Chapter 69 A Sword's Frost Chills Across Fourteen Provinces 2
Luo Shu was also at her limit at this time, and she walked out of the martial arts arena entirely by willpower. She was only at the Foundation Establishment stage before, but after the sword bone was removed, her cultivation level dropped to the Qi Refining stage, making her even weaker than an ordinary mortal.
However weak and powerless one may be, one must not show it in front of those people, lest one lose one's integrity.
"Tsk, you little brat, you've got quite a temper. Since you've already left Qingyun Peak, why don't you become my disciple?"
Luo Shu could no longer hold on, her legs buckled and she knelt on the ground. Suddenly, a pair of black cloth shoes appeared in front of her. They were the most common kind of shoes in the world, the kind that cultivators would find too ordinary to wear.
She looked up and saw an old man with gray hair and a deeply lined face. The more powerful a cultivator was, the younger their face would appear. This old man was already showing signs of the five signs of decay and did not have much time left.
Luo Shu couldn't tell his cultivation level, but at this moment, she had no choice. She didn't have anything that anyone could covet, so why not take a gamble?
Luo Shu knelt down and kowtowed three times to the old man in front of her, saying, "Master."
The old man, with his hands behind his back, agreed and gave Luo Shu a pill. Luo Shu took the pill from her new master and swallowed it without saying a word. The bleeding wound on her back stopped immediately. However, the pill was very potent, rampaging through her meridians. Luo Shu gritted her teeth, curled up, and tried her best to endure the pain.
The old man simply stood by and watched, without stepping forward to help Luo Shu counteract the effects of the medicine, even though she was his newly accepted disciple.
When the effects of the medicine wore off, Luo Shu's clothes were soaked with sweat, and her body was covered in blood and dust, making her look extremely disheveled.
The old man was very satisfied to see that she had endured it without saying a word, and his voice was gentler than before as he said, "Is there anything else you need to take? Once my disciple goes up the mountain, it will be difficult for her to come down again."
Luo Shu was not one to dwell on the past. She didn't have anything important, just a few clothes and some old things given to her by her senior brother Lei Yun Dao Ren from Qingyun Peak. "Those who have abandoned me cannot be kept from yesterday," she thought, and she didn't want to take these things.
Luo Shu shook her head, which made the old man even more satisfied. With such a temperament, free and resilient, she was a good prospect, especially suitable for their profession.
Then he picked up Luo Shu and, in a flash, returned to the mountain peak where he lived. Luo Shu's eyes blurred, and she found herself at her new residence.
Two small wooden houses stood atop the mountain, quite shabby compared to Qingyun Peak. Beside the houses was a sheer cliff, with sword energy crisscrossing above it, bearing the four large characters "Poyue Sword Peak." The sword energy emanated from the cliff, and Luo Shu could almost hear the ferocious sounds of swords clashing when those four characters were carved.
This old man was actually a Great Ascension stage sword master from the Giant Sword Sect, the Breaking Mountain Sword Master. This sword master's cultivation was unfathomable, and he was known as the number one person in the world to transcend tribulations. When the Breaking Mountain Sword was drawn, the soul was annihilated.
Even Luo Shu couldn't help but feel a ripple in her heart at this moment. In the cultivation world, everyone yearns for great power, and having a good teacher is undoubtedly twice as effective with half the effort.
Then she heard Sword Master Poyue say, "My lineage has never accepted any disciples, because we can only accept one disciple in our lifetime. The sword path that each disciple cultivates will become the name of this sword peak in the future."
“I accept you as a disciple, but you cannot learn my way. You must walk your own path. There are forty-nine great paths and countless lesser paths. You must have your own way.”
Luo Shu realized that this was forcing the heir to overthrow her, and that she couldn't follow the path of her predecessors; she had to create a new one, which was incredibly difficult.
Sword Master Poyue bluntly stated, "If you continue to fail to comprehend your own Dao, our lineage will end here."
His tone was very calm, as if the extinction of the lineage was a trivial matter.
Luo Shu asked earnestly, "Why did you choose me?"
Sword Master's expression remained unchanged as he looked directly at Luo Shu and said, "Your innate sword bone proves your extraordinary talent. This is your natural gift. You resolutely destroyed your sword bone with swift and decisive methods, demonstrating unwavering resolve. Until now, have you felt even a trace of regret?"
"Never."
Luo Shu's voice was firm, without the slightest wavering or hesitation.
"That's why I chose you."
"I will certainly live up to my master's expectations."
Sword Master Poyue led Luo Shu to the door of a wooden house and said to her, "You will live here from now on."
Then he threw another ring at Luo Shu and said, "Inside this ring is a small world that I created, containing all the sword technique rubbings I've collected, as well as my cultivation insights. You need to look at them and ponder them more. Only by seeing more different swords can you better comprehend your own Dao."
Then he gave Luo Shu some pills and told her to send him a message if she had any questions, and then he left.
This is completely different from the teaching at Qingyun Peak. Qingyun Peak arranges training time for each disciple, and there are regulations on the number of times they can practice swordsmanship. If the training goal is not completed each month, there will be punishment.
Compared to before, Luo Shu is now completely left to her own devices, but she is very satisfied.
She was completely captivated by the swordsmanship of that one-mustard seed. Every day, besides swinging her sword ten thousand times, she would practice these sword techniques. Apart from basic sleep, she didn't even eat, since she had fasting pills to fill her stomach.
Under such intense training, her body couldn't take it, so Sword Master Poyue prepared a body-strengthening medicinal bath for her. The bath used only the finest materials from the cultivation world; a single Yangchun flower cost five hundred high-grade spirit stones, all of which were Sword Master's private stash.
However, the effects of the medicine were as domineering as ever. As Luo Shu bathed in the medicinal liquid, the emerald green liquid seeped into her body and bones, her blood vessels were torn apart, and her blood was expelled along with the waste in her body. Her bones felt as if they were being shattered and reassembled. This was the epitome of unbearable pain.
Luo Shu gritted her teeth and endured it all. She had to go through this every night. Later, Luo Shu gradually got used to it. After her meridians widened, she absorbed spiritual energy faster and more. Her dantian and qi sea were much larger than before.
She was born with the talent of a prodigy, and if anyone outside saw her dantian now, they would surely call her a monster.
Luo Shu diligently practiced her swordsmanship, comprehending and practicing various sword techniques. In just one month, she was about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.
Only after establishing one's foundation can one truly transcend the mortal realm and enter the path of cultivation.
When ordinary people establish their foundation, there is not much of a commotion. Even when some geniuses establish their foundation, they only create a vortex of spiritual energy. Such people can already be called exceptionally talented.
However, Luo Shu's foundation building triggered a celestial phenomenon. When she was building her foundation, lightning flashed and thunder roared on the Broken Mountain Sword Peak. This was a tribulation that only Golden Core cultivators would experience. However, this tribulation was all bark and no bite. When the lightning struck Luo Shu, only a thin wisp remained, which seemed more like it was helping her temper her body.
The moment the tribulation lightning appeared, Sword Master Poyue took action to conceal the strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth. Ordinary disciples were unaware of it, but several peak masters in the Nascent Soul stage did notice it.
Then they went together to the main peak, Tian Shu Peak, where the sect leader was located.
Which peak does this exceptionally talented disciple belong to?
They were going to investigate.
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