Chapter 340: Sword Master Encounter (1)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The entire Thirty-Six Big Dipper Sword Domain was located in the third level of the Spirit Sword Sect.

And these thirty-six sword domains didn’t have any grade division between them.

The location was also the same as when it was first created.

However, there was something worth mentioning.

The relationship between each Sword Domain was somewhat similar to that of the various mountains in an ordinary sect.

Although there was no grade division, the sword masters of each era had their own strengths and weaknesses.

Therefore, the status of the Sword Domain depended on the strength of the local Sword Master.

To become the Sword Master of the thirty-six Big Dipper Sword Domain, Ethereal Stage was the most basic requirement.

Of course, rules were dead, bur people were alive, and situations may change.

At its peak, there were a total of thirty-six Ethereal Stage sword masters in the thirty-six Big Dipper Sword Domain.

However, there were only thirty-three Ethereal Stage sword cultivators now. The remaining three Sword Domains were taken over by the Inner Sect Peak Apotheosis Stage cultivators.

Song Zheng was the sword master of the Fierce Star Sword Domain, and his cultivation was at rhe peak of the Apotheosis Stage.

The reason why he appeared in the Heavenly Sword Trial this time was to recruit talents for his Sword Domain.

Although the Heavenly Sword Trial wasn’t the only way the Spirit Sword Sect accepted disciples, however, the disciples recruited through the Heavenly Sword Trial were at least in the Nascent Soul Stage cultivation. There were often some shocking geniuses among them.

Lu Yuan, in front of him, was undoubtedly one of those rare geniuses.

If possible, Song Zheng wanted Lu Yuan to join his Sword Domain.

However, he also knew that with the current situation of the Fierce Star Sword Domain, rather than letting Lu Yuan join them, he might as well use his ‘rights to choose¹ to exchange for some resources that could help him break through to the Ethereal Stage.

That’s right, the selection of disciples for the Heavenly Sword Trial was carried out by the various sword masters.

In order to balance the strength of each Sword Domain and prevent a situation where one party dominates over the others.

At the beginning of the establishment of Spirit Sword Sect, there was a rule.

That was, in the selection of disciples every hundred years, the weaker the Sword Domain, the higher the rights to choose their disciples first.

However, Song Zheng, who was at the peak of the Apotheosis Stage, was the weakest among the thirty-six sword masters.

Therefore, he had obtained the right to be the first to choose this time.

However, compared to taking Lu Yuan under his Sword Domain, Song Zheng felt that breaking through Ethereal Stage was more important.

The power of the Sword Domain was related to the Sword Master because every Sword Domain was responsible for exploring a foreign land outside the Domain.

This foreign land was known as the land of chaos by cultivators.

If Song Zheng reached the Ethereal Stage, he would be able to explore a larger area in the land of chaos and reap more benefits.

Spirit Sword Sect was a whole to the outside world, but internally, there were also various mountains.

The thirty-six Sword Domains were thirty-six mountains.

Even the Sect Master couldn’t make the Sword Master hand over some of the special products in the Sword Domain.

Therefore, trading the ‘rights to choose’ had become a common rule among the Sword Masters.

If he wanted to maximize his pick, he had to spread the news of Lu Yuan.

He wanted to let the other Sword Masters know that an Innate Sword Body had appeared in this Heavenly Sword Trial.

The so-called Innate Sword Body was a rather general term.

Usually, it was only those cultivators whose Dharma Idol was an immortal sword.

As rhe saying went, the image was born from the heart. The Dharma Idol was a reflection of a cultivator’s heart. The Dharma Idol of the immortal sword meant that the cultivator had a high talent in the way of the sword.

Based on Lu Yuan s mental state that Xie Zhi could not see through and a Dharma Idol Immortal Sword that could hurt Xie Zhi, Song Zheng felt that Lu Yuan’s Dharma Idol Immortal Sword was at least at the level of a true magic item.

For such a disciple, Apotheosis Stage cultivation would be the standard and even a good chance in rhe Ethereal Stage.

With such a disciple as a bargaining chip, Song Zheng felt that he would definitely be able to exchange the breakthrough resources he wanted from the other Sword Masters this time!

Thinking of this, Song Zheng’s gaze toward Lu Yuan became even gentler.

“Friend Lu, this is rhe cultivation place of the Fourth Heavens of Spirit Sword Sect. You can rest here for a while. There is still some time before rhe Heavenly Sword Trial. I need ro report your news to the Sect.”

“As for which sword domain you will join, I don’t know. But you can rest assured that each of rhe thirty-six Big Dipper Sword Domains of our Spirit Sword Sect has its own powerful aspects. If the opportunity is right, it won’t be a problem for you to learn the sword intent of other Sword Domains.

Therefore, which Sect you join won’t affect you much.”

“All right.”

Although he guessed that Song Zheng was hiding something from him, Lu Yuan did not have any other choice.

After all, he was just a genius who had just emerged.

Song Zheng’s attitude towards him was only based on his talent, not his strength.

He could give him a certain degree of attenrion, but it did nor mean that the two of them had the right to talk on equal terms.

Moreover, Lu Yuan could sense that Song Zheng was different from the incompetent Shen Qing before. Not only was Song Zheng a genuine Apotheosis Stage cultivator, but the sword intent that is true to oneself should also be one of the best among the Apotheosis Stage cultivators.

Lu Yuan felt that if they really fought, there was a high chance that he would not be rhe other party’s match.

Thus, Lu Yuan had no other choice but to accept Song Zheng’s arrangement.

“Friend, have a good rest. This matter will be over soon.”

“Sorry ro trouble you. Senior.”

After bidding farewell to Lu Yuan, Song Zheng flew toward the Third Heaven of Spirit Sword Sect in excitement..