While the young martial cultivator was speaking passionately, he suddenly fell to the ground.
An Elder quickly ran over and carefully checked.
"I'm fine, I just couldn't protect my soul vessel, so I temporarily fainted" he told everyone.
The cultivators all sighed in relief.
This time, the peak masters were looking at Gu Qing Shan in a different light.
They were the most knowledgeable, able to sense the invisible flood of sword qi from the void of space.
Only the disciples of the peak were still confused, unable to understand what just happened.
Gu Qing Shan looked at Xie Gu Hong.
Xie Gu Hong said nothing.
Gu Qing Shan cleared her throat and declared with a calm and slow voice: "The Palace Master's disciple acceptance is one of the six grand ceremonies of our sect, according to the sect's rules, no one is allowed to casually violate it. Since this is your first offense and you have a reason for it, I'll punish you to face the wall for 3 months — — - carry you away!"
Two enforcer cultivators came forward and carried the martial cultivator away.
At this point, the spectating disciples still didn't understand what just happened.
What happened just now was too unbelievable, none of these disciples had ever come into contact with something like this, not even thinking that such a thing could happen in this world.
Their cultivation was still very shallow, so they didn't know just how terrifying the sword qi that gathered in the air just now was.
In their eyes, they only saw the disciple who was about to issue the challenge collapse.
And then Gu Qing Shan berated him.
Then …
He was clearly a martial cultivator, so how did he collapse while speaking?
Could it be that he pretended to issue the challenge and colluded with the others so that this guy called Gu Qing Shan could display his might in front of everyone?
Or could it be that one of the Elders secretly intervened?
The disciples all felt a bit resentful.
As the Eldest Disciple of the sect, how could he be protected by the higher-ups like this!
Who does he think will listen to what he said from now on?
The disciples of Perching Cloud peak exchanged glances and nodded.
They leapt up and flew to the small island at the center.
A few dozen Ancient Dawn peak martial cultivator disciples flew over and landed on the small island.
The disciples of Spirit Echo peak turned into mist and appeared on the small island at the same time.
The disciples of Clear Water peak rode the waves of the river and casually landed on the small island.
The Wonderful Sound Peak had few disciples, so for the time being, they didn't make any moves. However, the sound of zither and zither resonated on the high mountain, giving off a sense of injustice.
A group of disciples gathered together.
Ignoring the looks on the Peak Masters' faces, they said in unison, "Eldest Senior Brother of the faction, Gu Qing Shan, we challenge you!"
Gu Qing Shan sighed.
They were still children. Did he really have to be calculative with a bunch of little kids now that he was reborn?
His eyes swept across the crowd.
As far as the eyes could see, the monstrous invisible sword intent easily crushed the minds of the youths.
They only felt their minds go blank, and then they knew nothing else.
A breath's worth of time.
The entire world fell silent.
People looked at Gu Qing Shan as if she was a monster.
Gu Qing Shan looked at the unconscious disciples on the ground, shook her head and said: "All of you will be punished to face the wall for three months, if you cause any more trouble, your cultivation will be crippled and you will be expelled from the sect — — Shifu, do you have any orders?"
Xie Gu Hong replied: "That's it"
"Yes" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Qing Shan, this matter is over, bring your two junior brothers back to the peak first, I'll be there shortly" Xie Gu Hong said.
Gu Qing Shan then brought Huang Zhan and Shen Yang back to the Barren Cloud master peak.
At this point, the only people left on the small island were the Barren Cloud Palace Master, the peak masters, and the elders.
No one spoke first.
Xie Gu Hong looked around and cleared his throat: "I heard that the peaks have some objections to the way I teach my disciples?"
The cultivators remained silent.
Xie Gu Hong spoke with a gentle voice: "As peak masters and elders, you should take care of your disciples when you have the time, teach them not to be so reckless and careless, to break the sect's rules at the drop of a hat, only to faint before they could even determine their opponent's strength"
No one answered.
Xie Gu Hong sighed: "A few hundred years ago, your cultivation was inferior to mine, but a few hundred years later, I can't believe you're still so careless in teaching your disciples, tch!"
He swung his sleeves and flew up into the sky, not taking a single cloud with him.
No one spoke on the small island, but the atmosphere had become extremely tense.
…
Barren Cloud master peak.
The three disciples had already entered the grand hall of the master peak, sat down, and chatted with each other.
They needed to wait here for the Palace Master to return and arrange everything.
Huang Zhan looked at Gu Qing Shan in surprise and asked: "First brother, how are you so strong?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "I just need to cultivate seriously"
Huang Zhan replied: "But I've always been very serious, other than the festivals and gatherings with the other peaks, I've always been cultivating"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "I've stayed in the Sword Abyss for 7 years, other than going to the other peaks to look for jade tags, I've never left"
Huang Zhan and Shen Yang both opened their mouths wide and gasped.
Being able to cultivate to this point had already surpassed their understanding.
If a person could force themselves to this point, what else couldn't they do?
Gu Qing Shan's image in their minds suddenly became much larger.
But they didn't know that Gu Qing Shan had spent so many years just to return to Virtualized realm, which was already a very slow cultivation speed.
This time, Gu Qing Shan intentionally cultivated very slowly.
Because he had enough time.
And because being too much of a monster would cause the opposite effect.
After all, the Laws of heaven and earth were the same in this world, if he cultivated too quickly in front of Xie Gu Hong, it would instead draw his suspicion.
Every time Gu Qing Shan broke through, he would try his best to maintain a natural state, so that even if someone noticed, they would think that it was a natural process.
