240 - Recollections of the Tenth Peak (3)
The twenty-five-year-old Zhi Ruo was bored. On her left were two handmaids serving her a drink and peeling fruits for her, and on her right was a half-step Nascent Divinity Cultivator as a guard, which was funny to think about, since she’s a half-step Nascent Divinity Cultivator herself.
“Third Princess, here are your snacks,” one of her handmaids said as she put the bowl of diced spiritual fruit on the table.
The four of them were currently resting under the shade of a gigantic spiritual tree, and a tent was pitched under it with a soft velvet cushioned seat and a table made of expensive bark. If someone else were to see such a scenario, they would have thought that some young noble lady was having a picnic. However, the number of corpses of spiritual beasts
241 - Recollections of the Tenth Peak (4)Staring at the guarded gate of the sect, Zhi Ruo found herself in a dilemma.‘How do I enter the Ye Sect?’It had been three hours since she separated from the merchant group she’s escorting and arrived at the entrance of the sect. Since she was not a reckless person in nature, she had decided to have a street snack in a nearby stall to watch and observe the people around her instead of storming in to directly challenge that Protector Ye Mo for a duel.‘What a grand-looking sect! I can recognize some of the runes on the walls. It even has a guardian formation array! It somewhat resembles the designs of the manors in the imperial capital. Is this truly only a third-rate sect? Why do I find this hard to believ
242 - Recollections of the Tenth Peak (5)The vendor had a strange look on her face when Zhi Ruo posed that question. It was not a gaze of suspicion, but a kind of sly look that seemed to be saying, ‘Alas, another idiot has come’.It was the first time the princess had ever received such a look.‘Did I say something wrong?’ Zhi Ruo could not help but wonder.“Lady, did you just arrive at Leaf City?” the vendor asked. Seeing Zhi Ruo nod, the vendor lowered her voice. “I see, I see, then you must not have heard it yet. It is easy to ask the Protector for a spar; I heard he never turned down any challenge made against him. You just have to let your intentions be known, and you will be received by the Ye Sect as a guest. However, you came at
243 - Recollections of the Tenth Peak (6)The moment Ye Mo opened his heavy eyelids, he was immediately greeted by the face of a lanky teenager with a cold face. It was his young nephew, Ye Hua. Despite his expressionless appearance, one could notice that his eyes were red-rimmed.Ye Mo tried to sit up, but he realized that his body ached in ways it never did before. It was as if all the muscles and bones in his body had been torn and broken repeatedly, and then mended each time, only to be torn and broken again. Checking his body, it seemed like he was no longer suffering from any major injuries, but every bit of energy within his body was gone. His meridians were empty and brittle, and it seemed it would need to be carefully nourished before they could be used.“Uncle!” the boy called out with obvious relief i
244 - Recollections of the Tenth Peak (7)All heads turned towards Zhi Ruo. There was surprise, suspicion, curiosity…After all, didn’t she claim to be an ordinary mercenary?Despite her shock, Zh Ruo was able to keep a calm face, something that could be attributed to her being used to controlling her emotions as a Saintess of a Great Sect. She was more intrigued by this young man who appeared to be the same age as her.‘How did he discover my identity? It’s been barely five minutes since he was roused from sleep.’Zhi Ruo decided there was no use to keep sticking to her lie. “Protector Ye Mo sure has sharp eyes. I am indeed a disciple of the Ming Yue Sect. Due to circumstances, I have made my way
245 - The Elderless Tenth Peak (1)It had been several days since Zhi Ruo entered the Ye Sect.After Protector Ye Mo woke up, by the fifth day, he was already training himself with the sword in his backyard.‘But why is he using an ordinary bamboo sword?’Zhi Ruo found herself having very little exchange with the Protector ever since he woke up. Ye Mo no longer suffered from severe injuries, but he wasn’t back to his peak state. He mostly used his time concentrating in cultivation, which was of course something Zhi Ruo admired deeply.Back in the headquarters of the Ming Yue Sect, she had seen countless fellow disciples focus more on ingratiating themselves to those with higher ranks or with more f
246 - The Elderless Tenth Peak (2)The Tenth Peak.The home of the Second Lineage of the three lineages of the Ye Clan.The place where the strongest cultivators of the sect, the Battle Court, trained.…and the poorest, most desolate place within the entire Ye Sect.As someone who had lived her entire life showered in wealth and resources, did Zhi Ruo find her current living conditions pathetic?That could be argued to be so.First of all, it could be said that the Tenth Peak was the place that received the least attention and had the smallest allocation of cultivation resources.The Y
247 - The Elderless Tenth Peak (3)What is a cultivation genius?Someone who was lucky to be born with talent?Someone who could reach a realm higher than his peers?Someone who could fight more than two cultivators of the same stage?Someone who could easily comprehend a battle technique faster than the rest?If that was how the term genius was used, then there ought to be a handful of geniuses in each generation of the Ye Sect.Ye Mo, who outclassed all these geniuses with pure willpower and effort, should be called a monster.A Nascent Divinity Realm cultivator at the age of thirty,
248 - Please Bring Him Back! (1)Back to the present time, the Ye Sect remained in ruins.Thanks to the arrival of Immortal Wuwei and his disciples, the amount of casualties no longer increased, yet the damage from the attack of the demonic cultivators could not be measured in the short term.One could see Tenth Peak covered in a thick mist-like fog. Looking at it gave off a seamless, dreamy quality, as if it marked the boundary between reality and illusion, and if not for the gigantic mythical creature, the White Tiger, guarding the mountain, many innocent souls would have succumbed to the alluring temptation posed by the mist-like fog.WIth a wave of his paw, Immortal Wuwei was as if thunder roared in the area, warning anyone from coming closer.