Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 496 - 294: True Inheritance Tower! The Exhibition of Divine Skills by the Vientiane Realm Peak Master!
In the True Martial Sect, whether it be the Supreme Sect Leader or the Supreme Elders, they nearly all spend extended periods in closed-door cultivation. Each one solidifies their realm, comprehends the Great Dao, searching for that slim opportunity for a breakthrough. They seldom take an active interest in the affairs among the disciples within the Sect. Only the advancement of a True Inheritor Seed would bring them forth personally.
The status and strength of Peak Masters, although not a match for the Supreme Sect Leader and Supreme Elders, are nevertheless nearly comparable. For the Inner Sect Disciples, a Peak Master is akin to a legend, someone they hear of but rarely see. Some might spend their entire lives without ever meeting the Peak Master of their peak.
Yet today, the Peak Master of Thunder Prison Peak had personally summoned Jiang Shu. In an instant, all the Inner Sect Disciples looked at Jiang Shu with envy that could not be concealed. This is the Vientiane Realm, after all! In the Cang Mang Domain, this is considered a true powerhouse. Contemplating the Great Dao, they could transform Divine Skills with a wave of the hand. With guidance from a Vientiane Realm Lord, even the most ordinary Inner Sect Disciple could leap like a fish over the dragon’s gate and become a Nirvana Realm Monarch.
Brother Jiang, who was already comparable to the foremost among Inner Sect Disciples, now received guidance from Thunder Prison Peak’s Peak Master. Perhaps, in the future, he really could ascend directly to one of the Ten Great True Inheritor positions!
An Inner Sect Disciple’s eyes flickered, and they stealthily fled through the air. When the Peak Master intervened, everything was set in stone. The ownership of the Heavenly Rank Treasure would fall to Brother Jiang. They wanted to seize the moment, while everyone else was still in shock, to go to the Outer Sect and curry favor with Brother Jiang’s old friends, to establish a connection.
What’s more terrifying than a genius is a genius with a powerhouse behind them! Jiang Shu was now one such person.
「Thunder Prison Peak.」
When the Peak Master’s voice rang out, everyone fell silent and their gazes turned toward Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu, neither servile nor haughty, wiped away Zhou Yan’s mark from the Flame Pearl Phoenix Feather Umbrella with his powerful spiritual power and tossed it into his Storage Bag.
He paid his respects to the Elders of Thunder Prison Peak one by one, then turned into a streak of light and flew toward the Cave Mansion of the Peak Master.
"Disciple Jiang Shu pays respects to the Peak Master."
Atop Thunder Prison Peak was a vast and boundless sea of bamboo, each stalk an Earth Rank material known as Zi Xiao Thunder Bamboo. At the heart of this bamboo sea stood the Chaos Thunder Dao Sky-reaching Bamboo, a Heaven Rank material so rare it was almost capable of transforming into a humanoid form.
All things in the world can cultivate. These naturally occurring plants, nurtured by Yuan Qi over long periods, occasionally ascend to the Spirit Rank. If lucky, they might develop consciousness, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth day and night. Earth Rank materials are adept at concealing themselves. With the guidance of a powerhouse, they can even awaken Spiritual Wisdom, akin to a three- or four-year-old child, knowing to seek benefits and avoid harm. As for Heaven Rank plants, they are almost beyond the category of ordinary flora. Each Heaven Rank plant is naturally attuned to the universe, and cultivators can glean a Tao Embryo from them. Even a Nirvana Realm Monarch might not be able to gather a few of these. Yet here, nearly a hundred stalks were in sight.
Jiang Shu focused his mind. Every stalk of Chaos Thunder Dao Sky-reaching Bamboo radiated an endlessly terrifying aura of thunder. Their auras intermingled to form a colossal Chaotic Thunder Array, which could trap even a Nirvana Realm Monarch who ventured into it uninvited.
"Come in."
The voice of the Peak Master rang out once more, and nearly a hundred stalks of the Chaos Thunder Dao Sky-reaching Bamboo moved aside to reveal a broad path.
Jiang Shu walked steadily through.
At the peak, there was no grandiose Great Hall as he had imagined, but rather a very simple and modest, not overly large bamboo house. In front of the bamboo house lay a small pond, and a middle-aged man in a purple robe was holding a fishing rod as though angling for something.
"There’s no need to be nervous. We, the True Martial Sect, are not of the Demon Path to the extent of seizing others’ fortuitous encounters."
"Within your several Earth Rank Divine Powers, there are shadows of a Tao Embryo. It’s apparent that the creator deliberately lowered the skills’ rank to facilitate your cultivation. Such creators are exceedingly rare, even for those of us at the Vientiane Realm."
"Such fortuitous encounters are not even chanced upon by Nirvana Realm Monarchs. However, in our True Martial Sect, almost every True Disciple is destined for the Vientiane Realm. You have your own immense fortuitous encounters, and they too have fortuitous encounters that reach the heavens."
"Becoming a True Disciple is no simple task."
The Peak Master of Thunder Prison Peak, Lord Zi Ji, was among the most formidable of the Peak Masters of the True Martial Sect’s thirty-six peaks, a fearsome entity placing him almost within the top ten. Among the Inner Sect Disciples, many speculated that Lord Zi Ji might have reached the Late-stage Vientiane Realm.
"Please enlighten me, Peak Master."
Jiang Shu gave a formal bow. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Although he was already an Inner Sect Disciple of the True Martial Sect, his time within the Sect had not been very long. His understanding of the True Martial Sect was also quite superficial. Much of his common knowledge about the Sect was relayed to him by Lu Qingling. But Lu Qingling, after all, only had an aunt who was a Nirvana Realm Elder, so what she knew couldn’t compare to that of the Peak Master of Thunder Prison Peak, Lord Zi Ji.
"In our True Martial Sect, servant disciples are not considered to have formally entered the Sect; we generally recruit them from ordinary practitioners of the Six Martial Arts Realms. Upon entering the Outer Sect, one must condense True Fire and cultivate Divine Skills. Inner Sect Disciples must condense a Primordial Pill and achieve unification of their Divine Skills."
"To be frank, if one has enough Talent and enough Sect Contribution Points, nearly every Outer Disciple could become an Inner Sect Disciple."
"The threshold from the Furnace Fire Realm to the Primordial Pill Realm is not that high. There’s no set number for Inner Sect Disciples."
