Chapter 8 Let go of Junior Sister!
"Have you heard? The sect leader has found his biological daughter, and I heard she's only a little over ten years old!"
"Of course I've heard about it. How could we not know about something so big? Not only do I know, I also know that the Sixth Elder has taken a niece as his disciple!"
"The Sixth Elder has gained a niece too? Hiss, are all the big shots in our sect going to have a collective family reunion? Tell me quickly, what do they look like? Do they look alike? What exactly happened back then, why did the Sect Master and the Sixth Elder suddenly have a daughter and a niece?"
"Hehehe, he doesn't really resemble the sect leader, but he looks very much like the Holy Son of Beiling!"
"What? How did we get involved with the Holy Son of Beiling again? What's the relationship between the Holy Son of Beiling and our sect leader?"
"Hehe, this brings us to the love-hate relationship between the sect leader and the Holy Son of Beiling. It's a real pity you weren't in the arena back then..."
At Spirit Sword Peak, a group of disciples were discussing in hushed tones.
Many people gathered together, their eyes gleaming with gossip.
However, Lan Yue, who had arrived here, held her face in her hands and looked up at the sky. She kept thinking that she must have transmigrated into a fanfiction of the book "The Path to Immortality".
The sects and cultivation systems recorded in the book may be the same, but the specific content has long since changed, developing around the main theme of fan fiction.
Otherwise, how could such a strange thing happen? The female lead had only been in the sect for a short time when she was discovered by the sect leader, and even the sixth elder recognized her as a disciple!
This development is completely different from the original work!
Perhaps this is a fanfiction focusing on the disciple adopted by the Sixth Elder?
Lan Yue wiped her face, deciding that she shouldn't consider such profound questions.
Today she's mainly here to collect a spirit sword.
Yes, after more than three months of hard work, the few spirit swords she had were finally completely destroyed, not a single one was left!
Apart from a pitifully small number of spirit beasts, she was the only formal disciple on the entire Lingyue Peak.
The only person Lan Yue could call her master was the peak master of Lingyue Peak. She had only met the old man once when she became his disciple, and had never seen him at any other time!
This master is probably in some remote, secluded place, in deep meditation. He probably won't come out for decades.
What's even more absurd is that Lan Yue doesn't even know her master's name.
Moreover, Lan Yue even strongly suspected that the reason her cheap master took her in was because her name, like Lingyue Peak's, contained the character for "moon".
Ah, life is so lonely, like snow!
Her master must have been someone who was undefeated in the world, right?
"To receive the new spirit sword, you need to pay a deposit of one hundred mid-grade spirit stones."
As the voice of the elder in charge of Lingjian Peak rang out, the trace of melancholy in Lan Yue's heart instantly fell to the ground with a thud.
"What? One hundred mid-grade spirit stones? And it's just a deposit? What kind of spirit sword is so expensive?"
Lan Yue opened her eyes wide in shock, somewhat unable to believe it.
Just as the elder in charge was about to explain, he heard the girl across from him speak her inner thoughts again.
[Am I worthy of such an expensive spirit sword?]
The elder opposite him suddenly felt a lump in his throat and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
In their Spirit Sword Peak, countless people yearn for a single precious sword but cannot obtain it. What is this child saying? Is this a question of whether he deserves it or not?
A swordsman's sword is another life for him, his Dao companion! How can it be measured by spirit stones?
"Elder, how about we make a deal? Sell it at a 90% discount?" Lan Yue clutched her storage bag, feeling penniless.
The two stared at each other for a while.
Not long after, a girl dressed in a light blue dress was carried out and placed on a rock outside the Spirit Sword Peak Mission Hall.
Lan Yue sat on the rock where she had been sitting for a long time and sighed again.
She couldn't help but feel remorse, realizing that she shouldn't have been deceived by that cheap master's ethereal appearance and embarked on a path of no return.
When people become apprentices, the master not only gives generous gifts, but the apprentices can also receive a monthly allowance from the mission hall.
As for Lingyue Peak, they have nothing! Their pockets are emptier than their faces. The only spirit beasts they have left are spirit turtles of unknown species, the kind that can sleep for half a year at a time!
The spirit turtle can sleep for half a year without eating or drinking, but she can't!
Lan Yue was heartbroken; she felt things couldn't continue like this!
She must change!
After a while, a girl dressed in a light blue dress walked over furtively, carrying a piece of spirit wood, and looked at the elder in charge with a sparkling gaze.
"Shouldn't we be able to customize our own spirit swords here?"
