Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 78 - Ancestral Master

Chapter 78: Chapter 78 Ancestral Master

Chapter 78 -78 Ancestral Master

Lady and Miss both read the same unspoken words upon each other’s face:

Certainly, that troublemaker’s slick tongue!

Just now, everyone saw Seventh Young Master and Zhou Qianyuan speaking, but none heard what was said.

Sun Daoyu did not understand Seventh Young Master, simply thinking his junior had lost his composure because he was surpassed by both Zheng Fa and Seventh Young Master.

But the lady and Miss understood this rascal’s detestable nature too well!

They had long realized that, with Zhou Qianyuan’s talent and the extent to which he was valued by a Nascent Soul true immortal, he would undoubtedly be a figure of significance in the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

Their own foolish child had not yet joined the Hundred Immortals Alliance, but had already offended such a person…

Sun Daoyu, standing aside, was still praising Seventh Young Master: “I hadn’t expected the son of your esteemed residence to possess such talent; I had indeed misjudged earlier on.”

His words were accompanied by much more respectful expressions aimed at the lady and Miss.

“…”

Seeing that their expressions did not resemble joy, Sun Daoyu was somewhat puzzled and could only turn to Zhang and say, “However, what surprised me the most is Sister Zhang’s insight—Zheng Fa is indeed unrivaled.”

Indeed, in the scene, Zheng Fa’s speed was very fast, and getting faster and faster, gradually leaving everyone far behind.

On the clear transparent paths, everyone just had to look up to see him steadily ascending, step by step, without a moment’s pause.

This speed almost broke the spirit of others, leaving them in the dust…

This included Zhou Qianyuan, who grew increasingly anxious, constantly telling himself to be faster, even faster.

But helplessly, he found himself falling further and further behind Zheng Fa.

He knew he should focus on the path ahead of him, but he couldn’t help but keep looking up at the figure of Zheng Fa.

In his anxiety and distraction, he finally missed a step on the last few rungs of Six Mountains, and tumbled from the path.

In Sister Zhang’s room, Sun Daoyu couldn’t help but slap the palm of his hand: “My junior disciple possesses the talent of at least Six Mountains, perhaps even Seven Mountains… yet today he’s completely lost his composure!”

Sister Zhang even nodded rarely; she too could judge—Zhou Qianyuan’s talent for talismanic Dao probably isn’t limited to Six Mountains, rather, it’s his state of mind that can’t go beyond this point.

“Have you forgotten something?”

Sun Daoyu was startled and then took out a jade tube from his bosom and handed it to Sister Zhang: “This is the method of the Void Spirit Eye.”

“Were you prepared beforehand?”

Surprised by his prepared demeanor, even Sister Zhang was taken aback.

“It wasn’t me, it was the Master.” Sun Daoyu said with respect in his face: “Master said that if Sister Zhang has any needs, it would certainly help perfect your Primordial Talisman Golden Core with the Void Spirit Eye.”

“Did Master Pang consider that he might lose from the start?” Sister Zhang asked.

“The Master enjoys betting, but he has never lost…” Sun Daoyu shook his head.

“?”

“Before we came, the Master said to me that if the bet was won, then it would certainly be good for my junior to get the Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method.” freewebnøvel.com

“If the bet wasn’t won, then if this Void Spirit Eye could help Sister perfect her Dao, even if our philosophies differ, wouldn’t it be a great joy for our Jiushan Sect to produce another Nascent Soul?”

“…” Sister Zhang was somewhat moved, but did not seem to truly believe it.

“Besides, although my junior is arrogant, he has been flattered since he was young.

Now letting him realize there are always people better and heavens beyond the sky, striving harder in the future might be more important to him than just having a method for Foundation Establishment.”

Sister Zhang sighed: “…Master Pang’s thorough considerations are truly touching.”

“My Master also said that after Sister acquires the Void Spirit Eye, you might become a supporter of his infinite Primordial Talisman philosophy.” Unexpectedly, Sun Daoyu said another sentence.

Sister Zhang’s eyes slightly widened, her gaze towards the jade tube distinctly different.

