655: Chapter 655 Becoming an Apprentice

A few days later.

The East Sea.

Xuanyin Pavilion.

Jiang Xingwan frowned as she scrutinized Jingchun, who was standing behind Liu Xuan. "Is this another one of your sons?"

Liu Xuan nodded and glanced at his son behind him. "This is your Aunt Jiang. Aren't you going to greet her?"

"Jingchun greets Aunt Jiang!" Jingchun bowed respectfully with cupped hands.

Having just arrived in the East Sea, he didn't know much about the situation in the Joyous Union Sect, but he did know a little about the person before him.

She was a Daoist Revered Master of the Yin-Yang Branch of the Joyous Union Sect, at the Mid-Soul Transformation Stage, a whole tier stronger than Aunt Peach Blossom, the strongest person he had ever met.

Rumor had it that she belonged to the Peak level even among those at the Mid-Soul Transformation Stage, and he estimated that even Aunt Ghost King Lian Yue from the Black Death Marsh was slightly weaker than her.

'Father is amazing!'

Jingchun looked at Liu Xuan and Jiang Xingwan sitting opposite each other and keenly realized that their relationship was certainly out of the ordinary.

Back when some in the clan privately rumored that Father was having an affair with Aunt Ghost King Lian Yue, he hadn't been very sure. Now it seemed that Father not only had an affair with Aunt Ghost King Lian Yue but also with this Aunt Jiang.

Adding Aunt Peach Blossom, Father had close relationships with three female cultivators at the Spirit Transformation Dao Lord Realm. It was simply incredibly impressive.

Jiang Xingwan's attitude toward Jingchun, however, was very cold. She gave a slight nod in acknowledgment, then picked up her wine cup, looked at Liu Xuan, and asked with a frown, "Why did you bring your son here to me?!"

Liu Xuan had many wives, concubines, and children; Jiang Xingwan knew all this, but that didn't mean she didn't care at all.

Even if Liu Xuan kept women in the Qiankun Palace, Jiang Xingwan could choose to ignore it out of sight, out of mind. But what did this guy mean by bringing his son in front of her? Was he deliberately trying to disgust her?

As a Mid-Soul Transformation Stage Dao Monarch and the head of a major Sect, she possessed her own pride.

Liu Xuan seemed not to hear the dissatisfaction in Jiang Xingwan's tone. He pointed at Jingchun and said, "This child, Jingchun, has some talent in the way of divination. He learns Plum Blossom Numerology as soon as he studies it. I brought him to see you this time to ask you to find him a suitable teacher."

Talent in divination? Jiang Xingwan's brows raised slightly, and an aura of someone in a superior position instantly emanated from her.

Her eyes, as deep as the night and as pure as the starry sky, turned toward Jingchun as she habitually cast the Great Derivation Heavenly Secret Technique.

Liu Jingchun, twenty-three years old, Eighth Layer of Qi Refining cultivation, cultivating the water-attribute Cultivation Technique Supreme Good Myriad Transformation Scripture, and concurrently practicing a Body Refining technique and a sword technique...

Jiang Xingwan could easily calculate most of his basic information, and could even calculate some details about his mother, Cheng Nian.

Suddenly, when she intended to continue deducing Jingchun's background, a terrifying aura, as if a natural disaster had descended, appeared in her perception.

Jiang Xingwan's face turned pale, a trace of fear appeared in her pupils, and she instantly cut off the Great Derivation Heavenly Secret Technique.

"What's wrong with you?" Liu Xuan looked back at his son and asked tentatively, "Did you just use a divination technique on Jingchun?"

Jiang Xingwan nodded slightly, looking at the extraordinarily handsome man in front of her with a complex expression.

Merely by touching upon a little of his information through divining his son, it had actually almost caused her to suffer a backlash again.

Just who exactly was Liu Xuan??

Because she had only indirectly touched upon a little of Liu Xuan's information just now, the backlash had not descended immediately, allowing Jiang Xingwan to perceive that terrifying aura more clearly.

That aura did not seem to come from this Heavenly Dao, but rather... appeared out of thin air, coming from Liu Xuan himself!

