Chapter 183 His cultivation ultimately stopped at the Nascent Soul stage…
Si Yao naturally noticed Wen Yin's expression. In order not to reveal her identity, Si Yao put away her natal sword and gave the senior a dagger instead.
She placed her hand on her waist; if there was any unusual movement from the other side, she wouldn't hesitate to take action.
The two sides remained deadlocked for a while. The disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect were very angry at Si Yao's words, but they did not dare to make a move easily.
The sect has its own rules. If word gets out about what happened here, you will definitely be punished by the law enforcement elders when you return.
In the end, Li Huang took out the money and threw it on the table, saying, "Then we'll buy this meal."
"Then what about the fact that you delayed my meal? I was eating peacefully, why are you being nosy?" Si Yao retorted without backing down.
These disciples, backed by the Heavenly Sword Sect, are used to being fawned over and have forgotten some important things. As disciples of a sect, their duty is to subdue demons and monsters, but they look down on ordinary people just because someone calls them "immortal master."
Hearing Si Yao say this, the disciples looked at each other, then took out more money and threw it on the table. "Is this enough?"
Si Yao accepted the money, and her attitude softened. She cupped her hands in thanks to the group and said, "That's enough. Thank you all. Goodbye forever."
Passing by Wen Yin, he smiled and said, "This female cultivator, you see your senior brothers are quite wealthy, why do you need to be so generous with my money if you want to do good deeds? We're not even acquainted."
Si Yao weighed the money bag in her hand and sincerely thanked them.
Cultivators are required to abstain from grains, but Si Yao has maintained the habit of eating for many years.
Whether she eats or not isn't really important to her. The main thing is that she's always kept this habit in her heart. Si Yao always feels like she's still that child in the village, and she still thinks about what it's like when her parents are by her side.
Si Yao wandered around, finding everything new and exciting. The things before her were both strange and familiar; it had been a long time since she had stopped to look at these things.
Every blade of grass and every tree could make her stop and take her time to look at it.
She was brought to the Heavenly Sword Sect by Daoist Chongming when she was very young, and she has been diligently studying and practicing in the sect ever since, never daring to slack off. Even when she goes down the mountain, she leads her disciples to exorcise demons and monsters. As the senior sister, she has to protect the safety of her junior brothers and sisters, and she is always watching out for any monsters around her. She has never really looked closely at what the human world looks like.
At this moment, Si Yao was in a better mood than ever before. When she passed by a jewelry shop, she suddenly remembered a silver hairpin that her father had given to her mother.
So much time had passed that she could hardly remember what her father and mother looked like anymore. Standing at the entrance of the jewelry shop, she suddenly remembered something.
My memory of my mother is that she seemed very happy, holding me and humming lullabies. I realized I don't have much jewelry, and I don't necessarily need to wear it, but I just want to buy some.
Si Yao is not short of money. Her senior gave her a lot of silver, which she felt she could never spend it all.
Buy whatever you want, don't worry, I'll pay for it.
It's hard to say about other things, but Xiang Bei doesn't lack money; she can easily get some by redeeming points.
"Thank you, senior."
Si Yao carefully selected a few items, paid the bill, and was about to leave when Wen Yin and her group arrived again.
"Senior Brother Li, look! This hairpin is so pretty!" Wen Yin reached out to touch Si Yao's things.
Si Yao slapped it away without any politeness.
"These are my things, please don't touch them."
Wen Yin's eyes instantly welled up with tears. "Since you're the one who wants to buy it, even if you haven't paid yet, can't I even take a look?"
Si Yao scoffed, "I'm sorry, I've already paid for it. This is my stuff, and I don't want anyone else touching it."
Junior apprentice Liao Shuo still hadn't learned his lesson. "What's wrong with that, shopkeeper? We'll buy the hairpin. I'll pay double the price. You can give her her money back."
Si Yao was so angry at this group of people that she laughed. It turned out that it wasn't just Wen Yin; these junior brothers also had their own set of logic.
They came down the mountain to train, and before they even left the Heavenly Sword Sect's territory, they started eating, drinking, and buying jewelry. How can these people have the nerve to complain that their cultivation hasn't improved?
