PS: Yoyu-chan is studying hard. I don't know if she can see it! Lou Xiaoyi's character cartoon is her masterpiece. Everyone, bless her!
Also, use your monthly ticket to exchange for her contact information!
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This Senior Brother was sharp-tongued, but Lou Xiaoyi was not angry. He was still a little unwilling to give up.
"Is there no alternative? As long as I can stay in the dome and not go out? "
He really did not want to go out. His current cultivation state was just right. He had just entered the middle stage of Foundation Establishment last year. The power of the Four Seasons Sword had greatly improved, his spirit was exceptionally strong, and his Celestial Escape was more elegant and mysterious. He was in the ascending stage of cultivation and had not encountered any bottlenecks. He should work hard at this pace. He did not want to go out and waste time!
The Senior Brother in charge of the mission was really annoyed. "There is! Xuanyuan's missions are never forced to be completed by cultivators! There is always a second path for you to choose! How about this, if you participate in the sect competition that is held once every ten years, you can stay in the sect! "
Lou Xiaoyi immediately became vigilant. "Sect competition? Fighting with Senior Brothers who had practiced swordsmanship for decades or even centuries? What's the point? Other than being abused, what else can I do? "
What an ignorant country bumpkin. The Senior Brother explained, "Of course we can't let you newbies compete with the seniors. You want to compete, but the seniors won't give you face! It's a competition between newbies. It's limited to those who have been in the sect for more than ten years and less than twenty years! It's like meeting a match, a general meeting a talent! "
Lou Xiaoyi felt that this event was not bad. If everyone was a newbie, he should be able to handle it easily, right? The key was that the sect did not allow deathmatch, so safety was guaranteed!
"If that's the case, I'll participate in the sect competition!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
"Then sign your name on this paper! I want to remind you that once you put pen to paper, you can't go back on your words! "
Lou Xiaoyi thought that such an internal competition would definitely be for the best of the external swordsmen. If they did not have roots in the sect, then they had to come from Zuo Zhou. Therefore, this Senior Brother did not think highly of him, a wild cultivator who had been abducted from another sect, who had no backing and no background!
However, he was still confident in himself. At the very least, both of them had cultivated for more than ten years. Who was afraid of who?
Thus, he signed the document without hesitation. When he was about to walk out, his senior brother's malicious voice came from behind him.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you. This time, it's the Outer Sword versus Inner Sword! Let's wait for the news from the Ascension Hall. I hope that Junior Brother Cigarette Butt can bring glory to our External Sword Sect. I, your Senior Brother, will be waiting for your glorious return! "
Lou Xiaoyi almost tripped at the door!
This Senior Brother is too evil! He had said everything except for the identity of the most important opponent.
No wonder most of the external swordsmen would rather venture into the outside world than stay in the mountain gate to participate in the sword duels. There was a reason!
It was indeed risky to venture outside, but it was still manageable. If you were afraid of death, you could crawl on the ground. Crawling on the ground would prevent other cultivators from attacking you. It was like hanging a sign to avoid fighting!
Or flying at a low altitude was also a sign of weakness. Not attacking cultivators who showed weakness was also a norm. It wasn't that there was a rule restricting you, but it came from the persistence in every cultivator's heart towards the Dao.
To put it simply, cultivators were the upgraded version of the chivalrous and righteous spirit that every youth had when they were young. Different from the people in the mortal world, cultivators paid more attention to the construction and maintenance of their mental path. This was not an imaginary thing, but an important factor that would really affect their longevity in the upper realm in the future. Therefore, there was no rule, but there was indeed such a promise in every cultivator's heart — challenge the strong and help the weak.
A cultivator's self-cultivation!
After all, the Fifth Ring Realm wasn't in an extreme state of war, so cultivators could still control their own state of life. Of course, it was still the same saying. If you were a coward, you would lose your Sword Heart. That would be a lack of confidence in your own strength and Sword Dao. It would be safe, but it wouldn't be beneficial to cultivation. If you walked sideways, you would have a clear Sword Heart. However, you would have to pay an additional price for this clarity.
The reason why Lou Xiaoyi wasn't willing to go to the outside world was that he didn't want to lose his Sword Heart. He also didn't want to walk sideways and lose his life. Thus, he might as well stay at home and not leave!
However, if the price of staying at the mountain gate was to fight against those freaks of the Inner Sword, then he might as well walk sideways. At least he could still enjoy the scenery!
If he walked sideways, he would slowly lose his Sword Heart. If he fought against the Inner Swordsman, his Sword Heart would be tortured. In the end, it was hard to say whether his Sword Heart would still be there!
Although he didn't deliberately inquire about it, he could understand the internal situation of Xuanyuan from the occasional meetings with his own small group of lowly people and from the idle chats of the teachers' lectures. The Inner Sword and Outer Sword were almost completely separated.
The Inner Sword was arrogant and had the attitude of being in charge, while the Outer Sword had long since tacitly accepted this position. They had fought for it for tens of thousands of years but had never fought for it. Instead, they were suppressed more and more to death. Thus, they adopted the current method. You're strong, aren't you? I won't fight with you. Let's adopt a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude!
I can't afford to offend you, but can't I just hide?
This was the general mentality of the middle and lower level cultivators in Xuanyuan. The higher-ups saw it clearly and knew that if this continued, it would be detrimental to the whole of Xuanyuan. Thus, the Sword Qi Rushing Heaven Pavilion contacted the Chaotic Thunder Palace and joined forces to promote the battle between the two great Sword Vein at the Foundation Establishment and Jin Dan level. They also set up generous rewards for this.
These measures were only one of the many efforts made by the higher-ups of Xuanyuan to integrate the Inner and Outer Swordsman. This was because there was no danger of life within the sect. If the opponent was another large sect, then the Swordsman sent out would definitely be a combination of the Inner and Outer Swordsman. In Xuanyuan, this was the correct way to cultivate!
Just like when Lou Xiaoyi was being chased, the person who saved him would definitely be the Inner Sword! Because this was the decree of the Thunder Palace!
If an Inner Sword was in danger, then the person who went would definitely be the Outer Sword, appointed by the Rushing Heaven Pavilion. Of course, because of their battle strength, they would definitely send out a group of them. Who asked them to have so many Outer Swordsman?
This was the integration measure that the higher-ups of Xuanyuan were trying their best to do. Although it couldn't change the foundation, at least it allowed the Inner and Outer Swordsman to interact with each other for tens of thousands of years. The old Swordsman understood this, but only a rice worm like Lou Xiaoyi didn't understand!
In the collision between the Outer Swordsman and the Inner Sword, there might be friendships, but there might also be people whose Sword Heart was destroyed. There was no perfect situation in this world. To the iron-willed Xuanyuan, if you started to give up on yourself during this process, it would only mean that you weren't suited to be a Swordsman. It would be better for you to make a decision early. You could either develop your own Dao, such as the Dao of Pills, Dao of Formations, Dao of Talismans, or go to a small town near the Dome. It would be better for you to stay here and waste your resources.
Under such circumstances, those who dared to stand out and challenge the Inner Swordsman were the cream of the crop among the Outer Swordsman. They were the most ambitious ones. Those who didn't think they were outstanding wouldn't participate in this kind of competition!
Of course, there were exceptions. For example, people like Lou Xiaoyi who wanted to hide and relax but didn't understand the situation of the Outer Swordsman.
They might not necessarily fight when they went out, but if they stayed in the sect, they would definitely fight. Moreover, it was the Inner Swordsman group that made the Outer Swordsman's face pale!
Wasn't this just looking for trouble for himself?
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