Chapter 118: Wilful and Wayward

Wilful and Wayward

A fluctuation occurred in the field of pressure. The next moment, Ruan Ci leaped out from under the bamboo tip, her back against the sunlight, her white clothes fluttering, her posture as graceful as a startled swan, indescribably ethereal and otherworldly. She landed on the giant bamboo leaf, her toes lightly touching the leaf, not even causing the slightest tremor. She casually took a human-skin bag from her sleeve and shook it downward. Two corpses fell down immediately. The Tiger Servant cheered, "Young Lady has good skills. These seven Foundation Establishment disciples were not even a match for Young Lady for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."

Ruan Ci smiled slightly and said modestly, "Uncle Hu is overpraising me. With my spiritual sense, if they had fled with all their might for more than a cup of tea, my perception wouldn't have been that detailed. I could only finish the battle quickly."

The eight disciples who followed the young scholar had all been killed by Ruan Ci single-handedly. This was much simpler than killing enemies in the Hengze Heaven. One reason was naturally that twenty years of hard work had not been in vain, and now her cultivation level was a step higher, not comparable to that day. Another reason was that these cultivators' cultivation levels were not worth mentioning, mostly at the second or third layer of Foundation Establishment, not even comparable to the enemies of twenty years ago. It was likely they were not qualified to practice in secret realms like the Hengze Heaven.

In Ruan Ci's view, killing any number of such enemies was not worth mentioning, so she was not complacent. She threw the corpses of the crowd beside the scholar and said to him, "More than half of these eight people lost their lives because of you. Hmph, Li Pingyan's Martial Brother was a gun you worked hard to find, but no matter how stupid he was, you still had to act a little to deceive him. Besides him, the others you brought are your close juniors, right? I guess, besides your disciples and Martial Nephews, there might even be a few who are your blood relatives."

Because of a Flying Bear, Ruan Ci killed eight people in the blink of an eye. Such a response was indeed unexpected. The young scholar's expression as he looked at her was completely different. It seemed that if his restrictions were lifted at this moment, he would risk offending the rule of not bullying the small and kill Ruan Ci on the spot. But Ruan Ci didn't care at all, looking at him and saying, "Fellow Daoist, I killed these people, and the Nascent Soul True Person behind you didn't dare to make a sound. It shows how much he fears my teacher. For cultivators like us, the first consideration in living in this world is our own Dao path. What benefits did the person behind you promise you that you still can't bear to tell the truth?"

She speculated on the changes in the scholar's expression and smiled again, "It may not be a benefit. Is it? He must have used something to restrict you. Let me think, what could make you not dare to speak until now? If it were just falling, then it wouldn't make sense. If you don't speak, you will die now. Tell me, and you might be able to try to escape—what do you value more than the Dao path? This is unreasonable."

Seeing Tianlu had been busy treating the black and white Flying Bear. At this time, the Flying Bear's aura had gradually stabilized. He handed the Flying Bear to the mermaid, whispered a few words, turned around and said, "Miss Ci, this person might have been placed under a restriction, unable to reveal the truth to outsiders. It's not that he doesn't want to speak, but he really can't."

Ruan Ci felt very fresh and smiled, "This restriction is a bit evil. Why haven't I heard of it in the sect?"

Seeing Tianlu said, "This is a miscellaneous cultivation method called 'Restriction Cultivation', sent from one person to another. For example, Miss Ci now places a restriction on me, forbidding me from speaking ill of the True Person within a hundred years."

His face was slightly red, as if he was very embarrassed by this metaphor, and he said, "Then within a hundred years, if I really didn't violate the restriction, Miss Ci would share some fortune with me in the dark, making me benefit a lot. But if I broke the restriction, I would fall in extreme pain in an instant, and my own fortune, and even my inner landscape, would feed back into Miss Ci's cultivation."

