Although Elder Lu Yun was only an elder in charge of the outer sanctum, he was a Pseudo Immortal. He was only in charge of the outer sanctum assessment in Starlight City. Under normal circumstances, he would never come to Xuanjiang City, a place that only recruited menial disciples!
Even if there were special circumstances, they would just pass by and take the person away …
Why did he suddenly appear in front of me?
Xue Gan was filled with disbelief, but he didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly stepped forward and bowed.
"City Lord of Xuanjiang City, Xue Gan, greets Elder Lu Yun."
"Hmm!" Elder Lu waved his hand casually and turned to Huo Jianghe. "What do you think? Did he show up? "
"Elder, I'm not too sure who the culprit is, but it seems to be related to Dan Xiaotian!"
Huo Jianghe pointed.
Last night at the Ethereal Hall, World's Edge had requested Zhang Xuan's help to have the latter appear on time. It was through the latter's presence that Dan Xiaotian was able to clear his name and shine brilliantly. As such, even if the other party was not World's Edge, there was no doubt that they were closely related to one another.
"Him?"
Elder Lu Yun was perplexed.
With his eye of discernment, he could easily tell that the other party was a Great Sage 3-dan consummation cultivator!
With this kind of strength, he could kill so many of his disciples and make them throw away their helmets and armor?
"It's like this …" Seeing that the other party didn't believe him, Huo Jianghe began to explain the matter in detail.
After hearing the introduction, Elder Lu Yun's eyebrows shot up.
To think that a genius of his caliber would be schemed against in such a manner within the jurisdiction of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion. This was no different from a slap to his face.
Suppressing his displeasure, he asked, "You are Dan Xiaotian?"
"Yes!"
Dan Xiaotian bowed.
"Do you intend to join the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion?" Elder Lu Yun asked.
Dan Xiaotian was taken aback for a moment before he discreetly shot a glance at his teacher. Seeing that the latter was nodding his head, he hurriedly bowed and replied, "I'm willing!
"Very good!" Elder Lu Yun nodded. "From now on, you are a disciple of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion. Anyone who dares to bully you will be going against the Sword Pavilion, and they will have to bear the wrath of the Sword Pavilion! "
"Uh …"
Dan Xiaotian was stunned.
He thought that he would have to go through the test once more, but who could have thought that it would be so easy?
If Zhang Xuan didn't know that the other party was an elder, he would have thought that it was a joke.
He had long heard that the outer elder in charge of recruiting disciples, Lu Yun, had a fiery personality, but he didn't think that he would be so popular.
"Congratulations on becoming a disciple of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion, Nephew Xiao Tian!" Xue Gan was the first to react, and he hurriedly walked forward with a smile on his face.
Ignoring the other party, Dan Xiaotian took a deep breath and seemed to have made up his mind. He kneeled onto the floor and said, "Elder, please redress my grievances!"
"Feel free to speak your mind!" Elder Lu Yun waved his hand.
"Our Shan Clan is one of the most powerful clans in Xuanjiang City. However, due to our overwhelming strength, the City Lord Manor coveted us, and they schemed against us, causing our entire clan to be annihilated. This is the proof!"
Dan Xiaotian took out a jade token and passed it over.
Elder Yi had not stopped collecting evidence after his family was annihilated. The more evidence he collected, the more it was related to the City Lord in front of him.
He didn't dare say it out loud earlier, but with an elder of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion here, he didn't have to hold back anymore.
More importantly, this was also his teacher's intention.
Elder Lu Yun took the jade token and glanced at it with narrowed eyes.
The evidence recorded on the jade token was extremely clear, and there was no mistake in it at all.
Every single piece of evidence showed that the lives of the entire Shan Clan were inextricably linked to City Lord Xue Gan.
"What do you have to say for yourself?"
Elder Lu Yun turned to Xue Gan and casually tossed the jade token over.
Xue Gan quickly picked it up and took a look at it, and his eyes narrowed in astonishment. He kneeled to the floor and begged, "Elder Lu, I've been wrongly accused. Our two clans have long been on good terms with one another, and there's nothing to be gained from making a move on them. This is definitely a misunderstanding caused by my daughter running over to break off the engagement and causing Xiao Tianxian to be displeased … Elder, please investigate this! "
"Investigate this matter? Very well! I'll give you a satisfactory answer! "
Elder Lu harrumphed coldly. Ignoring the kneeling City Lord Xue Gan, he turned to Dan Xiaotian and said, "While the evidence you have written is reasonable, it's difficult to find anything useful due to the passage of time. On top of that, given that the City Lord Xue Gan is trying to cover up his tracks, even I won't be able to do anything about it!"
"Yes!"
Dan Xiaotian lowered his head.
He knew this as well.
It had been ten years since the Dan Clan had been destroyed, and many things had happened in Xuanjiang City over the past ten years. Even if the evidence he had written was correct, it was already too late to find anything.
Furthermore, the City Lord was someone who was angling for fame. For the sake of his reputation, he would even go as far as to break off an engagement. With such a huge matter involved in the extermination of the entire clan, it was likely that he had already dealt with the matter thoroughly. Even if he wanted to investigate it, there was no way he could do so.
"To kill a City Lord without concrete evidence is no different from showing disrespect to the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion!
However, there's an exception to everything! "
A glint flashed across Elder Lu's eyes. "That exception is to possess sufficient strength! Even the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion would be wary of such a feat! Naturally, they wouldn't dare to offend the City Lord Xue Gan for the sake of a mere City Lord of a third-tier city! On top of that, become an inner disciple of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion! Once you succeed, the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion will have the obligation to help your inner disciple deal with any trouble so that they can cultivate peacefully! "
"Inner disciple?"
