However, the sword immortals of Mount Shu looked forward to it day by day and night by night, and finally, after much anticipation, the day of the Baiyujing competition arrived.

When the time came, all the peaks held a swearing-in ceremony, and then thousands of sword lights shot up into the sky, like brilliant rays of light, all heading towards the east.

Since there was no master at Qingluo Peak, there was no oath-taking ceremony or speech by the peak master. An Zhisu just went to get a pot of wine and poured a glass for himself and Junior Brother Ling to say farewell.

After finishing the wine, Senior Sister An threw the cup and pointed her finger. The Feiyan Sword popped out from behind and shattered the cup instantly.

"Let's go, Junior Brother." She said with great pride.

Ling Yunpo nodded, then followed his senior sister and flew up on the sword, following the direction of the Shushan army.

At a rough glance, there are about two to three thousand Shushan disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage, slightly more than the disciples of Kunlun.

However, I feel that the strength of most disciples is not that good.

Compared to the casual cultivators, they are naturally very powerful, but from Ling Yunpo's current perspective, they are indeed mediocre.

What I really want to deal with are just the top five or six people from each faction!

When we arrived at the secret realm of Baiyujing, we saw that the area near Tianmu Mountain was already full of orthodox disciples, flying around on swords.

The one wearing a white robe and a tall hat is a Kunlun monk, the one wearing green clothes and carrying a sword is the Shushan swordsman, and the one wearing brocade clothes is a Penglai disciple. They are very easy to recognize.

Before they had walked for long, they saw a green sword light flying over. It was Bi Sheng, the seventh on the Immortal Sword Ranking, who said to his senior sister and brother:

"Shushan disciples, please follow me. I will lead you to where you will stay."

"Senior Sister Bisheng." Ling Yunpo asked with a smile, "Why do you want to stay here? What are the rules of this Baiyujing competition?"

"The total number of Foundation Establishment disciples from all sects is about 8,000," Bi Sheng replied. "In order to save time, the competition adopts a single elimination system."

"Everyone draws lots to determine their opponents. The loser will be eliminated and the winner will advance."

"When there are less than twelve people left in the qualifying round, we will start holding competitions to determine the specific rankings."

"In the Baiyujing Secret Realm, there are only about a thousand battles a day, so the competition is estimated to take at least half a month."

"So each faction has set aside an area in Tianmu Mountain for everyone to stay and rest, so that they can maintain their strength after the competition."

"So that's how it is. Thank you, senior sister, for clearing up my confusion." Ling Yunpo said with a smile.

"You're welcome." Bi Sheng just said politely, only to see An Zhisu frown slightly, seeming unhappy.

What's wrong with this Senior Sister An? Why did she seem hostile just now? Was it my illusion?

Bisheng continued to observe for a moment, and seeing that An Zhisu looked normal, she took the two of them to the resting place assigned to Shushan - on an open mountain top.

"The draw takes place at 15:30 every day at the entrance to the Baiyujing Secret Realm, which is below the rock formation in the distance."

An Zhisu and Ling Yunpo naturally knew this, after all, they were the ones who discovered the secret realm.

"The huts below are temporary ones built by the faction. Just go find an uninhabited one."

After explaining some matters, Bisheng tactfully said goodbye and left.

An Zhisu chose a house, turned around and saw Ling Yunpo lingering around, so he asked curiously:

"Junior brother, why don't you go and choose a room?"

"I live with my senior sister." Ling Yun said with a shameless face.

"How can I do this?" Although An Zhisu was shy, she subconsciously put on the dignity of a senior sister and said seriously, "Be good, go to a deserted house nearby and get closer. Senior sister will practice sword with you every day, okay?"

"Okay." Ling Yunpo didn't expect to convince his senior sister with just a few words, so he pushed the door and left.

An Zhisu looked at the room, then he made some hand gestures and used some spells to clean the surroundings.

Although he is a sword immortal who specializes in swordsmanship, he still knows some simple Taoist techniques.

After about an hour, Ling Yun broke through and came back, saying with a wry smile:

"Sister, all the houses around here have been chosen."

