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“Little sister Su Chun, you…”

"Sister Yundie".

Su Chun held her hand and looked intently into her eyes.

“I know you’re doing well in Hundred Flowers Valley, and your master is very good to you, but Hundred Flowers Valley is not your home. The Misty Sect is. There, you can do what you want and refine the pills you want without having to worry about anyone else.”

Yundie's tears finally fell.

She wiped the corner of her eye with the back of her hand, but she couldn't get it clean no matter what she did.

"I……"

"follow me."

Su Chun's voice was soft, but her tone carried an undeniable firmness.

"The Misty Sect needs you, and I need you too."

Yundie lowered her head and remained silent for a long time.

So long that the tea in the pot went cold, so long that the setting sun outside the window dyed half the sky a dark red.

Then, she raised her head, looked at Su Chun, and nodded vigorously.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

She did not stay overnight in Hundred Flowers Valley, but instead rushed to Xuan Guang Pavilion overnight.

The gate of Xuanguang Pavilion is built on a mountain peak overlooking the sea. The sea breeze at night carries a salty smell and rustles the pine trees on both sides of the mountain path.

Tantai Yuexi is practicing her sword in the training ground.

Under the moonlight, her figure was like a flowing silver light, and the long sword danced in her hand like a dragon, the sword light drawing graceful arcs in the night sky.

Her swordsmanship was even more ferocious than before, each strike carrying an indomitable spirit, but Su Chun could see that something was missing from her swordsmanship: killing intent.

Like Ziyu, Tantai Yuexi's swordsmanship is also beautiful and fluid, but it lacks the kind of resolute determination that comes from facing death.

Su Chun remained silent, simply standing quietly at the edge of the training ground, watching Tantai Yuexi demonstrate a complete sword technique from beginning to end.

When Tantai Yuexi sheathed her sword, she finally discovered her.

She paused for a moment, then sheathed her sword and walked up to Su Chun.

"came back?"

Her tone remained aloof, but Su Chun could sense what lay beneath that aloofness.

"Yes, I'm back."

Su Chun nodded.

The two sat down on a stone bench by the training ground, the moonlight casting long shadows on them.

"Sister Tantai, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

Su Chun got straight to the point.

Tantai Yuexi glanced at her.

"what's up?"

“I have established my own sect in the Great Jin Dynasty, called the Misty Sect, and I would like to invite you to be an elder.”

Tantai Yuexi fell silent.

She wasn't as surprised as Yundie, nor did she shed tears like Yundie. She simply sat there quietly, gazing at the distant sea, without saying a word.

Su Chun didn't urge her, but waited quietly.

After a long while, Tantai Yuexi finally spoke.

"Only accepting female disciples?"

"Only female disciples are accepted."

"If I go, won't I be spending all my time with a bunch of women?"

Su Chun couldn't help but laugh.

"What, you don't like being with women?"

Tantai Yuexi rolled her eyes at her.

"I just feel that you might have some ulterior motive for establishing this sect?"

"What is the purpose?"

"For example, gathering all the women you fancy together, just for your convenience..."

Tantai Yuexi didn't continue, but a mischievous smile was clearly visible in her clear, cold eyes.

Su Chun shook her head, both amused and exasperated.

"You think too much."

Tantai Yuexi stood up, dusted off her skirt, and turned to walk towards her cave.

After walking a few steps, she stopped and turned her head to the side.

When are you leaving?

Su Chun was overjoyed.

"Three days later."

"it is good."

Tantai Yuexi nodded and walked into the cave without looking back.

Chapter 363 The Apprenticeship Plan

Having persuaded Yun Die and Tantai Yuexi, Su Chun's next stop is the Xuan Yue Sect.

She originally thought that persuading Yue Ningxuan would be easier than persuading the previous two.

After all, they shared a bond spanning hundreds of years, were bound by their dual cultivation techniques, and had a tacit understanding to keep vigil for their master.

But she was wrong.

Yue Ningxuan rejected her.

It wasn't hesitation or excuses, but a clean and decisive refusal.

"Senior sister, I can't go with you."

Yue Ningxuan stood in front of Qu Xinyao's ice coffin, her back to Su Chun, her voice calm and firm.

"why?"

Su Chun stood behind her, her brows slightly furrowed.

"The Xuan Yue Sect needs me."

Yue Ningxuan turned around, her clear, cold eyes staring straight at Su Chun.

“Senior sister, Master entrusted the Xuan Yue Sect to me. I can’t abandon it. There are hundreds of disciples here, the ancestral tablets of past masters, Master’s ice coffin, and our memories of hundreds of years. I can’t leave.”

Su Chun remained silent.

She knew Yue Ningxuan was right.

The Xuan Yue Sect was Qu Xinyao's life's work, and Yue Ningxuan protected it with her life. To ask her to give up all of that and follow her to the Great Jin Dynasty was indeed too selfish.

"I understand."

Su Chun nodded and didn't say anything more.

She walked to the ice coffin, stood quietly for a while, then turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall.

Yue Ningxuan watched her retreating figure, her lips twitching as if she wanted to say something, but ultimately she remained silent.

When Su Chun walked out of the Xuan Yue Sect's mountain gate, it was already late at night.

The moonlight shone on the mountain path, casting her long shadow.

She glanced back; the Xuan Yue Sect's mountain gate appeared exceptionally quiet under the moonlight, like a sleeping ancient castle.

"Senior sister, take care."

A voice came from behind.

Su Chun didn't turn around, but simply nodded slightly, then transformed into a dark purple streak of light and disappeared into the horizon.

Three days later, outside Jinyang City, in the Qingluan Mountains.

Yun Die and Tantai Yuexi stood in front of the Misty Sect's mountain gate, looking up at the huge light barrier, their eyes filled with shock.

"This is the Nine Palaces Heaven-Locking Formation?"

Yundie's voice carried a hint of disbelief.

"Its defensive capabilities are sufficient to withstand the full-force attack of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator."

Su Chun stood beside them, her tone calm.

"You built it?"

Tantai Yuexi turned her head and looked at her.

"I built it."

Su Chun nodded.

Tantai Yuexi was silent for a moment, then said something that made Su Chun both laugh and cry.

"Is there anything you can't do?"

Su Chun smiled but did not answer.

She led the two through the mountain gate and climbed up the stone steps, explaining things as they went.

"This is the main hall, the Misty Hall."

"These are the secondary halls: Biluo Hall, Qingxu Hall, and Zixiao Hall."