People who practice cultivation no longer need to sleep when they reach a high level. They only need to sit in meditation to restore their strength.
Shen Xinghai didn't sleep in the past, but unfortunately his soul was injured before, and he was in a daze and not fully awake, so he fell asleep early today.
The person outside the house stood quietly in the darkness for a moment, and only moved to the next step after confirming that the breathing of the person inside the house became long and peaceful.
The movements were extremely light and slow, and he even moved with a deliberate effort to hold his breath. Even though Shen Xinghai in the room had already reached the Golden Core Stage, he didn't notice it at all.
The person who came in was like a breeze, sneaking into the house silently.
There was no light in the room, and the silvery moonlight from the window could be used to identify the position of the person lying on the bed. Shen Xinghai slept there with his clothes on.
The man stood beside the bed and looked at him. After a moment, he put his hand on the scabbard and slowly raised it.
However, before he could swing his hand, another sword reached out from the darkness to stop him. At the moment when the two weapons touched, the man let out a light "eh" and slowed down his movement.
The man in front secretly spat and took action before the latter could shout to wake Shen Xinghai up.
The scabbard hit his neck, and the spiritual power and mental power came together to knock him unconscious.
Outside the house, the moonlight that had just been half-hidden by the dark clouds now appeared again, filling the entire room.
The young female cultivator holding the scabbard beside the bed had eyes and brows as soft as morning dew. She glared at me with a hint of anger in her eyes.
"Meng... Senior Sister Meng Ran?!"
Zhu Erchong stuttered and exclaimed.
"What are you doing here, Junior Brother Shen, in the middle of the night?!"
Senior Sister Meng Ran tugged at her new skirt that had just been accidentally cut by Zhu Erchong's sword, and said in a bad tone: "I would like to ask, what are you doing here at Junior Brother Shen's place in the middle of the night!"
"I really couldn't sleep, so I came to discuss going to the upper realm with Junior Brother Shen." Zhu Erchong scratched his head, his expression extremely complicated and tangled: "I feel that my cultivation is too low, and I'm afraid that if I go up, I will only cause trouble for Junior Sister Wen and the others. I'm thinking about whether I should give up the quota to one of Grandmaster Yue and the others..."
"But you, Senior Sister Meng Ran, what are you doing in Junior Brother Shen's room in the middle of the night!"
Meng Ran glanced at Shen Xinghai lying on the bed. She had hit him hard just now, so he was now as unconscious as a dead pig. There was no need to worry that he would suddenly wake up.
She tugged at the big hole in her skirt and said coldly, "I originally thought that both of you were going to the upper realm, so I came to give a farewell gift to Junior Brother Shen, but I overheard his conversation with his two little disciples outside the courtyard."
Zhu Erchong angrily shouted, "Wait, why did you only think of giving Junior Brother Shen a farewell gift, but not me?"
“… Don’t pay attention to these unimportant details.” Senior Sister Meng Ran glanced at him helplessly, and finally sighed: “I heard him tell Ah Xiu and Heishi that he will be going on a long journey tomorrow morning and will probably be back in a few months. Let the two kids take care of him and send him a message after Senior Su Yuan leaves.”
"He wants to run away?!"
Meng Ran looked at Shen Xinghai with a complicated expression and nodded slightly: "Yes, he probably feels that he has taken up a place in the upper realm and plans to escape directly."
"So you just..."
"So I just waited until he was resting, then came in and knocked him out."
As she spoke, she also picked up the scabbard in her hand to show Zhu Erchong, but she saw only the scabbard, and the sword had been pulled out and put back into the mustard bag.
"I was a bit heavy-handed this time, and his spirit was damaged last night. I think he will be unconscious for three to five days. You can take him to see Senior Su Yuan."
She looked at Zhu Erchong who was standing there in a daze, threw out a mustard seed sac, chuckled and said softly: "I prepared it for you too, take it."
Meng Ran, who was standing by the window, had a slightly complacent smile on her lips, which was even gentler than the moonlight shining on her head.
On the tenth peak.
Master Su Yuan sat cross-legged on the recliner, his movements as rude as usual. But he was the elder after all, and even Yue Xingzhou, who was the most particular about etiquette, did not dare to ask him to put his feet in the right place. Instead, he stood before him with his hands lowered respectfully, like a well-behaved grandson.
"Don't regret it before you leave."
He glanced sideways at the three disciples from the Tenth Peak.