If they were to actually improve with this kind of behavior, that would be terrible.
The shopkeeper looked at Liao Shuo and his group, recognizing the sect robes he was wearing. He looked at Si Yao without saying a word, hoping she would give up the robes on her own initiative.
He can't afford to offend the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Si Yao completely ignored the shopkeeper's gaze. "Don't look at me. Look at whether they have enough silver. Even people from major sects can't just take things from ordinary people for free."
"Who do you think you are? It's just money." Li Huang threw a money bag over. "We'll take everything you bought."
The shopkeeper looked around, reached out and opened the money bag that Li Huang had thrown over, glanced at it, and then awkwardly pushed it back, "I'm sorry, esteemed immortals, you really don't have enough silver."
Si Yao put the items away and clicked her tongue, saying, "Some people are really ridiculous. They like to spout nonsense and don't even have any money, yet they want to buy things."
The group of people blushed after Si Yao's words and immediately took out the silver they had to chip in. The shopkeeper was getting impatient. Just because he couldn't afford to offend the sect disciples didn't mean he could tolerate them putting on a show of wealth when they had no money.
"Not enough, not enough. This hairpin of mine is inlaid with spirit stones, so it's naturally not cheap. If you can't afford it, then don't cause trouble here. Even if you're a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, you still have to be reasonable. If you keep making trouble, don't blame me for reporting you to your sect."
The shopkeeper didn't want to offend the major sects, but his backer wasn't an ordinary person either. Otherwise, why would he use spirit stones to decorate the hairpin? He still had the confidence to face them.
Wen Yin tugged at Liao Shuo's sleeve, "Junior Brother, I think we should forget about it and go."
The shopkeeper muttered, "If you don't have money, don't talk big to win a girl's heart. If you're not buying, hurry up and leave. Gentlemen, I won't see you off."
Liao Shuo's face turned green. "Who said we wouldn't buy? I'll take all the most expensive items in your store."
"Then pay up."
Liao Shuo said stiffly, "I'll leave it here for a few days, and I'll come back to pay later."
The shopkeeper rolled his eyes. "I see you're ugly but you think you're so great. Do you even have the money to pay? You dare to say such things without even paying? Aren't you afraid of your tongue getting twisted? Get out of here, get out of here, don't delay my business."
The group of people were kicked out by the shopkeeper, and their faces were very unpleasant.
But then the shopkeeper turned to Si Yao and fawned over her, "Sir, I'm so sorry about earlier. How about this, I'll give you a 30% discount on all those items and refund part of your money?"
While they were talking, the shopkeeper had already returned part of the silver to Si Yao and even went out to see her off.
The group of people looked even more displeased upon seeing this.
Si Yao couldn't be bothered with them. These people were out to exorcise demons, yet they were leisurely eating, shopping, and buying things here. The future of the sect was going to be handed over to them; that was truly outrageous. She had no intention of meddling in other people's business. To avoid running into those people and getting entangled in pointless trouble, Si Yao ran away that very night.
She hadn't forgotten her own business; she couldn't waste her energy on those unworthy people.
When Si Yao arrived at the riverbank and was about to board the boat, the boatman waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "No, miss, we don't cross the river at night."
Si Yao nodded and then turned and walked down another road.
There are so many roads, there's bound to be one you can take.
It was getting late, so she just found a place to rest.
Si Yao lay down on the ground, trying to sense the earth's spiritual energy. After lying there for a long time, she obviously failed, as she couldn't detect even a trace of spiritual energy here.
After lying there for a while, she felt really uncomfortable, so she climbed up a tree and lay down. Using her wood spirit root, she surrounded herself with branches and leaves, creating a shelter.
After daybreak, Si Yao continued her journey.
He never gave up on cultivation along the way, for strength is what truly belongs to him.
Cultivating with three spiritual roots is not easy, and the progress is much slower. The more spiritual energy in her dantian, the less spiritual energy she has around her. In fact, her cultivation even shows signs of regression.
Only Si Yao herself could perceive the spiritual energy within her body, which was a good thing for her.
