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
The episode of the morning class was not a big deal. The three disciples had a conflict with the disciple of Xuanri Peak but they only competed with each other for learning, which didn’t actually lead to any casualty.Ning Changjiu was only an outer disciple. He was punished for his impertinent remarks. The other disciples only gloated over his suffering and then believed that this outer disciple was too haughty due to their master’s indulgence. By indulgence, of course it meant Lu Jiajia’s indulgence towards Ning Xiaoling.Lu Jiajia put away the ruler, returned to her desk and closed her eyes in meditation. Before the ink screen covered by the black veil, the woman’s hair was like clouds and her sword clothes were like silk. She was as cold as the snow lotus blooming among the rocks of the cliff.Ning Xiaoling was scared by her master’s angry appearance. She didn’t turn around to size Ning Changjiu up until she kept her head lowered for a whil
The young man in black had a thin face, which looked pale for not being shone by the sunlight over a long time. His long hair was just as dry as the wild grass in the late autumn.Maybe because he had faced the rock wall for too long, even his eyes appeared steel blue.His eyes were half opened, which yet glistened with wolf-like light.He stared at Ning Changjiu vigilantly, asking with a dry and hoarse voice, “Who are you? Why are you here?” The several iron swords all stood up, giving off an air of hostility.Ning Changjiu looked at him without making any moves, saying bluntly, “You want to forge your body and acupoints with the sword intent and sword fire by taking your body as the sword fetus. This method itself is not wrong but your body is not strong enough. If you insist on doing so, what you gain won’t make up for the losses.”The young man in black just stared at him fiercely, asking, “I excel my peers
Ning Changjiu thought of the abyss-like space and nodded his head. “Yeah, I know that.”He could vaguely feel something was hidden at the bottom of the peak but in light of his current cultivation level, he could absolutely never be that silly to take risk at will.Ning Changjiu pointed at the carved words on the ground, saying, “Read the two chapters a few times and think them through before cultivating.”There was a glint of excitement in Nancheng’s eyes. He just couldn’t wait to stare at the writings. Covering his chest rising and falling nonstop, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, saying, “Thank you, sir. If I can advance on the road of Taoism, I must send you a big present!”Ning Changjiu got up and left with a flick of his sleeves, answering faintly, “Okay.”Staring at the white figure’s back, Nancheng was wondering whether that was what an accomplished and rejuvenescent cultivator looked like.