Listening to Ziyun's words, the black-clothed girl walked ahead, seemingly very certain of her senior sister's position.
The white-clothed girl handing tea walked alongside Jiang Wen, speaking to him softly.
"Junior Brother, I am your Third Senior Sister, Liang Yuan. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can also seek me out. Sword Peak only has a few of us disciples, so we should love each other."
"Thank you, Senior Sister."
"You heard what Eldest Senior Sister said just now, and it sounded rather stern, but it was actually out of concern for you. Although the Quiet Void Palace is righteous, it still needs to abide by some rules. Although Eldest Senior Sister's words sound serious, as long as you don't commit any major offenses, she will forgive you."
"…Thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister. I naturally know these things," Jiang Wen said, feigning gratitude.
"She is your Third Senior Sister, and I am your Second Senior Sister, Li Yunshang." The black-clothed girl also came over at the right time, revealing a brilliant smile as she looked at Jiang Wen. "Now that we are fellow disciples, I, as your Senior Sister, must warn you about a few things."
"First, Eldest Senior Sister doesn't like drinking. If you have a drinking habit, you must never drink in front of Eldest Senior Sister."
"Mm!" Jiang Wen nodded. Although he favored drinking, he wouldn't offend people's taboos. Since Eldest Senior Sister didn't like drinking, he certainly wouldn't drink in front of her.
"Second, Eldest Senior Sister is quite fond of cleanliness. If you are covered in mud and dust on ordinary days, you must not go to see Eldest Senior Sister. You must burn incense, bathe, and cleanse yourself before you can pay respects to Eldest Senior Sister. Furthermore, you must not defile Eldest Senior Sister's clothes or dirty her belongings. Otherwise, great disaster will befall you!" Li Yunshang solemnly instructed, glancing left and right as she spoke softly. "Last time, I accidentally splashed sewage on Eldest Senior Sister, and then I was locked up in the cliffside to face the wall for three months. So, Junior Brother, you must remember this and not make the same mistake as I did."
"Okay, Senior Sister, I'll remember it!" Jiang Wen nodded solemnly.
"Then there's this third point: don't bother Eldest Senior Sister if you have nothing to do on ordinary days. Eldest Senior Sister likes peace and quiet. If you bother her with mundane matters, she will be unhappy." After Li Yunshang finished speaking, she looked into the distance with her hands behind her back. "That's all I have to say. Let your Third Senior Sister show you the rest. I have to go cultivate."
As Second Senior Sister Li Yunshang spoke, she soared into the air on her sword, leaving Jiang Wen watching her figure, muttering to himself, "In the future, I will definitely become a cultivator like Second Senior Sister."
"Then, Junior Brother, you must work hard. I'll take you to collect the items for new disciples first." Liang Yuan, who was beside him, said to Jiang Wen after watching Li Yunshang leave.
Jiang Wen naturally agreed, following her towards the distant Daoist palace. Riding a white crane towards the Daoist palace to receive his newbie equipment, Jiang Wen saw many of the youths who had entered the Quiet Void Palace with him earlier were also here.
Liang Yuan took out a jade token and handed it to him, then pointed to a stone chair on the side and said, "Junior Brother, you can rest there first. I'll help you get a storage bag."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senior Sister," Jiang Wen said gratefully.
After Liang Yuan left, he found a comfortable-looking spot to sit down. Just as he was preparing to take a good look at this place of cultivation, he was attracted by a scolding: "Where did this yellow-haired brat come from, daring to sit in this young master's seat?"
The newcomer was a rather obese person. The disciples in the palace changed their expressions upon seeing him, then quickly stepped aside to avoid him.
Jiang Wen didn't understand why, but seeing him looking at the place where he was sitting, he quickly stood up. He said to this person apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't know this was Senior Brother's seat."
Just as Jiang Wen was about to leave, he was grabbed by the person: "A disciple of Sword Peak? A newcomer?"
