LGHTNOVELBOOK 21: This is a True Genius
A large-scale anomalous movement of magic beasts occurred in the Central Continent, and various major sects dispatched numerous disciples.
This naturally included the Eight Great Immortal Sects.
The sect grand ceremony held every ten years was approaching in three years. Various sect leaders and elders intended to use this opportunity to temper their personal disciples, letting these prodigies nurtured in greenhouses experience the world and taste the cruelty of real combat.
“Help!”
A pig-like scream echoed through the forest.
A male cultivator wearing Ten Thousand Swords Sect attire was being chased by a group of magically transformed beasts.
He ran stumbling, his sword broken, his sect robe inscribed with defensive arrays tattered and seeping with blood, indicating his long escape.
Lin Qi and his senior siblings were sent by the sect leader to exterminate magic beasts and collect some beast materials for sale. After all, sword cultivators were generally poor and needed to earn extra money to support their wife-swords.
Unfortunately, he got separated from the main group while chasing a boar beast.
Misfortunes never come singly. He then encountered magic beasts hunting him.
After beasts undergo magical transformation, their aggression and attack power increase several times. He, at early Foundation Establishment, couldn’t resist at all.
Lin Qi desperately ran forward while rummaging through his qiankun bag, throwing out various magical treasures recklessly.
All magical treasures were exhausted without widening the distance between them. Just as he was crying that his life was over, he suddenly felt a talisman left in his qiankun bag.
He hurriedly took it out and saw it was a crumpled Speed Talisman.
Lin Qi belatedly recalled that a strange young woman had given it to him when he was browsing a market last time. He hadn’t paid much attention then and casually stuffed it into his qiankun bag, soon forgetting about it.
Now, as if grasping the last straw of life, he didn’t care about anything else and decided to try his luck.
He pasted it on himself—
Instantly, spiritual power surged into his exhausted legs. He casually stepped forward, and his entire person shot out tens of meters. Lin Qi was still dazed. Looking back, he could no longer see the shadows of those magic beasts.
Lin Qi slowed his steps, stunned, “……”
What’s going on?
Was it… that Speed Talisman just now?!
It actually worked!!
No, not just worked, but was more powerful than any Speed Talisman he had used in his life!
Ordinary Speed Talismans sold in the market could increase a person’s speed by three to five times, but this talisman increased speed by tenfold!
Who was that young woman?
Such an amazing talisman, why was it only sold at a small stall in a corner, causing him to miss such a good talisman?
Lin Qi was now both excited and regretful. If he had known, he should have bought more at that time. What a huge loss.
No, he must go to that market again to see if he could meet that young woman.
“Junior Brother.”
Shortly after, other members of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect arrived.
Seeing his disheveled state, the leading woman lightly scolded, “Where did you run off to just now?”
“Three-tenths of the beasts in this beast forest have already undergone magical transformation. It’s extremely dangerous. You must not leave the group without permission. Fortunately, we had the positioning talisman from the Eight Trigrams Sect friends, allowing us to find you in such a short time. If you had gotten lost and encountered magic beasts, you would have only awaited death.”
Lin Qi, still shaken, said, “I… I just encountered magic beasts, a whole group of them!”
“What? You encountered magic beasts?”
Everyone was shocked and drew their swords, looking around.
They were all on high alert.
“Where are the magic beasts!”
Lin Qi, still out of breath, slowly finished the second half of his sentence, “…I ran away.”
Everyone was speechless. Couldn’t he have said it all at once?
“Magic beasts are fierce and brutal, and you’re only at early Foundation Establishment. How could you escape from the claws of a group of magic beasts?” Shang Ziling, the senior sister of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, frowned in confusion.
After all, her useless little junior brother’s strength was evident.
She knew it all too well.
“It was a coincidence. I had obtained a Speed Talisman from a female cultivator before. That Speed Talisman was much more effective than the ordinary ones circulating in the market. I just escaped thanks to that talisman. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have seen me again!”
