Liu Qingxuan’s lecture left Zhang Xian utterly captivated and he benefited greatly.

After evening class ended, Zhang Xian—unusually for him—went up to ask questions. Liu Qingxuan didn’t show the slightest impatience, despite him not being from her peak; instead, she patiently helped him resolve some cultivation confusions.

Liu Qingxuan took out a tender green seedling from her sleeve and handed it over. “This Green Spirit Vine has tenacious vitality and is most suitable for beginners to cultivate.”

“Cultivators nourish the inner core within the Purple Mansion—the principle is actually the same as cultivating seeds. The ‘Azure Emperor’s Rejuvenation Art’ you study is a profound technique. If you use the heart-method to warm-nourish it daily, it will slowly grow. Cultivate it until it blooms and bears fruit, and it will give you many insights into your cultivation.”

Zhang Xian solemnly expressed his thanks. “Thank you for your guidance, Supervisor.”

Liu Qingxuan lightly shook her head. “No need to thank me. The cultivation path is long. If you have doubts, you can come find me anytime.”

The next few days passed quite comfortably for Zhang Xian.

During the daytime, he punctually attended morning classes at Spirit Sword Peak, following Li Fuxi to study the ‘Yunmiao Sword Scripture’. Although limited by his low-grade Spiritual Root, he was unable to unleash the technique’s true power, he had the foundation of a grandmaster martial arts expert. Plus, since few disciples there were truly serious about learning swordsmanship, purely judging by his sword moves and stances, he was firmly within the top ten.

In the evenings, he went to Green Wood Peak to attend classes, following Liu Qingxuan.

Green Wood Peak’s cultivation was completely different from Spirit Sword Peak’s, emphasizing a quiet mind, nurturing nature, and using spirit plants as a medium to comprehend the vitality of heaven and earth. Zhang Xian diligently cared for the Green Spirit Vine daily, warm-nourishing it with spiritual power, and actually felt his internal spiritual power circulation become somewhat smoother than before.

Liu Qingxuan occasionally personally instructed him, speaking softly and with extreme patience.

Half a month later, at the Spirit Sword Peak training grounds during morning class.

“Your sword posture is good, but your spiritual power circulation is too sluggish. This Master doesn’t want to discourage you, but given your Wood Spirit Root background, it will be hard to achieve success on the sword path. You’d better go find a path that truly suits you.” Li Fuxi stood beside Zhang Xian, instructing him.

“Is Master trying to drive me away?” Zhang Xian replied.

Li Fuxi lightly snorted, thinking, This is just a kind reminder. I don’t want to waste time here, that’s all. Thinking of this, she looked toward Lin Yinyin in the first row, feeling somewhat satisfied.

Truly a worthy disciple. Bearing a top-grade Water Spirit Root, coupled with Lin Yinyin’s innate intelligence, she had already cultivated the Yunmiao Sword Scripture to the first level of completion in just half a month. Such speed, looking across the Yunmiao Sect’s generations of disciples, ranked among the very top.

Watching Lin Yinyin’s exquisite figure as she performed the sword dance, the surrounding disciples exclaimed that it was a great deal just to watch.

The training grounds, which originally held seventy to eighty people, now exceeded a hundred.

“Wow! Double happiness!”

“Junior Sister’s move ‘Returning Wind Brushes Willow’—her waist flexibility is simply defies heaven!”

“Even slimmer than Supervisor!”

“Although Master has the ‘truth,’ Junior Sister has long legs!”

“Brother!” Morning class ended, and this time, unprecedentedly, Lin Yinyin wasn’t tied away by Li Fuxi. She immediately ran over to Zhang Xian and, disregarding the surrounding disciples’ gazes, gave him a big bear hug.

“Brother, I missed you so much!” She hadn’t really chatted with her brother in half a month.

“Good girl, I missed you too.”

Their behavior was natural, and their words carried an indescribable intimacy, which dumbfounded the surrounding disciples.

“Are they really siblings?” one disciple hesitated.

“It doesn’t seem like it? What siblings are this ‘sticky’? Look, Junior Sister Lin’s gaze at him is almost pulling threads!”

