Am I the old man who's always by my apprentices' side?

Chapter 143 The Ruthless Second Senior Sister
"Senior sister, I'm so sorry... Waaah..."

The person who was scolded by Murong Ruyan was actually Ye Hanxing, whom she had met once before and who had even been given an iron sword.

Ye Hanxing doesn't know how to use a sword—she trained in hidden weapons at the Ye family and doesn't know any swordsmanship at all. Therefore, her posture when holding a sword is particularly strange, which Murong Ruyan noticed at a glance.

Startled by Murong Ruyan's scolding, Ye Hanxing was immediately taken aback, and her eyes reddened instantly.

Murong Ruyan took a deep breath and couldn't help but rub her temples, feeling utterly exhausted.

The palace matrons were much stricter than I was when they taught the young maids. How come these new disciples are so fragile that they can't even tolerate a harsh word!
So she lowered her voice and tried to be gentle, saying, "Don't cry, have you never used a sword before?"

Unfortunately, to onlookers, the tone sounded increasingly harsh, more like an interrogation than a consolation.

Ye Hanxing's lips trembled, and she replied in a tearful voice, "No, I've never used it..."

Zhong Hui understood Murong Ruyan's meaning and stepped forward to take Ye Hanxing's hand, comforting her, "Hanxing, don't cry! Second Senior Sister means that if you've never used a sword before, you have to start learning from scratch! She's not criticizing you!"

Ye Hanxing sniffed and cautiously glanced at Murong Ruyan. Sure enough, although her expression was still cold, there was a hint of concern in her eyes, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, Zhong Hui turned to Murong Ruyan and said, "Second Senior Sister, I feel safer with your big hammer than with a sword. I found the 'Tai Xu Fist' in the library yesterday. It is said that if you cultivate it to the third level, you can shatter mountains and split rocks. How about I learn the fist technique?"

Murong Ruyan nodded and said, "The Taixu Fist is indeed a more powerful set of techniques than the Three Sword Techniques. It can be used all the way up to the Nascent Soul stage. If you are interested and like it, that would be best."

But after glancing at the iron sword in Zhong Hui's hand and the extremely natural way he held it, she added, "However, you should also learn the basics of other swords, spears, and clubs so that you can deal with them when you encounter them."

Zhong Hui nodded obediently: "Oh, then I'll learn the 'Three Sword Techniques' from this sword style!"

As the two were talking, Ye Hanxing also calmed down and realized that she had been affected by the previous rumors and the tense atmosphere that everyone had been in, which was why she was so afraid of her second senior sister and even cried...

That's so embarrassing!
Ye Hanxing blushed and apologized softly, "Senior sister, I'm sorry, I... I was too nervous..."

Murong Ruyan waved her hand, secretly afraid of her junior sister who was prone to tears. She was worried that something she said might cause the other girl to burst into tears again, so she simply said, "It's alright. I think Junior Sister Zhong has quite a bit of knowledge about swordsmanship. If you have any questions, just ask her!"

After saying that, without waiting for the two to reply, Murong Ruyan turned to observe the other disciples who were practicing the moves she had just taught, clearly keeping them at arm's length.

However, after the incident of making Ye Hanxing cry, Murong Ruyan dared not speak harshly to these newly initiated disciples again, and even secretly despised them in her heart.

With that kind of tolerance, if she were in the palace, she would probably be tortured to death by those old nannies and eunuchs!
However, although Murong Ruyan stopped cursing, she still had a cold face, which frightened the disciples so much that they didn't dare to breathe and were almost completely focused on practicing.

Only after hearing the announcement of the end of class and watching Murong Ruyan's figure disappear into the distance did the disciples huddle together in a disorderly manner, and the square was immediately filled with all sorts of conversations.

"Second Senior Sister is too terrifying!"

"He actually made his junior sister cry! Wow! That's brutal..."

"Ah... I miss Senior Brother so much. Why isn't he teaching us anymore..."

"Where did our senior brother go?" "I don't know, I haven't seen him since this afternoon!"

"We'd be happy if our third senior brother taught us instead!"

"What are you saying? Wouldn't it be better if the sect leader taught you instead?"

"Won't the sect leader become even more ruthless?"

"Probably not?"

"Although my second senior sister is fierce, she really teaches things..."

"So, the senior brother taught us something too!"

"What I mean is, Second Senior Sister taught us the moves! Eldest Senior Brother only taught us the theory, but Second Senior Sister taught us the moves directly! I remember at the martial arts tournament, Eldest Senior Brother used tree branches to defeat people in one move every time, like this, hehe—"

As they talked, the atmosphere in the square became more and more relaxed. Suddenly, He Shilie moved closer to Zhong Hui and asked, "Junior Sister Zhong, is that 'Tai Xu Fist' you just mentioned the jade slip in the library? Is it really that powerful?"

Zhong Hui shrugged slightly: "I don't know how powerful it is. I just searched for a long time in the library and there were almost no books that Qi Refining stage practitioners could cultivate. I finally found the Tai Xu Fist and it seemed very powerful according to the description, so I learned it!"

He Shilie suddenly pondered, "Actually, I used to be quite good at fist techniques, but I just didn't know if martial arts fist techniques could be infused with spiritual power and then used... The 'Three Sword Techniques' that my second senior sister just mentioned sounded like that. If fist techniques could be used like that, then martial arts fist techniques and martial arts skills should also be able to be used like that?"

Ye Hanxing suggested, "Senior Brother He Shilie, haven't you already mastered Qi Induction? Perhaps you could give it a try? Before you entered the Immortal Path, it seems your martial arts rank was already quite high. I remember you even broke through during the Immortal Fate Assembly!"

"That's true! I'll give it a try!"

He Shilie suddenly responded and immediately stepped back a few steps to a relatively spacious place. He subconsciously assumed a horse stance according to the path of martial arts cultivation and began to circulate his spiritual energy.

Because he didn't know how much spiritual power to pour in, and with the idea that the more the better, He Shilie suddenly squeezed out all his spiritual power and poured it all into one move.

Then, he shouted loudly and unleashed a punch imbued with spiritual power, smashing it towards the ground.

"boom--"

A loud bang was heard, and the ground seemed to tremble slightly. Several pieces of gold sand and green jade bricks that had been hit by He Shilie suddenly cracked.

This incredibly powerful punch caused the disciples who were chatting together to turn around and look over, and they saw blood suddenly flowing from He Shilie's fist.

Zhong Hui, standing to the side, was dumbfounded: "No, senior brother, you, you don't have to try this, do you?!"

Ye Hanxing stared worriedly at the gold sand jade brick that had shattered into several pieces, and whispered, "Gold sand jade isn't cheap, this... this will probably cost us a lot of money..."

(End of this chapter)