Chapter 15

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

After learning about what happened from Senior Sister An, Ling Yunpo was also depressed.

The matter itself was not complicated: For some reason, the monthly money earned by the Green Spiral Peak was exchanged for low-grade spirit stones by the Political Affairs Hall.

As a currency, the two are basically equal.

However, as the material used to cast the Spirit Gathering Formation, low-grade spirit stones were far inferior to middle-grade spirit stones.

So An Zhisu went to the Political Affairs Hall with her sword and asked why the monthly money had been confiscated in such a way.

In the end, she was challenged by Senior Martial Brother Shi of the Political Affairs Hall.

What needed to be explained was that the Shangqing Sect on Mount Shu advocated communicating using swords. People of the same level could challenge each other and practice sword techniques.

If the challenged wanted to refuse the challenge, he would have to pay spirit stones as punishment.

As the same restriction, if the challenged accidentally killed the challenger in the match, there was no need for any punishment.

An Zhisu was not prepared for this battle because she had already cultivated to the Major Perfection stage of the Transformation Realm and nearly entered the Golden Core Realm. Indeed, no one in the same realm was her match.

Unexpectedly, during the battle, her opponent had used some sort of secret technique to forcibly raise the cultivation level, thereby temporarily possessing the strength of a “False Core”, thereby severely wounding the senior sister An who had been caught off guard.

“Shi Ziming!” Ling Yunpo was furious. “He actually schemed against the Senior Sister like this. I, Ling Yunpo, will definitely give him no peace!”

[Unyielding setting, synchronization value+1]

“Shut up, Ah Jing! I was serious just now, not to get synchronized values!” Ling Yun gritted his teeth.

“Don’t take it to heart, Junior Brother.” An Zhisu shook her head. “Shi Ziming is already dead.”

Ling Yunpo: …

Could it be that the cultivation of the other party’s “False Core” was one major realm ahead of yours, yet he was still defeated by you?

This was a situation that you didn’t know about beforehand. If the Senior Sister were to be prepared in advance, would you be completely unscathed in this match?

How ridiculous, Senior Sister! Your strength is beyond expectation!

“That guy got lucky.” Ling Yunpo sneered. “Otherwise, I would have brought the Three-Foot Sword to his door and let that Shi Ziming know how powerful I am!”

An Zhisu shook her head with a smile. “He’s at the Transformation stage, while you’re at the Qi Refining stage. How could you defeat him?”

“Then I’ll catch his junior brother to challenge!” Ling Yunpo said indignantly. “How he injured Senior Sister, I’ll return it to his junior brother… No, I’ll return it tenfold!”

“Well said,” An Zhisu said approvingly. “As sword immortals, we need to have such drive. We need to take revenge quickly. Anyone who stands in our way, even Godfiend, will be killed with a single strike!”

With that said, she sighed faintly.

“But don’t be too rash. After all, this month’s money problem can’t be solved.”

Ling Yunpo was speechless.

Fighting was one thing, but money was another.

The Head Elder of the Political Affairs Hall was at the Nascent Soul Stage, so Senior Sister An couldn’t possibly threaten him with the sword.

Even though Shi Ziming was the one who made the decision on his own in the beginning, after Senior Sister An killed Shi Ziming, it was even more impossible for the political hall to change the monthly allowance.

Otherwise, others would think that An Zhisu had threatened the Political Affairs Hall and forced the elders to recalibrate their monthly allowance. How would the Political Affairs Hall survive in Mount Shu?

Did the Nascent Soul elder in charge have no shame?

Ling Yunpo was at a loss thinking of that.

The bad thing was that his master, Su Jian, was in seclusion!

It was not that Mount Shu did not have rules, but rules were not laws after all. If they encountered any mistakes, they could only rely on their teachers to coordinate.

Now that Green Spiral Peak no longer had its master, if they were to encounter evil people who exploited loopholes in the rules, wouldn’t they become dough that could be kneaded at will?

