Chapter 54: Apprenticeship Successful

Apprenticeship Successful

Foundation Establishment twelve, the hope of harmonizing with the Dao—if such an achievement were on another cultivator—if it were on Qin Fengyu, she would naturally be overjoyed and want to share her uniqueness with all her peers. But for Ruan Ci, she didn't feel that there was anything worth rejoicing about. The hope of harmonizing with the Dao is not yet harmonizing with the Dao. Sometimes having such aptitude can instead bring unimaginable dangers from others.

She is no longer the ignorant mortal child she once was. Since obtaining the sword, what she has seen and heard is enough for her to know that the boundary between life and death in this cultivation world is not that clear. Although for ordinary cultivators, once they die, they are gone, and there is no chance to start over, this is just a rule set by the Dao Ancestor. Like Qingjun, as a Dao Ancestor, even if she is dead, there are many ways to return.

Since obtaining the sword, in the eyes of outsiders, she is the purest tool cultivator who uses the Donghua Sword's spiritual energy to open meridians and establish her foundation. Most of her cultivation is on the Donghua Sword, and she practices the *Qinghua Secret Records*. Everything is perfectly consistent with Qingjun—Qingjun is the ancestor of all tool cultivators in the Langhuan Zhou Tian. She is the first Dao Ancestor since the creation of the world, wrote the *Qinghua Transcendence Record*, and deduced the Great Dao from her own body. Cultivating the *Qinghua Transcendence Record* to the end means starting from a raw sword as a mortal, climbing to the peak step by step, refining the raw sword to the state of harmonizing with the Dao, and finally merging the body with the sword, which is another Qingjun.

Such a technique, and taking external medicine like the treasure gourd, time-based spiritual objects can lead the owner to travel back to the past life, to find the heyday of the Green Sword. From Qingjun's tone, this is a very common idea among cultivators. With these factors superimposed, how would Wang Panpan understand it? Ruan Ci established Foundation Establishment twelve by herself? Without any external interference?

But if there was really no external force, Ruan Ci would not be able to establish Foundation Establishment twelve at all! Wang Panpan naturally speculated that Ruan Ci was the only tool cultivator among these many sword envoys. After taking time-based spiritual objects, she triggered Qingjun's induction, so she laid a piece across time and space. Ruan Ci established Foundation Establishment twelve, which might be the key move for her to manifest in the world and return from death!

For any cultivator who doesn't know Ruan Ci's mind cultivation, this speculation is logical. It's just that different positions have different views. Wang Panpan is Xie Yanhuan's beloved pet and is loyal to her. Once she thinks that Qingjun has also entered the game and laid a piece, she is naturally worried that Xie Yanhuan's foreshadowing will no longer work. Therefore, it is natural for her to be panicked and fearful. It's just that they are in the Shangqing sect, and no matter how unbridled she is, she dare not shout about this matter, so she can only hide and cry silently.

And for Wang True Person here, Ruan Ci might be the manifestation medium of the Dao Ancestor, which represents another layer of karmic concern. Qingjun has already fallen. The only ones who can kill a Dao Ancestor are presumably other Dao Ancestors, or several others. Ruan Ci still can't explain what form the Dao Ancestor's struggle is. Wang True Person is already a Cave Heaven, and naturally considers more. In many previous games, Wang True Person was already a chess player, but now that Ruan Ci has established Foundation Establishment twelve, he seems to have become a chess piece in this game, with the possibility of death. If Ruan Ci were Wang True Person, she would also have to consider clearly whether to enter this game or not.

Alas, I should have worshipped the master before showing him the Inner Scene Heaven...

After Foundation Establishment, divine thoughts doubled. Even if she couldn't see the shape of divine thoughts now, Ruan Ci felt that her mind was much more agile than before. Every aspect of the barrier was thought through in an instant. She also knew that she had forgotten herself for a moment just now and called Wang Panpan's name, and revealed that her Foundation Establishment high platform was told to Wang Panpan first, which might offend Wang True Person's temper. She explained politely, "The disciple was ignorant just now and didn't know that this matter was of great importance. I thought that Panpan was living in the Long-Shining Treasure Light Heaven, and her status was also awkward. If even such a small matter as Foundation Establishment couldn't be shared with Chen True Person's beloved concubine, I was afraid of being neglected."

