Chapter 14: Parting Ways
Along the way, Luo Chuxue and Su Lingxi chatted intermittently. Since it was their first meeting, Su Lingxi felt it was inappropriate to be too enthusiastic.
On the contrary, it was Luo Chuxue who liked to find topics to talk to her about.
Lu Shui and Lu Zhen, watching from behind, their faces turned the color of pig liver. In truth, their main role was to follow Luo Chuxue for training.
Who knew that they would encounter little danger, but instead run into an annoying fellow?
The two had finally begged the elders for the opportunity to train with Luo Chuxue, only to have all the limelight stolen by this guy named Su Lingxi.
The group didn’t walk in a hurry, choosing not to fly through the air.
In a place like this, flying without sufficient strength was too conspicuous.
“Young Master, what is your background? Judging by your appearance, you’re only in your early twenties, yet you’re already at the peak of Foundation Establishment.”
“Young Master, please don’t try to fob me off with the identity of a rogue cultivator. Someone like you must have an extraordinary background.”
Luo Chuxue simply didn’t believe Su Lingxi’s claim of being a rogue cultivator.
Su Lingxi didn’t know what to say. According to her current identity, she was indeed a rogue cultivator.
And her age was also wrong. According to the original work, Su Lingxi was who knows how old.
It was just that for some powerful cultivators, time had a negligible effect on their appearance. Some great powers even looked young when their lifespan was about to end.
But clearly, Su Lingxi couldn’t be associated with the word “powerful”…
“Then what background do you think I have, Fairy Luo?” Su Lingxi asked in return.
Luo Chuxue thought for a moment. “At least the son of a city lord…”
Among the five nations of the Mortal Realm, each major nation had at least a thousand cities. Luo Chuxue’s guess was still conservative.
Su Lingxi smiled. “I really am just a rogue cultivator. It’s just that I had some fortuitous encounters in my youth, which is why I have my current cultivation.”
“Is that so…” Luo Chuxue didn’t press further. She too had had some fortuitous encounters.
So she didn’t ask about the origin of the encounters. After all, everyone had their own secrets.
The group walked for a few more days. Luo Chuxue and the others still hadn’t found the exact source of the celestial phenomenon, but they had asked a few cultivators training on the outskirts of the Glacial Snow Domain.
They all said it was caused by a spiritual beast’s breakthrough. For a time, this rumor almost became true.
Su Lingxi herself hadn’t expected that her nonsense would turn out like this.
On the outskirts of the Glacial Snow Domain, the cold had subsided to a level that even an ordinary person could tolerate.
By the time they arrived here, Luo Chuxue and the others had more or less completed their mission. Su Lingxi had also followed them out of the Glacial Snow Domain.
Su Lingxi said, “Fairy Luo, now that we’re here, I think we should part ways. There’s no more danger here.”
There was a city just outside the Glacial Snow Domain, where cultivators who came for training would replenish their supplies and rest.
So it was most appropriate for the group to part ways here.
Seeing that Su Lingxi was about to leave, Lu Zhen and Lu Shui were so excited they were about to cry. They had barely spoken to their senior sister these past few days.
Luo Chuxue was taken aback, not realizing how quickly time had passed. But her expression was conflicted, as if she had something difficult to say.
“Does Fairy Luo have something else to say?”
Su Lingxi knew what she was going to say, but she wanted Luo Chuxue to say it herself.
After all, there was a world of difference between being active and passive.
“Wait… Since you are all alone, would you consider joining the Snowfall Sect?” Luo Chuxue’s expression was nervous. It was clear she had been holding back these words for a long time.
Su Lingxi had long guessed that Luo Chuxue would ask this. Although they seemed to be chatting these past few days, in reality, this little miss Luo Chuxue had been trying to get information out of her.
From her background to her experiences… she had asked about everything.
Su Lingxi had naturally been vague, answering with a mix of truth and falsehood.
This only made Luo Chuxue feel an inexplicable… curiosity towards Su Lingxi.
Hearing that Luo Chuxue wanted to keep him, Lu Zhen and Lu Shui immediately became anxious.
“Senior Sister, it was already our limit to travel with him during our training. If we bring him back to the sect, I’m afraid it would be inappropriate…”
“That’s right, Senior Sister. It just so happens to be the sect’s once-every-three-years disciple recruitment period. If he’s truly capable, he doesn’t need you to bring him in.”
Lu Zhen and Lu Shui’s words left Su Lingxi stunned.
It seemed like they were considering the sect’s interests, but in reality, they just didn’t want him to join.
Su Lingxi had to go to the Snowfall Sect. If someone could bring her in, that would be for the best.
At the very least, Su Lingxi found participating in the recruitment ceremony to be a bit troublesome. After all, her disguise technique was at risk of being exposed in front of a large crowd.
As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand under a crumbling wall. If she could use the back door, she would, as it would also mitigate the risk.
But Su Lingxi still had to pretend to be in a difficult position. “Is that so? In that case, I won’t trouble Fairy Luo. Thank you for your company these past few days.”
With that, Su Lingxi bowed to Luo Chuxue and prepared to leave.
“Hey…” Luo Chuxue wanted to say more, but Lu Zhen and Lu Shui, having learned their lesson, quickly interrupted her.
“Senior Sister, let him go. He’s just a rogue cultivator, not worth your concern.”
Luo Chuxue bit her lower lip, feeling helpless as she watched Su Lingxi’s retreating back. Su Lingxi’s figure grew smaller and smaller and was about to disappear.
She had a strange feeling that if she missed this chance, she would never see Su Lingxi again.
At this thought, she could no longer stand Lu Zhen and Lu Shui’s incessant chatter.
“As the Sect Master’s personal disciple, I order you not to interfere with my decision!”
With a flip of her palm, Luo Chuxue held a token that shimmered with an ice-blue light.
The moment they saw the token, both Lu Zhen and Lu Shui’s bodies trembled slightly.
This token was made from a special ore from the Glacial Ice Domain and was extremely rare.
In the Snowfall Sect, only the Sect Master and the Sect Master’s personal disciples possessed such a token.
What was the status of a personal disciple? It was the future Sect Master. Offending the future Sect Master would not end well.
The moment they saw the token, Lu Zhen and Lu Shui could only grit their teeth. “Senior Sister Luo, why must you be like this? If Senior Brother Luo finds out, I’m afraid something bad will happen again.”
“Your Senior Brother Luo already meddles in my affairs enough. Is it so difficult for me, a personal disciple, to bring someone back to the sect?”
Luo Chuxue was originally of a gentle and steady character, and she was usually very kind to others.
This was one of the few times she had gotten angry at her two junior brothers.
Lu Zhen and Lu Shui looked at each other and compromised. “In that case, it’s not our place to say anything.”
“It’s just that Senior Brother Luo will find out about this sooner or later. We hope Senior Sister is aware.”
With that, the two bid farewell to Luo Chuxue and left.
Luo Chuxue paid them no mind and quickly searched for Su Lingxi’s aura in the city.
But in that short time, Su Lingxi had already disappeared.
“Young Master Su, where have you gone?”