In fact, Master Su Yuan had only informed the three of them of the matter at the very beginning after careful consideration. After all, Ye Shubai and Wen Yun were both from the Tenth Peak and had a closer relationship. In addition, the talents of the three of them were much higher than others, so they thought they would have better prospects in the upper realms and would not waste their time in the lower realms.
However, what was unexpected was that the three of them voluntarily gave up the opportunity!
Yue Xingzhou pondered for a moment and said frankly: "Senior, we actually hesitated in our hearts. After all, Master and Junior Sister are both in the upper realm. We have been guarding the Tenth Peak for decades and always miss them. But we have made up our minds, and the three of us will never regret it."
"Before leaving, Master gave me the order to be the head of the sect, asking me to take good care of the Qingliu Sword Sect. If I leave, and there is no master in the sect, even if other sects respect us for hundreds of years, as long as there is no master in the Tribulation Realm in charge, there will be no power to protect ourselves. The remaining disciples will probably be in a very difficult situation."
"As their elder, I should naturally stay in this world and protect the sect."
Bai Yushan listened for a long time, and finally nodded heavily: "Me too!"
"Besides, to be a little arrogant, our talents are much better than theirs, and we may not be unable to ascend to the heavens in the lower realms, so it's okay to give them the opportunity."
Bai Yushan nodded again: "Me too!"
After the eldest brother finished speaking, Xu Wanfeng smiled and said, "The three of us grew up together, and no one can leave each other. If they don't leave, I will naturally not leave, and I can't bear to leave so many women in the sect..."
"Cough!" Yue Xingzhou coughed heavily, interrupting his last sentence.
After hearing this, Master Su Yuan could only shake his head and sigh: "Well, since that's what you said, I'll take those two fools away. I'm afraid they're almost going crazy with joy."
He wasn't so happy that he lost his mind, but one of them was actually knocked unconscious.
At daybreak, Zhu Erchong carried the unconscious Shen Xinghai to the tenth peak.
He originally planned to stay for three more days before leaving, but Shen Xinghai showed signs of waking up, and he was worried about causing more trouble, so he simply came directly to find Master Su Yuan.
After hearing what happened, Su Yuan Zhenren said: "... You young people are quite good at having fun."
He had originally planned to lie down and enjoy himself in the sect for a few days. After all, here he would be provided with delicious food and drinks without having to spend any money.
Upon learning that he was leaving today, Bao Pilong, who had just woken up, rushed over, grabbed Zhu Erchong and cried bitterly. Finally, reluctantly, he took out the spiritual jade he had saved for a hundred years and stuffed it into his hand.
"The expenses in the upper realm are high. I'll give it to you and save it for myself."
Zhu Erchong was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears. He immediately took out a huge sum of money worth more than a hundred times the amount from his mustard seed bag and gave it to Bao Pilong: "Brother Bao, this is for you. Actually, I have made some small fortune in the past few decades..."
Senior Sister Meng Ran was responsible for writing the book, and he was responsible for negotiating business with Wanbao Pavilion. As the book became a best-seller, he made a lot of money.
Bao Pilong was dumbfounded and couldn't believe it: "I treat you as my own brother, and you made a fortune behind my back?!"
Zhu Erchong: "... I'm leaving soon, so why don't you worry about this?"
The sadness before parting was greatly dissipated by this bag of private money.
At this moment, all the clouds in the mountains have been melted away by the sunshine. It is a rare sunny day today, and the sky is clear and blue like the sea.
The fact that he was taking people away was not something he could make public, for fear that it would cause more trouble if too many people knew about it, so Zhu Erchong did not even have time to return to the Second Peak to say goodbye.
He knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily in the direction of the second peak, silently saying in his heart: "Master, I don't know when you will hit me next time."
Grabbing a handful of soil from the Qingliu Sword Sect, Zhu Erchong carried Shen Xinghai on his back, faced the morning light, and followed Master Su Yuan to the unknown upper realm.
Below, Heishi, who had grown into a young man, and Ah Xiu looked up at the sky: "The old senior has left, can we notify the master to come back?"
However, no matter how they shouted happily in the jade slip, Shen Xinghai still did not respond.
"They're leaving."
Senior Sister Meng Ran's eyes were slightly moist, and she murmured in a low voice: "I'm so envious."
"Yeah, I'm really envious. In fact, I also want to go to the upper realm." Bao Pilong also responded.
The two smiled at each other, and saw the openness and purity of swordsmanship in each other's eyes.
Fortunately, I can only feel envy.
"Can you please stop wandering around! This is the void! If you leave my source of power to protect you, you will be shattered in an instant!"
