Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

"What?"

Xia Jin froze instantly.

His pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression changed many times in an instant. Finally, he looked at Leng Wushuang with an expression that said, "Are you kidding me?"

"Sect Leader Leng, you're not just teasing me, are you?"

Leng Wushuang narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly, her gaze falling on Xia Jin, her voice tinged with displeasure: "What? Did you think this sect leader would have so much free time to come here just to tease you?"

Xia Jin felt a slight chill run down her spine when she looked into her eyes.

He could sense that Leng Wushuang wasn't lying.

But isn't this just too outrageous?

He was originally just a disciple of Yunshang Academy, but he was tricked into coming here. Then he rescued three disciples of Liuli Sword Sect in the Sword Tower. How did he become a candidate for the sect leader of Liuli Sword Sect?

And it was the sect leader himself who spoke up?

Xia Jin's eyes still held obvious disbelief.

Leng Wushuang took a deep breath, her chest heaving as if suppressing some emotion. Then, she finally managed to hold back and explained, "It seems you still don't believe me. Then this sect master will tell you the reason!! Do you think that just because my Glazed Sword Sect is still the only hegemonic force in Tianshui County, we can rest easy?"

Xia Jin was slightly taken aback.

Leng Wushuang's voice carried a heavy weariness: "What you see is only the surface. The current status of the Glazed Sword Sect is supported by us elders. How long can we hold on? Five hundred years? A thousand years? If we elders perish, how will the younger generation take our place?"

"If things continue like this, the Glazed Sword Sect will be swallowed up by other forces sooner or later."

"The Glazed Sword Sect must not fall."

"The legacy of the Glazed Sword Sect must not be broken."

"But look at the younger generation of the Glazed Sword Sect, who among them can shoulder this responsibility?"

Leng Wushuang suddenly turned around, staring intently at Xia Jin.

"A generational gap! This is the biggest crisis facing the Glazed Sword Sect right now!"

"This..." Xia Jin frowned and fell silent.

He recalled the disciples of the Glazed Sword Sect he had met afterward. Although they seemed to be quite strong, none of them had reached the Dragon Transformation Realm.

"Hmph!! Otherwise, why do you think I would negotiate with your master, Xiao Xuan, to make you, a disciple of the Cloud Academy, switch your allegiance to my Glazed Sword Sect?"

Leng Wushuang's voice carried a hint of helplessness.

"Originally, I had no intention of doing this, but I never expected that you would gain the approval of these four mysterious stone swords!"

Leng Wushuang's voice was filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"Do you know what this means?"

"In the path of swordsmanship, among the younger generation, there are very few who can compare to you! It's not that the disciples of my Glazed Sword Sect are inferior, but that there are very few people in the entire Fengyuan Prefecture, and even the entire Mirage Cloud Realm, who can match you!"

"If the Glazed Sword Sect were to fall into your hands in the future, it would undoubtedly rise to the top of Fengyuan Prefecture! It might even secure a place among the top powers in the Mirage Cloud Realm!"

"So, tell this sect leader!!"

Leng Wushuang stared into Xia Jin's eyes and said, word by word, "Do you still think that I, the sect master, am just playing with you when I want you to take the position of sect master of the Glazed Sword Sect in the future?"

Xia Jin looked at Leng Wushuang and remained silent for a long time.

He could sense the pressure Leng Wushuang was under as the leader of a sect.

However, despite this, Xia Jin's goal in entering this Mirage Cloud Realm was not for this.

"Sect Leader Leng, thank you for your kindness."

"However, I refuse."

Leng Wushuang's pupils suddenly contracted.

"What did you say?"

Xia Jin looked directly into her eyes, showing no sign of backing down: "I'm used to being free, and I don't want to be bound by the shackles of a sect."

"you!!"

Leng Wushuang's eyes turned incredibly cold, so much so that Xia Jin felt a sudden chill run down her spine.

"How dare you refuse this sect master?"

For a moment, she looked at Xia Jin, her eyes flashing with surprise and anger.

