Days passed like a shooting star, after seeing it, without notice will it be gone, passing without thought.
The choosing of head disciples neared and almost a month of time passed.
Lin Wu, Lin Mu, Siphyr, and the other two candidates prepared.
And as the day of the choosing came even closer, the candidates tried even harder and without knowing it, the last day of the month passed by.
"Siphyr, You've already reached the peak of the Seven Awakenings Realm, haven't you thought of advancing to the next realm already?"
Liliane wondered as Siphyr was already at the last stage but still had no interest in proceeding to the next realm.
"No need to rush, I'll advance when the time comes, I'm just preparing myself as I consolidate my cultivation even further."
He explained standing up from the bed and teasingly smiled at Liliane.
"Or perhaps you can't wait anymore?"
His words caused her to blush as she hurriedly declined the thought.
Siphyr could see through her intentions very clearly and chose not to dwell on the matter anymore.
He had already made her wait for a long time and teasing her was just an act to see her cute side.
He wore his red robe and walked to the door. However, he was stopped by Liliane grabbing him by the hem of his clothes.
"At least properly wear them."
She said as she fixed his clothes to which Siphyr intentionally didn't properly wear.
She's now acting like a wife seeing his husband off and Siphyr couldn't help but tease.
"Done fixing my robe? Then, I'll head out first... My wife."
He grinned but to his surprise Liliane's reply caught him off guard.
"Stay safe.... D- Darling. Just as you know, I'm always protecting you from the shadows!"
After getting embarrassed by the former sentence, she disappeared after saying a few words.
"Darling.... That sounds nice."
He mumbled and a cute embarrassed squeak from out of nowhere reached his ears.
The morning sun was bright as he looked up to the sky and the gray clouds covering the peak of the mountain showed that it was about to rain.
The last day before the tournament was a rainy day.
"Sword Emperor's strike!"
Suddenly a loud shout came over behind their house and a loud boom followed.
The owner of the familiar voice was Lin Wu, practicing the technique that belonged to his ancestor.
The Sword Emperor Strike was one of the sword techniques of the Swordsmaster from the Lin Family.
It was said that their ancestor reached the level above the sword aura or qi, causing him to be unmatched in the way of the sword in his prime.
Even at today's time, no one was able to reach that level on the sword.
Well, except for one man who previously had no interest in cultivation.
That said man headed towards the back of their house and wondered as to the strength of the technique that caused a loud boom.
"Haaa... After all, that training I'm only at the intermediate stage of this technique. Please forgive my lack of talent, ancestor."
His breathing was rough due to the full use of the technique, it used up all of his Nyxavor, leaving him breathing heavily on the ground.
He picked up the sword once again and stood using it as support.
Hearing him apologizing the ancestors voice sounded in his mind.
"No need to apologize, little boy. Reaching the intermediate state is already a high achievement with your talent."
"With that you'll be able to defeat someone above your stage if used with your full strength."
The ancestor told him so and Lin Wu didn't know whether to laugh or cry to his words.
"I'll rest for now and recuperate, the outcome of tomorrow's choosing is still unclear."
"I'm only at the third stage while my opponents are within the fourth stage. Also, I can only use that technique one time before I exhaust all my energy."
Lin Wu contemplated and worried about tomorrow's fight. He only hoped that his first opponent would be his older brother.
"Oh, Siphyr! Did the explosion wake you up? I apologize for that." He bowed his head.
"Don't worry, I was already long awake when the explosion occurred. I'm just curious about the technique you used, it seemed quite powerful."
Siphyr reassured and with that Lin Wu sighed in relief before hearing his ancestor's surprised voice.
"Lin Wu! That man is strong, I can see the natural sword intent around his body meaning that he has already reached a high level in the way of the sword!"
"If he's also participating in the choosing, then you might as well just surrender. After all, the only reason you want to fight is to not let your brother get that position."
His ancestor explained in his head and Lin Wu couldn't help but be shocked.
Sensing Siphyr's cultivation, he was sure that he was only at the third stage which was equivalent to him.
But if his ancestor said so then, he couldn't help but believe.
'So Siphyr's a swordsman but why is he at the Spear Peak? Well, I can't blame him, I'm also at the spear peak despite using the sword as my main weapon.'
Just like Siphyr he was found using a spear in the sect examination and that caused him to enter the Spear Peak.
So it was weird to find someone like him using a sword at the Spear Peak. As to why he planned on requesting a change after he becomes the head disciple.
'Rest assured ancestor, Disciple Yang isn't interested in the choosing. Also, my goal has changed, because of Xing Fu's death I don't want to remain weak.'
'Strength is defense! The stronger you are the more ways you can protect yourself.'
His ancestor laughed amused, but welcomed his change.
Indeed, the stronger you become, lessen things that could very well hurt you.
Especially, in the world of cultivators where the strong prey upon the weak.