The conference was just around the corner, and all those who were above Foundation Establishment at Woyun Sect could attend, but there were limited places, so the possible attendees must be carefully selected. The two elders could each assign a Golden Core or above disciple to accompany them, as for other people, there would be a small intra-sect competition, the winners would be allowed to attend the conference.
Meng Hu was to act as Master’s pet, so he had to go, thus the place for a Woqing abode disciple went to Mo Tianliao.
“Look, that’s the one from Woqing abode.” Mo Tianliao heard someone whispering behind him when he went to the sect’s main administration hall to get supplies for Woqing abode.
“Is that the genius that Qingtong Zhenren accepted last year?” The person sounded somewhat envious. “I heard that he formed his Core in just two years.”
“Tsk, he entered the sect at the peak of the Qi Refining stage, and as for his Core…” The person lowered his voice. “I heard that it was a lie spread by the people in Woqing abode, so he could attend the Three Sects Conference.”
“Eh?” The person next to him was very surprised. “Can that really be faked?”
When young Cheng Xi, who was assigned to run errands, heard this statement, he was thoroughly convinced. After all, he, who had a heavenly spiritual root, had not yet achieved Foundation Establishment, but that Mo Tianliao, who had a mere dual root, had formed his Core? What a joke!
Mo Tianliao came out of the administration hall and ran into Cheng Xi, who was blocking his way.
“Cheng shidi, what can I do for you?” Mo Tianliao smiled, his face gentle.
“You– What did you just call me?” Cheng Xi was displeased. “I entered the sect before you.”
Mo Tianliao raised his eyebrows. They had started on the same day, at most he got accepted five minutes before him. Moreover, their Masters were different, now that his cultivation was two realms higher than Cheng Xi’s, calling him shidi was only reasonable.
There was a wide-open space in front of the administration hall, where people would gather in twos and threes, some to receive tasks, some to exchange things; now they all slowed down and looked in their direction.
“Oh, I forgot, Cheng shidi is at the moment an ordinary disciple, so I don’t even have to call you shidi,” said Mo Tianliao, pretending as if he had just remembered it, and laughed. With this type of hot-headed youth, if he was provoked once, Mo Tianliao could excuse it as a consequence of youth and inexperience, and laugh it off. However, since he was constantly trying to pick fights, he saw no reason to let him off.
“You…” Cheng Xi was livid with anger, his status had not been decided yet, they told him that it could only be determined after he had reached Foundation Establishment, to have this man point it out like this, it hit him right where it hurt the most.
“Mo shidi, it is you who is wrong,” an ordinary inner disciple who had entered the Thousand Buds Heaven a few years earlier said coolly. “We’re all inner disciples, even if we can’t be direct disciples, the order of arrival must be respected, mustn’t it?”
The two people who were speaking were at the beginning stages of the Golden Core level. Everyone thought that Mo Tianliao being at the Golden Core level was a lie, that he was just taking advantage of his Master’s favour to go to the Three Sects Conference and thus gain experience.
“Who the hell do you think you are?” Mo Tianliao slowly collected the things he had received into his storage bracelet, the tortoiseshell-coloured wristband on his right hand glinted.
The people facing him trembled with fury. “In the Taixuan continent, strength is what earns respect. Although we are ordinary disciples, we are not inferior to you.”
There were many ordinary disciples around, they all nodded when they heard the speech, they were filled with righteous indignation, wanting to draw their swords. Fighting was not forbidden inside the sect, as long as nobody got killed and no harm befell any Demonic Beast.
Mo Tianliao narrowed his eyes, unless he taught them a lesson today, these people would not stop looking for trouble. He was very busy; he did not have enough time to waste entertaining kids. He snorted coldly and said “The strong are respected, not the arrogant.”
With a metallic sound, the ones who had spoken first pulled out their swords. “You’ve gone too far!” Three people, two cultivators at the beginning stage of the Golden Core level, and a cultivator nearing the peak of Foundation Establishment, surrounded Mo Tianliao in a triangular formation, then rushed at him all at the same time.
Cheng Xi retreated back in shock when he felt the Golden Core cultivators’ power, on that open space, those whose cultivation was weak all dodged out of the way.
The three spiritual swords made a humming sound, this seemed to be a Formation. Mo Tianliao raised his right hand and the tortoiseshell wristband instantly turned into a light shield; the sword tips collided against it with a bang. The instant they touched, Mo Tianliao jumped away and the light shield turned into a longsword. He had not fought with anyone for a long time. He had gone into the demonic territories ready for a fight, but, in the end, he did not even need to unsheathe his sword. It had been very boring.
Mo Tianliao had not studied the Way of the sword, but as a craftsman, he could make all kinds of weapons. Cheng Xi stood under a tree and watched the people fight. He knew that the three inner disciples all studied the Way of the sword, and Mo Tianliao’s main form of attack should be spells, it was unwise of him to use a sword like this.
Mo Tianliao’s swordsmanship was truly average, but his victory mainly hinged on Taishi’s strength. When the two swords clashed, his opponent’s blade wailed, while Taishi remained firm. At the same time, countless vines grew from the tip of his sword, winding around the other blades.
“Shit!” One man exclaimed, twisting his sword and shredding the vines. Before he could retract his sword, a tiny firesnake leaped out of the vines and jumped straight towards him.
The three people quickly pulled back, one of them, who had a water attribute, put out the fire, one cut down the vines, and the other attacked Mo Tianliao directly.
Mo Tianliao spun, raised his hand and drew a line in the air, the longsword turned into a bow, but there was no arrow. He drew the bowstring with one hand, and used his wood magic to create arrows, they were covered in flames. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh. Three arrows were shot. One for the head, one for the heart and one for the crotch!
