Chapter 30 My Mother's Last Name is Qin
At the same time, in Yuxiu Peak, in the hut where Liu Yunzi meditated every day, the disciples surrounded their master and talked about the afternoon's competition. Liu Yunzi was stunned. He had never asked about Shi Feng in the past three or four years. Who knew that his seventh disciple had developed such skills.
Liu Yunzi nodded repeatedly and said, "There are three good things today. First, you won the competition, winning honor for our sect. Second, I have never taught you anything, but you have never complained or given up. Not only have you made great progress in physical training, you have also mastered the bow and arrow. Third, you are so talented in refining equipment that you even forged a spiritual weapon yourself. Shi Feng, let me see your bow and arrow."
Shi Feng quickly handed over the Iron Dragon Bow. Liu Yunzi took it and examined it carefully. He said, "Very good. Although this iron bow is only a triple-restricted one, it is made of high-quality materials and has fine workmanship. Its power is enough to be equivalent to a sixth- or even seventh-restricted magical weapon."
It was already good enough for an ordinary disciple to have a magical weapon with five levels of restrictions. When Xiang Jun heard that this bow was actually equivalent to a seven-seal magical weapon, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "It's such a good magical weapon, Seventh Senior Brother, why don't you just give it to me? Master has always been unwilling to reward me with a good magical weapon anyway."
Liu Yunzi said, "You little girl, you don't work hard yourself, but you blame me instead. Humph, if your cultivation level improves, will I be stingy with my magical tools? But don't even think about this bow. It requires a lot of physical strength, and you can't pull it at all. Besides, do you know how to shoot an arrow?"
Chang Qing, who was standing beside him, chimed in, "Master, there's another piece of good news to make you happy." Liu Yunzi said, "Oh!" and Chang Qing pulled out a large bag from his storage bag. "Master, you once bet on Junior Brother Seven to win. These are the crystals you earned." Liu Yunzi was surprised and said, "So many, about five or six thousand, right?"
Chang Qing said with a hint of frustration, "Everyone bet on Junior Brother Seven to lose, but you bet on Junior Brother Seven to win, so of course you made more money. Master, this also includes my hard-earned money."
He looked at his master expectantly, but Liu Yunzi ignored him and snatched the spirit stone bag away. "If you're willing to gamble, you have to admit defeat! Stop being so fussy."
Shi Feng felt a warm feeling in his heart when he heard his master ignore everyone's gaze and bet that he would win.
Chang Qing said, "But Master, you didn't win the most. Another person also bet on Junior Brother to win, and he bet a thousand spirit stones, making a profit of more than ten thousand crystal stones." Liu Yunzi asked in surprise, "Really? There is actually someone like me who has a keen eye for talent. Who is it? Eh? Shi Feng, did you bet on it yourself?" Shi Feng waved his hands repeatedly, "It's not my disciple."
Chang Qing said, "It's an inner sect disciple from Fentian Peak named Gao Tuo. Gao Tuo's cultivation is quite good, but unfortunately, I heard he was injured while traveling not long ago. To make matters worse, he unexpectedly drew Liu Suifeng from Yantai Ridge in the first round, and was eliminated in the first round. Combined with these two things, Gao Tuo was quite unlucky. Who knew that this bet would turn things around and make him a huge winner." Liu Yunzi asked, "Why did Gao Tuo dare to bet on Shi Feng to win?"
Shi Feng explained, "Gao Tuo is my friend. We've gone out together to hunt monsters a few times. Maybe he saw that I'm a pretty good archer, so he bet that I can win." Liu Yunzi nodded.
The master and disciple talked for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Yunzi wanted to meditate, so he asked everyone to disperse.
After the disciples dispersed, Shi Feng had to go back to the Sword Casting Valley. The second round of competition would not be drawn again until the first round was completely over. Therefore, Shi Feng did not have any competitions the next day and prepared to go back to the Sword Casting Valley to finish the few tasks he had on hand.
