People are Fighting to Break Their Diaries! They Forced Me to Eat Soft Food

132: Chapter 132: Master and Apprentice on the Opposing Side! Yun Yun: Is it because you’re naturally averse to smiling?”Whatever you all decide is fine with me.”

Yun Yun resignedly closed her eyes.

She kept telling herself that as long as she was frequently mentioned by Xiao Ting in his Diary every day, she would be the true winner.

”Good, then it’s happily decided,” Xiao Ting said, finding Yun Yun’s expression amusing, a hint of teasing in his tone. ”Well then, little Yun’er, I’ll be in your care from now on!”

Yun Yun’s eyes snapped open, her cheeks flushing as she retorted, ”We’re not at the Jia Nan Academy yet! I don’t have to pretend to be your personal maid now!”

”Just getting familiar with it,” Xiao Ting replied calmly. ”If you wait until we’re at the Jia Nan Academy to start using it, what if you can’t react in time and embarrass yourself?”

”That makes sense, that makes sense,” Yun Shan nodded, one hand cupping his chin, the other supporting his elbow.

”Master, whose side are you on, anyway?” Yun Yun turned her head and shouted in exasperation.

”Your master stands on the side of reason,” Yun Shan declared with an air of righteous conviction.

Xiao Ting was amused by his reaction.

Who would have thought you were this kind of ’Cloud Heaven Emperor’.

But joking aside, serious matters still needed to be addressed.

Xiao Ting and Xiao Yan both used their Flying Dou Techniques, following Yun Shan and Yun Yun towards the Cloud Mist Sect.

The Northeast Province wasn’t far from the northernmost Yun Lan Mountain of the Northern Province, but the group still didn’t arrive at their destination until the next morning.

When Yun Lan Mountain came into view in the distance, Xiao Ting made sure to jot a note in his Diary.

[As the saying goes, plans can’t keep up with changes.]

[I thought my first visit to the Cloud Mist Sect would be when the three of us came to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement. I never expected to be sightseeing here today.]

[Three visits to the Cloud Mist Sect, and the first one comes so unexpectedly. I suppose it means the Cloud Mist Sect’s fate isn’t sealed yet.]

[Who would have thought that Cai Li accompanying Yun Yun back to the Cloud Mist Sect would reveal that Yun Shan had been tampered with by the Hall of Souls.]

[Even more surprising, Cai Li conveniently dealt with a few Soul Hall Soul Emissaries, helped the Cloud Mist Sect activate the true legacy of the Gate of Life and Death, where offerings yield cultivation feedback.]

[Brother Yan, not even thirty, went to the Ancient Clan with Five-Star Dou Zun cultivation, yet still didn’t gain their approval.]

[Yun Potian, however, managed to catch the Ancient Clan’s attention and have records left about him. He truly was a man of exceptional talent and brilliance.]

[Even the legacy he left behind after his passing is so extraordinary.]

[An ordinary Dou Zun coming here wouldn’t be able to obtain the true inheritance.]

[Unless... they kill members of the Hall of Souls!]

[Yun Shan’s personality, after being altered by the Hall of Souls, isn’t bad. A bit like an old mischievous child.]

[Having Yun Yun act as my maid is probably his way of trying to mend the relationship between the Cloud Mist Sect and the Xiao Family.]

[The existence of Elder Yao, and the addition of the Hall of Souls as a mortal enemy, makes him desperately want to grow stronger and befriend powerful individuals.]

[...]

Xiao Ting recounted the events that happened at the Xiao Family the previous night in detail.

Most of these events were already known to the girls in the group, as Yun Yun had mentioned them.

But Yun Shan making her act as a personal maid was news to them.

[Huo Zhi]: Well, Sister Yun Yun got her wish.

[Yun Yun]: I don’t understand. Since we’re already cooperating, why do I have to be the personal maid?

[Cai Li]: That path was one you chose yourself.

[Xun’er]: It really was your own choice.

[Yun Yun]: I really dug my own grave.

...

Yun Yun and Cai Li were both chatting in the group.

The group of four, Yun Shan and the others, arrived inside the Gate of Life and Death, reaching the end of the fifth level.

As soon as they stepped onto the altar, a piece of information surfaced in Xiao Ting’s mind.

Plane Blessing: [Stand on the altar, reveal your soul realm and the Purple Heaven Flame, gain the approval of Yun Potian’s sword intent, allowing direct entry to the eighth level of the Gate of Life and Death for cultivation.]

Xiao Ting: ???

Come to the Cloud Mist Sect for a visit and end up with Yun Potian’s inheritance?

How embarrassing. Xiao Ting wrote this down in his Diary.

