Chapter 47: Seeing the True Person Again

Seeing the True Person Again

Summoned by the True Person, Ruan Ci naturally dared not be negligent. However, after much deliberation, she still did not practice the "Yin Lord Pill Song Annotation" to reflect the experience brought by Qu Pingting’s soul power into reality. In her view, the "Yin Lord Pill Song Annotation" was a secret more important than the East Flower Sword. Although she and True Person Wang had a future master-apprentice agreement, the master-apprentice ceremony had not been performed, and the karma had not been established, so it was not appropriate for him to know about this matter.

"Miss Ci, I thought you would be extra diligent in cultivation last night."

Tianlu asked Ruan Ci with curiosity on the way, blinking his big eyes, "The last time we met, I felt that Miss Ci’s momentum was full, and it seemed that her cultivation had made another step forward—I specifically came to tell you a day early. If the True Person saw that your cultivation had improved again, maybe he would be happy and let go of the treasure gourd to you."

Ruan Ci sat on the shaft of the cart side by side with him and asked curiously, "What treasure gourd?"

Tianlu was unhappy, pouted, "It’s the time spiritual object I begged the True Person for half a day, wanting to get it for you."

He was timid and didn't dare to stare at Ruan Ci, but he also snorted with courage and complained, "Miss Ci is usually very smart, but this time she failed my painstaking efforts."

His hint was actually very clear when he came to pass the message early yesterday and asked Ruan Ci not to delay yesterday’s homework. But he never expected that Tianlu would also complain about others being stupid. Ruan Ci couldn't help but laugh for a long time, took the reins from Tianlu, shook them, and said, "Tianlu, I will help you drive the cart as an apology, okay?"

Tianlu’s mouth was still pouting, "How can this cart be driven without Foundation Establishment cultivation? Miss Ci is just coaxing me."

Ruan Ci transferred her magic power, and indeed felt that the reins were like a big pool. She poured a lot of magic power into it, but it hadn't shown signs of filling up, and the flying cart seemed to lose power and fall down. She hurriedly returned the reins to Tianlu. Tianlu shook the reins and said, "Miss Ci, your magic power might be enough, but you haven't reached Foundation Establishment, and the Jade Pool hasn't turned into a sea of consciousness. Your divine sense can't move so fast, and you haven't mastered the prohibitions, so the cart will fall down!"

He was gentle in nature after all, and after a while, he became happy again, counting with his fingers, "Since the True Person called you, then things are not without a turning point. You be obedient, don't make the True Person angry again, say a few more words, maybe the True Person will give you the treasure gourd—actually, Miss Ci’s status is precious. If you were under the Sect Master’s knees, maybe I would give it if I begged, True Person, True Person..."

Ruan Ci smiled, "The True Person is very stingy, is that what you mean?"

Tianlu 'slapped' his mouth and shook his head vigorously, "I didn't say it, it was Miss Ci who said it!"

Although ten years had passed, Tianlu didn't go out except for sending things to Catching the Moon Cliff. In ten years, they had only met dozens of times, and he was still shy and childish. Ruan Ci gradually realized that the cultivator’s measurement of time was indeed different from that of mortals. For example, Shuangcheng, when she first met her, she was already forty-something, but she was as innocent as a young girl. Ruan Ci was a bit surprised at the time, but now she knew it was natural. She was thirty-two years old this year, but if she looked into it carefully, since she joined the Profound Heaven Sect, in the sixteen years, the time spent with people and laughing and talking added up to less than a month. The rest of the time was either sleeping deeply in the Heavenly Boat or being locked in various places reading and cultivating. Especially in the past ten years, she was often forgetful of things and herself in cultivation, not knowing the passage of time. Whether it was ten years or one year, it was a great progress for cultivation, but she didn't get much insight into human affairs. If Tianlu had always lived in the Purple Void Heaven, even if he was hundreds of years old, it was very likely that his state of mind would be as raw as a few years old.

The two of them frolicked on the cart for a while, and then Tianlu said tactfully, "The True Person’s hands are tight, which is also because the family background is not thick. For a thousand years since achieving the Dao, he has been stabilizing his realm in the Purple Void Heaven, and there are very few disciples in the Purple Void Heaven, and there is no business operation. He still has to wait for the sect to flourish in the future and accumulate some time slowly."

