Junior Brother Lu Truly Is a Master Teacher

All the Shushan elders turned as one to look at Lu Changsheng and his disciples.

Three years ago, at Shushan's Apprentice-Selection Ceremony, Lu Changsheng, who never left Azure Cloud Peak, had made an exception and taken a disciple. His disciple was an orphan from the Liang Kingdom with mediocre aptitude.

Everyone in Shushan knew about it.

In particular, after Lu Changsheng became a Dao Palace Realm elder, his standing in Shushan was far from low. Yet he had taken a senior disciple with mediocre aptitude and a little girl as his junior disciple. It was truly strange.

"I'm ashamed to say that this senior disciple of mine has only reached the Qi Condensation Realm."

Without blushing or a flicker of his heartbeat, Lu Changsheng said it without hesitation.

"If I remember correctly, three years ago, he was only a mortal at the Foundation Establishment Realm First Layer. Junior Brother Lu truly is worthy of being a genius who entered the Dao Palace Realm in only 250 years. In just three years, you brought a disciple of mediocre aptitude into the Qi Condensation Realm. This is an immortal opportunity he must have earned over three lifetimes."

"Junior Brother Lu truly is a master teacher."

"No wonder the sect master took Junior Brother Lu as his personal disciple. Your future is boundless, Junior Brother Lu."

The many Nascent Soul Realm elders all offered their flattery.

Some heard the Dao before others. Although some Shushan elders had more seniority than Lu Changsheng, they might remain stuck in the Nascent Soul Realm for the rest of their lives. Lu Changsheng, however, had entered the Dao Palace Realm three years ago, and his standing in Shushan was already above theirs.

These Nascent Soul Realm Shushan elders were not flattering him merely for the sake of it. In their eyes, taking a disciple whose Root Bone, comprehension, and luck were all low-grade from the Foundation Establishment Realm First Layer to the Qi Condensation Realm in three years was already extraordinary.

Surely Lu Changsheng would not have performed a Transmission Empowerment for a disciple with such aptitude?

Hearing the Shushan elders' flattery and seeing their astonished expressions, Lu Changsheng muttered inwardly.

If these Shushan elders knew that Lin Qingzhi's cultivation had already reached the Golden Core Realm Sixth Layer, wouldn't their jaws drop to the ground in shock?

And Lian, who was only ten, had reached the seventh layer of the Golden Core Realm.

If the Shushan elders knew Lian's true cultivation, wouldn't they be so ashamed that they would look for a crack to crawl into?

"Eldest Senior Brother and his disciple are here!"

"The sect master is still in secluded cultivation. Eldest Senior Brother is presiding over the Disciple Conference this time."

"Eldest Senior Brother's disciple Xiao Xiangdao was already at the Qi Condensation Realm Third Layer three years ago, and he has the special Spirit Sword Body. Under Eldest Senior Brother's guidance, three years have passed. I wonder if he has reached the Golden Core Realm?"

"Even if he hasn't reached the Golden Core Realm, I reckon he isn't far off."

"Eldest Senior Brother."

Li Changye and his disciple Xiao Xiangdao arrived at the main peak in sword cultivators' attire, and the Shushan elders nodded to Li Changye one after another.

Xiao Xiangdao followed behind Li Changye with a longsword on his back, looking dignified and full of high spirits.

His master was the Shushan sect master's foremost disciple and a candidate to become Shushan's next sect master.

True Person Tai Ling, Shushan's seventh-generation sect master, also had a Spirit Sword Body.

He, Xiao Xiangdao, might one day become the Shushan Sect Master too!

"Once everyone has arrived, the disciples taking part in the sparring can begin drawing lots."

"In this sparring, you are to stop once a victor is clear. These are not fights to the death."

"During each match, an elder will stand by. If either disciple's life is in danger, the elder will immediately step in and separate them."

Li Changye briefly explained the rules for sparring between disciples.

To prevent Shushan disciples from losing their tempers and inadvertently turning a sparring match into a fight to the death, Shushan elders would watch from the sidelines and stop them in time.

"For this sparring event among our Shushan disciples, we have also invited elders from the other five great righteous sects to watch."

Li Changye announced another matter.

