Chapter 1030: Chapter 325: Cultivation Technique
"Help... me?"
Mu Chutai’s hand holding the wine gourd froze, with his left eyebrow raised: "Yu Ling, you need my help?"
"Not long ago, I went out traveling."
Master Yu Ling pointed the horsetail whisk towards the young man beside her: "After encountering an old acquaintance, I initially intended to take him back as my disciple, but he is keen on continuing to cultivate Martial Arts, which I lack any related Cultivation Techniques for. So I planned to ask you to teach him a few articulation mental methods. Would that be possible?"
"Transmission of skills?"
Mu Chutai squinted as he assessed the ordinary-looking young man beside him.
Chen Sansi clasped his fists and respectfully paid his respects: "Junior Lu Shengzhi, greets Senior."
In the shadow of tree leaves, Mu Chutai’s expression was unclear; it merely felt like he stared for a few breaths, then bared his white teeth, grinning: "Alright, no problem! You’ve found the right man, kid. Do you know who I am? I am..."
"Disciple knows, you are the renowned Lord Taishan."
Chen Sansi followed his words.
His [Qi Observation Skill] saw that the other’s Realm was only around Qi Refining Perfection at the moment.
To fall from Late-stage Nascent Soul straight down to the Qi Refining Realm is truly quite a significant drop.
"You’re quite clever, kid."
Mu Chutai seemed pleased, raising his eyebrow: "Alright, follow me, then. You’ve lucked out, I haven’t taken a disciple for decades."
"Mu Chutai."
Master Yu Ling supplemented: "Perhaps I didn’t make myself clear; the child only needs you to transmit skills, but not for instruction."
"It’s all the same; it’s all the same."
Mu Chutai said as he reached out, patting and pinching the young man’s body: "You’re in the True Power Late Stage, aren’t you?"
"Indeed."
Chen Sansi said: "Disciple is here to seek the Glazed Gold Body Realm Cultivation Technique."
"Alright, wait here with me, and I’ll find it for you."
Mu Chutai leaned in close and lowered his voice: "Kid, got any Spirit Stones?"
"Spirit Stones?"
Chen Sansi touched his waist to get a storage bag: "Please, Senior, kindly accept it."
"Not bad, not bad."
Mu Chutai opened and glanced inside, satisfied: "Yu Ling, good kid, you two wait here, I’ll be right back!"
Without waiting for them to speak, he returned to the Xiao Xiang Sect with the storage bag.
"This person had ties with our Sect’s previous Supreme Elder; not only did he accept him to stay here, but every year he was given resources equivalent to a Golden Core Elder grade, hoping it would benefit him."
Master Yu Ling informed: "But this rascal took a vast amount of resources without any achievements, squandering them on women in the Xiao Xiang Sect, truly mud that cannot be held up, I hope you can learn from this."
Betraying kin, surviving ignorantly, betraying the sect, squandering excessively, almost all negative reviews concentrated on one person, known for being unfeeling and devoid of loyalty, even ruthless and heartless.
"..."
No matter how one says it, Chen Sansi came to learn, naturally refrained from criticizing the elder, merely saying: "However, Senior Mu seems pretty kind in nature."
"Kind?"
Master Yu Ling did not comment further, just stating: "He will give you the Cultivation Technique; as for any difficulties in between, I’m afraid there won’t be few, you’ll need to find your way."
"Aside from that, is there anything else you need to speak up about."
"Cave Mansion."
Chen Sansi directly said: "Master, I need a third-level cave mansion for cultivation, hoping to stay in the Qingxu Sect for a period."
Third-level cave mansion.
In any sect, these are limited resources, impossible to sneak into easily.
"This matter..."
Master Yu Ling hesitated: "Shanshi, master has a saying, not sure if I should say it."
Chen Sansi said: "Master, please teach me."
Master Yu Ling’s tone was calm: "Out of kinship, the master is willing to help you, but the Qingxu Sect is not solely masters, and your identity is special..."
"Disciple understands."
Chen Sansi frankly said: "If it will trouble the Qingxu Sect, once the Cultivation Technique is learned, the disciple will seek elsewhere."
"For now, follow Mu Chutai and learn the Cultivation Technique."
Master Yu Ling didn’t say much more; stepping on the Lotus Platform, transformed into a streak of light, disappearing.
Soon after, Lord Taishan returned from the Xiao Xiang Sect but, contrary to his previous affable appearance, he passed by Chen Sansi with his hands behind his back, not looking back and snipping out: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and follow!"
"Junior is coming."
Chen Sansi closely followed.
The two flew back to the perimeter of Qingxu Sect using Sword Flight, to the residence at the foot of an abandoned hill.
Lord Taishan tore open the fence and went straight to the middle of the courtyard under an old banyan tree where he sat on a lounge chair, holding the wine gourd and drinking, while authoritatively ordering:
"What’s your name again, Lu, Lu-something? What are you dawdling for? Can’t you see your master’s mansion has been abandoned for a long time and needs tending? You have no perceptive skill at all, what martial arts are you trying to learn?!"
"Yes, junior shall do it right away."
Chen Sansi finally understood why when he said Lord Taishan was kind earlier, the master retorted so sarcastically.
Luckily he wasn’t concerned with such matters; firstly he had a favor to ask, secondly Lord Taishan was an old acquaintance of his master, indeed still a senior in the family.
Chen Sansi formed a spell with both hands, initially intending to cast a spell.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Lord Taishan pointed the wine gourd at him: "What are you doing? Don’t you know casual spellcasting is forbidden in the sect? Can’t you handle this little task yourself?"
"Senior is right."
Chen Sansi withdrew his hands, found an old broom in the corner of the yard, and began to meticulously clean.
Due to many years of neglect, it took him a full half-day just to get through a few rooms.