Chapter 42: Taken by the Sword
On the same night, in the Scripture Scrolls Cave of the White Sheep Cave, Nangong Cai Beans closed the two volumes of notes that she had already carefully read several times, then she took continuous deep breaths until nearly a hundred breaths had passed before her mood was completely calmed down, then she closed her eyes.
Following her usual cultivation method, she entered into a quiet internal observation, and then her thoughts slowly flowed out towards the outside of her body.
It was just that unlike normal days, she didn't rush to capture the surrounding Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi with her Nian Li, but instead let her Nian Li float around in the quiet cave of scripture scrolls.
Her cultivation was limited, and her scattered nian energy could only spread throughout the entire inner cave, unable to reach even the periphery of the Scripture Scroll Cave.
Compared to the surrounding heaven and earth, the range of her nian power was like a pitifully small pond.
But thinking about that possibility, she lost any impatience.
She just maintained that state, waiting calmly and patiently.
As time passed, many extremely tiny particles of water vapor appeared in her perception, as well as many dusts that were so fine that they were extremely tiny, and even the fluff of plants or animals that were so small that they couldn't be detected at all.
These extremely tiny things quietly entered the world of her Nian Li and fell into this pond around her, breaking the absolute calm.
Around the pond, a breeze suddenly arose.
There were countless threads of fine breeze that blew across this pond.
These breezes are like living beings, the vast majority of them seem to have some instinctive resistance to the pond, and after contacting the pond, they swept by silently, only bringing up slight ripples.
And some, but seems to test, but seems to begin to really contact with the surface of the pond.
Nangong Caiyang began to feel truly shocked.
But she still did nothing, just calmly accepting the water flowing from anywhere like a pond on a real rainy night.
Those breezes couldn't really enter the pond yet, but she began to see different colors.
She began to see that there were many colors in those breezes, like tiny stars.
She finally couldn't contain herself.
She was so excited that she couldn't help herself, her body trembled violently, she breathed heavily, she couldn't keep into the quietness of her inner view, she couldn't continue her cultivation, and she opened her eyes.
She hadn't been able to succeed all at once, hadn't been able to draw heaven and earth's vital energy into her body, but she had felt a crucial change.
She had understood the true meaning of this place.
Acceptance and tolerance were much more useful than taking by force.
The several Cyan Vine Sword Academy students not far away from her were still frowning and pondering, immersed in the canonical books they had selected, and did not even notice her appearance at this moment.
With an almost reverent gesture, she returned the two notebooks in front of her to their original positions before walking out of the inner cave, out of the outer cave, and all the way to the stone hall outside the Scripture Scrolls Cave.
It was still pitch black outside, and there was still some time before dawn.
Yet she sat down in the stone hall and waited with her face facing the rope bridge.
Not knowing what emotions were directing her, she now wanted very, very much to see Ding Ning again.
Sitting high above the White Sheep Gorge, waiting for the sunrise, overlooking the White Sheep Cave, and watching the slow changes that were taking place throughout the entire mountain gate of the White Sheep Cave, she was the first student of the Qingteng Sword Academy to have this experience.
All sorts of loud noises began to appear in the absolutely silent White Sheep Gorge.
When the sky was still light, the figures of many White Sheep Cave students had already appeared on many of the mountain paths in White Sheep Gorge.
The cultivation of practitioners emphasized the unity of body, method, and technique.
Among them, Dharma referred to the cultivation of true essence.
However, it would only absorb heaven and earth energy and melt the true essence, but it would only turn into a pure vessel.
Body, refers to the cultivation of the cultivator's own physical body.
A cultivator's body should be strong, be able to live for a long time, have strength, be agile, have speed, and have sufficient reflexes.
Technique, refers to the skill of utilizing the body, true essence and weapons.
The combined ability of body, technique and skill was the true strength of a cultivator.
According to the practice of cultivators, in the evening, when everything is quiet and the body needs to rest, it is a good time to enter into silence and cultivate true essence, while after sunrise, when everything is active, the temperature rises, and the flow of one's qi and blood becomes vigorous, it is a good time to exercise one's physical body and techniques.
So under the light of day, some of the White Sheep Cave students in the weight climbing the steep cliffs, some at the edge of the cliffs, a large mouth spitting, with breathing method vibration strong internal organs, some are around the body of the cold light fluttering, in the diligently cultivate the sword method.
......
It was a thriving and beautiful scene.
Even Nangong Cai Beans, who was waiting for Ding Ning at the moment, couldn't help but have this image appear in his mind: the entire Changling, the entire Great Qin Dynasty was beginning to awaken, and countless such clans were all in such a scene at the moment.
Countless such clans were thriving, representing the thriving of the Great Qin Dynasty.
However, at this moment, what she didn't know was that an argument was starting somewhere on the mountain path of the White Sheep Cave.
"Why?"
Su Qin looked at a young instructor of the White Sheep Cave in front of him with a chilling expression, "I have no problem with Zhang Yi being qualified to enter the White Sheep Grass Lodge to cultivate, but what qualifications does Ding Ning, who has only just entered the mountain gate for less than a day, have?"
White Sheep Cave young instructor for Su Qin's attitude is very dissatisfied, but the face of just his own student status, but the true essence cultivation has been almost the same as his own Su Qin, he is very clear that Su Qin's future achievements and he can not be compared to the same day, so he forcibly pressed down the heart of the unhappy, as far as possible and pleasant to say shrugged off: "This is the cave master's decision, the cave master since the decision to do so, must have his reasoning. should have his reasoning, after all, Ding Ning's test outside the mountain gate was also amazing enough."
