After four years of study, not only Xiaolongnu has changed, but Di Fan and Yang Guo have also changed a lot.
Yang Guo, having turned eighteen, had become a handsome young man; Di Fan, too, had become increasingly handsome and outstanding. Especially after opening up his meridians and beginning martial arts training in his third year, his demeanor had transformed from that of a weak scholar into a scholar capable of poetry and literature on foot and of killing on horseback. His cultivation had also barely developed internal strength, becoming a minor master of the early stages of the acquired realm.
Unfortunately, although her meridians are open, her aptitude is too poor... Even with the help of the Nine Yin Scriptures, Xiaolongnu also asserted that she could only break through to the middle stage of the acquired realm in this lifetime, and there was no possibility of going any further.
As for the other two... Xiaolongnu has completely transformed the internal force of the Jade Girl Heart Sutra into the Nine Yin Internal Force, and has reached the level of Postnatal Absolute Dian, also known as the Five Absolutes! Yang Guo is also in the middle stage of Postnatal Dian, similar to Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong.
On this day, after the three of them had practiced martial arts, the master and the apprentice lay down in the grass and flowers on the back mountain. Only Xiaolongnu was leaning on a tree branch with her legs hanging down, looking charming and lazy.
"Big Brother, we've been on the mountain for quite some time now. Why don't we go down sometime?"
Suddenly, Xiaolongnu uttered a word, which made Yang Guo's eyes light up with excitement, while Di Fan was stunned.
[Uh... My junior sister, the one-time homebody, actually wants to go down the mountain? Did I hear her wrongly?]
[Tsk tsk, my training is finally working. I told you, a beautiful young girl, staying in the ancient tomb all day, is becoming dull. She should go down the mountain and walk more often, cry when she needs to, laugh when she needs to. This is the attitude of a beautiful girl.]
[Alas, it's a pity that her personality is still a bit introverted after all... Not as fun as the girls in my previous life.]
The little dragon girl in the tree couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard Di Fan's inner thoughts... Humph! You dare to praise other girls in front of me? I'm afraid you haven't been beaten by your junior sister, right?
Well, I must teach Senior Brother a big lesson in tomorrow’s sparring!
"master,"
Yang Guo also said, "Master, you're right. I've been in the mountains for four years. Master, Master, you must have been there even longer... Why don't we go down the mountain and have some fun?"
"I think you're just bored and want to go down the mountain to play!"
Di Fan slapped Yang Guo on the head in anger, "Have you finished copying the Tao Te Ching that I asked you to copy every day? Do you understand the meaning of the Pure Heart and Universal Goodness Mantra? And do you understand the meaning of the Taoist scriptures such as Baopuzi, Zhuangzi, and Liutao?
"Have I ever told you that the techniques you're learning now, plus the ones I'll teach you in the future, are all the highest martial arts of Taoism? With your half-baked skills, you still want to sweep through Quanzhen and conquer the Five Supremes... Haha, why don't you dream of something more beautiful?"
"master!"
The corners of Yang Guo's mouth twitched violently: "That's too much! I'm still a child!"
"Tsk tsk, you're only sixteen years old, and you have the nerve to say that!"
"How could I say that? It was you, Master, who said that anyone under the age of eighteen is a child!"
Yang Guo stuck out his tongue and heard someone approaching from behind, and it sounded very familiar. He quickly rolled over to avoid Di Fan's headbang, hid behind Granny Sun, and made a face at Di Fan.
Granny Sun patted Yang Guo’s forehead lovingly and said, “Little monkey, you’ve made your master angry again, haven’t you? You deserve a beating!”
As he said this, he pretended to hit him twice. Yang Guo cooperated and cried out in pain, which made Di Fan, who was standing beside him, feel both amused and helpless.
[They say that generations apart are close, generations apart, but no one told me that the master-disciple relationship within a sect is also closer with each generation apart, right? Grandma, am I still your adorable baby...]
Xiao Longnu almost vomited when she heard what the eldest brother said... The eldest brother was good in every way, but sometimes he was quite shameless...
Just as everyone was having fun and Xiao Longnu was complaining about her senior brother's unreliability, she suddenly stood up from the treetop and warned everyone...
"An expert is coming up the mountain!"
"How high?"
Di Fan frowned slightly and asked.
"Very high, probably reaching the late stage of the acquired realm, about the same level as the headmaster Ma Yu. Moreover, judging by the footsteps, they seem to be from my ancient tomb?"
Xiao Longnu frowned, somewhat puzzled...
Di Fan reacted immediately and realized that there was only one person who could come during this time period!
[Second Junior Sister Li Mochou? Oh, she should be here by this time.]
[If I remember correctly, according to the original history, Xiaolongnu and Yang Guo were supposed to be practicing the Jade Girl Heart Sutra among the flowers, unable to be disturbed. However, they were caught and peeped at by Yin Zhiping and Zhao Zhijing, resulting in severe internal injuries...]
[Feeling he couldn't survive, he expelled Yang Guo from the Ancient Tomb Sect. He was discovered by Li Mochou, who was about to return to the mountain. In the end, he dropped the Dragon-Severing Stone, and they both nearly died in the ancient tomb...]
Only then did Xiaolongnu realize that if her senior brother hadn't been there, she would have had to practice the Jade Girl Heart Sutra with Yang Guo... and even be discovered by someone?
Xiao Longnu, who had regained her girlish nature, suddenly felt extremely ashamed! If Yang Guo hadn't become familiar with her over the years and completely treated him as a junior, Xiao Longnu would have drawn her sword and stabbed this troublemaker to death on the spot!
Well, even now, she glared at Yang Guo very unhappily… It’s all your fault!
Yang Guo shuddered, silently glanced at Xiaolongnu, and decisively hid behind Grandma Sun... Well, he didn't know why, but since coming to the ancient tomb, his uncle had always been very caring towards him. But there was one problem, he would glare at him from time to time, and his eyes were always filled with murderous intent...
This kind of thing happens frequently, which makes him very conflicted and scared!
[The Jade Maiden Heart Sutra is a nuisance anyway, so why not just let Junior Sister give it directly to Second Junior Sister?]
"After all, the Tomb Clan only has a few small members and a single technique. Why would we be reluctant to part with them? As long as the Nine Yin Manual doesn't leak out, it's fine."
[Speaking of which, the Ancient Tomb School's Qinggong, Heavenly Net Palm, and other martial arts are truly amazing. If they were put into the martial arts world, they would be top-notch, on par with those magical skills... Grandmaster Lin Chaoying is truly a formidable figure.]
"Big Brother, Second Sister is coming up the mountain. How do you think we should deal with it?"
The following thoughts were all about praising Lin Chaoying's words. Xiaolongnu had long been accustomed to Di Fan's habitual wandering thoughts. She was too lazy to listen and took the initiative to interrupt Di Fan's random thoughts.
"this……"
Di Fan hesitated for a moment: "I wonder what Junior Sister thinks of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra?"
"It's just a set of exercises."
Xiao Longnu laughed and said, "The consequences will be huge, and its power is average. It's not as magical as the Bone Tempering Chapter of the Book of Changes, and even less so than the General Outline..."
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