Chapter 72 The Struggles of Learning Daoism (2/2)

Amongst the sea of clouds, Jingqing lazily opened his mouth and said, ”Xiao San'er, I'm afraid this is your last time sitting on my back. Nonetheless, I have lifted your master and your master's master and they all died, you wouldn't make much of a difference.”

Lu almost laughed when he heard the way Jingqing addressed Daoist Sanwen and he remembered that Jingqing addressed them as senior brothers.

What he did not know was that there was not much seniority rule within the members of Qing Xuan. It was because that Jingqing was not a part of the sect and he was a demon beast that guarded the mountains, the grandmasters of Qing Xuan had him address anyone as a senior so that Jingqing would not flaunt his seniority, and that he would only obey the headmaster's orders.

The nature of a snake was cold and sinister, and originally would be indifferent to matters like this. It was due to the fact that he mingled among people in Qing Xuan celestial school for so long that he acquired some humane qualities. Therefore, he said more than usual as he recollected the moments he had with Daoist Sanwen when Daoist Sanwen was approaching the end.

It was actually no difference for him to address someone as a senior as to addressing someone as an idiot.

However, Jingqing held Daoist Sanwen in a different light by addressing him as 'Xiao San-Er'.

It was difficult for Shen Lian and Lu to understand the reason for it, only Daoist Sanwen knew that he had feelings for every plants, tree, and flowers of the Qing Xuan Mountain and he could not bear to part with this world. Jingqing, who was originally an unfeeling demon and yet still able to recollect some memories of him gave him a heavy heart.

The flying serpent soared through the sea of clouds and suddenly came to a halt. Jingqing whispered, ”Xiao San-Er, the lady devil is coming, I'm going to run. You bring these two to meet the headmaster.”

Lu and Shen Lian had a scare of their lives because they got jolted off the back of the serpent when Jingqing shook. As for Jingqing, it disappeared without a trace through the endless sea of cloud like a rainbow.

Even if they were made from refined steel, they would still be shattered to a million pieces if they were to fall from this height in the middle of the sky.

Luckily, the empty right sleeves of Daoist Sanwen extended and wrapped around the both of them like a vine.

They landed on top of a boat cloud.

A clear voice came from the sky. ”Damn snake, I only want to borrow your inner core, how can you be so stingy? Don't let me catch you this time or else I'll make you vomit the Zhuguo 1 you stole from me.”

Shen Lian recognized the voice when he heard it. However, amongst this sea of clouds and the gentle breeze, how could he know what this person looked like?

As the voice got further and further away, Shen Lian thought, 'Could it be the voice of that lady I met by the strange river that day?'

With Daoist Sanwen's mana, the boat cloud was not that steady while it transported the three of them.

It shook from side to side then finally reached the main peak, Taiyi. Daoist Sanwen was familiar with the directions and they arrived at the main hall.

This time Jingqing was not there to open the door. Daoist Sanwen pushed the door by himself and entered.

As per the last time they met, the headmaster Daoist was sitting on the stone couch in a lotus position.

This time, the headmaster Daoist was way younger than yesterday when Shen Lian saw him.

Daoist Sanwen was surprised and he said, ”I'm afraid that something had happened to the headmaster yesterday.” He could see that even though the headmaster Daoist had become younger but there were signs that his injuries were getting more serious.

The reason for this was because the headmaster Daoist had a serious injury from that incident a hundred years ago. He cultivated a secret technique to lock and trap vitality in his body and not have it divulge from the body, which caused his appearance to appear old and different from the other masters in the school.

His appearance being young again, was definitely not because of the injuries but as a result of the vitality that was supposed to be locked in, slowly slipping out from his body.朱果,also known as 紫果.It is a natural treasure in Wuxia and Xuanhuan novels. It blooms and bear fruit every one hundred years or five thousand years (depends). The fruit looks like a purple apple once it's ripe.