Chapter 357 Thunder Method (2/2)

Zhao Siming and Jia Yili descended onto the cloud platform and knelt before Shen Lian.

Both of them had engaged in private battle and got caught red-handed by the headmaster. It was only natural for them to be nervous.

”Why are you kneeling down?” Shen Lian queried calmly.

Jia Yili replied, ”I have made a lapse in my judgment and had a conflict with Junior Apprentice-Brother Zhao. I would accept any punishment you deem fit.”

”Seeing how you can use the Thunder Method, you probably have reached the sixth level of the Nine Levels of Shen Xiao True Technique. The three Zhenrens, Chonghe, Lingsu, and Zhichang would probably be glad knowing that there is a remarkable successor like you to Shenxiao True Technique,” Shen Lian spoke to Jia Yili.

Chonghe was the founder of Shenxiao True Technique; Lingsu was the talented one who perfected Shenxiao True Technique and subdivided it into nine level; Zhichang was the only one from Qing Xuan who managed to cultivate Shenxiao True Technique to the ninth level in the past thousand years. He dealt severe injuries to an immortal Zhenren with the Thunder Method and took the world by storm.

Though, in spite of his talents, he was unable to progress further and attain immortality. In the end, he died with regrets.

Also, Zhichang was Daoist Yu's founding master.

Jia Yili replied, ”I am nothing as compared to the three founding master, and I am unworthy of your compliment.”

”There is no need to be humble, I trust my judgment. However, the power of the Thunder Method was above that of normal techniques. Hence, you need to strive to have a calm temperament in order to avoid activating the Thunder Method at your whims. This would end up hurting both yourself and others. In the past, you have been lazy, and your state of cultivation is mediocre. However, you managed to not compete with others and focused on yourself. After three years of traveling, you have improved significantly. Though, that made you proud and easily triggered. Ask yourself, is this not the case?” Shen Lian spoke slowly.

Jia Yili came to a sudden realization and apologized, ”I recognize my mistake now.”

Shen Lian replied, ”Since you have recognized your mistake, after the Dao assessment, head over to face the wall and think about your wrongdoings for five years. During these five years, you are not allowed to interact with anyone, and you shall not perform the Thunder Method. In the event that you broke the rules, you are to leave the mountain immediately.”

Jia Yili was not in the position to say anything. He had no choice but to nod in agreement.

At the same time, Shen Lian looked at Zhao Siming, who stood tall and spoke, ”I am not in the wrong. Twice, he was the one who struck first and I was merely acting in self-defense.”

His gaze was bright and he stared directly at Shen Lian.

”After the Dao assessment, you shall head over to the River of Spirits and obtain three pieces of Yin Jade every day. For each piece that you failed to obtain, you are to repay by obtaining twice that amount the next day. Come see me when you finally realized your mistake.” After saying this, Shen Lian left with Young Ruoxi.

Most were sympathetic to Zhao Siming's current predicament. River of Spirits was no place for a human. Only a monster like a headmaster could withstand the pain of being in the River of Spirits and rose above it.

All of the disciples had been to the River of Spirits. The moment they went in, they could feel pain shooting up to their spirit, and they could not shut off the pain. The pain of being in the River of Spirits was worse than being cut by thousands of blades.

At some distance away, Ge Yuan and Hong Qianya were observing everything. Hong Qianya laughed and spoke, ”Because of what the headmaster did today, twenty years from now, there will be two more talented individuals at Qing Xuan.”

Ge Yuan replied, ”The Headmaster has always been kind, which led to these younglings being laidback. It was only in recent years that they have started to be more proper.”

Hong Qianya said, ”Regardless, we would probably live to see the day where Qing Xuan become as prosperous as it once was two hundred years ago.”

Ge Yuan remained silent. Back then, Qing Xuan did not have prodigies like Shen Lian and Chen Jianmei, but there were plenty of remarkable individuals in the sect. Almost all one hundred and eight techniques were being cultivated by the disciples, and there were more than twenty disciples who attained at least eight transformations of Huandan. Biyun and Yanxu were the stars of the sect, and they were known as Double Walls.

Back then, Yanxu alone had cultivated thirteen Dao techniques, including six types of Tiangang Techniques and seven types of Disha Techniques. He was capable of many Dao techniques, and yet there was no conflict. His achievement was definitely unprecedented. During the Bier Discourse of Dao, Yanxu was the champion and had made Qing Xuan proud.

All of the disciples looked up to Yanxu. He was knowledgeable, and they were keen to exchange cultivation insights with him. The insights benefitted them immensely, and even Ge Yuan and Hong Qianya were amongst those who were benefited from it.

Though, this was exactly why Yanxu managed to go through all of the techniques at Taiwei Pavilion and was familiar with the cultivation secrets of the different branches. He even got the chance to perform his demon arts on the disciples, turning a good half of the talented disciples in the sect into his clones.

Despite Zhang Ruoxu's effort to turn the tide around, but Qing Xuan still ended up in a state of deficit. Even Zhang Ruoxu himself who was so close to attaining immortality got stuck at the final stage and was unable to progress further till the day he died.

Both of them thought about the same thing. They hoped that this round of Dao assessment would unveil the true gems in the sect, marching in the flourishing age of the new generation of Qing Xuan.