[English is not my first language (in fact, it's my second and a half), so I will be using DeepL to translate all the stories I write from Spanish to English so I can get more audience and so on.
So, in advance I apologize for all the possible grammar and spelling problems or if you feel that the language/expressions are too mechanical.
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Six Celestial Rivers Sect.
Peak Temperance River - Disciple Pavilion.
Inside the disciples' pavilion, a place where the inner disciples of the peak were in charge of training their skills and cultivating, lay a young man with long brown hair, with his eyes closed and an expression of absolute calm, demonstrating his great concentration.
The young man gathered around him a great amount of natural Qi, invisible to the eye but visible to the body and its meridians, which excitedly consumed the energy as if it were the most delicious wine ever created.
Letting out a tired sigh, our protagonist, Jin Xiao, got up from the ground, interrupting his cultivation session after hearing the sound of voices nearby.
With his hazel eyes full of tiredness and some sadness, the young man opened the door to his box, watching in the hallway as his teacher, Luo Xiamei, walked accompanied by his junior brother and fellow inner disciple of the sect, Lin Fan.
The sight made the young man sigh even more, considering that until a few years ago, it was he himself who walked beside his teacher, sharing not only a position of privilege at her side but also her care and affection.
Now? The reality was completely different, for that position, which used to belong to him, had been taken away from him by someone not only younger but also more talented and handsome than him.
Jin Xiao would be lying if he said that at some point in his life as a cultivator he was not jealous of his junior brother Lin; however, the difference between their cultivation levels and cultivation skills was more than obvious, and obviously, as the sect's most prestigious peak master, his master, Luo, would place all her attention and care on the most talented of the current generation's disciples.
Shaking his head, the young Xiao closed the door to his box and returned to his original position, standing cross-legged around a circle of spiritual stones meticulously placed on the floor.
Even though he had been striving for the past ten years, his cultivation level, which previously stood at the peak of the Core Formation realm, had barely and just barely managed to advance to the middle stage of the Golden Core realm, an achievement to many, but one that paled in comparison to the extremely outstanding middle stage of the Middle Saint realm of young Lin Fan, who, at only 123 years old, had far surpassed all the geniuses in the sect, leaving everyone as babies in diapers.
Jin Xiao sighed once more and concentrated, using the method he himself had created to amplify, gather, and purify the energy of heaven and earth for his progress.
This process of inhaling, exhaling, circulating the energy, and letting it out was something extremely tedious but useful for the cultivation method Xiao was practicing.
After all, as a good transmigrator, his "system," if one could call his golden finger that, indicated to him that although slow, his progress was not only solid but also outstanding.
[Observation Interface.
Name: Jin Xiao (Meng Xiao)
Status: Depressed / Cultivating.
Title: 28th generation genius / Apprentice of Lady Luo Xiamei / Apprentice of Temperance / The wretch.
Rank: Silver.
Realm: Golden Core [Medium] (Core fully developed).
Techniques: Heavenly Sweep, Southern Court, Heavenly King's Judgment, Wretch's Torment, Perpetrator's Saber, Misty Concealment, Solar Saint's Overcharge, Preliminary Appreciation.
Attributes:
- HP: 700/700.
-QI: 1000/15000 (+1 p/m).
- Resistance: 1000/1000.
- Agility: 500/500.
-Celestial Arts: 2/3 (+1 available to learn)
-Demonic arts: 1/5 (+4 available to learn).
Observation: Body in excellent physical condition, but mind and emotions in a rather pitiful state; despite trying his best, he doesn't realize his own progress, is too hard on himself, and seeks his teacher's approval even when he knows she will never care for him as before.
That's right, his "system," that damn interface, while helpful and all, it was extremely annoying to read those remarks about it.
He, Jin Xiao, knew better than anyone what was going on in his head, and the internal conflict between his emotions that only he could feel, and he didn't need anyone, inanimate being or not, to remark on those things. Not after his first life.
Just as you hear it, this was not the first life of the fellow with the surname Jin; in fact, it was the third, to be precise.
His first life on earth was somewhat hazy in his memory; he only remembered the monotony of adulthood and how novels, cultivation, or otherwise, were his livelihood and his small day-to-day joy in such monotony.
His second life was somewhat more chaotic than the first, for there, he was the bodyguard of the Celestial Empress, a being extremely close to a god, but with the whims of a mortal and an attitude just as nefarious as his beautiful appearance.
For uncontrollable years, a little over 900 if memory serves, he took care of the empress and her whims, enduring all kinds of mistreatment, uncomfortable situations, and even an assassination attempt against the empress; fortunately, all that ended when the protagonist, one of the many "Blessed by the heavens," put an end to the life of such a vile woman, and with it, his own in the process.
