The Routine Life on Sword-Wielding Mountain, My First Silver!

Morning Dawn Peak.

The Disciple Quarters on the West Slope are currently under reconstruction.

The night was cool as water, and the autumn dew dampened my clothes.

After receiving the Spirit Stone subsidy, Wang Tiezhu and Han Erleng worked through the night to build Disciple Quarters.

Having tasted success, the two felt there was still a chance to make a fortune, so they took the initiative to undertake the construction of the Disciple Quarters on the west side of Chaoxia Mountain.

Then, a hidden door was left in the design, and the Disciple Quarters were deliberately built as a shoddy construction project.

The wood used is high-quality wood, so it won't be damaged no matter how much it collapses, and it can be recycled.

However, the structural design contains many ingenious hidden doors that are not noticeable during normal living, but can easily collapse when the mountain shakes.

A micro-vibration sensor model designed specifically for Xiao Ran!

The two chatted about Sword-Wielding Mountain and Xiao Ran while repairing the Disciple Quarters.

"I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I always feel that Uncle-Master Xiao's talent goes against common sense. Even with his physique of Balanced Five-Elements Endowment and his body full of divine skills and miraculous medicines, it's still impossible to explain his combat power that is close to the Nascent Soul Stage."

"Do you think Uncle-Master Xiao might be a rogue Golden Core cultivator recruited by the sect, deliberately hiding his strength in order to obtain the position of the Dao Alliance prodigy?"

"Would someone with the Sword-Wielding Elder's personality obediently cooperate with such despicable methods?"

"I think she'll behave if the money is right."

"I think Uncle-Master Xiao and the elder may already be in Dual Cultivation relationship, which would explain Uncle Xiao's strength."

"No way, they're master and apprentice..."

As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a series of explosions coming from the direction of Sword-Wielding Mountain.

Turning his head, he saw a dark shadow flying like a sword towards the newly built Disciple Quarters.

"Such luck in the middle of the night?"

"It seems to be Senior Sister Jiang this time?"

"It's the same, as long as it can be crashed!"

"Crash, crash, crash—"

As they approached Morning Dawn Peak, Chuyan, who was flying swiftly, straightened her posture, pulled out Sewing Needle, and unleashed a dazzling display of swordsmanship.

In an instant, the sword light shone like a tapestry, illuminating the West Slope of Morning Dawn Peak.

Chuyan, one with her sword, swiftly crashed into the Disciple Quarters.

However, he suddenly lost his strength and remained in the Disciple Quarters.

Inside the room, green sword light flickered, surged, cut, and recombine, dazzling the eye...

In the blink of an eye, not only was the Disciple Quarters not destroyed by Chuyan, but the holes were even patched up and several hidden doors that were prone to collapse were repaired.

The Disciple Quarters were made hundreds of times more secure.

Wang Tiezhu and Han Erleng stared in disbelief, sensing that something was amiss.

Chuyan sheathed her sword and walked out of the Disciple Quarters, only to see a small figure in the night.

The two quickly lit a windproof candle and respectfully bowed to Chuyan, saying:

"Wang Tiezhu and Han Erleng from Morning Dawn Peak greet Senior Sister Jiang!"

"Senior Sister Jiang, are you alright?"

Chuyan calmed down from her shock at Xiao Ran's automatic counterattack and said calmly:

"Fine."

Wang and Han both looked distressed.

"Senior sister may mean well, but you can't damage the original structure of the house."

"We spent a lot of money to have the new Disciple Quarters designed, with many feng shui considerations. After all this trouble, Senior Sister, do you think we should give them to you..."

In the flickering firelight, Chuyan's delicate face was furrowed, her brows furrowed, as if she were exuding a stern and imposing aura.

"What's wrong with this house? The load-bearing structure is designed so poorly, it doesn't look like it was built by a cultivator. Could it be that they deliberately damaged it to extort money?"

