coobybook Chapter 137 Guiyuan Sect 12
Chapter 137 Guiyuan Sect 12
Not long after the five people left, a group of neatly dressed cultivators, all in green robes and with cultivation levels above the Nascent Soul stage, descended from the sky.
They exuded heroic spirit, possessed elegant posture, and had a solemn expression. The disciples watching from the sidelines instinctively dispersed and were about to leave.
"We received a report that some disciples are causing trouble in the market! Who dares to make a move in a public place within the sect?" the leading disciple shouted.
The surrounding disciples were all meek and submissive, not daring to look at the other party at all, and not one of them gave a reply.
The main reason is that they don't want to mention Cheng Jiu and the others. In their eyes, Cheng Jiu and the others are their own disciples, and they definitely want to protect them.
Moreover, Cheng Jiu and his group were in the right in this matter. Looking at the two disciples of the Enforcement Hall, the disciples cursed inwardly the meddlesome person who reported them.
Upon hearing this, the four female cultivators, including Lingling, had their eyes light up. It seemed that Guiyuan Sect still had some authority. Those people were going too far, daring to threaten their disciples with spears right there in the market.
"Please, senior brother, do us justice!" The four girls' voices were filled with grievance and tenderness.
The senior brother in the lead had a cold look in his eyes and spoke in a flat tone: "What happened?"
The girl stepped forward and said, "To be honest, I don't know how I offended the disciples of Immortal Lord Qingyang. They actually threatened me with a spear in front of everyone and even pointed an arrow at my head."
This is within the sect, in the marketplace! Such behavior completely disregards sect rules. Fortunately, my senior brothers have arrived, so there's a place where they can stand up for me!
As she spoke, her tone was sorrowful. She took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her face, her eyes seemingly observing the expression on the face of the senior brother in the lead.
The senior brother in the lead remained expressionless, unaffected by her submissive demeanor. However, when he heard that the disciple of Immortal Lord Qingyang was threatening his disciple with a spear and bow, he frowned and asked, "Is this true?"
"Senior brother, don't be fooled by their few words!" Yuan Lang said, "They were the ones who started slandering Junior Sister Cheng Jiu. Junior Brothers Gong Cheng and Gong Yu only intervened to protect Junior Sister Cheng Jiu's reputation! They only issued a warning and did not physically harm her!"
When the girls saw Yuan Lang speak, they couldn't help but feel resentful. It was that clueless guy again, ruining their plans time and time again. He was simply hateful.
The girl spoke hastily, tears falling like raindrops, her voice filled with unspeakable grievance: "He's in cahoots with Cheng Jiu's group. Please, senior brother, don't believe this person's one-sided story."
As soon as she finished speaking, the senior brothers, junior brothers, senior sisters and junior sisters around her started chattering all at once.
"Senior Brother Li, what Junior Brother Yuanlang said is true, I can testify to it!"
"Yes, it was these guys who started the conflict by slandering Junior Sister Cheng Jiu."
"Neither Gongcheng nor Junior Brother Gongyu laid a hand on this woman. Please do not believe her one-sided story."
The surrounding disciples almost all testified for Cheng Jiu and the others, their tone united. The faces of the group turned pale again. They couldn't understand why their methods, which had almost never failed before, had failed in the Guiyuan Sect.
The senior brother in the lead looked at the four of them and said, "You have slandered Junior Sister Cheng Jiu in the market, instigated infighting among the disciples, and disrupted the unity of the sect. Please come with us."
The four women stared wide-eyed. They hadn't done anything; they had only spread some information. And now they were being sent to the Hall of Law Enforcement?
"Please come, my four junior sisters! If you wish to remain in the Guiyuan Sect, the unity of the sect must not be compromised!"
A senior female disciple stepped forward and said sternly, "If they can achieve their goals through such methods, then these methods will become increasingly difficult to eradicate, and internal strife is the beginning of a sect's decline."
Regardless of their previous living environment, Guiyuan Sect absolutely does not allow its disciples to undermine the unity of the sect.
Seeing the group of people with serious auras, the four of them were directly intimidated, and their bodies became swaying. As the law enforcement hall of Guiyuan Sect, they have always been tough.
Seeing that the four people were standing there blankly and not cooperating at all, three more senior sisters came out from the group and escorted the four people into the law enforcement hall.
These individuals will inevitably have to pay the price for their words and actions.
Meanwhile, Cheng Jiu and her group of five arrived at the rental office. The senior brother at the rental office saw Cheng Jiu and his eyes welled up with tears. His tone was full of anticipation and excitement, as if he had finally welcomed his savior: "Junior Sister Cheng Jiu, you're finally back!"
Meanwhile, the little cloud beast, who had been bullying and stealing the spirit beast food from the rental area, heard the commotion outside and its plump white body emerged from among the spirit beasts in the rental area.
Seeing Cheng Jiu gently touch her face, Cheng Jiu patted the little cloud beast: "We've bought everything, let's go back!"
The little cloud beast obediently enlarged its body, carrying the five people towards Canglan Peak.
