I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 376 The Message from the Nine Heavens (Bonus Chapter for 1000 Monthly Tickets in July)

Ayi, as you see:

Hey Ayi, have you been wondering why Fatty Shen hasn't replied to your letter yet?
Please don't be angry, it's not that I'm lazy, it's just that... I've delayed something extremely important!
Let me put my hands on my hips for a bit, hahaha.

Wushuang and I have successfully formed our Golden Cores! We're both high-grade Golden Core cultivators!

Now please call me Master Pu Ning. Wushuang has also become Master Wushuang. Isn't that amazing!
My master said our names are fine, so he won't give us Taoist names. I suspect he caught your laziness.

Speaking of the process of forming the Golden Core, although it was quite a ordeal for me and I lost a lot of weight, I finally made it through. My master was there to protect me, and judging from his tense appearance, he was under even more pressure than the two of us. He was so worried that he even went bald.

Sure enough, as soon as we successfully formed our core, our master pulled us along to 'consolidate our realm and experience the mortal world'.

The three of us, master and disciples, did not go to Grandmaster Su Hua's Myriad Manifestations Sect with Chu Qianji and Li Hanshan. We are now pure independent cultivators.

Speaking of being a rogue cultivator, I have to say that my master is really too weak. His fighting skills are so poor that even a peak Golden Core cultivator could hold his own against him for a couple of moves.

Fortunately, he had a tortoise shell, which provided him with amazing defense.

Just a few days ago, we were passing by a place called... Donglai Mountain, when a group of crazed Iron Claw Demon Apes suddenly appeared out of nowhere and surrounded us.

Wushuang and I were ready for a bloody battle, but our master calmly raised his hand and lifted the tortoise shell. The claws of those demonic apes scratched at it as if they were scratching the tortoise shell, sparks flying, leaving no trace!
Finally, they left, panting heavily, while we were completely unharmed. My master said that even if a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator came, his tortoise shell could hold out.

I've made up my mind, Ayi. I'm going to learn how to use my master's tortoise shell. Then I'll learn from you, sit inside the tortoise shell and paint, while Baozhu goes out to fight.

I'm so excited just thinking about it.

There's something else I want to share with you that you'd never guess: who is the main support we three, master and disciples, rely on when we travel?

Unrivaled!

Can you believe it? In the chaotic world of Dongzhou, the most old-fashioned Wushuang actually became the most experienced of the three of us.

She knew everything: where the water source was safe, what kind of cultivators to be wary of, and even how to bargain with vendors in the market for independent cultivators!

It has to be said that Wushuang's stubbornness when she has a straight face truly makes her the queen of bargaining. Whatever price she says is the price, and no matter how eloquently the stall owner tries to persuade her, Wushuang will not budge.

Then the stall owner told her to go ask somewhere else if they had that price. Do you know what Wushuang said?
She said she wouldn't go, it would be a waste of time, she wanted to buy it here, and she wouldn't raise the price, hahaha, that cracked me up.

My master and I are like a burden now. Wushuang has been taking care of our food, clothing, shelter and transportation all the way, and also keeping an eye out for all kinds of potential dangers. She seems to be a hundred times more mature than my master and me. Now, if she glares at us, my master and I don't dare to breathe.

By the way, I haven't congratulated you on successfully joining the Lingxu Sword Sect yet. The three major sword sects in Zhongzhou are really famous. No matter where we go, we can hear people discussing them.

Tsk tsk, you're going to be a future sword immortal, you'll be our biggest backer in Zhongzhou!
You have no idea, without the protection of a sect, everything is difficult for us now!
If you want to find a place to meditate and practice your skills in peace, you have to be careful that someone will take your place. Staying in an inn is ridiculously expensive, and sleeping in the wild is dangerous because you're afraid of monsters or bad guys.

Go take on bounties. The high rewards are too risky, and there are plenty of people vying for them. The easier ones don't even pay enough to buy a bottle of medicine.

Wushuang and I accepted a mission last month to collect some kind of "Hundred-Year-Old Mist-Hidden Flower". We wandered around the ghost forest filled with miasma for three days, but we didn't see a single Mist-Hidden Flower. I was so angry that I stomped my feet.

I still miss the days when we were in the Cangling Sect. It seemed like everything was easy then. Now, everything is difficult.

Alright, I've finished venting. My master set a ten-year deadline for us, making us travel around the Eastern Continent for ten years before taking us to the Myriad Manifestations Sect.

So we'll still be wandering around. If you want to write a letter, just leave it at the Nine Heavens Cloud Pavilion. I'll check the code from time to time.

And another thing, when your Central Plains Sword Dao Heavenly Ranking begins, we'll definitely be there! You, the 'host' of the Lingxu Sword Sect, should prepare some good wine and meat in advance, broaden our horizons, and properly fulfill your duties as host!
I'm waiting to be taken advantage of!

That's all for now.

Written by Pu Ning in an inn in a nameless small town.

(Below is a simple sketch of a chubby girl laughing with her hands on her hips, followed by a cold-faced girl carrying a bow and arrow, and a bald old man with a tortoise shell on his back.)

……

Dear Senior Sister Jiang:
With deepest respect, I extend my greetings to my senior sister.

Since we parted ways at Hanya Mountain, time has flown by.

My master, Lord Longri, and I have been following clues to Junior Brother Zhao's whereabouts.

Initially, he was guided by the special Gu worm I left inside his body, and the Gu worm's reaction always pointed towards Lizhou.

However, when we arrived in Lizhou, the communication between the Gu worms suddenly stopped.

I deduce that the Gu worm itself did not die, but rather that Junior Brother Zhao was likely trapped in a space similar to a secret realm, completely cutting off communication between the inside and outside.

My master and I will continue the search in and around Lizhou, and we will never let my senior sister down.

While away from the state, the master unexpectedly encountered an old acquaintance, Xia Yangming, the leader of the Zhu Ming Sect, and a girl named Xia Wanwan, who said that she and her senior sister had fought each other at the Zhu Ming Sect's treasure-hunting event.

Xia Wanwan asked me about my senior sister's recent situation, and I told her that my senior sister had successfully joined the Lingxu Sword Sect.

Upon hearing this, she exclaimed that Lingxu Sword Sect was a sacred place for swordsmanship and asked me to convey her congratulations to her senior sister.

During this period, Xia Changying, the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Xia family, specially invited his master to meet, intending to recruit him.

My master politely declined his invitation. Afterwards, my master privately warned me that Xia Changying was a cunning and scheming man, and that I should stay away from him as much as possible. I deeply agree with my master's judgment.

However, there is something I feel I need to tell my senior sister. Xia Changying is urgently searching for a woman named 'Duan Tianxin', and said that she once appeared at the Han Ya Mountain Mine and ignited a kind of gray fire.

When I heard my master mention it, I was really worried. Fortunately, my master was trapped in the Qian Tian Sect at the time and did not see the gray fire.

When my master asked for the reason, Xia Changying remained tight-lipped about Duan Tianxin's matter, not mentioning a single word.

Xia Changying even tried to test me, but fortunately I used Gu to seal my heartbeat and breath, and my expression remained normal, so he didn't notice anything amiss.

Please be very careful about this matter, senior sister.

Finally, Shi Xu sincerely wishes Senior Sister a smooth cultivation journey at Lingxu Sword Sect, progress in swordsmanship, and all the best.

Regarding the search for Junior Brother Zhao, I will certainly do my utmost with Master, and even if the road ahead is arduous and difficult, I will not dare to slacken in the slightest.

There are still things left to say, which will be discussed later.

The order of time in the business world remains.

　See you tomorrow~
　　(End of this chapter)