9.14 - It really gave him a special sense of achievement when he saw it
translator: xiin
editor: alamerysl
Yu Shaofeng did not participate in the inter-sect competition, but Chi Jian and Xue Ling both did. As a spectator, he felt a little stifled.
Xue Ling did not try to console him, but Chi Jian told him: "This is my first and last time participating. Perhaps you should look forward to the fact that your cultivation might exceed the competition regulations by the time the next competition comes around?"Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience
Yu Shaofeng's talent should be the highest amongst the people who had been accepted into Sky Sword Sect during the recent disciple recruiting convention. He joined Still Peak, which was considered the peak with the highest density of spiritual Qi. He had a martial brother whose cultivation level would also immediately rise up every time he casually cultivated, and a Master who was strong enough to be completely unshakeable to look up to. It made his current cultivation level seem like nothing special, but at the end of the day, he had only joined the sect a short time ago, and he hadn't even participated in any actual combat yet. It would be against established practices for him to participate in an inter-sect competition like this now. But in fact, based on his strength, if he didn't participate in this competition, perhaps his strength would have exceeded the competition limits the next time the inter-sect competition
Until the Fenshen stage, based on the purity of Yu Shaofeng's spiritual root, as long as his spiritual power accumulated to a certain level, he would rise up in ranks. Basically, he didn't even need to cultivate his spiritual consciousness - he only needed to allow it to grow along with his strength, and it would smoothly grow along with his cultivation.
Participating in the inter-sect competition would not be very useful to him. If it hadn't been that Xue Ling wanted to obtain the map fragment for the secret realm and give it to Yu Shaofeng so that he could find good things, Xue Ling also would have disdained participating in the competition.
Once Chi Jian had spoken, Xue Ling followed his lead and continued, "This kind of inter-sect competition can help you gain experience, but you can also do that when you go out and wander about. If you really want to, after the Sishui Secret Realm, I'll forge your sword for you, and you can go out and temper yourself with Chi Jian."
After all, Yu Shaofeng was the protagonist. It was not difficult to keep him shut in one place before he ever came out to see the world, but since he had already come out, there was no reason to shut him back in. Xue Ling was ready to let go - since Chi Jian had already showed up, with him around, these two would probably be able to make it through most things.
There was no need to ask why Xue Ling felt more relieved with Chi Jian than Yu Shaofeng. Chi Jian had already tempered himself on his travels many times as he trained his sword intent, and had much more life experience than the genuinely silly and sweet Yu Shaofeng. Let alone, he was Yu Shaofeng's destined companion, and they would have a greater chance of running into more trouble together. Their chances of turning bad luck into good luck were also higher, and their chances of successfully getting more powerful were even greater this way.
"Martial brother, are you serious?" Yu Shaofeng found it unbelievable. After all, his martial brother has always been unreliable and short-sighted, and if he couldn't see him, he would often feel uneasy. Why was it that he was now so casually willing to throw him out?
"Of course I'm serious." Xue Ling looked at the time. Tomorrow, the grand inter-sect competition would start, and five days later, it would end and the Sishui Secret Realm would be opened. The secret realm would remain open for two months, which was enough for him to create a sword. "We still have two months' time, and then I'll need to go back and face the wall in punishment."
Yu Shaofeng looked embarrassed. After all, his elder martial brother needed to face the wall because of him. And he was going to go out and play while his martial brother was being punished... no matter how he looked at it, he didn't seem like a good little martial brother at all...
"Enough. Who are you trying to look guilty for? I, your martial brother, do not need your guilt. Bring Chi Jian with you and get out - the further the better. It's enough if I don't need to see you and feel irritated." Xue Ling planned to use the three months of wall punishment to break through to Chuqiao. After three months, his cultivation level should also have stabilized.
Since he wanted to let protagonist out and wander, he naturally needed to improve his own strength so that they would have some backing while they were running around provoking the world.
That damned repressed Chi Lan could not be relied on; it would be better if he managed this himself. "After you go out, remember to listen to Chi Jian. He's much steadier than you are. You should learn more from him."
Chi Jian's face remained unchanged by such praise, and he looked very calm: "Thank you martial brother Xue for your praise."
"Enough. I only praised you a little. I hope that in the future, you'll look after this foolish younger martial brother of mine."
"Even if elder martial brother hadn't told me to, I still would have."
Chi Jian was rather curious about why he was in such a bad mood. He was rarely curious, so he reached out and poked Yu Shaofeng.
Yu Shaofeng looked at him strangely, then raised his finger and held it against his lips, indicating that if he had something to say, he should keep it quiet. When his elder martial brother was in a bad mood, it was not a good idea to offend him - they would not come to a good end. Just look at that disciple brother from Earth Peak who had come down from the competition stage today and turned insane.
