[At the age of 473, a Nascent Soul elder from the sect abandoned the sect, stating frankly that there was no future for him in the Flame Wave Sect. The Sect Master remained silent. Subsequently, a large number of elders and disciples left the sect and joined other factions. The Sect Master held a farewell banquet for each of them.]

Yan Kongqing understood that although Yanyulangfeng was a Spiritual Transformation Technique, its cultivation speed was similar to that of the Nascent Soul Technique. If there were better options, she wouldn't blame them for abandoning the sect. However, she also secretly made up her mind that she would never be a deserter and would cultivate to the Spiritual Transformation stage in the Yanlang Sect with dignity.

At the age of 523, she broke into the ancient Lianxu Cave and nearly lost her life trying to obtain the Seven Infants Grass.

At the age of 606, she managed to obtain a root of the Cloud Wolf Wind Tree under the sniper attack of a Half-Step Divine Being. However, half of her body was destroyed. After escaping back to the sect, she remained in a coma for ten years.

At the age of 722, she infiltrated the lair of the Flame Wave Sect's archenemy, the Frost Leopard Girl, and was about to steal the Pingxiang Essence Gold when she was discovered. She was imprisoned in a dungeon and tortured day and night for thirty years before she finally found a chance to escape.

[At the age of 923, although he was burdened by the skills, he finally broke through to the Spiritual Transformation stage with hundreds of years of hard work and accumulation.]

[That day, the Sect Master took her to the back mountain and pointed at the ordinary Tianxuan Ruler. He explained the origin of the heavy ruler and also explained that there was a complete inheritance within the ruler. As the only one to achieve a breakthrough after the inheritance was cut off, Yan Kongqing had great hope.]

At the age of 924, the Sect Leader passed away. Yan Kongqing succeeded him as the Sect Leader. He was full of energy and felt that the current difficulties were temporary. He believed that he would be able to comprehend the complete inheritance in his lifetime with his natural talent.

[At one thousand years old, Yan Kongqing comprehended the Tianxuan Ruler, but failed. However, he still had full confidence.]

[At the age of 1,100, Yan Kongqing attempted to comprehend the Tianxuan Ruler, but was unable to do so, and his confidence waned slightly.]

[At the age of 1,200, Yan Kongqing comprehended the Heavenly Mysterious Ruler, but failed. His spirit had been depleted by nearly half. However, as the only person to achieve the state of spiritual enlightenment after the lineage was cut off, he still retained a certain amount of innocent pride.]

At 1,300 years old, Yan Kongqing still couldn't comprehend the inheritance. The Yanlang Sect she devotedly managed saw no improvement, and none of the younger generations she mentored could break through to the Spiritual Transformation stage like she did. Three hundred years later, three more Nascent Soul Elders passed away, leaving only one, who shared her ideal of revitalizing the Yanlang Sect and persisted in the sect.

[At the age of 1,344, while sorting through the former Sect Leader's belongings, he accidentally discovered that it was the former Sect Leader who had used a secret technique to help him achieve a breakthrough and achieve the Divine Transformation. The former Sect Leader passed away the following year because of this.]

Yan Kongqing was struck by lightning. It turned out that she was not a genius, nor was she destined to revive the Yanlang Sect. She wanted to give up on herself, but there were still hundreds of people in the sect who supported her and had high hopes for her. This made her feel more stressed and depressed.

[After 1,400 years, she still had nothing to show for it. She chose to stop socializing and travel, immersing herself in the contemplation of the Tianxuan Ruler. She only occasionally went down the mountain to search for new practitioners, so that the sect could barely survive.]

Under her influence, the few people in the sect who were already few in number also devoted themselves to intensive cultivation. The entire sect became like a cultivation machine that worked day and night.

[Two thousand years old, due to the shattering of his Dao heart, his cultivation fell to the Nascent Soul stage, and the Flame Wave Sect was reduced to a sixth-grade force]

[2300 years old, died]

……

Looking at Yan Kongqing's miserable life, Lu Zhiqiu sighed softly.

