Chapter 18 Song Yin's New Friend Shi Heming Feels a Sense of Crisis
Song Yin and Xia Xining returned to the bamboo hut together. Although their courtyards were not close, it didn't stop them from spending time together. Originally, the two were only slightly closer than strangers, but after what happened at Lingdan Peak today, and the fact that they chatted with Elder Xin together, their relationship suddenly became much closer.
"By the way, what do you mean by 'the six peaks of the inner sect are one family'?" Song Yin asked Xia Xining after leaving Lingdan Peak.
Xia Xining: "Didn't Elder Qi explain the inner sect to you?"
Song Yin: "He didn't go into details. I only know that our peak is called Danque Peak. As for the academy, the seniors explained the outer sect in the most detail, but the inner sect was not explained in detail."
Xia Xining: "The outer sect academy certainly doesn't teach these things. Our Immortal Firmament Sect has been established for over ten thousand years. Ten thousand years ago, during the ancient times, the Xuan Tian Rebellion occurred. Many cultivators fought together to resist the enemy, and ultimately won the great battle, but countless people died or were injured, and many spiritual veins were also lost. Spiritual veins are related to our cultivation, so the remaining cultivators gathered the spiritual veins together. From then on, the mortal world and the cultivation world separated. The survivors created new sects, and through generations of inheritance, the Immortal Firmament Sect has become one of the five major sects today."
"Our Immortal Cloud Sect has six founding ancestors: two sword cultivators, one alchemist, one weapon cultivator, one talisman cultivator, and one array cultivator. The six were friends and joined forces to establish the new sect. The six inner peaks are the legacy of these six founding ancestors, hence the saying that the six inner peaks are one family."
“These are all things my master told me, but he said I was too young and only told me the general outline.”
Xia Xining is two years older than Song Yin, and is currently nine years old.
Song Yin understood: "So that's how it is. But because of what happened today, I'm afraid your long-term mission will also be ruined."
Xia Xining laughed and said, "It's okay. There are so many missions in the Mission Hall, it's not like this is the only long-term mission we can do."
The two returned to the bamboo hut, and after exiting the teleportation array, they also needed to return to their own courtyard. Although both were direct disciples of the inner sect, their cultivation had not yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage, so they could only remain in the outer sect.
Xia Xining waved vigorously: "Goodbye, Song Yin."
Song Yin waved: "Goodbye!"
Song Yin bid farewell to Xia Xining and returned to courtyard number 6666. There were three people at the courtyard gate: Shi Heming, Wen Shuxue, and Zhao Zhuowen.
When Shi Heming saw Song Yin return, he immediately ran over to her.
“When I returned from the Zangfa Pavilion, I saw the two of them standing at the door of your room. I asked them what they were doing there, but Wen Shuxue said she would wait until you came back to tell me.”
Song Yin nodded to indicate that she understood. She went to the door but did not open it. Instead, she asked, "What do you two want with me?"
Wen Shuxue opened her mouth but was too embarrassed to say it. She tried several times but still couldn't get it out. Frustrated and angry, she turned around and left.
Zhao Zhuowen pulled Wen Shuxue aside and whispered, "You were the one who wanted to come, and you also asked me to keep an eye on you, saying that no matter what, you can't let you leave halfway. Think of Elder Feng, you can't let her down."
Wen Shuxue immediately snapped back to reality; the teacher's intimidating presence was too strong, and she stiffened and turned back to her original position. Seeing this, Zhao Zhuowen skillfully covered his ears with both hands.
Wen Shuxue took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and shouted, "I'm sorry! I was wrong before! I have deeply realized my mistakes, please forgive me!"
Its sound was like a booming bell, resounding through the heavens.
Song Yin and Shi Heming both raised their hands to cover their ears.
Song Yin's mind went blank: "My God, that sound was earth-shattering!"
Wen Shuxue's ears turned bright red as she revealed her loud voice. She has a naturally loud voice; her family said that when she was born, her crying almost blew the roof off. She usually pays attention to her volume, but this time, she really went all out to make her apology a success.
Once the conversation started, it became much easier to continue. Wen Shuxue lowered her voice, "Um, I'm sorry. I used to dislike everyone with the surname Song because I disliked Song Tian. You're from Xiao Song Village, and he's from Da Song Village. The village names are so similar, so I disliked you even more. Today, my master told me that this was my fault, and I've reflected on it."
Wen Shuxue took out a hairpin from her storage bag and handed it to Song Yin. "This is a gift from my master to me when I became his disciple. It's a defensive magic artifact. It's my most precious possession. I'm giving it to you as an apology."
Song Yin's dazed mind gradually cleared. Was Wen Shuxue apologizing to her?
Seeing that Song Yin remained unmoved, Wen Shuxue kicked Zhao Zhuowen's leg, saying, "You should apologize too."
Zhao Zhuowen winced in pain. "Song Yin, Shi Heming, I'm so sorry. I deliberately leaked your information to Song Tian. He's been spending spirit stones recklessly and is in debt, so he needs a long-term, stable, and well-paying mission. I originally wanted the two of you to fight it out in private, but I never expected that you and Shi Heming would lose this mission. I'm truly sorry." He took out sixty mid-grade spirit stones. "These are the spirit stones I've saved up over the past three months. Please accept them."
These two really came to apologize! Song Yin looked up; the sun hadn't risen in the west and set in the east.
Shi Heming asked Song Yin in a low voice, "Do you accept the apology? If you accept it, I will accept it; if you don't accept it, I won't."
