The morning fog is cold.
Ning Jiujiu opened his eyes, and there were shallow and fine bloodshot eyes between them. He opened the window, and the cold wind stirred up the white clothes and poured in along the collar, which was astringent and cold.
Of course, just one night of practice cannot really change anything.
Judging from his current qualifications, cultivating Taoism is a matter of water grinding through stone.
He had expected it, so he was not discouraged, only a little regretful.
He pushed open the door and walked out of the inner peak in the morning light.
Snowflakes are falling, spiritual energy is flowing through the fog, and the peak is full of makeup.
Ning Jiujiu looked up and looked at the floating stars and stones in the sky, his thoughts moving slightly.
These star stones have been hanging high on the top of Tianku Peak, and people have gradually become accustomed to their existence.
According to Ning Xiaoling, those star stones became sword stars, which were hung in the sky by the founder.
The sword stars can be lit with sword fire. After the sword fire lights them, a person wearing sword armor will be projected. If you defeat this sword armor, you can obtain part of the inheritance of the sword's will. The higher the sword star, the higher the sword star. The sword energy and divine intention contained in it become more and more wonderful.
The sooner the Sword Star is lit, the greater the benefit will be. And after a long life, the sword star's gift of sword power will be better than nothing.
In the early morning, it was still too early. There were occasionally disciples practicing swordsmanship in the snow on the top of the mountain. Most of them were obsessed with swordsmanship and did not cast their eyes on him. He walked around on the top of the mountain. When he reached somewhere, he suddenly stopped and suddenly felt After catching a glimpse of the peak stone, a plain-colored figure stared at the cliff.
Lu Marry stood on the edge of the cliff holding a sword. Her slender figure was filled with the morning light. The woman's face was as pretty as snow, and her black hair hanging down to her cheeks was swaying slightly in the wind. At this moment, she looked sideways, and her long autumn eyes were looking at her. The mountains and rivers outside the peach curtain are the color of snow, and the fish-belly white morning light outlines silver-white lines on her body, faintly offsetting some of her innate sharpness, so that the lines appear plumper and softer, and more It is better than the thousands of mountains in my eyes.
Ning Jiujiu didn't expect that he would meet her, and was a little surprised.
Lu Marian noticed his arrival, turned around slightly, looked at the young man in white not far away, and was slightly surprised, and asked: "You got up so early today?"
Ning Jiujiu chuckled, shook his head and said, "I didn't sleep last night."
Lu Marry was slightly confused and asked, "Are you worried?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "No, just practice diligently."
Lu Marion looked disbelieving and sneered: "Are you still practicing diligently?"
Ning Jiujiu smiled and said, "Miss Lu, are you prejudiced against me?"
Lu Marry glared at him, looking slightly annoyed.
Ning Changjiu smiled and changed his words: "Yes, Master."
Lu Marry's expression softened a little and she said, "Then how do you feel after practicing diligently all night?"
Ning Jiujiu said helplessly: "I can only comfort myself with the old saying that dripping water penetrates stone and saws wood with a rope."
Lu Marianjian joked: "I saw that you were very prosperous when you were in the imperial city. What? And today?"
Ning Jiujiu asked: "You teach swordsmanship every day, don't you also delay your practice? Does the teaching of the Worldly Immortal Sect require the Peak Master to personally do it?"
Lu Marry's smile faded slightly and she said softly: "Of course not, it's just that I pay more attention to the future of my disciples."
Ning Jiujiu wanted to fight back: "Isn't it because your body..."
Lu Marian said coldly: "Shut up, you are my disciple now, how can you talk to the master?"
Ning Jiujiu shut up angrily and said, "Disciple, I obey."
Lu Marry was a little satisfied and said: "If you have any questions, don't hold on. Although you are an outer disciple in name, I also pay attention to one thing... teaching without distinction."
Ning Jiujiu said: "This is inappropriate. If others discover it, it will be said that the master and the disciple are secretly communicating..."
Lu Marry asked with a slight hum, and sneered: "You've got an advantage and you still want to behave?"
Ning Jiujiu said: "Disciple dare not."
Lu Marian was a little confused: "I feel like you are in a good mood today?"
Ning Jiujiu thought that maybe he was affected by his realm and became less and less able to hide his emotions.
"It's okay." Ning Jiujiu asked, "Master is in a bad mood?"
Lu Marry also said: "It's okay."
That's a little bad. Ning Jiujiu sighed softly, knowing the crux of her current problem.
Lu Marian stopped looking at him, turned sideways, looked at the vast mountains, and asked, "What do you think of this place?"
