Reborn as Lin Pingzhi, starting from escorting Daiyu to the capital.

The cave was dimly lit, and Lin Daiyu was still young; Wu Yazi had previously regarded her only as a handsome young man.

At this moment, Wu Yazi grabbed Lin Daiyu's wrist and realized that her meridians were different from those of a man.

After careful examination, a clue was finally discovered.

This is clearly a woman.

Lin Daiyu said somewhat shyly, "I am a girl, and my name is Lin Daiyu. I disguised myself as a man before because it is inconvenient for a girl to travel around."

After saying that, she pulled off the headscarf on her head, and her beautiful hair cascaded down like a waterfall.

"Girl, you really are a girl."

Wu Yazi looked disappointed.

He was hoping to find a suitable apprentice, but it turned out to be a woman.

Lin Daiyu asked, puzzled, "What's wrong with girls? I see that your Xiaoyao Sect has quite a few female disciples."

"You don't understand, you don't understand."

Wu Yazi shook his head and sighed.

He had originally planned to have Lin Daiyu use her male charm to trick Li Qiushui into teaching her martial arts.

Lin Daiyu said, "In that case, does the senior have anything to say? If not, Daiyu will take her leave."

"Wait!"

Wu Yazi sighed and muttered to himself, "Nine times out of ten, things in this world don't go as planned. I've waited for so many years, and if I wait any longer, I might not be able to find a satisfactory talent. It seems that this is all I can do."

As if having made up his mind, he asked, "Good child, do you have a master?"

Lin Daiyu replied, "I have already become a disciple of the Fuwei Escort Agency."

"Fuwei Escort Agency?"

Wu Yazi was taken aback. What kind of sect was this Fuwei Escort Agency?

He had heard in his youth that Lin Yuantu was extremely stingy and was unwilling to pass on his family's secret skills even to his own descendants.

Thinking of this, he channeled his internal energy.

Lin Daiyu felt a heat in her pulse point, and a surge of internal energy rushed up her arm, heading straight for her opponent.

Lin Daiyu said shyly:

"Senior, are you testing the depth of my internal strength? I have only been practicing for a month, and my internal strength is mediocre. Please forgive my lack of skill."

"His internal strength is mediocre?" Upon hearing this, Wu Yazi was overjoyed, but then suddenly startled and asked:

"How long have you been cultivating your internal energy?"

Lin Daiyu said, "One month."

Wu Yazi said happily, "Good child, you have reached such a level after only one month of cultivation, very good, very good."

As she spoke, Lin Daiyu felt her whole body go limp, as if she were soaking in a hot spring, with heat seemingly emanating from every pore, making her feel indescribably comfortable.

After a long while, Wu Yazi released Lin Daiyu's wrist and laughed:

"I have used our sect's 'Northern Darkness Divine Art' to neutralize all your internal energy."

"What?" Lin Daiyu was shocked and hurriedly circulated her internal energy. She felt weak and powerless in her limbs and her head was dizzy. Only then did she realize that what Wu Yazi said was true.

She had thought that after practicing martial arts, she could roam the martial world freely, but instead, she ended up like this. She almost burst into tears and said anxiously, "This is the result of more than a month of hard work in training! Why did you have to do this to me?"

Wu Yazi said, "Now that you have joined my sect, you will naturally have to learn our sect's internal skills, and your original internal skills will naturally be eliminated."

Lin Daiyu exclaimed in surprise, "When did I join the Free and Unfettered Sect?"

Wu Yazi laughed and said, "You just kowtowed to me nine times, that was the ceremony of becoming my disciple."

"No, no, I've already joined the Fuwei Escort Agency, how can I become a disciple of a senior like you?"

Lin Daiyu shook her head repeatedly.

Wu Yazi laughed and said, "If you don't become my disciple, your martial arts skills will probably never be as good as your cousin Lin Pingzhi's."

"Ah?" Lin Daiyu blushed.

Seeing this, Wu Yazi became even more certain and said, "Your cousin is exceptionally talented. He has already become a first-rate master at a young age. He must have had some extraordinary encounter. If you want to catch up with him, you must also have an extraordinary encounter."

Who is Wu Yazi? He wanders among the flowers, each petal clinging to him.

