“Sect Leader, I will go find that Great Emperor for you!”
Elder Li, as Mu Qiu Ying’s confidante, naturally knew that her sect leader had a Great Emperor standing behind her.
She was also the only person within the Thousand Arms Sect who knew about this.
After understanding the situation, Elder Li immediately set off on the journey to find that mysterious Great Emperor from the Linlang Pavilion.
“…”
“Looking for our Pavilion Master? This… I’m afraid our Pavilion Master will not agree.”
The Pavilion Master of Linlang Pavilion was someone even few of the Pavilion’s own members had seen.
Even she, a steward, usually could only hear her Pavilion Master’s voice transmissions.
And now, a force from the Beyond the Heavens –
Eighth Stratum wanted to ask her to go out and help?
“I am from the Thousand Arms Sect. That Great Emperor will definitely lend a hand once she knows! Please!”
“Well… alright.”
After a while, the steward who had gone to report the message returned to inform her:
“The Pavilion Master has already set off in the direction of your Thousand Arms Sect.”
“…”
In the blink of an eye, Mu Chunxiang traversed thousands of miles and arrived above the Thousand Arms Sect.
Clad in golden and white regal attire, she finally landed before her younger sister’s great hall, then gently pushed open the hall doors.
“Qiu Ying.”
“It’s you—”
The moment she saw Mu Chunxiang, Mu Qiu Ying reached out, pulling a long spear hanging within the hall into her hand.
“Sister…”
The spear, empowered by the Hundred Arms Art, shot towards Mu Chunxiang like a dragon.
Facing this terrifying strike, Mu Chunxiang merely used two fingers to pinch the spear tip, effortlessly neutralizing it.
Jealousy?
It seemed like baseless jealousy, because Mu Chunxiang understood that her younger sister could not possibly be jealous of her over such a thing.
Jealousy… come to think of it, she, Mu Chunxiang, had never really been jealous of anyone.
Applying a bit more force with her two fingers, she shattered the spear.
Then, Mu Chunxiang swiftly pointed a finger towards her sister’s forehead from a distance, causing her to fall unconscious.
Watching the murderous aura gradually fade from her sister’s body, a trace of sorrow was reflected in Mu Chunxiang’s pale blue pupils.
Was she jealous of me because I am our master’s disciple?
If she could go back to the past, she definitely would not have agreed to become his disciple.
Not only that, she would have stubbornly stayed on the mountain and made Chen Juenian take care of her…
That way, he might have agreed in the end.
“Qiu Ying. Sleep peacefully for a while.”
Just then, Elder Li happened to return to the Thousand Arms Sect.
Through the wide-open hall doors, she saw Mu Chunxiang supporting her sect leader.
“Great Emperor— The Sect Leader, she…”
“She is fine now.”
The sorrow in Mu Chunxiang’s eyes vanished in an instant.
Then, she quietly placed her younger sister on a seat within the great hall.
The Great Emperor’s pressure weighed down on Elder Li, making it almost impossible for her to raise her head.
Although she dared not look closely, Elder Li could still vaguely make out the appearance and figure of this mysterious Linlang Pavilion Great Emperor.
She looked a bit like her own sect leader, but only a bit.
“So, has she had contact with any men recently? My sister is already so old and still hasn’t found a man… it’s truly making our parents anxious. I estimate that in a while longer, they will probably come in person to pressure her into marriage.”
Seeing that after a long silence, this Great Emperor had actually brought up such a light and abstract topic, Elder Li couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief:
“The Sect Leader has indeed been in contact with a man recently, but that man is just a child. The relationship between the Sect Leader and him is purely that of an elder and a junior…”
As she said this, Elder Li suddenly realized something.
It seemed her sect leader truly hadn’t had contact with men.
Before that Xuanyuan Nian came, she had never even seen her sect leader speak to a man.
“How young?”
“About seventeen or eighteen.”
“…”
That was far too young.
For Mu Qiu Ying, who was already seven hundred years old, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old man was practically an infant.
No, not even that old.
“Having the experience of interacting with a man is good after all— Since there’s nothing to worry about now, I should take my leave. Take good care of her until she wakes up.”
“Yes.”
