Ownership of the Purple Lightning Sword

"Teacher, is it really a done deal?"

Upon receiving the news, Chen Mobai immediately rushed to Che Yucheng's office in Building One, not forgetting to buy a basket of fruit along the way.

"There was originally little hope for this matter. Although my Wuqi Dao Academy is powerful, the Three Great Academies also have some capable people in the Immortal Sect Three Great Halls. It is definitely not possible to suppress them by force."

Che Yucheng sipped his tea and slowly recounted the secrets surrounding the Purple Lightning Sword.

"Later, the Five Thunder Academy came to me, wanting to use the power of our Wuqi Dao Academy to take this Fourth Tier Sword Artifact back."

"The Five Thunder Academy owns half of the Purple Lightning Sword. Previously, due to the obstruction of the Natural Academy, it was unable to retrieve the sword from the Mountain Sea Academy. This time, by joining forces with our Dao Academy, we have a legitimate reason to act."

"Later, I happened to meet the Dean when he came out of seclusion. I told him about this matter. He also remembered you, so he personally went to see Venerable Yunhai of the Natural Academy. Then the two masters went to see the Law Enforcement Hall Master, and that's how this matter was settled."

The Ownership of the Purple Lightning Sword is related to the four major powers: the Immortal Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, the Natural Academy, the Five Thunder Academy, and the Mountain Sea Academy, which holds it.

Among these factors, since Pei Azurefrost had already obtained the Azurefrost Sword, if someone were to gain the Purple Lightning Sword's approval, it might have some impact on her reputation. Therefore, it was also necessary to consider the feelings of her mother, Peach Blossom Venerable.

In other words, there are a total of Six Major Powers to deal with regarding the Purple Lightning Sword.

It's fortunate that Chen Mobai is the Chief the Wuqi Dao Academy, and he made great contributions by rebuilding the Dao Academy's glory at the Offline Sparring Exchange Meeting at the end of last year. Also, with the help of his teacher Che Yucheng, the matter was reported to Venerable Cheng Xuan. Otherwise, it's estimated that things would still be stuck here.

Although there are Six Major Powers, in reality, those few Nascent Soul cultivators are the ones in charge.

After the Five Thunder Academy came knocking, the Wuqi Dao Academy could represent them and approach the Natural Academy with the claim of half ownership of the Purple Lightning Sword.

If someone else came to the academy because of this, the Natural Academy would definitely try its best to delay.

However, Venerable Cheng Xuan went directly to Venerable Yunhai.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators at the highest level reached a consensus on the Ownership of the Purple Lightning Sword in a single phone call, and then went together to have morning tea with the Law Enforcement Hall Master.

After finishing their morning tea, the Law Enforcement Hall Master personally called the principal of the Mountain Sea Academy, who, even if unwilling, had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Then Venerable Cheng Xuan told Peach Blossom Venerable about the matter, and the latter did not object, letting them handle it as they saw fit.

"The Purple Lightning Sword is mine just like that!?"

Before the look of surprise on Chen Mobai's face could fade after hearing Che Yucheng's words, he saw the latter shake his head.

"It gives you an opportunity to obtain ownership."

"Teacher, what does this mean?"

Chen Mobai was a little confused, so he immediately poured tea for Che Yucheng.

"Given that the Purple Lightning Sword has been without a wielder for over a hundred years, in order to prevent the sword from falling in rank due to prolonged lack of a master's nurturing, the Immortal Sect, at the request of the Five Thunder Academy and the Natural Academy, has issued a wide Hero Invitation to find a suitable master for the Purple Lightning Sword throughout the entire Immortal Sect."

Che Yucheng's words left Chen Mobai with a vague understanding.

"Teacher, does that mean if I want to obtain the Purple Lightning Sword, I'll have to face competition from the entire Immortal Sect?"

"This is just an excuse to give you a legitimate reason to attack. Otherwise, only current students and graduates of the Natural Academy, Five Thunder Academy, and Mountain Sea Academy would be qualified."

