Chapter 20 Smart
He Zhentang glared at Jiang Lisheng.

After a moment, he sneered, "Your swordsmanship is just bullshit. You didn't use the phantom sword of the Shadow Stone at all. What did you learn in class yesterday? You really just looked at the sword and thought it looked good?"

Jiang Lisheng was as quiet as a chicken.

No, she studied hard, and Wei Qinglan also gave her the sword manual, but she forgot it completely as soon as she made a move.

Zhou Zhenyan laughed, "Brother He, don't be so harsh. I think it's good that Junior Brother Jiang was not fooled by the Phantom Sword, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to take so many of your moves. As for An Ruxu, he obviously studied hard, but he only took three of your moves. It's not fair to use their newly learned Phantom Sword to fight against your Phantom Sword that is so skilled in changing its forms."

After he finished speaking, he waved to Jiang Lisheng curiously, "Jiang, come here."

Jiang Lisheng quickly got up from the ground, brushed the dirt off his body, and went to help An Ruxu first.

An Ruxu was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe. Seeing that Jiang Lisheng was fine, he almost cried, "Junior Sister Jiang, if I had known, I wouldn't have done this."

With his limited abilities, he is far inferior to Junior Sister Jiang. He can be of no help at all.

Jiang Lisheng took out the Tianxiang Pills and stuffed them into his mouth. He was very willing to stuff three of them into his mouth at once and comforted him, "Brother An, you should think like this. After the teacher has finished testing me, you will be the next one. You save the trouble now."

An Ruxu: “…”

Is that true?
He swallowed the Tianxiang Pill with difficulty, adjusted his breathing for a moment, and returned to his original position with the help of Jiang Lisheng.

Zhou Zhenyan asked Jiang Lisheng curiously, "There are 3,000 people on the Fengyun Ranking. Logically speaking, you should not be at the bottom of the list if you can handle Senior Brother He's attacks for more than 20 moves without any harm. So, what happened to you during the grand examination of each sect?"

Jiang Lisheng was ashamed, "I was knocked off the stage with just one move."

Zhou Zhenyan asked in surprise: "Why? Is it because your sword will break when it touches a person?"

Jiang Lisheng touched his nose and said, "No, my sword is very good. My master spent several years to find it for me. It won't break no matter who it hits. It's my own fault. I just couldn't take the opponent's attack."

Zhou Zhenyan asked doubtfully: "That shouldn't be the case. Who was the person who was your opponent at the beginning?"

Jiang Lisheng thought for a moment, "Taiyi Ye Xingci."

Zhou Zhenyan laughed, "Ha, then you are really lucky."

Ranked second on the list, only ahead of Kunlun’s Wei Qinglan, and one place behind Taiyi Ye Xingci.

"We are both disciples of the sect master, Taiyi Ye Xingci, who is only two years older than you. If I use this set of phantom swords, he can withstand a hundred of my moves." He Zhentang seemed speechless, "And you, Qingxu Jiang Lisheng, can only withstand more than twenty moves, and you are so embarrassed and disorganized. You are so stupid. No wonder you couldn't beat Ye Xingci's moves at all."

Jiang Lisheng lowered his head.

"Alright, alright. In my opinion, it's already very good. How can everyone be a genius like Qinglan and Ye Xingci? If they attack without leaving any room for maneuver, it will be really hard to take one of their moves." Zhou Zhenyan smiled and tried to save Jiang Lisheng's face. "Why do you carry so many swords? Is it to prevent them from breaking? You are also strange. Your ordinary swords can't resist Senior Brother He's phantom sword, but the sword Senior Brother He gave you is also a mid-grade one. How come it still broke in your hands?"

Jiang Lisheng quickly looked up at He Zhentang, and seeing that he was not annoyed, he explained in a low voice, "I have special spiritual power. Whenever I use a sword, I must use an immortal sword to avoid breaking it. So, when my master was teaching me to practice sword, he broke countless swords, and then he went through great pains to find an immortal sword for me. From then on, it would not break anymore, but I did not bring that sword to Kunlun."

Zhou Zhenyan was surprised, "Show me your spiritual power."

He Zhentang waved his hand to interrupt him, "If you have so much free time, you can test and teach these new disciples next."

"Hey, Senior Brother He, I'm just curious. Junior Sister Jiang has been tested and taught by you, so she has nothing to do anymore. I'll study her." Zhou Zhenyan waved at Jiang Lisheng, "Junior Sister Jiang, do you agree?"

Jiang Lisheng nodded, no objection, and walked over obediently. Anyway, in Qingxu, from her master to her uncles and uncles, countless people have studied her, but they haven't found anything. Seeing that she agreed, Zhou Zhenyan immediately said, "Use your spiritual power for me to see."

Jiang Lisheng moved his fingertips, and an ice-blue light overflowed from his fingertips.

Zhou Zhenyan looked at it for a moment, but didn't find anything different. He took out a sword from his storage ring and handed it to her, "Come on, chop me."

Jiang Lisheng looked at the sword and swung it at him. Zhou Zhenyan raised his sword to block. He didn't feel he was using any strength and was even holding back some of his spiritual power. However, with a "click" sound, the sword in Jiang Lisheng's hand broke.

He looked at Jiang Lisheng in surprise, "Ah, your spiritual power doesn't look any different, but it's really weird." He touched his chin, "It can't be used on any sword other than an immortal sword? It must be a high-level spiritual power that ordinary swords can't handle?"

Jiang Lisheng remained silent.

"Hey, can I feel your spiritual veins?" Zhou Zhenyan asked, "Can I?"

Jiang Lisheng nodded.

Zhou Zhenyan held her wrist, then withdrew his hand after a moment, looking puzzled. "It's quite common. What did your master say?"

Jiang Lisheng sighed, "My master said that I am a rotten wood that cannot be carved."

Zhou Zhenyan: “…”

He coughed lightly, "No, it's about your spiritual power."

Jiang Lisheng sighed again, "When Master accepted me as his disciple, he thought he had accepted a natural spiritual root. However, he did not expect that after he brought me back to Qingxu, within a month, he discovered that my spiritual root was very mixed and not pure. It can be said that it was mixed with everything. But it was too late, because he had already made a big promise by then."

"That's not right. The spiritual power you just now is the spiritual root of heaven." The ice-blue spiritual power looked very pure. Zhou Zhenyan thought he had good eyesight and could see it clearly.

Jiang Lisheng shook his head, "You didn't look closely."

She released her spiritual power again, this time for a little longer, almost under Zhou Zhenyan's nose.

Zhou Zhenyan opened his eyes wide and looked carefully for a while. He was surprised to find that there were indeed seven colors under the ice-blue spiritual power. It was actually seven colors. It was really complicated. If you didn't look closely, you really couldn't find it.

Jiang Lisheng withdrew his spiritual power only after he saw that he had seen it clearly.

Zhou Zhenyan had mixed feelings, "It's really not easy for your master."

Being able to deceive Jade Sect Master shows that this spiritual power is quite cunning.

Jiang Lisheng agreed with this. It was extremely difficult for her master to raise her for so many years. Just because of her, he was worried day and night and couldn't sleep well. As a result, he no longer wanted to accept a second apprentice. It was useless even if she or anyone else tried to persuade him.

Zhou Zhenyan looked at the little girl who sighed obediently and wanted to laugh, "Do you still have a sword?"

Jiang Lisheng turned to look at He Zhentang and saw that he no longer paid attention to her. He began to test the other disciples and asked them to come together. She whispered, "I kept one."

Zhou Zhenyan clicked his tongue and praised, "Smart."

(End of this chapter)