The daily life of a genius who enjoys gossip and cultivates immortality

Chapter 140 Guiyuan Sect 15

Cheng Jiu is not illiterate. In her previous life, she was a college student, although not a top-tier one, but still from a 985 university.

Writing an article is a piece of cake for me.

The key point is that this is the world of cultivation, and this world really has things like the Dao of Literature that are hard to explain.

If I were to write a long, plain-language essay, especially on such a solemn occasion as my master's Mahayana ceremony, where almost the entire cultivation world is watching, it would likely become the subject of ridicule.

Therefore, the most difficult part of Cheng Jiu's congratulatory letter was translating vernacular Chinese into classical Chinese. Not only did the language have to be concise and the diction elegant, but the format also had to be flawless.

Especially in gatherings of top experts in the cultivation world, the three's writings would inevitably be judged by these experts. So, even if they didn't write anything particularly brilliant or outstanding, they at least needed to be presentable and not embarrassing in such a setting.

But even this basic requirement of not being shameful has very high standards, and it is extremely difficult to write.

Cheng Jiu originally wanted to learn from his senior, Li Weixin. His master broke through to the Great Vehicle Ceremony much earlier than Qingxu Immortal Lord.

But Cheng Jiu hadn't expected that he was far less experienced than Cheng Jiu and the others, and had absolutely no experience to let Cheng Jiu retrieve it. He Wen's side simply gave up.

When Cheng Jiu asked why he had personally written the congratulatory message, he explained that he had paid a high price to have a mortal write it using the name of that year's top scholar. Not only was it rich in literary style, but its language was also exceptionally elegant and appropriate, perfectly suited for a grand ceremony.

Like Li Weixin, Qianli Immortal Lord was a sword cultivator and had no interest in literature. In his eyes, the Mahayana ceremony was just a formality, and he didn't care at all whether he wrote his disciple's congratulatory text.

Therefore, the other party's work was of no reference value, which disappointed Cheng Jiu. Although she believed that her master didn't care whether He Wen was written by her or not.

But this was Cheng Jiu's intention as a disciple, so no matter how difficult it was, Cheng Jiu wanted to write it himself.

Although it has no reference value, Cheng Jiu successfully got to eat a lot of sweet gossip.

Although He Wenshang and Li Weixin could hardly give Cheng Jiu any useful advice, the two were never really writing partners, but rather gossip partners!

Finally, the two had some free time and managed to get in touch. Cheng Jiu couldn't wait to ask about the gossip Li Weixin had told her about his master.

Li Weixin became excited when she saw Cheng Jiu's inquiry. Sometimes it's not just about enjoying gossip, but also about sharing it. And if you keep the gossip to yourself, it just doesn't feel right.

At Li Weixin's level of cultivation, there are very few people who can be his friends. He is a sword cultivator and his master's only disciple. He doesn't have time to make friends in the Longyuan Sect, unlike Cheng Jiu, who runs around the Seven Peaks under the guise of learning the Four Arts.

And the place he frequented most was the sect's Thunder Pool! And to add, even sword cultivators wouldn't stay in the Thunder Sea often, except for him.

However, because of his hobby, he still managed to develop quite a few followers who could gossip anytime. But the only gossip buddy he could share with was Cheng Jiu, who was the same age and status as him.

To some extent, Cheng Jiu was also an irreplaceable gossip buddy for him.

When asked by his fellow gossip enthusiasts, Li Weixin's tone was noticeably lighter: "It was not long after I returned from the small world that my master suddenly asked me if he had ever been with your sect's Peak Master Lefeng?"

"So how did you answer?" Cheng Jiu asked curiously.

"How could I dare to tell the truth? I discovered this in his study, and you were the one who shared it with me."

I thought my master was testing me, so I naturally said no. Li Weixin still felt a little scared when she thought about it.

"Why did he ask you that?" Cheng Jiu asked, curious about what would happen next.

"Who knew he would suddenly tell me that he wanted to pursue Peak Master Lefeng and make her my master's wife. He asked me if I had any good ideas." Li Wei felt a pang of sadness when he thought of his master's gentle and kind demeanor when he mentioned this.

There was a real disconnect between him and his master; in his eyes, things like love and affection were completely unrelated, yet he did indeed have someone he loved.

"Ah~!" Cheng Jiu had witnessed the interaction between Immortal Lord Qianli and the Peak Master of Lefeng before. It seemed there was some affection between them; she even felt they were just one thin veil away from being together. Why was she suddenly asking such a question? "What exactly happened?"

Cheng Jiu was somewhat confused. How could it be that the relationship between the two of them had suddenly returned to square one?

Li Weixin replied from the other end: "I don't know either. I think my master has encountered a ghost! He actually asked me this question. You have no idea how terrified I was! I even suspected that my master had been possessed!"

"Immortal Lord Qianli is a cultivator with a thunder spirit root; who could possess his body?" Cheng Jiu thought carefully before replying.

"It's unbelievable, completely unlike my master's usual self. He even asked me how to write love letters. I'm asking you, don't you think it's terrifying!" Li Weixin was speechless when he mentioned this. Although he usually acted like a playboy and liked to listen to gossip, it didn't mean he was a womanizer.

