"Congratulations, from now on, you are an inner disciple. Take this letter of recommendation and report to the office of your choice of Soaring Wind Courtyard." Deacon Chen of Internal Affairs Hall handed a letter to Li Yang and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Deacon." Li Yang took the letter and saluted before leaving.
Not long after leaving the Internal Affairs Hall, Li Yang suddenly stopped in his tracks. This was because he saw a person walking towards the Internal Affairs Hall at a leisurely pace.
"It's him? Why is he going to the Internal Affairs Hall? Could it be that he broke through to the 7th stage of the Sword Qi Realm like me? " Li Yang was puzzled. He shook his head: "That's not possible. Although his sword art is very powerful, it is said that he was only at the 3rd stage of the Sword Qi Realm when he entered the sect. It has only been a month since he entered the sect. It is impossible for him to break through to the 7th stage of the Sword Qi Realm."
After all, it was rare for a breakthrough in sword art to lead to a breakthrough in cultivation. It was also rare for a person to continuously take pills, especially in the outer sect.
With a stomach full of questions, Li Yang hesitated for a moment before he turned and walked towards the inner sect. He had already gone to the Chore Hall to meet Yan Kuan.
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"The application for inner sect disciple is here." Chu Mu carried a small bag with some necessities. He walked into the Internal Affairs Hall and walked towards a corner.
Other than exchanging pills and materials for contribution points, the Internal Affairs Hall also had applications for inner sect disciples. A Deacon with the surname Chen was in charge of it.
"You want to apply to become an inner sect disciple, right?" Deacon Chen was a middle-aged man. He used the Aura Observation Technique to check Chu Mu's cultivation. It was indeed at the 7th stage of the Sword Qi Realm. "Your cultivation meets the requirements. State your name and origin."
"Chu Mu, a direct descendant of the Chu Family in Kaiyang City." Chu Mu said lightly.
"Chu Mu! You are Chu Mu! " Deacon Chen was slightly surprised. He seemed to have heard of Chu Mu's name and could not help but take a second look. He had heard of Chu Mu from Deacon Wen and Deacon Yang. They had also heard of the incident where he defeated the outer disciple of Qinglan Sword Sect, Su Hualong. Therefore, the name Chu Mu still left a deep impression on them.
"I am Chu Mu," he said with absolute certainty.
"Taking a closer look, it is indeed extraordinary." Deacon Chen smiled and said, "There are three academies in the inner court: the Thunder Academy, the High Wind Academy, and the Blue Water Academy. The Thunder Academy focuses on the low-level sword art Thunder Sword Art, the High Wind Academy focuses on the low-level sword art High Wind Sword Art, and the Blue Water Academy focuses on the low-level sword art Blue Water Sword Art. I wonder which academy Chu Mu would you like to choose?"
"Ling Feng Courtyard." Chu Mu had already thought about it.
"You also choose Towering Wind Department?" Deacon Chen's eyelids moved and he seemed to be a little surprised, "It seems that this time, Towering Wind Department will have one more genius."
"Before this, your outer disciple Li Yang also chose Towering Wind Department." Before Chu Mu could speak, Deacon Chen explained first. Chu Mu nodded and secretly said that Li Yang had also broken through to the seventh stage. However, Li Yang was at the peak of the sixth stage before, so breaking through to the seventh stage was not a special thing.
"Take this letter of recommendation to the office of Towering Wind Department and receive the relevant things. Then you can become an inner disciple of Towering Wind Department." Deacon Chen laughed as he gave a cyan letter of recommendation to Chu Mu. He also conveniently explained how to get to Towering Wind Courtyard.
"Thank you, Deacon." After receiving the letter of recommendation, he saluted and turned to leave.
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The three academies of the inner court, Thunder Academy, Towering Wind Department, and Blue Water Department, were almost equal in strength.
The reason why he chose Towering Wind Department was because Xiao Qianfeng was in Towering Wind Department.
