Chapter 100

After Ning Xu followed a few disciples from the Ming Palace Pavilion for several hours of training, the female cultivator suddenly spoke, “Master Uncle has arrived.”

Master Uncle?

Ning Xu was stunned for a few seconds before realizing that the “Master Uncle” she was referring to was the Sword Immortal, also the previous life of the Innocent Cultivator!

Melon-Eating System, 【Innocent Cultivator, no wait, it’s the old dog coming!】

Ning Xu: …

【The previous life of the Innocent Cultivator was the old dog, so this title fits perfectly! Host, what do you think?】

Ning Xu didn’t have much to say. If it’s the old dog, so be it. After all, she was here to retrieve the old dog’s sword bone, so there was no need to focus on the title. In some sense, she was the Sword Immortal’s enemy because she came with impure intentions.

As the Sword Immortal flew past them on his sword, the female cultivator suddenly raised her arm and called out loudly, “Master Uncle!”

Hearing the call, the Sword Immortal smoothly and decisively hovered above them.

He didn’t lower his altitude but stood straight under his natal sword, one hand behind his back, looking down at them from above.

He didn’t even spare them a glance.

Ning Xu was slightly stunned when she saw the Sword Immortal.

He only resembled the Innocent Cultivator by about four or five parts, and under the influence of their entirely different auras, only about two or three parts of resemblance remained.

If the Innocent Cultivator was like a warm breeze, gentle and down-to-earth, then the Sword Immortal was like a cold snowstorm, icy and untainted by the mundane world.

He radiated an aura that demanded reverence. He was so high above, so detached from the mortal world.

His gaze never lingered on them, as if he was just gracing them with a brief moment of his time to listen to his disciples.

Melon-Eating System, 【The old dog doesn’t look easy to fool, Innocent Cultivator is better.】

【On the first day after leaving Innocent Cultivator, I miss him!】

Just as the Melon-Eating System was mumbling, Ning Xu suddenly realized that the Sword Immortal’s gaze, previously wandering with no fixed point, had unexpectedly and precisely landed on her.

The Sword Immortal was… looking at her?

But why?

Was it because, among the three cultivators at the Nascent Soul and Body Integration stages, she, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, stood out?

The Sword Immortal didn’t speak, but his voice still reached the ears of Ning Xu and the other three cultivators.

“Who is she?”

The female cultivator clasped her hands and answered, “Master Uncle, this is a casual cultivator we encountered nearby.”

“What’s your name?” His tone still lacked any warmth.

Ning Xu lowered her eyes and replied, “I am Ning Xu.”

【The old dog is so fierce!】

【I miss Innocent Cultivator even more!】

Just as the Melon-Eating System was complaining, Ning Xu sensed a murderous intent.

This killing intent… was it from the Sword Immortal?

Although it was fleeting and disappeared quickly, Ning Xu was sure it had been real.

She furrowed her brow and asked the Melon-Eating System, “Did you feel that killing intent just now?”

Melon-Eating System, 【It seems so.】

Afterward, it began grumbling again, 【You, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, suddenly appearing in the inner area of the Endless Sea, and coincidentally running into a few of his disciples, he might think you’re up to something malicious.】

【The old dog has lived for hundreds of years, they say the old become wise, and he certainly is.】

【But you don’t need to worry too much about what he might do to you. Don’t forget, you have a life contract with Innocent Cultivator.】

【Although he’s the previous life of Innocent Cultivator, if he harms you, he’ll have to share half the damage!】

A life contract was so domineering?

The Sword Immortal didn’t say anything else, only uttered, “Follow me.”

Then, he flew forward on his sword, and Ning Xu followed along with the female cultivator and the others.

He planned to take them on a training expedition?

The inner area of the Endless Sea was not a place that Ning Xu could visit at her current level.

But because the cultivators around her were so powerful, they could move through this area as if it were no different from any other, so the danger was not high. They had first heavily injured the demon race, leaving them with only two or three parts of their full strength. Finally, she moved in for the final blow.

Through such continuous training, her cultivation had made rapid progress, and she was soon going to break through to the Core Formation stage.

Since this was training, injuries were inevitable. Over this period, the light-colored defensive robe she wore had already been stained with spots of blood.

Her injuries had healed and reopened repeatedly.

The pills she carried with her had long been used up.

Now, she was using the pills provided by the female cultivator. During their time together, she had learned the names of her companions. Among them, the female cultivator who had been the friendliest toward her was named Xu Zhi, a highly talented daughter from a prominent cultivation family, the Xu family.

Although Xu Zhi was warm and friendly toward Ning Xu, the Melon-Eating System didn’t have a particularly good impression of her.

After a few incidents, Ning Xu realized something. She asked the Melon-Eating System, “You don’t like Xu Zhi?”

Melon-Eating System lazily replied, 【Yeah.】

These people didn’t have any juicy gossip; it hadn’t been able to get excited recently.

Having gotten used to big gossip, even the small ones looked insignificant now.

Who would give it some big gossip? It was getting so bored it could die!

Ning Xu asked, “Why?”

The Melon-Eating System sneered, 【She has a fiancé who is a good match for her. Although his talent isn’t as high as hers, he is ambitious, has good character, and most importantly, he likes her a lot. They are what you would call a perfect match.】

“And then?”

【And then, well, she acted up, to the point where her fiancé was about to leave.】

【Host, can you believe it? She, a legitimate daughter of a great cultivation family, actually fell for her family’s stable boy who fed their spirit beasts.】

【Though true love is invincible, that stable boy has nothing going for him except sweet words, yet he managed to charm her.】

【She loves this stable boy to the point of obsession, while he just sees her as an ATM.】

【Every day he’s thinking about how to extract spirit stones from her.】

【What love? What affection? The stable boy doesn’t have any for her, and even if he did, it’s not directed at her.】

Ning Xu: …

“If there is any, then who is it for?”

