Chapter 530: Are You Trying to Fool a Child?
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"If I'm not mistaken, Miao Miao's cultivation technique is likely flawed, correct?"
"Miaomiao needn't answer—Senior Sister already knows the truth."
"Given Miao Miao's character, borrowing cultivation techniques from Li Shiyao—Senior Sister suspects it was likely at the Master's instruction."
"In that case, the Master must have had a reason for acting this way."
"Miaomiao's cultivation is still shallow. She likely cannot yet practice the cultivation method bestowed by our Master. Therefore, it is better for her to first learn some divine abilities to protect herself. This way, she can adapt to the cultivation life of an immortal cultivator early on, and it also serves to temper her character."
Miaomiao looked utterly bewildered. What did adapting to cultivation life have to do with this? How did tempering her character relate to it?
Master told her to seek out Second Senior Sister for cultivation techniques to help her adapt to cultivation life and temper her character?
Wasn't that like comparing apples to oranges?
Though these thoughts crossed her mind, Miao Miao kept them to herself, instead nodding obediently.
After all, the eldest senior sister had at least given her a way forward. Judging by the second senior sister's demeanor and the eldest senior sister's attitude, Master likely knew full well that the probability of her obtaining that cultivation technique from Li Shiyao was practically zero.
Perhaps, as the eldest senior sister suggested, the Master genuinely wished for her to first learn some protective supernatural abilities to enhance her innate talent.
Ye Qinghan smiled. "Just look at Miao Miao's expression—clearly she didn't grasp what Senior Sister meant, right? This is what we call tempering one's character. We call each other sisters, so why be so formal?"
Miaomiao immediately waved her hands in denial. "No, no, Senior Sister, I didn't mean it that way!"
Before Ye Qinghan could respond, Li Shiyu—who had been listening intently all along—suddenly stood up!
"Senior Sister, Shiyu understands now!"
Ye Qinghan smiled, gently pressing Li Shiyao's golden-haired head back down to sit. She then spoke softly.
"Master's meaning is that Miao Miao shouldn't be too formal and should learn to rely on others. Since you didn't understand, you shouldn't have nodded. We're all family. After becoming disciples, Master is like a close relative to Senior Sister, and you and I, as direct disciples, are sisters. There's no need for formalities."
Ye Qinghan's words, paired with her captivating gaze, made it impossible to doubt that whatever she said was right…
But somehow, Miaomiao found herself thinking it actually made sense…
After becoming a disciple, she had indeed interacted little with her fellow sisters, spending most of her time cultivating and reading.
"Senior Sister, then…"
"Heh heh. As for borrowing cultivation techniques—if you could actually borrow them, that would be a major problem! Your second senior sister's butt would be swollen from beatings!" Ye Qinghan chuckled wickedly, her laughter shaking like a trembling flower branch.
Indeed, lending the cultivation technique bestowed by the Master to another—how would that differ from betraying the sect?
But such a thing was utterly impossible anyway. The cultivation techniques bestowed upon each disciple by the Master were merely stored within jade slips. The moment divine sense probed them to extract information, they instantly transformed into streaks of light that shot into the body. Thereafter, they seemed imprinted upon the mind, stored within the spirit platform, ready for cultivation at any time.
This differs from the treasures other cultivators store within their spirit platforms for cultivation. Even if Ye Qinghan were killed, no one could ever retrieve the cultivation technique stored within his spirit platform.
"As for adapting to cultivation life, heh, Shiyao and I naturally have no need to worry about such things, but Miaomiao must be careful!"
Ye Qinghan's expression was utterly terrifying at that moment, as if this were some unknown restriction within Lingxian Hall!
Li Shiyu had also felt frightened upon hearing this, but recalling her senior sister's assurance that neither she nor her senior sister needed to worry, she relaxed.
After all, her senior sister wouldn't deceive her.
Though, then again, Senior Sister wasn't exactly an ordinary person.
