Immortal Soaring Blade Book 2, Chapter 254 – Choice

Zhao Jiuge was startled upon realizing that he was the focus of everyone here, and he immediately began to think. He was not sure of the specifics yet, but he had to choose his team.

At this moment, Zhao Jiuge's gaze swept past the Chief Head Disciples of the other holy lands. His gaze stopped before the Song siblings, and he hesitated. The Void Suspension Monastery didn't have a Chief Head Disciple so will the brother or sister go?

Yuan Yixiu seemed to notice the doubt in Zhao Jiuge's eyes and smiled. “Both of them are going.”

There was no special meaning to it, but it caused Bai Wufeng to frown. He felt like something was off, but he didn't voice his opinion. He didn't mind that two people from the Void Suspension Monastery were going, but that Yuan Yixiu was a bit too close to the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect.

The Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect was their number one threat and their first target. Now that he saw Yuan Yixiu being so close to them, he naturally felt uncomfortable.

Ignoring the Nameless Temple, who never got involved in anything, the Ten Thousand Dao Sect were only able to pull two other holy lands to their side, Yue Hua Academy and the Great Barbarian Sect. Although Yue Hua Academy was not weak and was equally ambitious, they didn't consider them a threat. They were only afraid of the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, that was so famous a thousand years ago.

Even though the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect had fallen, a dying camel was still bigger than a horse. As for the Great Barbarian Sect, he didn't consider them worthy of their worry. They had the weakest foundation among the holy lands.

The Hundred Flower Valley only had female disciples, plus they had very complicated relationships with all the holy lands, so it was difficult to deal with them. He only feared Hua Lingsu and Jian Wuxian's old relationship, but it looked like that had broken down already.

He had already discussed this matter with the Great Devil King. There was no conspiracy at play, it was merely a display of power. He wanted Xu Zhu to show off during this mission. Although Xu Zhu was not the strongest here, he had various methods at his disposal. Even Bai Wufeng admired Xu Zhu's resourcefulness.

He had also seen the strength of the Chief Head Disciples of the other holy lands. Aside from the Void Suspension Monastery having two powerful disciples, the other holy lands were the same. Yue Hua Academy and the Hundred Flower Valley's Chief Head Disciples were at the Nascent Soul Realm, and there were no major changes.

The Great Barbarian Sect purely relied on the luck of their founding ancestors, who had found some heavenly herbs in the Barbarian Forest to ascend. However, their foundation was the weakest and they were at the bottom among the six holy lands. During the exchanges, their Chief Head Disciples were usually the weakest, hovering around the late stage of the Spirit Core Realm to the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

What shocked him the most was that the Chief Head Disciple of the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, Zhao Jiuge, was only at the mid stage of the Spirit Core Realm. Originally, he thought it was just the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect declining, but when he noticed the cultivation levels of the other elite disciples, he found the situation to be rather strange. He felt that Zhao Jiuge's strength was not as simple as it looked on the surface.

That was why he wanted to take advantage of this mission. Aside from allowing Xu Zhu to show off, he still had some hidden intent. If he could borrow the power of the evil cultivators to eradicate the Chief Head Disciple of the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect, it would be ideal.

The Great Barbarian Sect knew the power of those evil cultivators very well, and none of them were strong. Normally, they only had to send a few elders to eliminate them, but they had come up with this plan to help train the disciples.

After hearing Yuan Yixiu's words, Song Yuansheng revealed no reaction. He still had a faint smile on his face. He didn't feel disdain toward Zhao Jiuge when he saw Zhao Jiuge's strength, but valued him even more. After all, cultivation was something that could improve with time, but one's foundation was not something changed so easily. He knew how amazing and overbearing the Sanskrit Divine Body was. He was much more knowledgeable than the ordinary disciple.

Song Rujing was much more pure-minded and didn't care about all this. She simply found Zhao Jiuge pleasing and considered him a friend. That was why she was willing to help him fight.

When she heard from their teacher that both of them could go, how could she not be excited? This meant that she could go play around and even get close to the Barbarian Forest. She had never been outside the sect much, so she was very excited.

Her lovely face had an excited smile, and she stared at Zhao Jiuge. Her anxious expression was basically screaming, “Zhao Jiuge, quickly, choose me, choose me!”

Zhao Jiuge was a bit unsure, but after looking at the other Chief Head Disciples, he didn't hesitate. He looked toward the cold and noble figure and blurted out, “Hundred Flower Valley, Ling Bo Re.”

Hearing this, Ling Bo Re was startled. She didn't expect Zhao Jiuge to be so direct. She understood Zhao Jiuge's heart, but she didn't say anything. This was merely a trip to complete a mission. Although surprised, she didn't say anything or object.

Ye Aotian became enraged after hearing this. How could he not be angry when his goddess had been chosen by someone else? Ye Aotian longed for the chance to spend time with his goddess!

Xu Zhu was better off than Ye Aotian. Although he was unhappy, he didn't show it on the surface. He still maintained a graceful aura round him. Jiang Fuding's eyes lit up, but no one knew what he was thinking.