"Yes, just entered the sect," Jiang Wen said honestly.
"Not knowing the rules as soon as you enter the sect, it seems you need to be taught a lesson." The obese person sneered. He grabbed Jiang Wen's wrist, glaring at him. "Since you've dirtied my seat, then lick it clean. Otherwise, don't even think about leaving here."
Jiang Wen frowned slightly. He didn't expect to provoke someone as soon as he arrived here. He felt as if his intelligence had been lowered and someone had come to his door looking for trouble. Remembering the inexplicable death in his dream, he suddenly realized something.
It seemed that the dream wanted to kill him. Whether he did anything or not, trouble would come to his door. As long as he was left unfinished, he would never be able to escape the cycle of this dream.
"What a clever design. If I hadn't recalled everything, I might have clashed with this person, and then I would have died at his hands again," Jiang Wen realized, deciding to ignore this person.
Dreams rely on the common logic of people's thinking. Once a fallacy appears, it will awaken the person in the dream. So, as long as everything is done reasonably, the dream will continue according to common sense.
As he expected, as Jiang Wen apologized cautiously, a gust of clear wind swept in, and a white figure stood in front of him. Then, Ziyun's voice came: "Lick clean what? Do my Sword Peak disciples need outsiders to discipline them? Huh?"
Jiang Wen turned his head to look, only to see Ziyun standing in place in white clothes, looking indifferently at the obese person. She was like a protective eagle, spreading her sleeves to bring Jiang Wen behind her.
"Say those words again."
"I I I, I didn't say anything." The fat disciple was immediately dumbfounded, stuttering. Just as he was about to escape, Ziyun struck him down with a sword.
Ziyun looked at him coldly, saying without emotion, "Since you dare to insult my Sword Peak disciple, you should know the rules of Sword Peak. First, I'll break one of your arms as punishment."
Before the fat disciple could defend himself, he screamed. Clutching his severed arm, he rolled on the ground, blood splattering on the stone chair.
The surrounding disciples were all frightened and dared not step forward.
Jiang Wen finally understood what Ziyun meant by those words earlier. Sure enough, Sword Peak disciples would protect their own.
He also felt relieved, following Ziyun's left and right. When Third Senior Sister Liang Yuan hurriedly arrived, after understanding the cause and effect of the matter, she also glared fiercely at the fat disciple.
The matter was thus considered to be over, and the crisis of Jiang Wen's death was resolved. He lived in Sword Peak to cultivate, and with his own experience, he became an outstanding disciple of the Quiet Void Palace.
Later, he experienced many hardships, and several times he almost died. The Quiet Void Palace in the dream had complicated forces, and many times the demonic path secretly attacked.
Thus, a hundred years passed. Second Senior Sister Li Yunshang was ambushed while traveling and died. Third Senior Sister Liang Yuan also lost her life to her enemies in order to avenge Second Senior Sister. In the end, Eldest Senior Sister Ziyun took action and beheaded the Nascent Soul stage cultivator. She herself was also seriously injured and stayed in Sword Peak for a hundred years without leaving.
As the disciples of the Quiet Void Palace were replaced, Jiang Wen also advanced to the Nascent Soul stage after two hundred years. He saw Eldest Senior Sister Ziyun's last glance, and she was already at the end of her life. In the end, Jiang Wen sent off Eldest Senior Sister, and there were no more attachments in this dream.
Later, Jiang Wen also took in ten disciples, and only two of them had a good end after careful teaching. The others either died at the hands of enemies or died while searching for treasures.
And Jiang Wen also became an old thing in the Quiet Void Palace after reaching the Transformation Spirit stage.
The cries in his ears gradually faded away, and Jiang Wen's thoughts slowly returned from a trance.
He opened his eyes, and his vision was no longer an endless grassland. Instead, it was a huge palace made of jade.
As he expected, after a good death in the dream, he was considered to have escaped the strange grassland dream.