Chang Qing accompanied Shi Feng, talking all the way. He knew that Shi Feng was good at refining weapons, so he planned to ask Shi Feng to refine a magical weapon. As they talked, they walked down the mountain road. The autumn air was getting deeper, and yellow leaves were blown down by the wind, covering the stone steps of the mountain road.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and a man fell from the sky, blocking the two men's path. Chang Qing saw him and hurriedly bowed and said, "Disciple greets Uncle Master!"
Shi Feng saw a young woman in front of him. She was as beautiful as a fairy and only one or two years older than him. However, since she could fly with a flying device, she must be an elder who had established the foundation. He hurriedly followed suit and saluted.
Although he had seen Qin Bing once from afar, he had long forgotten it.
Qin Bing said coldly, "Are you disciples of Liu Yunzi from Yuxiu Mountain?" Chang Qing said, "Yes, I am Disciple Chang Qing." Shi Feng followed up with, "Disciple Shi Feng."
Qin Bing's pupils shrank, "Are you Shi Feng?" Chang Qing naturally knew that Qin Bing was Ling Yun's master, and secretly groaned. Shi Feng didn't understand why, and said respectfully, "Yes, I am Shi Feng, the seventh disciple of my master."
Qin Bing was silent for a moment, then said, "Take me to see your master." Shi Feng said, "Uncle Master, my master just entered into meditation and has been instructed not to be disturbed." Chang Qing secretly stamped his feet. Qin Bing laughed angrily, "You are truly amazing! No wonder you dare to bully my disciple and even look down on me." Shi Feng asked in surprise, "Uncle Master, I am not disrespecting you, am I?"
Qin Bing said, "You are really good at speaking. I don't care if you injure my disciple. In a competition, winning or losing doesn't matter. But after you won, you actually dared to destroy the magic weapon that I personally gave to my disciple. How can I explain this?" As he said that, he threw the Thousand Shadow Ring that was broken into two pieces to the ground.
Chang Qing was afraid that Shi Feng would anger him further, so he hurriedly said, "Uncle Master, please calm down. My junior brother accidentally broke the Thousand Shadow Ring. It was definitely not intentional. Uncle Master, please understand." Qin Bing had been cultivating his Qi and cultivating his character, and he felt that his anger was inappropriate. The other party was only two Qi Condensation disciples, and it would be a loss of dignity for him to argue with them. He turned around and said, "Please ask Liu Yunzi to come and talk to me about this matter."
Shi Feng hurriedly asked, "How am I supposed to report this to my master when I haven't even asked for his name?" It was the first time Qin Bing had heard someone on the mountain not recognize him. He immediately said coldly, "Humph, just tell Junior Sister Qin at Yanfeng to pay her respects to Senior Brother Liu Yunzi."
When Shi Feng heard the other party's surname was Qin, he felt a sense of familiarity and said with a smile, "So my uncle's surname is also Qin?" Qin Bing was about to fly away on his flying device when he heard this and said in surprise, "No, it's nothing. Isn't your surname Shi? Now you want to deny it?" Shi Feng said, "No, it's my mother's surname is also Qin."
A surge of blood rushed up from Qin Bing's heart, and her snow-white face suddenly turned red. She was about to explode on the spot, but she finally held it back. A white light flashed, and the person flew away.
After Qin Bing left, Chang Qing sighed and complained, blaming Shi Feng for not knowing how to speak. Helplessly, the two of them could only turn back and try to disturb Liu Yunzi who had already entered a state of meditation.
Liu Yunzi listened to the two men's words, remaining silent. Chang Qing anxiously said, "Master, Seventh Junior Brother really didn't intentionally destroy her magical weapon after winning. This must be Ling Yun's own lies. There were hundreds of disciples watching at the time. If you don't believe me, ask them to testify. If you feel that we disciples have little influence, you can also ask the referee, Uncle Ye, to come and judge the case."
Liu Yunzi said calmly, "You still have to say this. Shi Feng is not the kind of person who would be so unreasonable. But if we ask Junior Brother Ye to come out, it will only make things worse. Why bother to let Tiejian Peak and Huiyan Peak become enemies over such a small matter? It's just a first-level spiritual weapon, which I can afford. Just compensate her with one. Then you can take Shi Feng to her to apologize. She is an elder and won't really make things difficult for you."
