Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

The Seven Star Sword Light Platform was the perfect place to hone one's sword intent.

If a swordsman started practicing the skill at the age of six, he would grasp all the basics by the age of twelve, and become proficient by the age of sixteen. Afterward, if he yearned for further breaking through, he would have to go through life-threatening tests unless he was especially talented.

Nevertheless, a man can only live once. It might be easy to say, but when putting the words into practice, it would mean risking his neck to enhance his skill with the sword. One could only imagine how dangerous it was.

Regardless of whether one was a swordsman, a blade practitioner, or a boxer, all martial arts practitioners had to face such a problem.

Inside the Cloud Sect, however, there were plenty of magic arrays and secret realms to hone one's skills. Any outsider would be dying to own even one of those items, making the Cloud Sect regarded as the shrine of martial arts in the Eastern Region, attracting numerous talented, young practitioners from various counties of the Eastern Region who would squeeze themselves in at all costs.

Still, even for very talented young practitioners, there was no way to improve at the Seven Star Sword Light Platform as fast as Zen did. When he first entered the place, he had two epiphanies and was able to grasp things that many others wouldn't be able to comprehend in a lifetime, and he owed it all to his extraordinary insight and luck.

Even as he nailed the eighth level, he still felt like he hadn't reached his limit. Steward Song also urged him to enter the Seven Star Sword Light Platform and have a try at Level Nine.

Zen's performance was way too stunning. Steward Song was also eager to profit during the process of searching for gifted practitioners. But he was not aware that Steward Cao had done the same thing in the Lake of the Magical Fish. At that time, Steward Cao reported Zen's achievement to his seniors in an attempt of taking credit for it. However, he not only obtained zero bonus but got cold shoulders. After reporting several times, the seniors even sent an officer to Steward Cao to tell him off, leaving Steward Cao utterly muddled. At last, he gave up trying

still take

Seven Star Sword Light Platform?

intent and learned a whole new set of fundamental swordplay. I still need to spend some time strengthening the new skills when

Zen returned to Drizzle Peak, he received a message saying that Aura

halfway up

the distant west. Under the freezing depth of winter, however, that

north. As it blew strong outside, people who were light and slim didn't dare step

up Drizzle Peak, however, stood a woman in a yellow robe, leaning against a pillar in the corner. Her long yellow robe that trailed on the ground seemed to be her only outer layer. Although the robe's texture seemed warm and snug, it was barely enough to keep the cold out, as it was only tied around her neck and didn't even fully wrap around her.

an ordinary woman wearing such clothes standing in the pavilion facing the north, she would freeze to death within a couple of hours. This woman, however, who

woman was Zen's tutor, Aura

others around, she tended to be strong and domineering. Even though she was a princess

own, she always felt a little dismal. There were some secrets she held that had to be kept to

joining the Cloud Sect and becoming a tutor was merely a mischievous act. It was easy to interpret the decision as the powerful princess' way to goof off. Of