“The stakes Master Pang wanted, were actually me?”

“Compared to Sister’s agreement with my Master’s philosophy, what is one Foundation Establishment Method?” Sun Daoyu looked at Sister Zhang and said: “My Master never loses a bet.”

“Be it Zheng Fa or Junior Zhou, they were never the ones my Master valued the most.

How could the two of them compare to you, Sister?”

He gestured towards Zheng Fa on the screen as he spoke.

…

Zheng Fa’s pace quickened, almost enough to sap the confidence of those following him in their pursuit, but it wasn’t intentional — the Jiushan mountain path increased in difficulty after every two mountains.

By the time he reached the seventh mountain, the corresponding talismanic diagram would only appear once among thirty.

And the footpath would disappear almost after every thirty talismanic diagrams.

Which meant that Zheng Fa only had one chance with each step; a missed opportunity was a missed opportunity, and he could not afford to slow down.

He had already pulled quite a distance between himself and the others.

In fact, very few had made it over the sixth mountain, and as the difficulty steeply increased upon passing the seventh mountain, Seventh Young Master too fell.

Zheng Fa felt as though the path ahead was the only thing in existence, along with the gradually clear white mountain peak.

No one was ahead or behind him anymore, and aside from his own breath, not a single human sound could be heard — until, as he nearly reached the end of the eighth mountain, a figure was seen on the ninth mountain, facing away from him.

“Zhang?”

Zheng Fa was suddenly startled, almost stepping on the wrong talismanic diagram and ruining his success.

Tall and slender, yet possessing graceful curves — that back was extremely familiar to him.

Who else could it be but Zhang?

But how could Zhang be here?

When he reached the last step of the eighth mountain, the figure slowly turned its head, indeed revealing Zhang’s face.

But at this moment, Zheng Fa immediately knew that it was not Zhang — her face would never bear such a lewd smile!

…

“He surpasses me,” Zhang remarked casually, holding the jade tube.

“Hm?”

Sun Daoyu was puzzled and then noticed on the screen Zheng Fa had stepped onto the ninth peak.

“Junior Zheng actually made it to the ninth peak?

The second person in ten-thousand years!” Sun Daoyu sighed, inadvertently referring to Zheng Fa as junior and with an undertone of warmth, as if the two were acquainted long before.

However, he still shook his head and said: “I respect your judgment, Sister Zhang…

It’s just that he has only dual spirit roots and no Taoist body; I’m afraid he still might not compare to you.”

“Do you know who one meets on the ninth peak?”

Zhang suddenly asked.

“Who?”

“The Jiushan Ancestor.”

“The Ancestor!

I thought he had long since passed away?”

“A wisp of his lingering soul has regained spiritual wisdom, that’s all.

What do you think, how did I come by the Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method?” Zhang looked up at Zheng Fa’s figure on the screen, a slight smile on her face: “Master Pang thinks too little of me, believing a mere Void Spirit Eye could deviate my dedication to the Dao?”

“Hmm?”

“My aspirations are grand, what I desire is not merely a Void Spirit Eye, but a fellow Daoist.” Zhang watched Zheng Fa saying, “I failed the Ancestor’s test back then.”

“That Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method?”

“…A minor reward.” Zhang glanced faintly at Sun Daoyu, her gaze firmly fixed on Zheng Fa, full of anticipation.

…

Zheng Fa looked at the “Zhang” before him, his expression odd.

“To think that, after only a hundred years, someone else has reached this ninth peak.” The Zhang in front of him smiled warmly yet lewdly, even with a grievance as if to say ‘young master, what took you so long?’

“Who are you?”

“I am the Jiushan Ancestor!” The “Zhang” stated proudly: “The path you just walked, I designed it!

Oh right, the female disciple who came before had some pretty good suggestions too, but I didn’t shortchange her, I gave her a minor reward!”

Pride seemed to show on his face.

So it’s you, the old thief!

No, so this is the real you, Sister Zhang!

“I feel the trials are still too easy,” Zheng Fa revealed an innocent smile and decided to learn from the exemplary model that is “Sister Zhang”.