readytorunbook Chapter 42 Trials 1
Chapter 42 Trials 1
"Junior Sister!" Two people beside the sect waved to Cheng Jiu. The three of them had agreed to meet here beforehand, as they were all wearing clothes that allowed for easy movement during their training.
Senior Sister Ying was dressed in a striking red outfit, with a black whip wrapped around her waist, her hair tied up high with a red ribbon, and long leather boots on her legs. Her attire was both cool and beautiful. Despite her cute appearance, it accentuated her striking good looks.
Wen Sishu wore a short, light blue jacket, with a jade pendant hanging from his waist. His hair was neatly tied up, and despite his smart attire, he still couldn't hide his scholarly air.
Cheng Jiu was dressed in a blue riding outfit, her hair was braided and coiled on her head, and she carried the Heavenly Wood Sword on her back, making her look neat and cute.
"Alright, everyone's here, let's go." The two had rented the sect's cranes, which was the first choice for most disciples going out for training.
After all, not everyone in the Guiyuan Sect is used to flying on a sword, especially the spirit beasts that are trained and hired from a young age. Once a habit is formed, it is not so easy to change.
Cheng Jiu then summoned the Little Cloud Beast, which ran out of its spirit beast pouch and approached the two cranes.
The two cranes could hardly bear the teasing of this great demon king, and their feathers flew wildly in fright.
It was Cheng Jiu who stopped it. The little cloud beast, realizing it had caused trouble, slunk back to Cheng Jiu's side.
Cheng Jiu knew it was just naturally playful, so he simply patted its head and fed each of the two cranes a pill.
The crane, having consumed the elixir, happily flapped its wings.
"Junior Sister, is this your newly contracted spirit beast? It's actually a cloud beast, so cute!" Senior Sister acknowledged the little cloud beast's good looks, although she would never normally hire a human to do so.
"It's that cloud beast, so vengeful and with such good bloodline talent. I never expected it to take a liking to you. It's really amazing, Junior Sister." Wen Sishu carefully examined the little cloud beast.
"Hey, is that the one that ate the pill that Eighteenth Senior Brother dropped, and not only told the elders, but also guarded Eighteenth Senior Brother for a whole month? This guy actually agreed to be contracted by someone!" Yingyue immediately withdrew her hand that was originally reaching for the little cloud beast.
The eighteenth senior brother often left his pills at the rental place, but because his pills had a very strange fragrance, the spirit beasts couldn't resist them at all, so they never learned their lesson and were often fooled.
Therefore, every time, the little spirit beasts would call their elders to come to Medicine Peak to demand justice.
The little cloud beast was different from them; its battle record at Medicine Peak was verifiable. This little guy was stingy and held grudges, not only summoning its elders but also stubbornly following its eighteenth senior brother for a whole month.
While the other party was refining pills, it would either blow wind or rain. It would also occasionally turn into a dark cloud hanging over the eighteenth senior brother's head, striking him with its own force every now and then.
What's even more amazing is that it can change color. One of the senior disciples on Yaofeng's platform had his fiancée cheat on him, which caused a huge uproar. The senior disciple loudly questioned his fiancée: "Who is that adulterer? Tell me!"
At this moment, the eighteenth senior brother, with a green cloud above his head, slowly passed by him. The green light made the senior brother's face turn pale and then green.
He felt that the eighteenth senior brother was mocking him. That senior brother had been betrayed by his partner and had lost his mind. He stormed up to the eighteenth senior brother and asked him if he was laughing at him or if he was the adulterer.
The fiancée denied it was him, but this senior student was so blinded by lust that he actually believed that his fiancée was deliberately protecting her lover.
Then the eighteenth senior brother encountered an unexpected disaster, and from then on he also had a nickname: Green Light Hero!
Cheng Jiu listened with great interest: "Senior sister, how do you know so much?"
"Hmph, he made me cheat on for a whole half month, I have to know some of his dirty secrets so I can get revenge later!" Yingyue said indignantly.
She was really badly wronged; she didn't dare to see anyone while she was in bed.
While chatting, the three of them soon arrived at their first stop, Qingli City.
Looking at the familiar gate, the three immediately thought of the juicy gossip they had heard in Qingli City.
I wonder if they were lucky enough to get to eat the rest.
The three exchanged a glance and prepared to split up to find out when to meet up at the largest inn in the city.
Cheng Jiu strolled slowly through the city and then saw a familiar figure. It was Long Tian and that... young lady who had come to find her father.
The two of them seemed to be very close.
"Brother Long, you bought me so many things, will my little sister be unhappy?" The girl looked up and asked sweetly, her watery eyes filled with affection and joy.
Long Tian's heart melted at the girl's affectionate gaze, especially since she bore a slight resemblance to Miss Xiao. The thought that the once arrogant and domineering Miss Xiao could treat him this way filled him with warmth.
With a wave of his hand, he said, "It's just some stuff, Ziqing won't be so stingy."
From a distance, the two looked like a loving couple, but Cheng Jiu didn't think so. She didn't know what Long Tian was thinking.
However, she has a mother who is extremely obsessed with romance, so she knows all too well what it's like for a woman to truly have her heart set on a man.
At least that girl didn't. The two seemed to be in love, but it was more like they were using each other.
At this moment, Long Ziqing rushed out and slapped the girl across the face. "You shameless woman, relying on your looks, you're trying to seduce my brother!"