He walked to Ruan Ci's side, looked down at the scholar, and said slowly, "This kind of restriction method is an unequal transaction, so there must be a large gap in the cultivation of both sides to make the exchange balanced. Only a trace of the caster's fortune is worth the other party's entire family wealth to be effective. In fact, even if he doesn't speak, there are not many cultivators in the Jin Bo Sect who can place a restriction on him. Checking them one by one, it can eventually be found out."

Following his words, fear gradually appeared in the scholar's eyes, as if he wanted to break free from something. His face gradually flushed, and his aura was also leaping violently. Ruan Ci was patient at this moment. Seeing him struggle again and again, he finally stopped panting, and she nodded and sighed, "It seems you still failed to drag that person into the water."

She didn't talk to the scholar anymore and turned to order, "Uncle Hu, kill him."

The Tiger Servant responded, his sharp claws raised. The field of pressure was immediately occupied by a murderous aura. The white-clothed scholar's aura was suppressed to the most decayed and low moment. A claw shadow swept across the air. Amidst the screams, spiritual energy erupted violently. Countless images floated into the air. A three-colored Golden Core leaped into mid-air, like a demonic setting sun, snatching the brilliance of the great sun in an instant, making another world appear around it. Beside a small lake, mountains stretched, and waterfalls flew, indescribable immortal style. There were many figures in the mountains, which were the scholar's life appearing. However, these pictures were much more detailed and vivid than when Meng Mingyue of the Foundation Establishment stage fell.

Ruan Ci looked around. The childhood experience was just a glance. She only paid attention to the pictures closer to the present. She did find a scene that was quite suspicious, which was the scholar kneeling in front of someone, making an appearance of listening to teachings. It was just that the person at the top had a blurred face, and vaguely only saw that she was wearing palace attire. She pointed and asked Seeing Tianlu, "You say, could this be the great True Person behind the scenes."

Seeing Tianlu said, "That's not necessarily true. This person didn't dare to observe his teacher with spiritual sense, so he only left blurred images. This is true. Even for us, if we fall here, there will be no teacher's face in the broken world. However, I will still record it for Miss Ci. Perhaps we will see a familiar cave dwelling tomorrow, and we will know who wants to go against our Purple Void Heaven."

He had never been out, and his experience in the world was too little. These words were so childish that they made people laugh. Ruan Ci thought, "If it takes such a blind cat to find the mastermind, it's better to settle the matter from the beginning."

The inner landscape of a Golden Core cultivator cannot last long in the world, but it will also enrich the spiritual energy of this place within a few years. At this time, many living creatures have been attracted to gather nearby. However, Ruan Ci had lost the mood to kill demons and take treasures. She packed up the corpses of the crowd and returned to the Dharma Boat. She was not in a hurry to go to the Jin Bo Sect, but discussed with Wang Panpan and Uncle Hu, "How should these corpses be disposed of? Mainly the Universe Bags they left behind. I don't want these things, but if they are returned to their relatives, it seems like I am intentionally provoking them, which is not my original intention."

Wang Panpan seemed to be accustomed to this kind of behavior of killing nine people without a word. Ruan Ci's words made her laugh. She licked her paws and smiled, "People are already killed, are you still afraid of being misunderstood? What if you send the Universe Bags back? Shangqing disciples will naturally not covet these small profits. They died because they had eyes but didn't see, and followed the wrong teacher—naturally, there will be more people who want to kill you later, but are you afraid of people killing you? When the sword envoy is reincarnated, I don't know how many sects will come to kill you, so it's not bad to have these stinky fish and rotten shrimps."

The Tiger Servant also smiled, "Young Lady is also intentional. It's good to return the Universe Bags. It's a knock on the mountain to shake the tiger. If any of these disciples' relatives are resentful because of this, that will be the best target for our Purple Void lineage to establish prestige in the Jin Bo Sect."

