Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 244 Young Sun Lang
Shi Si said softly, "I'll take you here and then go back to Black Dragon City. I won't go to the places she's been to, but there's one thing you must remember: Dingzhou City is mine, and Yanzhou City is the betrothal gift you gave. She is not allowed to come to either of these places."

Shi Si led Sun Lingdie and Nan Menggong down the mountain gracefully. Sun Yanwan hurriedly used his lightness skill to chase after them. Halfway down, he was suddenly grabbed and struggled, but then he heard his master's voice: "Let her go for now!"

When Sun Yanwan turned around, she saw that six of the Seven Friends of Songyang were there, except for their eldest brother. The one holding him was Zhang Yuanqiao. She thought to herself, "Are you old folks here to make a fool of yourselves?"

"Only our eldest master is a true gentleman!"

Shi Si had just descended from Lingjian Peak when she saw Wang Xuangui meditating by the roadside. She gave him a graceful bow and said, "Greetings, Chongyang Sanren."

Wang Xuangui said calmly, "If you ever feel wronged in the future, you can come to me for help."

Shi Si smiled faintly and said, "In less than ten years, I will be able to advance to the Grandmaster level. I will be able to make my own decisions about anything."

With a flick of her sleeve, she gracefully descended the mountain, showing no respect whatsoever to the Songyang Sect Leader.

Wang Xuangui wasn't angry. Instead, he stroked his chin and said softly, "Ten more years..."

"In another ten years, won't my Songyang Sect have at least five Grandmasters?"

"Second Junior Brother and Qingxi need no introduction. Yan Wan's family alone can provide three. The Demonic Sect sent one, and Shao Chan Temple sent one. It's just a pity that Yan Wan probably won't be able to bring back such high-quality people in the future."

Sun Yanwan was taken back to Taiyi Temple by Zhang Yuanqiao. As soon as Sun Yanwan landed, he saw Yang Diao'er. Yang Diao'er seemed to know nothing, and handed him a long robe, saying, "I just finished making the clothes. Try them on and see if there's anything wrong with them."

Sun Yanwan glanced behind her. Zhang Yuanqiao and the other five friends of Songyang looked calm and gracefully descended the mountain. After meeting up with Wang Xuangui, they all went up to the Du'e Temple on the Great Songyang Peak.

After returning to Taiyi Temple, Sun Yanwan seemed to have truly secluded herself, staying away from cultivation for eight or nine months at a time, and another year passed in the blink of an eye.

During these eight or nine months, Sun Yanwan not only opened up the hidden meridians of the three mountains and mastered the Moving Mountain Pearl, but also opened up the hidden meridians of the three yangs, mastered the Crimson Essence Fire Banner, and mastered all five elements and five transformations of the Xuanhuang Scripture. However, he encountered difficulties in trying to unify them and cultivate the Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light.

Four years have passed, and Sun Yanwan has grown into a tall and handsome young man.

In the past two years, he has been diligently practicing martial arts at Songyang Benshan. Not only has his martial arts improved remarkably, but he has also tempered his temperament.

Sun Yanwan wasn't originally a particularly carefree person, but once she entered this world, she developed a certain detachment, as if she were playing some game or doing something, and there was always a natural lack of seriousness about it.

These past two years have been uneventful, and compared to the vibrant and colorful years before, they seem a little boring. However, he has become more serious about his work and has come to appreciate the true joy in the ordinary.

Sun Yanwan even occasionally wondered if she could just live a carefree life in this world. After all, her martial arts skills were not bad, she had beauties like Shi Si and Yang Diao'er, she was not short of money, and she owned several cities and several Taoist temples.

One day, however, he suddenly had an epiphany and sensed a certain opportunity. He sat in meditation on the back mountain of Taiyi Temple for seven days, shaved his head himself, put on the monk's robe given to him by the monk Kongchan, and went down the mountain to bid farewell to Zhang Yuanqiao. This time, Zhang Yuanqiao did not try to stop him, but instructed his disciple, "When you go down the mountain this time, you will be a monk of Shaochan Temple. You must not tell anyone that you are from the Songyang Sect, nor should you reveal the martial arts of the Songyang Sect. Once your martial arts have advanced to the Innate Realm, return to the mountain as soon as possible."

Sun Yanwan agreed, and after descending the mountain, she found a stream, dissolved the disguise ointment, and applied it to her face. Her appearance was instantly transformed into that of an ugly monk in his early twenties with a sallow complexion.

Although he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, he had been practicing martial arts for many years and cultivated both his inner and outer strength. He was already taller than an average adult male, and although his face looked a little older, there was nothing out of place about it.

Sun Yanwan's disguise pill was a secret of Shaochan Temple. The monk Kongchan gave him the robe and ordination certificate along with it, knowing that he would need it sooner or later.

Sun Yanwan usually travels down the mountain by car or horse, but this time, after disguising herself, she strode south on foot.

Since he began practicing martial arts, he had never encountered any bottlenecks, and he never thought that the Innate Realm could be that difficult.
But now, after being stuck in the First Rank Realm for two years, he has finally decided to go down the mountain to travel the world and find an opportunity to break through.

If it were an ordinary disciple of the Songyang Sect, there would be no need for such concealment, but Sun Yan was far too famous to be able to travel the martial world in his true form.

For the first few days, Sun Yanwan was not used to it and would use money to buy food. But after a few days, she finally integrated into this identity and learned to beg for alms. However, just by asking for alms, how could she expect to get everything she asked for?
Ordinary people in this world live extremely miserable lives and have very little food to offer to monks, so Sun Yanwan has to endure hunger all the time.

After about half a month, Sun Yanwan had become no different from any other poor monk in this world.

It should be noted that not all monks at Shaochan Temple are wealthy. Even though the temple is the richest in the world, some monks still practice asceticism.

Sun Yanwan, dressed as a monk, had several options. With his ordination certificate from Shaochan Temple, he could have stayed at any temple and become a monk above monks. If he were more ruthless, he could have seized the position of abbot and become a powerful and influential monk, ordering around all the little monks in the temple and living a life of luxury.

Sun Yanwan's desire to become a monk was natural; once he chose to be an ascetic, no other thoughts ever crossed his mind.

Every day, Sun Yanwan went begging for alms and praying for the benefactors, wandering through the streets and alleys. She didn't even know where she was, nor did she inquire about anything else. All she wanted to do was live.

He continued his rigorous training every day. In this lifestyle, which he thought would hinder his cultivation, he inexplicably entered a completely new state. His true energy circulated naturally without conscious effort, and all kinds of martial arts were in his mind without needing to be practiced.

On this day, Sun Yanwan went too far and didn't encounter anyone. He sat down to meditate in a deserted place. When night fell, a sudden gale arose and a torrential downpour began. He slightly raised his eyelids, pretending that nothing had happened, and continued to circulate his full internal energy, silently cultivating his mind.

As the rain poured down on him, Sun Yanwan used his protective skills to deflect the raindrops one by one. Before he knew it, it was late at night when the rain suddenly stopped. Sun Yanwan heard people shouting loudly in the distance, and it seemed that there were people fighting, but he pretended not to know anything.

At this moment, the dark clouds in the sky shifted slightly, revealing the moonlight, which shone on Sun Yanwan's head. A voice called out from afar, "What a bald head!"

(End of this chapter)