Chapter 17 Public Execution
"Yan'er, Yan'er!"
The casual cultivator called Du Shuangyan several times but got no response, so he pulled Du Shuangyan's sleeve anxiously:
"Yan'er, why don't you say anything? I've called you several times!"
Du Shuangyan suddenly came back to her senses and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Brother Nian, I was distracted..."
The next second, she looked at the casual cultivator meditating on the ground and asked in surprise, "Brother Nian, what are you doing?"
The casual cultivator said, "It's rare to meet a cultivator who has attained enlightenment. This is an opportunity bestowed upon us by God. Hurry up and cultivate, Yan'er. Every bit of benefit you can get is a plus!"
Du Shuangyan: “…”
Shouldn't we be thankful that the location of the Qi Sect is at the very edge of the entire Qingyun Mountain Range, with a tiny bit of land not within the range of the formation, which provides them with a place to meditate?
Du Shuangyan frowned tightly and said hesitantly: "But Brother Nian..."
The casual cultivator interrupted her impatiently: "You have to learn to adapt! People who cultivate the Tao should not be too concerned about their reputation. As long as we are strong enough, those who look down on us will bow down to us!"
"...No, Brother Nian, that's not what I meant..."
The casual cultivator closed his eyes and meditated, seemingly not wanting to pay any more attention to Du Shuangyan.
After a moment, he opened his eyes and said in confusion, "It's strange. There's such a huge spiritual energy vortex, and we're so close to it, how come we can't sense any spiritual energy at all?"
Du Shuangyan explained helplessly: "Qingyun cultivators are good at building formations, especially defensive formations. The Qingyun formation was built by thirty-three formation cultivators. It can completely isolate the overflow of spiritual energy and prevent it from being detected by the outside world, so..."
"Damn you, this great sect! You are so shameless that you are not willing to let others take away even a bit of your spiritual energy!"
The casual cultivator cursed angrily, summoned his spirit sword, and said to Du Shuangyan:
"Yan'er, let's not bother with them, let's go!"
"...Okay, Brother Nian."
Du Shuangyan followed the casual cultivator and sat on his spiritual sword, but the spiritual sword had just crashed into the formation, the sword body was damaged, and the vitality was greatly damaged. Now it was forced to move by the casual cultivator, and although it flew up crookedly, it was also flying very unsteadily.
Sitting on the spiritual sword that rose and fell, looking at the Qingyun Sect that was getting farther and farther away, Du Shuangyan felt empty in the heart, without any joy of achieving his goal.
…
Du Xueling's enlightenment lasted a whole day and night.
It was not until the next morning when the huge vortex of spiritual energy finally dissipated, revealing the devastated Qi Zong Square.
Du Xueling stood in the center of the square, holding a glazed sword in her hand that shone brightly, as if to compete with the sun.
At this moment, Du Xueling already had the aura of a Yuanying, but did not attract any thunder tribulation. It was obvious that she had reached the great perfection of the Golden Elixir, and was only one step away from becoming a baby.
A clever disciple was the first to speak up: "Congratulations to Senior Sister for breaking through three levels in a row and reaching the Golden Elixir Grand Perfection!"
The other disciples of Qi Sect also stood up and said in unison:
"Congratulations, Senior Sister!"
Nan Wang woke up a little late. By the time he wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth and stood up, the disciples had finished their words of congratulations.
Lingzhi exclaimed in amazement: "Eldest Senior Sister has reached the Golden Core Great Perfection Realm before she is even a hundred years old. There has never been such a legend in the sect. Eldest Senior Sister is truly the number one person under Yuanying, and a role model for our generation!"
Nanwang echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, a role model. We should all learn from our senior sister!"
"Brother, you..." Lingzhi glanced at Nanwang: "Are you awake?"
"What do you mean by waking up? I was meditating too hard and entered a state of unconscious flow!"
“…”
Lingzhi sighed and did not expose Nanwang's lie.
Brother’s efficiency in absorbing spiritual energy was obviously very high, but he fell asleep after a while, and his cultivation stopped automatically. No wonder he didn’t stay in the body refining stage for so many years...
Du Xueling had never thought that she could attain enlightenment and break through three small realms at once. In joy, she waved her hand and gave each disciple present a bottle of medium-grade elixir.
The disciples were stunned. This was a mid-grade elixir. If they bought it normally, one pill would cost over a hundred spirit stones. But this was a whole bottle!
Everyone knows that the Sword Sect is magnanimous, but I never thought it could be this magnanimous!
"Thank you, Senior Sister!"
"Grandma Sister is a dragon among men. Given time, she will surely achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven!"
"I am the master sister's dog!"
"Is there a possibility that I am more suitable to join the Sword Sect?"
Amid the disciples' cheers, only one person was stunned and at a loss.
Nan Wang stood there with empty hands, feeling extremely sad.
The eldest senior sister attained enlightenment one day and broke through three minor realms. She gave pills to all the disciples present, except him.
Although he was not an inner sect disciple and his cultivation was indeed a bit low, but, this kind of differential treatment in public was too much...
The disciples around him soon noticed Nanwang's abnormality and began to discuss it in whispers.
"That's him, the one who got in through the back door..."
"Grand Sister naturally despises such people."
"Big Brother does things as he pleases, but Big Sister is different."
"I haven't even reached the fifth level of the body refining stage. Tsk."
Nan Wang's face turned red with shame, and he wished he could find a crack to crawl into.
Lingzhi tilted his head to look at Nanwang, then turned to look at the other disciples, and couldn't help but utter a puzzled voice: "Huh, no one actually noticed..."
Nan Wang was immersed in shame, feeling as if he was being roasted on a fire, and had no time to pay attention to what Lingzhi said.
After Du Xueling delivered the things, she walked towards Nanwang.
Just after taking two steps closer, I saw that Nan Wang had an ugly expression on his face. His handsome face was red like a steamed crab, and he looked extremely pitiful.
Du Xueling's mind moved, and she quickly figured out the twists and turns of the matter.
I originally planned to take the person home and raise him slowly...it seems that's not going to work.
"Is this the new junior fellow from our Sword Sect?"
Du Xueling grabbed Nan Wang's arm and dragged him out of the crowd.
Nan Wang was simply not able to resist the power of the Jindan cultivator, so he appeared in front of all the disciples with a face that looked as if he wanted to cry but couldn't.
Now, the embarrassment that had taken place in private was exposed and became a public execution.
Nan Wang was shaking with grievance. Just when he was about to argue, saying "Even if you are the senior sister, you can't bully me like this", he heard Du Xueling say:
"My junior brother, you have joined my Sword Sect. I didn't have time to give you a greeting gift. I will give you one today."
"?"
Nan Wang was stunned.
The next moment, he had a priceless storage bag in his hand.
Du Xueling said generously:
"There aren't many things in the storage bag, only one thousand high-quality spirit stones. I was in a hurry when I went out today, and I didn't take anything I should have. The high-quality elixirs and high-quality skills I prepared for you are still in the sect. Please come with me back to the sect and pick them up yourself."
Nanwang: “???”
Other disciples: “???”