This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 1617 - 1: The Sword Sect in the Age of Lu Qingshan

"I thought you'd never return in this lifetime," Li Shiyi started to speak, then waved his hand, "Ah, sit down first."

He gestured for the two to take a seat, but Ji Chuan and Qiu Shiyin remained unmoved.

"Sit down and let's talk," Lu Qingshan chuckled softly, taking the initiative to ease the situation.

Ji Chuan hesitated for a moment, then seemed to remember something, finally put away the grand ceremoniousness, and took a seat with his wife, albeit still with some restraint.

"The peach blossoms you planted back then are growing better and better now, and the wine brewed from them has become increasingly flavorful. I quite like it."

Li Shiyi seemed not at all curious about Ji Chuan's experiences over the past twenty years, lifting the wine jug on the table and poured a cup for each of them.

Ji Chuan smiled knowingly, as memories of Vastness Peak instantly surfaced in his mind.

He did not refuse, raising his cup and downing it in one gulp.

Seeing this, Qiu Shiyin beside him carefully raised her cup and took a sip, her eyes lighting up slightly.

Evidently, what Li Shiyi said about "flavorful" was indeed true.

Li Shiyi smiled, observing Qiu Shiyin by Ji Chuan's side, who had been avoiding eye contact with him, after a long look, he said softly, "Very nice."

The initially tense Qiu Shiyin, under Li Shiyi's gaze, noticeably relaxed upon hearing these words.

"Coming back from so far away, it wasn't easy, was it?" Li Shiyi asked leisurely again.

Regarding this question, Lu Qingshan was actually equally curious.

The return across two realms, even for him, was no easy feat.

This was with the premise of possessing two great treasures, the Dragon Sparrow and Netherworld Kanyu Map.

So how did Ji Chuan manage it?

Ji Chuan had already given a bitter smile and replied, "Indeed, it wasn't easy; otherwise, it wouldn't have taken a whole five hundred years, and I even missed the Central Spirit battle..."

Ji Chuan briefly introduced the Life Cultivation System of the Great Wilderness and Qiu Shiyin's Heaven's Mandate, "If not for the good fortune of Shiyin awakening the Heaven's Mandate of origin tracing, I'm afraid even another five hundred years wouldn't suffice for my return..."

"Five hundred years of change; the Sword Sect has already transformed significantly, and the little junior brother who entered the sect back then has suddenly become the Sect Master," Ji Chuan sighed with emotion, "I dare not imagine what will become after another five hundred years."

However, he found that the two present were looking at him with peculiar eyes.....

The disparity in the flow of time between worlds is a normal occurrence.

Especially given the far distance between Sky Dome Heaven and the Wilderness Realm.

When Ji Chuan returned to Sky Dome Heaven, he was so urgent upon hearing about the changes in the Sword Sect that he didn't specifically check the year in Sky Dome Heaven.

And in his view, as Lu Qingshan had already grown from his junior brother days into the current Sect Master, even if there were differences in time flow rate between the two realms, Sky Dome Heaven should have still passed hundreds of years.

This was a conclusion Ji Chuan drew based on common sense, an erroneous conclusion derived from Lu Qingshan's remarkable growth speed.

"Five hundred years..." Li Shiyi calculated in his mind and said, "It seems the time flow rate in the Wilderness Realm is roughly twenty times ours...."

"No wonder it's been only a few years since we last met, yet your aura has become so robust, your progress almost rivals that of the Sect Master."

With these words, Ji Chuan was struck as if by lightning, realizing the implication in Li Shiyi's words, he quickly asked in disbelief, "What is the current year..."

"Tianyuan Year Twenty-Seven," Lu Qingshan also poured Ji Chuan a cup of wine, raised his cup, and said to Ji Chuan, "Welcome back."

"Tianyuan Year Twenty-Seven..." Ji Chuan instinctively raised his cup in response to Lu Qingshan's gesture, still muttering to himself in his heart.

......

In Tianyuan Year Twenty-Seven, many things happened at Yumen Pass.

Actually, at this point in time, places like Yumen Pass having something happen isn't news; it's when nothing happens that it becomes noteworthy.

But among all those various events, one affair was impossible to ignore.

In the battle of Central Spirit, despite losing three main peak Peak Masters, a new Peak Master emerged in the Sword Sect.

Wilderness Sword Peak – Ji Chuan!

To many cultivators in Yumen Pass, this was a name quite unfamiliar, but that didn't matter.

What mattered was that this signified that even after the Central Spirit battle, even after losing Qingyun Sword Immortal, the Sword Sect wouldn't fall; it's recovering its Element Qi.

To the Eastern Domain, to Yumen Pass, the Sword Sect is a banner; as long as this banner doesn't fall, their faith can remain steadfast.

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The position of the main peak Peak Master in the Sword Sect is extremely significant and quite special; it's not merely a title.

It should be noted that even Xie Qingyun had always been the main peak Peak Master of the Sword Sect.

And Lu Qingshan, although now the Sect Master, is not the main peak Peak Master.

Of course, it's not that he lacks the capability, rather traditionally, Lu Qingshan's "promotion" route should have been first the main peak Peak Master then Sect Master of the Sword Sect.

But due to the suddenness of the Central Spirit battle and the fall of Xie Qingyun, Lu Qingshan was elevated to Sect Master before even reaching the Seventh Realm — and apart from the special case of Li Shiyi, the main peak Peak Masters of the Sword Sect have always been cultivators of the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

The main peak Peak Master of the Sword Sect bears the heavy responsibility of teaching; theoretically, all Sword Sect cultivators originate from the various main peaks.

The prosperity of the main peaks ensures the prosperity of the Sword Sect, nothing else.

Due to the sparse number of members, the Sword Sect's overall structure differs from other Taoist Sects.

In the Sword Sect, there is no so-called elder; the Sect Master is the absolute manager.