Chapter 69 Liu Bo, you wait for me
Just as she passed through the barrier protecting Hanshan Peak, the Hanshan Peak behind her began to crack inch by inch. Several rocks half a person's height could not withstand the huge pressure from the bottom and began to fall down.
As the black water was pumped into the underground river, the ghosts felt the disappearance of the ink marrow, and suddenly rushed out from the gradually collapsing cold mountain peak, starting their own carnival.
Thanks to Jian Lai and the triangular flag, there are now much fewer ghosts than in the previous simulations. However, it still caused some trouble to Wang Zhi under the water. Ruan Xing seemed to be able to hear Wang Zhi's roar.
Forget it, forget it, just run away.
When they arrived at the exit of the secret realm, a group of monks had already gathered there. Ruan Xing asked Jian Lai to hide his body before approaching. In a place where no one could see, Jian Lai's eyes emitted a faint light.
Ruan Xing rushed out the door and as soon as he passed through the portal, he saw many outer disciples of the Xuanbing Sect standing in front of him with anxious faces.
She quietly let Jianlai leave quickly in the mind link while he was in chaos.
Just when everything inside and outside the door was in chaos, Ruan Xing spotted the female monk with whom he had interacted in the simulation.
Ruan Xing remembered that she and several of her fellow disciples were outer disciples of the Xuanbing Sect. She practiced with them for a fee at that time, and during the intermission, she also inquired about the Xuanbing Sect's recruitment of disciples.
Just like Liuyang Study, as long as you have spiritual bones, you can enter the outer sect. There is no such thing as too many outer sect disciples. You only need to give them a set of exercises and some starting funds for cultivation, and you can get a diligent worker. If the outer sect disciples want to take another step forward, they need to earn it themselves.
As the true core elite of the sect, inner disciples require extremely high talent and hard work, unless they are born into the inner sect due to good fortune.
Ruan Xing originally obtained a spirit bone of ordinary caliber through the Luoqi Pill, and was qualified to enter the outer sect. Now, after being transformed by the water in the pool at the top of the mountain, her caliber has been further improved, so she has even less to worry about.
"Senior Sister Zhao!" Ruan Xing went to greet her happily.
Zhao Fengchun looked left and right, then pointed at himself in confusion, "Ah? Me?"
"Yeah, Senior Sister Zhao, you don't remember me?" Ruan Xing complained in a somewhat annoyed manner, "I still miss you every day, thinking about visiting you after I join the Xuanbing Sect."
"Ah..." Zhao Fengchun said cautiously: "Daoyou, your cultivation is higher than mine, and now we are not from the same sect, so it is not appropriate to call me senior sister. Besides, I don't remember knowing you..."
"Well, you forget things easily, don't you? We met once before, and Senior Brother Qin, and we had a great chat. I feel like we've known each other for a long time. Although my cultivation is higher than yours, you are older than me and you entered the sect earlier than me. I feel friendly towards you, so what's wrong with calling you Senior Sister? Can't we just talk about our own things?"
Ruan Xing's unreasonable talk left Zhao Fengchun confused. She couldn't even tell whether Ruan Xing was truly enthusiastic or just being sarcastic.
"Ah, uh, is that so? I'm so sorry, fellow Taoist, I really don't remember."
Zhao Fengchun's face was filled with regret, but Ruan Xing waved her hand generously, "It's okay, Senior Sister, if you feel embarrassed, just take care of me. Take me back to the sect with you this time. I have been practicing at home since I was a child and have rarely been out of the house. I don't even know the roads."
Ruan Xing looked pitiful, and Zhao Fengchun's heart softened when he saw this. "Well, okay then."
Ruan Xing secretly made a comparison in her mind. Although she had only spent a few days with Zhao Fengchun and the others in the simulation, Ruan Xing had already almost figured out the personalities of these people. They were all green hands with little social experience. Zhao Fengchun was the easiest one to deceive among them. He was simply the kind of naive person that the president loved the most.
It's a pity that this is a novel about cultivating immortals, otherwise she could have gotten the role of the female lead.
The only one who was a little wary was Senior Brother Qin who was at the seventh level of Qi training, but she couldn't see him now, so she could fool Zhao Fengchun first.
Ruan Xing was just about to chat with Zhao Fengchun for a few more words when a dishevelled and familiar figure suddenly emerged from the portal.
Wang Zhi looked around and then fixed his eyes fiercely on Ruan Xing.
Ruan Xing shrank back and hid behind Zhao Fengchun, with only a small head showing.
Although Zhao Fengchun felt strange, he still pretended to be calm and took a step forward, "Daoyou, this is the territory of my Xuanbing Sect, please don't cause trouble."
Wang Zhi sneered, "Liu Bo, just wait for me!"
After saying that, he jumped onto the flying sword angrily and left.
Zhao Fengchun patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, then asked, "Daoyou, is your name Liu Bo?"
"No, no, no, my name is not Liu Bo." Ruan Xing shook her head like a rattle and quickly denied it. "Maybe he recognized the wrong person. How could a naive, cute, sunny and cheerful little girl like me be called such a name? My name is Ruan Xing, which means lucky."
