Senior Sister, Please Guide Me

"Junior Sister, spare me!"

"Master, I really am no match for her. I can only forfeit!"

The Shushan disciples who sparred with Lian cried out in misery. The martial king divine physique was far too overbearing. Lian was only ten years old, yet she had defeated dozens of Shushan disciples, causing a sensation throughout Shushan.

The Shushan Disciple Tournament was in full swing, and disciples were eliminated one after another. In the end, eight Shushan disciples remained, including Lin Qingzhi, Lian, and Xiao Xiangdao.

"Of the new disciples Shushan has recruited in the past ten years, two of Elder Lu's apprentices have made it into the top eight. Elder Lu truly is a master teacher."

"Elder Lu's two disciples have limitless prospects. They may well become pillars of Shushan in the future. How enviable."

"I wonder how Elder Lu's two disciples would fare against Xiao Xiangdao and his spirit sword body?"

When the Shushan elders saw that two of the final eight disciples were Lu Changsheng's apprentices, they praised him from the bottom of their hearts.

"Next, Lin Qingzhi of Azure Cloud Peak will face Chen Yao of Jade Moon Peak!"

On the fighting platform, a boy and a girl of similar age stood with a longsword on each of their backs. Their sword momentum had already risen, and invisible waves of force swirled and collided.

"Jade Moon Peak? Isn't that... the cave abode of one of the Grand Supreme Elders?"

"Aren't the Grand Supreme Elders in seclusion? How could one have taken a disciple?"

"I heard that one of the Grand Supreme Elders gained some insight and emerged from seclusion nine years ago. When she returned to Shushan, she brought a little girl with her, and later took the girl as her disciple. She was recruited into Shushan within the past ten years, so of course she's eligible to participate in this Shushan Disciple Tournament."

"Since one of the Grand Supreme Elders took her as a disciple, she must have something special about her."

"The fact that she made it into the final eight Shushan disciples is proof enough of her talent."

Several Shushan elders chatted freely, exchanging gossip.

It seemed that even in the world of immortal cultivation, discussing gossip was still human nature.

Lu Changsheng turned his gaze to Chen Yao, the Shushan disciple facing his first disciple.

This Shushan disciple named Chen Yao was the apprentice of an unidentified grand elder of Shushan.

Shushan's Grand Supreme Elders were old monsters from the same era as the Shushan Sect Master, their cultivation unfathomably deep. They spent most of their time in seclusion, occupied with their own cultivation and preparing to face heavenly tribulation, and generally did not take disciples lightly.

Only someone with monstrous aptitude or an immortal affinity might be taken as a disciple by one of the Grand Supreme Elders.

[Apprentice-Teaching Simulator is assessing the target's aptitude...]

[Name: Chen Yao]

[Race: human]

[Talents: nine heavens profound maiden physique, Thunder Spirit Root, Formation Dao Grandmaster]

[Cultivation: Golden Core Realm Third Layer]

[Dao Bone: 19 years]

Sure enough, the disciple who had caught the eye of one of Shushan's Grand Supreme Elders had truly monstrous talent.

This girl was slightly older than Lin Qingzhi, so she should count as his senior sister.

Nine heavens profound maiden physique?

According to the Record of Special Physiques Through the Ages, the nine heavens profound maiden physique had appeared twice, and only in female cultivators, but its wondrous qualities were not described in detail.

Formation Dao Grandmaster meant she had exceptional talent in setting up formations of heaven and earth.

Some cultivators specialized in formations, using them to kill their enemies.

The Four Great Demonic Sects also had many elders skilled in setting up formations. Once, a demonic sect elder had used a blood formation to refine hundreds of thousands of living beings in a city to increase his own cultivation.

"Qingzhi, I permit you to use your cultivation at the Golden Core Realm Second Layer."

Lu Changsheng knew that Chen Yao was an exceedingly troublesome opponent for his first disciple. If he used only his Qi Condensation Realm cultivation, Chen Yao would defeat him in just a few moves.

It was better to let Lin Qingzhi use this opportunity to gain experience fighting a genius.

"But in this battle, you must deliberately hold back. Stopping at the top eight will be enough."

