Chapter 23: Continuing Heavenly Divine Skill
Anyone who heard these words from Ding Ning would be shocked, would find them unbelievable, and would even be unable to resist hitting Ding Ning in the face with the bottle in his hand.
Because entering the Minshan Sword Sect... Where was this something that a city boy could think of?
The Minshan Sword Sect and Spirit Void Sword Sect merely took in dozens of disciples each year, but how many age-appropriate youngsters were there in the entire Changling?
Moreover, the Minshan Sword Sect and the Spirit Void Sword Sect do not only accept disciples from Changling, but also from the entire Great Qin Dynasty, and even some of the more distant vassal states and friendly neighboring countries.
How big is that territory? How many towering great cities were there?
Even if one was a unique supreme genius in a certain great city, when they arrived in front of the Minshan Sword Sect, they were afraid that they would find themselves to be quite ordinary.
Those who were able to directly enter the Minshan Sword Sect and the Spirit Void Sword Sect were all people who could be described as monsters.
For example, someone who was born with the ability to sense the existence of heaven and earth Yuan Qi would mean that there was no obstacle to his cultivation in the first three realms, and that breaking through to the fifth realm in the fourth realm would be many times faster than the average person.
Some people were born with wider meridians than the average person, and the orifices in their bodies were born with the ability to store more true essence and heaven and earth yuan qi, which meant that the higher his realm was in the future, the more power he would have to wield than a cultivator of the same rank.
There were even some people who had already naturally become cultivators shortly after being born, with the Qi of the five organs in their bodies already naturally condensing into true essence.
In the face of such monsters, the vast majority of geniuses could simply be described as trash.
Therefore, even for some powerful clans within the dynasty, the elite children within their clans would not waste time in front of the gates of the two sword sects, but would take the second path - enter some other suitable cultivation places first, and after obtaining some encounters, they would then try to stand out in the test related to the two sword sects, and obtain access to some of the secrets of the two sword sects. Instead, they would take the second path - enter some other suitable cultivation places first and gain some encounters, then try to stand out in the examination related to the two Sword Sects.
In addition, each division also has a very small number of recommendation quota, only in each division, and the performance is exceptionally excellent, accumulated merit to a certain degree, only to have access to the two sword sects to study for a period of time qualification.
However, these two paths were also extremely difficult to take.
So after coming back to his senses, Wang Taixu couldn't help but cough lightly and added, "You really aren't joking?"
"What am I joking about?"
Ding Ning glanced at him and said, "I also know that within the batch of students that just came, there are Sword Academies that have the qualifications to participate in the meeting test.
Seeing how certain Ding Ning looked, Wang Taixu was finally certain that Ding Ning wasn't joking, and his brows furrowed deeply, a Chuan character appearing within his brow.
"It seems like you've really thought about this matter seriously."
He took a deep breath, frowning as he mused, "Standing out from some special meeting tests can indeed avoid having your luster obscured by those monsters, but have you ever thought that directly entering the Minshan Sword Sect and the Spirit Void Sword Sect relies on innate talent, whereas to win from within the special meeting tests relies on not only innate talent, but also acquired talent."
"That's even more unfair."
Wang Taixu coughed again, but he still said seriously and meticulously, "A lot of powerful nobles and clans, are playing with this idea, the innate even if it's inferior to those monsters, but piling up a large amount of resources up there, the innate coupled with a large amount of resources from the latter, their children, inside the meeting test, will be a step above the rest. So in those meeting tests, the ones who win in the end are often those whose innate is slightly worse than the monsters, but in the next cultivation, there are countless resources stacked up behind them."
Looking at him so vain and still so serious, the mocking expression on Ding Ning's face however disappeared completely as he calmly said, "Since you said that I am a ghost genius who can easily sort things out, I am naturally clear about all that you have said. The question now is whether or not you have the ability to first allow me to enter those sects that are qualified to participate in the meeting test."
Wang Taixu's frown deepened, his wrinkles seeming as if they were carved by knives.
He coughed violently as if he was going to cough his lungs out.
"As long as our two floors don't fall that quickly, there shouldn't be too much of a problem in letting you enter one of the sects." After the coughing subsided slightly, he gasped, "The point is, in any business, it's all about give and take, my thought is, why do you definitely want to enter the Minshan Sword Sect? There are some high mountains that you tend to realize after you walk into them that they are not as beautiful as you imagined them to be, instead of spending a lot of money to get you to participate in that kind of meeting test where the chances are slim, in my opinion, it would be better to just spend those costs on you so that you might even be able to achieve something higher."
"I admit that you are also a monster."
After a slight beat, Wang Taixu continued, "A monster's thoughts and the way they look at things would indeed not be quite the same as us normal people, it's just that the monsters that the Minshan Sword Sect and the Spirit Void Sword Sect want aren't just in terms of their thoughts and their vision, they also require physical cultivation talent itself at the same time."