Beside him, Yun Yun, who had been maintaining a dignified posture, had a slight change in expression. She heard Xiao Ting clear his throat lightly and ask Yun Shan, ”Senior Yun Shan, if I were to gain the approval of your sect’s founding ancestor, Senior Yun Potian, you wouldn’t mind, would you?”

”Of course not,” Yun Shan replied without thinking, assuming Xiao Ting was joking. ”If you can gain the ancestor’s approval, that’s your own ability. As his descendant disciples, we wouldn’t question the ancestor’s decision.”

He answered too quickly for Yun Yun to interject, a flicker of helplessness in her eyes.

Master, oh master, I hope you can remain this generous later.

”With your word, Senior, then this junior won’t stand on ceremony.” Xiao Ting used his movement technique, his figure flashing to the altar several zhang away.

Before Yun Shan could react, Xiao Ting sat cross-legged, summoned the Purple Heaven Flame to envelop his body, and calmly released his soul power.

The altar beneath him seemed to trigger some mechanism, releasing a cyan energy that wrapped around him.

”Boom!”

A loud rumble echoed through the entire fifth level of the Gate of Life and Death, as if some power had awakened.

Immediately after, Yun Shan sensed a spatial fluctuation ahead. Xiao Ting, wrapped in the cyan energy, vanished.

”What happened!?” Xiao Yan’s expression changed drastically, his gaze turning wary towards Yun Shan and Yun Yun.

”No need to panic,” Yao Chen said, materializing from the bone flame ring, his tone filled with awe. ”This founding ancestor of the Cloud Mist Sect truly was no ordinary figure. He reached the Peak Dou Zun level in his lifetime, and at his peak, his soul realm was probably not inferior to mine.”

Yao Chen’s judgment was absolutely correct. After all, Yun Potian was someone the Ancient Clan deemed worthy of recording information about for future generations.

For these ancient clans, whether a cultivator can reach Peak Dou Zun is a fundamental distinction.

Before reaching Peak Dou Zun, even a Nine-Star Dou Zun is, in their eyes, just that—an ant of varying strength.

Reaching Dou Zun at a young age only indicates good talent, a genius or prodigy among ordinary people, but whether one can become a Saint remains unknown.

Among the great ancient clans, whether one’s bloodline can reach the seventh grade is a fundamental difference. Reaching above the seventh grade represents the potential, with proper nurturing, to step into Peak Dou Zun.

Peak Dou Zun is also known as the Nine Revolutions to Sainthood, the beginning of transcending the mortal to enter the sacred. It represents a cultivator’s exceptional talent, bloodline, comprehension, brilliance, and heritage.

Throughout history, countless cultivators have reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zun, yet no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t break through that barrier.

This is the chasm between genius and prodigy!

”Young Ting has gained Yun Potian’s approval and is very likely to receive his inheritance,” Yao Chen said with a chuckle.

”The inheritance of a Peak Dou Zun...” Xiao Yan revealed a relaxed smile, his eyes bright. ”That’s truly wonderful.”

Yun Shan: ”...”

Wonderful?

This venerable one doesn’t think so.

This venerable one thinks it’s utterly terrible.

”Master, why aren’t you smiling?” Yun Yun looked at Yun Shan with a smile, a sense of satisfaction rising in her heart. ”Is it because you’re getting old and don’t like to smile anymore?”

Yun Shan’s mouth twitched. He gritted his teeth and said, ”Yun’er, this is the inheritance left by our sect’s founding ancestor. An outsider obtaining it—who could possibly smile about that?”

Yun Yun was his disciple, practically his adopted daughter. How could she still be smiling now?

”You yourself just said that if Xiao Ting has the ability to gain the inheritance, it’s his own skill, and you respect the ancestor’s choice.”

Seeing what Yun Shan was thinking, Yun Yun, who had now transformed into a ’black-hearted cotton-padded jacket’, smiled even more brightly. ”How could the ancestor be wrong?”

Yun Shan was left speechless. After a long moment, he could only let out a heavy sigh. ”Your master indeed has no control over this matter. However, letting an outsider simply walk away with the ancestor’s inheritance won’t do. Fortunately, your master has already thought of a perfect solution.”

”Oh?” Yun Yun looked curious. ”What solution?”

Yao Chen and Xiao Yan also turned curious gazes his way.

”Betrothing you to Young Friend Xiao Ting as his dao companion,” Yun Shan said, a playful smile appearing on his face. ”Then Young Friend Xiao Ting would be one of our own, a member of the Cloud Mist Sect.”

”If you strive a bit more, have a few children with Young Friend Xiao Ting in the future, and they return to the sect with the inheritance to inherit the position of Sect Leader, that would be even better.”

The other three: ???