The Self-Cultivation of a Master

"You're welcome, little girl." Murong Xue smiled at Sū Nán.

Afterward, Li Zhōujūn returned to his seat as Mountain Lord, while Sū Nán stood respectfully to one side.

When the Mountain Lords looked at Li Zhōujūn now, there was no longer any disdain in their eyes.

After all, even a Great Cultivator at the Integration Stage like Murong Mountain Lord had been defeated by him.

"From this day forward, do not provoke Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord and his disciple. Otherwise, do not blame me for refusing to save you." Liǔ Yán, seated beside Li Zhōujūn, transmitted his voice to the disciples who had just joined Fire Maple Mountain.

"How could this be..."

Upon hearing Liǔ Yán's voice transmission, Chen Shaohua's heart was filled with bitterness.

He had thought Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord was a useless wretch, and that he could manipulate Sū Nán however he pleased.

Who could have imagined that Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord was actually a hidden master of deception within the Dao Tian Sect, with strength so great that even Fire Maple Mountain Lord feared him deeply!

At the thought of it, he looked at Li Zhōujūn with lingering dread.

Meanwhile, Li Zhōujūn was already waiting for the system's rewards.

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[Ding: Congratulations to the host for completing the mission: successfully exchanged blows with Murong Xue and successfully refreshed the Mountain Lords' understanding of the host!]

[Ding: The system has issued the reward: 'Seventh-grade Flying Sword, Ao Xue!']

[Ding: The system has issued the reward: 'Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation!']

[Ding: The system has issued the reward: 'One Supreme-grade Qi Condensing Pill!']

[Ao Xue Flying Sword]: A Natal Flying Sword custom-made by the system for the host. It possesses intelligence and transformation abilities, and can slay enemies ten thousand miles away. It has been placed within the host's Dantian!

Note: In this world, magical treasures and medicinal pills are divided from first to ninth grade, from low to high, corresponding respectively to the Qi Refining Stage through the Mahayana Stage.

[Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivation]: Your lifespan can reach a thousand years. Flying by Escape Light and tearing through the void to teleport are no challenge at all!

[Supreme-grade Qi Condensing Pill]: Can help those about to enter the Qi Refining Stage condense the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The host may retrieve it at any time!

"System, how about issuing a mission for me to have a fight with the Sect Master too?" As Li Zhōujūn looked at the rewards issued by the system, his eyes had practically turned into the shape of the system itself—he was just short of drooling!

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[Ding: Does the host wish to become a honey badger, either fighting or on the way to a fight?]

[Ding: The system suggests that the host develop a bit of a master's bearing. The system has gifted 'The Self-Cultivation of a Master' to the host free of charge.]

"Isn't this fucking an encyclopedia of showing off?"

Looking at the eighteen hundred methods of showing off that had suddenly appeared in his mind, Li Zhōujūn could not help twitching at the corner of his mouth.

These eighteen hundred methods of showing off were ever-changing and endlessly profound, yet all of them ultimately revolved around the two words: showing off.

Just as Li Zhōujūn was engrossed in The Self-Cultivation of a Master, savoring it with growing fascination, the Mountain Lords had also nearly finished selecting the disciples they favored.

This meant that the Dao Tian Sect's disciple recruitment assembly was drawing to a close.

On the Ascension Platform, the disciples who had not caught the eyes of any Mountain Lord were all filled with bitterness.

Some disciples with outstanding looks were chosen as Inner Disciples by Mountain Lords even though they possessed only Mid-grade Spiritual Roots.

So no matter where you went, looks were important!

After all, if you looked ordinary, those big shots would not even find you pleasing to the eye, much less feel that you were destined to meet their gaze.

At this moment, Mu Taiyu, the Sect Master, slowly rose to his feet and said to the young men and women on the Ascension Platform, "Though you were not chosen by the various Mountain Lords, do not lose heart. The fact that you can stand upon the Ascension Platform is enough to prove that you are among the more gifted youths of Azure Continent. Cultivate diligently after entering Hidden Dragon Valley, and you will still have the chance to become Inner Disciples. Do you understand?"

"We understand!"

