Chapter 2: The 'Villain'—Luo Shengxue
[Ding! You've survived a single day! You've received a High black-grade Grade Sword!]
Seeing the notification, Long Yu smiled faintly. He truly needed a sword since his own was merely at the mortal-grade, the weakest level.
The techniques and weapon grades are divided into three minor stages and eight grades.
There's Low, Middle, and High—Mortal, Yellow, Black, Profound, Mysterious, Earth, Heaven, and finally Divine Grade.
Each weapon's strength works as if you had another cultivation level, like having two types of cultivation.
So, if you compare each grade with the cultivation realm, it would be something like...
Mortal = Body Tempering, Yellow = Qi Refining, Foundation = Black, Profound = Golden Core, Mysterious = Nascent Soul, Earth = Soul Formation, Heaven = Enlightenment, and Divine = Mahayana.
Regarding the minor stages, they count as each layer.
Low is 1st to 3rd layer, Middle is 4th to 6th, and High is 7th to 9th Layer.
That's just how the weapon works, but of course, to use the complete power of each weapon, you'll need to be in a realm and stage that corresponds to the grade of the weapon itself.
Or simply have a battle power that corresponds to it.
"Mhm... From my experience, I'll need to find another cultivation technique, since the one I'm using now doesn't focus on 'Yang Energy'." Long Yu sighed softly.
The current cultivation technique he was using was the complete opposite of 'Yang', he was cultivating an 'Yin' technique, which made his progress two times slower.
And if he got a 'Yang' technique that was related to his physique, his cultivation speed would increase by a lot!
"But, firstly... I'll need to try and win the Disciple Ceremony... If I'm not wrong, the first heroine, which is supposingly the Cold Master... should have a Yin Body, and because of that, 'Long Yu' would easily get closer to her. But now, there's a single obstacle: that fucking guy, who should be the 'Holy Son'."
Each sect has ranks with varying degrees of authority.
First is the "Sect Leader," followed by the supposed "Holy Son" and "Holy Daughter."
Then comes the "Saint," similar to a Holy Daughter, but if there's already one, the woman is called a Saint since only one woman can be the Holy Daughter.
After these, there are the elders, core disciples, inner disciples, outer disciples, and finally, the handyman disciples.
One small detail: there is a person who is more powerful than the "Sect Leader," but they are not mentioned because they are "sleeping."
These people are the "Ancestors" of the Sect, and they only show up when the Sect is in serious danger.
"Haa, I finally arrived at this darn place."
Long Yu spoke as he looked at the big arena in front of him; normally, each Disciple Ceremony would be something like a free for all.
And those disciples who stood out would be chosen even if they weren't the last ones standing.
The only thing that mattered would be getting the interest of the elders or having a high enough placement to become an Inner Disciple.
As for Long Yu, he naturally had the highest qualifications here, but... his reputation is bad, and so is his character.
So, the chances of him being chosen are pretty low.
'Well, for now I just want to become an Inner Disciple, I don't have many hopes on being chosen by an elder.'
"Hello everyone!" A majestic voice was propelled through the whole place, reaching out to the disciples' ears.
"Today, as every year, we will hold the Inner Disciple Examination, in which outer disciples and even handyman disciples can become inner disciples! But first, we have a major announcement to make!"
"The Holy Daughter herself will be leading the examination and securing all of you, instead of us elders being the examiners!"
As the announcement rang out, the entire outer sect erupted in joyous cheers.
They showered continuous praises upon the Holy Daughter, but for Long Yu, their words felt oddly unsettling.
'Holy Daughter... now that I noticed.. I offended a saint and not the Holy Daughter..., I don't recall the sect having a Holy Daughter, only the 'villain' as the Holy Son.'
"Hehe! I can't believe it! We actually have the Holy Daughter, Luo Shengxue, overseeing the examination!"
'Luo Shengxue!?'
Long Yu's heart skipped a beat at the mention of the name.
After all, the 'villain' from the novel he had read was named 'Luo Yang' and belonged to the Luo Family.
There was no mention of anyone named "Luo Shengxue."
'Don't tell me...!'
At that moment, a breathtakingly beautiful woman appeared in the sky, her robes fluttered in an unnatural way, making her look like a goddess descending from the heavens.
As she landed gracefully, her slender eyebrows arched delicately above her velvety eyelashes, framing eyes that glimmered like rubies in the sunlight.
Her lips, a delicate shade of rosy-pink, formed a soft and inviting smile.
Her figure was nothing short of mesmerizing; her attire hugged her curves in all the right places.
Beneath her black robes, her form boasted generous curves, emphasized by the snug fabric.
She possessed a captivating allure, with her massive breasts that drew the eye and slender yet strong legs that seemed to glide effortlessly.
Her waist, like that of a snake, was elegantly slender, accentuating her feminine silhouette.
Her hair cascaded down her back like a river at midnight, each strand glistening in the sunlight.
'Fuck... she really has the same appearance as the 'villain' but in a genderbend form...' Long Yu swallowed hard.
He did not expect that the 'villain' he had been so counscious about had just turned into a woman!
'Wait a second... she's a woman. The Cold Master has a Yin Body; Only a man can have a Yang Body...'
'The fuck!? How is she supposed to PERMANENTLY heal the Cold Master!?' Long Yu pondered.
After all, even though medicine, pills can hold the effect of an Yin Body, to fully heal it, it needs the harmony of Yin Yang, or, in other words, to have sex with someone who has a Yang Body.
Well, each Yin Body has different properties, and the Cold Master supposingly has the only Yin Body that needs 'sex' to fully awaken it.
'I guess the author just wanted to follow the natural xianxia trope.' Long Yu sighed deeply.
'Either way... that means, that I also have a chance at conquering her since Luo Shengxue can't use the attraction of a Yang Body.'
The Yang and Yin properties are very peculiar, but one effect of both physiques, is that they are attracted to each other naturally.
So, gaining goodwill will be much easier than normal. Like degrading Hell difficulty to Normal difficulty.
That's a very big difference!
"Ahem! Since, I'm the one that will be conducting the examination, I've decided to change a bit of the rules."
"Before, the disciples couldn't team up with each other since, but now, I've decided to change that rule and the disciples can form teams."
"The examination winner will therefore be the final team standing! Furthermore, each team is limited to five members."
"That being said, let the examination commence!" She exclaimed aloud.
At that moment, her eyes landed on Long Yu's figure, as her lips formed a faint smile.
It was obvious that she had changed the rule to fuck over Long Yu.
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