Chapter 80: Charging into the Golden Sword Rankings

  In the time it took to finish a cup of tea, Li Ruo Knife heard the sound of many people chattering from below the mountain, and the swift whistling wind rushed towards the top of the mountain. As they turned over the mountain wall, these figures with majestic and powerful auras made Li Ruo Knife involuntarily change his expression, and they were all high-ranking experts with great spiritual power.

  Among those figures, Li Ruo saw Fang Ziyuan, the eldest brother of Changmen Sect from Thirteen Peaks, at a glance.

  Fang Ziyuan saw Li Rengdao standing in front of the Golden Sword Pavilion, and he was taken aback for a moment. He stepped forward from the crowd and walked up to him, furrowing his brow and lowering his voice to ask: "Rengdao, what are you doing here? What's going on?"

  Before Li Ruo could speak, Fang Ziyuan turned his head to look at the crowd rushing into the Golden Sword Pavilion and anxiously instructed: "Ruo Dao, Brother will enter the pavilion for discussion first, you can rest assured that no matter what happens, Brother will take charge of it!"

  He patted Li Ruo's shoulder heavily and followed the crowd into the Golden Sword Pavilion.

  The summons of Tofu Kinsho must have been a big deal, as the thirty-three peaks' Longmen disciples rushed to gather, and everyone converged on the main hall to discuss matters. Just then, the old man in green clothes came down from the second floor with excitement.

  One of the long gatekeepers in a green robe asked in a low, stern voice: "Pang Zhen, you've hastily summoned us with the golden bell. What's the matter? The Golden Sword Pavilion has been closed for a long time. If you can't give a suitable reason, your fault will not be light!"

  The old man in green hastily bowed and saluted before these Longmen Sect disciples, respectfully replying:

  "Everyone, I have big news to report. Recently, I was guarding the Phantom Spirit Cave when one of our disciples entered and successfully broke through to the fourth layer, killing 81 spirit beasts in the process. This achievement has already broken Shan Zhi's record, and the Golden Sword List will need to be rewritten today! The disciple who achieved this is currently standing outside the gate, and it's none other than Li Rendao, a disciple of the Thirteen Heaven's Peak."

  "What?"

  Upon hearing this news, the crowd was in an uproar. Fang Ziyuan was shocked and took a big step forward, hastily asking: "Pang Zhen, what did you say? You said that Burning Sword had entered the Golden Sword Ranking?"

  The old man in green clothes nodded vigorously with a pleased expression: "Exactly."

  Another Longmen disciple hastily stepped forward and asked: "Pang Zhen, do you have any evidence?"

  An old man in a green robe carefully took out a purple, cylindrical crystal from his sleeve and placed it on the table, stepping back a step and saying: "Everyone, please take a look. This is the core of the Heart-Reflecting Stone of the Illusory Spirit Cave. Inside, the spiritual consciousness has preserved Li Furan's eighty-one battles perfectly."

  The crowd shouted and rushed past, Fang Ziyuan was anxious and couldn't help it, he took the lead in stretching out his hand, pouring the true yuan into the crystal stone, urging the shadow image inside the crystal stone to flow rapidly, Li Ran's three-day and three-night battle quickly unfolded, each battle clearly visible.

  The room was silent.

  Fang Ziyuan projected the final battle scene completely, and suddenly burst out laughing: "Good, good, I've successfully killed 81 spiritual beasts, and I've successfully entered the Golden Sword List."

  Fang Ziyuan finished speaking and turned around to look at the others, clasping his hands together: "Everyone, do you know who this Li Ran is?"

  Another green-clad man let out a long sigh and smiled, saying: "Zi Yan, stop pretending, this Li Ran must be one of the thirteen peaks' secretly trained genius disciples, right? Suddenly bursting forth, astonishing everyone with his talent, preparing to give us all a surprise?"

  No!

  Fang Ziyuan shook his head: "This Li Ranno, is a new disciple recruited by the Thirteen Peaks this year, he has been in our Xuanji Mountain for less than a month."

  "What......"

  The other green-clad men were once again shocked and amazed.

  "Zi Yan, I recall that our sect has a rule for recruiting disciples, with the maximum age limit being sixteen years old. This new disciple of yours..."

  Fang Ziyuan smiled and nodded slowly, saying in a light tone: "Burning Knife has not exceeded the limit, he is only thirteen years old this year."

