Chapter 388: Yi Chen’s Decision
Chapter 388: Yi Chen’s Decision
=== Godly Cultivator System ===
Name: Yi Chen
Age: 19 years
Strength: 390
Spiritual Sea: 198.57/ 198.57 [Recovery: 8 hrs of Sleep]
Qi Pool: 824 / 824 [Recovery: 40 days]
Cultivation: Eleventh Level of [Meridian Refinement Stage]
Qi Nature: Fire, Dark
Innate Ability: Eye of Truth Lv2 (Active) [Progress: 0 / 1,000,000,000 EXP]
EXP: 487,000 -> 87, 000 EXP
[Cultivation Arsenal]
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’87,000... compared to what I had before, it’s definitely quite dismal. However, for choosing the right master for me, this much should be enough.’ Yi Chen thought to himself while momentarily glancing towards Patriarch Su to once again open his status panel.
Since he was the most powerful of the bunch, he was naturally one of the options Yi Chen was considering.
====== STATUS ======
Name: Su Wen
Age: 867 years
Strength: 970
Cultivation: Fourth Core Building Stage
Nature: Space
Remark: A good mentor. [Regenerate: 10,000 EXP]
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’After checking his remarks, I’ll still have enough experience points left to check the remarks of two other peak masters...’
Yi Chen thought as he generated the Patriarch’s remarks.
[Remark: A man loyal to the Sect. (Regenerate: 15,000 EXP)]
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[Remark: Second Strongest in the entire White Jade Kingdom.]
’Second strongest...’
The moment Yi Chen read those lines, an image of a person immediately appeared in his mind.
’...Empress Huan Zhouxue.’
He muttered inwardly as a cold, sculpted face with sapphire blue eyes appeared in his mind.
While officially everyone thought of her as just a Core Building Stage cultivator who was at the Second Level, she was in reality already at the Fifth Core Building Stage!
However, Yi Chen didn’t spend much time on this thought as his gaze fell on Grand Elder Yan, whose introduction earlier had also caught his attention.
====== STATUS ======
Name: Yan Han
Age: 779 years
Strength: 870
Cultivation: Third Core Building Stage
Nature: Fire
Remark: A stickler for rules. [Regenerate: 10,000 EXP]
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’Let’s check his remarks then...’
With that thought, Yi Chen generated his other two remarks one after the other.
[Remark: A man of pride. (Regenerate: 15,000 EXP)]
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[Remark: Doesn’t have a very good opinion of you.]
’...Oh.’
Yi Chen’s expression immediately changed when he read the last remark, as after hearing both Grand Elder Yan and Patriarch Su, he had already somewhat made a choice in his head, which was to choose one of them as his master.
Therefore, the main reason why he was checking their remarks was mainly to narrow down which of the two would be best for him.
However, after reading through the status panel, he began having second thoughts.
’He’s strict and a stickler for rules...and apart from that he also doesn’t like me for some odd reasons?’ Yi Chen couldn’t help but purse his lips at that moment while sighing inwardly.
’What a pity... since he had already helped many people breakthrough to the Core Building Stage and also possess a fire nature Qi I would have definitely gone for him over the Patriarch for faster results if the remarks were even a little on the positive side...’
He could just imagine just how troublesome it would be for him to become one of his personal disciples.
’He might even use his other disciples to make me fall in line... yea, I want none of that.’
After rejecting Grand Elder Yan from the prospective options, the choice was obvious for Yi Chen.
However, glancing, he hesitated a little while staring at the remaining experience points he had with him.
[EXP: 37, 000 EXP]
’Yea...there’s no need to rush. I still have enough experience points to check through another peak master’s remarks...Maybe I’ll end up discovering someone more suitable for me?’
With this thought, he turned towards the other ten peak masters, and while at it, a Grand Elder draped in pink robes naturally drew Yi Chen’s attention.
’Like hell I’m going to waste the few points I have on him...’
Immediately disregarding him, Yi Chen started paying attention to the other nine peak masters.
’Let’s see then...pill refining is pretty enticing...as for Talisman, it also feels rather attractive...and then there’s array formation...’
A contemplative frown appeared on his forehead the next second.
Seeing this, the peak masters didn’t disturb him and patiently waited for him to make the final decision.
