Chapter 153 Choosing the Master

Brian slowly opened his eyes after his cultivation. He looked around himself and saw the elders and other participants watching him with eyes popping out.

Then, his eyes fell on himself as he saw the armor around him. The armor had a red glow over a dark metal. It formed a symbol right in the middle that represented a star.

And, on his lap, there was a sword. It was a brightly golden-colored single-edged sword with a strange spider mark on the blade.

‘Strange….. what is this sensation? I feel like I can see behind me.’ Brian was confused as he didn’t understand what was going on. He focused his mind on it and noticed that his mind was creating an image of his back.

It was a dark image with blue color human figures.

‘Is this kind of a sixth sense? Wait… is this Spiritual Sense that I read in those books? Wait, did I reach the first stage of Foundation Establishment Realm?’

Brian was stunned when he tried to check his powers. He insert his spiritual sense inside his body and checked each part of his body. More importantly, he saw his dantian at least twenty times bigger than before.

And, he could feel the intense strength flowing in his muscles. He couldn’t help but feel extremely excited to cheek his strength.

He stood up and held the sword in his hand as he walked toward the elder.

“Elders, I feel like I had a breakthrough in my cultivation. Is there any way to check my cultivation?” Brian asked.

“There is no need to check.” Zhang Min spoke.

“Yeah, we saw just how many times your spiritual aura burst out.”

Thud!

At this moment, Cao Ping jumped from the stage and appeared in front of him.

“Brat, your spiritual aura burst out twelve times. From what we know, there are only nine realms of cultivation. But, you obviously haven’t reached the True Essence Realm or else we could feel true essence in you.”

“A long time ago, I once looked into a book that recorded some people who had gone beyond the ninth realm. It was said that the nine realms are derived from Nine Heaven but actually, there are even higher realms.”

“Tenth Heaven is something above Nine Heavens. And, only ten people in history have reached this stage. Then, even above it, there is Forbidden Realm which is considered to be so damn high that except for three people in history, nobody has reached that stage.”

“And, finally, there is another realm. It was the only realm reached by a single person in history. He was none other than the creator of DragonElephant Sect, the Immortal DragonElephant.”

“This realm was known as Taboo Realm. It was said that the person who can reach this realm is sure to ascend to the Immortal Realm. You did that. You reached Taboo Realm, the only realm that has ever been reached by a single person.”

“You are the Taboo Cultivator from now.”

Hearing her words, Brian’s lips twitched. He didn’t expect himself to do something so heaven-defying. But suddenly, he remembered something and asked.

“Wait….. what does Taboo Cultivator mean?”

Can Ping looked at him and said “Well, cultivators normally follow the rules of heaven. Even though cultivation itself is an act of stealing the vitality of heaven and earth, we do not go against heaven.”

“Taboo cultivators however are seen as heaven-defier because their strength defies the rules of heaven. Do you know the strength that a Forbidden Realm cultivator possesses?”

Brian shook his head.

“Well, you wouldn’t know that. It’s 500000 kilograms. That’s nearly four times more than those who have reached the peak of Foundation Establishment Realm.”

“And, those who have reached Taboo Realm possess the strength of one million kilograms. Do you even know what that means? You can fight against average Golden Core Realm Realm cultivators with that level of strength.”

“And, if you perfectly practice the martial arts, you can even kill Golden Core Realm with ease while fighting against Law Condensation Rcalm despite being in Foundation Establishment Realm.”

“In the other words, your strength just surprised almost everyone here.” Cao Ping explain with the proper numbers which shocked his mind.

He couldn’t believe just half an hour of cultivation would allow him to get this strong. He truly regretted not coming to this world earlier.

“Ahem! I have something that I wanted to tell you. In fact, this thought has been in my mind for quite some time but now seems to be a good time to tell you. Do you know in less than five minutes the Ancestors or maybe even Saints will arrive here?” Cao Ping cleared her throat and asked.

Brian found it strange when she told him that. Then, he realized her true motivation.

