The Sword Sect's Offer - 486

As his tent flap was pulled open, Zhu Yi looked forward. Walking inside was a man that gave off a scholarly aura like no other that Zhu Yi had ever met.

He had ink black hair and carried an ink brush in his hand. In his other hand was paper. Clearly, this man was from the writing sect. 

But, why would someone from the writing sect be here at this time? Zhu Yi was able to understand from a glance. This person had participated in the battle.

With the feeling he gave off, there was no doubt that he was above the soul formation realm. Zhu Yi stood up and paid his respects.

"Zhu Yi pays his respects to the grand elder of the Writing sect."

The man held up his hand. "No need for that. I've come to meet you in admiration. When Wen Si mentioned that someone else had met Chen Jie, I was surprised. Yet, when I saw your performance, I was more than surprised. You have an immense amount of talent and skill."

"Thank you." Zhu Yi said.

"I even watched you when you came to meet Wen Si those few times. So, what conclusion have you come to?" The Grand elder of the writing sect asked.

Zhu Yi blanked for a moment. He understood what the Grand Elder was asking. Helplessly, he could only state the truth. "I believe that someone is tampering with the memories of many of the people in this world."

The Grand Elder nodded. "Technically not someone, but an array created by someone. You see, it is actually not a bad thing. Without the help of the higher world, nobody in this world would ever become strong. It is because the higher world must siphon Qi from this world and the others in order to maintain the maximum level of Qi density. In this way, we can continue to protect the universe from the Chaos Beasts. This is something widely accepted in the universe."

The Grand Elder spoke, but Zhu Yi suddenly remembered Chen Jie's words. Tampering with memories was not something allowed. The Grand Elder seemed to either be conveniently withholding that information, or simply unaware. Regardless, Zhu Yi did not dare mention it.

As for the information told by the Grand Elder, he made sure to memorize it.

"What do you think of this?" The Grand Elder asked.

Zhu Yi responded. "I believe that it sounds necessary to protect the universe."

The Grand Elder nodded. "It truly is. As for the memory thing, it's to keep order in the world. I'm sure you understand."

Zhu Yi nodded.

After a moment of silence, the Grand Elder spoke again. "I've come here with an offer. Information from the lower worlds is often transmitted above. As someone who can single handedly fight multiple Chaos Beasts a level below you and cultivate to the soul formation realm without a sect in a world with such a low Qi density, you had already sparked the interest of some. I was told to see how much you improved and to create a profile on you. After this battle, a sect in the higher world wants to take you as a disciple."

Zhu Yi was shocked. He knew almost nothing of the higher world.

"This sect is known as the Sword Sect. They are a somewhat special sect, and you will understand if you are willing to leave this world and join the Sword Sect."

"I need to think about this first, Grand Elder." Zhu Yi said.

The Grand Elder nodded. "I understand. We will meet when you return to the writing sect. Please have an answer by then."

After speaking, the Grand Elder turned around and left. Now alone, Zhu Yi turned to Zhou Fan.

"What should I do?"

"It seems like a good idea to accept the offer and join the Sword Sect. With such a simple name, it must be one of the best sects for using Swords in the universe. With your god-level sword talent, you will be accepted without a doubt."

The odds of having god-level sword talent was as rare as having immortal rank meridians. They were both one in a quadrillion. Within the entire universe, there were almost countless people. Therefore, having god-level sword talent was both rare and not rare. What was truly special was having god-level sword talent and adequate meridians.

The only worry was that Zhu Yi's meridians were too low rank. The sword sect may not value him upon seeing them. Luckily, Zhou Fan would be able to hide the rank of Zhu Yi's meridians from anyone under the god realm in his current state.

Although they would find it weird, it would probably make Zhu Yi more valued if anything. 

There was another good thing about this. If Zhu Yi could find someone in the god realm, then Zhou Fan could get ahold of someone who would be able to help him recover. 

Zhu Yi agreed with Zhou Fan's words. In addition to likely being a powerful sect, just the density of Qi in the higher world would dramatically increase his cultivation speed by ten times.

Although the wider universe only had seven tenths of the Qi density that it had before Zhou Fan fought the Cosmic Dao, it seemed that the higher world increased the density of Qi to the level it had been in the past.

With Zhou Fan's words, Zhu Yi made up his mind to join the sword sect. After everyone's injuries had healed up, everyone returned to their sects. Zhu Yi returned to the ice sect before making his way towards the Writing Sect.

When he arrived, he felt a wind guiding him. He turned away from the giant book that held the writing sect and was led to a nearby mountain.

The wind guided him to a cave on a steep side of the mountain. As he entered, he noticed that the entire mountain was hollowed out. As if it was a secret missile base, there was a giant brush standing in the middle.

It seemed that the book that the writing sect was built on had also come with a brush.