Chapter 74 Entering The Celestial School At This Poin (1/2)

Shen Lian and Lu Shouyi were outside and they did not know what had happened in the main hall. They only waited for a while when they heard the voice of the headmaster Daoist. It was asking Shen Lian to enter alone.

It did not allow his new disciple, Lu Shouyi to enter together with him.

Once Shen Lian was inside, Daoist Sanwen was not there anymore.

The headmaster looked at Shen Lian and pointed at him simply. With Shen Lian's sharp senses, he could not respond at all to this one point. This seemingly easy point of a finger had penetrated through time, not allowing him to escape.

The headmaster was sitting on the stone couch and he did not get up, but that index finger was definitely touching the center of his brows that was really far away from him.

A cool breath of air invaded the center of Shen Lian's brows. There was a paragraph of text and image that emerged in his mind, it was the complete version of the Xuanji martial art that he had picked up from the chessboard. It even had some more annotation and knowledge to it.

There had been sayings of 'Furyu monji1' in the traditional heritage of Dao, this was the first encounter for Shen Lian.

He could not tell whether he was happy or surprised. He had cultivated using The Mastery of Senses for so long. This method allowed him to recollect himself and steady himself. Whenever he encountered huge matters, he could stay calm instead.

Shen Lian closed his eyes for a while and then opened them. He bowed slightly. The virtue disseminated in the dharma mentioned that one could not be impolite.

The headmaster finally showed some admiration on his face and he said, ”To not be angry without a cause and to not panic in the face of adversary. Shen Lian, you truly live up the phrase 'profound moral character'.”

”I'm afraid you allowed me it is to not only compliment me.” Shen Lian's face was serene. The way a cultivator deal with matters could not be guessed based on the average. But as long as there are intention and emotions, there would be traces of it whenever anyone was doing anything.

He walked through the Wenxin Road with an extremely quick speed, even the elder in red would give anything to have him as a disciple immediately. He had even passed on his martial arts beforehand. It can be said even within the celestial school, his potential was one of the best selection. The headmaster was a Daoist and he controlled the celestial sect, so he would definitely not purposely mistreat him. Shen Lian was sure of this.

Regardless of a human or demon, or any other living creatures, as long as there were emotions, there will be needs and desires. It was naturally no exception for the cultivators. Shen Lian would not worry about his personal gains and losses. Just like when he encountered the fox deity Xin to get rid of the illness, whatever may come comes.

He had a steady heart and was indifferent in terms of getting along, he did not even pay mind to it.

”For those who are pursuing Dao on my level, it is nothing if he destroys and belittles me or he praises and honors me. This sect had opened its doors for the first time in fifty years to allow one to examine oneself during cultivation and ten people were selected. Even though there is fate, but they were selected for the sake of being new blood. For someone like you to be able to perform astral projection before the breakthrough, Qiaodong state, is really rare. Any celestial schools outside of Qingxuan would want you.” The headmaster's face was plain, but his words were more than complimenting Shen Lian.

”Since I have joined Qingxuan, I do not wish to go to other places,” Shen Lian answered.

”Actually, for someone like you, either you had a profound cultivation in your previous life and you were above Huandan, or you have other wonderful Dharma to cultivate. However, as the Qing Xuan grandmaster Yuanqing once said 'I will not ask about your past since you've entered my school', so I will not ask about your secret. I am not purposely making it difficult for you by having you go to the River of Spirits to collect the Yin Jade. When that time comes, you will personally understand my purpose.” The headmaster still remained unreadable as ever.

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The Spirit of River was located way further than the Qing Xuan celestial school.

The water in the river was not the water of ponds or oceans but the water of the netherworld. It has the shape of water but not the substance.

So even when a feather lands, it sinks. There was not a piece of wood on it.