My Senior Brother is Too Steady - Chapter 424

Chapter 424: Ling’e Leaves the Mountain

He changed into a loose dark blue Daoist robe and prepared a few face-changing masks that he could change at any time. Then, he covered his true appearance so that his face would look rounder…

An ordinary junior sister had mastered it just like that!

Senior Brother said that the best disguise is being ordinary.

The basic ordinary meant that it looked ordinary on the outside and did not have any special characteristics that would attract attention.

Advanced ordinary was something that most Qi Refinement cultivators would do.

The ultimate ordinary was the Dao heart that stayed firm to the word ‘ordinary’. It would not have any extraordinary thoughts, but it had the ability to steadily cross ordinary obstacles at any time.

It was adapted from “Senior Brother’s Lesson”.

After tidying up for a while, she looked at herself in the mirror. Ling’e nodded in satisfaction and began to inspect the treasure pouches on the table and the treasure pouches in the treasure pouch.

She had prepared sufficient amounts of the commonly used incapacitating agents and essence soul toxins.

He had already considered most environments and multiplied them by three.

Li Changshou had also repeatedly reminded her to bring it along. At the same time, Ling’e felt a little uneasy. She had also prepared three portions of the “Longevity Dao Poison” that was refined from the blood of the Dragon King and the toxins of a certain Primordial Beast…

Does this mean that I might encounter Golden Immortal realm experts during the training that Senior Brother arranged for me?

As Ling’e thought about that, she could not help but sigh and put the treasure pouches into the three storage Dharma treasures…

There were also some trump cards.

For example, the miniature array discs that Li Changshou had created, the paper effigies that self-destructed in the sixteen-layered alliance, and so on were all good things that Ling’e had learned how to use but had never actually used.

He had spent so much effort to make me go out and train…

Is cultivation in the mountains not enjoyable?

What fun is there in going out? Isn’t the world the same?

Ling’e sighed again. If this training was really for gaining experience, it wouldn’t be too bad. She could increase her Dao heart and train her will in danger.

Based on Senior Brother’s personality, there was a 99% chance that he would be hiding underground and tracking them!

Is this an experience?

This is just a comprehensive assessment set up by Senior Brother!

Ling’e secretly complained for a while. She looked around in her treasure vault and finally chose a superior-grade immortal treasure sword as a companion item.

Ever since Li Changshou began to make pills and earn money, Ling’e had never lacked Dharma treasures. She also had some defensive numinous treasures. There were six to seven Dharma treasures that could protect her essence soul.

However, holding a sword of the mainstream quality could not only show his strength, but also prevent others from robbing him. It could also achieve the effect of not revealing his wealth.

Ling’e hugged her sword, carried her sword on her back, and posed in front of the mirror. Finally, she walked to the door of the straw hut with the sword in her hand and pushed it.

The sun was shining brightly outside the door. Li Changshou stood with his hands behind his back.

Qi Yuan held his horsetail whisk and smiled at Ling’e.

“Master! Senior Brother!”

Ling’e walked gracefully and jumped in front of Li Changshou. She cupped her fists and bowed to her master.

“I’m going on an adventure!”

“Not bad, not bad.”

Qi Yuan nodded with a smile and instructed, “It’s not as peaceful outside as it is on the mountain. You’re a Golden Immortal seedling in the sect, and your cultivation level is not bad. However, you should be careful when you’re outside. Don’t meddle in other people’s business and provoke karma. There are people outside the mountain, and there are people outside. Heaven Immortals are nothing in the Primordial World.”

“I will remember Master’s teachings.”

Ling’e shouted in a clear voice. Then, she looked at Li Changshou and asked softly, “Senior Brother, is there anything else that you want to remind me?”

“I’ll give you three missions on this trip. You have a time limit of three years. After you complete them, you can walk freely in the mortal world and the town.”

Li Changshou took out a jade token and handed it to Ling’e.

Ling’e blinked. She thought that her senior brother would be more reserved and think of ways to design difficult problems for her. She did not expect him to give her a mission directly.

The difficulty of the training reduced significantly. At the very least, she had a clear goal.

