Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 29

Chapter 29: True Disciple

In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed.

Li Qian’s cultivation at Time Bell Pavilion was tranquil and peaceful.

Years of solitary life had made him accustomed to it, and he didn’t feel lonely at all.

With the aid of the bell sound, his cultivation progressed smoothly, and his cultivation level reached the ninth level of the Postnatal realm.

The comprehension of the Heartless Sword Intent was much slower, and now it only had about twenty progress points.

He discovered that the efficiency of comprehending the Heartless Sword Intent would become slower and slower as the progress increased.

At the beginning, he could increase one point every seven days.

But now it took almost ten days to increase one point.

This afternoon.

Li Qian had just finished cultivating when he heard someone calling him outside.

“Senior Brother Li.”

He looked outside the bell tower and saw a young man.

“What’s the matter, Junior Brother?”

Li Qian asked.

“Senior Brother Li, I am from the Odd-Job Hall, sent by the Hall Master to inform you that someone claiming to be sent by your family wants to see you.”

The young man quickly said.

“Not seeing.”

Li Qian’s heart stirred. Could it be someone from the Li Family in White Jade City?

However, he was too lazy to see them.

In his heart, he had already completely separated from the Li Family in White Jade City.

He was just a transmigrator from Earth in his previous life.

As for the family of this body, it had nothing to do with him.

Moreover, his predecessor had run away from home to participate in the Divine Sword Sect’s entrance test, intending to sever all ties with his family.

“Senior Brother Li, then I’ll go back and report.”

The young man hurriedly said.

“Hmm, go ahead.”

Li Qian waved his hand.

Odd-Job Hall.

A middle-aged man with several house servants was waiting anxiously.

He was sent by Master Li Donglin and was the housekeeper of the Li Residence.

After waiting for a long time, finally, footsteps sounded, and then a person walked in, “Housekeeper Xu, I’m really sorry, but Inner Sect Senior Brother Li is unwilling to see you.”

This was Deputy Hall Master Xu Wei of the Odd-Job Hall.

He was very polite.

Even if Li Qian was unwilling to see his family, it was only a conflict between Li Qian and his family.

If he was negligent, he might offend an Inner Sect Disciple.

“Young Master is unwilling to see me?”

The middle-aged man, Housekeeper Xu, changed his expression.

He had been ordered by Master to come and see Young Master, and it was a matter of great importance.

He couldn’t just go back without even seeing him, could he?

“Hall Master Xu, can you take me to where Young Master cultivates? I really have important matters to discuss with Young Master.”

Housekeeper Xu hurriedly said.

“Housekeeper Xu, it’s not that I don’t want to take you there, but it’s against the sect’s rules. Moreover, Senior Brother Li hasn’t agreed. If I take you up the mountain without permission, I’m afraid it will displease Senior Brother Li.”

Hall Master Xu shook his head and said.

Housekeeper Xu knew that this kind of major martial arts sect had strict rules. If he couldn’t see Young Master, how could he deliver the things to him?

He gritted his teeth and immediately made a decision, “Hall Master Xu, how about this? I have something here that needs to be handed over to Young Master. Can you send someone to deliver it?”

As he spoke, he took out a half-foot-long wooden box from the package he was carrying.

This wooden box was sealed with a special lacquer seal, mainly used for storing special valuables. By checking the lacquer seal, one could tell if the wooden box had been opened.

An official family like the Li Family in White Jade City naturally had its own set of lacquer seals, which were difficult for outsiders to imitate.

Hall Master Xu saw the lacquer seal on the wooden box and immediately understood that it should not be an ordinary item. However, it was also normal. Since someone was sent to deliver it to a formal Inner Sect Disciple, it must be valuable.

“Alright.”

Hall Master Xu nodded and said.

“Then I’ll trouble Hall Master Xu.”

As Housekeeper Xu spoke, he discreetly slipped a gold note into Hall Master Xu’s hand.

Hall Master Xu glanced at it and didn’t refuse.

Above the bell tower.

Li Qian sat cross-legged with a precious sword lying horizontally on a rack in front of him.

At this moment, he was using his Heartless Sword Intent to sense the sword.

This was a very special method of nurturing a sword.

Nurturing the sword with one’s own sword intent.

This method of nurturing a sword was taught to him by Master Zhou Buping.

As the connection between the sword intent and the sword deepened, the sword techniques would become more powerful.

Even the sword had a chance to transform into a Divine Sword after a long period of nurturing.

