Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter 50 Luo Wanying

"Is this the Luo Ancestor's cave?" Xie Ruolan asked.

"You're right, Master lives on the island. Follow me!" Fang Jing said, already walking onto the long bridge.

Xie Ruolan immediately followed. The moment she stepped onto the bridge, she felt as if someone was watching her, a feeling of being monitored.

Xie Ruolan didn't know why she felt this way. Although she observed that no one was watching her, she definitely had this feeling.

Although this feeling made Xie Ruolan somewhat uneasy, she calmed herself down and followed Fang Jing forward.

Soon, the two arrived on the island.

The island had many pavilions and buildings, and quite a few people, but most were mortals. The most conspicuous was a seven-story tower atop a small hill only a few dozen feet high.

Each floor of the tower was at least ten feet tall, totaling a hundred feet in height across all seven floors—higher than the hill.

“Master lives at the top of that tower!” Fang Jing said, then walked towards the hill.

Xie Ruolan followed behind. Upon arriving, Xie Ruolan discovered that every pavilion, courtyard, even every tree and every stone had a mysterious significance. Everywhere on the island seemed to be protected by magical arrays, elusive and unpredictable. Without Fang Jing's guidance, she would have been unable to move an inch.

Xie Ruolan gradually developed a sense of awe for this place, but soon the two reached the base of the tower.

At this moment, Fang Jing took out a seal-like object. The seal emitted a beam of light onto the tower's door, and then the door opened.

Following Fang Jing inside, Xie Ruolan discovered that this place was exactly the same as the Treasure Pavilion in the three-story market. The entire tower was essentially a spatial magic treasure, except that the widest part of the first floor definitely exceeded five hundred feet, and it was a lush and verdant spiritual field.

Xie Ruolan recognized several spiritual herbs, all of them valuable varieties, yet here they seemed quite ordinary.

Xie Ruolan then realized just how profound the cultivation of a Golden Core Ancestor over five hundred years old truly was; perhaps she really was quite lucky.

Next, Fang Jing led Xie Ruolan directly to a teleportation array. Looking at the teleportation array, Xie Ruolan was somewhat surprised.

Fang Jing explained, "In Master's Xuan Tong Tower, apart from Master himself, anyone else who wants to enter another level must go through the teleportation array!"

Hearing this, Xie Ruolan understood and followed Fang Jing inside.

When the teleportation light faded, Xie Ruolan found herself in a very ordinary room with only one end leading to a corridor.

The corridor was short, only about ten zhang (approximately 33 meters). At the end of the corridor was a circular pool, over a hundred zhang (approximately 33 meters) in diameter. In the center of the pool, an old woman dressed in black floated on the ink-like surface of the water.

“Master, Xie Ruolan has arrived!” Fang Jing bowed to the old woman.

The old woman appeared to be in her sixties or seventies, seemingly younger than Fang Jing. Her gaze had immediately fallen on Xie Ruolan.

After scrutinizing Xie Ruolan for a few moments, she seemed to nod in satisfaction, and said in a surprisingly clear voice, “Fang Jing, you may leave!”

Hearing her master's instruction, Fang Jing immediately left, leaving Xie Ruolan alone to face the person who would soon become her master.

“Junior Xie Ruolan greets Ancestor Luo!” Xie Ruolan bowed respectfully to her.

Luo Wanying observed her actions and simply nodded again, saying, "Alright, I don't have any formalities here. Since you've bowed to me, I'll consider it your apprenticeship ceremony. From now on, you're my disciple!"

"Yes, Master!" Hearing this, Xie Ruolan formally addressed her as "Master" and bowed again.

This time, Xie Ruolan looked up and found the old woman standing before her.

"You possess the aptitude of three spiritual roots, with strong wood and fire roots, and a weak water root. In the five elements' mutual generation and restraint, wood can generate fire, and weak water encountering strong fire will also fuel its flames. You are considered to have a rare physique with abundant fire. With this aptitude, you are very strong in cultivating fire-attribute techniques. The only drawback is that your cultivation speed won't be very fast. However, you've already reached the Foundation Establishment stage before the age of twenty, which shows your exceptional character. That's why I'm willing to take you as my disciple. In my opinion, as long as the aptitude is acceptable, that's enough; the most important thing is character."

Hearing her master explain why she was being taken as a disciple, Xie Ruolan understood somewhat, and her previous surprise was now resolved.

"This disciple will definitely cultivate diligently!" Xie Ruolan directly promised her master, who valued her character.

Luo Wanying simply nodded again and continued, "Now that you've entered the sect, as your master, I should give you some gifts. But before that, I need to ask you, do you want to cultivate the most powerful technique I offer?"

Hearing Luo Wanying's words, Xie Ruolan couldn't help but feel somewhat surprised. Normally, when one enters a sect, one naturally learns the most powerful technique. But to require a choice? Doesn't that mean that the most powerful technique must have aspects that are difficult for ordinary people to accept?

Looking at Luo Wanying's aged appearance, and thinking about Fang Jing's frail appearance, Xie Ruolan seemed to have a bad premonition.

She hesitated only for a moment, then resolutely said, "Master, this disciple naturally wishes to cultivate the most powerful technique!"

"Are you really sure? I can tell you definitively that my technique does not have the effect of preserving youth. I am at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, and theoretically, my lifespan should be six or seven hundred years. I am now over five hundred years old, which, according to ordinary age, is roughly the age of a seventy or eighty-year-old woman. You can see for yourself that I am indeed that age. And don't even think about taking any youth-preserving pills or anything like that; those pills are useless!" Luo Wanying said directly.

"The physical body is just a stinking carcass. It's good to retain youth and beauty, but if it can't, there's no need to force it!" Xie Ruolan said firmly.

"Good, very good. Your conviction is even stronger than I imagined. Not bad, you're very good! Here's a large water bottle; fetch three dou of water yourself!" Luo Wanying instructed.

Xie Ruolan took the Hai Na bottle and approached the pool's surface. But the moment her fingers touched the water, an overwhelming chill nearly froze her hand.

"Master, this...this is...this is cold water!" Xie Ruolan stammered after taking the water.

"Hmm! You're right, this is cold water. There are many kinds of cold water. The one I have here is called Wu Yin Cold Water. The peck you just took is worth over a thousand spirit stones!" Luo Wanying explained.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Master!" Xie Ruolan bowed again, looking at the pool of water—how many pecks would it take to gather that much!

"This Wu Yin Cold Water is for your cultivation. This is my cultivation technique, 'Cold Yin Demonic Fire.' Go back and study it yourself first. Don't ask Fang Jing. I will test your comprehension in a month. Now go find Fang Jing. There are some other things; she will give them to you, help you familiarize yourself with this place, and arrange your accommodations!" Luo Wanying instructed.

"Yes, Master!" Xie Ruolan didn't dare say anything more, respectfully bowed, and then left.

Watching Xie Ruolan disappear through the teleportation array, Luo Wanying's eyes gleamed with fanaticism!