"What should I be careful about?" Miaomiao looked at Su Cheng with a calm expression.
"Miaomiao has only recently become a disciple. There's still so much to learn from Senior Sister. Lingxian Hall has many rules, temptations, and dangers. Isn't it true that many things require guidance?"
The more Miao Miao heard, the more frightened she became—and the more curious she grew!
"Senior Sister, is it really that dangerous?" The poor girl seemed utterly terrified, clinging to Ye Qinghan's arm with a pitiful expression, as if begging for mercy from a powerful lord!
"Of course. Lingxian Hall is full of perils and dangers, and they manifest differently for each person!"
Ye Qinghan wore a solemn expression, as if Lingxian Hall was far from what it appeared—a place teeming with peril and lurking dangers!
"Senior Sister, can you tell me more? Hearing you say that, I'm starting to feel scared!"
"Is there something Master forbids us from doing?"
"Or… or is there somewhere a disciple shouldn't go? Is it Master's secret?"
Ye Qinghan looked at her little junior sister, who had been won over in just a few words, and a look of satisfaction spread across her face. She ruffled Miaomiao's hair and spoke.
"Of course I can. We're sisters, after all!"
First off, Senior Sister was born with a seductive bone, and Shiyu is the reincarnation of a holy maiden—naturally, they have no body image or appearance anxieties. But Miao Miao is human, right? Master feeding her five meals a day—isn't that dangerous?
After hearing this, Miaomiao found it strangely convincing. Senior Sister Youwei and Baitao had both taken the Youth-Preserving Pill, while the First and Second Senior Sisters were simply unreasonable types!
As for Elder Yulan and Jue'er, Elder Yulan is the Dragon King of the dragon clan. By dragon standards, she's still in her juvenile stage—or rather, her young dragon stage.
As for Third Senior Sister Dongfang Jue, she'd probably refuse to take the Youth-Preserving Pill even if you beat her to death. She still hoped to grow a bit more—which was perfectly understandable.
As for her, maintaining her figure is indeed necessary, but worrying about gaining weight seems a bit excessive…
Miaomiao thought to herself: If it weren't for her current cultivation base, she'd probably have been starved to death by her senior sisters in Lingxian Hall!
If you dared to eat even a little slower, you wouldn't get a single drop of soup!
Rather than fretting over weight gain, she should focus on eating her fill and avoiding starvation…
"Secondly, while our Master is kind, Senior Sisters understand you all harbor ill intentions toward him. However, this matter requires tact and method—avoid being too reckless."
But I've been through it too. Back when I was making my breakthrough to the Spirit Transformation realm, I hadn't yet gained the Master's favor. He became my inner demon. In the end, it was only by using clothes he'd taken off that I managed to break through. You have no idea how dangerous it was—I nearly died!
"The Master is an immense temptation for every disciple, but resisting that temptation is something every disciple must experience. Resisting temptation starts with you and her!"
Miaomiao: …Senior Sister seems to have completely left herself out of this! So the junior sisters resist temptation, while the senior sister chooses to immerse herself in it?
And isn't this heart demon a bit peculiar? Senior Sister's heart demon is a lust demon, right?
"Um… Miao Miao will remember, Miao Miao will try hard…"
Ye Qinghan smiled. She understood how difficult it was to resist the temptations brought by the Grandmaster. After all, the Grandmaster was such a prominent figure, constantly roaming the Lingxian Hall. Who wouldn't be tempted?
Well, as long as Miao Miao understood the danger: "By the way, Miao Miao, your senior sister actually has some unique cultivation techniques she's collected." With that, Ye Qinghan swept her water sleeves across the stone table, and several jade slips appeared on the surface.
"This is the Moon-Hiding Spring Night Technique, this is the Jade Maiden Technique, this is the Primordial Yin Heavenly Net Great Method, this is the Sun-Stealing Divine Technique, and over there is the Night Spring Breeze Great Method. That one over there is the one that can make the Master…"
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