Chapter 2069 The Vengeful Young Lady 5

Xuanling politely declined on behalf of her disciple, saying, "There's no use in you staying. Your aptitude is too poor, and I'm afraid you'll achieve little in this life. You'd be better off experiencing the various aspects of human life."

"I just want to stay in Qingxia, even if I only learn a little bit. I beg you, Immortal Venerable, I am not afraid of hardship or fatigue. I have been taking care of people since I was a child. Please let me stay."

The Tianwai Mountain was sparsely populated, and Xuanling also felt that it might be boring for Su Yan to cultivate alone on the Tianwai Mountain.

If he were to go into seclusion to cultivate, he wouldn't come out for at least ten years. If Su Yan were the only one in the mountains, wouldn't he have no one to talk to?

Xuanling looked at Su Yan and asked, "Do you want to keep her? If you do, I can certainly take her into Tianwai Mountain as an outer disciple."

Zhongli looked at Su Yan with pleading eyes, hoping that she would let her stay.

Su Yan had already learned about 999's background from her; she was a pitiful person.

She was originally the apple of her family's eye, a young lady from the General's Mansion.

Because her mother was soft-hearted, she adopted her cousin who had lost her parents at a young age. Little did she know that this cousin not only coveted her fiancé, but also conspired with her fiancé to frame her Zhong family for treason.

All the men in the general's mansion were beheaded, and the women were enslaved.

She was able to come to Qingxia Mountain because her father's former subordinates risked their lives to rescue her. However, she was of little influence and had no way to seek justice for the Zhong family members who had died unjustly.

When she was desperate, she happened to come across Qingxia Mountain's once-in-a-decades disciple recruitment event. So she traveled through mountains and rivers to Qingxia Mountain, just to learn immortal techniques and avenge the Zhong family.

Su Yan looked at Zhong Li and saw that her eyes were red and swollen, and she was looking at him expectantly.

"Is that alright? Then please take her back to Tianwai Mountain, Master."

Before Xuanling Immortal Venerable could speak, the other Immortal Venerables had already scoffed.

"With five spiritual roots, there is no hope in the spiritually sparse Tianwai Mountain. Why insist on cultivating immortality? Perhaps you will only be an ordinary person even if you cultivate for a lifetime."

"Exactly, why waste time on Tianwai Mountain? Wouldn't it be better to live the life of an ordinary person?"

“Xuanling really dotes on this little girl, and even found her a companion.”

......

These immortals have lived for hundreds of years; how could they possibly sympathize with a mere child?

In their eyes, Zhongli was no different from an ant.

Xuanling Immortal Venerable said to Zhongli, "Then you will join my Tianwai Mountain as an outer disciple and take care of Su Yan's daily life."

Zhongli said gratefully, "Thank you, Immortal Master. I will definitely take good care of Sister Su Yan."

Upon hearing this, Tianxing laughed and said, "I knew Su Yan couldn't do without someone taking care of her. With her taking care of you, I feel at ease."

She spoke as if she cared deeply for Su Yan, but she merely wanted to prove to the immortals that Su Yan was a useless little child who couldn't endure hardship, couldn't take care of himself, and was utterly worthless.

Su Yan pretended not to understand what she meant and innocently said, "Thank you for thinking of me, Master. I will have a companion from now on."

Each peak master took their disciples away, and Su Yan and Zhong Li also boarded the Xuanling Immortal Venerable's sword and flew back to Tianwai Mountain.

Xuanling Immortal Venerable could not possibly give Zhongli another Heavenly Silk Feather Robe, so he only gave Zhongli a fox fur cloak.

He then explained, "This storage ring is for you as a gift for your entry into the sect. There are spirit stones in the storage ring. You can use them to buy whatever you need in the future. I will entrust Su Yan's three meals a day to you."

"Yes, thank you Master."

Xuanling turned to Su Yan and said, "I will first teach you the introductory mental cultivation method. Once you have successfully cultivated your Qi, I will go into seclusion to cultivate."

"Yes, Master."

Xuanling gave Su Yan and Zhong Li each a beginner's cultivation manual.

Of course, the cultivation methods are different, after all, the two people have different aptitudes and spiritual roots. Only by using cultivation methods that correspond to their spiritual roots can they achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Zhongli lived next door to Su Yan, and the two usually cultivated together in the Wind and Snow Hall. Although Zhongli worked hard, he still found it difficult to draw Qi into his body.

Su Yan mostly listened to the storybooks with her eyes closed, having 999 read them to her.

Without any deliberate cultivation, spiritual energy would surge into her body.

Su Yan asked 999 to keep an eye on things for her. While the rest of the group was practicing Qi cultivation, she would practice Qi cultivation as well. In any case, she was neither stronger nor weaker than the others.

Seeing that she had successfully guided the Qi into her body, Xuanling went into seclusion with peace of mind.

He had a general understanding of his disciple's cultivation speed, and calculating the days, he should be able to emerge from seclusion before she reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Once Xuanling goes into seclusion, Su Yan will be in charge of Tianwai Mountain.

Previously, fearing that Xuanling would notice something amiss, she tried her best not to do anything unnecessary.

Now that Xuanling is in seclusion, she no longer needs to worry or pretend to cultivate.

Zhongli noticed that Su Yan had become lazy since he started cultivating Qi into his body, while he himself had been cultivating diligently every day but still could not cultivate Qi into his body.

Is it really true that differences in aptitude are insurmountable?

Zhongli wasn't jealous of Su Yan; she only hated herself for being useless. Why did Su Yan have to be a five-elemental root, unable to learn the skills to avenge her parents as soon as possible?

Seeing that she was secretly saddened, Su Yan secretly set up a spirit-gathering array around her.

“Junior Sister Zhongli, you can try to sense the spiritual energy in the air. In fact, your five spiritual roots are very powerful. You can cultivate five different mental techniques. Among the five elements, whichever element you feel is closest to you, you should cultivate that element first.”

"Senior Sister Su Yan, please don't try to comfort me. I know my aptitude is too poor, but I will work hard," Zhong Li said with some self-consciousness.

Although Su Yan is younger than Zhong Li, she entered the sect first, so she is naturally the senior sister.

“I’m not trying to comfort you, really. Follow me and feel the fluctuations of your own spiritual energy. It’s like water flowing. Whatever elements in the air are incorporated into it, they will naturally gather in your dantian. As long as you accumulate a certain amount of these elements, you can form spiritual energy that flows to your limbs and bones.”

Zhong Lijing followed Su Yan's instructions and slowly she could feel the water element merging into her body; she could feel her dantian heating up.

“In this mountain of the outer heavens, your water spirit root will be more likely to absorb water elements. Why don’t you first cultivate this ‘Water Dragon Chant’? You will definitely be able to successfully draw qi into your body.”

"Senior Sister Su, where did you get this cultivation manual?"

“My master said that if I need it, I can go to the library to find it myself, and I just happened to find a book of all the secret manuals that can be used with the five elements.”

"You've given me the secret manual; your master won't blame you, will he?"

"No, Master said that what we can take is what we can look at, and what we can't take is under a restriction, and our cultivation level is not high enough to look through it."

"I see, thank you, Senior Sister Su."

"Don't be so polite. You should start cultivating and guiding the Qi into your body first."

"it is good."