amaotonovel Chapter 190 Wilderness 11
Chapter 190 Wilderness 11
By the time Cheng Jiu finished his bowl of porridge, his friends had also woken up one after another. As soon as they stepped out of the tent, they saw their masters whom they hadn't seen in a long time.
"Masters, you're so slow! We rushed along the way, only to find that we still had to wait for you when we arrived at our destination!" Gong Yu complained.
Upon hearing this, Immortal Lord Qingyang almost couldn't catch his breath. What a traitor! How could Qingxu's disciple obediently rush over to say he missed his master? His disciple's words were worse than not saying anything at all.
"I'm so sorry!" Immortal Lord Qingyang pressed down on his disciple's head: "Thank you for your hard work, little Gongyu."
"My head is going to be cut off! My head is going to be cut off! Help! Brother, help!" Gong Yu struggled and begged his brother for help.
"Master!" Gongcheng obediently called out to his master, ignoring his younger brother's pleas for help: "I've missed you so much these past few days."
Upon hearing this, Immortal Lord Qingyang raised an eyebrow. Although he wasn't sure if this was the true feeling of his ruthless disciple, it was still quite gratifying to hear. His gaze then shifted to the disciple he was holding, and his mood immediately soured. He lifted him up and said, "It's been quite a few days. You must have improved a lot. Let your master test you!"
"How much improvement can one expect in just a few days? It won't make any difference to you, Master, will it? No need!"
Gong Yu struggled desperately. He admitted that he had made some progress these days, but for a Mahayana Immortal Lord like his master, testing him was like playing a game. How could he see any progress? This was clearly just an excuse to beat him up!
Miyagi looked at his younger brother being led away by his master with pity, held his breath, and silently backed away, afraid that his master would notice him. Brother, go in peace!
Even though we're brothers, we don't have to share everything!
"How tragic, Senior Brother Gong Yu!" Cheng Jiu also noticed the commotion and exclaimed.
"It's his own fault for being so cheeky!" He knew his master couldn't resist being teased, but he just wouldn't change. He completely forgot that he sometimes deliberately stroked his master's beard as well.
"what!"
"Run faster, haven't you eaten yet!"
"Brother, help!"
Hearing the commotion, Miyagi silently turned away and covered his ears.
Cheng Jiu: "..."
Perhaps learning from Gong Yu's experience, Li Weixin saw her master and loudly expressed her longing: "Master, I miss you so much!"
Immortal Lord Qianli looked at his disciple with disdain: "Is he having an episode?"
Li Weixin: "..." The next second he clutched his chest: "Master, your words are too hurtful!"
"Heh!" Immortal Lord Qianli glanced at his disciple with disdain, frowning slightly. "I'll miss you too!"
Li Weixin felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his whole body was scratched and uncomfortable. He now understood how his master felt. It was awkward, really awkward!
"Stop, Master, this isn't the time for us to exchange pleasantries!" Li Weixin decisively called a halt to the superficial small talk.
Immortal Lord Qianli didn't understand, but he didn't continue. It was really hard to understand a disciple of this age.
Unlike the other master-disciple relationships, Shangguan Song's relationship with his master was quite warm and loving.
"We'll be traveling a long way later, Lu Yan, wouldn't you like to rest?"
Immortal Lord Qingxu inquired about Daoist Lord Lu Yan, whose cultivation level was relatively low. He explained that apart from encountering some ignorant demonic beasts that attacked them on the road, which took some effort, they had been traveling the whole time and had been quite exhausted.
In the following days, they crossed the spring with cliffs and had no time to rest. If they did not conserve their energy, they would be quite exhausted in the next few days. Therefore, Qingxu Immortal Lord naturally had to take care of Lu Yan Daojun, who had a lower cultivation level in the team.
As for their apprentices, they naturally follow them around, and it doesn't take much effort on their part.
Knowing that Immortal Lord Qingxu was considerate of his low cultivation level, Daoist Lu Yan assessed his physical condition and said, "Rest here for a day!"
Hearing this, none of them had any objections. Su Yuan Zun Jun said, "Alright, I haven't had time to take care of my tail these past few days while traveling. It's gotten quite rough. I'll have to take good care of it."
