Naked Sword Art

arriage escorts to leave, so the 7 core court disciples bowed their heads then left, taking the beasts with them.

A few seconds later, the doors opened and the Matriarch stepped out.
One Supreme Elder approached the Matriarch to greet her.

”Welcome back, Matriarch.
Did you enjoy your trip? ”

”The Li Clansmen can be a bit hot headed, but they ’re good people.
Where are the others? ” Shi Lan asked.

”The other Supreme Elders still haven ’t returned, ” the Supreme Elder replied.

”What about Supreme Elder Yao? Any news of her whereabouts yet? ”

”None. ”

”I suppose that was to be expected. ”

Shi Lan then turned to face the carriage, ”Li Lian, aren ’t you going to come out? ”

The Supreme Elders turned their attention back to the carriage.
The moment Li Lian stepped out, the Supreme Elders all made shocked expressions.
Li Lian didn ’t look the same as she did before, she was no longer wearing her plain and battered outer court robes.
Although Li Lian was always an extremely beautiful girl, her new robes made her seem like a peerless beauty.
It gave her a mystifying and untouchable air girls her age didn ’t possess.
She finally looked like someone fitting to be called the Matriarch ’s only direct disciple.

”Pretty, isn ’t she, ” Shi Lan said with a smile.

”Indeed she is.
She might just be the Yu An of her time. ”

Although they were just ordinary elders back then, the Supreme Elders all knew who Yu An was.
Her beauty was so renowned at the time that it became synonymous with the term ’peerless beauty ’.
Li Lian found it strange that they were using Yu An ’s name like that, but she knew that it was no exaggeration to say that Yu An was the epitome of a peerless beauty.

”I ’ve been absent for some time now, so I ’m sure you each have lots to tell me, ” Shi Lan said before turning to Li Lian.
”Little Lian, go make yourself familiar with the core court disciples, I have some work I need to do so I ’ll come see you later tonight. ”

”Yes, Master, ” Li Lian replied.

One of the Supreme Elders escorted Li Lian to go meet the core court disciples that were patiently waiting for her return.
When the curtains were lifted Li Lian saw several dozens of core court disciples all getting on their knees.
Amongst them she saw friends, enemies, and clansmen, all of whom where much older than she was.
However, in this moment they were all kowtowing to her.

Li Lian smiled awkwardly as she said, ”Take good care of me. ”

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Inside of the Matriarch ’s Hall, 5 of the 6 Supreme Elder ’s had left, leaving the last Supreme Elder with the Matriarch.

”Supreme Elder Quan, I left you in charge of the inner court exam this year.
I assume everything went well. ”

”Yes, Matriarch.
There were a few promising disciples this year, ” the Supreme Elder said before telling her about the disciples that caught her eye.
She eventually told her about Xiao Hei and Li Xiang too.

”Oh, another impressive Li Family clansmen? Who would ’ve thought, ” Shi Lan commented.

Although the Li Family Clan was one of the 4 major powers in the province, there were only a few of them in the core court.

”Is that it? Did only 2 disciples pass the maze test? ” Shi Lan frowned.

The Supreme Elder paused before saying, ”No, there was 1 more. ”

Still unhappy that there were only 3 disciples, Shi Lan impatiently said, ”Well, out with it then.
What ’s her name? ”

”His name…
is Long Wang. ”

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