System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Chen Xuan looked at the girl with an ancient accent and nodded with a smile.

The most important aspect of Taoist tradition is that disciples should prioritize filial piety above all other virtues.

Although this girl is quite skilled, she is not human and has not been influenced by the wisdom inherited from humans over thousands of years. Even though she has been cultivating diligently for three hundred years, she is still a simple-minded person.

What she didn't know was that if Chen Xuan wanted her inner core, why would he go through all the trouble of guiding a lightning tribulation? He could have just killed her and taken the core directly.

"I see that you are kind-hearted, have accumulated merit, and possess wisdom comparable to that of humans. Such merit is truly remarkable."

The other party started the conversation in a classical Chinese style.

If Chen Xuan can't get back, wouldn't that seem really lame?

As expected, the girl trembled upon hearing these words and looked up at Chen Xuan.

"Seeing you undergo your tribulation, I suddenly felt a strong urge to take you as a disciple," Chen Xuan said with a smile, looking at the stunned girl. "Would you be willing to switch your cultivation to the Dao and join my Zhengyi Sect?"

"I am a carp that has cultivated into a spirit. In the past, those Taoist and Buddhist monks would kill me. Can I really enter the Taoist sect?"

"Hahaha, if I say it's okay, then it's okay," Chen Xuan said with a hearty laugh.

Upon seeing this, the girl in red immediately burst into tears and then kowtowed nine times to Chen Xuan.

"Disciple, the carp spirit, greets Master!"

"Hahaha, very good!" Only those who are teachers can truly appreciate the joy of having the Dao passed down through generations.

So this is the joy of receiving a satisfactory disciple to pass on one's skills?

"Disciple, do you not have a name?" Chen Xuan asked, looking at the girl.

The girl shook her head blankly, "No, but I heard those who were chasing me call me a carp spirit, so I used that name."

Chen Xuan nodded.

Generally speaking, spirits and demons do not have the idea of ​​giving themselves names before they are enlightened.

"You are an aquatic creature who has attained enlightenment. You are intelligent and insightful, and blessed with great fortune. Your true form is a carp. Sooner or later, you will cross rivers and leap over the Dragon Gate to achieve enlightenment."

Chen Xuan thought for a moment and looked at his disciple, saying, "How about you name yourself Jiang Linglong?"

"Jiang Linglong... Jiang Linglong?"

The girl murmured the beautiful name softly, finding it hard to believe that she could have such a lovely name.

"Like it?"

"Master, Linglong likes this name!"

"I'm glad you like it. How are your injuries?" Chen Xuan looked at his disciple with concern in his eyes.

Seeing Chen Xuan's undisguised joy and concerned words, the girl smiled, but as she smiled, tears involuntarily fell.

So this is what it feels like to have a master?

So this is what it means to feel safe and secure when protected by teachers and mentors?

Jiang Linglong kowtowed to Chen Xuan again to express her gratitude.

After Jiang Linglong finished kowtowing three times, when she slowly raised her head, her originally golden braid came undone and began to fade, her long golden hair visibly turning white.

"Three lightning tribulations destroyed my 80 years of arduous cultivation, but I am willing to die now even if I am fortunate enough to meet my master."

Seeing this, Chen Xuan shook his head, then quickly changed his hand seals and pointed a finger at Jiang Linglong's brow. "You should recover from your injuries first, and I will take you home now."

As Chen Xuan pointed at Jiang Linglong's brow, a large carp covered in broken scales rapidly shrank and landed in Chen Xuan's palm in the blink of an eye.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Master."

Chen Xuan glanced back at the courtyard hut, then nodded and took to the air, flying away into the distance.

After replacing the physical form of the Water Vapor Yin Spirit, Chen Xuan's flight speed increased.

But it is different from the past.

In the past, spirits would travel by maintaining a wisp of water mist, which allowed them to fly at extremely high speeds due to the lack of air resistance.

This time, with Jiang Linglong in physical form, Chen Xuan could only maintain his physical spirit while flying, which slowed him down slightly.

Just as Chen Xuan was about to leave the area of ​​Xihuang Village with Jiang Linglong.

Suddenly, a piercing, shrill sound of wind breaking through the air rang out.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful shout resounded from the ground below.

"Monster, where are you escaping!?"

