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Chapter 54 Siblings
Zhang Yunling didn't rush to refute her. Instead, he stepped forward and whispered in the black-clad woman's ear, "Didn't Brother Sun teach you a magic technique? Why did you still go to some ancient tomb to find cultivation methods for them to learn?"
The woman in black shook her head upon hearing this: "It's not that I want to keep the immortal technique that Lord Daotian gave me to myself, but that the immortal technique requires a special scroll to use and is not applicable to all Daotian disciples."
The woman in black took out a black scroll from her storage bag; it was the same magical artifact that had instantly teleported Zhang Yunling here earlier.
"This immortal technique can attach a kind of spatial power that Lord Daotian bestowed upon me to this scroll. Because my cultivation is not high enough, I can only release this power through external objects. That's why I crafted this special scroll to store spatial power."
"This is also why this immortal technique cannot be widely spread. The essential introductory technique of the Stealing Heaven Sect is something I found in an ancient tomb back then, and it is called the Shadow Escape Technique."
After saying that, the woman in black made a hand seal, and in an instant, her body, which was originally covered by black gauze and black robe, quickly turned into pure black, making it impossible to see any shape. Then, she slowly disappeared into the ground and vanished from the spot where the light had cast a shadow on her.
Only when the woman in black completely merged with the shadow, and even her aura disappeared, did the shadow begin to move rapidly across the ground. In the blink of an eye, it reached the shadow beside Zhang Yunling and suddenly burst out from the shadow.
"How about it? Isn't it incredibly mysterious?" The woman in black darted out from Zhang Yunling's shadow and said to him as if showing off.
"Originally, there was another scroll of cultivation technique in that ancient tomb, but I have experience entering tombs before. Generally, ancient tombs with such opportunities have hidden mechanisms. If I take both scrolls, I will definitely trigger such mechanisms and injure or even kill myself."
The woman in black recalled the scene, but Zhang Yunling then took out a scroll of secret manual from his storage bag and handed it to her, saying, "Is this the scroll?"
The woman in black looked puzzled, took the manual Zhang Yunling handed her, glanced at it, and exclaimed in shock, "The Divine Speed Ghost Step?! You actually obtained this technique? How did you get it?"
Zhang Yunling helplessly spread his hands: "As you said, taking both scrolls of cultivation techniques will trigger the mechanism, that's true. When I arrived at that ancient tomb, only this scroll of the Divine Speed and Ghostly Steps was left. After I took it, the ancient tomb collapsed automatically. At that time, my cultivation was still shallow, and it was a life-or-death crisis."
The woman in black paid little attention to his words. Instead, she carefully examined the scroll of the Divine Speed Ghost Steps manual as if it were a priceless treasure, muttering to herself, "This is a technique even more powerful than the Shadow Escape Technique... If we can learn this technique, the Thief Heaven Sect will be much safer when it launches its next operation!"
Before Zhang Yunling could speak, the woman in black asked urgently, "Can you sell this scroll to me? I can pay you with an equivalent amount of magic treasures or other secret manuals! You can also have spirit stones; I have many, many spirit stones. Is two million enough?"
"What?! Two million?!" Zhang Yunling was shocked by the woman's offer and broke out in a cold sweat. "Just how much did you steal?"
"This is the necessary funding for the sect to operate in the long term. You don't need to worry about it. I can take out two million spirit stones right now!" After saying that, the woman in black patted her storage bag again, and a storage bag that was even larger than the one hanging on her waist flew out.
"Here, two million spirit stones. Please check them." The woman in black handed Zhang Yunling a storage bag filled with spirit stones, and then immediately began to carefully read the Scroll of Divine Speed and Ghostly Steps.
Zhang Yunling's body stiffened slightly. He involuntarily took the storage bag. Having been poor his whole life, where had he ever seen so many spirit stones? This was truly a windfall, an incredible stroke of luck!
"Alright... fine, in my opinion, two million is just a drop in the ocean for your sect, so I won't stand on ceremony." Zhang Yunling somewhat shyly put away the storage bag, then put his hands behind his back and slowly walked towards Sun Jie's portrait, saying in a deep voice:
"I have a close relationship with your Lord Daotian. The reason why Daotian doesn't let you see her often is simply because she doesn't want you to rely too much on his power. She wants you to rely on your own efforts to be self-reliant and learn to protect yourself."
Zhang Yunling slowly turned around, exuding an air of maturity beyond his years. At the age of nineteen, he spoke the words of a ninety-year-old: "I am not the great prodigy of the sect you speak of. I was born into a poor family and was framed after becoming a cultivator. In the end, I entered the Quanzhen Sect through my own efforts."
The Quanzhen School is not what you imagine, a place where spoiled brats bully men and women. Instead, status is determined entirely by strength. Even if you are a direct descendant of the sect, if you are a good-for-nothing, you are hopeless and will ultimately be surpassed by those who have diligently cultivated.
As he spoke, Zhang Yunling walked towards the woman in black and extended his hand to her. "You and I are the same kind of people, but you are different from me. You have been blinded by the cruel rules of the cultivation world. What you need to do is not to rebel against these rules, but to use them to do what you want. Think about it carefully. Do you really think that you can change the laws of survival that have existed from the beginning?"
"Come, follow in my footsteps, and become stronger through your own efforts and beliefs! Make those so-called prodigies who once looked down on you finally submit at your feet!"
Hearing Zhang Yunling's words, the woman in black was so moved that she couldn't speak. The disciples of the Thief Heaven Sect behind her also stood there, not knowing what to do.
It wasn't until much later that the woman in black seemed to understand something. She took off her bamboo hat and black veil, revealing a head of long, dark green hair. Combined with her delicate and pretty young face, she was arguably one of the most beautiful women Zhang Yunling had ever seen.
"Thank you..." Tears welled up in her eyes, and she rushed over and hugged Zhang Yunling tightly. The other disciples of the Thief Heaven Sect looked at each other, each having gained something.
But no one noticed the barely perceptible wicked smile that flashed across Zhang Yunling's lips, which he quickly concealed. At the same time, he tightly embraced the woman in black, a genuine expression of his feelings.
"Don't cry, little sister. From now on, I'll be here for you. You won't be alone anymore, and you won't go astray again."
"Hmm!..." Upon hearing this, the woman in black could no longer control her emotions and was completely moved to tears by Zhang Yunling.
The two embraced for a long time before the woman in black remembered that a group of Thief Heaven Sect disciples were still staring at her from behind. She immediately tried to pull away, but seemed reluctant to part, and her movements became much slower.
Her journey has been fraught with hardship. Her parents passed away due to natural disasters and man-made calamities, leaving her, a woman, to struggle to survive. Zhang Yunling's bowl of chicken soup, like Sun Jie's, became a ray of light in her life, illuminating her dark and empty heart. The sense of comfort, like finding a support, was an extremely rare happiness for her.
"It's fate that we've met. I still don't know your name." Zhang Yunling raised his hand to wipe away the tears on the woman in black's face, and said gently, "My name is Zhang Yunling. What's yours?"
"Um, my name is Lin Wan'er. May I call you Brother Yunling?" The woman in black asked shyly, her cheeks flushed.
“Sure, if you don’t mind, I can be your older brother.” Zhang Yunling was much taller than Lin Wan’er, and he could easily reach her head with a slight raise of his hand. At this moment, he gently stroked her dark green hair with a doting expression.
And so, Lin Wan'er, the leader of the Thief Heaven Sect, was captured by Zhang Yunling, and from then on he had a sect that could take action for him at any time.