With Foundation Establishment cultivation, she could also figure out many joints in an instant. Although Wang True Person could see more variables in his vision, his Cave Heaven true body was here, and what could not be measured by the speed of his divine thought? In an instant, his expression was faint, and he nodded, "No need to explain too much, everything is karma. It is not without benefits for you to tell Chen Jun about this through that cat."

His tone was broad, and Ruan Ci couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Wang True Person saw it in his eyes and smiled slightly, "What are you worried about? Are you afraid that I will fear karma and dare not accept you as a disciple?"

Ruan Ci actually didn't know what she was worried about. She only vaguely knew that this matter was of great importance, involving characters and triggering changes, perhaps far beyond what she could imagine. To say she was afraid, she was actually not afraid, but it was always good to be able to take refuge under Wang True Person's door. After all, it is better to be familiar than to be a stranger. Although Wang True Person is... although...

She had already held the Great Heart-Cleansing Mantra, but in front of Wang True Person's Cave Heaven true body, she still didn't dare to think randomly. At this moment, she thought wildly that although Wang True Person is handsome, broad-minded and kind, although he is impressive and promising...

I don't know if these thoughts were scattered and captured by the True Person. The True Person's smile remained unchanged, but there seemed to be a subtle change, and he said indifferently, "Your thinking is not wrong. Foundation Establishment twelve, the aptitude of harmonizing with the Dao, this kind of karma, many people in the world avoid it, but after this, when you go out, you must hold the Heavenly Destiny Cloud Child at all times and cover the Inner Scene Heaven to Foundation Establishment eight layers. I will pass you a method later, and you will know how to stimulate the power of the Cloud Child."

Although he didn't succeed in speaking, the verbal suggestion was already very obvious. Ruan Ci was both surprised and happy. The surprise was actually more than the joy. After all, the Purple Void Heaven has lost so many disciples over the past few thousand years, and Wang True Person has also remained calm, and his usual actions are also... also...

It is very hard to restrain one's own thinking, but Ruan Ci didn't dare to indulge herself too much. She hurriedly knelt down again and kowtowed, "True Person, the disciple Ruan Ci, thank you for not abandoning me. From now on, I will strictly follow your teachings, receive your deep grace, and never forget it. It comes from my heart and I will never regret it. Please, Master, show mercy and allow me to enter the sect."

Wang True Person said 'hmm', waved his hand, and the gifts for apprenticeship appeared beside Ruan Ci. She also knew that apprenticeship in the Central Continent required respecting the ancestors first. At this time, transferring from an outer sect disciple to an inner sect disciple required another worship. She got up, held incense, and knelt down to worship in front of the ancestor's statue. Wang True Person said on the side, "Our sect's ancestor is the Yuan Jun in the Crimson Palace. The Yuan Jun was once the Void Cave Dao Ancestor, who fell in ancient times. The Shangqing Sect is the only lineage in this universe that has been passed down to this day and has never been broken. It has been unknown for how many years. The sect-protecting techniques are the *Shangqing Void Cave True Scripture*, the *Shangqing Jade Emperor Wonderful Seal True Scripture*, and the *Purple Void Yellow Court Jade Scene True Scripture*."

Ruan Ci didn't dare to look closely at the ancestor's statue, but after Foundation Establishment, she didn't need to open her eye consciousness, and could observe the momentum around her at all times. In her induction, the face of the statue was also blurred and dead. She had an insight in her heart, knowing that this was the ancestor who had fallen. The fall of the Dao Ancestor is different from other cultivators. There is no medium left in the world, and there will be no portraits passed down, and perhaps even the true name has disappeared. Only at this moment can it be said that it is truly gray and annihilated.

