Chapter 5

"Junior Sister!"

"Here!"

"Listen to the question!"

"Yes!"

Li Changshou waved his sleeve, and the little girl sitting cross-legged on the grass by the lake suddenly perked up, instantly becoming fully alert.

"Suppose, Junior Sister, that your cultivation is at the Ninth Stage of Soul Formation. While flying along the road, you suddenly discover an uninhabited place where a cultivator at the Sixth Stage of Soul Formation is forcibly molesting a female cultivator at the Qi Condensation stage. What would you do?

Here are three options:

A, rush over and kill him; you would be the embodiment of justice!

B, throw a magical treasure from a distance to hit this person, then leave calmly, ruining his fun.

C, pretend you saw nothing and slip away."

Lan Ling'e blinked; the question and the options seemed to contain things she couldn't quite understand at her age...

Li Changshou smiled and reminded her, "It's a single-choice question, choose one."

"A?" Lan Ling'e answered with a hint of uncertainty.

Li Changshou said calmly, "How do you know this person isn't hiding his true cultivation, just pretending to be at the Sixth Stage of Soul Formation, and is actually already a Transcendent Realm expert?

Usually, someone who dares to do such despicable things without concealing himself is definitely a despicable and shameless person. How can you place your hopes on his honesty!"

"Then," Lan Ling'e frowned, "B?"

"Junior Sister, don't forget that you are also a female cultivator," Li Changshou sighed. "If all the assumptions in option A hold true, and this beast sees the beautiful Junior Sister, he might become even more beastly. Wouldn't you then be putting yourself in danger?"

Lan Ling'e's face turned red, and she felt a bit dizzy and disoriented. She weakly said, "But, Senior Brother, option C is not something cultivators of our kind should do. Father often told us when we were young that we should stand up and help the weak.

Father said that if everyone just watches and does nothing when they see injustice, what would happen if the victim were us?"

"No, Junior Sister, you must remember that in a peaceful and friendly environment, your thoughts are absolutely correct.

But the Primordial Era is not a peaceful place. Here, experts abound, and cultivators often fight over a single magical treasure or a spiritual root. Most of the cultivators who survive are ruthless and cruel."

Li Changshou stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the lake, and sighed, "Having such benevolent and righteous thoughts is hard to survive in this world.

What we should do is not to do evil, not to be evil, but also not to necessarily stop evil deeds.

Instead of acting heroically when our abilities are insufficient, it's better to live on and wait until we stand at the pinnacle of all beings, able to set the rules, and then change the living conditions of the weak in the entire Primordial Era.

So, do you understand?"

"Um!"

Lan Ling'e nodded vigorously, her eyes full of light.

At that moment, neither of the siblings noticed a wisp of green smoke drifting from a nearby thatched cottage, quietly floating behind them.

Li Changshou said in a deep voice, "Junior Sister! Now, if you have another chance to choose, say it clearly and firmly!

If you encounter a male cultivator molesting a female cultivator, what would you do!"

Lan Ling'e's eyes were full of light, and she shouted with unusual determination, though her voice was not loud, "C, pretend I saw nothing! Slip away!"

"Um!" Li Changshou couldn't help but give his junior sister a thumbs-up, feeling a surge of emotion.

Just two days of teaching had produced such results. If this continued, in a few years, he wouldn't have to worry about his junior sister getting into trouble and involving him!

Having a junior sister who knows how to be low-key and survive is really...

Suddenly, a cold wind blew from behind, and the hair on their bodies stood up. A hoarse and icy voice suddenly sounded from behind:

"Li, Chang, Shou!"

Click, click...

This was Lan Ling'e's teeth chattering.

Li Changshou's lips twitched as he turned his head and instantly forced a smile.

"Master, have you finished your seclusion? Are you going to start today's hard teaching for the junior sister...

Master, let's talk this out! Why are you taking out your duster!

I'm also your disciple! You can't abuse the older one just because you have a younger one, Master!"

"Rogue!"

Daoist Master Qiyuan's beard and hair were flying, his eyes wide open, and he raised his duster to strike.

"Teaching your junior sister to be cowardly and do evil! I will teach you a lesson today!"

However, as the duster struck, Li Changshou was enveloped in a green light and instantly appeared on the other side of the willow tree, bowing to his master and begging for mercy.

