I have a high-risk profession in the cultivation world.

Tian Yige understood in her heart, but she felt a little sad because she felt that as the senior sister, she had failed to set a good example for her two junior brothers. Now that someone had explained the reasons to her, she realized that she had been a bit too attached to appearances.

"Master's teachings are correct; I was just being stubborn." Tian Yige nodded slightly, regaining her usual energy. She first spoke to Chu Chenmu, then turned to her two junior brothers, who were now considerably taller than her, "Even without my natal sword, I could easily defeat you two in a short time. Don't think that having an extra sword means you can challenge me!"

He then continued, "Have you already chosen names for your two natal swords?"

Seeing Tian Yige's clear and relaxed eyes, Su Chengdian knew that his senior sister had truly let go, and then said excitedly, "Not yet. I was planning to wait until everyone was here before picking it up in front of you all."

Everyone looked at Luo Suichen again, and Luo Suichen shook his head: "I haven't given it a name either."

Chu Chenmu was also very interested. In his view, naming one's natal sword was like choosing a name for a pet: "Do you have a name in mind? Tell me about it."

"Punish evil." Su Chengdian replied without hesitation.

When those two words reached Chu Chenmu's ears, he felt a sense of destiny, as if the world depicted in the book had come to life. Although he already knew the answer in his heart, he still asked, "What is the meaning?"

The words in the book echoed the boy's voice: "Punish evil and promote good, eliminate wickedness and vanquish evil."

No matter how the monotonous words in the book describe it, they can't express even a tenth of the youthful spirit.

Su Chengdian is just a minor character in the book, but in the real world, everyone's life is full of vivid details.

Su Chengdian placed his hand on the sword, his mind surging with thoughts, and the words "punish evil" appeared on it.

"And what about you?" Chu Chenmu then looked at Luo Suichen.

Luo Suichen wanted to name his sword Soul Splitter, so that those who betrayed his true feelings would be utterly disgraced and their souls scattered.

But at this moment, everyone looked at him with such sincerity, and no one betrayed his true feelings, so he just couldn't say that name.

Such a selfish and violent name.

So he pondered for a moment and changed his name: "Chen Shui".

Then she smiled shyly, "I don't have any grand ambitions, so I just named it based on the characteristics of the sword itself."

The three of them stared straight at the sword named "Sinking Water." Its hilt was fiery red, clearly indicating an extremely flamboyant style. The blade was also thicker and heavier than that of an ordinary sword, suggesting that it would be used for a wide-ranging and aggressive offensive style.

hiss--

Chu Chenmu narrowed his eyes. Forgive his poor eyesight, but he really couldn't see how this sword matched the understated name "Sinking Water."

Could it be that when Luo Suichen communicated with the sword, he discovered that the sword had a soft heart?

Luo Suichen followed everyone's gaze and saw the sword hilt in his hand, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

He didn't know why he chose this name; it just slipped out involuntarily the moment he opened his mouth.

Like Su Chengdian, he also had his name engraved on the sword.

However, the sinking vessel swayed slightly as he carved his name, as if in protest.

Luo Suichen shook his head; it must be an illusion.

Emerging from the Hidden Sword Pavilion, Chu Chenmu gazed into the distance in the direction where Ren Junmo was in seclusion. He wondered how the original owner's master was doing in his seclusion. He hoped everything was going well. In the original novel, Ren Junmo's seclusion was delayed; it only occurred after he had taken Su Chengdian as his disciple and nurtured Su Chengdian to the Golden Core stage.

However, in the original book, Ren Junmo's seclusion went smoothly, and when he emerged later, he was already a Mahayana stage expert. Upon learning that Luo Suichen had captured his disciple, he was furious and even went to the Demonic Sect to demand his return. Unfortunately, he emerged too late, and by then Luo Suichen was already virtually unbeatable, causing Ren Junmo to suffer several defeats.

Not wanting to disturb his master's cultivation, Chu Chenmu bowed from afar and led the group back to Lingtian Peak.

After leaving Luo Suichen and Su Chengdian behind, he took Tian Yige to Seven Kill Peak to visit Cheng Zi'an. Cheng Zi'an, who was also a disciple of Ren Junmo and was Chu Chenmu's senior brother, readily agreed to forge a sword for Tian Yige and inquired in detail about Tian Yige's thoughts on the sword's appearance.

Cheng Zi'an told Chu Chenmu that he would send someone to Lingtian Peak once the sword was forged, and told Tian Yige to wait for news without worry.

After resolving the issue of weapons for his three apprentices, Chu Chenmu finally had the mind to consider another important matter—

How did Luo Suichen inadvertently see that storybook and connect it to the two of them?

Unexpectedly, before he could come up with a solution, Luo Suichen sneaked into his courtyard that very night.

Looking at Luo Suichen standing outside the door, when the two were only a step apart, Chu Chenmu realized that—in just a short time, Luo Suichen was already showing signs of becoming taller than him.

Then, looking down at the ground where Luo Suichen was standing, Chu Chenmu felt a pang of heartache as he realized that he had been surpassed in height by another disciple.

What kind of magic pills do kids eat to grow up like this? They grow faster than grass!

Luo Suichen looked at Chu Chenmu with some confusion, wondering if he had been looking Chu Chenmu up and down ever since he opened the door. What was wrong? Did he wear his clothes inside out?

No, what's so interesting about that?

He was so close that he could even see clearly that one of Chu Chenmu's eyelashes was not curled upwards like the others, but hung straight down.

Luo Suichen turned his head to the side somewhat awkwardly, "Master, may I go in?"

Chu Chenmu finally came to his senses and quickly stepped aside to let Luo Suichen in.

Luo Suichen stepped into the room, and Chu Chenmu secretly compared them. Sigh, he had indeed been surpassed.

He's over 1.8 meters tall, after all.

"What brings you here to see your master?"

"Master, there's something I want to ask you. Can you promise me that you'll tell me the truth?" Luo Suichen came tonight because of what happened in the Xuanling Secret Realm. He didn't believe that Chu Chenmu in this life would wrong him like that again. He had to get to the bottom of it.

Chu Chenmu nodded. He wasn't one to lie, after all. "Tell me, and I'll tell you everything I know."

Luo Suichen looked directly into Chu Chenmu's eyes and spoke slowly and deliberately, "Master, when you said I was 'unruly and disrespectful' that day at the Xuanbing Pool, were you sincere, or just saying it in anger?"

Why are you asking me this?

He saw Chu Chenmu's eyes widen instantly, meeting his gaze with an emotion he couldn't understand, before he shook his head.

It's not true, it's not.

Just as he was about to ask what the meaning of the head-shaking was, Chu Chenmu spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.