Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

Chapter 340 - 195: Your Yang Energy Lately...

With the end of this conversation, life on Lotus Peak seemed to return to normal.

In the morning, Fairy Wangshu led You Su and Ji Lingruo to become familiar with the Lotus Swordsmanship.

Ji Lingruo remembered what He Shutong said, and deliberately made mistakes in her actions, hoping that You Su would correct her personally.

However, when it came time to teach, Fairy Wangshu was very serious and often demonstrated personally, teaching Ji Lingruo hand in hand, which made Ji Lingruo roll her eyes frequently. This caused her to often disrupt when You Su tried teaching senior sister poetry as a form of revenge.

During mealtime, You Su would cook, Ji Lingruo would assist, or they would go together to the Ancient Moon Residence for a meal. It’s worth mentioning that the Third Elder showed up once again, coincidentally during mealtime, squeezing into You Su’s place with an unwilling look, claiming to come for little Lingruo, but Fairy Wangshu knew she was just there for a free meal.

In the afternoon, it was generally free cultivation, meditating, practicing swordsmanship, or reading sword scriptures and other cultivation texts, and they could even enroll in lectures by the elders. However, Ji Lingruo would go to the Lotus Pool at the back mountain on schedule, to perfect her Yuan Sword Skill under He Shutong’s personal guidance.

Fang Gong from Earth and Wood Peak visited again, unable to reach Lotus Peak, he waited for a long time at the foot of the mountain. He expressed admiration for You Su’s design; they have made a preliminary model, but to truly put it into practice on such a high peak, more research was needed.

In the evening, You Su and Ji Lingruo would still head to the Lotus Pool together. Under He Shutong’s explanation, the two gained a deeper understanding of evil spirits. Feeling the warmth in the pool, He Shutong spared no detail in sharing all her knowledge about these spirits with them. Consequently, lessons often ran late.

This would make the duo return to their courtyard under a night as dark as ink. The shocking and terrifying knowledge left Ji Lingruo without her usual thoughts, immersed in horror and awe, merely helplessly watching You Su return to his room.

Another factor preventing her from sneaking into Senior Brother’s room was the guardian-like Fairy Wangshu, which made Ji Lingruo miss the Mandarin Duck Sword Sect where only she and Senior Brother were present.

Even harder to accept was that You Su seemed to have no such intentions at all, not interested in taking things further with her. She became lazy to think about it anymore, betting angrily that this blind guy bothered by yang energy would come to her voluntarily.

After cultivating for more than half a month in this manner, time swiftly moved to November. With autumn over, the mountain’s winter felt colder than below. Ji Lingruo continually stabilized her rapidly rising cultivation, and You Su astonishingly reached the threshold of Middle Realm of Spirit Platform Perfection.

However, You Su’s calm life seemed destined to not last long as the First Elder visited Lotus Peak with what he called an ’opportunity’.

The First Elder still had his usual kind demeanor, showing no sign of being the second man of a top sect.

"Greetings, First Elder."

You Su and Ji Lingruo bowed respectfully, and Fairy Wangshu nodded slightly from the side.

"So this is the new disciple taken in by the Thirteenth Elder, the second lady of the Snake Race, Ji Lingruo?"

The First Elder gave a gentle smile, and the girl, seeing the Celestial Technique Venerable she’d only heard about in legends, couldn’t help but tremble with her feet.

"I represent the Snake Race in greeting the Celestial Technique Venerable."

The First Elder stroked his beard with a laugh:

"Good, our Profound Sky Sect hasn’t had a disciple from the Demon Race for years now, the significance you carry is tremendous. Cultivating here alone, if there is anything you’re not used to, you can come to Celestial Skill Peak to find me; we can’t have the Profound Sky Sect treating our demon allies poorly."

"Th-thank you, First Elder." Ji Lingruo still appeared very cautious.

"Hmm, you and Wangshu may withdraw first; I wish to have a word with You Su."

"Yes."

Ji Lingruo obediently took her leave, a worried look flashing through her eyes as she glanced at You Su’s back. He had not hidden the matter of the Divine Son from her.

In the small courtyard, only the black-robed youth and the white-robed elder remained.

"Your opportunity has come." The First Elder’s expression was a bit serious.

"So soon?"

"What?" The First Elder looked deeply at You Su, as if wanting to see through all the changes the boy had undergone in the past half month, "Afraid now? Or worried about your lack of strength? Shall I tell them to pass this opportunity on, let you grow a bit more?"

You Su pursed his lips and said: "I just think it’s too sudden."

"There’s never anything in this world that lets you prepare completely before facing it." The First Elder replied with deep meaning, "The stronger you get, the harder the tasks become. Facing them early might be easier."

"What exactly do I need to do?"

"Clean up after your senior sister."

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"Huh?"

You Su was momentarily taken aback, his expression a bit stiff. Had he not known his senior sister was already in the Feather Transformation realm, he might have taken it literally.

"Do you think cleaning up after your senior sister is beneath you?"

"N-no."

"There have been signs of evil spirits causing trouble in Mo Ye City recently. Mo Ye City isn’t far from Henggao City; it’s a rather prosperous city and unexpectedly has also been infiltrated by evil spirits. Though there are cultivators of the Feather Transformation realm stationed there, the spirit is extremely adept at hiding, and the local cultivators can do nothing about it."

The First Elder narrated, "So, the Exorcism Bureau has decided to send you to eliminate this spirit, to prove your eyes can indeed see things not meant to be seen. As for the evil spirit’s strength, it is around the Middle Condensed Water Realm. If you are truly destined to slay evil, you should be capable of facing it alone."