mtlumby2d Chapter 154: Gathering at the Buzhou Immortal Sect
Chapter 154: Gathering at the Buzhou Immortal Sect
Chapter 154: Gathering at the Buzhou Immortal Sect
Bing Huoyuan clenched his hand into a fist under his sleeve. Finally, after all these years, he was going to see her again. His heart soared as he envisioned the reunion that awaited him. Standing next to him, Bai Ningwei also smiled. Although she was dressed in plain robes and appeared to be more of a maidservant than a disciple of Boundless Mountain, she exuded a pure and clean aura that made her appear like an innocent young girl, a great contrast compared to most of the female cultivators.
The two of them were on an immortal boat with Boundless Mountain’s other chosen disciples toward the Buzhou Immortal Sect for the Demon Slaying Expedition, an event that only occurred once every hundred years. Strangely, there was quite a wide berth between the two and the other disciples.
“Tsk, look at the vixen. You really can’t tell a person by their appearance, looking so pure and innocent, but even prostitutes have more dignity than her.” A female disciple muttered while glaring daggers at Bai Ningwei.
“Pfff! Who knows, maybe Senior Brother Bing just likes this innocent act of hers.”
“In my eyes, she is just a calamity.” Another girl said. “Just look at how terrible Senior Brother Bing’s interpersonal relationship became once girl appeared.”
“Aren’t you ladies just jealous that country bumpkin caught Senior Brother Bing’s attention?” A male disciple said as he joined the conversation.
“And aren’t you jealous that Senior Brother Bing is so attractive?” A girl retorted.
The male disciple rubbed his nose in response. “He has the bases for his confidence and admiration. Senior Brother Bing is one of the sect’s greatest genius of the generation. But I really can’t see why Senior Brother Bing fell for that girl, even going as far to offend the other elder’s scions and disciples.”
“Who knows, maybe he feels that a gentle and clumsy girl is much more to his taste.” Another female disciple said, disdain overtaking her words.
She could still remember how Bing Huoyuan called her a poisonous woman for punishing Bai Ningwei for failing her tasks. The female disciple rolled her eyes. She’d rather be poisonous than a failure like Bai Ningwei, who failed even the simplest chores.
When Bai Ningwei became a disciple of Boundless Mountain under Elder Bing’s insistence, she started as an outer disciple. Not only could she not do her task correctly, but she often failed then. The most hateful thing was that all the male outer disciples defended her when she failed!
This became worse when she became an inner disciple due to her connections with Bing Huoyuan.
As an inner disciple, Bai Ningwei was even more useless and weak than outer disciples. Even the male outer disciples who stood at her side started to distance themselves from her. When she was an outer disciple, these male disciples might protect her due to their masculinity being stroked when they defended a helpless woman. But their pride was smeared into the dirt when they discovered that this helpless woman had an even higher position than them when she was weaker than them in every aspect.
Bai Ningwei’s duties became even more important as an inner disciple, but she nearly failed every single one of them. Because of this, she offended many people and even caused them to lash out at her. At these moments, Bing Huoyuan stepped out and protected her, causing his relations to worsen and many to question his eyesight. In the end, Bai Ningwei became an idle disciple under Elder Bing. For Elder Bing, raising an idle disciple was no issue at all.
Elder Bing had thought that Bai Weiwei of the Bright Ascension Sect was bad, but he felt that Bai Ningwei was even worse! There were so many times that Elder Bing had advised his son, Bing Huoyuan, against keeping Bai Ningwei near him., but Bing Huoyuan didn’t listen and, instead, became even closer with Bai Ningwei, causing Elder Bing to nearly spit out blood!
In the end, Elder Bing couldn’t stand it anymore and turned a blind eye. As long as that lass didn’t do anything and just stood there, she wouldn’t cause any trouble. As for giving precious cultivation resources to a failure like her, she can dream on!
As for Bai Ningwei herself, she felt especially aggrieved. She felt that she just failed some tasks, yet everyone turned against her. She didn’t do anything wrong, so why was everyone so against her? Only her young master, Bing Huoyuan, was a good person. She felt everyone else in the sect looked down at her for being from a backwater place. Because of this, Bai Ningwei felt especially excited to go to the Buzhou Immortal Sect. She had heard how glorious Buzhou Immortal Sect was. Surely they wouldn’t behave like the disciples of Boundless Mountain?
Her eyes alighted with delight when she saw the vast mountain range and the giant wall-less gate, the Mortal Severence Gate. Bai Ningwei had an ignorant expression when Boundless Mountain’s immortal boat landed in front of the gate.