As for that child, Mu Chunxiang had absolutely no desire to learn more about him.
“…”
“…”
“Senior Mu, I’m back.”
As if nothing had happened, Chen Juenian returned to the great hall and saw Mu Qiu Ying sitting in a chair, supporting her forehead with her eyes closed.
“Mm. Although my Thousand Arms Sect possesses martial skills for a thousand types of weapons, no matter how flashy those skills are, they ultimately cannot compare to the Hundred Arms Art I passed on to you.”
Mu Qiu Ying opened her eyes.
Under the sunlight filtering through the dome, she seemed to see, in a daze, a white-haired immortal.
“Learning the Hundred Arms Art first will make it easier for you to learn other martial skills later. Xuanyuan Nian, come here.”
Chen Juenian stepped forward and took the pill Mu Qiu Ying handed him.
“At the same time, don’t neglect your cultivation. You are currently only at the early Qi Refining Stage. To learn the Hundred Arms Art or other Heaven-grade Martial Skills within my Thousand Arms Sect and exert a certain level of power, you need at least Foundation Establishment cultivation. For now, cultivate while familiarizing yourself with the Hundred Arms Art.”
“This junior understands.”
Actually, Chen Juenian already knew all this.
But what he lacked now was precisely cultivation level.
He was more than familiar with these martial skills.
As for these pills… although precious, they were clearly insufficient to allow Chen Juenian to break through his shackles again.
The Recreation Pill could only be taken once.
So now, he could basically only hope to encounter some rare treasure that could improve his Innate Talent.
Otherwise?
Go find those Great Emperors?
Enough of that.
“Mm, you may return to your room first. I wish to rest for a while.”
“Yes.”
After Chen Juenian left, Mu Qiu Ying closed her eyes again.
For some reason, after her sister helped eliminate that curse mark, although she no longer had those strange thoughts, there was still a feeling in her heart she couldn’t swallow.
Indescribable, but it made her feel a bit of tightness in her chest.
This was truly her own problem.
Her Spiritual Consciousness itself had developed an issue.
—
There was one thing even Chen Juenian himself didn’t quite understand:
How did his mother manage to cultivate so fast?
As the man who watched Xuanyuan Jiong grow up, from Foundation Establishment to Refining Void, Chen Juenian knew very well that Xuanyuan Jiong had actually only encountered one Inner Demon.
Other than that, she almost always broke through silently each time, as if there were no shackles at all.
This was something even Chen Juenian had never heard of.
While meditating, Chen Juenian suddenly felt someone embrace him from behind.
She carried a fragrance Chen Juenian knew all too well.
“Nian’er.”
“Mother, why have you come?”
Chen Juenian, disturbed, showed not a trace of annoyance.
“I missed my Nian’er…”
Xuanyuan Jiong suddenly realized that once she left her Nian’er, she would become utterly lost.
It hadn’t even been a day, and she couldn’t control herself, even going so far as to disturb Chen Juenian’s cultivation just to… absorb him.
“I love you, Nian’er.”
“…”
Mu Qiu Ying watched as Xuanyuan Jiong went in and, after one shichen, walked out of Chen Juenian’s room, full of vigor.
Completely different from the dejected appearance she had when she arrived.
“Xuanyuan sister, have you broken through again?”
At first, Mu Qiu Ying hadn’t looked closely.
Only now did she realize Xuanyuan Jiong had broken through again!
Mid Refining Void Stage?
This cultivation speed was too outrageous.
Mid Refining Void Stage at over thirty years old?
What a joke.
“Yes, Sister Mu. Actually… I myself don’t understand why I cultivate so fast.”
“If I hadn’t confirmed you don’t carry the aura of a demonic cultivator, even I would suspect you had gone down a wrong path. Forget it. Although your cultivation speed is indeed a bit too fast, it’s still a good thing overall.”
“That’s what I think too. Sister Mu, can you promise me one thing?”
“What is it?”
Xuanyuan Jiong knew she had to let go now.
She could not recklessly return to disturb her Nian’er’s cultivation like this again.
She needed to restrain herself properly.
“If in the future, I recklessly visit like today again, please, sister, be sure to drive me away from here.”
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