The top-level junior sister also wants to act weak today

It was daybreak and snow began to fall in the valley... Jiang Yingxue looked at the snowflakes falling all over the sky, her expression a little dazed.

When Chu Ying was mentioned, she remembered that she had been in this valley for almost half a year.

"It's over. They haven't been able to find me. They must have thought I was dead, right?"

The Venerable frowned and said disdainfully, "The people of the First Peak can't be so stupid, right? Aren't you an inner disciple? The fact that your name is still lit means you're still alive. Didn't they miss your stone pillar?"

"Ah...yes, fortunately I can still make a judgment through that. Anyway, thank you for your inheritance, Your Excellency. Is there anything else you would like your disciple to fulfill for you?"

Venerable Lingxu looked at Jiang Yingxue with a faint smile in his eyes, and the burden of a hundred years was finally lifted.

She sighed slightly, her tone calm and relieved. "As for my wish, I am already satisfied that there are disciples of the Xianyun Sect who can bear my inheritance. However, if possible, please help your master Wan Jinan to revitalize the First Peak. The casualties in that battle were too heavy. The people from the First Peak are looking for you again, so go back."

As soon as she finished speaking, Venerable Lingxu's figure began to fade. Her translucent spirit, like mist blown away by the wind, gradually melted away before Jiang Yingxue. The air around her seemed to grow even quieter as she vanished. The woman who had once held such dignity and unruly spirit now vanished like a wisp of smoke, gradually fading between heaven and earth.

Jiang Yingxue looked at this scene, and a sense of bitterness welled up in her heart. She silently bowed again in the direction of the Venerable.

As the last wisp of smoke-like afterimage dissipated, Venerable Lingxu completely merged into the world of heaven and earth, as if he had never existed. In the valley, the cold wind still gently blew, and the snowflakes still quietly fell. Only in front of the empty stone tablet, a faint aura lingered...

"Yingxue! Is that you?"

Suddenly, an excited and familiar cry echoed from the sky, a hint of urgency in the voice. Jiang Yingxue was startled for a moment, then looked up at the sky. In the distance, she saw a figure rapidly approaching, the Senluo Qinghe's massive wings slicing through the cold wind, stirring up gusts of air.

The person's pale green robe fluttered in the wind, highlighting her slender and graceful figure. It was Chu Ying! She was riding on the back of a blue crane, her expression filled with surprise and anxiety, her eyes searching for Jiang Yingxue.

Jiang Yingxue quickly waved to Chu Ying: "I'm here!"

The next moment, the Senluo Green Crane flapped its huge wings and swooped down quickly, bringing up a gust of wind and snow. Chu Ying landed steadily from mid-air. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she couldn't wait to jump off the Green Crane's back and rushed towards Jiang Yingxue.

"Yingxue! You are still alive!" Chu Ying tightly grasped Jiang Yingxue's shoulders, her eyes slightly red, as if a heart that had been hanging for a long time was finally put down.

"We are almost going crazy! It's been half a year! You have always been sick and weak..." Chu Ying said as she stared at Jiang Yingxue angrily, her voice full of obvious blame, her brows tightly furrowed, her eyes full of worry and anxiety.

"Okay, I'm fine, right? I was just hiding to practice the Lanxuxin method, and I missed the time without paying attention."

Chu Ying looked at Jiang Yingxue carefully. "But even if you practice the Lanxu Heart Method to the second level, it won't take half a year. Where have you been hiding? I heard from a senior brother that you once asked him about the Lingxu Master's stele, so I came here almost every now and then to look for you, but I couldn't find you. I didn't hold out any hope today..."

"Strange, I've been practicing here all this time. But after I finished the second level, I took the Soul-Restoring Pill. I felt really good at the time, so I continued practicing. I didn't expect that half a year would pass in a flash, but now I'm already in the late stage of Qi Refining."

Chu Ying's eyes lit up immediately when she heard this: "Really?! Then let's hurry back and tell Master this news!"

"it is good."

The green crane flapped its wings and flew high, carrying Jiang Yingxue and Chu Ying out of the cold valley.

The moment she emerged from the valley, her vision suddenly opened up. The spring sunshine shone across the mountains, illuminating the entire Xianyun Mountain Range. Her pupils constricted, and her breath paused slightly—peach blossoms bloomed all over the mountain, their pink and white petals spreading like clouds across the rolling hills, fluttering gently in the breeze, as if draping the earth with a dreamy veil.

"It's so beautiful, peach blossoms all over the mountains." Jiang Yingxue couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Chu Ying tilted her head to look at her, a hint of a smile on her lips, but her tone was filled with helplessness: "Of course not. It's already March, and the peach blossoms are in full bloom. You've been in seclusion for so long, you've missed the entire winter." She paused and sighed, "But there's only half a year left before the sect competition. You don't know, Master has been urging us to practice every day during this period. He's almost worn my ears out."

Jiang Yingxue couldn't help but smile after hearing this, with a hint of anticipation in her eyes: "Have you made any progress in the past six months?"

Chu Ying immediately held her head high, a confident look on her face. "Of course I do! For example, I learned the basics of talisman drawing and alchemy together with disciples from several other peaks. In the First Peak, the eldest brother taught us the Sky-Breaking Sword Technique and the Fierce Wind Sword Manual. I've already mastered the second level."

"However," Chu Ying paused for a moment, her eyes flickering as she continued, "Elder Brother said these moves are just basic sword techniques. The true sword technique that suits us won't be revealed until we find our natal weapon."

"Yan Chuan taught you? Then where is the master?" Jiang Yingxue asked curiously.

"Oh, I don't know," Chu Ying shrugged helplessly. "Every time he shows up, he just tells us some life lessons. The real teaching is done by Senior Brother Yan. He's like a hands-off boss, just talking casually, and we have to figure out the specifics on our own."

Chu Ying held her chin in her hand, a hint of disappointment in her voice. "Alas, I don't know when we'll get our own life-defining weapons. I see the people on the Fifth Peak are given this and that as soon as they enter, and those who are interested in becoming inner disciples are given their own life-defining weapons directly. Unlike ours... He always says he's busy, and I don't know what he's busy with."

Jiang Yingxue patted Chu Ying's shoulder helplessly: "Relax, there will always be something."

"No, no, no, to be honest, I can't let you go." Chu Ying shook her head repeatedly: "Right now, even the eldest brother doesn't have a decent sword. When do you think it will be our turn?"

"Don't worry, even if we don't have it, the eldest brother will have it."

After all, in the original novel, the villain Yan Chuan's life-threatening weapon, "Firefly", was the one that Wan Jinan took him to find.

"Besides, if there's nothing, we can just find it ourselves." Jiang Yingxue rubbed her fingers together and said, "In this world, there's nothing that money can't solve."

Upon hearing this, Chu Ying also revealed an intriguing smile: "That makes sense~"