Chapter 46: He Is a Cultivation Genius

Chen Ye and Su Chunyi were chatting happily, while Lan Shi quietly watched the two of them, feeling somewhat superfluous.

The Miss who had once chirped like a little bird could now only remain silent.

But after the Princess died, Lan Shi found she had nowhere to go.

Clearly, with her Wu Gong, she could survive in the Jianghu and surely wouldn't starve, but no matter how she misbehaved before, she could always return to the Princess's side; now, even if she stole ten thousand taels of gold, she didn't know where to move.

Chen Ye and Su Chunyi were conversing joyfully, yet they could also perceive Lan Shi's thoughts.

This young girl had been following him for several days without speaking, just trailing along.

Chen Ye, seeing she had suffered a great calamity, could not heartlessly drive her away. But he was ultimately a cultivator and could not keep a young girl by his side; aside from whether it was troublesome, she couldn't keep up with him when he ran.

Now that the topic of parting had been raised, it was a good time to make things clear.

"Miss Lan, I am going to slay demons and eliminate evil. If you are willing, come with us. Once we resolve this Jiang Shiyue, it will be considered revenge for you, and you can live your own life without any ties."

Hearing this, Lan Shi tightly grasped the hem of her clothes, still keeping her head down and saying nothing, as if not speaking would prevent her from being driven away.

Seeing this, Su Chunyi also felt pity for her and asked softly, "Young Miss, if you have nowhere to go, I can find you a place to stay. There are many prosperous and peaceful towns near Qinghe Sword Sect; living well there is not difficult."

Qinghe Sword Sect is the most worldly sect; after suppressing the floods, the lands on both banks of Qinghe became the most fertile. With immortals nearby, officials like County Magistrate Cui, who strip the land bare, would not appear on the banks of Qinghe, and there would rarely be villains who treat human life as grass.

It cannot be called a true paradise, but it certainly deserves to be called a place where the common people live in peace and prosperity.

Seeing that she could not fool them by remaining silent, Lan Shi finally spoke up and asked, "I know that mortals walk on foot and cannot keep up with immortals who fly. However, I have nowhere to go; I do not want to be alone; I have never tried being alone."

Lan Shi raised her head, looking at Chen Ye with full expectation, and asked, "Daoist, can you teach me cultivation? I can endure hardship; I promise I won't be a burden; I am willing to do anything."

Chen Ye gave a bitter smile: "You want to cultivate and learn from a lone cultivator like me? Miss Su is a disciple of Qinghe Sword Sect; if you could become a disciple under Qinghe Sword Sect, that would be a leap to the heavens."

Lan Shi looked at Su Chunyi, but in the end, she still said to Chen Ye, "Can I learn from you?"

Before Chen Ye could refuse, Su Chunyi said, "Miss, if you cultivate only to follow him, you will not be able to keep up within a year and will eventually become a burden."

Lan Shi hurriedly said, "How could that be? I never slack off when practicing Wu Gong."

Su Chunyi said, "Because you are following a cultivation genius; no one in this world could slay two Mo Tou of the Tong Xuan realm while in the Qi Hai realm. Even the Sect Master of our Qinghe Sword Sect has never had such a glorious record."

Hearing this, Chen Ye felt somewhat embarrassed and hurriedly said, "It was just luck; I made some preparations in advance."

Su Chunyi shook her head and said, "Mr., there is no need for false modesty; you simply have cultivated for too short a time and your cultivation is insufficient. Your understanding of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements is deeper than mine; the fact that two Mo Tou of the Tong Xuan realm died at your hands is proof of this. This is a talent no one can match."

When Su Chunyi was refining pills in the cave last time, she had already discovered Chen Ye's abilities; a lone cultivator's understanding of arrays surpassed that of her, a disciple of Qinghe Sword Sect. This talent is as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns among all cultivators.

Lan Shi dared not refute, after all, both Su Chunyi and Chen Ye were immortals, while she was merely a humble mortal.

Su Chunyi, rarely dropping her gentleness, said seriously, "I know you still feel unconvinced in your heart; then let me show you the gap between Mr. and ordinary cultivators."