She tried several times but couldn't find a way to draw out the earth's spiritual energy. Si Yao also realized that the appearance of spiritual energy also requires opportunity, and she had come out now precisely to find that opportunity.
Not wanting to encounter anyone, Si Yao simply chose to walk on some secluded paths. The more she walked, the more desolate it became. Every time she thought there was no way forward, a path would appear.
She had no idea where she was, but she had seniors to talk to along the way, so it wasn't too boring.
Until one day, I walked into a village.
To be precise, it was Si Yao who lost her footing and fell.
In order to find the opportunity to draw out the earth spirit root, she did not fly on her sword. In the past few days, she walked step by step on her own, just to make herself more in touch with the earth.
Who knew that when they came out of the woods, they would lose their footing and fall.
Si Yao landed firmly with a few leaps, crushing something beneath her feet. When she turned around, she saw a group of people staring at her.
Seeing her look over, the group of people suddenly knelt down and kept kowtowing, chanting, "The gods have appeared! The gods have appeared!"
Si Yao looked down and realized that she had jumped down right onto the objects these people were offering sacrifices to.
Looking up, one could see a demonic aura shrouding the village.
This demonic aura felt strangely familiar.
"Goddess, please save us! We beg you to save us!"
Si Yao learned from the villagers that there was indeed a monster causing trouble here. The monster specifically ate children, and these people had secretly come here to offer sacrifices because their child was about to be born.
Those who had come here to worship before had never seen the deity, but what if the deity appeared? With this hope, they came to worship, hoping to save their children.
The gods really did appear.
After hearing their account of what had happened, Si Yao was also puzzled. "If that's the case, why didn't you run away?"
"We dare not run away. That monster is very powerful. If we run away and it catches us, it will kill us on the spot and hang us at the village entrance as a warning."
That monster doesn't eat adults, it only eats children.
If he's happy, the village will enjoy good weather and abundant harvests. But if he's displeased, the whole village will suffer.
Si Yao looked at the demonic aura in the sky; she was determined to take charge of this matter.
Eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path—isn't that the mission of cultivators?
The closer you get to that strange temple in the village, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.
According to the villagers, the monster only comes out during sacrificial rites. The only relatively safe place in the whole village is the area where they perform these rites. It's such a small place that it's difficult to even hide a person.
Everyone in the village knew each other, and when they saw Si Yao, they were all curious about who she was.
Those people dared not loudly reveal Si Yao's identity, and could only smile awkwardly. If the monster heard that they had asked a god to subdue it, it would be troublesome.
Si Yao dared not delay, for tonight was the night the monster would come out to eat children. The two families needed to offer a pair of children to the monster.
Looking at the two lively and adorable children, Si Yao frowned. Before this, innocent children had already been eaten by that monster.
Si Yao observed from the shadows, and had the two families replace their children with scarecrows and send them over. Si Yao muttered something under her breath, then pointed two fingers together towards the scarecrows, and the two scarecrows immediately transformed into the likenesses of the two children.
At midnight, the moon was also obscured, and the entire sky darkened.
It's unknown when the monster will appear. When it discovers that the two children are fake, it will surely become enraged and reveal itself completely. That will be the perfect opportunity for her to kill the monster.
As a gust of wind carrying a foul stench swept by, the black mist in the sky grew even thicker, and Si Yao could already smell the demonic aura.
It was just too dark around, so I couldn't see what kind of monster it was.
Its eyes are very big, and they look like red lanterns.
As it approached, the scarecrow child on the tray fell to the ground, revealing its true form.
The monster grabbed the scarecrow and tore it to pieces.
"Damn it, how dare you try to fool me with this stuff! I'm going to kill all of you humans!"
The monster was indeed angry, and it surged into the sky amidst billowing black mist.
Si Yao seized the opportunity and rushed forward, summoning her natal sword and stabbing it towards the monster's eyes.
Unexpectedly, the monster was extremely agile and dodged the attack. Si Yao's sword struck it, producing a hard clanging sound.
Something else fell down. Si Yao stepped back and glanced at it. The thing that had fallen in front of her was a scale.
It's a dragon monster; its teeth are poisonous. Be careful!
"Thank you, senior." Si Yao nodded, picked up her natal sword, and went up to fight again.
