Chapter 17 Not a Day's Cold

  "This is ridiculous, can the inner sect examination be messed up as well?"   Xue Yongge started, and some disciples yelled as well.   Jade Mountain senior sister was also a bit disappointed when she found out that someone had taken the inner sect examination first today, but after she saw that the person was Jing Jiu, all her disappointment turned into surprise.   "How is it impossible? Who in the Southern Pine Pavilion doesn't know about Senior Brother Jing's level? I think you guys are merely jealous." She looked at those disciples led by Xue Yongge and said with a cold smile, "Is it because you feel that you've taunted senior brother too many times on weekdays, and you feel a little ashamed at this time?"   During the two years in the Southern Pine Pavilion, Jing Jiu would occasionally help these fellow disciples answer questions and solve puzzles, and although the number of times was not many, it was a very important help to these young people who had never been exposed to cultivation before. Some disciples would choose to forget about this help and treat Jing Jiu as a stranger, some disciples would even be quite mocking of Jing Jiu instead because of the favors they received, but in the end, there were still more people who kept that gratitude in their hearts. They stood on Jade Mountain senior sister's side to talk Xue Yongge and those disciples into speechlessness, and again cheered and shouted for Jing Jiu who had already entered the Sword Hall.   ......   ......   "I originally thought that he was poorly liked."   Listening to the noises coming from outside the Sword Hall, Ming Xingguo was a little surprised.   That Immortal Master from Xilai Peak smiled and said, "After all, he is also a celebrity."   After saying this, the two of them looked towards the closed door of the room.   They were curious as to whether or not Jing Jiu would be able to pass the inner sect examination, and this concern even surpassed the one from a year ago when he was ten years old in Liu.   The outer disciples of this phase of the Southern Pine Pavilion were famous in the Nine Peaks.   The most famous one was naturally the natural born dao seed, Liu Shiyou, and the next one was Jing Jiu. Everyone knows that the Green Mountain Sect has a handsome and incomparable white-clothed young man, and some female disciples from Qing Rong Peak have even come to the Southern Pine Pavilion a few times for reasons, just to see what he looks like.   Only well nine always only stay in their own small courtyard, those Qing Rong Feng female disciples had to return disappointed.   If it was just that he was born extremely beautiful, it wouldn t be enough to give Jing Jiu such great fame, the key is that he is also particularly lazy ......   This kind of contrast was really suitable to be the subject of discussion.   Just like what Ming Xingguo said, many people thought that Jing Jiu's popularity should be terrible, and it was also because of these two points.   --Not seeking advancement was naturally disgraceful, and being born extremely beautiful was easy to attract jealousy.   Who would have thought that nowadays, not only had Jing Jiu already attained Divine Clutching Realm Perfection, but there were also so many of his fellow disciples on his side.   Suddenly, a refreshing sword sound rang out from the closed door of the room, spreading out around the cliff apron.   Ming Xingguo and that Xilai Peak Immortal Master exchanged glances and revealed a smile.   This sword chirp was far worse than the one triggered by Liu Xilai, but it was still quite penetrating.   At the main entrance of the Sword Hall, Master Lu also heard this sword sound and his body suddenly relaxed, revealing an emotional expression.   In the quiet room, Jing Jiu withdrew his eyes that fell on the black sword tire and turned around to walk outside.   Other than himself, no one knew that he hadn't even put his hand on the sword tire, much less mobilized all of his true essence.   If he had done it like an ordinary disciple taking the inner sect examination, he probably would have directly melted the sword tire into a lump of iron.   From start to finish, he had only glanced at the sword tire.   ......   ......   The door to the Sword Hall opened, and Master Lu walked out with Jing Jiu, looking at the disciples with different expressions and smiling.   Cheers rang out, and vaguely one could still hear a few sounds of obscurity and spitting mixed in there.   Looking at those fellow disciples who came forward to congratulate him, Jing Jiu calmly saluted, but it was a bit strange.   He didn't remember dealing with these people too much, not to mention feeling any camaraderie, that is, he only remembered two or three of each other's names.   That little girl with the plum bun was called Yushan or Jinshan?   Back to the small courtyard, looking around, silent for a moment, he left, not much to stay.   The bamboo chair and the sand table also disappeared.   ......   ......   