Chapter 1002: Disciple
Chapter 1002: Disciple
The Carefree King shrieked like a woman, his face splattered with blood.
Cui Fei Niang thought the Carefree King was finally making his move, and immediately called for Ah Niu to rush to the deck, her delicate body trembling involuntarily.
Above them, lines of mottled, dim sword light appeared, revealing sword immortals and sword chivalrous experts who were usually rarely seen and held themselves in high esteem!
"It's these two!"
"They actually got lucky and acquired ancient supreme treasures! Don't let them escape!"
At this moment, these unorthodox sword immortals roared and bellowed. Some even directly attacked each other over the division of treasures after the fact.
Cui Fei Niang and Ah Niu, the original owners of the treasures, were utterly ignored.
While most of these unorthodox sword immortals were merely cannon fodder that Fang Xi could eliminate with a mere puff of breath, for the mortals on the ship, this was a catastrophe!
Cui Fei Niang immediately circulated her inner force, causing her voice to carry far.
"That can be arranged. . . This little wench has a decent appearance. She can be this Island Master's concubine!"
A middle-aged scholar, holding a jade flute, smiled faintly.
He had a jade-like face, an elegant and refined appearance, and exuded the aura of a scholar.
Even in the martial world, he would be considered a handsome man, enough to make some aging beauties swoon.
But Cui Fei Niang was so furious her body trembled.
She had always been proud; how could she have endured such humiliation?
At this moment, pressed to her knees on the deck by a wave of the middle-aged scholar's magical power, with her bones creaking, she had but one thought: "Cultivation, I want to cultivate. . . Even if I fail in this life, I must seek immortality in the next, so that I will not be so lowly, viewed as an ant!"
Beside her, Ah Niu let out a roar, and thunder exploded all over his body, allowing him to stand up with great effort.
"Oh?"
The middle-aged scholar chuckled, "This boy has good bones. He's at the peak of mortal martial arts. I can take him back and use him as a laborer."
Just then, a flash of light suddenly appeared in the sky, and two streaks of sword light emerged!
One of these sword lights was like a soaring dragon, piercing through the sky; the other was a myriad of blossoming flowers, dancing across the scene. After circling the area, all the sword immortals and sword chivalrous experts in the sky fell dead!
The sword light that pierced the sky landed before Ah Niu, revealing a flying sword within.
This flying sword had chilling sword qi, and its hilt was shaped like an ox head, making it a 'Green Ox Sword'!
Upon seeing this sword, Ah Niu felt an immediate sense of kinship and grasped it firmly in his hand.
And Cui Fei Niang gazed at the dazzling, colorful sword light suspended before her, which was a double-edged flying sword.
"Myriad Flowers Sword?"
She murmured, feeling that this flying sword looked familiar, as if it belonged to one of the renowned disciples of the Shushan School.
"Ah. . . what should I do?"
The Carefree King wiped the blood from his face, panic-stricken: "Young Master Yao is dead, and all these immortals too! It's you, it's all your fault!"
He stared at Cui Fei Niang, his expression gradually turning vicious.
"So that's how it is. . ."
Cui Fei Niang felt the Myriad Flowers Sword's affinity for her, yet still felt some resistance.
Seeing the Carefree King, she couldn't help but smile, making a hundred flowers blush: "Worldly kingship is like a fleeting cloud. . ."
She gripped the Myriad Flowers Sword, her Sword Heart Unveiled, completely free of any barrier with the flying sword. With a flash of sword light, the Carefree King's head flew off.
"Your Highness?"
A figure lunged out—it was Mr. Lan—but he was pierced through the chest by the Green Ox Sword in mid-air, falling to the ground as a corpse.
At this moment, the deck was a scene of bloodshed.
The servants, boatmen, and royal guards were all hiding in the cabin, trembling with fear.
"Miss Cui, this sword. . . ?"
Ah Niu put away the Green Ox Sword, scratching his head with some confusion.
