C6 (1/2)
My heart felt extremely uncomfortable. My tightly closed eyes couldn't stop the tears from gushing out. However, other than my heart filled with reluctance and grief, there was also a trace of confusion and loneliness. There was also helplessness. After a long while, the white-clothed Immortal who was flying with me saw that I was sad, so he advised, ”Don't cry anymore. There is always a banquet in this world. Leaving early might not be a bad thing …”
Seeing that I was still in tears, the young man seemed to be at a loss. ”What is your name?” he asked me.
I suppressed the pain in my heart and replied choked with sobs, ”My name is Zhang Fugui.”
Of course, I couldn't guess, so I couldn't help but be curious. I heard the young man chuckle, ”My name is Chen Dafu, isn't it more vulgar than your name?”
I couldn't help but laugh. This smile eased the grief in my heart a lot. ”Say, your real name. Will you stop calling yourself by your original name once you become an immortal?”
”Yes, I haven't been calling my original name since I started on this path, because my master is called Adept Qiu Xi, so I've come up with a new name, Qiu Hong.” Yes, I've been using my new name, because my master is called Adept Qiu Xi, so I've come up with a new name, Qiu Hong, because many people are using their Dao names, and of course, many people still use their names.
”Yes.” I nodded. ”Then, what about him?”
Just now, the other young man gave me a very cold and heartless feeling. Naturally, I had some grudges towards him in my heart.
”He … he's my senior brother, the head disciple of my master. His name is Qiu Xuan, and he's one of the top three youths in our sect!” Senior brother Qiu Hong's tone was filled with respect and envy. I couldn't help but feel displeased.
”What about you?”
Upon hearing my question, Senior Qiu Hong mocked himself, ”Hur Hur, how can I compare to him?” After which, he shook his head.
However, hearing his tone, I didn't feel any sense of inferiority or unwillingness. After a long while, I couldn't help but ask, ”Senior Brother Qiu Hong, how long have you been an immortal? Did you ever go home? ”
Senior Brother Qiu Hong was obviously surprised, and after a long while, he spoke slowly as if he was talking to himself, ”Hehe, home? Do you have a home!? ”
”Sigh, I have been on the road of cultivation for more than ten years. Home? I have forgotten where my home is, and we are not allowed to go home! ”
I was stunned and abruptly opened my eyes. The astral wind made my tears flow. I hastily shut my eyes tightly and asked anxiously, ”Why can't I go home?”
”Haha, Master set a rule that unless he allows it, you must not go out on your own. What you're afraid of is being entangled by the secular world and affecting your dao heart. If you can't behead the demon in your heart, then you can't become an immortal!”
”So, cultivation to become an immortal is to have no family, and to live a lonely life …”
Immortal Ascension is eternal life. So what if it is a mere kinship? It doesn't matter if it is cut off!
I was stunned. ”If you weren't happy, could you have endured thousands of years of loneliness?”
When senior brother Qiu Hong heard this, he did not reply and chose to remain silent.
I don't know how long I flew for, but I felt the whistling sound by my ear never stop. Just as I was about to open my eyes to steal a peek, the whistling sound of the wind stopped.
”Alright, open your eyes.”
When I opened my eyes, what entered my sight was an extremely large hall. There were hundreds of stone steps at the entrance, and my entire body was snow-white and sparkling. I no longer knew what material was used to create it. As I stood in front of the stone steps, I understood what it meant to be imposing and I felt very small.
Looking at my shocked expression, Senior Brother Qiu Hong smiled in satisfaction. Senior Qiu Xuan's cold voice rang out at the wrong time. ”To the thirteenth peak!”
I was stunned.
”The thirteenth mountain peak is the mountain where Master is. Since you've been taken in by him, you naturally have to go there.” Senior Qiu Hong saw that I was confused, so he answered my question.
”Oh, oh...” Senior Qiu Xuan ignored me, grabbed my arm, and flew away. Senior Brother Qiu Xuan didn't fly very fast, so without that cold astral wind, I could open my eyes and look around.
Lin Youhe, Lin Yemao, and the other Senior Brothers and Sisters who passed by this part of the Sky Sect, they were all envious of me. They were arranged in an orderly manner, worthy of being called a land of immortals. From what senior brother Qiu Hong said, I already found out that Elder Qiu Xi was one of the pillars of the Sky Sect, and I was also its third disciple. Although I was a disciple, I still had to go through a trial before being officially accepted into the sect.
Senior Brother Qiu Xuan took me to the 13th Peak, but left me there to report to the local authorities, and then left. It was a good thing that the senior brother in charge of the registration had given him pointers and finally found his assigned residence and practice area. He had even gotten a bag of clothes. It was three or four sets of clothes that had been changed.
My room was pretty good, because it was taken in by the elder himself, so I didn't have to squeeze into a room with the others. It was a lot more free, but it was also a bit lonely. The room was not very spacious. It was about one zhang wide and two zhang long. There was a skylight which looked very much like a cage. There was a hidden ladder at the end of the room, which led to a training room with a radius of about 20 feet. The walls were made of some unknown stone, but it was extremely hard to the touch. However, there was nothing in the room. There was only a praying mat and an incense burner … Senior brother Lu told me that I had to go to the training grounds to practice martial arts every morning until the time of the challenge. Every day, I would also be provided with food, but it was only fruits. As for today, it was already past the afternoon.
The time of solitude was the time to think about home, which made him even more annoyed. After the time limit passed, I heard someone knocking on the door. I was extremely agitated. I didn't know which senior brother had come to preach. When I opened the door to take a look, I saw a thin boy about my age wearing the clothes of the Sky Sect. He was holding a plate of unknown fruits in his hand.
”Greetings Senior Apprentice Brother!” I hastily bowed. Since I have just arrived at this place, even a little boy who was carrying a plate would have more seniority than me.
”AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” The little boy's body trembled. He quickly put down the plate and bowed in fear. ”Junior apprentice brother Hui Sha, you are just an outer disciple of the Sky Sect. How could you accept such a big gift?”