From martial arts sects to immortality sects

Chapter 11 Highest Loyalty
After the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival, life at Qingxiao Sect returned to its usual tranquility, with some cultivating immortality and others practicing martial arts.

A month later, Li Qingqiu finally broke through to the second level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm in the underground spiritual lake. Feeling that the Yuan Qi in his body was several times stronger than before, he couldn't help but sigh at the gap between his aptitude and Jiang Zhaoxia's.

Although the disciples took turns coming to the underground spiritual lake, he actually came the most times. The other disciples had no objections, and Jiang Zhaoxia even hoped that he would come every day, since he had nothing else to do.

Li Qingqiu raised his junior brothers and sisters, and now that he is enjoying the good life, they don't feel it's unfair. On the contrary, they feel it's what he deserves.

Moreover, the stronger the sect leader, the further the Qingxiao Sect can go.

"Senior brother, did you just break through?"

Li Dongyue, who was sitting on the opposite side of the lake, looked at Li Qingqiu and asked curiously.

She clearly felt the spiritual energy here rushing towards Li Qingqiu at an accelerated pace, even affecting her ability to absorb spiritual energy.

Li Qingqiu opened his eyes, smiled, and said, "Yes, I have indeed broken through. Next, I can cultivate the second level of the Hunyuan Scripture."

Li Dongyue looked envious and asked, "By the way, senior brother, I heard from Senior Yang that there are different levels of martial arts practitioners in the martial arts world. Do you think the second level of the Nourishing Yuan Realm is considered a first-class master, or even above first-class?"

The scene of Jiang Zhaoxia instantly killing Luo Lie was still vivid in his mind. Although it was a sneak attack, Yang Jueding had said that Luo Lie was a first-class master. Even if it was a sneak attack, the person who could kill him would not be far from the realm of a first-class master.

“I don’t know that. Besides, we practice to strengthen ourselves, not to always think about comparing ourselves to others,” Li Qingqiu said earnestly.

For those who cultivate immortality, the most important thing is to cultivate their mind; it's not about achieving it overnight, but about cultivating it over a long period of time.

Li Dongyue nodded and said, "I understand, I was just curious."

The two practiced their skills while chatting, but after a few words, they fell silent.

Two hours later, they left together and returned to Qingxiao Sect.

When they returned to Qingxiao Sect, it was nearly dusk. Most of the disciples had already gathered in the courtyard where they usually lived, and it was also here that they had their meal.

Li Qingqiu noticed that Xu Ning was standing alone outside the kitchen, waiting for the dishes to be served, while the other disciples were already gathered around the table, discussing what they had learned that day.

Besides practicing the Hunyuan Scripture, the disciples spent most of their time learning martial arts from Yang Jueding. Although their skills did not improve as rapidly as Li Sifeng's, their bodies were noticeably stronger.

Xu Ning has not yet cultivated the Hunyuan Scripture. Without Li Qingqiu's instructions, Li Dongyue and Zhang Yuchun would not teach it to their disciples without authorization. Even Yang Jueding has not cultivated it.

Of course, Yang Jueding was not interested in the internal energy cultivation method of Qingxiao Sect. For martial arts practitioners, changing internal energy cultivation method without authorization is a major taboo, unless the new internal energy cultivation method is far superior to the old one.

Changing your cultivation method means you have to start cultivating your internal energy all over again, which can't be done in just one or two months.

Li Qingqiu walked up behind Xu Ning and asked, "Do you want to practice martial arts?"

Xu Ning was startled by him, turned to look at him, and asked cautiously, "Is it internal energy?"

She was already learning martial arts, working harder than the other disciples, and often received praise from Yang Jueding.

However, Yang Jueding clearly favored boys over girls, and he focused his training on Li Sifeng, while the martial arts moves he taught to his other disciples were very ordinary.

"Of course, and it's the unique internal skill of the Qingxiao Sect."

Li Qingqiu smiled, looking unfathomable. His words surprised Xu Ning. Xu Ning had witnessed Yang Jueding's display of internal energy and was deeply amazed by it. She had long wanted to learn internal energy.

"I want to! I really want to!" Xu Ning nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice, her eyes shining. This was the first time she had ever shown such excitement.

Li Qingqiu asked with a smile, "If I teach you internal energy, what should you call me?"

"Master?"

"Ok?"

"Master?"

Xu Ning tentatively asked, knowing what the master-disciple relationship represented. In the martial arts world, the bond between master and disciple was even more important than that between father and daughter or father and son.

Li Qingqiu smiled and said, "Kneel three times for me, and from now on, you will be my first disciple."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuchun, who was cooking, couldn't help but cast a curious glance.

"Senior Brother, how can your eldest disciple be a woman?"

Jiang Zhaoxia's voice came, and he walked over carrying a sword.

Since he picked up the iron sword, he has become spirited and sharp, and sometimes you can hear the whistling wind as he practices his sword in the forest from dozens of feet away.

Jiang Zhaoxia is now recognized as the strongest person in the Qingxiao Sect.

Upon hearing Jiang Zhaoxia's words, the other disciples turned to look, including Yang Jueding.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Xu Ning's face flushed red, but she looked at Jiang Zhaoxia with dissatisfaction.

"So what if she's a woman? She might be even more capable than you in the future."

Li Qingqiu said nonchalantly, which deeply moved Xu Ning, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

Then, Li Qingqiu looked at Xu Ning, indicating that she should kowtow quickly.

Xu Ning immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times to Li Qingqiu.

And so, Li Qingqiu accepted his first disciple.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Such a genius, he was itching to cultivate him sooner.

However, he was afraid that Xu Ning would become stronger and threaten his position as sect leader, so he had to resort to some underhanded tactics.

In this way, Xu Ning, with her obsessive destiny, should be committed to him from now on and will not betray him.

