No, You Are Too Young

The Immortal Arts of this Heavenly Dao Sect could complete a full Zhou Tian cycle in twenty breaths!

What kind of concept was that?

In this world, one shichen equaled two thousand breaths. In other words, one shichen meant one hundred Zhou Tian cycles!

(One breath was the time of a single respiration, approximately 3-5 seconds. There was no fixed numerical value, so this book took 3.6 seconds per breath.)

One hundred Zhou Tian cycles in a single shichen!

What kind of concept was that?

On the surface, it only looked less than double the Spirit Firmament Scripture, but the actual gap was more than tenfold!

Because the higher the grade of the Immortal Arts, the purer the spiritual energy it absorbed and transformed, and the fewer the impurities. The less time spent dealing with subsequent impurities, the faster the cultivation advancement would be.

Dealing with these impurities was far, far more difficult than the cyclic cultivation itself!

After all, one only cared about absorption, while the other required repeated tempering to make the spiritual energy purer and purer. Only by running the spiritual energy in this way would one not injure the meridians.

Therefore, the Immortal Arts with more cycles per shichen had better quality. Later on, even if there was just one more cycle, the gap would be immensely huge, and the value would be all the more precious.

The Spirit Firmament Scripture with sixty-one cycles per shichen was enough to prop up a top-five-hundred sect, so how strong were the Immortal Arts with one hundred cycles per shichen?

He had thought the Spirit Firmament Scripture was already invincible enough, but in front of the Immortal Arts of the Heavenly Dao Sect before his eyes, it seemed to have become a joke!

To Xiao Lingxi, such Immortal Arts possessed an incomparable attraction, just like the prettiest dress in the world.

"Immortal Master, are you still lacking disciples?"

Xiao Lingxi walked over to Su Bai's side, blinked her beautiful big eyes, stared fixedly at Su Bai, and wore a look full of hopeful anticipation.

Su Bai laughed in spite of himself. "Little girl, you were still suspecting I was a scammer earlier. How is it now, you want to join a scammer's sect?"

Xiao Lingxi's pretty face blushed slightly, feeling somewhat embarrassed. However, she immediately put on a serious expression again and said sincerely, "Immortal Master, Lingxi knew she was wrong, and hopes the Immortal Master can forgive me."

"Oh, then tell me, where were you wrong?" Su Bai sized up Xiao Lingxi with keen interest.

This little girl quite loved upholding justice, and she was also bold enough to talk back to him and even come to this wilderness all by herself.

"Lingxi shouldn't have suspected the Immortal Master, and even less should I have spoken insolently to the Immortal Master..." Xiao Lingxi lowered her brows and cast down her eyes, maintaining the posture of an obedient baby who had committed a mistake.

This posture instantly caused Su Bai to be unable to hold back his laughter.

He didn't harbor any malicious intent toward Xiao Lingxi; he was merely teasing her for a bit. Why would he bother haggling with a little girl?

"These trivial matters, I'm too lazy to keep in mind, and there's no need for me to bicker with a little girl like you."

Su Bai waved his hand, signaling that he hadn't taken it to heart.

"Thank you, Immortal Master. The Immortal Master is so good!"

Hearing Su Bai put it this way, Xiao Lingxi hurriedly expressed her gratitude. Her beautiful eyes curved into two crescents, and a smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

"Then Immortal Master, can Lingxi join the Heavenly Dao Sect now?"

She fluttered her big eyes and looked at Su Bai expectantly.

Su Bai cast his gaze over, swept a glance at Xiao Lingxi from head to toe, shook his head, and said, "Not yet for now!"

"Ah, why?"

Xiao Lingxi pouting her little mouth, said with some grievance, "Immortal Master, Lingxi can help you wash clothes, serve tea and pour water, and can also beat your back and knead your legs. I can do anything, won't you take me in?"

"No, you are too young." Su Bai looked Xiao Lingxi over once more and shook his head.

"Young?" Xiao Lingxi lowered her head and followed Su Bai's gaze to look at her own chest.

Although it couldn't be considered heaving, it wasn't small either.

Or was it that the Immortal Master liked bigger ones?

