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Just Wanting to Live a Good Life but Surpassing the Protagonist – 55 Master and Disciple
The Sword Pavilion Hall is the largest hall in the Tianluo Sect. With a membership of 10,000, accounting for one-sixth of the total number of people, its importance can be imagined.
The peak where the disciples of the Sword Pavilion Hall live is called Zangjian Peak.
Zangjian Peak is the sixth peak, ranking fourth among the twenty-four peaks, and it is half higher and covers a larger area than Huiyin Peak. It is divided into the east and west peaks. The east is where the female disciples live, and the west is for the male disciples.
On the first day that Qin Shimeng joined the Sword Pavilion Hall, she was accepted as a true disciple by an elder of the Sword Pavilion. The reason is simple. That elder also has the rare Iceheart Physique. As soon as she discovered Qin Shimeng’s physique , she had the idea of accepting her as a disciple.
The name of this Sword Pavilion elder is An Yufang. She is a strong cultivator at the ninth level of the God Transformation Realm.
Generally, a cultivator at the tenth level of the God Transformation Realm can live for 2,500 years. An Yufang, who is at the ninth level, can live for at least 2,400 years. However, she is already 2,000 years old, and there are 400 years left before her lifespan ends.
400 years is really not that long for a cultivator. If An Yufang cannot break through to the Void Penetration Realm in the remaining 400 years, then she will not be far from her death. However, she has been stuck at the ninth level of the God Transformation Realm for 300 years, and there is still no sign of breaking through to the tenth level, let alone the Void Penetration Realm. Therefore, she, who has no partner, children, or disciples in her life, accepted Qin Shimeng as a true disciple to prevent her lifelong learning from being lost.
Perhaps because they both have the Iceheart Physique, or perhaps because she felt that An Yufang was getting old and had no children, no daughters, and no one to rely on, Qin Shimeng performed the apprenticeship ceremony (disciple initiation ceremony) when she first met An Yufang, and established a master-disciple relationship with An Yufang.
An Yufang did not hold back either. At that moment, she imparted to Qin Shimeng the Heaven-Level mental cultivation method that she practiced, the [Iceheart Scripture].
The moment Qin Shimeng obtained this mental cultivation method, she realized how profound and terrifying the [Iceheart Jade Body Immortal Scripture] was.
The Iceheart Scripture is already a Heaven-Level mental cultivation method, but it is not even half as good as the Iceheart Jade Body Immortal Scripture. More importantly, Ye Yong had told her that this was only a partial mental cultivation method. If she could obtain the complete version and complete its cultivation, what heights would her cultivation reach?
Qin Shimeng could not imagine it. Her curiosity about Ye Yong grew stronger and stronger.
It is a pity that the mental cultivation method was given to her by Ye Yong. Qin Shimeng could not risk exposing Ye Yong by telling her master about it. Looking at her master’s somewhat wizened face, she could only nod to indicate that she would cultivate the Iceheart Scripture diligently.
In addition to imparting the Heaven-Level mental cultivation method, An Yufang also imparted the Heaven-Level sword technique [Iceheart Sword Scripture] to Qin Shimeng.
What is the difference between a sword scripture and a sword technique?
A sword technique is a move, while a sword scripture is an understanding of the Way of the Sword.
The long road is long and arduous and ultimately for the sake of the Way.
The Way can be said to be the highest realm pursued by cultivators. The understanding of the Way of the Nascent Soul Realm is just the foundation, belonging to the threshold and starting point of touching the Way. After that, there is still the need to gain enlightenment of the Way, understand the Way, and apply the Way.
The more powerful the sword scripture, the richer the knowledge of the Way of the Sword it contains, and the more difficult it is to understand. However, if one can thoroughly understand the Heaven-Level sword scripture, it can be said without exaggeration that Qin Shimeng can quickly learn sword techniques that are similar in sword intent.
After thanking her master, Qin Shimeng returned to the residence allocated to her and began to comprehend the sword scripture. She did not need the mental cultivation method because she already had the more advanced Iceheart Jade Body Immortal Scripture.
As the true disciple of an elder, Qin Shimeng’s treatment was naturally not ordinary. She lived in a high place on the East Peak. The higher one lives, the higher one’s status. Even if her cultivation is not as good as those inner sect disciples , her status has already surpassed that of inner sect disciples.
Today is the fourth day since Qin Shimeng joined the Sword Pavilion Hall. She can slightly understand a little bit of the content at the beginning of the Iceheart Sword Scripture. However, she is after all only a cultivator at the early stage of the Crystallization Realm , and she is only a 17-year-old girl. No matter how talented she is or how intelligent she is, it is impossible for her to comprehend the Iceheart Sword Scripture in a short period of time.