Cheng Jiu clearly saw that the slap never landed on the girl's face. The girl then softly collapsed into Long Tian's arms, covering her face with tears in her eyes, "No, I didn't, I truly love Brother Long!"
"Enough, Ziqing, stop acting like a scoundrel. Song Yuan will be your sister-in-law in the future! Show her some respect!" Long Tian looked at his sister with displeasure as he watched the beauty shed tears.
"Brother, are you really going to marry this illegitimate daughter? How can she be the wife of the young master of the Long family?" Long Ziqing said loudly indignantly.
“She will be your sister-in-law in the future!” Long Tian’s eyes flickered.
Long Ziqing looked at her brother and stomped her foot: "I'm not going to care about you anymore!"
"Yuan Yuan, I'm sorry, Zi Qing has been spoiled by our family!" Long Tian looked at the beauty and apologized softly: "I heard that Caiyifang has some new fashionable fabrics. Let me take you to see them."
Song Yuan, with an understanding expression, followed Long Tian's pull and the two left together.
Meanwhile, Cheng Jiu, who was watching the drama unfold, imagined a whole series of events. Perhaps Long Tian didn't intend to marry Song Yuan, but only wanted to take her as a concubine.
Song Yuan might have her own ulterior motives, knowing them but choosing not to say anything.
Back at the inn, the two excitedly shared the information they had gathered.
"That male servant was later expelled from the manor by the Great Ascension Immortal Lord, and even his cultivation was crippled. Fortunately, Miss Xiao was kind-hearted and settled him in a mansion outside the city. Miss Xiao's marriage proposal banquet thus came to an abrupt end."
The Great Vehicle Immortal Lord was worried that Miss Xiao would be neglected after she was no longer by his side, and that her husband's family would mistreat her. So he spent a great deal of money to send her to the Qiongyun Dynasty to serve as an official.
Although Miss Xiao cannot cultivate the various schools of Daoist arts of the dynasty, with her abilities and cultivation, she can become a minor official, and with the support of the laws of the Qiongyun Dynasty, she can have three husbands and four concubines in the future, making her life quite fulfilling.
"Immortal Lord Minxiu has really put in a lot of effort. You know, the mortal realm has always been quite hostile towards people from the cultivation world. If you want Miss Xiao to establish herself in the Qiongyun Dynasty, the price you have to pay will certainly not be small." Speaking of this, Senior Sister Yingyue was quite envious of Miss Xiao, at least her mother still valued her highly.
"As for that fake heiress Song Yuan, I've inquired about her. She deliberately said those things at Miss Xiao's marriage recruitment banquet. But the difference is that she already knew she wasn't the daughter of the Great Ascension Immortal Lord."
But what she said wasn't wrong either. The male servant had taken a liking to her mother and deceived her; the two had a loving past. But ever since Song Yuan's mother became pregnant, the male servant had also become pregnant.
They lived in constant fear, terrified that the Great Vehicle Immortal Lord would discover their existence and send assassins to kill them, mother and daughter.
Song Yuan's mother went into hiding, but she still couldn't escape. When Song Yuan was young, he witnessed his mother's murder and was determined to take revenge. So he traveled thousands of miles from the northern frontier to Qingli City, where he secretly cultivated his skills, always looking for an opportunity to take revenge on that male servant.
Sure enough, she caught her when Miss Xiao was choosing a husband.
The Great Vehicle Immortal Lord was moved by her pure and devoted love for her mother, but since she had still disrupted Miss Xiao's marriage-recruiting banquet, he gave her twenty lashes and kicked her out. Wen Sishu shared what he had learned.
Cheng Jiu also shared what he had seen: "I think Song Yuan definitely has something on her mind regarding Long Tian. She can scheme like this, so she must be no ordinary person. I'm afraid Long Tian will end up with nothing."
"Hmph, serves him right. I think he's no different from that male servant; both of them want to deceive women's feelings. It's just that they encountered different people." Senior Sister Ying didn't sympathize with Long Tian.
Wen Sishu rolled her eyes and said, "If you ask me, neither of them are good people."
The two of them understood, of course, but after he said that, their interest immediately waned. Senior Sister Ying patted Wen Sishu on the head: "You're so good with words!"
"Speaking of which, how are those two brothers doing?" Cheng Jiu immediately thought of the gossip they had when they first met.
"Master didn't really want to take action openly, but those two people were really devout and just kept kneeling there. So Master wrote a letter to Lord Haijuan, asking Lord Haijuan and the Wu family to resolve the matter themselves."
Haijuan Zunjun understood immediately and approached the head of the Wu family. In the end, the Wu family offered another groom they had carefully groomed, and that was the end of it.
However, Master was thoroughly fed up with this unruly disciple and expelled Brother Wu from Dan Peak. He is currently an outer disciple of the Guiyuan Sect. Senior Sister Ying wasn't surprised at all; after all, to put it bluntly...
This was a scheme from the very beginning, but how dare an outer disciple plot against the peak master of Danfeng?
While I admire his character, it doesn't mean that the strong won't hold grudges.
If this kind of thing isn't dealt with severely as a warning, some people might think that the Peak Master of Medicine Peak is a pushover who can be easily manipulated.
"But I think that brother got what he wanted." Cheng Jiu sighed, once again feeling fortunate to have good talent and a good master.