Mortal Cultivation: Starting from Hiding in the Cultivation Techniques Pavilion

Su Xiaoyuan went back to the servants' quarters first.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, it erupted into chaos.

"Senior Brother Su is back."

"Don't talk nonsense, he's Uncle-Master Su now!"

"Uncle Su..."

The disciples in the courtyard gathered around, offering their congratulations one after another.

"Congratulations, Uncle Su! A golden phoenix has finally soared out of our servants' quarters!"

"He's directly become a first-generation disciple! Uncle-Master Su is incredibly awesome!"

Surrounded by the crowd, Su Xiaoyuan smiled and returned their greetings with clasped hands, finding herself somewhat overwhelmed.

At this moment, Chen Cheng stepped forward, gestured for everyone to be quiet. He cleared his throat and said seriously, "Everyone, Xiao Yuan's status is different now. You must not be impolite in the future."

As he spoke, he first bowed respectfully to Su Xiaoyuan, addressing her as "Uncle-Master Su!"

Seeing this, the others also suppressed their smiles and bowed in unison, just like Chen Cheng, saying, "Uncle-Master Su!"

This put Su Xiaoyuan in an awkward position.

He quickly reached out to help Chen Cheng up, and waved his hands repeatedly to the crowd, saying, "Everyone, there's no need for this! No need for this! Whether I'm a menial disciple or a disciple of Hall Master Fang, my friendship with you all hasn't changed. Just call me Xiao Yuan as before."

Chen Cheng straightened up, shook his head, and said earnestly, "Friendship is friendship, and etiquette is etiquette. As a major sect of cultivation, how can the Nine Profound Sect not distinguish between elders and juniors? Now that Martial Uncle Su is the personal disciple of Hall Master Fang, it is enough for him to remember that we once lived together."

He paused, then added with a hint of gratitude in his voice, "Besides, with Uncle Su's friendship, it will be much harder for us menial disciples to be bullied by fellow disciples like Zhao Rongcheng in the future. This is the continuation of this friendship."

Xin Lie also stepped forward: "Chen Cheng is right! Although we once lived under the same roof, how can we take advantage of this friendship to do something impolite? Uncle Su, just come and visit us often in the future."

Su Xiaoyuan looked at her former companions, with whom she had spent every day, and was speechless for a moment.

He never imagined that the differences between people could change so much overnight.

They were having dinner and chatting together yesterday, and today they're already "uncle-disciple" and "nephew-disciple".

This change in identity left him feeling both somewhat uneasy and emotional.

Finally, everyone sat down and chatted for a while, as usual.

Su Xiaoyuan looked around at the familiar faces and said, "From now on, the sect assessment will be held once a year, and all of you brothers will have more opportunities to come into the sight of your elders."

He paused for a moment and then said, "Now that I have become Master Fang's personal disciple, there are some things I no longer need to hide."

He looked at Chen Cheng and Xin Lie: "Chen Cheng, Xin Lie, the Qi circulation method I taught you, which is an improvement on the basic Qi-guiding technique, can also be shared with the other brothers. I believe that your progress will be faster than others in the future. But I will say it again: this method must not be passed on to outsiders; it is only known to the people in our miscellaneous service quarters."

Upon hearing this, the other disciples in the miscellaneous servants' quarters were both surprised and delighted!

No wonder Chen Cheng and Xin Lie have been making much faster progress than them lately! So that's what happened!

Everyone was overjoyed and thanked her repeatedly. Su Xiaoyuan gave a few more instructions and then got up to take her leave.

After leaving the servants' quarters, he returned to the talisman-making society.

The moment he pushed open the door, he was surprised to find that almost all the members of the Research Symbol Society were there.

Zhang Yao, Guo Zhanyuan, and Lu Ji, who had just been accepted as disciples by their teacher, were also present. They gathered together as if they had made a prior arrangement.

Upon seeing Su Xiaoyuan enter, everyone except Zhang Yao stood up and greeted her with smiles, "Uncle-Master Su!"

Startled by the address "Uncle-Master Su," Su Xiaoyuan quickly bowed to everyone in return, her face contorted with distress. "Please don't do this! Please don't do this! You're making me feel so ashamed!"

Zhang Yao walked up with a smile and patted Su Xiaoyuan on the shoulder: "Junior Brother Su, this is the rule of the sect. Now that you have been accepted into the sect by Senior Fang, you are a disciple of the Nine Profound Sect. There is no question of not being worthy of this position."

Su Xiaoyuan kept waving her hands: "Just call me Xiaoyuan as before, so that no one feels uncomfortable."

Upon hearing this, Guo Zhanyuan walked up and patted his arm, saying casually, "Let me say this: in private, I'll still call you Xiaoyuan, but in formal settings, I'll call you Uncle Su. What do you think?"

Su Xiaoyuan nodded repeatedly: "That's perfect! That's perfect!"

Everyone laughed and said, "Excellent, excellent!"

Su Xiaoyuan looked at Zhang Yao and asked, "Senior Brother Zhang Yao, will you continue to run this Talisman Research Society in the future?"

Zhang Yao smiled and shook his head: "There are many affairs in the Danfu Academy, and it will probably be difficult to take care of the Talisman Research Society in the future. Besides, it's time for me to retire. From now on, Wang Pan will serve as the acting president of the Talisman Research Society."

Wang Pan patted his chest, exclaiming with pride, "Easy! Our Talisman Research Society has already gained a great reputation within the sect with two members selected by our teachers. Just now, many people came to inquire about joining. But don't worry, we've already discussed the entry requirements. Those who don't meet the requirements simply won't get in. We'd rather have fewer but better members than compromise on quality; we can't ruin the reputation of the Talisman Research Society!"

Guo Zhanyuan chimed in from the side, "Why don't you guys put the research on formations on your agenda too!"

He slapped his forehead and said to Su Xiaoyuan, "Quick, take out that array plate and let me take a look."

Su Xiaoyuan took out the array plate from her storage ring and handed it to Su Xiaoyuan, who ran off to study it with a radiant smile.

After everyone laughed and joked for a while, Zhang Yao took the initiative to say goodbye, as his sect had already arranged some things for him.

After a while, Guo Zhanyuan, Lu Ji, and Su Xiaoyuan also left one after another, each heading to their new destinations.

Back at Forget-Worry Peak, Su Xiaoyuan rushed into her room.

He closed the door, sat down at the table, and took out the book "The Milky Way Star Guide" from his pocket.

Turning to the first page, lines of ancient-style text come into view, accompanied by detailed meridian and star charts.

At the same time, a system notification popped up:

[Optimizable cultivation technique detected: "Celestial River Star Guidance"]

[Optimizable progress: 89%]

so high!

This is the most complete cultivation technique that Su Xiaoyuan has ever encountered.

Even the book "The Daoist Refinement Method of Mortal Mind" is only about 70% complete.

The missing 11% might be the defect where some acupoints and star charts do not correspond.

I can make up for it myself and continue my cultivation smoothly, but under my master's watchful eye, it's hard to guarantee that this won't be exposed.

How am I supposed to explain this then?

After thinking it over, Su Xiaoyuan decided to focus on perfecting the cultivation technique first, and then deal with the rest later.

He suppressed his excitement and began to carefully study each word.