He noticed that Lin Daiyu's expression was completely different when she mentioned Lin Ping compared to when she talked about others, so he asked her to test the waters.

After some probing, they indeed discovered something amiss.

As expected, Lin Daiyu hesitated.

However, he firmly stated in the end, "Senior, since I have already become a disciple of the Fuwei Escort Agency, I must inform my master before I wish to switch to another sect."

She had heard Lin Pingzhi say that people in the martial arts world value lineage highly, and betraying one's sect would be condemned.

Wu Yazi asked, "Are you truly not going to become my disciple?"

Lin Daiyu shook her head.

Wu Yazi was overjoyed and laughed heartily. Suddenly, he leaped into the air, did a somersault, and the square scarf he was wearing flew into the corner of the room.

He braced his left foot on the roof beam, fell headfirst to the ground, his head landing on top of Lin Daiyu's head, their skulls touching.

Lin Daiyu exclaimed in surprise, "Senior, what are you doing?"

She tried to shake Wu Yazi's head off, but found that the top of his head was firmly nailed to her forehead like a nail.

I wanted to take a step, but found that my feet were stuck.

I tried to push him away, but found my arms were limp and I had no strength at all.

"Forest……"

Lin Daiyu finally panicked and wanted to shout loudly.

Suddenly, she felt a wisp of heat rush into her forehead through the Baihui acupoint on the top of her head, and she could no longer make a sound. Her mind grew hotter and hotter, her head felt dizzy and throbbing, and her whole head felt like it was about to explode.

The heat flowed downwards, and Lin Daiyu, unable to bear it any longer, fainted.

In a daze, he felt light as a feather, sometimes hot and sometimes cold, sometimes soaring to the moon and sometimes diving to the deepest ocean. Sometimes he was reading at home, and sometimes he was practicing martial arts with Lin Pingzhi.

Thinking of Lin Pingzhi, she suddenly woke up.

He found himself lying on the ground with Wu Yazi sitting beside him.

The tops of their heads, which had been joined together, had long since separated.

"Senior, you..."

Lin Daiyu sat up abruptly, only to find that Wu Yazi in front of her had changed into a completely different appearance.

His once fair and handsome face was now covered with deep, crisscrossing wrinkles, and all his thick hair had fallen out.

His once glossy black beard had turned white.

Wu Yazi squinted and laughed, "Good child, mission accomplished. Your talent far exceeds my expectations. Now try striking this wall with your palm!"

Lin Daiyu did as she was told and made a feint with her palm. With a loud crack, half of the wooden wall in front of her collapsed, the force of which was dozens of times greater than before.

"What...is this the reason?"

Lin Daiyu was stunned.

Wu Yazi laughed and said, "Since I have taken away a month's worth of your power, I will naturally repay you double. You now possess the power of your master's more than seventy years of diligent cultivation."

"Over seventy years of diligent practice?"

Lin Daiyu was taken aback, and suddenly remembered what Lin Pingzhi had told her about the transmission of skills, but this kind of thing was extremely demanding.

Lin Daiyu asked, "Senior, have you passed on all your internal energy to me?"

Wu Yazi smiled and said, "Even now, you still refuse to call me Master?"

Lin Daiyu knew that internal strength was fundamental to martial arts practitioners, and upon hearing this, she was deeply moved. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she called out, "Master," saying:

"Master, let me explain the situation to Uncle Lin. He will definitely understand me. Then you will be my second master."

"Okay, okay!"

Wu Yazi was very pleased and said, "You already know some things about our sect. I still want to tell you that our sect is called the 'Free and Unfettered Sect'."

Lin Daiyu said, "To ride the righteousness of heaven and earth, to control the changes of the six qi, and to roam in the boundless realm, this is true freedom."

Wu Yazi nodded secretly.

Lin Daiyu perfectly met the requirements of the Xiaoyao School in terms of both talent and appearance.

He then said, "Time is running out, my dear disciple. Sit quietly and listen to me explain the reason."

At that moment, Wu Yazi recounted all the grievances between Ding Chunqiu and him.

Finally, he said, "My dear disciple, I need you to do something for me. Can you agree?"

Lin Daiyu's heart stirred, and she said:

"Master, are you asking me to kill Ding Chunqiu, the traitor of our sect?"