Qin Shi: I went astray in the Heavenly Sect

Chapter 21 Martial Uncle? Junior Sister, Three Sheep Village

"Hey, I did it!"

Three days later, Xiaomeng, during her free time, once again came to the stream in Taiyi Mountain.

Upon seeing Chen Xiuyuan, she smiled and was very happy, so she walked over.

"Congratulations!"

Chen Xiuyuan slowly opened his eyes. He was not surprised by this result. Although the elders of Tianzong were old, they were not blind. With such a talented person and a beautiful gem in front of them, it would be a waste to give him away.

"Then let me hear you call me 'Uncle-Master'?"

Xiaomeng raised an eyebrow and said with a smile.

The stream flowed gently, and the mountain breeze rippled the water. Upon hearing Xiaomeng's words, Chen Xiuyuan's heart suddenly stirred. His once calm heart was now like a still lake suddenly having a stone thrown in, creating ripples.

The stream, which was originally deserted, now has another person; it seems like a pretty good feeling.

However, it was impossible for him to be addressed as "Uncle-Master." No matter who took him in—whether it was an elder of the Heavenly Sect, the sect leader, or even Bei Mingzi—they could not possibly become his Uncle-Master based on seniority.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Xiuyuan still spoke up to confirm.

Who is your master?

Xiaomeng's eyes were a little strange when she heard this. The whole Tianzong knew that Bei Mingzi had taken her as his disciple. Now, when she went out, the older people who had a higher seniority called her junior sister, and the younger people who had a lower seniority called her master uncle.

But Chen Xiuyuan seemed to have never heard of this matter, which made her very suspicious that this little brat in front of her was really a disciple of the Heavenly Sect.

"Are you truly a disciple of the Heavenly Sect?"

"Come to the back mountain."

Just then, a voice that traveled thousands of miles reached Xiaomeng's ears. She remembered the voice; it belonged to her master, Bei Mingzi. Without having time to ponder whether Chen Xiuyuan was a disciple of the Heavenly Sect, Xiaomeng left immediately.

Chen Xiuyuan pinched his chin, wondering what Bei Mingzi wanted to talk to him about at this time.

He slowly stood up, looked up at the direction of the back mountain, and then sighed. It had been more than two years since he became a disciple, and Bei Mingzi had never specifically sought him out. This time, with the message transmitted over a thousand miles, he still had to go.

"Master, your disciple Xiaomeng requests an audience!"

Xiaomeng called out respectfully from the gate of the small courtyard on the back hill.

"come in!"

Upon hearing Bei Mingzi's words, Xiaomeng pushed open the door and entered. She saw another person in the courtyard, none other than Chisongzi, the head of the Tianzong sect. The two sat facing each other, brewing tea.

"I wonder what instructions Master has for me?"

Since it was a message transmitted over a thousand miles, Xiaomeng naturally had some thoughts in mind. She thought that Beimingzi had something important to say, which is why she asked him.

"Wait a minute."

Bei Mingzi spoke at a moderate pace, carrying the Daoist flavor of harmony with nature.

Upon hearing this, Xiaomeng frowned slightly, then sat down to the side.

"Uncle-Master, since Qingxu hasn't taken that matter to heart, why bring it up again?"

Xiaomeng sat to the side, a strange look in her eyes. Qingxu, a member of the Qing generation, sounded like a young man. But she didn't know what had happened to him. Chisongzi was quite wary of that matter.

"His indifference does not mean that the cause and effect has been eliminated. Taoism emphasizes the natural way, but it also follows the cycle of cause and effect."

"Xiaomeng has her own constraints, but she can learn from others' experiences. Perhaps this is also a stroke of luck."

Xiaomeng, who was sitting to the side, changed her expression slightly upon hearing this. It seemed that the person had a similar experience to her, but that person did not seem to be hindered in their mindset by it. "Master, Qingxu requests an audience."

Not long after, another voice came from somewhere. Xiaomeng was startled. She felt like she had heard the voice somewhere before.

"come in!"

It was Bei Mingzi who spoke. Xiaomeng was taken aback. She started to think to herself, "If he's Bei Mingzi's disciple, does that mean the person who came is my senior brother?"
In the past few days, she had heard that Bei Mingzi was extremely strict in accepting disciples, and that only those with exceptional talent and comprehension could catch his eye.

So her gaze instinctively drifted towards the door; she really wanted to know who this person was.

"Squeak~~"

The door opened, and a small child walked in. Upon seeing the person, Xiaomeng rubbed her eyes in disbelief and was completely dumbfounded.

"It's you??"

Bei Mingzi had just transmitted his voice from a thousand miles away, so he naturally knew that Qingxu and Xiaomeng knew each other. Therefore, he was not surprised by Xiaomeng's reaction.

He then introduced the two to each other: "Qingxu, this is Xiaomeng, a disciple I just accepted three days ago."

Chen Xiuyuan thought to himself, "As expected." When Xiaomeng told him to call her "Shishu" (a term of respect for a senior martial arts master), he had already guessed something. Now that Beimingzi had spoken up himself, it proved that he had not guessed wrong.

"Junior Sister Xiaomeng~~"

Chen Xiuyuan found it somewhat amusing that the little girl seemed not to have recovered from her shock.

"Senior Brother Qingxu~~"

For some reason, Xiaomeng felt a little ashamed when she called him "senior brother," and her face burned with embarrassment.

"Qingxu, how long have you been at the Heavenly Sect?"

Although Bei Mingzi saw all this, he didn't care. The Heavenly Sect always believed in letting things take their natural course, so it was normal for Xiaomeng to react this way after making a blunder.

"I don't remember the exact time, but it must have been more than two years ago."

Bei Mingzi nodded, seemingly quite satisfied with the answer.

Not deliberately keeping track of time, but going with the flow, is, in a way, a manifestation of an excellent state of mind.

If someone were to pinpoint the time to the day, it would be considered inferior from a Taoist perspective, because the underlying issue in that person's mind would still remain.

"It's been over two years since then~~"

“We have investigated the matter in Sanyang Village and found that it was done by the people of Feihu Village. You have a part of the karma involved, and you need to settle it yourself.”

Upon hearing about Sanyang Village, Chen Xiuyuan was somewhat surprised, but after a moment's thought, he understood. Although the Heavenly Sect valued talent when accepting disciples, they would not casually accept someone with an unknown background.

However, he was quite surprised by the matter of settling the karmic debt. He thought that Bei Mingzi would advise him to let go, but he did not expect that he would ask him to take revenge.

"With your current cultivation level, you can easily deal with most people in the martial arts world. Flying Tiger Stronghold is just a third-rate force within the Zhao Kingdom, so this trip will not be too troublesome."

Chen Xiuyuan nodded in agreement.

"On this trip, you need to take Xiaomeng with you and protect her along the way."

Chen Xiuyuan was taken aback, then looked up at Bei Mingzi, wondering what his master was planning. But Bei Mingzi's eyes were very calm, like a deep pool, unfathomable.

Receiving no answer, Chen Xiuyuan withdrew his gaze. However, at this moment, he suddenly realized that Xiaomeng's experience seemed very similar to his own, or rather, the experiences of children at this age were very similar.

National hatred and personal vendettas~~
Seemingly having guessed Bei Mingzi's plan, he sighed softly, then cupped his hands and said, "This disciple obeys."

(End of this chapter)