Junior sister, I really need to control you

After using the Divine Sense Jade Slip for the first time, Mu Xiaoyu touched her head from left to right.

She always had the illusion that her head was being stretched out of shape by knowledge.

She was then pressed down in front of the table by Li Yinsheng and began to listen to her senior brother explain the verses of scripture that she had forcibly memorized but still did not understand.

Moreover, she didn't know why, but her senior brother seemed to be able to detect with extreme precision whether she was distracted or not.

As a result, she spent almost half an hour listening to her senior brother's lecture without stopping!

After half an hour of fussing, Mu Xiaoyu collapsed limply onto the table as Li Yinsheng said, "That's all for today."

She rested her chin on the table, looked up at Li Yinsheng with teary eyes, and said, "Senior brother... I want to practice swordsmanship..."

“Junior sister, you must learn the scriptures, otherwise you won’t even be able to understand the cultivation techniques in the future.” Li Yinsheng’s tone was kind, but his words left no room for refusal.

"Waaah..." Mu Xiaoyu covered her face.

Didn't I come here to cultivate immortality? Why do I need to study to cultivate immortality?!

This isn't how cultivation should be done!

After wailing in her heart for a long time, Mu Xiaoyu had no choice but to accept reality and could only find joy in her suffering and console herself.

"Let's look on the bright side. Although we still have to study now that we're up in the mountains, at least it won't be like at home, where we not only have to study but also take tests..."

The tutor at home was very strict. Every three days, he would give her a small test and a test paper to judge how well she had learned.

If you don't do well on the exam, you'll be punished by copying the answers, or even by getting your hands slapped!

Hearing Mu Xiaoyu mutter to herself, Li Yinsheng was somewhat surprised: "How did Junior Sister know that I had prepared an exam for you?"

Mu Xiaoyu sprang to her feet, staring wide-eyed at Li Yinsheng.

In her despairing gaze, Li Yinsheng pulled a stack of exam papers from his Qiankun bag.

"These are free gifts from the shopkeeper. She said that all the Taoist temples use these exam papers to test the new disciples' studies. They are usually tested every seven days or half a month."

"However, junior sister, you learn much faster than them, so you can write a whole volume every day after you finish learning."

"No, even writing one scroll a day won't keep up with your pace of learning the scriptures. Let's write two scrolls a day then..."

Mu Xiaoyu stood there blankly, her face ashen, as if the sounds around her were gradually fading away.

Chapter 43 Ten Sword Lights, Demon Hunting in Practice

In front of the main hall of Xuanzhen Temple.

Mu Xiaoyu gripped the White Rainbow Sword, performed a sword incantation, and with focused concentration, thrust out a sword, sending out four streaks of sword light in an instant.

A hint of joy unconsciously appeared on her face.

Three days ago, she mastered the third sword light, but the fourth one was significantly more difficult.

Although she never found a chance to slack off under her senior brother's supervision, she still practiced hard until today and finally mastered the fourth sword light.

But then she felt her hands go empty.

The White Rainbow Sword transformed into a thin stream of light and flew towards Li Yinsheng, who then swallowed it whole.

Then a glint flashed in Li Yinsheng's eyes.

"Senior brother?"

Mu Xiaoyu was initially puzzled after her White Rainbow Sword was taken away, but then she felt a glimmer of hope.

Previously, she would always finish practicing her sword skills for the day before her senior brother would put the White Rainbow Sword back into his body to nurture it.

But it should still be about two more hours before we finish practicing swordsmanship.

Could it be that her senior brother is planning to give her a break so she can practice for two fewer hours?

Li Yinsheng had no idea what Junior Sister Mu was thinking. He was just sensing the slight changes in the White Rainbow Sword within his body and sighed inwardly.

He just retrieved the White Rainbow Sword because his junior sister had mastered the fourth sword light, triggering a reward that he needed to enter the cave to claim the two years of cultivation.

The nurturing of magical artifacts by a true person can be done at any time, including during cultivation.

So before entering the cave, he also absorbed the White Rainbow Sword into his body and nurtured it within the cave.

Although two years of cultivation were of little use to his current level, they only slightly increased his magical power and blood energy.

However, the time he spent nurturing the White Rainbow Sword until today, before receiving the reward, was less than ten days. He felt that two years should be of considerable help to the White Rainbow Sword.

Then he realized he was overthinking it.

The nurturing over the past two years has not been without its benefits for the White Rainbow Sword, but the changes have been minimal, except that its spirituality has become slightly more active.

Ultimately, it is probably because its main body was severely damaged.

The spirituality of the White Rainbow Sword is still only two or three tenths of what it was at its peak. As Junior Sister's Yin-Yang Dividing Light Sword becomes more and more proficient, the effect of her guidance will probably become worse and worse.

Even if the White Rainbow Sword is repaired one day, its ability to guide junior sister in cultivating the Two Elements Dividing Light Sword will never surpass the highest level of her master back then.

But at least in terms of efficiency and potential, it will definitely be much higher than it is now.

