Five Great Mountains Stand Alone

The proprietress's words made Ling Ju, who had been curiously looking around, blush deeply.

Jing Pu awkwardly and quickly replied, "No, we're just good friends."

After Jing Pu finished speaking, the proprietress smiled, looking at Jing Pu and Ling Ju as she nodded and pursed her lips, chuckling.

"I know, I know~"

Seeing the proprietress like this, Ling Ju was so embarrassed she didn't know where to look.

Before Jing Pu could say anything, the proprietress cheerfully called out, "Alright, alright, no more teasing. Come in quickly."

After Jing Pu and Ling Ju found an empty seat and sat down, the proprietress quickly brought over two baskets of steamed buns, two bowls of congee and rice, and a small plate of pickles.

After placing the food down, the proprietress stood to the side and smiled at Jing Pu.

"Young master, is it the same as last time?"

Jing Pu nodded repeatedly. The proprietress nodded, then smiled and took a large paper bag to pack for Jing Pu.

Meanwhile, Ling Ju sat opposite him, still holding the little rabbit in her arms, her face flushed as she thought about something.

Jing Pu knew that cultivators didn't eat, so he didn't ask and started eating by himself.

Soon, the proprietress finished packing two large paper bags and placed them aside, looking at Jing Pu and smiling.

"Don't Immortals only break their fast once every ten days or half a month? What you're buying seems like enough for every day?"

Jing Pu took out money and chuckled.

"I'm not an Immortal. I'm just an ordinary handyman at the Divine Sword Sect."

With that, Jing Pu also took out the money. The proprietress looked at the money in Jing Pu's hand and immediately waved her hand, smiling.

"No need. After you wrote that calligraphy for me last time, my business has become very, very good. And most of the customers are Immortals, who are very generous and pay with spirit stones. How could I possibly accept money from you?"

Jing Pu was a little surprised, did his calligraphy have a wealth-attracting function?

While Jing Pu was pondering, the proprietress turned her gaze in a certain direction. However, after a moment of shock, her smile instantly vanished.

In almost an instant, the charming and graceful proprietress transformed into a fierce landlady.

She turned around and roared into the shop, "Who stole my calligraphy?!!"

At this roar, the entire shop fell silent. Everyone looked up at the proprietress in a daze, then immediately looked at the wall behind her.

On the wall was an exquisitely framed... blank piece of paper.

It was completely empty, with nothing on it.

The proprietress was on the verge of exploding with anxiety, but Jing Pu, sitting nearby, quickly said, "Sister, it's alright. I'll write another one for you."

With Jing Pu's words, the proprietress's expression softened slightly, but she still gritted her teeth and muttered, "I don't know which damned person took advantage of my inattention to steal the calligraphy!"

Jing Pu just smiled and shook his head, saying no more.

After they finished eating, the proprietress had a new table brought over, and the ink and brushes were already prepared. The people in the shop continued to eat while curiously looking over.

Jing Pu held the brush and looked at the delighted proprietress in front of him, curiously asking, "Sister, is it still 'favorable winds and timely rains'?"

The proprietress smiled and looked at Jing Pu.

"It's all up to you, young master."

Jing Pu thought for a moment and finally, with a sweep of his brush, wrote the four characters for "favorable winds and timely rains."

As these four characters were completed, an astonished expression appeared on Ling Ju's face. Ling Ju was not surprised by the heaven-defying power of Jing Pu's calligraphy, as she had personally witnessed Jing Pu paint before.

And using calligraphy to defy heaven and change fate wasn't that extraordinary either, as powerful beings in the Tribulation Crossing stage could achieve it.

What astonished Ling Ju was that after the words "favorable winds and timely rains" were written, a familiar Auspicious Qi suddenly filled the entire area!

This Auspicious Qi was the same Auspicious Qi that the Demonic Creature had devoured.