"Where am I small? Not small at all, alright!" Xiao Lingxi raised her head, proudly puffed out her peaks, and carried a trace of the pride unique to a little girl.

"Cough, cough..." Su Bai gave two light coughs to cover up his awkwardness and said, "I didn't mean that. My meaning is that your age is still young, and this sect temporarily does not accept minors."

"Age is young..." Xiao Lingxi muttered in a daze, and then her pretty face turned slightly red. Viewed this way, she had misunderstood the Immortal Master.

"Immortal Master, to make a correction, three days ago I passed my coming-of-age ceremony, so I am already an adult, alright!"

Xiao Lingxi puffed out her cheeks and argued with a serious expression.

"Hmm?" Su Bai was surprised.

This little girl had reached adulthood?

Oh, he forgot.

In this world, adulthood was not eighteen years old, but sixteen years old!

"Little girl, it's so late, why aren't you going home? Aren't your family members worried?" Su Bai reminded her.

Xiao Lingxi curled her lips and muttered, "Who the hell would want to go home!"

"Oh?"

Su Bai raised his eyebrows, seemingly somewhat moved.

Good fellow.

A rebellious runaway young miss?

That makes it even worse to accept her!

If he took her in now, what would happen if her parents came looking for trouble in a few days?

"If you want to join the Heavenly Dao Sect, that's fine. Have your parents accompany you here; otherwise, I don't want to become a child trafficker!"

Su Bai said with a straight face, then stepped into the main hall with a flash step and slammed the door shut with a bang.

"Hey, hey... you..."

He left Xiao Lingxi standing in place, dumbfounded.

"Sleep at three, wake at six, King Yama praises my healthy physique."

Early in the morning, Su Bai stretched his back, loosened his joints, and prepared to check on his disciple's overnight cultivation results.

Yet the moment he opened the door, he was startled by the sight before him.

The entire hilltop was cleaned spotless; not a single withered blade of grass or fallen leaf remained, and the buildings were so pristine they reflected light without a speck of dust in existence.

In many parts of the hilltop, pots of fresh flowers were arranged as decoration, and a fresh, floral fragrance drifted through the air, intertwined with a peculiar, savory aroma.

"Braised pork belly!"

Following the scent with his gaze, Su Bai spotted a full table of delicacies on a small wooden nearby table. There were a full seven or eight dishes, each emanating an alluring aroma.

Especially the large bowl of braised pork belly right in the center, with its rich juices and plump fats, which instantly stirred the gluttonous worm in Su Bai's stomach.

"Immortal Master, you're awake?"

Xiao Lingxi darted out from somewhere, and seeing this, immediately ran smiling to Su Bai's side, saying with a flattering expression, "I made this myself, would the Immortal Master like to taste it?"

What kind of experience was it to have delicious food waiting for you the moment you woke up?

Before transmigrating, Su Bai—a shut-in who lived on daily trendy takeout—expressed that happiness came much too suddenly!

He picked up his chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised pork belly, and placed it into his mouth. The moment the pork entered, Su Bai's movements froze as if locked in place.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

Xiao Lingxi asked with a giggle, shallow dimples appearing on her cheeks.

After all, she was incomparably confident in her own culinary skills!

Her mother often said that the best way to capture a man was to first capture his stomach.

"Delicious, truly delicious. No need to make it next time."

Su Bai flashed away, decisively making his escape.

Water, water, where is the water!

"Was it so good it sent you flying?"

Watching Su Bai vanish in a single bounce, Xiao Lingxi touched her head.

Really that delicious?

Suspiciously, Xiao Lingxi picked up a piece of meat and placed it into her mouth.

After entering her mouth, her expression turned out identical to Su Bai's from earlier.

The savory freshness of the meat and the seasoning of the sugar were completely untasteable; only a single flavor echoed within her oral cavity.

This flavor was just like chugging an liang of salt all at once, the salt continuously battering her taste buds on the tip of her tongue, refusing to subside for a long, long time.

Xiao Lingxi's eye sockets instantly turned red.

It was just like going to a Northeast restaurant and telling the boss the portions were too small to fill you up.

Making a Cantonese person eat a ghost pepper blindfolded.

Coming in for a cup of bubble tea with extra salt instead of pearls, thank you.