Cui Fei Niang, however, had a flash of inspiration and bowed deeply eight times towards the void: "Many thanks, Senior, for your rescue!"
"Enough!"
With a flash of azure radiance, Fang Xi's figure materialized.
He looked at Cui Fei Niang and Ah Niu, nodding. "One of you is a descendant of an old friend of mine, and the other is the reincarnation of my good friend's mount. Both of you have some destiny with me. Today, I grant you each a flying sword. Upon it is a sword art. Cultivate it, and in the future, you will surely enter the azure sky, becoming sword immortals, with hope of reaching the Nascent Soul realm. . ."
'He's the Green Mountain Mountain Master, the forefront sword immortal in the universe? '
Cui Fei Niang was immensely shaken. She immediately kowtowed, "Please accept me as your disciple, Senior. This junior is willing to serve at your command, and all merits gained shall be offered to you, Master."
She knew from the message on the Thousand Crows Gourd that merits were indispensable for cultivators. At present, she had nothing to offer but this promise.
Ah Niu was inarticulate, only able to continuously kowtow.
"Enough. . ."
Fang Xi waved his hand. "I do not take disciples. However, I can accept you two as students. From now on, you shall call me 'Teacher,' and not 'Master. '"
A master is like a father!
If he were to take such disciples, he would not only have to provide cultivation techniques, magic treasures, and immortal caves, but also worry about their future Daoist companions and even their ascension. Fang Xi was absolutely unwilling to do so.
The karma of a teacher is much lighter, much like a tutor in a mortal household; if it works, they stay, if not, they leave.
As for these two flying swords, he had casually picked them up and was now casually giving them away, simply highlighting his nonchalant attitude.
"Greetings, Teacher!"
Cui Fei Niang and Ah Niu immediately bowed down.
"Good. " Fang Xi flicked his sleeve, executing the Grand Primordial Magnetic Shift, and the three instantly arrived before a misty, green mountain.
"This place is my Daoist sanctuary, Green Mountain."
"There are two young attendants on the mountain—Clear Wind and Bright Moon. You two shall first follow them in your cultivation."
Fang Xi waved his hand, then suddenly performed a quick calculation with his fingers and spat.
Within his sleeve, the Fire Cloud Sword layered with fiery clouds, letting out a mournful sword cry.
"What? Seeing your two companions find masters, you're missing your old master too?"
Fang Xi brought out the Fire Cloud Sword, sneering. He instructed Cui Fei Niang and Ah Niu: "Decades from now, or perhaps centuries from now. . . if a woman with 'Cloud' in her fate arrives at the mountain gate, desperately pleading, no matter how tragic her background or how convoluted her experiences, you are not to let her enter the sect, not even as a menial servant. Understand?"
"Yes!"
Cui Fei Niang was still reeling from the shock of her teacher's supreme divine ability, instantly transporting them from the East Sea to the Great Zhou. Hearing this stern command, she quickly responded respectfully.
Only then did Fang Xi nod in satisfaction, flicking the Fire Cloud Sword.
That 'Xin Hongyun' had committed suicide. She was likely among the first from the Shushan School to pass through tribulation, reincarnate, and be reborn as a human.
And with the turning of the heavenly will, this woman, in order to cleanse her own sins, might very well have to take him as her master and serve as his small disciple, working for him for free.
It was akin to accumulating so much debt that one eventually had to sell oneself to repay it!
All merits gained would have to be handed over to the master!
And in this world, the master-disciple relationship was no trivial matter. While a master bore great responsibility, they could also arbitrarily control the disciple's life, even sending them to their deaths!
But Fang Xi simply didn't want to accept!
Even a disciple who was merely a laborer would annoy him.
Now, by being rejected at his door, Xin Hongyun's path to atonement would undoubtedly become even more arduous.
If she faced such hardship, the rest of the Shushan School would fare even worse.
Ninety-nine percent of them would miss the final ascension window of the five-hundred-year calamity, ultimately plunging into the Great Calamity of the End of Dharma!