At this point, Xie Gu Hong had returned to the master peak feeling refreshed.
He immediately began to give orders.
"Qing Shan, since you've shown your cultivation today, there's no need to stay in seclusion all day"
"Your realm has already surpassed your peers by 4-5 stages, so you should be more than enough to guide them"
He tossed a jade disk to her.
Gu Qing Shan caught it.
"This is the sect master jade disk, when I'm not here, you can use my jade disk to collect resources, scriptures, and cultivation resources from the other peaks, as well as guide my two junior brothers in their cultivation"
"Yes, Master, where do you want to go?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Xie Gu Hong replied: "I have to go to the frontlines, you should know what kind of eerie things are happening at the frontlines, I want to see for myself so that I can grasp the truth"
Then he solemnly told her: "Teach your two junior brothers in my stead"
"As you wish, Master!" Gu Qing Shan became serious and clasped her fist.
Xie Gu Hong nodded in satisfaction.
He then told Huang Zhan and Shen Yang a few more things in detail.
After everything was said and done, Xie Gu Hong disappeared from the grand hall.
After Master left, Gu Qing Shan brought Huang Zhan and Shen Yang to the outside of the Sword Abyss.
The Sword Abyss was like a mountain valley, but if one wanted to go deeper, they would have to go through layers upon layers of formations and slowly descend several hundred feet into the abyss of the mountain before reaching the sect's hidden sword scriptures.
Standing outside the valley, Gu Qing Shan pointed at the two cultivation rooms on the side of the valley:
"Master and I spent some effort to set up two cultivation grounds outside the Sword Abyss. One is completely suitable for the cultivation of spells, and the other is suitable for the cultivation of martial arts. In this way, the three of us can cultivate together."
Huang Zhan and Shen Yang both nodded.
Gu Qing Shan clapped her hands: "Very well, go and cultivate first, if there's anything you don't understand or if you need anything, come find me at the Sword Abyss — — - I also need to go cultivate now"
Huang Zhan and Shen Yang exchanged glances.
We've only just entered the master peak, without doing anything else, we're already going to cultivate?
Gu Qing Shan continued: "One day from now, I will test your strength, then think of a way to help you cultivate better"
Huang Zhan couldn't help but ask: "Eldest brother, why one day from now?"
Gu Qing Shan spoke apologetically: "There's a sword scripture that I've only read halfway through, so I'm worried about it. I need to hurry up and finish reading it in one day, only then will I have the mind to think about your matters"
Shen Yang couldn't help but ask: "Eldest brother, you should at least show us where we're going to stay, otherwise we won't even be able to find a place to rest"
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised and replied: "If you're tired, you can rest in the cultivation rooms"
Shen Yang went silent and digested the meaning behind those words.
Huang Zhan carefully asked: "Eldest brother, did Shifu never arrange a place for you to rest?"
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Ah, that's too troublesome, it's better to just stay in the Sword Abyss, you can cultivate whenever you want and meditate if you're tired, that's a good idea — — Shifu also felt that it was a good idea"
Shen Yang cut in: "Which means, Eldest brother stayed in the Sword Abyss for 7 years?"
"7 years and 8 days" Gu Qing Shan replied.
Huang Zhan and Shen Yang both turned to look at the mountain valley.
The mountain valley led deep into the mountain, other than the vast sea of sword scripture jade tags, there was nothing else.
Eldest Senior Brother stayed in there for seven years and did nothing but cultivate …
Gu Qing Shan said: "Alright, you can all go cultivate, I also need to study the sword scripture, see you in one day"
Saying so, he headed towards the mountain valley.
"Eldest brother, wait a minute" Shen Yang called out.
Gu Qing Shan stopped, turned around and asked: "Is there something else?"
Shen Yang took a deep breath and asked in confusion: "Eldest brother's cultivation has already far surpassed your peers, you could even be considered the strongest of your generation, why do you still need to cultivate so hard?"
This question made Gu Qing Shan chuckle.
"Very well, I'll teach you your first cultivation lesson on behalf of Shifu" he said.
Huang Zhan and Shen Yang both clasped their fists and respectfully said: "Please teach us, Eldest brother"
Gu Qing Shan stood there, lost in thought for a while.
He suddenly asked: "Do you know what happened at the frontlines?"
Huang Zhan's eyes appeared a bit fearful as he lowered his voice: "I heard that the war was quite intense, a Divinity went missing, the initial guess was that he was surrounded and killed by Desolate monsters"
Shen Yang also whispered: "This was the first time a Divinity had fallen in front of everyone, it seems that all the sects have fallen into a panic"
Gu Qing Shan smiled: "Indeed, what happened this time was terrifying enough to shake the entire world, that's why Shifu personally went to the frontlines to investigate the truth"
"Regardless of what happened in the end, what I want to tell you is about the two of you"
He walked forward and patted his two junior brothers' shoulders: "You can imagine it for a bit, ten years later, the Desolate world suddenly defeated the Divinities, the Divinities were unable to save anyone, your loved ones were killed by the monsters, everyone in your sect including your friends were slaughtered, the woman you liked was also eaten by the monsters as food, and when you wanted to take revenge, you found that your petty strength was unable to save anything. You risked your lives to fight, only to be killed by the monsters with a single slap"
Gu Qing Shan softened his voice and continued: "At the moment of your death, someone suddenly told you that you could live again, then you really did travel back in time 10 years to stand in front of me, only to find that you had just become my disciple and were now listening to me"
"You were given a chance to live again"
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