These two monsters seemed to be ready to kill at any time. Ruan Ci's temper was not very good, but she killed nine people, and her anger gradually subsided. Seeing that these two were lawless, she didn't want to talk about it anymore, changed the subject and asked, "I originally wanted to live in the Jin Bo Sect, but there are many Nascent Soul True Persons in the Jin Bo Sect. We don't have a Nascent Soul True Person to shield us. Is our aura slightly inferior? I'm afraid that in the chaos of the aura field, someone will fish in troubled waters. Should we change to stay in the Jin Bo market and invite Martial Brother Li to come down the mountain to meet."

She originally wanted to accept Li Pingyan's invitation to live in the Jin Bo Sect, and also intended to get to know Li Pingyan's master. But this sudden change made Ruan Ci lose this interest, and she had a very low evaluation of Li Pingyan's master, thinking, "If Martial Brother Li can't stand me killing his Martial Brother and Martial Uncle and wants to break off relations with me, then it's better to ease the face in the Jin Bo market, and everyone will be decent. If it's in the Jin Bo Sect, there are too many people with ulterior motives, and it's hard to say if they provoke us to fight. I still like Martial Brother Li very much, and I don't want to kill him casually."

Wang Panpan said, "Although there are many people with ulterior motives, it is still difficult to harm you. The Jin Bo Sect is next to the Shangqing Sect. There is only one Grotto-Heaven in the sect, and the cultivation is so-so. It must not be able to beat your master. If it's a competition between peers, forget it. If someone wants to bully you with the big, your master's spiritual energy will manifest, and he can destroy the Jin Bo Sect in the blink of an eye."

She said this very plainly, as if such things were common in the Central Continent. The Tiger Servant also deeply agreed. Ruan Ci smiled bitterly, "I'm not worried about this—think about it, today's matter can't be hidden from Master, and naturally it can't be hidden from the Nascent Soul spiritual sense around the Jin Bo Sect. Now everyone knows that I can't bear to see cute demonic beasts suffer. If I were a Jin Bo disciple and wanted to stir up a dispute, it would be too simple. Find some servants I don't like, and intentionally torture some cute spirit beasts and spirit birds in front of Shangqing disciples. Shangqing disciples are unhappy when they see it, so they have to kill people. Isn't that a riot at any time? If there is a riot, Martial Brother Li wants to stop me, then I can't say that the sword has no eyes, and I will kill him unintentionally."

Wang Panpan was stunned for a moment. Before Ruan Ci opened her meridians, she seemed knowledgeable and wise. Now that Ruan Ci has established her foundation, her mental strength has improved rapidly, and Wang Panpan sometimes seems to be rough. She wagged her tail, thought for a while, and said, "Actually, it depends on the attitude of the Great Elder of the Jin Bo Sect. Most Grotto-Heaven cultivators can trace cause and effect. If someone wants to provoke you like this, he can find the mastermind behind the scenes in the blink of an eye. It won't be a riot... Alas, but if she dares to come forward, you killed so many people just now, and she won't pretend not to see it."

The Tiger Servant said in a deep voice, "The Jin Bo Sect has been established for only three thousand years. Most of the Nascent Souls in the sect are attached to the two lineages of True Person Xu of the Pure Yang Yan Zheng Heaven and True Person Tianli of the Jade Longevity Lingshan. As for the Great Elder, she doesn't seem to be close to anyone on the surface, but privately she is naturally taken care of by these two True Persons. Now our Purple Void Heaven also wants to place pieces in the Jin Bo Sect. She wants to push back, but she doesn't dare. Most of the time, she can only pretend to be confused and pretend she doesn't know anything."

Ruan Ci had heard of this Pure Yang Yan Zheng Heaven, but it was the first time she had heard of the Jade Longevity Lingshan Heaven. Wang Panpan glanced at her and said, "True Person Li has no foundation in the sect and is slightly closer to True Person Xu. The most promising disciple under her is Shao Dingxing, who is the senior brother of this generation."

