Chapter 125

Chapter 125: Personal Disciple

Leng Ruo Han tossed Yun Xi a jade bangle and said, “This is your apprenticeship gift. There are things inside the storage bangle that suit your cultivation. Pick a place on Soaring Snow Peak and build yourself a courtyard. After that, take my Peak Master token and get a new identity jade token made.”

“Yes, Master!” Yun Xi replied briskly.

Leng Ruo Han pushed a white jade token in front of Yun Xi and continued, “After you replace your identity jade token and get your residence settled, come back tomorrow to the summit hall to see this lord.”

“Alright, Master.”

After Leng Ruo Han finished giving all his instructions, he flicked his sleeve and sent Yun Xi out of the summit hall.

Yun Xi gripped the Peak Master token in her hand, grinning so wide her teeth showed, and then she dashed straight to the inner sect Disciple Hall. The status of True Lord Leng’s personal disciple had to be made official. This was the key to escaping her miserable fate.

On the way down from Soaring Snow Peak, Yun Xi noticed there were not many cultivators on the entire mountain. Since it was covered in snow all year round, it felt even more quiet and empty.

Yun Xi entered the Disciple Hall as if she had been there a thousand times. She found the duty disciple, handed over the Peak Master token, and explained why she was there.

The duty disciple clearly froze for a moment. He told Yun Xi to wait, then went to find the inner sect steward. A personal disciple’s identity jade token had to be handled by a Gold Core elder.

After hearing the duty disciple’s report, Master Han appeared in front of Yun Xi in a flash. With a kindly smile, he said, “Give me the Peak Master token and your old identity jade token. This Master will handle it.”

“Yes.” Yun Xi could tell at a glance that he was a Gold Core elder, so she quickly handed both items over.

Master Han took them and tapped the Peak Master token with a finger. He immediately saw True Lord Leng’s note. The smile on his face did not change as he swiftly processed a new token for Yun Xi as a personal disciple. This time, the identity jade token was made of white jade, very similar to the Peak Master token.

When he returned the Peak Master token and the new identity jade token, Master Han also added a storage pouch. He said politely, “Junior Sister Wei, the storage pouch contains your new personal disciple robes, as well as your cultivation resources for the next year. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can contact me at any time.”

Yun Xi accepted everything with a smile. She and Master Han exchanged the aura imprints on their communication jade slips, and only then did she turn and leave.

After Yun Xi left, the inner sect disciples in the Disciple Hall finally began whispering to each other.

“Who was that just now? Which True Lord did she join? How come I’ve never heard of her?”

“She looks unfamiliar, but she’s already at mid-stage Foundation Establishment. There’s no way we wouldn’t recognize her.”

“Maybe she just broke through after coming out of seclusion.”

Soon, some curious people went to ask the duty disciple.

The duty disciple felt there was nothing to hide, so he said directly, “That Junior Martial Uncle just became Peak Master Leng’s disciple. She’s been in the inner sect for four years. Her name is Wei Yun Xi. It was my first time seeing her too.”

Someone immediately muttered, “Wei Yun Xi… I feel like I’ve heard that name…”

“It seems related to the Twin Mountain City incident…”

“You mean Twin Mountain City, where that evil formation appeared?”

“Yeah. I heard City Lord Li resigned to clean up after his son, and now no one knows where he went…”

“Was he retaliated against?”

“Hard to say…”

Even though the topic drifted off, the news that Wei Yun Xi had entered Leng Ruo Han True Lord’s sect still slowly spread.

Meanwhile, a deeply frustrated Sheng Yu Hong unconsciously made his way to the inner sect’s Pill Peak. The Peak Master of Pill Peak and his master were biological brothers, so he had to address Fire-Commanding True Lord as Martial Uncle.

In fact, when his Sect Master Master was busy handling sect affairs, Sheng Yu Hong’s cultivation was mostly guided by Fire-Commanding True Lord, which counted as half a master to him.

As soon as Sheng Yu Hong reached the middle of Pill Peak, he ran into Wei Yun Qing, who had rushed over after hearing the news.