The young men and women on the Ascension Platform shouted in unison as though they had been injected with chicken blood.

Hidden Dragon Valley was where the Dao Tian Sect's Outer Disciples cultivated.

"Hidden Dragon Valley Master, take them back," Mu Taiyu said with a smile as he looked toward an old man.

"This old man understands." The Hidden Dragon Valley Master smiled. Then, with a wave of his hand, a vast gale swept up the several hundred disciples on the Ascension Platform, and he vanished beyond the horizon with them.

"What terrifying methods!"

"So powerful!"

The newly admitted Inner Disciples all sighed in amazement at the sight. Their eyes were filled with hope—perhaps one day, they too could become such powerful cultivators!

"Sect Master, farewell."

At this time, a Mountain Lord bade Mu Taiyu farewell.

Mu Taiyu also nodded with a smile in response.

Then these Mountain Lords swept their sleeves, taking the disciples of their respective mountains with them as they returned to their own training grounds.

"Sect Master, farewell." Li Zhōujūn also bid Mu Taiyu farewell.

Mu Taiyu smiled faintly. "Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord, are you still planning to walk down the mountain this time?"

"Hahaha, of course not." Li Zhōujūn laughed. "Now that I've accepted a disciple, I can't exactly make her walk down the mountain with me, can I?"

As his words fell, Li Zhōujūn moved his mind.

At once, the Ao Xue Flying Sword within his Dantian appeared and hovered before him.

"A seventh-grade Natal Flying Sword!"

"Gasp, this Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord really is a sword immortal of the Integration Stage!"

"That's right. Only a sword immortal at the Integration Stage can refine a seventh-grade Natal Flying Sword!"

Seeing this, the mountain lords all sighed in admiration.

Murong Xue's expression turned bitter at the sight.

She and Li Zhōujūn were both sword cultivators, yet Li Zhōujūn had received her strongest strike without even using his Natal Flying Sword.

And most importantly, she was already two hundred years old, while Li Zhōujūn was only in his forties, wasn't he?

With that comparison, the gap became even greater!

At this moment, Mu Taiyu looked at Li Zhōujūn's Ao Xue Flying Sword and could not help sighing. "Forty years old, with cultivation at the Integration Stage—Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord's talent is peerless. Even I feel somewhat ashamed."

"You flatter me, Sect Master," Li Zhōujūn said with a smile.

Watching her master converse so naturally with Mu Taiyu, the master of an entire sect, Sū Nán could not help puffing out her little chest proudly.

Sure enough, her father had been right—the more ordinary someone looked, the more likely they were to be an absolute powerhouse!

"When there's a chance, I'll invite the Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord for a few drinks. Cloud Dwelling Mountain Lord, you mustn't refuse," Mu Taiyu said with a smile.

"If the Sect Master graces Cloud Dwelling Mountain with his presence, I, Zhōujūn, would welcome you before I had the chance to. How could I dare refuse?" Li Zhōujūn replied with a smile.

"Good, then it's settled." Mu Taiyu hammered the matter down in a single word.

Meanwhile, Liǔ Yán, who had yet to leave, saw Li Zhōujūn reveal a seventh-grade Natal Flying Sword and his expression changed. He thought to himself, That old sixth Li Zhōujūn... he won't come settle accounts with me afterward, will he? After all, I gave him no small amount of grief earlier.

Thinking of this, Liǔ Yán hurriedly left the scene with the disciples who had just joined Fire Maple Mountain, without even offering a greeting.

[Ding: Detected that the Fire Maple Mountain Lord, who previously mocked the host, has already fled. In accordance with the system's principle that those who offend the host must be fucked no matter how far away they run, a mission is now issued: Within three days, the host must go to Fire Maple Mountain and have a little contest with the Fire Maple Mountain Lord. Upon completing the mission, the host will receive a flashy reward!]

Hearing the system issue the mission, Li Zhōujūn cast a deep look in the direction Liǔ Yán had departed.

Mu Taiyu merely smiled when he saw this. Fire Maple Mountain Lord Liǔ Yán had quite the temper; having someone keep him in check was a very good thing. Otherwise, he might very well forge a great mistake in the future.

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