Chapter 5: Such a View
It was clear that the other three little girls had already learned about Daoist Ziyang’s intention to take on disciples before Luo Xue and Su Yiyao woke up.
Seeking immortality and the Dao was an incredibly rare and fortunate opportunity in this world.
Such precious opportunities were naturally limited, and the one deciding everything was this “coincidentally encountered” Immortal Master.
Whoever he favored would receive more opportunities.
“No wonder these three little girls…”
Thinking of this, Luo Xue understood their actions.
Why the disgust and jealousy…
However, why did it feel a bit like… vying for favor in a harem?
“Ugh—”
A wave of disgust washed over Luo Xue, and she quickly banished this absurd thought from her mind.
After receiving their replies, Daoist Ziyang seemed very pleased.
He waved his hand, and several veiled maids entered, exactly five of them.
“These are maids I took in while traveling around. They are all pitiful people,” Daoist Ziyang said gently.
“Men and women are different, so I will entrust these maids to take care of you. When I rescued you earlier, they were the ones who cleaned you.”
After all, Daoist Ziyang was an Immortal Master; such matters were naturally beneath him.
Luo Xue looked at the maids standing in a row, their faces hidden behind thin veils, only their cold eyes visible.
Noticing the girls’ gazes, the maids lowered their heads slightly and stepped back, each standing beside one of the girls.
The other girls were very excited, secretly sizing up their assigned maids.
But with Daoist Ziyang present, they didn’t dare to make any large movements, which made them look rather comical.
Luo Xue wasn’t excited at all. Seeing these maids, the image of insects gnawing on flesh inexplicably surfaced in her mind, and she barely managed to suppress the urge to vomit.
Su Yiyao kept her head down, squeezing Luo Xue’s hand.
“It will take some time to reach Mount Ziyang. During this period, I still need to pilot the Cloud Wanderer, and I won’t have time to attend to you.”
Daoist Ziyang took out several cyan jade slips and handed them to the maids, continuing,
“Since I have taken you as disciples, I naturally won’t deprive you of the methods to cultivate immortality and the Dao.
“These jade slips contain the most basic cultivation methods, and the maids will teach them to you in the next few days.”
The appearance of the cyan jade slips instantly attracted everyone’s attention. Even Su Yiyao couldn’t help but glance at them a few times, let alone the other girls, whose eyes were practically glued to the jade slips.
However, Luo Xue noticed something else.
“Are we… on a boat now?”
She looked up, her gaze falling on the window nearby.
An endless expanse of water met her eyes, and wisps of light clouds drifted across the azure sky, like swirling immortal energy.
“What are you looking at?”
Snake-like pupils filled her vision, and Luo Xue instinctively recoiled.
Daoist Ziyang looked at her, a hint of coldness seemingly seeping into his gentle eyes.
“The sky, the water, it’s beautiful.”
Luo Xue stiffly forced the words out through gritted teeth. At the same time, she realized something was wrong with her voice.
Her hoarse and raspy voice was extremely unpleasant, like the sound of a broken flute in a gentle breeze.
Hearing this, Daoist Ziyang’s pupils constricted slightly, then returned to their normal shape.
A gentle smile appeared on his lips, as if everything just now had been an illusion.
“The scenery around here is indeed quite nice.”
Daoist Ziyang pondered for a moment, then took out a purplish-red pill and handed it directly to Luo Xue.
“I’ll give this pill to you. Its energy might help you embark on the path of immortality sooner.”
Needless to say, everyone’s gaze instantly focused on Luo Xue, the girls’ disgust towards her instantly turning into jealousy.
Why!
Why was this ugly monster receiving special treatment from Sir!
Luo Xue was startled. She twitched her nose, finding the pill’s scent somewhat familiar.
Wait…
It was before she lost consciousness in the carriage…
“Yin Breath Poison!”
Luo Xue remembered everything. The red text had warned her. If she hadn’t used her remaining 10 survival points to gain poison resistance, she would have already died from that poisonous mist.
At this point, Luo Xue understood everything.
“The other girls in the carriage must have already been poisoned to death.
“It seems that having a constitution that can resist the ‘Yin Breath Poison’… is what Daoist Ziyang needs.”
But why was Daoist Ziyang giving her another Yin Poison pill now?
Luo Xue couldn’t figure it out for a moment, but she still put on a surprised expression and accepted the pill. “Thank you, Master, for the reward!”
If she showed any abnormality at this moment, she might not even have the chance to be poisoned to death…
Luo Xue had witnessed Daoist Ziyang’s ruthlessness. However… it wasn’t so much ruthlessness as it was indifference, like looking at insignificant weeds.
Just like the “Tower People” towards the “Wastelanders”… no matter how many died, it didn’t matter.
Daoist Ziyang nodded slightly, then glanced over the other girls, noticing their unconcealed jealousy.
“I still have plenty of these basic cultivation resources. As long as you cultivate diligently, you will all have them in the future.”
With that, Daoist Ziyang casually glanced at the maids before turning and leaving the room, leaving behind the suddenly overjoyed girls, their childish voices echoing with gratitude.
Unbeknownst to them, after turning around, Daoist Ziyang’s expression lost all its gentleness, replaced by a mask-like coldness and grimness.
He walked to the edge of the Cloud Wanderer, gazing at the horizon, recalling everything that had just happened.
“Not a ‘Xuanyin Body,’ yet able to withstand the ‘Yin Breath Poison’…” (Xuan : Profound)
Luo Xue’s judgment was wrong. Daoist Ziyang didn’t need a constitution that could resist the ‘Yin Breath Poison,’ but rather the cultivation aptitude known as the “Xuanyin Body.”
The ‘Yin Breath Poison’ was fatal to mortals. Just a trace was enough to kill a strong, adult man.
Only those with the “Xuanyin Body” could transform the ‘Yin Breath Poison’ into something akin to spiritual energy, absorbing it to aid their cultivation.
But Luo Xue wasn’t a “Xuanyin Body.” The ‘Yin Breath Poison’ had taken effect in her body normally, but the intense toxicity hadn’t killed her.
It was out of curiosity that Daoist Ziyang had shown so much consideration for Luo Xue in his words.
“Interesting, a mere mortal body can actually withstand the ‘Yin Breath Poison.’”
A cold smile appeared on Daoist Ziyang’s face.
“The unabsorbed ‘Yin Breath Poison’ will only accumulate in her body… I wonder what her limit is?”
“If she can still survive after swallowing an entire pill, she might be much more useful than these inferior ‘Xuanyin Bodies.’”
However, that was absolutely impossible.
Even true “Xuanyin Bodies,” before reaching the Innate Realm, couldn’t withstand this level of ‘Yin Breath Poison’ and could only refine it slowly.
Daoist Ziyang collected his thoughts, looked up into the distance, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
“What a… truly beautiful view.”
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