“Haha, Wuxian, Jiuge has the same style you had when you chased after Hua Lingsu—thick-skinned and full of personality. But I like it.” When Zhao Jiuge heard Elder Jiahu's laughter, he felt embarrassed. He didn't know what had come over him to make him say that. In the past, he wouldn't even dare think about it.

Xu Jiahui and Jian Wuxian were from the same generation of disciples, so they were naturally familiar with each other. Even after Jian Wuxian became the Head Teach, their relationship was like brothers, so Jian Wuxian didn't mind.

“Don't talk nonsense. If you keep bringing up the past, don't blame me for teaching you a lesson.” Jian Wuxian rolled his eyes, but his voice was very soft.

The matter back then wasn't really Jian Wuxian or Hua Lingsu's fault. It was simply due to some back luck and unfortunate circumstances. It was such a long time ago, and Jian Wuxian didn't want to bring up such a pointless matter again.

Because there were other people here, Xu Jiahui knew it wouldn't be appropriate to say more. However, he completely ignored Jian Wuxian's threat. He knew that Jian Wuxian was simply embarrassed.

When Song Rujing heard that Zhao Jiuge hadn't chosen her, she was immediately unhappy. She pouted and stared fiercely at Zhao Jiuge.

Because they needed to be divided into two groups, he needed to choose two people to come with him, while the other three would go to the other location. Zhao Jiuge already knew who he was going to choose. He had a feud with three of the other holy lands here. He would be afraid of being stabbed in the back before they got anywhere, much less going to exterminate devil cultivators!

Seeing Song Rujing's angry expression, Zhao Jiuge felt that it was cute. He couldn't help but smile and wanted to tease her a bit.

“The other person I choose…” Zhao Jiuge purposely dragged his words and deliberately swept his gaze past Song Rujing to Ye Aotian.

Seeing that Zhao Jiuge had no intention of choosing her, the little girl put on a calm expression. She turned her head and looked elsewhere instead.

Ye Aotian was startled by Zhao Jiuge's gaze. “Is this brat really going to choose me? I joined forces with the others to suppress him. Does he not care at all?”

Thinking about this, the displeasure he had when Zhao Jiuge chose Ling Bo Re disappeared. As long as he could spend a few months with the goddess of his dreams, he could temporarily forget about Zhao Jiuge's past mistakes.

Seeing a flash of hope in Ye Aotian's eyes, Zhao Jiuge revealed a playful smile. Then he saw that the little girl was really getting angry and quickly said, “I chose Song Rujing and Song Yuangsheng.”

After hearing this, Song Rujing still looked very angry and still ignored Zhao Jiuge. Ye Aotian was going crazy. If there weren't so many elders here, he would have already made a move.

Seeing Ye Aotian's bloodshot eyes, Xu Zhu quickly pulled his arm and said, “Don't be impulsive. It's good that the three of us will be in a group. We can resolve any grievances in the future.” 

Hearing this, Ye Aotian's breathing became rough and his chest heaved up and down. However, he restrained his emotions. He knew he was being played by this brat!

Song Yuansheng had seen everything that had happened. When he saw his little sister pouting, he couldn't help but smile. As for Zhao Jiuge and Ye Aotian, the feud was already set, and he would naturally stand on Zhao Jiuge's side. Whether it was because they had already fought together or because the Mysterious Heaven Sword Sect had a good relationship with the Void Suspension Monastery, he would stand on Zhao Jiuge's side no matter what.

Zhao Jiuge saw Song Rujing's sullen appearance and really wanted to laugh. After things were settled, he decided to coax her a bit. After all, he still had to thank her for helping him.

Seeing that the group was made, Bai Wufeng looked at the crowd and said, “Then, it's decided. Zhao Jiuge, Ling Bo Re, and the Song siblings will go to the Liu Province. Ye Aotian, Jiang Fuding, and Xu Zhu will go to the Southern Province. You all will follow the people of the Great Barbarian Sect to the Barbarian Province first. Rest for a few days, then head out. Your elders will wait for you all at the Ten Thousand Dao Sect for the good news.”

Bai Wufeng paused for a bit and then continued, “The difficulty of these tasks is not low. Although there shouldn't be anyone too powerful, there is still life-threatening danger. I hope you will be careful. We elders won't intervene at all. This is the only way for you to grow rapidly. As for the information about these rogue devil cultivators, I'll give you jade tubes that contain all the information. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask now.”

Zhao Jiuge glanced at Jian Wuxian and only saw Jian Wuxian silently nod. It looked like Jian Wuxian didn't object to this. He probably already knew about this matter.

Seeing that there were no problems, Bai Wufeng arranged places for the various holy lands to settle down in. Their elders were going to pass on some experiences to help them with this task.

Tomorrow would be when the Chief Head Disciples of the holy lands would head out to their to exterminate the devil cultivators!

Although it was only a small task, it would allow these inexperienced disciples to grow quickly. After all, the future was theirs.

Chapter end