Ruan Ci pondered, "No matter how big the Central Continent land is, it has been occupied by many sects. If True Person Wang wants to accumulate family background, someone has to give up their share. No wonder the cultivators of the Central Continent land are the most fierce. They don't set up a continent-wide array, and any force can settle here. How to settle? It’s nothing more than fighting."

She was born in the Song State, and for seven hundred years, it had been a civil strife among the powerful families, attacking each other, so she was very familiar with this kind of business. She asked Tianlu, "I know some disciples that the True Person took in before, were all by Xie..."

At this time, they were in the mountain gate and hadn't flown into the Purple Void Heaven. Every word and action might be eavesdropped on. Ruan Ci hesitated for a while and didn't dare to call Sister Xie—if she entered the Purple Void Heaven, she wouldn't dare to call her that even more. She had to vaguely say, "Were they coerced by others to rebel against the sect? Since then, has the True Person not taken any more disciples?"

Tianlu shook his head and said, "He hasn't taken any more. Not long after that, the True Person went into closed-door meditation to achieve the Cave Heaven. Now there are only the First Young Master and the Second Young Master in the Purple Void Heaven, both of whom are Nascent Soul cultivators, each cultivating in their own cave dwelling. They are different from the True Person and have not practiced the "Supreme Induction Chapter," so it is not easy to distract themselves. Next time when they come out of closed-door meditation, I will introduce them to Miss Ci."

Ruan Ci asked again, "Then did the First Young Master and the Second Young Master take disciples?"

A few traces of sorrow appeared on Tianlu’s face, and he said in a low voice, "They did, but in these few thousand years, the True Person and the two Young Masters have been in closed-door meditation, and several young masters and young ladies have encountered many disasters during their cultivation. Now the only ones who are still useful are two. The disciples left by the original young masters and young ladies have all been stripped of their cultivation and thrown into spiritual mines as slaves, and they have long since passed away one after another."

Ruan Ci was not surprised, but still felt secretly shocked. She didn't know whether the fighting within the Profound Heaven Sect had always been so ruthless, or whether the impact of Xie Yanhuan’s rebellion was even more significant than she had originally estimated. Even the disciples under True Person Wang were implicated to this extent, and the two True Persons who had not rebelled could not protect their disciples.

However, the Sect Master’s line was so dark and weak, how could True Person Wang achieve the Cave Heaven? Ruan Ci was a bit puzzled. She was no longer the ignorant girl she used to be. Although she didn't know the method of Cave Heaven achievement, she also knew that just achieving Nascent Soul from Core Formation required massive resources, and Nascent Soul achieving Cave Heaven required an unimaginable number of spiritual energy treasures. Without the support of the sect, it was extremely difficult to achieve. The Sect Master’s line had been oppressed to this point, but they could still protect True Person Wang’s Cave Heaven path. I don't know what kind of story there was behind this.

She wanted to ask Tianlu again, but at this time, the gold powder flying cart sprinkled fragrance all the way and plunged into the Purple Void Heaven, so she didn't dare to mention it again, and began to recite the three fundamental mantras of purifying the heart, purifying the mouth, and purifying the body. She had only seen True Person Wang ten years ago. After that, she practiced the fundamental mantras hard. It was just that the Heart-Purifying Mantra was not necessary for Ruan Ci, and she didn't recite it all the time on weekdays. Today, she was going to see him in person, so she was naturally doubly careful, reciting the mantra while secretly reminding herself to restrain her thinking and not to let her imagination run wild.

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True Person Wang met Ruan Ci on a small island in the Cang Sea this time. Tianlu led Ruan Ci from the entrance of the cave dwelling to the quiet room where the True Person lived, walking for a full half an hour. The corridors and passages were all filled with pearls and jade. Even though Ruan Ci had seen the wealth of the immortal family, she was dazzled. However, today’s timing was not very good. Tianlu had just told her about the True Person’s embarrassment, and now she walked into such a luxurious place. Ruan Ci only felt that True Person Wang also had many difficulties. If these furnishings were not precious, such furnishings were actually shabby. If the furnishings were very precious, it was swelling his face to fill the fat man. In short, the lack of manpower and the lack of accumulation, no matter how you dress it up, it seems to reveal a trace of desolation.

She hurriedly recited the Heart-Purifying Mantra, saluted True Person Wang, and True Person Wang told her to get up, saying, "You are diligent in holding the mantra today."