This name doesn't seem to be very cheerful... Zhao Fengchun bit his lip and said, "Okay, Fellow Daoist Ruan, my name is Zhao Fengchun, an outer disciple of Xuanbing Sect. I will tell Brother Qin about your situation later, but now that the secret realm has such a mess, I may not be able to take care of you for the time being. Otherwise, you come with me first?"
Ruan Xing nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay, I'd love to have Senior Sister Zhao accompany me every day. By the way, where's Senior Brother Qin?"
"He went to see Senior Brother Xie. Senior Brother Xie is the main person in charge of the opening of the secret realm this time." Zhao Fengchun sighed, looking a little worried.
"Hmm? Senior Brother Xie? The eldest senior brother from the outer sect? What happened to him?" Ruan Xing quickly pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
"He is our recognized senior brother. He has high cultivation and good talent, and he is humble and polite. Everyone likes him very much." Zhao Fengchun was not shrewd and felt that this was no secret. Ruan Xing wanted to know, so he patiently told her, "He joined the sect last year and has already reached the state of perfect Qi training. This time, the elders of the Sect Affairs Hall asked him to lead the outer disciples to be responsible for the Hanshan Secret Realm. After the completion of this mission, he will be rewarded with a foundation-building pill and allowed to enter the inner sect. There has never been an accident in the Hanshan Secret Realm. I am afraid that this time not only will Senior Brother Xie's foundation-building pill be lost, but we will also be punished..."
"How can this be possible!" Ruan Xing was filled with indignation. "It's not your fault that the secret realm has problems. The person who maintains the teleportation array should be held accountable for the failure of the teleportation gate."
Zhao Fengchun glanced at her with a puzzled look, "The one who maintains the formation... is Senior Brother Xie."
"Goose, just pretend I didn't say anything." Ruan Xing shut up.
The legendary Senior Brother Xie arrived soon, and behind him, several high-level Qi training cultivators including Senior Brother Qin came with him on their swords.
He had a handsome face and a gentle temperament, but at the moment he had a serious face, and ordered others in an orderly manner, "The secret realm is in danger of collapse. I will cut off the teleportation array immediately after all the monks inside come out. You should evacuate the other monks first, so that they can avoid being swept into the space turbulence if it really collapses. Then all the teleportation signs will be collected. If you have been in the secret realm for less than two days, all the ticket fees will be refunded. If you have been in the secret realm for less than five days, half of the ticket fees will be refunded. If anyone is dissatisfied, let him come to me and I will talk to him personally."
"Yes!"
The disciples responded and started to work spontaneously. Ruan Xing also followed Zhao Fengchun and began to evacuate the monks who were setting up stalls at the entrance of the secret realm.
Senior Brother Qin saw the short carrot following her and asked in confusion, "Junior Sister Zhao, what's this?"
"Oh, I forgot to mention, this is Fellow Daoist Ruan. We have met each other once before. She is a casual cultivator and this time she wants to follow us back to the sect and join the Xuanbing Sect." Zhao Fengchun explained.
Senior Brother Qin frowned, "Fellow Daoist, your cultivation is very high, even I can't see through it, just go to the mountain gate to join the sect, Xuanbing Sect welcomes cultivators from all over the world to join, we are busy with the affairs of the secret realm here, and have no time to take care of you."
Ruan Xing raised an innocent smile, "It's okay, Senior Sister Zhao and I get along well, and I want to stay with her for a few more days. Anyway, we will be fellow disciples from now on, so why not come and help in advance?"
Senior Brother Qin was silent for a moment and said, "It's up to you." Thinking about it carefully, there was really nothing worth plotting against Zhao Fengchun, and with so many disciples of the Xuanbing Sect together day and night, there would surely not be any more twists and turns.
Ruan Xing is certainly not after Zhao Fengchun, she is after the safety!
She felt very safe following the disciples of Xuanbing Sect. Although they were all in the Qi training stage, there was strength in numbers. The demon cultivators were not afraid of not being able to defeat them all, but of not being able to kill them all. As long as there were enough people around her, she would always be safe.
In this way, Ruan Xing stayed at the entrance of the secret realm with the disciples of Xuanbing Sect for three days.
During these three days, she and Zhao Fengchun were inseparable day and night. With her intentional efforts, her personality has now become that of the daughter of an ordinary low-level cultivator. She only knew the mantras for practicing Qi at home, and she practiced hard to reach the ninth level of Qi training. Then she came out to look for a sect to seek an opportunity to build her foundation and the subsequent exercises.
Zhao Fengchun couldn't help but sigh, "Fellow Daoist Ruan must have very good spiritual bone aptitude. He has already reached the ninth level of Qi training at the age of six. Maybe after you build your foundation, the heads of the various inner sect peaks will rush to accept you as their apprentice."
After that, she felt a little disappointed again, "I started practicing when I was thirteen, and now I'm sixteen and I'm only at the fourth level of Qi training. I don't know when I can build a foundation."
