In the dead of night, Jing Jiu's courtyard welcomed his first guest besides Liu Shisui.
He knew he would come, so he stood in the courtyard in advance and waited.
It was not to show respect, but because he was not used to others entering his cave abode, even though the room he was living in was far from a cave abode.
Master Lü did not know this, and was somewhat gratified by his intelligence and courtesy.
"The answers you gave to your fellow disciples in the morning were all correct."
Master Lü took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said, "But you answered the last question incorrectly."
Jing Jiu was somewhat puzzled, thinking how could he have been wrong. He took the paper and looked at it, then roughly understood what was going on.
"After understanding it, you did not understand this paragraph in the incantation. This paragraph is a new interpretation of this book."
Master Lü looked at him with a gentle expression and said, "Of course, this is not your fault. In fact, for many years, the Aoyama Sect's understanding of this book has been wrong."
Jing Jiu said, "No, the sect's previous understanding was not wrong, but this interpretation is wrong."
Master Lü smiled and said, "This is the new interpretation that Master Granduncle personally made. How could it be wrong?"
The current Aoyama Sect's entry-level incantation had two modifications, both of which were the work of Jingyang.
Jing Jiu naturally knew about this, and also knew that one of the modifications was wrong.
"Anyone can make a mistake, whether he is an outer disciple or Master Granduncle."
Jing Jiu said.
Master Lü's expression changed slightly, thinking how absurd this was.
He also thought about that morning, when Jing Jiu said that the sect's method of educating outer disciples was wrong, and that the rules should be changed …
"Your comprehension and talent are indeed excellent, and your thinking is even more meticulous, but this is not a reason for you to act presumptuously."
Master Lü looked at him and said in a low voice, "You must know that the disciples of our Aoyama Sword Sect must have pride, but they must not have arrogance."
Arrogance?
Thinking of the two modifications on the entry-level incantation, Jing Jiu felt somewhat emotional.
Back then, Jingyang was indeed the most arrogant person in the world. That was why he made all these mistakes.
Seeing that he was silent, Master Lü thought that he had understood, so he said earnestly, "The tallest tree in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The sword that leaves the Nine Peaks must meet the strong wind. If you want to go further on the path of cultivation, you must learn how to restrain your pride. Even if you want to help your fellow disciples, you can use other methods, but you must not break the rules."
"But this rule is really stupid." Jing Jiu said, "The one on Qingrong Peak is from the southern village, so she doesn't know the language of the imperial court. She couldn't even understand the introductory magic script when she was in the outer gate. If no one taught her how to read and write, the Aoyama Sect would have missed this genius."
Hearing his first sentence, Master Lu was enraged and was about to reprimand him, but when he heard his second sentence, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"How did you know?"
This story was about the current Peak Master of Qingrong Peak. It was not a secret, but an anecdote. But Jing Jiu was only an outer disciple, so how could he have heard it?
Jing Jiu thought that he had seen the girl practice calligraphy day and night with his own eyes. Did he have to tell him?
Master Lu wondered if this youth was like Zhuo Rusui and the other young disciples on Liangwang Peak, a pawn planted by the sect in advance.
Which peak's Martial Uncle and Martial Uncle were the ones who placed the chess piece this time?
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Time flowed like water.
A year passed in the blink of an eye.
It was once again the time of deep spring.
Liu Shisui walked out of the training hall and walked along the stone path into the depths of the forest.
The dozens of outer disciples on the plateau were used to this scene and knew where he was going. They didn't think it was strange and greeted him.
Liu Shisui nodded and returned the greeting with a smile.
He was now twelve years old, so in a sense, he should be called a youth.
His appearance was still simple and amiable, but his eyes were calmer and his temperament had changed the most. He walked with a smile, looking very relaxed.
Seeing Liu Shisui walk into the small courtyard, the disciples gathered together and discussed him again.
As a key disciple of Aoyama Sect, Liu Shisui's every move was being watched.
