My Wife Is The Final Boss

Chapter 1155 - 632: Sword Dao (Double-Length) (2)

But of all things... it’s Sword Dao talent.

Yes, Sword Dao was once glorious. At its peak there were many Sword Sects, each Sect Leader an unrivaled powerhouse of their era. Though still some distance from the Qiankun Realm, they had already caught a glimpse of the Immortal Path.

That was an age that belonged to Sword Cultivators.

But no one knows when, the path of the sword was cut off. The only ones still stubbornly clinging to a portion of Sword Dao are the Profound Sword Bureau, and even they only manage it because they possess an Immortal Sword...

Yes, Immortal Artifacts are certainly important, but to the now-declining path of the Sword Cultivator, they are nothing more than a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood.

There are ten thousand Immortal Roads, and each one can lead straight to the Great Dao. Sword Cultivators were once the foremost of these roads, yet now they can only look up at all kinds of new factions... If one traces the root, it is not that Qing Province lacks talent or Spiritual Power, but that the ancient inheritance has been severed, Sword Cultivators have fallen from their standard, the lineage has been extinguished, and so it is difficult to ascend the Great Dao.

The Sect Leader has mentioned Sword Dao as well. She said Sword Cultivators seem to have been cast aside by the Heavenly Dao; for later generations, the difficulty of cultivating compared to other methods... is not just a little bit harder.

Fortunately... someone like Wen Li has appeared now.

She might be the opportunity for Sword Dao to shine brilliantly in the world once again.

Li Zhibai fell silent for a moment, then raised her head.

"Chang’an, do you know... what the situation of Sword Dao is like nowadays?"

"I know a bit. It’s not too good." Xu Chang’an thought for a moment, then said, "But as you’ve said before, for me... having Senior Wen as a reference is more than enough."

Sword Dao is indeed a hard road to walk, but there’s Wen Li up ahead, so as long as he follows her and learns, whether Sword Dao is doomed or not has nothing to do with him.

"You brat... really have no ambitions." Li Zhibai looked helpless. "Have you never thought that one day you might walk ahead of Wen Li? When that time comes... without her path to reference, what will you do?"

"Mm...?"

Xu Chang’an blinked.

Walk ahead of Senior Sister?

Alright, he really never thought about something like that.

Xu Chang’an is someone who knows his own limits. He never felt he had any chance of surpassing Wen Li on the road of cultivation. After all... that’s Senior Wen. The more you understand cultivation, the more you understand Wen Li as a person, the more you realize... just how small you are before her, and... just how charming a person Wen Li really is.

People can be confident.

But for Xu Chang’an to think at this stage that he can surpass Wen Li, that wouldn’t be confidence, that would be arrogance—brainless arrogance.

"Sir, please don’t joke with me." Xu Chang’an spread his hands.

"...Fine." Li Zhibai sighed.

She had nothing more to say.

Indeed, in this matter, she couldn’t blame Chang’an for lacking ambition.

Even she only came to feel that his catching up to Wen Li was set in stone after gradually coming to understand those excessive mysteries surrounding him...

So, she needed to change her way of thinking.

In the past, she didn’t mind Xu Chang’an walking the path of the sword because Wen Li was leading the way ahead. But now... perhaps letting him continue to study the sword is no longer a good thing.

In a given era, a single Domain only needs one leading figure.

"...Forget it, this isn’t important."

Li Zhibai gently cleared the杂 thoughts from her mind before saying, "Ah Qing’s talent, any talent at all, catching ’Her’ attention would be fine—but of all things it’s Sword Dao... so it doesn’t quite make sense."

"Sir..." Xu Chang’an finally understood something. He said thoughtfully, "You mean... because Senior Wen is already there?"

"As long as you understand." Li Zhibai responded.

That’s how it was.

No matter how good Ah Qing’s Sword Dao Talent is, compared to Wen Li, it’s still worlds apart... And the former Sect Leader only cared about the Immortal Path. After learning that Sword Dao is practically incapable of ascending to immortality, she never even paid attention to Wen Li, whose talent is extraordinary, much less would she guide some Ah Qing.

This was exactly what Li Zhibai could not understand.

"I do understand." Xu Chang’an held up a finger. "But... I still don’t get it. The fact that Senior took Miss Aqing as a student... is that really such an important matter?"

Xu Chang’an felt it wasn’t that big of a deal.

It didn’t seem worth his teacher being this serious?

Unless there’s something in this that he doesn’t know about, something worth Li Zhibai’s concern.

