Chapter 305: Appearance is Justice

Under Altar Master Qingyue's gentle explanation, Liu Xiaolou finally understood the rules of this sect altar: coming to propose marriage was indeed not marrying into the family, nor was it as servile as marrying into the family, but the partner one married could marry again at the same time!

If Liu Xiaolou favored either Xue Bu or Sheng Han and formed a dual cultivation partnership, whether it would evolve into a triple cultivation partnership or even a quadruple cultivation partnership in the future would depend on his own means of winning over his wife.

There are many strange people and things in the world. The current Elders of Merit and Law of the Qingyue Altar are actually not unique. In the generation before that, there was an even older Elder who was the husband of the previous Qingyue Altar Master. It is said that he was a quadruple cultivation partner—after the previous Altar Master and the other two Elders passed away one after another, only he remained. Every day, he swept the graves on the back mountain, accompanying those three for twenty-five years.

Liu Xiaolou admitted that the female disciples of the Qingyue Altar were attractive enough. Whether it was Altar Master Qingyue or the successor candidates Xue Bu and Sheng Han, they were all the best of their time, but he truly had no interest in sharing a wife with others.

Of course, the most fundamental reason was that he had a sect, and he had already reached Foundation Establishment!

Regarding Han Jiuqian, who had led him here, Liu Xiaolou could only mutter a few words of complaint, but he had no intention of blaming him. In any case, experiencing a strange event was always good.

Seeing that he absolutely refused to agree, Altar Master Qingyue's attitude became unpleasant again. But even if there were many more interrogations like "making sport of our sect," she ultimately did not dare to act recklessly and could only angrily let Liu Xiaolou drift down the mountain.

At the level of Foundation Establishment, ordinary sects and noble families are unwilling to offend easily. This was also a realization Liu Xiaolou had upon going up the mountain this time: his status was different now; most of the time, he no longer needed to be cautious and servile in everything!

Of course, his request to purchase the Qingyue Altar's cultivation techniques was also not realized.

When going down the mountain, someone behind him called out: "Senior Liu!"

Liu Xiaolou looked back; the one chasing down the mountain was indeed the female disciple Xue Bu.

Xue Bu came close, her face full of disappointment, and asked: "Senior is unwilling to join the altar—is it because this little girl does not catch your eye?"

Liu Xiaolou sighed and said: "How could that be? With your appearance, you can be called the best I have ever seen in my life. How could I not be tempted?"

Xue Bu pressed: "Is it because my cultivation is not enough? Master said that within three years, the sect altar can seek a Foundation Establishment Pill for me."

Liu Xiaolou said: "Of course it is not cultivation. You use that Green Wood True Art extremely well. I heard your teacher say it is called the Small Cloud and Rain Art, right? It is not only pleasing to the eye, but your future achievements will be limitless."

Xue Bu took a step forward, almost touching Liu Xiaolou's chest, looked up, and asked: "Then why?"

Liu Xiaolou sighed: "I told your teacher already—I do not want to share a partner."

Xue Bu asked again: "I heard that you once married into the Su family of the Divine Mist Villa. If you could marry into the family, why can't you..."

Liu Xiaolou interrupted her: "Even if it were marrying into the family, it is still not allowed!"

Xue Bu stared at Liu Xiaolou, more and more disappointment in her eyes. She slowly retreated and said: "It doesn't matter. It is this little girl who misjudged Senior. It turns out Senior is no different from worldly people."

Liu Xiaolou could not be bothered to refute her and let her retreat and leave, disappearing into the mountain path.

Xue Bu felt angry and bitter, both resentful and unwilling. She walked back down the mountain with her head down, only to bump into Sheng Han, who was blocking the middle of the path.

"Senior Sister Xue, why did he not agree?"

Xue Bu stopped and snorted coldly: "He is just a worldly person!"

Sheng Han murmured: "Unwilling to have one woman and two husbands? Perhaps..."

Xue Bu warned: "Junior Sister, do not break the rules of the sect altar for the sake of a worldly person!"

