Chapter 244: Chapter 30: Canglan Ascendant! Subduing Others with Strength (Requesting Monthly Votes)
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"Th-thank you, Miss Luqiu." The two exchanged glances, then became excited.
Undoubtedly, Wang Luqiu had just subdued them. If they could follow her in the Academy, life would surely be much easier.
Then Yuwen Jianye cautiously asked, "Miss Luqiu, can we have a meal with you?"
Wang Luqiu glanced at them, seeing the expectation in their eyes, and nodded, "Since your mom is paying, let’s all eat together."
"It’s sister-in-law!" Lady Bilian corrected through gritted teeth.
But the two young men ignored her reaction.
Instead, they happily followed Wang Luqiu, as if dining with her was their greatest honor.
The three chatted casually.
"Huh? Miss Luqiu, you’re actually a year younger than me?"
After some small talk, they became somewhat familiar. Yuwen Jianye was astonished, "Oh my, how did you cultivate like this? It’s incredible."
"Even if I’m younger, remember to call me senior sister in the future. There’s no special cultivation method, just frequent trips to the Outer Domain to fight fierce beasts." Wang Luqiu often heard Zhong Xingwang call Ancestor Longyan senior sister, and thought the title had some prestige.
"Going to the Outer Domain to fight fierce beasts?" Both Yuwen Jianye and Liu Yunlang were shocked. Are we still kids? And we’re supposed to go to the Outer Domain to fight fierce beasts!!!
This was almost impossible in Celestial Human Families.
"What’s that?" Wang Luqiu said calmly, "When I was eleven, I started life-and-death battles with loose cultivators a tier above me, and competed with wild beasts, hunting fierce beasts. Over the years, I’ve lost count of how many death-row inmates and fierce beasts I’ve defeated."
It couldn’t be helped, as the Ping’an Wang Family was on the edge of the Outer Domain, not a peaceful place. Thus, at a young age, Wang Luqiu had to shoulder the family responsibilities.
As they say, kids from poor families grow up early. Her combat instincts were honed through repeated trials.
She also liked sparring with Wang Shouzhe, and although she lost every time, she always learned many strange tactics from her fourth brother.
"You’re just... too ruthless. Senior sister it is, since you’re amazing." Yuwen Jianye and Liu Yunlang didn’t seem to object. They started calling her senior sister.
"That’s better. I’ll look after you in the Academy in the future. But you momma’s boys and daddy’s darlings need to change your habits, I can’t stand them," Wang Luqiu said.
"It’s sister-in-law..." Lady Bilian defended softly from behind.
"Huh? Aunty... why are you following? We’re having a young people’s gathering." Wang Luqiu looked at her oddly.
Then, Lady Bilian and Liu Kangping were left out, looking at each other blankly.
It felt like the younger generation they had painstakingly nurtured was about to be led astray?
To be precise, they had already been led astray.
Seeing this, Wang Shouzhe was speechless. His sixth sister was truly not easy to handle.
Indeed, she was ready to recruit followers. When she enters the Academy, it won’t be peaceful.
The meal was, of course, a joyful one.
Especially for Wang Lici, who felt no worries at all, as Lady Biluo would foot the bill.
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Several hours later.
Relaxing on the Imperial Concubine’s Couch, sipping Beauty-Enhancing Spirit Bee Honey Spirit Tea, Lady Bilian received the shopkeeper’s bill. Without even looking, she said, "I said to put it on my tab, didn’t I?"
The shopkeeper smiled wryly, "Madam, it’s best to take a look first."
Lady Bilian glanced nonchalantly, "Eating more is no big... pfft!" She spat out half a mouthful of honey tea, eyes bulging, "Are they kidding me? They packed it to go!?"
The shopkeeper shook his head, "We had servants watching, they finished it all on-site."
Lady Bilian rolled her eyes, her mind filled with &*%￥#, sinking into chaos and going blank.
Why did she have to go and provoke Wang Ziteng?
That meal made her heartache, how terrifying!
Looks like she needs to stay away from the Wang Family in the future.
No, staying far isn’t possible.
It seems our Jianye has already pledged allegiance to the little girl as their leader...
Lady Bilian felt like crying but had no tears, losing both in the process.
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Happy times always pass in a flash.
Several days later.
The days of feasting and drinking in Longzuo County had ended.
With Ancestor Xuanfu returning from scouting ahead, she began leading everyone out of Longzuo County City, heading towards Purple Mansion Academy.
The convoy slowly exited Longzuo County City, heading north, and in just two or three days, they entered the range of Purple Mansion Academy.
Purple Mansion Academy leaned against the towering Purple Mansion Sacred Mountain, over two thousand zhang tall.
The architecture was built along a complex, massive, top-tier spirit vein among several Spirit Peaks.
Many structures were built after shaving off half of the mountains.
The architectural complex was enormous, with staggered high pavilions and lower buildings, covering an area about half the size of Changning Guard.