Chang Qing was a little indignant. "It's clearly her fault, so why do we have to pay for a ninth-level spiritual weapon? That costs several thousand crystal stones."
Shi Feng suddenly said, "This Thousand Shadow Ring is just broken. It's not a big deal. I can fix it. Master, don't spend any money." Liu Yunzi was surprised and asked, "Can you fix this?" Shi Feng nodded. "Disciple has already looked at it along the way. I happen to have the materials for this magic weapon. Although there are nine restrictions, only two are damaged. Moreover, these nine are all the same 'illusion' restrictions. I am confident that I can fix it. It will only take a day or two." Liu Yunzi said happily, "Okay, you can try to repair it first. If it doesn't work, come back to me."
That evening, Shi Feng returned to Sword Forging Valley with the broken Thousand Shadow Ring. His first round of competition had already concluded, and the second round would not begin until all five hundred matches in the first round had concluded, after which a new drawing would determine the opponent and order. Therefore, Shi Feng did not compete the next day. That evening, he began repairing the Thousand Shadow Ring. Although he felt somewhat reluctant, he didn't want to burden his master with the expense.
With Shi Feng's skills, it was not difficult to repair the Thousand Shadow Ring. It just took some time to adjust the connection combination of the nine restrictions. By noon the next day, it was done.
Shi Feng hurried back to the mountain to see Liu Yunzi. Liu Yunzi tried it and found that the magic weapon was completely restored. He was very satisfied and asked Chang Qing to accompany Shi Feng to Lengshui Cliff to apologize to Qin Bing.
Huiyan Peak towers into the clouds, and at the foot of the mountain are lush green trees. As we climb, the weather gets colder and colder. By the time we reach halfway up the mountain, we are greeted by a blanket of snow.
Lengshui Cliff is located on the northern peak of Huiyan Peak, some distance away from the main peak. Although it is not covered with snow, it is still very cold.
On the west side of this cliff lies a very strange spring. The water flowing out is extremely cold, yet it never freezes. Furthermore, if you throw ice cubes into the water, they will melt quickly, even faster than if you throw them into hot water. And no matter how many ice cubes you throw in, the spring water will remain unfrozen, only becoming even colder.
Qin Bing practiced the "Seven Mysterious Swords of Ice", one of the three unique skills of Tai Chi Sect. This kind of profound magical power originally required a cultivator in the Jindan stage to practice, but Qin Bing's Nine Spirit Ice Body made him the best candidate to practice this magical power. After Qin Bing established his foundation, he was taught to use this unique skill to protect the sect.
The cold spring at Lengshui Cliff is of great benefit to the cultivation of this magical power, so this place was awarded to Qin Bing by Jingxu Zhenren, the head of Huiyan Peak, as a place for cultivation.
On the south side of the cliff, there was an open space with seven or eight houses forming a courtyard. This was Qin Bing's residence and place of practice. Chang Qing and Shi Feng walked to the front of Lengshui Cliff. Following the mountain breeze, waves of "ding-dong ding-dong" sounds came, which was very pleasant to the ears.
Shi Feng asked, "What's that sound?"
"The sound of the zither," Chang Qing said. "Our Martial Uncle Qin, as her name suggests, is cold and aloof. She rarely interacts with others. Apart from practicing, her only pastime is playing the zither. It is said that she is very skilled in the art."
Shi Feng shook his head and said, "Qin art? I don't understand."
Chang Qing smiled and said, "Don't worry. She won't test us on how to play the zither. You don't need to flatter her by saying she plays the zither well. You don't know how to flatter her by force, and that will only make her annoyed. Besides, Uncle Qin's zither playing is just a personal nickname. She always plays for herself. Even if we go in to pay our respects, she will never actively play for you."
As they were talking, the two had already reached the door and happened to run into Ling Yun who was on duty. Ling Yun thought that the two were there to argue about what happened yesterday, and his face suddenly changed color.
Changqing hurriedly clasped his fists and said politely that he was coming to apologize to Uncle Qin on the orders of his master.
