The sunlight shone on the youth, as if he was coated with a layer of gold. He, who was dressed in white with long-flowing hair, walked slowly out of the light with a white little fox on his shoulder, looking very much like he had manifested out of a painting.
As he approached, the next thing everyone noticed was his rage; his slightly flattened thin lips and fuming eyes.
Qin Mo walked at a quicker pace to Lin Zizheng, and the disciples, who had been acting willfully earlier, yielded and stepped to the side, making way for Qin Mo.
The leader of the group mumbled, “Da Shixiong…”
Qin Mo ignored him and gently lifted Lin Zizheng, who was on the ground in a miserable state, from the ground. He wiped the dust off the kid’s face, frowned and asked with concern, “Are you all right?”
Watching Qin Mo helping him up with his long, smooth hands, Lin Zizheng shook his head slowly and replied, “It’s nothing serious.”
When hearing this, the rage inside of Qin Mo intensified instead. It turned out this was the kid’s living condition here, bullied by others and being called a waste? He thought that Lin Zizheng would live his outer sect life like in the book, being respected and in harmony with fellow disciple siblings.
Taking another look at Lin Zizheng, who was in a very sorry state, Qin Mo raised his eyebrows and gave a cold sweep over the few young disciples in front of him. He said in an equally cold and firm voice, “I specifically remember that the Yueqing Sect prohibited infighting among disciples.”
Seeing the Senior Martial Brother’s expression being colder than usual, the disciples unconsciously shivered, then cursed Lin Zizheng inside, but couldn’t say anything to argue with him. After all, they knew that what they had claimed about Lin Zizheng stealing the spirit stones was a false accusation. If they were to bring it up in front of the Senior Martial Brother right now, the consequences would be even more severe.
Seeing them like this, Qin Mo scoffed coldly and instructed sternly, “Go to the disciplined elder of the outer sect and receive your respective punishment.”
When those disciples heard the instruction, they trembled like a leaf now. Several of them blurted out their pleading, “Da Shixiong, please let us off this time.”
The disciplined elder in the outer sect is named Dong Qingci, who has a kind name and a gentle face, but he was in fact, a ruthless and merciless person. Anytime a disciple did wrong and was disciplined in his hands, even if it wasn’t a death sentence, the disciple would be flayed.
Qin Mo remained unmoved to their cries of sorrow. They really went too far this time. He happened to see it in person this one time, and he didn’t know how many times they had done it before without being caught.
At this moment, a pair of slightly cool hands grasped Qin Mo’s hand. He turned and saw Lin Zizheng with his large, glossy eyes.
“Da Shixiong, it’s fine.” He said using a gentle tone and glistening eyes.
Lin Zizheng’s calm but stubborn attitude had softened Qin Mo slightly. He let out a sigh inside. It seemed that Lin Zizheng still had the same Holy Father outlook described in the novel, considerate of others even when they bullied him.
Actually, what Qin Mo didn’t know was that Lin Zizheng was sneering coldly inside. To send them to the disciplined elder to resolve this? No way he was going to let them off that lightly. Since it would be more interesting to avenge with his own two hands. Deciding on this, Lin Zizheng’s eyes narrowed, and a strange glint flickered in his eyes.
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Although Qin Mo was dissatisfied with this outcome, he respected Lin Zizheng’s decision and only glanced coldly at everyone, not saying anything more on this. Immediately, he turned his gaze to Lin Zizheng, pondered and said, “Follow me.”
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Qin Mo offered this with some hesitation. After all, as someone who lived in a modern society where everyone was equal, being someone else’s servant was not a very splendid job. However, Lin Zizheng was not in a good situation right now. But after becoming his attendant, for the sake of Qin Mo’s name, the boy’s treatment would definitely be better.
What Qin Mo didn’t know was that in the Yueqing Sect, it wasn’t shameful to become the attendant of the disciple of the Sect Leader. Because it signified the disciple’s acknowledgement, to be offered a chance to become their attendant.
Lin Zizheng showed a refreshing smile, and accepted gently, “Yes, definitely!”
Qin Mo first went to inform Jin Linfeng of his plan to enter seclusion, then took Lin Zizheng to the elder responsible for the Peak of Misty Cloud’s general affairs to update Lin Zizheng’s situation, then he led the boy back to his abode.
In addition to the abode where Qin Mo usually resides. There is also an empty stone room next to his abode with a large garden outside, planted with some spirit grass. However, because he wasn’t an attentive person, the state of the garden was not very pretty.
After he gave Lin Zizheng a basic tour, he prepared for his close door cultivation, ready to tackle the advancement to the Foundation Building.
When Lin Zizheng looked at the little white fox that had been hanging around Qin Mo’s shoulder, the lights in his eyes flickered. He asked, “Da Shixiong, you aren’t going to put that fox down?”
Qin Mo didn’t expect that question. He looked at the little fox around his shoulder, stroked its soft fur and said, “No need.”
Lin Zizheng clearly saw how Qin Mo’s expression softened at the mention of the little fox, and there was a new flash of sharp light through his eyes. The Senior Martial Brother was being way too kind to this fox. It really made him want to…destroy it.
The little white fox around Qin Mo’s shoulders seemed to feel the powerful malice from Lin Zizheng this split second. Looking straight at the boy, its mouth seemed to outline in a mocking arc.
Lin Zizheng unconsciously tightened his fists hidden in his long sleeves from the fox’s expression. Standing at the same spot, he watched Qin Mo and the little fox gradually left his vision.
