270: Chapter 226 270: Chapter 226 Jiang Tang silently waved his palms, unleashing an invisible force in front of him.
The cultivators ahead of Jiang Tang could feel a wind pushing their figures involuntarily to the sides of the road, creating a clear path for the group to pass through.
The group reached the archway, which was the exit.
When Jiang Tang took out a flying arrow, everyone boarded it.
The flying arrow swiftly ascended into the sky, and when they left the area, looking down from high above, all they could see was a dense forest covering the mountains.
No longer visible was the bustling street scene of the Spirit Sect Yun Clan.
As per the agreement, Jiang Tang went to the Knife Sect Lin Clan, guided by Lin Dandan.
The Knife Sect Lin Clan was not far from the Yun Clan and was also established in a county outside the suburbs of the Imperial City.
Jiang Tang learned from Lin Dandan’s introduction that the Knife Sect Lin Clan’s cultivation was actually centered on martial arts.
Every one of them was skilled in using sabers.
The girls used lighter magical treasures as their sabers, while the men, more inclined towards body cultivation, wielded heavy great sabers as their magical treasures.
Lin Dandan took out a very small dagger from her service bag.
The dagger could enlarge or shrink, remaining handy in either size, and this expanding and contracting feature was just an ordinary ability of magical treasures.
Just like the flying arrow they were currently on, it could become small to be put away and large when needed for other purposes, such as flying or defense from attacks.
Lin Dandan said that her saber was a reward from her family, given for her victory among the women in the clan’s martial competition.
Lin Dandan was a daughter of the Lin Family, not the Family Head’s daughter but that of one of the elders.
According to her, it was the Family Head who had instructed her to invite Jiang Tang.
At the time, other elders had also agreed with the decision.
She had not anticipated Jiang Tang receiving so many invitations and was almost the last one; her family had been waiting for quite some time.
Jiang Tang’s visits to so many noble clans took only a day or two, during which, apart from flying, he did not stay long at other clans as he had other matters to attend to.
The flying arrow merely took a few breaths to travel through the clouds before arriving at the county indicated by Lin Dandan.
This was just a modest county outside the Imperial City, yet it hosted one of the Ten Great Clans of the cultivation world.
All of the Lin Family’s industries were spread around the mountains and villages surrounding the county.
The county itself was dominated by the Lin Clan, with other families being minor clans that could not compare.
Lin Dandan mentioned that their family owned many martial halls in the Imperial City and also in the county.
Jiang Tang expressed his curiosity, “Isn’t it said the Huang Clan has more martial halls?”
“Hmph, what’s the Huang Clan anyway?
For instance, how can the ancient martial clans of the Imperial City compare with our cultivation?” said Lin Dandan with a proud expression.
Jiang Tang silently nodded to himself.
Ancient Martial Arts, Confucianism Tao— their cultivations paths were even more difficult than those of the cultivators, with their biggest obstacle being the inability to fly through the skies and having to rely on horses and carriages instead.
Such speeds certainly couldn’t match those of the people in the cultivation world.
It was said that these two types of cultivators could also achieve Ascension, yet, like the cultivators, it had been more than ten thousand years since anyone had ascended.
Lin Dandan pointed out a location, and Jiang Tang directed the flying arrow to descend from high above.
They saw that their family was situated in a luxurious establishment on the outskirts, resembling the dwelling of a grand landlord.
From this building, one could see martial training grounds and riding arenas, with large men wielding great sabers in combat training visible even from the sky above.
It was two against two in the training courts, practicing maneuvers that looked similar with their great sabers, but their exercise seemed almost like child’s play.
Moreover, there was a stream flowing down from a nearby mountain, with body cultivators training in the rushing waters.
Jiang Tang noticed men his age or slightly older, their cultivation only at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, without a single Ocean Wheel Practitioner among them.
When Jiang Tang was previously only at the Qi Cultivation Stage, he thought Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators were distant and unapproachable.
Now an Ocean Wheel Practitioner, he did not look down on them, for although they were not the elite of a major clan.
Being at such a level of cultivation was still respectable among the Ten Great Clans.
Their saber techniques appeared ordinary but concealed lethality; naturally, they wouldn’t use fatal moves when sparring with their companions.
And since they were well-acquainted with each other’s techniques, they could not employ stronger and more powerful strikes.
That’s why to an onlooker, it would seem like they were merely fooling around, displaying half-baked skills.
“So this is the Knife Sect Lin Clan, nothing extraordinary,” scoffed Tang Yanhong as she observed the men’s practice.
“Are they just playing around?
Hehe,” Dugu Yan’er laughed and joined in.
The other girls didn’t comment but also followed along with laughter, and although the Dugu brothers didn’t speak, their expressions joined in the sarcastic ridicule.
Jiang Tang didn’t laugh, and the other people’s laughter made Lin Dandan, a girl who seldom spoke, angry—as if her typically gentle character could become enraged when others mocked her own family.
Naturally, she was annoyed with everyone there, including Jiang Tang.
“You all are so rude, coming to someone’s family and lacking any manners.
If you think you are so strong, why don’t you challenge them?”
“Angry?
Can’t we even speak now?
We are telling the truth, what does it have to do with manners?”
Dugu Yan’er had a more volatile temper, and since Lin Dandan seldom spoke, she assumed Lin Dandan was an easy target.