138, continue to be troubled by turbulent days

  These few are female, except for Xiū Qín who is in the middle of Jī Dì. The others are all at the beginning of Jī Dì. Their innate talents are average and they don't have a strong backing, being able to advance to Jī Dì is already a stroke of luck, even if after advancing to Jī Dì they had the guidance of a Yuán Yīng cultivator, there aren't many who can advance to the middle stage.

  However, they had been serving their master for a long time and had seen many grand scenes, so their vision was broadened. Mo Tian Ge didn't put them in his eyes, which immediately provoked their anger.

  Xiuqin finished speaking, Qingqi had already taken out her magic tool, while Xian Shu and Daitou took out their flying magic tools and chose a position to stand.

  Mo Tian Ge raised an eyebrow, looking at their formation. They had some knowledge of combat tactics and weren't complete amateurs. However, not being complete amateurs wasn't enough. Four Foundation Establishment cultivators, and female ones at that, with hardly any combat experience - she didn't think much of them.

  The four of them took their positions, but didn't immediately take action. It seemed they were waiting for her.

  The Wild Sky Song raised the corner of her mouth, and with a flick of her left hand, the Flying Heaven Dart shot out at Xiū Qín. In an instant, she herself stepped on a white silk handkerchief and flew away from her original position.

  Seeing her take action, the four people of qin, qi, shu and hua also took out their magical tools, some were flower baskets, some were colorful ribbons, in short, they were all beautiful things that women loved.

  Mo Tian Ge may not take them seriously, but she has a good habit of being cautious with any opponent once the fight begins.

  A golden light enveloped Xiū Qín, who raised a jade Ruyi. The Ruyi emitted a glow that deflected the attack. At the same time, the other three people used their skills to launch a flurry of attacks.

  Mó Tiān Gē didn't even glance at it, with a flick of his sleeve, he recalled the Flying Heaven Dart, and in an instant, his location had changed again.

  With this move, Mo Tian Ge had already roughly figured it out in his heart. The four people's magical instruments were not bad, but they indeed lacked experience in fighting against enemies. It was likely that following Jing and Dao Jun, they didn't need to fight at all, and on top of that, female cultivators generally didn't like to engage in battles, so their knowledge of combat probably came from Jing and Dao Jun's explanations.

  It's much easier now. Since entering Kunwu, Mo Tian Ge has gone through countless life-and-death battles. At first, he followed Second Uncle, and later he took the stage himself. The dangers he went through are unimaginable to these four people. As for fighting with magical arts, it's not just about relying on cultivation and artifacts. Sometimes, between life and death, it even relies on a flash of intuition, which is accumulated from countless experiences. Opponents without experience in fighting with magical arts are the easiest to deal with, because even if they know what to do at this time, they often can't do it.

  She tentatively attacked a few times, and then Mo Tian Ge released the Soul Lantern. If it were an experienced cultivator, they would have known that after seeing her take out the lantern and step on the Heavenly Cow, it was an illusion-type treasure, so they would have retreated to a safe distance. This type of treasure has very little use against cultivators who are skilled in combat, but these four people didn't realize this at all, still focusing solely on their own magic tools.

  The lantern of the demon's soul flew up, shining brightly. The song of the heavenly sky condensed its energy onto his fingers, guiding the light to shine down slowly.

  The four of them stood up at the same time and suddenly felt a blackness in front of their eyes. The surrounding scenery disappeared, and they were instantly at a loss.

  Suddenly, a golden light appeared on top of Xian Shu's head, enveloping her in an instant.

  "Ah——"

  Hearing their companion's scream, the remaining three were shocked. Xiū Qín was even more frightened and shouted: "How dare you kill someone?!"

  The response was Qingqi's mournful cry. Qingqi was currently battling a flying sword, her flower basket had the upper hand and she was feeling triumphant when several flying needles suddenly appeared beside her and shot in silently.

  Then came the pending painting, and the solution to the pending painting was still Fei Tian Shu. This time, however, it was arranged in a square formation, trapping the pending painting inside.

  "Despicable uncle!" Hearing the cries of several sisters, Xiū Qín couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly, "Even if you are a disciple of our ancestor, killing people with your own hands is too excessive!"

  As soon as she finished speaking, her eyes suddenly lit up.

  Moy Tian's song flew in mid-air, his smile cold: "Excessive? You also know I'm Shifu's disciple, how can you want my life?"

  Under her smile, Xiū Qín felt a chill run down her spine, but still replied: "My sister did not want Master Shī's life, just wanted..."

