Chapter 611 - 607 Choice
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"Senior Sister, Senior Sister." A lively voice of Shen Hanyue came from outside.
"Coming." Xiao Ruoling responded.
She glanced at the small knife inserted under the stone table, then turned and walked away gracefully.
She pushed the door open and saw Shen Hanyue standing on the White Jade street, dressed in white like snow, happily waving at her: "Senior Sister, hurry, hurry."
Xiao Ruoling said, "Those courtyards are over there, they won’t fly away."
"The courtyards won’t fly away, but they can be snatched by others." Shen Hanyue replied.
"Hmm—?" Xiao Ruoling was puzzled.
Shen Hanyue hummed, "I heard Zhao Qingying hasn’t chosen a courtyard yet either."
Xiao Ruoling said, "There are so many courtyards, it doesn’t matter if one is missing."
"There’s always good and bad ones, it’s best to grab one before her." Shen Hanyue said, "It’s best to stay far away from her."
Xiao Ruoling smiled and shook her head.
The two walked along the White Jade street, heading east.
The White Jade street got higher as it went east, gradually rising onto a high platform.
This octagonal high platform had White Jade railings, carved with various Cloud Patterns.
Among the Cloud Patterns, several Strange Beasts were clustered.
In the center of the platform, there was a painted door pattern, with a Bright Moon painted on the door.
The two stepped onto this Bright Moon.
A badge on their waists flashed, and the Bright Moon beneath their feet instantly began to shine.
Bright and flawless, silver light gleaming, like a Bright Moon in the sky.
Moments later, the two disappeared, and the Bright Moon returned to its dim and unremarkable state.
They appeared on a White Jade octagonal high platform, looking no different from the previous one.
Under their feet was a door, but the door was painted with stars, seventy-two stars faintly glowing.
They looked at these seventy-two stars, and Shen Hanyue said, "It’s different from the door we went through on the mountain."
"Yes, that one only had thirty-six stars."
"Interesting." Shen Hanyue said, "This place is indeed different from ours."
Xiao Ruoling said, "We also have an Array there, but the Spiritual Energy is insufficient to exert power, leaving only military formation methods."
"Senior Sister, I’m both scared and excited." Shen Hanyue said, "Just like when I first entered Yao Yue Palace."
"What are you afraid of?" Xiao Ruoling smiled, "Isn’t this place quite interesting?"
Shen Hanyue said, "With Senior Sister Xiao here, I feel very reliable and not scared, but rather excited."
Back then, when she first entered Yao Yue Palace to become a Holy Daughter, she suddenly left her mother’s side and came alone to a strange environment. It was Xiao Ruoling who took care of her and accompanied her.
Taking over the role of a mother, so in her heart, Xiao Ruoling was both mother and sister, depended upon and trusted.
Xiao Ruoling said, "Here we have better mental methods, Strange Beasts, and precious treasures, allowing us to continue our cultivation upward, which is a blessing."
Shen Hanyue nodded vigorously, "It is indeed a good thing, I wonder what our courtyard looks like."
Xiao Ruoling walked forward.
After getting off the platform, there was a street paved with White Jade, ten zhang wide, with courtyards on either side, stretching endlessly, like a huge city.
In the distance, there were palaces.
Further beyond, there was the deep blue sky.
Underfoot were majestic snowy peaks, condensed from white clouds.
They kept walking east and entered a grand hall.
Above the hall were the three ancient characters "Weichen Hall", sparkling under the sunlight.
Within the empty hall, four girls in green clothes surrounded a girl in white at a White Jade round table, talking.
All five of them were as beautiful as flowers, with well-proportioned figures, like five blooming flowers.
Hearing footsteps, they all looked over.
Shen Hanyue exclaimed, "Zhao Qingying!"
The girl in white, surrounded by the girls in green, was indeed Zhao Qingying.
Zhao Qingying was slightly startled to see them.
Her cool gaze swept past Shen Hanyue and landed on Xiao Ruoling.