Ling’e glanced at the jade token and saw a line of words shining brightly.

“Go to the Chentang Ancient Town at the border of the South Continent and eliminate a hundred demons above the Perfected Immortal realm.”

100!

Ling’e was speechless. She looked up at her senior brother, her eyes filled with grievance.

“Senior Brother, are you serious?”

“If he doesn’t come, will he fake it?”

Li Changshou said calmly, “The purpose of this training is to let you experience the difficulty of living beings surviving. It will allow your Dao heart to reach perfection. Junior Sister, cultivation is not easy, and achieving longevity is even more difficult. You have been cultivating in the mountain and taking this peaceful environment for granted. However, survival rights should not be taken for granted. Many risked their lives to fight for the human race and establish what we have today. The goal of the first mission is to let you experience these things. Try harder! If you don’t figure out the meaning of survival, you will not be able to withstand a blow from your mental demons when you face the Longevity Tribulation.”

Ling’e nodded weakly. She felt that she had been instilled with a bunch of principles, but she did not know the exact meaning.

“Senior Brother, I’ll go down the mountain now.”

“This is for you. Replace it with the paper effigy I gave you.”

Li Changshou handed the Sect Leader Token to Ling’e, who took out the paper effigy from her sleeve and returned it to her senior brother.

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and her eyes were filled with reluctance.

Li Changshou said in a mellow voice, “With this, no one will make things difficult for you when you leave the sect. You don’t have to explain anything to others. Don’t easily expose your whereabouts. Remember, from the moment you leave the Little Qiong Peak, you have to rely on yourself for everything.”

“Senior Brother, don’t worry. I know!”

Ling’e took a deep breath and pulled herself together. She cupped her hands and bowed to Li Changshou before bowing to her master, Qi Yuan.

“I’m going!”

Then, she turned around and rode a cloud away from the sect.

“Ah…”

Qi Yuan looked at Ling’e’s back and sighed.

“In the blink of an eye, Ling’e can also go down the mountain to train. When I first brought her back, she was still a little child. Changshou, is her cultivation level enough? Is it dangerous to go to the place where we kill demons? Are you prepared to protect her secretly?”

“Don’t worry, Master.” Li Changshou smiled and said, “Although I can’t say that it’s foolproof, I will do my best to protect Ling’e.”

Qi Yuan said seriously, “I know that you’re impressive now, but you only have one junior sister.”

“Yes, yes. Master, you don’t have to worry.” Li Changshou bowed and guaranteed. Only then did Qi Yuan relax. He turned around and returned to the straw hut to continue… cultivating.

Then, Li Changshou’s main body returned to the Pill Chamber. His immortal senses locked onto Ling’e’s figure.

After Ling’e successfully flew out of the sect, Li Changshou shifted his attention to the “carriage driver” paper effigy outside the sect. He sensed Ling’e’s location and used Earth Escape to follow her at a steady pace.

The ordinary Ling’e’s paper effigy army attacked!

…

The young birds had to learn to spread their wings and fly. The clouds had to drift away from the place of birth.

Li Changshou did not want Ling’e to leave his side. He purely wanted Ling’e to have more life experience.

If the conditions allowed it, and Ling’e was strong enough and vigilant enough, it would be romantic for her to go out and travel for a thousand years like her Grandmaster, Jiang Lin’er, and return to the place where she set off because of one person and one matter.

Now, he did not want Ling’e to go out and see the world. He had been cultivating in the mountains and had entered the stage of retirement in advance. It was actually not fair to Ling’e.

Li Changshou had long made the decision to let Ling’e go out to train. He had already considered the various consequences and made up his mind.

She was not anyone’s subordinate, nor should she be an accessory.

She should understand that the world was not just limited to what she saw. There were many choices in life.

Of course, the choice of Dao companions had to be simple and pure.

Li Changshou felt a little conflicted. A paper effigy went to the Black Pool Peak and… began to observe secretly with Bai Ze.

2,000 kilometers away from the sect, he had already flown out of the sect’s nominal border.

