All of them stood up together and clasped their hands . Zhao Zexian spoke on their behalf "Master Tian is too polite, we are not worthy of being your equal.
As much as we would have liked to welcome you, we don't know for what purpose Master Tian has come to our small Sect."
Calling their own sect which was a first class sect might seem a little far-fetched, but Zhao Zexian knew that it was indeed a small sect for someone like Master Tian.
" Elder Zexian is joking. Though your sect has no Mahayana Realm Cultivator, it has a gem whose future would be even above Mahayana Realm." Tian said smiling while looking at Zhao Li.
The people present understood who he was talking about and they were all shocked. Above Mahayana Realm? That was the dream of many Cultivators, but how many of them could make it come true ?
Not even direct disciples of Major Sects were guaranteed to reach Mahayana Realm, not to say above. Now an expert was saying that their Holy son had such talent? Was it even real?
Tian saw their doubtful faces and couldn't help but smile.
" Zhao Li, why don't you show the elders what you have learned?" he suggested.
Zhao Li nodded and took out his Saber from it's sheat. He focused a little and a silver light appeared over tha blade.
"Saber Intent!!" All the people present shouted at the same time. They were all shocked .
Saber Intent might not sound like a big deal after seeing it for first time, but only those who knew well about it would be impressed.
Afterall there were not even ten users of sword / saber / spear intent or any weapon qi in this World. And all of them were old people at Peak-Tribulation Transcendence Realm or Mahayana Realm Cultivator.
Zhao Zexian was one of them, but even he learned Saber intent after reaching Peak-Tribulation Transcendence Realm. For Zhao Li to do so only at Soul Fusion Realm, his future was indeed bright.
You must know that even the Holy son of Sword Pavillion is far from learning Sword intent.
Zhao Xuefeng and Zhao Zexian came forward and almost jumped over Zhao Li. Thankful they were still in their right mind and controlled themselves. " Zhao Li, tell us everything. What happened? How did you learn Saber Intent?"
They were smiling while asking questions. And why won't they? Their Sect had produced a prodigy even more monstrous than those of Major Sects. The future of their Sect is illuminated.
" It's all thanks to Master Tian. " Zhao Li acted humble and gave the credit to Tian.
All eyes turned to him, full of appreciation and questions.
" To tell you the truth, I didn't help much. I was just going to Thousand-Beast-Valley. But when I was crossing here, I sensed a shift in momentum of heaven and earth which is a sign of some treasure being born or convergence of laws.
Out of curiosity, I took a turn and landed near little Zhao Li and saw him learning Saber Intent , but he was struggling at the last step. Though I Cultivate Sword Dao, the Sword Intent and Saber Intent are practically same and helped him a little .
But I have to say, this boy is a genius. I just casually pointed out what was missing and he corrected himself instantly and in no time learnt Saber Intent. Even without my help he would have learned it in a month."
Tian , ofcourse made all the bullshit story and presented them. But it's not a bullshit story if there is someone vouching for you.
Zhao Li was embarrassed and gave a light bow to Tian " That's not true at all Master Tian. We all know that enlightenment comes only at certain time and place. There's no guarantee if there will be one even in next Hundred years. If Master Tian was not there at that time to help, I would have missed my chance ."
" Tch " Ren snickered, she couldn't take this facade anymore.
Zhao Xuefeng came towards Tian and gave a deep bow " Master Tian is the benefector of our Sect. If you need anything please let us help you. "
He knew that there was a story behind this unknown Mahayana Cultivator, but he didn't care. First of all, he didn't want to have misunderstanding with Tian, Second was because there was no way to confirm his story even if he had one. He didn't have any connections like Qin Wanyu.
" Sect master Zhao, since you asked, I have a request. I don't know how long I'll be staying in this World but it'll be atleast a few years. If it's okay with you, I wanted to take Zhao Li as my temporary disciple and teach him few things about Saber Intent."
Tian asked this because Zhao Xuefeng was the master of Zhao Li and to 'teach' him something, he had to ask his permission first.
