Chapter 3: No More Waves

Lin Qingling thought for a moment before summoning her Senior Disciple, Luo Mingyue.

As her Senior Disciple, Luo Mingyue was considered an outstanding figure among the younger generation. Because Lin Qingling was stubbornly devoted to the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique, she was ostracized by the rest of the sect. Thus, Heartless Peak had very few people—a grand total of just four disciples. Among them, Luo Mingyue was the most composed and reliable.

Lin Qingling took out a Jade Scroll and gave careful instructions. "Mingyue, this is the sensing jade slip for the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique. Someone has successfully grasped the basics of the technique, causing the Jade Scroll to resonate. The fact that the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique has found an inheritor is a momentous event. However, my Elixir Pills have yet to be fully refined, so I cannot leave at the moment. I will temporarily entrust the task of finding this inheritor to you. Remember, the closer the sensing jade slip is to the person who initiated the technique, the brighter it will glow. Search carefully. Once you find them, you will inevitably gain a new junior disciple."

Lin Qingling’s tone carried a hint of gratification. A thousand years had passed. The Sword Sect had finally produced a genius capable of cultivating the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique. As such, that legendary Sword technique finally had a chance to reveal itself to the world.

"Understood." Luo Mingyue accepted the Jade Scroll, agreeing with a solemn expression.

"Go on," Lin Qingling said, waving her hand.

Luo Mingyue bowed respectfully and withdrew. Looking at the Jade Scroll, a joyful smile touched the corners of her lips.

Someone actually grasping the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique had been her master’s long-cherished wish for years. Now that such a genius had truly appeared, her master’s wish had finally been fulfilled. Regardless of who it was, she needed to find this new junior disciple as quickly as possible.

Overjoyed, Luo Mingyue set off on her search.

Several days later.

Li Shuang looked at the mountain gate of the Sword Sect, her eyes entirely calm. She was back.

The Snow Monsters on the Snow Mountain had been so terrified by her slaughter that only a few scattered ones remained wandering about. After cultivating the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique, her senses had grown exceptionally sharp. By carefully avoiding the remaining Snow Monsters and the biting, frigid winds, Li Shuang had successfully made her way down the mountain.

Master Lingxu had declared that from then on, he no longer had her as a disciple. She shouldn’t have returned. However, the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique was a peerless art of the Sword Sect. Since she had learned this Cultivation Technique, it was only right and proper that she report it to the sect.

Therefore, even though she had returned to the sect this time, she had no intention of seeing anyone from Lingxu Peak. She only planned to request a direct audience with the Sect Leader.

On her way to the Sect Leader’s peak, Li Shuang passed by the Scripture Pavilion. A familiar voice drifted into her ears.

"Zhaozhao, you’re currently lacking a handy Sword technique, so it’s the perfect time to pick one out at the Scripture Pavilion. I still have some points saved up; I’ll let you use them all later," Sheng Yuan said gently.

Their little junior disciple had sustained heavy injuries holding off so many Snow Monsters by herself this time. He felt he needed to make it up to her properly.

"Thank you, Second Senior Disciple." Ye Zhaozhao’s voice was sweet. "Master also gifted me some points. If you lend me a few more, I should be able to get a top-tier Sword technique."

"What do you mean ’lend’? What’s mine is yours," Sheng Yuan said with a smile.

Ye Zhaozhao’s small face flushed slightly, and she softly agreed.

Li Shuang fell into a momentary silence. She had no intention of seeing the people of Lingxu Peak, but she hadn’t expected the world’s coincidences to bring them face-to-face so suddenly.

Li Shuang instinctively wanted to change directions. But just as she turned around, Ye Zhaozhao’s surprised voice rang out.

"Senior Disciple! You’re back?"

Sheng Yuan couldn’t help but look over as well. He frowned in displeasure. "Senior Disciple, since you’re back, why haven’t you come to Lingxu Peak to plead guilty? You still owe our little junior disciple an apology!"

Li Shuang’s expression remained completely unmoved as she lifted her foot to leave.

Enraged by her attitude, Sheng Yuan drew his sword and lunged straight at Li Shuang!

Li Shuang furrowed her brows. She struggled to channel her Spiritual Energy to resist, but her Cultivation was currently too low. She could only barely dodge a fatal blow, allowing the sword to leave a long, deep gash across her body.

Sheng Yuan revealed a look of shock, the hand gripping the Sinking Water Sword beginning to tremble. What was going on? He hadn’t even used a tenth of his strength for this thrust, yet the Senior Disciple couldn’t dodge it?

The sect strictly forbade unauthorized fights between disciples, and he hadn’t truly wanted to hurt Li Shuang. He had simply wanted to force her to apologize to Zhaozhao!

"Senior Disciple, why didn’t you dodge!" Ye Zhaozhao’s eyes flashed as she exclaimed. "Oh no, you let Second Senior Disciple stab you on purpose! Now he’s going to be punished!"

Hearing Ye Zhaozhao’s words, Sheng Yuan’s gaze instantly turned icy. So that was what the Senior Disciple was scheming! She deliberately wanted him to bear the punishment of harming a fellow sect member!

That day on the Snow Mountain, she had abandoned Zhaozhao and all of them. They hadn’t even settled the score with her for that incident yet, but she was actually resorting to such shameless tricks once more!

Suppressing his fury, Sheng Yuan said coldly, "Senior Disciple, you truly are deeply scheming! Are you so disappointed that you failed to kill us on the Snow Mountain?"

Blood continuously oozed from her wound. Li Shuang channeled her Spiritual Power to barely staunch the bleeding, then raised her eyes to look at the furious Sheng Yuan.

This was her second junior disciple. When Sheng Yuan first came up the mountain, he was just a little boy of seven or eight. Suddenly thrust into such an unfamiliar environment, he was terrified every day, even unable to sleep at night. It was she who had gone out of her way to collect mortal storybooks, reading them to him softly and gently. He would always need to listen to her tell stories for a couple of hours before he could fall into a sweet slumber.

Before he achieved Energy Introduction, he was just like any mortal child; he would catch fevers and fall ill. Not long after arriving on the mountain, he had fallen gravely ill. It was she who had verified his prescriptions over and over again, painstakingly brewing his medicine, and meticulously caring for him for three days and three nights. Only then did he slowly recover.

Li Shuang’s gaze shifted to the Sinking Water Sword in Sheng Yuan’s hand. And then there was this sword. When this sword was brought out of the Sword Pavilion, it was nothing more than a sword embryo, just like all the others. She was the one who scoured everywhere for ore, forging the Sinking Water Sword time and time again to give it its current might.

Yet now, Sheng Yuan was wielding the Sinking Water Sword, attacking her without the slightest hesitation.

If it were in the past, she likely would have been heartbroken for a long time.

But this time, as the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique circulated within her, Li Shuang felt nothing but absolute serenity.

Li Shuang’s expression was entirely too apathetic, causing Sheng Yuan’s heart to give a sudden, violent tremble.

This wasn’t right. In the past, there was always a trace of a gentle smile in the Senior Disciple’s eyes whenever she looked at him. But this time, nothing remained in her gaze but coldness.

But... what right did she have? She was clearly the one who had done wrong! Yet her current demeanor made it seem as though he was the one at fault.

Sheng Yuan gritted his teeth. "Senior Disciple, apologize to Zhaozhao properly right now! Otherwise, I’ll have no choice but to invite the Law Enforcement Hall to thoroughly judge your actions on the Snow Mountain!"