C18 Downhill

"Master, how can I break through to the next stage?" Lei Ao had raised this question many times before, but up until now, Old Man TianDao had only advised him not to be anxious.

Now, it was time to answer for him. Old man Tiandao laughed. "It's the easiest way to break through in a battle, especially when faced with a life or death situation. The human body's potential will be stimulated to an unlimited degree. You already knew that in the villages of the mortal world. "

"In addition, the most taboo in cultivation is to lose yourself in power, and in addition, I have an indifferent nature. Although I have taken you in as my disciple, you do not have a place in the blade faction."

Lei Ao was surprised: "Then do I count as a blade faction disciple or not?"

"Yes, why not?" The old man said: "There is no place for you. I only said that you cannot have the position and authority of the blade faction, but you are still a member of the blade faction. However, you only need to listen to the sect master's orders, and you don't need to care about the others. "

After hearing the old man's explanation, Lei Ao finally understood. It was all because of the old man's special position in the blade faction. His seniority was too high, so high that even the grand master had to call him Grand Preceptor's Ancestor. As his disciple, Lei Ao should also be considered the sect master's grandmaster.

In this way, Lei Ao was the person with the highest seniority in the blade faction other than the old man. This made the sect head somewhat unfavorable towards the management sect, so the old man stripped Lei Ao of his seniority and only treated him as an ordinary disciple.

After explaining everything that he needed to do, Lei Ao started to execute his movement technique. Now, he could already fly across these lofty mountains and lofty mountains by himself. Before descending the mountain, he specially asked the old man about his current cultivation, and the answer he received was difficult for him to accept.

Comprehension of the Dao, Thoughtless Desire Devil Grief of the Mortal Realm, Returning to the True Realm, entering the Saint realm, and ascending to the Immortal Realm!

Among the seven great cultivation realms, with the unfathomable strength of old man Skyblade, he was actually barely able to step into the true returning stage. As for the blade faction sect master and the various great elders, they had always remained within the Demonic Grief Realm.

Old man Skyblade had said that once one's strength entered the realm of 'Desire', they would be able to leave the valley and not eat the fire and smoke of the mortal world. However, once one entered this realm, it would be extremely difficult to ascend every single level.

According to the old man's knowledge, among the various sects and clans, other than those hidden sects, the strongest practitioners of the other sects had never surpassed the Demonic Ghastly Realm. There was even an old man from the Tyrant Sword Pavilion who had not died yet, but the two sides had never fought before.

Since ancient times, immortals had become a legend. From then on, the number of people possessing the Immortal Ascension Realm became fewer and fewer. In the last 100,000 years, only the elder from the Immortal City reached the Immortal Ascension City 6000 years ago.

From the ancient sects' records, they learned that there were still immortals in the ancient era. However, an unexpected event later on caused the immortals to gradually disappear, and the cultivation world's history could only be traced back to the ancient era.

As for the more ancient times, they had long since disappeared into history, including the incident that led to the disappearance of the immortals.

No one knew the reason, perhaps only those who had stepped into the Immortal Realm would understand. In the past, before he had ascended, he had mumbled to himself.

"So that's how it is. No wonder the deities were so extinct. I never would have thought that after ascending, this would be the result …"

For thousands of years, no one had truly understood these words. What would happen after he had ascended? Immortal Ascension? Becoming a Deity? To what world?

All of this was only clear to the rising senior.

Over the course of countless years, ascension had always been the cultivator's ultimate goal. However, the degree of difficulty gradually erased the cultivator's will. As time passed, this goal became an extravagant hope.

Lei Ao was the same as the others. His goal was to ascend to the Immortal Realm. He hoped to reach the Immortal Realm and reach the Immortal Realm.

It was not without reason that Sky Blade Elder and Sect Master agreed to let Lei Ao leave the mountain today. In just a few days, it would be a competition between outstanding disciples from all the major sects in the Immortal Alliance.

There were two reasons. One was to show the excellence of their disciples to the other sects, and the other was to show the interests of the sects for the next ten years.

This competition was called the Hidden Dragon Battle. Each sect agreed to hold it in the tenth year, and the winner would have the right to choose the vein crystal mine first.

