40: Chapter 40 Mingjian Hall, Sword Worship Stone

On this very same day, the Fengxiang Association where Fang Jiming belonged, the Feiyan Association where Zhao Zheng and Qin Shu belonged, and the Zhiyan Society where Du Xin belonged arrived one after another.

It was for no other reason than to apologize to Yu Xiu and to verbally distance themselves from Fang Jiming, Zhao Zheng, Du Xin, and the others.

"That man, Fang Jiming, is extremely selfish, valuing his own kin over the greater good. Our Fengxiang Association has long since removed him from his position as Inner Courtyard President."

"We just never expected that after a year, he would dare to be so insane as to harm his fellow Disciples. Although it was his personal action, our Fengxiang Association feels deeply pained!"

Having nothing else good to give, they gifted Yu Xiu one thousand Contribution Points.

"Zhao Zheng, Qin Shu, and the others have crooked minds and colluded with Fang Jiming to harm fellow Disciples. They were long ago expelled from our Feiyan Association. This is a fault of our Feiyan Association for failing to judge people correctly!"

They gifted one thousand Contribution Points.

"Du Xin is a rat dropping, a black sheep who colluded in secret with Fang Jiming. Our Zhiyan Society was completely unaware of this matter; it was purely his personal action. Our Zhiyan Society will absolutely not harbor such a person with ulterior motives!"

The people from the Zhiyan Society were filled with righteous indignation and likewise offered one thousand Contribution Points.

After leaving, someone from the Zhiyan Society was puzzled: "President, why must we be so humble and offer an apology to this Senior Brother Yu Xiu just because he is about to be promoted to the Main Sect?

"It is true he is a Genius, but he cannot be unreasonable. Besides, that was originally just Du Xin's fault alone, what does it have to do with our Zhiyan Society?"

The President of the Zhiyan Society also had a face as ugly as if he had eaten a dead fly: "If he were just an ordinary Genius, whether he becomes one of the Ten Heroes or one of the Ten True Seeds after being promoted to the Main Sect, it naturally would have nothing to do with us.

"Experts from the Main Sect would not bother to make things difficult for us Inner Courtyard Disciples, nor can they control us; the Sect would not allow it either.

"But as it happens, the place he is most likely going to is Zhanlong Peak, which is the holder of the Sect's laws. Perhaps he cannot control people in the Main Sect right now, but can he control the Inner Courtyard?

"Can you guarantee that you won't commit some small mistake in the Inner Courtyard in the future?

"If he doesn't care, will the people from the Inner Courtyard Law Enforcement Hall care?

"Do you guess there are records in the Inner Courtyard Law Enforcement Hall of the stupid things that dog Du Xin did?

"If Senior Brother Yu Xiu just says one extra word, any future matters involving the Zhiyan Society will have to be handled strictly according to official business. He won't even need to show his face; the Inner Courtyard Law Enforcement Hall alone would make our Zhiyan Society suffer greatly!"

"If you give this apology gift, he might not remember it, but if you don't give it, he will definitely remember!"

The Zhiyan Society Disciple became more and more alarmed as he listened. Without realizing it, his back was soaked with cold sweat. Who among the Disciples in the two Inner Courtyard sections didn't know the reputation of the Law Enforcement Hall?

Who hasn't committed some small mistake?

He didn't know about others, but speaking for himself alone, he had gained quite a few benefits from Disciples who had just entered the Inner Courtyard!

It wasn't that he forced them to give, it was that others insisted on giving, and the key point was that he accepted them!

It's just that normally the Law Enforcement Hall doesn't bother with such things, but that doesn't mean they can't!

'No wonder those two presidents from the Fengxiang Association and Feiyan Association ran even faster than our own president to deliver their apologies!'

They knew to be afraid!

...

Yu Xiu shook his head inwardly: "Am I really such a person who seeks revenge for the slightest grievance!"

He put away his identity plaque, which now had an extra three thousand Contribution Points.

Hmm, I should also go say a word to the Inner Courtyard Law Enforcement Hall, to avoid the brothers inside from causing them trouble in the future!

Come to think of it, joining Zhanlong Peak is actually quite nice!

Having received these three thousand Contribution Points, and with a few spirit items in his hands that could probably be exchanged for another two or three thousand Contribution Points, it would be enough for him to continue cultivating for a while after joining the Main Sect.

He sat down on the spot and began to refine the Medicinal Pill to improve his cultivation.

Currently, his Realm had already reached the Great Perfection of the first pass of the Great Four Passes, the Five Viscera Realm, but his True Qi cultivation was still stuck at the second stage of the Five Viscera Realm.

This point was unavoidable. His Comprehension Ability was too high; he had fully cultivated the Five Viscera Realm Cultivation Technique to Perfection in half a day, but the accumulation of cultivation requires time and cannot be achieved overnight.

He estimated that by refining Medicinal Pills every day to accumulate cultivation, it would take about a month before his cultivation could catch up to his Realm.

