Douluo Continent: Heavenly Mystery System

Chapter 17 Joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School

Ye Xiaofeng followed the hall master into the sect and saw the magnificent buildings of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, which were no less impressive than a royal palace. He was truly impressed by its reputation; the number one auxiliary martial soul in the world was incredibly wealthy.

"Young man, I find you pleasing to the eye and will take you as my disciple," Hall Master Lei Yue said to Ye Xiaofeng with a smile. The duel just now had made the Hall Master want to take him as a disciple.

"Master, I am foolish and have no intention of becoming your disciple for the time being." Ye Xiaofeng joined the sect for the sake of Sword Douluo, so how could he possibly become the master of the sect?

"Young man, your martial soul is very similar to that of the elders of this sect. Become my disciple, and I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury." The hall master didn't want to miss out on such a young genius.

"Master, may I see that elder?" Ye Xiaofeng asked tentatively.

"Do you think everyone is as free as you? Besides, the elders are busy with countless affairs every day. You think you can just see them whenever you want? What do you take this place for?"

Lei Yue, the hall master, said bluntly that even he rarely saw the two elders, let alone a newcomer with yellow hair.

"By the way, why are you so curious about the elders?" Lei Yue asked seriously.

"Master, you yourself said that the elder's martial spirit is similar to mine, so I also want to meet the elder you mentioned."

Ye Xiaofeng quickly changed the subject to avoid arousing suspicion from the hall master.

"Young man, become my disciple, and I'll shamelessly beg the elders to give you some pointers in the future. How about it?"

Lei Yuetang was very pleased with Ye Xiaofeng's talent. He was old and had never taken on a disciple before. He had finally met a prodigy and said he would never let him go.

At such a young age, he has cultivated to the Soul Master level and even mastered a self-created Soul Skill—a genius that appears only once in a century.

"Really? Hall Master, could I become your disciple?" Ye Xiaofeng asked immediately upon hearing that there was a chance to meet Sword Douluo, but he still did not want to become the Hall Master's disciple.

"Boy, go and find out how many disciples in the sect want to become my disciples. Everyone else is scrambling to become my disciples, and you're being picky."

Master Lei was not satisfied with Ye Xiaofeng's words, as a disciple on the honorary title and a disciple by personal instruction are two different things.

"If the hall master is unwilling, then this junior will pretend I never said anything," Ye Xiaofeng replied directly. Becoming a disciple was only to get closer to Sword Douluo.

"Alright then, what a pity, kid, but I still don't know your name."

Master Lei made an exception and allowed Ye Xiaofeng to join the sect because Ye Xiaofeng's strength indeed met the requirements.

"Junior Ye Xiaofeng, a level 41 offensive Soul Master, with the Seven Kill Sword as my Martial Soul," Ye Xiaofeng said with a smile.

"What?"

Ye Xiaofeng's words completely overturned Lei Yuetang's worldview. Seven Kill Sword, could it be that he really has some connection with the elder?

This matter has exceeded his control. He originally thought that Ye Xiaofeng's martial soul was extremely similar, but now Ye Xiaofeng himself has admitted that his martial soul is the Seven Kill Sword.

Lei Tangzhu kept thinking about Ye Xiaofeng.

"Master, what are you thinking about?" Ye Xiaofeng interrupted the master's thoughts.

"It's nothing, come with me."

Lei, the hall master, took Ye Xiaofeng back to his residence and instructed his men to make arrangements to take good care of Ye Xiaofeng.

"Rest here for a bit. If you need anything, just let them know. I have something to do and I'm going out for a bit," Lei Yue Hall Master said to Ye Xiaofeng.

Ye Xiaofeng knew that when Hall Master Lei heard about his martial spirit, he became a little nervous. Although he hid it well, he couldn't escape Ye Xiaofeng's eyes.

"Master, you go ahead and get busy, I'm not in a hurry," Ye Xiaofeng said calmly.

Then, Master Lei hurriedly left his residence.

"Xiao Yue, what's the matter that you're in such a hurry?" A white-haired man in a blue robe sat calmly in a chair by the table. This was Jian Dao Chen Xin, who was always unhurried no matter when or where, as if he had become one with the environment around him.