Ning looked at her for a long time and said with a smile: "Beauty is like jade, flawless."
Lu Marry was slightly startled, her neck turned slightly, Qiu Shui's eyes were full of murderous intent, "I asked you how the Tianku Peak is."
Ning Jiujiu pretended to be astonished and said calmly: "The peaks and mountains are like a gathering, so beautiful."
Lu Marry suddenly thought of something, took a deep breath, looked at Ning Changjiu, and said with a half-smile, "Are you really looking for death?"
Several extremely thin streaks of snow-white sword energy spurted out from her sleeves, and after passing through the air, they turned into sword ropes and struck towards Ning Changjiu, as if to capture him.
Ning Changjiu saw that the situation was not good and immediately said: "Someone is here. Say goodbye to Master."
"Stop!" Lu Jianjian shouted softly. How dare he speak frivolously in front of her and ignore the punishment? Where is the majesty of the sect's rules
The sword rope wound up.
Of course, Ning Jiujiu would not linger, so he made a secret trick and tried his best to escape.
At this moment, several sword-training disciples were passing by the mountain path.
Lu Marry also sensed this, sighed, and reluctantly retracted the sword rope, looking at the direction in which Ning Jiujiu was escaping, and snorted coldly.
When the disciples saw Lu Marry, they were all surprised and saluted one after another.
Lu Marion nodded slightly, gave some instructions, and told her not to be late for morning classes later, then turned and left.
The disciples looked at her leaving figure and were all a little confused as to why their master looked so gloomy today...
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During the morning class, Lu Jianwei’s fingers lightly clasped the wooden ruler, the four-cornered copper bells rang, and the day’s plan began.
Today, Lu Marian did not let everyone read the Sword Scripture first, but said in a cold and dignified voice: "I heard that some disciples from the peak went down the mountain without permission yesterday and had a conflict with the disciples from Xuanri Peak?"
There was silence.
Lu Yueyou put her hands behind her back, and her eyes as clear as night rain and cold mist slowly scanned the sword hall. The natural majesty of her realm and the identity of the peak master made the sword hearts of the disciples present tremble slightly.
Ning Xiaoling covered her chest and felt uneasy. She glanced at Ning Jiujiu next to her, and saw Ning Jiujiu with half-closed eyes and a calm expression. She couldn't help but admire her, thinking that her senior brother was really calm, even with the master's invisible power. Pressure can be ignored.
In fact, Ning had just stayed up all night and was a little sleepy. He didn't hear clearly what Lu Marion was saying. He fell asleep for a while and felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he looked around.
He found that two teenagers and a girl stood up slowly, with their heads lowered, looking aggrieved and scared.
Of course Ning Jiujiu didn't know them, but he just felt that the little girl looked familiar... maybe it was because there were only a few people in the sword hall.
"Master, I was the one who suggested this matter, and the conflict started because of me. Just punish me alone."
Those three people are Xu Weiran, Yun Ze and Junior Sister Lerou.
Xu Weiran was the first to speak. He was the oldest among the three.
Lu Marian asked: "Do you want to protect them?"
Xu Weiran said: "I don't dare. It's just that as a senior brother, I should set an example... But when the junior brother and sister suggested going to hunt demons outside the peach curtain, I didn't stop it. This is the disciple's fault."
Lu Marry said: "You have not yet become a cultivator. Going out to hunt demons without permission is extremely risky. If something happens, are you sure you can protect them?"
Xu Weiran lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
Ning Xiaoling tugged on her senior brother's sleeve and said softly: "Well, that person is Yun Ze, the one who called senior brother a pig last time."
Ning Jiujiu glanced along her finger, looking at the young man standing with his head bowed, his sword and clothes slightly damaged. Even though he was being admonished at this time, his shoulders were still high and low, and he was still standing.
Lu Marian did not look at Yun Ze, but looked at the little girl and said, "Lerou, was it you who took them there again?"
Lerou seemed to be a habitual offender. She didn't even defend herself and whispered: "Yes."
Lu Marian sighed: "Among the female disciples, you are the senior sister of this generation, why are you always acting like this?"
Lerou whispered: "Master, it's my fault to go out of the Peach Curtain without permission, but the disciples from Xuanri Peak also went out without permission. It was just a coincidence..."
Lu Marry said coldly: "Xuanri Peak will take care of Xuanri Peak's affairs. If you hadn't happened upon it by chance, would you have gotten away with it?"
Lerou pursed her lips and did not dare to answer.
