SWDnovel Chapter 38 Mengde pays respects to his master! [New book seeking votes]
Chapter 38 Mengde pays respects to his master! [New book seeking votes]
"Participate in the trial? You? Are you kidding me?"
"I'm serious, Senior Sister. Didn't you say that if I activated this communication talisman, you could help me once?"
Outside Blackwater Village, Mengde looked up at Yunxi on the flying boat and said softly.
"You're just going to your death!" Yunxi frowned slightly, but still patiently explained, "In the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom, the minimum level of Qi Refining disciples sent by the Seven Sects each time is eleven. You're just a small ant at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Even if you manage to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining next year, you'll still be at least two minor realms behind the other trial disciples!"
Yunxi looked down at Mengde with an angry expression. If Mengde weren't, in a sense, the first disciple that Sister Qingli had taken in, Yunxi would have to look at Mengde with disdain to break his guard.
Yes, Meng De's status is very special among the many disciples of Qingling Peak, because he is actually... Qing Li's nominal disciple.
Qingling Peak hasn't recruited any new disciples in the last five or six years, so Meng De is practically the only new disciple on the peak. Therefore, Yunxi sometimes marvels at how lucky this human cultivator with four spiritual roots is.
"...If I were to exchange all the spirit stones I have for cultivation resources, and combine them with the Profound Qi Pills bestowed by the sect, I could potentially break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining before the trial begins, thus narrowing the gap between my cultivation level and that of the other trial disciples." Meng De looked at Yun Xi with a determined expression.
I vaguely remember a cultivator surnamed Xiang from Huangfeng Valley who only demonstrated his Qi Refining level 10 during the Blood Trial. Meng De felt that since we were all Qi Refining level 10 cultivators, there was no need for us to feel inferior.
"...Are you serious?" Yunxi asked, frowning.
"I've heard a rumor that the Crimson Forbidden Land might be sealed off after this trial because of repeated mining..." Meng De sighed and said, "Senior Sister, the rumor says it will be sealed off for sixty years. I might not live to see that day."
"..." Yunxi didn't speak, but just silently looked at Mengde. After a long silence, she suddenly said, "So, you want me to speak to Senior Sister on your behalf, right?"
"Yes, Senior Sister, now that the Eldest Senior Sister is in charge of all affairs of Qingling Peak... If you want to participate in the trial, you need to get the Eldest Senior Sister's approval." Meng De nodded.
"...I won't help you." Yunxi shook her head slightly, turned around and tilted her head slightly to look down at Mengde: "But I can convey this message to Senior Sister."
After Yunxi finished speaking, she flew directly towards Jinxia Peak. Seeing this, Mengde packed his things, boarded the flying boat, and followed Yunxi's figure.
......
At the summit of Jinxia Peak, Qingli sat on a futon beneath the ginkgo tree, silently listening to Yunxi's explanation. She then looked down at Mengde, who was kneeling on one knee, and parted her lips slightly:
"Speak, what are your true thoughts? Yunxi is of my race." Qingli explained Yunxi's identity, which also instantly clarified many of Mengde's doubts.
"From what I know of you, you don't seem like the kind of person who likes to take such risks."
"Senior Sister, may I ask a question first?" Meng De knelt on one knee and bowed to the hazy figure under the spirit tree in front of him.
"Go ahead and ask."
"Is Mengde... a disciple of Senior?" Mengde hesitated slightly, but ultimately chose to address Qingli as Senior.
"You are the immortal destiny left behind by my master, and I have fulfilled this destiny," the hazy figure under the spirit tree said in a calm tone.
Although Qingli answered Mengde's question directly, it made Mengde understand everything instantly.
"..." Meng De, who instantly understood everything, fell silent for a moment. Although he had already guessed, when things turned out exactly as he had expected, Meng De's heart was somewhat complicated.
The hazy, beautiful figure beneath the spirit tree is the future master of Azure Spirit Peak...
The previous owner... may have already met with misfortune.
"Senior... are you pitying me?" Meng De sighed, his voice low.
"Your 'Theory of Spirit Beast Bloodlines' is very insightful. I just feel that you shouldn't be overlooked." Qing Li, amidst the golden light and shadow, slowly opened her eyes and looked down at Meng De, who was bowing his head in silence.
"The Treatise on the Bloodline of Spirit Beasts" is a systematic outline on the selection and breeding of spirit beasts compiled by Meng De, based on his observations and experiences during his ten years of menial labor in the Spirit Beast Mountain and his genetic blood experience from his previous life.
This is the true apprenticeship gift that Mengde gives to Fairy Qingling.
"..." When Meng De heard the "Treatise on the Bloodline of Spirit Beasts", he was clearly stunned for a few seconds. He did not expect that his apprenticeship gift would end up in Qing Li's hands.
After only a brief hesitation, Mengde immediately cupped his hands and performed the formal apprenticeship ceremony to Qingli:
"Mengde greets his master!"
Mengde is actually Qingli's disciple, because Fairy Qingling... does not exist.
"..." Qingli under the spirit tree remained silent, simply watching the human youth bowing to her below. She neither admitted nor denied it. From the moment she accepted Mengde's "Treatise on the Bloodline of Spirit Beasts" sent to Fairy Qingling, and had Yunxi guide Mengde to the peak, a master-disciple bond had already formed between them.
"Master, your disciple Mengde wishes to participate in the Blood Forbidden Land Trial. I hope you will grant my request." Mengde took out a blood-red talisman from his storage bag, presented it above his head with both hands, and spoke with a firm tone.
Qingli silently watched Mengde below, and the blood-red talisman in Mengde's hand.
She seemed to know what Mengde wanted to do, but she also seemed unsure whether she should refuse.
finally,
Qing Li slightly raised her hand, and the blood-red talisman in Meng De's hand flew into Qing Li's hand. Looking at the runes related to the 'Spirit Rain Technique' on it, she softly hummed in agreement.
"Can."
"???" Yunxi looked at Qingli with surprise and subconsciously looked at him. She didn't understand why Qingli would send Mengde to his death if he had already acknowledged Mengde as his disciple.
"These are two magical artifacts I used back then. You can take them and refine them properly." Meng De suddenly felt a slight chill in his hands. He subconsciously looked up and saw a sword and a shield, both miniature magical artifacts, lying quietly in his hands.
"Mengde thanks Master!" Mengde accepted the two high-quality magical artifacts, then bid farewell to Qingli and left Jinxia Peak.
After Meng De tactfully left, Yunxi suddenly looked at Qingli and asked, puzzled, "Sister Qingli, why are you doing this?"
"Having already acknowledged that human youth as a disciple, why send him to his death?"
Qing Li didn't speak, but silently looked at the blood-red spirit rain talisman in her hand, and finally sighed:
"Yunxi...this trial is likely to be more dangerous than ever before, so please proceed with caution."
After seeing Yunxi off, Qingli returned alone to the deep green poisonous forest in the heart of Jinxia Peak. Looking at the silent swarm of Nine Nether Poisonous Mosquitoes, she then threw out the blood-red spirit rain talisman in her hand.
Splash...
The crimson spirit rain talisman burned rapidly in the air, and a strange fluctuation quietly emerged.
Then...
The swarms of Netherworld mosquitoes, dormant in the poisonous forest, have become restless...
Beep... beep... beep...
It's raining at Jinxia Peak...
It's raining...poisonous rain.