All beasts submit, and the peerless imperial princess is about to defy the heavens!

"What? You already have a master? Who is it?"

Feng Ning smiled and said, "He's my master from my hometown. I don't know where he is now."

Elder Zuo looked disappointed. "That's such a pity."

This world is so unfair, how come even geniuses have masters?

In their world, however, a master is a kind of inheritance.

Each person can only have one master in their lifetime, and even if the master has passed away, one must never change masters.

Even if he was furious, there was nothing he could do.

His shoulders slumped, and he asked in a muffled voice, "Since you can't call me Master, can't you at least call me Teacher?"

Feng Ning felt even more embarrassed. There were teachers too, but fortunately, the teachers didn't limit it. There were several, and she bowed calmly.

"The disciple has met the teacher."

Elder Zuo then smiled slightly, "Good child, get up quickly. Your teacher doesn't have much to give you, so I'll just give you a few small gifts."

Then, he rummaged through his spatial storage, piling things up into a small mountain in front of her, before finally stopping, seemingly unsatisfied.

"That's all for now. If you have anything better in the future, I'll give it to you."

Feng Ning was stunned by his generosity. How could a simple act of becoming a teacher require such a grand gesture?

She was almost embarrassed to accept it.

I don't know what I was thinking, but I had already put everything away.

"Thank you teacher."

Elder Zuo nodded with a smile, "Alright, alright, quickly put your things away. From now on, you'll cultivate with me. The Deer Contest is just a few months away, so your arrival is perfect."

Just as Feng Ning was about to ask what the Deer Contest was, she heard a commotion behind her. Turning around, she saw Qin Ya and Da Niu rushing in.

Qin Ya jumped up excitedly, but after searching around, she couldn't find her junior sister.

She looked at Dali with a puzzled expression, "Senior Brother Dali, didn't you say Junior Sister was back? Where is she?"

Da Niu was also puzzled, "Yeah, she probably left again, right?"

Feng Ning looked at them with a smile, without saying a word.

Dali, also feeling a bit teased, said, "Junior Sister...she..."

Seeing him hesitate, Qin Ya was getting impatient and jumped up and down. "Just say it already! You're so hesitant, it's really annoying."

Feng Ning chuckled, "Junior Sister, how have you been?"

Qin Ya looked at her in confusion, racking her brains for a long time but still unable to remember who she was. She frowned and asked, "Who are you? Why are you greeting me out of the blue? Do I know you?"

Feng Ning's smile remained unchanged. "I thought you missed me so much, but I'm right in front of you and you don't even recognize me. I'm really heartbroken."

Qin Ya was still wondering when Da Niu asked in surprise, "You're Junior Sister? You're Feng Ning?"

Then Qin Ya's eyes widened as well, "No way, how could you be the junior sister? She doesn't look like her at all."

Feng Ning turned around in front of them and said, "This is my original appearance. I made a mistake during my training, which is why I became like that. Senior Brother has already examined me. I am who I am."

Then, Dali explained what had just happened again, and finally made things clear.

Qin Ya still looked at her suspiciously, "I'll only believe you if you show me your spiritual root."

Feng Ning raised his hand and produced an ice needle, and Qin Ya finally believed him.

Then she suddenly rushed over and hugged her, shouting excitedly, "Ahhh! You're finally back! You have no idea how much we missed you!"

Da Niu also hugged him, saying, "That's right, we've been talking about you every day. You've been gone for months without a single word. That's really not fair."

Feng Ning smiled and said, "I'm back now, aren't I? I probably won't be leaving again."

Da Niu then laughed, "It's good that you're not leaving, it's good that you're not leaving. From now on, you can stay in the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and your senior sister will protect you."

Seeing that they were having a good chat, Elder Zuo didn't disturb them any further. Since he already had a disciple, he had nothing to worry about.

Let's leave the space to the young people and let them connect with each other.

The group chatted for a while longer, sharing their recent experiences, and then talked late into the night by candlelight.

It was as if they hadn't seen each other for decades, and they wanted to say everything they hadn't said before.

She also learned about the Deer Contest from their conversation.

The Deer Contest is a grand event held every five years in the Cangnan Continent.

Every five years, a competition is held in the central region.

The entire human race of the Eastern Region will participate.

There are also restrictions on who can participate, just like the youth competition, where the first restriction is age.

Only people under 100 years old can participate.

Age is limited to under 100 years old, and cultivation level is limited to Golden Core or above.

The competition is divided according to cultivation levels: Golden Core Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Spirit Transformation Stage, Void Refining Stage, and Body Integration Stage.

So far, there are only these five tracks.

However, most people are concentrated in the Golden Core stage, the Nascent Soul stage, and the Spirit Transformation stage, while those in the Void Refining stage are in the minority.

So far, no participants have appeared during the combined phase, so this track is considered idle.

In addition, there are four other categories: formations, elixirs, talismans, and weapon crafting, which are competed in separately.

The beast-taming competition and the sword-cultivation competition were held together.

Just like any other major competition, Feng Ning didn't find it too different.

Ultimately, we still need to compare and determine who is better.

But as she spoke, Qin Ya sighed.

Feng Ning asked in confusion, "Why are you sighing? Didn't you say that the Myriad Swords Sect is one of the top ten forces? Don't you have confidence?"

Qin Ya shook her head. "Of course we don't have confidence. That was before. Five years ago, our Ten Thousand Swords Sect was targeted. Apart from the sword cultivators who won, the other sects all lost, and lost badly."

Feng Ning asked in surprise, "You lost everything?"

"We lost everything. We couldn't even get into the top 30, let alone the top 10."

Feng Ning was stunned.

As expected of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, they really do rely solely on swords.

Her lips twitched. "But you can't blame anyone else for this. Just look at the Array Academy. So far, there's only Senior Brother Dali and Senior Sister Da Niu. If there were a few more people, things wouldn't be like this."

Da Niu smiled and said, "Luckily there weren't many people. The two of us only lost in the penultimate round last time. If there were more people, we probably wouldn't have made it into the top thirty."

Feng Ning was embarrassed. "So Elder Zuo means that we should only focus on quality and not quantity?"

Da Niu nodded. "That's all we can do. Master is very strict about accepting disciples. If we had more good prospects, we wouldn't have lost so badly. But the more good prospects we lose, the less likely they are to come to the Myriad Swords Sect. There's nothing we can do about it."

After thinking about it, Feng Ning understood.

I understand; after all, people strive for higher positions, and water flows downhill.