Chapter 122 - 90: Daoist School Selection, No Initiative, No Explanation, No Refusal!

Chapter 122: Chapter 90: Daoist School Selection, No Initiative, No Explanation, No Refusal!

After all, only there could his Sword Dao potential be maximized to the greatest extent.

As for Mu Xiaoye, the Li Huo Daoist School was undoubtedly the best fit for her.

This was not just because the Li Huo Daoist School specialized in Fire Techniques. Another crucial reason was that the school—or rather, the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect backing it—possessed a highly complete cultivation method for the "Crimson Phoenix Tribulation." This was because the founder of the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect had been the first-generation Phoenix Tribulation Cultivator. Consequently, all subsequent generations of Phoenix Tribulation Cultivators were groomed as future Sect Leaders by the sect.

Therefore, even though Mu Xiaoye currently seemed to be at the same starting line as everyone else, the moment she entered a Daoist School, the gap between her and the others would widen instantly. This gap would manifest in multiple aspects, including her legacy, resources, and systemic compatibility.

Because of Mu Xiaoye’s unique significance to the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect, the sect had repeatedly sent representatives to approach her and her father over the years. They wanted her to report to the Li Huo Daoist School early instead of wasting time on high school studies. However, due to Mu Xiaoye’s fierce opposition, the matter was always dropped in the end.

After all, even though Mu Xiaoye ostensibly had no ties to the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect yet, in the eyes of others, she was practically the bona fide future successor—the Young Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect. Faced with their Young Sect Leader chanting slogans like "flowers bloom again, but youth comes only once," resolutely demanding a complete high school experience to live out her youth, what could the visiting Cultivators from the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect do?

Object?

Oh, so you dared to object? Then you’d better prepare to be jotted down in the Young Sect Leader’s little black book! Right now, she hadn’t come into her power yet, so you might still enjoy a few peaceful days. But once she fully rose to prominence, every single person who defied her would be sent packing to report to the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect’s furnace room! Thus, the people from the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect ultimately chose to respect Mu Xiaoye’s personal wishes, allowing her to finish her final three years of school in Luocheng.

However, considering her safety, the sect still entrusted the people of the Shangqing Daoist Palace to protect their Young Sect Leader. The Shangqing Daoist Palace eventually handed this task over to the Golden Core Cultivator, Yu Tianqi. Otherwise, even if Yu Tianqi wanted to investigate the Black Lotus Chaos from ten years ago in Luocheng, there would be no need for him to go out of his way to open an unassuming little noodle shop near Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye’s homes. Did people really think a Golden Core Stage Cultivator had so much free time that he could run a small noodle shop in one place for ten years?

Investigating the Black Lotus Chaos was Yu Tianqi’s personal desire; protecting Mu Xiaoye was his actual job. And with Mu Xiaoye about to graduate from high school, this job would soon come to an end.

Therefore, at the moment, it seemed as though Chen Fugui and Li Youquan were providing future Daoist School application guidance for both Lu Chen and Mu Xiaoye. In reality, the only person who truly needed guidance had always been Lu Chen. As for Li Youquan, he was there to do ideological work on Mu Xiaoye!

He was very worried that if Mu Xiaoye found out Lu Chen chose to go somewhere other than the Li Huo Daoist School, she might have a sudden lapse of judgment and follow him to another Daoist School. If that actually happened, things would get disastrous.

After all, the esteemed Young Sect Leader of the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect running off to study at another Holy Earth Daoist School? Setting aside whether other Holy Earth Daoist Schools would even dare to teach her, even if they did, the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect would absolutely never allow such an absurd situation to occur! What if the Young Sect Leader was brainwashed by another Holy Land? Wouldn’t the future of the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect plunge into total darkness then?

So, in a sense, Lu Chen’s choice of Daoist School this time was directly tied to the relationship between the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect and other Sect Sacred Lands. One wrong move, and the entire Nine Provinces... would descend into chaos! The mere thought of this made Chen Fugui and Li Youquan feel inexplicably burdened by a mountain of pressure.

Before Lu Chen displayed such terrifying talent, they hadn’t felt any pressure. They had assumed that Lu Chen wouldn’t be able to test into the Four Great Dao Schools anyway. When the time came, Mu Xiaoye could simply exercise her authority within the Ten Thousand Professions Immortal Sect to get Lu Chen admitted into the Li Huo Daoist Palace under their jurisdiction. Wouldn’t that be a piece of cake?

But after Lu Chen demonstrated Sword Intent, things became complicated. No one understood better than Chen Fugui and Li Youquan what it truly meant for someone to cultivate Sword Intent while still in the Qi Cultivation Stage. Put simply, if Lu Chen was willing to go to the Qinghe Daoist School, he would have a very high probability of competing to become the Daoist of the Shangqing Daoist Palace. And taking one step further from Daoist meant becoming the Sect Leader of the Shangqing Daoist Palace.

Although the Qinghe Daoist School hadn’t sent an investigator to observe this three-school joint exam, they believed the school had definitely received the news already. Moreover, they would surely rush over soon to do everything possible to persuade Lu Chen to choose the Qinghe Daoist School.

"So, Lu, have you thought about which Daoist School you want to go to?"

Chen Fugui and Li Youquan looked at Lu Chen, who was deep in thought. They appeared calm on the surface, but their hearts were extremely tense. They were already prepared for the scenario where Lu Chen chose the Qinghe Daoist School, leaving the two of them to convince Mu Xiaoye to choose the Li Huo Daoist School together. Although the persuasion process would inevitably be fraught with difficulties, compared to the prospect of the two Daoist Schools coming to blows in the future, snuffing out the sparks of that great war in this small office was undoubtedly the best-case scenario.

As for the inner thoughts of Chen Fugui and Li Youquan, Lu Chen could pretty much guess them.