62 The Magical Black Martial Uncle (1/2)

The return of the Seventh Elder didn’t seem to cause a wave within the sect.

For most of the Spirit Sword Sect disciples, Elders wandering the outside world was as old as the sect itself. As an ancient sect, the Spirit Sword Sect has always been advocating the “ten thousand miles journey to gain experience outside”. Not only did they encourage the disciples to do experiential learning, even the Elders were similarly asked to do the same; as long as there were opportunities, they might as well wander outside.

As long as they were not employed in the daily management of the sect, they would try to make the time to go out. Conversely, those who could not would feel uncomfortable. As for the Seventh Elder, he didn’t make much of an impact for the disciples’ daily cultivation.

In fact, for the common disciples, they could barely catch a glimpse of this Seventh Elder. He has no Successor Disciple and very rarely went teaching at the Teng Cloud Hall. Almost half of the time he had was spent on wandering, and the other half was spent on taking care of the spirit beasts and attending to the various species of spirit grass and precious plants at the Clear Sky Peak. On a rare occasion he appeared in other people’s line of sight, they would see him in a hooded robe, which tightly hid his face… Even some disciples who entered the sect for around thirty years had never seen his true face.

The consensus among the disciples was: “Among the ten Elders, the Seventh Elder and the Tenth Elder were the most mysterious.”

Amongst two mysterious Elders, the Tenth Elder, reportedly because of a big painful event when he was young, permanently lived in seclusion at the Concealed Sword Peak; even the Sect Leader rarely had the opportunity to meet him. As for the Seventh Elder—the owner of the Clear Sky Peak—his true face has always been hidden under the hood, seemingly mysterious and inscrutable. Thus, there were many speculations about him, like his natural character was cold and unsociable, or that his face was disfigured when he was young, and so on. Except for a few people, no one else knew of his Kunlun Westerner identity.

However, those who had a real contact with the Seventh Elder have discovered that this foreign Elder was very warm and cheerful, even to the point of naivety. However, his best characters were undoubtedly his generosity and kindness. Someone would truly be blessed if considered a friend by him.

Today, that someone who enjoyed this blessing was Wang Lu of the Non-Phase Peak.

Since Elder Guanhai returned to the mountain, he would visit the Non-Phase Peak everyday. His purpose was very clear—to see whether his Senior Sister was back so that he could give her a big surprise, a warm hug, and of course, a bunch of welcome gifts.

His sincerity was praiseworthy, but alas, his dedication and persistence in the daily visit made him look like he was a debt collector trying to collect the debt in a certain someone’s eyes. Wang Lu couldn’t stand this “harassment” anymore—every time he visited, this Black Martial Uncle would always come very early, knocking on the door before the rooster crow in the morning, very punctual, which forced Wang Lu to routinely wake up early every day.

He had meant to give himself a long vacation, and everyday, he would oversleep into the sunset!

At the moment,, there was nothing else he could do regarding his cultivation. After breaking through the eighth layer of the Non-Phase Sword Bone, he has yet to possess the method for the ninth layer of the Non-Phase Sword Bone. Therefore, all he could do was the daily meditation to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy using the Inner Mansion, and accumulating the golden liquid through the Sword Bone’s filtration.

As for his martial arts, the Lady Boss didn’t have one that was suitable for him except for the Winding Step and the Soft Cloud Sword, which were the best selection while he was still in the transitional period… It was not that he could not learn other martial arts, but if by any chance Wang Wu came back and taught him a comprehensive Non-Phase Sword Art, then those martial arts would soon be covered by it; all that he learned would be a waste by then.

As for experiential learning, it would be meaningless. After their previous experiential learning result have been certified by the Heavenly Sword Hall, gaining close to three thousand challenge points, he had almost squeezed dry all the challenge points from the Small Clear Sky Peak. As for the elixirs at the Azure Dragon Gorge...

The last time they went there, Little Ling Er and Wen Bao were actually able to pick the Red Refined Fruit and brought it back to the Non-Phase Peak to him. However, it just so happened that they came across the visiting Ao Guanhai!

Properly speaking, taking Little Ling’Er to the Clear Sky Peak with him was a clear violation of the sect regulations—especially on the part where he cheated a sect official to get the permit document.

Therefore, they didn’t have the moral high ground to claim the Red Refined Fruit as their own. However, when the victim of the theft, Ao Guanhai himself, saw the fruit, he just nonchalantly laughed. After which, without saying anything, started to assemble the pill making furnace, as well as the supplementary materials, and then refined a box of third rate spirit pill and gave it to Wang Lu; his generousness sent Wang Lu into a mess.

Having received such a kindness from the opposite party, how could Wang Lu have the heart to plunder Ao Guanhai’s Clear Sky Peak again? Would he not feel ashamed of himself!?

Wang Lu tried to ask himself. Even if his conscience had been polluted by his Master’s harmful influence these past two years… He still couldn’t do it.

Therefore, without cultivation method that he could practice and without a place to do experiential learning, besides continuing being a top student at the Teng Cloud Hall, he could only patiently wait for his Master to come back. In this regard, Wang Lu himself was helpless and could only ruefully look at his Uncle Guanhai.