After one night, everyone knew that he had applied for the inner sect examination.
Only those who had completed the state of Spiritual Stability would be able to sense the sword embryo and qualify to enter the inner sect.
The problem was that Liu Shisui had only been in Aoyama Sect for a year.
For countless years, only the rumored ascended Senior Grandmaster had entered the inner sect in half a year.
Zhuo Rusui was the personal disciple of the Sect Master of Aoyama Sect, and was now behind closed doors at Tianguang Peak. It had taken him a year and a half to enter the inner sect from the North Crane Pavilion.
Even a genius like Zhao Layue had taken a whole year.
No one thought that Liu Shisui could pass the inner sect examination this time. Although he was also a one in a million natural Taoist quality, in the eyes of the disciples, he was not as good as Senior Sister.
One thought was that if Liu Shisui had not been too distracted by other things, his chances of success would have been much higher.
The so-called other things were, of course, the things that happened in Jing Jiu's courtyard.
Because of these things, many people were very dissatisfied with Jing Jiu. They felt that he had delayed Liu Shisui's cultivation and did not know the severity of the situation. Some even thought that he was jealous of Liu Shisui and did it on purpose.
Of course, some people did not see it this way. They were very grateful to Jing Jiu because Jing Jiu did not listen to Master Lü's advice and would occasionally help the disciples solve some problems.
Master Lü also gradually stopped paying attention to Jing Jiu and no longer thought that he was a disciple chosen in advance by some big shot from a certain peak.
Because Jing Jiu was really too lazy.
He had never participated in the routine inspection of the outer sect disciples in Aoyama. He did not even bother to find a reason to take leave. Every time, he would have to trouble Liu Shisui to plead for him.
Moreover, no one had ever seen him cultivate.
For such a person, no matter how profound his knowledge was, no matter how outstanding his perception was, in the end, he was just a nobody.
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Walking into the small courtyard and looking at Jing Jiu on the bamboo chair, Liu Shisui's calm smile turned into a helpless bitter smile.
In this year, he had tried to persuade Jing Jiu many times, but Jing Jiu did not listen. He still lay on the bamboo chair every day, basking in the sun and daydreaming.
But he did not know when it started, there was an extra porcelain plate next to the bamboo chair. The porcelain plate had some clean sand in it.
Liu Shisui had carefully observed it and found that the sand in the porcelain plate had increased in number, now occupying one-third of the plate.
He did not know what this porcelain plate and the sand were used for. Jing Jiu had never explained it, but it was obvious that he attached great importance to these things, not even allowing Shisui to touch them.
"Young Master, I went to talk to Master Lü last night … to prepare to participate in the inner sect examination."
Liu Shisui looked at Jing Jiu nervously and said, "I only went to talk to him because I really felt that I could pass."
Jing Jiu glanced at him and said, "It has been more than a year, and if you still can't pass, then there is something wrong."
Liu Shisui came to his senses. Back in the village, Young Master had taught him how to breathe, which meant that he had started cultivating before he entered the Aoyama Sect. He was somewhat disappointed. Even if he could pass the inner sect examination in this way, he would not be the fastest. But then he became happy again, feeling much more confident.
Jing Jiu said, "Both of you have natural Dao quality. You can't be worse than that … anyone."
"Big Sister Zhao Layue," Liu Shisui said helplessly.
"Oh," Jing Jiu said.
The atmosphere in the small courtyard suddenly became quiet.
It was not because the topic could not continue, but because Liu Shisui had thought of many other things.
It had been a year since he came to the Aoyama Sect, and he had met many people and things that he could not imagine in the village. He had grown up at an unimaginable speed.
The more he learned, the more uneasy he felt.
Whether it was the breathing in the village or the many things that had happened later, it all showed that Jing Jiu had many secrets.
Would those secrets be a problem? Would it be a problem for them, or would it be a problem for the Aoyama Sect?
After a long silence, Liu Shisui finally asked in a low voice, "Young Master, are you a spy from another sect?"
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