"It is possible, but you…" The elder in charge looked at the familiar spirit wood in the little girl's hands and his eyes twitched.
They can customize spirit swords, but you can't use the wooden stakes that they use for practice at Spirit Sword Peak to make wooden swords!
This kind of spirit wood is unsuitable for making spirit swords, so it is often chopped down by the disciples of Spirit Sword Peak for fun, to hone their swordsmanship.
Just as he was about to refuse him without hesitation, a voice transmission suddenly sounded in his ear.
He was stunned for a moment, then looked at the bright-eyed little girl in front of him and said helplessly, "Your master once commissioned a spirit sword here. Come and get it from me."
The elder in charge walked for a long time, but when he turned around, he found that the little guy had not followed.
The little girl said hesitantly, "Isn't it inappropriate to suddenly take Master's spirit sword? Master is still in seclusion, I..."
"There's nothing wrong with it. This spirit sword was custom-made for his disciple. He's currently in seclusion, so you can take it directly," the elder in charge said matter-of-factly.
"Do we need to pay any more spirit stones?" Lan Yue asked the most crucial question, tilting her head back.
"No..." The elder in charge didn't know where to put his mouth, thinking that this little girl was short, but she thought a lot.
"Don't worry, just give me one spirit stone."
"A top-grade spirit stone?" Lan Yue exclaimed in surprise.
[This is something I couldn't afford even if I sold myself!]
"A low-grade spirit stone." After a long silence, the elder in charge finally added.
He led the little girl further and further away, even descending from Lingjian Peak.
Lan Yue followed the other person, her dark, bright eyes growing increasingly wary.
[Holy crap, the elder wouldn't kill me and dispose of the body just because I only paid one spirit stone, would he?!]
The elder in charge stopped, unable to bear it any longer, and directly grabbed the little girl and threw her into the teleportation array.
As a blinding white light flashed, the girl who had been skipping and jumping just moments before vanished without a trace.
The elder in charge originally intended to leave directly, but for some reason, he took out a futon, sat cross-legged nearby, and closed his eyes to guard the place.
…
Lan Yue felt the pressure coming from all directions, and for a moment she really thought that the elder in charge was going to kill her and hide the body.
Fortunately, the teleportation array's light disappeared completely at the last second, and she went from a place full of birdsong and fragrant flowers to a dark and empty cave.
"Could this be the legendary Sword Pavilion, so luxurious that it even hides ninth-tier spirit swords?"
Lan Yue opened her eyes and looked around, her little face full of complicated emotions.
[Who spread this rumor? Isn't this drab place just a dilapidated cave? Is a ninth-tier spirit sword really hidden here?]
She took two tentative steps, and dirt was still falling from above her head.
Lan Yue: "..."
[As expected, Elder Lin of Spirit Sword Peak still wanted to kill and hide the body!]
"Cough cough!"
"Cough cough cough cough, cough cough cough cough!"
Suddenly, a violent coughing sound came from ahead, as if someone had suddenly caught asthma and couldn't breathe.
Lan Yue looked over warily and found a kind-looking old man who was coughing and his face was red.
[Could this be Elder Lin's accomplice? Then I'm doomed! I'm finished, I can't possibly beat them with my weak arms and legs!]
"Cough cough cough cough!!!"
Inside the cave, the coughing became even more forceful.
"Young friend, you must be the one Elder Lin sent over to collect the spirit sword, right? Come with me, I'll take you to get it."
The elder finally couldn't listen anymore. He feared that before tomorrow, he and Elder Lin would take drastic measures against the sect's disciples, and the news of their murders and the hiding of the bodies would spread throughout the entire Nanling Sect.
This little guy is so young, how come he thinks so much?
Not to mention that the little guy possesses a celestial artifact, which even the sect leader cannot detect, their age alone does not allow them to bully the younger one like this!
If the two of them team up to bully a girl who is only ten years old, and such rumors spread, how can they save face?
"Thank you, Elder." Upon hearing that this person truly possessed a spirit sword, Lan Yue breathed a sigh of relief, realizing she had been overthinking things.
The elder on the side glanced at him a few more times, thinking to himself, "This little girl seems so well-behaved on the surface, how come she is so unruly on the inside?"
Are all those well-behaved young girls outside really this unreliable inside?
Fortunately, it was a celestial artifact, which taught him that appearances can be deceiving.
Even the most well-behaved little one can be rebellious at heart!
The elder sighed in front, while Lan Yue followed obediently behind.
However, before they even reached their destination, they heard a loud shout coming from not far away!
"Let go of my junior sister!"