Ling Yunfeng gave a slight nod.

Shi Feiyang then asked, "So, are you looking for a great master to become your mentor in martial arts?"

Ling Yunfeng rolled her eyes at him, "They aren't qualified to be my master! My master must at the very least be a Sword Immortal! You know what I mean? Like this, with a gesture of their hand, the treasure sword flies out from behind them with a 'clang' and beheads someone a hundred steps away!

Don't doubt it, there really are Sword Immortals in this world! I'll tell you, many martial arts experts have Sword Immortals as their masters. Like the three great heroes from Shandong, the valiant Li Ning, and even the heroic Luo Xin, they are all swordsmen. And even more formidable than them are the Sword Immortals. I heard that in Tianjin there's an Immortal Market, where Sword Immortals can be found. If I don't encounter any on Yellow Mountain this time, I plan to head north, cross the Yellow River and go to Tianjin in search of Immortals."

Shi Feiyang was puzzled, "Have you ever heard of the Qingcheng Sect? Or the Snow Mountain Sect?"

Ling Yunfeng nodded.

"To my knowledge, the Sect Leaders of both these schools are Sword Immortals, and their Daoist Temples are spread throughout the world, in every province. Why don't you try to become a disciple there?"

Ling Yunfeng gave him another dismissive glance, "You say you're from the Capital, and I thought you'd be well-informed. But it turns out you're just as ignorant! We have Daoist Temples from Qingcheng Sect and Snow Mountain Sect in Changsha. I've been there! Those Taoists don't know any real spells, though they truly know martial arts.

The Taoists from the Qingcheng Sect's Tianxin Pavilion and Snow Mountain Sect's Yunlu Palace are indeed formidable. I've seen them in action with my own eyes. Their swordplay is so rapid that I couldn't see the movements clearly. But I don't want to learn the mortal martial arts; I want to learn the Immortal's art of Sword Control! The kind where with one gesture, the sword flies out."

Shi Feiyang thought to himself, if she had just revealed her name to be Ling Yunfeng and that she was looking for Sect Leader Tau-Shu Ling Hun, a path to immortality could have been hers...

However, he didn't like Ling Yunfeng's personality and couldn't be bothered to meddle in her affairs. Ling Yunfeng had some Immortal Bone in her, and Ling Hun knew that offspring from the Ling Family wanted to pursue Immortal Cultivation. He wasn't going to intervene if Ling Hun himself didn't, so he let her be!

As they continued on their way, another man and woman, both quite young, hurried after them. The young man too was a wealthy noble, delicate and literary in appearance but trained in martial arts, while the girl was shrewd and competent, emanating a lively and dashing aura. Both had treasure swords on their backs and moved swiftly toward them with nimble strides.

When they got closer, the young master said to Ling Yunfeng, "Yun sister, why did you run off on your own leaving us to search high and low for you! Brother Dai from the Dai Family guessed you might head toward Yellow Mountain, so we followed the trail asking around, and only when we saw someone from afar resembling you did we hurry over and find you."

Ling Yunfeng looked at him impatiently and gave him an eye roll, then introduced him to Shi Feiyang, "This is… a friend from Changsha City, his name is Yu Yunzhong; his family is in the silk business."

The other girl suddenly interjected, "Brother Yu is Yun sister's betrothed."

The girl was quick-witted; seeing Ling Yunfeng walking shoulder to shoulder with a strange man, chatting and laughing, she feared complications that could sully Ling Yunfeng's reputation and hastened to clarify things.

Yu Yunzhong was Ling Yunfeng's fiancé, something Shi Feiyang knew. He nodded and asked the girl, "How may I address the lady hero?"

She respectfully saluted, "Changsha's Dai Xiangying."

Shi Feiyang also returned the salute, "Oh, I am, from the Capital, Shi Zhongyu."

Dai Xiangying's eyes sparkled as she scrutinized him, proudly stating, "I've been training in Qinggong since I was young, and thanks to friends in the wulin, they've given me a nickname, 'Skimming Fairy.'"

Shi Feiyang nodded, "I've been cultivating Inner Strength from a young age, and thanks to the kindness of friends in the wulin, I've also been given a nickname, 'Chill from the Northeast.'"

Dai Xiangying was perplexed, "Why are you called 'Chill from the Northeast'?"

"Because my Inner Strength is profound, when I spar with others, I don't even need any martial arts moves. One palm strike from me can freeze someone's meridians with my unique cold Inner Strength, and ordinary martial artists can't withstand my palm force. I can even turn a cup of water into ice under the scorching sun."

"Really?" Dai Xiangying clearly didn't believe it and turned her head to look at Ling Yunfeng for confirmation.

Ling Yunfeng only knew that Shi Feiyang's Inner Strength was unfathomably deep, having not felt the cold Inner Strength herself just then, but she assumed he wasn't boasting and gave a small nod.

Dai Xiangying took her nod as confirmation and believed it to be true, pressing Shi Feiyang about where he learned his martial arts and who his master was. Unlike Ling Yunfeng, who only wanted to learn the art of Sword Control, she also wanted to learn martial arts.

Shi Feiyang's story was already planned out, "I don't have a master, so I don't know martial arts, but as a child I fell off a cliff and had a marvelous adventure. I ate an Immortal Fruit that transformed my physique and gave me an extra ninety years of Inner Strength. I've also found a Secret Manual and cultivated a body full of Inner Strength."

He bragged proudly, and both Ling Yunfeng and Dai Xiangying listened intently to his story, while Yu Yunzhong's gaze lingered on Ling Yunfeng. Seeing his fiancée so engaged with another man filled his heart with bitterness, but he forced himself to stay upbeat, attempting to divert his thoughts, "Yun sister…"

Ling Yunfeng gestured for him to be silent and not to interrupt.

Shi Feiyang continued on, speaking as one wealthy young master often prone to boasting would, but to the martial heroes on the road, these were just tales they were used to hearing and didn't take seriously, so they just smiled without much thought.

Dai Xiangying behaved like a curious child, incessantly asking questions, and Shi Feiyang, with his background fully fleshed out in his mind, answered everything smoothly, leaving no loose ends, convincing her entirely. Envy filled her eyes as she too longed for such adventures, and she asked Shi Feiyang about the name of the Secret Manual of Inner Strength.

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