Chapter 17 Is it reasonable to lead the team? It is reasonable!
"Master, Master..." Chu Sheng was stunned after seeing Yun Mengzi blocking the lightning with his hands. "What was that just now...?"
Yun Mengzi touched Chu Sheng's head and gave her a loving look. "Are you scared? Don't be afraid. It's just a small matter. Nothing to be afraid of."
This isn't a trivial matter! Is there a curse associated with the name Chongming? Why would someone get struck by lightning just by saying it?
"All things are spiritual, so be careful with your words and actions. If you've forgotten the first lesson I taught you, would you mind letting Sheng'er learn it again?"
Chu Sheng was about to complain, but when he saw Yun Mengzi's silent smile, he suddenly remembered something:
When he first entered the Hehuan Sect, the sect elders gave lectures, always mentioning ancient records and mentioning the Chongming Immortal Venerable, but they always did so in important places within the sect rather than in the academy.
"Cultivation is inherently against the will of Heaven. Those favored by Heaven will have smooth sailing, while those disdained by Heaven will naturally face extra hardships."
"But clearly, all the sects in Mo Nan were blessed by that person's legacy." Chu Sheng connected all he knew and learned, feeling completely baffled. "...How could the Immortal Venerable be someone disdained by the Heavens? Why? Was it because of that battle?"
There are actually traces of the Immortal Chongming preserved within Yunshui Xuantian. What is the connection between this mysterious mustard seed and this legendary immortal?
"Perhaps you in the future will be able to answer this question."
Seeing Chu Sheng's confused look, Yun Mengzi reminded her, "Have you forgotten what you just said?"
"The Dharma Cultivator Competition, the Prodigy List, and the ancient ruins?" Chu Sheng was surprised. She thought that was just the highest goal that Yun Mengzi set for himself, just like every parent who wants their children to be successful. She didn't expect Yun Mengzi to be so determined to win.
"Master, you have too much confidence in me. Even if we win the sect competition, there are countless talented people in the Dharma Cultivation Competition. There are also senior brothers and sisters on the Tianjiao List who have broken through to the Jindan stage to take the lead. How can I just go there whenever I want?"
"You probably don't know this yet." Yun Mengzi withdrew his hand from caressing his disciple's head and said calmly, "After a unanimous discussion between Little Sichun and the sect elders regarding this matter, you are now the sect's Senior Sister, Sheng'er."
"...Huh?" Chu Sheng was stunned, pointing at herself and Yun Mengzi in disbelief. "The sect's senior sister? Me?"
"Yes." Yun Mengzi replied with a tone mixed with pity and kindness.
"Didn't Senior Brother Wang Ze just break through to the late Jindan stage?!"
"Wang Ze eloped with a demon cultivator from the Miyin Sect," Yun Mengzi sighed. "Your Senior Uncle Fuqiu is furious and has already gone out to look for someone else... Wang Ze is such a naive kid."
"If you have the guts to kidnap a demon cultivator, why not bring him back to your own sect to strengthen it? We in the Hehuan Sect aren't afraid of that, so what's the big deal about eloping?"
It’s hard to say whether the reputation of the Hehuan Sect outside is unpredictable and has anything to do with this kind of thinking... Chu Sheng choked for a moment and decided to ask someone else.
"Senior Sister Gu Xuan from the next hill is also in the middle stage of the Golden Core..."
"Gu Xuan, not long ago, a rabbit demon came up to her with all the demons in his family, saying that he wanted to repay her for saving his life in the Luoshui Secret Realm..." Yun Mengzi rested enough in the chair, and as soon as he caught his breath, he started to make a teapot to boil spiritual liquid to make tea.
"Anyway, she is now a Nascent Soul True Sovereign. A Nascent Soul disciple can already take the position of an elder in a small sect. Naturally, she can no longer compete with a bunch of kids like you for things."
Chu Sheng naturally helped to boil the spiritual liquid, but upon hearing this, she gasped. "The whole family of the rabbit demon! How many demons would that be? Is Senior Sister Gu Xuan okay?"
"It's okay, you won't die. There are only a dozen or so rabbit monsters. Although it's a bit sudden, your senior sister Gu Xuan will definitely be able to withstand it." Yun Mengzi took out a small cup carved from a whole piece of fine spiritual jade. Chu Sheng took the cup and began to pour tea.
"She has already passed the thunder tribulation that leads to the Nascent Soul stage before she even came out of seclusion. Who knows, she might even reach the middle stage of the Nascent Soul stage after she comes out of seclusion."
Chu Sheng silently made the sign of the cross for Gu Xuan in his heart, offering her his most sincere blessings. But then again...
"According to the date, Senior Brother Ye Ziqing should be back. It should be okay to let Senior Brother Ziqing lead the team, right?" Chu Sheng came up with another candidate from his mind.
"In the early stage of the Golden Core stage, he has no emotional entanglements and is wholeheartedly devoted to studying drawing techniques. He is one of the most skilled young disciples in the sect!"
Although Ye Ziqing, as a technical talent, can only draw various vivid picture albums and seems to have a weak fighting ability, but judging by his high attainments in this area, he is definitely a leader in the world of cultivation!
"Would the little Si Chun you thought of not have thought of it?" Yun Mengzi blew on the surface of the tea and took a sip of it with an indifferent expression.