"To you, of course it’s not important." Li Zhibai glared at him, then said, "Alright... let’s head back."

"Sir."

Just as Li Zhibai was about to turn and leave, Xu Chang’an suddenly called out to her.

"Mm?"

"Since you’re curious about the relationship between Miss Aqing and Senior... why not just ask her directly?" Xu Chang’an glanced toward Ah Qing in the distance and said softly, "I haven’t interacted with her much, but Miss Aqing is easy to talk to. If it’s not some kind of secret, she should answer you straightforwardly."

Because Ah Qing is Zhu Pingniang’s daughter, she’s one of their own, so there shouldn’t need to be secrets between family.

"Ask her?" Li Zhibai’s step faltered, and for a brief instant her heart was moved.

Indeed, it’s impossible to question the Sect Leader. If she wanted to know about the past, she could only start from Ah Qing...

"No."

Li Zhibai quickly suppressed that impulse.

She could not ask.

Since the Sect Leader chose to use a Barrier to pause time and space, she clearly didn’t want others to discover the relationship between her and Ah Qing. It was only because of an anomaly like Chang’an that it had been noticed.

If she were to go question Ah Qing now, it would undoubtedly expose the matter... so she must not.

"For now, you must keep the fact that you can ignore the Barrier a secret." Li Zhibai shook her head.

In the future, she would report to the Sect Leader, but not now... at least not over such a trivial matter. Reasonably speaking, the Sect Leader probably doesn’t want to be eavesdropped on either, does she?

Also, she felt the Sect Leader might already know that Xu Chang’an wasn’t frozen by the Barrier... but even so, she still couldn’t ask.

Because the very act of using a Barrier means she doesn’t wish to be questioned... If Li Zhibai ran into her now, that would show a complete lack of tact.

"Let’s go." Li Zhibai once again started forward, heading back toward the banquet platform.

"...Mn."

Xu Chang’an nodded and followed.

Actually, he felt that since Ah Qing had been standing in the corner for so long, perhaps asking her over so he and his teacher could say hello would be the proper thing to do...

But his teacher seemed somewhat "wary" of her...

Yes, wary.

Perplexed, Xu Chang’an didn’t bring it up, and simply followed along.

"Sir, we’ve been out for quite a while... and Senior Zhu wasn’t in a good mood earlier." As they walked, Xu Chang’an’s blinking grew more frequent. "What do you think... they’re talking about now?"

Xu Chang’an had a bad feeling.

"What are you worried about? Tong Jun knows what she’s doing." Li Zhibai waved her hand.

"...That’s true."

——

On the banquet platform.

Zhu Pingniang, whom Li Zhibai believed "knew what she was doing", was currently untying the sash of her dress.

Miss Lu looked utterly shocked. "Sister... why are you undressing?"

"It’s nothing. Weren’t we just talking about cultivation? This way I can better show Ms. Yun the route of True Qi circulation." Zhu Pingniang said with a smile. At the moment, she was only wearing a thin inner garment.

Zhu Pingniang blinked. "We’re all girls here. Miss Yun won’t be shy, right?"

"I won’t." Yun Qian shook her head and looked at Wen Li.

She saw Wen Li simply close her eyes to rest.

Zhu Pingniang smiled and said, "Ms. Yun has learned from Wen Li before, so I won’t go over the positions of the meridians. The Middle Elixir Field is one of the Three Elixir Fields, also called the Red Palace. The Eastern Medical Treasure Mirror says: the Middle Elixir Field is the dwelling of stored qi, it emphasizes Qi Sensitivity..."

She demonstrated for Yun Qian once how to circulate along the Qi Sensitivity route.

There seemed to be some problem with Yun Qian’s body; she had never had menstrual blood, and there was no way Zhu Pingniang could not care about that. Fortunately, for a normal girl, it’s at fourteen; for example, she herself got her first menstrual blood at thirteen.

Menstrual blood is a sign that a woman has begun to develop, and in cultivation it also has its own special meaning.

At seven, a girl’s kidney qi flourishes, her teeth change and her hair grows longer.

At two sevens, menstrual blood arrives, the Ren Meridian opens, the Tai Chong Meridian flourishes, and the monthly bleeding descends at regular times.

At three sevens, kidney qi is balanced, thus the permanent teeth come in and growth reaches its peak.

At seven sevens, the Ren Meridian is deficient, the Tai Chong Meridian withers, menstrual blood dries up, and the passage of earth no longer opens.