Your Disciple Is in for a Beating

"Lin Qingzhi of Azure Cloud Peak will face Wu Hao of Cangshan Peak!"

"Shangguan Yan of Little Bamboo Peak will face Zhao Sanqian of Water Cloud Peak!"

At the Shushan Disciple Tournament, the results of the disciples' draws came out one after another.

The opponent Lu Changsheng's eldest disciple had drawn was a disciple of the Cangshan Peak elder.

"Lian, go draw your lot too."

Lu Changsheng wanted his youngest disciple to gain some combat experience as well.

"Okay!"

Lian excitedly went up to draw a lot.

"Little one, are you entering the competition too?"

The person in charge of the draw was a Shushan elder at the Nascent Soul Realm. When he saw a girl of only ten come up to draw a lot, he could scarcely believe it.

He had thought Lu Changsheng had brought his youngest disciple along merely to broaden her horizons. He had never expected Lu Changsheng to actually let her compete.

"I'm a newly accepted disciple of Azure Cloud Peak. Of course I can enter!"

Lian spoke with complete confidence as she reached into the box and took out a slip of paper, not the least bit afraid of the stern-looking Shushan elder.

"Number 137. Your opponent is Yang Ren of Finger Moon Peak."

"Yang Ren joined the sect eight years ago. I hear his cultivation has already reached the first layer of the Golden Core Realm!"

"Yang Ren, you're really lucky. Your opponent is a little girl."

"Don't hit her too hard. The Azure Cloud Peak elder is already at the Dao Palace Realm."

"Yang Ren's master is Elder Zhao of Finger Moon Peak. He's at the Dao Palace Realm too, so he really has no reason to fear Elder Lu of Azure Cloud Peak."

Quite a few Shushan disciples whispered among themselves, all thinking the match was a farce.

A ten-year-old girl was up against a talented disciple who had cultivated in Shushan for eight years. It was easy to imagine who would win and who would lose.

"How boring."

Yang Ren of Finger Moon Peak found it dull.

Li Changye, the envoys from the five great righteous sects, and the Shushan elders were watching the disciples' performances from a high vantage point.

"The ultimate victor of this Disciple Conference will most likely be Senior Brother's disciple Xiao Xiangdao again. His Spirit Sword Body appears only once in ten thousand years."

"True Person Tai Ling, the seventh sect master of Shushan, had a Spirit Sword Body. He reached the Dao Palace Realm after cultivating for less than a century, and later ascended to the very pinnacle, attaining the supreme realm of having no sword in his hand but a sword in his heart. I wonder whether Xiao Xiangdao can reach True Person Tai Ling's realm."

"Xiao Xiangdao's Spirit Sword Body is rare, but it still can't compare to Senior Brother's Myriad Desolations Indestructible Body. Even the sect master believes Senior Brother's physique far surpasses most special physiques."

Before the disciples began their matches, the Shushan elders were also whispering among themselves.

The vast majority of the Shushan elders favored Senior Brother's disciple Xiao Xiangdao to win in the end.

"It's started."

The Shushan Disciple Tournament soon began, and the Shushan disciples had already started their matches.

Lu Changsheng was concerned only with his two disciples.

His eldest disciple Lin Qingzhi's opponent was a disciple of Cangshan Peak, whose cultivation was approximately at the Qi Condensation Realm Fifth Layer.

"Please enlighten me."

Lin Qingzhi drew the Azure Nether Sword.

"Gladly. Today, I'll show you our Cangshan Peak's Thirteen Flying Eagle Swords."

The Cangshan Peak disciple drew his longsword as well.

"At last, we can see Junior Brother Lu's disciple in action."

Quite a few Shushan elders watched the fight between Lin Qingzhi and the Cangshan Peak disciple.

Among the inner disciples, Lin Qingzhi's aptitude was considered the most mediocre.

When Lu Changsheng had taken him as a disciple, quite a few Shushan elders had been greatly surprised.

Three years later, they all wanted to know just what Lu Changsheng's disciple was capable of.

"Junior Brother Lu, although your cultivation is higher than mine, this disciple of mine has trained diligently. He's now at the Qi Condensation Realm Fifth Layer and has learned the seventh form of my Thirteen Flying Eagle Swords. Your disciple is in for a beating."

