Chapter 36: The Sunflower Manual and a Fated Encounter

Qin Yangjun was extremely depressed.
Now he finally understood why Mu Xianxian was unwilling to give him the sword manual.

It turned out that the sword manual he had been longing for was actually the Sunflower Manual.

Although he craved power, he wouldn’t ruin the happiness of the latter half of his life for a single sword manual.

This sword technique required one to abandon all distracting thoughts.
In that case, it seemed only the fairy-like Yu Lingyue, descended from the heavens, could practice it.

But Qin Yangjun couldn’t possibly give this sword manual to Yu Lingyue.
The peerless secret manual had become useless waste paper in Qin Yangjun’s eyes, yet it was too much of a pity to throw it away.

In the end, Qin Yangjun could only choose to seal this sword manual away.

And so, Qin Yangjun’s seclusion ended before it even began.

For the next few days, Qin Yangjun’s life returned to tranquility.
Hua Yaoyao and Yu Lingyue were taken away by their masters for training.

There was only one reason: in three months, the Four Sects Grand Competition would begin.

The Four Sects Grand Competition was held once every twenty years.
Although it was held under the banner of friendly exchange among the younger generation, in reality, every sect was thinking about how to beat the others down and display their own sect’s might.

In the previous competition, the Yuqian Sect had placed third.
Mu Xianxian herself didn’t care about such empty titles, but it had angered the elders to no end.
Every time they recalled the smug faces of their old rivals, their teeth itched with rage.
So this time, they were determined to reclaim their honor no matter what.

As the First Disciple, Qin Yangjun was naturally expected to lead the team, but since he wasn’t under anyone’s control, no one forced him to cultivate.

Qin Yangjun himself wanted to become stronger.

But long periods of seclusion were extremely draining.
Qin Yangjun wasn’t a superman; he couldn’t stay in seclusion forever.

Thus, Qin Yangjun found himself at leisure, practicing his sword, cultivating his mind, and waiting for the next event to unfold.

About four or five days later, Qin Yangjun received another message from his sister.

She told him to wait for someone outside the sect, and then they would go together to meet the disciples of King Beast Valley who had recently come to their Southern Domain, to see what help they needed.

Upon receiving the message, Qin Yangjun went outside the sect gate.
According to the plot in the book, this time he should be taking Yu Lingyue to help the disciples of King Beast Valley hunt down a king beast.

However, when he arrived at the destination, he saw an unexpected person.

“Yueyao?!”

Qin Yangjun looked at the young woman before him with some confusion.
He didn’t understand why Yueyao would be the one to come.

“Senior Brother seems very surprised to see Yueyao.
Were you expecting someone else?”

Today, Yueyao still wore a white dress and a thin veil covering her face.
From a distance, she looked like a fairy who didn’t partake in the mortal world’s affairs.

Her eyes were calm and waveless, revealing neither joy nor sorrow.
Qin Yangjun, however, gave an awkward smile.

“Junior Sister guessed right.
I thought sister would have me bring Junior Sister Yu to see the world.”

Yueyao nodded slightly.

“Senior Brother guessed right.
However, because the fortuitous encounter Junior Sister Yu had was related to beasts, and the people from King Beast Valley have a sharper sense for these things than anyone else, if they were to notice something, the seniors from King Beast Valley would probably come all the way from the Western Domain to excavate those ruins.
So, to avoid such trouble, Master and Third Martial Aunt discussed it and sent me instead.”

“I see.”

The butterfly effect was having a deeper and deeper impact on the plot.
Qin Yang-jun didn’t know if this was a good or bad thing.

However, in Qin Yangjun’s opinion, it didn’t matter whether Yu Lingyue came this time or not.
Her strength was already far greater than it was at this point in the book, so the original plot was likely to deviate.

Furthermore, the previous incident had left him with some psychological trauma.
He was now reluctant to interfere in Yu Lingyue’s affairs.
If Yu Lingyue were to inexplicably become stronger again, his little heart really couldn’t take it.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two of them set off on their flying swords.

They traveled quickly, without stopping.
The cities they passed through also had teleportation arrays, so in just an hour, they arrived at their destination.

White Poplar City.

A city near the western border.
Due to its proximity to the Western Domain, trade was exceptionally prosperous.
The bustling crowds consisted of both mortals and cultivators.

Seeing this scene, Qin Yangjun suddenly felt as if he had returned to his previous life.
It felt just like a village market day.
People on both sides were shouting their wares, peasant women carried baskets on their backs while holding the hands of small children, and small vendors at the stalls boasted extravagantly about their goods.

There were even street performers on the road.

Qin Yangjun was immediately captivated by the scene before him, completely forgetting the purpose of his trip.

Qin Yangjun led Yueyao along, grabbing a bun here, watching an acrobat there.

Before they came, Yueyao’s master, the Grand Elder, had instructed Yueyao to listen to Qin Yangjun in all matters.

Although the Valley Master of King Beast Valley was on good terms with Mu Xianxian, the people below them were secretly competing.
It was common for disciples of the two sects to have friction, especially after Qin Yangjun defeated the genius of King Beast Valley, who had been unconvinced ever since.

The genius they were meeting this time was among them, and it was likely he would stir up trouble.

Yueyao naturally obeyed her master’s words, and she had also witnessed this Senior Brother’s “methods.”

So this time, she had no intention of making any subjective decisions.
All she had to do was quietly follow Qin Yangjun.

When Qin Yangjun told her to eat a piece of candy, she ate it.
When he told her to watch the acrobats, she watched.

In a daze, the two of them seemed to have shed their identities as cultivators and blended into the mortal world.

It wasn’t until dusk, when the stalls around them began to pack up, that Qin Yangjun remembered.

‘Oh!
Right, I’m here to meet someone.’

However…

Qin Yangjun looked up at the sky.
Since they were already so late, it wouldn’t matter if they were a little later.

So Qin Yangjun trotted over to a pancake stall that was about to close.

“Shopkeeper, two scallion pancakes.”

“Alright, customer.
We’re about to close up, and I only have these three pancakes left.
How about you take them all, and I’ll give you a discount?”

“Deal!”

While Qin Yangjun was talking with the shopkeeper, Yueyao’s gaze shifted slightly, as if she had noticed something.

“Qin!
Yang!
Jun!”

Just as Qin Yangjun took a bite of his pancake, an enraged roar, enunciated word by word, came from behind him.

Qin Yangjun turned his head and saw a cute, petite girl in a yellow robe and a tiger-head hat glaring at him.
She was so short she probably only came up to Qin Yangjun’s chest.

Beside her were several other people dressed in the same attire.

The two sides stared at each other in silence for a long moment before Qin Yangjun asked a question that stunned everyone.

“Who are you?”

Yueyao, at the side, let out a soft chuckle, as if she had laughed.
Realizing her gaffe, she quickly turned her head slightly.

The young girl’s eyes widened.
After a flash of shock, anger visibly climbed up her small face….

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