Wang and Han were so frightened that they hurriedly said:

"How is that possible!"

"Senior Sister Jiang's swordsmanship has suddenly improved a lot, so naturally she sees flaws in everything she does."

Chuyan suddenly changed the subject.

"Since my swordsmanship is so powerful, I must have improved the feng shui of your house. I should charge you money, right? Do you have any?"

"..."

Wang and Han were so frightened that they fell silent and dared not mention money again. They could only watch Senior Sister Jiang leave empty-handed on her sword.

Staring at Senior Sister Jiang's back, which was surrounded by green light, the two wondered, "The Sword-Wielding Elder is such a simple-minded person, so why are his disciples and grand-disciples so cunning?"

Sword-Wielding Mountain.

The Disciple Quarters are on the second floor, in a meditation room.

Xiao Ran opened his eyes and slowly got up.

In fact, he had already noticed that Chuyan had come up with ulterior motives and had roughly guessed what she was thinking.

So, he decided to use her as a test to see the probability of Serendipitous Critical Strike drawing the Boundless Qi Sea.

Every time Chuyan slapped him, he would unleash the Resonance Power and simultaneously activate the Serendipitous Critical Strike, attempting to draw upon the medicinal residue in his Qi Sea to retaliate.

The counterattack of Qi Refining power was negligible to Chuyan's Nascent Soul Force, and even difficult to detect, unless it was a critical strike! Chuyan only struck for the fifth time before Xiao Ran successfully unleashed Resonance critical strike, sending Chuyan flying.

The force of the critical strike was similar to that of Chuyan's palm strike, but through Resonance and superposition, it gradually shook him away from Morning Dawn Peak.

"The critical hit rate seems to have increased."

Xiao Ran arrived at the edge of Sword Plaza Cliff, found a direction without mountains and tried several more times, and basically hit the critical hit within ten attempts each time.

He couldn't bear to test any more...

After all, the total Spiritual Power of the medicine residue is limited; every bit used reduces its amount.

Roughly estimated, you can only land a few dozen or a hundred critical hits before running out of mana.

Trying to make up for it with breathing exercises is futile; Xiao Ran has already turned to stone.

We need to use it sparingly!

Hot Spring Cliff.

Lingzhou Yue was half asleep when she vaguely heard Xiao Ran's loud clapping.

Every time she heard it, her body would instinctively tremble, shaking each time without exception.

But when she woke up and looked closely, she no longer had that feeling... It was very strange.

This feeling is like everything is echoing overhead, leaving a sense of emptiness in your heart.

Upon closer reflection, it must be that Xiao Ran used the power of the medicinal residue in his Qi Sea, without touching the Bone of the Blood Moon.

Since no one was drawing her power, she didn't bother to interfere. She pretended to be asleep with her eyes closed, but she was still listening intently. She waited for Xiao Ran's applause to stop for a long time before she could fall asleep.

After taking a sip of wine and opening his sketchbook, Xiao Yan arrived at the Demon Beast Mountain Range.

Not long after.

Chuyan, stepping on the pale green sword light, rushed back from Morning Dawn Peak and gracefully landed on the Sword Plaza.

Xiao Ran looked up and found that her whole demeanor had become even more ethereal, pure like a goddess.

In the vast darkness, she seemed to radiate light on her own, making it impossible to ignore her purity and clarity.

He doesn't seem like someone who likes to be lewd at all!

Xiao Ran, with his hands behind his back, pretended not to know what had happened in the meditation room and asked with a puzzled look, "Why did you suddenly go to Morning Dawn Peak?"

Chuyan pretended that nothing had happened.

"I'm going to help build Disciple Quarters at Morning Dawn Peak."

Xiao Ran was taken aback.

Then he remembered that when he flew and crashed onto the West Slope of Morning Dawn Peak last time, he had indeed knocked down several Disciple Quarters.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Chuyan ignored the fact that she had been blasted away and instead rolled her eyes at Xiao Ran.

