Chapter 133: 133 - Elder Xu Qingxue Qingyi stopped in front of one of the pavilions. He checked the number on his disciple token and confirmed that he was in the right place. He pressed the token against the gate. A faint click echoed before it opened, revealing the interior. It was infinitely smaller than Feiyan’s place, but still three or four times larger than the one he had received as the holder of the golden token. Not only that, it also had a fifty-fold cultivation room, one of the best available for free in the sect, second only to those of the core disciples. Qingyi entered his new residence. His eyes passed by the cultivation room, but he ignored it, heading straight for his bedroom, where he let his tired body collapse onto the soft bed. For a brief moment, he closed his eyes. He thought about looking for Feiyan, but decided to take a short nap first, his mind soon being claimed by sleep. Qingyi only woke up to hear soft knocks on his door. With a grunt, he got up and walked down to the living room before opening the door. On the other side, a middle-aged, ordinary-looking woman was waiting for him. "Greetings, young master Qingyi." The woman bowed respectfully. "I’ve been sent by the sect leader." "What does the sect leader want?" "Elder Xu Qingxue has announced that she will start selecting external disciples tomorrow morning. The sect leader will be extremely disappointed if you don’t take part." Without giving Qingyi time to reply, she turned and left immediately. "Ah..." He sighed. He had really expected it to take a little longer for him to get stronger, but that was fine. He doubted that he would find anyone powerful enough to challenge him among the inner disciples. ’Better safe than sorry...’ he thought, remembering his fight against Tianming. He didn’t want anything like that to happen again. After that, Qingyi went straight to his cultivation chamber. He only had a few cultivation pills with him, but he had to make them count. He closed his eyes and swallowed the first one, starting to cultivate. Qingyi felt the Qi of the pill run through his meridians as it dissolved in his stomach. Slowly, he guided it towards his Dantian and then towards the golden Qi core. It didn’t take long to consume more than ten pills. His Qi core was slowly stabilizing while his level of comprehension increased considerably. Feeling ready, he opened his status screen and clicked on improve cultivation. [Initiating advancement to the sixth stage of the Golden Core Realm] His body was immediately seized by a sharp pain and his muscles stiffened as they were slowly rebuilt, but this sensation didn’t last long, soon replaced by a pleasant freshness. [Your cultivation has increased! Fifth stage of the Golden Core Realm → sixth stage of the Golden Core Realm]. He really wished that all the advances in his cultivation level were as smooth as this, but knowing the system, that was too much to ask. When Qingyi finally left his cultivation chamber, it was early morning. His ears were filled with the soft chirping of birds as he stretched. His eyes immediately turned to his status screen. [Name: Long Qingyi Age: 19 Cultivation: Sixth stage of the golden core realm (3200 lust points to upgrade) Affinities: Lightning 98 - Sword: 97 - Charm: 1000 (can be upgraded in the lust store) Spiritual roots: Mid-level lightning sword root (100,000 lust points to upgrade, new roots can be bought in the lust store) Bloodline: Blood of the Corruption Dragon God (Epic grade, 500,000 lust points to upgrade) Constitution: Body of the primordial dragon (Epic grade, 500,000 lust points to upgrade) Lust points: 19.717] He still had enough to make a few more advances, but he decided to control himself and save those lust points in case they were needed for an emergency. Qingyi took a quick shower, put on the three-bladed monarch’s set and finally left. The inner disciples’ arena had been closed. Its stands were empty, but on the large marble platform, dozens of sword cultivating inner disciples could be seen. Most were only at the first stage of the golden core realm, with only one at the second stage. ’Ah... I guess I really have grown beyond my position in the sect...’ Qingyi sighed as he entered the arena. It even seemed a little unfair that he should be competing against those weaklings. His eyes swept over the disciples and then focused on a lone figure. It was a tall woman. Her long silver hair fell over her delicate shoulders, a few wild locks subtly covering one of her beautiful, cold blue eyes. Her skin was fair and perfect, perhaps even whiter than Ruxue’s skin, as if the purest snow had been used to paint it. Her black dress, covered in silver details, showed off a sensual neckline and long, slender legs. In her left hand she carried a black sword and in her right, a white sword. Her beautiful face had a cold, uninterested expression, as if the young cultivators in front of her didn’t even exist. That was Xu Qingxue. With a two-tone spirit root of sword and wind, she was recognized as the most skilled sword master in the entire outer region of the Blue Moon Continent and an incomparable beauty, despite being cold and distant. Qingyi knew well the stories about the many broken hearts of powerful experts who had tried to conquer her. None had ever gotten more than two sentences out of her. Now, observing her, he had to admit: the rumours about her beauty were no exaggeration. [Name: Xu Qingxue Age: 73 Corruption: 0/100 Chastity: Intact Lust: 0% Talent: Genius Reward: Extremely high Cultivation: ninth stage of the Iron Body realm Spiritual roots: low-level two- coloured spiritual root (Sword and Wind) Lineage: None Constitution: None Traits: Faithful, sword fanatic, cold, distant, repressed desires]. ’As expected of a woman of her level...’ Qingyi gasped inwardly, but before he could study her further, his attention was stolen by a young man of little beauty at the second stage of the Golden Core realm. "Elder Qingxue, no selection is necessary!" The young man spoke out loud. "I don’t even have to move a finger to defeat these vermin!" Qingxue looked up, observing the arrogant young man. She didn’t reply immediately, her face remaining cold and inexpressive as her piercing blue eyes studied him. "Go on." She broke the silence, her voice harmonious and soft, like a freezing but strangely pleasant breeze. "I won’t let you down, elder!" The young man roared, looking for the weakest of the challengers. His eyes soon fell on Qingyi and he smiled, not even bothering to try to sense the handsome young man’s cultivation. In his mind, he had just found the perfect prey. [Xu Qingxue’s art on the character tab! vote for you favorite girl there]