“What do you want to say?” Ning Changjiu asked.
Ning Xiaoling stared at him seriously, saying, “Changjiu, are you a bit nervous now?”
Ning Changjiu was slightly bewildered and then composed himself soon, saying with a smile, “How so? Xiaoling, don’t keep me guessing.”
Puckering her lips, Ning Xiaoling hesitated for a while and then faltered, “Changjiu... Recently I’ve seemed able to feel how you feel.”
Ning Changjiu was dazed and then understood what she meant quickly. Since he borrowed the four words--Yong Jie Tong Xin as the anchor to connect the two of them, their mentality and emotions had been interlinked, which would affect each other subtly.
Nevertheless, somehow, his emotion was always relatively calm, which Ning Xiaoling could perceive; on the contrary, she was relatively out-going, so it was rather difficult for him to perceive her emotion clearly.
Of course, he wouldn’t admit it for sure. If he
From the sword hall came bursts of momentary laughter.Most of the disciples here were from rich families. Due to their aptitude, they were sent here to seek enlightenment and attain Taoism. Of course, they started studying when they were little. Even those from a poor family would have studied in the school for the outer disciples for at least one year or so before they became the inner disciples.Now, as Ning Xiaoling mentioned this, she finally thought of this.In the battle against the old fox in the long street, because she told Ning Xiaoling about the breathing-in-and-out method of the inner peak recklessly, she almost got herself killed. At that time, she thought Ning Xiaoling was lying about her illiteracy. Now as it appeared, she was controlled through the evil seed by the old fox.Lu Jiajia glanced around coldly and the laughter faded away in the sword hall.She looked at Ning Xiaoling’s grieved expression on
The library stretched out in an annular shape. Behind the stone wall as transparent as the glass, the white light shone into the library and brightened this vast area.The wooden cabinets and bookshelves were all of the same size, just like the rising cliffs in the valley carved with countless words.Ning Changjiu, dressed in white, walked into the library as if a pearl or a piece of jade fell into the sea. He was rather small within the space.Although diligence was the path to the mountain of books, faced with so many mountains, how could one climb them all?Moreover, these were only a part of the numerous mountains of books in the world.Ning Changjiu knew that some people could really attain Taoism by reading. They could know massively about the world, think unfetteredly beyond the universe, toss off smart remarks and laws to guide worldly matters or write like an angel able to vividly present the landscapes of the
After the beginning of the winter, it was getting colder and they had a peaceful time for the following several days.Ning Changjiu got up early for meditation every morning to cultivate himself. Then, he would go downstairs to do some reading. When Ning Xiaoling came back from class, he would teach her how to read.When he passed the corridor, he often ran into Lu Yuanbai who was responsible for watching this half side of wing rooms. The other side of the wing rooms was temporarily watched by Yazhu.It was said that young cultivators might cause trouble, so they were responsible for supervising them. Actually, it was an easy job. However, Yazhu still practiced swordsmanship while Lu Yuanbai, her senior fellow disciple just resigned to his backwardness.Ning Changjiu could roughly understand his mood. After all, as a senior, Lu Yuanbai was still stuck in the middle stage of the Immortal Realm and couldn’t make any progress. He coul
Ning Changjiu asked, “Will it violate the rules of the sect?”Ning Xiaoling said, “It’s okay. Master told me that your constitution was average and that the inner disciples were condescending. How could they envy an outer disciple?”Ning Changjiu said, “I don’t think it is appropriate.”Ning Changjiu said in astonishment, “Changjiu, are you shy now? Like feeling embarrassed... Changjiu, your realm is not high now but I believe that you will become very awesome.”Ning Changjiu slightly shook his head. “I don’t care how others see me.”Ning Xiaoling said, “That’s even better. It will be enough as long as you sit beside me and read the textbook to me. Everyone else all reads the texts loudly so they won’t find us noisy.”Ning Changjiu asked, “Can’t you let Lu Jiajia read to you?”Ning Xiaoling said, “She has read the texts to me for half a month. She is the peak master. If she keeps explaining th
“A book?” Ning Changjiu was slightly confused.Yan Zhou said with a nod, “The latter half of the Heavenly Oracle Sword Method is one of the most important legacies of the sovereign. I lost it back then.”Ning Changjiu said, “You shouldn’t reveal such an important thing to an outer disciple.”Yan Zhou said casually, “The book can’t be found anyway. What difference can it make if I tell you?”Ning Changjiu thought it over and found he was right. So, he asked further, “Why can’t the book be found? Does it have legs?”Yan Zhou opened his eyes and stared at the high ceiling of the library, saying, “The content of the latter half of the Heavenly Oracle Sword Method is completely different from the former half. It is a truly ancient book endowed by God, which contains spirituality inherently. Once it gets away, it is hard to find it back. Hanchi has spent 60 years looking for the book too. Otherwise, he should have broken thr
The shattered snow and the cold mist seemed to be still.Her petite figure was dressed in the sword clothes with her hair swept back in a ponytail, holding an empty sheath. Her appearance of chin up and chest out looked somewhat proud.Lu Jiajia stared at her with delight. The corner of her mouth was raised for a moment and back down soon. She said meaningfully, “Xiaoling, your talent is beyond my expectation indeed but your performance today greatly depends on your innate spirit. It is a good thing that your innate spirit is strong but you’ve only reached the initial stage of the Profound Realm. You must know that on the road of cultivation, in a true life-and-death struggle, if you alone are defeated, your innate spirit won’t be able to fight again no matter how strong it is. At the crucial moment, what you can truly count on is yourself so you mustn’t be complacent. You should work hard on cultivation.”Lu Jiajia’s voice was soft and cold, w
His mind seemed like the lunar eclipse. After darkness, the light shone into his sea of consciousness bit by bit.Ning Xiaoling looked at him discreetly. She could clearly feel that her fellow disciple seemed to be drained of something just now.It was like that rainy day when he told the story of the young Taoist priest in the room. Back then, she felt that her fellow disciple was like a star. His dim light could be seen by the common people while the body covered by the light couldn’t be seen.Ning Changjiu sat there and stayed silent for a long while. Now, he was like a man who walked in the darkness for long and suddenly saw a streak of light piercing through the darkness towards him.The beam of light was like a sword. As long as he held it, he could get rid of the long night.“Xiaoling...”After a while, he slowly opened his mouth, stroked her hair lightly and looked into her eyes, saying softly, “Th
The morning fog was cold.Ning Changjiu opened his eyes, which were bloodshot. He pushed open the window, letting the cold wind billow his white clothes and rush through his collars. He felt dry and cold.Of course, cultivating for one night couldn’t really change anything.Considering his current constitution, cultivating was literally the constant work as if drops of water outwore the stone.He had anticipated it so he only felt regretful instead of losing heart.He opened the door and got out. In the morning sunshine, he walked out of the inner peak.As it snowed, the aura roamed like the mist, enshrouding the whole peak.Ning Changjiu raised his head to look afar. Staring at the rocks floating in the sky, he was lost in thought.The rocks always hung above the Tianku Peak. People gradually got used to them.According to Ning Xiaoling, the rocks were the sword star