you can see illustration of the chapter at https://otakutl.blogspot.com/2020/11/cultivate-your-sister-v1c1.html
Do you believe it? No matter who it was, their destiny was pre-determined, and you were the person who was blessed by heaven and destined to become a cultivator.
In the early morning, the secluded mountain stream was as quiet as the dark night, and only the faint sound of running water and the cries of the kingfisher was reverberating in the ears.
The lush green grass exuded the peculiar fragrance of soil, and the surrounding clouds made everything around it appear so hazy and illusory, even just walking in this misty environment would make people feel the illusion of being in a fairyland.
With the breeze blowing, the hazy clouds and mists were gently pulled away like a veil that covered what was behind. Behind the veil was a cliff that seemed to rise into the sky. Under the cover of more clouds and mist, Xing Yun couldn't see where the top of the cliff was. The color of the cliff was as black as ink, and even faintly reflected in the morning light. The entire cliff seemed like it had been split apart from top to bottom by a heavenly sword; its steepness and danger were enough to dissuade those who wanted to climb the cliff.
Xing Yun stood quietly not far away, looking up at the steep cliff while doing simple stretches, turning a blind eye to the stress brought by the black color of the cliff; the slightly raised corners of his mouth seemed to be saying that today, he would conquer the cliff.
After warming up, Xing Yun rushed to a corner of the cliff like a rabbit, stepped onto a shallow dent, and jumped to a place not far above with the force of rebound.
In this way, keeping the "Zigzag" path, Xing Yun nimbly "climbed" towards the top of the cliff. Each foothold had a very shallow outline of one's foot. From this, it was not difficult to see that Xing Yun has been climbing in this way for a long time.
A few years of external body training has brought Xing Yun a very strong physique, and the climbing experience like this now also took up almost all his time outside of rest.
——Because he would never be able to have a good meal if he couldn't climb up this cliff.
Yes, this fairyland-like back mountain where he lived was actually a pit hacked out by Sage Yun Qing in order to get a quiet environment in the past. Xing Yun was thrown here, and only when he was able to climb up on his own strength, the sect would give him a decent meal so that he would no longer need to be accompanied by wild fruits and mountain springs.
This was one of the arrangements before the departure of Sage Yun Qing. It could be regarded as initial training or as a kind of protection for Xing Yun.
After all, Sage Yun Qing was the Supreme Grand Elder of Shang Qing Sect, and it was he who brought Xing Yun back to the sect and declared that he was his closed-door disciple.
Sage Yun Qing who had lived a carefree and unrestrained life had never accepted any disciples in his life, not even a nominal disciple. Being lucky enough to become a disciple of the Supreme Grand Elder was not only a matter of extreme honor, but one was also able to inherit his mantle and receive his personal guidance; thus having steady progress in their cultivation.
In addition, they may even become the successor of the next sect leader.
Although no one would say it clearly, most people would definitely not like to suddenly have a little Martial Granduncle; especially those inner disciples who outperformed other disciples in the inner sect and some current elders.
Those disciples all had exceptional talents; but now an "adversary" suddenly came out of nowhere, of course, they would be hostile to Xing Yun.
Time was an effective way to alleviate conflicts. When Xing Yun climbed the "Sword Cliff", the hostility and estrangement of the inner disciples and elders towards him would decrease a lot with the passage of time.
At least his identity would no longer cause that much gossips behind his back like when he first came to the Shang Qing Sect.
Although back then, they still didn't dare to say a lot of things behind his back.
This was like a saying that no matter how powerful you were, your mother would always be your mother. For them, no matter how unhappy they were, Xing Yun was still their little Martial Granduncle.
I have already given you so long to ease your emotions, but if you still refuse to accept it?
Then hold it in!
——Thinking it like this, the Supreme Grand Elder who adopted Xing Yun using crappy reasons was quite domineering...
Of course, such an arrangement still had a big drawback, that was, Xing Yun's temperament.
He who had been isolated from the rest of the world might have some extreme thoughts. Therefore, the simple environment and the guard at the top of the cliff were other arrangements or a remedy for nurturing his peaceful mind, in case if there were any problems with him.
This kind of arrangement clearly showed how much this Supreme Grand Elder cared for Xing Yun. Although Xing Yun didn't know it, the few elders and Supreme elders who have been taking shifts at the top of the cliff knew it well.
"Hey, this child has made great progress recently, I'm afraid it won't be long before he can climb up."
An old man with a long beard stroked his beard and laughed. There was a mirror made of spring water in front of him, and the whole process of Xing Yun's climbing was presented on the spring mirror in real-time.
Another young man chuckled lightly when he heard the words, put down the tea cup in his hand, and squinted his pretty red phoenix eyes.
"When my senior brother brought him back, I was surprised. Now it seems that my senior brother's had great foresight. He is only six years old, and only with a few external body training techniques, he can achieve something like this... Our Shang Qing Sect is truly blessed..."
"You are right, Second Supreme Elder. Our Shang Qing Sect is truly blessed." The old man nodded and stroked his beard again. "Originally, I thought that he had no spiritual roots, but who would have thought that this kid's talent was hidden so deeply. We have really hit paydirt!"
"Yes, and it doesn't cost us anything!"
As soon as the sound fell, a fairy came out of the cloud, riding a gust of wind.
Seeing the image on the mirror of spring water, she burst into a smile like a flower.
"Ara ara, I like this little girl. Let me make it clear first. When she came out, don't you dare thinking about fighting over her with this old woman!"
Keeping the bright smile like a flower blossoming in the spring, the fairy opened her mouth and uttered such a shocking speech. Not only that, but when the fairy said this, she took out a kitchen knife with a blade exuding the aura that of a treasure from her robe and chopped it on the stone table with the tea set and fruit plate, causing sparks to be spattered in smoke and dust. When the dust settled, the stone table, which was also a treasure, was split into three by the kitchen knife.
The fairy squinted her eyes at the two people in front of her with a gentle smile like she was saying, 'what are you looking at? If you keep looking, you will be next.'
The old man with the long beard at this time did not dare to speak. Fairy Yun Xia; from this name one could tell that she was a person of the same generation as the Supreme Elders. Regardless of whether Yun Xia would really slash people with a kitchen knife, and just by the seniority alone, he who was currently was just an elder could not be presumptuous in front of her.
The young man saw that his junior sister was planning to 'reason' with others again. As her senior brother, Yun Dan felt that it was necessary to warn her not to overdo it inside the sect.
"I mean... Junior sister..."
"What, you old geezer also want to fight me over the position of the acting master?"
"No..." With a twitch of the corner of his eyes, Yun Dan pointed to the little baby who started to fall on the mirror of spring water, "I mean, Xing Yun is a boy..."
"What!? A Boy?"
A moment of shock flashed across Yun Xia's face, but soon she recovered her previous gentleness, and even her smile became weirder and weirder.
"Isn't that even better?"
Note. Martial Uncle is a gender-neutral title in most wuxia and xianxia novels, it refers to one's status, not one's gender. In terms of why women are not called martial aunts, I also have no idea.
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