Chapter 26: The potential for advancement should be fought for
"You're right. Why don't you take in two more disciples this time to help you share the burden."
Seeing Bai Yunshu's leisurely look, Geng Jihuan threw the account book away and chose to lie down.
"Let's wait and see. We'll see after the Trial Conference. By then, the group that went out for training should be back. Oh, and then we have to calculate the spirit stones that are distributed as per the monthly schedule..."
When she thought of this, she picked up the account book that she had discarded and placed it on the table obediently.
Bai Yunshu looked at her like that and smiled helplessly.
"You don't have to give me mine. Take out this month's money and buy some nourishing food for those new disciples. If that doesn't work, cook them a meat dish. I think their eyes would light up."
Geng Jihuan didn't believe it.
"Is it that serious? There's nothing I can do. Fasting means eating light food."
"If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself."
Bai Yunshu gestured to her, and Geng Jihuan thought about it.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
She plans to let her disciples eat meat at the end of the month.
As for the course progress, Bai Yunshu and Yue Daiyuan were responsible for the first half of the month, and Geng Jihuan and Nan Lezhi were responsible for the second half. After Bai Yunshu finished teaching the essentials and mantras of sword-flying, he returned to Mu Sheng Peak and lay down.
After learning how to draw Qi into the body, the disciples knew how to skillfully control the gathered spiritual power and began to learn to wield swords.
The sword is a very ordinary iron sword, but one needs to transfer one's spiritual energy to the sword, let it move according to one's thoughts, and be able to move the whole person.
Yue Daiyuan asked him to swing the sword eight thousand times every day. Only by holding the sword steadily could he move people, and he also had to master the basic sword techniques.
The effect of body building is already evident, and the disciples can do it if they grit their teeth. However, as for controlling the sword and concentrating the mind, they find it extremely difficult.
After all, internal strength, sword intent, and mantras are all indispensable. In half a month, there are only a few people who can control the sword steadily, and many people fall flat on their faces while standing on the sword.
Even Yan Weiwan was staggering and rarely completed a circle smoothly. Yin Huan's spiritual power fluctuated greatly, and he could complete it easily when it was stable, but accidents always happened.
Yue Daiyuan couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
"With your talent, you still want to cultivate immortality? Go home and farm! You haven't gotten the hang of it in half a month."
She looked at everyone and spoke sternly.
Some disciples were indignant, and Yue Daiyuan spoke directly
"Those who can't stand being preached to, get off the mountain immediately. Xuan Yingzong won't try to stop you. Don't get in my way here. You can't carve up a rotten tree."
There was actually a disciple who put down his sword on the spot and quit, took his bag from Geng Jihuan and left.
Yan Weiwan looked at the people leaving and asked Yin Huan.
"Do you think they will regret it?"
Yin Huan shook his head.
"I don't know. There are three thousand great ways, each with its own path. Perhaps some people are really not suited to cultivating immortality?"
She looked at Yan Weiwan.
"Many of them are the best among ordinary people, and can even be called geniuses. But here, there are too many geniuses, and they are still being called useless. It's normal that they can't stand it. Will you give up and leave?"
Yan Weiwan shook his head firmly.
"That's definitely not the case. Perhaps returning to the common people would be easy, but I'm Yan Weiwan. I just want to strive for progress. I want to cultivate, and no matter how hard it is, I won't give up."
Yin Huan looked at her with a passionate look, and her smile turned up.
She was also very excited at first, but was soon ridiculed by Yue Daiyuan.
She had poor control over the sword, and it flew towards the crowd several times, almost injuring other disciples by mistake.
Yue Daiyuan asked her.
"What is the purpose of your joining Xuanying?"
Yin Huan chose to tell the truth.
"No reason, just for Elder Ying Su. I just want to be her disciple."
She spoke word by word, and was interrupted by Yue Daiyuan raising her hand the next second.
"With your qualifications, how can you be her apprentice? Put away your unrealistic fantasies."
Yin Huan thought of the day when she first met Xuanying, and someone said that Bai Yunshu would not accept her as a disciple.
She gave a wry smile.
"You're not the first person to say that, but I have my own persistence. I will prove it to you, Elder Yue. Why are you so aggressive? Did Elder Yue achieve enlightenment in one step when he first started practicing?"
Isn't it just flying a sword? It only took her five days to master the trick before, so she should be able to do it quickly now.
There are always people who say that hard work is nothing compared to talent and opportunity, but she just doesn't believe it.
Yin Huan is in a fight with Yue Daiyuan.
Yin Huan openly challenged Yue Daiyuan, and Yue Daiyuan's face turned very dark.
"Really? Then I'd like to see what you can do."
No one dared to breathe, and Yue Daiyuan just turned away.
Yan Weiwan asked Yin Huan about it afterwards.
"Why are you so obsessed with Elder Ying Su, from the moment you first arrived until now?"
Yin Huan looked into the distance and replied to her in an unusually calm tone.
"She saved me and led me here to learn from her master, so I want to become her disciple."
She didn't tell the real reason.
She just wanted to expose her hypocrisy to the world.
On a deeper level, there is another reason.
All the disciples here are very good, and she doesn't want them to choose Bai Yunshu's path, especially Yan Weiwan.
Yan Weiwan is her first friend, and with her qualifications, she is likely to be the first.
Yin Huan didn't dare to think that she would become Bai Yunshu's disciple, would choose the path of common people, would die...
Yan Weiwan nodded thoughtfully and patted her shoulder to encourage her.
"Then let's work hard together!"
Yin Huan smiled and nodded.
As the trial meeting was on a tight schedule, the disciples had their private practice time after dinner in the afternoon.
Some are alone, others are in groups of three or five, discussing the essentials and trying to figure out how to master balance and control.
Yin Huan and Yan Weiwan both held their swords and began to practice with painful expressions on their faces.
Yan Weiwan was already able to fly the sword steadily, but he couldn't fly too high. Yin Huan saw it and felt anxious.
She chanted the incantation, controlled the sword to float up, and jumped directly onto it.
Because Yue Daiyuan looked down on her, she basically practiced with resentment.
She controlled the sword, thinking about her target.
The sword flew faster and higher.
Seeing that she was able to control it, Yan Weiwan encouraged her not to be afraid.
Yin Huan was certainly not afraid, but she discovered another fatal problem.
She couldn't block her own spiritual energy. As if sensing what she was thinking, the sword led her straight towards Mu Sheng Peak.
Yin Huan thought it was over!
From Yan Weiwan's perspective, she disappeared in a flash.
She tried hard to control the sword, chanting the order to stop the sword, but it was completely useless.
Until she flew above Mu Sheng Peak, the sword suddenly stopped, and Yin Huan's eyes turned black.
The sound of the wind echoed in her ears, she closed her eyes tightly, waiting for the pain to come.
She was panic-stricken and her whole body was stiff.
“Hmm…”
But the pain she imagined did not come. She hit a soft pad of flesh and heard a familiar groan in her ears.
Bai Yunshu really couldn't understand why a sword and a person fell from the sky?
It hit her right on top.
She had just released blood to nourish the insect and was currently practicing qigong and regulating her breathing.
Blood parasites are not welcomed by people. She even practiced some skills to provide blood essence. However, after being disturbed like this, the skills backfired.
"puff!"
Due to the collision, she vomited blood, and the next second there was another person in her arms.
She looked down and saw Yin Huan slowly opening his eyes.
Their eyes met, and there was complete silence.
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