Chapter 22: Lin Xue
"Yes, Lord Roman."
"Eighteen-year-old sword master..." Roman closed his eyes slightly, his expression full of sighs and emotion: "Eighteen-year-old sword master, Lin Cheng, if I guess correctly, your mentor is at least a strong man at the level of a great sword master. Otherwise, how could you teach you to be a formal sword master before the age of twenty?"
Ling Yun felt a little funny. Everything about him grew up through self-study. After he arrived in this world, he had never received any guidance from a master of swordsmanship.
Roman Sword Master frowned slightly, muttered to himself for a moment, and looked up and said, "From the Ziyun Empire as the center, there are about ten surrounding empires, and I have almost all seen or known the great sword masters of the kingdom. I don't know which one of your mentors is?"
"My mentor..." Ling Yun is really hard to answer this question. He relied on the memories of his previous life to successfully cultivate to this level. If he insisted on having a mentor, he could only be himself.
Shaking his head, Ling Yun said tactfully: "Hisser Roman, my mentor is a hidden sword master. He has never walked around the outside world and does not want others to know his name. Therefore... please forgive me and I cannot tell you."
Roman laughed and shook his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay." In his opinion, Ling Yun's mentor must be an extremely powerful great swordsman, and may even break through the sixth level and reach the level of a seventh level holy swordsman. Not to mention him, a small third-level swordsman, it is extremely difficult for those strong men who have entered the realm of great swordsman to meet him.
Ling Yun did not explain to him on this issue, as he could be nothing if he thought.
Roman Sword Master smiled, glanced at Ling Yun's sword, and then pointed to a dark and shiny black iron stone beside the martial arts platform: "Hello Lincheng, as long as you can use three Dou Qi Slashes in a row within ten seconds and leave traces on the black iron stone."
"That's so simple?"
"Of course, judging from the energy fluctuations on your body, you already have the strength of a first-level sword master. As long as you can cut out three powerful Dou Qi slashes, you can obtain the professional badge of a first-level sword master through the recognition of our Sword Master Union."
Ling Yun nodded, drew his sword out of the sheath, and the mysterious sword energy in his body poured into the sword at the same time. The light of the sword body suddenly shone. Three sword energy slashed on the dark black iron stone with a sharp sound of breaking through the air. With a touch, the stone chips flew, and three sword marks that were nearly half a finger deep were clearly left on it.
Drawing the sword, stabbing the sword, and collecting the sword, the three movements were like flowing clouds and water, without any stagnation.
After doing all this, Ling Yun made a gesture of invitation and asked him to verify the sword marks on the black iron stone.
Roman Sword Master had a hint of surprise on his face. After verifying the sword marks left on the black iron stone, the surprise he looked at Ling Yun couldn't help but become stronger.
In fact, according to convention, if a level nine swordsman wants to be promoted to a first-level swordsman, he does not pass by releasing three Dou Qi slashes within ten seconds. Not only that, he also needs to persist in undefeated for three minutes under his third-level swordsman to obtain the swordsman profession badge. Those swordsman who only have the strength of fighting spirit but have no combat experience cannot be recognized by the Sword Master Union.
However, when he saw Ling Yun's age, he naturally regarded him as the kind of swordsman who was forced by his mentors all day long, and he had never been involved in fighting, so he naturally put some water on his face.
But now, when he saw Ling Yun’s light description, three sword energy shot out, and each sword energy was slightly stronger than the fighting slash of the sword master, his eyes finally showed a look of surprise.
In less than two seconds, three sword energy were randomly stimulated, and the strength of each sword energy was equivalent to the level of the first-level sword master who had advanced to use the full force of fighting spirit slash. This strength was no longer vaguely below the second-level sword master. At least in terms of attack power, he had reached the level of a second-level sword master.
Such a young first-level sword master is already surprising enough. If it were a second-level sword master... Roman sword master shook his head and finally could only attribute all this to Ling Yun's mysterious mentor. Perhaps the mentor taught him some powerful killing sword skills that could make him instantly stimulate this level of sword energy.