“Little Wang Lu, although you have amazing talent and exceptional perception, but in the Immortal Cultivation World, you need to have a large perseverance for you to accomplish anything; how could you do nothing these last few days?”

Wang Lu shifted his gaze from the popular fiction book that was imported through the Spirit Creek Town that he was reading and very suspiciously looked at the Black Uncle who was cooking something in the kitchen; he inwardly said, “Losing my precious morning to accompany you in waiting for my Master, wouldn’t that be a manifestation of a big perseverance?”

After a while, he saw that his Uncle Guanhai had carried out four dishes and a soup on the table. Wang Lu then looked at the three pair of chopsticks; one pair was for himself, another one was for Wang Lu, and the other… was left for his Fifth Senior Sister. Moreover, as per Wang Lu’s request, next to the bowl and pair of chopsticks was a black and white portrait; meaning that the Fifth Martial Sister was with them.

While eating lunch, Junior Martial Uncle Guanhai affectionately said in earnest, “Little Wang Lu, recently, did you encounter any difficulty in cultivation?”

“Yes.” Wang Lu put down the chopsticks and very seriously said, “My Master is too stupid, I want to exchange Master.”

Even someone as optimistic and cheerful as Black Uncle could not help but choke from this sentence; he rolled his eyes. “... In addition to that?”

“Except this, I don’t think I have another difficulty…”

After a while, Uncle Guanhai heaved a long sigh. “I can’t believed at such a young age, with a cultivation level only at the Body Refining Stage, you were able to withstand the direct lightning strike from the Little Thunder. Senior Sister has truly wonderfully updated her Non-Phase Sword Bone; right now, the eighth layer was as good as the fifteenth layer in the past… Little Wang Lu, what you cultivate was actually a Foundation Establishment Stage’s Body Refining Method, moreover, it is a top level Foundation Establishment Stage’s Body Refining Method!”

Wang Lu blinked his eyes as if trying to show some kind of a grateful look, but soon he eventually gave up. “Top level method? If I can’t feel my lower part, I’d turn into a eunuch. What’s so commendable about that?”

Upon hearing that, Black Uncle frowned. “Indeed, we don’t know when Senior Sister will come back. And your cultivation progress is faster than what she expected, which is good, but we can’t let this be delayed… How about this, if you don’t mind, I can help you look.”

Wang Lu became suspicious. “Look? Look at what?”

Black Uncle very innocently blinked his eyes. “Of course to go inside you and look what’s there.”

“What the! To go inside me? Oh, Black Uncle, you actually haven’t changed your nature! In your dreams! Oh, wrong! Even in your dreams, you can’t dream about me; just dream about my Master; she has big breasts, and you two are a match made in heaven!”

Guanhai innocently said, “Why do I feel like you’re thinking some inappropriate things… I just want to use the Internal Inspection Method to observe your Qi Gathering situation. Of course, if you don’t want me to do it, then just forget it.”

“Just the Internal Inspection Method…” Wang Lu warily nodded as if he was making a tough life decision.

“Then please observe, Uncle.”

As a Peak Yuanying Stage Elder, Ao Guanhai easily cast the skill, and his awareness immediately entered Wang Lu’s Inner Mansion; when he saw the more than two hundred dazzling Sword Bones; his brows slightly furrowed.

“What a pure Sword Bone Method; a worthy cultivation method of a genius like Senior Sister… Em, there’s a Non-Phase Emperor Bone in the sky? Senior Sister’s whimsical idea in those years have finally been put into practice. That being the case, I think I can guess what should be the next step after this.”

Wang Lu asked, “To use the golden liquid to transform the Inner Mansion?”

“Ah, you guess wrong. Transforming the Inner Mansion is the step after this next step. As for now…” Uncle Guanhai said with a smile, “Your task is to practice the real Non-Phase Sword Bone.”

The real Non-Phase Sword Bone? Did he just imply that the method that Wang Lu practiced was fake?

“No, it’s not that it’s fake, however, Little Wang Lu, I just want to ask you a simple question. In your view, what should be the characteristics of a sword?”

Wang Lu said, “Sharp, though, pure… probably these?”

“Correct, then do the more than two hundred Sword Bones in your body have these characteristics?”

Wang Lu was taken aback. If he objectively assessed his Sword Bones… Indeed, the more than two hundred Jade Pillars stood upright and even pierced the sky; it stood to reason that they were sharp, but because they have already fused with the external boundary, they have lost their sharpness. As for the smooth and cylinder-like pillars, there was nothing sharp about them. Regarding toughness… It should be balanced between hardness and softness. The hardness of this Non-Phase Sword Bone need not be mentioned, but its softness was dubious—would flexible pillars good as a choice for house pillars?

As for the pure characteristic, this dazzling Jade Pillars seemed pure, but how could a pure thing tolerate the invasion of foreign objects? As of this moment, as the connector channel between the surrounding spiritual energy and the Inner Mansion, it clearly has a hollow structure...

“In that case…”