Chapter 112: Seeking a Master to Save His Father

  Next to him, Zhou Tianxu let out a long sigh: "Look at you master and disciple, so harmonious and enviable. Bai Yi has taken on an apprentice, I, the head of the sect's uncle, have arrived, but without a gift for meeting, it's not good enough. Reng Jiang, come over here."

  Li Ruo's eyes lit up again, and Fang Ziyuan's face was filled with joy as he urged: "Ruo, why don't you go over there quickly."

  Li Ruo's knife hastily took a step forward, Zhou Tianyu slightly closed his eyes, stretched out his right hand, and with the other hand, he lightly rubbed the middle finger ring, a faint light flashed unintentionally, and in Zhou Tianyu's hand appeared an olive green agate ring, with a subtle texture flashing a mysterious silver flow.

  He handed the ring forward, saying slowly: "This is a Naxin ring, which seals the Small Suzumiya Void Array method inside. It can store objects with divine consciousness. Although the Flame Knife has not produced divine consciousness and cannot be used for now, it will be useful after the Divine Movement period."

  Li Ran's knife surprised again.

  He had given him a ring in his past life, which was the most precious thing in his life. Wearing that ring was like being forever by his loved one's side. A sour feeling surged up again in his heart, and Li Fenger didn't dare to recall the past. He knew this spiritual object was too useful, so he quickly thanked him and took it over, reluctant to let go as he put it on his right hand, gently stroking it.

  Zhou Tianxu smiled and said in a loud voice, "Alright, since there's nothing for me to do here, I'll take my leave early. Jian Knife, I hope you will work hard in your future cultivation and become a pillar of our sect as soon as possible."

  The figure floated away towards the outside of the cave.

  Li Ruo and Fang Ziyuan bowed and saw each other off at the same time.

  Xiao Baiyi's eyes gazed afar at the back of his senior brother, shaking his head with a faint smile: "This senior brother of mine is always so unbridled and unrestrained, but as a person, he's extremely kind. Whenever any of us brothers encounter difficulties, he's always been there to lend a helping hand, and it was from him that the tradition of protecting one another in Xuanji Mountain originated."

  She withdrew her gaze, turned to Li Ruo Dao with a gentle expression: "Ruo Dao, you are not yet skilled enough to wield this Void Slashing Sword, it needs to be stored properly..." Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly froze, and saw Li Ruo Dao nod in agreement. He transferred the sword to his left hand, and with a swift motion of his right hand, the ring on his finger flashed with a faint light, and the Void Slashing Sword vanished into thin air.

  "Huh?"

  Xiao Baiyi and Fang Ziyuan exclaimed in unison, with Fang Ziyuan hastily taking a step forward, his face somewhat agitated as he loudly asked: "Ran Jian, you...you've developed spiritual awareness? You can develop spiritual awareness at the Jingyuan stage? What kind of freakish spiritual talent is this?"

  Ran Jian smiled and nodded: "Shixiong, after entering the mountain gate and before exploring the family, Ran Jian accidentally discovered that he could release his divine consciousness."

  Xiao Bai's face was also filled with incredulity, and this disciple had surprised him again. He slowly sat down at the top: "Feng Jian, this is great, since you have now entered the spiritual realm, then you can start cultivating this slash sword immediately, the more you refine it, the stronger its power will be."

  "Yes, Master!"

  Li Ran nodded in agreement.

  Xiao Baiyi smiled and beckoned to Fang Ziyuan and Li Rendao: "Both of you come over here."

  Fang Ziyuan smiled and walked over, Li Ruo's footsteps seemed to hesitate, his heart suddenly hesitated, his face showing an uncertain expression.

  "Now that I've become a disciple, should I ask Master to help me rescue my father right away? But if I bring this up as soon as I've joined the sect, won't Master think I'm only looking out for myself and start to distrust me? Shouldn't I wait a bit longer, deepen our master-disciple relationship, and then slowly make my move..."

  Li Ran's inner turmoil was intense.

  Xiao Bai easily detected that Li Ran's knife was off, his face turned suspicious, and he exchanged a glance with Fang Ziyan, wondering what was wrong with this disciple.

  Fang Ziyuan asked doubtfully: "Ran Jian, you......"

  Li Ran suddenly made a ruthless decision and took a step forward, forcefully kneeling down in front of Xiao Baiyi, knocking his head deeply on the ground, and sobbed:

  "Master, forgive your disciple for still having ulterior motives when I came to pay respects and become your apprentice!"

  Li Ran's patience was wearing thin; he couldn't wait any longer.

  Father suffered in the public sun's home, day by day facing life and death crises. Li Ran knew that he could not wait any longer, and he could no longer bear such suffering.

  Even if he had lived two lifetimes as a human being, he was not an all-knowing sage; he was still just an ordinary person, with emotions weighing heavily on him and family ties being paramount.

  Xiao Bai Yi's expression changed, and with a wave of his hand, he helped Li Ruo up. Frowning, he asked: "Ruo, what's going on? Is there something unjust that you're bearing?"

