In the blink of an eye, another seven years passed. Su Li stayed in Tiehe Village all the time and never went out to see the changes in the outside world.
The nimbus in Tiehe Village was barren, and there was no condition for cultivation at all. However, she pushed her cultivation to the peak of the third hurdle of Lianqi Realm in just three years with the convenience of the body of evil ghost and the Reincarnation Mirror. The remaining four years were limited by the environment, and her cultivation could not be improved. However, her physical strength reached the peak of Zhuji Realm because of the frequent quenching of starlight.
Such a strange situation could only be caused by Su Li's special physique. If she could enter a suitable environment for cultivation, her cultivation could easily reach Zhuji Realm in a short time.
However, as early as a thousand years ago, the blessed places suitable for cultivation had been divided up by the major cultivation sects. Even the places with poor nimbus were occupied by small sects.
If she wanted to restore her cultivation, she must join a sect!
Holding the literacy book in her hand, Su Li's eyes flickered. It was possible to expose her identity if she contacted the practitioners. But if she didn't contact them, she was likely to be trapped in the third hurdle of Lianqi Realm for the rest of her life.
The gap between the third hurdle of Lianqi Realm and the ninth hurdle of Jindan Realm in her previous life was as huge as that between fireflies and the bright moon!
In this vast and boundless Qingshui Circle, the practitioners in Jindan Realm could barely survive. Even in Yuxu Sect, there were at least ten people who could kill her.
So, if a casual practitioner in the third hurdle of Lianqi Realm walked in the cultivation circle, he had to be careful even when breathing. If he was unlucky, he might be trampled to death by a powerful practitioner.
Su Li narrowed her eyes slightly. She couldn't enter the sect deliberately … She needed an opportunity, and she waited for four years. But even so, she remained patient.
If she wanted to know what happened in the past, she must step into the cultivation circle. The only difference was whether she was active or passive. If she was passive, it would be more natural and less likely to be exposed.
But if there was no opportunity, she could only take the risk to contact the cultivation circle. So … she set a deadline for herself, which was ten years. Now there were three years left.
Bang!
The wooden ruler hit the table very loudly. The well-dressed teacher looked serious, and his old eyes faintly showed disgust. He scolded, "Su Li!"
Su Li changed her mind and slowly raised her head. When her eyes met the teacher's, she was already at a loss.
Her expression immediately caused a burst of laughter in the school. The teacher was gloomy. He came over and patted Su Li's desk, "Give me your hand!"
Su Li sighed in her heart and stretched out her hand obediently.
"Pa!"
The wooden ruler hit her palm hard. Although Su Li didn't feel much pain, she still cooperated and showed an aggrieved expression.
"No one has ever dared to not listen to my lessons. You are the first!"
"Yesterday, I told you that if you don't listen to my lessons, don't ever think about listening to my lessons again. Now, get out of here!"
Pa!
When the last foot fell, Su Li's palms were red. She didn't refute anything and obediently put away the book and walked out of the door.
Her experience was so profound that she didn't need to learn much even in a cultivation sect, let alone a mortal school. But Huang didn't know that and insisted on spending the money. So, Su Li could only let him arrange it.
As for telling him the truth, Su Li never thought about it. Her identity was too sensitive, and it would only hurt Huang.
After the class in the evening, a scholar in blue hurried from another school yard. When he saw Su Li standing at the door of the school and hadn't left, his eyes immediately brightened. He walked quickly to Su Li and said with a smile,
"Sister Su Li, let's go back to the village together?"
Su Li looked up at him and said, "Aren't you afraid of your mother's blame?"
The face of the scholar in blue could still see the outline of the little fat boy, but now he was not fat and had a very formal name, Yang Chunbo.
Speaking of which, Yang Chunbo learned how to be a hunter under the guidance of his father since he was a child. He should have no opportunity to go to the school in the town. But Yang Chunbo's third uncle became the mayor of the town, and the family's wealth rose greatly. Naturally, he didn't have to run around for survival.
Yang Chunbo's parents thought about it and felt that if he studied, he might be able to take over his third uncle's position in the future. After all, his third uncle was a loner and had no children. The only person he was close to was Yang Chunbo.
As for why Su Li came to school, needless to say … Huang's obsession to make Su Li stand out was stronger than anyone else. Even if the school tuition was very high, he still gritted his teeth and supported it.
To Huang's surprise, he worked hard every day, but he didn't get sick. Instead, he became healthier, which really puzzled him.
He couldn't find the answer. Over time, he no longer struggled and was happy to go on like this.
Yang Chunbo smiled bitterly and said, "We are the only two students in this town, and now you … have become beautiful. Even if my mother sees you, she won't blame you."
Yang Chunbo, on the other hand, was still as honest as before. Everything he said was straightforward and without any scheming.
Su Li touched the corner of her eyes. Starlight had been refining her body for seven years, and the scars on her face had long disappeared. Only a small lotus mark in the corner of her eye, which was only the size of a broad bean, was left. It didn't affect her face, but added a little brightness.
