"Master, look!"
The blazing flames coalesced and took shape, transforming into a small snake with a round head and distinct scales. It moved with incredible agility, gliding across the girl's slender, fair fingers as if it possessed its own life.
The law possesses a primordial spirit!
Seeing his young apprentice showing off his skills in front of him, Feng Bingwen's eyebrows twitched.
Anyone who witnessed this scene would find it hard to believe that this girl had only been cultivating for a year. They would probably think she came from some ancient and aristocratic family, otherwise she wouldn't be able to possess such an exaggerated spirit control technique.
"well!"
Feng Bingwen couldn't help but sigh.
"Master, what is it that you are sighing about? Tell me, and I might be able to help you. Of course, don't forget to reward me."
The girl clenched her fist with her five fingers together, and the red snake that had been crawling on her fingertips let out a mournful cry, turning into a ball of flame that dissipated in the air. When the girl opened her palm, her skin was as clear as jade, without the slightest trace of charring.
"I sympathize with those who will challenge you in the future!"
Why sympathize with them?
Wang Shu blinked her clear and bright eyes. Since she began cultivating, she was like a grain of gold falling into a furnace, radiating true brilliance.
"Your appearance is too deceptive."
Although he habitually belittles his disciples with words, Feng Bingwen is still quite scathing when it comes to praising them.
The criticism of her cultivation was merely to ensure she would diligently practice without slacking off. So-called geniuses are nothing more than exceptionally persevering individuals.
An ordinary person has twelve two-hour periods in a day. Four hours are spent sleeping, two or three hours are spent on eating and other trivial matters, and when it comes to spiritual practice, the mind wanders, sometimes looking at the spring grass on the steps, sometimes watching the floating clouds in the sky, sometimes playing with insects and ants, and so on. In a day, the time truly spent on spiritual practice is only one or two hours.
This is what mediocre people do, while geniuses can devote all their time, except for eating and sleeping, to a single thing. In just one year, they can create a significant gap between themselves and mediocre people, and in ten years, they can make mediocre people look up to them.
"You don't have a special physique, your cultivation level isn't high, and your aura isn't oppressive, but your control over spiritual power is unmatched among those of the same realm. Once you engage in combat with other cultivators, as long as their cultivation level isn't too far above yours, you will have an unparalleled advantage."
Feng Bingwen sighed inwardly. No wonder that ancient immortal severed her Dao body. She really didn't need it anymore. Even her reincarnated body without memories could demonstrate such terrifying control over spiritual power. Whether she had a Dao body or not made little difference to her.
The so-called physique refers to a certain quality that a cultivator at a lower level possesses, which is already present in those at a higher level. This gives cultivators a significant advantage at the beginning of their cultivation, saving them a lot of time and thus giving them the opportunity to reach higher levels.
The Rivers and Mountains of the Five Dynasties
The Innate Five Elements Dao Body is the most advanced type of constitution. Those who possess this constitution are favored by heaven and earth, have an extreme affinity for the five elements of heaven and earth, and can also see the flow of spiritual energy in heaven and earth.
"A magical duel? Why would I want to engage in a magical duel with other cultivators?"
Wang Shu frowned. Although the village where she was born was poor, it was peaceful. Her parents did not have a very broad vision, but they were very tolerant. They were even willing to pay for a girl to study in a private school, although the tuition fees were not high.
"You'll find out later!"
Feng Bingwen shook his head, said no more, and began to get down to business.
Do you know why I summoned you here today?
"Praise me?"
The girl tilted her head, a hint of pride in her eyes. Her master's praise had indeed made her ego a little inflated. Most of the achievements she had made in her previous cultivation had not earned her many compliments.
"You worthless wretch!"
Feng Bingwen laughed and scolded, then revealed the reason.
I'm planning to leave for a while!
"Master, are you leaving?"
The girl, who had been smiling, suddenly trembled, her smugness turning into fear and unease, like a frightened fawn.
Why do you look like this? It's not like I'm not coming back.
Feng Bingwen looked at the girl in front of him, who was about to burst into tears, and was at a loss for words.