Wang Shouzhe saw such a vast and complex singular architectural structure for the first time.
Truly worthy of being the Purple Mansion Academy! Truly worthy of being the Black Tortoise Sacred Land within the entire Longzuo County.
Even Wang Shouzhe, the transmigrator, restrained much of his pride, not daring to underestimate the Academy in the slightest.
After half a day’s effort.
They arrived at a large plaza at the foot of the mountain.
This plaza was vast and nearly boundless. More exaggerated was the presence of innumerable people gathered here.
There were noble family descendants with their relatives and caravans, and some groups of loose cultivators.
Yet, they could not easily enter the Purple Mansion Academy.
The Academy was not a tourist attraction you could enter on a whim.
Non-Academy students must hold an invitation or a re-examination notice to enter the Academy. Moreover, they could only stay in designated areas and were not allowed to roam around.
If it weren’t for Wang Dingyue’s mishap back then, forcing Wang Shouzhe to take over the family.
He once held a re-examination notice, ready to enter the Academy for the re-exam.
However, he knew that his talent and strength at the time only gave him a fifty percent chance of passing. If Ancestor Xuanfu backed him, he could possibly slip in.
He would only be an ordinary student.
But even as ordinary students, many were eager to get in.
All for that saying, once you enter the Academy, you will surely become a Spirit Platform.
The Purple Mansion Academy wouldn’t allow those who couldn’t become Spirit Platforms to enter, nor would it allow its students not to achieve Spirit Platform.
And this time, as Wang Shouzhe arrived, the situation was vastly different. Seeing that crowded throng, he felt deeply moved within.
Then, with Ancestor Xuanfu’s care and Wang Shouxin as a core disciple,
Wang Shouzhe and his party easily entered the Academy gates.
They were assigned several guest courtyards to settle down temporarily.
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Meanwhile
At the rear position of the Purple Mansion Academy, there was a Profound Ice Spirit Peak.
On the platform at the peak, giant gleaming white halls lay atop it, towering over fifteen hundred zhang high, with dense clouds overhead.
Perhaps due to the top-tier Profound Ice Spiritual Vein within the peak, it was perpetually snow-covered, ice-bound across a hundred li. As if enveloping the world’s cold in its entirety.
This was a hell of ice and frost for ordinary people, but for Black Tortoise practitioners cultivating Profound Ice System Techniques, this was a heaven-sent sacred land.
A massive Spirit Gathering Array securely locked the spiritual qi of the Profound Ice Spiritual Vein, entirely contributing to the whole Ice Hall.
At the highest point of the white halls.
There was a loft like an ice crystal, the core location of the entire Profound Ice Hall.
Inside this Profound Ice Attic.
A woman in a white palace gown with a veil stood by the ice-crystal rail.
Her beautiful eyes were as deep as millennia-old ice, gazing down at the base of the mountain.
The thick clouds and heavy snow around her seemed to feel her will, scattering to both sides, revealing the distant scene at the foot of the mountain.
A ray of sunlight even penetrated, casting a golden glow over the entire Ice Hall.
Just by standing there, she seemed to be the embodiment of ice and snow, merging with the entire Profound Ice Attic, even the whole Profound Ice Hall.
This level of cultivation realm.
Had surpassed the mortal body, touching upon those ethereal and mysterious truths between heaven and earth.
Behind her.
Stood a white-clothed young man, handsome and imposing, yet with an aloof demeanor, not daring to interrupt.
After a long while.
The woman in the palace gown withdrew her gaze, and the clouds and snow rolled back inside, isolating the ray of golden sunlight outside.
Her tone was as indifferent as ice, "Longyan, the child, will be arriving at the Academy in the next two days, correct? You’an, go and bring her here."
"Yes, Master." Faang You’an respectfully saluted, hesitating slightly, he said, "Master, Sister Longyan reported she cultivated Yin Sha Evil Qi..."
"I already know about that." The palace-clad woman said flatly, "Is there a problem?"
"This..." Faang You’an’s face showed unease, "Some Ascendants have opinions on recruiting Sister Longyan back into the sect. Saying our Purple Mansion Academy is the righteous way of the world, a model for Black Tortoise. Moreover, the Academy is fundamentally opposed to the Yin Sha Sect, Sister Longyan cultivating Yin Poison, she shouldn’t return to the Academy."
"Do Ascendants have opinions? Is it Changchun or Xuan Yao?" The woman’s gaze did not change, merely said indifferently, "Enough, enough, whoever it is, let them bring their opinions to me."
"I will convince them." She added lightly.
Convince, convince!
Faang You’an broke into a cold sweat, Master was still as domineering as ever, always choosing to [convince by force].
Yet, he felt some sentiment within, Sister Longyan, Sister Longyan. Master treats you so well, do not disappoint the elder.
Of course, Faang You’an also found it odd that though Sister Longyan’s talent was decent.
It shouldn’t warrant such favor from the Master, should it? Perhaps there was some underlying reason?
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