A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 417 The Forest Remains the Same
This went on for three days. In the afternoon of this day, Duan Rong finally devoured all the weapon spirits of the hundreds of weapons in the niche.

After walking around the huge oval stone chamber, he stood at the entrance of the chamber again. Only at this time did he really start to think about what kind of weapon he should choose.

Of course, reading and devouring all these times is not completely useless for him in choosing weapons.

In fact, he had already thought about it and would only choose from weapons with fifteenth-level spirits.

The weapon spirit is of the fifteenth level, and it is a sword. There are only ten of them in total.

Duan Rong stood at the entrance of the stone chamber, his eyes flickering.

The weapon spirit was of level 15, and it was a sword, which left a deep impression on him.

This is probably like a beautiful woman with amazing looks and a killer figure, how can you not remember her?

After a few breaths, Duan Rong's eyes narrowed, as if he had made a decision.

He walked slowly to a niche, took out the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife from the niche again, and held it in his hand.

This time, Duan Rong held the blade and waved it around in the open space in front of him.

After a flash, his body paused, and Duan Rong looked at the weapon in his hand with joy.

The feel is still quite good.

That's it! Duan Rong swung his knife in a flower pattern, grabbed the knife handle upside down, and put the weapon behind his arm.

The spirit of this Frost Patterned Phosphorus Crystal Knife is already at level 15, which means that the previous owner of this knife had at least achieved the fourth level of the Cyclone Realm!

Being able to achieve the cyclone realm is already a very remarkable existence in this world.

Because once you achieve the Cave Netherworld realm, you are eligible to enter the Council of Elders.

Those who advance to the Nascent Soul Realm are the ancestors of the sect. This has nothing to do with age, only with realm. Of course, generally those who can achieve the Nascent Soul Realm are hundreds or even thousands of years old. Calling them ancestors is well deserved.

The reason why Duan Rong chose the weapons of the fifteenth-level spirit weapon was because he believed in the vision of these powerful people. There must be a reason why these weapons were chosen by these people and used until the fourth level of the cyclone realm.

It is always better to follow in the footsteps of our predecessors than to choose one at random.

Moreover, Duan Rong found the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife in his hand very handy.

So, he did not hesitate any longer, and walked out of the stone chamber with the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife. At the entrance of the cave, he signed and pressed his fingerprints, then left with the knife.

Duan Rong returned to Yunfu Peak. As soon as he entered the door, he pulled the rope behind the door, then sat down in front of the table and casually placed the Frost Patterned Phosphorus Crystal Knife in his hand on the edge of the table.

The blade of the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife had been wrapped in a layer of animal skin, with only the frosty handle exposed.

Not long after he sat down, the sound of footsteps could be heard in the corridor.

When the footsteps stopped, the servant who usually served Duan Rong was already standing at the door.

As soon as the servant stood firm, Duan Rong said, "Bring something to eat. Bring something hot."

Duan Rong had been coming back very late these past few days, and had been eating cold dishes. Now that he had finally devoured all the spirits of the hundreds of weapons, he didn't have to rush, so he suddenly wanted to eat something hot.

"Yes!"

The servant responded obediently, but his eyes vaguely swept over the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife that Duan Rong placed on the table.

The servant bent down and retreated, the sound of his footsteps fading away in the corridor.

About an incense stick later, four hot dishes, a bowl of old hen and a large bowl of rice were brought over by the servant.

Duan Rong looked at the steaming food and his appetite grew.

The servant retreated with the empty tray.

Duan Rong had just taken a few bites when he saw a figure suddenly standing at the door and knocking on the open door three times.

Duan Rong was gnawing on a chicken claw. He turned his head and saw Wu Shidao standing there.

Wu Shidao said with a smile: "Sorry to bother you while you're eating, Junior Brother."

Duan Rong immediately put down his bowl, stood up and said, "No, please come in, Senior Brother. Let's eat some of the hot dishes that have just been served."

Wu Shidao walked in and said, "I've already had lunch. Please help yourself, little brother."

Duan Rong's eyes moved. It was indeed only an hour after dinner time. However, since Wu Shidao was here, he didn't want to eat too much. He just picked up some dishes and chewed slowly in his mouth, looking at Wu Shidao, waiting for him to speak.

Wu Shidao sat down at the table, looking across the table at the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife wrapped in animal skin not far from Duan Rong's hand, and said with a smile: "It seems that Junior Brother has already chosen the weapon of his choice! Senior Brother is a little curious about what the weapon that can resonate with Junior Brother looks like. I wonder if Junior Brother can lend you the weapon you have chosen for me to take a look at?"

Duan Rong was slightly startled, turned his head to look at the weapon at hand, and said, "Brother, if you want to take a look, then of course you can."

As Duan Rong spoke, he handed the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife wrapped in animal skin to Wu Shidao across the table.

Wu Shidao took it and gently pulled off the animal skin, and then he saw a slightly curved frost-patterned blade that was shining with a faint white light.

Wu Shidao half-seriously praised, "Nice knife!"