"Chosen?" An Zhisu asked in surprise.

She went out for a walk and found that the three nearest thatched cottages were occupied by Lin Duanshan, Duan Fenhai and Guan Shanyue.

"Seeing that Senior Sister An and Junior Brother Ling both chose this place, I wanted to choose a place that is closer so that we can communicate more on weekdays." Lin Duanshan just came out of the house and said with a smile.

An Zhisu: ...

I have no objection if you want to live closer, but can you please leave a place for my junior brother?

In the past, the outspoken Senior Sister An would have frowned and complained directly.

Thanks to Ling Yunpo's continuous and disdainful teaching day after day, she must improve her emotional intelligence and not speak without thinking and offend others.

Therefore, An Zhisu could only hold it in, keeping a straight face and not saying a word.

Ling Yunpo watched from the side and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the senior sister was almost infinitely tolerant of him, if she had really questioned Lin Duanshan just now, and Senior Brother Lin subconsciously confessed that it was she who invited him to live here, then her little thoughts would probably be seen through by the senior sister in an instant.

Fortunately, the senior sister did not ask too many questions. The three nearest thatched cottages were occupied by Lin, Duan and Guan, and their junior brothers and sisters also lived nearby. If Ling Yunpo wanted to find a place to live now, he could only find an extremely remote place - I think the senior sister would definitely not be willing to leave.

An Zhisu accompanied Ling Yunpo for a walk and found that there were indeed no vacancies around. She could only hold her forehead and said:

"Okay, then Junior Brother, you can stay in my room for the time being."

If you think about it carefully, even though we are in the same room, there aren't that many inconveniences.

After all, practitioners do not need to eat or excrete, nor do they sweat or get contaminated by dust, so there is no need to change clothes, and they will not encounter any embarrassing or awkward situations that they would have to avoid.

The only problem is that if the news gets out, it might be bad for the woman's reputation.

However, An Zhisu's character is the same as Su Jian's, and he is a person who does his own thing.

Even if she would care more about other people's expressions, she would not be "honored" as the grass-cutting sword fairy, so she did not care too much about these things.

There is nothing to slander about the pure friendship between us!

After returning to the room with her junior fellow apprentice Ling Yunpo, she found a spot on the wooden floor and sat cross-legged, breathing in and out.

Originally, there was no breathing exercise to refine Qi in An Zhisu's schedule. Probably because Su Jian was in seclusion, the Qi-refining technique of the Huafu stage that she obtained was incomplete, so she couldn't breathe to nourish her purple palace on a regular basis.

However, it was in this Baiyujing secret realm that Ling Yun cracked the complete "Taishang Riyue Hunyuan Sutra", which enabled An Zhisu to not only breathe and refine qi, but also make the Taoist true essence he refined more powerful, and his jade palace more perfect.

Therefore, An Zhisu practiced extra diligently.

Ling Yunpo looked at the wooden bed and found that his senior sister had reserved a seat for him.

But he did not rush to go to bed. Instead, he admired the face of his senior sister who was so close to him with interest.

Although An Zhisu was born in Guangling County, Yangzhou, and was a gentle woman from the "Jiangnan Water Town", she was not gentle in either appearance or temperament. She was the typical type of person who was gentle but strong.

It is because of his extremely protective character that he is usually gentle as water to his junior brothers, but once Ling Yunpo pushes him to the brink of death, he will subconsciously become tough.

Fortunately, Ling Yunpo has roughly determined Senior Sister An's bottom line through persistent testing.

For example, when they are together normally, holding hands is fine, hugging is also fine, but kissing is crossing the line, and the senior sister will push you away forcefully, and then use her authority to teach you a lesson.

Therefore, what I have to do is to keep hovering around the bottom line, let her gradually get used to it, and slowly give in.

From "How can we live together?", to "There is no other choice but to live together temporarily", and finally to "There is no problem living together", this is Ling Yunpo's ultimate goal!

What is an "unyielding character"? Unyielding means moving forward towards your goal without stopping!