Unfilial disciple, do not ruin your master's dream of ascension and peaceful life.

Ye Yinqiu did terribly on today's exam. Qianjing said, "There's nothing we can do about it," but actually she put her under intense pressure during evening training time.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready!"

"Then I'll step on the gas!"

Qianjing floored the accelerator of the Wuling Hongguang and rammed it into his foolish apprentice. The foolish apprentice neither dodged nor flinched, but instead stood tall with a fearless expression, facing the steel behemoth head-on!

Boom—Duang!!!

Ye Yinqiu was thrown into the air. Most of the impact was absorbed, but the remaining force that couldn't be absorbed still broke her bones.

However, Ye Yinqiu did not cry out in pain. She limped to her feet, straightened her back, and tried to shout:

"Thank you for your guidance, Master. My damage reduction rate is gradually increasing! My energy absorption efficiency is also improving!"

"Great, that's energetic! Let's do it again!"

"Come on! Hit him in the chest! In the chest!!!!"

Boom—Duang!!!

Ye Yinqiu was repeatedly kicked away until she was on her last breath. Only then did Ning Ruozhi, whose face was full of black lines, make her appearance.

"Mother Ning... please... help me with the treatment..."

"First of all, I'm not your mother, and I'm younger than you. Secondly, your cultivation methods are far too violent..."

"Stubborn iron must be hammered and forged to become true gold!"

"Iron and gold are not the same element!"

Under the care of Ning Ruozhi, everyone's good mother, Ye Yinqiu instantly recovered to full strength and stood tall in front of the Five O' Hongguang, continuing to be injured!

The training has been like this for the past few days.

After the last battle, Ye Yinqiu was able to initially utilize her superpower in combat. Now, she needed to expand the breadth and depth of her power, allowing her to accumulate more energy and withstand more attacks. Her training method... involved being repeatedly knocked away until she was on the verge of death before Ning Ruozhi saved her.

"Can't you guys be a little more polite?"

"This is how we at the Sword Sect train."

"These kinds of educational institutions should be shut down!"

The two extraordinary master and disciple were unmoved by Ning's sullen mother. Ye Yinqiu was indeed a genius. Her superpower had improved significantly since she first awakened. The limit of energy she could contain had steadily increased, and the transmission distance and accuracy of her slashes had also improved significantly.

"Xiao Qiu, get something done for Mom!"

"Damn it, let's go, ignore it!"

Ye Yinqiu performed a series of backflips while simultaneously using the air as a medium to deliver her slashes, cutting down several small flying insects from five or six meters away. Ning Ruozhi couldn't help but applaud.

"That's definitely progress... Wait, what does 'our mom' mean?!"

……

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The master and apprentice practiced until very late before going home. The last time she was killed by the mecha remotely controlled by Ellen, she was still shaken. Since Tigerfish TV was in turmoil, she used the time she would normally spend streaming to practice.

"Master, Master, and then, Fairy Peach Moon said there will be another collaboration next time! I can't wait!"

"Ah, haha, I'm really looking forward to it too..."

"But in the world of streamers, it's all about killing or being killed! Master, for your sake, I must win over all of Fairy Peach Moon's fans!"

"Eh! You wicked disciple!!!!"

"Master? Why are you suddenly so agitated..."

"Ahem, Xiao Qiu, you need to understand that live streaming isn't about fighting and killing; it's about human relationships and social interactions. Fairy Peach Moon is the most outstanding and adorable virtual streamer of this generation. What you should do is humbly learn from her and direct your high-quality fans to her. That's what it means to help each other out, understand? If you collaborate with other streamers in the future, don't forget to introduce Fairy Peach Moon to them. It's all good karma."

"I see, as expected of Master, you've thought of everything so thoroughly!"

"Hmm... this child is teachable."

Qian Jing patted Ye Yinqiu's head with satisfaction, chuckling to himself, "My apprentice is so easy to fool."

"By the way, Master, after settling the accounts from the recent live streams, I've earned my first pot of gold, and it's all in my account balance."

"Let me see... Oh wow, that's a lot of money. I wish my fans were this willing to pay..."

"What did you say, Master?"

"It's just me nagging, don't mind it. Just save this money for the sect's expenses. Also, a reminder: since I can't use my powers anymore, I can't conjure money, so be careful with your expenses this month."

"Yes, ma'am! You're right, we really need to save money."

"Mmm, good disciple."

"Sister Qinxue is the most difficult to serve, and Sister Jiuyuan is just like that. If we are short of money, I'm afraid we really won't be able to handle it."

"Yeah, they always—what!?"

Clang!

Qianjing slipped and almost fell to the ground.

"Master...?"

Qianjing's face scrunched up in a frown.

His lips twitched incessantly.

After a long silence, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence through gritted teeth:

"You mean... Qinxue and Jiuyuan are here too...?"

"Yes, they came looking for you two hundred years ago, but you didn't see them?"

"You mean two hundred years ago in the Cangxuan Realm...? Isn't that when I first ascended to immortality?"

"They left almost right after you. Unlike me, they weren't guided. Instead, they followed you directly into the dimensional rift that remained after your ascension. I wanted to follow them too, but the rift closed."

"........."

"Master?"

Qianjing hugged her knees and curled up into a small ball on the sofa.

"He wasn't guided, nor did he have the means to break through the dimensional rift, but he forcibly followed a type of ascendant into the dimensional rift and came up together"—he had heard of such precedents.

This special case is called "accompanying ascension." People who ascend in this way will be reborn in the upper realm through reincarnation, just like other ascendants. However, their memories will be severely damaged, and it may take them more than ten or even several decades to remember who they are. Whether they can stably awaken their superpowers is also unknown.

Such people are usually called "Category 1.5 Ascendants".

Qianjing's head was about to split open.

(Wait, no way, does that mean those two most troublesome guys are here too? They're just suffering from amnesia right now, and could regain their memories at any moment and come after us!?)

If they followed him up, wouldn't they be the same age as him now?!

One is obsessed with love, the other is a living devil, and they're both his former disciples. They're much more difficult to deal with than Ye Yinqiu!

"Master, Master, you don't need to miss them too much. Once I've developed and expanded the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, and at the right time we put up the Sword Inquiry Sect's name, they'll definitely come to join us!"

"…………………………………………"

Qianjing has completely regretted it.

He shouldn't have let his disciple go and start his own sect.

But words spoken are like water spilled; they cannot be taken back.