Ling Yun did not dare not to report it, but he thought as he walked along that if he was confronted later, he would never change his words even if he was beaten to death.
Qin Bing listened to Ling Yun's report, pressed the strings, and said, "Hmm," "Let them in."
Changqing and the other two came in and paid their respects respectfully. As expected, the table was empty, and the zither had been put away.
"Disciples Changqing and Shi Feng bow to Uncle Qin. Following Master's orders, we two disciples apologize to him. This incident all stems from my junior brother's momentary recklessness, accidentally damaging Junior Sister Lingyun's magical instrument. Master has already severely punished Junior Brother Shi and ordered us to go up the mountain and face Master's punishment in person." Changqing said, turning his head and glaring at Shi Feng, "Seventh Junior Brother, why don't you apologize to Uncle Qin and Senior Sister Ling?"
Shi Feng said helplessly, "Uncle Qin, Senior Sister Lingyun, I am ignorant of etiquette and have offended you two. Please calm down." Qin Bing was originally angry, but the two of them apologized profusely as soon as they came up. As she was the elder, she could not get angry and snorted, "Get up."
Chang Qing said, "Thank you, Uncle Master." He then took out the Thousand Shadow Ring and said, "This treasure has been restored to its original state. I am returning it to you, Uncle Master."
Repaired? Qin Bing was slightly startled. With a flick of her hand, the Thousand Shadow Ring flew into her slender hand. A slight infusion of magical power instantly caused nine rings of shadows to appear. She nodded, "I'm ashamed of you, Senior Brother Liu Yunzi, for having someone repair this treasure overnight."
Chang Qing said, "Uncle Master, this magical weapon was actually repaired by Junior Brother Shi himself."
Qin Bing glanced at Shi Feng and asked, "Do you know how to refine weapons?" Chang Qing said, "Junior Brother Shi has no spiritual roots, so he has been learning the art of refining weapons from Master Gan Chu. His skills are quite good." Qin Bing said, "That's not bad either." She has a cold personality and has always been a quiet person because of the martial arts she practiced.
Chang Qing, however, had been a bachelor for years and was very good at making small talk. He immediately said, "My junior brother has no spiritual roots and is not destined to pursue the Great Dao. He only practices physical cultivation and knows a little about refining equipment. How can he compare to the disciples under your tutelage? They are all young talents. Uncle Qin, you have astonishing magical powers. You are the number one foundation-building cultivator in our Taiji Sect, and you are also kind to everyone. We, the inner sect disciples, who number over a thousand, all look up to you with both respect and admiration. Even my master has praised you repeatedly and urged us to learn more from you..."
He showered him with compliments. Although Qin Bing's cultivation was much higher than his, he was still ten years younger than Chang Qing. How could he withstand so much bewitching? His expression softened as he said, "You are quite honest and loyal. Well, let's forget about what happened yesterday. I don't blame you. You can go down the mountain now."
Chang Qing thanked him quickly and pulled Shi Feng to leave. Shi Feng wanted to leave too, but when Qin Bing mentioned what happened on the mountain road yesterday, he couldn't help but say, "Uncle Qin, I have something to report." Qin Bing asked in surprise, "What?" Shi Feng said in surprise, "My mother's last name is Qin."
Qin Bing's eyes flashed with coldness, and he could no longer tolerate it. "What a slick talker!" He waved his hand, and Shi Feng felt a huge force coming at him. He couldn't stand up and fell straight out, landing heavily on the bluestone ground...
After leaving Lengshui Cliff, Changqing couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into laughter. The more he laughed, the more he laughed. Finally, he doubled over, tears streaming down his face. Shi Feng touched his still numb neck and said angrily, "Brother, what are you laughing at?"
Chang Qing pointed at Shi Feng and said, "Today, Uncle Qin's four-character comment on me is honest and loyal, and his four-character comment on you is glib. Haha, haha, if I tell this to Master, he will surely burst his belly with laughter. Haha." Shi Feng said unhappily, "Master's belly may not burst with laughter, but I think your belly has burst with laughter, Senior Brother."