In an instant, Ling Ju understood everything. That Demonic Creature had devoured the calligraphy left by the Senior and gained the heavenly secrets within it, which allowed it to advance from the peak of Spirit Transformation to Tribulation Crossing.

As for the previous calligraphy, Ling Ju deduced that after the Demonic Creature absorbed all the Auspicious Qi here, the Senior's calligraphy had disappeared, and it wasn't stolen.

Ling Ju found this truly incredible. The Senior's previous guidance to them was already astonishing. In just seven days, Lie Chun advanced from the peak of Core Formation to the early stage of Golden Core, and Ling Jing advanced from the early stage of Golden Core to the middle stage of Golden Core.

This was already unheard of, unprecedented. And now, an opportunity within a piece of calligraphy alone allowed a peak Spirit Transformation cultivator to attempt Tribulation Crossing.

One had to consider how many peak Spirit Transformation cultivators never grasped that sliver of heavenly secret in their entire lives, never taking that final step until death.

And the Senior's four characters possessed such power...

Ling Ju felt that the Senior had once again redefined her understanding.

After Jing Pu finished writing the new "favorable winds and timely rains," he didn't stop. Today's events had truly startled him. The fact that even the vast Divine Sword Sect, a major Cultivation Sect, could be harassed by a Demonic Creature was truly terrifying.

Jing Pu thought for a moment before suddenly picking up his brush again and writing the five characters "Taishan Stone God".

This was a custom on Earth. Whenever a family built a new house, they would place a stone carved with "Taishan Stone God" on the main beam or somewhere in the house to pray for warding off evil and protection.

There were no stones here, so Jing Pu wrote it on paper. Regardless of the method, the meaning was the same: praying for warding off evil and protection. As long as the meaning was conveyed, it was fine.

As soon as Jing Pu finished writing these five characters, Ling Ju's eyes suddenly flashed.

A majestic and imposing high mountain appeared before Ling Ju, grand and magnificent. It was a mountain Ling Ju had never seen or heard of before. On its main peak were carved the four characters "Five Great Mountains Stand Alone"!

Upon seeing the four characters "Five Great Mountains Stand Alone," an immense and powerful aura instantly washed over Ling Ju.

On the peak where "Five Great Mountains Stand Alone" was carved, there was a figure. The style of clothing worn by this person was unlike anything Ling Ju had ever seen. This person was practicing swordplay and Cultivation on the summit, exuding an aura that could swallow mountains and rivers, and possess the might of thunder!

It was as if all evil would be easily shattered before this person.

When Ling Ju snapped out of the artistic conception of the calligraphy, she turned her head to see that more than half of the people in the small shop still had a dazed look on their faces, seemingly unable to emerge from the artistic conception of the writing.

Looking at these people, Ling Ju was slightly taken aback. Earlier, she had been so lost in thought after the proprietress's words that she hadn't paid much attention. Now, coming back to her senses and looking closely, she realized that all the customers here with that dazed look were Cultivators!

It made sense, really. After all, the heavenly secrets within Senior's calligraphy could allow a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator to directly achieve enlightenment and advance to Tribulation Crossing. And this calligraphy was casually hung on the wall. Mortals wouldn't understand it, but Cultivators could see it at a glance.

In fact, they didn't even need to look; they could feel it from afar. The Divine Sword Sect was about to hold the Myriad Sect Grand Ceremony, and there were many Immortals coming and going. Naturally, those who felt it gathered here.

These people probably knew that such a divine masterpiece was openly displayed without fear of theft or robbery for a reason. Therefore, no one harbored any ill intentions. They pretended to be ordinary people, coming daily to eat buns, in order to glean some profound truths from this calligraphy and painting.

While Ling Ju was staring blankly at the people in the shop, Jing Pu suddenly spoke from the side:

"I don't know if you like calligraphy and paintings, so I wrote another one for you. I think it suits you quite well. Take a look and see if you like it."

When Ling Ju curiously turned her head to look, she saw four more characters written on Jing Pu's table.

Elegant Virtue and Leisurely Grace.