"Eldest Senior Brother, why invite elders from the other five great righteous sects to watch our Shushan disciples spar among themselves? If the other sects learn the depth of our Shushan disciples' abilities, that would be bad."

"Exactly. Although the Six Great Orthodox Sects have joined forces to suppress the four great demonic sects, every side keeps a card up its sleeve. We must not let them learn the true capabilities of this generation of our disciples."

An uproar broke out among the Shushan elders. They did not understand why Eldest Senior Brother had invited the other five great righteous sects at this time.

"This is the will of the sect master and the Grand Supreme Elders."

With those words from Li Changye, the Shushan elders fell silent.

The Grand Supreme Elders were figures from the same era as the sect master. The fact that they had lived until now showed how terrifying their cultivation was.

Since it was the will of the Shushan sect master and the Grand Supreme Elders, who dared say another word?

"Could it be that you summoned the other five great righteous sects to discuss matters under the pretext of the Disciple Conference, Eldest Senior Brother?"

Lu Changsheng secretly sent a voice transmission to Li Changye.

"I can't hide it from you. That's exactly right."

Li Changye had sent Lu Changsheng to the Desolate Province, and Lu Changsheng knew the reason behind it, so Li Changye did not conceal it from him.

Lu Changsheng's gaze sharpened. The four great demonic sects had plotted and schemed, but Li Changye and the other leaders of the righteous sects were also making plans and laying the groundwork in advance. Sure enough, not one of them was simple.

"Elder Ye of the Martial Dao Alliance has arrived!"

"Elder Lu of the Artifact Refinement Sect has arrived!"

"Elder Zhuge of Crouching Dragon Temple has arrived!"

"Master Mingzhi of Boundless Temple has arrived!"

"Fairy Xia of Ask Immortal Pavilion has arrived!"

Streaks of light descended one after another as the elders of the other five great righteous sects came to visit Shushan.

Fairy Xia?

Lu Changsheng looked at the arrivals, and sure enough, Xia Ningxue of Ask Immortal Pavilion was among them.

Xia Ningxue knew the full story of the incident in the Desolate Province, so it was no surprise that Ask Immortal Pavilion had sent her to Shushan.

The other four elders all had deep, sustained breaths; every one of them was a Dao Palace Realm expert.

The five great righteous sects clearly attached immense importance to this matter, so each had sent an important figure.

Xia Ningxue was as cold as frost, inspiring respect from a distance, to be admired from afar but not approached frivolously.

When Xia Ningxue saw Lu Changsheng among the Shushan elders, she gave him a slight nod. After all, the two had once faced life and death together and joined hands to escape from Black Tiger Dao Lord.

"This Fairy Xia seems to be a personal disciple the pavilion master of Ask Immortal Pavilion only recently took in. I wonder what her cultivation is like? And her Dao bones?"

"Fairy Xia truly is as beautiful as a heavenly immortal. No, I must steady my Dao heart and not stray onto the wrong path, or the virgin cultivation art I've practiced for six hundred years will go to waste."

"I didn't expect Boundless Temple to send Master Mingzhi. Three hundred years ago, Master Mingzhi was already at the sixth layer of the Dao Palace Realm."

"Elder Lu of the Artifact Refinement Sect? He can forge Houtian Spirit Treasures and is held in high regard by all Six Great Orthodox Sects!"

"Elder Zhuge of Crouching Dragon Temple is said to have some talent in the Dao of time. His cultivation is unfathomable."

"Elder Ye of the Martial Dao Alliance is no ordinary man either. Two hundred years ago, he fought ten Demon Sects elders alone and still escaped unscathed."

"The Martial Dao Alliance mainly practices martial arts. They're all a bunch of body-tempering lunatics. It's no surprise one of them could fight ten."

The Shushan elders whispered among themselves.

Apart from the young Xia Ningxue, the other four Dao Palace Realm elders were all major figures who had made their names long ago.

"The Shushan Disciple Tournament officially begins."

After the elders from the other great righteous sects arrived, Li Changye announced the start of the Shushan Disciple Tournament.

Lu Changsheng, however, knew that the Shushan Disciple Tournament was a pretext. Li Changye was likely planning to take the opportunity to discuss matters with the other five great righteous sects.