Junior sister, I really need to control you.

Chapter 85 Shangguan Ling'er

Jiang Ningzhi in her bedroom.

"A Great Master?"

Hearing her best friend's words, Jiang Ningzhi was taken aback.

She subconsciously thought of her own junior apprentice, but then immediately shook her head.

With his talent, it's only a matter of time before he becomes a Great True Person or a True Person with an Imperial Title. However, he is still too young. Even after the New Year, he will only be twenty-three years old.

Ling'er gently stroked her dantian, and a beam of colorful light flew from her fingertips, transforming into a five-colored glass lamp that enveloped Jiang Ningzhi.

The glass cup was adorned with five colors—white, blue, black, red, and yellow—flowing seamlessly together, giving it the appearance of a powerful magical artifact.

"Let's go out and take a look."

Ling'er took Jiang Ningzhi's hand, led her out of the bedroom, and looked towards the horizon.

At the same time, a black Ruyi appeared in her hand, and a gold and jade hairpin flew out from her head, transforming into a slender sword about two feet long. Both of these were magical treasures whose aura was no less than that of a glass lamp.

A streak of blue light shot across the horizon.

"Such pure and abundant wood element energy!" Ling'er's expression turned solemn.

She practiced the Five Elements Technique, so she was extremely surprised by the wood element energy flying towards her from afar.

Upon hearing "Mu Xing," Jiang Ningzhi was basically certain that he was not her junior apprentice.

Li Yinsheng's Qingxuan True Scripture is upright and peaceful. Although his magical power is also light blue, it has no obvious relationship with the five elements. So where does this pure wood element energy come from?

The azure rainbow arrived extremely quickly. In the blink of an eye, it had flown into the Xuanzhen Temple and stopped in front of her and Ling'er.

After Qinghong landed, it subsided, revealing Li Yinsheng, who looked puzzled, and Mu Xiaoyu, who was standing behind him tugging at his clothes.

"Yin Sheng!" Jiang Ningzhi blurted out.

"Uncle-Master." Li Yinsheng nodded, but his divine sense remained fixed on the woman in colorful clothes beside his uncle-master.

This person's cultivation level is quite impressive.

"Yinsheng, this is Shangguan Ling'er, a good friend I met in the Dharma lineage."

Jiang Ningzhi quickly explained, "She has been in seclusion and cultivating diligently within the lineage for many years, so I have never mentioned it to you."

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"But you can trust her. Ling'er and I have known each other since we were young. We have been through many dangerous situations together and are friends who have faced life and death together."

Upon hearing his uncle's introduction, Li Yinsheng bowed and said, "Greetings, Senior Shangguan."

Although he felt that the woman in colorful clothes in front of him was no less imposing in terms of aura, she was, after all, his senior uncle and friend, so he simply addressed her as a senior.

Even if their cultivation levels are similar, this person is definitely many times older than him, so calling him "senior" won't hurt.

Shangguan Ling'er did not return the greeting, but stared intently at Li Yinsheng.

To be precise, her attention was divided in two.

Half of it was on Li Yinsheng's face.

The other half is on the Azure Sword beside Li Yinsheng.

The azure rainbow that appeared when Li Yinsheng arrived was from his escape technique using the Azure Sky Sword.

Although he himself had not formally studied escape techniques, the Azure Sky Sword, a magic weapon of this caliber, could be regarded as a kind of escape technique when used to control the sword, and its speed was more than ten times that of the talisman crane.

If he himself had also learned the art of sword escape, his speed would be even faster.

The azure rainbow, after it had subsided, did not disappear but instead returned to the Azure Sword, hovering quietly beside Li Yinsheng.

After all, before his uncle's introduction, he didn't know who Shangguan Lingji was, so he was inevitably on guard.

Just as he was about to put away the Azure Sword, he noticed Shangguan Ling'er's strange gaze.

"Senior Shangguan?" Li Yinsheng called out.

"Oh!" Shangguan Ling'er finally came to her senses, looking at Li Yinsheng with a strange gaze. "You are—Ningzhi's nephew?"

"Not bad." Li Yinsheng nodded.

"Didn't they say your Xuanzhen Temple was going to disband?" Shangguan Ling'er stared wide-eyed at her best friend. "You have a Grand Master, why would you want to disband your lineage?"

"This matter is complicated. The lineage does not yet know that Yinsheng is a Great True Man," Jiang Ningzhi said.

"You also just broke through recently?" Shangguan Ling'er suddenly realized, but still shook her head. "That doesn't make sense either. Even a True Person couldn't have dispelled your cultivation lineage, could they?"

Before Jiang Ningzhi could answer, she took two steps forward and looked at Li Yinsheng with a face full of curiosity.

"Speaking of which, fellow Daoist, I know most of the True Persons of Xuanzhen Temple, so how come I've never seen you before?" she asked, extremely puzzled.

Because of her excellent relationship with Jiang Ningzhi, she often came to see Jiang Ningzhi before the incident at Xuanzhen Temple. Although she was not particularly familiar with the other masters in the temple, she was at least somewhat acquainted with them.

Why did she have no recollection of this real person who had suddenly appeared in front of her?

"Uncle-Master, Senior Shangguan," Li Yinsheng didn't immediately answer Shangguan Ling'er's question, because he was also full of doubt, "What is this 'Grand Master' you're talking about?"

"Huh?" Shangguan Ling'er blinked.

"Sigh, this is a mess," Jiang Ningzhi rubbed her temples. "It's a long story, you two, come in and talk it out."