  "Lesson learned, huh?" Mo Tian Ge flicked his sleeve, and a tangible spiritual energy shot out, hitting Qing Qi Xian Shu Dai Hua's body as he lay on the ground. The three of them let out a muffled cry, but they didn't die.

  Xiuqin shouted: "Shifu!" Her voice was filled with surprise and anger. She was surprised that if something happened to these three people, as the eldest of the four, she would definitely be held responsible. She was angry because Mo Tian Ge didn't even consider that they were Shifu's disciples!

  Mo Tian Ge didn't budge, only giving her a disdainful glance before turning and entering the Spiritual Beast Institute: "Flirting? I'm not interested! Fighting? You're not capable! With this little ability, don't come in front of me again to embarrass yourself!"

  She spoke very rudely, but Xiū Qín didn't dare say another word. Since becoming the master's disciple, no one had ever dared to be so rude to her, not even those senior masters who were polite and courteous out of respect for their master. It was precisely this politeness that made her think she had gained some status, but now this unfamiliar master uncle was scolding them without any courtesy, making her realize that a disciple is always just a disciple...

  After carefully checking each seal, putting away food and water, sweeping the various spirit beast rooms once more, he finally exited the Spirit Beast Institute.

  The four arts of qin, qi, shu and hua are no longer present, presumably they have learned their lesson.

  Mo Tian Ge hooked the corner of her mouth, sneering in her heart. This world indeed can't tolerate people always being humble and yielding. After enduring humiliation, only the strong can gain some respect. In Yunwu Sect, she had no background, no backing, and no cultivation, so she had to be reserved. Now in Xuangqing Gate, she was Yuan Ying Shizu's personal disciple, with a certain amount of power, why should she overyield?

  Today I taught them a lesson, these four women should behave themselves from now on. If the others come to provoke her again, they will be beaten up just the same.

  At 4 pm, I went out to preach - seeing what's next to be done, Mò Tiān Gē was a bit worried.

  Logically speaking, as a mid-term cultivator of the foundation-building stage, she should be able to lecture on the Dao to Qi-refining disciples. However, her cultivation is based on the Hunyuan Dao, which is completely different from the current Dao. How can she explain it to the disciples of Xuangqing Gate? Even if she explains it, it would be useless for those disciples anyway?

  With such doubts, she ran to the great hall of the Upper Clear Palace.

  As soon as they entered the grand hall, they saw the four masters of music, chess, calligraphy and painting kneeling in front of Jinghe Daojun, who had a delighted expression on his face.

  What's going on? Mochen Song was completely bewildered and walked forward to pay his respects: "Master!"

  "Haha, little apprentice, come quickly!"

  Mo Tian Ge silently ignored Jing He and Dao Jun's overly excited smiles and walked past them.

  "Call her over," Jing and Daojun ignored her again, turning to the four people of Qin Qi Shu Hua: "What did she do to you?"

  Upon hearing this, Mo Tian Ge understood. It turned out that these four women had come to file a complaint, but judging from Jing and Dao Jun's expressions, the complaint didn't seem too successful.

  The one who spoke was Xian Shu. She carefully glanced at Mo Tian Ge and replied, "Except for Master Sister Xiu Qian, Master Uncle Mo knocked us all unconscious."

  Her words were plain and unadorned, but her expression was pitifully sad. After finishing speaking, she resentfully glared at Mo Tian Ge for a moment before lowering her head.

  Mo Tian Ge looks very speechless. She's not a man, what's the point of making gestures towards her?

  Little did they know, this was all a habit. Jing and Dao liked the charming side of women, so these female disciples would occasionally make some cute gestures to please their masters, earning their favor.

  This time, not only did Mo Tian Ge ignore her, but Jing and Dao Jun also didn't look at her. Instead, they laughed and patted Mo Tian Ge's shoulder: "Not bad, this is my Qin Jing and Daohun's disciple! Daring to disobey, won't a beating make you behave? Whining and complaining, isn't it annoying?"

  Moyuan listened to Jinghe Daojun's praise, her eyebrows didn't move at all. She dared to take action, naturally she had grasped that this nominal master would not make things difficult for himself because of a female disciple. Besides, the female disciples were always female disciples, they were apprentices, they didn't need to act like little women to please him, to make him look good, their cultivation and promotion would naturally protect them. With this master's personality of being fond of killing, how could his apprentice be weak? It was just that these female disciples looked intelligent, why did they come to do something as boring as reporting on others?

  This made her look down on these women. Xiū Qín, because of her deliberate reserve, saw her methods and naturally didn't dare say anything more. The other three, however, under the wings of Jìng Hé Dào Jūn, had cultivated a proud temperament and would not swallow this insult.

