Time Travel: The Heroine Has Arrived!

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: The Legendary Genius Junior Ancestor VS White Lotus Outer Sect Junior Sister (Part 5)

Gu Shengyin felt somewhat dazed, thinking, could this person be the real incarnation of ice and snow, unlike Gu Weixin?

She stepped back with a solemn expression and gave a proper and respectful bow to the man in white, “Disciple Gu Weixin pays respects to Master.”

The man in white’s expression softened for a moment, and he nodded to Gu Shengyin, “Good. Remember, my name is Ling Xiao, and you are my first disciple, as well as my last.”

From then on, Gu Shengyin took up residence at Lingxiao Peak.

As time passed, she increasingly felt that her Master, Ling Xiao, was quite unlike those from the mortal realm.

Besides teaching Gu Shengyin, he never interacted with others, he had no need for food, and even Lingxiao Peak had not permitted outsiders to step foot on it for thousands of years before Gu Shengyin’s arrival.

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It was truly hard to imagine what kind of life this person led. Wouldn’t he feel bored?

Half a year after arriving at Lingxiao Peak, Gu Shengyin finally asked this question.

The Venerable Ling Xiao was rarely startled, but he was a good mentor, and he would answer his disciple’s questions whenever possible.

Looking into his young disciple’s clear eyes, Venerable Ling Xiao furrowed his brows, pondering seriously before responding,

“Bored? The path of Sword Dao is vast and profound. Even if I exhaust my life, I cannot fathom even one ten-thousandth of it. How could I possibly be bored?”

Gu Shengyin was silent.

Everyone said that the Great Ancestral Uncle of Lingxiao Peak was as cold and detached as snow, unapproachable, and naturally a person with a cold heart and feelings, a born Sword Cultivator.

Gu Shengyin thought that he was not cold-hearted or unfeeling, but that he had devoted all his thoughts and emotions to the pursuit of Sword Dao.

If he hadn’t known that his end was near, and had not needed to cultivate a new Sword Saint for the Astrolabe Sword Sect, Gu Shengyin was certain that he would never have considered taking her as a disciple.

Venerable Ling Xiao watched his little disciple bow her head in silence. After a moment of thought, he suddenly had an epiphany.

“Are you finding it boring, Weixin?” He reflected. At this age, children indeed love lively places. He himself, being reclusive and unsociable since childhood, had forgotten that his disciple might not feel the same way.

Gu Shengyin was startled by the question. Indeed, she had not interacted with other people in the past six months, but this was not a particularly unbearable situation. Venerable Ling Xiao was an excellent teacher. He managed to convey his understanding of Sword Dao to his disciple in the simplest way, from which Gu Shengyin greatly benefited.

“It was inconsiderate of me,” Venerable Ling Xiao said before Gu Shengyin could react, having made his decision.

Gu Shengyin: What’s happening? Master, what exactly have you been thinking?

Soon, Gu Shengyin found out what Venerable Ling Xiao had in mind.

Every few days, a child about the same age as Gu Shengyin would be sent to Lingxiao Peak.

They had one thing in common: their Sword Heart was at the seventh rank or above.

According to Venerable Ling Xiao, anyone with a Sword Heart below the seventh rank was considered to have very poor talent.

Gu Shengyin could not help but feel amused and frustrated. She knew her Master meant no offense; that was just genuinely what he believed, deep down.

However, Venerable Ling Xiao soon realized his approach was not eliciting the expected response.

To those children, being the prized heirs of their own mountains, they were accustomed to being served and pampered. Arriving at Lingxiao Peak, where there was nothing, and facing a frighteningly cold Great Ancestor Master, not a single child wished to return after their first visit.

After much distress, Venerable Ling Xiao finally remembered someone quite suitable for the situation.