Then he looked at the knife carefully several times, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he wrapped it in the animal skin and put it back on the table.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother, on finding a handy weapon. I will not disturb you from eating and resting now."

After Wu Shidao finished speaking, he stood up and left the room.

Duan Rong looked at the blade on the table opposite him, his eyes flashing deeply.

Why is this Wu Shidao like a dog-skin plaster?

Also, how come he knew about my return as soon as I came back, and he seemed to come here because he knew I had chosen the weapon.

Duan Rong thought so, but his eyes suddenly froze. He remembered the servant who served him, who seemed to glance at the blade on his table when he left the door.

It was him!

It seems that there are quite a few spies on Yunfu Peak!
However, Duan Rong felt a little puzzled. Why did Wu Shidao care so much about his affairs?

In fact, this matter is not entirely Wu Shidao's fault. This is a daily task assigned to Wu Shidao by Zhu He. All matters on Yunfu Peak, including the progress of cultivation of his fellow disciples and the closeness of their relationships, must be reported to Zhu He in a timely manner.

This matter is actually no longer a secret.

Fan Hongjiao and Lu Geng knew about this and were no longer surprised. However, Duan Rong had just arrived at Yunfu Peak and did not know about this, so he was somewhat disgusted by Wu Shidao's eagerness to pry into his private affairs.

After Duan Rong finished his meal, he stood up again and pulled the rope behind the door. Then he sat down at the table and started picking his teeth with a toothpick.

Not long after, the servant appeared at the door again.

The servant's eyes jumped when he stood at the door. In the past, when he came to collect the dishes, Duan Rong had already lay down on the bed behind the screen, but today Duan Rong was sitting there picking his teeth.

"Sir!" the servant called respectfully at the door.

Duan Rong didn't even raise his eyelids and said, "Put away the dishes."

The servant said yes, then walked in, stood in front of the table and started to clean up.

Duan Rong suddenly asked, "Why do you always come here? Is it fixed who serves which room?"

The servant said, "That's not the case. It's just a coincidence, and it's my blessing. It means that I and you are destined to be together." Duan Rong snorted, and suddenly his hand flashed, and the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife beside the table was already in his hand. The animal skin fell off, and the snow-white blade cut across the servant's throat.

The servant felt a chill in his throat, and the plates and bowls in his hands fell onto the table.

At that moment, he thought he was dead.

There was a blood line on his throat, and several drops of blood slid down the line, leaving a few thin and shallow blood marks.

The servant's eyes were filled with horror. He touched his neck and it took him a long time to realize that he was not dead. By this time, his crotch was already wet.

Duan Rong suddenly leaned forward, and their faces were instantly brought close, only an inch apart.

The servant looked at Duan Rong's face, which was so close to him. He felt a strong sense of oppression, which made his heart beat wildly. His originally cold and pale face instantly turned the color of liver.

"I'll just kill you! There won't be any trouble!"

Duan Rong is already Zhu He's disciple. As far as the entire sect is concerned, the disciples of the elders in the Elders' Hall are already direct disciples.

Killing a servant, the Zongzhengsi would at most ask a question, and Duan Rong could get away with it by making up a random excuse. No one would go against a sect disciple just for a servant.

"This knife is just a warning! You should know exactly what I'm talking about! I hope there won't be a next time, because you won't get a second chance!"

Duan Rong spoke very softly and slowly, but the servant could not stop trembling and knocked a bowl off the table. The servant trembled in fear, but his body was completely out of control.

Duan Rong reached out and grabbed the bowl, put it on the table, and said, "Put away the dishes and get out."

The servant wanted to say yes, but he stammered and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Duan Rong held the Frost Patterned Phosphorus Crystal Knife, walked around the screen, lay down on the bed and went to sleep.

He has devoured dozens of weapon spirits and is still digesting them in his sea of spiritual consciousness. He cannot do without sleep!
If he didn't sleep, Duan Rong estimated that it would take him two or three days to completely digest these dozens of weapon spirits.

It took the servant a long time to recover. He glanced at the screen with fear in his eyes, collected the dishes, and ran out of the room.

Duan Rong was sleeping soundly on the bed, while in another pavilion on Yunfu Peak, Wu Shidao was looking through documents in the document library of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The various materials in this document library are classified into different categories, and Wu Shidao already knows them all by heart. Whenever Zhu He needs to look up any information, he always asks him to look for it.

What Wu Shidao was looking through at this time was the detailed information of hundreds of weapons in the stone chamber on the solitary mountain.

His eyes were bright and focused, and he was flipping the thread-bound book in his hand, making a rustling sound.

Suddenly it stopped at a certain page, and on the yellowed page, there was a picture of a blade at the top, and the name next to it was the Frost Patterned Phosphorus Crystal Knife.

And below the weapon was a whole page of densely packed introduction text.

Wu Shidao read it carefully.

After reading the introduction, Wu Shidao was still quite shocked.

The original owner of the frost-patterned phosphorus crystal knife was actually Gu Daoling.

Gu Daoling is Zhu He's junior fellow apprentice. According to seniority, he respectfully calls him uncle.