Ling’e rode a cloud and flew high in the sky. She spread her immortal senses as far as possible and remained vigilant.

It was a small matter to train. It was more important to satisfy Senior Brother!

She could not afford to lose anything…

“Help!”

Suddenly, a hurried shout was brought back by the Wind Speech Incantation.

Ling’e’s immortal senses also noticed a rough concealing array formation at the edge of a certain forest.

Her immortal senses gathered and easily penetrated the array wall like flowing water. Ling’e immediately saw… an unbearable scene.

It was a classic immortal cultivation scene!

The male immortal, whose cultivation level was at the Perfected Immortal realm, was bullying a female immortal who was at the Essence Immortal realm. Moreover, he had already reached the stage of shouting, “You can shout, you can shout. If you shout louder, someone will come and save you.”

Ling’e was speechless. She silently rode a cloud and circled around the place. She felt that it was not the male immortal who was insulting the female immortal, but…

Senior Brother is insulting my intelligence!

Once upon a time, this was completely Senior Brother’s case study for teaching. It was just that the cultivation realm of the subject of the case was slightly different.

What are you doing? Is it time to play with emotions?

Ling’e shook her head in her heart, but her expression remained hesitant.

All of a sudden, some thoughts surfaced in Ling’e’s mind. The female immortal’s desperate and indignant gaze kept appearing in her heart, causing Ling’e to fall into a dilemma.

Would Senior Brother really use such a crude move?

No, that male immortal did such a bad thing. How could he not do a soundproof array formation?

Is the male immortal’s Dao heart twisted in such a crude concealment array? Does he want someone to see him?

There were various signs that it was indeed a trial arranged by his senior brother.

However, if this matter was true…

Although the best answer was to turn a blind eye, if it was really something that he could do, but he did not save her, would his Dao heart really not have any demons?

What should I do?

The few options that her senior brother had given her back then kept appearing in her heart. Ling’e’s cloud gradually stopped.

“Ling’e, you have to remember that when you encounter something that you can’t make up your mind, you have to try to break the framework of your mind and find new options.”

New options…

Forget it!

Although there is an 80% chance that it is just the appetizer of the trial, this small experience should only be considered a very low score in the overall evaluation.

Ling’e pinched her chin and muttered. Her immortal senses suddenly swept across the few demonic beasts playing in the forest. Her eyes lit up.

After a while, the Perfected Immortal who was in the process of ‘the more you resist, the more excited I get’ suddenly felt dizzy. The immortal power in his body suddenly slowed down.

He immediately jumped up and pressed down on his Daoist robe, which had already been unbuttoned. He looked around.

“Who! Who is plotting against me!?!”

Hmph, hmph…

Without any warning, a demonic aura erupted a thousand feet away and approached that person.

The Perfected Immortal suddenly turned around and saw a wild boar that was more than thirty feet long and had red eyes running over. It brought with it a cloud of dust!

The male Perfected Immortal immediately wanted to take out his treasure, but he realized that he could not hold the sword hilt…

“Rascal!”

That person cursed and turned around to fly on a cloud. The wild boar demon beast stared at the male immortal for some reason. It stirred up a black wind and chased after him.

A gentle breeze blew past, and the restrictions on the female immortal were removed.

She hurriedly stood up and covered her collar. Her messy face was filled with confusion and helplessness. Then, she heard a voice transmission that sounded androgynous.

“Let’s go quickly. That demonic beast drank the Love Water and will definitely torment that evil person for a while.”

The female Essence Immortal hurriedly said, “Thank you, benefactor! Please save me until the end. Otherwise, how can I escape from this thief? I’m willing to be a slave…”

“If you can’t escape, that will probably be your destiny. Farewell.”

“Hey! Benefactor!”

On the cloud in the distance, Ling’e used the Wind Escape technique and quickly left.

That female immortal must be Senior Brother’s paper effigy!

The cry for help just now was the real trial!

Hmph!

Even if it was not an experience, Ling’e would not continue to help in such a situation.

We are not related to each other. Helping you once is enough. Why should I be responsible for the rest of your life?

Really!

