While they claim to be gaining knowledge, in reality, most of the holy teachers go there with the intention of watching a joke unfold.
Some of them even harbored the thought that when the time came, they would turn around and instruct Lin Xuan, making this extremely arrogant brat lose face in public and letting him taste the bitterness of it all.
This is the price of arrogance!
At this very moment, within the Great Cosmos Holy Academy, many students gathered outside the main hall where the sermon and sword teaching were about to begin, in twos and threes, each forming their own group.
But most of them had a mocking expression on their faces.
The group exchanged knowing glances, and soon someone couldn't wait any longer and spoke up.
"I've heard that the powerful figure the princess has invited will be preaching here. Is anyone planning to go with her?"
He had barely finished speaking when someone couldn't contain themselves and let out a sneer.
"A strong person? Ha!"
His tone was full of sarcasm.
The speaker was a man from the Great Cosmos Holy Academy. He had long arms and a slender waist, and his Qi and Blood were surging. He was clearly a promising candidate for physical cultivation.
However, he also carried a broadsword at his waist.
At this moment, he curled his lip in disdain, making no attempt to hide his contempt, and said directly, "I heard that person's strength is merely at the Great Emperor Realm, even weaker than mine. I really don't know why someone like that could win the princess's favor."
"What's the point of listening to a swordsman of such low skill preach? It would be a joke for us to listen to someone Sword Dao is even inferior to ours!"
The two students next to him immediately burst into laughter.
One person echoed, "If Brother Shi isn't going, I won't go either."
There was another person, whose cultivation level was no weaker than the two who were speaking, and he also spoke with a hint of mockery.
" Senior Brother Shi is the number one prodigy of our Great Cosmos Holy Academy. Even glancing at someone like him would be considered unlucky. I don't know how he managed to deceive the princess and get him to preach here."
"If you ask me, the one preaching in that main hall should be Brother Shi, the number one person in our Great Cosmos Holy Academy!"
These words made the arrogant number one genius raise his head high, filled with pride and self-satisfaction, but he quickly suppressed it and hid it deeply.
The others standing around them all spoke up, expressing their disdain for the so-called sermon.
Only one woman, who was relatively far away, stood quietly in the corner, listening to these people's words, and slowly tightened her grip on the short sword in her sleeve.
Her name is Wu Qing.
Compared to the glamorous appearance of those around her, her clothes were much more worn and thinner.
The short sword hidden in the sleeve also had several nicks.
It's very old.
Although Wu Qing is one of the prodigies of the Great Cosmos Holy Academy, her strength is actually at the bottom of the academy.
After all, she had virtually no resources at the academy.
They didn't even have their own mentors.
Unlike Wang Yan, the prodigy who recently gained fame in the academy, who was unwilling to choose a mentor, Wu Qing simply didn't have any mentors who looked up to her.
Just because...
Her talent is simply too low!
Even though she was very hardworking and diligent, and her talent was considered outstanding compared to many others, this was no ordinary place, but the Great Cosmos Holy Academy, which was dedicated to cultivating talent!
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't compare to her fellow disciples.
The people around her were making sarcastic and cynical remarks, but Wu Qing remained silent.
She lowered her eyes slightly, lost in thought.
Regardless, the person who was invited by the princess and was able to preach here must have some extraordinary abilities.
Her cultivation level was low, and she didn't have the same resources as the other cultivators around her, so naturally she had no reason to be complacent or arrogant.
Regardless of what others think.
Anyway...
She's going.
Wu Qing slightly raised her eyes, glanced at the others, pursed her lips, and left without saying a word.
But how could others not notice that at this crucial moment, there was an oddball who actually turned around and entered the lobby?
But when they saw it was Wu Qing, they were no longer surprised.
He didn't bother to stop them, just laughed mockingly.
"I was wondering who had the nerve to listen to this sermon. Turns out it was Wu Qing. Tsk tsk, she's really diligent, not letting go of even the slightest opportunity."
"Brother Bai, please don't mock that young girl. She doesn't have our talent. On the path of cultivation, talent is everything. No matter how hard she tries, she'll always be just a worm in the swamp, never True Dragon soaring through the clouds."
"Haha, you're right, but I'd really like to see how ridiculous her disappointed look will be."
Meanwhile, inside the main hall...
Lin Xuan sat cross-legged at the top, calmly watching the crowd slowly gathering below.
There are quite a few students in the Great Cosmos Holy Academy.
After all, this place is quite large.
There's only one Holy Academy in the entire small world.
Hearing that someone was preaching, many students rushed over. Of course, Lin Xuan glanced around and found that most of those who came to listen to his sermon were students with low cultivation levels.
After they entered, they cautiously found a place to sit down, their eyes filled with suspicion, yet also a hint of anticipation.
There were also some people who held their heads high, looking disdainful.
Those holy teachers were the first to be affected.
Almost half of the holy masters seen in the attic that day were present.
But few of them had friendly expressions.
Some even scoffed, "Playing tricks! Today, I'll see what he has to say."
Among the holy masters who had arrived here, the holy master who was Half-Step Sword Domain was also present.
Although she particularly disliked Lin Xuan, it was precisely because of this that he was even less likely to leave.
He didn't understand, and he was also annoyed that Lin Xuan had taken his place.
That's right.
In his view, he should have been the one preaching in that position!
Lin Xuan is a Great Emperor Realm, and especially an outsider. What gives him the right?
Thinking this, a cold glint flashed in the eyes of this Saint Master who Half-Step Sword Domain.
Since this Lin Xuan is acting this way, then don't blame me for suppressing him with my Sword Intent while he's lecturing.
Let him know that the minor path he has grasped is utterly worthless and he shouldn't be sitting there!
Amidst the undercurrents of tension, Lin Xuan ignored everyone, calmly opened his eyes, glanced around, and slowly spoke.
"The Way of the Sword..."
"It lies in being enterprising, in showing one's sharpest edge, in being unyielding, and in being willing to draw one's sword even in death."
" The Sword Dao are ever-changing; to cultivate the sword, one must be fearless and unwavering, yet one cannot be rigid in adhering to a single move or style, nor be inflexible..."
He spoke calmly and unhurriedly, his tone gentle, yet a hint of Sword Intent lingered in his voice.
However, what he said only elicited a wave of disdain and mockery from the holy masters below.
Some of the holy teachers even openly displayed a sarcastic "I knew it" attitude on their faces.
after all...
Lin Xuan's words were simple; everyone knows these principles, but how difficult are they to put into practice?
For ordinary sword cultivators, mastering even one Sword Dao to its pinnacle is already difficult enough. To be unwavering, resolute, and steadfast in Sword Heart, while remaining unaffected by external influences, adapting flexibly, and not being confined to any single Sword Dao, while integrating and mastering other Sword Intent —how easy is that?
Listening further, they found it even more absurd.
Does this guy at the Great Emperor Realm really know what he's saying?
Sword cultivation is extremely difficult to achieve in this world; it is already remarkable for an ordinary sword cultivator to master three or four Sword Dao.
But this person said that one must comprehend more than nine Sword Dao to gain enlightenment and the fortuitous opportunity to return to one's true nature!?