Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 153

Song Ling turned around and saw a young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a straight-collared robe and a silk sash around his waist, walking towards him. It was his sixth senior brother, Yue Yaojie.

“Greetings, Sixth Senior Brother.” Song Ling slightly bent her knees in a bow.

“I didn’t expect you, Junior Sister, to also live in this area. How come I haven’t seen you these past two days?” Yue Yaojie grinned.

“I’ve been cultivating the ‘Taiqing Dongxuan Jue’ indoors these past few days and haven’t gone out, so of course, Sixth Senior Brother wouldn’t see me,” Song Ling smiled faintly. “By the way, Sixth Senior Brother, where are you going?”

“I’m going to ‘Liaoyuan Platform’ to watch a fight. Today, Elder He’s disciple, Kuang Wan, and Elder Ji’s disciple, Tao Zhibin, are going to duel on the stage. Both of them are skilled cultivators who have reached the seventh level of Qi Refinement, and it’s said they’ve even mastered ‘True Arts.’ It’s sure to be very exciting, I can’t miss it. Oh, Junior Sister, do you want to come along—”

Yue Yaojie looked excited, but halfway through his sentence, he suddenly seemed to remember something, his gaze flickering as he stopped speaking:

“Never mind, never mind. Junior Sister, you probably have something busy to do, right? It was rude of me.”

Although Song Ling didn’t know what the “Liaoyuan Platform” in Yue Yaojie’s words was, she understood the sudden change in his attitude at the end.

Someone must have told him that it would be best not to have too much involvement with her…

Could it be Ji Yuxi?

Probably not. With her personality, she would only express her dissatisfaction face-to-face, not gossip behind someone’s back.

Song Ling’s eyes darkened slightly; this was even worse.

Not everything was smooth sailing for him within the Purple Radiance Sect. Although Xue Chenfeng would likely not do anything to him in the short term to avoid suspicion, it was still a huge risk. If he were to be ostracized by small groups within the sect… his future days might not be too smooth.

Thinking of this, a hint of sadness flashed across Song Ling’s face. He pulled the corners of his mouth into a forced smile:

“Shaohua has just entered the sect, what could I possibly be busy with? Is it because of what Second Senior Sister said that day, Sixth Senior Brother, that you also think I’m a wicked woman who disregards human life, and so you don’t want to be involved with me, lest it tarnish your own reputation?”

“No, I didn’t—”

Yue Yaojie quickly waved his hands, but Song Ling continued:

“It’s alright. In everyone’s eyes, that’s just the kind of person I am. From beginning to end, I’ve always been alone. I’m used to it, Sixth Senior Brother. Please forgive Shaohua’s rudeness.”

With that, Song Ling turned and walked towards her own courtyard, leaving behind a lonely figure wiping tears from the corners of her eyes.

“Junior Sister! That’s not what I meant!”

Yue Yaojie quickly caught up, blocking Song Ling’s path, his face full of helplessness.

“Then what did Sixth Senior Brother mean?” Song Ling asked, her head bowed, her voice faint.

“I…” Yue Yaojie scratched his head in frustration. “Oh, anyway, it’s not what you think. If I’ve made you sad, Junior Sister, I apologize!”

Song Ling’s eyelashes trembled slightly. “Then did I misunderstand Sixth Senior Brother?”

“It’s not really a misunderstanding, but my way of speaking was problematic, making you overthink, Junior Sister. Anyway… if you don’t mind, Junior Sister, how about you come with me to ‘Liaoyuan Platform’ to watch the fight?”

Yue Yaojie’s gaze drifted.

He didn’t dare admit that he had indeed subconsciously felt a sense of alienation towards Song Ling due to someone’s words earlier.

But seeing his newly inducted Junior Sister so sad, he immediately felt a pang of pity. Rather than believing those rumors, he preferred to trust what he saw with his own eyes.

A hint of a smile flashed in Song Ling’s downcast eyes.

If she had used this tactic on Second Senior Sister or the other senior brothers and sisters, she would surely only have received a few eye-rolls. But for this young, simple-minded Sixth Senior Brother…

It clearly had a good effect.

Too much is as bad as too little, so Song Ling decided to quit while he was ahead. He nodded, softly saying, “Shaohua is certainly willing, but I wonder what this ‘Liaoyuan Platform’ you speak of is, Sixth Senior Brother?”

Yue Yaojie organized his thoughts and began to explain:

“Hmm… actually, you can tell from the name. Liaoyuan Platform is a place used to settle grudges. Our Purple Radiance Sect strictly forbids disciples from harming each other, but even among mortals, there are daily disputes. We cultivators possess great power, so conflicts are naturally unavoidable. It’s better to guide than to block, so to alleviate these contradictions, the sect established the ‘Liaoyuan Platform’.”

“The Liaoyuan Platform has restrictions set up. No matter how the two sides fight, in the end, there will only be a winner and loser, but no death. Therefore, if a conflict reaches an irreconcilable point, both parties will agree to go to the ‘Liaoyuan Platform’ to settle the matter. In the cultivation world, strength is respected. Before the battle, the stakes are agreed upon, and the losing party must not have any related grievances or seek revenge thereafter, otherwise, the sect will intervene personally.”

Song Ling nodded thoughtfully. “I see. So, Sixth Senior Brother, you said the people fighting on ‘Liaoyuan Platform’ today are very powerful?”

“That’s right. One is Kuang Wan, Elder He Haobei’s disciple, and the other is Tao Zhibin, Elder Ji Yi’s disciple. Both are masters at the seventh level of Qi Refinement, and they’ve even mastered ‘True Arts.’ Aside from the very top few, they can almost be considered the cream of the crop among disciples of the same generation in the sect,” Yue Yaojie explained.

Song Ling had already seen records of True Arts in the “Mingxi Travelogue.”

With True Arts, there were naturally False Arts. Both were actually spell arts. The reason for the distinction between true and false was that the latter was derived from the former.

In the cultivation world countless years ago, there were only True Arts and no False Arts. However, True Arts required condensing a Spell Seed, which was extremely difficult to condense. Aside from those with extraordinary talent, many cultivators could only barely condense one when they reached the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refinement. This led to a situation where Qi Refinement cultivators had no protective means in their early stages.

Especially for rogue cultivators, who couldn’t obtain magical artifacts and had no spell arts for protection, they had only spiritual power that couldn’t be fully utilized. There were even instances of them being ganged up on and killed by powerful mortal martial artists.

To solve this problem, ancient grand cultivators began to research how to cast spell arts without condensing a Spell Seed, and thus, False Arts came into being.

False Arts simulate the power of True Arts through special hand seals and spiritual energy circulation methods. However, due to the lack of a Spell Seed’s blessing, their power and duration are often inferior to True Arts, and they also take longer to cast, unable to achieve the instant casting of True Arts.

However, for most Qi Refinement cultivators, False Arts were still an extremely practical combat method during the transitional period.

Kuang Wan and Tao Zhibin being able to master a True Art at the seventh level of Qi Refinement indeed spoke volumes about their excellence.

Because “Liaoyuan Platform” was on the main peak, Yue Yaojie took Song Ling to the “Spirit Crane Ferry Point” on Crane Ridge Peak, which led to the main peak. The “Spirit Crane Ferry Point” was an institution present on all six peaks of the Purple Radiance Sect, specifically for providing free transit services for disciples traveling between the various peaks.

“Sixth Senior Brother, don’t you have a flying magical artifact?” Song Ling asked Yue Yaojie while they were queuing.

Yue Yaojie rubbed his nose. “Ahem, Senior Brother hasn’t saved enough spirit stones yet.”

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