Despite the unexpectedness of the attack, Jin Xiao was smart enough to use a relic from the imperial treasury to secure his transmigration into an optimal body, which is the current life he now has.
While he was grateful that he had the opportunity to walk the path of cultivation again, the fact that his feelings and emotions were getting in his way now was somewhat annoying.
He did not deny that he had developed feelings that went beyond what was due towards his teacher; however, he knew that with the talent of his current self, it would be impossible to reach the level of such a prominent figure as Luo Xiamei was.
Therefore, even though it pained him, he did not protest when Lin Fan gradually replaced him both in his position as a direct disciple (not formally) of Lady Luo and in the heart of his teacher.
So, having already spent 100 years since Lin Fan joined the sect and the peak of the River of Temperance, Jin Xiao decided to give up on his master and start his way away from her, away from his past, and above all, as far away from Lin Fan as possible.
And to achieve that, Jin Xiao went to the one person his teacher would never visit, and that was none other than the peak teacher of the River of Beauty, Xia Tiangmen. The renowned "Beauty of the Seven Heavens" of the Six Heavenly Rivers sect.
While her teacher, Luo Xiamei, was a cold but soft-hearted beauty to her disciples, Xia Tiangmen was a fiery beauty with sinful eyes and an icy heart, kind on the outside but ruthless on the inside.
The only person with whom Xia Tiangmen was truly friendly, or at least had appeared to be, was Jin Xiao, and that was mainly due to the synergy between their cultivation methods and the secret of the past shared between the two.
Bowing deeply, Jin Xiao respectfully greeted Lady Tiangmen.
- Greetings to the master of the peak of beauty, senior Xia. - The young brown-haired man exclaimed calmly and respectfully.
The woman, in loose silk clothes and pastel colors, turned quickly to observe with curiosity and some appreciation the young man, who, stiff as always, greeted her with too much formality.
- If it isn't little Xiao. As formal as ever, come in and sit down; the tea is just about to be served. I wouldn't mind sharing the cup with you.... Or something else~ - The coquetry in the woman's voice was impressive, so much so that anyone who didn't know her could take her for a real slut.
Just by hearing her speak, Jin Xiao knew that he would regret his decision, so, in order to make everything quick and painless for him, he decided to say his request at once.
- Senior Xia, I am willing to take the sect's mission to form a new branch of the clan in the untapped territory of the Qiangmen Mountains—dropped the bombshell, the young man.
The hand that elegantly held the red jade stone teacup shook heavily, so much so that it made the cup fall to the ground, with all the vital liquid.
The look on the woman's face was undoubtedly troubling, from the initial surprise in her gaze to the maddeningly dangerous glint in her eyes as she finally processed the information.
- Jo~ So dear, you finally gave in to that knucklehead master of yours and decided to surrender to my charms? Let me tell you, you are more resilient than you seemed at first. The woman slowly approached the young man and placed her hand on the young Jin's smooth cheek, feeling both his body heat and softness.
The crazed, almost Yandere look on the woman's face would have made him nervous at any other time, but now, not only did he not feel any discomfort, but that look filled him with security, with the assurance that the decision he had made, while upsetting, was the right one.
- That's Senior Xia, or should I call her ..... teacher Tiangmen? - the young man asked with some resignation and mischief.
Hearing those words from the mouth of that young man, the one she, Xia Tiangmen, for so long had longed for, made her heart skip a beat, and another part of her body as well.
- Ho ho ho ho ho~ Don't worry, little Xiao, Master Tiangmen will take good care of you ~ I will take such good care of you and pamper you so much that that stupid Luo Xiamei will be out of her mind in no time ~ .... Forever ~ - The words at the end of her sentence should have alerted Jin Xiao, but already being so deep in the well, why not go with the flow?
Thus, without anyone in the sect except the sect master himself, Xia Tiangmen and Jin Xiao, the move from the peak of the River of Temperance to the River of Beauty of a disciple had been successful, and not only that, but the plan to create more branches of the sect in other regions had kicked off.
And the ambassadors of such a stratagem would undoubtedly be Xia Tiangmen, as the affiliated sect master, and Jin Xiao, as the sect's direct disciple and manager of the sect's treasury.
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[Greetings to all my fellow daoist, my name is Guren, and I am the author of this novel.
I hope you enjoyed it, although I am not very good at English. I hope that using translation tools like AI and DeepL translator will make your reading experience more enjoyable and pleasant.
This is my first story about cultivation, so later I will upload a chapter explaining in a general way the dynamics of power and sects in the world of the Great Zhou.
Without anything else to say, greetings, and thank you all for reading.]