Chapter 10: Hot-tempered Senior Sister

After the elders had finished assigning disciples, Yue Ning went to check on Ling Ye; just as she arrived at Ling Ye's door, she happened to see Ling Feng wiping Ling Ye.

Upon seeing Yue Ning appear, Ling Feng instantly became fully alert.

"What are you here for? You're not planning something bad, are you?"

Ling Feng stared intently at Yue Ning, because after she had tricked him with poison darts last time, he had become extremely cautious of her.

Yue Ning looked puzzled and said, "Am I really that kind of woman in your heart?"

"You're a deceitful and cunning woman," Ling Feng said indignantly.

Yue Ning also stopped paying attention to Ling Feng and told them, "From now on, you two will be my junior disciples; our master has already taken you both as his closed-door disciples."

Upon hearing this, Ling Feng's face immediately fell.

"Didn't the sect master say he would only take one closed-door disciple? How could he take two?"

Seeing Ling Feng's reaction, Yue Ning couldn't help but ask curiously, "How so? Does becoming the Profound Heaven Sect master's closed-door disciple still leave you feeling wronged?"

"It's not that I feel wronged, but to avoid cultivating on the same peak as you, I already jumped down from the sixtieth-plus floors—why does it still turn out like this?" Ling Feng wore a listless expression.

Seeing Ling Feng like that, Yue Ning grabbed his ear and said, "How so? Does being my junior disciple make you feel wronged? Am I really that scary?"

"Hey hey, what are you doing? On the first day you enter the door, are you going to kill your fellow disciples?" Ling Feng knew this outcome couldn't be changed, so he could only resign himself to it.

"I, Ling Feng, have been wise all my life; I never expected to possibly be ruined by a female demon—truly lamentable." Afterwards he sat at the entrance with a bitter expression.

Not long after, Xuan Ming entered the room, concerned about Ling Ye's injuries; upon learning there was no serious problem, he glanced at Ling Feng sitting at the entrance with a bitter look.

"What's wrong with you? Aren't you happy to be my closed-door disciple?"

Ling Feng certainly wouldn't dare to offend his master right from the start.

"Master, you don't know, Senior Sister Yue Ning previously threatened my fellow disciples with poison darts to make them save her; after saving her, that wasn't enough—she also threatened me to fetch her foot-washing water and feed her meals, or she wouldn't give me the antidote; just now, upon entering, she even hit me—Master, look at my ear, it's red from her strike." Ling Feng said this with an aggrieved expression, even feigning tears.

Seeing Ling Feng like that, Yue Ning instantly gritted her teeth in hatred; she was about to strike him when Xuan Ming stopped her.

Xuan Ming raised his eyebrows at Yue Ning and said, "Is that true?"

Yue Ning saw that her master basically believed Ling Feng's nonsense; given Ling Feng's superb acting, she hurried to explain, but Xuan Ming gave her no chance to speak.

"Go, copy the Profound Heaven Sect's core teachings a hundred times as punishment."

Upon hearing that, Yue Ning's face fell instantly, but Xuan Ming wouldn't listen to anything she said; he turned and flew away.

Seeing his scheme succeed, Ling Feng couldn't help bursting into loud laughter—no trace of his earlier aggrieved expression.

Halfway through his laugh, he felt chills from behind; he saw Yue Ning looking at him maliciously, thinking, "Now that the master's gone, let's see you still act smug."

Soon after, the courtyard echoed with Ling Feng's extremely miserable wails.

After Yue Ning left, Ling Feng then leaned against the wall and walked inside.

"This person really has no manners at all."

Ling Ye saw this and couldn't help laughing; he knew his brother's nature—playful, mischievous, and quite vindictive—but he would never harbor ill will toward friends.

"Big brother, you're still laughing, while your younger brother has been beaten into this state."

"Enough, you brought this on yourself; it's not early, go rest—we still have cultivation tomorrow."

"Okay, big brother," Ling Feng replied, then left with a grin.

After leaving, Ling Feng wandered around this mountain peak; Heavenly Dominion Peak is Xuan Ming's cultivation ground, originally only he and Yue Ning were there, but today with the addition of the Ling Ye and Ling Feng brothers, there are four people—yet for such a vast peak, they are still too few.

Fortunately, they all like this tranquil place. Immediately, Ling Feng returned to his residence and dove into the little tower.

"Hey tower, do you have any sword cultivator techniques to contribute?" As soon as Ling Feng entered, he prepared to extort the little tower, since it had previously absorbed two hundred thousand spirit crystals from him, causing him great pain.

"No, my second layer hasn't opened yet, so I have no techniques for now," the little tower replied.

Upon hearing that, Ling Feng's face fell immediately. He asked, "About how many spirit crystals are needed?"

"At least one and a half million spirit crystals."

"Good grief," Ling Feng exclaimed upon hearing that, unable to stay seated.

"Hey tower, do you think I'm the God of Wealth? This is one and a half million spirit crystals—where are you expecting me to steal them from?"

"You brat, don't be ungrateful—one and a half million spirit crystals can get you the techniques and martial arts countless people dream of."

Ling Feng also thought it made sense; after all, although the little tower is said to be money‑burning, it has never disappointed him.

"Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it—let's cultivate first."

Then Ling Feng began cultivating the Azure Lotus Sword Technique restored by the little tower.

After mastering the Azure Lotus Sword Technique to perfection, one can unleash twelve swords at extreme speed against an opponent, with tremendous power.

Ling Feng then immersed himself in cultivation inside the little tower.

The night passed quickly. Early the next morning, Yue Ning prepared to summon Ling Feng and Ling Ye for the initiation ceremony; after passing Ling Feng's courtyard, she actually found that Ling Feng still hadn't gotten up.

Because Ling Feng was cultivating inside the little tower, to the outside world he appeared only in a sleeping posture.

Seeing this, Yue Ning thought, "This won't do—being so lazy on the first day after joining." She kicked open Ling Feng's door, and Ling Feng sprang out of the little tower in a start.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yue Ning's face glaring at him angrily.

"Senior Sister, what's wrong with you? Why kick the door for no reason?" Ling Feng said, still unaware of what had happened.

"You little brat, it's already noon, and the initiation ceremony is about to start—yet you're still sleeping!" Yue Ning yelled while twisting Ling Feng's ear.

"Damn, Senior Sister, don't be so hot‑tempered." Ling Feng said this, not realizing he had become so absorbed in cultivation that he'd forgotten the matter.

"Hurry up and get ready, then go to the main hall."

"Okay, Senior Sister," Ling Feng replied, quickly tidied himself, and went with Ling Ye and Yue Ning to the main hall.

Upon arriving at the main hall, they found seats and sat down; shortly afterward, they heard a voice.

"The initiation ceremony officially begins."

Ling Feng and Ling Ye hurriedly rose and performed the initiation rites before Xuan Ming.

Next came the disciples of the elders: Grand Elder Sun Sun's disciple Yang Fan, Second Elder Guo Jianping's disciple Yun Qingyan, Third Elder Ye Zhuqing's disciple Li Xiang, Fourth Elder Song Zhi's disciple Dongfang Jie, Fifth Elder Jin Lihua's disciple Ouyang Xu; as for the Sixth Elder, since he needed to oversee all the inner disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect, he had not taken any more students.