Ruan Ci came here to find Li Pingyan and ask him to bring a message to Little Su and others to do some things for her. She thought it was a small matter. Unexpectedly, she had to sit down and talk about the Purple Void Heaven and even the Sect Master's lineage placing pieces in the Jin Bo Sect. She couldn't tell whether True Person Wang sent Seeing Tianlu and others to follow her, whether it was to use her to place the first piece, which triggered so many changes, or whether she vaguely glimpsed the surging of the Jin Bo Sect from the "Taishang Induction Chapter", so she arranged attendants for her, so that she had the confidence to confront the young scholar today. She pressed her temples and had a headache, "These are things Master should worry about—at worst, there is Senior Brother. I am a Foundation Establishment disciple, I don't know anything, I don't even know all the True Persons in the sect, so what does it have to do with me? Let's not talk about these. Rest here for one night. If there is no follow-up in the Jin Bo Sect, we will go to the market, call Li Pingyan out to see me. He likes to come or not. If he doesn't come, I will treat it as if I don't have this friend."

As she said this, she stood up angrily, went to see the black and white Flying Bear, and saw that its injuries had improved. It was sleeping soundly in a large brocade basket brought by Seeing Tianlu, occasionally twitching its mouth, and her mood suddenly relaxed. She lay on the edge of the basket, teased the little bear for a while, and seeing that the little bear seemed to be teased awake, she hurriedly combed her spiritual power to induce it to sleep deeply.

After watching for a while, Seeing Tianlu quietly walked into the room and brought her a cup of fragrant tea, which was the Wutong Clear Dew given by True Person Wang. Ruan Ci raised her cup and sniffed, only feeling a very rich spiritual energy fragrance, which seeped into her nose, as if it had a shape. For a time, it nourished her lungs and eliminated all worries. She couldn't help but sigh with satisfaction, put down the teacup and smiled at Seeing Tianlu, thinking, "This silly deer, having been by the True Person's side for so many years, the only service method he learned is to keep making tea for people."

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but giggle. Seeing Tianlu didn't notice this, lowered his head to tidy up the needles and threads and other magic treasures beside the brocade basket, and smiled, "Miss Ci, why worry? You came out just to see Li Lang. As for other things, the True Person didn't order them, so why do you need to think about them? The True Person has already ordered me and Uncle Hu just now. Tomorrow we will still go to the mountain gate as usual. Miss Ci will just meet Li Lang. Let's see who dares to disturb you."

Ruan Ci couldn't help but stand up and said in surprise, "Master came just now?"

Seeing Tianlu smiled, "Yes, he talked to us for a while, but he has already left."

Ruan Ci had many questions in her heart, and she didn't know whether this matter would have a huge impact on Li Pingyan. She didn't regret killing those people in a fit of anger, but after all, this was the first time she had a dispute with the Mao Sect under the wings of the Shangqing Sect, and she was a bit unsure of the measure. Knowing that True Person Wang had been here, but didn't say a word to her, and left her confused, she was even more unhappy for a while, bit her lip and said, "Then I just won't go to the mountain gate—you go and tell Master, tell him to come..."

She was about to tell Seeing Tianlu to pass the message, if True Person Wang didn't come to see her, she would never do things according to True Person Wang's instructions, but she felt that this was very inappropriate, not only making Seeing Tianlu embarrassed, but also losing the etiquette of a disciple. So she stopped, waved her hand and went straight to her quiet room, according to the ritual taught by the True Person, burned incense and lit candles, knelt down and kowtowed three times, put her hands together, closed her eyes and prayed silently, "Disciple has many things unclear, please Master descend an incarnation to point out the maze, otherwise disciple will return to Zijing Mountain to ask to see Master, and the Jin Bo Sect will simply not go."