That dragon monster also came with the intention of killing her.
"You are... a cultivator?"
Having confirmed Si Yao's identity, the dragon monster immediately laughed, "Compared to those children, a cultivator's cultivation is much more nourishing. Let me eat you obediently."
"If you want to eat me, then come on over."
The longer Si Yao fought with it in mid-air, the stronger the fishy stench on its body became.
The demonic aura emanating from his body was exceptionally strong.
Several times, Si Yao was almost hit by the dragon monster's tail, but the gust of wind it generated left a wound on her cheek.
"Overestimating yourself!"
The dragon monster's claws were aimed straight at Si Yao's heart. Si Yao met the attack head-on and seized the opportunity to stab the dragon monster several times, scraping off several of its scales.
"Damn it! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"
The dragon monster grew increasingly angry, and Si Yao, locked in combat with it, was nearly exhausted.
Her cultivation level is still not strong enough.
Xiang Bei offered to help her, but she refused.
"No need, I can manage on my own."
As she spoke, Si Yao charged forward again with her sword, then seized an opportunity and stabbed the dragon monster in the vital spot. The price she paid was being swatted away by the dragon monster's tail.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Si Yao drew her sword and cut off the dragon monster's tail, but the dragon monster still managed to escape.
After landing, Si Yao used her sword to support herself and barely managed to stand. She thought her strength was enough, but now she realized that her strength was far less than she had imagined.
"Fairy, are you alright?" Some people came out of their homes after seeing the dragon monster run away.
Si Yao stood there, then sat down cross-legged. She felt like she couldn't move her body, but she still managed a smile to reassure the villagers, "It's alright. That dragon monster was seriously injured and has escaped. It will take a hundred years to recover. You are all safe now."
"That's wonderful!" the villagers exclaimed excitedly.
Some villagers invited Si Yao to their homes to rest, but Si Yao declined.
"No need, you guys go back and rest first, I'm fine."
Once the villagers were sure she was really alright, they went home happily.
It's still dark, so they can get some rest, and their child is safe.
After the villagers left, Si Yao closed her eyes, made a lotus hand gesture with her fingers, and sat there quietly.
Yellowish-brown specks of light appeared around her.
She sensed it; it was the spiritual energy of earth. She quickly guided those things into her body, and the earth spiritual root in her dantian also underwent changes.
Water generates wood, wood generates fire, and fire generates earth.
Her earth elemental root was actually drawn out because she drove away the dragon monster.
Even the golden spiritual root was revealed.
Earth generates metal, and metal generates fire.
Si Yao integrated the five elements, and the metal spiritual root naturally appeared.
The five elements of spiritual energy circulated freely in her dantian, and actually generated spiritual energy on its own. This result was something Si Yao had not expected.
Spiritual energy circulated around her, and even her wounds healed automatically.
Si Yao opened her eyes, looking somewhat surprised. The five elements of spiritual energy were still appearing continuously, and her cultivation level was also constantly improving.
From the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to the late-Foundation Establishment stage, and then to the Golden Core stage.
Si Yao was able to clearly perceive the shape of the golden core within her body, and then she saw obvious cloud patterns appear on the golden core.
Ultimately, his cultivation level stopped at the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
When she entered the Nascent Soul stage, three bolts of heavenly lightning descended from the sky. Si Yao closed her eyes and focused on sensing her five elemental meridians. She had an epiphany and realized that it was the defensive barrier that her spiritual root itself had raised that allowed her to block the three bolts of heavenly lightning during her epiphany.
Xiang Bei exclaimed, "Master, does this mean that Si Yao is extremely talented in cultivation?"
The system said smugly, "Of course. Apart from the female lead's halo, this is no ordinary talent. In such a short time, she was able to activate all five spiritual roots in her body at the same time. This is already a genius among geniuses in the cultivation world."
When Si Yao opened her eyes, it was already broad daylight.
Many villagers were watching her. When Si Yao woke up, they looked at her respectfully and told her about the strange phenomena they had seen the night before.
At that moment, Si Yao was surrounded by colorful light, making her look as if she was about to ascend to heaven.
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