Master Su Yuan grabbed Zhu Erchong, who was looking around, and hit him on the head in frustration.
Zhu Erchong chuckled and scratched his head: "Hehe, I think that star is pretty pink, so I can't help but walk over there..."
"Oh, that's the Red Luan Realm, it's full of female cultivators."
Hearing this, Zhu Erchong's feet involuntarily moved to the side again. If it weren't for the pain from the big bump on his head, he would have run towards the Hongluan Realm the next moment.
Master Suyuan was furious.
They have been walking in the void for who knows how long. Zhu Erchong is like a dog. He wants to get closer to take a look at everything he sees, and no one can stop him!
Shen Xinghai was fine, except that when he just woke up, he was shocked by the light spots of the universe in the void and couldn't walk, and he shouted something inexplicably -
"The stars move like a battle array, and the sky is my chess piece! Turn my hand, I want the sky to no longer cover my eyes! Turn my hand back, I want to go against this unfair sky!"
Master Su Yuan was shocked by the inexplicable aura on him at that time. He immediately looked up for a long time, and finally thought that something was wrong...
There is no sky in this void! Even if there is, no one has come to cover your eyes!
Facing the ancestor's questioning, Shen Xinghai's face turned pale and blue, and finally he walked aside holding his sword and never spoke again.
The three of them traveled happily like this for several years, and finally, when the snacks that Zhu Erchong brought in his mustard seed bag were almost finished, they arrived at the outer circle of the Cloud Sea.
Master Su Yuan, who had been tortured by Zhu Erchong all the way, breathed a sigh of relief.
He cleared his throat, turned around and gave careful instructions to his two disciples.
"The Cloud Sea Realm is ahead. There are cultivators from all walks of life there. You must be careful in everything you do. When interacting with people from the upper realms, you must not lose face for our Qingliu Sword Sect, nor make enemies with them..."
Before he could finish, a clear and melodious sword whistle suddenly sounded behind him.
Master Su Yuan's face changed drastically, and he immediately used his source power to protect Zhu Erchong and Shen Xinghai, and pushed them both heavily towards the direction of Yunhai Realm!
Shen Xinghai reacted, and he shouted out loud, "Senior!" after not speaking for half a year.
He and Zhu Erchong held swords and tried to struggle forward to rescue them, but Master Su Yuan instead pushed out another source of power towards them, causing them to fall towards the Cloud Sea Realm at a faster speed.
His eyes were bloodshot and he roared, "Run! Don't look back!"
The moment the shout came out, he quickly drew his sword and blocked it, dissolving the fierce sword intent that was attacking the two men.
A young girl in a green silk dress stood in the void, her eyebrows and eyes were extremely cold, her lips were extremely thin, and her whole body was as murderous as the green sword in her hand.
Behind her stood three young sword-wielding monks, with an extremely extraordinary aura, and the way they glanced at Master Su Yuan showed disdain that they were unwilling to hide.
All four of them are in the Ascension Stage.
Even in the upper realm, being able to gather so many ascenders at one time can be considered a big sect or a big family.
certainly…
It's not uncommon for them.
Because they come from the strongest sect in the Eastern Territory of the Void, the Dongxuan Sect!
The leading girl snorted coldly, and did not chase the two ants falling towards the Cloud Sea Realm. Instead, she casually cast her eyes on Master Su Yuan.
"What a coincidence. I was just here to gain experience, but I didn't expect to find this traitor."
The young man behind her smiled and waved his sword in the direction of Master Suyuan in a flattering manner.
"Junior sister, don't let the untouchables dirty your sword, let me deal with him."
“Don’t.” The girl in the green skirt raised her hand and said crisply, “It is said that he once spoke rudely to Master Shang when he was in the sect. I want to capture him and make him kneel down and confess his guilt to Master Shang!”
Another female cultivator behind her covered her mouth and chuckled: "Haha, don't lie with your eyes open. Everyone knows that you are looking for an opportunity to get close to Master Shang."
"I didn't, I was just outraged that a lowly person dared to question Master Shang's swordsmanship..."
They were talking about how to deal with Sukugami-sensei without restraint, and seemed not to be worried at all that he would escape.
This is indeed the case.
Master Suyuan held the sword and retreated silently, trying hard to find a way to survive.
However, how could there be any stupid disciples among the disciples of the dignified Dongxuan Sect
Although they seemed to be unintentional, they had actually already used their sword intent to create a killing net to trap Master Su Yuan, leaving him with nowhere to escape!