Che Yucheng sighed. This was the same condition they had discussed when the Five Thunder Academy approached them.

They were willing to give Chen Mobai the opportunity to wield the Purple Lightning Sword, but in order to silence public opinion, this opportunity could not be given to Chen Mobai alone.

Even so, the Five Thunder Academy is still the most likely force to become the next master of the Purple Lightning Sword.

"The complete set of Blueprints for forging the Purple Lightning Sword is still in the Five Thunder Academy, and the Purple Thunder Great Law practiced by Qingshi Shangren is also the most popular in the Five Thunder Academy."

With the sword-forging Blueprints and the previous Sword Master's techniques, the Five Thunder Academy had almost fulfilled all the requirements for obtaining the Purple Lightning Sword.

That's why they dared to approach the Wuqi Dao Academy for cooperation, willing to give everyone the chance to acquire ownership of the Purple Lightning Sword, just to take this gamble.

"Teacher, this is something I excel at. Does it have to be Spell Duel? I'm not bragging, but among all Immortal Sect of the same realm, I don't even know what a true opponent is..."

"This time there are no restrictions on cultivation level; anyone from the Nascent Soul stage to the Qi Refining can participate!"

Chen Mobai was only halfway through his confident words when he heard Che Yucheng's next sentence, and he immediately opened his mouth wide and froze on the spot.

"Isn't this bullying?!"

After a long while, Chen Mobai said in a fit of anger, how could he, a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, compare with old monsters like those in the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages?

Even though he now possesses many Third Grade techniques, he can only withstand a few moves from Golden Core True Person at most. In a real fight, he would definitely be no match for him.

What's the point of comparing? Just give the Purple Lightning Sword to the person with the Cultivation Realm.

Chen Mobai was a little discouraged.

"Don't worry, the Nascent Soul cultivator has a lot of pride and would never compete with you for the Purple Lightning Sword."

Hearing Che Yucheng's words, Chen Mobai gained a little confidence, but the thought of possibly facing Golden Core True Person made him dejected again.

"This time, there will be no contest of Spell Duel; it will all depend on what kind of master the Purple Lightning Sword chooses."

Seeing Chen Mobai's expression, Che Yucheng finally finished speaking, and Chen Mobai's eyes lit up again as he poured tea for him once more.

"Teacher, what are the criteria for selecting the Sword Master the Purple Lightning Sword?"

"No one knows that Fourth Tier Sword Artifact already possess a faint spirituality. However, since the Purple Lightning Sword only has one master, it must be based on the Qingshi Shangren as the standard, which is why the Five Thunder Academy is so confident."

"I think the Purple Lightning Sword would choose a swordsmanship prodigy over Thunder Method genius."

Chen Mobai shared his understanding: the Immortal Sect has many high-level Magic Artifact, such as the famous Primordial Yang Sword. Although it is Fifth Tier Sword Artifact, it would hinder the Sword Master's cultivation. Therefore, Pure Yang Scroll cultivators who aspire to higher realms would not become the masters of this supreme flying sword.

Although the Purple Lightning Sword has a prestigious name and is Fourth Tier Sword Artifact, there are only a handful of swords in the Immortal Sect that it can even look down upon.

First of all, those who Qi Refining should not even consider it, as the Purple Lightning Sword would never deplete the sword's essence to support the Sword Master's growth.

Unless it's someone with truly exceptional swordsmanship talent, like Chen Mobai, a renowned peerless swordsmanship genius.

However, those who have already Foundation Establishment or reached the Golden Core stage are definitely more likely to be favored by the Purple Lightning Sword.

Among them, the Golden Core True Person is the most likely to become the Sword Master if he is willing.

After all, if the Purple Lightning Sword is to maintain its grade or even continue to grow, the only hope is that its master Nascent Formation Sword Master stage.

Compared to Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Golden Core True Person at least have the hope of Nascent Formation Soul.

