Chapter 501 - 57: Stellar Sword Cultivator Path (Part 3)

Chapter 501: Chapter 57: Stellar Sword Cultivator Path (Part 3)

Still in a daze, Li Hua was nudged a few times by Yuan Xiaobo and then led away to discuss the future allocation of resources.

Meanwhile, after dispelling his energy avatar in the territory, Lin Yu projected his consciousness directly toward Li Hua’s territory.

Now that Li Hua’s territory had been completely absorbed into his own, Lin Yu could make full use of the World Tree Territory’s abilities within it.

So, he immediately invoked Compressed Space, shrinking Li Hua’s entire territory. He then used Creation to manifest a plot of flat land just large enough to hold the small city, and placed the shrunken territory upon it.

Inside its round, spatial shield, the territory looked just like a delicate toy model.

Then, the model drifted on the wind, flying toward the territory’s Spirit Sea. It left nothing behind, as if the spot had always been empty.

In no time, the toy model rode the wind to the shores of the Spirit Sea. Lin Yu merged the flat land he had created into the ground and, at the same time, released the compression on Li Hua’s territory.

Li Hua’s territory pushed aside the surrounding space, embedding itself into Lin Yu’s domain.

Because the relocated area included not only the central town but the entire territory—outer farmlands, mines, and all—the people of Li Hua’s territory didn’t even notice they had been moved to a new place.

Lin Yu gazed at the quaint, ancient-looking town, condensed another energy avatar, and walked inside, savoring the feeling of having been transported to another world.

In town, a great number of young people had gathered before the Sword Sect, leaving the streets nearly devoid of youths.

Lin Yu naturally made his way to the square in front of the Sword Sect. Seeing the sea of bobbing heads in the plaza, he asked an old man selling fruit at a nearby stall, "Sir, what’s going on here?"

"They’re all here for the Sword Sect’s entrance examinations!"

"Examinations? How come I didn’t know about them?"

"Eh? Didn’t your parents tell you? Today’s the day the Sword Sect is recruiting. Aren’t you going to take part?"

"Ah, they did tell me, I just forgot when it was. It’s today? I’ll go join right now."

Lin Yu hurried into the crowd. Of course, as the Lord, he had no intention of taking the Sword Sect’s examinations. The entire Sword Sect was practically his subordinate; if he wanted anything, he could just ask for it.

He watched the Sword Sect’s recruitment examinations from the crowd for a while. Seeing they were just a few hasty physical fitness tests, he didn’t linger.

Lin Yu’s figure flickered, and he reappeared at the base of the Sword Sect’s Sword Tower. The Sword Tower was the sect’s most iconic building. Inside the massive structure were many floors, each with unique combat scenarios and different fighting puppets, designed specifically for the Sword Sect’s Sword Cultivators to hone their skills in practical combat.

Lin Yu circled the Sword Tower a few times before he finally realized why it felt so out of place.

’A cultivation sect that isn’t on a mountain, but right in town? And with this tall tower, it looks more like a temple. No wonder it felt so strange.’

’The very character for "immortal" is a combination of "person" and "mountain." How can you become an immortal if you don’t cultivate in the mountains?’

Then, Lin Yu vanished again, and the entire Sword Sect vanished with him. To the people in front of the gates undergoing the examinations, it was as if the sky itself had come crashing down.

When Lin Yu reappeared, he was already on a plain several kilometers outside of town, holding the shrunken Sword Sect.

Lin Yu then tossed the Sword Sect in his hand toward the ground. The earth rumbled and rose, quickly forming a solitary peak on the plain. Atop this lonely summit sat the Sword Sect, looking for all the world like a sword thrust into the flatlands.

’Heh, now that’s more like it. It finally looks like a proper cultivation sect.’

’Li Hua is in for a big surprise when she gets back!’

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