Lu Marian continued: "It is said that it is a demon hunt, but it only disperses a few ghosts wandering around the caves of Yishan. What can I do? Do you really think you are a little sword fairy? The annual God Abandoned the Moon, the four peaks open the mountain to hunt In this time of demons, why can’t I see you being so active?”
Yun Ze lowered his head and slowly raised his hand.
"Say." Lu Jiaojian said coldly.
Yun Ze said: "There are many mistakes in this matter, and they are all the fault of Senior Brother Wei Ran. However, the conflict with Xuanri Peak was clearly caused by Xuanri Peak's bullying. They openly said that there was no one at Tianku Peak, and they also laughed at Master. Realm, we were so angry that we started fighting with them.”
Lu Marry was silent for a while and asked: "Just because of this, you treat the rules as if they are nothing?"
Yun Zeshanshan smiled and said, "Isn't this protecting the dignity of the teacher?"
Lu Marian asked: "Then you...did you win?"
The three of them stopped talking completely.
Lu Marian's face turned even colder.
"You are now cultivators outside the world, seeking the path to immortality. If you still believe in the competitive spirit of martial arts in the world, how far can you go in the future?"
"On weekdays, I ask you to cultivate your mind and calm your energy, but a few words can stir up the fire in your heart. What kind of mind are you cultivating?"
"What's more, they are right. My current state is indeed worthy of being called the Peak Master."
Lu Marry's words gradually became softer, and her expression was somewhat unconceivably lonely.
Xu Weiran raised his head, hesitated to speak, and looked extremely guilty. Yun Ze also realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he lowered his head and shut up. Lerou was a little girl after all. She was scolded by the master she had always admired, but she didn't feel it at all. What, after all, I am used to it, but now when I hear Master say this, tears suddenly well up in my eyes.
Lu Marian looked at them, feeling sad in her heart. She took back her hand that was already on the ruler. She looked at the three disciples and said, "Since this is my first offence, um... I committed this crime at the beginning of this month, I will spare you for the time being." If this happens again in the future, we will be severely punished.”
Xu Weiran breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said: "Yes, Master."
The other disciples were all silent, but Ning Jiujiu was not affected in any way. He just felt that Lu Jiaoyou was really majestic when he was teaching and educating people.
He tilted his head slightly and whispered to Ning Xiaoling: "Master talks about cultivating the mind, but in fact he is also angry. In this regard, Xiaoling should not follow master, but should learn from senior brother."
Ning Xiaoling nodded thoughtfully.
Lu Marian's earlobes moved slightly, she slowly turned her head, her eyes fell on Ning Changjiu, and asked: "What did you just say?"
Ning Jiujiu shuddered. He knew that her cultivation level would definitely allow him to hear it, but he didn't expect that she would be serious about it.
However, I had just talked to Ning Xiaoling about cultivating one's mind before, so of course I had to remain calm at this moment.
Ning Jiujiu said calmly: "I ask junior sister not to cause trouble and make master unhappy."
Lu Marry had no intention of letting him get away with it, and said coldly: "Really?"
Ning Jiujiu then thought that he seemed to have annoyed her early this morning and finally took the opportunity to sneak away. Now she was going to... take the opportunity to take revenge
"What should we do if we openly slander our master in the sword hall and follow the sect's rules and regulations?" Lu Jiaoyue asked indifferently.
Ning Jiujiu thought to himself that you could have pretended not to hear it. Isn't this an attempt to inflict a crime? Will what I say still work
Sure enough, Lu Marry had already grabbed the long ruler and said: "Hand."
"I also committed the crime at the beginning of this month..." Ning Jiujiu defended.
Lu Marian asked: "Does that mean you admitted it?"
Ning Jiujiu swallowed his words.
"Why… "
Under the gaze of everyone, Ning Jiujiu hesitated for a moment, but still stretched out his hand. He looked at Lu Marry, his eyes seemed to say that you are so vindictive and have the nerve to teach your disciples how to cultivate their minds.
Lu Marry's face was cold, but there was a faint smile in her eyes, as if to say, so what, I just want to take it out on you today.
The other disciples were still guessing what this ignorant outer disciple said quietly, then they heard a few snapping sounds, and the ruler fell down, hitting Ning Changjiu's palm, making it reddish.
Ning Xiaoling begged softly: "Master, please spare my brother..."
Lu Marion's heart softened, she took back the ruler and said, "I won't do this again."
Ning Jiujiu looked at her calmly and sighed: "I will follow the master's teachings."
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(There is only one chapter today. Because it will be released on the 15th, I plan to save some manuscripts for the explosive update...)