"You have reached the fourth level of Qi training in three years. You are already very powerful. Wait another three years and you will reach the eighth level. In five years you will be able to break through to the foundation building level!" Ruan Xing comforted him.
Zhao Fengchun burst out laughing when he heard that. "It's not that simple. Cultivation is not calculated by time. Well, let's not talk about that. I'm curious why you started practicing at such a young age? After building the foundation, your life span will be extended to 200 years, and your growth rate will also slow down. You are building the foundation now, and you may have to maintain this body shape for at least several decades... Moreover, your stature is not yet complete, and your spiritual bones are not fully developed. Don't they know that your family members are also cultivators?"
Ruan Xing had never thought about this before. She didn't really care whether her spiritual bone aptitude was good or not. Anyway, the cultivation was given by the simulator, and she really hadn't paid attention to this matter. She vaguely passed over the topic, "Well... my family members have very poor aptitude and haven't built a foundation for decades. I think I'm about the same as them, so it doesn't matter whether I cultivate early or late."
"I see." Zhao Fengchun nodded and easily accepted the explanation.
"Junior Sister Zhao, it's time for us to set off back to the sect." Senior Brother Qin came over to remind the two.
"Well, I'm ready. Fellow Daoist Ruan, let's go." Zhao Fengchun stood up.
The light gate at the entrance to the secret realm has become dim, and a circle of flags are planted around it to prevent people from entering by mistake.
The disciples stood in the open space in front of the door and summoned their flying swords one after another.
"Junior Sister Zhao, you are not very proficient in sword-wielding. Let me teach you." Senior Brother Qin stretched out his hand towards Zhao Fengchun.
Zhao Fengchun was a little shy and hummed softly.
All the outer sect monks who came to the secret realm this time were at the fourth level of Qi training or above. There were only three or four disciples at the fourth level of Qi training, but she was the only one who needed someone to lead her, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
"Hey, wait, what about me?" Ruan Xing asked, pointing at himself.
Senior Brother Qin looked puzzled, "With such a high level of cultivation, Daoist Fellow Ruan's sword control skills are naturally outstanding."
No, you want me to fly the sword alone? If I fall behind, wouldn't it be dangerous? What if I get caught by the demon cultivators?
She was certain that the sinister and cunning demon cultivator must be eyeing her covetously not far away.
"I'm not familiar with it either." Ruan Xing said confidently, "I'm focused on improving my cultivation, and I don't know any magic."
Senior Brother Qin was speechless, "Then what do you want?"
"Find someone to take care of me too." Ruan Xing said shamelessly, "I'm also your future junior sister. It won't be too much trouble to take care of me, right?"
Junior sister, what junior sister! If you enter the outer sect, all the disciples below the ninth level of Qi training will be inferior to you. How aggrieved. Senior Brother Qin wanted to open his mouth to refute, but suddenly a voice came from the front.
"No trouble." Senior Brother Xie floated over on his sword and said gently, "Since you are my junior sister, I should take care of you. Let me take care of you."
Immediately, some discordant voices of other female disciples were heard around.
"Woo woo, Senior Brother Xie is so nice. He doesn't even worry about being punished when he returns, and he still takes care of the junior sister who has not yet entered the sect."
"Senior Brother Xie is so gentle. I also want to ride on Senior Brother Xie's flying sword."
"Just give up. Senior Brother Xie has always been polite to his fellow sisters. If this little sister wasn't so young, she wouldn't have received this honor."
Ruan Xing wanted to agree immediately, but suddenly something moved her heart, and she said pitifully: "But I am only familiar with Senior Brother Qin, and I want to ride Senior Brother Qin's flying sword. Senior Brother Xie, can you take Senior Sister Zhao with you?"
She ignored the veins that suddenly popped up on Senior Brother Qin's forehead and clutched his sleeves tightly, expressing her unwillingness to leave his side.
The smile on Senior Brother Xie's face froze for a moment, then he said, "That depends on whether Junior Sister Zhao agrees."
Zhao Fengchun's eyes were full of longing, and he said blankly: "Is it really possible, Brother Xie? I am willing!"
Senior Brother Qin couldn't bear to watch anymore. He turned around, grabbed Ruan Xing and placed her on his flying sword, then he made some hand gestures and left.
"Hey, wait a minute, Brother Qin!"
Several disciples who had practiced with Brother Qin before and were familiar with him quickly urged their flying swords to follow.
Senior Brother Xie stared at the backs of the people in front of him, and suddenly smiled at Zhao Fengchun, "Junior Sister Zhao, please."
Amid the envious or jealous gazes of the other female monks, Zhao Fengchun got on Senior Brother Xie's flying sword in a daze.
I couldn't help but feel secretly happy, Brother Xie is such a nice person...
Senior Brother Qin seemed to be sulking, and the speed of the flying sword was very fast. Ruan Xing covered himself with a layer of spiritual power shield to resist the strong wind, and jokingly said: "What's the matter? Are you angry?"
"Shut up." Senior Brother Qin said in a muffled voice.
"Do you like Senior Sister Zhao?"
"…I said shut up!"
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