Green mountain peaks, all year round in the clouds, to the legendary nine peaks between the clouds will be quite a bit lighter.   The clouds at the top of Tian Guang Peak are however year-round, only much thinner than the rolling clouds at Yun Xing Peak.   The ground in front of the cliff at the peak slowly flowed with white mist, as if it was a sea of clouds, and ancient stone gates and pavilions loomed in the distance, almost like a fairyland.   Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the sound of breaking air rang out, the sword light illuminated the top of the cliff, the sea of clouds gave birth to ripples, only to gradually calm down after a moment.   Five flying swords, quietly hanging above the sea of clouds, the style of these flying swords is either ancient and cold, or the sharpness is scattered, emitting an indescribable sense of pressure.   Three-foot swords!   The All Sky Sword!   Jinsei Sword!   The Returning Sun Sword!   Ruyue Sword!   The main swords of the peaks of the Green Mountain Sect are nine to five.   The Heavenly Sword of the Heavenly Light Peak is the sword of the Sect Leader, and is not allowed to show itself easily.   The Forsythe Sword of Shenmu Peak has ascended to the otherworld with Master Jing Yang.   As for the Two Forgotten Peak's Bu Er Sword, it had disappeared for many years, and that peak was where young disciples cultivated their sword hearts, and it was customary for them not to participate in Castle Peak Sect's deliberations.   But why didn't the Chiu Lai Sword of Bihu Peak appear? Had something happened to this seventh ranked peak?   The top of the cliff was quiet, and no one raised questions about the Chao Lai Sword not arriving.   An old voice rang out from the three-foot sword.   Perhaps it was because the shape of this Shangde Peak's main sword was already square, the voice also seemed square.   The owner of this voice was the Green Mountain Sect's Sword Law, Shangde Peak Master Yuan Riding Whale, who was known for his harshness and coldness.   "The book of rewards and punishments has been transmitted to the peaks by flying sword a few days ago, if there is no doubt, it will be finalized today."   When the Sect Master did not appear, the Green Mountain Sect would have Yuan Riding Whale's status as the highest, and with his heavy hand and cold temperament, very few people would oppose his opinion.   Today was no exception, several voices resounded from those swords, "Undoubtedly agreed."   A gentle and melodious voice resounded from the Jinsei Sword, and it was thought that it should be the Peak Master of Qing Rong Peak.   "The Southern Pine Pavilion will have a number of disciples entering the inner sect as we see it, and there is even a person of such caliber as Liu Shiyou, senior nephew Lu can be considered to have accomplished a great deal, so he might as well be rewarded with some more."   No sound rang out from the three-foot sword as Yuan Riding Whale acquiesced to the Qing Rong Peak Master's proposal.   This did not come as a surprise to the peaks, as everyone knew that Southern Pine Pavilion Mister Lu was his personal disciple.   Yun Rong Peak Master's voice rang out from the All Hollow Sword: "After Junior Master's ascension, our sect's prestige is even greater than in previous years, I think that no one will dare to disturb it for more than ten years, but we always have to hope for the future, every time I think of those Chaogou Junyan in the Plum Meeting in the future, the encounter with the Ministry of the Underworld, and those monsters that are born from ice-eating, I am worried, but luckily, Zhuo Master's nephew has a waxing moon after him, and is now ten years old, so I am very relieved. "   Qing Rong Peak Master said, "Zhuo master nephew is in seclusion, Layue is practicing hard between your peaks, just Liu ten years old is ultimately too small, should we call up the peak in advance?"   Yuan Riding Whale's voice rang out again, still as cold as ever, "My concern lies in whether or not ten-year-old Liu was really born with the Dao Seed. When Zhao La Yue was first born in Chaogai, someone from my sect was accompanying her and knows her situation very well, but what about this Liu Shiyou?"   The Qing Rong Peak Master's voice became a few degrees colder as he said, "Senior brother doesn't need to be suspicious, I've personally checked on Liu Tenth Year old's situation and there's no problem."   Only then did Yuan Riding Whale realize that she had actually gone to check on Ten Year Old Liu, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "When was it?"   The Qing Rong Peak Master said, "A year ago."   According to reason, Qing Rong Peak Master personally examined, and back to protect the intention of so clear, Yuan Riding Whale should be dismissed, but he still said, "I have also checked this son, before he entered the door has learned some kind of rare spitting method, I suspect that he is a spy, it should be investigated strictly."   