Once inside the stone chamber, Qin Mo didn’t rush to cultivate right away. Instead, he took out the pyramid-shaped object he bought from the flea market today and carefully inspected it.
He attentively felt the patterns on it and frowned, wondering what the heck this object was.
After a moment of consideration, he dropped a drop of his blood onto it. Generally, in novels, this is how one gets ownership of a treasure, but the object in front of him showed no change at all. Not giving up, he inserted his spiritual energy next, only to receive the same result.
Remembering the weird loss of control in his spiritual energy when he first came in contact with the pyramid-shaped object, he gritted his teeth and continued to pour his spiritual energy into it.
This was the moment that a strange change occurred, as his spiritual energy suddenly lost control once more, flowing rapidly towards the object. When he tried to pull his spiritual energy back, it was futile.
Now powerless, he could only watch this strange thing to continuously absorb his spiritual energy. It wasn’t long before his vision turned black, and he lost consciousness.
Once he did, his body was surrounded by sparks of purple lightning, and the little white fox dashed forward, but couldn’t approach Qin Mo. Urgency flashed through its eyes as it paced anxiously in place.
Not long after, Qin Mo woke up from his unconscious state. He eyed the pyramid-shaped object in his hand with a somewhat complex expression, while brimming with joy inside. He didn’t expect this thing would contain a lightning heart.
A lightning heart is an elemental in the Cultivation World, which represents the purest lightning elemental of nature, something extremely rare. It can assist a cultivator with the lightning spiritual root to purify their spiritual energy, increase their cultivation speed, and then form a powerful blazing lightning in their bodies. As for whether it had any other functions, he didn’t know. Because no one had seen a lightning heart for tens of thousands of years.
With that in mind, he smiled slightly, finding himself lucky today.
After taking out the lightning heart from within, the pyramid-shaped object stayed unchanged. After fiddling around for a moment, he put it back into his cosmic bag.
Then followed by noticing the restless little fox next to him. He couldn’t resist petting its head before closing his eyes once more and starting his cultivation.
After Qin Mo entered seclusion, he was isolated from the outside world. Thus, he didn’t know the series of things that happened to Lin Zizheng after he went into seclusion.
Originally, he thought that after becoming his attendant, others’ treatment towards Lin Zizheng would improve, but he made a mistake in speculating about human nature.
In the Yueqing Sect, due to the prestige of the Senior Martial Brother, everyone indeed didn’t dare to bully Lin Zizheng anymore, but this only added fuel to their burning jealousy. What made Lin Zizheng so great to receive special treatment from the Sect Leader as soon as he entered the Yueqing Sect, and now Senior Martial Brother’s attention?
Their negativities finally erupted when Lin Zizheng ventured to the Dense Fox Ridge alone.
Many outer sect disciples secretly joined forces to prepare an assassination on Lin Zizheng inside of the ridge. After all, it was quite common for a young disciple in the early level of Qi Refining to have an accident in the Dense Fog Ridge.
During the process of being hunted down by the group, Lin Zizheng panicked and fled into the deepest part of the ridge.
Since the appearance of the Dense Fog Ridge, no one had been able to safely come out from its deepest depths. Now the situation had turned to this, many outer sect disciples were relieved to see that Lin Zizheng was dead this time.
Five years later.
Before Qin Mo had come out of his seclusion, a youth appeared in front of the Yueqing Sect’s Heavenly Path. There was still baby fat on his face, but there was already a glimpse of sharp features for the future. His eyes were crystal-clear, and figure was slim but not thin and weak. There was a soft smile on the corner of his lips, making him look extremely gentle.
As he stood in front of the Heavenly Path, his smile deepened. He picked up his feet and step by step, he made his journey up the Heavenly Path in brisk pace and with determination.
In just one day, the youth completed the task of climbing the Heavenly Path, and the whole Yueqing Sect was shocked. Since the establishment of the Heavenly Path, no one had ever been able to complete it in such a short period of time.
And this youth had done just that.
The author has something to say:
Well, I received many readers begging for more, which brings joy to this author! Due to the sign of everyone’s positivity, this author had doubled the effect today, and there will be double releases.
~\(≧▽≦)/~ Lalala, this is the first release.
Translation update:
Demonic beast => magical beast
Think of them as ‘feral animals’ more than ‘demonic animals’.
Note: From chapter 5, there is a passage that this translator omitted a word. After looking back, there was no harm in excluding it only because the author tossed the novel setting out of the window and never used the right adjective/ term for the items .
Translation: Spirit stones are the universal currency in the Cultivation World, divided into low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade spirit stones.
Corrected: Spirit stones are the universal currency in the Cultivation World, divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade spirit stones.
The number of times the top-grade spirit stones was mentioned in the story: 1 (chapter 5).
The translator has something to add:
Teo: If you ask this translator how the little fox and Qin Mo were able to be in seclusion for five years without food, the answer is the author tossed that out of the window ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ.
“Because no one had seen a thunder heart for tens of thousands of years.” –> Lightning heart?
Lin Zizheng really gets jealous so easily, even jealous of an animal? 😂
You saw nothing (°ー°〃) thank you, I corrected it.
Hehe~
The cultivator maybe practicing inedia…but the little fox might be nibbling on the cultivator?!? Heh. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🤣
In chapter 9, it stated how Qin Mo hasn’t practice inedia yet. But this author just, tossed story setting like there’s no tomorrow lol
Suspend your disbelief…S.u.s.p.e.n.d…. Hahahahaha!
Really giving me ssvs vibes and ye s, I love it. Thank u again translator for your hard work!!
He brings the wolf to his house just like that! (´⊙ω⊙`)！
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)