“Could they be Dao companions?!” Someone gasped sharply, sucking in a cold breath.

Lu Renbing, who was always helping to save a seat, looked utterly dumbfounded. Seeing the two pressed chest-to-chest—with Lin Yinyin still pushing forward, seemingly wanting to squeeze right into Zhang Xian’s body—he couldn’t help but ask, “Brother-in-law… oh no… Junior Brother Zhang, aren’t you siblings?”

Before Zhang Xian could answer, Lin Yinyin immediately chimed in, “I’m his little wife! It’s just that I call him ‘Brother’!” Saying this, she again looked tenderly toward Zhang Xian.

Crack.

Lu Renbing felt something break.

All the disciples were struck by lightning and instantly erupted!

“Still a ‘little wife’?!”

“Innocent Junior Sister is Zhang Xian’s concubine?!”

“Aaaaah! My Dao heart has collapsed!”

“They still address each other as siblings?! I’m just part of their play?!”

“I even treated Junior Brother Zhang as my brother-in-law?! Am I actually the clown?” Someone beat their chest and stamped their feet.

Not far away, Zhenhai Senior Brother sighed. He had privately paid Lin Yinyin courtesies these days without getting a proper glance and had already given up.

I’ve lost love—I must make the whole world accompany me in this sorrow!

“They are indeed Dao Companions. Master these days has been continuously taking Lin Yinyin Junior Sister away to prevent them from continuing their dual cultivation, which would affect her Nine Turns Jade Condensation Sutra cultivation.” Zhenhai timely supplemented the information.

“What?! Meaning they’ve already had skin intimacy?!”

“Beast!!!” Lu Renbing was the first to vomit blood!

“Supervisor’s righteousness!”

The brief collapse was over. The already excellent disciples quickly adjusted their mindset and started self-comforting.

“It’s okay, it’s okay! Which goddess won’t encounter a few scumbags in her youth?!”

Exactly! That guy Zhang Xian, doesn’t he just have a bit of stinking money? He looks average, and his Spirit Root is poor. Lin Yinyin has just been temporarily deceived by him!” Another disciple clenched his fist, the fire of hope igniting in his eyes. “When Junior Sister wakes up, she will realize that I am her true destiny!”

“Right, right, right! We still have a chance!”

“I don’t mind being the rebound.”

“Me neither.”

Zhenhai looked at this group of frenzied fellow disciples and shook his head silently, thinking: A bunch of fools. Apart from Zhang Xian, Junior Sister Lin’s eyes cannot hold anyone else.

However, he didn’t intend to remind them.

After all, watching others crash and burn in love was also a form of entertainment.

I, Zhenhai, the third-generation Eldest Senior Brother of Spirit Sword Peak.

Have blackened.

By evening, Zhang Xian went to Green Wood Peak for the evening class as usual.

Unfortunately, Lu Renbing wasn’t there, so Zhang Xian didn’t get a good seat and huddled in a corner.

It wasn’t until the evening class ended that Zhang Xian went to find Liu Qingxuan to ask for guidance again. After his questions were answered, Zhang Xian took out a jade-green spirit fruit from his robes and handed it to Liu Qingxuan. “Supervisor, the Green Spirit Vine you gave me has already bloomed and borne fruit. Please take a look at its quality.”

Liu Qingxuan accepted it with a strange expression, lifting her eyes to look at Zhang Xian, seemingly hesitant to speak.

A disciple slammed the table and rose. “What a joke! It takes at least a year for a Green Spirit Vine to go from seedling to fruit! It’s only been half a month; how could it possibly result in fruit?!”

“Exactly! Zhang Xian, did you buy a spirit fruit from somewhere just to fool Supervisor Liu?”

“What is your motive? Trying to make Supervisor Liu think highly of you? Your methods are too despicable.”

Everyone chimed in with agreement. They had no choice; yesterday they treated Zhang Xian as their “Brother-in-law,” but now he was a love rival!

Poor Senior Brother Lu Renbing, who was so loyal and righteous, had been angered to the point of vomiting blood and taking sick leave!

Today, they were going to expose Zhang Xian’s ugly face!