"Elder, a genius young man came to the sect today, and I made an exception to admit him into the sect." In front of Sword Douluo Chen Xin, Hall Master Lei Yue was like an ignorant young man, and he even stuttered a little when he spoke.

"If it meets the sect's requirements, what's wrong with making an exception once? Why are you coming to me for such a small matter?" Sword Douluo shook his head helplessly, picked up the teacup on the table, and drank elegantly.

"No, Elder's child might be your descendant," Hall Master Lei Yue said without hesitation.

"Pfft..." Sword Douluo Chen Xin almost choked to death on his tea.

"Xiao Yue, my swordsmanship lineage has always been passed down through a single lineage. How could I have any descendants?"

Sword Douluo Chen Xin did indeed have a past life connection when he was young, but that was a very, very long time ago.

"Elder, the young man who came today, like you, has the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul," Hall Master Lei said, getting to the point after mentioning the daytime.

"To explain in detail..."

Here's what happened.

Lei Yue recounted the events of the day in detail.

"Don't make this public yet. Proceed as you normally would. I know about his situation." Sword Douluo remained calm, showing little surprise.

"Yes, Elder," Hall Master Lei returned to his room.

"Feng Zhi, I'm going out for a while. I'll temporarily leave sect affairs to Xiao Hei."

Sword Douluo flew into Ning Fengzhi's room on his sword. Before Sect Master Ning could speak, he left with only one sentence.

After half a day of searching, Sword Douluo quickly found out that Ye Xiaofeng had been to Heaven and Earth. Manager Li hurriedly told him everything. They also went to the Great Soul Arena and learned that Ye Xiaofeng had defeated A Xin, who was of a higher level, using the title of Sword God.

They had contacted Dai Mubai to find out what was going on, but the trail went cold when they arrived at the inn. Manager Li told Sword Douluo that Ye Xiaofeng had appeared suddenly and they had never seen him before. Sword Douluo had even checked the Spirit Hall's Soul Master Registration Form, but he still couldn't find anything about him.

However, everyone leaves some clues. Manager Li suddenly remembered and told Sword Douluo that Ye Xiaofeng wore the Tianshui Academy's school badge on his clothes on his first day at the inn.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived at Tianshui Academy and, through various inquiries, finally learned that Ye Xiaofeng had studied there for a year and had been living in Peach Blossom Garden ever since.

It happened to be the weekend, and there were few people at school. Sword Douluo came to the entrance of Peach Blossom Garden alone. The gate was open, and he saw three girls playing on a bench under the peach blossoms.

"Miss, is this where Ye Xiaofeng lives?" Sword Douluo asked with a smile.

"How did you know?" Xuewu blurted out.

"Snow Dance" Shui Bing'er glared at Snow Dance Sailor. Snow Dance knew she had said the wrong thing and quickly shut up.

"Hello, who are you?" Shui Bing'er looked at the white-haired old man in front of her warily.

"My name is Chen Xin. Xiao Feng asked me to tell you that he has joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School," Sword Douluo said with a smile.

"Sister, did you know before that Brother Xiaofeng went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School?" Shui Yue'er asked Shui Bing'er with a bitter face.

"I've traveled so far to provide you with information, and you won't even offer me a cup of tea?" Sword Douluo said indifferently.

"Please, Xuewu, Yue'er, go fetch water." Shui Bing'er was very nervous, but dared not show it.

"Sister, the water isn't..."

"Just go when I tell you to, stop with the nonsense."

Shui Yue'er wanted to say something more, but Shui Bing'er quickly chased her away.

"Sir, why don't you just say what's on your mind?"

"Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to know a little about young friend Ye."

"Xiaofeng has joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School. Apart from me, none of them will know. Even if I bring back the news, I will not let the two of them know. So, sir, you might as well speak frankly."

"I am just an ordinary old man and pose no threat to you."

Sword Douluo wasn't surprised to see his lie exposed, as he had never intended to hurt them.

"I know you're not an ordinary person, please don't hurt him."

"How do you know?" Sword Douluo never expected Shui Bing'er to be so meticulous. He thought how wonderful it would be if his little princess Rongrong were like that.

