Chapter 210 The beauty of adulthood
Chapter 210 The beauty of adulthood
The teleportation array to Tianjian Mountain is located in a beautifully decorated room within the teleportation plaza. The small teleportation array with intricate array patterns is situated in the very center of the room.
When Shen Xu found the place, he discovered that several swordsmen who were preparing to go to Tianjian Mountain were already waiting. Given Tianjian Mountain's wealth and resources, it was unlikely that they would activate the teleportation array just for one person.
Shen Xu handed the jade token in his hand to the Sword Alliance member in charge of the teleportation array. When the member saw the information in Shen Xu's jade token, he was immediately surprised and then respectfully returned the jade token to Shen Xu.
Sitting down next to a black-robed swordsman, Shen Xu began to look through the manual Elder Huang had given him. He knew that, along with Qingyun, there were now ten titled swordsmen in the Sword Alliance.
Among them, the cultivation levels of the five representatives who obtained their titles through luck have certainly reached the Venerable level, but the cultivation levels of the other titled swordsmen cannot be determined.
If these ten people eventually become Venerables, then the Four Directions Sword Alliance will have more Venerables on the surface than the Seven Luminaries Sect.
However, he saw a title called "Blood Slaughter" on the fossil monument, but he did not seem to have seen it in the manual that Elder Huang had given him.
He suspected that he had accidentally overlooked it, so he decided to look it over again.
“Brother, that kind of stuff is so boring. Here are recruitment brochures for all the factions in the Four Directions Sword Alliance.” The black-robed youth next to him shook the thin booklet in his hand and said.
"The Four Directions Sword Alliance has something like this!" Shen Xu's expression immediately turned strange. He had seen the manual on the table when he came in, but he hadn't paid much attention to it.
"Thank you for informing me, brother." After expressing his gratitude, Shen Xu walked to the table where the brochures were placed and found the Tianhe Society's recruitment brochure.
Upon seeing the manual in Shen Xu's hand, the black-robed swordsman couldn't help but comment, "The Heavenly River Society is the second largest force within the Four Directions Sword Alliance. The conditions for entry are very strict. Swordsmen like us, who are ranked relatively low and have no background, should not even think about it."
Upon hearing this, the Sword Alliance staff member couldn't help but smile.
"How did you know my ranking was so low?" Shen Xu asked curiously.
"Because those ranked higher were already recruited by major powers before the list was even released. And those with powerful backgrounds would never wait here for the teleportation array; their sect elders can send them directly there," the black-robed youth said confidently.
"What you said makes a lot of sense!" Shen Xu couldn't help but exclaim. It seemed that his hiding these past few days had been very successful, and no one had been able to find him at all.
But how did Su Jing find him so soon after he appeared at the Heavenly Sword Tower? Did Su Jing have someone lying in wait for him at the Heavenly Sword Tower all along? Or did Su Jing plant something on him?
"What's your ranking?" a girl with a bun hairstyle next to the young man in black robes asked curiously.
"Around eight hundred." After answering, Shen Xu slowly opened the Tianhe Society's recruitment brochure.
"Brother, you must be a solo swordsman in the selection! Someone calculated that the five major alliances only have less than seventy spots left for solo swordsmen. It's quite an achievement that you managed to snag one."
"It's alright, but luck definitely played a big part." If Ye Zhi hadn't met him, she might not have passed the sword selection.
"You're really lucky. My senior sister was originally on the ranking stone tablet, but unfortunately she didn't pass the sword selection in the end," the girl said sadly.
"The ranking stone tablet in the Kunyuan Secret Realm can only be used as a reference for those of us who are ranked lower. After all, we still have to remove the spots of those who have already been eliminated from the Sword Selection. Only those ranked around 800th can be truly worry-free."
"My senior sister and I were ranked very low back then. It was my senior sister who gave me all of her Kun Yuan Qi in the end." Hearing the black-robed youth's words, the girl couldn't help but tear up.
"So that's how it is! Your senior sister... Sigh! I've seen brothers turn against each other at the last moment, but I never thought there was such true affection in the world." The young man in black robes sighed.
“Although this is the best option, accommodating others is not an easy choice to make,” Shen Xu said slowly.
After reading the recruitment brochure of the Tianhe Society, Shen Xu felt that the conditions for entering the Tianhe Society were indeed somewhat harsh. Apart from the sword selection of the Tianhe Sword Sect itself, it only recruited sword selections who majored in water, lightning and wood elements. If you are not a sword selection seed, then your sword selection ranking must be within the top 350. Of course, if you have some special skills such as alchemy, weapon crafting and array pattern making, you can also be specially recruited.
In contrast to such stringent conditions are extremely generous member benefits. Ordinary members of the Tianhe Society can receive an extra 100 Nourishing Yuan Pills each month on top of the 100 Nourishing Yuan Pills distributed by the Four Directions Sword Alliance. In addition, new members will be given a high-grade magic weapon and a standard robe that can increase the speed of Yuan Qi absorption.
According to the manual, the Tianhe Society meticulously designated a large area on Tianjian Mountain and then cleverly modified it to create an ideal place for its members to cultivate diligently and live comfortably.
That place, which resembled a paradise on earth, was personally named by the Four Sword Saints as Tianhe Valley.
Tianhe Valley is home to a variety of rare and exotic plants, and countless colorful and fantastical flowers bloom year-round, never fading, creating a magnificent and breathtaking sea of flowers.
Moreover, within that vast and boundless valley dwell numerous rare and wondrous beasts, each gentle in nature yet possessing a variety of wondrous abilities. Some excel at promoting the growth of vegetation, others possess the power to gather the pure primordial energy of heaven and earth, and some can even form contracts to become battle beasts…
For every member fortunate enough to join the Tianhe Club, they will not only be allocated a luxuriously decorated residence in the picturesque Tianhe Valley, but will also own a large tract of fertile and rich land surrounding the residence.
At the same time, Tianhe Club also specially arranged for various well-trained and highly skilled professional servants to take good care of this land and take good care of the daily life of its members.
In addition, the high-ranking members of the Tianhe Society regularly hold lectures to explain their understanding of various cultivation realms and the meaning of the Dao, and patiently answer various questions raised by members.
Even the Heavenly River Sword Master would come to the Heavenly River Association every year to hold a fixed Dharma lecture. At that time, all members could listen to the teachings of this supreme sword master up close and draw valuable cultivation experience and wisdom from him.
While waiting for the other swordsmen to arrive, Shen Xu also looked through the recruitment manuals of other forces. The benefits for members of the forces established by several fifth-grade sects were not much different, only the recruitment conditions were different.
Except for the Tianhe Guild and the Jin Hong Guild, which limited the top 350, the other three guilds relaxed the requirements to 500. Those ranked below 500 could only join alliance guilds formed by sixth-grade sects.
In addition to the forces established by sects, some titled sword selectors have also established their own unique forces.
For example, there's the Judge's Judgment Society and the Heart Demon's Heart Research Society. However, these two forces operate on an invitation-only basis. You can only join them if they take a liking to you and you pass their tests, so there are relatively few people in them.
There is another very special force in the Four Directions Sword Alliance, namely the Benevolent King's Benevolent Society.
Because anyone can join it, even those who have already joined other guilds, Nioh will accept them without hesitation, and as long as you do something that is recognized by Nioh's benevolent way, you can receive Nioh's reward.
After reading through these recruitment brochures, Shen Xu had only one thought in his mind: "A chaotic mess!"
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