Chapter 12: The Choice I
"Eh, Wanyan, how many floors have you climbed to this sword ladder?"
After talking, Wu Hao asked curiously.
Sun Ting and Zhou Zhi also looked at Qian Lingxue: "Yes, we also want to know." With Wan Yan's strength, how many can he rank in this class? I heard that one of the wizards actually stepped on the eighth layer this time!"
"Eighth layer! Sword Douluo had only ascended to the seventh layer back then. I really can't imagine how talented this person is!" Zhou Zhi couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, yes, no one has climbed the eighth layer for thousands of years, presumably this person must be amazingly talented!" Sun Ting also exclaimed.
Qian Lingxue's voice paused, blinked her eyes, and said embarrassedly: "Eh, everyone praises me, I'm just lucky." “
"What kind of luck?Is the eighth layer able to climb by luck?" Besides, strength is also ......" Wu Hao complained and said to Qian Lingxue, and suddenly he realized something.
"You, you, you're the one who climbed to the eighth floor?" Wu Hao swallowed, took two steps back, and asked in disbelief.
Zhou Zhi and Sun Ting also opened their eyes wide, and they couldn't help but hold their breath.
"If you're talking about the guy waiting to climb the eighth floor of the sword ladder, it's me. It's just a pity that I didn't make it to the ninth floor......" Qian Lingxue touched her nose and said shyly.
"What, really, it's really you?!" Sun Ting scratched his head and said incoherently.
"What do you mean it's a pity that I didn't climb to the ninth floor? I only climbed the fifth floor back then! You're a pity, so what are we? That's the ninth floor! No one has ever climbed it!" Zhou Zhi rolled his eyes rarely, and said angrily.
"Hehe, isn't that luck? I didn't expect to make it to the eighth floor. Besides, isn't the ladder set up for people to climb? If you can't climb it, what are you going to do with this ladder......" Qian Lingxue looked at them excitedly, and her voice gradually weakened.
The three of them gritted their teeth, the green muscles on their faces jumped happily, resisted the urge to draw their swords and cut people, and looked at Qianyue with resentment.
Qian Lingxue lowered her head embarrassedly under the "enthusiastic" gaze of the three of them.
"You're really... It's wonderful" Wu Hao looked at Qianyue in a complicated way and said slowly.
The three of them didn't react for a while, they didn't believe that someone had climbed to the eighth floor this time, and they thought it was a rumor, but they didn't expect to meet a real person so coincidentally. ,
After Qian Renxue was defeated yesterday, she fell into a low mood, and then she entered a state of epiphany, so she had no idea how excited the crowd was at that time.
According to the sword soul masters who climbed the sword ladder in the past, they have the talent to cultivate to the soul king when they climb the third layer, and they can cultivate to the soul emperor when they climb the fourth layer, and they can enter the high-level soul master realm of the soul saint after stepping on the fifth layer.
Among the three major Sword Douluo today, Bladeless Douluo Xiao Ba and Qingfeng Douluo Xue Jian had only reached the sixth layer, while Sword Douluo, who was the strongest explosive artifact soul today, had only reached the seventh layer.
A thousand years ago, the senior who climbed to the eighth floor of the sword ladder even single-handedly supported the banner of the weapon martial soul, changing the situation that the beast martial soul seemed to be the dominant family, and leading the first rise of the weapon martial soul.
Now, another soul master who has ascended to the eighth layer has appeared, could it be that the pattern of the continent will change again?
Zhou Zhi lowered his head slightly to hide the different color in his eyes.
Zhou Zhi is one of the sons-in-law of the Soul Breaker family. The Soul Breaker Sword is also considered to be in the upper middle of the family. Their family is preparing to elect the next young master, and as one of the main contenders, he must have strong strength if he wants to stand out...... Or backer!
Zhou Zhi thought that he could make friends with excellent geniuses in Sword Mountain, and then connect with their family. Multiple friends and multiple paths, which can strengthen your own momentum. If you don't meet people from the big family, cultivating on Sword Mountain can also get twice the result with half the effort and improve your strength. This is also the reason why he came to Sword Mountain.
There is also competition among soul masters, and the competition is more fierce than ordinary people, and the competition within the family is even more cruel! Although Zhou Zhi's Soul Breaking Sword family can only be ranked in the middle of the family, if he fails, he will also become a vassal of the new young master, or be eradicated as a dissident.
In the Douluo Continent, the soul master is respected. With their great strength, soul masters maintain a transcendent status in the human race and enjoy more privileges.
However, the cultivation of a soul master is extremely difficult! If you want to cultivate into a powerful soul master, resources such as the guidance of a famous teacher, the cultivation environment, and the cultivation method are indispensable!
These resources are often monopolized in extended families. In order to maintain their family's privileged and transcendent status, they would try their best to occupy as many cultivation resources as possible, attract more geniuses, and destroy the potential factors that threatened their family.
The reason why peerless geniuses are different from ordinary geniuses is that they have greater growth potential and growth space than ordinary geniuses, and can do things that many geniuses can't. Ordinary geniuses can maintain the prosperity of the family, and peerless geniuses can break the balance of power of the continent's soul masters!
