A single sword strike had forced Li Yang to give up on suppressing his cultivation and even successfully pushed him back. When the surrounding Astral-1 disciples saw this, they all sucked in a breath of cold air.
Li Yang had seen through Xiao Chen's sword qi, and the others had naturally seen it as well. As Astral-1 disciples and sword cultivators, they were no strangers to sword qi. It was no exaggeration to say that sword qi was something that every sword cultivator dreamed of. This was because sword qi was the threshold to sword intent. Only those who had comprehended sword qi would have the opportunity to touch sword intent.
Sword Qi was very important to a swordsman, but it was very difficult to comprehend it. Currently, there were only three people in Astral-1 who had managed to comprehend Sword Qi, and they were the top three geniuses of Astral-1 who were at the peak of Foundation Establishment, just like Xiao Chen.
Now, in addition to those three geniuses, there was also Xiao Chen who had comprehended sword aura. The scene made the surrounding disciples unable to stay calm.
They could accept Xiao Chen's talent, and they could also accept Xiao Chen's limit of Foundation Establishment and the limit of Manifestation. However, they could not accept that Xiao Chen had comprehended sword qi at the age of eighteen. This was simply too shocking. This kind of talent could no longer be described as a genius …
"Is he really only eighteen years old this year?"
"Is there going to be a fourth monster in Astral-1?"
"So it's a tripartite confrontation. In the future, there will probably be four contenders for hegemony."
Many disciples stared blankly at Xiao Chen as they murmured in shock. While everyone was whispering, Li Yang, who had been pushed back, turned pale. He wanted to attack again, but he was stopped by Elder Mu.
"Enough. You are no longer Xiao Chen's match in the same realm …"
Elder Mu stopped Li Yang and strode over to Xiao Chen. His face, which had been expressionless since the beginning, finally revealed a smile as he said "good" three times in a row.
"Good, good, good. Comprehending sword qi at the age of eighteen is a rare talent. From now on, you are a disciple of Astral-1."
There was nothing much to say. Faced with Xiao Chen's talent, Elder Mu naturally accepted him into Astral-1 without any hesitation. Aside from Astral-1, which other sword academy would dare accept such a genius? If he accepted it, he would be destroying a heavenly treasure.
He completely ignored Li Yang. Seeing the smile on Elder Mu's face, Li Yang clenched his fists. Originally, he wanted to teach Xiao Chen a lesson, but who would have thought that he would end up losing the rice used to lure him? In the end, he overreached himself and made Xiao Chen famous.
Li Yang felt that he had lost face. However, just as Li Yang was fuming in anger, an old man in a coarse white robe flew through the air and landed outside the First Courtyard's main hall in just two steps.
Only a powerhouse who had surpassed the Celestial Realm could fly through the air. When they saw the old man appear, all of the First Academy's disciples revealed excited expressions. It was as if they were burning incense to the heavens just to be able to see the old man.
The old man's name was Cang Xuan, and he was the head dean of the East Sword Pavilion's Outer Court. At the same time, he was also the dean of Astral-1. In the Outer Court, no, even in the entire East Sword Pavilion, he was ranked in the top three. He was the senior brother of the current East Sword Pavilion Master.
It was no wonder that the First Courtyard's disciples were so excited when they saw Cang Xuan. Thinking about it, with Cang Xuan's status, how could he casually appear in public? Even some of the disciples who had been in the Outer Court for several years were seeing Cang Xuan in person for the first time.
"Greetings, dean …" Not only were the disciples surprised, but even Elder Mu was also stunned. After regaining his senses, he hurriedly bowed respectfully to Cang Xuan.
Cang Xuan nodded indifferently at Elder Mu and did not say anything else. His gaze locked onto Xiao Chen's body. The light emitted from his turbid eyes was as if he wanted to see through Xiao Chen.
It was as if he had fallen into a black hole. This was the first time that Xiao Chen had faced an expert of this level, and he could not even muster the slightest bit of resistance.
After a long while, Cang Xuan finally opened his mouth. "You're Xiao Chen?"
"Yes." Xiao Chen nodded in response.
"Release your sword aura for me to see," Cang Xuan said.
Although Xiao Chen did not understand what Cang Xuan wanted to do, he did not refuse. In front of Cang Xuan, he displayed his sword aura. In an instant, invisible sword aura wreaked havoc around Xiao Chen, leaving sword marks on the limestone floor.
Everyone was even more surprised when they saw the sword aura. Cang Xuan smiled and nodded. "Not bad, not bad. Although you've only just reached the entry level, it is indeed sword aura. It's already rare to comprehend sword aura at the age of 18."
Sword aura was the same as cultivation. It was divided into the entry level, initial stage, advanced stage, initial stage, and final stage. Only after one's sword aura reached the final stage would one have the chance to glimpse the existence of sword intent. Xiao Chen's sword aura was only at the entry level, and there was still a long way to go before he reached the final stage.
Even so, being able to comprehend sword aura at the age of 18 was already extremely difficult. It was likely that not even one out of a million sword cultivators would be able to do so. Yet, Xiao Chen had done it.
Being praised by Cang Xuan. Upon hearing these words, envy, jealousy, and hatred filled the faces of the numerous disciples. Cang Xuan was the chief dean of the outer courtyard, and one of the top three experts in the entire East Sword Pavilion. They had never heard of Cang Xuan personally praising anyone before, but today, Xiao Chen had received Cang Xuan's personal praise.
The fact that Xiao Chen was able to enter Cang Xuan's sight was already proof of his extraordinariness. At the same time, Xiao Chen would likely be given a certain amount of cultivation resources in the future. There was no helping it. This was how geniuses were. As long as the sect valued you, cultivation resources would naturally be given to you. Capable people get more. This was the law of survival in the East Sword Pavilion.
There was no doubt that Xiao Chen's status in the outer courtyard would be extremely high in the future. At the same time, with the resources from the upper echelons of the sect and Xiao Chen's talent, his rate of improvement would definitely far surpass the other outer courtyard disciples.
They felt somewhat unbalanced, and even a little jealous. However, what was even more difficult to accept was yet to come.
Cang Xuan paused for a moment, before he continued to speak. The moment these words came out, it was as if everyone had been struck by lightning, as they stood dazedly on the spot.
"Xiao Chen, this old man intends to accept you as a disciple. What do you think?"
Accept a disciple? Cang Xuan wanted to accept Xiao Chen as a disciple? What kind of joke was this. Upon hearing these words, the surrounding crowd was completely petrified. Each and every one of them thought that they had misheard. There were even some who slapped themselves in an attempt to wake themselves up.
Xiao Chen had only just entered the outer courtyard, yet he had already alarmed Cang Xuan. It would have been fine if that was all, but Cang Xuan even had the intention to accept him as a disciple. What the hell was going on? Comparing oneself to others is really infuriating …
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