Senior, I Will Definitely Not Disappoint You!

"That girl!"

Su'en looked touched. It seemed that his junior had been worried about his safety, so she had left the Heavenly Domain to search for him. There were a total of four entrances to the Heavenly Domain. He had taken the Purple Star Gate's cloud shuttle back, so he hadn't returned from where he had first left, and he and Ye Lingyun hadn't bumped into each other there.

"Stay here and practice your cultivation. I'll go find your senior." With that, Su'en flew towards the exit of the Heavenly Domain.

"When can I reach a realm that allows me to fly in the sky?" Chen Ziling's eyes were filled with envy and yearning as she watched Su'en's figure grow further and further away in the sky. Flying freely in the sky had always been her greatest dream; unfortunately, only those who had reached the Golden Core Realm could do so.

How many years would she have to cultivate before becoming like her senior?

...

After leaving the Heavenly Domain, Su'en searched along the route he had taken before.

Two hours later, he finally found Ye Lingyun. She was riding a spirit horse across the grassland, her eyes filled with worry.

"Junior!" Su'en's voice traveled down from the sky.

Ye Lingyun quickly stopped the horse and looked up. When she saw that it was Su'en, she relaxed.

"I can't believe you came out here looking for me. Do you have no faith in me, or were you worried about my safety?" Su'en asked as he floated to the ground, smiling.

"I do have faith in you, but I was a little worried, is all." Ye Lingyun fiddled with a lock of hair by her ear. "After all, you weren't back after a whole day."

"I took the Purple Star Sect's cloud shuttle back. They faced some delays, so they returned a little late!" Su'en said.

"Let's go back now."

"Alright." Ye Lingyun nodded.

Because they weren't in a rush, the two of them slowly walked back to the Heavenly Domain on the grassland. It also gave them a chance to admire the scenery along the way.

As they walked, Su'en told Ye Lingyun about the battles that had transpired yesterday.

"The Nether Temple. What kind of sect is it?" This was the first time Ye Lingyun had heard of this sect; it wasn't a familiar name.

"It's an assassination organization established by the Sky Demon Sect in Jingzhou. It was established specially to assassinate the most talented disciples of the Heavenly Domain," Su'en explained. He had learned this information from Gu Chuyao.

"If you leave the Heavenly Domain by yourself in the future, you must be vigilant. Don't be blind to trust every random stranger asking you for help. Over the years, many disciples in the Heavenly Domain have died because they let their guards down," he reminded.

"I understand." Ye Lingyun nodded, then asked, "Since the demon you fought is still alive, won't he come back to look for you?"

"He won't get that chance anytime soon." Su'en smiled and shook his head blithely. "Even for us cultivators, it's hard to come back swinging after losing half your body. Unless you have healing medicine refined by a high-level sect, you can't just automatically recover from such injuries, not without decades. But if he dares to come so many years later, I'll show him what true cruelty looks like."

Hearing her senior's boastful words, Ye Lingyun couldn't help but laugh. But she believed that he wasn't joking: with his cultivation speed, he would probably be at the Spirit Convocation Realm in a few decades, maybe even the Nascent Soul Realm.

"I almost forgot. This is for you." Something occurred to Su'en; he casually took out a new cultivation technique book and a small purple bottle.

This cultivation technique was the Divine Lightning Sword Technique that he had recorded down, and the small purple bottle was the Divine Lightning Breath that Gu Chuyao had given him. Previously, he hadn't given the Divine Lightning Sword Technique to Ye Lingyun because the aura of Divine Lightning was too rare. If one didn't encounter a special blessed land, one would not be able to cultivate the technique to perfection.

But it was different now. A thousand wisps of Divine Lightning was enough for Ye Lingyun to cultivate the Divine Lightning Sword Technique to the second level!

"What's this?" Ye Lingyun asked. Where her senior was concerned, she knew that he was preparing to give her something as soon as he reached for the items.

"This cultivation technique is called the Divine Lightning Sword Technique. It's a low-grade Heaven Realm cultivation technique, and the sword technique which I used to cripple the cultivation of a Nether Saber Sect elder," Su'en said. "There are a thousand wisps of Divine Lightning Aura in this small bottle. It's enough for you to cultivate the technique to the second level."

Low-grade Divine Lightning? Ye Lingyun's beautiful eyes widened. Without realizing, her jaw hung slightly slack. High-grade Earth-rank cultivation techniques were already considered rare in the Heavenly Domain, but some powerful sects still had one or two.

However, Heaven Realm cultivation techniques were different. A stage meant a world of difference, and a Heaven Realm cultivation technique couldn't be compared to an Earth Realm cultivation technique. Currently, other than the few high-level sects, there were no records of the remaining sects having Heaven Realm cultivation techniques.

During the Chen family's martial arts contest, she had felt that the sword technique used by her senior was powerful. She had guessed that its grade should be above her Golden Lightning Sword Technique–maybe medium-grade or high-grade, but not a Heaven Realm cultivation technique!

"This cultivation technique is a sword technique cultivated by the Divine Lightning Sword Master of our Dao Sect. If you cultivate it to perfection, you can connect with the divine lightning in the sky!" Su'en said.

"Connect with…?" Ye Lingyun asked, looking at the small purple bottle in her hand. "Senior, what level have you reached?"

"I've already cultivated the technique to the perfected third major level!" From Ye Lingyun's question, Su'en knew what she was thinking. If he said that he had only cultivated the technique to its first level, his junior would probably reject him, and it would take half a day to change her mind. He might as well say that he had cultivated the technique to perfection.

As expected, Ye Lingyun said no more after hearing his reply.

"The Heavenly Domain Ceremony is coming soon. Work hard in your cultivation. Our Dao Sect can't always be at the bottom. It's time we rose in the ranks!"

After giving the two items to Ye Lingyun, Su'en turned and looked into the distance. In the horizon were mountains and dangerous terrain. Su'en's eyes blazed with determination.

The look in his gaze was inspiring and contagious. A sentiment of a different sort blossomed in Ye Lingyun's heart, and she tightened her grip on the small purple bottle in her hand.

"Senior, don't worry. I won't disappoint you!"