Provoking at the Door

Chapter 38: Provocation at the Door

After chasing Xu Rui away, Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong threw out all the slop buckets in the room and cleaned it thoroughly.

Around noon.

Lin Bai took out some wild beast meat from his storage space and started grilling it in the courtyard with Qi Shaolong and Tiedan.

"Big Brother Lin Bai, you're so amazing. Can you give me more pointers on Martial Dao in the future?" Tiedan looked at Lin Bai with admiration.

"Yeah, Lin Bai, you're too awesome. You defeated Xu Rui with one punch. Is that your specialized fist technique?" Qi Shaolong was also greatly surprised by Lin Bai's strength.

"Hehe, my fist technique isn't that great. My swordplay is my forte."

Lin Bai pointed to the Spirit Severing Sword beside him and said with a smile.

Qi Shaolong was once again shocked.

Lin Bai defeated Xu Rui with a single punch without even drawing his sword. If Lin Bai were to draw his sword, Xu Rui probably wouldn't even have the chance to blink before dying on the spot.

"It's ready to eat."

Lin Bai handed the grilled meat to Tiedan and Qi Shaolong.

Tiedan picked up the meat and began to devour it.

"Lin Bai, you're so strong that even if you joined the Divine Alliance, they probably wouldn't refuse you," Qi Shaolong said.

"Divine Alliance?" Lin Bai looked at Qi Shaolong in confusion.

Qi Shaolong chuckled, "It seems you don't know yet. The Divine Alliance is the number one alliance within the Spirit Sword Sect. Currently, all nine core disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect are martial artists from the Divine Alliance."

"And the leader of the Divine Alliance is the Young Sect Master!"

Lin Bai was new to the Spirit Sword Sect, but he knew the hierarchy: three thousand outer disciples, nine hundred inner disciples, nine core disciples, and one Young Sect Master.

The Young Sect Master is the candidate to succeed the Sect Master of the Spirit Sword Sect in the future.

And the nine core disciples will be the new Sect Master's right-hand men.

Therefore, everyone who becomes the Young Sect Master will choose a group of central martial artists to follow and elevate them to the position of core disciples.

Of course, some martial artists rely on their own strength to reach the position of core martial artist.

But such people are rare.

Because the next step up from core disciple is Young Sect Master.

If a disobedient martial artist reaches the position of core disciple, the Young Sect Master will definitely kill him, because he threatens the Young Sect Master's position!

The Divine Alliance that Qi Shaolong mentioned earlier is the force personally created by the current Young Sect Master.

It is the most powerful alliance within the Spirit Sword Sect, with almost eighty percent of the disciples belonging to the Divine Alliance.

"I see," Lin Bai said, surprised after hearing Qi Shaolong's explanation of the Divine Alliance.

"Shaolong, you know so much about the Spirit Sword Sect?"

Lin Bai asked curiously.

Qi Shaolong smiled, "Since I'm here to learn from the Spirit Sword Sect, I naturally have to prepare by understanding the local customs."

"Lin Bai, if you become a disciple of the Divine Alliance in the future, you must look after us and let us show off our power," Qi Shaolong said with a laugh.

"Haha."

Lin Bai smiled noncommittally.

Lin Bai didn't know much about the Divine Alliance and wasn't interested in it.

Lin Bai came to the Spirit Sword Sect only to use its cultivation resources.

"Shaolong, since you know so much about the Spirit Sword Sect, have you ever heard of Ling Tianzi?" Lin Bai asked Qi Shaolong again.

"Ling Tianzi!" Qi Shaolong exclaimed.

"Why are you asking about him?"

"Just curious. Do you know where he is?"

Lin Bai asked with a smile.

Qi Shaolong said, "Ling Tianzi rarely appears in the Spirit Sword Sect, so there is very little information about him."

"According to the information I have, Ling Tianzi is a mysterious person who suddenly joined the Spirit Sword Sect a hundred years ago. No one knows what his strength is."

"It is said that when he joined the Spirit Sword Sect, he even fought with our Sect Master, but no one knows the result of that battle."

"After that, the Spirit Sword Sect gave Ling Tianzi a mountain peak, and he has been cultivating on the mountain ever since, rarely coming out."

Qi Shaolong told Lin Bai everything he knew in detail.

"Where is that mountain peak?" Lin Bai asked curiously.

Qi Shaolong looked around and pointed to a tall mountain not far from the disciples' courtyard, "That's the mountain peak, called White Cloud Peak."

Lin Bai looked up at the mountain peak and remembered it in his heart.

Since Lin Yue told Lin Bai to become a disciple under Ling Tianzi, Lin Bai naturally had to go to White Cloud Peak to take a look.

However, at that moment.

The courtyard door was suddenly kicked open with a loud bang.

"Lin Bai, Qi Shaolong, get out here and accept your death!"

Xu Rui kicked open the door and roared at the three people who were barbecuing in the courtyard.

"It's that bastard Xu Rui, he dares to come back!" Qi Shaolong said angrily, picking up his sword and walking out of the room.

Lin Bai and Tiedan followed.

Arriving at the door, Lin Bai took a look.

Outside the courtyard, stood a group of martial artists with unfriendly eyes, looking into the courtyard.

"Xu Rui, you dare to come back!" Qi Shaolong said coldly.

"After hitting this Young Master, you will naturally pay a bloody price!" Xu Rui said with a sneer.

"So, you're the ones who hit Xu Rui?"

At this time, among the group of martial artists behind Xu Rui, a long-faced youth walked out, looking at Lin Bai and Qi Shaolong with a cold expression.

"Who are you? This is a matter between us and Xu Rui, please don't interfere."

Qi Shaolong said coldly.

"Hehe, then you must remember my name, because in the future, you will live in fear of this name."

"Remembered it."

"My name is Xu Shangjie!"

"Who is Xu Shangjie? Never heard of him." Qi Shaolong said without giving any face.

Since Qi Shaolong didn't know him, there was no way Lin Bai would know him either.

"You're really blind, our Young Master Xu is one of the three New Kings of this Spirit Sword Sect's recruitment!"

"The young master of the Imperial Xu Family! A peerless expert about to break through to the True Martial Realm!"

The martial artists behind Xu Shangjie immediately started waving their arms and shouting.

The New King refers to the strongest few geniuses who came from various cities this time.

Since Xu Shangjie is a recognized New King, there is no need to say more about his strength.

"I'm very curious, since everyone is a newcomer to the Spirit Sword Sect, why do you want to bully us? Aren't we on the same side?"

Lin Bai asked curiously at this time.

One martial artist said, "You know nothing, only battle can show strength in the fastest and simplest way, and get the attention of the sect."

"More importantly, get the attention of the Divine Alliance!"

"There are a total of seven hundred newcomers who came to the Spirit Sword Sect this time."

"If you want to stand out from these seven hundred people, you must first dominate in the courtyard, and then you can show your talent faster!"

"And after the trial seven days later, if you are really excellent, then the Divine Alliance will naturally invite you to join."

"Now you know, right?"

The martial artist said arrogantly.

"No wonder I heard that every year the newcomers to the Spirit Sword Sect, half of them have already died before the trial, the reason is to become famous." Lin Bai said with a faint smile.

Xu Rui said angrily, "Brother Shangjie, don't talk nonsense with them."

"Disable their dantian, and then hand them over to me to deal with!"

Xu Rui said to Xu Shangjie.

Xu Shangjie nodded silently: "These two, they don't need me to take action."

"You guys go."

Xu Shangjie said to the group of martial artists behind him.