  However, the fact made them very disappointed. The reaction of their master's ancestor was not only not blaming this strange uncle, but also seemed to appreciate him!

  Ignoring the several female disciples' tearful faces, Jing and Dao Jun's mood was exceptionally good as he raised his chin towards Miao Tian: "This little girl isn't bad, I'm feeling great today, so I'll reward you with something. Consider it a belated apprenticeship gift - bring out all your magical tools and let me see what you're lacking."

  Upon hearing this, Mo Tian Ge's heart was filled with joy. The Dan Yao method wasn't a problem for her as she didn't lack it; the issue was that she felt her attacking methods were too few! At once, she took out all the magical tools and treasures she used in battle.

  White silk cloth, soul lantern, flying sky dart, earth escape ruler, flying needle, and the flying sword given by Master Xuan Yin when building the foundation that day. Mo Tian Ge thought for a moment and said: "Master, I still have a piece of Qian Kun cloud silk armor and a Cang Ling pendant on me, are these not needed?"

  Jinghe Daojun didn't respond, staring at the things placed on the table.

  First, pick up the flying sword and take a look. It's just an ordinary foundation-building disciple's equipment. The flying needle is a good thing, a stealthy killer. Later, seeing the Earth Escape Ruler and the Flying Heaven Dart, Jing and Daojun's eyebrows furrowed together.

  That stinky little brat, the Xuanwu Stepping Shoes may not have been refined by him, but they had his refining marks on them. And this Flying Heaven Dart, it was clearly something he gave to himself after building his foundation. It turned out that he had already given it to this lass a long time ago!

  Finally seeing the mí soul lamp and white silk handkerchief, Jing and Daojun's eyebrows became more and more tightly furrowed. This lamp is nothing much, its use isn't very great, but this handkerchief... what kind of material was used to make it, he actually couldn't tell!

  Put the things back heavily, Jing and Daojun shouted: "Four pieces of Fa equipment, two pieces of Fa treasure, and what you just said about some armor, are you still not enough? Do you know that most foundation-building cultivators only have one or two pieces of Fa equipment? You have Fa treasure and don't know how to be content! Take them all back, I won't give them to you, people's hearts are never satisfied, like a snake swallowing an elephant!" As he spoke, he turned around and shook his sleeves.

  Moyuan Song stared blankly, she had long known that this master was completely unlike other Yuan Ying cultivators who pretended to be mysterious and unfathomable. Xingzi was even more unpredictable, but now it's too exaggerated! Obviously, he was the one who shouted about giving rewards, how did it end up with her being ungrateful? It wasn't like she asked for it herself!

  Jinghe Daojun glanced over again: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and go do your thing!"

  Gritting her teeth, Mo Tian Ge suppressed the anger and put away the things. She turned around to leave but stopped halfway and turned back to ask: "Master, I was just about to ask, am I not qualified enough to learn this kind of thing?"

  Jinghe Daojun shouted again: "You're not qualified? You're my disciple, how can you say that you're not qualified to teach the way of Qi refining? Are you kidding me?"

  "But... Disciple is currently practicing Hunyuan Gongfa, which is a different path from theirs!"

  "What's the difference? They won't separate themselves, just go when you're called!"

  "Yes, the apprentice has withdrawn."

  Found no reason, singing in the sky, walking out of the Upper Palace, speechless to ask the heavens. What kind of karma did she create, ending up with such a master? Not guiding her, not giving her things, emotions fluctuating between joy and anger, having is equal to not having!

  Muttering to himself like this, Mo Tian Ge found the Execution Grounds.

  "Uncle... Master." The one greeting her was Luo Fengxue, still somewhat unaccustomed to calling him that.

  Mo Tian Ge saw her expression and understood silently, following behind her into the main hall.

  "With no one else around, Luo Fengxue changed her way of addressing him: 'Tian Ge, you've come for something?'"

  Mo Tian Ge smiled wryly and said: "Master arranged for me to come and talk about the Tao."

  "Oh..." Luo Fengxue suddenly realized, "You've already established your foundation, it's not strange that you're going to lecture on the Dao."

  "That's what they say, but I never said that..."

  "It doesn't matter." Luo Fengxue said, "Since the foundation has been laid and some experience has been gained, it's naturally deeper than a Qi-refining disciple. Whatever is said will do - what did Master Ancestor say?"

  "Hmm... Master asked me to come and lecture every day at 4 o'clock, for two hours."

  "What?!" Luofeng Xue was bewildered by the arrangement, "What is Master thinking?! Our Xuqing Gate already lectures disciples frequently, once every three days, even if you let him lecture every day, there's no place to lecture!"

