Chapter 370: The Reason for Becoming Strong (2/2)

Starting from gathering qi, all the way to Qi Cultivating Stage, Foundation Establishment, and Xudan Stage, breaking through numerous tests and boundaries, until finally reaching Jindan Stage, this was an extremely remarkable achievement. In the whole Immortal Cultivation World, from the more than ten thousand cultivators who started the Qi Cultivating Stage, not more than ten of them could finally achieve Jindan Stage. As far as the common people were concerned, a Daoist Master of Jindan Stage was already at the apex of the world.

As a matter of fact, Jindan was indeed a completely different realm. In all the previous realms before that, a cultivator was just a cultivator. However, once they achieved Jindan Stage, they would have the t.i.tle of Daoist Master, meaning that they finally gained a foothold in the Immortal Cultivation World. In simple words, it was then when you would truly be seen as an individual in the Immortal Cultivation World.

For cultivators, the achievement of Jindan was a qualitative change, but the difficulty could also be imagined. They must not hesitate about their future when they were in the threshold, otherwise, any orthodox cultivator would have to stop in the boundary between Xudan and Jindan for a long time, even more cautious than when they stepped from Jindan to Yuanying.

With w.a.n.g Lu's own expectation, the time that he needed to reach Jindan, the longest time would be ten years, and five years if everything was smooth. With his current high-level Xudan Stage cultivation base, this was already a very conservative calculation. However, his Master thought otherwise.

”Within two years, I want you to be a Daoist Master of Jindan, and then you can go out and be independent.”

w.a.n.g Lu was really taken aback. ”Two years? Hey, can you not be that ruthless? We've been living together in harmony for more than a dozen years, why are you this anxious to send me away? A day together as Master and disciple means endless grace for the rest of your life!”

According to the prevailing rules of the Spirit Sword Sect or the Immortal Cultivation World, once a cultivator reached Jindan Stage, like when a teenager became an adult in the mortal world, they would step on the road of independent self-improvement. In general, they would be freed from their Master-disciple rank, and thus enjoy more freedom. In return, they would also lose the excessive protection and support from the sect.

Of course, this rule varied between different sects. For those low rank sects, reaching Jindan Stage would be a luxury, since all of the Xudan and even Foundation Establishment Cultivators worked like a horse for the sect. However, for the Five Uniques of Union of Ten Thousand Immortals, although being a Jindan would not make you busy like a dog Yuanying, being a Jindan meant that you have to strive to improve yourself without anyone's help, not to mention you also need to a.s.sume responsibility for important tasks, which were quite difficult for some people. At least, w.a.n.g Lu didn't plan to separate from his Master's protection after reaching Jindan. It wasn't that it was impossible, but it was unnecessary.

For w.a.n.g Lu's resistance, w.a.n.g Wu merely gave her cynical sneer. ”Do you think that's hard and you couldn't do it? Do you know how the current situation is in the Nine Regions?”

Although w.a.n.g Wu asked about the current situation in Nine Regions, w.a.n.g Lu was clearly aware that her focus was really on his peers.

”Qiong Hua of Shengjing is indeed worthy to be the head of the lead disciple of the Union of Ten Thousand Immortals. Not only she has a Jindan Stage cultivation base, her state of mind is also outstanding.”

On that day when their eyes met, w.a.n.g Lu has a quite high appraisal of Qiong Hua.

”Although Zhou Mumu of Kunlun is not good at fighting, she is actually someone that is well prepared, so her advancement in cultivation base should be faster and faster. When meeting her in the Ancient Sword Tomb, her cultivation base was actually not that prominent, but within two years, she has a really great chance for a breakthrough.”

For Zhou Mumu who had once joined hands with him, w.a.n.g Lu also didn't hesitate to give his affirmative evaluation. And his inference was also confirmed as he heard w.a.n.g Wu said, ”Three months after this, Zhou Mumu, under the guide of her sect's Disciplinary Elder, would reach Jindan Stage. Don't ask me how could her cultivation base could advance this fast, I am too lazy to explain.”

w.a.n.g Lu also didn't care, he just continued with his review, ”In these years, the Royal Soldier Sect maintained a low key presence. Although I don't understand the reason, a month ago, I saw Supreme Ku Qin, and the youth by his side should be the lead disciple of Royal Soldier Sect, his cultivation base is not less than Qiong Hua.”

”Yes, he is the most senior amongst the lead disciples of the Five Uniques, meaning that his cultivation time is the longest among the younger generation. However, although he has never shown any kind of reputation, you must not underestimate them as the most stupid.”

w.a.n.g Lu nodded and then said, ”As for Zhan Ziye of Ten Thousand Arts Sect, since he dares to have an idea of Liu Li, he is doomed to live a lonely life, so there's nothing to worry about him.”

w.a.n.g Wu replied, ”Hey, your moral integrity loss in this review is too fast!”

w.a.n.g Lu shrugged. ”Let's get back to our Spirit Sword Sect. We have a total of four outstanding disciples, aside from the one who has been missing for years, the root bone qualification of Liu Li's Brilliant Sword Heart is really hard to find, and her cultivation method also has a deep foundation. Right now, although her strength is still below me, once she crossed the Jindan Stage threshold, I'm afraid it would be difficult for her to have a rival that is on the same level as her. My Non-Phase Sword Defense could also be considered to be only on par with her Skybreaker. As for Senior Sister, she's outside the norm, so I don't want to talk about her.”

Originally, when w.a.n.g Lu and Zhu s.h.i.+yao met with Sword Demon and Sword G.o.d in the Ancient Sword Tomb, under a strange circ.u.mstance, Zhu s.h.i.+yao's purple mansion was occupied by the primordial spirit of the Sword G.o.d. Later on, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Her advancement of primordial spirit was greatly improved, and her strength skyrocketed. And because her cultivation time was longer than the others, her stellar sword was also exceptionally formidable. Currently, although she has yet to reach Jindan Stage, w.a.n.g Lu thought that even Qiong Hua might not necessarily be her opponent. Perhaps she was the genuine number one person among all of her peers.

”That's a good a.n.a.lysis. Therefore, you can see that the advantages that you've built among your peers are now very weak. Although in a one on one fight and if there is no restriction in the strategy that could be used, even Zhu s.h.i.+yao might not necessarily be able to beat you, however, within five years, she would definitely reach Jindan Stage. And once she reaches Jindan Stage, her strength would advance by leaps and bounds. A single sword strike of her could make a skewer out of ten of you. Liu Li is also needless to say. Currently, her strength is slightly weaker than you because her control of the broken immortal sword Skybreaker is not that good… In short, you need to have a sense of crisis awareness. Your reputation as the number one person among the same generation is already unsteady. If you don't tightly grab it, you would not be able to hold it.”

w.a.n.g Lu curiously asked, ”Why should I care about being the first or second, that kind of false reputation?”

His Master lightly explained, ”Because there is a huge gap in the advertising sponsors.h.i.+p fee.”

…