Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 34 Pre-Mission Assembly
The next morning, in front of the north gate of Xiaoyun Peak.

Ning Fusang changed into casual clothes and arrived early. She was wearing a sky-blue dress without embroidery. She leaned against the stone railing, her eyes slightly upturned, thin and slightly curved. Her eyes were devoid of smiles, like peach petals, reflecting several figures.

"Huh, there are actually people who arrived even earlier than us."

The young man's eyes held a hint of scrutiny as he bowed respectfully and introduced himself: "My name is Wu Gui."

The two pretty girls behind him said respectively:
"Hua Qian."

"My name is Huayue."

The two are about the same age and look very similar; they are twin sisters. The older sister, Hua Qian, is quiet and gentle, while the younger sister, Hua Yue, has bright, lively eyes and a more vivacious personality.

Ning Fusang returned the greeting and introduced himself. Immediately, the three of them showed a slight change in expression, but it quickly disappeared. Although they maintained a friendly demeanor, there was an added sense of distance between them.

Hua Yue tiptoed and looked into the mountain gate, muttering to herself as if talking to herself, "Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"The time hasn't come yet, let's wait a little longer," Hua Qian said softly, glancing at her younger sister gently.

Wu Gui pointed to the distance of the mountain gate and said, "They've arrived."

A young man arrived on foot and first greeted Wu Gui and his two companions with a slight bow before noticing the girl leaning against the stone railing.

Upon meeting Ning Fusang, the young man exclaimed in surprise, "Ning Fusang?"

"Aren't you studying under Master Gu right now? Why are you going on a mission?"

Hua Yue blinked and asked, "You two know each other?"

The young man looked away and turned his gaze to Hua Yue, saying, "I haven't introduced myself to Senior Sister yet. My name is Jie Feng, and I joined the sect three years ago."

After Jie Feng said that, Hua Yue and the others understood that he and this Junior Sister Ning were classmates.

Not long ago, in the outer sect competition, Jie Feng failed to enter the top forty and became an ordinary outer sect disciple. From then on, he had to diligently take on sect missions to earn contribution points and exchange them for cultivation resources.

There are eight slots available for this mission to retrieve the shark's silk. Besides the five who have already arrived, there are three others who haven't shown up yet.

After waiting a while longer, the remaining three finally arrived. Ning Fusang narrowed her eyes, her pupils darkening as she gazed at the increasingly familiar figure.

Yang Ruo.

Why is he here to join in the fun?
Three figures approached from afar and arrived at the mountain gate.

Apart from Ning Fusang, the other four people did not recognize Yang Ruo. Before he could introduce himself, the woman next to him said:
"This is Senior Brother Yang Ruo, Elder Gu Pingsheng's personal disciple."

The woman then said, "My name is Yang Ni, and the other one is Dong Fangfei."

A spirited woman dressed in black, carrying a long sword, nodded slightly as a greeting.

Hua Yue thought to herself, "This Senior Sister Dong's temperament is completely at odds with her name."

Hua Qian, being more perceptive, focused more on Yang Ni's actions just now, smiled faintly, and said nothing.

Because of Yang Ruo's status as a direct disciple, the task of leading this mission naturally fell to him.

Yang Ni reminded him, "Senior Brother Yang Ruo, shouldn't we set off now?"

Before Yang Ruo could even greet Ning Fusang, Yang Ni's words drew her attention: "Yes, it's getting late, we should set off."

As he spoke, he scratched the back of his head and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I don't think I know the route to Qingbo Cave Lake. Does anyone know?" "The sect has provided a map. Just follow the map."

Yang Ni paused for a moment, then said, "However, the sect will send the map to the first person who accepts the mission. I am the sixth."

Yang Ni's implication was that the map was not with her.

"The map is with me."

Hua Qian flipped her wrist, and a scroll appeared in her palm. She tossed it upwards, and the scroll unfurled, shooting out a beam of cyan light.

"The direction the light points to is where Qingbo Cave Lake is located."

Hua Qian tilted her head slightly, her eyes bright and radiant.

Everyone took out their flying swords, but Yang Ruo waved his hand and said, "No need for that. I have a flying magic artifact here that can seat eight people."

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Yang Ruo flicked his sleeve, and a beautifully crafted blanket flew out, growing larger with the wind and casting a large shadow over everyone's heads.

As he said, it's definitely enough to seat eight people.

Yang Ruo lightly touched the ground with his toes and landed on the carpet. He sat down cross-legged and waved to everyone: "Come on up, don't be shy with me."

One by one, everyone landed on the carpet. The carpet wobbled as they stepped on it, causing concern that it might fall because it couldn't support the weight of eight people.

But clearly everyone was overthinking it. Yang Ruo's cultivation was profound, and he controlled the flying carpet very steadily. Except for the initial sway, it remained very stable afterward.

Yang Ruo sat at the front, next to Yang Ni. Wu Gui and Xie Feng sat in the back row, the Hua Qian and Hua Yue sisters sat together, and at the very back were Dong Fangfei and Ning Fusang.

Hua Yue peeked out and asked curiously, "Senior Brother Yang Ruo, why did you take on such a tiring task as retrieving shark silk, which doesn't yield many contribution points?"

In their view, Yang Ruo was so young, yet he had already reached the fifth level of cultivation and was Elder Gu Pingsheng's personal disciple. He had a bright future ahead of him, and there was no need for him to waste his time on such a worthless sect mission.

Yang Ruo turned his head and said, "It doesn't matter whether I contribute points or not. It's because my master said that I haven't come down the mountain since I came up here, and he wants me to take this opportunity to go out and gain some experience."

He can't always grow up under his master's wing.

Furthermore, his master also said that this mission was within the territory under his sect's jurisdiction and there was no danger. He wanted him to experience what it was like to take on a mission first, so that he would have experience when taking on missions in the future.

Ning Fusang keenly caught the key words in Yang Ruo's words, her eyes flashed several times, and she frowned.

Yang Ruo joined this mission at Master Gu's suggestion, but was Master Gu really just having him do this mission to train him, as Yang Ruo claimed on the surface?

There are so many training tasks in the sect, why did it have to be fishing for shark silk?

Sending Yang Ruo, a fifth-level cultivator, to retrieve the mermaid silk is a waste of his talent.

Yang Ruo had been trying to find an opportunity to speak with Ning Fusang, but it was inconvenient with people in between. He opened his big, watery eyes and looked at Dong Fangfei: "Junior Sister Dong, can I switch seats with you?"

Yang Ni said, "Senior Brother Yang Ruo, if you go to the back, who will look at the map?"

This was no difficult task. Without even thinking, Yang Ruo said, "You and Junior Sister Dong can keep an eye on it together."

Dong Fangfei nodded and switched places with Yang Ruo.

After sitting down next to Ning Fusang, Yang Ruo raised his hand to cover his mouth and whispered, "Junior Sister Ning, you must be very curious about why I'm doing this sect mission, right?"

(End of this chapter)