Once he understood all this, Chen Mobai couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. Although he was quite confident in himself, he really didn't have any certainty of victory when facing the sword heroes of the entire Immortal Sect, or even Golden Core Sword Cultivator.

"The Dao Academy can only help you this far. From now on, it's up to you to win over the Purple Lightning Sword. Didn't you say that the Purple Lightning Sword is a perfect match for you? Moreover, Zuo Gong also recognizes your talent in swordsmanship. Your chances of becoming the Sword Master are very high."

Che Yucheng jokingly said that if Chen Mobai hadn't displayed his extraordinary skill in Sword Light Transformation, leading him and Zuo Gong to believe that he possessed the sword talent of the Old Ancestor Bai Guang, which surprised even Venerable Cheng Xuan, this matter wouldn't have been so easy.

These words only made Chen Mobai more nervous. How could he not know the true nature of his swordsmanship? It all relied on the initiation, and it was all a vain illusion!

"Teacher, which Golden Core True Person are interested in the Purple Lightning Sword?"

After calming down, Chen Mobai asked the most crucial question.

After all, his Spirit Root Value is now almost at the level of Heaven Spirit Root, making him a true genius, and there is still hope for him to wield the Purple Lightning Sword.

At the Foundation Establishment Realm, he has basically conquered all opponents and has no rivals left.

Among the Immortal Sect, only those Core Formation stage are of concern to him.

"The Mountain Sea Academy has one, named Ruan Zixiu, who just Core Formation ten years ago. He previously wanted our Wuqi Dao Academy Artifact Refining Department to help him forge a Natal Flying Sword. He had almost collected all the materials, and now that there is an opportunity to obtain the Purple Lightning Sword, he certainly won't miss it."

"Huo Xiqing of the Five Thunder Academy is a Core Formation Middle Stage cultivator. He has cultivated the Purple Thunder Great Law to an extremely high level. If he could obtain the Purple Lightning Sword, he might be able to break through to the Core Formation Late Stage, or even the Nascent Formation, by using the sword's essence. It was he who approached me and strongly advocated for this matter."

"The Natural Academy should also be sending a Core Formation Cultivator, but I haven't received any news about it yet."

"The other Daoist Academy will probably join in the fun, but the biggest threat is still Ruan Zixiu and Huo Xiqing."

The former is a true Core Formation Sword Cultivator, while the latter cultivates the Purple Thunder Great Law, which shares the same origin as the Qingshi Shangren.

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai felt his future was bleak.

However, since things have come to this point, we definitely need to try our best to fight for it.

"When does it begin?"

"It'll probably be next year, because nominally anyone in the entire Immortal Sect who meets the requirements can participate. When the Three Great Academies jointly issue a notice at the end of the year, there should be a huge crowd lining up at the entrance of the Mountain Sea Academy. However, as a seeded player, you only need to be there on the last day."

Unless the Purple Lightning Sword encounters a once-in-a-millennium peerless sword genius halfway through, the last day will be the day when Chen Mobai, Ruan Zixiu, Huo Xiqing, and the others strive for the final opportunity to wield this Fourth Tier Sword Artifact.

"That's good, it won't waste too much time."

Chen Mobai is a very busy man now. His businesses in the Immortal Sect and the Sky River Realm have just begun to develop and he needs to pay close attention to them. He doesn't have much time to wait in line.

"Please be careful about this, and don't forget it later."

Che Yucheng waved his hand, and Chen Mobai thanked him again before taking his leave.

In any case, Che Yucheng has put in a lot of effort to achieve this situation, and his teacher is undoubtedly excellent to him.

After leaving, Chen Mobai first went online to check, but regarding the Purple Lightning Sword, the Nascent Soul cultivators had only reached a consensus the day before yesterday, and it wouldn't be so quick for the people below to get things done.

Chen Mobai had received inside information in advance.

After leaving Building One, Chen Mobai naturally went to the Student Union.

"President, you've finally arrived."

Upon seeing his arrival, Zhuang Jialan breathed a sigh of relief and brought over a large number of accumulated documents.

