Chapter 1972: I Must Marry Him

"Huh?" Zhang Xuan froze. "Then why were you chasing me?"

Didn't you recognize me as 'I'm Very Low-Key'? Why chase after me so fast?

Scared me so much I even crushed the jade talisman?

"Didn't you sell a jade bottle of healing medicine to Senior Sister Bai Ruanqing? She told us to find you, or else she'd beat us up... Look at the injuries on me, all from her beatings... Seeing you, naturally I had to chase after you..."

Startled, the disciple reacted and pointed at his face.

Taking a look, the other indeed had injuries. Zhang Xuan almost cried.

If he had known it was this, why the hell did he run?

He even crushed the jade talisman... That was a full 20 Sword Pavilion coins!

A false alarm...

Luckily he didn't lose any money, or he'd really want to jump off a building.

"What does she want me for?" Full of frustration, he couldn't help asking.

"I'm not sure either. It seems your medicine is effective for healing, and she wants to buy more from you..." the disciple said.

"Buy medicine?" Zhang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as his identity as 'I'm Very Low-Key' wasn't discovered... As for the medicine, the gourd's bathwater was naturally effective; otherwise, it couldn't have healed his injuries so quickly!

"Yes! Please come with me to find Senior Brother Liu Lujie, and let him help contact Senior Sister Bai..." The disciple quickly nodded.

Zhang Xuan initially wanted to refuse, but suddenly remembered something, and his mind became active: "This Senior Sister Bai Ruanqing seems to be the biological granddaughter of Elder Bai Ye, and holds a high status among the core disciples, right?"

He had heard about this female tyrannosaurus before.

Since she had status and was a core disciple, if he could use her identity to visit the core disciple library, wouldn't he not need to go to the Falling Rain Platform?

That would save at least two steps.

"Yes, indeed very high status. If your medicine is recognized by her and she specifically comes to find you, you'll surely be valued in the future, and your rise will be swift. Just don't forget me, the one who found you..."

The disciple said with a face full of envy and a smile.

When they encountered Senior Sister Bai, they were beaten black and blue, but this guy would surely be treated differently. That's why he was so respectful.

"Let's go..."

Having confirmed this, Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up, and he agreed.

Following behind the disciple, they soon arrived at Liu Lujie's courtyard.

"Are you the one who sold medicine to Senior Sister Bai?"

Liu Lujie and Wang Jiandong were also shocked to see that the young man before them seemed younger than themselves, was completely unfamiliar, and had never been seen before.

"It's something I obtained by chance, and I've used most of it. It has a decent effect on healing. Because I was short on money, I was forced to sell it... I didn't expect it would also be useful to Senior Sister Bai!" Zhang Xuan quickly said.

He knew the meaning of 'an innocent man with a jewel incriminates himself.' He had sold the gourd's bathwater out of necessity earlier. Now that he wasn't short on money, he dared not reveal too much. He first admitted that the quantity was limited; otherwise, if everyone came to ask for medicine, it would inevitably leak more secrets.

"I've already notified Senior Sister Bai. She'll be here soon... You'd better have some of that healing medicine left, or else... I won't be able to protect you!"

Recalling the violence of that Senior Sister Bai, Liu Lujie said.

"Yes!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

"Wait here. I have things to do..."

Having said that, Liu Lujie said no more and walked toward the courtyard.

Having been killed four times in a row by 'I'm Very Low-Key,' he felt immense pressure. Although he was also somewhat afraid of Senior Sister Bai, he didn't want to waste any time at the moment.

Arriving in the courtyard, he picked up his longsword and began discussing with Wang Jiandong, who had been waiting.

"That 'I'm Very Low-Key' executed the sword technique like this..." Wang Jiandong flicked his longsword, and sword qi whistled.

"No, I think it was executed like this..."

Liu Lujie frowned and executed a different move.

The two went back and forth, studying 'I'm Very Low-Key's' special moves based on memory, while discussing the flaws in their own techniques.

"Not bad talent..."

Watching for a while, Zhang Xuan nodded inwardly.

These two indeed had good talent, far better than Shan Xiaotian.

Just by watching the battle, they could analyze so much; it was not easy.

But his swordsmanship was infinitely profound; even Bai Feng couldn't fully understand it. How could these two inner disciples grasp the essence? As they talked, deviations appeared, and they drifted further and further off.

Zhang Xuan's eyelids twitched as he held back the urge to curse.

Having been a teacher for so long, seeing these two making more and more mistakes, he really couldn't help it.

But if he spoke up, his identity would surely be exposed. Forget it, he'd just bear with it...

Whoosh!

Just then, a beast cry sounded in the air, and Bai Ruanqing arrived.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Good thing she came; otherwise, he was afraid he might not be able to stop himself from going over, scolding them harshly, and then teaching them a good lesson.

His own brilliant swordsmanship was being so misunderstood and twisted into such a state; it was exasperating.

"Finally found you... Do you still have the healing medicine you sold me last time?"

Jumping down from the beast's back, Bai Ruanqing recognized Zhang Xuan and came over excitedly.

Last time, her grandfather only drank a small bottle and it had an effect. If she had more, perhaps he could fully recover.

