CHAPTER 404: CHAPTER 274: JUNIOR SISTER SAYS SHE WANTS TO LEAD THE CLUB TO CONQUER THE MOON

"Looking for Junior Brother Zhang? He’s not familiar with Arrays, is he?"

Xiaoxue was puzzled. She remembered that Zhang Ze’s understanding of Arrays was only at the level of recognizing characters.

Most of the time, he had to rely on heavy hammering, just like her, to break through Arrays.

Shi Xiu pointed to his head and then touched his Dantian.

"Innate Tao Pill."

Xiaoxue understood, "So, should I go find him and bring him here now?"

"There’s no rush. Junior Brother Zhang still needs some training. If he doesn’t succeed, I’ll just have to work a bit harder." Shi Xiu seemed confident.

Xiaoxue looked at Shi Xiu, feeling like everything was already arranged with his master before he came, and he just gathered everyone to show off.

That’s how it is when your head is like a rock, Xiaoxue the doctor concluded professionally.

After Shi Xiu finished showing off, Xiaoxue turned around and left.

"Junior Sister Xiaoxue, where are you going?" Shi Xiu still wanted to chat more.

"I’m going home for a bit to talk to my master about something, and besides, talking to you is really annoying, I’m afraid I might smack you later if I can’t hold back."

With that, Xiaoxue transformed into a streak of cyan light and disappeared from Shi Xiu’s sight.

"Just because I beat her once at the Qinghe Association back then? Does she have to hold a grudge till now..." The Celestial Sect’s cold-faced white-haired poet muttered quietly.

"I remember, back then Xiaoxue had just transformed and was very naive. You, kid, knowing you were no match, bluffed her with fire to win, right?"

Old Tang, with a good memory, called him out.

Shi Xiu smirked and avoided that topic. He turned to Ming Zhi, "Brother Ming Zhi, may I borrow your Golden Lotus?"

"Just take it." Monk Ming Zhi flipped his hand, handing a miniature Golden Lotus to Shi Xiu.

Receiving the Magical Treasure, Shi Xiu became serious. He walked out of the Golden Lotus Buddha Country, stepping on clouds. The Golden Lotus in his hand blossomed, and the Eight Array Qimen technique centered around this Golden Lotus formed a formation around him.

Dark clouds began to gather, and a light rain started falling.

As the raindrops fell, the forces related to the Innate Tao Embryo were gathered, not flowing into the Earth Vein, but instead reversed along the rain, flowing onto his body.

Whatever mischievous plans the Hundred Demons Sect had, they were all related to the Innate Tao Embryo and the Earth Vein. So as long as we quietly steal those forces, it would be fine.

The Celestial Sect also had some knowledge of the Stealing Heaven and Changing Day Technique.

But Shi Xiu’s brain had only a small capacity, able to accommodate a few hundred people at most. For more, it depended on Zhang Ze’s larger one.

Once the Array and the link were stable, he extracted a wisp of his Primordial Spirit, nurturing it in the Golden Lotus to stabilize the Array, and then returned to Old Tang and Ming Zhi’s side.

"Trouble is temporarily resolved. Next, under my master’s instructions, I need to check other places in Cyan Thorn. I’ll trouble Master Ming Zhi to look after this wisp of Primordial Spirit."

"Of course." Ming Zhi agreed.

After obtaining Ming Zhi’s promise, Shi Xiu transformed into a starlight and left this Buddha Country.

After Shi Xiu left, Ming Zhi sat down crossed-legged and entered a meditative state. However, after a while, he opened his eyes again.

"Sect Leader Tang, do you have any other matters?"

Ming Zhi looked at the lingering Old Tang with some confusion.

"I have nothing." Old Tang shook his head, craning his neck to look down at something.

"Then are you staying here to meditate with me?" Ming Zhi was puzzled.

"Why would I meditate?"

"Then what are you doing?"

"I’m at the Golden Core stage now, and your Buddha Country is as hard as iron. How can I leave if you don’t open the door for me?"

"...Apologies, I was inconsiderate." Ming Zhi acknowledged.

.....

The Seventh Sword Pavilion, Clear Wind Cliff.

Zhang Ze unconsciously turned his head towards the direction of Qinghe.

It’s not that he understood the arrays of the Celestial Sect, nor was it because he had excellent eyesight, it’s just that the Innate Tao Pill in his body was trembling.

Then he got smacked for being absent-minded.

"What are you looking at?" Mo Jingchun sat cross-legged in front of him.

Based on his previous school experience, Zhang Ze knew he couldn’t talk back to the teacher at this point, otherwise, he would get caught up in endless nonsense, resulting in getting smacked again twice.

He was receiving so-called special training, and the teacher was his Junior Sister’s mom.

However, this special training was different from what he imagined. It wasn’t like last time’s stick education, fighting from the mountain top to the mountain foot, but rather meditative practice.

Zhang Ze kept silent and continued to meditate, until half an hour later, he couldn’t hold back and asked a question.

"Aunt Mo, aren’t we the Sword Sect? Why do we have to practice the Meditation Technique too?"

Mo Jingchun, upon seeing Zhang Ze’s question, didn’t get angry but instead asked back.

"Do you think our Sword Sect is just about fighting and killing?"

"No, there’s also worldly affairs, right." Zhang Ze reflexively responded sarcastically.

Then he was smacked again.

After smacking Zhang Ze, Mo Jingchun sighed.

"In the end, immortal cultivation is about cultivating the heart. It’s the same for our Sword Sect. It’s just that usual methods might not work for you, so I’m trying other methods."

"I think my Tao Heart is quite stable." Zhang Ze muttered quietly.

"It is stable, never seen such a robust Tao Heart. You’re like a tree that takes root upon landing, not caring for you, and in the future, you could shield from the skies and cover the sun, but..."

Mo Jingchun paused, "Now you have an Innate Tao Pill. That thing is an external object. If not taken care of, this tree might just topple."

Only then did Zhang Ze adjust his mindset and seriously listened.

Indeed, as Aunt Mo said, this Innate Tao Pill is ultimately an external object. Although it feels close, there is always a sense of unfamiliarity.

As for the inflatable theory mentioned by his Junior Sister, Zhang Ze just laughed it off, not taking it seriously.