Qing Rong Peak Master's voice was not the least bit unruffled as he said blandly, "Since you've checked, you should know that he's definitely not a spy."   The rest of the three swords had remained silent, but the three Peak Masters hidden behind the swords, probably dozens of miles away, had heard this conversation clearly, and hearing the hidden meaning in Qing Rong Peak's words, they knew that today was the day.   As expected, after Qing Rong Peak Master's words, Yuan Riding Whale stopped talking.   However, Qing Rong Peak Master also didn't insist on summoning Liu Shiyou into the Nine Peaks ahead of time.   A few moments later, the five flying swords each dispersed, and the sea of clouds at the top of the cliff returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.   ......   ......   The top of Shangde Peak was cold, especially after that sword light converged into the stone room, the temperature plummeted by several points, and a layer of frost instantly hung on the stone wall.   This mountain peak responsible for monitoring the entire Castle Peak Sect, the main sword is named Three Feet.   The origin of this sword's name was not taken from "Raising one's head three feet to the gods", but rather "Three feet of ice is not a day's cold".   Deep in the cave, an old man looked at the snow frost on the wall and remained silent.   Shangde Peak Master Yuan Riding Whale, in charge of the sword law, in the Castle Peak Sect's status is only below the Sect Leader, cold and gloomy, has always been the most fearful of the junior disciples.   "It seems that the disciple named Liu Shiyou is indeed the object chosen in advance by a certain peak."   The middle-aged sword master who spoke was called Chi Banquet, and was Yuan Riding Whale's fellow peak disciple, who appeared to have sat in on this entire deliberation.   Yuan Riding Whale's deep-set eyes flashed with a cold and stern meaning.   Over the years, the Castle Peak Sect has been doing more and more of this kind of thing, in order to ensure that the inheritance continues to be carried forward, the peaks have long been accustomed to the layout in advance, looking for quite gifted disciples in the world to grant favors, and even secretly granting the heart method, there is this predecessor, the future in the Sword Bearer Conference in the future to grab people.   Now in the sky light peak closed that genius Zhuo nephew, is at the age of six years old has been given by the master of the jade pendant.   Those young people on the Two Forgotten Peaks had already been contacted by the peaks before they entered the mountain gate. Zhao Layue was not even born yet, has been sent by the Castle Peak Sect to focus on protection, until the age of twelve years old introduced into the mountain gate, only the only problem is that, until now, no one knows Zhao Layue is actually found by the peaks, this mystery can only wait until a year later to the sword bearing conference can be unveiled.   Of course, due to the rules of the Castle Peak Sect, even if these preparations were made in advance, all the peaks might not be able to snatch the desired disciple, but it was still much better than being unprepared.   The words that Chi Yan said were based on this kind of judgment, but he was still curious as to why after Peak Master Qing Rong had said those words, his senior brother had stopped talking more, could it be that his senior brother already knew what kind of spitting breath method that disciple called Liu Shiyou was practicing in advance?   "Jade Sect Spitting Breath Method."   Yuan Riding Whale's voice was very cold, as if it was mixed with wind and snow.   Chi Yan was slightly shocked at his words, thinking that it turned out that Liu Shiyou was the one picked by the Sect Leader, so it was no wonder that the Qing Rong Peak Master didn't point it out and Senior Brother didn't continue any further.   Thinking about this, he had some regrets and some hidden irritation.   It seemed that in the Sword Bearer Conference a year from now, there was no way for either his senior brother or himself to snatch Ten Liu.   No matter how special Shangde Peak's position in the Green Mountain Sect was, how could it be compared to the Heavenly Light Peak where the Sect Leader was located.   "Already have Zhuo senior nephew, half of the disciples on the Two Forgotten Peaks are his, now also want Liu ten years old ......"   Chi Banquet sighed and said, "Since that's the case, we can't miss out on another natural born Dao Seed no matter what."   Having said that, he didn't have much confidence, looking at the peaks of the Green Mountain, who wouldn't want Zhao La Yue to bear the sword?   He thought about one thing and said, "These past two years, Master Lu's nephew has been really good at the Southern Pine Pavilion, and I heard that another person has passed the inner sect examination, should I go and observe?"   Yuan Riding Whale said expressionlessly, "What name?"   Chi Yan said, "Jing Jiu."   Yuan Riding Whale snorted coldly and said, "That lazy bastard?"