If the latter.

She didn't realize that it was the former leader who sacrificed himself to help her achieve the state of incarnation. Perhaps she could still retain a little confidence in her heart and not have her heart broken in the end.

It was already stressful to have not been able to comprehend the inheritance for hundreds of years, and in the end, he found out that his breakthrough to the God Transformation stage was not achieved by himself.

Anyone who encounters this kind of thing will feel breathless.

but.

Is the Tianxuan Ruler of the Yanlang Sect really so obscure?

Lu Zhiqiu stared at Yan Kongqing with sharp eyes.

Hearing that Lu Zhiqiu was going to comprehend the Tianxuan Ruler, Yan Kongqing was stunned, as if he had been greatly humiliated. He slammed the table and said through gritted teeth:

"Although I don't know where you got the news about this thing."

"But this is my own business, and I don't need outsiders to interfere. The leader said I can do it before he died, so I can do it!"

Say it.

She actually left Lu Zhiqiu in a huff and left the hall on her own.

Seeing this, Lu Zhiqiu felt helpless.

really.

This guy with a chronic mental illness can't even be dealt with by her talent of [being sociable]. She really has to find another way.

Chapter 4: The Awkward Master and the Stupid Disciple (k)

Although Yan Kongqing ran out in a huff and ignored Lu Zhiqiu.

But after all, guests are guests.

Lu Zhiqiu is a master of the same level as her.

She still arranged for a disciple, the girl who initially guided Lu Zhiqiu and Xiao Yanqing into the Yanlang Sect, to receive them and arranged accommodation for them.

Early the next morning.

Xiao Yanqing opened his eyes, with thick dark circles under his eyes. He patted the rough bamboo board under him and sighed:

"How can a dignified fifth-grade sect not even afford a mattress to sleep on? It hurts so much."

"Plus the clanging noise that didn't stop last night, I couldn't sleep. I really couldn't sleep."

Lu Zhiqiu floated out of the ring, crossed his arms and hummed:

"I haven't suffered enough."

Xiao Yanqing grabbed her hair and said bitterly:

"It's all your fault for not letting me use magic to improve the environment. Otherwise, I would have set up a soundproofing spell and a soft water mattress, and I would have been sure to sleep through the night."

Lu Zhiqiu glared at her and pointed at the warm sunlight outside the window:

"The sun is already shining on your butt, how long do you want to sleep?"

"How can you sleep at your age?"

"I'm not letting you improve your sleeping environment because we need to ask Yan Kongqing for the opportunity to comprehend the Heavenly Mysterious Ruler... These people are all crazy cultivators. If you use magic to improve your sleeping environment, she'll kick you out of the mountain gate today."

"As the King of Volumes, they despise those who seek comfort the most. They will think you are not cut out for cultivation."

Xiao Yanqing let out a light exclamation.

So this is Master’s intention.

But she changed her mind and realized something was wrong, and complained softly:

"Then why didn't you get on top of me last night and sleep on the hard board and listen to the noise instead?"

"Ahem, it's getting late. Let's go out first and find Yan Kongqing to talk about comprehending the Tianxuan Ruler."

Lu Zhiqiu coughed, looked out the window, and abruptly changed the subject.

Xiao Yanqing gave Lu Zhiqiu a blaming look.

Forget it, a good disciple doesn’t fight with his master.

She straightened her clothes, pushed open the door of the bamboo house and walked out.

……

Come to the back mountain.

As expected, Xiao Yanqing discovered that there was an ordinary black ruler stuck on the top of the mountain.

And Yan Kongqing, whom I saw yesterday, was sitting in front of the ruler, meditating with his eyes closed. There was a faint Taoist aura around him, and it was obvious that he was in deep resonance with the Tianxuan ruler.