She swayed her fluffy white fox tail and gracefully walked into the small house.
"Then I'll go rest too!" Daoist Lu Yan went into the house he had provided to recuperate.
Immortal Lord Qingxu looked at his disciple: "It's good that you have time now. Let your master see your progress over this period of time!"
"Okay!" Cheng Jiu followed behind his master to receive individual instruction.
"Then I'll go find my brother and master!" Gong Cheng stood up and walked towards Gong Yu's location after seeing Cheng Jiu and his apprentice leave.
"Hey, they're all gone!" Li Weixin felt like all her friends had left in the blink of an eye.
"Don't just sit idly by, let me see how your lightning magic has improved lately!" Seeing that Qingxu and Qingyang had both gone to teach their disciples and had disciples of their own, Qianli Immortal Lord couldn't be left behind.
"But Master, didn't you say that thunder magic can't be improved overnight?" Li Weixin struggled as Qianli Immortal Lord pulled him away. His master was particularly rough in teaching, and he didn't want to do it!
"How can we tell if you've improved without testing you?" Immortal Lord Qianli ignored Li Weixin's pleas for mercy.
Soon after, a thundercloud appeared in the distance. Li Weixin was bathed in lightning and could no longer beg for mercy. He could only frantically absorb and activate the lightning magic to make it strike him less.
"Sword Domain!" Cheng Jiu knew that her master was testing her and subconsciously used her most powerful skill at the moment, but before she could even use the move, she was knocked away by her master.
Immortal Lord Qingxu strolled leisurely, suppressing his cultivation to a level similar to Cheng Jiu's: "Your understanding of the sword path is quite good!" Immortal Lord Qingxu nodded approvingly, then changed the subject: "I am very pleased with your progress in the sword path, but your proficiency in the sword domain is not high, is it?"
"Ugh!" Caught off guard by the kick, Cheng Jiu felt that the spot where he was kicked must be bruised.
"Your cultivation is insufficient. Although you have some understanding and the power is good, the time required to use it is too long. In a real battle, your opponent will not give you time to use the Sword Domain! The outcome of the battle will be decided in a single night! What, do you expect others to wait for you to use the Sword Domain?!" Immortal Lord Qingxu said coldly, "In a real battlefield, your behavior will lead to certain death."
"I'm sorry, Master!" Cheng Jiu didn't explain that she wanted him to see her most powerful sword move, but indeed, ever since she comprehended the Sword Domain, she had become very reliant on this move.
"If you know you're wrong, then stand up and keep going!"
"Yes, Master!" Cheng Jiu gripped the Heavenly Wood Sword and attacked Qingxu Immortal Lord.
However, after two powerful sword strikes from Immortal Lord Qingxu, Cheng Jiu's hand jerked in pain, but he still remembered that a swordsman must never discard his sword and held it firmly.
"The power is acceptable, but your sword speed is so slow! Do you expect the enemy to be like a wooden puppet, letting you stab them at will? And what about your footwork? I can't see any footwork at all!" Immortal Lord Qingxu instructed.
"Although the footwork I taught you was for escaping, you can't just practice footwork for escaping and dodging. If you only focus on escaping, this footwork will never be yours."
Cheng Jiu subconsciously increased the speed of his attack, suppressing his involuntary urge to dodge, and used his footwork to coordinate with the attack.
Immortal Lord Qingxu moved like the wind, quickly dodging Cheng Jiu's sword without landing a single blow. He used two slender fingers to trap Cheng Jiu's sword, rendering Cheng Jiu unable to move for a moment. He subconsciously tried to pull away, but was firmly held by the other party.
"In terms of speed, but what about your power? This little bit of force is just enough to tickle someone's itch." Immortal Lord Qingxu released Cheng Jiu's sword: "Don't just focus on one aspect. Power and speed don't need to be at their absolute limits. You need to find the right balance between them!"
After saying that, Qingxu Immortal Lord attacked Cheng Jiu swiftly without drawing his sword. Cheng Jiu subconsciously dodged left and right, but she couldn't dodge a single sword strike. She clearly saw her master's attack movements, but she just couldn't dodge them!