Hearing this, Chen Ye felt something was wrong, fearing Su Chunyi's next words would be: "Let us spar."

That would truly cost him his life.

Fortunately, what Su Chunyi said was: "Let us go find that hiding Mo Tou and thoroughly resolve the matter of Cui Xian."

Chen Ye breathed a sigh of relief; he dared not fight cultivators of Qinghe Sword Sect, but fighting a small Mo Tou who was also in the Qi Hai realm, wasn't that something easily accomplished?

Sword light spilled from Su Chunyi's body, wrapping the three of them as they flew out of the teahouse and into the sky.

Although it was the second time Chen Ye had flown on a sword, he still felt his heart pounding, looking down at the white Cui Xian, wondering when he would be able to learn such a technique.

Come to think of it, Su Chunyi flew with sword light; he wasn't greedy, so flying on his sword case would be fine too.

As for Lan Shi, she was already trembling with fear.

Even with her best lightness skill, she had never reached such a height; although she stood steadily and felt no wind, looking down at the county town the size of a fingernail, she felt her legs go weak and instinctively grabbed Chen Ye's sleeve.

"Mr., please wait; I will find that Mo Tou right away."

Su Chunyi joined her fingers like a sword and drew thousands of sword lights in mid-air, weaving them into a complex array.

Chen Ye had witnessed this move before; after these sword lights gathered, they could point out the direction of the target and even calculate the approximate distance, which was very miraculous.

Their relationship before was not too close, so Chen Ye had been hesitant to speak, but this time was different, so Chen Ye asked straight to the point: "Miss Su, using sword qi as an array to calculate the Mo Tou's whereabouts, what is the principle behind this exactly?"

Su Chunyi explained, "I cannot explain the specifics very clearly; this is a sword technique I comprehended from the Limitless Sword Wall. My master said this is a new sword technique created by the Sect Master in recent years, and it has not yet been named. Except for the Sect Master, I'm afraid no one can explain the principle clearly. I only know the result but not the reason."

"If I use the words Mr. said before to explain, perhaps this is cause and effect. If I form an array on the corpses of victims, it can point to where the killer is. Now that I have formed an array over Cui Xian and borrowed the cause and effect between Mr. and Miss Lan, I can find that hiding Mo Tou."

Hearing the effect of this sword technique, Chen Ye couldn't help but say in shock, "This is integrating divination methods into sword techniques; the power lies not in the divination itself, but in enabling people to naturally master this divination method while learning sword techniques. It is not strange to be proficient in both sword techniques and divination, but to teach others in this way, the Sect Master of your sect truly deserves to be number one under heaven."

Su Chunyi smiled; she had heard praise for the Sect Master many times, but what Chen Ye said was extraordinary and made one feel comfortable hearing it.

Chen Ye's words were not mere politeness; learning oneself is one thing, teaching others is another. He had been with Hearing Mo Ci for so long, yet most of the time he relied entirely on self-study; Hearing Mo Ci really couldn't even explain why sitting in meditation requires a unified posture.

A so-called expert is not necessarily a good teacher.

The threshold for entering the path of divination is Tong Xuan, and ordinary people simply cannot learn it. For example, Hearing Mo Ci was completely clueless and could never get started no matter what.

The Sect Master of Qinghe Sword Sect could use this method to teach disciples; even if it was knowing the result but not the reason, it was still a quite terrifying technique.

Chen Ye sighed, "All the Mo Tou under heaven will be trembling with fear."

Just imagine, if every disciple of Qinghe Sword Sect mastered this technique and could immediately lock onto the killer's location wherever they went, how could the Mo Tou survive?

"Not quite so; using sword arrays for divination cannot be too complex. I once calculated the matter of Cui Xian, but at that time there were no clues, and the more I calculated, the more chaotic it became. Only when encountering simple and clear matters can a definite result be calculated, just like now; I even know the name of that Mo Tou, so calculating is easier."

As if hearing Su Chunyi's words, those tangled sword lights quickly gathered and took shape, turning into a beam of light pointing directly northwest.

Seeing the result was about to appear, Su Chunyi frowned and said, "Huh? Why does this Mo Tou still dare to stay in Cui Xian?"