Chapter 25 Mutation (Monthly Passes Two Thousand, First Chapter)

  "Hey, you, steady your hand......!"

  "And you, your footsteps are too light!"

  "Right, very good, this sword is not bad, if it's a bit more accurate it would be fine——"

  "Uh-huh, you're heading in the wrong direction, take bigger steps, don't be so timid, lift your head up a bit more, that's it!"

  "Alright, alright, stop practicing for now. Go take a rest and think about the entire routine again. When you're done, come back!"

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  Luofu Mountain, Mingwu Courtyard, a group of inner disciples were practicing swordplay. Among them were newcomers and veterans who had been training for a long time. They all practiced the same set of sword techniques, which was Luofu's entry-level sword technique, the Bagua Jiugong Sword.

  Kong Zhan guest-starred as an instructor.

  This is also one of Luo Fu's rules, where the inner door core disciples supervise some excellent disciples under the door to practice swordsmanship. Originally, this task was in charge of Chang Yue, but after Chang Yue completed his apprenticeship and went down the mountain to practice Taoism, it was handed over to another disciple, Lin Yufeng, who ranked second. However, after Kong Zhuo returned, it became a turn-based system where he and Lin Yufeng took turns guiding these inner door disciples in swordsmanship every other day.

  In Kong Zhan's view, this was a very troublesome thing, extremely troublesome. He no longer had so much time to practice his sword skills or hunt for wild food. This made him feel terrible, so in the first few days, his face was always tense, as if someone owed him two hundred taels of silver.

  But as the days went by, he gradually began to enjoy this kind of life.

  At least, those inner disciples looked at their own eyes with a kind of extreme reverence and admiration for him, and their attitude towards him was also very cordial. So, the tense, dissatisfied and nervous expression in the first few days has now become relaxed. Not only did he occasionally instruct these newcomers during supervision, but he also often joked with them, becoming the original gentle good man again.

  Perhaps it was because of his temperament and that pig-like appearance that he had gained immense popularity among the inner door disciples. As the days went by, the relationship between him and these disciples became better and better. Then, he came up with a strange idea.

  "This little rascal is just like his master!"

  With a helpless tone, Ling Jia sat on the main seat of the conference hall with a bitter smile. Beside him was Zhou Qing, also known as Floating Cloud Sword, one of the five swords of Luo Fu and father of Zhou Xue, as well as the master of Fang Shao Bai. In the Luo Fu sect, Zhou Qing's position was second only to Ling Jia, and he was also in charge of the cultivation of all disciples under the Luo Fu sect, a typical figure with real power.

  "This matter, Shixiong should have been mentally prepared long ago. This kid's talent, strength and luck are all top-notch, but he was born with a lazy temperament. You want him to supervise the studies of other disciples and cultivate him as the future leader? I'm afraid that's just wishful thinking! Don't forget who his master is!"

  As soon as these words came out, Ling Jia's face turned even more bitter.

  At first, Kong Zhuo was put in charge of supervising the inner door disciples' practice. He did a pretty good job at it too, starting from being strict to later becoming more gentle, pointing out some problems with these inner door disciples. However, as time went on, things slowly started to change. This pig became lazier and lazier, until when it was his turn to supervise, he would just demonstrate the Eight Trigrams Nine Palaces Sword Technique once in front of the disciples, then sit down and watch them practice. As for how well they practiced, he couldn't care less. Of course, when he really couldn't bear to watch anymore, he would stand up and say a few words. But this kind of attitude clearly wasn't suitable for someone in a supervisory role.

  "Alas, it was Young Master Mo who came up with this move after supervising the inner disciples for a month. He's quite good, but only half a month is enough!" Ling Jia Shangren shook his head and said, "I don't know if it was Young Master Mo who taught him before he left!"

  Feng Yun Jian Zhou Qing also burst out laughing, "Now saying they're not master and disciple probably no one would believe it anymore, let's just end this matter here, I don't want to let that little brat mislead people again!"

  "It can only be so!" Ling Jia sighed, "Until now, I still think that Mo Shidi is actually more suitable for the position of abbot than me!"

  "Sometimes, the most suitable one may not necessarily be the most appropriate. Mo Shidi has his own path to follow, and you, Shixiong, are no exception. If it weren't for your efforts all these years, I'm afraid our Luo Fu wouldn't have reached such prosperity today!"

  "You're wrong to say that!" Ling Jia Shangren said with a smile, "Luofu's current situation is not due to my credit, so in the future, don't mention this kind of talk in front of me or others!"

  "Yes, senior brother!" Zhou Qing smiled and said, but after Ling Jia Shangren said another sentence, his face became unnatural.

