At the summit of Heavenly Sword Peak, a pale-faced man was watching the scene unfold.

His eyes shone with unprecedented brightness.

Watching the figure flying on a sword in the sky, he felt an immense sense of pride!

The initiation ceremony went smoothly.

Li Guanqi raised his hand and summoned dozens of ordinary black iron swords, allowing the newly inducted disciples to stand on them.

Then, with a surge of Primordial Energy, he took everyone on a sword flight!

Li Guanqi led the disciples around the eight main peaks and beyond.

He also took them to Thousand Peaks Mountain, showing them the three thousand unique peaks and eight hundred beautiful waters of the Great Xia Sword Sect.

The group was overwhelmingly excited, but fortunately, Li Guanqi’s Divine Sense was constantly monitoring them, and the barrier formed by his Primordial Energy protected them well.

After handing them over to Senior Sister Gu Ran, Li Guanqi returned to fetch the remaining disciples.

He took them on a similar sword flight around the Great Xia Sword Sect.

It was just like when Xu Zhengjie had taken him on his first sword flight.

From the very first day of their induction, a seed of determination to cultivate was planted in everyone’s hearts.

Li Guanqi’s actions inspired the elders of each peak to follow suit.

Soon, an intriguing scene appeared within the Great Xia Sword Sect.

The elders of the other seven peaks borrowed black iron swords, had all the new disciples stand on them, and took them on a flight around the Great Xia Sword Sect.

Along the way, they introduced the major peaks to the new disciples, ending with the three thousand unique peaks.

Many elders paused briefly in front of Jade Bottle Peak, pointing to the peak and saying,

“That is the cultivation peak of your Senior Brother Li. It’s called Jade Bottle.”

“Your Senior Brother Li succeeded in his first lesson of Qi induction just a year and a half after joining.”

The new disciples’ eyes sparkled as they looked at the simple wooden hut at the top of Jade Bottle Peak.

Some even eyed the unoccupied peaks with ambition.

Seeing this, the elders smiled knowingly, predicting that this batch of disciples would be very diligent in their cultivation.

The Great Xia Sword Sect also recorded all previous battles with Purple Sun Hall using recording stones.

Because of Li Guanqi’s actions today, the sword flight became a new tradition in the initiation ceremony of the Great Xia Sword Sect.

The atmosphere in the Great Xia Sword Sect was lively and harmonious during the day.

Lu Kangnian also met with many disciples.

Everyone deeply respected this valiant and leading Sect Master.

After a busy day, Li Guanqi came alone to Li Nanting’s door.

The old man, who had been resting for a day, was sitting at the door smoking, his eyes vacant as he stared at the empty rocking chair.

His eyes were full of memories.

He only reacted when the young man approached him.

The old man moved aside and tilted his head, signaling him to sit down.

Li Guanqi slowly squatted beside the old man, looking up at the starry sky.

The red glow from the tobacco leaves at the end of the pipe flickered, illuminating the old man’s face intermittently.

Li Nanting took a few deep puffs, exhaling a cloud of blue smoke.

He tapped the pipe on the flagstone and said in a low voice,

“You have something on your mind.”

“Is there something you want to tell me?”

Li Guanqi looked down at the flagstone beneath his feet and remained silent for a long time.

The pipe knocked heavily on his head, and the old man said irritably,

“Spit it out, don’t be so hesitant with me.”

Li Guanqi scratched his head and said softly, looking at the grumpy old man,

“Master, I want to go out and see the world.”

The old man beside him paused slightly, then his tone softened.

“Alright.”

Li Guanqi was a bit surprised; he had thought the old man wouldn’t agree.

But the old man seemed to see through his thoughts and said with a smile,

“What? You thought I wouldn’t let you go?”

Li Guanqi turned his head, not daring to look at the old man, and said softly,

“I thought Master would ask me why.”

The old man lowered his head, pinched some tobacco leaves into the pipe, lit it, and said softly,

“What good would asking do?”

“Since you’ve made up your mind, I naturally support you.”

The young man fell silent upon hearing this.

Looking down at the flagstone, he said softly, “It’s not that I have to leave; it’s just that staying here, everything I see makes me sad.”

The old man exhaled a puff of smoke and said softly,

“Well… going out for a walk… might be good.”

“When will you leave?”

Li Guanqi thought for a moment and replied softly, “In a while.”

“I can’t leave while Yue An is still unconscious; she’d blame me to death.”

Li Nanting slowly stood up, and Li Guanqi hurriedly helped him up.

The old man turned and walked towards the room, saying softly,

“Well, since you’re leaving…”

“There are many new disciples recently, and the peak is short-handed. You will teach on my behalf.”

Li Guanqi was slightly stunned and quickly said, “Me teach? No, no… I still…”

The old man waved his hand to interrupt him and said sternly,

“No excuses. It’s just teaching them body tempering and Qi induction, nothing difficult.”

“Just talk about the basics of cultivation. Once things stabilize, someone else will take over.”

Helpless, Li Guanqi had to reluctantly accept the task.

After leaving the courtyard, Li Guanqi received a message from Ye Feng.

“Boss, I’ve talked to Master.”

“Starting today, I’m going into seclusion. Once I reach the Golden Elixir Realm, we’ll leave together!”

Just as Li Guanqi put down the jade slip, it flashed again.

The voice of Sect Master Lu Kangnian slowly came through.

“All disciples who participated in the battle with Purple Sun Hall, come to the main hall!”

Putting down the jade slip, Li Guanqi turned into a stream of light and flew towards the main hall.

The new disciples had just received their sect robes and looked at the figures flying on swords with infinite longing.

The disciple named Wei Li watched Li Guanqi’s departing figure and murmured to himself,

“One day, I will become someone like Senior Brother Li!”

When Li Guanqi arrived at the main hall, it was already packed with people.

No matter how large the main hall was, it couldn’t accommodate over a thousand disciples.

Lu Kangnian sat on the high platform, looking at the crowd below, and said softly,

“Where is Li Guanqi?”

Li Guanqi responded loudly, “Disciple is here.”

“Come to the front.”

Swish!

Lu Kangnian looked at the young man in front of him and slowly walked down from the high platform.

Under the gaze of all the fellow disciples, Lu Kangnian gently patted his shoulder and then turned to face the crowd.

To everyone’s astonishment, the man bowed deeply to them!