Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 98 Miao Youxiu, You Are Truly My Best Friend
Lin Jing and Zhang Faner were both stunned. After a long while, Lin Jing finally came to his senses and hurriedly pulled his cousin to kneel on the ground, saying, "Master Sun, we know we were wrong. We shouldn't have taken that secret book."

Sun Yanwan was even more confused, thinking: "Did I go to the wrong Taoist temple?"

After a while, he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have accepted two Taoist children.

What's the big deal?
When he went out, he really forgot about the two children.

Especially since Lin Jing and Zhang Fan'er were both young, their size and appearance changed every few days. After practicing martial arts for a few months, they had become much stronger and taller, and the changes were greater than those of ordinary children.

Sun Yanwan slapped her forehead and thought to herself, "That's right!"

"What are the names of these two Taoist children?"

"Anyway, it's not Yue Yunpeng and Xiao Shenyang."

As for the secret manual Lin Jing mentioned, he didn't take it to heart at all. He thought, "Could it be that he peeked at my practice notes? It's not a big deal." Just as he was about to let the two children go away, he heard a gentle voice calling out, "But Yan Wan is back?"

Sun Yanwan no longer cared about the two Taoist boys. He used his Qinggong skills and flew over the heads of Lin Jing and Zhang Faner. He also said, "Let's go back to the temple first. We can talk to you tonight if there's anything."

He used his Qinggong to run wildly, but in a moment he saw the tall figure of his master, flew over and called out, "Disciple Yan Wan, greetings to the master."

Seeing his disciple lose his composure, Zhang Yuanqiao couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't be so childish!"

"Why did it take so long to return after the Seven Clans Martial Competition?"

Sun Yanwan was surprised and asked, "Should I come back after the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition?"

Zhang Yuanqiao laughed uncontrollably, "What else? Are you still planning on staying in Songyang and not coming back?"

Sun Yanwan thought to herself, "Big Brother didn't tell me?"

Originally, Sun Yanwan didn't feel anything, but after his teacher mentioned it, he vaguely felt that the senior brother wanted him to stay at Lingjian Peak in Songyang Mountain. However, he felt that this logic didn't make sense and didn't want to think about it any further. He hurriedly said, "After I participated in the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition, the senior brother asked me to send someone to Luojing, so I came back late."

Zhang Yuanqiao's expression changed slightly. He waved his hand to stop Sun Yanwan and said, "I understand. Don't mention this matter again."

Sun Yanwan thought to herself, "If I'm not allowed to mention it, then I won't mention it."

He hurriedly took off the large and small bags on his back and said, "I went to Luojing, but I missed Master and didn't dare to stay for long. I just bought some things for Master. They are very simple. Please don't laugh at me when I go back."

Zhang Yuanqiao had already seen this disciple carrying a bunch of things, and he knew they were all bought for him. Although he was a grandmaster and really didn't need these things, he still felt comforted.

For example, when children start working and buy gifts for their parents, their older colleagues often say, "Why buy all that?" But the next day, they go out and brag to their old comrades, "My son/daughter bought this. What do you think? Is it beautiful? Is it exquisite? Are you envious? Are you jealous?" They are extremely proud and excited.

At this moment, Lin Jing and Zhang Faner also rushed over. Sun Yanwan said to the two children, "Hurry up and send these things to the master's room."

The two little ones were feeling anxious, but when they saw Sun Yanwan giving them orders, they became even more diligent than usual, quickly picked up the things, and ran to Zhang Yuanqiao's room.

Zhang Yuanqiao called Sun Yanwan to the side hall where he usually taught martial arts. When no one was around, he asked, "What was the result of the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition?"

Sun Yanwan replied, "I lived up to Master's expectations and won first place in Group C."

Zhang Yuanqiao hurriedly asked, "Did you get the Yang Jin Dan? Did you eat it?"

Sun Yanwan replied, "I've eaten under the care of my senior brother, and my skills have improved slightly. I've now opened up ten meridians, which makes me barely a sixth-grade cultivator." Zhang Yuanqiao was overjoyed, but then he straightened his face and said, "Not bad."

"Master will test you tomorrow to confirm whether you are qualified to learn our profound skills."

Sun Yanwan replied sheepishly, "Master Uncle insisted that I choose the Xuan Huang Sutra, and now he has decided on the technique."

Zhang Yuanqiao was horrified and cried out, "How dare the old thief Wang do this!"

"Disciple, which transformation did you learn?"

"But don't choose those that can only be cultivated to the Grandmaster level..."

Sun Yanwan quickly replied, "Disciple has been practicing from the Xuan Huang Jue, and has already cultivated the Xuan Huang Qi."

Zhang Yuanqiao breathed a sigh of relief, his face beaming with joy as he said, "Master Wang is finally doing some serious work."

"The Xuan Huang Sutra is quite good. It is the first of the five classics of our sect. Master was really not suitable for it back then, otherwise I would have chosen this sutra as well."

Sun Yanwan thought to himself, "Master and Master Uncle have a very complicated relationship! One calls him Old Thief Wang, the next he calls him Old Taoist Wang, and they don't even call him Senior Brother, let alone the headmaster. I wonder what happened between them back then?"

Zhang Yuanqiao, still unwilling to give up, personally tested Sun Yanwan's Qi. It just so happened that Sun Yanwan had recently transformed his Qi back into Xuanhuang Qi. The Grandmaster confirmed it again and again, confirming it was indeed Xuanhuang Qi. He nodded slightly and said, "You've gone out for some training and have made some progress, but you must not be complacent. You must continue to work hard."

Sun Yanwan hurriedly said, "Disciple has never been proud."

He actually had a lot more to say to his master, such as about the duel with Yang Diao'er, but Zhang Yuanqiao hurriedly said, "Go to the back mountain and have a good bath to wash off the dust."

"Master won't say much to you today."

Sun Yanwan thought to himself, "I'm not dirty either." But since his master had said so, he agreed, went to call two boys to boil some water for him, and went to the back mountain.

Zhang Yuanqiao waited for a moment, and after making sure that his disciple had left Taiyi Temple and gone to the back mountain, he suddenly burst into laughter. He tried to hold it back at first, but eventually he couldn't hold it back anymore and burst into laughter.

"Miao Youxiu, you are truly my best friend in life!"

"You actually gave me such a good disciple for nothing."

"When he left, he only opened up five meridians. A few months later, he came back and, even after taking the Yangjin Pill, he was able to open up ten meridians. He even mastered the Xuanhuang Sutra, the first of the five classics of our sect. This kind of disciple..."

"Twenty years later, I'm afraid he will be a great master again!"

"The end is not necessarily hopeless."

Sun Yanwan, now soaking in the pit he and his senior brother had dug, felt the gradually warming water and thought to himself, "Senior Brother won't let me tell you the secret of refining the Golden Sinew and Jade Bone Fist. Master doesn't need it, so it's fine if I don't tell you. But I must tell you about my newly created Eighteen Immortal Hammers."

"Even Sixth Uncle knows about it, so why should we keep it secret from Master?"

"But Master urged me very urgently, and I didn't have time to tell him then. I'll tell him tomorrow morning."

Lin Jing and Zhang Faner worked on the fire for a while, their faces blackened by the smoke. Zhang Faner whispered, "Should we take this opportunity to give the secret manual to Taoist Sun?"

(End of this chapter)