Chapter 172: They are all sword cultivators
Before he could ask any more questions, he heard a loud bang, as if two powerful beasts collided with each other, making a dull sound.
He turned his head stiffly and saw that it was his junior sister named Liu Damei, who was holding a sword in one hand and using thousands of vines as a shield in the other, blocking the full-strength attack from the ox-horse beast.
Although the ox-horse beast did not have many means of attack, it was able to hit him with all its strength, forcing him to dodge several times. Even if only half of his body or an arm or leg was hit slightly, he would still be knocked away.
But now?
Although this junior sister looked older than him, in the world of immortal cultivation, the titles of senior brothers and junior sisters were mostly determined according to seniority or cultivation level.
His cultivation was at the late stage of foundation building, and he was just a little bit away from breaking through the bottleneck and advancing to the Jindan stage. Therefore, it was very clear that the cultivation levels of the sisters were both lower than his.
How could this little junior sister in the middle stage of foundation building block, who even he found a difficult monster to deal with, use the wooden shield technique without batting an eyelid and take the blow?
Before I had time to think about it, something even more outrageous happened.
The junior sister took the attack but was not done yet. She took advantage of the situation and swung the sword in her hand!
Cultivators usually equip themselves with a sword or other weapons. Regardless of whether they are sword cultivators or not, they must have a handy weapon. Just like him, as a low-grade alchemist, when fighting with people or monsters and evil creatures, if he doesn't have a handy weapon, he can't just pick up his alchemy furnace and hit people.
Therefore, when he first saw this beautiful junior sister holding a sword in her hand, he did not think much about it until he saw with his own eyes this junior sister swinging the sword, with a supreme sword energy that seemed to be able to tear through the sky. With just one sword, she cut off the tail of the monster before it could completely dodge.
…His pupils dilated and his brain froze.
Shocked was the feeling he had later. His most intuitive feeling at this moment was actually numbness, so numb that he couldn't even blink. He just stared at his beautiful junior sister as she fought off the thick-skinned and difficult monster. She didn't know how to stop, but instead took advantage of the opportunity to pursue the monster. With a few taps of her toes, her figure quickly and lightly disappeared.
The injuries on my body have been healed by Junior Sister Ermei, but the injuries to my internal organs still require me to recuperate.
It was unknown how much time had passed before Liu Zhen finally found his voice.
"Your sister, she, she is actually an extremely powerful swordsman?"
This was the most unbelievable and puzzling question for him.
No matter how poor one's spiritual roots are, once one becomes a sword cultivator, he will be a sought-after disciple by many elders in the inner sect.
Those who can gain insights into the way of the sword are extremely rare. Because they are rare, they are in great demand. No matter which sect, as long as they discover that a disciple has the talent to be a sword practitioner, he will definitely be specially trained. No matter what the aptitude is, as long as the sect is dedicated to training him, he will have a chance to succeed in the future.
He could say that there was absolutely no way that an undetected swordsman could appear in the outer sect of their Guixu Sect!
"Yes, we are sword cultivators."
Zhou Ling knew how rare sword cultivators were in this world, so… since he had already come in, as long as there was a fighting scene with sword cultivators, he would eventually be unable to hide it, so he simply admitted it directly, and also acknowledged his share that he had not discovered yet.
Anyway, when the secret realm is open, the two sisters, Damei and Ermei, will disappear from the public eye forever.
As for whether this Senior Brother Liu in front of him would tell on the secret...
Ahem, it was he who was instigating the formation of the team.
Call it bad luck or call it extremely lucky, anyway, he is now in the same boat with them.
In the secret realm, they are still teammates, just like now, they can save his life, help each other and share a win-win situation.
But when he leaves the secret realm, he will be alone. When he meets people outside, what he should say depends entirely on his choice.
If he accepted the favor and kept silent because the mother and daughter had helped each other many times in the secret realm, then he made the right choice. But if he couldn't let it go...
That's fine. After getting on their boat, he still wants to get out of it safely? He thinks too highly of himself.
Informing on others would be tantamount to pitting himself. As long as Zhou Ling and Zhou Li both insisted that he was their accomplice and that they had fallen out over the distribution of interests, and that was why he informed on others, then it would be a daydream for him to think of not being implicated.
……
So now, Zhou Li came back with the head of the ox-horse beast, but Liu Zhen still didn't dare to look at her.
"What's wrong with him?" Zhou Li didn't know the situation and thought that the child was stunned by the repeated attacks from the beasts.
"It's okay. I can't accept the reality for a while. Give him some time."
Zhou Ling answered her mother's questions while packing up her cooking equipment.
As the old saying goes, man is iron and rice is steel. No matter where you are, you must always fill your stomach to face difficult situations.
This meal has not been missed since the mother and daughter reunited.
Fortunately, whether it is the cooking equipment such as pots and pans, or the ingredients that have been packed up and ready to use, they are all ready, so cooking is not troublesome. The trouble is that you have to always pay attention to the situation around you.
In order to avoid producing smoke and attracting attention, Zhou Ling used his own spiritual fire as a stove fire. It was efficient and easy to control.
Liu Zhen dragged his still weak body and sat in the corner leaning against the stone wall. He looked at the mother and daughter who were concentrating on preparing dinner as if no one was in front of him, and his heart was numb.
It was already this late, and they had already entered the secret realm. In this dangerous secret realm, they had just dealt with a difficult monster, and now they were thinking about eating. It was really...
Liu Zhen didn't know what to say for a moment. After thinking for a long time, the only word that came out of his mind was admiration.
"Would you like a bowl?"
A pot of meat porridge and a few simple stir-fried dishes.
While Zhou Ling was serving the meal, she also asked Liu Zhen a question.
I didn't mean to be polite with him. It was just a matter of an extra pair of chopsticks. I wanted to ask him sincerely if he was fasting.
After all, among the many cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation, the people of the Sword-wielding Peak are the most different. No matter how high their cultivation level is, there are three words in common: no fasting, absolutely no fasting!
After all, in their eyes, if a cultivator has reached a certain level of cultivation but is still greedy for food and appetite, it is a sign of not doing one's job properly, wasting one's time on trivial things, and is disrespectful to the path of cultivating immortals and pursuing longevity.
Zhou Ling couldn't help but roll her eyes when she thought about the rumors she had heard.
They were all accusations, not a single good word. The cultivation of the people from Zhijian Peak and eating did not conflict with each other, so what did it have to do with them? What was there to say?
Therefore, Zhou Ling felt that it was better to be cautious about eating. It would never go wrong to ask in advance.
(End of this chapter)