Without a second thought, the Melon-Eating System answered, 【His childhood friend.】

【His childhood friend works in their house, serving as a maid by Elder Eight’s side.】

【But no one knows that they are childhood sweethearts.】

【A portion of the spirit stones Xu Zhi gave to the stable boy ended up in the maid’s pocket.】

【These two teamed up and tricked her completely.】

Ning Xu: …

This story sounds somewhat familiar.

Isn’t this just the ancient version of Dan Niang’s story?

Before the master in the master-apprentice relationship at the Flower Pavilion married Dan Niang, wasn’t he also a stable boy?

After the stable boy became successful, he began an affair with his disciple, who had a natural body for the Dao.

No wonder the Melon-Eating System was feeling low, there’s nothing new about this melon.

Ning Xu also felt this melon wasn’t sweet. She was about to remind them, but Xu Zhi was different from Dan Niang.

Dan Niang still had a chance to change the course of her life, but Xu Zhi had already disappeared into the dust of history.

Even if she spoke up, what could be changed?

Thinking this, Ning Xu chose to remain silent.

The cultivators present, on the other hand, were in turmoil.

Not to mention the two people in the melon-eating crowd, Xu Zhi herself had been shaken to the core by this revelation. Her hands trembled, and her heart twisted in pain. She had been willing to give up everything for Tan Lang, but it turned out he had never truly cared about her?

She had offended her fiancé’s family for Tan Lang.

The two families had indeed been discussing an annulment recently. Her father was reluctant to let go of this good marriage, and he had been desperately trying to keep it together. And what about her?

She had longed to break off the engagement, had been yearning for it for a long time.

But in the end, had she been wrong?

No, perhaps Tan Lang wasn’t what they said he was!

What kind of person was he? She had to see it with her own eyes!

With that thought, she urgently turned to the Sword Immortal and said, “Master, I have some matters to attend to at home. I need to hurry back.”

The Sword Immortal coldly nodded.

After receiving his permission, Xu Zhi rushed home impatiently.

After she left, only three people remained in the Ming palace Pavilion.

One of them, a male cultivator named Ren Mo, spoke gently, “Daoist Ning, will you continue?”

Ning Xu didn’t hesitate, replying, “Continue.”

“Alright.”

As Ning Xu continued her cultivation experience with the other two Daoists from the Ming palace Pavilion, the Sword Immortal lowered his gaze to his palm.

In a short time, many injuries had appeared on his body. In the Endless Sea, there was no longer anything that could hurt him.

All these injuries had come from Ning Xu.

There was indeed a fate contract between him and Ning Xu, the sudden appearance of this person.

Moreover, it was a one-sided fate contract.

A one-sided contract…

He was sure he hadn’t signed a contract with anyone.

Then, this fate contract, it seemed, indeed came from his reincarnation.

Reincarnation…

Had he really fallen?

He had thought he could attain the Great Dao, but it seemed he had failed…

Thinking this, the Sword Immortal lowered his gaze, hiding the complex emotions in his eyes.

The people present all had their own thoughts, but the Melon-Eating System and its host were entirely absorbed in watching melons.

【Host, this is exciting!】

【Over 300 kilometers northwest from you, a pair of a human and a demon are currently using the ground as their bed!】

Ning Xu, “A human and a demon?”

【Yes, one is a human, the other a snake demon.】

【This snake demon is a handsome guy with a human upper body and a snake tail!】

【Two of them! Really two of them!】

Ning Xu, “…”

“Calm down.”

【I can’t calm down, Host! I really can’t!】

【There won’t be another like this in the future! Hiss, Host, do you understand? I really want to use a few adjectives, but I can’t. Although you’ve already formed your foundation, you can watch melons in real time, but I can’t show you this scene. It’s not that I don’t want to, but, well, there are strict rules.】

【All I can say is, even if there are snake demon handsome guys in the future, they’ll never compare to this one!】

【But a snake demon who doesn’t follow male morals is like rotten vegetable leaves! He’s messing around with more than a dozen female cultivators!】

【Right now, this female cultivator is just one of his many lovers.】

【Oh, this female cultivator is also from the Ming palace Pavilion and a genius disciple.】

【Tsk tsk, she’s also the white moonlight in the hearts of many male disciples of the Ming palace Pavilion, huh?】

【Hahahahahaha, their white moonlight is about to turn into black moonlight.】

While Ning Xu and the Melon-Eating System were enjoying the melons, they didn’t notice that the Sword Immortal had left.

With a single teleportation, he had moved over 300 kilometers away.

While the Melon-Eating System was still excitedly eating melons, it suddenly let out an “oh no,” 【The genius disciple and the snake demon are in a mess, and the Sword Immortal caught them on the spot.】

【That genius disciple’s title? She’s about to lose it.】

【Huh? The snake demon actually tried to seduce the Sword Immortal, that old dog?】

【Is the snake demon really that hot?!】

【Oh no, the old dog sliced the snake demon in one strike… so clean and decisive.】

【Wait! The snake demon!!! Both of them were slain!!!】

【Huh? What kind of grudge or hatred is this?】

【Alright, alright, we know his primal yang is still intact.】

【The old dog doesn’t have to hate the snake demon just because of his rich private life.】

Ning Xu casually agreed, “Exactly.”

Just as she spoke, she saw the Sword Immortal teleport back in front of her.

Dealing with a thousand-year-old snake demon was no different for him than dealing with a fish. This matter, which could have turned into a scandal for Ming palace Pavilion, was handled so easily by him.

At this moment, he looked expressionlessly at Ning Xu.

Ning Xu, “…” Although she hadn’t spoken ill of anyone to their face, why did she feel like she had been caught red-handed?