The Cangshan Peak elder was at the seventh layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, below Lu Changsheng, who had entered the Dao Palace Realm. Yet his words showed absolute confidence in his disciple.

His cultivation could not compare to Lu Changsheng's, but his disciple had excellent aptitude. Surely he could not be worse than the mediocre Lin Qingzhi.

"You're right, Senior Brother."

Lu Changsheng did not argue.

Below, Lin Qingzhi and the Cangshan Peak disciple had already begun to fight.

"Thirteen Flying Eagle Swords—first form, Eagle Strikes the Sky!"

The Cangshan Peak disciple made his opening move. Sword Qi crisscrossed the air, his momentum soaring like a rainbow!

Lin Qingzhi circulated the Grand Profound Art, steadying his breath and focusing his mind.

Lu Changsheng had told him to suppress his cultivation by an entire major realm, so Lin Qingzhi did not dare be careless.

The Cangshan Peak disciple attacked, and Lin Qingzhi used the Soaring Cloud Swordsmanship, relying on his profound cultivation to neutralize his opponent's assault.

The Cangshan Peak disciple appeared to be pressing Lin Qingzhi back, but Lin Qingzhi saw every move and form with perfect clarity. He countered each move as it came, shattering the incoming Sword Qi.

"How is this possible?!"

The longer the Cangshan Peak disciple fought, the more anxious he became.

He had heard that his opponent had mediocre aptitude, with both his Root Bone and comprehension in the lowest grade, yet he could not defeat him.

As Lin Qingzhi fought his opponent, he felt that the pressure the Cangshan Peak disciple brought was far less than what he faced from his junior sister.

His junior sister had a Martial King Divine Physique and a higher cultivation than Lin Qingzhi. Sometimes she did not know how to hold back, and Lin Qingzhi could even be injured by her.

Compared with his junior sister's, the Cangshan Peak disciple's attacks were a little... feeble.

So Lin Qingzhi paid attention only to his opponent's moves.

After the Cangshan Peak disciple used the seventh form of the Thirteen Flying Eagle Swords, Lin Qingzhi saw that he had no new moves left. He exerted a little force and knocked his opponent's longsword aside.

With a clang, the Cangshan Peak disciple's longsword flew from his hand, and he stood there stunned.

He had actually been defeated by a Shushan disciple of low-grade aptitude, who had only been at the Foundation Establishment Realm First Layer three years ago!

All the Shushan elders watching the match fell utterly silent.

Lin Qingzhi seemed to have won as lightly as a drifting cloud, without any sign that he had given his all.

"Junior Brother Lu, just what is your disciple's cultivation?"

"He was able to defeat Wu Hao at the Qi Condensation Realm Fifth Layer, so he must be at least at the Qi Condensation Realm Sixth Layer."

"In three years, you trained a mediocre disciple at the Foundation Establishment Realm First Layer to the Qi Condensation Realm Sixth Layer. Junior Brother Lu, your ability to teach disciples is extraordinary. We pale in comparison."

Once the elders came to their senses, they could not help but admire him.

Who could have imagined that a Shushan disciple of mediocre aptitude would make such astonishing progress?

Not a ripple stirred in Lu Changsheng's heart.

This was the result of Lu Changsheng having Lin Qingzhi hold back. Otherwise, with Lin Qingzhi's current Golden Core Realm cultivation, he could have knocked his opponent flat in one move.

"Junior Brother Lu's disciple is quite impressive."

Li Changye also praised him sincerely.

When Li Changye's disciple Xiao Xiangdao saw his master praise someone else's disciple—and that person had once been his game attendant—a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

He was the dignified Third Prince of the Liang Kingdom.

"Is Junior Brother Lu's newly accepted youngest disciple going to compete too?"

"Her opponent is Yang Ren of Finger Moon Peak. He's at the first layer of the Golden Core Realm, much stronger than Wu Hao of Cangshan Peak."

"Junior Brother Lu, are you sure you want to send a little girl of around ten against a disciple at the first layer of the Golden Core Realm?"

The other Shushan elders all gave Lu Changsheng strange looks.

Lu Changsheng answered calmly, "This youngest disciple of mine is playful. If I don't let her compete, she'll most likely tear down my cave abode."