“It’s just a Speed Talisman. Such a simple, low-level talisman, any outer disciple in our sect could draw one.” A disciple from the Eight Trigrams Sect, seeing his exaggerated manner, was quite disdainful.
Lin Qi hurriedly refuted, “No, it’s different! That Speed Talisman could increase a cultivator’s speed tenfold!”
“Tenfold? Are you joking? A low-level talisman like the Speed Talisman can at most increase a cultivator’s speed by fivefold. Even a genius like me can’t draw the Speed Talisman you’re talking about.” Lin Jing raised his chin and sneered, “Sword cultivators are really country bumpkins, completely ignorant about talisman techniques, yet daring to speak nonsense.”
“You!”
Lin Qi’s face turned red with anger, wanting to argue.
Shang Ziling stopped him, shaking her head.
The Ten Thousand Swords Sect and the Eight Trigrams Sect were cooperating to exterminate magic beasts. The task wasn’t completed yet, and they couldn’t afford internal strife now, letting others laugh at them.
Lin Qi could only clench his fists and snort coldly, temporarily swallowing this anger.
He then remembered that the female cultivator seemed to have given him a name card as well. His eyes lit up, and he hurriedly found the name card and used his communication jade disk to add her as a friend.
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“Beep—”
Chu Sang took out her communication jade disk and saw that someone had sent a friend request.
[Lin Qi from Ten Thousand Swords Sect requests to add you as a friend]
Who is this?
Chu Sang wracked her brain for several rounds, did she know this person?
Recalling Third Senior Sister’s experience of being harassed by an unknown male cultivator, Chu Sang ignored this request. Noticing some commotion in the southeast direction, she said to her two senior brothers, “Let’s go check over there.”
“Alright.”
In the southeast direction of the beast forest, there was a cliff where the spiritual energy was unusually rich.
Generally, in such situations, there might be some great opportunity hidden inside, possibly even a legacy left by an ancient powerful being.
Many cultivators rushed over upon hearing the news.
Looking down from high in the air, there was a dense crowd of people.
A sharp long sword broke through the air, attracting everyone’s attention.
On the sword were two figures. The leading one was a black-clad young man controlling the flying sword, and behind him was a petite young woman in blue clothes, embracing his waist.
The man handsome, the woman beautiful, truly a matching pair. People wondered which immortal couple they were.
“That young man seems to be Mo Qingchen from Tianyan Sect!” someone exclaimed.
“The young woman behind him also looks familiar. She seems to be the top-grade fire spirit root who has risen to fame in Tianyan Sect these past few years, called Qin Xixue.”
There were only a few prodigies in the cultivation world, and some in the crowd quickly recognized the two. Immediately, people’s gazes became more fervent, as it was indeed rare to glimpse the appearance of prodigies.
“That young woman is indeed worthy of being a top-grade fire spirit root. She’s already reached Foundation Establishment at such a young age. But if she’s already at Foundation Establishment, why does she still need someone else to carry her on a flying sword……” This was a bit different from his imagination of a prodigy.
“Although one can use a flying sword after reaching Foundation Establishment, most people truly master sword flight only at mid to late Foundation Establishment. Even for prodigies, it’s rare to see someone who can use a flying sword right after reaching Foundation Establishment.”
As someone was about to refute, at that moment, three more sword lights appeared in the air.
The leading red-clad young woman looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, yet she was also at early Foundation Establishment realm. Her sword flight… no, this speed wasn’t ordinary sword flight, but sword racing. She was so skilled and valiant that she even left the two men with profound cultivation levels far behind.
She shouted loudly, “Second Senior Brother, Seventh Senior Brother, hurry up! Even snails aren’t as slow as you two!”
The person who had just spoken immediately shut his mouth.
Feeling quite embarrassed.
Someone nearby exclaimed, “Heavens, this little girl is only at early Foundation Establishment, yet her sword flight is more proficient than mine at mid Foundation Establishment. This is what a true genius is!”