Chen Xuan frowned and turned his head to look. He discovered that the piercing shriek coming from the jujube wood flying sword, which was enveloped in a faint purple light.

He looked down where the shout came from.

Chen Xuan opened his eyes and activated his Yin-Yang Eyes. He stared at the three people on the ground and found that they were surrounded by a gentle breeze, indicating that their merits had been manifested.

"His righteous spirit is awe-inspiring, his voice is like that of a dragon and an elephant, and his cultivation is decent, but his level of skill is too low. I wonder which sect he is a direct disciple of?"

As the flying sword pierced through the air, Chen Xuan murmured to himself, then instantly thrust out his right hand in a sword-finger gesture, his two fingers catching the rapidly approaching purple jujube wood sword in the blink of an eye.

"what?!"

"A monster! He actually caught my Lu Zu Sword with his bare hands?!"

A deep male voice boomed, "The Dragon-Subduing Cauldron!"

Another woman with a clear, cold voice followed closely behind, shouting, "Dragon and Tiger Exterminate Evil!"

Clearly, Chen Xuan's casual move in intercepting the flying sword startled the three of them. Not daring to be careless, they immediately joined forces and used their biggest trump card to attack together.

A small cauldron with a dragon pattern, radiating golden light, grew larger and spun as it was thrown, hurtling towards Chen Xuan.

The woman held a dragon and tiger palace fan and waved it at Chen Xuan with a cold gaze.

hold head high--

proud--

The phantom images of dragons and tigers followed closely behind the Golden Solar Dragon Cauldron, flanking Chen Xuan's position. The roars of tigers and the cries of dragons were so real.

Chen Xuan frowned slightly upon seeing this, already displeased, and decided to punish the three of them a little.

He formed a dragon claw with his right hand, and with a thought, lightning flashed between his five fingers. Then, Chen Xuan pointed his right hand toward the three people on the ground, and with his five fingers together, he grabbed at the air.

"Groundhog Bureau!"

Shila-

Rumbling--

As Chen Xuan finished speaking.

Suddenly, sparks of lightning appeared around the three people on the ground, like stars scattered everywhere, and at the same time, the hair on the three people's heads stood on end.

"not good!!"

"Go back!"

"This……"

By the time the three noticed the change in the surrounding magnetic field, it was too late.

Rumbling--

Boom boom boom!

In an instant, the ground where they were standing was churned and cracked, some trees were shattered by the sudden lightning, and even the military jeep they had come in was overturned by an inexplicable force and smashed into a ditch, bursting into flames.

Chen Xuan shook his head slightly upon seeing this.

"The three magical treasures are interesting, but unfortunately they are just empty shells."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xuan waved his hand and directly snatched away the three people's magical artifacts from a distance.

"I may not need it, but Linglong might?"

After doing all this, the dust that had been swirling around the ground below subsided. Chen Xuan glanced at the three people whose faces were filled with fear and said calmly, "Juniors, if there's a next time, I won't give your sect elders any face!"

"I'm taking these three crudely made imitation magical artifacts. If you're not satisfied, feel free to send someone to retrieve them."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Xuan vanished into the night sky.

"Master, you are so amazing!"

Jiang Linglong, the little red fish hiding in the palm of Chen Xuan's hand, was staring at him with her big, dark eyes, looking at him with admiration.

She had just witnessed what happened. In the past, she would hide in the mud and sand as soon as she sensed those people from afar, but today, her master dealt with them in the blink of an eye.

Chen Xuan smiled slightly upon hearing this, "Disciple, remember this: we don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of trouble either."

"When you have achieved success in your cultivation and enter the world for experience, if you are bullied while traveling outside, in order to keep your Dao heart stable and prevent inner demons from arising, you must fight back for me. If you can't win, come back and call me!"

"Yes, Linglong, I will remember Master's teachings!"

at the same time.

Chen Xuan, who was far away at his residence in the Feixian Temple on Tangwu Mountain, finally heard the system's reward notification.

[Host notification: The task of helping others defy fate three times has been completed!]

【Congratulations to the host for receiving the random reward! 】

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the sword-like magical artifact: Jade Dragon Slash!]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the complete Daoist Canon; Six Volumes on Earthly Immortals!]

[Congratulations, host, on obtaining the complete inheritance; the General Outline of Weapon Refining Formations!]

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