Meet the Fifth Senior Sister!

"Was the Great Void Technique a legacy technique from the Grand Senior Sister's family?"

Su Ming grew curious about the true identity of the Sword Pavilion's Grand Senior Sister.

Judging by the words of the white-robed man in the simulation, as well as the inheritance he had obtained in the Bronze Divine Hall,

the Grand Senior Sister's family must have been an ancient lineage.

Perhaps it had endured all the way from antiquity to the present.

[You told your Sixth Senior Brother that the Great Void Technique hadn't been taught to you by the Grand Senior Sister, but that you'd obtained it by chance in a secret realm.]

[You didn't tell him exactly where.]

[For now, you didn't want to reveal all your secrets to him, even if he was your Sixth Senior Brother.]

[The white-robed man nodded at your words and didn't press you further. He knew that everyone had their own secrets.]

["Little junior brother, my name is Fang Jingchun. You can call me Senior Brother Fang!"]

["By the way, Senior Brother Fang, how did you recognize me?"]

[You had only just returned from You Prefecture. Even if Lin Tian had told him about you, he couldn't have found you so quickly.]

[Fang Jingchun smiled.]

["Little junior brother, there are only a handful of people across all of Green Prefecture who can cultivate sword intent. Add in the news Little Eight told me, and it was hard not to guess it was you, right?"]

[After hearing his explanation, you could only laugh helplessly. You hadn't expected that to be the reason.]

[You had the Sinister Worm's fatal weakness to thank for that.]

["By the way, Senior Brother Fang, why are you staying in the Qin Kingdom?"]

[You looked at Fang Jingchun, dressed all in white, and asked the question that had been on your mind.]

["Little junior brother, aren't you going to invite me inside for a seat? Are we really going to chat out here?"]

[Fang Jingchun looked at you with a smile. Only then did you realize your oversight, and you hurriedly ushered him and Ye Chuxue into the wooden house.]

[After brewing Fang Jingchun a pot of tea, you heard him explain.]

["Little junior brother, you know the state of the Canglan Realm these days, so I won't go into it."]

["The reason I'm staying in the Qin Kingdom—no, to be precise, in the Mortal World—"]

["is that this is where humanity's roots lie!"]

["Our Sword Dao doesn't place much importance on Spiritual Roots. What matters to us is one's comprehension of the Sword Dao!"]

["I founded an academy in the Qin Kingdom—the Tianqi Academy!"]

["It was founded to nurture Sword Dao talent and give humanity a little more hope for the future!"]

[At that, Lin Qi, who had been sitting nearby, couldn't help exclaiming.]

["What? You're the founder of Tianqi Academy?"]

["You've heard of Tianqi Academy?"]

[You looked at Lin Qi and teased him.]

[Lin Qi picked up a cup of tea from the table, took a sip, and said,]

["Tianqi Academy is famous in the Qin Kingdom for being... well, strange!"]

["The academy only accepts cultivators below the fifth level of Qi Refining, and almost all of them get kicked out after three years. No one ever knew why, but now..."]

[When Lin Qi trailed off, you understood what he meant.]

[From Fang Jingchun's explanation just now, you also understood why the students were driven out after three years.]

[After explaining the whole story, Fang Jingchun invited you all to Tianqi Academy.]

[But you turned him down. Your identities were already exposed in Green Prefecture, and going to Tianqi Academy would cause trouble for Fang Jingchun.]

[Fang Jingchun didn't say anything more after you refused. He told you to come to him if you ran into trouble, then performed the Great Void Technique and vanished from Desolate Village!]

[After Fang Jingchun left, you told Ye Chuxue that you were going back to You Prefecture. You wanted to find out the Grand Senior Sister's identity and get answers to a few other questions.]

[Ye Chuxue didn't say much. She only told you to be careful.]

[She also told you that if she wasn't there when you came back next time, she would have gone to the Immortal Falling Secret Realm to break through to Nascent Soul.]

[The next day, you left some cultivation resources for Ye Chuxue and Lin Qi, then set off for You Prefecture.]

[A month later, you returned to the Sword Pavilion.]

[Lin Tian was a little surprised to see you back so soon.]

["Little junior brother! Why are you back so quickly? It's only been a little over two months!"]

["Uh... I ran into Sixth Senior Brother, and everything got settled quickly. I came back as soon as it was done."]

[Lin Tian hadn't expected you to meet Sixth Senior Brother so soon. He asked whether Sixth Senior Brother was a good person.]

[After exchanging a few pleasantries with Lin Tian, you brought the conversation back to the point.]

["Senior Brother Lin, I want to know about the Grand Senior Sister!"]

["The Grand Senior Sister? Why do you suddenly want to know about her?"]

[Lin Tian looked at you in confusion. With no choice, you explained the matter of the Great Void Technique.]

["What! You learned the Great Void Technique?"]

["Is that so strange? Didn't you cultivate it?"]

[After hearing Fang Jingchun say that the Grand Senior Sister had taught him the Great Void Technique, you had assumed all the Sword Pavilion's disciples would know it.]

[But the next moment, Lin Tian let out a long sigh.]

["Not just anyone can cultivate the Great Void Technique. You need an extremely profound understanding of space. Among our fellow disciples, only the Grand Senior Sister and Sixth Senior Brother can use it!"]

[After saying that, Lin Tian looked at you with envy.]

[That was the Great Void Technique, a divine ability that ordinary people couldn't master even if they wanted to.]

["How much do you know about the Grand Senior Sister?"]

[You didn't care how Lin Tian looked at you. You just kept asking him about the Grand Senior Sister.]

["Sigh! I don't actually know much about her either. You could ask Fifth Senior Sister!"]

["She's still here after coming back, so why not take this opportunity to meet her?"]

[Before long, Lin Tian led you to a thatched cottage.]

["Fifth Senior Sister is cultivating inside. Just go in."]

[You nodded and walked straight toward the cottage.]

[You knocked on the door and greeted Fifth Senior Sister.]

[An agile, pleasant voice soon came from inside.]

["Come in, little junior brother!"]

[You took a deep breath and entered the thatched cottage.]

[Inside, you saw a beautiful woman in a red dress sitting cross-legged on a straw couch.]

["What powerful sword intent! No wonder even the Pavilion Master praised you as a prodigy. Little junior brother, you really were born to be a Sword Cultivator!"]

[You didn't say much in response to Fifth Senior Sister's praise. Instead, you got straight to the point.]

["Fifth Senior Sister, I want to know about the Grand Senior Sister!"]

[The next moment, Fifth Senior Sister appeared behind you in a flash. She placed one hand on your shoulder and spoke in a coquettish voice.]

["You naughty junior brother! You've only just met your senior sister, and you don't even ask about me. You go straight to asking about the Grand Senior Sister. Isn't that a little rude?"]