The outer court disciple's residential area was at the bottom of Qinglan Mountain, and the Internal Affairs Hall was in the middle. The inner court disciple's area was higher. It took nearly half an hour to walk to the inner court disciple's area.
Strictly speaking, in addition to the three academies of the inner court, there was also the Qingfeng Main Hall. However, the Qingfeng Main Hall was not a place that could be entered as one wished. Therefore, to become an inner court disciple, there were only three academies.
Towering Wind Department was located in the Eastern District. It was called a department, but in fact, it was just a name and not a fixed courtyard. There was a white gravel path that meandered forward. On both sides, there was trimmed grass. It was lush and green, and it grew very dense. When the wind blew past, it moved like small waves. Looking at it from afar, it was pleasing to the eye and broadening one's heart.
Next to the beginning of the path, there was a two-meter-tall brown stone tablet. There were mottled traces of moss on the stone tablet, which looked very old. On the stone tablet, there were three large green words: Towering Wind Department.
Chu Mu walked to the front of the stone tablet. When he saw the three large green words, he seemed to hear the whistling of a strong wind. It was as if there was really a strong wind blowing past. In front of his eyes, there were also traces of green flowing past.
The three large words contained a very special artistic conception. There was some kind of mystery in them. Looking at it carefully, it was as if three gusts of wind had blown past the stone tablet naturally. There was a kind of natural smell that made the three large words seem to come alive and turn into three gusts of wind to blow away.
"This feeling is really familiar." Chu Mu muttered to himself. This feeling was somewhat similar to the mysteries of wind that he had comprehended before.
Gusts of wind blew from afar, causing Chu Mu's black hair to flutter and his clothes to flutter.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? Could it be that you don't know that outer disciples are not allowed to come close? " Suddenly, a questioning voice came from behind, interrupting this mysterious feeling. His eyes flashed and the wind disappeared. The stone tablet was still the stone tablet, and the three large words were still there.
When he turned around, he saw a disciple in a green robe holding the Hundred Refined Sword. His nose was almost raised to the sky, and he had an arrogant expression on his face as he looked at him with an interrogating gaze.
"A new inner disciple." Chu Mu glanced at him and roughly knew what kind of character this person had. After all, observing a person was like observing a sword. Chu Mu replied indifferently, not intending to pay too much attention to him.
"A new inner disciple? Let me see your letter of recommendation. " When the inner disciple heard this, he said with an arrogant expression. He stretched out his hand to grab the letter of recommendation in Chu Mu's hand. His move was sudden and fast, but Chu Mu's arm swayed and he dodged the inner disciple's grab.
"Oh, you have some ability. Remember, my name is Qi Bai. Now, I will teach you how to respect your senior brother." Qi Bai said and instantly pulled out his sword, thrusting it out. It was like a thin but sharp wind blowing towards Chu Mu's face.
Chu Mu's footsteps were messy, and his body swayed like a willow, dodging Qi Bai's sword. Qi Bai was stunned. Although he only used sixty percent of his strength to teach this new inner disciple a lesson, he did not expect that he would be able to dodge it so quickly. One had to know that he was at the peak of the seventh stage of the Sword Qi Realm.
Qi Bai did not believe in heresy, and this time he attacked with all his strength. His sword was faster, and the wind was sharper. He attacked three times in a row, each of them aimed at Chu Mu's vital points.
Clang!
Chu Mu unsheathed his sword. Like an illusory cloud, it snaked upwards against the wind, bypassing the three swords and going straight for Qi Bai's throat. Despite moving later, Chu Mu's sword reached Qi Bai's throat first, causing Qi Bai's expression to greatly change.
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Qi Bai stuttered, "You … what do you want to do …"
"You are too weak." Chu Mu said indifferently. He put his sword back into the sheath, turned around, and strode past the stone tablet. He walked into the gravel path and walked towards the Towering Wind Courtyard.
"Damn it …" Qi Bai clenched his sword, and the veins on the back of his hand bulged. He clenched his teeth so hard that they almost broke. "No matter who you are, you have angered me. I will let you know the consequences of angering me."