In terms of purity, he's never even touched a female cultivator's hand, except for his family. In terms of singleness, it's clear from the heavens that his heart is solely devoted to his sword; he has absolutely no feelings for women. Even Cheng Jiu is merely his brother and gossip buddy.

So when Immortal Lord Qianli asked him, he was really confused, as it was completely a blind spot for him!

"So you gave it to me?" Cheng Jiu asked, somewhat curious.

"I've discovered that I'm far more talented than my master in this area!" Li Weixin replied. Compared to Qianli Immortal Lord, who was a complete novice with no experience, Li Weixin was far superior to him.

As the saying goes, even if you haven't eaten pork, you've still seen a pig run, right? Li Weixin, who has been involved in many love scandals, is far more experienced in this regard than Qianli Immortal Lord.

"So how did you give me guidance?" A celestial lord pursuing his wife! How could Qian Li not be excited? Especially with such powerful figures as Celestial Lord Qian Li and Peak Master Le Feng.

A cold and aloof immortal lord versus a beautiful and charming fairy! Just thinking about the two of them makes Cheng Jiu want to swoon! Especially now that he can catch a glimpse of a detail between them, how could he not be excited?

"I can't say!"

Li Weixin decisively shattered her inner fantasies, mainly because he was also the one who wrote the love letter. She hadn't thought about it before, but Cheng Jiu's question made her feel incredibly ashamed.

If the truth were revealed, it would be unclear whether the two were gossiping about his master or him.

Other people's gossip is fine, but his gossip is not!

Therefore, no matter how Cheng Jiu sent messages pleading afterward, Li Weixin could not say a word.

Seeing this, Cheng Jiu could only suppress her boiling emotions, but inspiration for the two of them kept popping into her mind. At worst, she could write a story about the two of them, change the name to a sweet romance novel, and who would know that she wrote it, and who the protagonist was alluding to?

Noticing that the other person was in low spirits, Li Weixin decisively used another melon to distract Cheng Jiu: "Do you know that our Grand Elder has broken through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage?"

"Did you mention that? I haven't heard of it. I should have been in the secret realm at that time! When did that happen?"

Cheng Jiu had never heard of this matter before. He suppressed the rebellious inspiration that kept rising in his heart. No rush, no rush, let's just watch the show first.

“That might not have been long, maybe three years ago! I heard from my master that the Grand Elder’s strength was already sufficient, and once he let go of that, he naturally broke through!” Li Weixin replied.

"Had it all?" Cheng Jiu's tone was hesitant. She remembered that the Grand Elder had always wanted to reconcile with Daoist Mingfang. If he had truly let go, could it be that he had moved on? "Then what about him and Daoist Mingfang?"

“These two haven’t separated!” Li Weixin replied: “After so many years, Mingfang Daojun has long since stopped caring. It’s just that after becoming the sect leader, Mingfang Daojun only wanted to promote the Longyuan Sect, and she put the little things of love last.”

It wasn't that she was completely indifferent to the Grand Elder, but she resented his constant pestering of her under the pretext of official business, so she consistently rejected his advances.

According to the sect leader's disciples, one day the sect leader got drunk, and the Grand Elder served him that night.

That night, the Grand Elder and the Sect Master had an open and honest talk, and the Grand Elder successfully let go of his resentment!

The next day, the Grand Elder broke through to become a Tribulation Transcending Venerable.

However, the sect leader may have forgotten what happened that day.

Instead of going to the forbidden area, the Grand Elder chose to continue serving as the Grand Elder to assist the Sect Master in developing the Dragon Abyss Sect.

This time, thanks to the assistance of the Grand Elder to the Sect Master, the Dragon Abyss Sect was able to maintain order and even spare resources to support Medicine King Valley.

Their relationship grew much closer during this time.

Cheng Jiu nodded, a slight smile playing on his lips, but then he noticed something crucial: "How does that sect leader's disciple know so much about the matter between the two of them?"

For example, the sect leader's drunkenness, or the two's frank and open conversation. It was as if the other person was present.

"Because he was there at the time, you absolutely mustn't tell anyone else!" Li Weixin still trusted her friend's gossip, and decisively betrayed the informant.

"Don't worry! But is it so easy to get a Dao Integration Realm expert drunk? And wouldn't he get caught if he were there?" Cheng Jiu patted his chest to assure her that this was something he had shared with her, and she would absolutely keep her word and not betray the informant.

However, he was still curious. If someone with Mingfang Daojun's cultivation level could get drunk so easily, and both Mingfang Daojun and the Grand Elder were powerful beings in the Dao Integration Realm, how did he manage to see the whole process right under their noses?

"I've heard that he probably put a medicinal pill from Medicine King Valley in that jar of wine, a pill that can make you drunk for a thousand years."

Adding this elixir to the wine not only enhances its quality, but also makes anyone below the Tribulation Transcending stage drunk.

Li Weixin made a special inquiry, but it wasn't his senior brother who told him, since who would expose the bad things they've done?