As for Jiang Zhaoxia's arrogant words, even if Xu Ning was dissatisfied, it wouldn't escalate to hatred, after all, Jiang Zhaoxia had saved her. "Alright, let's eat first."

Li Qingqiu helped Xu Ning up, patted her knee, and smiled gently.

The attitude towards ordinary disciples and personal disciples must be different. Li Qingqiu even felt like he was raising a daughter, even though he was only seven years older than Xu Ning.

The sect leader taking on a disciple is a major event, and everyone discussed it at the dinner table.

Some mischievous and daring disciples took the initiative to ask to become Li Qingqiu's disciples, but he refused them all. However, Zhang Yuchun and Li Dongyue couldn't resist taking one disciple each.

As for Jiang Zhaoxia, he didn't take these disciples seriously. His cold face made them afraid to get close to him.

Yang Jueding put down his wine bowl and sighed, "Sect Master, the status of the eldest disciple is not simple in any sect. Are you sure she can handle it?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Ning clenched her teeth.

There was nothing she could do; she was not only young but also thin. No matter how Yang Jueding looked at it, she was unlikely to amount to anything, and was certainly not as good as his precious Li Sifeng.

Unfortunately, Li Sifeng was of the same generation as Li Qingqiu, so he could not take on any disciples.

"Even if it doesn't work out, it's alright. Although Qingxiao Sect is also a martial arts sect, we don't follow the path of being competitive. More than martial arts skills, I care more about her character and sense of responsibility. I believe this child will satisfy me."

Li Qingqiu continued to win over Xu Ning with sweet words.

He almost applauded Yang Jueding, thinking to himself, "I didn't give you any money, why are you so eager to please me?"
Li Dongyue couldn't help but say, "Alright, Xiao Ning has become Senior Brother's disciple, and from now on she will be our junior niece. Let's look to the future."

"Junior niece, Xiao Ning, you are now my junior niece!"

Young Li Sijin smiled happily. She was a year older than Xu Ning, but when the two stood together, she always seemed more like the younger sister. This was mainly because she was still innocent, while Xu Ning, who didn't like to talk, seemed more composed.

Xu Ning's face finally softened, and she smiled. She liked Li Sijin's liveliness very much, so she couldn't help but put food on her plate again.

Li Qingqiu brought up the Daoist chart panel to check Xu Ning's loyalty.

99/99!

Wow, it's really taking off!

In Li Qingqiu's view, this was already the highest level of loyalty. One hundred points of loyalty, that's something a normal person could achieve.
You can raise them with confidence!
……

Three days later, Li Qingqiu brought Xu Ning and Li Sijin to the underground spiritual lake to practice. Today, he would teach Xu Ning the Hunyuan Scripture for the first time, and Xu Ning was also looking forward to it.

The two little girls were always chattering together, but Xu Ning was eager to cultivate, which soon stirred up the restless Li Sijin.

As expected, Xu's speed in cultivating Yuan Qi was outrageous.

With the blessing of the underground spiritual lake, she cultivated a trace of vital energy in just one hour, which shocked Li Sijin.

Even though Li Qingqiu was mentally prepared, let alone Li Sijin, she was still frightened.

Li Qingqiu turned to Li Sijin and said, "Don't tell anyone about this. If anyone asks, just say that it took her a whole day to cultivate her internal energy."

"Why?" Li Sijin asked blankly.

"I'm afraid your third senior brother will be upset."

Upon hearing this, Li Sijin thought of Jiang Zhaoxia's sour face and nodded in deep agreement.

She also felt that her third senior brother was petty and easily angered.

Even though Li Qingqiu had given some instructions, Xu Ning's ability to cultivate Yuan Qi in just one day still surprised Zhang Yuchun and the others.

Cultivators have an exceptionally keen sense of vital energy. Yang Jueding and the other disciples did not notice it, but Li Qingqiu's junior brothers and sisters discovered it when they saw Xu Ning.

They began to change their opinion of Xu Ning, and even Jiang Zhaoxia did.

However, Jiang Zhaoxia's opinion only changed slightly. In his view, Xu Ning's success was largely due to the underground spiritual lake. If she had cultivated outside, she definitely wouldn't have been as fast as him.

Xu Ning's success made Li Qingqiu even more hopeful for the future of Qingxiao Sect.

In the time that followed, the seven disciples he had taken in from the village still couldn't cultivate their inner energy, so Li Qingqiu could only have them focus on martial arts training.

The underground spiritual lake cannot be easily exposed, and having too many people around would also affect his cultivation with his junior brothers and sisters.

Time passes day by day.

Spring passed and summer came. Li Qingqiu had just turned seventeen. His junior brothers and sisters all thought his birthday was in the autumn, but he never pointed it out because he didn't like to celebrate his birthday in a big way.

This afternoon.

Li Qingqiu sat on the grass in front of the mountain gate, with nine swords laid out in front of him. He was establishing a connection with the swords in order to cultivate the Supreme Sword Control Technique.

suddenly.

He looked up and followed the mountain path down. A person emerged from the forest. The person was wearing a yellow robe with a belt, carrying a sword on his back. He was tall and clearly a martial artist.

The man in yellow looked up and saw Li Qingqiu in front of the mountain gate. A bright smile appeared on his face. He stepped up the mountain path and asked, "May I ask if this is Qingxiao Sect?"

Li Qingqiu said irritably, "Can't you see the words on my head?"

The three large characters "Qingxiao Gate" were engraved on the mountain gate, and this kind of blindness was simply intolerable to him.

The man in yellow wasn't angry. He smiled and said, "I saw it, but I need to hear you admit it yourself. Let me introduce myself. I am the new sect leader of your Qingxiao Sect. My name is Mo Jiujiao."

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(End of this chapter)