The first sentence was hidden with sharpness. If she was thinking about good things in her heart, why did she need to hold the mantra like this? Since Ruan Ci’s holding of the mantra couldn't be hidden from him, she had already offended the True Person. She found that she seemed to have fallen into a deep trap. If she didn't hold the mantra, the thoughts she couldn't control in her heart would be sensed, and the True Person would be angry. But if she suddenly held the mantra, wouldn't the True Person know that she was arranging him again, and because he couldn't sense her thoughts, he could imagine more, and he would be even more angry?

Tianlu had been with Ruan Ci for a long time and became a bit clever. Without waiting for the True Person to take it, he took the lead in offering a cup of tea to the True Person and also gave Ruan Ci a cup. Ruan Ci touched the bottom of the cup and said, "My mind is wild, and it doesn't listen to my own control. I make the True Person laugh."

True Person Wang’s lips curled slightly, "You should let go of the Body-Holding Mantra, let me see your cultivation."

In fact, with his status as a Cave Heaven True Person, it was not difficult to forcibly break the several fundamental mantras held by Ruan Ci. Ruan Ci didn't hesitate and let go of the Great Body-Purifying Mantra. The shadow of the Jade Pool on her head suddenly shone out. True Person Wang looked at it for a few times, nodded slightly, and said, "You haven't delayed your cultivation."

Ruan Ci said, "Thanks to the True Person’s grace, I have saved a lot of effort in catching spiritual beasts."

True Person Wang said, "It’s also because you are obedient."

The last time they met, it couldn't be said that they talked happily, but today these few sentences were actually okay. Ruan Ci also felt that she was indeed obedient. True Person Wang had beast meat to feed, so she sat in prison for ten years and didn't go out to cause any trouble for the Purple Void Heaven. She took it for granted and looked up and smiled, "Thank you for the praise, True Person."

True Person Wang looked at her, seeing that she had no intention of being humble, couldn't help but smile slightly, and said, "According to yourself, when can you reach Foundation Establishment?"

Ruan Ci knew that the meat of the play was coming. She wanted time spiritual objects. True Person Wang did have them, but she also had to confirm that her investment could be rewarded. She counted with her fingers and said truthfully, "If I cultivate like this, the Jade Pool water will be full in about three years. When the opportunity comes, I can reach Foundation Establishment."

True Person Wang nodded, "How many years of cultivation did you save by taking the Dream-Returning Fruit?"

He didn't ask how she saved the cultivation, which saved Ruan Ci from making it up, "The medicinal power has not been completely digested yet. If it is fully operated, three years of hard work can be saved, but Foundation Establishment is still not enough, and I have to take time spiritual objects to push it up."

She thought and said, "I am not in a hurry, but I don't know if the True Person has any errands that can use me in a few years, but it is not good to delay the True Person’s affairs."

True Person Wang picked up the teacup, rubbed the bottom of the cup, looked at Ruan Ci with a smile, and said, "Ruan Ci, your courage is really not small."

Ruan Ci came to ask for the treasure gourd, which was her urgent need, and this thing was so precious. She didn't ask for it sincerely, but used rhetoric to take advantage of True Person Wang instead, which could be said to be ignorant of life and death. But in Ruan Ci’s view, this matter could not be seen like this. True Person Wang’s door was empty, and he also needed her, the East Flower Sword envoy, to support the scene. Moreover, if True Person Wang didn't give it, she could ask Qu Tanyue for it. If it really didn't work, she could switch to a tool cultivator. It was just that in that case, she couldn't see what benefits she could have in the Profound Heaven Sect. When her cultivation was enough to stand on her own, break out of the sect, and be a loose cultivator, wasn't it free and happy? She was in the Profound Heaven Sect, a chess piece of the Sect Master’s line. The price the Sect Master’s line had to pay naturally should not stop at the spiritual food of these ten years.

"True Person, you are serious," she smiled, "True Person’s cultivation is profound, Ruan Ci is not as good as you, but business is business. Doing business always requires mutual benefit."

Ordinary disciples towards the elders in the sect, even if they looked at the cultivation gap, would not dare to be so presumptuous. Tianlu’s feet began to stomp alternately, holding the tea tray tightly, as if ready to plead for Ruan Ci at any time. True Person Wang didn't drink tea, but stared at Ruan Ci for a few times, nodded, and said, "You are right. You and I are not master and apprentice. Since I want to use you, I should have given more support. I can give you this treasure gourd, but your sister’s cultivation progress is very fast, and your time is not much. After you reach Foundation Establishment within the year, you will take something for me. What do you think?"

