Chapter 92: Chapter 92: The Legendary Genius Junior Ancestor VS White Lotus Outer Sect Junior Sister (Part 6)
Gu Shengyin was practicing her swordsmanship on a flat area atop Lingxiao Peak when her master summoned her.
Arriving at her master’s cave abode, she noticed another man beside her master.
This was the first time Gu Shengyin had seen someone who could smile so naturally in front of her master.
“Weixin, this is your…” Venerable Ling Xiao seemed to pause for a moment, “just call him Senior Brother. From now on, your Senior Brother will accompany you.”
The man turned around.
Gu Shengyin would remember for a long time how the man, with his head bowed, exuded an overwhelming scent of lotus, and his face, as smooth as jade, was filled with gentleness: “Your name is Weixin? I am Xuan Ke, your Senior Brother.”
In that fragrance, Gu Shengyin’s heart found peace.
Xuan Ke? If her memory served her correctly, wasn’t this Xuan Ke another Sword Saint powerhouse of the Astrolabe Sword Sect?
Unlike Venerable Ling Xiao, Xuan Ke was considered young among the Sword Saints, as he was not yet a thousand years old.
In terms of seniority, Xuan Ke was the last disciple taken by Venerable Ling Xiao’s elder brother, so it was only natural for Gu Shengyin to call him Senior Brother.
To have a Sword Saint powerhouse to keep her company?
Gu Shengyin felt that her master’s gesture was indeed grand. In the entire Tianlan Great World, how many could compare?
Xuan Ke looked at the little girl’s bright, shining face as she gazed at him, and his heart couldn’t help but soften.
In the days that followed, Xuan Ke would occasionally visit Lingxiao Peak and sometimes give Gu Shengyin pointers, but more often, he brought her small trinkets from outside or shared interesting stories about the Astrolabe Sword Sect.
And so, ten years passed.
The only thing that made Gu Shengyin somewhat helpless was that her lover in this life seemed to always treat her as the girl who had not yet grown up; it was clear that, for now, he had no romantic feelings for her.
But there was plenty of time to come. Especially sword cultivators, especially high-level sword cultivators, have lifespans of thousands of years, do they not? They had enough time to be together.
The innate talent of the body that Gu Shengyin had this time was truly astonishing. In a short ten years, she had transformed from an ordinary person who had not yet started cultivating to a Sword Emperor powerhouse.
An eighteen-year-old Sword Emperor powerhouse!
Most of those who had joined the Astrolabe Sword Sect with Gu Shengyin were still at the Sword Guest rank, with only a few talented individuals becoming Sword Masters.
And those with talent like Bai Xinya were still struggling at the Swordsman rank.
Even Venerable Ling Xiao had once exclaimed that his disciple’s talent was truly the best he had ever seen, even surpassing his own.
“What I can teach you, you have basically mastered. With your current realm, you are already a powerhouse in the entire Tianlan Continent. Your Sword Dao, from now on, you will have to depend on yourself,” said Venerable Ling Xiao to Gu Shengyin, before bestowing upon her a long sword he had personally forged and then beginning a long period of seclusion.
Gu Shengyin knew that her master’s lifespan had reached its limit.
If he could not make a breakthrough in this seclusion, Master likely would not have any days left to awaken.
Gu Shengyin asked the system, “Is there any elixir or medicinal material that can extend one’s life?” After ten years together, she had truly come to regard this man as her master.
The system pondered and replied, “In this world, there is a heavenly material and earthly treasure known as Tai Sui. A ten-year Tai Sui can extend life by ten years, a hundred-year Tai Sui by a hundred years, and a thousand-year Tai Sui by a thousand years. However, in the original story, at most a hundred-year Tai Sui appeared, which was ultimately consumed by Bai Xinya.”
Gu Shengyin silently took note of this in her heart.