To her surprise, she had never imagined that someone would refuse to become the sect leader of the Glazed Sword Sect.

The Glazed Sword Sect, the only hegemonic force in Tianshui Prefecture, boasts thousands of disciples, a profound foundation, and a history spanning tens of thousands of years. The position of sect leader of such a sect would be coveted by countless people outside.

The young man in front of him refused so casually.

The other is anger.

Since becoming the sect leader of the Glazed Sword Sect, she has had to become very assertive in order to maintain the sect's dominant position in Tianshui County.

Her personality, cultivated over many years, has made her accustomed to being superior, to giving orders, and to everyone obeying her.

No one dared to defy her like that.

Xia Jin's rejection made her feel a little embarrassed and angry.

For a moment, neither Xia Jin nor Leng Wushuang spoke, and the atmosphere in the hall grew increasingly heavy.

Leng Wushuang stared at Xia Jin, his aura of a Great Power Realm expert pressing down on her like a mountain.

However, Xia Jin just stood there, staring at her calmly.

There was not a trace of fear.

They didn't retreat even a step.

"you!!"

Leng Wushuang's eye twitched slightly.

She suddenly remembered that the young man in front of her had four stone swords guarding his sea of ​​consciousness.

The pressure from a powerful being might not really have any effect on him.

"Don't think that just because you're Xiao Xuan's disciple, this sect master won't dare to lay a hand on you!" Leng Wushuang gritted her teeth, her voice carrying a hint of threat, but her aura had clearly weakened.

"You'll be the future sect leader of the Glazed Sword Sect, whether you want to or not!"

Xia Jin frowned.

He hadn't expected that the other party was truly determined to make him the sect leader.

Moreover, judging from Leng Wushuang's attitude, if he doesn't agree today, he probably won't be able to leave this sect master's hall.

He naturally didn't want to have a direct conflict with the other party.

Even setting aside the fact that Leng Wushuang is a powerful expert at the Great Power Realm, the outcome is still uncertain even if he uses all his trump cards. Moreover, this is the territory of the Glazed Sword Sect, the sect leader. If a fight breaks out, how could an outsider like him possibly cause any trouble?

However, he was really unhappy about being schemed against to become the future sect leader.

"Never mind! Never mind!!"

Xia Jin secretly made a plan in her heart.

Perhaps we could agree to it first?

Anyway, he's not a disciple of the Glazed Sword Sect, so even if he becomes the sect leader, he can't really be tied down here. If things really don't work out in the future, he can just be a hands-off manager and find an acting sect leader to run things for him.

As for the future of the Glazed Sword Sect... that's a matter for later.

Leng Wushuang watched Xia Jin remain silent, her expression changing rapidly, but she did not urge her.

She was also waiting for Xia Jin's reply.

Leng Wushuang hadn't felt this nervous in many years. She unconsciously clenched her hands, her eyes showing a mixture of tension and trepidation.

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Jin finally raised her head, looked at Leng Wushuang, and nodded gently.

"Okay!! I promise you."

Leng Wushuang's eyes lit up instantly, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, slowly loosening her grip.

"You're smart to back down. You'll be proud of your decision later!"

Her voice carried a hint of arrogance, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.

Then, Leng Wushuang took out a token from her storage ring and casually tossed it towards Xia Jin.

"What is this?" Xia Jin reached out and caught it, then looked down at it.

The token bears the emblem of the Glazed Sword Sect, featuring seven intertwined swords with a blooming glazed flower in the center. However, the reverse side of the token bears the character "壹" (Yi).

Xia Jin's brows suddenly furrowed.

He had seen Mu Qingxue's token.

Those were tokens belonging to true disciples of the Glazed Sword Sect. Although the designs were similar, the materials and patterns were completely different. The token before them, however, was clearly superior to Mu Qingxue's by more than one level in both material and craftsmanship.

This is probably a token specially made for him, the token of the senior disciple of the Glazed Sword Sect!

"Sect Leader Leng, it seems you had already planned this all along."