It was no wonder that Senior Apprentice Sister An would be so ruthless every time she fought. If she could not establish her might, this Green Spiral Peak would probably not be able to defend for a day!

“Don’t worry, Junior Brother,” An Zhisu said with a smile. “Before Master went into seclusion, he left some valuables in his room. I’ll sell them in the market outside and exchange them for spirit stones. It won’t affect our cultivation.”

“Senior Sister, this is not a long-term plan after all,” Ling Yunpo said in a low voice.

“Yes, I will find a way,” said An Zhisu seriously.

…

In terms of cultivation, Ling Yunpo wasn’t lacking in spirit stones.

This was because Qiu Changtian of Kunlun, as the personal disciple of Sect Master Polestar and the current chief disciple, received extremely abundant cultivation resources every month.

Of course, the spirit stones Qiu Changtian received from the Kunlun Sect had to be thrown into the Golden Ridge’s Spirit Gathering Array. He couldn’t give those spirit stones to Ling Yunpo to reassure Senior Sister An.

Otherwise, if his junior brothers and sisters saw that the number of spirit stones in the Spirit Gathering Array was wrong, there would be a problem.

“Speaking of which,” the Kunlun Mirror suddenly said in his mind, “do you like this Senior Sister An?”

“That’s right.” Ling Yunpo admitted frankly. “My Senior Sister is beautiful, charismatic, and kind. She takes care of me meticulously. Isn’t it normal for me to like her?”

“What about Xu Yinglian?” The Kunlun Mirror was silent for a moment before asking again.

Ling Yunpo remained silent for a long time before saying, “Ah Jing.”

“What’s wrong?”

“The sky is actually colorless. It’s not deceiving you. It’s just your own eyes deceiving yourself.”

“…What do you mean?”

“The one engaged to Xu Yinglian is Qiu Changtian of the Kunlun Taiqing Sect. What has this got to do with me, Ling Yunpo of Mount Shu?”

Kunlun Mirror: …

It had the urge to break.

Ling Yun continued.

“There is no truth in this world, nor is there a lie. There is only the truth that exists.”

“However, everyone in this world will only mistake the ‘facts’ that are beneficial to them for real.

“Because if they don’t, there’s no other reason to survive.”

“But in reality, to the living beings that occupy half of the world.”

“The ‘truth’ that cannot be used to affirm oneself is the truth.”

“I am neither Qiu Changtian nor Ling Yunpo.”

“I am the savior of this world, the one who wants to gather all of the Heaven Mending Stone fragments, the one who will completely destroy this end of Cultivation Less Age.”

“Under such heavy pressure, I have to be unscrupulous in my pursuit of a higher existence.”

“I had to take advantage of different sects, be proficient in all kinds of techniques, and leave everyone behind.”

“Until I stand above the Nine Heavens!”

The Kunlun Mirror was rendered speechless.

Well, cultivators were basically like that anyway. It was understandable for them to pursue power within themselves.

“Are you going back to Kunlun now?”

“Yeah, let’s go through the records.” Ling Yunpo nodded.

“Countdown to world destruction: 1,000 years.”

“Please hurry up and look for the Heaven Patching Stone.”

The Kunlun Mirror chanted:

“Point One: Kunlun Taiqing Sect, Golden Ridge Cave Abode.”

“Identity: Qiu Changtian.”

“Imitation Mode covered, currently traveling through time.”

Qiu Changtian suddenly opened his eyes on the stone bed in his cave abode.

It was still night outside. The time was maintained after Qiu Changtian finished studying the Dao Zang and returned from the Yuqing Temple with Xu Yinglian.

Qiu Changtian walked out of the cave abode and looked at the starry sky and the brilliant stars. He could not help but sigh.

The path of cultivation consisted of wealth, companionship, magic, and land. It was absolutely impossible to cultivate without wealth.

I should think of a way to get Ling Yun some money.