"He just wants to learn a higher level of swordsmanship and will not pose any threat to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School." Shui Bing'er did not answer Sword Douluo's question. The three of them did not know when Sword Douluo had entered. Ordinary people could not enter the school, let alone go unnoticed by Shui Bing'er. They could only guess that the person in front of them was unfathomably strong.

"What if I insist on killing him?" Sword Douluo said calmly.

"I'd give my life for his, please spare him."

"Are you really willing to die in his place?"

Sword Douluo was slightly surprised, not expecting someone to be willing to die in his place.

"Do it," Shui Bing'er said, closing her eyes and waiting for death to come.

Suddenly, everything went dark. Shui Bing'er felt death approaching. The space around her shattered, and she could hardly breathe. It was as if she would die at any moment.

Shui Bing'er's only regret was that she couldn't see Ye Xiaofeng before she died. Now that she could exchange her life for his, she was willing to accept the loss, even with regret. Two tears slowly rolled down her cheeks through her closed eyes.

"Sister, what are you doing? Why are you crying?" Xuewu and Shuiyue'er returned with water and saw Shuibing'er standing there motionless, her eyes closed as she cried.

"Ah, I'm still alive?" Shui Bing'er was surprised to find that she was not dead, and the old gentleman in front of her was elegantly drinking tea.

"Sister, everything's fine, why are you talking about living or not?" Shuiyue asked, puzzled.

Shui Bing'er realized that she was not dead, which meant that the person in front of her did not want to kill her, but just wanted to test her.

"You go back to your room with Xuewu. I want to talk to this old gentleman alone."

Seeing that their older sister had spoken, the two of them quickly went back to their room.

The Seven Kill Sword saw that the sword in the person in front of it was exactly the same as Ye Xiaofeng's, except that it had no soul power at all.

"This humble girl, Shui Bing'er, pays her respects to Senior Sword Douluo."

Shui Bing'er knew that Ye Xiaofeng's martial soul was the same as Sword Douluo Chen Xin's. Now, the person in front of her had the Seven Kill Sword as his martial soul, so it could only be the elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Sword Dao Chen Xin.

"Little girl, can you tell me now?" Sword Douluo said to Shui Bing'er with a smile, still elegantly sipping his tea.

"Actually, we haven't known each other for very long. We rescued him at the beach a year ago."

Shui Bing'er roughly told Sword Douluo Chen Xin that Ye Xiaofeng encountered pirates, rescued them, and then awakened his martial soul on his own. After that, he stayed with her at the academy for a year before leaving.

"That means you don't know anything about him before he was 10 years old."

"He was reluctant to talk about it. All I know is that he was exiled because he couldn't awaken his martial spirit, and he was abandoned by his family."

"So that's how it is. He awakened his martial soul at the age of 11 and reached the Soul Master level at the age of 12, which means that he was born with a full soul power of level 30." Even the Sword Douluo, who had reached the level 97 titled Douluo, found it hard to believe what he was seeing, but he had no choice but to believe it.

"Please, senior, accept him as your disciple," Shui Bing'er said, kneeling on the ground before Sword Douluo.

"Get up. He still needs to hone his skills. He'll naturally succeed when the time is right."

"Thank you, senior," Shui Bing'er said, her eyes welling up with tears of joy.

"Let's pretend today's events never happened. Thank you for the tea. Goodbye."

Sword Douluo Chen Xin came quietly and left quietly. Shui Bing'er felt as if nothing had ever happened, yet she also felt as if countless changes had occurred.

"Sister, where is the old man?" When Xuewu and Shuiyue came out, they saw that the old man was no longer there.

"He's gone. He said Xiaofeng is doing well and we don't need to worry about him."

Shui Bing'er hadn't had a good night's sleep since Ye Xiaofeng left, constantly worrying about him. Now she could finally relax.

"You must not tell anyone about what happened today."

"I understand, eldest sister," Xue Wu said, though she had some doubts, but she didn't ask anything more.

"Don't worry, sis, I promise I won't tell anyone, but that old man today was quite handsome," Shui Yue'er started swooning again.

Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu were speechless; this brat's mind was completely elsewhere.

(End of this chapter)