Super Soldier in Campus

"Impersonating a Tianji Sect disciple, that was indeed my doing!" Lin Feng said to Lu Yuming sincerely. "But I only did that because I had no other choice. Old Lu, I hope you can understand."

"You actually dare admit it!" Lu Yuming shot Lin Feng a very strange look, then sneered, "Kid, don’t think that just because you’re not one of the cultivation world’s people, you won’t be bound by its rules! You’ve already stepped into the Innate Realm, so you barely qualify to learn the truth about the cultivation world. In that situation, if you still dare to break its rules, the other cultivators have more than enough reason to come looking for trouble with you!"

"What rules?" Hearing how serious the old man sounded, Lin Feng couldn’t help getting curious.

"Posing as disciples of the various Cultivation Sects is one of the major taboos in the cultivation world. It’s very likely to draw the judgment of Huaxia’s cultivation orderers. At the lightest, they’ll cripple your entire cultivation; at the heaviest, they’ll kill you on the spot." Lu Yuming said to Lin Feng with a smile. "You’ve definitely never heard of orderers, so I’ll give you a free bit of info: orderers are basically the cultivation world’s po-lice. Their cultivation is very high—so high that ordinary cultivators absolutely can’t stand against them. And unlike the patrol cops in the Mortal Realm, they’re simultaneously the judge and the executioner... Do you get what I mean now?"

Of course Lin Feng got it... and he even faintly felt a chill in hindsight. This old Lu was telling him: don’t think impersonating a sect disciple is something you can do casually; by the cultivation world’s rules, that’s a capital offense where you can lose your life any time!

"Ahem... Old Mister Lu, since you came to find me in person, you’re not planning to take my little life, are you?!" Lin Feng looked up at Lu Yuming and asked with a light laugh.

"Of course not. Tianji Sect values fate above all. You’re a honored guest of my Tianji Sect... uh, a fated guest. How could I be that rude?" Lu Yuming gently stroked his long beard and smiled squint-eyed at Lin Feng.

Damn, the old man just slipped up there, didn’t he... From the way this guy’s talking, he clearly thinks I’m a fat sheep to be fleeced, right? Because I’m a ’honored guest’ (fat sheep) he can’t bear to fall out with me? That’s definitely what he means...

Still, one way or another, Lin Feng finally understood Lu Yuming’s basic attitude: the old guy’s goal had always been money. Even if he was dissatisfied with Lin Feng, he probably wouldn’t go too overboard.

At this point, Lin Feng found himself deeply curious about the Huaxia cultivation world that Lu Yuming kept mentioning. He decided to take advantage of the old man’s current good mood to ask more about matters concerning the cultivation world of Huaxia.

"Old Mister Lu, I want to get this straight: just how many sects are there in Huaxia’s cultivation world? What grudge is there between your Tianji Sect and Kongshan Temple? And what rules are there in the cultivation world that absolutely can’t be violated?" Lin Feng looked to Lu Yuming and asked seriously.

Lu Yuming’s face showed an expression like "this kid is teachable." The real reason he’d come this time was naturally not to settle scores with Lin Feng, but to seriously examine whether this brat was actually a suitable candidate for discipleship!

In the cultivation world, a sect is basically an organization. And no matter what kind of organization, it can’t do without new blood. Without newcomers, it’s water without a source, a tree without roots: no matter how powerful an organization is, it will collapse. In other words, every sect needs to recruit new people with potential.

"Kid, looks like your brain’s not completely rusted. Since you took the initiative to ask, I’ll start by telling you about Tianji Sect! Tianji Sect is an ancient sect that’s existed for over a thousand years. It has a place of its own in Huaxia’s cultivation world. At our most prosperous, Tianji Sect had disciples scattered all over the land, and our most glorious battle was back when Zhu Yuanzhang rose in rebellion. Tianji Sect served as an elite surprise force within the rebel army and made meritorious contributions to the founding of the Ming Dynasty..." Lu Yuming looked at Lin Feng and spoke in a calm tone.

Lin Feng’s jaw dropped, and his eyes showed an extremely bizarre look... Late-Yuan rebellions? Zhu Yuanzhang? The hell, is this some kind of joke?!

But Lu Yuming didn’t look like he was joking at all. He went on very seriously, explaining to Lin Feng, "I’m not just making this up; these are all recorded in our sect archives... Even though our seniors back then didn’t have very profound cultivation, each and every one of them was a hot-blooded hero fighting for the country. That much is beyond doubt!"

"Mm..." Lin Feng had read a bit of history and knew that the people of Huaxia in the late Yuan really were living in dire misery. The rebel armies of that time each had their own agendas, but their determination to topple the Mongol Yuan and restore Huaxia’s rivers and mountains, to save the common folk, was the same.

"Of course, that said, most Tianji Sect disciples back then were just martial men. Not everyone had deep cultivation. That situation began to change after the Ming court stabilized and the realm grew peaceful..." Lu Yuming’s eyes showed a look of reminiscence as he continued, "Tianji Sect is a sharp blade. Once the world is at peace and no longer needs that blade, you either sheathe it, or forge it into a plow... That’s a very real principle, and our Tianji Sect forebears understood that well. So after peace was restored, our once vast Tianji Sect with thousands of people shrank down to just one or two mountain gates, a mere dozen or so people to preserve the lineage. And in modern times, we’re down to only three to five people..."

"Three to five?!" Lin Feng’s expression turned odd as he shot back. That few? He’d figured from the badass-sounding name "Tianji Sect" that it had to be some super formidable grand sect! Can you even call it a sect with only three to five people?

"Thinking Tianji Sect’s population seems a bit sparse?" Lu Yuming glanced at Lin Feng with a chuckle and asked mildly.

"No, no... heh, quality over quantity, right?" Lin Feng faintly sensed there was something deeper in Lu Yuming’s words. After a dry laugh, he casually flattered him.

"Well said!" The appreciation in Lu Yuming’s gaze grew more and more obvious. "Lin Feng, now that I’ve said this much, I trust you see what I’m getting at. I want you to join Tianji Sect. Are you willing?"

"Huh?" Lin Feng froze for a second. Join Tianji Sect? Am I that bored out of my mind? Why would I join a Cultivation Sect that only has three to five people?

"You’re unwilling?" Lu Yuming asked with a smile, but his voice had already turned a lot more serious.

"Well, let me think this through..." Lin Feng gave a bitter smile. "It’s not that I’m totally against it. I just want a halfway decent reason..."

"Sigh, Lin Feng, you really are a bit of an idiot!" Lu Lu, off to the side, couldn’t hold back anymore. "You already told that bull-noser from Kongshan Temple that you’re with Tianji Sect, and you even fought him—and killed his Direct Disciple... If you were someone with a sect in the cultivation world, Wu Zhen that bull-noser might still handle this matter with you according to the cultivation world’s rules! But if you’re not Tianji Sect’s person, then not only Kongshan Temple and Huaxia’s cultivation orderers will be hunting you down, even my Tianji Sect won’t be able to let you off! Got it?"

In an instant, Lin Feng’s face turned stiff.

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