Huang and the villagers all thought it was a scar left when she was a child. Only she knew in her heart that it must have something to do with Black Lotus Ring.
"If you are not afraid of being scolded, you can follow me."
Su Li said and walked ahead. Yang Chunbo immediately smiled and followed her.
As the saying goes, a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood. He still remembered that when Erya was a child, there were many scars on her face. She was the ugliest of all the little girls in the village. But after only seven years, after the scars on Su Li's face faded, she became extremely beautiful and lively. She became the most beautiful girl in the village.
At the age of fourteen, it was almost the age to talk about marriage. Now his family was the best in the whole village. Naturally, he wanted to marry Su Li. Moreover, he didn't listen to his mother when he was a child and treated Su Li very well. He must have left a good impression on Su Li, so he had a greater chance to marry her.
This … caused him and his mother to rejoice.
Yang Chunbo was still thinking. He unconsciously walked through the mountain road, and Tiehe Village was already in sight. Su Li stood on the edge of the mountain road and looked down. Smoke had been rising from the roofs of households. Suddenly, she narrowed her eyes and looked to the right. There were two smokes, which were completely different from the smoke, coming straight through!
Amidst the mist, a young man and a young woman dressed in green and red sword robes rode on the cloud-like Magic Treasures beneath their feet, flying neither too fast nor too slow. Amidst the lingering clouds and mist, they emitted an otherworldly aura. They were both dragons and phoenixes among men, outstanding and extraordinary.
"First Senior Fellow Apprentice."
The dignified woman in a red sword robe with a soft sword tied to her waist suddenly complained, "Martial Uncle Yuan is clearly using his position to avenge his personal grievances. He asked us to come to such a barren place to find children with immortal latency. What an idiot!"
The calm face of the young man, who seemed to be two years older than the woman, was a little gloomy. He frowned slightly, but said, "Junior Sister Apprentice, don't talk about the elders. Since Martial Uncle ordered us to do so, he must have his reasons."
"What bullshit reason!"
The woman suddenly got angry, and the dignity she struggled to maintain disappeared. She became shrewish and scolded,
"Yuan Shu is a villain! Originally, with our cultivation, we should be assigned to a second-grade area, or at least a third-grade area. But now, First Senior Fellow Apprentice, we have been assigned to a fifth-grade area without nimbus. It's impossible for such a barren place to have children with immortal latency! "
The young man fell silent, for the junior sister apprentice spoke his mind.
Both of them were from a small cultivation sect, Huajian Sect. A thousand years ago, Huajian Sect was still an affiliated sect of Yuxu Sect, the largest sect in Jiuzhou Region. It had been prosperous for a time because of the mountain behind it.
After the "Bloody Accident of Samsara" that shocked the cultivation circle, Yuxu Sect suffered a great loss, and Huajian Sect was not spared. Ninety percent of the talented disciples in the sect died, and the talents withered. There was a shortage of young people.
In desperation, the head of the sect had to lower the threshold for accepting disciples and carry out a great reform.
In the past, there was an iron rule for accepting disciples in the cultivation sects. Talent was the most important, and temperament was the second. Only those with a complete spiritual root were qualified to be trained by the sect and step into the path of cultivation.
After the reform, the disciples of Huajian Sect were no longer limited to those with spiritual roots. As long as they had a little bit of affinity with cultivation, they would be accepted and trained. This kind of disciples were also called Children with Immortal Latency.
Such behavior naturally made the disciples with spiritual root, who were originally superior, dissatisfied. Even the elders of the sect felt that it was absurd and a joke!
Huajian Sect was in chaos for hundreds of years. It was not until a genius child with immortal latency was born that the method of recruiting children with immortal latency was finally recognized.
Even if a lot of cultivation resources were wasted, it was not a loss if one in a thousand children with immortal latency could cultivate to Zhuji Realm. What's more, that genius was far beyond Zhuji Realm!
Now a thousand years had passed. Although Huajian Sect was still a weak sect, it was much stronger than in the past.
The young man dispelled these distracting thoughts and stopped thinking about these trivial things. Every ten years, the sect would send fifty inherited disciples to travel for a year to recruit disciples. Each disciple would bring back no less than two children with immortal latency, and the more the better. This year, his brother and sister were also among them.
Unfortunately, Uncle-Master Yuan was in the way. It was really difficult for the two of them to bring back four children with celestial latency within a year. However, if they returned empty-handed, their cultivation resources would definitely be reduced.
Therefore, when they left the sect, Junior Sister was already calculating in her heart that if she really couldn't find a suitable candidate, then she would just bring back four boys that she found pleasing to the eye. In any case, Immortal Fate was just a saying. Whether they were fated or not, it all depended on the two of them.
Originally, he was not willing to deceive the master and the senior masters, but … the one-year period was coming.
The young man's eyes darkened slightly, "Yuan Shu, it's your fault. Don't blame me!"
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