"I only have three bottles left..." Zhang Xuan turned his wrist and took out the jade bottles he had previously sold at the stall.

"I'll take all three bottles..." Bai Ruanqing quickly nodded, took the jade bottles, examined them, confirmed they were identical to the last ones, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked over expectantly: "May I ask, did you concoct this medicine yourself or... where did you get it?"

"I obtained it by chance from a ruin. These are the only bottles left. If I weren't short on money, I wouldn't have taken them out..." Zhang Xuan repeated his earlier story.

After all, the gourd was in his dantian; as long as he didn't boil it, she wouldn't find out.

"What a pity..."

Thinking she could buy more, hearing him say that, Bai Ruanqing couldn't help feeling disappointed. She took out some spirit coins and handed them over.

"Here are sixty Sword Pavilion coins, take them!"

Instead of taking the money, Zhang Xuan looked at her: "Senior Sister Bai, I don't want the money. I only want to trouble you with one thing, if you don't mind."

Frowning, Bai Ruanqing lost her earlier cheerfulness and showed a hint of displeasure: "What is it?"

Taking money would be a transaction; not taking money meant that what he sought couldn't be solved with money.

However, this person's medicine had saved her grandfather's life, making him a lifesaver, so it was hard to refuse.

"Senior Sister should be able to see that my cultivation has reached the peak of Ancient Sage Fourth Layer, only one step away from breakthrough..." Zhang Xuan said.

"You want me to help you break through?" Bai Ruanqing frowned. "The gap from Ancient Sage Fourth Layer to Void Immortal is the difference between inner and core disciples. Its value is definitely not just sixty Sword Pavilion coins!"

"Of course that's not it..." Zhang Xuan smiled. "It's that my knowledge has hit a bottleneck. I've searched the inner disciple library for a long time and haven't found what I'm looking for. I wanted to ask Senior Sister if you could take me to the core disciple library. I don't need much time, just three hours to read..."

"Go to the library?"

Thinking it would be some big request, Bai Ruanqing was startled to hear this.

Earlier, she had said that helping him break through was worth more than sixty Sword Pavilion coins, but if he insisted, she might still help him buy a Barrier-Breaking Pill to increase his chances of breakthrough!

She might even impart some breakthrough experience...

He didn't ask for any of that, just to go to the library and read for three hours?

"Pick something else; this is too simple!" Bai Ruanqing shook her head.

"I beg Senior Sister to grant my wish!" Zhang Xuan cupped his fists.

For him, nothing was more valuable than reading.

With books, breaking through cultivation was as easy as drinking water.

"Fine!" Seeing his earnest expression, Bai Ruanqing nodded, a look of appreciation in her eyes.

Everyone knows to cultivate; it's rare for someone to set aside vanity and know to read books. Truly not easy.

"Senior Sister!"

Seeing the two finish talking and prepare to leave, Liu Lujie and the other stopped their practice and came over.

"Are you studying 'I'm Very Low-Key's' sword techniques?"

Bai Ruanqing said.

After she lost, she had also silently pondered countless times. When the flying beast landed, she saw the two practicing and understood immediately.

"Yes!"

Liu Lujie admitted.

"Any gains?" Bai Ruanqing smiled.

"We've gained some insights, but also some doubts. We were just about to ask Senior Sister Bai for guidance."

Liu Lujie quickly said.

Although he was the number one inner disciple, the person before him had Elder Bai Ye, one of the three great elders of the sect, as her grandfather, was herself a core disciple, and her cultivation might have reached the True Immortal realm... Her understanding of swordsmanship was surely far superior to his.

"Go ahead!" Bai Ruanqing nodded.

"When 'I'm Very Low-Key' executed this horizontal thrust, it was simple and smooth, seemingly not very fast, yet impossible to dodge. Wang Jiandong and I discussed for a long time but couldn't understand how to execute it..."

Liu Lujie flicked his longsword and performed a move. He tried three times, but each time it was somewhat awkward, as if he couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Xuan was speechless.

This move wasn't a sword technique; it was a move he casually executed. He placed the sword horizontally and thrust forward, just enough to cut down all the sword qi coming vertically. The move was very simple, turning passivity into initiative, defense into offense.

A move he casually executed, and these guys had studied it for so long... and still hadn't figured it out...

And he had just called them geniuses...

"This move combines defense and offense into one; it's an extremely profound sword technique. It's normal that you can't understand it..."

Bai Ruanqing spoke. "Not to mention you, even I, after specifically discussing it with Peak Elder Feng, still only half-understand it. However, I can barely execute it."

Saying this, she turned her wrist, and a longsword appeared in her palm. She gently flicked it and thrust horizontally.

Although not quite right, it had about thirty to forty percent resemblance.

"This sword move is not a specific sword technique; it was clearly executed casually by this 'I'm Very Low-Key'!"

Repeating what Peak Elder Feng had said, Bai Ruanqing's eyes sparkled with excitement: "Casually executed and already so formidable, hard to fathom. I really wonder what realm this 'I'm Very Low-Key' has reached. If you inner disciples find out who it is, you must tell me immediately... This kind of genius is the idol I most respect and admire, so I... must marry him!"