His elder martial brother had many means.
"Why is your martial brother unhappy even though he won? He seems very discontented?" Chi Jian was puzzled. Even if it was a victory that was won without any suspense and not worth celebrating, there was still no need to face the world with a dark expression, looking like the whole world was bullying him.
"Probably..." In fact, Yu Shaofeng also knew very little. Only, he looked at Xue Ling's current appearance, thought about it, and said, "He's not satisfied because clearly he was the one who won, but everyone is praising Master for teaching him well..."
"... Does martial brother Xue dislike Uncle?
Yu Shaofeng thought and said, "I don't know... I haven't been at Still Peak for long, and haven't watched them interact. But there are rumours in the sect that Master likes martial brother very much... I've met Master, and he really does like martial brother a lot. But martial brother's attitude towards Master..." He thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out how to express how he looked, and could finally only give a general description, "... What martial brother says and does are frequently not the same... He frequently acts like he is very indifferent towards Master, but ... he probably really likes Master."
Chi Jian nodded thoughtfully, and the exploration of the relationship between his uncle and his senior disciple ended here.
In fact, if he had looked into it further, he would probably have saved himself from spending a lot of time being entangled and stumped. Unfortunately, he had always been less concerned about things that were not related to himself, and at this time, he did not care too much about the people and things that were related to Yu Shaofeng.
Chi Jian would regret this many years later, but who could he blame for his low EQ?
The day after the inter-sect competition ended, the Sishui Secret Realm was opened. Most of the disciples who attended had not really come to get a good ranking in the competition - their goal was precisely the Sishui Secret Realm.
The Sishui Secret Realm was a secret realm that opened every one thousand years, and not every inter-sect competition ended with the opening of this realm. The Sishui Secret Realm was several times vaster than Xue Ling's original Nankai Secret Realm, and there were many unknown treasures and many unexplored places. Many people would enter every time it was opened. Xue Ling brought the map that had been drawn by a previous explorer of the realm, and therefore could see most of the terrain within the secret realm.
There was a cultivation cap for the Sishui Secret Realm, and only those who were under the stage of Chuqiao could enter. Xue Ling was invincible amongst other cultivators within the Yuanying stage, so he did not have to worry about the map in his hands being snatched from him at all.
Xue Ling knew that Yu Shaofeng especially liked his new friend, so he asked him to invite Chi Jian to enter the secret realm with them. Chi Jian readily agreed, and the three of them travelled together.
Others also wanted Xue Ling to take them with him, but most of them had to call Xue Ling 'martial uncle' based on their generational statuses, and were too in awe of him. Since they did not dare to speak up, Xue Ling also wouldn't bother to look at them; even when several of the elders came over to express their hopes that he would bring some of Sky Sect's people, Xue Ling used the excuse that he had a goal in mind and needed to take care of his younger martial brother and Chi Jian in order to gracefully refuse.
He spoke pleasantly, and the elders who asked had smiles on their faces when they went in, and were still smiling when they left. At least on the surface, there was nobody who could, or dared to force him to bring along more people.
They all knew whose disciple he was. Although he was smiling, heavens knew when his temper would one day become as fierce as Chi Lan's.
The fact that they could provoke anyone, but could not provoke Chi Lan was something that had been engraved in their minds long ago. Finally, when the secret realm opened, only the two unfortunate children remained by Xue Ling's side.
There were certain consequences to bringing these two people into the secret realm. That was to say, they were the protagonists, and strange encounters would definitely occur. If Xue Ling did not intervene, they would be particularly prone to bumping into unfortunate or lucky things. During this time's tempering, Yu Shaofeng went a little wild.
He had originally had the temperament of a teenager, but had been pressed down severely during his younger years. Now that Xue Ling let him do as he pleased, his recent happier life had affected his subconscious. He frequently had a smile on his face, and was no longer as rigid and strict about things as he had been before. When he was in front of Chi Jian, he often liked to prank and play tricks, and was completely like a little teenager.
Xue Ling was also very happy that he could be so cheerful and carefree. In his eyes, it would be best if this silly child could have a smooth life for his entire life. His current temperament was very pleasant, and he saw no reason to torture him and force him onto the road of blackening through all kinds of struggles. His laugh was so silly and sweet, and it really gave him a special sense of achievement when he saw it~
System: "..." Well, it also couldn't criticize its host. After all, he looked so happy raising children... And it looked like he hadn't done a bad job of it either... It could only hope that he won't turn bad in the future.