After worshipping the ancestor, she worshipped the master again. Ruan Ci offered fresh flowers and spiritual fruits she picked herself as an apprenticeship gift. This gift is not about being expensive, but to show the disciple's innocence and coldness, and the master's pity, and also implies that the disciple is like the fruit of the master's Dao path, and the two Dao paths are closely connected. Wang True Person accepted it frankly. Ruan Ci brought a golden basin filled with clear water. Wang True Person reached out to wash. As a Cave Heaven True Person, he was naturally not stained with dust. His long fingers came out of the water, dry as before. He pointed at the cinnabar box held by Ruan Ci, but didn't use a brush to dip it. He pointed his fingertips at Ruan Ci's eyebrows and laughed, "Others abandon me, I take it. Others dare not bear such karma, then it is their fate not to have achievements in the future. Disciple, you are worried, you really underestimate your master's spirit."

The cinnabar between Ruan Ci's eyebrows flashed, and she only felt her soul burning and uneasy for a moment. In the dark, it seemed to be calling and connecting with another existence. This was the master-disciple karma already established. In the future, no matter who cuts off the alliance, they will have to pay a great price. Therefore, in this universe, there are those who are abandoned by relatives and friends, but there is no such thing as master-disciple discord or intrigue. The grace of the master is even better than the connection of blood.

"The disciple is young, ignorant, cunning and frivolous, and asks the master to give guidance in the future."

After advancing to Foundation Establishment, the power of divine thoughts increased greatly, and her grasp of herself was much clearer than before. Ruan Ci only felt two connections spreading out from her soul, the master-disciple karma with Wang True Person was stronger and stronger, and there was another dark and vague aura. She thought it was the so-called official Qu Tanyue. But now she could only feel these two connections, but couldn't do anything along the connections. She thought that when her cultivation was more refined in the future, or she practiced the sensing method, she could feel more subtle karmic connections, and even follow the connection to track and manipulate. This is the foundation of the *Supreme Sensing Method* and the *Heavenly Demon Formless Sensing Method*.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look up to the cultivators who practiced the sensing method. You know, the great cultivators who call names and produce induction have to deal with thousands of karmic connections. To be able to settle these thousands of karmic lines properly, how exquisite should their minds be? Xie Yanhuan goes without saying, and Wang True Person is not a simple character. Even that Tai Shi Yi, who looks rough, if he really doesn't care about details, how can he cultivate the sensing method?

Such thoughts were only in an instant. Ruan Ci bowed again, and stood up according to Wang True Person's intention, and sat down below. The relationship between the two seemed to be much closer than before. Wang True Person waved his hand and flew a jade slip, saying, "This is the method of refining the Heavenly Destiny Cloud Child. The original owner of this treasure is still there, so you cannot use it originally. I have already gone to greet him and let him open his mind. You should be able to refine two layers. After this, when you go out, don't forget to carry the Cloud Child by your side, which is enough to block the Cave Heaven peeking for you."

Ruan Ci already knew that this Heavenly Destiny Cloud Child was probably one of the Cave Heaven spiritual treasures. At the moment, she sank her mind into the jade slip and read the technique several times. This technique was very simple, and she learned it as soon as she learned it. She tried to pass her divine intent into the Cloud Child. At first, she couldn't find the door, but after half a stick of incense, the chess piece shook slightly and took her divine intent in. Ruan Ci only felt that her divine intent fell into a huge chessboard. The chessboard was covered with clouds and mist, covering the mountains and green waters. What she could see clearly was only her own Inner Scene Heaven, a pool of jade water, twelve-layer Dao foundation, five-colored spiritual flowers falling into it one after another, and the colorless fragrant flowers were passing through.

Her heart moved, and she dragged the clouds and mist over. As soon as she touched the fragrant flower, the Dao rhyme fell into the pool water, as if it was refined. Ruan Ci also covered the clouds and mist above the high platform. Everything covered by the clouds and mist could be manifested as she wished. She covered the clouds and mist to the eighth layer, and above the eighth layer was a void, as if there was nothing.

Ruan Ci played happily, and wanted to decorate the scenery around the pool, but felt a sense of displeasure from the Cloud Child. Her divine thoughts couldn't stay, and she was driven out. She couldn't help but secretly stick out her tongue. Fortunately, this was in the sea of consciousness, and Wang True Person wouldn't know.