"Even if you take first place, Shushan's rewards won't be as good as what I've given you. There's no need to draw attention to yourself for the sake of first place."

Lu Changsheng secretly transmitted his voice to Lin Qingzhi.

Among the eight remaining disciples were the apprentices of his senior brother Li Changye and one of the Grand Supreme Elders. If Lin Qingzhi defeated them, it would probably shake all of Shushan.

Immortal cultivation wasn't all about fighting and killing; it was about navigating human relationships.

Chen Yao's cultivation was quite high, so Lin Qingzhi could conveniently lose to her "as a matter of course."

"Understood, Master."

Lin Qingzhi had no intention of stealing the limelight, so he suppressed his cultivation to the Golden Core Realm Second Layer, drew his longsword, and pointed it at Chen Yao.

"I am Lin Qingzhi, a disciple of Azure Cloud Peak. Senior Sister, please guide me."

"Chen Yao, disciple of Jade Moon Peak. Please guide me."

Chen Yao's voice was pleasant to the ear. She straightened her back and adjusted her breathing.

She only had to defeat three more opponents to fulfill her revered master's expectations.

In nine years, she had gone from a mortal with no cultivation to a Shushan disciple at the Golden Core Realm Third Layer, all thanks to one of the Grand Supreme Elders sacrificing her time in seclusion to guide her cultivation.

The grand elder who had taken her as a disciple felt she had no hope of overcoming the tribulation and had little time left, so she had given up cultivating in seclusion to focus on teaching her disciple.

The reason the human race could endure without end was that the torch was passed from one generation to the next.

I must not disappoint Master.

Chen Yao made a gesture with her right hand, and the azure light of the longsword on her back gradually brightened.

"That's Jade Moon Peak's Middle-Grade Houtian Spirit Treasure, the Heavenly Azure Sword!"

"As expected of a disciple taken by one of the Grand Supreme Elders. She already has such a spirit treasure at the Golden Core Realm!"

"With her cultivation, she still can't unleash the full power of that spirit treasure."

"Even so, Elder Lu's disciple is in for a beating."

The Shushan elders were greatly astonished, and all favored the disciple taken by one of the Grand Supreme Elders.

The highest cultivation Lin Qingzhi had displayed so far was the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm. He had simply been rather lucky and had never been matched against a Golden Core Realm opponent.

Chen Yao's cultivation was clearly at the Golden Core Realm, and she also had a Middle-Grade Houtian Spirit Treasure. The outcome was already obvious.

Lu Changsheng remained perfectly composed. He had deliberately made Lin Qingzhi suppress his cultivation to let him try fighting across realms.

Cultivators could not always rely on their realm to suppress their enemies. Sometimes they might encounter a fiend whose realm was even higher than their own.

Someone who could defeat an opponent at a higher realm, or retreat unscathed, was truly formidable.

Thus, this counted as "pressure training" for Lin Qingzhi.

"Rise!"

Chen Yao's expression turned solemn. Her left hand formed a sword seal, and two fingers of her right hand pointed upward. The Heavenly Azure Sword let out a clear ring and soared into the sky, radiating brilliant light!

"Slash!"

Chen Yao changed her sword seal, and the Heavenly Azure Sword slashed at Lin Qingzhi with the force to cleave mountains and part seas!

She intended to defeat Lin Qingzhi in a single move!

Compared with the Middle-Grade Houtian Spirit Treasure, the Heavenly Azure Sword, the Upper-Grade Spirit Artifact, the Azure Nether Sword, paled in comparison.

"Elder Lu's first disciple is only at the Qi Condensation Realm at most. It looks like he'll be defeated in one move."

"Her opponent is a disciple taken by one of the Grand Supreme Elders and taught in seclusion. There's no shame in losing to her."

"Lin Qingzhi is already an elite disciple for making it into the top eight."

Seeing Chen Yao go all out from the moment she attacked, the Shushan elders thought Lin Qingzhi wouldn't be able to withstand a single sword strike, so they all offered Lu Changsheng words of comfort in advance.

Lu Changsheng was a Dao Palace Realm elder and had two such outstanding disciples. He should have no regrets.