Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 88 I Want to Be Quiet
"Your Highness really has a discerning eye for talent." Lu Qingshan praised sincerely.
"So you mean you are willing to join me?" Xia Daojing looked straight at Lu Qingshan.
"Your Highness must have misunderstood." Lu Qingshan replied sincerely again.
"Why, are you afraid that I will treat you unfairly?" Xia Daojing raised an eyebrow, very dissatisfied, "As long as you are willing to surrender to me, I can give you what Xia Daoyun can give you, and double it."
"In terms of status and power, Xia Daoyun is not as good as me." Xia Daojing raised her head slightly, revealing her snow-white and slender neck, looking extremely confident.
“I see…”
Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment, then stretched out his right hand, and a strand of extremely condensed sword energy appeared on his fingertips.
Xia Daojing glanced at the sword energy in Lu Qingshan's hand. At first, she didn't understand what Lu Qingshan meant, but then she seemed to understand.
She hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to show respect to the wise, so she praised calmly: "The sword energy you have is much more condensed than that of ordinary people. You are worthy of being the sword master."
Lu Qingshan looked at His Highness Taiping with a strange and puzzled look, and then slowly asked, "Your Highness, do you know how to make this sword energy extend 60,000 miles?"
"How should I know that?" Xia Daojing frowned slightly. She had never heard of such a magical power before, so she asked curiously, "How can a strand of sword energy be sixty thousand miles long?"
This kid in front of me actually knows this kind of method?
Xia Daojing couldn't believe it!
As Lu Qingshan withdrew his hand, the sword energy dissipated.
Then, of course, he replied: "I don't know."
Upon hearing this, Her Highness Taiping opened her charming phoenix eyes wide, sneered, and said angrily: "Huh? Are you teasing me?"
"Of course I dare not disrespect His Highness, but..." Lu Qingshan shook his head and explained: "My master knows how to 'Sword Qi Across 30,000 Miles', and she will teach me."
Princess Taiping was speechless for a moment. She felt a little embarrassed at being slapped in the face.
However, the princess reacted quickly. She immediately had a new idea. She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Lu Qingshan with a smile, "You can secretly surrender to me. In this way, while surrendering to me, you can still continue to be Xia Daoyun's good apprentice. What do you think of this idea?"
Do you want me to be a traitor?
Lu Qingshan looked at Xia Daojing twice more in doubt, then shook his head and said, "I can't betray my master. This goes against my original intention. Once a sword cultivator's mind is not connected, the sword path will be hindered."
"You are very loyal to Xia Daoyun," Xia Daojing snorted coldly. Seeing that she couldn't persuade Lu Qingshan to rebel with a few words, she turned around and started to attack him with words, "Could it be that my sister is so pretty that she has attracted your heart?"
"Master is indeed good-looking." Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement.
Xia Daoyun was born extremely beautiful, which was a recognized fact in the world of cultivation.
However, compared to her stunning appearance, Xia Daoyun's talent in swordsmanship was even more outstanding, so much so that when others mentioned her, they talked more about her sword rather than her appearance.
But that’s what’s most amazing.
Because very few women are talented enough to make others forget their beauty.
"So you like it very much?" Xia Daojing insisted.
"Um."
"If you don't like it, then why..." Xia Daojing sneered, then froze, her eyes darting around Lu Qingshan several times, and asked uncertainly: "You admit it?"
"Master is so handsome and has great attainments in swordsmanship, why shouldn't I like him?" Lu Qingshan asked in confusion.
Xia Daojing was speechless for a moment, caught off guard by Lu Qingshan's unconventional approach.
In this world, not everyone dares to say such words. To put it in a serious way, it is treasonous, so the best you can do is just keep it in your mind and think about it.
So what should we do next?
She originally wanted to use this topic to tease Lu Qingshan, but she didn't expect that this guy was so bold that he actually admitted it directly.
Xia Daojing suddenly felt a little confused.
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"Your Highness called me here, if there is nothing else, then..." Lu Qingshan hinted.
"Oh, it's okay, then you can go." Xia Daojing thought about it, and found that there was really nothing to say, so she said this.
Lu Qingshan knew that Xia Daojing was sure that he was too embarrassed to speak directly to her, so she was going to cheat.
Otherwise, how could a great monk not remember such a thing?
But unfortunately, Xia Daojing really couldn't eat him.
"Your Highness, Mingxin Bodhi, have you forgotten what you agreed to before?" Lu Qingshan said directly.
"Enlightenment Bodhi?"
"You have rejected my recruitment, but you still want my Enlightenment Bodhi?" Xia Daojing lowered her eyebrows slightly, her curled eyelashes trembling, in surprise.