  This is also why Mo Tian Ge thinks Jing and Dao Jun are intentionally making things difficult for her. Two hours every day? Is one person going to take on all the tasks of lecturing at the Xuan Qing Gate?

  "But... " Luo Fengxue's tone changed, "If you think it's a bother, I can arrange for you to teach the newly initiated younger brothers. This way, it's easy and you can also earn some credit."

  Moy Tian Ge thought for a moment, and it seemed that this was indeed the case. He smiled and said: "Then I'll have to trouble you with that. Master's arrangements, I couldn't refuse anyway. At present, my head is throbbing with how to make ends meet!"

  Luo Fengxue smiled and walked to the desk, took a blank jade slip, wrote something on it and handed it to her: "If you are going to teach all the Qi-refining disciples, you still need to go to the main peak. You can't just go to the entrance to teach new disciples. Take this to the mountain waist's Meng Xuetang and someone will receive you."

  Finally, Luo Fengxue let her have her way for once. Mo Tian Ge let out a breath and took the jade pendant as Luo Fengxue had said, heading towards the mountain waist.

  The Xuan Qing Sect has three ways to recruit disciples. One of them is the same as other major sects, where every ten years, the mountain gate opens and selects those with excellent spiritual roots or high abilities from various families to enter the sect. Another way is like Mo Tian Ge, where a cultivator above the foundation-building stage recommends someone, who then undergoes an assessment before being allowed to enter the sect. However, in reality, this person is brought into the sect by a Golden Elixir cultivator, so there is no assessment. The last method is for disciples within the sect to search for ordinary people with exceptional spiritual roots in the secular world and bring them back to the mountain gate. Disciples of this type often have outstanding spiritual roots and are immediately taken under the wing of a Golden Elixir cultivator upon entering the sect. Luo Feng Xue was one such person, whose older brother had also been a disciple of Xuan Yin Zhen Ren before failing to advance and passing away. After handling his disciple's affairs, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren went down to the secular world and happened to discover that Luo Feng Xue also had spiritual roots, so he brought her back to the mountain gate as a disciple.

  Except for the third-class disciples who are directly accepted by high-ranking cultivators, the other two classes of disciples must start from the Menggu Academy if they are below the fifth layer of Qi refining.

  So the disciples in the Meng Xue Tang were divided into two categories. One type was children with a talent level above three spiritual roots, who were admitted to the sect because of their sufficient talent and had no requirements for their cultivation. The other type was disciples with poor talent but still had potential, these disciples were often the descendants of the sect's cultivators and were allowed to relax the conditions.

  Mò Tiān Gē walked into the Meng Xue Tang, and the person in charge, a monk, saw her and bowed respectfully.

  "Unexpectedly, it's you who has arrived, forgive me for my lack of courtesy."

  Ancestor Master…… Mo Tian Ge heard this title and trembled. The one managing the Meng Xue Tang was naturally a foundation-building cultivator, but usually, it was the Qi-refining disciples who handled affairs. She was now an inner disciple of Yuan Ying Ancestor Master, with a generation equivalent to that of a Dan-forming ancestor master, so this title was not a problem. However, she had only recently advanced to the foundation-building stage and was originally just like these people, a small Qi-refining cultivator. Suddenly becoming an Ancestor Master was too great a contrast. Moreover, it was an old man with white hair who called her that, making it even harder for her to get used to.

  "No need for such politeness, I'm here for a reason. It's clearly written in the contract, what do you need me to do? Just say it."

  "Yes, yes." This cultivator of Qi Refining stage who had no hope of advancing in this lifetime did not dare to be even slightly rude to her, still bowing halfway, "Elder Sister Luo explained on the jade slip that our Ancestor came here to instruct the new disciples of our sect. However, Elder Sister Luo probably didn't know that each of our new disciples has a teacher directly responsible for their guidance, this is perhaps..."

  Is that so? Mo Tian Ge was dazed for a moment: "Just find something for me to do then."

  "This...this..."

  It's all casual now. The old man was still hesitant and evasive, and Mo Tian Ge felt somewhat displeased: "Can't I even accomplish anything here?"

  The old man shook his head repeatedly: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Master, to be honest with you, the highest cultivation here is only nine layers of refining qi. You can directly teach us, why do you need to give a lecture to new disciples..."

  Is this considered being too skilled and disliked? Mo Tian Ge suppressed the urge to roll her eyes, she just wanted to get through this period of time, why couldn't this old man understand?

  "I said it's fine, got it? Just let me sweep the floor and that's all, okay?"

  "This... I don't dare trouble Master Ancestor..."

  "Then I'll just sit here for two hours and do nothing, that's fine, right?"

  Thanks for Yang Yi's reward~