It's almost the end of the semester, and many things need to be arranged in advance, especially the Artifact Nurturing Sphere of the end-of-year event and the scheduling of classes for next year, which are of utmost importance.

"Where's that kid Zhongli Tianyu?"

While reviewing documents, Chen Mobai suddenly remembered his designated successor. He was planning to step down at the end of the year, so why was he still so busy?

"He complained about the excessive amount of miscellaneous work and quit after six months."

Upon hearing Zhuang Jialan's words, Chen Mobai was so angry that he broke the pen in his hand.

"Where is this kid now? If he wants to achieve the Great Dao, how can he be so lacking in perseverance..."

"It seems that I was cultivating with Senior Sister Bian deep inside the Myriad Treasures Cave."

Zhuang Jialan's words left Chen Mobai completely bewildered; when did the two of them become so close?

After finishing the work that had piled up in the Student Union, Chen Mobai was planning to go deep into Myriad Treasures Cave to find Zhongli Tianyu and earnestly persuade him to come back and take over the job.

Suddenly I saw a familiar face in the Student Union.

What is she doing here?

Chen Mobai stood at the window, watching Meng Huang'er walk in through the door, and couldn't help but ask Zhuang Jialan behind him.

"Senior Sister Meng has accumulated 100 credits and exchanged them for a Artifact Piece of a magical artifact. She wants to open it to obtain a guqin-type magical Magic Artifact, so she comes to our Student Union's Myriad Treasures Map to check. She has been coming here frequently in the past year."

Zhuang Jialan took over as secretary from Hua Zijing after graduation, and she is becoming more and more competent; she even knows about this little thing.

Why didn't she ask me?

As soon as Chen Mobai said this, he suddenly remembered that Meng Huang'er had sent him a text message at the end of last year, but at that time he was busy taking the Enlightenment Tea and had temporarily put it out of his mind.

Later, because I was too busy, I completely forgot about it.

"It was my oversight, Jialan. Why don't you invite Senior Meng up here? Never mind, I'll go and greet her myself."

Chen Mobai felt he had neglected Meng Huang'er and felt a little guilty. He temporarily put aside the matter of bringing Zhongli Tianyu back and went down to talk to this senior he hadn't seen in a long time.

"I didn't expect someone as busy as you to still remember me."

Chen Mobai greeted Meng Huang'er, the latter couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.

"Not at all, not at all. Every time I return to the Dao Academy, I look up at the top of the wall after I get home, but I'm afraid of being too forward, so I don't dare to contact you first. I'm so happy to see you here today."

Chen Mobai apologized very politely, and Meng Huang'er's lips curled up slightly, as if she were smiling.

She was already extremely beautiful, and now a faint blush appeared on her face, which, combined with her charming eyes and fair skin, made her even more stunning.

"Senior, have you taken a fancy to any Artifact Nurturing Sphere? I happen to be good at Treasure Appraisal, so I can help you take a look."

As Chen Mobai spoke, he invited Meng Huang'er to sit in his office, and the latter nodded reservedly.

Zhuang Jialan and Lu Tiansuan, who was in charge of the Myriad Treasures Map, exchanged a glance. Thinking of their guild leader's reputation, Zhuang Jialan recalled the scene of seeing Chen Mobai and Qing Nü together at the Goumang Dao Academy. After the two went upstairs, she whispered something to Lu Tiansuan.

"Don't spread this around. Although the president's reputation in matters of the heart isn't great, as his subordinates, we should still cover for him if we can."

"Am I the kind of person who talks too much?"

Lu Tiansuan nodded, promising that he would never tell anyone.

Chen Mobai was completely unaware that his image in the eyes of his subordinates had been completely solidified. There was a pair of small sofas by the window in his office. After inviting Meng Huang'er to sit down, he personally brewed her a pot of tea.

"Senior, please try this. It's a specialty I brought back from the Goumang Dao Academy. I heard it's good for women's skin and can also refresh and rejuvenate the complexion."