At the peak of the Qinglan Sect, Mount Taicang.
In a secluded pavilion within the mountains.
The lodious sounds of the zither resounded, continuous and unending—at tis rushing like a cascading waterfall, at others clear and crisp like pearls dropping onto a jade plate, then again soft and mournful as if weeping and pleading, deeply stirring the emotions of any listener.
Upon closer observation.
Every note that vibrated in the void stirred up terrifying waves of energy!
As a pair of slender, jade-white hands increased their pace on the zither strings, the music suddenly beca extrely urgent, harboring the montum of an approaching storm!
After a short while.
The jade hands stopped, the zither strings rebounded, and the music ended.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
After the sound of shattering.
The surrounding flowers, grass, and trees had all broken in response, as if they had been neatly sliced in two by a sharp sword!
"Eldest Senior Brother, Weiwei has finally perfected this final level of the ’Devouring Heart Devil Zither’—the Nine Deadly Heavenly Devil Tunes!"
"At the Five Branches Martial Arts Tournant... Let Youwei fend off that devil Ye Chen for you!"
The graceful young girl playing the zither wept with joy, tears streaming down her face, paying no heed to the fact that her wrists were bleeding unceasingly from the backlash inflicted by the demonic power.
"Youwei, why put yourself through this?"
"You are a once-in-a-millennium Zither Heart and Sword Spirit. If you practiced the right techniques, given ten years, you would surely reach the highest realm of harmonizing the zither and sword. Why are you in such a hurry to master the Devouring Heart Devil Zither, which greatly harms your physical body?"
"Is it... truly worth it?"
A sigh echoed.
A middle-aged woman in a beautiful green dress, with an ethereal deanor, holding a jade-green zither, stepped out from the void.
It was Dantai Qingyin, the "Music Sage," one of the Qinglan Six Saints.
"Thank you, Venerable Qingyin, for enlightening today and helping fulfill my lifelong wish! Moreover..."
Chu Youwei’s pair of eyes, clear as autumn water, gazed steadfastly into the void. "I am here to tell the Venerable that everything is worth it for that light in my heart! It’s all I’ve ever wanted!"
"Ah, knowing how much I cherish your talent, how could I refuse you when you plead so tearfully?"
Dantai Qingyin waved her hand. "Well, well, since things have co to this, you’ve mastered your Demonic Technique, and I have nothing more to say."
"By the way, just now a disciple from your Divine Phoenix Peak ca looking for you, saying that your Master is holding a mobilization eting for the Five Branches Martial Arts Tournant today. You’d better hurry over."
"Otherwise, if Chairman Xiao finds out you’ve lingered here for ten days, she might get angry and accuse of kidnapping her disciple again," Dantai Qingyin said with a bitter smile.
"Yes, Venerable!"
Divine Phoenix Peak, Sword Burial Cliff.
A tall and proud young girl in red, her figure rising and falling, brandished a sword. She moved like a colorful ribbon dancing in the air—elegant, graceful, yet precise and efficient.
As the girl’s movent technique beca increasingly exquisite, her Sword Intent also grew stronger. Both reached their zenith!
SHIING!
An unfathomably profound force enveloped her, ultimately concentrating on the blade of the sword!
"Rise!"
The girl’s eyes brightened. She chanted the sword technique silently, and her figure shot up into the sky!
WHIZ! WHIZ! WHIZ!
High in the sky, she ford a sword seal with one hand and wielded her sword with the other, stabbing out dozens of sword flowers at an incredibly mystical angle!
The sword flowers in the void coalesced into substance, splitting into thousands of golden sword lights and tens of thousands of Sword Qi, all whizzing forward to strike!
With a resounding BOOM!
The incredibly sharp golden Sword Qi tore through the dense fog, turning a giant rock on the edge of a distant cliff into dust!
"The ultimate mystery of the ’Taihao Dividing Light Sword,’ taught by Master, ’Sword Technique Divine Skills - Glow of the Dusk’... is complete!"
"Now that I have reached the initial stage of Golden Core cultivation and possess the invincible power of Glow of the Dusk, I can successfully defeat the demon Ye Chen at the Five Branches Martial Arts Tournant for Eldest Senior Brother. This will eliminate a future threat!"
"Ten days! Ten sleepless nights! Finally accomplished!"
"For Eldest Senior Brother, I truly can do anything! Hahahaha~~"
Guo Yourong gazed up at the sky, an excited smile blooming on her fair, beautiful, and coolly mature face!
At this mont, she stood on the edge of a cliff with her sword in hand. The setting sun cast an attractive golden light on her proud and erect figure, making her resemble a sword fairy, unparalleled in beauty.
"Second Senior Sister! It’s getting late! Master has sent soone to hurry you!" several shouts from new junior sisters ca from below the cliff.
Guo Yourong finally reacted. She made a swiping gesture with her finger, and the Spirit Sword returned to her Purple Mansion.
That’s right! According to the script, Eldest Senior Brother will certainly attend the mobilization eting called by Master!
Speaking of which... I feel like I haven’t seen him for a long ti since that night we drank together on Bright Moon Cliff.
Thinking of that man in white, as handso as a god, Guo Yourong’s cheeks flushed.
That night... I bound Eldest Senior Brother with the Immortal Binding Rope, straddled him, and tornted him in so many ways... If I had been just a little more ruthless then, perhaps... there would be no place for the other Junior Sisters now, would there?
