Chapter 154: Recruiting Disciples

  "Boom!"

  That terrifying sword energy directly struck Xia Lin's body, yet strangely did not bring even a hint of harm. Even the white clothes on Xia Lin's body were undamaged, with only the hem fluttering slightly from the blow.

  "How is it possible?"

  The middle-aged man looked at this scene with horror, his soul was shocked. He had never expected that the Qingyun's second change could hurt Xia Lin, but at least it should have blocked it. What's going on with this complete disregard for swordsmanship? Not even a single piece of clothing was damaged, this is too strange.

  "Hmmph!"

  Xia Lin sneered and with one final sword strike, he beheaded him without any hesitation.

  Just kidding, after Mo Xie's rebirth, his defensive power reached the fifth stage of zero segment. He had officially stepped into the threshold of Qingyun Three Transformations. With this clothing amplification defense, how could a mere Qingyun Second Transformation warrior break through it?

  "Pffft——"

  A streak of blood flashed by, a head floated up.

  Middle-aged man, dead.

  The five men who came to assassinate Huo Jian were all annihilated. This battle seemed to have become Xia Lin's personal show.

  Huo Jian didn't think much of this, as he had already known when they were in the Huang Quan Secret Realm that Xia Lin seemed weak but had some kind of explosive secret technique. After exploding, his strength greatly increased and was extremely terrifying, far surpassing Huo Jian's. Not to mention, after returning, he had already advanced from the Condensing Sea Realm to the Returning Origin Realm, completing this major realm breakthrough, so it was natural that his strength surpassed Huo Jian's.

  As for Ye Jian, he had already been fooled by this time.

  At first, he admired Xia Lin's basic swordsmanship, but also thought that Xia Lin only knew this. However, when the Sword Pointing to Jiangshan burst out, Ye Jian went crazy, he had never felt that swordsmanship could be so dazzling!

  Those blood-colored small swords that filled the sky, those sword rains that descended from heaven, made his heart and soul tremble, and his obsession with swords finally sprouted again.

  As Hao Jian said, some people are born to be sword cultivators!

  Xia Lin still stood there in contemplation, the blood color in his eyes had long since receded. In fact, he had resorted to using Sword Finger Jiang Shan because the time of Mo Zun's descent into the world was already near, and if they dragged it out any longer, they might not be able to keep these few people here.

  A battle that seemed ordinary, but for Xia Lin, it was a leap forward.

  Just learned a few days of swordsmanship. Immediately had the perfect practice object, although he was relying on the prestige of the world to suppress after the upgrade, but for the master of the sword, the boundary is never the most important thing.

  This battle has made his grasp of basic swordsmanship approach perfection. Whether defending or attacking, he is not inferior in any way, and more importantly - the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique!

  Xia Lin's eyes suddenly opened wide, "Huo brother, take this!"

  A sword flashed and disappeared, and Huo Jian's figure appeared in the courtyard. He exchanged a move with Xia Lin, but his mind stirred - this sword technique... was the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.

  "Flowing Cloud Sword Technique First Form!"

  "Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, Second Form!"

  In Xia Lin's faint smile, he surprisingly performed the Liuyun Sword Art that Jian Jia and others had just demonstrated, and in terms of proficiency, it was not inferior to the middle-aged man from earlier.

  Ding ding dang dang, countless sword cries intersect.

  It wasn't until Xia Lin had fully executed the tenth form of the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique that he finally stopped.

  "Unfortunately, the eleventh move still hasn't been executed." Xia Lin shook his head regretfully. He had originally wanted to take advantage of the newly comprehended Flowing Cloud Sword Technique and execute the eleventh move in one breath, but unfortunately, it seemed he hadn't succeeded.

  Huo Jian smiled bitterly and said, "What can I say? This is just the gap."

  "Little Yezi, clean up here and then come in." Xia Lin said to Ye Jian.

  "Oh." Ye Jian surprisingly nodded in agreement.

  Just now, the middle-aged man's escape made him thoroughly disillusioned with Jianjia. What is worth going for a person who lets his subordinates die and escapes himself in times of crisis? As for why his subordinates are willing to die for him, Ye Jian had heard that Jianjia would kindly arrange for his disciples' families to be taken care of and protected, it seems that this is also a double-edged sword.

  It was Xia Lin's swordsmanship just now that made him see that Xia Lin was indeed a master of the way of the sword.

  Actually, thinking about it, one would know that being able to easily break through the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique must mean that he himself has mastered the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique extremely well. Suddenly, he remembered what Xia Lin had said to him back then, if possible, Xia Lin would take him as his apprentice.

  While thinking about it, Ye Jian quickly cleaned up the place, and several corpses were thrown outside. When he came back, Xia Lin and Huo Jian were already sitting inside the house.

  Xia Lin looked at Ye Jian, who was running back with a big sweat on his head, and suddenly smiled. This kid is a serious person.

  "The door is closed, come in and talk." Xia Lin smiled calmly.

  "Uh-huh." Ye Jian nodded excitedly, closing all the doors of the courtyard and house, then looked at the two people.

  Huo Jian looked at him and said in a low voice, "I know you want to repay me, but I won't accept an apprentice, nor can I. Your talent is very strong, it would be a pity if you continue to waste it. If you're willing, I can introduce you to a master."