To protect the head, to protect the heart, or to protect the crotch, it was a difficult choice to make.
The man was shocked, he quickly summoned his spiritual sword to block, and the other two people rushed to save him, but the three arrows were imbued with powerful spiritual force, which was hard to withstand. The two people joining forces were only enough to block one arrow. The unfortunate sod who was shot at avoided the arrow heading for his heart, but the one heading for his crotch brushed between his legs, his crotch instantly caught fire.
“Aaaah!” The man screamed incessantly, rolling on the ground, his companion hurriedly hit him with a water ball. Fortunately for him, he had not used woodfire, so a water ball was enough to extinguish him, but his entire lower body was thoroughly soaked.
Mo Tianliao said idly, “The sect’s regulations stipulate that killing is forbidden. This brother need not be so afraid.”
“Ha ha ha…” Some onlookers could not contain their laughter, this sentence clearly meant that the man was scared into wetting his pants.
“You!” The man’s eyes turned red with fury, he rushed at him recklessly.
Mo Tianliao turned the bow into a sword and confronted his attack straight on, he raised his hand and, with one chop, the divine sword, Taishi, which was filled with spiritual power, instantly split the other’s sword in half. At this same time, the other two had seized the opportunity to attack his unguarded rear.
Mo Tianliao, as a person in the early stages of the Golden Core level, would normally have no chance of winning against these three, but Mo Tianliao’s magic ability had already reached its peak. As long as he had enough spiritual power, it was not a problem to take care of the three. It was crucial to win the battle quickly, before his spiritual power was exhausted.
A bright shield made out of powerful fire qi formed behind him. Mo Tianliao quickly turned, made his longsword into a broadsword, and made a horizontal chop in the direction of the coming attackers’ heads.
The two men were taken by surprise, one rose in the air, the other bent down to dodge. Mo Tianliao used his long legs to kick the stooping man in the face, then he smacked him hard with the back of his blade. This man was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so the difference in power between him and Mo Tianliao was huge; he immediately went flying like a kite with a broken line.
The man who had risen in the air stood on his spiritual sword, Mo Tianliao raised his hand, turning Taishi into a long spear and throwing it directly at him. The man laughed derisively. What kind of stupid move was this? He could dodge it by just moving slightly. But unexpectedly, the spear seemed to have grown eyes, it turned by itself and poked him in the ass.
The man got a fright, he was about to dodge again, but Mo Tianliao had stepped on his spiritual sword and flown up, slamming him on the chest with one hand.
“Cough!” He had not expected Mo Tianliao to have a spiritual sword. The man was defenceless, he immediately spit out a mouthful of blood.
All three people had been thoroughly defeated. Mo Tianliao called back Taishi, who had not had its fill of fighting. He flicked his clothes, looking completely unfazed. “When you can beat me one on one, let’s talk once more about who deserves respect.” Once he said that, he left without looking back.
“Wow, Mo shishu is amazing!”
“It was three against one!”
“Who said that he was being shielded by his Master, he’s clearly an expert among experts!”
A few female disciples had stars in their eyes. Just now, that man dressed in black had easily fought against three people, his face had been relaxed and not even his hair had gotten messy, and to top it all he was ridiculously handsome. It had been impossible to look away!
Mo Tianliao quickly returned to Woqing abode. As soon as he had gone through the gate, he simply lay on the ground. The spiritual power at the Golden Core stage was still not enough, he really had no strength left at the moment.
“It took you so long to pick up the stuff?” A pair of snow-coloured brocade boots appeared in front of him. Mo Tianliao looked up and saw his Master frowning at him, his cold eyes full of distaste.
Mo Tianliao smoothly took the opportunity to hug those long legs. “This disciple was bullied and can’t move.”
“Who in this entire sect can bully you?” Qingtong crouched and poked Mo Tianliao’s head with his finger.
“How about…” Mo Tianliao sat up and leaned closer, putting his nose against Qingtong’s. “You?”
Qingtong looked at him, opened his mouth, and bit.
Since Mo Tianliao did not need to participate in the intra-sect competition, he just accompanied Master in lazing about at their abode until the day of departure. In the end, Xuanji had failed to persuade his disciples, so he had to take them himself.
The sects huge flying ship, carrying more than 30 elite disciples and two abode Masters, headed for Liuyun Sect after saying goodbye to the Sect Leader.
This flying ship was very big and had three floors. The first floor was for people to gather, the second was the disciples’ quarters, and the third floor had the bedrooms of the two abode Masters and an observation deck. Ordinary disciples were not allowed to go up to the third floor.
On the observation deck, there was a thick cushion, on which a colourful tiger lay, fast asleep. The beauty in white leaned against the tiger, his eyes narrowed, basking in the sun.
Xuanji Zhenren sat on one end of the cushion, completely absorbed in weaving hemp rope. The rabbit, back to his original white, sat behind shishu, holding one end of the rope and completely absorbed in eating it.
Mo Tianliao came back from the kitchen, carrying a sable that had been stealing food in one hand, and a plate of fried fish on the other. He sat down on the cushion and looked around. Yuan Hai had not come, and he did not know where Hua Qing and Yu Li were hiding.
“Second shibo, the elders of all the sects will bring their spiritual pets. If others ask, which one is your spiritual pet?” Mo Tianliao asked curiously, while feeding a small fish to Master; they had to get their story straight in advance.
“This one.” Xuanji took a turtle shell from his clothes and pointed at it.
Elder A: Xuanji, which one is your spiritual pet?
Xuanji: *taking out a turtle shell* This one, Black Spiritual Turtle
Elder B: Why doesn’t it come out?
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