"Still using Wood Escape to dodge! You deserve a beating!"

Daoist Master Qiyuan was even more furious, raising his duster and chasing after him.

Li Changshou's figure gracefully retreated, continuously dodging his master's attacks. Daoist Master Qiyuan began to cast spells, and the duster in his hand grew wildly, creating a sky full of illusions as it swept across the lake, but Li Changshou, like an eel, always found a gap to slip through.

"Master, calm down, I'm doing this for the good of the junior sister."

"Our Sect of Immortals belongs to the Human Teachings, one of the three great sects! How did we end up with a disciple like you, full of crooked ideas!"

"Isn't it because Master has a keen eye for talent."

"Phew! I will clean the sect today, oh! I'm so angry!"

"Master, you're not handsome when you're angry..."

Under the willow tree, Ling'e, who was initially very nervous when she saw her master about to hit her senior brother, gradually started to laugh at the 'playful' chase between her master and senior brother.

She could tell that her master wasn't really using his full strength, and her senior brother's dodging was very relaxed and graceful.

After a moment of chasing, her senior brother seemed to slip and fall to the ground. Her master pounced and pinned him down, using the duster to beat his buttocks vigorously, creating a rhythmic sound...

After a while, Daoist Master Qiyuan, who had disciplined his senior disciple, stood up and tidied his disheveled robe, shouting at his disheveled disciple on the ground:

"Reflect on your actions!

From now on, you are not allowed to teach your junior sister how to be a person!

Go finish building the thatched cottage for your junior sister!"

"Ah, yes, disciple obeys..."

"Ling'e, come here! I will teach you the Dao! Forget all the crooked ideas your senior brother taught you!"

"Oh!"

Ling'e weakly responded, looking worriedly at her senior brother's swollen buttocks under his robe, and then at Li Changshou's right hand hidden in his sleeve...

That right hand gently waved at her, giving her a thumbs-up.

Ling'e felt a bit more at ease, then saw her senior brother's pitiful figure lying on the grass, and couldn't help but giggle, quickly following her master's back.

Her steps became lighter, and she gradually started to run...

Li Changshou lay there, sighing softly. A white cloud drifted by, slowly lifting him up.

Master really hit me!

Li Changshou touched his buttocks, sucked in a breath, and sighed again.

If I had known Master would really hit me, I wouldn't have let him catch me...

But it's not right. Master's face must be respected. After all, Master's chances of becoming an immortal are slim, and he's under a lot of pressure, which is already quite hard on him.

From the spells Master displayed just now, it's clear that his cultivation is superficial and his qi is unstable, indicating that he rushed his cultivation...

Well, I should think of a way to increase Master's chances of passing the heavenly tribulation.

Li Changshou scratched his head, lying on the cloud and falling into deep thought, slowly drifting to the third thatched cottage that was almost finished.

...

These past few days have been like a dream.

At the age of nine,

While shopping with my mother, I was chosen by an old immortal and taken as a disciple.

Although my parents were reluctant to let me go, this was a great opportunity. If I cultivated successfully, my clan would also benefit. So after a grand ceremony at home, with many instructions from my mother, I followed my master to the Sect of Immortals.

Then, I met a somewhat strange senior brother.

He had many long-winded theories that sounded reasonable but were always a bit off.

My master repeatedly warned me that my senior brother was a strange person and that I shouldn't learn from him, but I always felt that he was a very powerful cultivator.

There weren't many rules and etiquette in the mountains. The lake and the mountains were full of delicious things, and cultivation was quite interesting, at least not as boring as I had imagined before coming.

Of course, the happiest times were when I barbecued with my senior brother, fed the fish, wandered in the mountains, and found delicious wild game to fill my little belly, then sat quietly by the lake and listened to his crooked theories...

Will the days ahead be like this?

Huddled in a blanket of unknown material, Ling'e sighed softly and turned to face the window.

She suddenly felt a shadow moving in front of her, and her drowsy eyes widened, instantly waking her up, causing her small body to shiver slightly.

Outside the window, Li Changshou was lying on a white cloud, waving at her gently.

"Nighttime tutoring, young lady."

"Huh?" Ling'e blinked, then nodded slightly under the blanket, "Um..."

"Please listen to the second question!"

Ah, my senior brother is indeed a strange person.

...

Thus, ten years later.