My Master Knows It All

101: Chapter 97 Zi Zai Gao Jie_1 101: Chapter 97 Zi Zai Gao Jie_1 Om!

Feng Lianxin’s aura quivered, and he entered a seemingly inexplicable state of enlightenment amidst feelings of inferiority and shame.

Enlightenment?

Those who had followed were envious as they watched Feng Lianxin, the man who had shown off and been taught a lesson through a poem now gained a moment of enlightenment.

That was enlightenment!

A state many cultivators would never achieve in their lifetime.

Feng Lianxin felt as if mysterious characters were dancing all around him.

Although he had seen these characters and knew their meanings, within his moment of enlightenment, it seemed he couldn’t understand them at all.

The characters of enlightenment interwove, and from them, faintly came the clashing sounds of weapons in battle.

Those were characters, but also history!

Those were characters, yet elegies!

Those were characters, and also passion!

Those were characters…

yet not characters…

Feng Lianxin felt as though he had bathed in the river of characters for years.

When he next opened his eyes, merely a few breaths had passed.

He looked at Chao Zi Zai.

The man was like an iron tower, someone Feng Lianxin naturally had to look up to.

Now, as he gazed up at Chao Zi Zai, he found that he couldn’t quite make out the other’s features—so towering was he!

“Feng Lianxin pays respects to his benefactor,” Feng Lianxin said without a moment’s hesitation, before kneeling in front of Chao Zi Zai and knocking his forehead to the ground nine times in rapid succession.

Chao Zi Zai was by no means a fool, just rugged in appearance.

He immediately understood that he had passed a test and that his recent words had directly brought about the other’s enlightenment.

“Old Cao, not bad!

Maybe I should just switch to cultivating the literary arts,” Chao Zi Zai transmitted to Cao Zhen through a secret voice, “Maybe…”

“No maybes, you most certainly cannot,” Cao Zhen broke through Chao Zi Zai’s illusion directly through their secret communication, “If I can’t walk the path of literature, I can only show off by transporting poems and songs.

Such piracy within piracy, you shouldn’t hold out hope.

Better to stick to something else.”

“You’re right, I’ll just finish playing this role first,” Chao Zi Zai replied to Cao Zhen, then turned his serene gaze onto Feng Lianxin, saying, “Little Feng, the path of literature is like the myriad stars in the sky—you must remain humble.”

Feng Lianxin could only kneel and knock his head on the ground, not daring to even think of anything else.

Although his cultivation base might be higher than Chao Zi Zai’s, it was only because the latter had taken the wrong path.

“If Brother Chao is willing, I would like to go back and discuss it with our master,” Feng Lianxin said with his forehead pressed to the ground, “He could speak on our behalf and discuss the matter of transferring peaks with the esteemed Peak Master.

Although such things have almost never occurred in our Hundred Peaks Sect, with your talent and literary foundation, if you practiced the Literature Cultivation Technique…”

“No need,” Chao Zi Zai interrupted Feng Lianxin directly, thinking to himself that he only knew those two poems.

Transferring to their peak aside, it would also cut off his own cultivation path.

“Is it because of my earlier offense?” Feng Lianxin lifted his head, unable to believe the refusal, and quickly tried to make amends, “Just nod your head in agreement, and I would kneel at Seven Star Peak for a year, three years, five years… even ten years!”

Feng Lianxin knew well that such a literary foundation could lead to great leaps for his own peak.

With the immense debt of gratitude he owed to his master, what harm would there be in kneeling for ten years if he could bring such a person into their peak?

His recent enlightenment was worth far more than a decade’s work.

“It has nothing to do with that.

I am the senior disciple of Seven Star Peak…”

“Rest assured!

Given your foundation, if our master sees it, he will surely agree to offer you the position of senior disciple!

Our peak’s senior disciple would also willingly step aside,” Feng Lianxin hurriedly explained, knowing that the position of senior disciple was akin to being the future Peak Master.

A senior disciple of a peak was the future Peak Master!

Many people would be unwilling to transfer to another peak and lose the chance at becoming Peak Master.

The adage “better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix” holds true in both the Immortal Realm and the mortal world—it’s the same principle.

“What I mean is, I am the prime disciple of Seven Star Peak and should take good care of Seven Star Peak,” Chao Zi Zai said, feeling insulted.

He spoke irritably, “What do you think I am?”

Feng Lianxin felt like crying at that moment.

How could the person who composed such a grand and imposing verse be so narrow-minded?

How could the heart of someone who wrote such moving poetry be so constricted?

“Feng, tell me, did I pass the assessment?”

“Brother Chao certainly passed,” He Xiaofu interrupted before Feng Lianxin could speak, moving gracefully and swaying her hips as she approached Chao Zi Zai, revealing a soft smile, “Sister has underestimated you, Brother Chao, please forgive me…”

“So, when will I get my money?” Chao Zi Zai asked the question that concerned him the most.

Seven Star Peak was not much better than Four Treasures Peak used to be.

Why had he wasted so much breath before?

Wasn’t it all for the sake of money?

The few people from the assessment team who listened to the sounds in the air even began to doubt their own ears.

Had they malfunctioned?

Even they, who were not particularly well-versed in poetry and prose, had been moved by those two poems.

They could feel the boldness within the verses, the overwhelming momentum, that kind of stirring emotion.

It was clear how astonishing the two poems were.

Yet the author of these two poems, he…

he actually…

The delicate face of He Xiaofu froze with her flower-like smile.

She stood as if rooted to the spot by a spell, questioning her life, wondering what she had just heard.

Money?

Had she heard wrong?

How could Brother Chao, a man of such literary talent and capable of creating such broad and majestic works, speak of money?

Placing that word next to Brother Chao was the greatest defamation to him!

Brother Chao, he…

He Xiaofu’s eyes, clear as water, looked around.

They took in the weeds underfoot, the low houses in the distance, and she suddenly understood—Brother Chao was being dragged down by Seven Star Peak.

Not to mention comparing it with her Jade Upright Peak, even among the minor peaks they had selected as a mere formality, Seven Star Peak was one of the lowest ranked.

Look at Brother Chao’s clothing—when people from the peaks met the assessment team, which one of them wasn’t dressed properly?

After all, passing the assessment meant they would have to go down the mountain.

Descending the mountain, they represented the face of the Hundred Peaks Sect.

If you went out dressed so shabbily, wouldn’t you lose face for the Hundred Peaks Sect?

The assessment team would not have a good first impression upon meeting them.

But Brother Chao still came to meet them dressed so shabbily.

He must have had no choice.

Therefore, Brother Chao’s eagerness for money must also be aimed at supporting his Seven Star Peak.

He Xiaofu sighed inwardly.

Why, of all people, did such a dazzling talent like Brother Chao belong to Seven Star Peak?

If her Jade Upright Peak didn’t only recruit female disciples, she would’ve wanted Brother Chao to join them.

But even if Jade Upright Peak recruited male disciples, Brother Chao would probably not join.

Feng Lianxin’s Final Verse Peak was ranked forty-third, over fifty places higher than Seven Star Peak.

Feng Lianxin had already secured the position of Senior Disciple in the peak, yet Brother Chao still refused, because he was the foremost disciple of Seven Star Peak!

What a breadth of spirit!

And it was precisely because of such spirit that Brother Chao was able to produce such astounding poetry!