He had inquired about it from various sources. It was impossible for a sword cultivator, a poor profession, to get drunk at such a high level. Such fine wine, aged for ten thousand or even a hundred thousand years, was impossible.

The only one that meets the criteria is the new pill from Medicine King Valley.

"Why would he give Master this kind of medicine?" Cheng Jiu was also puzzled. Why would he specifically give him medicine just to get Master drunk?

"It's all a misunderstanding. My senior brother never had that intention. I looked into the whole story after I got back."

His senior brother was very loyal; he could even share such gossip with him. He couldn't let his gossip buddy misunderstand him.

"An accident? What's the mystery behind this?" Cheng Jiu asked curiously.

"The main problem is that my senior brother is a heavy drinker, but good wines in the cultivation world are generally expensive, and he is a sword cultivator who is very poor. He can't afford to spend much on wine, so he simply can't afford it."

He heard that there were pills that could improve the quality of wine, so he saved up spirit stones for a long time to buy them.

"I just wanted to try the wine with this elixir added," Li Weixin explained.

"Then how did the sect leader end up drinking it?" If he drank it himself, how did it end up in the sect leader's hands?

"This pill has one drawback: it dissolves very slowly in wine. It takes at least three days for the pill to dissolve completely."

And that's when the wine tastes best.

"Because the elixir is quite valuable, my senior brother chose to seal it in his best wine, intending to taste it in a few days," Li Weixin explained.

"Then why did the sect leader drink it in the end?" Cheng Jiu nodded, having understood the cause, he wanted to know the result.

"Don't rush me, let me explain slowly."

The sect leader's newly accepted little disciple is very lively and mischievous.

They actually broke a jar of wine that the sect leader had treasured.

The little guy knew he had caused trouble and was afraid of being punished by the sect leader.

He hatched a wicked plan to take the jar of wine and bury it again. Since the senior brother on the sect leader's peak loved to drink the most, he set his sights on the senior brother's wine cellar.

The little guy has a sharp eye; he picked out the most precious wine in his senior brother's wine cellar at a glance.

He buried the wine back in the jar he had smashed, treating it as if it were the same one he had broken.

The sect leader usually enjoyed a few drinks, but that day he was in a bad mood.

The sect leader drank the very same jar of wine the little fellow had stolen from his senior brother, and so he got drunk.

"!" Cheng Jiu hadn't expected so many twists and turns: "Wasn't it said that senior brother was there? How did he find out and how did he get there?"

"Hey! You know my senior brother I mentioned earlier is a drunkard! Three days, my senior brother couldn't wait a moment longer, and after three days he took out that jar of wine with added pills to taste it."

It felt like I was just drinking plain water. It had absolutely no effect what Medicine King Valley advertised, which made my senior brother so angry he almost wanted to go to Medicine King Valley to confront them!

"I have to say that kid was quite clever. Not only did he switch the wine, but he also somehow got a wine jar, filled it with water, and replaced it with the real thing. The key is that he made a very convincing imitation. My senior brother didn't even notice anything amiss at the time." Li Weixin couldn't help but laugh when she mentioned this.

"Then how did he find out that his junior brother had switched the wine?" Cheng Jiu was a little curious. If he hadn't noticed anything unusual, how did he know that the wine had been switched?

"It's all because that kid couldn't keep his mouth shut. Not only that, he was also restless, actually bumping right into that senior brother. My senior brother asked him a casual question, and the kid confessed!" Li Wei thought about what he heard and was speechless but wanted to laugh.

That kid was clever; he even knew how to replace the master's treasured wine that he had accidentally broken with the wine that his senior brother had treasured, and he even replaced the wine that his senior brother had treasured with water, all without the other party noticing anything amiss for a while.

You might say he's not clever enough, he didn't even know to dodge, he just ran right into them, and when the other person casually asked him a question, he actually answered.

"Ah!" Cheng Jiu was speechless.

"My senior brother knew he was in trouble as soon as he heard that. It was fine for him to drink that wine, but that didn't mean he could let Master drink it! He didn't have the mind to scold his junior brother. After asking for the location, he secretly prepared to switch the wine back."

Fortunately, he had experience stealing wine before and was not discovered. Just as he was about to switch the wine, the sect leader came over. He didn't dare to show his face and switch the wine in front of the sect leader. After all, he had a criminal record. If he dared to show his face, the sect leader would probably think that he had stolen her wine again, and he would be in big trouble.

So he didn't dare to hide in the shadows and witnessed the whole thing! Li Weixin thought to himself that this was quite a rollercoaster ride.

"Your senior brother is pretty awesome!" Cheng Jiu didn't know how to judge, and after a long time he could only say this. Stealing his master's wine, and he's a Dao Integration Realm expert. If he didn't have some skills, he probably would have been caught before he even made a move. The Dragon Abyss Sect has quite a few oddballs.

"However, I heard from my senior brother afterwards that the sect leader might not have noticed him, but the Grand Elder probably did. It's just that he was only focused on the sect leader at the time and didn't pay attention to him. But afterwards, his cultivation tasks obviously increased a lot, and during that period the Grand Elder often 'guided' his cultivation." Li Weixin sighed.