Can Opportunities Also Come in Bunches?

Looking up, she saw Xu Xing watching her.

Chi Jiuyu scratched her head: "I'm just having a friendly exchange with the netizens."

Indeed.

Very 'friendly' indeed.

"Jiuyu, do you really want to become the Sect Master?"

Uncle-Master, you actually peeked!

"That's right, so will you support me, Uncle-Master?" Chi Jiuyu climbed right up the pole as it was offered.

A few years ago, her master had accidentally discovered her dream and ruthlessly mocked her for creating two alt accounts to stage a one-woman show.

Back then, she had been so mortified she nearly rolled on the floor in shame, but she had since become immune.

The same trick wouldn't work on her twice.

Xu Xing did not answer, instead standing up: "Let's go, it's time for us to return."

Chi Jiuyu glanced at the arena, feeling a bit puzzled: "Isn't it not over yet?"

"The outcome will not change."

"Oh."

She obediently followed Xu Xing.

Before coming here, her master had told her that once she found her Uncle-Master, she should return with him.

Their departure did not attract anyone's attention, including True Monarch Purple Universe, who had returned to the sky above the school.

"Uncle-Master, can they not see us?"

"Mm, there is a junior up there. I do not wish to cause too much of a stir for the time being, so I must avoid being discovered by him," Xu Xing explained.

As for the fact that he had gone to the dean's office to retrieve a crystal card containing the Basic Refining Method, there was no need to mention that.

Chi Jiuyu looked around, but she didn't spot anything.

She didn't dwell on it: "Then when are we going back?"

"In a while."

That answer is as good as no answer at all, Chi Jiuyu complained internally.

"Tell me about yourself. How did you come to be apprenticed to your Senior Sister?"

"Can't you calculate that, Uncle-Master?"

"That would be boring."

"..." Chi Jiuyu was silent for a moment. "Actually, it's nothing special. Master picked me up, and once I grew up, I naturally became her disciple."

Her background was not complicated. Her parents were members of the Righteous Alliance, but after Saint Emperor Abyss vanished, the various factions within the Alliance fell into constant infighting.

During an Alliance mission, her parents accidentally stumbled into the seclusion chamber of an ancient demonic cultivator and perished.

As a young child, she nearly starved to death, but by a stroke of fate, she was found by Sword Venerable and brought back directly.

Later, her master had helped her calculate the events, and that mission had indeed been normal; no one had interfered.

"Then, was that the name you had from the beginning?" Xu Xing asked again.

"No, Master gave it to me. She was raising a pond of spirit fish at the time, and only nine survived, so she gave me this name."

Chi Jiuyu felt a bit sentimental; it really hadn't been easy for her to grow up safely.

As for why it was 'Fisher' instead of 'Fish', she guessed her master just wanted the name to look a little less slapdash.

"After I advanced to the Golden Core realm, Master even gave those nine fish to me."

"Oh? And how are those fish doing now?"

If she had cultivated them with care, they should have become sentient by now.

"Braised, steamed, deep-fried, hot-pot... as expected of fish raised by Master, they were delicious no matter how you cooked them!"

After that, she had bought some spirit fish of the same breed, but none of them tasted as good as those original nine.

"..."

This little girl always managed to exceed his expectations.

At twelve noon, the combat test concluded.

Zhang Yunlu took the top spot without any surprise, while the Pseudo Foundation Establishment Xiao Fan came in second, followed by Fang Lin and Hou Xiang.

Although the two had lost to Zhang Yunlu, their own strength was still not weak... at least among this group of students.

The fifth to seventh places were also at the ninth level of Qi Refining, each possessing some sort of unique specialty.

As for eighth to twelfth place, there was no one left; they hadn't been able to hold out during the arena scramble.

In truth, that was only because Xiao Fan hadn't gone too far; otherwise, with his strength as a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator who had advanced to Pseudo Foundation Establishment, even Zhang Yunlu might not have been able to defeat him.

The sparring test concluded, and it was time for the awards ceremony, with Li Fengping serving as a special guest to present the prizes.

This little girl is truly impressive; I could report her to the sect once I return. He cast a few extra glances at Zhang Yunlu.

However, the next moment, Li Fengping felt a surge of profound malice that made the hair on the back of his neck stand up, as if he had been transported back to that alleyway where he was once beaten black and blue.

This sensation came and went in a flash, and the principal standing nearby glanced toward the spectator stands.

An illusion?

Above the clouds, True Monarch Purple Universe saw everything clearly.

When he saw Zhang Xiu reveal his malice toward Li Fengping, he couldn't help but nod.

For a man of his stature to be at the Spirit Transmutation realm yet disguise himself as a Golden Core—this only served to show how arrogant the sword cultivators of the Sword Sect truly were.

To possess Spirit Transmutation cultivation at such a young age, his natural talent was undeniable.

Sigh.

It was a pity he was nothing but a brute who focused on body tempering.

His younger sister, on the other hand, had mastered a sword technique to the perfection level at such a tender age, and she primarily practiced the Basic Qi Refining Formula issued by the school.

With such talent and a path yet to be set, if it were confirmed that she had no connection to that ancient cultivator who had recently emerged from seclusion, he would bring her into the sect.

He himself was trapped by a heart demon and did not know when he would break through; it was time to find a successor.

After the awards ceremony, the siblings left the school together.

Both were somewhat silent; Zhang Yunlu did not know how to explain her perfection-level sword technique, and Zhang Xiu did not know what he should say right now.

Under normal circumstances, he should be talking about the sparring test that had just taken place...

But since the senior seemed to forbid Xiaolu from revealing anything, wasn't this just making things difficult for her?

"You performed well today. How about we go eat something good to celebrate?"

Eh?

Big brother didn't ask about her sword technique!

This couldn't be better.

"Okay, I want to go to..."

"Pardon the intrusion, two young friends." A gentle voice rang in their ears.

Purple mist swirled, and from it stepped a man dressed in the style of an ancient cultivator. His posture was ethereal, black hair cascaded over his shoulders, and his eyes shimmered with a purple hue—he possessed the very image of a transcendent immortal.

If nothing else, the appearance of a high-level Dharma cultivator was quite impressive; it was a completely different style from a sword cultivator.

Zhang Xiu shielded Zhang Yunlu behind him, his eyes wary: "So it is a senior. May I ask what the senior intends...?"

"This Seat's Daoist name is Purple Universe, and I am of the Supreme Dao Sect. There are some matters I wish to ask you two young friends."

"Please ask, Senior. I will tell you everything I know."

"An ancient cultivator has recently emerged from seclusion. Have you two young friends seen him?"

As he spoke, the power of his divine soul silently probed their memories.

Flowing Cloud Sword Technique, family heirloom, practiced since childhood, parents perished in a secret realm.

So that sword technique was their family heirloom; no wonder he had never seen it before. These two siblings had nothing to do with the ancient cultivator from the Sword Sect.

He did not look into their other memories; after all, everyone had their own privacy.

"Everything has been recorded in detail in my work report. Since then, we siblings haven't encountered anyone else."

"I have troubled you both." True Monarch Purple Universe took out a thread-bound yellow-covered book and handed it to Zhang Yunlu. "This Purple Enclosure Qi Observation Method is a gift for you, young friend. If you gain something from it, This Seat can offer you a stroke of good fortune."

The purple mist rose again, and True Monarch Purple Universe retreated into it, vanishing from sight.

From his appearance to his departure, it was full of prestige—a perfect image of an enlightened master.

Zhang Yunlu held the thread-bound yellow book, which radiated an ancient aura, feeling very strange inside.

Wait, can opportunities really come in bunches like this?