"Master, please look." She displayed the Inner Scene Heaven again, and it was indeed the appearance of an eight-layer high platform. Wang True Person looked at it and nodded, "The Cloud Child has infinite wonderful uses. You are about to train. If this treasure can be used properly, it is a great weapon for self-protection. However, it does not belong to you, it is just staying with you. How much you can use depends on your own skill."

His words seemed to have deep meaning, and I don't know if he saw the unhappiness between Ruan Ci and the Cloud Child just now. Ruan Ci also thought that she had shattered the phantom Star Chessboard in the Southern Zhuzhou, and couldn't help but feel guilty, knowing that she was probably very disliked by this treasure.

However, she had never been very persistent about this kind of thing, and she was not disappointed. She bowed her head to accept the teaching and asked, "Master told me to establish my foundation within a year. I think there is an errand. Is the time here now?"

Wang True Person said, "This is not urgent, there are still a few months to go around. You should go to Linggu Peak to register first, then go to Zhuoyue Cliff to pack your luggage, and find Tianlu to choose a cave in the Purple Void Heaven—"

Ruan Ci wanted to say something but stopped. Wang True Person slowed down his voice and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."

Ruan Ci thought of Wang Panpan not daring to live in the Purple Void Heaven, and she considered, "Previously, Master said that pets and the like are all after Foundation Establishment..."

Wang True Person stared at her for a long time. The Cave Heaven's attention was so powerful, but Ruan Ci didn't feel anything. After all, she had traveled with Qingjun, and Wang True Person had hinted at this, so she was righteous and didn't feel that she had done anything wrong. Wang True Person looked at it for a long time, and she touched her cheek and laughed, "Master, has the disciple's appearance changed after Foundation Establishment?"

Wang True Person sighed, muttered something she didn't know, reached out and poured a cup of tea for himself, and said indifferently, "As you wish. If you want to raise a cat, go to the Long-Shining Treasure Light Heaven to pick it up—remember to bring some small things. People have raised a cat for you for ten years, so don't lose the etiquette."

Ruan Ci also knew that Wang True Person's instructions had his own intentions, perhaps to let the Qiu True Person lineage look at her well, so she nodded and waited for the True Person to continue to instruct, but the True Person seemed to have lost interest in talking, sighed, and waved his hand, "Go."

She exited the cave happily, turned around to greet Tianlu. In the room, Wang True Person looked at Ruan Ci's back for a long time, couldn't help but smile, and said, "Interesting, interesting, when you borrowed the sword in the past, did you think of today's change?"

He waved his sleeve, and not long after, the figure of the yellow-shirted cultivator manifested outside the door, kowtowed to pay respects and congratulate, and smiled, "Adding a person to the family is a happy event. When the Junior Sister returns, let's have a banquet in the Purple Void Heaven for a few days. What does Master think?"

Wang True Person sighed softly, did not object, just seemed to mock himself, and said, "My master-disciple fate is really unspeakable."

He shook his head and didn't mention it again. His expression sank, and he said, "Your Junior Sister had some unspeakable changes when she established her foundation, which added variables to this game. You go to the Seven Star Cottage to report to the Sect Master, saying that I have accepted Ruan Ci into the sect and am going to visit the old disgusting thing."

He stood up, flicked his sleeves, and turned into a breeze. The lingering sound in the room was lingering. "Let him go together, and fulfill his filial piety under the Master's knees..."

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Updated, sorry for the long wait, everyone. I don't know what to say. I just checked the background and it refreshed. The comments have reached 20,814. I will add more at three o'clock!

I forgot to say yesterday that Xiao Ci's Foundation Establishment cultivation time was a text error, because the first layer of 10 years was modified later. When I looked back, I found it was wrong, so I changed it, but forgot to change the subsequent calculations. I will find a time to edit it. Thanks to the readers! My math is not very good, and this book is often modified after returning to the back, so there may be omissions in math. If there are any, I hope everyone will not hesitate to tell me.

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