A big question still stood for Shaoyan Qianyu; if a disciple was intending on harming another fellow disciple, she had to take an action for it.
But just to know the rest of the story, she decided to hold back.
"Tell more." She said.
~huu~
Lin Mu took a deep breath and recited the story that he had prepared all this ti. He had practiced this many tis in his heart so that it was believable.
Overall, the story went like this:
He was Wu Lian, who ca from a small village. His parents were killed by a disciple of the Tri Cauldron peony sect casually just because they offended him by not knowing his identity. After that the disciple humiliated him and stepped on him, telling him that trash like him who can never cultivate should know his place. Ti passed and Wu Lian took an oath that he would definitely take revenge on that disciple and had been diligently cultivating all this ti.
If one were to hear it, they would find it to be quite generic and they would have heard it from a lot of storytellers that road the settlents. Shaoyan Qianyu also found all of it to be a bit too much and doubted it.
"So when is it that you will let your na be known?" She asked, just to entertain him a bit.
"When I reach the Nascent Soul realm." Lin Mu stated without hesitation.
Shaoyan Qianyu had a strange look in her eyes, which Lin Mu noticed quickly. Knowing what she was thinking, he closed his eyes for a mont before releasing his aura.
Suddenly the peak master’s eyes went wide as she felt the full extent of his cultivation base.
"Absolute peak of the Core condensation realm...?" She muttered.
Lin Mu gently nodded his head and said, "I have been hiding my capabilities all this ti so that my enemy does not notice and try to kill beforehand. He and his background are quite strong and I cannot go against them yet.
I hope the peak master understands and keeps my identity hidden." Lin Mu added.
Shaoyan Qianyu narrowed her eyes and asked, "this enemy of yours... is he related to so elder?"
"Indeed, peak master... he is... quite strong and his background even stronger." Lin Mu answered.
Shaoyan Qianyu almost face-pald but managed to stop her to keep her appearance as the superior. Now she could honestly believe Lin Mu, as she knew of the people of the sect. She had been part of the sect for long enough to know how the elders behaved and how bad their offspring could be.
They were entitled and would act without a care in the world, when they went out of the sect. For them, commoners were less than dirt. Before she couldn’t do much, even if she wanted to and thus could only ignore it.
She could understand Lin Mu’s pain on a certain level, as she too was once a commoner.
~Sigh~
"Alright, I’ll keep your identity hidden. But you need to show how you ignited the interdiate ranked Qi fla. I want to confirm it myself before I can give you the reward token." Shaoyan Qianyu said.
"Of course, peak master." Lin Mu said with a smile, knowing that the plan had worked.
Had it not been for the intel Wu Hei had given Lin Mu on the backgrounds of the elders of the sect, Lin Mu would have been unable to co up with this plan. In the information that he was given it was said that peak master Shaoyan Qianyu was a cold woman but was not unjust.
She was of low birth and had beco an elder over five hundred years ago. Thus Lin Mu built upon this point and appealed to the sympathy within her.
Lin Mu closed his eyes for a bit before extending his palm in front. Spirit Qi rose from his ridians and ford into a thick circle. It then kept on condensing within itself before finally a blue fa ignited with a flash.
"This..." Shaoyan Qianyu murmured.
’How did he? How does he know my thod of igniting the interdiate ranked Qi fla? Unless... he comprehended on his own.’ Shaoyan Qianyu thought to herself.
She was extrely sure that no disciple had ever seen her use this thod before, except for the other peak masters and a few elders. Thus the only option left was that he had learned this on his own. This gave rise to a strange feeling within Shaoyan Qianyu’s heart, and she didn’t know what to think of it.
"That’s enough." She said, and Lin Mu extinguished the fla.
~phew~
Lin Mu took a breath of relief while thinking, ’thankfully she asked to stop early or she would have seen I have no actual control over it.’
"That confirms it. You are indeed qualified to receive the reward." Shaoyan Qianyu said before retrieving the token for the first place.
She placed it on the table and Lin Mu picked it up.
"Thank you peak master, for understanding . I shall not forget this grace." Lin Mu spoke.
"It is fine. Though once you are done, I want you to join the Herb peak." Shaoyan Qianyu added, taking the opportunity to nab him for her peak.
She could very well see that Lin Mu was obviously talented and would one day beco a Nascent Soul realm cultivator himself. While she could not tell his age exactly, she reckoned that he was probably less than two hundred years old, which made him more talented than Alchemist Bilao.
Shaoyan Qianyu now felt excited at finding this hidden gem.
"Will you be taking the reward now?" Shaoyan Qianyu asked.
"No, peak master. I still have a lot of preparations. Only when I am done, shall I deem myself worthy of choosing the right reward from the vault." Lin Mu answered.
"That is wise. Choosing the right herb for your breakthrough will be the proper choice indeed." She said, thinking that Lin Mu wanted to support his breakthrough with the help of herbs.
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