Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 152

“Second Senior Sister, do you also live here?” Song Ling asked.

Ji Yuxi said with a cold face, “Aside from Junior Brother Jian, who dislikes the bamboo forest, all of Master’s disciples live here, including me. In addition, the residences of Elder Xu Nianzhen’s disciples are also here.”

“I wonder if there are any empty courtyards near Second Senior Sister’s residence?” Song Ling blinked.

Hearing this, Ji Yuxi seemed a little surprised.

The meaning of the other party’s question was obvious: they wanted to live near her. But she had already expressed her dislike for the other party so directly, shouldn’t they have consciously avoided her? Why would they still do this? To deliberately disgust her?

But before Ji Yuxi could speak, Song Ling quickly added, “Second Senior Sister, don’t misunderstand, I don’t have any other intentions.”

“Then what do you mean?” Ji Yuxi frowned.

“Master clearly knows that Second Senior Sister has a prejudice against me, yet she still asked Second Senior Sister to personally bring me here. Doesn’t Second Senior Sister understand Master’s intention? She simply wants us senior and junior sisters to live in harmony.”

Song Ling said softly, “I think Second Senior Sister, you also don’t want to let down Master’s good intentions, do you?”

Ji Yuxi was silent for a moment, then walked deeper into the bamboo forest.

“Follow me.”

Song Ling smiled faintly and followed.

Before long, Ji Yuxi stopped in front of a secluded courtyard, her expression calm as she said:

“This is the closest unoccupied courtyard to my residence. The environment is quiet and suitable for your cultivation. Since Master has this intention, you can stay here, but I hope you will abide by the sect rules and not disturb me or other fellow disciples at will.”

Song Ling looked around. The courtyard was surrounded by carefully trimmed bamboo, and in front of the gate was a small pond with a few water lilies blooming, emitting a faint, delicate fragrance.

“Thank you, Second Senior Sister, I really like it here.” Song Ling bowed.

Ji Yuxi nodded, then turned to leave. As she walked away, she said to Song Ling with her back turned:

“Shen Shaohua, we cultivators, what we cultivate is not only power that transcends mortals, but also a Dao heart. If you continue to wantonly kill the innocent based on your preferences, then falling into the demonic path and becoming an evil cultivator will only be a matter of time. I hope you will take care of yourself.”

After speaking, Ji Yuxi walked away.

Song Ling looked at Ji Yuxi’s back, deep in thought.

It seemed that this Second Senior Sister was indeed a very upright and kind person, appearing out of place among the cultivators who regarded mortal lives as ants.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the courtyard. Two youths dressed in coarse linen clothes walked out of the house, bowed to Song Ling, and then one of them said, “Welcome, Immortal Master. We are the servants responsible for maintaining this courtyard. My name is Jia Cheng, and he is Qiao Wen. If Immortal Master needs anything, please feel free to command us.”

Song Ling nodded slightly, “First, introduce me to the rooms in this residence.”

“Yes, Immortal Master, please.”

…

Night, the bright moon hung high.

In the bamboo forest residence, Song Ling, who had already bathed, changed into the direct disciple robes, sat quietly cross-legged on the bed in his bedroom, his eyes closed. At a certain moment, he suddenly opened his eyes.

“This ‘Equality of All Beings Technique’ is finally over…”

The boundless power of the Heavenly Gang Master realm returned to his body, giving him a sense of security.

Although his strength was nothing in the Purple Radiance Sect, which was full of cultivators, it was still much better than being a powerless ordinary person.

Song Ling took out the “Taiqing Cavernous Profound Art” from his storage bag and began to study it carefully.

The “Taiqing Cavernous Profound Art” was indeed a flawless Spirit-Nourishing Qi-Gathering technique. Its complexity and profoundness far exceeded the “Qi-Nourishing Art” and “Liu Chuan Spirit-Nourishing Art” he had previously obtained. Fortunately, every page in the book had Master Bai Yafu’s annotations, explaining each word and sentence in the most understandable way.

Song Ling’s brows were sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed, his mind completely immersed in it.

In the latter half of the night, Song Ling closed the book and began to cultivate according to the methods described within.

He closed his eyes, formed a peculiar hand seal, and continuously visualized the contemplation diagram drawn in the book in his mind. His mouth and nose also began to regulate his breathing according to a special frequency. As time passed, the contemplation diagram in his mind became clearer and clearer.

After an unknown amount of time, Song Ling suddenly felt as if he had woken up from a dream. He suddenly realized that the surrounding air was not just simple air; it seemed to contain some special “particles.” With each breath he took, these “particles” seemed to be drawn by invisible threads, slowly gathering towards his body and flowing along specific meridians.

“Is this… spiritual energy?”

Song Ling could feel that these “particles” in the surrounding air, or rather, spiritual energy, were very thin, leaving him with a feeling of dissatisfaction.

After pondering for a moment, Song Ling took out a spirit stone from his clothes and held it in his hand.

Immediately, a surge of spiritual energy, far more concentrated and pure than that in the air, overflowed from the spirit stone and poured into Song Ling’s body through his palm, circulating rapidly along the meridian pathways described in the “Taiqing Cavernous Profound Art.”

This invigorated Song Ling.

“No wonder spirit stones are so important to cultivators. The speed of cultivation is completely different with or without spirit stones!”

“If I can maintain this progress, I probably won’t need many days to get started with the ‘Taiqing Cavernous Profound Art,’ but the problem is…”

The problem was that the spirit stones were consumed a bit too quickly. Although he currently had a total of more than a dozen spirit stones stolen from the skinny man in Rime Valley and Tan Yixuan from the headquarters of Blood Wind Tower, at this rate, it would probably be difficult to sustain him until he got started with the “Taiqing Cavernous Profound Art.”

“Forget it, I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. Don’t think so much for now. Just improve what I can, and as for spirit stones… there will always be a way to solve it.”

Song Ling made up his mind, no longer dwelling on the consumption of spirit stones, but fully devoting himself to cultivation.

For the next three consecutive days, Song Ling used all his time for cultivating the “Taiqing Cavernous Profound Art,” except for necessary meals. Without regard for the consumption of spirit stones, his progress was rapid, and he was not far from reaching the introductory level.

Early this morning, Song Ling opened his eyes, and the last spirit stone in his hand turned into dust.

“What a pity. If I had three more spirit stones, I’m confident I could have gotten started with the ‘Taiqing Cavernous Profound Art’ tonight. Now, if I switch to absorbing heaven and earth spiritual energy, it will take at least half a month…”

Direct disciples had a monthly quota of five spirit stones for resources. However, it was only the beginning of the month, and the end of the month was still far away. Perhaps… he could go to Master Bai Yafu for help?

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, she should not be stingy with a few spirit stones for a newly initiated disciple.

Song Ling acted on his thought immediately. He quickly washed up, opened his door, and left the courtyard.

He hadn’t walked two steps when a familiar voice called out to him from not far away: “Oh, Junior Sister?”

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