The more she thought about it, the more excited she beca. Her long legs, clad in red silk stockings, even began to rub together restlessly for so inexplicable reason...
「Dusk.」
Divine Phoenix Peak, beneath Fairy Cliff, Taiyi Square.
Lin Xiao arrived, riding his sword, and landed steadily in the middle of the square.
As soon as he landed, the disciples of Divine Phoenix Peak all started to greet him one after another:
"Eldest Senior Brother!"
"Greetings, Eldest Senior Brother!"
Heavens, does our Divine Phoenix Peak really have so many outer sect disciples just here to fill the numbers?
Looking at the dense crowd in the square, Lin Xiao was slightly surprised.
It turned out that in recent years, under his intervention, almost all new inner sect disciples were incredibly attractive junior sisters. As for those male disciples with decent aptitude, they were all assigned by the stewards to the Outer Sect.
In order to maintain his image, Lin Xiao ignored everyone and strode arrogantly towards the inner arena, nose in the air.
By then, the sky had darkened.
The stewards slowly hung octagonal lanterns made by Spirit Artisans on the Heaven-reaching Stone Pillars around the square.
In an instant, the lantern lights ca on, the full moon hung high in the sky, and the sounds of the young n and won added to the ambiance, creating a romantic atmosphere reminiscent of an ancient lantern festival.
Lin Xiao shifted his gaze towards the high platform, searching for the beautiful woman with breathtaking legs. Suddenly, a voice ca from behind him:
"Eldest Senior Brother!"
"Eh? Is that Youwei?!"
Lin Xiao naturally recognized the speaker, and his expression lit up with joy.
Having spent more than a decade together, it was hard not to miss her after ten days of no contact. If he claid not to miss her at all, he would be lying!
No way! This girl hasn’t co to see once in ten whole days! I absolutely can’t make things easy for her right away!
I have my pride too!
With that thought, Lin Xiao instantly reverted to his villainous persona. Turning around with a derisive smirk, he said, "Yo, Third Junior Sister, what a rare guest. You still rember your senior brother, huh?"
As he spoke, he habitually placed his hand on the young girl’s shapely, upturned buttocks.
Just as he finished speaking.
Another red figure rushed towards him from ahead!
"Eldest Senior Brother!"
It was Second Junior Sister Guo Yourong. Ignoring the gazes of the surrounding junior brothers, she ran excitedly towards him and intimately gripped his arm. "Eldest Senior Brother, how was your ti in the Phantom Spirit Blessed Abode? Did that Ye Chen... cause you any trouble?"
Seeing his two junior sisters looking even more radiant, their cultivation seemingly having improved significantly, Lin Xiao felt extrely gratified.
But he deliberately rolled his eyes, his tone sarcastic as he said, "Couldn’t be better. Since none of you bothered to visit, I’ve been having a fantastic ti."
"Ah...?"
Both young won were perceptive and easily caught on to their Eldest Senior Brother’s dissatisfaction.
Imdiately, both young won, forgetting their usual jealous rivalry, linked arms with their Eldest Senior Brother, one on each side.
"Eldest Senior Brother, Weiwei missed you so much!" Chu Youwei exclaid, almost at the sa instant Guo Yourong cried out, "Eldest Senior Brother, Yurong missed you so much!"
As she said this, Guo Yourong, who was pressed against Lin Xiao’s chest, suddenly noticed sothing!
"Oh my God, Eldest Senior Brother, you..."
"You’ve actually broken through Innate and advanced to Golden Core?!"
She covered her mouth, her pretty face filled with surprise and joy!
Chu Youwei, hearing this, also sensed it. Her cherry lips parted slightly in shock, rendering her speechless!
Indeed, if it were the leading senior brother of another branch who had broken through from the peak of Innate to the Golden Core realm within ten days, they might have believed it!
But this Eldest Senior Brother—their first love, though they were reluctant to admit it—his aptitude truly wasn’t that good. In fact, he had been stuck at the initial Innate stage for over a decade!
How could he suddenly.....
So that’s how it is!
Guo Yourong was the first to realize sothing.
In an instant, a myriad of emotions welled up in her heart, and her eyes imdiately turned red!
No wonder Eldest Senior Brother suddenly proposed to go into seclusion in the Phantom Spirit Blessed Abode...
It was just as the script said!
The mont he discerned Ye Chen’s true nature, he resolved to protect everyone, to protect the entire Qinglan Sect. Despite his ordinary aptitude, he chose to fight Ye Chen, the Son of Destiny, to the death!
For soone of his diocre aptitude to defy the heavens and reach Golden Core in just ten days! One can only imagine... the imnse pressure and hardship he must have endured, and what a terrible price he must have paid!
As this realization dawned on both young won, their hearts trembled uncontrollably!
They slowly raised their heads, staring blankly.
They looked at their Eldest Senior Brother, who was still pretending to be nonchalant, still playing the villain, all so they wouldn’t worry...
At this mont.
These two transcendent beauties, figures normally seen as pure and unattainable by others, felt their emotional dams burst. Tears welled in their eyes, and they wept, their own tears like pear blossoms in the rain!
"He really... This is making cry so hard... SOB SOB SOB..."
"I finally understand! Everything in this world is an illusion; only Eldest Senior Brother is the true ideal!"
Their emotions surging past their limits, the two young won, heedless of the onlookers, threw themselves into their Eldest Senior Brother’s embrace and burst into tears!
Lin Xiao was utterly bewildered.
Hey, I just slacked off for ten days. Is it really that big of a deal???
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