"You know Ziqing is a skilled technician. Unfortunately, when he signed a contract with Duobao Pagoda, he failed to complete the requirements within the agreed timeframe, so Duobao Pagoda took him away according to the contract."
"Brother Ziqing, why is he putting off his manuscript again?" Chu Sheng spat out a mouthful of tea. "Some time ago, he owed the Beast Taming Sect a manuscript for three years, and wasn't it just that the grumpy creditor arrested him and put him in solitary confinement for six months before he finished it?"
"Yes, it was taken away by the people from Duobao Pagoda right after it was finished. The orders from Duobao Pagoda have been outstanding for more than a year and a half, and the employers are lining up to put it up for auction." Yun Mengzi continued leisurely.
"It's estimated that he won't be able to come out for at least a year or two. Even if he wants to participate, he will just be dragged out by Duobao Tower as a pendant, so don't count on him."
"They actually let me, a mere Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, lead the team..." Chu Sheng covered her face in despair. "Don't Master Si Chun and the elders feel ashamed?"
"After all, comparing them in all aspects, the Jindan-stage cultivators in the sect all have their own reasons for not being able to take on important responsibilities," Yun Mengzi consoled. "You are already very outstanding, and I believe everyone will recognize your achievements."
"If some disciples disagree, that's fine." Yun Mengzi gently said something terrifying to Chu Sheng. "Don't worry, it's because you haven't been back for a long time. I'm sure the children in the sect will welcome you, Sheng'er, to teach them a lesson once again, taking advantage of the sect competition."
"... Let's talk about the issue of the Tianjiao List, Master." Before leaving the sect, Chu Sheng, who was in a bad mood because he heard someone making fun of Yun Mengzi, put sacks on all the troublemakers in the sect one by one and beat them up, quickly chose to skip this topic.
"The list of geniuses? It's just a ranking magic weapon that has been opened a little less frequently. There's nothing special about it." The considerate Yun Mengzi allowed Chu Sheng to change the subject. He yawned, and after feeling Chu Sheng's somewhat resentful gaze, he reluctantly explained.
"If you lived as long as I have, and saw the Tianjiao Ranking open 18,000 times, you would think it's no big deal."
Although Wan'er Baqianci and the like may think it is just a joke, the life span of a Mahayana cultivator is indeed very long, and a hundred years is just a slightly longer period of time for them.
Chu Sheng was choked by Yun Mengzi's words and could only silently continue complaining from another place. "Even if you say so, the ancient ruins are quite difficult to enter..."
"Hmm? Master, I just said that the old fellows of Zhongnan Dao Sect were willing to spend a lot of money on this, and didn't say anything else, right?"
The great monk in red clothes and snow-white hair yawned, then began to take out spiritual fruits from the Sumeru mustard seed he carried with him, peeling them and throwing them into his mouth to eat.
"It's not like I don't have ancient ruins. It's just that the one from Zhongnan Dao Sect is bigger, and probably contains more goodies. If this one doesn't work, we still have our own. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
It’s not like the master doesn’t have…it’s not like he doesn’t have…
Yun Mengzi glanced at Chu Sheng's widening eyes and reached out to stuff a fruit into her mouth. "Come back to your senses, my good disciple. Don't tell me that these things frightened you so much."
“No… Master, I mean…” Chu Sheng said vaguely while chewing the fruit that was put into his mouth.
"I really need to come out and broaden my horizons. Otherwise, I won't even have a clear idea of how rich our sect's wealth is, or how much you've wasted your spiritual stones in raising a disciple like me."
"Isn't it normal to waste spirit stones raising a disciple?" Yun Mengzi said matter-of-factly. "If I don't put in some effort and keep my standards high when raising him, and some wild kid from another family snatches him away with a few bottles of pills, I'm afraid I'll vomit blood and die!"
Chu Sheng immediately reflected on himself briefly.
When Gui Xuan said that he wanted to become her Taoist partner, she didn't refuse decisively, but thought about it seriously for a moment... She was really sorry for her master's careful cultivation!
Next time, I must wait until I have taken advantage of Gui Xuan's ability to help me advance my mind skills before I ruthlessly reject him! First came the Master, then came her. Although the colorful world outside is dazzling, it turns out that only the Master's side is my eternal home!
Gui Xuan, who was getting impatient with Guizhi Fuling’s endless lecture, said: A-choo!
Although Yun Mengzi's sudden arrival interrupted Chu Sheng's abnormal process of purification, it helped Chu Sheng solve a problem:
Regarding the special features of the Hehuan Tongxin Jue that have recently been revealed, the idea that Chu Sheng had been unsure about for a long time was personally acknowledged by Yun Mengzi.
"The reason why the Hehuan Tongxin Jue is called Tongxin Jue is because as the tacit understanding between the cultivator and others grows and their minds connect, the degree of auxiliary cultivation increases, thus achieving twice the result with half the effort."
Yun Mengzi instructed Chu Sheng. "But simply talking about tacit understanding is a bit too abstract. It's great that you can associate it with things like help and kindness. It means you've already started."
Chu Sheng seemed to be lost in thought.
Could it be that my channel is about traveling through time and space and being a red scarf in the world of cultivation, doing good deeds???
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