Chapter 72: Su Jin: My Mother Taught Me Witch Script

The carriage skimming close to the ground moved swiftly and steadily.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they arrived at their destination.

Su Jian carried Su Jin out of the carriage; all around stood ancient trees hundreds of years old, stretching endlessly, everywhere thick with deep green.

"This is an old forest farm nestled among the mountains. It is said to have been established four or five hundred years ago. Besides ancient trees, many interesting and delicious plants and animals grow here. Come, the main gate of the forest farm is over there. Let's go register and get our tags first."

"After we get the tags, big brother will take you to eat something delicious."

"Hmm? What delicious thing?" Su Jin asked in surprise.

"You'll know when we get there," Su Jian said with a smile.

"That's right, it really is delicious," Su Hanlin added with a smile.

The four of them walked about four or five hundred meters before spotting a simple wooden gate.

The gate was slightly ajar.

The four walked in and saw two young cultivators wearing deep green cultivation technique robes sitting behind a long table, reading storybooks.

"Two senior brothers, we're here to extract wood spirit qi," Su Yu said enthusiastically, stepping forward to start a conversation.

"Come, register and collect your wooden tags," one of the green-robed cultivators said, putting down his storybook; his attitude was quite decent. "How many of you are there?"

"Four. I am Su Yu. These two are my clan brothers, Su Hanlin and Su Jian. This is Su Jian's little sister, Su Jin."

"Are you planning to bully child labor? Has this child even turned five?" the green-robed cultivator looked at Su Jin with a speechless expression.

"I'm six years old. I've already learned the spell for extracting wood spirit qi. I'm planning to come out with big brother to practice," Su Jin replied.

"Six years old, huh? Did you attend the Dao Academy or the clan school?" the green-robed cultivator asked again.

"I attend the clan school," Su Jin said, puffing out her small chest.

"Then you came here specifically to practice spells?" the green-robed cultivator immediately understood.

"Yes."

"Alright then, you can go in with your brother. But don't run around; stay close to your big brother. You're too small; even a single mountain cat of average size could carry you off."

Su Jin was speechless.

Her small stature wasn't her fault; it was because she was young. But could a cat really drag her away?

"Senior brother is very right. Once you've seen what a mountain cat looks like, you'll understand. The mountain cats in this forest farm are bigger than the dogs on our street. Dragging you away would be like play for them," Su Jian also said. "So you really can't run around; you must stay close to big brother. Got it?"

Su Jin nodded.

The four registered their names and home addresses, then collected four small tags.

They were all wooden tags. Each tag was carved with strange, slightly eerie patterns.

This made Su Jin examine them over and over again.

"Haha, you're interested in this little tag too? Do you know what the patterns on it are?" After collecting their tags, Su Yu and the others walked along a small path worn by many footsteps into the forest farm. "I know. It's witch script; it repels all evil spirits," Su Jin said.

Cough, cough, cough. Su Yu was stunned. "You actually know?"

"My mother is from the Wood Witch Tribe. I started learning witch script when I was two years old."

She had learned witch script even half a year before she learned to read characters.

Mother had said that learning witch script was very important, because who knows what you might encounter while out and about.

If you accidentally stumble upon some forbidden place, as long as you can read the witch script, you can turn and run immediately; you will absolutely be able to survive!

"So your family has a deep tradition," Su Yu said with an envious expression. "My second maternal grandmother was also from the Witch Clan, but unfortunately, our relation is too distant. Otherwise, I would definitely seek to become her disciple and learn witch script."

"You can wait until my mother returns and learn from her. My mother doesn't discriminate based on a disciple's identity or background. However, she charges one spirit stone per character for teaching witch script. If you think that's worth it and can accept it, go find her to learn," Su Jin said.

When her mother was at home, she would take on several disciples to learn witch script every year.

Earning a huge sum of spirit stones.

Su Jian heard this and also smiled: "If you want to learn witch script, you should have said so earlier. My little aunt teaches this. I heard from my little uncle that my little aunt takes on three or four disciples every year. Because she teaches so well, her reputation is very high. Even people from the Dao Academy come seeking her instruction."

"Your little aunt is that powerful?" Su Yu was shocked.

"Mm-hmm. My little aunt is very skilled at teaching people witch script. However, she is a bit expensive. She doesn't charge by the day or by the hour, but by the character. Guaranteed teaching, guaranteed mastery," Su Jian said proudly.

Su Yu felt very tempted upon hearing this. "If I want to learn witch script for three hundred characters, do I have to spend three hundred spirit stones?"

"That's right," Su Jian said.

"Then I'll save up more spirit stones and strive to learn witch script for one thousand characters all at once," Su Yu said.

"You really think like an accountant? One thousand spirit stones is no small sum," the chubby black Su Hanlin frowned and said. "If you had one thousand spirit stones, it would be so much better to buy more pills and elevate yourself to the late stage of Qi Refining."

"My cultivation has been stuck at the sixth layer of Qi Refining, unmoving, for several years now. No matter how many pills I take, nothing works. I was thinking that after I learn witch script, I could also buy a cultivation technique from the Witch Clan to try," Su Yu said.

"Many of the Witch Clan's cultivation techniques are unusable nowadays. The air no longer contains Witch Qi," Su Hanlin said irritably.

"I'm talking about spirit-refining techniques. The Witch Clan's spirit-refining techniques still have many unique advantages. I want to cultivate spirit-refining techniques because I suspect being stuck at the sixth layer of Qi Refining is likely due to my insufficient spiritual soul power," Su Yu said with some frustration.

"Then why don't you go to the clan school and learn a spirit-refining technique there? It's simple and easy to learn, and most importantly, it's safe," Su Jin asked, puzzled.

"Cough, cough. Can the clan school open its doors to someone like me who hasn't even attended the clan school?" Su Yu was stunned by her words and asked, suspicious and confused.

"You're going to request to purchase a technique, not to attend the clan school as a student? Besides, I heard the library within the clan school is actually open to all clan members," Su Jin explained to him. "It seems there is a door in the library that opens directly onto the street."

"Really? I never knew that?" Su Yu's face lit up with surprise.

If the library could only be entered by those attending the clan school, then nine times out of ten, he wouldn't be able to get in. After all, the experts ensuring the clan school's safety wouldn't give him any extra face just because he shared the Su surname.

If there was another door, then he still had hope of going in to take a look.

"I only just found out myself," Su Jian said, looking thoughtful. "Oh, right, Xiao Jin, aren't the techniques in the clan school very expensive?"

"I don't know. I just took them directly when I went," Su Jin said. Her techniques and spells were all taken directly, but they were also distributed to them by the clan school.

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