It's just that he has followed Zhu He for so many years, but he has never even met this uncle. But he knows very well how important this junior brother is in Zhu He's heart.

Every time Zhu He mentioned this junior brother, a faint smile would appear on his face.

Wu Shidao stayed on that page for a long time, wondering if Duan Rong had deliberately chosen Gu Daoling's Frost Pattern Phosphorus Crystal Knife? Or was it just a coincidence?

He thought so because he felt that if someone used this Frost Patterned Phosphorus Crystal Knife, wouldn't Zhu He be reminded of that person when he saw it?
But Wu Shidao thought again, Duan Rong is already highly regarded by Zhu He. As soon as he entered Yunfu Peak, he gave him two bottles of bone marrow gray matter from the vertebrae of Yuan Beast. There is no need for him to use such means to win his favor, right?
Wu Shidao closed the booklet. He was only responsible for informing Zhu He of the whole story. As for Duan Rong's motives or whether this was just a coincidence, that was Zhu He's concern.

As for other matters, as long as Zhu He asked for his opinion, he would express his own views for reference. But he was only responsible for reporting on the matters of his fellow apprentices, and when Zhu He occasionally asked for his opinion on this, he usually kept his mouth shut.

When Duan Rong woke up, it was just daybreak. He jumped off the bed and left the room without any pause.

He walked slowly to the door and took out the copper lock and key from the table behind the door. There was actually nothing in the room, but the behavior of the servant yesterday made him think it would be better to lock the door.

Originally, he thought that Yunfu Peak was a place with strict rules. Now, it seems that this is not the case. He should make it clear that there are boundaries, which will make it easier to get along.

Duan Rong closed the door, locked it, and then walked along the corridor.

About half a quarter of an hour later, Lu Geng took his weapon and prepared to go to the mountains to practice martial arts. He walked through the corridor and passed by the door of Duan Rong's room. He was shocked to find a copper lock on the door.

"This kid has changed his temper! Why did he get up so early today?!"

At this moment, in another part of the endless mountains, a figure stepped on an iron chain and flashed past the cliffs.

The figure landed on a cliff somewhere, and it was Duan Rong.

Duan Rong looked at the very familiar mountain in front of him, feeling mixed emotions.

This is the hill where Shang Xiangyu lived. When he was a registered disciple, he stayed here for three years.

The reason why Duan Rong came here again was because he was very familiar with this place, and this mountain was desolate and remote, with no one here all year round.

Duan Rong first walked around in several stone caves and found that everything inside was covered with dust.

The stone chamber of Shang Xiangyu was even occupied by two big eagles as a nest. When Duan Rong walked in, he scared them quite a bit, but Duan Rong was as fast as a ghost and quickly retreated.

Shang Xiangyu's stone chamber had been turned upside down by Yang Yi several years ago, and there was nothing worth reminiscing about. Since it was occupied by the big eagles, let them live there.

Duan Rong exited several caves on the edge of the cliff and came into the dense forest again.

He now took a comfortable bath in the deep pool in the dense forest, caught two pheasants in the forest, and roasted them for food on a large rock not far away.

Sitting on the big rock and eating the crispy outside and tender inside pheasant meat, Duan Rong suddenly thought of Xiao Yu, Ximen Kankan and others.

At that time, they lived together on this mountain and often practiced martial arts and ate in this dense forest.

But at this moment, the mountains and forests remained, but he was the only one left.

Xiao Yu, Ximen Kankan, Shen Mizhi, Liu Shushan and the others are still in Tallinn.

Duan Rong was not too worried about Ximen Kankan and Liu Shushan. Especially Ximen Kankan, Duan Rong felt that Tallin was a perfect place for him.

This guy, he is not allowed to play anything, so he can only practice martial arts! And he wants to leave Tallinn early, so he will practice martial arts well.

As long as he can focus on practicing martial arts, Duan Rong believes that with Ximen Kankan's talent and intelligence, it should not be difficult for him to leave Tallinn.

Not to mention Liu Shushan, this kid also passed the red line in the Yougu test that year.

Although Shen Mizhi's talent may not be as good as Ximen Kankan and Liu Shushan, Duan Rong feels that she should have no problem leaving Tallinn.

The person Duan Rong was most worried about was actually Xiao Yu.

During the three years as a registered disciple, Duan Rong could tell from their understanding of martial arts that Xiao Yu's talent was somewhat lacking. He often had to explain it patiently many times before Xiao Yu could understand something.

Moreover, during the Yougu test that year, Xiao Yu had just stepped over the first white line.

Duan Rong was a little worried about Xiao Yu. Could he eventually achieve the state of great perfection in the realm of true Qi?
If she could never achieve the Great Perfection of the True Qi Realm, would she be trapped in the pagoda forest and become a withered skeleton in the pagoda?
Duan Rong felt that he should find a chance to ask Wu Shidao and the others about this matter. If the inner disciples could not achieve the Great Perfection of the True Qi Realm, would they be trapped in the tower forest forever?

(End of this chapter)