Chapter 15

"Menial disciple? This you can do." Old Liu seemed a bit embarrassed, allowing Bu Zheng to enter the Qingyun Sword Sect as a menial disciple.

He wasn't afraid that this situation would be discovered. Bu Zheng's sword technique might have been a stroke of luck, and with his insufficient cultivation, even if the sword technique was excellent, it would be useless. The chances of him losing in a match with others were high, so no one would notice the problem.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, he could resolve the situation with a single move, which didn't even require one-tenth of his power. Who would notice the issue?

There was another point: he was certain that Bu Zheng's talent for cultivation was quite ordinary. At fifteen, he was on par with others who were only ten or eleven, and this comparison was based on the standards of ordinary people, indicating that his talent was even weaker than average.

No matter how good the sword technique, without a solid foundation of cultivation, it was all in vain. For example, even if Old Liu stood still and let Bu Zheng attack, Bu Zheng wouldn't cause any harm.

With such talent, and being a menial disciple with little time for cultivation, he would quickly fall behind. Breaking through to the Third Meridian Realm in his lifetime would be a stroke of luck.

Originally, with such talent, the Qingyun Sword Sect wouldn't even consider him for a menial disciple; he would have to join a smaller sect. However, today, Old Liu felt a bit guilty and allowed Bu Zheng to join.

"Thank you, Old Liu!" Bu Zheng expressed his gratitude. He should be grateful; this was much better than what he had expected. He had originally thought he would join a much smaller sect than the Qingyun Sword Sect.

"Hmm, you can go now!" Old Liu nodded, accepting the thanks without any shame. He felt that with such talent, Bu Zheng should indeed be grateful to enter the Qingyun Sword Sect.

"But, Old Liu..." Bu Zheng didn't leave but continued standing.

"What? Do you want to become an outer sect disciple? This is already the limit. If you want to become an outer sect disciple, you'll have to work hard in the future. Once you reach the Second Meridian Realm, you can." Old Liu frowned slightly, thinking Bu Zheng was being greedy, which made him a bit unhappy.

I was being kind before, but if you don't know your place, don't blame me.

"Being a menial disciple is already very good; I didn't think of becoming an outer sect disciple." Bu Zheng shook his head; he hadn't dared to hope for that.

"Then what else do you need?" Old Liu asked.

"This sword was broken by you, so you need to compensate me." Bu Zheng held up the broken sword.

"..."

Everyone fell silent. Just for a broken iron sword? You actually want Old Liu to compensate you? If you anger him, you'll lose your position as a menial disciple.

"Bu Zheng, it's just an iron sword. I'll give you another one." Xiu Ying immediately stepped forward and held Bu Zheng back.

"You can give me one, but he still needs to compensate me. If something is broken, it should be compensated for. That's what my mother said." Bu Zheng said seriously.

"..."

So this kid has a bit of a problem with his head.

"This sword is my compensation to you. It's much better than the sect's beginner sword. I found it in an ancient site." Although Old Liu thought Bu Zheng had a problem, he still took a sword from his bag and gave it as compensation.

I am a person of status and position; how can I argue with a kid, especially one with a problem? That would be laughable.

When giving the sword, he couldn't be too stingy, or it would be against his status. Fortunately, he had a sword from an ancient site, which had some history but was quite useless.

The sword's material was very good, extremely durable. It was absolutely top-notch, even comparable to a treasure-grade weapon. However, its only strength was that it had no array formations, making it not an array weapon, and it wasn't sharp. It couldn't even cut someone at the First Meridian Realm, let alone someone at Old Liu's level. At best, it could be used as a short club.

Even if it were sharp, a non-array weapon would at most be a famous weapon. Generally, weapons called treasure-grade must have two points: the material must reach a certain level, and they must have attack or auxiliary attack array formations, making them array weapons.

Array formations are the key to determining the grade of a weapon, and they depend on the material of the weapon. Therefore, it's impossible to have a weapon with top-notch array formations but poor material. Thus, material is the foundation of array weapons. The better the foundation, the better the array formations that can be inscribed.

Even with array formations, an array weapon isn't necessarily a treasure-grade weapon. Famous weapons are the starting point for array weapons. Generally, weapons with array formations can be considered famous weapons, except for some very special or common life array weapons, which are at the ordinary weapon level.

This sword, although having the durability of a treasure-grade weapon, didn't even qualify as a famous weapon, only as an ordinary weapon. It had no array formations and no sharpness, so it couldn't be a famous weapon.

However, for Bu Zheng, this was already very good. His iron sword didn't even qualify as an ordinary weapon; it was just an iron item, equivalent to a hoe.

Another point is that the best array weapons in the Seven Stars Kingdom are treasure-grade, very low-grade treasure weapons, and there are very few of them. Most of the Seven Stars Kingdom's experts use famous weapons, which are slightly better than ordinary famous weapons.

The sword Old Liu used was also a famous weapon, a high-grade famous weapon, the Frost Sword!

It's easy to see that Bu Zheng's sword was also quite good, much better than the standard weapons issued by the sect, which were low-grade ordinary weapons. His sword could be considered a high-grade ordinary weapon.

This made him feel a bit smug in front of Xiu Ying—many times!

However, Xiu Ying thought he was being too foolish, offending a significant figure over a sword, which led to him being assigned to a place with almost no one.

"Thank you, Senior. Does this sword have a name?" Bu Zheng wasn't thinking about the future at all, just smiling foolishly and mentally cheering, "I made a profit."

"Unnamed sword, no identifying marks. You can call it whatever you like." Old Liu said indifferently, glanced at Bu Zheng, and then moved on to the next person.

If he had any thoughts before, there was a very small chance he would pay attention to whether Bu Zheng had any talent in swordsmanship. Now, he had no thoughts at all. After arranging for Bu Zheng to go to the least promising place, he forgot about him.

This was a good thing for Bu Zheng. This arrangement also made him sink into the ranks of the unknown for several years.

"Are you out of your mind? It's just a broken iron sword. Was it worth arguing with a big figure?" Xiu Ying only spoke to Bu Zheng after everyone's attention had shifted away from him, otherwise, it would have been too embarrassing.