Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 48 True Yang Returns
After hearing the whole story, the princess blinked her big, charming eyes at the Imperial Master and said, "Master... I want to become your disciple. I also want to learn some skills in exorcising demons."

"Become my disciple?" The Imperial Master was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a sigh. "Indeed, you have a top-grade spiritual root. It would be a bit of a waste of your talent to follow me. Which sect do you plan to join?"

The princess tilted her head in confusion, "Isn't this the Zhengyang Sect?"

"Ah? So far?" The Imperial Master counted on his fingers. "There are several sects closer, like the Fenyin Sect, the Taiyi Sect, the Jianyun Sect... It's easier to be bullied if you're closer to home. But I remember someone wanted to take you in as a disciple, but you didn't agree, did you?"

"They're not at this level." The princess stared at the Imperial Preceptor with a serious and stubborn look. "The masters we've met before, their disciples couldn't possibly be at this level. Using Foundation Establishment Stage strength to confront a celestial demon head-on, or to refine a third-grade elixir, none of these things are possible for the disciples of the sects we've met before. Only the Zhengyang Sect... Only the Zhengyang Sect!"

"Yeah... they can't do it." The national teacher also sighed.

If he was not sufficiently disappointed with the sects around him, how could he have chosen a faraway place instead of one near him?

"Go ahead." The Imperial Master doted on his disciple. "But you have to heal your wounds first. Looking at your current condition, they might not accept you even if you want to. After you're healed, I'll personally escort you to the Zhengyang Sect. After all, I have some acquaintance with that guy. He's the eldest disciple of the Zhengyang Sect and should have some say in the sect. For Master's sake, you won't be bullied once you enter the sect."

"Thank you, Master." The princess smiled sweetly, "Master is the best."

"Just a thug..." The Imperial Master's eyes were lost in thought, and his tone was filled with regret. "The best thing I've done in my life was accepting you as my disciple. Another thing was going to the Zhengyang Sect and meeting this senior disciple. I've stopped at the Golden Core stage and can't go any further. Disciple, please help me find a higher level."

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The first person to greet me when I returned to the sect's forest was someone asking for payment.

The loan collection notices from the Lingjian Sect were posted on the door. If the money wasn't repaid, they would probably notify the entire sect and come to demand the money with drums and gongs.

Lin Jian did not want to drag the entire sect into the prestige of the black-hearted loan shark, so he was so scared that he immediately rushed to the market with the debt collection notice to find the black-hearted shopkeeper and paid back the principal plus interest for one month.

The 12,000 spirit stones he had just earned in Bao Liuli Country plus the more than 1,000 spirit stones he had left were drained in the blink of an eye.

Lin Jian shook his empty storage bag and looked at the other person with a face full of resentment, "Could you not rush me so much next time? I was just late for a day or two doing something outside, and you're already coming to our sect!"

"There's nothing we can do, brother." The shopkeeper also had a worried look on his face. "I'm just an employee too. If I don't ask you for it, the sect will have to ask me. And I don't know which damn sword cultivator used the Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect. Look, there used to be a wall of flying swords behind me, but now they're all gone! Now the sect is making me responsible for everything! I'm just the accountant for a branch, how can you expect me to be responsible? If I find out who did this, I'll definitely fight him!"

Chunxue, who had just seen the real owner of the black-hearted loan shark, was clenching his fists in indignation, but upon hearing these words, he immediately shrank his head and acted like a coward.

"I have to make money." After returning to the forest in the sect's courtyard, he took a look at the few spirit stones left in the storage ring and frowned with worry.

I almost forgot about the loan. Fortunately, the group from Bao Liuli Kingdom managed to get more than 10,000 spirit stones, otherwise I wouldn’t know how to repay this imminent loan.

I barely made it through this month, what should I do next month?
BYD still has two months of loan repayments to make, and it can’t always count on the “full national strength” to save the situation.

"I have to make money!" Lin Jian made up his mind.

If you want to make money, what is a faster way than going out to the secret realm?

I was in the Qi Refining Stage before, and I didn't dare to go to those dangerous secret realms and risk my life. I could only rely on doing odd jobs for my senior brothers and sisters to earn some money.

Now that he has advanced to the foundation-building stage, he has gained some ability to protect himself.

Perhaps it is still a little stretched when facing a truly powerful opponent or difficult situation, but at least it is not as powerless as in the past.

You can try to go into the sea.

But before that, you must first arm yourself.

A forger must be strong himself. I haven't learned any techniques since I reached the Foundation Establishment stage, except for the Sword Piercing Long Rainbow technique I stole from Chunxue. First, I need to go look for my master, who hasn't been seen in over a month...

The teaching method of the Zhengyang Sect has always been that a "master" with a cultivation level of at least the Jindan stage leads several or dozens of disciples to conduct group teaching, which is quite similar to the model of a professor leading graduate students before the time travel in the forest.

In addition to his own sect leader, if the disciple can also maintain good relations with other sect leaders, he will certainly have the opportunity to receive special training.

But obviously there are none in the forest.

Of course, if one has better talent, one can just ask the elders who teach the skills or even the sect leader to teach them the skills.

But it was obvious that Lin Jian was not worthy either.

True Yang is his heaven and his earth.

Although Master's words may be hurtful sometimes, he is generally a very good person.

Without Zhenyang, his life was bleak.

Only by finding a master can he obtain the skills he needs to learn next.

"Master! Master!" Just like the previous times, Lin Jian came to the master's house and knocked on the door loudly.

After clapping twice, I thought the master was not there and was about to turn around and leave, when I suddenly heard a female voice coming from inside -

"Enter."

Is that Senior Sister Li Qingyu's voice?
Lin Jian pushed the door doubtfully, and the door that was supposed to be restricted opened easily.

As I walked into the room, I found that not only Senior Sister Li Qingyu was there, but also Senior Brother, Second Senior Sister and others were there.

It just looks like their complexion isn't very good.

Beyond them, a familiar figure was sitting in the main seat.

Zhenyang looked at Lin Jian who was walking towards him and smiled with pale lips, "Jian'er, you're back..."

Lin Jian was stunned for a moment, looking at the familiar figure in front of him, but also feeling a little strange.

"Master...Master?" Lin Jian couldn't believe his eyes.

Is this still the same master I was familiar with?

His left leg was missing from the knee, and his right arm was empty under his robe. He looked listless, and his aura, which should have been strong at the Jindan stage, was now extremely weak.

"Who hurt you like this?!" Lin Jian's eyes instantly turned red.

Zhen Yang waved his hand nonchalantly and smiled, "It's all over. At least we held on."

Second Senior Sister's eyes were red as she explained in a low voice, "Master went to the Sky Abyss Demonic Gap..."

(End of this chapter)