everyone wants to take them as apprentices.

For example, Elder Liu wanted to take Yun Qi as an apprentice.

But the Golden Core Master has spoken.

Naturally, he cannot take him as an apprentice.

"Junior Brother, you don't need to worry; good news should be coming soon."

For Chen Xuan, he was cut off from information.

In the Liuyang Sword Sect, only those with influence are well-informed.

"Senior Sister! How are the opponents in the The Three Sects Competition?"