Chapter 133: Chapter 124: This Boy Is Quite Uncanny

In the Purple Bamboo Forest, Chu Huaixu met his future master ancestor.

The man who, according to legend, proved his Dao through killing, aiming to eradicate demons for a century.

He wore a white robe from head to toe, even his shoes were white, looking immaculate and transcendent.

Unfortunately, in earthly terms, he belonged to the “shrimp type of man”:

— Only edible after removing the head.

This Daoist Junior Martial Uncle had no issues with his clothing taste, nor could his height be considered too short, just not tall.

But his face, it was truly too ordinary.

Moreover, despite being impeccably dressed, with every single strand of hair neatly groomed, for some reason, he seemed entirely without charm.

Many say that the highest level of handsome is actually — handsome without being aware.

Because once you realize you’re handsome, you tend to be slick.

But what’s even worse is being ordinary looking yet feeling exceptionally good about yourself, and excessively vain.

Jiang Zhi was one of those people.

Xiang Yan and others looked at the Junior Martial Uncle’s expression, and internally exclaimed: “Oh no!”

They were well aware, Junior Martial Uncle was jealous!

Earlier, they wondered why Junior Martial Uncle had found such a tall and handsome disciple to bring up the mountain.

Now, everyone understood.

If Xu Ziqing and Chu Huaixu both met the requirements to be Sword Attendants, everyone believed the Junior Martial Uncle would without hesitation choose Xu Ziqing.

Because this young boy is short, with a male body that resembles female features, nowhere near tall and handsome, he even exudes a touch of… beauty?

But what about Chu Huaixu?

Wearing the Black Gold Robe refined by Nangong Yue, it wasn’t the clothes that added points, rather it was the good-looking person enhancing the clothes.

Even normally the most carefree Chu Yinyin felt sorrow for her precious disciple in her heart.

“Chu Huaixu, oh Chu Huaixu, why are you born so handsome?”

But she thought again, if he were ugly, even a third as ugly as the Sect Leader, she absolutely wouldn’t take him as a disciple, too humiliating.

Because since childhood, influenced by her master, she only liked… good-looking people!

While her master was still alive, she once gossiped, asking her master why she didn’t fancy Junior Martial Uncle.

She could see that Junior Martial Uncle treated her master really well.

So much that, by extension, he treated her extremely well too.

His favoritism towards Chu Yinyin even surpassed his only beloved disciple Shen Man.

At that time, her master smiled and answered: “Because your Junior Martial Uncle is really too unattractive, as your master, I do feel moved, but there’s no way, matters of the heart, cannot be forced.”

As a young girl, Chu Yinyin foolishly asked:

“Ah? But master, Junior Martial Uncle is just unattractive, isn’t considered handsome, but he’s not as ugly as Third Senior Brother Xiang Yan, why do you say he’s too unattractive?”

Her master would then smile, extend a finger, and gently tease her little nose.

Her eyes would curve into crescents, full of life, playful yet absolutely spirited, exposing Jiang Zhi’s secrets:

“What you see of him now, he’s taken loads of Beauty Pills, Skin Moisturizing Pills, Anti-Aging Pills… many pills! Consumed even more than I did.”

“In the past, he was as black as a lump of charcoal, haha, hahaha!”

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In the Purple Bamboo Forest, Jiang Zhi walked forward two steps but didn’t get too close.

He looked at Chu Huaixu, the more he looked the less he liked, the more irritable he felt.

“Why was this child born so unlikable?”

In an instant, his impression of Chu Huaixu worsened.

— How is this child fit to be my grand-disciple?

Under the indication of others, Chu Huaixu began to respectfully salute.

“Disciple pays respect to Junior Martial Uncle Ancestor.”

This time he didn’t directly call him Master Ancestor, didn’t intentionally act obedient.

Because some matters require different approaches depending on the situation.

Now that all the senior members were present, he needed to be formal.

But he was too composed, the golden patterns on the Black Gold Robe were like finishing touches, even adding a touch of nobility to his appearance.

Jiang Zhi felt as if he were looking at some filthy thing…

“Are you Chu Huaixu?” His attitude was stiff, his tone cold.

“Yes.”

“Close your eyes, calm your heart, stabilize your mind.” He directly instructed.

The Junior Martial Uncle released his Divine Sense, beginning to investigate.

With a wordless accord, he sped up the process, ready to dismiss him, eyes averted for peace.

But his Divine Sense casually swept over, immediately felt something amiss.