Ling’e smiled smugly. She was flying freely in the wind, and her mind was more open.

After escaping for 500 kilometers, Ling’e looked at the Sensing Stone on her body and realized that she did not have any immortal senses to check. She then looked at the mountains below.

Did Senior Brother not use his immortal senses to pay attention to me? Does he have a way to break the Sensing Stone? Or is he not protecting me secretly?

He had to prepare for the worst…

Ling’e hummed softly and continued to fly towards the border of the South Continent on a cloud. When she passed by various towns, she would try her best to avoid them and restrain her curiosity…

However, the world was too beautiful.

Looking left and right, she saw that the mountain range around the Little Qiong Peak was expanding.

Looking up at the sky, she realized that the blue sky and white clouds seemed to be unchanged, but they also seemed to have become extremely vast.

The breeze that came towards them brought along the low hum of the birds in the distance.

In the distance, there were hundreds of birds spreading their wings in the sky above the dense forest in the mountains. Qi Refinement cultivators came and went in a hurry on the clouds. There were many figures in the valley that were filled with spiritual herbs and light flowers.

An unfamiliar face and an unfamiliar background…

Ling’e could not help but smile and stop in front of some beautiful scenery.

She would take the antidote pill and carefully sniff the flowers that she had never seen before.

She would also grab the longsword of the numinous treasure and poke the colorful-scaled snake, which only had a little cultivation level. Then, she would be chased around half the hill by the little snakes who had woken up.

She carried her cloth boots and walked barefoot across the clear mountain stream.

She cast the transformation technique and turned into a thumb fairy. She danced with the two butterflies on the petals. She did not know what dance she was dancing.

In the starry night, she lay on the deserted lake, her black hair spread out like a waterfall. She imagined herself to be the goddess of the lake and accidentally merged into the sea of stars below her.

During the day, he found an uninhabited place filled with mountain flowers. He casually set up four to five layers of concealment array formations and played a zither there. He hummed a tune and thought about the scene where he and his senior brother were playing. Then, he lay on the grass and laughed foolishly…

“This is the outside.”

Ling’e raised her hand and grabbed at the sky.

“Hmph, that’s all. Let’s get down to business!”

As she hummed a tune that she was thinking about, Ling’e returned to the various array foundations and carefully checked the situation everywhere. She rode a cloud like a thief and left the place. She continued to follow the busy cloud path towards the first training ground.

Beside the pool at the Black Pool Peak, Bai Ze and Li Changshou each held a cup of wine and looked at the image reflected on the water surface. They did not stop smiling.

“Mr. Bai, this technique is really a hundred times better than immortal senses.”

“Hahaha, it’s just a small trick. It’s not worth mentioning!”

Bai Ze waved his hand and smiled. “Water God, have you arranged the trials for Ling’e?”

“I didn’t arrange anything.” Li Changshou smiled and said, “When she goes out this time, I want to let her see what the Primordial World should be like. I will only guide her to some places and secretly guard her.”

Bai Ze frowned and said, “What if Ling’e encounters an expert of the Zenith Heaven? What if we’re too far away and can’t make a move in time? That doesn’t seem safe.”

“It’s fine,” Li Changshou said calmly. “Previously, I had already asked the Great Daoist Master to help take care of her. The paper effigy under her feet is enough to deal with enemies who are not disciples of the Saint.”

Bai Ze could not help but be speechless. He sighed and said, “Are you letting your junior sister go train or are you hoping that she will go out and cause trouble?”

Li Changshou smiled and did not say anything. He smiled and said, “I didn’t expect that wild boar demon from before. Does Mr. Bai know anything about refining? Recently, I have been trying to come up with a ‘Dharma artifact’ to transmit information. However, my understanding of Dharma artifacts is insufficient. I have been stuck at a bottleneck.”

“This… I know a little.”

Bai Ze took out a feather fan from his sleeve and shook it gently. He and Li Changshou looked at the situation in the lake while discussing the refinement of the Cosmic Dharma treasure.

At that moment, Li Changshou was multitasking. However, he had stopped the activities of the Water God paper effigy in the Heavenly Courts.