Lu Qingshan raised his eyebrows.
He saw clearly that this prince was going to disregard his status and openly cheat him.
Not to mention, Lu Qingshan really couldn't do anything about Xia Daojing's behavior.
——Xia Daojing is a practitioner of the eighth realm, there is no way he can be defeated.
As for reasoning? Are you reasoning with Bajing Faxiu?
Lu Qingshan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After fighting with wits and courage for a long time, I got nothing and suffered a huge loss.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Lu Qingshan's depressed expression, Xia Daojing was not willing to give him any more reason and decided to rub salt into the wound.
"I want to be alone," Lu Qingshan had no choice but to bow and say, "Your Highness, I will take my leave now."
Then, Lu Qingshan turned and left.
But he didn't notice that after he said this, a hint of inexplicable abnormality suddenly flashed across Xia Daojing's face.
"Wait." He had just taken a few steps when Xia Daojing's textured voice came from behind him.
Lu Qingshan turned his head in confusion, only to see Xia Daojing rolling up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white wrists.
His eyes subconsciously looked at Xia Daojing's white jade-like wrist, and his pupils shrank slightly.
On the wrist of this prince was a bracelet made of round, white, hard-shelled, enamel-like beads.
Enlighten the mind to Bodhi.
Lu Qingshan recognized the origin of these round beads at a glance.
Xia Daojing took off the bracelet and threw it to Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan's eyes lit up. Although he was puzzled by Xia Daojing's sudden generosity, he took the Mingxin Bodhi bracelet without hesitation and said sincerely, "Thank you, Your Highness."
"I'm just lending it to you. Remember to return it to me after you come out of the Source Realm." Xia Daojing said lightly.
Lu Qingshan nodded.
He was already satisfied that Xia Daojing was willing to lend him the Mingxin Bodhi Bracelet for a period of time.
After all, it is such a precious item. Even if he really surrenders to her, this princess would not give him this bracelet directly.
"Also..." Xia Daojing glanced at Lu Qingshan with a cold look, and then said: "From now on, you are not allowed to think about Jingjing."
"ah?"
Lu Qingshan left the villa in confusion.
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"Young Master, do you really love your master, or... are you just dealing with that woman?" Qin Yitian's soft, weak and curious voice sounded in Lu Qingshan's heart.
"Yitian, do you know..." Lu Qingshan raised his eyelids slightly and saw another middle-aged monk leading an old woman towards the backyard in the corridor not far away, and said to Qin Yitian.
The middle-aged monk had a respectful look on his face. It was obvious that this old woman was not simple, as she could make the servants of His Majesty Taiping Palace so respectful.
Lu Qingshan pondered in his mind.
"Know what?" Qin Yitian asked.
"Women will only affect the speed at which a swordsman draws his sword." Lu Qingshan chuckled.
"ah?!"
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Just after Lu Qingshan left, Xia Daojing suddenly threw all the bait into the lake.
Hundreds of fish in the lake saw that there was food to eat and they immediately rolled over, scrambled to the surface and began to fight fiercely for the food.
Xia Daojing looked at these spirit fish, not knowing what he was thinking, and said to himself: "Those who are willing will take the bait, huh..."
Want Lu Qingshan to betray his master with just a few words? She is not so naive.
The reason why she summoned Lu Qingshan was that she had just heard about Lu Qingshan's performance in the dojo competition. In addition, Lu Qingshan was Xia Daoyuan's first disciple. She was really curious about what kind of person Lu Qingshan was, so she asked her subordinates to invite Lu Qingshan.
The second reason is to give some praise to this master and disciple pair.
It doesn’t matter whether Lu Qingshan accepts my recruitment or not. If he does, it would be a pleasant surprise; if he doesn’t, it would be understandable.
The point is, what would Xia Daoyun think when he knew that his apprentice had met him in private? What would he think when he knew that he had lent the Enlightenment Bodhi bracelet to Lu Qingshan?
Even if Lu Qingshan really didn't agree to anything, who would believe that he would lend him such a precious thing for nothing?
Women understand women best. Xia Daojing didn't believe that her sister would have no grudges in this matter.
Perhaps the impact of this grudge will not be too great, but as long as it exists, it is enough.
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"Jingjing." An old but gentle voice came, awakening Xia Daojing from her trance.
She looked up and saw an old woman with pale hair who had appeared by the lake at some point.
"Mammy," Xia Daojing's charming face flashed with surprise. She hurried forward, took the old woman's arm, and asked in a sweet voice that no one else had ever heard, "When did you come?"
"I've been here for a long time. I saw you were in a daze, so I didn't call you." The old woman asked with a smile, "What are you thinking about? You look so engrossed."
