You Two Should Get Married Quickly

On the peak of the Kunlun Sky Pillar, within Yuxu Palace.

"A Jing," Qiu Changtian called out in his mind, "can you locate the fragments of the Sky Mending Stone?"

"Unable to locate," the Kunlun Mirror replied. "It is suspected to be obscured by spells."

"I suggest you investigate carefully."

"How am I supposed to investigate?" Qiu Changtian said speechlessly. "I'm at the lowest Qi Refining Stage right now. Anyone you pull out of this Yuxu Palace will have a much higher cultivation realm than me."

"It is recommended to continue maintaining your persona and improve your cultivation realm."

"That's easy enough, I can act. But do you have any rapid success methods that can let me form a Golden Core in a day and a Nascent Soul in two?"

"No."

"Don't be so cold," Qiu Changtian continued with a smile. "The sooner my realm improves, the sooner I can help you gather all the Sky Mending Stone fragments, right?"

Kunlun Mirror: ...

Seeing that the mirror didn't reply, Qiu Changtian stopped teasing it and began to ponder.

The path of cultivation in this world had a very simple division of stages.

Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul were the three major realms.

Each major realm could be further divided into three minor realms.

For example, Foundation Establishment, from lowest to highest, could be divided into Qi Refining, Marrow Cleansing, and Dantian Formation.

Since he was currently at the lowest Qi Refining Stage, what kind of suicidal thought would it take for him to risk exposing himself by actively seeking information about the Sky Mending Stone?

He would patiently lie low for now.

As Qiu Changtian mused, he saw his junior sister, Xu Yinglian, walk past him without even a greeting, heading straight for the Ziwei Sect Master's lecture hall.

This girl was still sulking with him!

Inside the lecture hall, the Ziwei Sect Master sat cross-legged on a Nine-Colored Lotus platform, his eyes closed in silence.

Below him, fourteen prayer mats were neatly arranged in two columns of seven rows.

Disciples entered one after another and took their seats in order.

On the left were the Golden Core True Persons, and on the right were the Foundation Establishment Cultivators, arranged from front to back according to their strength or potential.

According to the rules of the Kunlun Taiqing Sect, they only opened their mountain to accept a batch of disciples every half Jiazi Cycle (30 years).

Because Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian had been admitted early without examination before the mountain was opened, they were currently only registered disciples in name. Therefore, they did not have prayer mats in the lecture hall and could only stand at the very back.

The two found a spot and stood. Before Qiu Changtian could speak, Xu Yinglian turned her head away, refusing to let him see her profile.

Heh, this tsundere junior sister.

Qiu Changtian held his breath and stood still, beginning to listen to the Ziwei Sect Master's lecture.

To improve their cultivation realm, cultivators needed to inhale and exhale Qi.

This gave rise to various Qi Refining Techniques.

Among the three orthodox sects, the Kunlun Taiqing Sect excelled in Qi Refining Techniques. Therefore, both high-level cultivators in the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms, as well as the types and quantity of Qi Refining Techniques, far surpassed the other two sects.

Among them, the strongest Qi Refining Technique in the world was the "Immortal Family Secret Method" known as the Nine Heavens Pure Micro Entrance True Words. It could only be taught by the current Kunlun Sect Master to his direct disciples and was forbidden to be passed on outside.

Whether it was truly an Immortal Family Secret Method was a separate matter, but it was extremely obscure and difficult to understand, so everyone listened with extra diligence, afraid of missing any detail the Sect Master mentioned.

When the lecture ended, everyone was still engrossed, but the Ziwei Sect Master had already flicked his Fly Whisk, and the disciples could only rise and leave one after another.

"Qiu Changtian, Xu Yinglian, stay behind," the Ziwei Sect Master said calmly.

As soon as he spoke, the senior brothers and sisters who were about to leave couldn't help but cast a glance at the two.

After the senior brothers and sisters had all departed, the Ziwei Sect Master pointed forward with the handle of his Fly Whisk and said:

"Sit."

Qiu Changtian and Xu Yinglian each chose a prayer mat and sat down, one on the left and one on the right.

"The Xu Family of Tiannan sent a Geng Tie this morning," the Ziwei Sect Master said leisurely with his eyes closed. "They hope I will act as their matchmaker and have you two become Dao Companions."

Xu Yinglian: ...

Qiu Changtian: ...

Both were stunned into silence.

After a while, Xu Yinglian finally spoke:

"Master, this disciple is unwilling..."

"Reporting to Master," Qiu Changtian interjected, "this disciple's heart is set on the Dao and he has no interest in romantic matters for the time being. I believe Junior Sister Yinglian feels the same."

Xu Yinglian was cut off by him and was momentarily speechless.

However, what her senior brother said resonated with her feelings, so she merely nodded slightly and remained silent.

With both disciples refusing simultaneously, the Ziwei Sect Master opened one eye, his gaze sweeping lightly over their faces, and then closed his eye again, saying:

"Xu Yinglian."

