Supreme Swordsman of the Nine Heavens

Chapter 978

Golden Wolf Valley’s Master

Though the sultry maiden and scar-faced youth were on the same wavelength, it was not a harmonious wavelength for he planned to sell her to cultivators inferior to her so that they could steal her soul points.

“They’re going to sign up today?” A man with a red man bun asked.

“Yes. People are gathering at Auspicious Restaurant to watch the event,” replied the scar-faced youth.

Mu Yu immediately left the building and asked for directions to Auspicious Restaurant. When they got to the door of Ultimate Immortals Hall, Xiaoshuai stuffed his face full of cake so that he could grab another batch on the way out, even looking somewhat disappointed that he did not get to finish all of them.

“Can you stop being such an embarrassment?”

“Every cake I eat is costing them money. I suggest we eat all of their branches into bankruptcy. Technically, it’s one way of destroying them.”

Chou Jinghuan, who irked Mu Yu as Zhang Gan did, reserved Auspicious Restaurant so that he could conduct his apprenticeship ceremony with Tian Jiancheng. He made sure to switch out all of the decorations, furniture and utensils for new ones, even bringing out the red carpet.

Chou Jinghuan invited several well-known faces and old enemies of Golden Wolf Valley so as to imply, “I now have a Body Synthesis Realm Ninth Layer cultivator from Celestial Star Sect backing me. Just trying laying a hand on me.” They would have ignored the invitation if it was not for Tian Jiancheng, who was only spared from execution according to his sect’s rules because his cultivation jumped exponentially, being the other man of the hour; the reality was that nobody liked Chou Jinghuan.

Chou Jinghuan, a man around forty years of age, waited at the entrance of Auspicious Restaurant in the best set of clothing and wore the smuggest smile he had to accompany the condescending attitude he gave guests.

Seven nights ago, Chou Jinghuan’s shifu, Daoist Jinlang, came back with over twenty kills, one of which was a Heaven Level elemental demon that severely injured Elder Tian Houyang. His seniors came back with, at least, five hundred soul points each, while he barely racked up two hundred soul points. Though some of his seniors made fun of him, his shifu told him, “Stick with me next time. I’ll disable them, and you finish them.” He thanked his shifu and used every brown nosing trick in his repertoire on everyone in his sect. Chou Jinghuan was the type to be haughty around outsiders and deceptively respectful to those close to him.

When Daoist Jinlang called everyone over to join the celebration banquet, Chou Jinghuan brought out a jug of wine he specifically prepared. Once the others drank it, they were unable to churn out any spiritual energy for the next hour due to the spirit suppression poison Chou Jinghuan slipped in. Usually, any cultivator would detect the poison if they were a tad attentive. Chou Jinghuan, therefore, waited for everyone to be merry and have somewhat intoxicated before starting to flatter everyone at the table as a means to offer the drink.

Daoist Jinlang reprimanded Chou Jinghuan once he realised he was hit with poison. Alas, it was too late to stop Chou Jinghuan from slaughtering his fellow disciples and then, dripping with blood, declare, “Shifu, I admit you have always treated me so well that I cannot find any fault with you. That being said, Celestial Star Sect’s Tian Jiancheng is better suited to be my shifu.” He subsequently separated his shifu’s head from his body, becoming the first cultivator to collect six thousand soul points ever since the implementation of the soul points system – which only came into effect less than a month prior.

Chou Jinghuan wasted no time killing Daoist Jinlang for the latter was capable of excreting the poison faster than the ordinary cultivator. Chou Jinghuan then severed the heads of his former fellow disciples before cremating all of them. He raced to Ultimate Immortals Hall thereafter to exchange six thousand soul points for Tian Jiancheng’s tuition. Never for a second did Chou Jinghuan, an advocate of survival of the strongest, think there was any issue with his deeds.

Celestial Star Sect regarded the ceremony with importance as they had to make known that they honoured promises in order to legitimise the soul points system and safeguard their reputation.

“I certainly couldn’t kill cultivators higher level than me. At the very least, I’m not the kind of scoundrel who’d kill his shifu,” grumbled a young man.

“Hush. Don’t speak recklessly if you don’t want your head to roll. Save that for somewhere else,” warned a middle-aged man.

The young man was cognizant of his blunder, so he glanced up to check if Chou Jinghuan heard him. To his horror, there was Chou Jinghuan staring straight him, wearing an ambiguous visage. Afraid, the young man lowered his head and walked away, accidentally bumping into someone.

“Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to bump into you.”

“Don’t mind it. I’m just here to witness what an ungrateful traitor’s apprenticeship ceremony looks like,” Mu Yu stated with a straight face.

Supreme Swordsman of the Nine Heavens

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