Li Yinsheng and Shangguan Ling'er exchanged a glance and nodded together.

After sheathing his Azure Sword, Li Yinsheng patted Mu Xiaoyu's head behind him and said, "Junior Sister, I have something to discuss with my Uncle and Senior. You should go back and rest first."

"Mm!" Mu Xiaoyu nodded.

But then she looked conflicted, gritted her teeth, and said, "Senior brother, I haven't had time to cultivate today. How about I practice for a while first?"

Li Yinsheng nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, go ahead."

About half an hour later, in Jiang Ningzhi's bedroom.

Jiang Ningzhi leaned against the soft couch, while Li Yinsheng and Shangguan Ling'er sat facing each other at a long table.

After a complicated explanation, she finally clarified the two people's questions one by one.

"Now you all should understand, right?" she asked.

"I understand," Li Yinsheng nodded, then complained with a smile, "So there are three levels to becoming a True Person. Uncle, why didn't you tell me sooner? I didn't even know I had entered a state of spiritual travel."

Jiang Ningzhi remained silent for a few moments, unsure how to respond.

"I don't understand! I don't understand!" Shangguan Ling'er shouted from the side, "What do you mean he joined the Xuanzhen Temple after I went into seclusion?!"

"You went into seclusion twenty years ago," Jiang Ningzhi said matter-of-factly. "Yinsheng entered the temple after you went into seclusion, so there's no problem."

"Who asked you that!" Shangguan Ling'er slammed her hand on the table. "I asked you what a twenty-two-year-old Grand Master is!"

"Jiang Ningzhi, are you kidding me?" She suddenly stood up, took two steps forward, and grabbed her best friend's cheeks with both hands, pulling them outwards. "Do I look that easy to fool?"

"I didn't lie! It's steamed!" Jiang Ningzhi mumbled, her face being pinched.

"Senior Shangguan, what my martial uncle said is indeed true." Li Yinsheng, who was standing to the side, suppressed a laugh and testified for Jiang Ningzhi.

"I don't believe it!" Shangguan Ling'er released her best friend's flushed cheeks, put her hands on her hips, and glared at Li Yinsheng. "And don't call me 'senior'! Call me 'fellow Daoist'!"

"This isn't appropriate. You're a friend of my martial uncle, and according to seniority—"

Li Yinsheng was interrupted by Shangguan Ling'er halfway through his sentence.

"What seniority?! I no longer believe you two are even related as uncle and nephew!"

Her gaze swept back and forth between Li Yinsheng and Jiang Ningzhi: "You saying that you are actually Ningzhi's Daoist partner, whom she has kept secret from me for half her life, is more believable than any twenty-two-year-old Grand Master!"

"Ling'er!" Jiang Ningzhi blushed instantly. "What are you saying! Yin Sheng really is my—junior nephew!"

Fortunately, her face had already been pinched red, so the difference wasn't noticeable.

Li Yinsheng was also somewhat embarrassed: "Senior, I really am—"

"Do you know what a twenty-two-year-old Grand Master means? Do you know that our lineage hasn't produced a Grand Master under fifty for countless years? And you're telling me you're twenty-two?"

Shangguan Ling'er glared fiercely at Li Yinsheng: "Do you dare let me measure your age myself?"

"An age test?" Li Yinsheng was taken aback at first, then nodded. "Why not? Please, senior."

Without any hesitation, Shangguan Ling'er placed her hands on Li Yinsheng's shoulders and probed his body with her magic.

A few breaths later, she let out a soft exclamation.

She then released her grip on Li Yinsheng's shoulders, grabbed his wrists, and probed with her magic once more.

"Huh?" Her expression changed. "I don't believe it!"

This time, she simply grabbed Li Yinsheng's hands with both of hers, interlocked their fingers, pressed their palms together, and poured her magic power into Li Yinsheng's palms.

"Huh? Could it really be?" A moment later, her eyes began to twitch.

"impossible!"

She released Li Yinsheng's hand and pressed and massaged his body with both hands, as if feeling his bones, exploring almost every part of his body.

"Ling'er, that's enough! Yin Sheng is at least at the same cultivation level as you. You can't keep bullying him just because he has a good temper, can you?" Jiang Ningzhi said with some dissatisfaction.

Why take so long to measure age?

"Aaaaaah! I don't want to live anymore!!!"

Shangguan Ling'er shouted and flashed into the corner of the bedroom. She squatted down facing the corner of the wall and covered herself with the five-colored glass lamp that she had used to protect Uncle Jiang.

"Senior Shangguan? Senior Shangguan?"

Li Yinsheng called out twice, but the glass lamp magic treasure on her body seemed to have the function of isolating sound and divine sense. No matter how Li Yinsheng called her, she did not respond and continued to squat with her back to the two of them.

If it weren't for the wrong color of his clothes, Li Yinsheng would have suspected that this senior Shangguan was a cowardly mushroom that had become a spirit.

"It's alright, Yinsheng, you don't need to worry about her," Uncle Jiang said with a smile. "She's always been like this. When she's in a bad mood, she doesn't like to talk to people. Just let her be by herself for a while and she'll be fine."

"I haven't seen her like this in decades, and I really miss her."

The uncle's face showed no concern for his best friend, only a gloating smile.

"Decades?" Li Yinsheng noticed another key point and couldn't help but ask, "How many years exactly?"

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Jiang Ningzhi's smile froze instantly.