"It's just random thoughts."
"When I just came here, I saw a handsome man walking out of your place on the road. Who was that?" the old woman asked again.
Xia Daojing's slender eyebrows unconsciously raised, and her voice lowered a little, "That is Xia Daoyun's apprentice."
"Daoyun accepted a disciple?" The old woman was surprised and asked with interest, "When did it happen?"
"It was during these years when Madam was in seclusion." Xia Daojing explained.
"This is quite strange. Come, tell me the details..."
Xia Daojing said dissatisfiedly: "Madam, why did you see me but care about her... I am obviously your disciple, unlike her, who ran away to learn swordsmanship halfway through."
The old woman was one of the most powerful cultivators in Da Xia, and was responsible for teaching the cultivation of the princes of the Da Xia royal family.
The old woman had taught both Xia Daojing and Xia Daoyun.
However, after Xia Daoyuan studied under the old woman for a short period of time, he went to the Sword Sect to become her disciple.
Xia Daojing was loyal to her and could be considered the old woman's last disciple.
"It's Madam's fault, Jingjing, don't be angry." The old woman couldn't help laughing and patted Xia Daojing's hand to comfort her.
"I'm so old now, why is Nanny still calling me by my childhood nickname..." Xia Daojing seemed to remember something and protested again.
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"What kind of special secret realm is the Source Realm?" After leaving Xia Daojing's villa, Lu Qingshan's mind was slightly moved and he was extremely expectant.
The Source Realm is one of the most precious secret realms in Da Xia. Except for the time when the Seven Realms discussed the Dao, this secret realm has always been open only to the royal family of Da Xia.
Therefore, he only knew that the Source Realm was a secret realm that was of great benefit to the improvement of artistic conception, but he was completely in the dark about the real situation.
However, he knew that there were many Daxia cultivators who were stuck between the Nascent Soul and the Refining Void stages due to their state of mind, and they successfully broke through through the Source Realm.
And he is in exactly this situation now. Everything is ready except for the east wind. The only thing left to reach the state of refining emptiness is the artistic conception.
To be honest, in less than three years, his artistic conception has been continuously improved. If it were someone else, they would definitely be extremely satisfied.
There is still plenty of time left, so just take your time and there is no need to rush.
However, Lu Qingshan was extremely broad-minded. He could not accept this slow and steady work and waste his time.
However, this artistic conception cannot be improved just because he wants to.
When I was a player in my previous life, improving my artistic conception could be accomplished by simply passing test tasks, which was quite simple.
Of course, there is no such easy thing now, so he is determined to take advantage of this opportunity to practice in the Source Realm to deduce all his artistic conceptions to perfection.
This is also the reason why he happily accepted the appointment even though he knew Xia Daojing had bad intentions.
She really gave too much!
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Chang'an City is extremely vast, and the Source Realm is located in a remote area in Chang'an.
Lu Qingshan walked forward according to the location he had inquired about in advance. Soon, a stone tablet covering an area of dozens of acres, which was ancient and desolate, came into view.
The stone tablet is hundreds of feet high and breaks out of the ground. A vast aura as if coming from ancient times lingers on the stone tablet.
Standing in front of the stone tablet, Lu Qingshan felt as small as an ant.
The source world is hidden in this stone tablet.
A monk covered in black armor suddenly appeared in front of Lu Qingshan.
The aura emanating from the monk in black armor was long, powerful, and extremely terrifying.
"If you want to enter the Source Realm, you must show your permission seal." The black-armored monk looked at Lu Qingshan coldly without any unnecessary nonsense.
This is the monument-guarding monk who guards the source world.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved, and he took out the certificate seal that Xia Yuan gave him from the storage ring.
"It's checked and found to be correct," the black-armored monk took the spiritual seal and released his divine sense to check it. His tone became a little gentler. "There's no one in the source world right now. You can go in directly."
He stretched out his hand and waved it, and an entrance of moderate size, large enough for one person to pass through, appeared on the huge stone tablet.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly, then took out the Mingxin Bodhi bracelet that Xia Daojing had temporarily lent him and put it on his hand.
The Bodhi bracelet, which had been ordinary until now, suddenly exuded a thread of green light.
However, this green glow disappeared out of thin air two inches away from the Bodhi tree. However, an inexplicable Zen rhythm suddenly arose in Lu Qingshan's mind, making him feel clear-minded and his thoughts smooth.
This is the miraculous effect of Bodhi seeds in opening up people's divinity and awakening wisdom.
Feeling the effect of the Enlightenment Bodhi, Lu Qingshan's confidence increased dramatically. He felt good and without hesitation, he jumped into the Source Realm through the entrance opened by the black-armored monk.
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