This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

Chapter 444: Chapter 3 Watching the “Tide

“Although Sword Cleansing Pool is a Sect of our Western Domain, your comparison is too biased towards them. I can’t stand to watch it,” a yellow-robed cultivator knowledgeable in the ways of the world took up the conversation from within the crowd.

“Among the seven major Taoist Sects, the Sword Sect originally has the fewest members. Moreover, it is said that the total number of disciples in the Sword Sect with a Cultivation at the Nascent Soul Stage does not exceed three hundred.”

“As the number one Sword Cultivation Sect in our Western Domain, the Sword Cleansing Pool has disciples numbering in the tens of thousands with nearly ten thousand at the Nascent Soul Stage.

“With such a large base, can a single additional disciple on the rankings prove that the younger generation of the Sword Sect is inferior to the Sword Cleansing Pool?

“Besides, have you not noticed who is at the top of the Yellow List?

Vast Righteousness Sword Ji Chuan!

“You must understand, among the ranked disciples of the Sword Cleansing Pool, the highest is only ranked at thirty-seventh.”

Having been lectured in such a way, the gray-robed cultivator who had spoken before also understood the difference and hung his head in silence, no longer speaking.

Seeing that the gray-robed cultivator had no rebuttal, the yellow-robed cultivator, feeling emboldened from winning the argument, continued, “The Sword Sect has always been famous for its ‘few but elite’ principle, so much so that it presents the unique situation where the number of Void Refining Cultivators in the sect actually exceeds that of Nascent Soul Cultivators, defying the pyramid structure of cultivation levels.

“You only see two Sword Sect cultivators listed on the Yellow List, but when you look at the Mysterious Ranking, the Sword Sect has as many as nine people ranked, which is the most among all the sects in the world.”

With the yellow-robed cultivator’s remarks, the others turned their gazes to the Mysterious Ranking.

After quickly counting in their minds, they indeed found this to be the case.

The Great Pure Palace of the Taoist Sects, which had the most people, ended up with only seven cultivators on the Mysterious Ranking. @@novelbin@@

With this comparison, one could see how formidable the Sword Sect was.

“Moreover, if you look across the four rankings, the Sword Sect uniquely occupies two top positions, with Ji Chuan at the top of the Yellow List and Taibai Sword Master at the top of the Heavenly Ranking. Doesn’t this tell you something?”

At this point, the gray-robed cultivator was completely at a loss for words.

In fact, he had simply blurted out his thoughts upon suddenly realizing that the number of Sword Sect disciples on the Yellow List was actually fewer than that of the Sword Cleansing Pool, without giving it much thought.

But the moment he spoke, he realized the inappropriateness of his remark.

Unfortunately, he had managed to catch the attention of a knowledgeable person and ended up being educated, to his great frustration.

“Talking about the leaders of just two lists is not enough,” the girl in light-yellow clothes suddenly took over the conversation, chirping, “What’s truly impressive about the Sword Sect is that they have the strongest Seventh Realm cultivator, Luo Shen Fairy Xia Daoyun.”

When Xia Daoyun’s name was mentioned, the cultivators immediately burst into a buzz of discussion.

Clearly, this name held great renown.

It was indeed the case, as Xia Daoyun was the first cultivator granted the title of ‘strongest’ by the Heavenly Secret Pavilion in the many years since it started ranking cultivators.

How could such a precedent-setting cultivator not be famous?

“It is said that this Luo Shen Fairy recently achieved something tremendous.” Seeing that she had captured everyone’s attention, the girl decided to share some exclusive news from her own sources.

“What great deed is it? Don’t keep us hanging, spit it out,” urged a middle-aged male cultivator with a bushy beard, clearly an impatient type.

“What’s the hurry,” the girl’s nose twitched at the impatience of the middle-aged cultivator, showing some displeasure, but she eventually began to narrate, “It is said that not long ago, in the Eastern Domain, a Great Demon King of the Eighth Grade, who knows what he was thinking, outright threatened the Sword Sect.

“Later, Luo Shen Fairy went alone with her sword directly to the Demon King’s lair and with just a single slash, she beheaded the Demon King.”

Hearing the mention of his own mentor, Lu Qingshan, who was also eavesdropping for information, could not help but marvel at her words.

Could this brazen Eighth Grade Great Demon King be the Origin Demon King?

Lu Qingshan speculated in his mind.

“A single slash? Just like that, a single slash?” A cultivator on the scene exclaimed in surprise upon hearing the girl’s story, skeptical and in disbelief, “Isn’t Luo Shen Fairy only a few decades into the Eighth Realm? Could she be that fierce and powerful?”

“Yes, just that single slash! Otherwise, how could Luo Shen Fairy be titled the ‘strongest of the Seventh Realm’? She must be unimaginably strong to earn such a claim,” the girl said animatedly, as if she had witnessed Xia Daoyun’s heroic stature when slaying the demon, full of admiration.

To the skepticism of others, the girl scornfully replied, “Luo Shen Fairy is known to have a track record of cutting down Eighth Realm cultivators while she herself was at the Seventh Realm.

“Once she advanced to the Eighth Realm, and faced with a Demon King’s provocation, fuming with rage, it’s nothing for her to slay a mere Eighth Grade Demon King with a single slash.”

“Hmph—” Lu Qingshan couldn’t help but twist his mouth upon hearing this.

Xia Daoyun was indeed strong, there was no dispute about that.

But based on the temperament of his own mentor, where would the rage come from just for slaying an Eighth Grade Demon King?

Watching the amazement on the faces of the surrounding cultivators and feeling extremely satisfied inside, the girl finally settled down and called out to her older brother, “Let’s go, big brother, to Fengling River to watch the ‘tide’!”

“Fengling River to watch the tide?” This phrase, falling into Lu Qingshan’s ear, made him involuntarily intrigued.

“What, are you also planning to join in on the fun?” The quick-eyed and quick-eared girl noticed Lu Qingshan’s reaction and enthusiastically invited him, “Why not travel together?”

The reason for the girl’s enthusiasm was twofold: one was her innocence and romantic view of life, lacking much wariness towards others, and the other was that Lu Qingshan had just had a brief exchange with her, finding him considerate and easy to get along with.

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