Chapter 441

Chapter 441: A Disciple’s Dao Is the Ruthless Dao
Yu Zhao froze for a moment before realizing that Yu Huai Jin was Master Qing Yan’s true name.

She shook her head: “This disciple is not Master Qing Yan’s daughter, but…”

She paused, then continued: “This disciple once had a master-disciple relationship with Master Qing Yan. Later, because our dao intents did not match, we dissolved the relationship.”

Ancestor Sui Bian felt completely lost: “The Master Qing Yan you mentioned is Yu Huai Jin? You once took him as your master, and later you had nothing to do with each other?”

He went over it once in his head and became so angry his beard trembled.

“In the Five Elements Dao Sect, there has never been a case of a master-disciple relationship being dissolved! Little Yu Zhao, just say it boldly. Did he do something terrible that forced you to leave? Or did he lose his mind, break the sect rules, and go join another sect?”

Seeing Ancestor Sui Bian’s guesses grow more and more ridiculous, Yu Zhao quickly left out part of the grudge between her and Master Qing Yan and explained the rest in detail.

Ancestor Sui Bian’s anger did not fade at all. It burned even hotter.

“Back then I saw that brat’s amazing talent and thought he was clever. Who knew he would be such an idiot! He can’t even tell if someone is a person or a ghost! Ah, ah, he makes this old man so mad!”

He dragged Master Qing Yan out and cursed him for a good while. Still not satisfied, he asked Yu Zhao again: “Who is your current sect master? How could he let that brat do as he pleases?”

“This matter has nothing to do with Sect Master Ji Yuan. The sect master has always taken care of me and even wanted to take me as a disciple. It was only that I shamelessly refused.”

“Their dao titles are chosen later. Just tell me his birth name.”

Yu Zhao stammered: “Sect Master Ji Yuan’s birth name is… Xu Kai Shan.”

Ancestor Sui Bian thought for a moment, then was shocked.

“Xu Kai Shan? That silly kid who could eat three people’s meals every time he sat down? He actually became the sect master?!”

Ancestor Sui Bian looked like the sky had fallen.

Yu Zhao had never heard any stories about Sect Master Ji Yuan’s childhood. She was also very surprised.

The two of them looked at each other. Ancestor Sui Bian clutched his chest, swallowed hard, and asked in a trembling voice: “Is the Five Elements Dao Sect still number one in the Cultivation World?”

Yu Zhao nodded hard.

Ancestor Sui Bian let out a long breath of relief.

“As long as we’re still first, as long as we’re still first.”

He had already thought of several ways to keep Yu Zhao from talking.

He could not let those other old fellows find out that the Five Elements Dao Sect had fallen behind.

Luckily, the thing he was worried about had not happened.

People really do change.

He had thought Yu Huai Jin would be promising, yet that man still did something so unreliable.

The silly kid who had once been all brawn and appetite grew up and could now shoulder such a great responsibility.

Not bad, not bad.

Ancestor Sui Bian felt very comforted.

“You just reached Divine Transformation recently, right?”

“Yes.”

After breaking through, Yu Zhao had rushed to look for Ancestor Sui Bian. She had not had time to stabilize her cultivation level, so her foundation was unsteady. A veteran like him could see it at a glance.

Ancestor Sui Bian cleared his throat: “Since you are a disciple of the Five Elements Dao Sect, I also have a duty to help you cultivate.”

As soon as he finished, he took several jade vials from his storage space and stuffed them into Yu Zhao’s hands.

“These pills can help you stabilize your cultivation level. Take them and use them. Think of them as a meeting gift from this old geezer to you, this junior disciple. If it’s not enough, I still have more here.”

Although Ancestor Sui Bian acted very generous, Yu Zhao still caught a flash of heartache in his eyes.

When she remembered how happy he had looked holding that dagger, Yu Zhao smiled slightly and reached out to accept the vials.

“Thank you, Ancestor, for the pills.”

Ancestor Sui Bian waved his big hand, telling her not to stand on ceremony.