"How to resolve medicinal poison?" Yu Xiu fell into deep thought.

Others could use one Five Viscera Treasure Light Pill to support five days of cultivation, while he used almost one per day. If he kept eating them like this and there was no accumulation of medicinal poison, Yu Xiu would not believe it.

There are generally three ways to resolve medicinal poison.

The most common method is relying on True Qi to refine and forcibly expel it from the body. This method is the slowest and the most time-consuming.

Because Sword Cultivator Cultivation Techniques are good at killing but not good at detoxifying or healing, the efficiency is extremely low.

The second method is to cultivate some detoxification and toxin-expelling secret techniques. This method is excellent but quite troublesome, because it requires understanding pharmacology and the various properties of medicines to create targeted solutions, so the efficiency is high and the speed is fast.

The third method is to use the life force in the Life Spring to counter-consume the medicinal poison. To put it bluntly, it is using one's life to forcefully confront the medicinal poison. The speed is the fastest, and it hits the mark every time, but the drawback is also the most obvious: it costs life.

Yu Xiu did not think much and had already made his choice.

What are you babbling about? Go tell that to my two thousand eight hundred plus years of lifespan!

His Sword Heart moved, illuminating himself. He perceived where the medicinal poison was. Whenever he saw even a trace of medicinal poison, the surging life force in the Life Spring would rush out and devour the medicinal poison.

As for the small consumption of life force, Yu Xiu didn't even care about it.

In the end, Yu Xiu carefully sensed that devouring all the medicinal poison had consumed about two months of his lifespan.

This little consumption was not even as much as the lifespan Yu Xiu would get from casually practicing a basic Cultivation Technique; doing it once a day would be fine.

The next day.

When Yu Xiu walked out of the bamboo hut, preparing to go to the 'Mingjian Hall', he realized that today the Inner Courtyard was unusually noisy.

He heard someone say, "Zhu Wenjiu, Feng Zhiyuan, and Zhang Yundu are going to Mingjian Hall to choose their peak. Let's go take a look."

"These three are all top-tier Geniuses. They achieved the Great Four Passes in three years, spanning both the Inner and Outer Courtyards. Their performance will certainly be impressive."

"Heh, everyone is going to learn from them and gain experience, stop saying such nice things!"

'The three of them are also choosing their peak today?' Yu Xiu felt it was quite a coincidence.

However, he did not need to choose a peak. Having cultivated the 'Dragon-Slaying and Evil-Purging Sword' in advance, he already belonged to Zhanlong Peak.

When he arrived at the 'Mingjian Hall' on the mountainside, he saw that the place was almost crowded with Inner Courtyard Disciples.

Fortunately, he was also here to be promoted to the Main Sect, so he did not use the same entrance as those Inner Courtyard Disciples who were just there to watch the excitement.

However, there were five or six Disciples before him. Three of them were the most eye-catching: Zhu Wenjiu, Feng Zhiyuan, and Zhang Yundu.

Feng Zhiyuan had a round face and looked a bit chubby; he was the most kind-hearted.

Zhang Yundu was tall and thin. Although Zhu Wenjiu was young, he was unkempt, with stubble already sprouting on his chin, looking the most mature.

The other three, two women and one man, were not familiar.

After waiting for a while, five deacons slowly walked out of the Mingjian Hall, each representing the five main peaks of the Sect: the two main peaks of the Sword in the Hand lineage, Powang Peak and Jinding Peak, as well as Zhanlong Peak, the Sect Master's lineage, Tianque Peak, and Wendao Peak, which specialized in the Cultivation Techniques and swordsmanship of the Sword in the Hand lineage.

The deacon from Tianque Peak took out a roster and looked at the young female Disciple at the very front: "Meng Ruizhu, step forward."

He pointed to a bronze mirror that was as tall as a person, signaling Meng Ruizhu to approach.

Meng Ruizhu bowed and stood in front of the bronze mirror as instructed. The bronze mirror shimmered with a faint light, and a trace of charm seemed to drift from her body into the mirror.

Not long after, mountains, rivers, and water veins appeared on the bronze mirror, along with countless demons. Another Meng Ruizhu appeared, fighting the demons within.

Until the Meng Ruizhu in the mirror dissipated, the countless demons still seemed endless. The image disappeared, and writing appeared on the bronze mirror.

'Slaughtered sixteen Five Viscera Realm demons'

'True Qi (Grade C, Medium)'

'Swordsmanship (Grade C, Low)'

The image on the bronze mirror appeared again, revealing a stone stele, and the other Meng Ruizhu appeared along with it.

But seeing her in front of the stone stele, Meng Ruizhu stood for a long time, and finally swung her sword, and the image disappeared.

The bronze mirror showed writing again.

'Under the Sword Worship Stone, comprehended one sword move, comparable to the power of ordinary Life Spring swordsmanship'

'Comprehension Ability (Grade C, Low)'