“Seems like you guessed it. Yes, I also want you to be my disciple but of course, I am not an Ancestor Realm cultivator or even Saint Realm cultivator. I am just at the Half-Stage Realm cultivator.”

“This isn’t an official realm but I would like to call myself that because I can fight against Ancestor Realm cultivators. While Saints are still out of my reach, it’s not like a Saint will fight me for a disciple.”

“So, I would like to ask you to be my disciple. I might be the perfect master for you. Do you remember when I said three people who reached Forbidden Realm?”

Cao Ping proudly pointed at herself and said “I am one of them.”

Hearing her words, Brian suddenly fell into deep thoughts. He glanced at the other elders and none of them seems to be refuting her which means her words weren’t incorrect.

But, he still wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. At this moment, Cao Ping’s spiritual sense entered his mind.

“And, I also have a way to increase your cultivation fast. You already have a great talent so as long as you don’t fall too much, you can easily reach the Lord Realm in less than five years.”

At this moment, Brian’s mind shook for a moment.

Foundation Establishment Realm and strength that surpasses S-Rank.

He didn’t know how much his strength would improve in this world but he was sure that as long as he reach above Life and Death Realm, he could reach the strength of Omega Rank.

That’s why this offer enticed him at once.

“And, if your martial soul is truly amazing, it could even be shortened to three years.”

At this moment, Brian’s eyes narrowed as he quickly bowed and bumped his fist and palm.

“Disciple greets Master!”

It was proper etiquette that he learned from those books.

Hearing his words, everyone was shocked. They didn’t know how to respond to this.

“Is he an idiot? Why did he give up such a chance to be a disciple of a Saint?”

“But, then again his martial soul might not be enough to gain the attention of the Saints. And, that elder did say that her strength is equal to Ancestor Realm and she has also reached Forbidden Realm. So, she should be indeed perfect for his cultivation.”

“Maybe but I still feel like something else triggered him to choose her as a disciple”

The participants started muttering and whispering to each other, not even caring about their own comprehension. But, there are few participants who were constantly trying to comprehend that scroll.

Hearing his words, Cao Ping brightly smiled and said “Stretched out your hand and turn it around.”

Brian did as she told him.

Cao Ping bit her finger and with the blood on her finger, she wrote a strange symbol by crossing ‘I’ with two lines.

Suddenly, the symbol shone brightly before it disappeared from his hand.

“This will be the symbol of our master-disciple relationship.”

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

At this moment, nearly ten figures suddenly appeared in the sky. Six of them were male and four were female. Two of them were especially old while the other four seemed middle-aged.

The females on the other hand had quite attractive figures. Not only their appearance was no different than a teenage girl but their bodies were also quite seductive.

“Cao Ping…. You!” One of them clenched his fist as he furiously glanced at Cao Ping.

“All of you are also elders. Why didn’t you stop her?” Another looked at those five elders and shouted.

Those elders rolled their eyes and thought.

‘It’s not like we can defeat her. Knowing how crazy she can be, it was best not to offend her for a single disciple.’

“Ahem! Anyway, it seems we DragonElephant Sect has received quite a talented disciple.” An old man coughed as he looked at Brian.

“Humph! He still has the sword of the ancestor. He could still choose to be the disciple of Heavenly Sword Sect.” Another old man snorted as he looked at the sword in Brian’s hand.

“Sorry, elder! But, I have already chosen DragonElephant Sect.” Brian put the sword down on the ground and bowed in front of them.

Seeing him putting down the sword, Heavenly Sword Sect elders were extremely embarrassed. That sword wouldn’t even let them hold it properly. Now, it was being rejected by someone.

“Brat, you might be talented but that sword is still the sword of our ancestor. It is the bloodline of our sect. It isn’t something you can put on the ground.” Sword Saint snorted as he opened his palm.

The sword vibrated as it slowly rose from the ground but at this moment, Brian stretched out his hand and the sword fell on his palm.

“Elder, I deeply apologize for my action. I shouldn’t have put this sword down. Please take this!”