"Your Dao Heart is unstable."

"The crux of the problem lies with your senior disciple brother."

"As the saying goes, 'He who tied the bell must untie it.' To overcome this Heart Tribulation, you must start with your senior disciple brother."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Changtian immediately fell silent.

A Heart Tribulation was a flaw in one's Dao Heart, a great enemy to cultivators.

A single misstep could lead to a loss of mental control and Qi Deviation.

At best, all one's cultivation would be destroyed. At worst, one could be possessed by an Outer Heavenly Demon, their very essence, energy, and spirit violently draining outwards, swept away by the demon, leaving only an empty husk.

His junior disciple sister possessed the Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart constitution, giving her strong resistance to the invasion of Outer Heavenly Demons.

If someone with her talent could still have an unstable Dao Heart, how deep and terrifying must the obsession be that led her astray...

Wait, obsession?

He turned his head in astonishment and saw Xu Yinglian staring at him with a blank expression.

Uh.

Could it be... me?

"Reporting to Master," Xu Yinglian retracted her gaze and said with her head bowed, "I only wish to surpass my senior disciple brother. How can that be considered an unstable Dao Heart?"

"'Wishing to win,' is an obsession," the Ziwei Sect Master said calmly.

"What will you do if you cannot achieve it?"

"Master," Xu Yinglian's voice began to tremble, "Do you also believe I can never surpass my senior disciple brother?"

The Ziwei Sect Master ignored her and instead asked Qiu Changtian:

"Changtian, your talent, 'Clear Dao Heart,' is among the best cultivation aptitudes in the world."

"If, one day, I take in another disciple, and their talent surpasses yours, what will you do?"

"This disciple replies to Master," Qiu Changtian answered respectfully, "No matter how outstanding his aptitude, what does it have to do with me?"

He grumbled inwardly: Besides, what cultivation talent could surpass my 'Clear Dao Heart'?

Clear Dao Heart's effect was to accelerate cultivation speed, greatly increase the chance of enlightenment, and grant permanent immunity to illusions, mental barriers, Qi Deviation, and other negative states, thus making it the world's top-tier cultivation aptitude.

Its only drawback was that his 'Clear Dao Heart' talent was not innate but obtained through the Kunlun Mirror's 'Mirror Flower Water Moon.'

To maintain the 'Mirror Flower Water Moon' state, he had to constantly maintain the persona of an invincible genius to stay highly synchronized with 'Clear Dao Heart' and allow it to function...

"Good," the Ziwei Sect Master nodded approvingly and turned to Xu Yinglian, saying, "'Do not listen to others on your path, focus only on your own steps.' What does your senior disciple brother's cultivation realm have to do with you?"

"What does it matter if you surpass him? What does it matter if you don't?"

"When you can let all of this go, your Dao Heart will finally be truly stable."

"Master," Xu Yinglian gave a tragic smile, "My senior disciple brother can be so indifferent because there is no superior cultivation talent above Clear Dao Heart."

"Since no one can compete with him, he naturally doesn't compete. It's like there's no one ahead, so who can he chase?"

"Disciple..." she said with a choked voice, "This disciple comes from the Xu Family of Tiannan. Since childhood, I have been placed high hopes upon by the family, and I possess the rare Seven Orifices Exquisite Heart aptitude. I thought I was peerless, only to realize I was merely looking at the sky from the bottom of a well."

"My senior disciple brother has never treated me poorly, but... ever since I joined the sect, I have lived under his shadow."

"I opened my Qi Sea in seven days, while he only took half a day. I couldn't grasp the essence of scriptures, but he understood them with just a few words. Even with the Kunlun Sword Control Art, after diligently cultivating for half a month and feeling I had made some progress, I still couldn't withstand a single move from my senior disciple brother..."

She once again knelt gracefully, tears streaming down her face, and gritted her teeth, saying:

"Defeating my senior disciple brother is my obsession. I cannot extinguish it, nor can I let it go..."

"I am truly... sorry, Master..."

Qiu Changtian listened from the side, stunned, and a heavy sense of guilt arose in his heart. He then heard the Kunlun Mirror speak again:

[Invincible Persona, Synchronization Value +1.]

The Ziwei Sect Master opened his eyes, his expression impassive.

After a long moment, he turned his gaze and raised an eyebrow at Qiu Changtian, his meaning clear:

Look at the mess you've made!

Hurry up and take your foolish junior disciple sister away!

[☆Important Notice☆] This book is neither a "harem with clones" type of story (where clones NTR the main character) nor a "girls fall for a mask" type (where the protagonist NTRs himself). Of course, I understand many readers may come from Minotaur backgrounds and have rather peculiar tastes, but my three thousand loyal old readers who followed me from my previous books are passionate Spanish gladiators who kill anyone with horns... In short, please do not post comments like "It's a clone story," "It's a mask story," or "Feels like NTR," to avoid unpleasantness.