My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Luo Hanying shook her head: "Then who knows?"

I looked it up, and Mount Burong is the mountain where Daoist Yuchen lives. I initially thought it would be simple—just go up there and I'd be summoned to the Discipline Hall for a reprimand. But the price is too high; I'm afraid of the Daoist.

Ruan Chayan patted Luo Hanying on the shoulder: "Alright, alright, we still have two years for the main quest, let's focus on studying first. I don't think we need to rush that."

The system is currently unavailable, and there's no one to assess the risks for us. Let's play it safe and aim for a more conservative approach.

Luo Hanying nodded in agreement: "You make a good point."

I'm just a little anxious; I want to go home.

Ruan Chayan patted Luo Hanying's head, unsure how to comfort her: "Even if this task is completed, there are others."

A hundred years! You're already homesick now? What will you do later?

Luo Hanying looked aggrieved, her eyes already glistening with tears: ["Stop talking, I'm breaking down! Take back what you said!"]

"Okay, okay."

Ruan Chayan deftly changed the subject, saying, "Come with me to Yuling Peak to retrieve the water clock; I need to become an apprentice tomorrow."

Luo Hanying accompanied Ruan Chayan to Yuling Peak. Along the way, they encountered other cultivators who were traveling the same route. These people were quite interested in Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying.

After all, it has been many years since we have seen a cultivator with the aptitude to trigger the phoenix phantom.

While traveling together, I asked them a few questions about their past and who they were now under.

After chatting for a while, everyone had a good impression of the two women:

Luo Hanying was tall and slender. When we first met her, she was not smiling, but the delicate makeup around her eyes and eyebrows softened her coldness.

When silent, her eyes sparkle with a captivating charm; when she turns her head and smiles softly, she exudes an endearing allure.

Once you get to know them, they become incredibly lively, with humorous and witty conversations.

Ruan Chayan was slightly smaller than Luo Hanying. At first glance, she looked like an easy-going girl next door, but there was a strange coldness between her brows, and her smile rarely reached her eyes.

Her features are lively, sweet, and playful, with round dimples on her baby face;

After getting to know her, I found that she was not a talkative person and was cautious in her speech.

After taking the water clock from Ruan Chayan, Luo Hanying returned to the Wuyu Terrace. The disciples' residences surrounding the Wuyu Terrace were all inhabited by Confucian scholars.

Tong Wei's apprenticeship ceremony was quite simple. After Luo Hanying knelt and kowtowed three times and offered tea, Tong Wei, Cheng Ji, and Zuo Han all gave her a gift before letting her leave.

Luo Hanying followed Cheng Ji to class and began to systematically learn how Confucian cultivators should practice.

The young man stared intently at the woman who walked up to him: "Hey, hey, you're the new junior sister?"

Luo Hanying plopped down and turned to look at the young man beside her: "Yes, hello senior brother, what class are we having today?"

"Whether you're good or bad, it's Senior Brother Cheng's turn to teach us archery today."

My surname is Tong, my given name is Zhixian, and my courtesy name is Ziwei. May I ask how I should address you?

Tong Zhixian reached out and mobilized spiritual energy, which formed his name in the air.

He has a pure, youthful energy, somewhat similar to Luo Hanying's temperament.

Luo Hanying also wrote down her name and whispered, "My surname is Luo, my given name is Hanying, and my nickname is Xue."

Tong Zhixian cupped his hands in greeting: "So it's Junior Sister Luo."

Cheng Ji, who was at the head of the table, clapped his hands and said a few words to explain what he would be teaching today. Then he opened the array on the Wuyu stage, and targets, along with bows and arrows, thumb rings, arm guards and other items, rose from the array.

"Why do we have to keep learning archery? It's understandable for me to learn it when I first came here, but are you going to study it for three to five years?" Luo Hanying asked Tong Zhixian, the first person to speak to her, in a low voice.

While putting on the wrist guards, Tong Zhixian patiently explained, "What we learn is not entirely archery. After the last archery class, Senior Brother Cheng said that he would teach us a new arrow formation today."

Our Shiren Sect will hold a Dao Debate Conference in four years. The team competition at that time will test our teamwork, which is one of the reasons why we learned the Arrow Formation.

Secondly, in the future, when we go down the mountain to travel, we will basically be with our fellow disciples. If we encounter any danger, it will be safer to form a protective formation with them.

Luo Hanying said "Oh~" to indicate her understanding: "That's really good."

"Hey, do you have teammates yet, Senior Tong? Can we team up?"

Tong Zhixian happily pointed to the crowd and said, "No problem, I'll take you to see the other senior brothers and sisters. They're over there, and the view is better from there."

He gestured for Luo Hanying to walk ahead of him, but Luo Hanying waved her hand repeatedly, saying, "I don't know anyone, so I'll have to trouble you to lead the way for me, Senior Brother Tong."

Luo Hanying met her senior brothers and sisters and learned archery formations from Cheng Ji. Ruan Chayan went to Nahai Tower as she had suggested.

A drowsy gatekeeper sat at the entrance of Nahai Tower. As Ruan Chayan walked by, he tapped the ground with his pipe: "Unfamiliar face. Check her ID."

Ruan Chayan took out her disciple identification jade token, and the man hummed in agreement: "Go in."

The identity tag was engraved with Ruan Chayan's name, the name of the peak she belonged to, and detailed information such as which elder she was a disciple of.

Ruan Chayan bowed and entered Nahai Tower, where a magnificent scene unfolded before her eyes—

Books and jade slips were piled up, and bookshelves covered all four walls, obscuring the ceiling of Nahai Tower. Countless cultivators searched for treasures among them, hoping to find their favorite cultivation techniques.

A middle-aged woman with a winter plum blossom tucked behind her ear amplified her voice as she spoke, using her spiritual power: "Hey! You in the gray clothes! Stop looking around! Check if you've put that jade slip in the right place."

You can't even remember where you got the jade slip from, yet you expect to cultivate well? I just don't believe it.

"You over there in the blue shirt, what are you hiding for?! Did you knock that book apart from all the handling? Take it down right now! Fix it right under my nose! You're not allowed to leave until it's fixed!"

Several bundled bamboo slips fell from the sky and hit Ruan Chayan, who was passing by. Ruan Chayan was stunned and held the bamboo slips. In mid-air, the female cultivator's embarrassed apology could be heard.

The middle-aged woman launched into another tirade: "How did you manage to knock the books off the bookshelf while flying on your sword? Did you think you could break the protective barrier?!"

If this were an ordinary person, wouldn't they be smashed to pieces? Hurry up and take the bamboo slip back!

I'm telling you all, you better watch out! If you leave the books out of order or damage them, I'll report you to the sect leader and have you little brats suspended from class to come and clean and repair them for me!

"You look unfamiliar. Is this your first time visiting Nahai Tower?"

"I am Mi Yun, and I am in charge of managing all matters at Nahai Tower."

The middle-aged woman walked up to Ruan Chayan. Although her tone was sharp, she was concerned about her. "Remember to keep your protective spiritual energy running. Who knows what might fall from the sky again in a moment."

What are you looking for? Tell me, and I'll point you in the right direction.

Ruan Chayan bowed and said, "Elder Mi, this disciple would like to find a sword technique that can be learned by cultivators of all paths."