Chapter 014: Walking on the Mountain Road Again

"Where is my Dragon Chant Sword?" Wei Qinglan finally reacted.

Just a moment ago, the Dragon Chant Sword was still in her hand, but now it seemed to have disappeared. Wasn't she already a first-level swordsman?

The Fifth Master smiled faintly, "When you truly become a swordsman, the Dragon Chant Sword will come to your side! When you were near the Ferocious Tiger just now, it was the first time you had sword qi!"

The Fifth Master pointed to his back, where the Dragon Chant Sword lay.

"Little girl, you are truly fortunate to possess the Dragon Chant Sword! Do you know that the divine weapons in the hands of your senior brothers and sisters were gradually acquired later? I never expected that you would come with the Dragon Chant Sword already by your side!"

With that, the Fifth Master changed the subject, "This Dragon Chant Sword shouldn't belong to your Wei family, right?"

Wei Qinglan was stunned; she didn't even have the chance to declare her background.

The Fifth Master smiled again, "Little girl, can I, as your master, not know the origin of my disciple?"

Wei Qinglan nodded after hearing that. "Yes, the Dragon Chant Sword was obtained by our Wei family in exchange for treating an illness."

The Fifth Master also nodded and didn't probe further, "The way of the sword is divided into seven levels: swordsman, sword master, sword grandmaster, sword saint, sword king, sword emperor, and supreme! Each level is divided into seven ranks! You are only a first-level swordsman now, so, girl, your journey ahead is still long!"

"How many levels are required to use the Dragon Chant Sword?"

"Sword saint, seventh level!"

"Good!"

"Good?" The Fifth Master laughed, finding her boldness quite amusing.

"Little girl, do you want to know at what level your senior brothers and sisters are?"

"I don't want to know." Wei Qinglan stood up, with a determined look in her eyes as she faced her master. "Just because they can't achieve something doesn't mean I, Wei Qinglan, can't!"

"Well said!" The Fifth Master squinted his eyes and smiled, pleased to see her spirit resembling his own.

"Master, how should I train?" Wei Qinglan didn't waste any more time with idle chatter.

"Go out from here. There is a back mountain road leading to the highest peak of the Tianzhu Mountain. Walk it every day and turn back when you can't go any further. When you reach the mountain top, come and tell me!"

"Walking the mountain road?" Wei Qinglan was surprised.

"Little girl, do you think you can survive in the Misty Forest and kill living creatures without reason? An ordinary person would die just after a moment! Do you think you are still the same person as the Wei Qinglan at the foot of the Tianzhu Mountain?" The Fifth Master wore a simple smile, but his words held deep meaning as he looked at Wei Qinglan.

In an instant, Wei Qinglan fully understood. She nodded, "I understand!"

Step by step, from the foot of the mountain, she had unknowingly learned to gather true qi in her body to resist external pressure. By the time she could reach the Twin Peaks, the true qi in her body had become stronger than that of an ordinary person. Therefore, in a short time, she had already become a first-level swordsman.

"And don't think that all you have to do every day is walk the mountain road! As I have said, the knowledge of the Five Halls must all be learned by anyone at the Twin Peaks. But whether you can learn it well depends on you!"

"Yes!" Wei Qinglan immediately agreed!

In this life, she would cherish all her opportunities.

As Wei Qinglan was in the Fifth Master's courtyard, there were three people outside.

"Sister Qin, you lost." One of them smirked and reached out for money from Qin Xin.

Qin Xin unhappily threw her money to the person, "Damn it! This girl actually succeeded within three days!"

Qin Xin was very dissatisfied.

The person who took the money was Ding Ran, the disciple of the Fourth Master, and he cheerfully pocketed it.

On the side, Ao Ling, the disciple of the Second Master, watched everything with a smile. It seemed that Long Tianjue was right; this girl wouldn't give up easily.

"I will go practice martial arts! Don't cry when this girl catches up to you!" Ao Ling said and then left with a smile.

Qin Xin didn't leave, feeling unbalanced in her heart. She was originally the only female disciple at the Twin Peaks of Tianzhu Mountain, but now there was Wei Qinglan! Qin Xin felt hollow, and she punched a tree trunk before leaving too.

In the following days, Wei Qinglan worked hard, diligently studying the knowledge of the Five Halls, especially poisoning. She had a natural keenness for poison, perhaps because she had a foundation of studying medicine in her previous life.

The Fifth Master smiled all day long, wishing he could hand over all his life's learning to this girl.

In the blink of an eye, Wei Qinglan had been living in the Tianzhu Mountain for two years. Every morning, the first thing she did was to go to the back mountain to climb. The distance she climbed kept progressing, but during this period, she was stuck at a certain height and couldn't break through it no matter what.

As her energy grew stronger and her swordsmanship improved, Wei Qinglan increasingly understood her master's meaning and desired to climb to the top of the back mountain as soon as possible.

But she failed once again!

Wei Qinglan knelt on the ground, fiercely pounding the ground, feeling very unhappy.

"The more impatient you are, the less likely you can climb to the top!" A remarkably stern voice echoed in the air.

This voice made Wei Qinglan shiver all over. She looked up and met the eyes of Long Tianjue.

Long Tianjue was dressed in a black silk robe, with gold trim at the edges. He was like an ice peak in the sunlight, cold and ruthless.

Leaping from a tree, Long Tianjue slowly descended in the air and landed beside Wei Qinglan.

"Every inch here is filled with true energy, interacting with the true energy inside your body! When your inner true energy becomes strong enough to counteract the external true energy, then you can climb all the way up! But now, you are not strong enough, your mind is impatient, and the true energy in your body is out of control. How can you talk about climbing?"

After speaking, Long Tian Jue turned and walked towards the mountaintop, his movements slow and steady with every step.

Suddenly, Wei Qinglan felt a tightening sensation all over her body!

How had she ever advised her youngest sister! Don't be in a hurry, take it slow! But now, in order to succeed, she had actually forgotten it!

Wei Qinglan immediately lifted her feet and followed closely behind Long Tian Jue, taking step by step forward. Unconsciously, she had progressed a good distance again.

Wei Qinglan couldn't help but feel a sense of joy in her heart. Just as she was about to thank Long Tian Jue, he had already disappeared.

Wei Qinglan didn't know why, but her heart felt empty.

Over the past two years, Long Tian Jue had always nudged her at critical moments. The more he did this, the more Wei Qinglan felt that his strength was terrifying!

However, this was the first time Long Tian Jue had said so much to her. Wei Qinglan couldn't help but smile.

Then it hit her, Wei Qinglan's heart shook—Long Tian Jue had returned to Nanrui Country on the day of his eighteenth birthday.

And today, it just so happened that he had turned eighteen!