Xiao Yanqing was about to get closer.

But suddenly a bolt of lightning struck down, startling her.

In the blink of an eye.

Yan Kongqing had already arrived in front of Xiao Yanqing, his face expressionless:

"I said, comprehending the Heavenly Mysterious Ruler is our own business in the Flame Wave Sect. We don't need help from outsiders."

Xiao Yanqing straightened his back and said:

"But you said yesterday that you would invite me to join the Flame Wave Sect as a guest official, and that all the Flame Wave Sect's methods would be open to me."

Yan Kongqing was stunned for a moment, then looked away humbly:

"I haven't figured it out yet."

"When I figure it out, it's not too late for you to learn."

Xiao Yanqing curled his lips and said:

"What's the difference?"

"The difference is huge."

Yan Kongqing waved his hand, not wanting to waste time talking to her, and flew back to the top of the mountain.

"My tone was inconsiderate yesterday."

"Fellow Daoist, please feel free to visit any place in the Flame Wave Sect or communicate with other disciples. But please don't try to get the Tianxuan Ruler. I must figure out the inheritance within it myself!"

As if she felt a little embarrassed, she flew halfway and turned back to say a few more words to Xiao Yanqing, her tone also softened a lot.

Xiao Yanqing wanted to say something else.

But Lu Zhiqiu called him back through voice transmission.

Xiao Yanqing had no choice but to follow his master's instructions and fly away from the back mountain first.

Passing through the deserted sect’s temple.

Return to the house.

Xiao Yanqing sat down and muttered softly:

"Master, I now strongly suspect that she is sitting there just to prevent us from getting close to the ruler. How petty."

Lu Zhiqiu said slowly:

"Perhaps this is possible, but her obsession with realizing her inheritance is real."

Lu Zhiqiu pinched Xiao Yanqing's puzzled face out of habit and said with a smile:

"Do you remember the banging sounds you heard when you were sleeping last night?"

Xiao Yanqing nodded:

"Of course I remember. It was the noise that kept me awake all night."

"Then do you know where it came from?"

Lu Zhiqiu asked again.

Xiao Yanqing stopped talking, thinking carefully about the direction of the voice last night. After pondering for a while, he hesitated and said:

"Are there disciples practicing in the dojo?"

Lu Zhiqiu shook his head seriously:

"No, it's on the top of the mountain behind."

"Last night, I saw Yan Kongqing, who hadn't figured out anything for a long time, kicking a ruler twice, then banging his head against it until it was bleeding. Then he hugged the ruler and sobbed softly."

Xiao Yanqing pursed her lips. She didn't expect that the noise last night came from this.

She felt a little sorry for Yan Kongqing.

A powerful and accomplished person like her could actually cry and make a fuss like a child. This clearly shows how much of a blow it was to her that she had no way to gain enlightenment.

"Did our presence put pressure on her?"

Lu Zhiqiu spread his hands and nodded, somewhat helplessly:

"Her breakthrough to the Spiritual Transformation Realm was made possible by the old Sect Master risking his life to help her. This has shattered her confidence, as she had always believed that she could achieve this breakthrough through hard work alone and fill the gap in the sect's inheritance."

"Now that we've appeared, she's thinking that an even more powerful ruler-wielding god has appeared in Dingyu."

"If we can also comprehend the inheritance of the Flame Wave Sect from the ruler."

"She will completely lose the meaning of being the head of the Flame Wave Sect and feel that she is unworthy of the old head's efforts. I'm afraid her heart will be shattered on the spot."

Xiao Yanqing paced back and forth in the small bamboo house with a frown on his face.

"If that's the case, then we won't be able to obtain the inheritance in the Tianxuan Ruler?"

Lu Zhiqiu didn't comment, but just touched his chin and said thoughtfully:

"Lets see."

"First, find her disciples to understand the situation and see if there is a way to comprehend the Tianxuan Rule without discouraging others."

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