2730 Introducing Daoist Chu And Testing
ng Bai had been waiting anxiously for Lin Mu as an entire day had gone by.
He had tried to train but wasn't able to fully focus, though he had managed to finish his writing work at least.
Pat pat
He felt a couple of pats on his back and turned to see the twins.
"It'll be fine," a tiny black bird spoke. "Master is strong!" she assured.
"Yes," ng Bai replied, but he still felt unsure.
After all, while he had seen Lin Mu defeat the High Elder easily, he was still going up against an entire immortal sect alone. Just in terms of numbers, Lin Mu would be outnumbered, and that was not counting the arrays and weapons the sect might have.
But just as the twins and Ashy were trying to console the boy, the twins sensed sothing.
They turned their heads, observing the small red dot approaching from the distance.
"What is it?" ng Bai turned to look but couldn't see anything.
HISS HISS
The twins hissed in joy as they sensed their master.
"Master! He's back!" Ashy cheered, sensing him as well.
"Really?" ng Bai stood up, wondering if Lin Mu was fine.
It wasn't until the figure of Little Shrubby grew bigger that he could finally spot Lin Mu on his back.
"He's with soone?" ng Bai noticed a new person with Lin Mu.
A few monts later, they landed on the cliff edge, and ng Bai saw them clearly.
"Master! You're back!" ng Bai said aloud and approached him. "And you're… totally fine?" he was surprised.
Forget injuries—Lin Mu's clothes seed immaculate, as if he had just gotten a fresh set from the tailor.
"Haha, it would take a lot more than so asly sect to harm your master," Daoist Chu laughed. "You sure have a worriso disciple," he said, taking a look at ng Bai.
His senses washed over ng Bai, observing the boy's body condition and Dantian.
"Hmm… Peak of the Core Condensation realm. Not the best, but still quite good," Daoist Chu said first. "And his body seems to be free of impurities too. Damn, even immortal sects would find it hard to find soone with such a physique," he added, not knowing that this was actually Lin Mu's work.
"Master, who's this?" ng Bai couldn't help but ask. 'Master's friend?' he guessed.
"This is Daoist Chu. My friend and soone whom I've gone on life-and-death battles with," Lin Mu introduced.
"Ah! Junior ng Bai greets Senior Daoist Chu!" ng Bai quickly bowed his head.
"Haha, it's all good. You don't need to follow formalities with ," Daoist Chu said, helping the boy up.
"Master, was it all…" ng Bai uttered.
"It's done," Lin Mu spoke. "The River Bending Axe Sect is no more."
ng Bai's eyes went wide as he took a step back.
"R-really?" he couldn't believe his ears.
But then he looked at Daoist Chu.
"Ah! You had help," ng Bai realized.
"Nope, that was all your master," Daoist Chu corrected. "By the ti we arrived, he had already leveled the sect."
"It wasn't just . I had a helping hand from hundreds of worlds away," Lin Mu admitted.
"Another person helped you?" ng Bai was surprised.
"I'll introduce her to you when we et her next ti," Lin Mu said.
'Her?' ng Bai quickly picked up on the word.
Before he could think any further, though, Lin Mu spoke.
"Little Shrubby, ti for so food. It's already morning."
"On it!" Little Shrubby moved like a blur, and a wide array of cooking utensils appeared along with ingredients.
"I haven't had his food for a while. This will be good," Daoist Chu said, looking forward to it.
A while later, they all had their fill, and ng Bai was sprawled on the ground, feeling stuffed.
"That was… nice," ng Bai said, finding it hard to speak from all that he had eaten.
He stayed like that for a few minutes until he felt good enough to sit down and cultivate to absorb all the energy.
"When can I test him?" Daoist Chu asked.
"Once he's done absorbing, I suppose," Lin Mu replied. "Shouldn't be long."
A few hours later, ng Bai was done, and Lin Mu called him over.
"Daoist Chu wants to test you," Lin Mu said.
"Test ?" ng Bai raised his brows. "On what?"
"Formations, of course," Daoist Chu replied.
"What should I do?" ng Bai asked.
"Anything you think you can do best. Show your best work," Daoist Chu replied.
"Daoist Chu is also a formation master and wants to see your skills," Lin Mu explained.
"Okay, I can do that." ng Bai nodded before getting to work.
He decided to go with his forte—talismans. Daoist Chu watched him work and noticed his crooked handwriting.
"Hmm… He needs to improve on the lettering," Daoist Chu remarked.
"Yeah, we're working on that. He's already improved quite a lot since I last saw him," Lin Mu replied.
"Well, considering that he's never had formal training, this is passable," Daoist Chu said, before noticing the way ng Bai was arranging the runes. "Oh?"
He took a closer look and saw that ng Bai's way of orienting the runes was a bit different than usual.
"This is not a talisman formation," Daoist Chu observed.
He watched for a while longer before realizing what it was.
"Qi Obscuring Smoke Formation?" he recognized.
"This is his own work. He managed to turn a stationary formation into a talisman," Lin Mu said with a hint of pride.
"Hoho!" Now Daoist Chu was even more interested in ng Bai's work.
An hour later, ng Bai was done, and the runes on the talisman glowed.
"Please work…" ng Bai muttered to himself.
He didn't want to fail in front of his master's friend, after all. He had done his best and could see his improvent, as he had managed to finish the talisman in half the ti it had taken him before.
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