After comprehending the sword scripture for several days, she felt a little dizzy and depressed. Somehow, she thought of Ye Yong. She wanted to meet him and chat with him about the experience of the past few days.
“I wonder if he has passed the assessment of the Hall Master of the Melody and Painting Hall.” Qin Shimeng had heard Liang Xiaorou mention the content of the assessment before. It was really very difficult for male cultivators, and if they failed, they would be thrown outside to embarrass themselves. Qin Shimeng did not want to hear the news of Ye Yong embarrassing himself no matter what.
Sighing, she walked out of the closed-door training room.
As soon as the personal maid, Xiao Huan, saw Qin Shimeng come out, she immediately told her young lady the news that had been spread throughout the Tianluo Sect the day before.
“Young Master Ye, he passed the assessment that no male cultivator has been able to pass in the past hundred years! He has officially become a disciple of the Melody and Painting Hall! Young Master Ye, he is so amazing!”
Seeing Xiao Huan’s excited look, Qin Shimeng was also quite happy to hear this news. The mood that had been depressed due to comprehending the sword scripture dissipated quite a bit: “Then you can come with me to see him.”
“Okay, okay!” Obviously, Xiao Huan used to hate Ye Yong to the core, but now she has completely become Ye Yong’s little fangirl.
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The two of them rode a flying magic weapon and arrived at the foot of the Melody and Painting Hall’s mountain gate. A beautiful and quiet senior sister was reading a book in a small guardhouse.
She noticed the visitors and immediately stood up from her chair: “Junior Sister Qin? Are you here to see Junior Brother Ye?”
“Yes, I have met Senior Sister Lu.”
Who else could this person guarding the gate be but Lu Xiaoxiao?
She was 26 years old, with a five-layer crystal core. Although her cultivation base was higher than that of several female disciples with four-layer crystal cores at Yinhua Hall, she was the youngest in Yinhua Hall and the last to join the hall . Therefore, she was often called upon to do chores.
Now that a new female disciple had joined the hall, she was much younger and had a lower cultivation base than her. However, since she had just arrived and was still in the familiarization stage, it was impossible to call on her. So, Lu Xiaoxiao had to continue working hard for a while.
In fact, it was not hard work for her because she basically just read books. As long as she had enough peace and quiet, it was the same wherever she read them.
“Why are you here to see him?” Lu Xiaoxiao did not want to gossip about others, but that was Junior Brother Ye, their Junior Brother Ye! Qin Shimeng had once been Junior Brother Ye’s beloved, his fiancée. Who knew if Junior Brother Ye would rekindle his old feelings for her? If that happened, such an outstanding Junior Brother Ye would run off with a female disciple from another hall. Where would that leave Yinhua Hall’s reputation?
“I’m here to catch up with an old friend. I hope Senior Sister Lu can inform him of my visit.” Qin Shimeng replied indifferently.
“Alright…” What could Lu Xiaoxiao do? Forbid Qin Shimeng from seeing Ye Yong? She took out a sound transmission stone and informed Ye Yong of her visitor. After receiving Ye Yong’s reply, she allowed Qin Shimeng to go up the mountain .
“Thank you, Senior Sister Lu.” After learning where Ye Yong lived, Qin Shimeng left with Xiao Huan on a flying magic weapon.
“Qin Shimeng… I didn’t get a good look at her that night, but now that I see her up close, she’s truly beautiful. No wonder Junior Brother Ye used to be interested in her. I hope Junior Brother Ye doesn’t ‘t leave our Yinhua Hall because of her.” Lu Xiaoxiao muttered as she watched Qin Shimeng’s graceful figure disappear into the distance.
In the past, Yinhua Hall did not need anyone to guard the mountain gate. However, since the day before yesterday, a steady stream of female disciples had been trying to visit Ye Yong. Lu Xiaoxiao had never seen so many female cultivators lining up like this before.
Usually, it was male disciples who lined up to see a certain female cultivator. For example, Qin Shimeng. It was said that the number of people in Jiange Hall had reached a new high this year, partly because of her. It seemed that there had been people trying to find her these past two days as well, but her maid had been saying that she was in seclusion, so they had not bothered her.
Yesterday, they had also used the excuse of Ye Yong being in seclusion to turn away those female disciples. Today, she had let Qin Shimeng go to see Ye Yong. Once word got out, there would definitely be another line of people blocking the mountain gate.
“No, I have to think of a way. How dare a bunch of vulgar women try to catch a glimpse of Junior Brother Ye? Hmph!” Lu Xiaoxiao put down her book and began to rack her brains, trying to figure out how to keep those seductive vixens away from Ye Yong.