"Where is your sword domain? Your sword domain is just for show!" Immortal Lord Qingxu reminded his disciple.
Despite the pain, Cheng Jiu subconsciously activated her sword domain. Instantly, her master's attacks became much clearer. Her eyes simply couldn't keep up with the speed of her master's moves. What she saw of her master's next move might be the previous one. Always being a beat behind meant she would get hit hard.
"Within the Sword Domain, you are the master. You must not only control your own sword, but also the swords of others. As for how you used the Sword Domain to increase the power of your sword moves, that was too crude! It was just the most basic usage! Come and try controlling your master's sword!" Although he scolded Cheng Jiu for using the Sword Domain too slowly, Qingxu Immortal Lord still instructed Cheng Jiu on how to use the Sword Domain.
Ah! Is it possible? To control the master's sword?
Cheng Jiu subconsciously activated her sword domain. At this moment, everything in the sword domain was incredibly clear. Cheng Jiu even had a strange feeling that if she wanted to, she could know what her master's next move would be!
"Ugh!" Cheng Jiu clutched her head where she had been hit, tears welling in her eyes from the pain. She knew it was just her imagination.
"Not bad!" Immortal Lord Qingxu looked at Cheng Jiu with approval. He did not expect Cheng Jiu to have grasped the comprehension in such a short time. If he had not reacted in time, he might have been ambushed by Cheng Jiu, which would have made him a laughing stock.
"Good! Keep up this momentum!" As Qingxu Immortal Lord finished speaking, Cheng Jiu resumed his training.
In addition to the sword domain, he also received instruction in footwork, sword techniques, and sword moves in every aspect from Qingxu Immortal Lord.
When it was over, Cheng Jiu felt grimacing, his whole body ached, and he could barely stand.
Was my teacher always this harsh when I taught you? Waaaaah!
Back at the camp, looking at the three brothers in distress, Shangguan Song, the only one who hadn't accepted their guidance, was met with unanimous jealousy and condemnation from the other four.
Shangguan Song wasn't angry at being glared at; he just smiled innocently. After all, his master was his grandmaster-uncle, and his master never interfered with the matter of teaching disciples. He had several senior brothers above him, after all.
"Junior brother, junior sister, would you like me to give you a massage? I specially learned this skill. When I have soreness during training, I massage myself. It feels very comfortable. I guarantee you won't feel any pain when you wake up tomorrow!" Shangguan Song asked.
"No need, senior brother! I've prepared a medicine kit for myself. Would you senior brothers like it?" Cheng Jiu refused, looking exhausted. She wanted to lie in bed and rest more.
"Yes! But I'll also trouble Senior Brother Shangguan to help me massage them later!" Gong Yu raised his hands. Although his master had given him and his brother proper instruction afterward, what he had received before was purely a lesson.
"Okay!" Cheng Jiu gave each person a three-month supply: "Then I'll go back and rest!"
Afterwards, I slowly moved back to my tent, took a medicinal bath, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep.
"You really didn't hold back! Look how badly you've scolded the little girl!" Immortal Lord Qingyang winked at Immortal Lord Qingxu: "The little girl has a good temperament, so there's no need to be so strict with her."
"It's precisely because they have a good temperament that we need to teach them properly. You're not exactly lenient with your two disciples either, and yet you're criticizing me." Immortal Lord Qingxu rolled his eyes at his friend.
"Can I be the same as you? I also want a well-behaved disciple. My two disciples are just asking for it!" Cheng Jiu envied Qingxu when he was young, and he envied him even more as he grew up!
Although he complained, Qingyang Immortal Lord was still very satisfied with his two disciples. After all, these two disciples were quite presentable, and he had personally trained them.
Li Weixin didn't participate in Shangguan Song's massage, mainly because he had just undergone a lightning tribulation and his lightning spiritual power was leaking out, so he didn't want to shock his senior brother Shangguan.
The next day, Cheng Jiu woke up feeling refreshed. He stretched his body, and a loud, popping sound echoed through his body: "So good!"