After showing this move, Roman Sword Master had completely confirmed the identity of Lingyun Sword Master.
Roman Sword Master put away the surprise on his face and said with a solemn expression: "Hello Lin Cheng, your cultivation level is fully qualified to be promoted to a formal swordsman. I now grant you the title and badge of the first-level swordsman in the name of the Ziyun Empire Sword Master Trade Union. I hope you can continue to work hard and strive to reach the level of the second-level swordsman as soon as possible in the future." After saying that, he took the girl and brought the swordsman badge and handed it to Ling Yun.
Ling Yun took the badge and wore it on his chest.
The badge of the first-level sword master is completely made by silver through mysterious craftsmanship, which is difficult for ordinary people to imitate. The sword seal above represents Ling Yun’s class at this moment - the first-level sword master.
Wearing this badge is equivalent to formally announce that Ling Yun has also entered the upper class of this world.
After hesitating for a moment, Roman Sword Master waved his hand slightly, and the girl immediately bent down and bowed with tactfulness, retreated, and closed the door before leaving.
Ling Yun glanced at the leaving girl, said nothing, waiting for the Roman Sword Master's following.
"Hisser Lin Cheng, you are now a formal swordsman under the Ziyun Empire. I wonder if you have entered the royal family and served the country?" Roman Sword Master suddenly became serious, and he said with a hint of expectation in his tone: "If possible, I hope you can join the country and become a member of the palace swordsman."
As soon as I was promoted to the swordsman, someone immediately offered an olive branch.
Ling Yun smiled softly: "Roman Sword Master should be the sword master of the Sword Master Union. Why didn't you invite me to join the Sword Master Union in advance, but instead let me join the royal family?"
Roman sighed with a serious expression: "Although I am the sword master of the Sword Master Union, I will never forget that I grew up in the land of the Ziyun Empire. Without the cultivation environment given by the country, how can I practice safely to this level today? I joined the Sword Master Union, just a stopgap method. With the convenience of the Sword Master Union, I will obtain cultivation methods and cultivation materials in order to better reach a higher level. I even hope to meet more powerful sword masters here, persuade them to become a member of our Ziyun Empire..."
Ling Yun knew that this was the so-called country and family honor in Lincheng with extremely deep memory and impression. However, for the Ziyun Empire, neither Lincheng nor Lingyun had any sense of belonging at all, so he shook his head very simply and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Roman, I don't plan to take on any position before I practice to the level of satisfaction."
If it were someone else, Roman Sword Master might promise some benefits and national justice to impress him, but Ling Yun... According to his identity card information, he is a descendant of the Lin family of the Heisen Empire, a level 6 civilization. Although their lineage is now on the verge of kicking out of the family, with the emergence of a sword master, their status in the family will inevitably undergo a huge change... Moreover, he even vaguely doubted whether the mysterious mentor behind Ling Yun came from the Lin family of the Heisen Empire...
Thinking of this, Roman Sword Master finally sighed in his heart and said, "Hello Lincheng, since you are focused on cultivation, we can force you. I just hope that when you are willing to join a certain force in the future, you can consider our Ziyun Empire in advance. Don't worry, with the current cultivation and talent of Your Excellency Lincheng, our King will definitely not treat you badly..."
Ling Yun nodded politely: "I will consider this."
"There are too few sword masters in our Ziyun Empire. Compared with the surrounding empires, it is even less than one-third of that in other countries. Moreover, as a fourth-level empire, it lacks fourth-level sword masters. Without the deterrence of high-end force, our Ziyun Empire has become worse in the international status every day." Speaking of this, Roman glanced at Ling Yun, who still had no choice but to give up: "Your Excellency Lincheng, our Ziyun Empire is also a brilliant person. I wonder if you can select a few disciples or attendants in our country?"
Ling Yun still had an old saying: "I will consider this."
Seeing that Roman Sword Master seemed to be saying something, Ling Yun, who could not stand his strong recruitment, quickly took the initiative: "If all the assessment procedures have been completed, I will say goodbye first." After that, he immediately left the Sword Master Union.
Chapter completed!