"I didn't expect that you two also wanted to join the Wuya Sect. We really have a deep connection." Jian Qiuguang said with a smile as he looked at the young man and girl traveling with him.
"Is the Qingyang clan no longer ashamed of the Hunyuan spiritual root?" the girl asked Haoze.
"How can it be a shame to have Hunyuan spiritual roots? The strongest person in the world has Hunyuan spiritual roots." Haoze said.
"What a huge change." The girl sighed.
"Hey, do you want to become a disciple of your ancestor, Master Chang Le?" Haoze asked Jian Qiuguang.
Jian Qiuguang shook his head. "No."
"Who is that? Peak Master Wan'er? Or our Lingyun?"
"You'll know in a moment."
A group of people entered the Wuya Sect's apprenticeship platform and stood in a row behind the stone platforms with the names of different teachers written on them. Some people acted decisively, while some were hesitant. There was a constant flow of people behind several stone platforms, but there was no one behind the stone platform in the center.
The girl was a little surprised, but she didn't change her mind and walked straight to the stone platform in the middle. After her, Hao Ze and Jian Qiuguang followed. When the three of them stopped, they looked at each other, and the smiles on their faces became more sincere.
"It seems that we are really destined to be together." said the girl.
Haoze nodded. "Exactly."
"Haven't you always said that Master Lingyun is the strongest and that you admire him very much? And you are from the same clan, so wouldn't he take care of you?" Jian Qiuguang asked.
Haoze whispered, "Alright, stop bullying me. There are only three of us here, and I'm going to be honest with you. Master Lingyun... really doesn't like his own kind, and there's nothing I can do about it. Besides... the Sect Leader is indeed more powerful than Master Lingyun. He didn't win the championship simply because the rules barred him from participating."
"So I also admire Master Aoxue quite a bit," Jian Qiuguang said, "but he's never accepted a disciple before, and I'm worried that this time will be the same outcome. Our situation will become much more difficult. I hope Master Lingyun or the Peak Master can take us in, otherwise the other teachers will definitely feel very embarrassed."
"If I fail, I will die. If the master doesn't accept me, I would rather return to the mortal world and be an ordinary mortal." Haoze clenched his fist.
"Don't be nervous, he's not that difficult to talk to." The girl comforted them.
"How do you know?" The two young men looked at her at the same time, but a cold voice overwhelmed them both.
"May I have your name?"
The high-ranking sect leader actually walked down the stage himself. Not only were the children nervous, but even the other teachers were surprised to varying degrees. Only the girl who was asked her name smiled warmly. "Jiang Cenyun."
The headmaster's eyes narrowed. "Who gave you the name?"
"What's the problem? Of course it was the name given by my parents..." Haoze muttered softly.
But the girl said, "I named it myself."
The headmaster's breathing became heavier, and he stared at her closely, his eyes as sharp as arrows.
"You've lost a lot of weight." The girl sighed heavily. "Sorry I'm late."
As soon as she finished speaking, the mature and steady young leader suddenly hugged her.
"Is this a dream? Or... are you really back?"
The two young men felt their vision go blank, and then they could see nothing. But the girl, Shen Qingmang, was unaware of this and quickly patted him on the back. "There are so many people watching, please control yourself!"
"Master, you're so cruel. You abandoned your disciple for so long, and you still want me to control myself?" Gu Sui said in a trembling voice, "You left letters for Si Rong, Hao Xin, and all those outer disciples. Why didn't you leave one for me? Don't you have anything to say to me?"
"Ah... I didn't have enough time. The letters to them were easy to write, but the one to you... I didn't know how to say it to make you less sad. I carefully considered each word and wrote several versions, but I was not satisfied with any of them, so they all became waste drafts. I wanted to continue writing, but who would have thought that I suddenly couldn't hold on before I even started writing a new one." Shen Qingmang looked guilty.
"It's better not to write. Letters are unlucky. The tone of your last words is really unbearable to read." Gu Suihan whispered to her. "Just come back. Don't leave me again."
"Of course I won't leave again. Li Shutong lied to me. I thought I wouldn't come back. Otherwise, my letter wouldn't sound like a will."
"Are you going to return to your original world?"
"No... I thought I would die completely."
This was the last thing she discussed in Li Shutong's spiritual palace. Li Shutong told her that her chance to regain life through sacrifice was limited and must be completed before Qiongju in her previous life jumped off a cliff. After that day, Qiongju would no longer be allowed to exist in this world. If she continued to live in her shell, it would only disrupt the world's balance and accelerate the depletion of spiritual energy.
She was very angry at the time, feeling that Li Shutong was forcing her to make a choice, and that she was most likely threatening her. She did not immediately decide to follow the plot, but instead launched a large-scale investigation. However, the final results of the investigation were similar to what Li Shutong said.
So the day Qiongju jumped off the cliff in the original plot was also the day she planned to do so. However, Yunxuzhou ascended to heaven on that day and entrusted her with the position of headmaster. This added a heavy burden to her shoulders, making it impossible for her to jump, and she lost her last chance to survive.
After that, if she wanted to return her spiritual energy to the world, she would have to do so by cutting off her flesh and bones.
"Don't you want me to believe that you, as teachers, have high moral standards and are willing to sacrifice for your students? Then, my respected Teacher Shen, why don't you wait until Qiongju disappears from this world and see how the world will collapse because of your existence? Will you then sacrifice your life for your beloved disciple and for the people of your world? I have plenty of time to spend with you and I can wait and see what happens to you. Don't let me down."
Li Shutong's words had repeatedly echoed in her ears, and the sentence "Life is like a dream, how much joy can we have" was also her mockery of her.
As the culprit responsible for the accelerated decline of the Taichu sect's spiritual power, how can you feel happiness while living in this world?
Shen Qingmang could not live at the expense of others, so she chose to die bravely. However, she also knew that this would hurt Gu Suihan too much, and she was worried that he would go crazy like An Yanxiang, so she told him to accept a disciple.
She believed that with more concerns in his world, he would become less extreme.
Her health had been deteriorating before the disciple-recruiting conference, but she thought she could hold on until the end of the conference, at least to solve the most troublesome things, and then fall into eternal sleep with peace of mind. However, fate played a trick on her, and destiny stretched out its evil hand to her the day before the disciple-recruiting conference.
It was several decades later that she unexpectedly discovered that she was not dead.
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