'They deserve it! '
Fang Xi felt pleased. He returned to his Green Mountain cave abode and directly entered secret cultivation.
...
Earthly Immortal World.
"The Law of Samsara is truly profound."
Fang Xi's main body practiced the Law of Samsara for a while, then fell into contemplation.
With the aid of the Dao Monarch Pill, and referencing the origin of a Middle Thousand World, his talent in comprehending laws was absolutely monstrous.
He could quickly complete the comprehension of the eight laws of the Eight Gates Sword Array!
Furthermore, he had even mastered the power of the Law of Samsara, which many True Immortals found difficult to reach!
'Actually, the Law of Karma from the Shushan side, like the Law of Samsara, is incredibly profound. . . However, karma is too troublesome; I will not take that path. '
Just by seeing how Xin Hongyun was cornered into selling herself due to karma, one could understand how tragic it was to be indebted to it!
More importantly, karma affected not only others but also oneself.
For example, the Moon Empty Abbess and the Dragon Venerable were pure Buddhist disciples, specializing in the Dao of Karma.
Facing tribulation, they found it even harder to escape!
In contrast, the Sect Master of the Shushan School, a practitioner of the Xuanmen (Mystic Gate) Dao, could still suppress the tribulation with his own cultivation.
If Fang Xi hadn't immediately sent them to face their tribulation, they might have even had methods to substitute or resolve it!
In short, the Law of Karma was a double-edged sword. Fang Xi had plenty of profound laws to comprehend, so he naturally wouldn't choose the Dao of Karma, needlessly creating a weakness for himself.
"With my attainments as an Immortal Formation Master, I can now barely wield the Eight Gates Sword Array. . ."
Although the eight flying swords were with the external avatar of A Sword from Shu.
But for Fang Xi, he was now in perfect telepathic synchronization with all his external avatars. With the power of the All-Heavens Precious Mirror, any treasure, no matter which avatar held it, could be immediately used by his main body.
"Having cultivated the Earthly Immortal Way and the Eight Gates Sword Array, my current strength is definitely not weak among the True Immortals of the True Immortal World."
"Even a Heavenly Immortal like Dugu Fang might fall if trapped in the array!"
"Once my external avatar advances to Golden Immortal and comprehends the Golden Immortal method based on the 'Hunyuan Immortal Scroll', I can elevate my main body's primordial spirit to the Golden Immortal level, possessing a trace of immortal golden nature, indestructible through myriad calamities."
"Combined with the Dao Monarch Pill, choosing a heavenly law and condensing a Dao Seed, turning the imaginary (illusory) into real (real), will also be an easy task."
"Coupled with the infusion of origin power from the Earthly Immortal Way, my Earthly Immortal magical power will also quickly reach perfection."
"At that time, I will be a 'Quasi-Dao Monarch'!"
As for how to achieve Merging with the Dao?
This step was unfathomably profound and difficult. Although the Longevity Art had relevant descriptions, Fang Xi found himself completely bewildered.
More importantly, he had no clue how to merge with the Dao in a way that would allow him to be carefree and unfettered in the Dao Monarch realm, and to progress further and higher.
"It seems my external avatar in the True Immortal World can make a move now."
Fang Xi mused.
With his current identity as a genius in almost all elemental laws, no matter which path he took, it shouldn't be too difficult.
The key lay in the mysteries of the Dao Monarch and realms beyond the Dao Monarch!
"In the North Star Immortal Domain, only the North Star Immortal Palace has a Dao Monarch who might know about the realms beyond the Dao Monarch and their pros and cons. . ."
"Besides that, the Western Paradise Profound World also has the 'Worldly Freedom Wisdom King Buddha', a major figure at the Dao Monarch level. . . Unfortunately, I cannot meet him."
Fang Xi secretly calculated, his eyes flashing: "Therefore. . . the most likely possibilities are the Yuanli Secret Realm, and Dugu Fang?"
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