Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 221 Commitment
Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I always plan things out before I act, as you know."

Mu Zhuosha smiled and said, "I was worried about you for nothing."

Zhou Qing and Mu Zhuosha chatted for a while longer, talking about the major events that had happened in the sect and throughout the Western Continent in recent years. Finally, seeing that it was almost time, Zhou Qing bid farewell to Mu Zhuosha and hurried to his courtyard.

His fellow disciples had already learned of his emergence from seclusion, so when he returned to the courtyard, he found everyone already waiting for him outside.

All the junior students looked at him with eager eyes, and the warmth in their eyes brought Zhou Qing comfort.

"Welcome back, senior brother!"

Everyone said in unison.

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Why make such a big fuss?"

As he spoke, he looked everyone over.

He discovered that, after several years, everyone had completely shed their naivety and become mature cultivators.

Under the watchful eyes of the Heavenly Net, Zhou Qing saw that of the fifty-seven disciples, more than a dozen had already reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, and the rest had all reached the third level of Qi Refining.

Among the previous disciples, at their current stage, at most only three or four disciples entered the fourth level of Qi Refining, while more than a dozen disciples remained at the second level of Qi Refining.

Compared to previous years, Zhou Qing's class has made a qualitative leap.

In three years, they will face a major test, at which time a large portion of them will be sent abroad.

Zhou Qing was already considering what to arrange for them.

After all, these were his true loyal followers.

Zhou Qing chatted with the group, asking them about their experiences over the past few years.

In fact, they didn't have any special experiences. After all, they were all within the sect. Nowadays, the Qingyun Sect is not like it used to be, with various forces fighting each other openly and secretly. So, there are very few intense conflicts.

However, everyone still excitedly told Zhou Qing about some things in their lives that, although not major, they found quite interesting.

For example, which senior brother got into a love tribulation, which junior sister accidentally grew layers of weeds on her body while practicing magic, or which junior brother learned the earth-walking technique and got so excited that he knocked himself unconscious by hitting a rock, and so on.

It wasn't until late that everyone reluctantly left Zhou Qing's place.

After seeing everyone off, Zhou Qing went next door to visit Qingyuan.

Qingyuan was initially delighted to see him, but then she put on a stern face and said, "You promised to take care of me back then, but I haven't seen you for years. If something happens to me in the next few years and you're not there, wouldn't that be breaking your promise?"

Zhou Qing said, "If anything happens to you, I will naturally leave the pass and rush to your side immediately."

Qingyuan said, "Wouldn't that delay your cultivation? I dare not bear such a sin."

Zhou Qing raised an eyebrow.

Why is she talking like she's on fire? It's like I've offended her.

He didn't respond, he just stood quietly to one side.

After a long while, Qingyuan's stern face softened, replaced by a look of resentment, and she said, "I'm sorry, what I said just now wasn't what I really wanted to say to you. I was just too scared."

"In this world, you're the only one I have left. What will I do if you don't want me anymore?"

Zhou Qing frowned and said, "You know?"

Qingyuan said, "I don't know, I just guessed." "I felt that my father was different from before when I returned to the Changsheng Sect four years ago, but I didn't understand it at the time. In the past four years, I have communicated with him several times, but I have never seen him respond. So I slowly felt it."

"I am also a Foundation Establishment cultivator, although in your words, I am a watered-down Foundation Establishment cultivator, but I still understand many things about immortal cultivation."

“I guessed that he must not want me anymore. He didn’t want me to delay his cultivation any longer, so he left me with you.”

"If even my own father could abandon me, what chance do people with no blood relation have?"

Zhou Qing said, "Why always worry about being abandoned by others? Isn't it better to be independent and self-reliant?"

Qingyuan said, "I also envy those who can be independent and self-reliant, but I am not that kind of person at all. If no one in this world cares about me or cares about me, I will feel uneasy and anxious all day long. Does that mean that someone like me shouldn't live?"

Zhou Qing thought for a moment and said, "No one is deprived of life; it's just that some people have a harder time living."

Looking at Qingyuan's expectant yet fearful eyes, Zhou Qing sighed and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of you until the end of your life. This is my promise, and I will keep it."

……

It was already late at night when I returned from Qingyuan.

Having just completed four years of seclusion, Zhou Qing also gave himself a break. He didn't think about cultivation, but instead thought about Qingyuan.

Qingyuan's dependence did not add any pressure to him.

To be honest, at this point, the lives and fortunes of countless people are on his shoulders.

Those junior disciples who regarded him as a god, those who looked after his shop and made a living from his business—these people all had their own families and even mortal forces behind them.

All these people's interests, even their lives, are now tied to him.

This is the influence that those in high positions naturally possess.

Having Qingyuan as an extra person wouldn't add much pressure to him.

He was simply impressed by this unique person.

While everyone in the cultivation world is focused on becoming stronger or achieving higher realms, there is one person who doesn't like cultivation at all, nor is he obsessed with immortality. He only wants to do things that bring him joy and cherishes the feelings of others. He is quite an oddball, but unfortunately, he grew up in an unsuitable environment.

Zhou Qing didn't know when Mu Zhuosha would be able to prepare the Foundation Establishment Pill, so in order to pass the time, he decided to do something he had already planned to do before that.

That is to try to melt the Thunder Dragon Horn into a bullet.

If this can be accomplished, the power of his Iron Ball Technique will be greatly enhanced.

The power of the Iron Shot Technique is now not limited by the strength of its magnetic field, but only by the material of the shot.

Zhou Qing even suspected that if he could find the ultimate material that would allow him to accelerate the projectile to the limit of the magnetic field, such a projectile could even threaten high-level Nascent Soul or even Divine Transformation cultivators.

Unfortunately, this material is extremely rare.

Moreover, accelerating the projectile to that extent would greatly weaken his control, thus significantly reducing its practical application.

Zhou Qing could only abandon this fantasy and focus his attention on the matters at hand.

The next morning, Zhou Qing left Ziyun Mountain and headed deep into the mountains, intending to try to melt the Thunder Dragon Horn.

This time, he went to the same place as before. The mountain he had split open was still lying there miserably, but after four years of wind and rain erosion, the broken part of the mountain had become much smoother.

(End of this chapter)