  Li Ran's eyes turned red, he took a deep breath to make his tone more coherent: "Master, my family has suffered a great calamity, and we have been bullied by the Xiansheng family - the Gong Sun family. My father was taken away as a mining slave, and it has been a year since I don't know whether he is dead or alive. Li Ran has been practicing hard day and night, just to have today's opportunity to rescue his father from suffering, Master, please help me!"

  Xiao Baiyi and Fang Ziyuan were both moved at the same time, they did not expect that this new disciple who had just entered the mountain would have such a miserable life experience. Had he grown up in such adversity all along?

  Xiao Bai's eyes narrowed and he said slowly: "Tell me in detail about the twists and turns of Rengou."

  Li Ruo's knife worked hard to calm himself down, with a sad and bitter heart: "Master, my Li family ancestors were also great talents in the past. The creation of the Flowing Cloud Sword Classic shocked the world. I can only analyze from the first three styles that the sword classic must contain the ultimate principle of sword intent. By cultivating to the later period, one can gain a deeper understanding of the realm of sword intent."

  Xiao Bai's eyes narrowed as he gazed at the four words "Liu Yun Jian Jing" with renewed seriousness.

  The sword intent is the realm of heaven and earth that he has come to realize through his cultivation with the sword, this senior immortal has only just now barely grasped three parts of the sword intent.

  His sword intent was profound and mysterious, like Li Ruo Dao's, who at a young age could comprehend five parts of it. Xiao Baiyi had never seen this in his life, which was also the most important reason why Zhou Tianxu did not mind lowering himself to accept Li Ruo Dao as his apprentice.

  A single volume of Liuyun Jianjing can carry the meaning of the sword, and it's imaginable how rare this book is. Even in the Xuanji Mountain Treasure Pavilion, there isn't such a treasure.

  Li Ruo said, "However, my Li family's descendants were not talented and no one was able to complete the sword manual. My grandfather only managed to learn three forms before it was snatched away by Gong Sun Yi, the head of the Gong Sun family, who had coincidentally learned about the existence of the sword manual through strong-arm tactics."

  The sword manual passed down by my grandfather to the younger generation only has three moves, and our Li family's influence is getting weaker. More than a year ago, my father risked his life to revive the Li family, sneaked into the Gong Sun family at night to steal back the sword manual, but was caught on the spot by Gong Sun Hong, one of the seven elders of the Gong Sun family, and beaten severely. He was reported to the Family Alliance and demoted to a mining slave, suffering inhuman treatment in the mines for over a year now.

  Li Ran's voice was choked with sobs: "Master, from that time on, my family was destroyed and I wandered everywhere with my younger brother, suffering greatly until we finally entered the Mystic Machine Mountain, where you took notice of me and accepted me as your disciple..."

  Li Ran Dao stole a glance upwards and saw Xiao Bai Yi's face as calm as water, his heart involuntarily skipped a beat, and he stopped talking.

  Fang Ziyen also noticed the expression of his master, and suddenly turned to Li Rendao with a loud voice: "Rendao, could it be that you have been entering the mountain gate, making high-profile moves all along, achieving one success after another, in order to attract Master's attention and prompt him to accept you as his apprentice?"

  Li Ran Dao anxiously lowered his head: "The disciple dare not hide it, this is exactly what the disciple was thinking."

  Fang Ziyuan hastily turned around and also bowed deeply to Xiao Baiyi, saying: "Master, Reng Jian's actions were out of a sincere desire to save his father. His perseverance is touching, although he wanted to become your disciple for personal reasons. I hope Master won't blame him..."

  Li Ran Jian saw this senior brother helping himself out of trouble and was deeply grateful. He bowed again: "Master..."

  Xiao Baiyi slowly waved his hand and sighed, "Don't say any more, Burning Knife. With your temperament, how could Master blame you? Just now I was reminded of Old Ancestor by you, the kindness of my master is like a father's, making me miss him even more."

  In this way, in the mountain city near the Gongsun family, our thirteen peaks will take turns to station and buy disciples. I'll write a letter to the Gongsun family and let Silver Eagle bring it over. Considering my face as a Dan Xian period cultivator, the Gongsun family should still care about it. Releasing one person shouldn't be a problem.”

  Li Ran's face lit up with joy in an instant, like a ray of sunshine piercing through the thick fog and shining into his heart. It turned out that his master was not blaming him, but rather helping him wholeheartedly.

  This time there's hope for saving Father, and when he returns safely, our family can finally be reunited!

  Fang Ziyuan's face also lit up with joy as he walked forward and congratulated: "Ran Jian, congratulations!"

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  Before I knew it, there are almost 300,000 words now. The book "Sword Immortal" is scheduled to be launched on a certain day. Tomorrow, there will be two more updates of 7,000 words each, and then it will enter the VIP chapter.

  After calculating the plot, it just so happens that the first part of Jian Xian is coming right after going online. On that day, I prepared to update 9,000 words at dawn and then updated another 7,000 words at around 8 pm. Without hiding or dragging on, let everyone have a good look all at once. From then on, it will follow the old routine of Hua Xing, updating at around 8 pm every day.

  The public version of the Sword Immortal, still only wandering between family and sect, will have a very large pattern later, with a wider world for Li Ruo to wield his sword. From ** place, Li Ruo's sword gradually transitioned from martial to immortal, the Sword Immortal storm has just lifted its veil.

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