Chapter 7 Sneaking into Qiongxiao City
Many people who scanned with their spiritual senses expressed confusion. Why did the new disciple fight with the spiritual bird and even plucked its feathers? What kind of weird habit was this?
As her proficiency improved, Zhong Ling'er killed the red-billed pheasant faster and faster. What was originally a three hundred round battle could be accomplished in fifty moves in less than a day.
At the entrance of the Spirit Bird Garden, the corpses of more than a dozen red-billed pheasants were piled high. Inside the railings, a group of red-billed pheasants were huddled together and shivering.
Zhong Ling'er was having a headache standing in front of this group of united red-billed pheasants with a sword in her hand. She could defeat two or three of them, but a group would be a little difficult.
At this moment, an angry voice came, "Which peak are you from? How dare you cause trouble here?"
Zhong Ling'er turned around and saw a middle-aged fat uncle. Senior Sister Ye had introduced him in the morning. He was Chef Zhou who was in charge of the canteen.
With an innocent smile, Zhong Ling'er said sweetly, "Uncle Zhou, I prepared the ingredients for dinner for you today, no need to thank me. Also, can you help me separate them?"
Chef Zhou was stunned. He looked at the dozen or so plucked, horrible corpses beside him, and then at the red-billed pheasants huddled together asking him for help. He became furious. Not only did she torture and kill his spiritual birds, but she also had the nerve to say that they were helping him prepare food. He didn't know where this girl got such a thick face from. He would definitely teach her a lesson.
But before he could move, a voice sounded in his ears, and Chef Zhou's anger gradually disappeared. Then, he said gently: "Ling'er, you can kill ten red-billed pheasants every day. If you want, there are flat-billed beasts further in. They are more flexible than red-billed pheasants, but they won't hurt people. You can kill five every day."
Zhong Ling'er's eyes lit up. She felt someone staring at her since the afternoon. It seemed that her feeling was correct. Judging from Chef Zhou's attitude, that person should be her master.
He did not stop her, which meant that he allowed her to practice here. She guessed correctly, so she smiled at Chef Zhou and said, "Uncle Zhou, ten red-billed pheasants, five flat-billed beasts, what else? I think I can kill more."
Chef Zhou's mouth twitched, but he couldn't say anything since the master allowed this little ancestor to destroy his spiritual bird garden. So he pointed out two more spiritual birds and left with the corpses of the red-billed pheasants.
A day of training had worked up a good appetite for Zhong Ling'er, so she ordered a lot of food when she arrived at the dining hall. However, when she was leaving, she heard many disciples complain that there were a lot of bone residue in the meat dishes, which were very unpleasant to the teeth.
At night, Zhong Ling'er kept her good habit of studying and went to the Sutra Library to study. Disciples can read all the books here, so she spent the whole night reading the books on body training, and finally found a top-grade technique called "Dragon Tendon and Phoenix Marrow" in a corner.
Logically, a martial art of this level should be collected by someone in the sect and kept strictly safe, and should not be left here for anyone to look at, right?
Zhong Linger read it once before she understood that although this technique was powerful, its requirements were too harsh and it was impossible to practice it without a special opportunity, so it was left here to gather dust.
However, this suited Zhong Ling'er's wishes. Although these opportunities were difficult for others, they were not impossible for her. She just had to snatch them from her good cousin.
As for robbing her, Zhong Ling'er said she didn't feel any guilt at all.
After memorizing the exercises, Zhong Ling'er began to look through the books on runes and formations. The original owner's memory contained a lot of runes and formations, but Zhong Ling'er felt that the original owner's foundation was not solid and her understanding was not thorough enough. She had many questions that needed answers from the books.
Zhong Ling'er left reluctantly only after the elders closed the door of the Sutra Library. She returned to the house, took out a pile of feathers and animal hair from the storage ring, and moved them into the round beads with the maximum weight that her spiritual sense could bear. Then she fell asleep when she was so tired that her head was splitting and she felt dizzy.
Zhong Ling'er began to practice in this way every day. Occasionally, Ye Qinglan would come to chat with her, and the second senior brother would come to ask her if she needed anything, but no one else came to disturb her.
Oh, her master, Wu Chen Zhenren, went out for something on the third day after he came back and disappeared without a trace. She became a child with no one to take care of her and, of course, was free.
One day Ye Qinglan came running over excitedly, and said mysteriously that she was going to buy something nice. Seeing her cunning little eyes, Zhong Ling'er immediately said that she understood. "I get it," she said, "You want to skip classes and go out to play?"
The two quietly left the sect. Ye Qinglan drove a jade gourd in the air. Zhong Ling'er was curious, "Senior Sister Ye, where are we going? Why did we sneak out?"
Ye Qinglan sneered, "Junior sister, do you even need to ask? Of course it's useless to say it. The sect stipulates that all disciples must reach the Golden Core stage before they can walk around freely. I'm only at the third level of the Foundation Establishment stage. You... you tell me, how can the master and the others let us out without any worries?"
Zhong Ling'er was speechless. This rule of the sect was obviously to protect the safety of the disciples. If they ran out like this, their lives would be in danger!
Seeing Zhong Ling'er's worry, Ye Qinglan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Junior Sister. We won't go far. We'll just go to Qiongxiao City for a stroll. That's the city managed by our sect. Nothing will happen."
Zhong Ling'er patted her chest and said, "Senior Sister Ye, you should have said it earlier. Since there is no danger, then speed up!"
The two of them laughed and joked all the way and soon entered the city.
There are five major sects in Dongzhou, each of which has a big city under its jurisdiction. Together with Tianhua City managed by Tianji Academy, there are a total of six major cities.
Qiongxiao City is one of the six cities, so it is very lively. The two girls walked in the city and their eyes were not enough to see everything. Everything they saw was strange and interesting, and they had a lot of fun along the way.
Ye Qinglan came here with a purpose. She took Zhong Ling'er to Tianji Trading Company as she knew the place well. She sold some pills and earned a thousand spirit stones. Then she used the spirit stones to buy two palm-sized jade slips. She was extremely happy holding them in her hands.
They ran to the restaurant and sat down. Ye Qinglan gave a jade slip to Zhong Ling'er and talked a lot to her. Zhong Ling'er understood it as soon as she touched it. This was a cultivation version of the phone, but it was only version 1.0, mainly used for sending messages. It could not be used for one-on-one conversations, nor could it transmit sound and images.
But the special thing is that this thing has a place similar to a forum, where some tasks or messages will be posted. Ye Qinglan liked this feature the most. After getting it, she started to browse it, and then screamed and showed it to Zhong Ling'er.
"Wow, did you see that? They are discussing our eldest senior brother. He killed a fifth-level Nascent Soul demon beast with his sword in the secret realm and surpassed four realms. This is incredible!"
"Look, this is about Leng Qingyu, the chief of the Spirit Sword Sect. He has a top-grade ice spirit root. It is said that anyone who gets within three feet of him will get frostbitten."
Zhong Linger's gossip spirit also ignited, and she lowered her voice and said, "He did it on purpose. That was his way of driving people away. He restrained himself when he met his sweetheart."
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