Chapter 3: Conversation with Senior Sister

Bai Yunshu returned to Xuanying Sect and slipped away to the sect's main hall.

Xuanying Sect has one main peak and four secondary peaks, standing between heaven and earth. The four peaks surround the main peak. From a distance, it is shrouded in clouds and mist, as if it leads directly to heaven.

The main peak is named Buyu, where the sect leader lives.

The four elders of the deputy peak, Guchun, Changjue, Songdu and Musheng, live there.

Guchun Peak is the place where disciples are taught to practice. The sect's main hall, the external objects steward's pavilion, etc. are all here.

When she stepped into the sect's main hall, the morning meeting had already passed, all the elders had left, and there was no one inside.

Bai Yunshu lowered his eyes, feeling the faint spiritual power in the air, and spoke softly.

"Is Senior Sister here? I have something to discuss."

She asked, but no one answered her.

Bai Yunshu was not in a hurry. He sat down on the sandalwood chair where he used to hold morning meetings. He took the teacup on the table and poured himself some water.

As soon as she picked up the teacup, there was a slight fluctuation of spiritual power in the air.

Bai Yunshu glanced sideways slightly, and a red petal appeared from nowhere and flew towards her with a sharp aura.

The petals were moving at an extremely fast speed, and the wind was whistling wherever they passed.

Bai Yunshu was not in a hurry and drank tea calmly.

She raised her other hand, caught the flying petals steadily, and held them between her fingers.

The petals had a faint fragrance, but Bai Yunshu had no expression on his face. He crushed the petals into powder and put down the teacup.

"Senior Sister, please come out again. I have something to discuss with you."

As she finished speaking, a dazzling bright orange color appeared before her eyes, and before she could see clearly, it sat on the chair next to her.

The visitor was dressed in orange, and his long robe danced like a stream of fire, bright and eye-catching yet elegant. Looking up, his eyebrows were like distant ink, his eyes were like autumn water, his lips were red without any lipstick, his hair was carefully coiled, as if leisurely flowing clouds in the sky, and there were jade wisteria flowers on his temples, with a faint fragrance.

"Oh, what a rare guest! Junior sister, you finally decided to come out of your Musheng Peak? What can I do for you? You've already started drinking, so pour me a glass."

A clear voice sounded, light and faint, like the wind passing by the ears, like the undercurrent of a spring.

Bai Yunshu glanced sideways at his senior sister Geng Jihuan, and without hesitation, poured her a glass.

My senior sister likes to play tricks on people. She looks a bit unserious, but she is relatively reliable in doing things.

After all, she is in charge of Gu Chunfeng, and she is in charge of all the affairs of the sect, second only to the sect master.

"Senior sister is teasing me again."

Bai Yunshu handed her some tea. Geng Jihuan took it with a skeptical look on her face and took a sip. "How dare I? You said you have something to say. Tell me what you want to hear."

"I won't be accepting students in the next few days, so I want to take in an apprentice this time."

As soon as Bai Yunshu finished speaking, Geng Jihuan looked as if he had seen a ghost and almost spit out the tea he had drunk.

"puff!"

Bai Yunshu calmly dodged to the side and looked up at her.

Why is this person so excited?

Geng Jihuan took a long time to calm down, then stood up and walked around her, clicking his tongue as he walked.

"Are you sure? Let me think about it. You haven't accepted a disciple in five hundred years. You never come to the morning meeting, your attendance is never perfect, and you don't come to collect the spirit stones distributed every month. You suddenly say you want to accept a disciple. It really scared me. Could it be..."

She pretended to be thoughtful and said, "Is there something wrong with the barrier again? I need a new tool, or maybe you need someone to inherit your legacy. Yunshu, please don't scare me, Senior Sister."

Geng Jihuan's tone became more and more sad, as if he was about to say to Yunshu in the next second, "You have a miserable life, and the world is unfair."

Bai Yunshu fell silent upon hearing this, and held his forehead with his hand helplessly.

What to do with a senior sister who loves to act?

She quickly said, "No, nothing at all. The barrier hasn't moved. Don't talk nonsense about new artifacts. I simply want to take in a disciple. If I like you, I'll take you in. If not, I won't."

Hearing her words, Geng Jihuan patted his chest.

"That's good. Okay, it's rare that you're thinking of taking in a disciple. Are you only going to take one? Or maybe two more? I'll help you keep an eye on them and look for some."

She suggested, but Bai Yunshu said nothing.

Combined with Geng Jihuan's naughty expression, Bai Yunshu felt that she had bad intentions.

"Why?"

"I see you're all alone, guarding Musheng Peak all by yourself. How lonely it must be. Wouldn't it be nice to have a few more disciples to look after you?"

The main reason was that she felt Bai Yunshu was too idle and she should find more things to do.

His junior sister had been recuperating from a serious injury in the battle between immortals and demons, and was depressed by the death of her disciple. She once wanted to resign from the position of elder, but the sect leader refused.

They only saw each other twice in a hundred years, so she felt strange when Bai Yunshu came over today.

She would occasionally go to Musheng Peak when she remembered, but Bai Yunshu was either brewing wine or planting trees. She didn't use any spiritual power at all and was just trying to endure the hardship.

However, seeing that Bai Yunshu did not give up and occasionally meditated and practiced sword, she felt less worried.

Now they even want to accept disciples!

Bai Yunshu smiled and said that she didn't need to worry about it.

"Let's wait and see. If there's one that catches my eye, I'll accept him. Besides, I'm accepting him as a disciple, not a servant. Anyway, I remember your eldest disciple always followed you wherever you went. Why isn't he here today?"

Upon hearing this, Geng Jihuan was immediately heartbroken and looked resentful.

"Just talking about this makes me angry. She was abducted by a disciple from Songdu Peak next door. They said she was going to study some swordsmanship. Why would a medicine cultivator like her study swordsmanship? She hasn't been back for five days."

"Oh right, there's been an increase in demonic attacks lately. Taking advantage of this opportunity, other disciples have taken on Thousand Machine Pavilion missions to earn extra money, leaving me as the only one left. Woo woo woo woo..."

She complained softly, but Bai Yunshu didn't react much.

"It's normal for disciples to exchange ideas and learn from each other. As for other things, your disciple will receive a portion of the Thousand Machine Pavilion mission rewards. Why should you be sad?"

Bai Yunshu was indifferent. Geng Jihuan looked at her and had an idea.

Of course she knew that it was normal for them to exchange ideas and discussions, and that the apprentice went out to earn extra money to support Feng, but she was missing someone to help her.

These days I have to arrange the distribution of posters to recruit students, and I am very busy.

"Yunshu, you haven't been busy lately, have you? Unlike other elders, who need to take on apprentices and handle various matters on the peak, I've been very busy lately, recruiting new disciples and arranging their food and lodging for a few days..."

She explained it bit by bit, and Bai Yunshu felt something was wrong and made a gesture in his hand, wanting to run away.

But she never expected that Geng Jihuan would directly hold her shoulders and smile kindly.

"I grant you a privilege. You follow me for the next few days, and we'll review the new students we've been looking for. Just consider it a small favor for me, your senior sister. The two of us will stand outside the secret realm and watch over them."

Bai Yunshu lowered his eyes.

"I refuse."

"Refusal is useless. Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing. When the time comes to choose a disciple, I'll let you choose first. If there's any magical herb you want, you can come to me and pick it."

Bai Yunshu became interested when he heard it.

"make a deal."