On the Sword Pavilion mountain in the Inner Sect, the disciples don’t have a specific rank of any kind, but instead like most cultivation institutes, the hierarchy is based on seniority. But aside from showing respect to the senior members in the Sword Pavilion, most members in the Sword Pavilion were completely haughty and arrogant to the disciples in the other divisions. This arrogant nature of theirs wasn’t because they had a higher cultivation base than their fellow Academy disciples, but was simply because of the Sword Pavilion’s supreme status within the Academy. A disciple who was a member of the Sword Pavilion commanded a lot of respect and fear, as other disciples were scared to offend them and subsequently the Sword Pavilion. Both Xi Shen and Yang Su were walking along a main path towards the Techniques Library. Xi Shen was currently wearing the Sword Pavilion’s whit

Aside from being an identity medallion, it also has various other uses such as storing information or sending messages to persons several Kilometers away.   After Xi Shen tapped the medallion, it began to release a soft glow before a white circular rune started to form above it and then slowly began to rotate.   Yang Su who was nervously shifting from one foot to the other looked at the intimidating bodyguards before he turn to Xi Shen and said, “It’s alright young master Shen, I don’t mind staying out here.”   Instead of his usual address for Xi Shen, Yang Su decided to call him young master in front of others. He had concluded that when he was alone with Xi Shen he would address him as elder brother, and when in public he’d address him formally. Even though Xi Shen didn’t mind being called elder brother, Yang Su still thought that the assistant of the second prince of the Maple Continent calling addressing him as elder

In this separated area, there were three stone slabs placed in the middle of the twenty-meter wide open room. Standing at the edge of this open room, Xi Shen couldn’t help but notice a clear contrast between the treatment of this particular area than the rest of the section. On the floor and all around the room dust and cobweb overrun the area.  Xi Shen could even see where the person responsible for cleaning the Techniques Library stopped, resulting in a contrast of a clean floor and dust-filled one being visible. Xi Shen didn’t mind though and stepped inside this isolated area of space. He then came face-to-face with the three stone slabs that stood side by side at a height slightly below his chest. On top of the three stone slabs, Xi Shen saw, covered under dust that was who knows how many years old, three jade slips. Xi Shen reached out and took up the one that was on the far lef

As Xi Shen reached the gate of his courtyard, he couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.   “Screw those arrogant brats and their pompous attitude. Staring at me as if it concerns them whether I’m here in their dumb Sword Division. Do they think I wanted to be here, resulting in me having to deal with their condescending stares? If I was to behave like those snob nose brats I served in my past life, who viewed everyone with a veil of arrogance over their eyes just because they were the Gods' Apostles, I would have had my father make a decree for anyone who looked at me like that to be executed via disembodiment. Having their soul ripped out of their physical body and tortured would surely make them regret looking at their second prince like that...”   As Xi Shen was rambling on about gruesome torture methods like any normal crazy old man would, he stepped through his large courtyard’s front gate, but suddenly paused and then glance in the

Yang Su, who was previously looking at Xi Shen with a worried expression due to his previous question, had his eyes light up before he stood up and said, “As your assistant, your wish is my command young master. I’m willing to swear any amount of blood oath’s as need be.”   However, Yang Su’s excited expression suddenly fell, before he asked slightly embarrassed, “Um, young master, what exactly is a blood oath?”   Though Yang Su was unaware of what exactly a blood oath was, and why Xi Shen wanted him to make one, he was still somewhat excited that he was finally able to carry out one of Xi Shen’s orders.   Seeing Yang Su going from excited and burning with conviction to being embarrassed, Xi Shen couldn’t help but chuckle at his child-like behavior before he answered his question.   “In simple terms, you can say blood oaths are a type of promise. But unlike promises that don’t always have consequence