Zhao Xuefeng was surprised by his request. If Tian wasn't a Powerful Mahayana Realm Cultivator, he would have thought that there was some ulterior motive but in truth their small sect had nothing which could be coveted by such a person.
He turned to Zhao Zexian for advice. Zhao Zexian pondered for a moment before passing the decision to Zhao Li.
" What do you think, Zhao Li ?"
Zhao Li ofcourse couldn't just start jumping with happiness and agree. That would seem unfilial to his Master.
" I would leave the decision to the elders."
His decision made everyone happy. It showed that he was not easily influenced by others and still put their elders in his eyes.
Zhao Zexian smiled , happy with his son's decision. " Since it concerns Zhao Li's future, there is no question about it. I hope Master Tian would not be too hard on him. Hahahaha"
He gave a hearty laugh after so many years. He was not worried about Tian scheming something because he knew that it was once a lifetime opportunity.
Tian hesitated before speaking his mind " I don't know if it'll be appropriate if I say something?"
The people saw his hesitation,they thought that he was going to ask for some compensation for taking Zhao Li as disciple. It was normal though, but they didn't know if they could afford something valuable to a Mahayana Cultivator.
Zhao Xuefeng said politely " Please speak your mind , Master Tian."
Though it would be hard to meet his demand, they could atleast try their best. It was the matter of the future of their Sect.
Tian knew that they have misunderstood him " If it sounds offensive then please forgive me, but I was wondering if I could give the elders some pointers while I'm here. I'm sure that Great Elder Zhao would be a Mahayana in a few years and the rest would have some achievements too."
*BOOM*
It was as if a bomb was dropped suddenly. They all were prepared for some heavy compensation but instead they were offered free pointers from a Mahayana Cultivator and he even said that Great Elder would be a Mahayana Realm Cultivator in few years. This was too much to digest.
For a few seconds no one spoke. They thought that their ears were ringing.
When no one replied for a long time , Tian spoke again " As I thought, it was rude of me to ask of such thing. I am ashamed."
This woke them up from their stupor. Zhao Zexian waved his hands in hurry " You misunderstood Master Tian, it's not that we are offended but what you're offering is too generous and somewhat hard to believe. We don't know if it's real or not."
Tian took out the the same Rank-9 100% purity Essence Seed Pill.
" I have confidence that I can help Great Elder Zhao to breakthrough to Half-Step Mahayana Realm in two or three years . And after that you just have to take this pill and solidify your Cultivation and you'll easily breakthrough to Mahayana Realm."
"....."
No reply. They thought that they were dreaming. They were getting so many free lunches today which was so unreal.
Zhao Zexian was calm this time. He knew that something was wrong. No matter how generous a person is, he won't give offer such help without any reason.
" Master Tian, I apologise if I sound rude but i don't understand why you're helping us so much. "
Everyone else has the same thought, they didn't buy that just because Zhao Li learned Saber Intent, this Senior was so impressed that he was giving gifts left and right like candies.
Tian obviously saw the tension in air and didn't hide anything " To tell you the Truth, before coming here I met Miss Qin Wanyu when I came to this world. I offered her this Pill as a token of friendship but was rejected. This doesn't mean that it made me hate her. But I want to give her a message that if she doesn't accept my goodwill, others will. I just hope Great Elder won't think low of me because of this and take this as a gift and remember me after he becomes a Mahayana Cultivator."
This truth made everyone gasp. They had a blood feud with the Blood-Yin-Moon-Sect. The only son of Sect master Zhao Xuefeng was killed by the Holy Maiden of that sect.
Zhao Xuefeng's eyes were red with killing intent " Master Tian, is what you said true?"
" I wouldn't joke about such thing , Sect master Zhao." Tian kept the pill in a box made of 20000 years old Black wood. This prevented the medical essence from leaking.
The box flew over to Zhao Zexian and Tian spoke again " I have been rejected once, please give me some face by not rejecting me twice."
Zhao Zexian took the box without any hesitation. " Master Tian , this Zhao will remember your help for his lifetime. You are an Honoured Guest Elder of this Sect from now on."