“Young Master, what’s going on?” Bai Ningwei asked as the disciples began to disembark the immortal boat.
“It’s Buzhou Immortal Sect’s rules. Outsiders must walk through the Mortal Severence Gate and aren’t allowed to fly inside the sect.” Bing Huoyuan patiently explained to Bai Ningwei.
Bai Ningwei creased her brows as she felt her impression of the Buzhou Immortal Sect worsen. “But Young Master, we are guests. How can they treat us like this?”
“Young Master, Young Master!” Bai Ningwei said aloud with excitement as she held a peach in each hand. She displayed an expression of delight as she bit into one of them before presenting the other to Bing Huoyuan. “It’s so delicious. I can feel a cool and pleasant sensation spreading throughout my body. Young Master should try one too.”
Bing Huoyuan showed an indulging expression as he took a peach from her hand and bit into it. The peach’s flesh was nice and crispy, yet juicy to the point that it almost leaked down Bing Huoyuan’s mouth. Instantly, Bing Huoyuan felt a pleasant and cool expression just like Bai Ningwei said, just not to the same extent as her.
However, Bing Huoyuan showed a troubled expression. Bai Ningwei’s talent was meager, and she was only at the Qi Gathering Realm when he first saw her. For her to attend the Demon Slaying Expedition, Bing Huoyuan had forcibly raised her cultivation to the Core Formation Realm using pills and numerous treasures.
The reason the Crystal Bark Peach had such a significant effect on Bai Ningwei was due to the large number of aftereffects left behind by the pills and treasures she consumed. She was actually in quite a dangerous situation right now. Her foundation wasn’t stable, and until she could consolidate it, Bai Ningwei would stay at the early Core Formation Realm.
“If you like it, you should eat more.” Of course, Bing Huoyuan didn’t want to trouble her with this knowledge. Since it was he who caused her situation to become like this by forcibly raising her cultivation, he will take responsibility for it too.
As Bai Ningwei happily devoured the peach in her hand, a peach blossom landed atop her head. Bing Huoyuan felt his heart skipped a beat as his hand reached out to grab the stray peach blossom atop her head. But just as he was about to, a voice called out to him,
“Mister Bing.” Bing Huoyuan felt his heart pound inside his chest, wondering just what he wanted to do. Schooling his expression, Bing Huoyuan turned his gaze towards the servant disciple. His gaze turned complicated as he felt the servant disciple’s Core Formation Realm cultivation. Even a servant disciple of the Buzhou Immortal Sect had more talent than Bai Ningwei.
“Did you get the information I requested?” Bing Huoyuan asked.
“I have. Would you like me to relay it now?”
Bing Huoyuan nodded his head.
“Among the disciples who arrived from the Bright Ascension Sect, there is no one named Lai Erchu or anyone with the same surname.”
At the servant disciple’s words, Bing Huoyuan felt as if all his hopes and aspiration vanish. His face paled. He was clear that Bai Weiwei’s, or Bai Qingwei as she was referred to by Bai Ningwei, talent was only slightly superior to Bai Ningwei’s. With her talent and status, it was already fortuitous for her to be accepted as a disciple of the Bright Ascension Sect.
“As for Miss Bai, she is present at Noble Plum Palace.”
Just as Bing Huoyuan felt his emotions run out of control, those words instantly calmed them. He couldn’t even stop the elation forming on his face. “R-right, thank you.”
Not just him, Bai Ningwei, who was near him, also showed a happy expression with eyes full of expectation.
“Mister Bing, there’s also one more matter.” The servant disciple said.
After calming down his happiness and schooling his expression once more, Bing Huoyuan asked what the matter was. In response, the servant disciple took out an invitation and handed it to Bing Huoyuan.
“This is an invitation from Daoist Moneybag from the Jade Cauldron Sect.”
Bing Huoyuan looked at the invitation and immediately discerned the precious materials used to construct the invitation, and Fortune Banquest was written on it. He felt his lips twitch at how the materials used to construct the invitation were wasted.
Daoist Moneybags was a famous cultivator from the Jade Cauldron Sect, and he cultivated the Dao of Fortune. The more money he had, the farther he would go on his immortal path. At the same time, he was famous for being a spendthrift, using more money than necessary on everything.
“Who else was invited?”
“I do not know, but it seems that many servant disciples were seen leaving the Pill Flower Palace to all the palaces and even off Rites Peak.”
So it seemed that Daoist Moneybags invited almost everyone. It was a good chance to form some connections. But first, he had to visit Noble Plum Palace and see Bai Weiwei.