(Yang Ruiya's POV)
After I separated from Senior Sister Xia, I quickly made my way towards the Twin Mountain Peak where I live along with other disciples of Master and Master's Daoist Companion.
In just 5 minutes, I reached there. It would be good if I was in the Soul Purification realm as I would be able to fly and reach my destination early on.
But it is sad... why do I separate from Senior Sister Xia... I met her after some days and they called me back.
No, I will go on a mission with Senior Sister Xia, and enjoy my time there.
Looking around at the foot of the mountain where many disciples of the sect and the Twin Peak mountain are standing while some are going up and down from the stairs.
"Look!! It's Senior Sister Yang!!"
"Did she come out from her cultivation?!"
"Tch... Why are you all getting excited? She is just a disciple!"
I ignored the disciple awed look and what I heard and started to climb the stairs. Along the way, many other disciples greeted me as I am a direct disciple of Master while I greeted some who are my Seniors here.
But, can't they just focus on what they are doing? Or if they have nothing to do, then go cultivate... only ruining the mood.
In some time, I reached the top of the peak and it is made quite luxurious as there are many places for disciples to live, a different place for the Direct Disciples to live, and along with that is Master's Courtyard where Master live along with his Daoist Companion.
I quickly went towards my living quarters and enters in.
I know I need to visit Master first but the moment I saw the smoke coming out of his courtyard, I stopped going there. I don't want to be questioned by him about what I said before.
But I also need to reach a higher realm too... can't stay weaker than her even though she joined late. And with her nature, she would definitely do something extreme to spend more time with Senior Sister, which she doesn't have.
I reached in front of my door and touched it, at the same time sending some spiritual energy to unlock it.
The door opened and I entered but inside I sensed someone, and looking over there, I saw a beautiful woman sitting on my bed or more like relaxing with her back leaned on the back of the bed reading a manual, completely focused on that manual.
But I am sure that she sensed me even when I was out.
Why?
Cause she is one of the Elders at Nascent Core Realm and at the same time, she is my Master's Daoist Companion.
"Disciple greets Elder Bai!" I respectfully greeted while bowing my head.
I actually had to kowtow every time I greet Master and Elder Bai, Bai Qian, but they made me not do it after it happened several times. I think they think of me as their daughter as they can't conceive a child easily. The higher one reached in the path of cultivation, the harder it is for one to conceive a child as their bodies are purified, making it harder for them to have the child.
Elder Bai lifted her head from the book and turned towards me with a small smile on her face.
"I knew you would come here after receiving the notice."
Elder Bai said that in a calm tone but I understand that she said it sternly at the same time.
"But there was smoke coming out of Master's courtyard, so I thought he may be busy refining some pill and failed...."
I panicked while I answered but before I was able to complete it, Elder Bai narrowed her eyes making me stop. I know she completely knows that I understood what happened at Master's courtyard.
"You know, there is no problem that you sold your Master like that... no I think you did the right as he was staying in his room for too long. But you have no need to lie. I know how scary Elder Lin could be..."
Elder Bai said exaggeratedly and released a sigh. I mean, I know that I shouldn't have lied but I just don't want to make myself appear bad in front of Elder Bai.
"Yes, I understand, Elder Bai."
I replied while bowing my head, I know my mistake here.
Elder Bai nodded seeing me bowed and indicated to lift my head.
Doing that, she also stood up from the bed.
"Follow me, Your room is prepared in the Cultivation Pagoda." Elder Bai instructed me to follow her.
I nodded and followed Elder Bai out of the room and the moment we reached out, I closed the door of my room and Elder Bai waited for me.
After doing that, Elder Bai smiled at me and places her hand on my shoulder which made a bad feeling arise in my heart.
"Just stay calm, Dear Ruiya." Elder Bai said amusedly making, and I confirmed the bad feeling.
No!! Elder Bai, Please Don't!!
I wasn't able to say that cause we both vanished from the place we were standing before. We are flying, at a very high speed that I only look around for 2 or 3 seconds during which I saw nothing and we reached our destination.
The moment my feet landed on the ground, I started panting without even paying any attention to anything around me.
It was scary!!! I felt my life leaving me two times in a single day!!
She didn't even give me the time to have my body covered in spiritual energy!
I lifted my head and looked at Elder Bai who just put on a calm expression even though I felt tears leaving my eyes right now.
She is cruel!!
"This is your punishment for lying to me before." Elder Bai said emphatically while glancing at me before she turned her eyes at the Tower, The Cultivation Pagoda.
The Cultivation Pagoda is a tower a little away from the center of the Sect, where the Main Hall of the Sect is. The Cultivation Pagoda is a 50 Floor tower upwards and 10 floors underground built directly on a Spiritual Vein, the veins that flow through the whole words and the place where they intersect makes that place a Heavenly Place for the cultivators, and this tower is also made on the same intersection making it have the highest concentration of the Spiritual Energy.
But thousands of Inscription Patterns were also used to keep the Spiritual Energy in the same place else it would have distributed all around the world.
After a few moments were all it took for me to calm down and look at the Disciples and the other Elders who are looking at me and Elder Bai which made a feeling of disgust rise in my heart.
Can't they focus on their work or if they want to greet, then do it? What's the point of staring like that?
That's why I like to travel out with someone... else I would definitely hunt someone who is staring at me like that.
Suddenly someone bonked on my head, with the same force that Senior Sister Xia used making me look at Elder Bai with wet eyes.
"Don't hiss at others like that." Elder Bai instructed me while making a punch with her fist again and her eyes look threatening.
I quickly nodded my head which hurts a little but can't complain as what I did was rude... but they should focus on their work more.
Elder Bai nodded and lowered her hands and indicated me to follow her.
While I followed her, many Elders and Disciples greeted her and some brave ones even tried to start a conversation with me which failed as they just starts to tremble from my stare only.
Elder Bai also kept quiet about it knowing that it is of no point to talk about it.
After the meaningless things, we reached inside the tower and climbed down the stairs after Elder Bai showed her Medallion to the Outer Elders who took care of the security around the Tower.
After climbing down two floors, we stopped and walked out of the stairs. The inside of the tower is filled with many rooms on a single floor and the more down you want to stay, the more Spiritual Stones or Contribution points are needed to spend... or have a Core Elder or Grand Elder as your Master.
Elder Bai stopped in front of a stone door and touched the side of the door where a small inscription pattern is made with a card in her hand, something she took out of her Intersapatial Ring.
The stone door opened itself and Elder Bai enters it, following her, I also entered in.
The sight inside baffled me completely.
Why?
Because there are Hundreds of Yang Crystals, and the same or even more amount of Spiritual Stones and the concentration of Spiritual Energy inside the room is 15 to 17 times more than the outside world.