Xiao Ruoling smiled and nodded, "Junior Sister Zhao."
"Senior Sister Xiao."
Zhao Qingying nodded slightly, then turned her gaze back to the small courtyards on the table.
Chu Zhiyuan was within the knife, Super Sense enveloping a radius of ten meters, without spreading his Insight range.
He saw the small courtyards on the round table were carved from White Jade, but they were reduced models by nearly a hundred times.
There were several hundred small courtyards in total, well-arranged, with green trees separating them, far from each other.
In front of some of these small courtyard models, there was a small plaque with a name written on it.
He deduced that this was the owner of the courtyard.
Instantly scanning these plaques, there were sixty-three with names written on them.
Obviously, these were the numbers of True Disciples from Profound Yin Palace.
According to Xiao Ruoling, Profound Yin Palace had over ten thousand disciples, more than eight thousand Outer Palace disciples, more than one thousand Inner Palace disciples, and sixty-three True Disciples.
Now with the addition of the three of them, it made sixty-six.
"Senior Sister Xiao, Senior Sister Shen, you’re here to choose a courtyard too?" A girl in green asked with a bright smile.
Xiao Ruoling nodded slightly, "Can we choose any one we like?"
Another girl in green laughed, "Apart from the ones with owners, the rest can be freely chosen."
Xiao Ruoling and Shen Hanyue stepped forward, examining the small courtyards on the round table.
Shen Hanyue curiously looked back and forth, finally helplessly looking at Xiao Ruoling, "Senior Sister, which side should we choose?"
Xiao Ruoling examined these courtyards, then looked up at Zhao Qingying, "Junior Sister Zhao, how about we choose together?"
Zhao Qingying slightly furrowed her brows and looked at her, her cool gaze flashing with confusion.
She thought her attitude was quite cold already, Xiao Ruoling didn’t need to get close.
Xiao Ruoling said, "Living closer is good for looking out for each other."
They all came from Little Outer Heaven, and being True Disciples through understanding the Taoye Marrow Cleansing Technique, they had common topics of conversation.
It was essentially forming a small group.
In a strange place, grouping together for warmth was the best choice, going solo was too vulnerable.
Shen Hanyue’s clear eyes widened instantly, looking at Xiao Ruoling uncomprehendingly.
Xiao Ruoling, however, smiled and looked at Zhao Qingying, "I’m very curious about the situation in Green Cloud Heaven."
"Senior Sister—!" Shen Hanyue quickly tugged at her sleeve.
Xiao Ruoling smiled at her.
Shen Hanyue pouted helplessly.
She really didn’t want to be with Zhao Qingying, too arrogant, too annoying.
"...Okay." Zhao Qingying glanced at Shen Hanyue, then lightly nodded.
Xiao Ruoling smiled, "How about we choose here?"
She pointed to a location near the west, where three courtyards were all empty.
Shen Hanyue came forward, examining closely, "Senior Sister, isn’t this too far west?"
She saw from the occupied courtyards that those in the east had a higher residency rate than those in the west.
Obviously, the east was better.
But Xiao Ruoling had chosen a western location, not the furthest west, but not in the most densely populated east either.
Xiao Ruoling said, "This side is already not bad. I’ll stay here, the eastern one is for Junior Sister Zhao, and Junior Sister you can stay in the western one."
"Alright." Shen Hanyue agreed somewhat reluctantly.
Xiao Ruoling shook her head with a smile and looked at Zhao Qingying.
Zhao Qingying nodded, "Okay."
Afterwards, they followed the three girls in green out of the hall, heading to their chosen small courtyards.
Their current courtyards were about the same size as the ones below.
Next, they had to choose a master.
True Disciples could choose their masters, deciding which Elder to apprentice under.
These Elders were Venerables, with profound cultivation, more than capable of being their masters.
The cultivation methods of Profound Yin Palace included twelve types.
True Disciples could choose the method they wanted to practice first, then select a master based on the method.
They could also choose a master first and practice a certain method with the master.
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