  "What do you plan to do about Shaobai and Xiaoxue's matter?"

  "They're still young!" Zhou Qing said, Fang Shaobai was his most satisfactory disciple, and Zhou Xue was his only daughter. When they were younger, there wasn't anything between them, but as time passed, the close relationship between the two had already sparked discussion among the disciples in the sect, which made him very unhappy. Originally, things shouldn't have been like this.

  "It's not good to drag things on. Some matters need to be decided early, and if you don't make a decision, it will lead to more trouble. Although this isn't a big deal, dragging it out for too long can also cause a lot of inconvenience!"

  "I understand, Brother!" Zhou Qing sighed and stood up, "I will make it clear to Xiao Xue about this matter!"

  "Shao Bai is a good kid, this matter must be handled carefully!"

  "Yes, senior brother!" Zhou Qing nodded and stood up to leave.

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  "It's been a long time since I've come!" Looking at the pool of water in front of him, Kong Zhan chuckled and said, "There's still a little left, let me finish it within a month, hehe, that trick really is effective! Now, I think my masters won't bother me again?"

  With a satisfied heart, his fat body suddenly jumped up and plunged into the water with a splash. This time, only his huge head was left on the surface of the water.

  Finally, the last point refers to his brain. Now, he can use his swordsmanship very smoothly in this situation, and now, he wants to fully submerge his body underwater within a month.

  When he was practicing the correct and smooth movement, he suddenly felt a gust of eerie wind blowing over, this wind was strange and seemed to be directed at him, blowing straight into his heart and lungs, although there was no harm, but it made him inexplicably shiver with fear, afterwards, his heartbeat began to slow down.

  "How strange, why is this so!" He stopped his sword practice and slowly rose to the surface of the water, until his entire body was standing on the water's surface as naturally as if he were standing on flat ground. Opening his stride, he walked from the water's surface towards the shore, furrowing his brow tightly while raising his hand to feel around him.

  "It seems there wasn't any wind after all, so what just happened? Could it be the legendary Heart Blood?"

  Kong Zhan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he shook his head. "But what is it? If it's really a heart-blood thing, then that means something closely related to me has happened. But I haven't been busy lately!"

  He thought again, "Could it be that my innate purple energy is about to break through again? Unlikely, there's no precedent for this before. Breaking through three levels in just a few years, isn't that a bit too much?" Although he had some doubts in his heart, he still held onto a glimmer of hope. He walked to the shore, gently placed the green steel long sword on the ground, sat down cross-legged, took a light breath, and circulated the innate purple energy within his body. After one cycle, the innate purple energy followed its original path, uneventfully returning to his dantian.

  "What bad luck!" Kong Zhan couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. This was a phenomenon that hadn't improved at all.

  Then his eyelids started jumping again.

  "Could it be that I've really been possessed today?" Kong Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, his heartbeat speeding up, and he felt as if something was closing in on him.

  "Older brother, older brother......!"

  Before he came to himself, he heard Zhou Xue's cry for help.

  Very flustered and anxious, with a tone that even carried a hint of despair, then a red figure rushed in from outside Qing Song Ping and threw herself into his arms, "Fifth Brother!"

  This last cry, like the cuckoo's mournful sound, pulled Kong Zhuo's heart back up, a thread of fine killing intent flashed through his eyes, but immediately, his face piled up with its original warmth, harmless to humans and animals.

  "What's wrong? Who bullied you? Tell me, your fifth brother, and I'll help you teach him a lesson!"

  "Brother Wu......!" Embracing Kong Zhan, Zhou Xue seemed to have found the safest place and burst into tears, "Bro... Brother Wu, quickly... go save Shao Bai ah, he... he..."

  "He" had been gone for half a day, and Zhou Xue was still choking back tears, unable to say what had happened to Fang Shao Bai.

  "Alright, alright, Xiaoxue! Kong Zhan grasped her shoulders and shook her vigorously, shouting at Zhou Xue in a cold tone, "Xiaoxue, calm down, quickly tell me what happened to Shaobai?"

  This cold shout, with the power of the innate purple energy, exploded in Zhou Xue's ears like thunder, and Zhou Xue's crying suddenly stopped. Her expression also solidified at the same time, and she stared blankly at Kong Zhuo for a moment. The expression on her face collapsed again, and she said with a sobbing voice, "Fifth brother, Shao Bai has betrayed Luo Fu!"

  "What——?!"

  Alas, should I cry or laugh? The monthly push has exceeded 2,000, let's add more updates! Chapter 1 is done, and I'll come back with Chapter 2 in a bit.