The senior disciple at the rental office waved his handkerchief and watched the five people leave: "Goodbye! You can come back to buy spirit beast food again in the future, but please don't leave this little darling at the rental office anymore, we really can't afford it."
Long time no see, this little devil is even more difficult to deal with than before!
The little cloud beast has never lacked spirit beast food since it started following Cheng Jiu, and it is not hungry.
But it wanted to taste what the spirit beast food in the other spirit beasts' bowls tasted like, so it took a bite from the left and a bite from the right, appearing and disappearing like a ghost. Not a single spirit beast in the entire rental area could escape its wrath.
Spirit beasts, especially those with good bloodline talents, are extremely protective of their food.
The little cloud beast didn't just snatch from one spirit beast; instead, it took bites from the left and right, sharing the spoils from every single spirit beast's bowl.
Some spirit beasts, whose tempers were just as bad and whose domineering nature was no less than that of the little cloud beast, could not tolerate such provocation.
The rental office, which had been calmed down by the senior members of the rental office, was in chaos again.
The senior student at the rental office looked at the scene and thought: "..." Heh, I'm tired, let's destroy it!
The little tyrant finally left, and the spirit beasts that had been provoked by the little cloud beast were furious. They jumped around, wanting to challenge the little cloud beast to a duel, and the entire rental area was filled with the roars of the spirit beasts.
The place was a complete mess. The senior colleague at the rental office forced a painful smile as he listened to the shouts. This money is really hard to earn!
I dragged my weary steps inside and went to soothe the group of little devils.
Upon returning to Canglan Peak, Cheng Jiu immediately went to find Xuanze and gave him the 2 jin of spirit beast food, lest he forget about it later.
Xuanze was very pleased to see the 2 jin of spirit beast. As expected, Qingxu's little disciple was a person of integrity.
Seeing Xuanze happily accept the gift, Cheng Jiu thought that the congratulatory books that Wen Sishu had promised her had not yet arrived, so she decided to take advantage of this time to make the robe.
Cheng Jiu went into seclusion to refine her magic robes. Gong Cheng, Gong Yu, Ying Yue, Wen Sishu, and the others couldn't offer much help, so they stayed outside to keep watch and also helped her tend to her farmland.
Cheng Jiu had already decided on the style of her robe from the beginning: a gorgeous long dress. After all, it was to be displayed in front of all the powerful figures who came to observe the ceremony, so it couldn't be too shabby.
Dressing appropriately and attractively will make your master look good.
Looking at the tailored dress, Cheng Jiu tried it on and twirled in front of the dressing table. The red dress was as bright as fire, making the young girl look delicate, radiant, noble, and beautiful.
"As expected of me, this design and style are really beautiful!" Cheng Jiu admired himself for a while before changing out of the clothes.
It's still just a blank garment. Later, patterns will be embroidered onto the clothes. Cheng Jiu only bought gold silk thread. If the clothes are simply embroidered with gold silk thread, even a bright red garment will look very monotonous.
Therefore, Cheng Jiu never intended to simply embroider with golden silk thread. The golden silk thread was like the ink of a talisman master, and the needle was like the pen of a talisman master. Although it was still just a simple golden silk thread, the addition of runes made the patterns on it lifelike.
Cheng Jiu had already come up with an idea for the design on the clothes: a five-clawed golden dragon soaring through the clouds, with vine-like patterns embroidered on the sides.
As a cultivator with multiple contracted beasts, one must know how to be impartial; either bring them all or none at all, unlike patterns such as phoenixes.
Cheng Jiu prefers dragons; she thinks they are very powerful and noble!
The Cloud Dragon is not only beautiful, but it also allows me to bring along both of my contracted beasts. The newly contracted vines can also add a touch of elegance to the corners. Thinking of my little green flame, I added some crimson sun patterns as well.
As she pondered this, more and more ideas emerged. Her red dress was covered in runes, and from a distance, the red and gold colors mingled, creating a beautiful and unique effect.
Finally, it's time for coloring. After all, although the previous items were made of spirit cloth and spirit silk and embroidered with spirit runes, they are far from being considered spirit garments. They are of no grade and anyone can make them. At most, the spirit runes are more complex.
If that were all, the price of spirit garments wouldn't be so high in the cultivation world.
The most important thing is coloring. Coloring is a skill of weapon crafting. Clothes are like ore, which needs to be forged. The requirements are very strict. If you are not careful, a piece of clothing will be ruined, and everything before will be in vain.
First, the ore must be transformed into spiritual liquid, and then forged step by step according to the rune array. This forging cannot be rushed, otherwise the initial pattern of the fabric will be easily destroyed, and the garment will be ruined.
On the forging table, the fiery red robe was enveloped in flames. Cheng Jiu carefully controlled the flames to prevent them from burning the robe.
Based on the messages conveyed from the hundreds of bottles of mineral spirit liquid beside him, he carefully dripped the liquid into the fire, guiding it to seep into his clothes.