Ding Ning calmly looked at Wang Taixu and said softly, "You're very honest, so I can also tell you that there's a big problem with my body."
"Big problem?" Wang Taixu's eyebrows jumped, "What kind of problem?"
"An innate ailment, a few years ago, a cultivator had already given me the verdict, and during the past few years, there have been quite a few people who have looked at me as well." Ding Ning slowly said, "My five viscera qi is overactive, a disease of premature aging, if I were to become a cultivator and practice the techniques of the vast majority of sects, it would cause my five viscera qi to be even more active, and then I would die at a very young age, so there are reasons why I have to enter the Minshan Sword Sect."
Shock once again appeared in Wang Taixu's eyes.
He didn't know more of Ding Ning's secrets, so he consciously somewhat understood why Ding Ning possessed such calm eyes the vast majority of the time.
Someone who felt at times that his life would end soon, and who wasn't even that fearful of life and death, would naturally be calmer than the average person in many instances.
Or was this the so-called geniuses who were bound to be envied by the heavens, and there would always be some great calamity accompanying them throughout their lives?
"So, the Minshan Sword Sect does have cultivation techniques that can allow you to live a bit longer?" Wang Taixu took a deep breath and looked at Ding Ning, slowly asking.
"Although the Minshan Sword Sect and the Spirit Void Sword Sect are mysterious and supreme, fortunately, there are many records about them in our books. The Minshan Sword Sect has a Heaven Renewal Divine Skill that should be able to solve some of my problems." Ding Ning nodded and said.
"I'm also guessing it's this true secret."
Wang Taixu mused, "This is indeed an untold secret of the Minshan Sword Sect, and only disciples who are truly able to enter the Minshan Sword Sect's secret land for cultivation will be able to learn this true secret."
Ding Ning nodded, not speaking immediately for a moment.
Wang Taixu's expression, however, was even more serious and grave, "If there is no difference between your physique and what you said, then if I really helped you enter a sword academy that is qualified to take part in the meeting examination, then you will surely start practicing right away..."
"Yes, that would be the opening of the bow, if it doesn't work out, perhaps a stump of a candle will soon burn out." Ding Ning laughed as he interrupted Wang Taixu's words and said with a smile, "But this is always much more interesting than waiting to die, or rather becoming a pawn of Lord Li Ling and waiting to reap a share of his gratitude after he has conquered the world."
"Life should be held in one's own hands; if you fight, there is always some chance, if you don't, there is no chance at all. I agree with you on this."
Wang Taixu thought about it and smiled, "I think you can help me, and I can help you."
Ding Ning smiled as well, "Tell me what you think."
"We have some relations with the Green Vine Sword Academy, and there have been some recent changes in the Green Vine Sword Academy, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem for us to think of a way to get you into the Green Vine Sword Academy." Wang Taixu seemed to have already thought about this just now, and at this moment, he calmly said without thinking.
Ding Ning, however, frowned, "Mr. Taixu, don't bully me into swindling me just because I'm young, but I do remember that the Qingteng Sword Academy doesn't have the qualifications to participate in the Minshan Sword Meeting at all."
Wang Taixu shook his head, "I should say that it didn't exist before, but it started this year."
Ding Ning froze for a moment.
Wang Taixu enjoyed seeing this look of miscalculation on his part, and he smiled faintly, "The Qingteng Sword Academy has already expanded, and the White Sheep Cave has been returned to the Qingteng Sword Academy, and according to its numbers and size, it doesn't need a special decree from His Majesty, and it has already naturally gained the qualifications to participate in the Minshan Sword Meeting."
"The White Sheep Cave has been returned to the Green Vine Sword Academy?"
Ding Ning fell into deep thought.
The White Sheep Cave was located in the White Sheep Gorge, which was indeed not far from the Qingteng Sword Academy, however, the history of the White Sheep Cave was even a bit longer than that of the Qingteng Sword Academy, and in recent years, it had also produced some good cultivators, and the most crucial thing was that the White Sheep Cave was home to a Spirit Springs, which was rich in spirit qi conducive to cultivation, and which had a very good increase in cultivation speed, and it would be impossible for such a clan to be returned to the jurisdiction of an almost-identical clan in a normal circumstance .
"This is the change I was talking about."
Wang Taixu saw Ding Ning's thoughts and said softly, "Someone from the White Sheep Cave has angered the Empress, which is why this change has occurred, and as for the Green Vine Sword Academy, there are also disagreements over the issue of affiliation and use of the White Sheep Cave, so this is the opportunity for us."
"Empress?"
Ding Ning was again stunned.
This title seemed very distant in his memory.