Compressing three or five years of cultivation into one year was not a trivial matter. But then again, if the treasure gourd had no help to Ruan Ci, then Ruan Ci’s wanting it was really a bit wasteful. This was a treasure material that could be used by Nascent Soul True Persons, not a mass-produced item like spiritual beast dried meat. From Tianlu’s tone, it was also much more precious than the Dream-Returning Fruit.

However, these treasure materials only had one function for Ruan Ci, which was to stimulate her to enter a strange dream. Ruan Ci thought about it, and also knew that promising like this was not very stable. If the treasure gourd could not work, or the strange dream was not as she imagined, sensing a sword seed living soul with a higher realm than her, then she had to keep her promise, and could only switch to a tool cultivator. However, she still promised, "True Person has an order, Little Ci dare not refuse."

It was not that she couldn't bargain again. With Qu Tanyue as her backing, she was not without chips. However, Ruan Ci also felt that if the rule of sensing living souls was so unstable, then there was no need to look forward to the intent cultivation path. Otherwise, a lot of energy would be spent on finding strange objects, and she had to waste living souls, which she didn't like too much. Therefore, between the turns of her thoughts, she promised casually, and asked, "I don't know what the True Person wants me to take?"

True Person Wang smiled faintly, "Wait until you reach Foundation Establishment."

He waved his hand, and Tianlu turned out and took a broom. True Person Wang said, "You are not my disciple. Usually, some spiritual food rewards are okay, but this treasure gourd cannot be given to you for no reason. Go and sweep the fallen leaves in the courtyard clean, and you can get the treasure."

Why again?

Ruan Ci didn't take the broom, frowned and said, "True Person, I hate this kind of so-called trial the most. Last time an old man tested me like this, I smashed his chessboard."

Tianlu gasped, covered his mouth, and looked at her with extreme shock, his face full of sudden realization. True Person Wang was not surprised, obviously knowing it long ago. He clenched his fist, put it in front of him and coughed lightly, but still couldn't help it, and there was a little smile in his voice, "I know this..."

He paused, coughed again, blew out a long breath that seemed to be a smile, and then restrained his expression, saying, "But you also have to know that I hate giving my things to others for nothing the most—"

He frowned, as if he had some helplessness, and said to Ruan Ci, "I am very stingy, don't you already know?"

Tianlu’s face was even paler, and he hurriedly shouted, "True Person, these words were said by Miss Ci, I didn't say that!"

He hurriedly wanted to throw himself at the True Person’s feet and act like a spoiled child. True Person Wang flicked his sleeves, and Ruan Ci and Tianlu felt a flower in front of them, and they were sent outside the door. Ruan Ci couldn't help but be very embarrassed, coughed a few times, lost the position of resistance, took the green bamboo broom from Tianlu’s hand, and asked, "That... where is the courtyard?"

Tianlu was so scared that his eyes were red. He first complained that Ruan Ci was disrespectful to the True Person, scolded a few words, and then led Ruan Ci far away. "The True Person asked you to sweep the courtyard, not just to test you. Miss Ci’s temper must be changed. Our True Person is not easy to offend... no no no, the True Person is generous, you can offend him at will... no no no no no!"

He was simple by nature, and after today’s twists and turns, he was at a loss for words. Wang True Person, watching everything from within his cave dwelling, could not help but smile faintly. He flicked his finger, and a chime sounded in the corner of the room. Before long, a cultivator in yellow robes walked in, bowed, and said, "Master, it has been many years, and this disciple has missed you dearly."

True Person Wang said, "Look at your junior sister, she is really a southern barbarian, she doesn't reason at all, she hasn't entered the Dao yet, and she can bargain with me. In the future, I don't know how much trouble she will make. Even if she deceives her master and destroys her ancestors, I don't think she can't do it."

The yellow-clothed cultivator smiled, "Junior sister suffered a great change in her youth, and it is inevitable that her temperament is biased. Moreover, I see that junior sister is rough but fine, and her mind is actually very delicate. A little childish temper makes her look more sincere. If everyone is steady and peaceful, what fun is there in the world?"