Just as Li Yinsheng was sighing inwardly, Mu Xiaoyu spoke up.

"Senior brother, can we reduce our cultivation time by two hours today?" she asked expectantly.

Li Yinsheng asked, "Hmm? What makes you say that, Junior Sister?"

"Senior brother, you've already put away the White Rainbow Sword," Mu Xiaoyu said matter-of-factly. "Didn't you only put the sword away when it was time to rest before?"

Li Yinsheng was both amused and exasperated, realizing that this was the reason.

"If Junior Sister doesn't want to practice swordsmanship today, that's fine too," he nodded.

Mu Xiaoyu's face lit up with joy.

“Then let’s use the rest of the time to give lectures and teach,” Li Yinsheng said. “We’ll give a lecture for half an hour each time, and then write two exam papers afterward.”

He paused for a moment, then added, "Since we're going to lecture for two and a half hours straight this time, how about we write ten exam papers? What do you think, junior sister?"

"No, no, no! Senior brother, I want to practice swordsmanship! I want to practice swordsmanship!" Mu Xiaoyu said hurriedly, her face full of fear.

"Junior sister, didn't you not want to practice swordsmanship?" Li Yinsheng asked, "Besides, the White Rainbow Sword can still stab you."

"Senior brother, I was just joking. Actually, what I like most is practicing swordsmanship!" Mu Xiaoyu said.

Compared to the sharp, stabbing White Rainbow Sword, studying scriptures and writing exam papers are far more terrifying.

"Is what you said sincere, Junior Sister?" Li Yinsheng asked.

"I really mean it!" Mu Xiaoyu nodded.

Li Yinsheng nodded, and the White Rainbow Sword flew towards Mu Xiaoyu, landing back in her hand.

Feeling relieved that she had escaped a calamity... having narrowly escaped death, Mu Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue practicing her swordsmanship.

Li Yinsheng stood up and said, "Wait, junior sister, don't you find practicing swordsmanship like this a little boring?"

"It's a bit boring... no, it's extremely boring!" Mu Xiaoyu thought for a moment and nodded repeatedly.

What if her senior brother takes pity on her and lets her practice less?

After a pause, not wanting her senior brother to make her do exercises out of boredom, she added, "But studying scriptures and writing scrolls is even more boring!"

Li Yinsheng smiled.

"Since you find practicing swordsmanship alone boring, junior sister, I'll be your sparring partner. Wouldn't it be less boring if you had someone with you?"

As Li Yinsheng walked toward Mu Xiaoyu, he stretched as if to warm up.

Mu Xiaoyu's expression of agreement instantly turned into horror.

"No need, no need!" she hurriedly stepped back. "Senior brother, I'm not bored anymore! Sword practice is so much fun!"

“But you still need sparring partners,” Li Yinsheng said. “Sword techniques are for combat; how can they be effective without real fighting?”

Although he himself didn't have much practical combat experience, he had accumulated some combat experience from occasionally sparring with other cultivators or encountering monsters while searching for medicinal herbs.

And my junior sister...

He planned to send his junior sister to the Trial of the Blades competition to give it a shot.

If we can really get a spot in the Sword Washing Mountain, it should greatly improve the progress of the Two Elements Dividing Light Sword.

To participate in the "Test of Skills" competition, practical experience is essential.

At this point, the junior sister already had four sword lights, and could begin practical training.

"Senior brother, you'll go easy on me, won't you?" Mu Xiaoyu asked with a mournful face.

Although she hadn't personally witnessed her senior brothers fighting, she had seen firsthand the miserable state of those people at Huanghe Temple.

"Of course, it's just a friendly spar. Do you think I would take advantage of you, Junior Sister?" Li Yinsheng shook his head and chuckled.

Mu Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief.

Then she saw Li Yinsheng wave his hand with a smile, and twenty or thirty sword lights appeared around him.

Mu Xiaoyu: ……

……

A month and a half later.

In front of the main hall, Mu Xiaoyu and Li Yinsheng stood facing each other.

She was no longer using the White Rainbow Sword, but the Cold Leaf Sword that Li Yinsheng had given her before.

A thick layer of azure light emanated from the Cold Leaf Sword. As she unleashed her sword technique, the azure light spread from the sword, transforming into ten azure sword lights that shot towards Li Yinsheng.

Li Yinsheng, who was being pointed at by ten sword lights, pointed his finger and only a faint blue sword light appeared in front of him.

His sword light was much lighter in color than Mu Xiaoyu's.

Or rather, it needs to be much "clearer".

This is also one of the characteristics of the power of the Qingxuan True Scripture. As the level increases, the quality of the power becomes higher and higher, and it looks more and more transparent and clear.

With a startled cry from Mu Xiaoyu, her attack, composed of ten sword lights, was easily bypassed by the pale blue sword light that found an opening.

The sword light struck her, but caused no harm. It merely transformed into a gentle force that sent her flying backward, landing on her bottom.

"Senior brother cheated!" Mu Xiaoyu sat on the ground, looking aggrieved.