As a native of the Taichu Sect, Si Rong grew up listening to the legend of Master Qiongju. She was a genius that the sect rarely saw in a thousand years, and the glory and faith of the Wuya Sect. Although she had been in seclusion for nearly two hundred years, no one in the Taichu Sect had forgotten her. When encountering the sect competition, some young cultivators even ran to the cave where Qiongju was in seclusion in advance to pray for blessings, hoping to improve their ranking.
When she was ten years old, Si Rong had her spiritual roots tested, and the result showed that she had Hunyuan spiritual roots. Her father, in the name of Qing Zhenren, asked her whether she wanted to learn a musical instrument from him or go to Wuya Sect to learn martial arts.
"If I go to Wuya Sect, can I become the disciple of Master Qiongju?" she asked.
Yiqing looked in the direction of where Master Qiongju was in seclusion and said, "If you like her, Daddy will do his best to mediate for you. Anyway, Junior Sister Qingmang will be coming out of seclusion soon."
"Great! Then I'm going to the Wuya Sect and take Master Qiongju as my disciple!"
Before the disciple-recruiting conference, True Person Qiongju came out of seclusion as expected. For a while, people came to visit her one after another. The clouds around Wuya Peak were squeezed out by these cultivators. However, it was said that she only met with a few people and turned away everyone else.
Si Rong was a little nervous, looking at his equally nervous father. "Will we be kicked out too?"
Yiqing swallowed. "Probably... not really? Junior Sister Qingmang and I have a somewhat close relationship."
This "little acquaintance" successfully supported them to meet the Taoist Master Qiongju. When Si Rong saw the other person for the first time, he felt that the person in front of him was not a cultivator, but a jade-carved statue of a god, with a noble temperament and an awe-inspiring and inviolable appearance.
"Junior Sister Qingmang, congratulations on coming out of seclusion. I heard from the Sect Leader that you are finally going to accept a disciple this time." Yi Qing said with a smile.
"Yeah." Master Qiongju nodded slightly.
"My daughter, A'Rong, is fifteen this year, just the right age to become a disciple. This child has a Primordial Spiritual Root, and after much deliberation, it would be most appropriate to send her to your Wuya Sect. She has admired you since she was a child and is very eager to become your disciple. I think, if we are destined..."
"If she can pass the test, then yes."
Si Rong's eyes lit up, and before his father could say anything else, he excitedly said, "Arong will definitely work hard! Thank you, Master Qiongju!"
After that day, she changed her lazy attitude and ran to the top of Wendao Peak before dawn every day to absorb spiritual energy. She returned home only when the sun set, just wanting to show the best of herself to Master Qiongju.
It wasn't long before they arrived at the disciple-recruiting conference. For her, the three trials were easy, and she soon arrived at the apprenticeship platform. However, there were people who were faster than her. One was dressed in white clothes as white as snow, with an elegant demeanor, and the other was wearing a style of clothes she had never seen before, and was almost as tall as her.
Finally, Master Qiongju accepted the three of them and asked them to come forward and introduce themselves. The young man in white and she finished their speeches smoothly, but when it was the other young man's turn, something went wrong. The secular elder of Ask Dao Peak accused him of trying to curry favor with the Qingyang clan.
The young man stiffened his neck and said stubbornly that he did not lie. Elder Li Su was still aggressive. Si Rong was a little anxious and wanted his master to say something to vent his anger for his junior brother.
As a result, the master took them away without saying a word.
"Qingmang, there is also a gift for becoming a disciple..." The voice of the master came from afar.
"Disciple, please return to Wuya Peak to continue the ceremony." Master Qiongju said calmly.
The four masters and apprentices rode on a cloud together. The eldest brother, Gu Suihan, remained silent, while the younger apprentice, Hao Xin, looked dejected. Si Rong, who had always loved excitement and was not used to such a dull scene, spoke to liven up the atmosphere, "Master, the cloud you gather is truly steady and fast!"
No one answered, and she felt a little embarrassed. She looked at her eldest brother, then at her youngest brother, and decided to start with the youngest brother.
"Your name is Hao Xin, right? We are the same age. The fabric of the clothes you are wearing is very special, I have never seen it before."
"How could the young lady have ever seen the short jackets of a poor family?" Hao Xin said with a sullen face.
Si Rong didn't understand what a short cocoon was, but he sensed his junior brother's displeasure and changed the subject. "In Taichu, there's no distinction between rich and poor; everyone is the same. I'll take you out for fun. I can fly, too. I have a mount named Nian Nian, a beautiful white crane. Would you like to see it?"
Hao Xin pursed his lips, glanced at her, and then looked at the back of Master Qiongju.
Si Rong bravely said, "Master, why don't I and my junior brother take a crane to Wuya Peak? Ah Rong knows where to go and won't get lost. It's really hard for you to lead three people alone."
"good."
She summoned the white crane Nian Nian, held her junior brother's hand, and helped him climb onto the crane's back.
"Hold my waist, it will keep you steady and you won't fall down," she said.
Niannian let out a "Ga" sound, and Hao Xin shook his head and said, "Men and women should not touch each other."
"Taichu doesn't follow these rules." She insisted, pulling his arm back. "Hold on tight, Nian Nian, let's go!"
"Why did you take me with you, but not my elder brother?"
"When I'm feeling down, I like to ride Nian Nian around Taichu. Sitting high up and looking down, I realize that humans are no better than ants, and the tallest and largest trees are just tiny green dots. Then I feel like nothing's a big deal."
"I'm not in a bad mood."
"Eh? I was very angry when I heard Elder Li Su say that. Aren't you angry too? He was talking about you! Could it be that my junior fellow apprentice is a fool?"
"You are the idiot. I passed the trial before you. I should be your senior brother."
"But since you were born later than me, you have to be my junior brother!"
The two argued for a long time over a trivial matter of ranking, and Hao Xin temporarily forgot the unpleasantness that happened when he became their apprentice.
However, the two teenagers soon discovered that life after becoming apprentices was not as good as they had imagined.
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