After four years of settling in, Wei Yun Qing had also grown into a delicate beauty. Her looks were a copy of her mother, Du Ruo Lan, except Wei Yun Qing had more youthful innocence and less mature charm.

The moment she saw Sheng Yu Hong, Wei Yun Qing immediately lifted a bright smile and said, “Senior Brother, how do you have time to come to Pill Peak today? Do you need any pills? Junior Sister just cultivated a Third Rank spirit plant, Core-Forming Fruit. Before long, I’ll be able to refine a Core-Forming Pill.”

Sheng Yu Hong smiled after hearing that and praised her. “Junior Sister Wei, your skill at cultivating spirit plants has improved again. Congratulations.”

Praised by the man she liked, Wei Yun Qing immediately showed a charming smile. Her cheeks flushed slightly as she said, “Senior Brother flatters me. This is my only strength. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t be able to be Master’s registered disciple.”

During the four years Wei Yun Xi was in seclusion, Wei Yun Qing had not been idle either. After successfully reaching Foundation Establishment with a Foundation Establishment Pill and entering the inner sect, she entered Pill Peak together with Ye Shao Tian.

Relying on her dual spirit roots, Wei Yun Qing pushed herself hard to become the Pill Peak Peak Master’s disciple. She did not even care for Pill Peak’s elders, because she felt she was qualified to become a True Lord’s disciple.

But without Yun Xi, that walking moneybag, she had no chance to get access to the Feng Family’s alchemy techniques. Without that, she had no chance to build a solid foundation in alchemy, and naturally she had one less piece of capital for taking a master.

On top of that, influenced by Ye Shao Tian, Wei Yun Qing put even more of her attention into cultivating spirit plants. So after entering Pill Peak, she did not rush to take the alchemy exam to become an alchemy attendant. Instead, she cultivated three Third Rank spirit plants, letting herself show her face in front of the Peak Master.

Only after that did she begin studying alchemy. Using the fact that she was Wei Yun Xi’s elder sister, she struck up a conversation with Sheng Yu Hong, and in the end, she even became Fire-Commanding True Lord’s registered disciple.

Everything developed in the direction Wei Yun Qing wanted. She even felt impatient to see Wei Yun Xi, so she could use her status as a registered disciple to make things difficult for the other party.

Of course, Wei Yun Qing would never tell anyone these little thoughts.

Sheng Yu Hong chatted with Wei Yun Qing for a couple of lines before finding a gap to ask, “Junior Sister Wei, have you heard that Wei Yun Xi has already taken a master?”

Wei Yun Qing froze for a moment. Then she frowned and said, “Yun Xi came out of seclusion? Why didn’t she send me a message? When did she take a master? I didn’t receive any news at all. Does she dislike me now?”

As she spoke, the rims of Wei Yun Qing’s eyes were already turning red.

Sheng Yu Hong frowned unconsciously, then said, “Junior Sister Yun Xi was only accepted into Peak Master Leng’s sect this morning. She probably didn’t have time to notify you. Martial Uncle has never liked noise, and even taking a disciple is done very quietly.”

Each word entered Wei Yun Qing’s ears clearly, but when they were put together, the meaning was something she did not want to understand at all.

Wei Yun Qing’s face twitched. Then she realized Sheng Yu Hong was still in front of her, and she immediately put on an expression of shock and joy as she said, “Senior Brother, is that true? Little Sister’s luck is so good, to actually take a Nascent Soul True Lord as her master. I-I’ll message everyone right now. This good news has to be shared with everyone. I thought I would be the first to take a master, but I didn’t expect Little Sister to beat me to it. I’m so stupid.”

As she finished speaking, she even showed a hint of disappointment on her face.

Then she quickly reined in her expression, took out a message talisman from her storage pouch, and prepared to tell the other Wei Family members about Wei Yun Xi taking a master.

At that moment, another message talisman flew to Wei Yun Qing’s face.

Wei Yun Qing lifted her hand and tapped it. Yun Xi’s voice came out from inside: “Wei Yun Qing, I’ve already joined the Soaring Snow Peak Peak Master’s sect and become the Peak Master’s personal disciple. Once I finish handling the trivial matters, I’ll invite you to Soaring Snow Peak as a guest. Don’t go out recently, alright.”