The Great Universe Talents War: I'll Bite Off a Chunk of Their Flesh Even If It Kills Me

In a mountain range stood several thatched cottages, surrounded by birdsong and fragrant flowers. It was like a paradise beyond the mortal world.

Zhou Qingran buried Elder Jiang and the others in front of a small hill, setting up a gravestone for each of them. She had carved every character on them by hand, stroke by stroke.

She knelt there for a long, long time without rising.

The woman appeared silently behind Zhou Qingran and patted her shoulder. "Get up. Your master wouldn't want to see you like this, even from beneath the Nine Springs. They... surely wouldn't blame you, either."

Zhou Qingran remained kneeling. Only after a long while did she slowly rise, determination written across her face.

From this day forth, the General Academy and she were enemies sworn to the death!

"Qingran, would you be willing to take me as your master?" The woman drew Zhou Qingran closer and asked with a smile.

"Senior..."

Zhou Qingran looked at the sincerity in the woman's eyes. She opened her mouth, then instinctively glanced at Elder Jiang's gravestone.

Following her gaze, the woman said, "Actually, even before this happened, your master had planned to entrust you to me. He understood your talent and knew he had little left to teach you."

At the woman's words, Elder Jiang's kindly face appeared in Zhou Qingran's mind.

She remembered the first time she'd met Elder Jiang, when she was little. She'd found him by the roadside and thought he was a beggar. Unable to bear watching him go hungry, she'd spent the last of her money to buy him a steamed flatbread. Elder Jiang had taken it with a beaming smile, praising her again and again for being such a good child.

After that, Elder Jiang gave her a page of scripture. He