"She only has a temper?" True Person Wang sneered, "Just now she was thinking in her heart that if I didn't give her that treasure gourd, there was no need to stay in the Profound Heaven Sect. How big is the matter of breaking out of the sect, but in the eyes of our two generations of East Flower Sword envoys, it seems to be ordinary."

It seems that although Ruan Ci learned the Great Heart-Purifying Mantra, she still couldn't escape True Person Wang’s induction, which shows that True Person Wang’s cultivation has improved another level. The yellow-clothed cultivator was also secretly surprised in his heart, and hurriedly congratulated True Person Wang first, saying, "Master’s "Supreme Induction Chapter" cultivation is getting more and more refined, and it can bypass the suppression of the East Flower Sword—however, Little Junior Sister is young after all, and she has only been closed-door cultivating for ten years, and her knowledge is very shallow. Some random thoughts, Master will teach her well in the future."

He flattered True Person Wang, which was sincere. True Person Wang’s mouth curled up, and he accepted it reservedly, but didn't say any humble words, just said, "Forget it, it’s useless to teach her. You were right about one thing. This Ruan Ci is indeed rough but fine. She wouldn't come to ask for such spiritual objects for no reason. It’s just that she just arrived in the sect and didn't know the enemy and me, and her defense was still heavy. Looking at her conduct, although she entered the Profound Heaven Sect, she still hasn't returned her heart and is still swaying—this is no wonder."

The yellow-clothed cultivator sighed, "It’s also difficult for her. Xie remnant’s calculation is far-reaching, interlocking. In her view, since she got the sword, every step is in Xie remnant’s arrangement. She really doesn't know who around her can be trusted and who can be relied on. It is natural that she is unwilling to say what this time spiritual object is used for."

Hearing the word Xie remnant, True Person Wang snorted, and the yellow-clothed cultivator didn't dare to say more. True Person Wang asked, "Has Fengyu left closed-door meditation?"

The yellow-clothed cultivator said, "She has been out for two years. Just wait for the matter here to be finished, and then choose a day to form a core. I also want to send her to listen to Master’s teachings. What is Master’s intention, is it to let her—"

True Person Wang nodded, "The courtyard of the Western Desolate Treasury is not easy to sweep. The Hengze Heaven is about to be born, don't delay too long, let Fengyu go to help her."

The yellow-clothed cultivator heard this, hurriedly took out a jade slip, put it on his lips and said a few words, shook his hand and shot the jade slip into a streamer, and said, "Master, the trip to Hengze Heaven is afraid to be very dangerous. Little Junior Sister’s status is precious, the son of a thousand gold, sitting and not hanging the hall, why not let Fengyu go alone this time, and let Little Junior Sister nourish a period of edge?"

True Person Wang looked into the distance and smiled, "No need, even if she dies in Hengze Heaven, that is her life. Since she holds infinite treasures, she is destined to suffer infinite tempering..."

His smile came out, and it seemed to echo faintly in this vast cave dwelling, "This is just the beginning..."

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Updated. Sorry for the long wait, everyone. I will send you the red envelope from yesterday in the afternoon. I saw a comment saying that Little Ci should tell Panpan about intent cultivation, and some people replied that she shouldn't tell. Ah, but I think everyone knows Little Ci’s way of intent cultivation now, so they should be able to naturally infer that she cannot reveal this matter to others. The reason will be revealed later, but is there really no reader who thought of it now?

I’m going to eat Shu Daxia for lunch today! Watching "Ford v Ferrari" in the afternoon! It’s rare to be wild!

Speaking of which, I didn't sleep well yesterday. I didn't read a few chapters of the other world Taobao. At one o'clock last night, I went to the restroom and saw a huge cockroach. My brain was blank. After I shot it to death, I was thinking about where it crawled in (my house has no cockroaches). I was still frightened and had no sleepiness. To comfort myself, I opened "Dream Maker of All Worlds." I have been raising it for a period of time. As a result, the recent plot is so funny that I laughed and twitched, and I had no sleepiness. I didn't sleep until after four o'clock...

Let’s talk about naming. Everyone can leave names! Actually, it’s not the best to be an id, because sometimes a cameo might not live for a few chapters. It feels unlucky to write a book friend to death... If you have a name you want to appear, just leave a message in the previous chapter! Thank you all!

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Thank you all very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ===== CHAPTER 52 =====