But he did not expect Yu Zhao to immediately reach into her own storage space and line up a row of jade vials in front of him: “Ancestor, these are this junior’s small gift to you.”

Ancestor Sui Bian’s eyes went wide. “Th-these are…”

Yu Zhao gave an embarrassed smile: “I tricked them out of a few large family clans.”

Ancestor Sui Bian’s expression suddenly became serious.

“Little Yu Zhao, this old geezer has to correct you. How can you call that tricking them? They gave them to you of their own free will. You only accepted them so you wouldn’t disappoint their kindness.”

Yu Zhao followed his lead at once and changed her words: “Right, they gave them to me. It is really too much for me alone to handle. I hope Ancestor can help me share the burden.”

“Ahem.” Ancestor Sui Bian coughed again. “That is easy to say. This ancestor is not a stubborn man. If there is a task I can help with, I must help. That is also a fine tradition of our Five Elements Dao Sect.”

As he spoke, he quickly swept all the pills into his storage space, smiling so hard his eyes almost disappeared.

Because of these pills, the more he looked at Yu Zhao, the more pleasing she seemed to his eyes.

Not only was Yu Zhao gifted, she also respected her elders. She was a good child, and that made him want to guide her.

“I saw you use formations just now. You were very skilled with them, so you must use formations as your main path. My dao intent has nothing to do with formations, but I can still help you avoid some detours.

“Show me your dao intent now. Let me feel it, and then I will give you some pointers.”

“This disciple does not cultivate the path of formations.”

“Oh?” Ancestor Sui Bian was a bit surprised. “Not formations? Then it must be the Illusion Dao.”

When Yu Zhao had fought with that cultivator who walked the Path of Slaughter, Ancestor Sui Bian had been watching nearby.

He had seen Yu Zhao’s magic arts very clearly.

So in his heart he decided that Yu Zhao’s dao intent had to be either formations or illusions.

But Yu Zhao still shook her head.

“Neither.”

Ancestor Sui Bian was truly puzzled now.

“Your level in formations and illusions has already reached the point where you could use either of them to break through to Divine Transformation, yet you did not. Then which dao do you cultivate?”

“This disciple’s dao is the Ruthless Dao.”

As soon as she spoke, the dao intent of the Ruthless Dao spread out.

Ancestor Sui Bian felt all the messy thoughts pressing on his heart vanish in an instant. His mind became clear and empty, as if the four desires of the world had all disappeared. He suddenly lost interest in worldly things. Even when he looked at Yu Zhao, he could no longer stir up the homesick feelings in his heart.

The next moment, Yu Zhao drew back her dao intent.

“This disciple has offended you.”

Ancestor Sui Bian looked at her with a complicated expression. For a moment, he did not know what to say.

Yu Zhao’s dao intent was not the strongest he had ever seen, but it was the hardest one to resist.

In that instant when he fell into the Ruthless Dao, he had even felt the impulse to go seek out the old monk of Clarity Sound Temple and join the Buddhist order.

For someone like him, who always lived unrestrained and followed his own heart, that feeling was truly terrifying.

“The Ruthless Dao cuts off the seven emotions and six desires, tempers the mind, and nourishes the spirit. It does suit you.”

After a long silence, Ancestor Sui Bian sighed with emotion.

Compared to formations and illusions, the Ruthless Dao was indeed more fitting for Yu Zhao.

“This disciple has also understood another dao. I hope I can receive Ancestor’s guidance on it.”

“There is another?”

Ancestor Sui Bian’s jaw almost dropped.

He even started to doubt whether Yu Zhao was really from the Immortal Cultivator Realm.

Her frightening comprehension was in no way weaker than that of the young heirs from the great family clans of the Middle World.

“This dao is called the Path of Reincarnation.”

With a thought, Yu Zhao unfolded another dao intent, completely different from the Ruthless Dao, gentle and flowing like water.

Ancestor Sui Bian’s vision went dark.

When he opened his eyes again, the scene before him seemed unchanged, yet somehow it also felt completely different.