’Didn’t the Sixth Peak Master say that he was the best Pill Refiner in the entire sect? If he’s even better than the Patriarch, who is a Tier 3 Pill Master, then I’ll definitely benefit in that regard. Maybe he might even have a few cards up his sleeve.’
Yi Chen thought with an expectant expression while turning his gaze towards the Sixth Peak Master.
He knew that if the Sixth Peak Master really possessed some secrets that would prove beneficial to him later on, then he would truly be the best option for him, especially with the Silver Cloud Tournament in mind.
’Initially, I just wanted to fulfil the system mission and enter the top 10 rankings of the Silver Cloud Tournament...however, if I’m able to get a good master, won’t my rate of progress increase even more tremendously?
At that rate, won’t it be possible for me to end up ranking even higher in the tournament? Once that happens...maybe even the system reward about Yu’er will change? From 24 hours, maybe it will change to a week...or even a month?!’
An expectant feeling started flooding his heart the more he thought in that direction.
Ever since he had finished the Heart Test, there hasn’t been a moment when he hadn’t thought of his parents and Yu’er. It was especially the case with Yu’er, as he was in the same cultivation world as her now.
’...Oh yeah, before the tournament begins, I’ll also have to pay a visit to Madam Gao,’ he thought a moment later, suddenly remembering the times he had spent with her in the Ice Realm.
’She might have already made a name for herself in her guild by now, right?’ he thought while smirking inwardly before shaking all those distracting thoughts away.
Glancing at the Sixth Peak Master’s status panel in front of his eyes, his gaze immediately fell on his first remark, which talked about his proficiency in the domain of pill refining.
’Let’s see the next remark then...’ Yi Chen thought and was about to will it, but just then he froze in place.
’Wait a minute...’
His brows knitted the very next moment as, instead of focusing his gaze on the Sixth Peak Master, Yi Chen turned his gaze in Grand Elder Jian’s direction and opened his status panel again, with a confused expression evident on his face.
====== STATUS ======
Name: Yinyun Gu Jian
Age: 379 years
Strength: 770
Cultivation: Second Core Building Stage
Nature: Wind
Remark: Shackled cultivation. Second Core Building Stage is his limit. [Regenerate: 10,000 EXP]
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’Yinyun Gu Jian...Yinyun...Yinyun clan...’
Yi Chen’s eyes widened in realisation the very next moment. If not for his sudden recollection about Gao Zhen, he wouldn’t have remembered it at all.
’Yes...it’s the same name... then does he really belong to the Imperial family?!’
He thought to himself while remembering the conversation he had with Gao Zhen while trapped inside the Frozen Ice Realm.
It was this exact clan whose descendant Gao Zhen had assumed him to be earlier and had ended up using her teleportation artefact to help Zhou Lan.
She had also mentioned the same name on different occasions to him while talking about Silver Cloud Kingdom’s Imperial family.
’But it could also just be that he shares the same name, right?’ Yi Chen thought, thinking that in no way would someone who had such a prestigious status end up having shackled cultivation.
Therefore, in a bid to confirm his hypothesis, he tried to regenerate his remark.
’It’s okay...I’ll still have 27,000 EXP left after checking out the second response...’ he tried to rationalise his decision before finally spending the ten thousand experience points.
[Remark: Has already attained True Sword Mastery. Possesses the Sword God Physique. (Regenerate: 15,000 EXP)]
However, the response Yi Chen had expected never arrived and instead something even more unexpected flashed in front of his eyes.
’This...’
Yi Chen’s eyes almost popped out of his sockets once he read through that remark.
’Sword God Physique...True Sword Mastery...’
This was Yi Chen’s first time hearing these terms, which made him even more sure that the person in front of him...despite the way he was dressed, had actually entered a stage in swordsmanship which was completely incomprehensible to Yi Chen right now.
He knew how helpful having a deeper understanding of the sword can be.
It was only because he had reached the expert stage in his swordsmanship that he was able to survive inside the Frozen Ice Realm.
His expert swordsmanship had also greatly helped him in defeating the cultivators who were already at the late stages of the Qi Absorption Stage while still being in the Meridian Refinement Stage.
Therefore, the prospect of increasing his swordsmanship even further when it seemed to have reached a plateau sounded extremely enticing to him
And it was this realisation that instantly made him change his decision at the last moment.
"I...I want to become Grand Elder Jian’s disciple." Yi Chen said with firmness evident in his gaze.
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