Qianrenxue's talent is definitely a peerless genius, and it can be regarded as a huge threat to the old family. If Qianrenxue has a strong force behind her, then Qianrenxue's growth can also be smoother. But if he was a solitary cultivator, then it would be extremely difficult for Qianrenxue to grow! Because the power of the old privileged family would not allow the existence of peerless geniuses that threatened them, they would either win over Qianrenxue or destroy her!
Once Qian Renxue grows up, he will be able to break the balance of power on the existing continent and reformulate the rules for the distribution of resources with his super strength.
Once the rules of resource allocation are changed and the balance of power is broken, then there will be a bloody storm in the soul master world!
Zhou Zhi is ambitious, and he also wants to be one of the formulators of the resource allocation rules, rather than a powerless one to abide by. But he knew that his strength could only reach the Soul Saint at most, and he couldn't participate in it. And now that there is an opportunity to change his fate, how should he choose? Zhou Zhi quickly calculated the gains and losses in his heart.
If he is friendly with Qianrenxue at this time, then when Qianrenxue grows up, he will also be able to become the next young master with Qianrenxue's support, and then become the patriarch of the Soul Breaking Sword family.
If he becomes the patriarch of the Soul Breaking Sword Family, then he can break through to a higher realm with the help of the resources of the clan and Qianrenxue, then he can be qualified to participate in the formulation of the rules.
But at the same time, the cultivation resources required for the growth of peerless geniuses are far beyond ordinary people. To what extent can he help Qianrenxue? Will his family support him? Will his competitors join forces with outsiders to betray him? Will Qianrenxue turn his face in the future?
Zhou Zhi couldn't be sure.
If they maintain a good relationship with him too soon, they will be retaliated against by their enemies as enemies in the coming storms. So can he survive until Qianrenxue grows up?
After all, only the genius who grows up is valuable, and the dead are worthless!
However, if this opportunity is missed, then the family may lose a chance to turn into a dragon!
How do you choose?
Although Zhou Zhi is young, he has also heard a lot of the rules of survival between the family inheritance. Moreover, soul masters are generally better developed, so although Zhou Zhi is only 11 or 12 years old, his intelligence is already equivalent to that of an ordinary adult.
While thinking about it, I was distracted for a while.
Qian Lingxue was stunned, not knowing why Zhou Zhi suddenly wandered, but subconsciously felt a little uneasy, so he took a step back, bent over again and said, "Thank you Brother Zhou for your guidance, I still want to go to other places to see, so I will be out of company first." ”
Zhou Zhileng paused, and just wanted to say something, he saw Sun Ting glance at him, he was stunned, and Wu Hao touched his head and said loudly. smiled: "Go ahead, go ahead, there are still many attractions on Sword Mountain, but you have to be careful not to accidentally enter other people's cultivation places or some forbidden places."
"Okay, thank you, Brother Wu, but ......" Qian Lingxue just wanted to ask how to identify it as a place of cultivation or a forbidden place, Wu Hao patted his head and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, there is a sign with a sword symbol on it, and it is not allowed to enter." ”
Qianyue nodded gratefully, saluted the three of them and left.
Zhou Zhi looked at the back of Qian Lingxue leaving, thoughtful, and Sun Ting looked at the contemplative Zhou Zhi and smiled meaningfully. Immediately continued to learn with Wu Hao.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Qian Lingxue walked aimlessly on the Sword Mountain, which was a relaxing habit after her long-term cultivation, and a way to relax her spirit.
Qianrenxue is accustomed to meditating and cultivating at night. Meditation, like sleeping, is a way to restore energy, but meditation is just a way for soul masters to cultivate.
When many soul masters start to cultivate, they will habitually use sleep instead of meditation to restore their energy. This is because their strength is low, they are not much different from ordinary people, and they do not lose much energy in cultivation and battle.
After the soul master enters the soul sect, the energy consumed by the soul master is far better than that of ordinary people, and at this time, it is impossible to replenish the energy lost by sleeping, only meditation can. Therefore, the more high-level soul masters, the less time they have to sleep and the more time they have to meditate.
Although Qianrenxue only has three rings and has not yet obtained soul power, when she was cultivating in the Martial Spirit Palace, Qiandaoliu told her to try to meditate instead of sleeping, which can not only speed up her cultivation, but also exercise her mind.
Meditation is very boring, not as comfortable as sleeping, so most low-level soul masters will not be able to resist the pleasure of sleeping comfortably after losing energy. But if you meditate when you're tired, it's also a way to build your perseverance.
Although meditation can restore energy, the inner fatigue cannot be eliminated, so every time Qianyue finishes practicing for a long time, she will walk around to relax herself.
After Qianrenxue walked for a while, she heard the bell of Sword Mountain ringing, and Qianrenxue hurried back to the top of the mountain at full speed.
When she reached the top of the mountain, she found that everyone was already waiting here. She raised her eyebrows slightly, glanced at the last row, walked to the big tree next to her, jumped on the tree barrier, crossed her knees with her feet crossed, supported her knees with her right hand, and squinted at the crowd in front of her.