With a long sigh, Cheng Jiu lifted the tent flap, revealing a familiar scene and the familiar porridge. He then packed the tent away.
"Come and eat!" Immortal Lord Qingxu beckoned.
Cheng Jiu sipped his porridge, gazing at the churning sea of clouds: "Master, what's below Quanyou Cliff?"
"You asked about Quan Youya?" Immortal Lord Qingyang leaned closer: "When I was young, my master told me that hundreds of thousands of years ago, this place was the most prosperous communication channel between the demon realm and the immortal realm. And a wicked cultivator once passed through the sea of clouds at Quan Youya."
He often used a small boat in the sea of clouds to lure passersby to board, and then killed people or demons in the middle of the boat to silence them. He was known as the Old Evil of the Cloud Sea! Later, he was killed by the combined forces of the cultivation world and the demon world. It is said that all the treasures he had collected by killing people over the years were located under the Cloud Sea of Quanyou Cliff.
This attracted many cultivators to hunt for treasure, but those who went today never returned. It's said that the remnant soul of the Old Evil Cloud Sea is responsible. Little Nine, do you also want to go treasure hunting? Be careful, the Old Evil Cloud Sea might come looking for you!
"Qingyang Immortal Lord said in a sinister tone."
"Ah!" Cheng Jiu was so frightened by his sinister tone that she almost jumped up.
"How childish! Don't scare her! Don't listen to your uncle's nonsense! The story of Yunhai Laoxie does exist, but it's all rumors, it's fake, there's no such person at all!" Qingxu Immortal Lord glared at his childish friend, how old is he to still be scaring a child.
"As for what lies beneath this cliff, no one knew before. Almost everyone who came here never returned, even those who had reached the Mahayana stage of cultivation."
"Then Master, do you know now?" Does this mean you know what's down there now?
“Yes! Below is a world rift in the Xuan Tian Continent,” Immortal Lord Qingxu replied.
"World Rift?" Cheng Jiu murmured the name.
"Have you heard of the War of the Divine Beasts? It was a war between the divine beasts that once lived on the Xuan Tian Continent and the Upper Realm. That war was a Pyrrhic victory and a crushing defeat."
Although the Xuan Tian Continent escaped its fate of becoming a pasture for the Upper Realm, the entire Xuan Tian Continent was shattered into pieces. Although it was later pieced back together, large cracks inevitably appeared between the major tectonic plates, which are called World Rifts,” Qingyang Immortal Lord explained.
"Speaking of which, we know this is a world rift thanks to the seniors of the Dragon Abyss Sect." Immortal Lord Qingyang couldn't help but chuckle as he recalled something.
The others also woke up one after another and sat down next to Qingyang Immortal Lord to listen to him talk about Quan Youya. Upon hearing this, the younger generation couldn't help but look at Li Weixin.
Li Weixin turned his attention to his master.
"Master, stop laughing, tell us quickly!" Gong Yu urged.
"If you want to listen, then be quiet! I'm not a storyteller, you don't need to rush me!"
"Okay!" Gong Yu immediately shut his mouth and obediently sat down to listen.
"That's the senior who carved these three big characters." Immortal Lord Qingyang pointed to the three big characters in front of him: "That senior was famous at a young age. After hearing the legend of Guoquan Youya, he came here to train after breaking through to the Mahayana stage, and jumped off the cliff directly."
As you all know, the area below is a rift in the world. This senior fell directly from the Xuan Tian Continent into the void and experienced the trials that only immortals go through.
It wasn't until ten years ago, when we were fighting against the demons in the outer battlefield, that this senior distinguished himself on the battlefield, which led to his return to the Xuan Tian Continent and the Long Yuan Sect.
Everyone then realized that there was no treasure beneath the Spring Cliff, but rather a rift in the world.
No wonder that for so many years, the spring had no way to return, and the void was full of dangers. Not to mention other cultivation levels, even a Mahayana cultivator might not be able to survive. The fact that that senior was able to return can only be attributed to some luck and strength.
However, thanks to that senior, the veil of mystery surrounding Izumi Yuya was lifted.