“The spiritual power within the Spiritual Embryo Secret Collection seems cultivated by Earth Level Technique, why is there still Shell Spirit?”

“The strangest part is, both quantities are nearly equal, creating a nuanced balance of inner and outer cultivation.”

“When has our Daoist Sect had such a First Realm Technique!” Jiang Zhi squinted his eyes, thinking inwardly.

Why does this variable hold so many issues within him!

He immediately voiced a question: “Chu Huaixu, where did you learn this cultivation technique!”

Chu Huaixu then opened his eyes, earnestly replied: “Reporting to Junior Martial Uncle Ancestor, the disciple obtained the cultivation technique on the first floor of the Library Pavilion.”

Jiang Zhi snorted coldly and said: “Speak the name.”

The next moment, he heard an unexpected answer.

“What the disciple cultivated is the ’Dao Scripture.’

The Daoist Junior Martial Uncle’s brows creased instantly.

The ’Dao Scripture’! It turned out to be the ’Dao Scripture’?

Now he didn’t bother greeting and directly re-entered with his Divine Sense.

Moreover, the extended Divine Sense was stronger than before, determined to fully understand this young man.

To know, the ’Dao Scripture’ is considered a millennia-old mystery in the Daoist Sect.

The sudden invasion of Divine Sense caught Chu Huaixu off guard.

When situations arise, people naturally resist, it’s human nature.

Even if he quickly restrained himself after realizing, how could he escape Jiang Zhi’s eyes?

“Sword Intent?” The Daoist Junior Martial Uncle couldn’t help speaking.

At the mere First Realm Fourth Heaven, he had already comprehended Sword Intent?

“Very peculiar Sword Intent!”

Keen, fierce, resolute, fearless!

“No, it’s not just Sword Intent.”

He spoke again: “Close your eyes again, open your Sea of Consciousness, restrain your Divine Sense, do not resist.”

The Sea of Consciousness differs from the physical body, even if he were unreliable, in this aspect he would have discretion, otherwise, it would harm the other party.

Chu Huaixu was like a model student, fearless of grade inspection.

Chu Yinyin heard this and was already laughing secretly in her heart, her expression gradually becoming arrogant.

Her invisible little tail had already started wagging high up in the air, and she was becoming a bit impatient.

Indeed, with this Daoist Junior Martial Uncle’s vast experiences, even he couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise at this moment:

“Sword concealed in the Sea of Consciousness, Sword Heart Clarity!”

——This child is wicked!

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The wind blew through, and the bamboo leaves in the Purple Bamboo Forest swayed.

Jiang Zhi’s heart was very chaotic.

“How can there be a Sword Spirit in a person’s body?”

Of course, the Second Elder of the Daoist Sect was no exception.

The first time he met Chu Huaixu, his level of shock far exceeded that of the Junior Martial Uncle, who was a bit more knowledgeable.

“No wonder Sixth Junior Brother said not a single one was missing, but just an extra one was added.”

“Unexpectedly, he really brought back a monster by mistake!”

The situation regarding Chu Huaixu was beyond everyone’s understanding.

But Jiang Zhi quickly saw through everything and said, “Your Spiritual Embryo is very special, this is actually your Spiritual Embryo Divine Technique.”

“Spiritual Embryo Divine Technique is Sword Heart Clarity? And then you also comprehended a new Sword Intent?”

He squinted his eyes, surprised in his heart: “Then isn’t there a possibility of forming a second Sword Heart in the future!”

Could there be such a bizarre thing in this world?

Seeing this, Li Chunsong felt his opportunity had arrived.

He hurriedly made up for his mistake and said, “Junior Martial Uncle, Chu Huaixu really practices the ’Dao Scripture’, we’ve all verified this.”

“His Spiritual Power is surging, even far beyond the level of a Celestial Level Technique in the First Realm.”

“Perhaps in the past thousand years, he’s the only one who chose the right path and cultivated the Dao Ancestor’s Divine Skill.”

He spoke with increasing enthusiasm.

Look at the person I brought back, rounding off, he’s the only one in a thousand years to inherit the Dao Ancestor’s legacy.

He practices the ’Dao Scripture’!

Jiang Zhi frowned and couldn’t help but step a few steps closer to scrutinize Chu Huaixu.

Upon closer examination, he became increasingly discontent.

Because some people look good from afar but not so good from up close.

These people are only attractive at first glance but aren’t enduringly pleasing to look at.

Someone ranked second on the Accompanying Play Must-Eat List naturally wouldn’t fall into this category.