In the cultivation world, there were a total of seventeen vein crystal mines. The biggest two had always been owned by the blade faction and the Tyrannical Sword Pavilion. However, whether it was the Saber Sect or the Tyrant Sword Pavilion, they could only own a single crystal mine. The consequences of their greed would only attract the attention of the entire Immortal Alliance.

The blade faction competition's martial ground had already gathered over ten thousand people. From the sect head elders to the deacons and ordinary disciples, because the martial arts competition was very important, they were all very important.

To be able to become the sect leader in the competition, even if one was unable to succeed the position of sect leader in the future, he would still be one of the candidates to become an elder. This was an opportunity for the younger generation to display their strength.

When Lei Ao arrived, the Saber Emperor was still lecturing, but he had stopped. Seeing this, Lei Ao hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, and said: "Lei Ao greets the sect head."

"Yes, three years have passed. I believe you have already received your senior's teachings. From now on, you can take on the post of examiner within the sect." The Saber Emperor smiled and nodded at him.

When those words came out, the entire audience broke out into an uproar. Even the various elders were visibly moved.

Due to the fact that the position of examiner had supreme power, he was second only to the head of the sect in the sect. Even the elders were monitored. Outside the sect, the examiner represented the sect head.

Other than Shi Yuan and the elders, no one else in the sect knew of Lei Ao's origins. When they heard that their Sect Master had given him such authority, they were all shocked.

In the past generation of the blade faction, there had only been two appearance of an examiner, but none of the examiners that were appointed were not respected elders. Compared to them, Lei Ao was simply too young.

"This... Sect Master, please forgive this disciple, but before I descended the mountain, I was warned repeatedly that I was not allowed to touch any position of power in the sect. "

Lei Ao's refusal caused another commotion and he was extremely curious about his master behind him. Even Sect Master had to respectfully call him senior, so he was definitely not an ordinary person. However, they could not think of anyone else with a seniority even higher than Sect Master.

After the Blade Emperor heard Lei Ao's reply, he thought for a moment and understood Old Man Skyblade's intentions. He smiled and said, "Since Senior has given such an explanation, then our sect will not say much. From today onwards, you are our thirty-seventh disciple. Does your master have any plans for the future? "

"Master said that Lei Ao will follow the Sovereign's orders from now on." Lei Ao said.

"Good, five days from now will be the Hidden Dragon Battle of the big sects. You can represent the chief disciple of the blade faction. Also, there will be some of the more outstanding disciples of this generation. This battle will be with you as the leader."

"Yes, Lei Ao will definitely try his best."

"You can go down and rest. We will discuss this with you in detail later." Saber Emperor waved his hand to have Lei Ao continue, and continued with his lecture.

In these past ten years, the sect head had not been decided. The sect head had long ago left this position to Lei Ao, and judging from how the sect head treated Lei Ao, the other disciples of the same generation were very fond of him.

In particular, there were a few with decent talent who had the faint thought of comparing themselves with Lei Ao.

Also, our sect might as well tell you this, when Lei Ao entered the sect three years ago, he already wasn't any weaker than you now. If you do not accept this, you can issue a challenge to him before we depart. "

The Saber Emperor's eyes swept across the disciples like lightning, and he said coldly, "But no matter what the result is, once you set out, you have to obediently let him be our leader. Whoever dares to destroy the unity within the sect, don't blame us for being merciless."

After the scolding was over, the Saber Emperor sent someone to invite Lei Ao to the sect hall to discuss the matter of the Hidden Dragon Battle with the elders.

"Sect Master, Master has instructed disciple to hand it over personally." Without waiting for the Saber Emperor to speak, Lei Ao took out a small booklet and handed it over.

"Oh?" The Sect Leader took the book and started flipping through it curiously. As soon as he saw it, he revealed a shocked expression and stood up from his seat. He cried out involuntarily, "This … "It's actually …"

The Sect Master's discomposure attracted the attention of the various Elders, one by one they began to guess the purpose of the booklet.

After a brief moment of surprise, the Blade Emperor calmed down and asked Lei Ao, "Have you practiced these two moves before?"

"There is, but I can only barely use the sixth move. Master said that these two moves are incomplete, which puts a huge burden on the body. It's a type of move that can injure the enemy one thousand times and damage himself eight hundred times. Don't use it easily if you have no other choice."