For Innate martial artists of the Divine Sword Sect, it was best to nurture their own Divine Swords.

Buzz!

As the sword intent communicated with the sword, the horizontally placed sword vibrated slightly.

He didn’t use his Internal Qi.

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It was entirely caused by the sword intent nurturing the sword.

After a long time, he let out a long breath, feeling slightly mentally fatigued.

Nurturing a sword was very mentally taxing.

Suddenly, he got up and looked outside the bell tower. Someone was coming up again.

“Greetings, Senior Brother Li.”

The newcomer cupped his hands and said.

“Hall Master Xu, didn’t I say I wasn’t seeing anyone?”

Li Qian said.

“Senior Brother Li, your family asked me to give this to you.”

Hall Master Xu quickly said.

Li Qian looked at the wooden box in Hall Master Xu’s hand, frowned slightly, and immediately moved, floating down to Hall Master Xu. He reached out and grabbed the wooden box.

He had an impression of the lacquer seal on it from his predecessor’s memory. It belonged to the Li Family in White Jade City.

He directly tore off the lacquer seal and opened the wooden box.

Li Qian opened it and saw a stack of gold notes.

He roughly estimated that there were thousands of taels.

Although transactions within the Divine Sword Sect used contribution points, gold and silver were still the main currencies for measuring the value of cultivation resources outside.

One tael of gold was roughly equivalent to one hundred taels of silver.

The amount of silver in this world was far greater than gold, so the exchange rate couldn’t be compared to his previous life.

These thousands of taels of gold notes were not a small sum.

It would probably hurt the Li Family in White Jade City to take them out.

“Are they using their family fortune to support my martial arts practice? Hehe, it’s a pity that I don’t need it for my current cultivation.”

Li Qian sneered inwardly.

The daily cultivation resources provided by the Divine Sword Sect, along with the subsidies from Master Zhou Buping, were enough to meet his cultivation needs.

The existence of the Time Bell provided him with too much assistance in cultivation.

“I’ll accept the things.”

Li Qian said indifferently.

“Senior Brother Li, then I’ll take my leave.”

Hall Master Xu immediately said.

Odd-Job Hall.

Upon hearing that Young Master Li Qian had accepted the box, Housekeeper Xu, who was waiting, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he didn’t get to see Young Master in person, it was a small regret. However, accepting the things meant that Young Master still had his family in his heart.

Next, he had to rush back to White Jade City immediately and report to Master.

The gold notes sent by the Li Family in White Jade City had no impact on Li Qian.

He even placed all the gold notes in a secret cellar specifically for storing valuables.

He continued to cultivate as usual.

More than a month passed in this way.

Inner Sect, Divine Sword Hall.

Many peak masters and elders with real authority from the seven main peaks gathered together.

“Old Ghost Zhou, you usually stay in Wild Goose Gate Valley and rarely show up. How come you have time to attend the meeting today? Don’t you never care about sect affairs?”

A chubby old man asked curiously.

“This time is different.”

Zhou Buping chuckled.

“How is it different? Isn’t it just the True Disciple selection? You don’t even have a disciple.”

The chubby old man laughed.

In the Divine Sword Sect, Zhou Buping had the strangest personality and was the least sociable.

“Who said I don’t have a disciple?”

Zhou Buping snorted coldly.

“Fatty He, your news is outdated. Old Ghost Zhou took in a disciple more than a year ago.”

Someone next to him laughed.

“Ah, he took in a disciple? Tsk tsk, that’s truly unprecedented.”

The chubby old man said in surprise.

“The number of True Disciples to be selected this time is tentatively set at one. Submit the list of participants for the True Disciple selection.”

Sitting in the main seat was the Divine Sword Sect Master. He only glanced at Zhou Buping and then spoke.

“Sect Master, why only one? Didn’t two True Disciples become elders before? Shouldn’t we select two True Disciples?”

The chubby old man couldn’t help but ask.

“This is the decision I made after discussing with the seven peak masters. If we take out both True Disciple spots at once, it wouldn’t be fair to those outstanding disciples who are not yet qualified to participate in the selection.”

The Divine Sword Sect Master shook his head and said.

The number of True Disciples in the Divine Sword Sect was basically fixed, and only the most outstanding were chosen.

“One. Tsk tsk, I’m afraid the competition will be too fierce.”

Someone shook their head.

There were strict age restrictions for True Disciple qualifications, and selections were often held only every few years.

Once they missed this opportunity, they basically had no chance.