  A loud noise, and everyone was shocked and buzzing with discussion once again.

  The old man in green clothes looked at this scene with unparalleled excitement. Such a genius was discovered during his shift, and he also had merit.

  Fang Ziyuan's mouth curled up slightly, and he felt extremely relieved in his heart. Just a moment ago, he had not expected that Li Ran would come to the Golden Sword Pavilion because of his entry into the Golden Sword List. A thirteen-year-old boy with ordinary cultivation aptitude had achieved such an astonishing achievement, which was frightening to say the least.

  "After returning and reporting to Master, Master will surely be overjoyed."

  Fang Ziyuan smiled and said loudly: "Pang Zhen, why haven't you summoned Li Ruo to the Golden Sword Pavilion yet?"

  "Yes, Brother Fang."

  An old man in a green robe walked out excitedly and soon led Li Ruo Dao back in. More than thirty pairs of eyes and spiritual senses moved simultaneously, falling onto Li Ruo Dao's body. Everyone looked at him, but couldn't tell that this young man, who seemed calm and didn't stand out in any other way, was the extraordinary genius discovered by Pang Zhen?

  Fang Ziyuan walked up to Li Ruo's side with a hearty laugh, nudging him forward and saying with a smile: "Ruo, haven't you greeted the senior brothers from Changmen yet?"

  Li Ruo knew that the people in this grand hall were all the top disciples of each of the main peaks, and their powers were unfathomable. He hastily bowed and saluted: "Ruo Li has seen you, fellow senior brothers."

  "Fang Ziyuan turned to the crowd again: 'Everyone, please verify his identity and see if this Li Ransheng is indeed the disciple in Shi Jing's shadow image.'"

  One of them laughed and said, "Zi Yan, you've all recognized him, what's wrong with that? Besides, Li Ran's knife replaced Shan Zhi on the Golden Sword List, it's not entirely an internal matter for the Thirteen Peaks."

  Everyone burst out laughing.

  Fang Ziyuan didn't care about those things, even if the number of thirteen peak golden sword disciples remained unchanged. However, being able to get a disciple like Li Rengdiao, his potential was unknown how much stronger than Shan Zhiqiang's. It had to be known that Li Rengdiao was only thirteen years old and had already comprehended the intent of the sword at the Jingyuan stage, what kind of talent was this?

  Fang Ziyuan smiled and turned his head towards Qingyi Pangzhen, saying loudly: "Pangzhen, why haven't you gone to fetch a golden sword emblem yet?"

  Pang Zhen went upstairs with a happy face and came down in an instant, holding a stone box in both hands with great respect.

  Open the stone box, and inside, a golden sword the size of a finger is dull in color, emitting a faint glow in the thin mist. Qingyi Pang Zhen holds the stone box to his chest: "Please ask each of the masters to awaken the dust for the golden sword."

  Fang Ziyuan was the first to raise his golden sword, and a strand of true yuan energy poured into it. The golden sword in his hand slowly rose with a faint golden glow.

  The golden sword circulated among the thirty-three people, each injecting a wisp of their own spiritual energy, fully activating the golden sword. The entire small sword flickered with a soft and elegant aura.

  Fang Ziyin handed the golden sword to Li Ranno, solemnly entrusting him with: "Ranno, in our school, the status of the gray-clothed golden sword is not trivial. It represents the potential for future growth. I hope you cherish this identity and strive again and again in your practice, achieving even more impressive results."

  Li Ran took the knife with solemnity and nodded heavily.

  Another tall door, Qing Yi, with a smile all over his face, nodded and said loudly: "Alright, Li Ran's entry into the Golden Sword List will be announced throughout the entire sect within three days. As for Shan Zhi's Golden Sword qualification, I hope Zi Yan will help retrieve it."

  "That's natural."

  The crowd of Longmen Qingyi assigned disciples to register Li Ruo's name on the golden list in the Golden Sword Pavilion, engraving his identity on it. After a while, they finally finished dealing with all the trivial matters, and everyone came over to congratulate Li Ruo.

  These people, although they were the chief disciples of Dan Sheng's Upper Immortal, had high spirits and were proud. However, Li Ran's achievement of entering the Golden Sword List at the age of thirteen still impressed them. Such a young man with astonishing development potential naturally made everyone willing to get close to him.