Half a day later, Li Changshou and Bai Ze stopped discussing and stared at the image in the water.

Ling’e paced around outside a lively town for a long time. After hesitating for a while, she walked in.

Li Changshou’s paper effigy army was immediately blocked by the Five-Element Array.

Li Changshou immediately chose a Golden Immortal paper effigy and turned into an old woman. He rode a cloud and entered the place.

After entering the town, Ling’e’s Sensing Stone instantly turned orange-red. Ling’e could not tell if it contained Li Changshou’s immortal senses.

The old woman that Li Changshou had transformed into was less than 1,000 feet away from Ling’e, but she did not notice him.

Li Changshou looked down at the Sensing Stone on the old paper effigy…

The light purple color… highlighted the truth!

In the bustling street, Ling’e’s eyes lit up. She looked around in front of the stalls, and inevitably, she stepped into some Dharma treasure halls.

This girl is so charming. I wonder if she will affect the stability of my Dao heart.

Soon, Li Changshou felt that he had been overthinking.

“This dress costs 300 spirit stones?”

Ling’e looked at the female shopkeeper in front of her in surprise and frowned.

“Although the material is not bad, the corners are a little rough. Moreover, the color scheme is not excellent. You even deliberately saved the fabric on your waist and shoulders. The cost is at most ten Spirit Stones. Yet, you want to sell it for 300 Spirit Stones!”

The female shopkeeper hurriedly said, “Fellow Daoist, this is not just clothes. There are also many restrictions engraved on it. It’s enough to block an Essence Immortal’s attack.”

Ling’e frowned and said, “You call this a restriction? He might even be able to defeat the weakest Essence Immortal with a single palm strike.”

The female shopkeeper smiled and said, “In that case, Fellow Daoist, you seem to be someone who knows how to do things. How about I give you a suitable price of 30 Spirit Stones?”

“Um…”

Ling’e hesitated for a while and gritted her teeth. “25.”

“Deal!”

A moment later, Ling’e put the immortal dress into her storage Dharma treasure with a satisfied smile. She turned around and left the Dharma treasure clothing store.

The Wind Speech Incantation allowed Ling’e to hear the female shopkeeper’s murmurs. Ling’e pretended not to hear them and was not affected at all.

She had no choice. Most of her monthly allowance over the past few years had been exchanged for herbs and pills for Li Changshou. She naturally had to use the Spirit Stones sparingly and not spend them recklessly.

It was the outstanding tradition of the Little Poor Peak!

Beside the Black Pool Peak’s pool, Bai Ze frowned at Li Changshou and muttered, “The Second Disciple of the Saint of Ren School, the Little Daoist Master of Ren School, the Heavenly Courts’ Water God, the witty one of the Dao Sect, the savior of the dragon race and the Magi, the bellman of the demon race, the guardian of the Lady of Earth, the quasi-Dao companion of Fairy Yun Xiao, and the guest of the Holy Mother Palace… That’s it? Aren’t you afraid that Little Ling’e would be cheated and brought away with a few Spirit Stones?”

Li Changshou snorted and ignored Bai Ze. He closed his eyes and made arrangements. At the same time, he wanted to test Ling’e’s reaction.

An hour later, Ao Yi brought a few old dragons from the East Ocean. They hid their tracks, used the transformation technique, and used illusions to sneak into the town and found Ling’e, who was listening to Qu’er in the tea house.

At that moment, Ao Yi transformed into Ke Le’er. He carried a support and looked around. He slowly walked behind Ling’e and lowered his head.

“Sister-in-law, Brother ordered me to send some money over. You just went out in a huff. You can’t be useless.”

Ling’e, who was munching on melon seeds, did not stop. Without looking back, she said in a hoarse voice, “Fellow Daoist, you’ve got the wrong person. My husband is my Senior Brother. He doesn’t have a sister.”

“Sister-in-law is angry again.”

Ao Yi pushed the tray to Ling’e’s hand. Ling’e looked down and immediately saw a bracelet-type storage Dharma treasure and the huge words below…

Steady.

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