  Plop.

  Ye Jian directly knelt on the ground, "Please, senior, point out."

  Huo Jian smiled contentedly and pointed to one side: "That's him. His skills, you must have seen them too. What do you think?"

  Ye Jian raised his head and looked at Xia Lin's smiling face, but in his heart he couldn't hide the intense excitement, just as he was about to speak: "I..."

  "Wait a minute—"

  Xia Lin abruptly interrupted him, "Before you make a decision, I have something to say clearly. I don't like deceiving people."

  "Huh?" Ye Jian was somewhat perplexed.

  Xia Lin smiled brightly and walked step by step towards him.

  Ye Jian was shocked to discover that Xia Lin's face was slowly changing, becoming younger and more handsome. When Xia Lin reached his side, he found that this was also an extremely young boy!

  "My name is Xia Lin, this year... almost seventeen years old." Xia Lin smiled calmly, looking at Ye Jian, "Now, do you think I have the qualifications to be your master?"

  Ye Jian swallowed a mouthful of saliva, seemingly somewhat bewildered, but soon he made up his mind.

  What's the big deal if I'm younger than him?!

  He thought he was a born genius, but now look at him, isn't Xia Lin even younger than him?

  At sixteen, he completely surpassed himself and his strength was comparable to that of Huo Qubing!

  Such talent, isn't it far beyond one's own?

  He apprenticed under Huo Jian, which was indeed a repayment of kindness. He was willing to do so with all his heart, but he also knew that Huo Jian's future might be even slower than his own, and wouldn't be able to teach him much. However, Xia Lin was different - at the age of 16, he had already made such progress, and would only become faster than himself!

  Such a master is definitely worth worshiping.

  "Master is above, please accept a bow from your disciple!" Ye Jian decided and knelt down in front of Xia Lin, his eyes firm.

  "Very good." Xia Lin burst out laughing, "From now on, Ye Jian, you are my apprentice, Xia Lin's."

  "Yes, Master." Ye Jian said respectfully.

  Xia Lin nodded in satisfaction, he knew very well how he had improved.

  Ye Jian looks at human nature, Ye Jian is not a bad person. But Huo Jian looks at the sword path, Huo Jian was over 30 years old when he entered the Qingyun second change, and he himself belongs to the genius category, but he still says that Ye Jian is a natural sword cultivator, with talent far surpassing his own! This in itself is extremely terrifying.

  He is not a master of swordsmanship, but he wants to cultivate a super swordsman.

  At least for a very long time in the future, it will be an assistant of its own.

  "What about your mother?" Xia Lin asked.

  Ye Jian lowered his head and said gloomily: "Mother passed away last year, she made me promise to come find Master Huo."

  Xia Lin and Huo Jian exchanged a glance, and suddenly it dawned on them. No wonder he had knelt for a whole year; it turned out to be his mother's last wish.

  This young man is filial.

  Indeed, an exceptionally talented young man.

  "What do you think of your current strength?" Xia Lin asked.

  Ye Jian slightly pondered, then said: "I only have Condensed Sea's initial stage, but... I can affirm that under Return to Origin, no one is my match!"

  Suddenly appeared in front of him, so domineering!

  "Since that's the case, why don't you participate in the Famous Swords Conference as well?" Xia Lin said.

  "Yes."

  "Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, have you cultivated it?" Xia Lin asked.

  "No." Ye Jian shook his head, "The boundary is not enough, and it can't be bought, so there's no cultivation."

  Xia Lin smiled slightly, "Very well, then your first trial will begin with the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique."

  So, Ye Jian was settled in the He family.

  Before the famous sword conference began, Xia Lin had been following Summer to learn the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, while Huo Jian would occasionally point out a few things. The three of them spent their free time studying sword techniques and it was quite lively.

  Huo Jian was not mistaken, Ye Jian's talent was indeed astonishing.

  The Liúyún Jiàn Fǎ, some people need to spend several years to develop their own style. Ordinary people, by the time they reach the sixth form of Liúyún Jiàn Fǎ, will find their own style, and this may take two years.

  The Liuyun Swordsmanship's every move is increasingly difficult to master as it progresses, yet that middle-aged man spent who-knows-how-many years and actually managed to cultivate the tenth move of the Liuyun Swordsmanship!

  The same technique, Huo Jian used for a month and was called a genius. While Ye Jian used only three days to master the sixth form of the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique.

  Yu Jian was quite pleased with himself and very proud of it.

  But Xia Lin just gave him a faint glance: "Three days and you're only on the sixth move? I mastered it in one hour."

  One sentence shattered Ye Jian's pride, and he began to cultivate diligently.

  Xia Lin wasn't wrong, he indeed only used one time period. This was still conservative, in one time period, he not only learned the sixth form but even directly cultivated to the tenth form.

  Under the barbarian teacher's dissecting movements and crazy cultivation in the Hundred Refining Pavilion, an hour was very normal.

  Ye Jian's existence also has another benefit.

  That is, Xia Lin had an opponent, a pure swordsmanship opponent. Huo Jian's swordsmanship level was too high after all, and fighting him would be self-abuse.

  But Ye Jian is different, a genius is a genius, but an unappreciated genius can still be abused.

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