"Master, when will you be back? How long will you be gone?"
The girl's eyes reddened slightly. After a year of getting along, and with Feng Bingwen's unreserved teaching, he had become just as important to her as her parents.
"I can't say for sure about that."
"No, master, you can't lie to me, you have to give me an exact time!"
The girl persisted, no longer the naive little girl she once was. She knew that powerful cultivators often went into seclusion for decades or even centuries, and that visiting friends could take more than a decade.
A cultivator's time is different from that of a mortal. She couldn't imagine what it would be like for her to live for the next ten years or so without a master; it was terrifying.
"Your grandmaster is about to undergo tribulation. He just sent me a message, telling me to go back and observe. I'm not sure how long this tribulation will take, so how can I give you a specific time? Isn't that just deceiving you?"
Feng Bingwen smiled and reached out to ruffle the girl's hair, which was tied up. Her smooth, black hair instantly fell loose and cascaded down her shoulders, glossy and black.
"You've grown so tall?"
Looking at the girl in front of him, Feng Bingwen was taken aback. He hadn't noticed it until now, when her hair fell down, he immediately saw the difference from when they first met.
Although they shamelessly took this reincarnated ancient immortal as their disciple, their ages were actually not that different, only four or five years apart.
Of course, Wang Shu never believed Feng Bingwen's words. She firmly believed that Feng Bingwen was at least a hundred years old, at least the same age as her father, and could not possibly be only a few years older than her.
"Don't try to change the subject, that trick won't work on me anymore!"
Wang Shu's eyes were red, with a faint, moist sheen.
“Since it is your grandmaster who has asked you to go back and observe the tribulation, you must come back to me after you have finished watching.”
"good."
Feng Bingwen smiled and agreed.
"Pinky promise, don't lie to me!"
"I wouldn't lie to you, how could I possibly abandon you?"
The young Taoist priest extended his finger and hooked it with the finger of a girl who was not much younger than him.
"I won't be gone for long this time. You can leave your Sister Hua and Uncle Xiong with you. You can go out and have a look around with them, but don't go too far and don't cause any trouble."
Feng Bingwen gave his instructions, and the girl listened attentively with tears in her eyes.
"I promise I won't cause you any trouble, Master!"
"good!"
Without further ado, Feng Bingwen gently patted the blue stone beneath him, and two beams of spiritual light detached from his body and merged into it. He himself then soared into the blue sky, transforming into a beam of light and disappearing into the white clouds.
"Master! Waaah... Waaah..."
Seeing Feng Bingwen disappear before her eyes, the girl couldn't contain her emotions. She took two steps forward, and then tears streamed down her face.
She wept softly, her sobs almost like the mournful cry of a deer. Living in a semi-isolated village, surrounded by familiar faces every day, she had never experienced the pain of separation before, but today she felt it.
Her master, with whom she spent every day, only exchanged a few words with her before leaving. For a long time afterward, she would never see him again. Thinking of this, the girl felt an emptiness in her heart and an indescribable sadness.
"Oh, Miss Wang, why are you crying?"
Standing guard outside the courtyard, he entered with a bounty of five-colored deer flowers and morning glories. There he saw a girl lying on a blue stone, crying. He was surprised and felt a pang of pity. He stepped forward and embraced her.
“My master is gone. He doesn’t want me anymore.”
Wang Shu wept in Hua Chaoyan's arms, her tears soaking the auspicious robe. At this moment, she was like a child, a child who couldn't bear to let her loved ones leave and only wanted them to stay with her.
"How could the master not want you? The master just has something to take care of and needs to go back to the mountain gate. He will be back once he has finished."
"But why won't Master take me with him? I also want to see what kind of place the real immortals live in."
The girl vented her grievances.
“If the master takes you away, you probably won’t see your parents for several months. The master also thinks you are still too young to handle it.”
Hua Chaoyan explained in a gentle voice, while also feeling a bit amused and exasperated.
