Novel Full Chapter 3487: Martial Aunt (4)
Chapter 3487: Martial Aunt (4)
Her entrustor was named Jiang Xueci, an elder of Zisha Island.
She was a cultivator at the Nascent Soul realm, specifically in the early stage.
That was still quite good, as the Nascent Soul realm was already considered the middle-to-high echelon of spiritual progress. If she took another step forward, she would enter the next echelon.
Zisha Island was situated on an island where the seawater produced a substance called zisha. It was an excellent material for artifact refining. Adding a bit of zisha during the process would improve a weapon’s performance.
If all had gone well, Jiang Xueci might have eventually achieved the Immortal Dao.
However, when Zisha Island was recruiting disciples, they brought in an incredibly impressive female disciple named Yi Youxuan.
Most people practiced the Immortal Dao, but this Yi Youxuan practiced the Divine Dao.
While most people struggled against the Heavenly Dao, Yi Youxuan struggled against the Great Dao itself.
Cultivation was divided into the Immortal Dao, Divine Dao, Demon Dao, Devil Dao, and Ghost Dao, along with paths for other spiritual entities of heaven and earth.
There are three thousand Great Daos.
This Yi Youxuan practiced the Divine Dao, which was far more powerful than ordinary cultivation.
Although it was difficult for her to raise her level, challenging those above her rank was child’s play. Yi Youxuan did not care for ranks like Golden Core or Nascent Soul at all.
Practicing the Divine Dao made her look like a weakling on the surface, but her abilities were not to be underestimated.
Recruiting such a genius was a blessing for Zisha Island.
But geniuses had their pride, especially a person as powerful as Yi Youxuan, who possessed an endless supply of treasures.
Yi Youxuan was like a white swan mixed into a flock of chickens, a true crane among chickens.
Furthermore, Yi Youxuan was a woman of few words. If things did not go her way, she would simply knock her opponent down.
But that did not diminish her excellence.
It was a classic case of people hating that they could not stand her, yet being forced to work alongside her.
While others were regular players, Yi Youxuan was a ‘whale’ player.
Yi Youxuan had inherited an ancient, fallen Divine Dao sect.
All the resources of that sect belonged to her alone.
As soon as Yi Youxuan entered Zisha Island, she was taken in as the sole disciple of Qi Cheng, the island’s top expert among experts.
As for Ning Shu’s entrustor, she had a slight connection with this top-tier expert.
Cultivation was a lonely path. Sometimes, finding a like-minded person to cultivate with while pursuing the Great Dao was quite nice.
Jiang Xueci had feelings for Qi Cheng.
She wanted to become Dao companions with him.
Every xianxia story had a ‘cannon fodder’ martial aunt.
But this was not a story about a master and disciple falling in love. Yi Youxuan was a very proud person.
However, Yi Youxuan was someone who spoke her mind.
It was that feeling of ‘I am the greatest in the world, I can even pierce the heavens, I fear nothing and live freely.’
Jiang Xueci liked to find Qi Cheng to discuss cultivation insights and advance their training together.
Then this disciple of Qi Cheng would say, “Acting like thieves and harlots, putting on airs and being pretentious. Who doesn’t know what you’re really thinking?”
Jiang Xueci: …
To have her inner thoughts exposed so abruptly made Jiang Xueci feel extremely embarrassed.
This disciple was naturally wild and untameable. She had offended many people on Zisha Island, but because her abilities were so formidable, no one could do anything to her.
Moreover, she treated others as if they were nothing. Logically, Yi Youxuan should have bowed to Jiang Xueci as a junior every time they met.
But Yi Youxuan never bowed. Instead, Jiang Xueci was always the first to greet her, since she was the disciple of the man she loved.
The girl essentially looked at everyone through her nostrils.
Jiang Xueci: …
Jiang Xueci subtly suggested to Qi Cheng that he should teach his disciple more about how to conduct herself.
After all, offending too many people was not good. No one can exist in isolation.
Then this master turned out to be a blunt guy. As soon as Jiang Xueci left, he called his disciple in.
He said, “Disciple, you should be a bit more humble and smooth out your edges. Although you are strong, you should not cause unnecessary trouble.”
Yi Youxuan was no fool. She knew immediately that Jiang Xueci had complained about her. She charged straight to Jiang Xueci’s peak and issued a challenge.
“Your ability is pathetic, yet you want my respect? I do not bow to you because you do not deserve it. Your strength is unworthy.”
Jiang Xueci was embarrassed to the point of exploding. If she fought, people would say a senior was bullying a junior. If she didn’t fight, a disciple had come to her own mountain to challenge her. If she didn’t fight, how could she keep her standing on Zisha Island?
She was an elder, after all.
Seeing Jiang Xueci hesitating, Yi Youxuan grew impatient. She brought out a divine artifact and started the fight.
Jiang Xueci had no choice but to accept the challenge. Then she was systematically beaten in various humiliating ways, as the opponent had an endless supply of divine artifacts.
Jiang Xueci was knocked to the ground coughing up blood. Yi Youxuan had defeated a Nascent Soul cultivator with only a Foundation Establishment cultivation.
And there was an entire Golden Core realm in between them.
Yi Youxuan looked down at Jiang Xueci. “I did not bother with you because your strength is weak, yet you had the nerve to act entitled. The strong are respected. Now, do you still have the face to make me call you Martial Aunt and bow to you?
“You have no self-awareness!”
Jiang Xueci coughed up blood as she stood. Seeing the complicated looks in the eyes of those around her, she suppressed her negative emotions to protect her Dao heart. She said to Yi Youxuan, “Your strength is great. I am inferior.
“So do not go complaining to my master for no reason.”
Jiang Xueci closed her eyes. “I will not.”
Yi Youxuan left, not caring one bit about the feelings of Jiang Xueci or anyone else.
She had enough strength to back up her pride and reckless behavior.
Jiang Xueci became the laughingstock of all Zisha Island. Being defeated by a Foundation Establishment disciple was a total joke.
Even worse, she had wanted to engage in dual cultivation with the top expert, only to have his disciple slap her in the face.
As for Qi Cheng, he could only shake his head helplessly at his disciple and tell her to be more steady.
Many ants could kill an elephant. If she offended too many people, someone might plot against her.
Human heart was treacherous
Yi Youxuan did not care at all.
She used sheer force to break all tricks. Under pure strength, all schemes are nothing but rubble and clay dogs.
Although Yi Youxuan was arrogant, she had the foundation of an ancient Divine Dao sect to support her.
Wherever she went, she dominated everyone in an instant.
For anyone else, this would be called arrogance. But when someone was powerful, it was automatically beautified and called being ‘true and genuine.’
As for Jiang Xueci, she made Yi Youxuan her target. After cultivating for a while and feeling she had grown stronger, she went to challenge Yi Youxuan.
This incident had already become an inner demon for her.
Every time she challenged her, her spirit was crushed. She had to endure Yi Youxuan’s contempt and humiliation.
But the reality was, she truly could not beat her.
This caused her inner demon to grow heavier until she went mad and died.
Ning Shu: …
What was this story all about?
When one was weak, even basic dignity was unattainable. What did people strive for? It was to be strong so they could obtain things like dignity, power, or respect.