Chapter 126: Will, Seven Roommates
“Your disciple is unfilial and naturally arrogant, unworthy of your grace.
Now that the immortal path is severed, I cannot ascend the mountain to seek the Dao. I also lack the will to survive in obscurity and do not wish to become a cauldron or a tool for procreation, to be bedridden my entire life. I have only this remaining body, which still holds a hundred days’ worth of cultivation, and within it, precious blood that has not yet dissipated.
Qin Min now takes her own life to repay you. I hope Master will not discard it, but use it to forge artifacts or raise poison, and recover the medicinal herbs.
My body is already dead, my soul extinguished, and I care not for anything else. There is only my elder sister, who is not an immortal cultivator. I wish Master would take her as a menial laborer to provide some protection.
Your disciple, Min, respectfully submits.”
In Du Gu Guan.
The Dojo Master looked at the yellow paper with messy handwriting in her hand, her expression becoming even more wistful.
She had nurtured disciples for decades, and someone like Qin Min, who developed an arrogant nature so quickly and died so soon, was truly rare. It left her truly speechless.
However, looking at the will on the paper, all her thoughts about Qin Min eventually turned into a trace of pity.
*Poof!*
A small flame emerged from the Dojo Master’s fingertip and directly burned Qin Min’s will to ashes.
She murmured to herself, “Since you called me Master, how could I covet your physical body.”
At once, the old woman rose and personally went to Qin Min’s residence to collect her body and burn it, lest Qin Min’s corpse be buried and then coveted by others.
Afterwards.
Qin Min’s elder sister was not taken as a menial laborer. Instead, she was exceptionally taken on as a maid by the Dojo Master, who doted on her for a time. Her status was temporarily between that of an outer courtyard disciple and an inner courtyard disciple.
………………
On the Five Viscera Transport Boat.
Fang Shu looked back at Gu Ling Town, only to see it had turned into a sheet of misty river, no longer discernible.
So he completely withdrew his gaze, no longer looking back.
In the following days.
He, Du Yu Er, and Xiao Li Li were not assigned cabins. Instead, they were crammed onto the deck with the other immortal seeds from the town. No one even had a stool to sit on; they could only meditate cross-legged.
At first, Fang Shu could still chat with the two women to pass the time.
But soon, the two women disembarked at an immortal town under the Skin and Flesh Nunnery.
The three then parted ways, each heading to their own destination.
After the two women left, the Five Viscera Transport Boat sailed for another day and arrived at a vast, sea-like body of water. Fang Shu and the other immortal seeds stood on the boat, looking as far as they could see. All around was water, with no mountains or land in sight.
This sight caused all the immortal seeds to be filled with surprise and doubt:
“This, within Mount Lu, there are actually such lakes?”
“Mount Lu, Mount Lu, shouldn’t it be mountains everywhere!?”
While everyone was in doubt, some Refining Qi immortal cultivators finally emerged. However, they did not interact with Fang Shu and the others, nor did they have any intention of explaining.
The Refining Qi immortal cultivators simply went about their business, throwing down a pile of tokens from their sleeves. Then, they waved their hands, signaling the black-robed menial laborers on the boat to distribute the tokens one by one to everyone.
Fang Shu joined the queue and received one.
Since the immortal seeds from different towns often clustered together, and their distribution order was similar, many people were assigned the same token.
Soon, the function of these tokens became apparent; they were used to assign cabins on the Transport Boat.
Following the guidance of the black-robed menial laborers, Fang Shu walked to the bottom of the Transport Boat. He lowered his head and crawled into his assigned cabin, his brow immediately furrowing slightly.
The cabin was neither too big nor too small, similar to the Serpent Ship he had taken to Gu Ling Town. If it were for one person, it would be acceptable, with some space left for him to hone his tendons and bones.
However, when Fang Shu entered, there were already several people inside, and more people continued to walk in after him.
When the cabin finally quieted down and no new people entered, in the darkness, including Fang Shu himself, there were seven indistinct figures. Judging by their auras, there were both men and women.
They gathered together, each looking at the others, appearing somewhat silent.
Finally, a man’s voice, which sounded vaguely familiar to Fang Shu, spat and cursed:
“We’re all immortal seeds now, so why is the method of reaching the Immortal Sect still so stingy? It’s like we’re sneaking into a marketplace again.”
This remark drew much agreement, and the cabin soon echoed with cold laughter or sighs.
At this moment, a clear voice suddenly responded with a laugh:
“Fellow Daoist, you jest. We are here by way of the Spring Examination, which is why we have such cabins to live in. If it were the Autumn Examination, we would be no different from piglets, without even a place to lie down and sleep.”
Fang Shu and the others turned their heads towards the voice and saw a crowned woman. Her face was blurred, and her voice was unfamiliar. She did not seem to be someone who boarded the boat in Gu Ling Town.
Facing their gazes, she remained composed and proactively took out a pearl from her sleeve, then flicked out a thread, hanging it from the ceiling of the cabin.
Instantly, the cabin was filled with light, dispelling the darkness, and their faces were revealed one by one.
The crowned woman cupped her hands towards everyone and introduced herself:
“I am Er Dai Yuan. Greetings to all fellow Daoists. Now that we have the connection to travel together, we will be sharing a room for the next hundred days. It is quite a connection. Please take care of me in the Five Viscera Immortal Sect in the future.”
“Greetings, Daoist Er.” Someone responded with a nod.
Fang Shu remained quiet amidst the crowd.
His gaze shifted, quickly and subtly, scanning the other six people in the cabin one by one.
There were quite a few familiar faces among them. Or, to be precise, more than half of the seven immortal seeds in the cabin, he recognized!
The person who had complained first was named “Wu Dan.”
He was the lucky one who was admitted last in the Spring Examination, the one who managed to push others out by picking up someone else’s Unmelted Bone.
In the cabin, there was also a mysterious immortal seed dressed in a black robe, whose attire was similar to the boat’s menial laborers. From beneath his robe, something would occasionally writhe.
This person was none other than the Rat Lord from Black Tiger Hall. According to the list released for the Spring Examination, his name was “Black Rat.”
In addition, there was a woman in the cabin who looked even more familiar to Fang Shu.
As he looked at her, she seemed to notice Fang Shu’s gaze and proactively turned her head, smiling at him and blinking her eyes.
Faced with this woman’s proactive overture, Fang Shu remained unmoved.
Because this woman was from Bi Zhu Guan, the very one who had often competed with Qin Min and was suspected of having ganged up to kill Qin Min – Hua Xiaqing.
Apart from the aforementioned individuals, there was also a female disciple named “Mai Sheng Er” in the cabin. She was also on the Gu Ling Town Spring Examination list, but Fang Shu had no interaction with her.
After scanning the room, Fang Shu’s gaze finally settled on a man who was meditating with his eyes closed.
This man’s attire was the most eye-catching in the cabin. He wore chains on his hands and feet, as if he were a prisoner being escorted. Moreover, this person had white hair, making it difficult to distinguish whether he was human or demon.
Apart from Fang Shu, everyone else was also scrutinizing this person to varying degrees.
Fang Shu was puzzled.
This person, like the woman who called herself “Er Dai Yuan,” was someone he had never met before.
Yet, for some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity from this person.
*Zheng!*
Under everyone’s gaze, the White-haired Man suddenly opened his greenish eyes and coldly looked directly at Fang Shu.
Faced with this person’s gaze, Fang Shu did not flinch. Nor did he look away; instead, he stared intently back at him.
The immortal seeds in this cabin all seemed extraordinary. It was indeed quite interesting.