Over the past year, she has witnessed the girl's growth. Although she seems ordinary, she possesses an astonishing level of comprehension and an incredible control and understanding of spiritual energy. Even the Five-Colored Deer would be humbled by her.
"Waaah..."
The girl was still crying, this sadness lingering in her mind for several days, until Hua Chaoyan and the burly bear who liked to roam outside found her and suggested taking her out for a walk to cheer her up. The girl then put her sadness, which had lessened considerably, behind her and happily prepared for her first long journey.
This is something you can't tell your parents at home, of course. They can't possibly accept that their ten-year-old child is going on a trip hundreds of miles away from home with other people. They don't have that kind of heart.
Therefore, the girl did the same thing as her master, using her spiritual power to create a phantom that was so realistic that it could fool people and soothe her parents' minds.
Even without the spiritual power of the Dragon Balls, the spiritual illusions she creates are enough to remain undetected for several days without being attacked or violently collided with.
After doing all this, the girl happily took her master's mount and her followers and set off on her first long journey.
"Wow, the flowers there are so beautiful!"
"There are so many fish here!"
The young girl, leaving home for the first time, was filled with wonder at everything she saw, but not everything in the world is beautiful. She soon unexpectedly stumbled upon something discordant.
Ten guards led the way, followed by dozens of servants carrying lanterns and torches, leading yellow dogs, carrying bows and arrows, and several others with eagles perched on their arms, birdcages in their hands, wine pouches and arrows hanging from their saddles. The group, dressed in fine clothes and riding spirited horses, marched in a grand and imposing manner.
They galloped along the official road, paying no heed to the pedestrians and caravans passing by. However, the commotion they caused was enough for others to notice from a distance and give way. Although it caused some chaos on the official road, no one was injured or killed.
"That's a spoiled brat from the human race."
The five-colored deer, being of a different race, bowed its head and explained to Wang Shu, who was of the human race.
"Isn't anyone going to do anything about it?"
Although she was young and it was her first time traveling far from home, Wang Shu instinctively felt that her behavior was very wrong. The hurried pedestrians and the caravan manager with a forced smile and repeated clasping made her feel uncomfortable.
"Who can control them? Their fathers wielded considerable power in the area, otherwise they wouldn't dare to act so recklessly!"
Woof! Woof! Woof!
The few yellow dogs led out by the playboy on his outing started howling at the same time, creating an unusual commotion that immediately surprised the young man galloping on his horse.
"Loosen the rope!"
Immediately, a spoiled young master gave such an order to his servants.
"release!"
The other spoiled brats shouted and yelled, while the restrained hunting dogs huddled together, their muscles taut. Even someone who couldn't count could tell that these ferocious dogs were extremely tense.
"What's going on? Could there be a giant insect lurking nearby?"
The accompanying servants held knives and swords, looking tense, while a spoiled young master surrounded by people looked excited, glancing left and right.
"Look, isn't that a living worm in the middle of the road?"
A young master gestured and immediately spotted the source of the hounds' anxiety: a burly man who stood out even in the bustling official road.
Beside the burly man were a pretty young girl and a very young girl whose features had not yet fully developed.
"What a hero!"
"What a stunningly beautiful woman!"
"That's exactly what I like!"
The spoiled young men who gathered together for fun all had different focuses. However, this did not stop them from crowding around the area.
"Miss, where are you headed? If you're looking for a spring outing, you can come with us!"
"That's right, we are renowned sages in Jiankang City, ladies, please don't be afraid!"
Seducing respectable women and harassing them were practically the specialty of this group of纨绔 (sons of wealthy and powerful families). After getting closer and seeing the faces of the three people, especially the two young women, one older and one younger, they couldn't suppress their wicked nature any longer.
"Sister Hua, before Master left, he told me not to cause trouble, but trouble came knocking on my door. If I fought back, would that be considered causing trouble for Master?"
Wang Shu glanced at the arrogant young men who were looking down at her, then looked at Hua Chaoyan, who stood to the side with a cold expression, and asked.
"No, you can fight back all you want. If you cause any trouble, the master will take responsibility."
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