Song Yin finally came to her senses and said to Wen Shuxue, "I accept your apology, but please take back the defensive magic artifact."
Wen Shuxue's temper flared up again. Having been pampered at home since childhood, her temper was naturally not very good. "You think my apology is too meager?"
Song Yin was speechless. "No, if you really want to apologize, you can help me whenever I need help at Lingcao Peak in the future."
Wen Shuxue's eyes widened: "Really?"
Song Yin: "Really."
Wen Shuxue put away the hairpin, quite reluctant to part with it, saying, "You said it yourself."
Song Yin: "But when a master accepts a disciple, does he have to give the disciple a gift to formally become a disciple?"
Wen Shuxue nodded and put the hairpin back into her storage bag. "That's what my master said anyway."
That wretched Qi Laodeng! He actually withheld my apprenticeship gift! I'll definitely get it back next time! It'll be a good opportunity to test the limits of a newly minted master's attitude towards her apprentice, making it easier for her to act in the future.
Song Yin then said to Zhao Zhuowen, "I accept your apology. Keep the spirit stones. We resigned from the long-term mission voluntarily, and that was before Song Tian contacted us."
Shi Heming said coldly, "I forgive you."
Zhao Zhuowen asked in confusion, "Why did you resign from this mission?"
Song Yin: "Of course we have our reasons, but I won't go into details."
Seeing that the other party had forgiven her, Wen Shuxue breathed a sigh of relief. She felt a lot of spiritual energy entering her body, which was the first time she had ever encountered this.
Wen Shuxue said somewhat anxiously, "I have something to do and need to go back to Lingcao Peak first." After saying that, she left Zhao Zhuowen and ran towards the teleportation array, immediately teleporting back to Lingcao Peak.
Watching her retreating figure, Song Yin asked Zhao Zhuowen, "What's wrong with her now?"
Zhao Zhuowen's mind went blank as well. "I don't know."
Wen Shuxue rushed back to Lingcao Peak to find her master and explain her situation.
Elder Feng explained that Wen Shuxue had finally put her mind at ease, and her cultivation had improved; she would definitely be able to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining in three or four years at most. Wen Shuxue was relieved, and then overjoyed!
As expected, staying away from Songtian leads to a happy life!
Back at the bamboo hut, Zhao Zhuowen also returned to his own courtyard.
Song Yin went to Shi Heming's courtyard to ask him how he had done at the Cangfa Pavilion, and also mentioned her new friend Xia Xining, her tone filled with undisguised joy.
Shi Heming's calm heart instantly tensed up!
Will Song Yin be abandoned after making new friends?
Shi Heming casually asked, "What do you admire about her?"
Without hesitation, Song Yin replied, "I can't really explain it, but she would share snacks with me, chat with me, and we even went through the ordeal of refusing Elder Xin's offer to take me as a disciple together."
Except for the last one, he could do all of the previous ones. Shi Heming secretly compared himself to Xia Xining.
Would Song Yin like to eat snacks? That makes sense; she's never had enough to eat growing up. Could he go out of his way to buy them, or learn to cook?
Song Dynasty music did not emphasize the desire for food and drink.
She was unaware that Shi Heming had already begun secretly planning to feed her and gain her favor.
Shi Heming: "What flavor do you like?"
Song Yin: "Why do you ask that?"
Shi Heming clenched his hands nervously, unsure whether to speak or not.
Song Yin's bright eyes were still fixed on him, making him feel conflicted. If he told her, would she think he was too possessive? If he didn't tell her, would she think he was hiding something from her?
Shi Heming: "I... I can actually do all of what you said. If you make new friends, will we still be good friends?"
It turned out that Shi Heming was struggling with this, and Song Yin wondered what was wrong with him.
Song Yin: "We will naturally remain good friends."
Shi Heming: "But you're happy to have new friends."
Upon hearing this, Song Yin frowned briefly before saying in a serious tone, "A person can have many friends. You are my friend, and I will have many more friends in the future, but that doesn't prevent you from still being my friend."
Song Yin then realized that while she could make friends freely, Shi Heming had only ever had her as a friend since joining the sect; he didn't get close to anyone else. The only person he was somewhat close to was Qi Zibo, but his familiarity with Qi Zibo was only because of her.
Song Yin: "I will have many friends, and you will have many friends in the future. You don't need to follow me all the time. You can do what you like at any time, meet people you get along with, and make friends with people who are of good character and share the same ideals."
Shi Heming lowered his head, not daring to look at Song Yin, and whispered, "But I don't like them. I only like being with you. You're my best friend!"
Song Yin blinked. "There are close friends and casual friends among friends. You are my best friend. So, my best friend Shi Heming, you should go and make some new friends. But be careful, making new friends is not a task. It's okay if you don't make any new friends."
Shi Heming slowly raised his head. He didn't see any dislike in Song Yin's eyes, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Then I'll give it a try?"
Song Yin nodded encouragingly, "Of course." She wouldn't always be with Shi Heming, and her life wouldn't revolve solely around him. Similarly, Shi Heming's life couldn't consist of only himself.
Song Yin thought her persuasion was very effective.
The next day at school, before Senior Zhou Xinren arrived, Shi Heming took out a plate of snacks from his storage bag and placed it on the table in front of Song Yin, looking at her expectantly.
Song Yin tilted her head and looked at Shi Heming: ? ? ?
A note from the author:
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Song Yin: What are you doing, you little rascal? [Question mark]
Shi Heming: I can't let Xia Xining outshine me. I'm Song Yin's best friend! [Angry][Pity]
(Shi Heming now only considers Song Yin as his best friend and family.)
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