Chapter 105 Sword Dao Opportunity 4 Hearing Xie Jiaoyue's voice once again...
Upon hearing Xie Jiaoyue's voice once again, Gong Shi Moyu felt utterly despicable.
How could he be so caught up in his memories in such a dangerous situation, where the Gongshi clan could ambush him at any moment, that he had lowered his guard, ignored the slightest movement around him, and only remembered his own little scheme?
If Xie Jiaoyue hadn't spoken up, he wouldn't have noticed that they had already covered most of the distance and the thatched hut was right in front of them.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong along the way, and Xie Jiaoyue was completely unaware of Gong Shi Moyu's problem, her heart filled only with excitement at the imminent arrival at their destination.
Xie Jiaoyue did not let her guard down. According to the logic of typical plot development, this is often when the protagonist truly faces a test.
Sure enough, as soon as Xie Jiaoyue prepared all her muscles and mobilized her spiritual energy from her dantian to fill all her meridians, her aura suddenly intensified.
She pursed her lips, suppressing even a muffled groan, but her footsteps suddenly became heavier, thumping loudly on the ground.
Behind her, Gongshi Moyu silently shook his head. Sure enough, time flies, and Xie Jiaoyue still likes to act tough.
Xie Jiaoyue herself didn't think there was anything wrong with her. This was always her principle. All the vulnerability that others saw was something she deliberately wanted others to see, and she always had her own purpose in doing so. She always gained something from it.
She won't really expose her vulnerability, because that could very well become a weapon for others to attack her.
She neither liked it nor wanted to.
Of course, she wasn't just trying to be strong. For example, right now, she didn't want to straighten her back like Gong Shi Moyu, but instead bent it slightly to put herself in the most comfortable position, so that she could withstand stronger pressure and travel a longer distance.
The pressure was just getting stronger.
Xie Jiaoyue had no choice but to start complaining to distract herself.
"Brother Moyu, do you think Chu Xingjin has also experienced such overwhelming pressure? Chu Xingjin looks tough on the outside but weak on the inside, and he looks like he could be crushed easily. How did he manage to withstand this situation?"
Gongshi Moyu said, "Doesn't Jiaoyue like him? What does she like about him? Is he all bark and no bite?"
Ever since Xie Jiaoyue learned that Gongshi Moyu was from the same hometown as her, she has become more and more relaxed in front of Gongshi Moyu, to the point that she often forgets that she still has a persona.
She vaguely remembered the system saying that it could not completely control Gongshi Moyu, and that Gongshi Moyu could exist outside the system to a certain extent.
But she couldn't be sure that if she lost her composure in front of Gong Shi Moyu, it might affect her future mission rewards.
Although Chu Xingjin has been drifting further and further away from her lately, and there's a hint that he's escaping her side again, and there might be fewer and fewer missions in the future, Xie Jiaoyue still doesn't dare to take the risk.
But she was unwilling to completely deceive Gong Shi Moyu.
"I... well, I know all his flaws and shortcomings, but for some reason, I choose to accept everything about him. Perhaps one day when that reason disappears, I will be able to let go of all of this."
Gongshi Moyu was completely confused and even suspected that Chu Xingjin had cast a spell on Xie Jiaoyue to control her.
But he had never heard of someone in the Qi Refining stage being able to perform such advanced techniques.
Gong Shi Moyu also gave an ambiguous answer: "Well, when that day comes, I will be happy for you too."
Perhaps it's also for my own sake.
Xie Jiaoyue sighed repeatedly: "Actually, besides being strong on the outside but weak on the inside, Chu Xingjin has a whole host of flaws. For example, he always thinks highly of himself and always has a superior attitude. He looks down on me, a mere furnace cauldron, even though my cultivation level is higher than his. He still seems to think that I should be inferior to him just because I am a furnace cauldron."
She vented her frustrations in one go, from his stinginess to his arrogance, from his penchant for petty tricks and scheming to his tendency to shirk responsibility. The more she talked, the angrier she became, and the more she felt that this kind of man was completely unworthy of the original owner. She thought that God had no taste at all, how could He have chosen such a useless man as the protagonist?
Believe it or not, there are quite a few men like this in real life, and they are often the protagonists of their own lives—they're all examples of "phoenix men" (men from humble backgrounds who achieve success despite adversity).
Xie Jiaoyue's voice grew softer and softer as she spoke, until finally it was just a whisper.
She tried to keep herself energized by venting and chatting, but talking itself is a physically demanding activity. In the end, she could only grit her teeth and persevere, letting out a few broken words through her teeth.
Gong Shi Moyu's condition was even worse than Xie Jiaoyue's. Although his cultivation was higher than Xie Jiaoyue's, for some reason, his endurance seemed to be lower than Xie Jiaoyue's.
A faint sword aura had begun to appear in the air, sharp and fierce, making even the slightest breeze sting one's cheeks, and touching them revealed traces of blood.
Xie Jiaoyue touched her face, feeling a stinging pain. She smiled bitterly and said, "Oh my god, am I going to ruin my face for such an opportunity?"
