Chapter 41: The Peaks Compete (Part 2)

"Senior Brother Zuoqiu, what happened to your face!" Gong Haorang exclaimed, his face full of shock.

"Cough, cough, how can you speak like that, Junior Brother Gong." Zuoqiu Wen's face turned red, and he coughed lightly.

"Since we can't agree, why don't we let the kid choose for himself? I bet he'll choose the Seventh Peak. After all, who wouldn't want a beautiful master like me?" The Seventh Peak Master, Qin Miaoyan, said with a charming smile.

"What do you women know? Step aside and learn from your Fourth Senior Sister. Look at her; that's what a lady should be like. No wonder no one has wanted you for so many years." Tang Yushan couldn't stand it anymore; these people really had no shame.

"What's wrong with being a woman? Who says only you men can cultivate geniuses? I may not have a suitor, but the line of people pursuing me could stretch from the Xuanjian Sect to the Dagan Imperial Capital, and I just don't want any of them..."

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The elders and enforcers looked at the masters of the peaks, their eyes wide with shock. Were these still the dignified masters of the peaks?

Zuoqiu Wen, seeing the masters argue more and more out of hand, felt a headache coming on.

"Where is that kid? Bring him here. We'll follow Seventh Sister's method and let him choose for himself." Zuoqiu Wen stopped the ongoing argument and said to Luo Xiuyong.

Luo Xiuyong glanced at Cui Yayun and said nervously, "He has already joined the Fourth Peak Master."

"What!"

The masters of the peaks were instantly furious. They had been fighting tooth and nail, and someone had already beaten them to it.

Tang Yushan stared at Cui Yayun in disbelief. No wonder Fourth Sister was so quiet today; he had thought she had changed, but it turned out she had already plucked the peach.

"Fourth Sister, that's not fair. This goes against the rules," Li Yuanqing said with a dark face.

"What's going on?" Zuoqiu Wen also felt something was amiss. Given Cui Yayun's character, she wouldn't usually pay attention to the recruitment of new disciples. How did she know about Chu Jianqiu before they did?

Luo Xiuyong had to recount what happened in Tianshui City.

Zuoqiu Wen and the other peak masters finally understood. The emergency jade token Luo Xiuyong had crushed would only transmit the message to one peak master, and once received, it wouldn't be sent to the others.

That day, it just so happened that Cui Yayun was on patrol, so she received Luo Xiuyong's emergency signal.

"So, this kid has already accomplished a great feat even before joining." Zuoqiu Wen stroked his long beard, satisfied. From Luo Xiuyong's description, the kid seemed to have a good character.

A martial artist with only talent but no character would not go far in the path of martial arts. Even if they could reach a certain height, they might stray onto the wrong path.

Like Liu Tianyao, such a person's character would inevitably lead them to the path of evil. Now that she had joined the Blood Slaughter Sect, she and Ouyang Yuan would likely become great enemies of the Xuanjian Sect.

However, Zuoqiu Wen wasn't too concerned. It would take many years for those two to grow into enemies that could threaten the Xuanjian Sect.

"Old man Yang actually hid under our noses for so many years. I never would have thought. He even dared to ask for a favor. This time, it's just his way of repaying the Xuanjian Sect." Zuoqiu Wen couldn't help but snort when he mentioned Yang Zhenhai.

"Fourth Sister, what you did was really a bit unfair." Although he had heard that Chu Jianqiu had joined the Fourth Peak, Tang Yushan still wasn't giving up, trying to see if he could poach Chu Jianqiu.

"Hmm, Third Senior Brother seems to be不服 (unconvinced). Do you want to have a fight?" Cui Yayun stared at Tang Yushan coldly.

Tang Yushan's face stiffened, and he retreated sheepishly.

In the Xuanjian Sect, in terms of combat strength, no one could match Cui Yayun except for Zuoqiu Wen and Changsun Yuanbai. Tang Yushan didn't want to be beaten up.

Gong Haorang and Qin Miaoyan, who had wanted to say something, also retreated when they heard Cui Yayun's words.

Li Yuanqing, though his face was dark, also couldn't beat Cui Yayun.

Zuoqiu Wen looked at everyone and chuckled, "Alright, alright. Since the kid has already joined Fourth Sister's peak, let it be. He's still in the Xuanjian Sect, not an outsider."

Everyone rolled their eyes at Zuoqiu Wen and left.

Zuoqiu Wen looked at their departing figures and then at Cui Yayun, gritting his teeth and feeling a headache. None of these people were easy to deal with.

It was a pity that Sixth Brother wasn't here; otherwise, he could have tried to snatch Chu Jianqiu from Fourth Sister.

Although Fourth Sister was strong, her laissez-faire approach to teaching disciples might not be the best way to cultivate Chu Jianqiu.

In Zuoqiu Wen's mind, the most suitable person was actually Sixth Brother Changsun Yuanbai, or even himself, to fully develop Chu Jianqiu.

However, as the sect leader, he couldn't force the issue with his own junior sister, and Sixth Brother was currently away, so he had to let Fourth Sister have her way.

Cui Yayun walked out of the meeting hall and let out a sigh of relief. Despite her calm demeanor earlier, she had been a bit nervous. After all, her actions were a bit irregular.

To prevent the other peaks from playing tricks behind her back, she had thought long and hard and decided to have Zuoqiu Lianzhu take Chu Jianqiu to the Fourth Peak early.

Fortunately, Sixth Brother wasn't around recently; otherwise, with his bad temper, he might have tried to snatch Chu Jianqiu from her. And that guy was incredibly strong; only the sect leader could slightly outmatch him, and no one else in the Xuanjian Sect could stand against him.

Most importantly, that guy was extremely picky and had never taken a personal disciple from the inner sect, looking down on them.

If he had seen Chu Jianqiu today, there was a high chance he would have tried to snatch him.

Zuoqiu Wen had some shame today; he already had over a dozen personal disciples in the First Peak, so it was embarrassing for him to compete with her.

Cui Yayun returned to the Fourth Peak and had Zuoqiu Lianzhu bring Chu Jianqiu over to formally perform the disciple-taking ceremony, officially making him a personal disciple of the Fourth Peak.

Cui Yayun gave Chu Jianqiu a thousand Qi Gathering Pills and a second-grade superior magical treasure, the Flowing Shadow Sword, as a gift, and then had Zuoqiu Lianzhu show him around.

Cui Yayun didn't rush to teach Chu Jianqiu cultivation techniques. This was something that couldn't be rushed; she needed to carefully examine Chu Jianqiu's bloodline, talent, and character to determine which cultivation technique would suit him best.

A cultivation technique that matched a martial artist could make cultivation much easier, while a mismatched technique could not only slow down progress but also affect the ultimate martial achievement.

For example, a martial artist with a fire-attribute bloodline would find it much easier to cultivate fire-based techniques, which would complement their bloodline. However, if a martial artist with a fire-attribute bloodline cultivated water-based techniques, it would be even slower than for a martial artist without any awakened bloodline, and it could even damage their bloodline.