Dan Xiaotian was taken aback.
The Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion only accepted menial disciples in Xuanjiang City.
Xue Qin had thought that she had ascended to the heavens in a single bound, so she had rushed over to cancel the engagement. If he could become an inner disciple, his standing would be far above that of Huo Jianghe and the others, making him even more important than the City Lord of Xuanjiang City!
Naturally, he would be protected by the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion.
Just that …
It was simply too difficult.
Even Huo Jianghe, an Ancient Sage 4-dan Dimension Shatterer realm cultivator, had failed to enter the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion.
"Indeed. Every single inner disciple of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion is a treasure of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion. Their standing is even higher than an outer elder like me. As long as you succeed, even if you don't have any evidence, no one will say anything even if you kill the City Lord!"
Elder Lu Yun said calmly.
The law was always there to restrain the weak. True experts could not be restrained by the law, let alone evidence!
So be it.
The City Lord of a third-tier city would surely find someone else to replace him. It was clear who was more important in the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion.
"This …"
Not expecting Elder Lu Yun to say such words, Xue Gan's eyebrows twitched uncontrollably.
Could it be that Elder Lu Yun was intending to have Dan Xiaotian take the inner disciple examination?
However, he knew just how difficult the inner disciple examination was. No matter how talented Dan Xiaotian was, it would be nigh impossible for him to succeed!
"Elder Lu, may I know how the inner disciple examination goes? I'm willing to give it a try! "
Dan Xiaotian pondered for a moment before replying.
"The inner disciple examination doesn't look at one's cultivation but one's potential and talent. Those with high potential and talent, even if their cultivation is slightly lower, are allowed to enter the inner disciple examination directly. There's no need for them to go through the tempering of the outer disciples. Under normal circumstances, there are two conditions to the inner disciple examination. Firstly, one has to become an Ancient Sage expert before seventeen. Secondly, one has to clear the inner disciple examination! "
Elder Lu Yun asked calmly, "How old are you at the moment?"
"I'm sixteen, but …" Dan Xiaotian was just about to continue speaking when he was interrupted by the elder. "As long as you aren't seventeen yet, it's fine. Since you're already at Great Sage 3-dan consummation, that means that you have a chance of reaching Ancient Sage by seventeen. As for the inner disciple examination … Since Huo Jianghe is the First Senior of the outer disciples, his swordsmanship has already met the requirements of the inner disciples. As long as you can defeat him in the same cultivation realm, you'll be able to clear the examination! "
"Defeat him in the same cultivation realm?"
Dan Xiaotian asked nervously.
He had only learned swordsmanship from his teacher for a single night, but Huo Jianghe was an unparalleled expert of the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion who had been practicing swordsmanship for more than twenty years.
It would be difficult for him to defeat Huo Jianghe in the same cultivation realm!
Elder Lu Yun nodded. "Indeed. Do you dare to give it a try?"
"I'm willing to give it a try!"
Dan Xiaotian nodded without much hesitation.
To him, this was an opportunity!
If he missed this opportunity, it would be nigh impossible for him to exact vengeance in the future!
After all, Xue Gan knew that Dan Xiaotian was going to kill him, and he also knew that he had entered the Ascendant Cloud Sword Pavilion. How could he possibly just sit there and wait for his death?
He would have escaped long ago.
Given how big the world was, it would be no different from searching for a needle in a haystack.
"Very well!" Elder Lu Yun nodded. He turned to Huo Jianghe and said, "Suppress your cultivation to the same level as him and fight him with your full strength. Don't go easy on him!"
"Yes!"
Huo Jianghe nodded. He took a few steps forward and suppressed his cultivation to Great Sage 3-dan in the blink of an eye.
"Let's begin!"
The two of them stood in place with swords in their hands.
"Teacher …"
This was the first time Dan Xiaotian was facing an expert of such caliber, so he was a little anxious. He turned to look at his teacher, only to see that the latter's hands were still bound by the metal chains, and his eyes were narrowed into slits, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.
From the looks of it, he didn't care at all!
I'll just have to give it my all!
Dan Xiaotian gritted his teeth as determination gleamed in his eyes.
His teacher had already given him so much. Whether he could become an inner disciple or not would depend on him. He couldn't back down now.
Hu!
In just a short moment, Huo Jianghe had already arrived before Dan Xiaotian with a sword in hand.
Dan Xiaotian thought that he would have to give it his all, but when he saw the other party's swordsmanship, he couldn't help but be taken aback.
As complicated as the other party's swordsmanship was, it seemed like his teacher had taught him everything about it. In the face of such knowledge, the other party's elegant moves were no different from those of a beautiful lady in a banquet dress. No matter how elegant and dignified she was, she would look no different from any other woman after taking off her clothes.
There wouldn't be a single part or organ missing.
With that in mind, the rest was simple.
In the blink of an eye, Dan Xiaotian had already come up with eight ways to overcome the other party's swordsmanship.
Thus, he thrust his sword forward.
It struck a spot in the middle of the river.
Taken aback, Huo Jianghe leaped backward.
Seeing that his teacher's method was effective, Dan Xiaotian charged forward once more and thrust his sword forward once more.
Huo Jianghe was forced to retreat once more.
With one advancing while the other retreating, Huo Jianghe was forced to retreat more than forty steps.
"This swordsmanship …"
"Incredible!"
Hu Bin, Huang Tao, and the others stared at one another as if they had seen a ghost.
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