Because it was her first time forging something that required such care and patience, sweat dripped from Cheng Jiu's forehead, but she didn't care at all. She was focused solely on the flames, afraid of missing even the slightest detail and causing the garment to fail.
This is no simple task, as the colors of the patterns must also be considered to avoid ruining the overall aesthetic.
Refining a weapon is also a process of giving it a soul, and a clear dragon's roar echoed in the room.
The flames died down, and a red and gold robe of the seventh rank fell from the sky.
Cheng Jiu reached out and caught it. Although it wasn't of high quality, it was the best she could refine.
After the clothes were finished, Cheng Jiu changed into them. She had previously engraved well-fitting runes on the clothes, and they fit her perfectly.
Wearing a fiery red robe, with a majestic dragon soaring through the clouds and shimmering in the sunlight, Cheng Jiu looked like an empress ascending the throne, exuding an indescribable aura of power and beauty.
Cheng Jiu liked her outfit more and more the more she looked at it. Not bad, not bad, as expected of her!
Next up were the recipes for the brothers Gong Cheng and Gong Yu. With their previous experience, they were more skilled after a few tries.
Hua Yang Cheng Jiu also made his selections, both Qilin, but one is a fire Qilin and the other is a water Qilin. Gong Cheng's is more gentle and reserved, while Gong Yu's is more flamboyant and domineering.
Cheng Jiu looked at the two outfits made according to her ideas and fell silent. Something seemed off, but they looked pretty good. So be it.
When it came to coloring and refining, Cheng Jiu thought that since the two garments were being made for his brother, there must be some kind of bond between them if they were made together.
But this was actually Cheng Jiu's sudden inspiration, and he had even prepared himself for failure.
But to everyone's surprise, it actually succeeded! The fiery red flames were divided in two, one half vibrant and the other icy blue, each not interfering with the other yet also opposing it, displaying a peculiar harmony.
A soft whistle came from nowhere, and two pieces of clothing fell from the sky. The left piece of clothing, like flames, vaguely appeared in the sunlight, with a Qilin riding on waves of fire rushing towards people.
The right-side garment is both calm and flamboyant, with a qilin riding the waves and carrying a pearl in its mouth, exuding an indescribable unrestrained beauty.
Even more strangely, there is an inexplicable connection between the two pieces of clothing. For example, if one of them is attacked, the other can immediately sense it, and the one wearing the clothes can even sense the location of the other.
Sure enough, these two garments, forged together, had a wonderful bond! Cheng Jiu was quite satisfied with these two creations.
Then Cheng Jiu promised to refine it for Yingyue and Wen Sishu.
First, refine it for Senior Sister Yingyue. Cheng Jiu chose the phoenix, the fire phoenix.
With the previous experience, this piece was very easy to make. It was a Hanfu style garment with an outer layer of gauze. A bright phoenix cried out on the hem of the skirt, making it both noble and radiant.
Finally, there's Wen Sishu. Cheng Jiuxuan gave him the Xuanwu pattern, and in Cheng Jiuxin's mind, Senior Brother Wen is the kind with maxed-out defense.
The ferocious and domineering Xuanwu (a mythical tortoise) on the clothes gives this originally very elegant garment an inexplicable sharpness.
After finishing crafting five pieces of clothing, Cheng Jiu completely relaxed, feeling a blur before his eyes, and fell asleep on the bed.
My spiritual energy was completely depleted. I didn't feel anything while refining, but as soon as I relaxed, all the energy in my heart dissipated...
Meanwhile, those guarding outside were either practicing swordsmanship, cultivating, refining pills, or farming, all enjoying themselves immensely.
During this time, Immortal Lord Qingxu also came over, bringing spiritual food and clothing for his disciple. Knowing that his disciple was making clothes for his Mahayana ceremony, he felt warm inside, as if he were soaking in a hot spring, feeling indescribably comfortable.
Hehe, look, this is his apprentice.
They didn't disturb Cheng Jiu, and prepared to wait for his results. However, since Cheng Jiu wasn't there, these spiritual foods benefited the other children in the courtyard.
Everyone had heard Cheng Jiu praise his master's excellent skills.
However, they simply couldn't imagine that the icy, snow-covered figures of Immortal Lord Qingxu would be involved in something as mundane as cooking.
Seeing the exquisite and fragrant food on the table, I suddenly felt a sense of unreality.
The four of them savored the food again, and then they felt a sense of disconnect.
Just as Cheng Jiu said, Immortal Lord Qingxu has excellent cooking skills, and his food is so delicious!
Is this reasonable? A sword cultivator is also a ninth-grade spirit food master. Oh, right, he can also refine pills and craft weapons. Is there anything he can't do?
The four of them were stunned by the delicious food. No wonder he was Cheng Jiu's master, a freak passed down from generation to generation!
It's delicious, absolutely delicious!
Is this what Junior Sister Cheng Jiu has been eating lately? I'm so envious!
Thinking to themselves, they ate a little faster, the four of them almost blurring each other's vision as they picked up food!