Sheng Han looked down the mountain and said infatuatedly: "But this Senior Liu is truly good-looking..."

After Xue Bu returned to the mountain, Sheng Han hesitated for a long time, but still chased down. Finally, she caught up with Liu Xiaolou at the foot of the mountain.

Liu Xiaolou saw it was her and shook his head: "Miss Sheng, I thought I had made myself very clear."

Sheng Han lowered her head and whispered: "I can promise you that in the future, I will not choose a second husband and will only keep to you alone."

Liu Xiaolou asked: "Then can you come with me?"

Sheng Han was stunned and looked up to ask: "Go where?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "Whether it is returning to my hometown with me or wandering the ends of the earth, in any case, I will not stay in Hengshan. I will not hide it from you, Miss—I have my own sect, passed down from the founder. I am the third-generation Sect Master, and it is absolutely impossible for me to join the Qingyue Altar."

Sheng Han felt a sudden ache in her heart: "Then why did you still come to Zhurong Peak?"

Liu Xiaolou was very helpless: "I apologize, it was my mistake. I had a misunderstanding with a friend. I came to your noble sect altar for the sake of cultivation techniques and true scriptures."

After a long silence, Sheng Han nodded slowly, took a deep breath, and said: "I know. Master already told me, but I am still a little unwilling... Senior, what kind of cultivation techniques and scriptures are you looking for?"

Liu Xiaolou hurriedly said: "In your noble sect altar, which cultivation techniques have the first three meridians as the Hand Taiyin, Hand Yangming, and Foot Taiyin? I am willing to pay a high price!"

Sheng Han thought for a while and said: "My family's Green Wood True Art and Wind and Water Art do not have these three meridians as the starting three. There are twenty-nine other types in the scripture building. Can Senior wait for me to go back and look through them?"

Liu Xiaolou nodded repeatedly: "Yes, no problem! I will wait here, is that okay?"

Sheng Han said: "It is already late today... I will definitely come down before dawn tomorrow to give you an answer."

This was a mountain hollow below Zhurong Peak. Liu Xiaolou looked around, found a large tree, leaped up, and sat waiting among the branches.

Mountain winds blew, pine waves surged. Liu Xiaolou sat for half the night, recalling today's encounter, only feeling that this Qingyue Altar was truly wonderful. He also thought of the two Elders of Merit and Law and the Qingyue Altar Master, wondering how they lived their daily lives. He was both envious and disdainful, unable to help but "spit" once.

Besides, among the three altars of Hengshan, besides the Qingyue Altar, what strange rules did the Guangtian Altar and the Dongling Altar have?

Just as his thoughts were flying, the sound of clothes rustling arose in the forest, and the female disciple Sheng Han arrived.

She took a scroll of cultivation techniques from her sleeve and handed it to Liu Xiaolou: "Senior, this 'Ruyi Finger Art' has the first three meridians as exactly the Hand Taiyin, Hand Yangming, and Foot Taiyin. Senior can study it."

Liu Xiaolou was overjoyed. When he flipped through it, he smelled the fragrance of ink, thinking it must have been just copied by Sheng Han, and could not help but be greatly moved.

"Miss Sheng, these fifteen spirit stones..." This price was equivalent to a triple premium, but when he offered it, Liu Xiaolou still felt very embarrassed. He knew this was not a matter of spirit stones.

It was indeed not a matter of spirit stones. Sheng Han did not take the spirit stones, gazed at his face, and said infatuatedly: "A small matter, not worth mentioning. As long as I can help Senior, that is enough. This little girl... is going back."

Watching her departing figure, that graceful and delicate figure, Liu Xiaolou suddenly felt a little regret: the legs faintly visible under the skirt looked quite long...

Withdrawing his thoughts, he flipped through the "Ruyi Finger Art" again. He was immediately pleasantly surprised. This cultivation technique not only had the same first three meridians as his, but besides the three meridians, the fourth meridian, Foot Yangming, and the fifth meridian, Hand Jueyin, were also exactly the same!

He had hit the jackpot! ===== CHAPTER 306 =====