Chu Yinyin began to stir up trouble at the side: “Junior Martial Uncle, why don’t you ask him what he took from Hidden Spirit Mountain besides learning the Dao Ancestor’s ’Dao Scripture’?”

Jiang Zhi immediately saw through her antics.

If it were someone else, he would have already lashed out.

But since it was Chu Yinyin, he just stared silently at Chu Huaixu.

Chu Huaixu felt uneasy under his gaze, feeling that this Junior Martial Uncle Ancestor harbored an unexplainable hostility towards him.

He had seen such looks in the eyes of many playmates whose light had gone out.

The Daoist Ancestor Sword Scabbard was now placed inside his Storage Token.

As mentioned before, some cultivators’ Lifebound Objects are like Pikachu who doesn’t like being in a Pokeball, requiring the cultivator to carry them with them, otherwise the Artifact Spirit might throw a tantrum.

Zhegu Heaven was just like that.

But the Black Bead didn’t matter, because it only complained about hunger…

Chu Huaixu wasn’t afraid of him seeing through the Black Bead.

Because if the bead had been on the mountain for that long, he should have already seen it and noticed nothing unusual.

If he really saw through it, then Chu Huaixu was ready to admit and simply give up.

After all, it’s already recognized as its master by blood!

——A good attitude can determine a good man’s life.

After Chu Huaixu comprehended the Fearless Sword Intent, in some ways, he also underwent subtle changes.

Chu Huaixu boldly took the Dao Ancestor Sword Scabbard out from the Storage Token.

Jiang Zhi looked at the sword scabbard made of Black Wood, his pupils slightly contracted, and his mood was deeply shaken.

The Second Elder of the Daoist Sect was directly stunned: “Dao Ancestor Sword Scabbard!”

The Daoist Junior Martial Uncle began questioning again: “This item was sealed on the stone platform, how did you take it down!”

“Disciple doesn’t know, it seemed to be drawing my Spiritual Power, and when I touched it, it came off.” He was speaking truthfully, but also lying with the truth.

He was telling the truth, but missing a bit of crucial information.

“Then why does the sword scabbard only have spiritual nature; why hasn’t the Lifebound Artifact Spirit been nurtured out?” he pursued.

“Disciple doesn’t know,” replied Chu Huaixu.

What could I, a disciple of the First Realm, possibly understand about the Dao Ancestor Sword Scabbard?

It was just an ordinary Black Wood creation that stayed by the Dao Ancestor’s side for so long that it gradually became a Super Grade Spiritual Artifact, which defies the understanding of Artifact Refining.

How could I compare with the Dao Ancestor?

I can totally not understand it, I might even… not supposed to understand it!

Jiang Zhi’s Divine Sense scanned the sword scabbard but couldn’t identify any issue.

The sword scabbard was originally nurtured by the Dao Ancestor, and Chu Huaixu’s body contained similar power.

Thus, there was a subtle connection between the two, akin to Lifebound Objects.

Jiang Zhi looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, his heart filled with confusion.

“This child seems to have the air of a Dao Ancestor legacy inheritor?”

Li Chunsong’s accidental actions have inadvertently made the ’Dao Scripture’ and the sword scabbard acquire an heir?

“Just as he said, we’re not missing anyone but have gained one more.”

But somehow, he just couldn’t bring himself to like Chu Huaixu.

“Moreover, only one person can enter the First Layer of the Origin Spirit Realm.”

“Ultimately, there should be no mistake with the Dao Ancestor Sword!”

“It’s all because of this variable!”

With this thought, he dispersed his Divine Sense to examine the Hidden Spirit Mountain’s peak.

He wasn’t just probing that sword; he was inspecting every detail on the mountain’s peak, including arrays and restrictions.

The powerful Divine Sense shrouded the entire mountaintop, everything instantly became “clear at a glance”, without omitting anything!

On the Bronze Sword, the restriction had taken effect, and it had fallen into slumber.

“The restriction has split in two, and the Sword Spirit has split in two, which is already a foregone conclusion!”

“Because of numerous variables, the arrangements have gone completely awry; neither this sword nor the Sword Attendant should be like this, Profound Yellow Realm needs the presence of the Sword Attendant, everything is for the greater picture.”

But Jiang Zhi soon noticed an extra line of text on the Gentleman Stele.

The handwriting was crooked and ugly, yet it resonated with the Daoist Junior Martial Uncle’s inner thoughts, questioning and knocking at the core of his heart, even his Dao Heart:

“[A gentleman uses objects, not be used by objects.]”

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