Gong Shi Moyu said, "No, cultivators heal faster and leave no trace. Even if the scars don't disappear afterward, once you become a Golden Core cultivator, you will undergo a spiritual energy baptism to cleanse your marrow and refine your essence. At that time, you will be reborn, and all the scars that shouldn't exist on your body will disappear."
Xie Jiaoyue looked up and saw that the thatched hut was already very close, as if she could reach out and touch it.
The small thatched hut gradually magnified in her eyes, transforming from a tiny hut with only two rooms, capable of holding just a few people, into a colossal behemoth like a giant whale in the ocean, almost completely filling her field of vision.
Xie Jiaoyue knew that this was just a hallucination caused by her mental tension. It was because the pressure she was under was too strong, and her body was creating some non-existent images to make her leave quickly in order to protect herself.
Ha, did you really think such a small difficulty would make her leave?
Absolutely impossible!
She had to persevere; cultivating immortality was her life's work, and how could she tolerate the slightest negligence in her career!
Even if she faints here today, she will never back down a single step!
The next second, Xie Jiaoyue collapsed to the ground.
The moment she fell to the ground, the oppressive aura around her vanished abruptly. Instead of sinking deep into the earth, she lay limply on the soft ground, covered in loose mud, her sweat and dirt turning her into a cute mud doll.
Gongshi Moyu struggled to take another step forward, causing himself to crash next to Xie Jiaoyue.
Gong Shi Moyu was the first to lose consciousness, while Xie Jiaoyue still maintained her basic five senses.
Xie Jiaoyue stubbornly kept her eyes open, though she was too tired to lift her head and could only see the small patch of land in front of her.
A pair of black cloth shoes covered in mud appeared on this small plot of land.
Xie Jiaoyue tried her best to prop her head up on the stone next to her so that she could look upwards.
The man in black cloth shoes squatted down, and a dark, unshaven face came into Xie Jiaoyue's view.
Xie Jiaoyue was completely oblivious to the man's disheveled appearance; every cell in her body was excited by his presence.
Such pure and harmonious sword intent gathered in one person, making him seem like a human-shaped longsword standing in the world. Anyone who looked at him felt as if their eyes were being pierced by an invisible sharpness.
Xie Jiaoyue refused to blink, her eyes brimming with tears, as if afraid that the person in front of her would disappear in the blink of an eye.
She excitedly cried out in a breathy voice, "Please, please take me as your apprentice!"
After saying that, Xie Jiaoyue completely fainted.
When Xie Jiaoyue woke up, it was already dark.
She opened her eyes and found herself lying on a simple bed made of thatch.
She tried to move her arm, but found that she couldn't move it at all.
It's because I was too tired before.
It wasn't just the physical fatigue on her face; Xie Jiaoyue tried to mobilize the spiritual energy in her dantian and found it dry and painful because she had used too much spiritual energy climbing the mountain, draining it all from her dantian.
No, it's not just that.
With nothing to do, Xie Jiaoyue simply lay on the bed and began to cultivate her spiritual energy. However, after cultivating for a while, she realized that something was wrong.
She actually broke through again, advancing from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to the middle stage.
Xie Jiaoyue cultivated happily, not even feeling distressed by the intense throbbing pain in her dantian, only feeling bliss.
She's really capable; she's seized another rare opportunity.
Once her dantian was full, Xie Jiaoyue felt that her vocal cords had almost recovered. She tried calling out, "Brother Moyu?"
There was no answer; Gongshi Moyu was not in the room.
She wasn't worried. Since she could lie here comfortably, Gongshi Moyu should be lying somewhere else too.
That sword cultivator, oh no, sword master, sword hero, clearly had no ill intentions towards them.
People who enjoy practicing swordsmanship are definitely not bad people.
Xie Jiaoyue was so determined that even before she had recovered enough to move, she began to think about how to become an apprentice.
She felt she hadn't seen this part of the story in the book, so she didn't know what Chu Xingjin's resource it was, and could only guess based on the limited information she had.
This person's sword aura is awe-inspiring, indicating that he is a rare sword genius, and his current cultivation level is not low. It is just unknown whether he is at the Golden Core stage, the Nascent Soul stage, or even higher.
With such high talent, this person would be placed in a high position and receive supreme respect in any aristocratic family, and even as an outsider, he would be able to interfere in the core affairs of the family.
But this person chose to live in the Azure Kite Secret Realm.
There are only two possibilities: either he is trapped here, or he voluntarily chooses to live here.
Xie Jiaoyue quickly ruled out the first possibility after a brief thought. This person was a highly skilled swordsman with the strongest attack power, making it difficult for such a person to be trapped in a low-level secret realm.
Therefore, this great swordsman actually chose to live in seclusion, choosing to isolate himself from the world and reside in a place far removed from human affairs.
What is the reason? Because he has transcended the world and seen through the coldness and warmth of people's hearts, he cannot be moved by emotions and only wants to live in the mountains and fields to focus on his own path?
So what would such a person like like?
Although Xie Jiaoyue had a lot of money, she really didn't know how to please him in this situation.
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