Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

"I have three reasons for nominating Liu Xing. Elders, please make your decision." Lu En stood up and prepared to state his reasons for the nomination, clearly well prepared. The elders all looked at him, clearly skeptical that a junior who had just reached the Core Formation stage could possibly boast anything impressive. Even Liu Xing himself was curious: besides having a formidable master, what else had the sect valued him for?

"Do you remember the age-old puzzle that founder Qianjizi left in the square? Can any three-dimensional surface be condensed into a point?" Lu En suddenly brought up the age-old puzzle, leaving everyone bewildered. Liu Xing, however, instantly understood that Lu En was a stooge arranged by his master. Only his master knew that he had proven this puzzle, and he had never told anyone. How could Lu En know? There was only one possibility: his master had told him. So, making him a candidate for the headship was his master's intention. Liu Xing couldn't help but glance at his master. Su Xingchen closed his eyes, resting, and showed no reaction.

"Master Lu, let's get to the point. This has been a problem for thousands of years, and everyone knows it. Could it be that Liu Xing has proved it?" An elder asked impatiently. Everyone's time was precious, and they didn't have time to play games with him.

"Yes, Liu Xing had already proved it fifty years ago, and the proof process has been approved by the Great Elder." Lu En said excitedly.

"Senior Brother Su, is what Lu En said true? Junior Brother Liu proved it fifty years ago? At that time, he was only at the Foundation Establishment stage." Elder Nangong Yan from the Restriction Department was especially shocked. Although she was a female cultivator, she had a deep understanding of the art of restriction and had a high talent for mathematics. However, she had failed to prove it after decades of research and later gave up. Unexpectedly, it was completed by a younger generation at the Foundation Establishment stage.

"That's right, everyone please look." Su Xingchen opened his eyes and waved his hand, and a set of pictures appeared out of thin air. They were exactly the pictures of Liu Xing demonstrating the proof process to Elder Su that year.

"Wonderful, wonderful, it's really wonderful!" The more Nangong Yan read, the more shocked she was, and the more delighted she was. This proof process was a great inspiration to her.

"Junior Brother Liu has a natural talent for restrictions that is rarely seen in the world. If you have any difficult problems with restrictions in the future, feel free to come to me. This is my sound transmission talisman, please keep it safe." Nangong Yan became more and more satisfied with Liu Xing, and she even had the idea of ​​giving guidance to the younger generation.

"Thank you, Uncle Nangong." Liu Xing immediately accepted the sound transmission talisman with great respect, feeling overjoyed. Although his master's attainments in forbidden techniques were profound, his busy schedule left him with little time for instruction. Uncle Nangong, at mid-Nascent Soul stage, was more than capable of guiding him, and it was a great honor for him.

"Just for this reason, I support Liu Xing to become the successor to the headmaster." Nangong Yan immediately added. She suspected that the reason why the Great Elder accepted Liu Xing as his disciple was because of this.

The other elders were a little slower to understand, but they could roughly judge that Liu Xing had indeed perfectly proved this difficult problem. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"The second reason, Elder Shangguan, the wooden ape puppet you just exchanged for is an improved version. In fact, forty years ago, when Liu Xing was still a foundation-building cultivator, he worked together with Qian Yuan from the Puppet Department to develop a puppet for the late foundation-building stage. And according to my investigation, Junior Brother Liu played a leading role in this joint research." Lu En talked about Liu Xing's puppet talent again.

"There has indeed been no case in the past few thousand years of refining a puppet in the late Foundation Establishment stage during the Foundation Establishment stage. Judging from the wooden ape puppet just now, the settings of the control system and spiritual power system are quite sophisticated. It seems that Junior Brother Liu's talent for puppetry is also extraordinary." Shangguan Nan also nodded in agreement.

"The third reason is that in the war between good and evil in the southern region thirty years ago, Liu Xing, as the leader of the Thousand Machines Sect's Foundation Establishment Corps of a hundred people, not only fully demonstrated his military leadership skills and led everyone to a great victory; but he himself was unparalleled in combat power. With his late Foundation Establishment cultivation, he killed five enemy Jindan cultivators, including a genuine mid-stage Jindan cultivator and two late-stage Jindan Blood Demon Kings!" Lu En excitedly described the key points of the war at that time. He still remembered Liu Xing's unparalleled record and praised him highly.

"The late stage of foundation building destroys the middle and late stages of Jindan. Junior Brother Lu, are you talking about the heavenly book?" The elders took a breath of cold air. How could this be possible?

"My fellow elders, what Sect Leader Lu said is true, and I can prove it. I didn't believe it back then either, and I specifically sought confirmation from Staff Officer Wu Chang and other disciples who participated in the battle. We all saw it with our own eyes." Hou Youyuan immediately stood up to testify.

"Oh my God, now that Junior Brother Liu has broken through to the Jindan stage, can he fight against the Yuanying ancestor?" An elder shouted, not believing it at all.

"That's not that outrageous. The Blood Demon King we killed had fallen to the middle stage of the Jindan realm and was only able to succeed because of the restraint of many fellow disciples. However, Liu Xing should have the strength to deal with the late stage of the Jindan realm now." Lu En said affirmatively.

At this time, Liu Xing cooperated and put away the tortoise breathing technique, and suddenly displayed his magic power that was no less than that of the late Jindan stage in front of the elders. Everyone finally believed the fact that Liu Xing's strength was extraordinary.

"My disciple's cultivation technique is quite unique, and his magical power is superior to that of ordinary people. However, a major flaw is his extremely slow progress. I hope that the elders and the headmaster can keep Liu Xing's cultivation technique and combat power confidential, so as to avoid attracting assassination attempts from other sects and smothering our genius in the cradle." Su Xingchen offered a timely reminder. They were all core members of the sect, loyal to the Qianji Sect; otherwise, they wouldn't be sitting in this meeting room.

"Don't worry, Great Elder! Liu Xing is a rare talent in the Qianji Sect. We must do our utmost to protect him! Anyone who dares to bully him will be the first to fight him!" Cao Changyun of the Divination Department stood up and declared murderously. The aura of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator emanated, and everyone in the room felt immense pressure. Liu Xing, however, was deeply grateful for the care shown to him by his master and the elders.

"It was indeed my idea to recommend Liu Xing as the candidate for the sect leader. First, he is strong enough in all aspects, and second, I want him to get training so that he can contribute to the sect. After all, he is my disciple, so whether you agree or not depends on the opinions of the elders." Su Xingchen saw that the groundwork was almost done, so he stood up and spoke. Although his words were not an imperial decree, they could influence the decisions of most people.

"Junior Brother Liu is extremely talented and has unparalleled fighting ability. He has also made great contributions to the sect. He is more than qualified to be a candidate for the headmaster. I have no objection." Cao Changyun was the first to express his opinion.

"We all agree." Everyone else agreed, seeing no reason to refuse. Furthermore, the two late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators had already nodded, so even if they had some thoughts, they couldn't react immediately.

"The training period for candidates for the headmaster is fifty years. Three candidates will compete for the position of headmaster: first, a competition of combat power; second, a competition of contributions to the sect; and third, a competition of the number of fellow disciples who have reached the Jindan stage and have been won over. Junior Brother Liu, you must work hard." Lu En finally stated the conditions for the election and reminded Liu Xing to prepare early.