It was just that the words were better, but in fact, it was no different from what she wanted to tell Seeing Tianlu. Ruan Ci repeated the last sentence dozens of times. In her perception, there was no change in the room. She half-opened her eyes, looked left and right, her small mouth couldn't help but pout, got up and pushed the door out, and was about to find the Tiger Servant to let him return to Zijing Mountain, but saw a figure standing on the bow of the boat, the night wind was rustling, the bamboo leaves were rustling, blowing his robes, ethereal and crane-like. She stopped her steps, surprised and suspicious, pushed the door out, walked slowly to the deck, and for some reason felt guilty again, whispered, "M-Master?"

True Person Wang looked over, seemingly neither angry nor happy, but Ruan Ci was so scared that she took a step back. At this time, looking at herself just now, she felt that she was really wilful and arrogant to the extreme. If she were True Person Wang, she would definitely punish such a disciple severely, otherwise it would be unreasonable.

She usually thought that Seeing Tianlu's hesitation and caution were ridiculous and cute, but today she couldn't help but learn from Seeing Tianlu, wandered for a while, and then rubbed her toes on the ground, walked to the True Person's back inch by inch, and said softly, "Master, I, I..."

She didn't know what she was afraid of, just that her heart was beating fast. However, Ruan Ci had never been worried about gains and losses for too long. After a while, she gave up, thinking, "At worst, I will be punished by Master. Anyway, I won't die, and even if I die, it's nothing."

She pulled True Person Wang's sleeve and shook it, and smiled, "Master, did you come to see me? —As soon as I went out, I caused trouble for you."

However, although she was prepared for the worst, she still made her cutest appearance, wanting to move the True Person slightly.

True Person Wang glanced at her and said lightly, "I naturally want to come. Anyway, if you want to see me, you can always see me. It doesn't cost much for my incarnation to come over. If I don't come, and Miss Ci wants to return to the mountain, who can stop her? It's just a waste of my spirit beast's magic power, and it also consumes the restriction of this Dharma Boat. Since I am so stingy, I naturally have to come."

A few words made Ruan Ci's heart jump, and she knew that the True Person knew about the gossip behind her back. She hurriedly pushed the True Person to sit by the boat, and she also knelt beside the True Person, diligently pounding legs for her teacher, and wanted to call Seeing Tianlu to make tea, but before she could speak, True Person Wang said, "Okay, do you want to shout everywhere? Are you afraid that others don't know how wilful you are?"

Ruan Ci hurriedly bit her tongue again, and she knew in her heart that she was very overstepping. If the Tiger Servant, mermaid, and other spirit pets knew, it would inevitably spread to the ears of Senior Brother Lu and Senior Brother Su. The two senior brothers had followed True Person Wang for a long time, and they also had disciples and grandchildren under their hands. People's hearts were uneven, and it was easy to feel lost. She hurriedly accelerated the speed of pounding legs, and said some soft words like 'disciple is really ignorant', but she didn't mention 'please Master punish'. Seeing True Person Wang's eyebrows gradually relax, she asked, "Master, before I went out, did you foresee today's events? Or was it because you sent someone to protect me that led to today's events? This is the question I want to understand most at this moment."

True Person Wang lowered his long eyes, as if admiring the posture of the giant bamboo leaves swaying in the dark night. Only when Ruan Ci's pounding slowed down did he look at Ruan Ci, and hearing Ruan Ci's question, he smiled slightly, but didn't sell it, and answered, "You still see your own affairs too small, and see the world's general trend too big."

"Today's matter was not caused by me. From the moment you and Little Li became friends, the cause of today was laid. It's just that you didn't understand the connection at that time."

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, everyone. I want to see if the exposure is pbc.

Yesterday's question, actually my personal answer is that some things have no right or wrong, only whether they suit your taste or not. Ruan Ci made her choice in her living environment. There is no right or wrong, but there is like or dislike, and there is no need for reasons to like or dislike.

Today's question: Ci Gu laughs that Seeing Tianlu only knows how to make tea, does she only know how to __?

Lunch is stir-fried water bamboo with pork slices! I asked my dad to make it spicy! Looking forward to it!

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Thank you all very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ===== CHAPTER 119 =====