While An Zhengzheng was completely bewildered, a talisman carrying spiritual energy floated out of the cave.
Finally, it was pasted onto An Zhengzheng's jade slip.
The master and disciple then added their spiritual energy.
"Hmm... shall this disciple take his leave?" An Zhengzheng asked cautiously.
I've heard that people with social anxiety are prone to stress.
As expected, Master Wushang's voice carried a hint of relief: "Retreat."
Hurry, hurry up.
An Zhengzheng left again, looking completely bewildered.
I always felt that this master was strange.
Without giving it much thought, she was about to board the flying artifact to go to the training hall when she suddenly heard a mournful wail coming from down the mountain.
broken!
An Zhengzheng was startled; the rock must have hit someone.
Throwing objects from high-rise buildings is very rude, but the situation was urgent, and she instinctively threw the stone away the moment she noticed it.
An Zhengzheng rode the flying magical artifact down the mountain.
Soon, she saw a man stepping on flower petals, his head down, his hands covering the back of his head, murmuring a wronged and resentful tone.
"Good heavens, is this Wushang Zhenren's social anxiety getting worse again? I didn't even go into his cave this time, so why did he hit me when I was just passing by? I didn't do anything, this is simply outrageous!"
Upon hearing the voice, An Zhengzheng asked somewhat uncertainly, "Is it... Master Suotang?"
Master Suotang looked up in surprise and exclaimed, "Isn't this... An Zhengzheng? Zhengzheng, little girl?"
These few days are for selecting young cultivators from the common people. Disciples from aristocratic families like An Zhengzheng, who entered through the joint examination, should arrive later.
"You've arrived ahead of schedule?" Master Suotang asked.
An Zhengzheng knew that Master Suotang had overheard the argument at home that day, so she didn't hide it: "Come early, lest things change if you're late."
Master Suotang thought about it and realized it made sense. Judging from what happened that day, it seemed that this girl's path of ruthlessness was going to be troublesome.
"Master, I'm so sorry, I accidentally flicked that stone away..."
"You flicked it out?" Master Suotang asked doubtfully. "The force with which this pebble was thrown is extraordinary. You, a mere child cultivator, could only manage..."
Master Suotang glanced at An Zhengzheng's cultivation level and continued, "At most, he's at the fourth level of Qi Refining. How could he have such abilities?"
An Zhengzheng recounted what had just happened in detail.
“If it’s the work of Master Wushang, then it’s not surprising.” Master Suotang laughed heartily: “He’s always been afraid of people, and you arrived a few days early, so it’s inevitable that you frightened him. If you had arrived a few days later, your senior brother who was supposed to meet you would have told you not to visit Master Wushang.”
An Zhengzheng's arrival was so sudden; I'm afraid Master Wushang must be terrified today.
An Zhengzheng asked in confusion, "Senior brother? Which senior brother?"
"Your Ruthless Path has very few disciples. Excluding those who went out to train and those who had sudden enlightenment on the spot, there are only four male Ruthless Path cultivators still in Siyue Sect."
Seeing that she was new to the place and had no senior brothers or sisters to guide her, Master Suotang said a few more words to her.
"Those four senior brothers are fine, but there's another senior sister... You need to be careful and try not to confront her directly."
This immediately piqued An Zhengzheng's interest: "Which senior sister?"
"Your senior sister, Wen Yu." Master Suotang glanced around fearfully, then whispered, "This girl is the only female cultivator still practicing the Path of Ruthlessness. It's just a pity that at such a young age, she's already gone somewhat mad from cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness..."
As he spoke, he glanced around fearfully, as if afraid that the mad senior sister would suddenly appear.
"Madness?" An Zhengzheng was surprised. "How could he be mad?"
Master Suotang wanted to speak, but after some hesitation, he sighed and said, "You...you should go ask your senior brother. If you have the chance, you will eventually meet them."
Wen Yu acts erratically, and I'm really afraid she'll find out what she said to Zhengzheng today.
Master Suotang thought about it and was still somewhat flustered.
"Alright, alright, I'd better hurry back to my mountain. Zhengzheng, you should go back soon too... Oh, and remember to apply to come to my Dan Sect after you reach the seventh level of Qi Refining!"
"Zhengzheng will remember this and will certainly live up to your expectations."
Master Suotang slipped away quickly, fearing that Master Wushang's mad disciple would reappear.
An Zhengzheng was left at a loss.
Although she was curious about the senior sister mentioned by Master Suotang, she decided to refrain from acting rashly out of caution.
However, she still needed to pay her respects to her seniors, so she decided to visit a few of her fellow students first to see if she could learn anything from them.
Open the jade slip and find the mountain according to the map.
The first person visited was the one with the lowest seniority.
This was a senior brother with an indifferent personality and low cultivation level, having just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Upon seeing An Zhengzheng, he frowned and asked, "Female cultivator? A woman who cultivates the Path of Heartlessness?"
An Zhengzheng nodded: "Yes, I came here specifically to pay my respects..."
With a bang, the door slammed shut.
The senior brother said through the door, "Women who cultivate the Path of Ruthlessness will go mad. It's better for them to go back and get married and have children as soon as possible, so they won't regret it in the future."
An Zhengzheng then visited her second senior brother. This one was somewhat better; at least he didn't close the door tightly. Instead, after An Zhengzheng finished her polite words, he nodded with a cold expression.
"You've already given the instructions, let's go."
An Zhengzheng didn't even have a chance to ask her senior sister.
The third senior brother wasn't as cold-hearted, but he seemed a bit dull.
After listening to An Zhengzheng's self-introduction, he quietly said, "Junior Sister, you are able to serve the Path of Ruthlessness, so you must be very capable. Be diligent in the future. If you have any questions... just send your spiritual energy to Master. Don't visit him or talk to him."
The Path of Ruthlessness emphasizes ruthlessness and indifference. This senior brother didn't think he had done anything wrong. After speaking, he subconsciously wanted to go back to his little wooden house.
Compared to the two senior brothers before him, this senior brother seemed much more humane. An Zhengzheng hesitated for a moment before asking, "Senior brother, I'd like to ask about Senior Sister Wen Yu..."
Unexpectedly, upon hearing the name Wen Yu, the senior brother suddenly looked terrified, as if he had seen something horrifying.
"I don't know, I don't understand, don't ask me!"
He turned and ran into the cabin.
An Zhengzheng paused, and had no choice but to ask the last senior brother for advice.
This senior brother arrived second only to the senior sister, and his cultivation level was already at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.
He saw An Zhengzheng coming to visit and nodded slightly: "Hello, junior sister. I am Pei Jin. They all call me Senior Brother Pei Jin."
You mean Senior Sister Wen Yu?
"There's nothing wrong with her, she's just eccentric and a little...strange. On the first and fifteenth of each month, she often wanders around various hilltops, and then..."
Senior Brother Pei Jin paused for a moment, as if remembering something, his face turned from blue to purple, and finally he wiped his forehead.
"In short, just try to avoid her as much as possible."
Pei Jin hesitated and stammered, and An Zhengzheng ultimately couldn't get any information out of him.
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