After saying this sentence, watching Su Qin's face seem to become more and more ugly, this young instructor then helplessly, using a voice that only two people could hear to sincerely persuade, "After all, I'm only responsible for delivering the message...Moreover, the Cave Master has also placed you within the three, you've already been able to obtain the qualification to cultivate with the Spirit Vein, so why should you bother about who the Cave Master has decided who the other two candidates were, after all, you can only use one spirit vein as well."
This young instructor felt that he had already spoken in a very sympathetic and reasonable manner, and even felt that he had already placed himself in the position of a villain, however, what he did not expect was that Su Qin's face became even more icy cold.
"This is not a matter of how many spirit veins I can use, but a matter of justice and fairness."
"You should also understand that utilizing spirit veins for cultivation is the highest reward of our White Sheep Cave, if it is casually bestowed to a disciple who has just joined the sect, then in the future, who within the sect will truly contribute to the sect?"
His voice wasn't exactly loud, but it was cold and clear, traveling far out on the mountain path and reaching the ears of many White Sheep Cave disciples who were practicing hard.
The young instructor's face gradually changed.
He began to understand why Su Qin was getting sharper and sharper during this period of time, and some of his performances within the sect were getting stronger and stronger.
It was because the White Sheep Cave was subsumed into the Green Vine Sword Academy, because the class that used to exist in the White Sheep Cave was no longer recognized by the Empress and the dynasty.
If he was able to make the majority of White Sheep Cave stand behind him, then he could potentially turn into the master of White Sheep Cave in the future, and climb even more easily to the higher stage of Changling.
"Your ambition came too fast and too early." So this young instructor's face was unusually ugly as he chided in a low voice.
Su Qin was sneering at this moment, the rest of his eyes sweeping the increasing number of White Sheep Cave students gathered around him, but his voice was pressed down to an extremely low level, "Yet I have heard that one must be ambitious to live, I have also heard that carp leaping over the Dragon Gate is to capitalize on the momentum, and I have also heard that if one wants to be famous, one should take advantage of the early days."
The young instructor's face became even more unsightly, yet seeing the growing number of angry eyes waiting for an answer, his heart was slightly panicked, not knowing what to do at this moment.
"The reason the Cave Master made such an arrangement is because he has sufficient qualifications."
Right at this moment, a cold and emotionless voice rang out behind the young instructor.
Everyone's gazes gathered on Li Daoji, who stepped out from the mist.
The hilt of Li Daoji's sword, which was straddled in front of him, was still emitting a faint red light, which was soul-stirring.
All of the hundreds of White Sheep Cave students gathered nearby were slightly stagnant, but in the silence, there was a terrifying aura that was about to explode at any time.
Su Qin smiled slightly.
He felt that no matter what the outcome was today, he would gain more prestige.
"What qualifications?" He looked at the hilt of Li Daoji's sword across his chest with some contempt, thinking in his heart, "Even if you are stronger than me now, I will definitely be able to surpass you in the near future.
"Ding Ning has already passed through Xuan."
On Li Daoji's face, there was also an extremely rare hint of a smile, a bizarre smile of icy sneer.
He looked at Su Qin, whose face had instantly stiffened, and added, "Ding Ning was initiated yesterday, and he had already passed Xuan yesterday...he passed Xuan in half a day."
"What!"
An unbelievable cry of shock resounded through the mountains.
Su Qin's face turned pale, he didn't speak out, but these cries of shock shouted out the incredulity in his heart in his place.
Everyone was just as unable to believe that this was true as those several students of the Green Vine Sword Academy in the Scripture Scroll Cave.
This was because in their memories, in the entire Changling, it seemed that there were only one or two people who were able to achieve half a day's passage to Xuan Xuan when they began their true cultivation.
The young instructor's body trembled as well.
He knew that after Li Daoji came out, this matter would not be his to resolve, yet he did not expect to hear such a piece of news.
A monster who had passed Xuan in half a day... if such a monster was not qualified to receive the aid of a spirit vein to cultivate, then who else in the White Sheep Cave was qualified?
"Is this true?"
A childish voice rang out.
The person who made this voice was Shen Bai.
He was the one who had most vehemently opposed Ding Ning's initiation in the beginning, but now, a flame of hope began to burn in his shocked eyes.
If this was true...if White Sheep Cave really had such a monster that could thrive, would the White Sheep Cave of the future still be as humiliated as it was now?
Li Daoji glanced at him. He did not answer Shen Bai's question, but only used a cold and mocking tone and slowly said: ''There is no point in talking about qualifications anymore, yesterday, Dean Di Qingmei of the Qingteng Sword Academy had already made the following statement, letting our White Sheep Cave students also participate in the Sword Sacrifice Trial, and if we can win in the end, we will be able to receive the same rewards as the students of the Qingteng Sword Academy, but these three strands of our White Sheep Cave's Spirit Springs, are also the rewards for the final winners."
"What!"
Between the mountain paths, a suppressed cry of shock resounded once again.
Li Daoji coldly swept over everyone present, "The Cave Master has already promised... so if you feel resentment in your heart, if you feel that White Sheep Cave has lost something and want to get it back, go get it back with your own sword."