"You're the one who demolished the Disciple Quarters on Morning Dawn Peak, aren't you? That's why they deliberately built the houses like thatched huts, so they could collapse easily, just waiting for you to crash into them again and extort money from you, you idiot!"

Xiao Ran wasn't surprised at all, nor did he bother to dwell on such matters. His voice deepened as he feigned concern, asking, "Are you feeling better?"

That warm voice, all around was still darkness.

Chuyan blushed and felt hot for no reason, but thankfully the darkness concealed it.

"None of your business!"

Xiao Ran deliberately asked her:

"What about our three-day agreement?"

Chuyan had just blushed when Xiao Ran made her so Xiao Ran she almost vomited blood.

"It's not even three days anymore. I'm already a Nascent Soul cultivator. Why would I stoop to your Qi Refining?"

Xiao Ran shook his head.

"Cultivators must have a sense of contract. An agreement is an agreement. If you break your promise, you will have to cede territory and pay compensation."

"You--"

Chuyan panicked but couldn't refute it, so she forced herself to remain calm and asked, "Then what do you want?"

Xiao Ran paced back and forth on the edge of the cliff, saying unhurriedly, "Before the Heaven's Chosen Assembly, I had a premonition that someone I had squeezed out of the Heavenly Pride spot might come to cause trouble."

Chuyan asked in return:

"With your current strength, are you still afraid of people causing trouble?"

Xiao Ran explained:

"I'm already a prodigy of the Dao Alliance. Wouldn't it be beneath my dignity to accept another challenge? If I win, no one will praise me; if I lose, I'll be cursed like a dog. As my good disciple, if you fight for me and you win, the other party will lose face. If you lose, the other party will be seen as bullying a junior, and they'll lose face too. It's a lose-lose situation for them. Do you understand?"

Chuyan sensed that Xiao Ran already knew this person's identity.

Who is it?

Xiao Ran did not hide anything.

"I met Lu Pingtian of the Saint Demon Sect when I went to East Floating City last time. He asked me for directions to Zongzhi Mountain, but I tricked him into going to Chaos City."

"That number one person below the Nascent Soul?"

"Exactly."

Chuyan thought about it and realized that she had indeed received a lot of help from Xiao Ran recently, so she decided to repay him by breaking her promise.

"I've already Nascent Soul, so dealing with him shouldn't be a problem. I agree."

What Xiao Ran didn't say was that he guessed that after Lu Pingtian was deceived, he would definitely realize his strength.

If they don't come back this time, fine; but if they do, they'll be fully prepared, and they might not be easy to deal with.

So he wanted Chuyan to test the waters and gauge his strength before making any decisions.

Three days later.

Southern part of the True Spirit Continent.

Saint Demon Sect.

Underground, in a Demon Cave.

Inside the Demon Cave, rivers of blood flowed and beast bones littered the ground, forming a bizarre, eerie, and incredibly bloody Nascent Soul Formation.

This is an ancient formation left behind by the Saint Demon Sect. After the Saint Demon Sect joined the Dao Alliance, this formation became a forbidden technique of the Dao Alliance.

In the center of the formation, a handsome young man dressed in Black Clothes sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, surrounded by a mist of blood.

His Spiritual Pressure in his Dantian continued to rise, tearing apart the Pill Wall and beginning to condense into an infant body...

Just as the infant body solidified, he suddenly swallowed an Essence Solidifying Pill, instantly halting the process of advancing to the next level.

The Essence Solidifying Pill stabilizes the Pill Wall while preserving the progress of his Nascent Soul formation, keeping him in a critical state where he can advance to the Nascent Soul at any time.

Lu Pingtian suddenly opened his eyes, slowly got up, his face glowing with a rosy light, as if frozen in the moment before sunrise.

"It's time for the Saint Demon Sect to rise up."

Thank you to Yi Da the Silver rank! My first Silver rank ever! I plan to add 20 more chapters!