The reason why divination of heavenly secrets would result in backlash was because, under this Heavenly Dao, all things were intertwined with Karma, and moving one part affected the whole. Therefore, the higher the level of the thing being divined, the stronger the backlash suffered.

On the surface, this backlash came from the object being divined, but fundamentally, the power of the backlash came from the will of the Heavenly Dao.

What shocked and puzzled Jiang Xingwan was precisely this point: the backlash from touching Liu Xuan did not seem to come from the Heavenly Dao at all, but from him himself.

This defied logic!

Situated in a Cultivation World, all Karma must be intertwined with the Laws of the Heavenly Dao, and backlash must come from the Heavenly Dao, unless... his level was even higher than the Heavenly Dao of this world!

At this thought, the way Jiang Xingwan looked at Liu Xuan changed, and the pride inherent in a Spirit Transformation Dao Lord vanished completely.

A level higher than the Heavenly Dao could only be an Immortal who had ascended to the Upper Realm, and not just an ordinary Immortal; perhaps only the higher echelons of the Immortal Realm possessed such status.

A super thigh to hug! Jiang Xingwan had thought Liu Xuan was a thick thigh to cling to, but she hadn't expected it to be this thick! If she could become his true Dao Companion...

"Xingwan?" Liu Xuan waved his hand in front of Jiang Xingwan, interrupting her fantasies.

"Oh!" Jiang Xingwan came back to her senses. She hurriedly placed the wine cup in her hand back on the table and said seriously, "I just checked, and Jingchun indeed has good talent in the way of divination. I will arrange a suitable teacher for him immediately!"

Liu Xuan was very curious about her unusual behavior just now, but there was no rush for that. There would be plenty of time to chat later; he should arrange for this kid Jingchun first.

A moment later, two streaks of light, one black and one white, passed through the barrier and arrived at the edge of the stargazing platform on the top of the building.

"Greetings, Revered Master!"

"Greetings, Revered Master!"

Both were women. The one on the left wore a black robe, and her skin was also grayish-black. She looked like an old woman but had a sturdy build, and the outline of her bulging muscles could be faintly seen through the wide black robe.

The one on the right was more normal. She wore a white dress of high quality and had a jade hairpin on her head, looking like a graceful and poised lady of about thirty.

"This is Granny Turtle. She is not a Human Race Cultivator but from the Deep Sea Armored Turtle clan, and she is my seventh Personal Disciple; this is Su Qinghuan, my 16th Personal Disciple. Both of them are skilled in the way of divination of heavenly secrets. You can choose one of them to be your Revered Master," Jiang Xingwan said, looking at Jingchun.

Jingchun stared at the two Seniors for a while, unable to make up his mind. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Aunt Jiang, may I ask which of these two Seniors is stronger?"

Jiang Xingwan was slightly stunned, then said, "Although Granny Turtle is of the Yao Race, she has been with me longer, and her Realm has reached the Late Nascent Soul Stage. She has innate talent in the way of divination and is slightly superior. There are very few below the Dao Monarch level who can surpass her in the way of divination."

"However!" She changed the subject and pointed to Su Qinghuan, saying, "Although Qinghuan has a Mid-Nascent Soul Stage cultivation base and is slightly inferior to Granny Turtle in the Realm of divination, she has been in charge of the Sect's Dharma Transmission Hall for many years. She has cultivated two Saintesses and one Saint, and has considerable experience in teaching Disciples. You should consider it carefully."

"No need to consider!" Jingchun looked at the dark and sturdy Granny Turtle and said decisively, "I choose Granny Turtle!"

He turned, stepped forward a few paces to stand in front of Granny Turtle, and bowed his head to the ground, "Disciple Liu Jingchun greets Revered Master!"

Granny Turtle was very confused and looked at Jiang Xingwan, somewhat at a loss. As a member of the Yao Race with a solitary and quiet personality, she had never taken a Disciple before; she had no experience!

The Joyous Union Sect was not the Beast Taming Sect; the Yao Race and the Human Race did not get along so harmoniously, and Granny Turtle already felt somewhat like an outsider in the Joyous Union Sect.

If it were just taking on an ordinary Disciple, it would be fine, but Liu Jingchun was a Disciple personally appointed by her Revered Master, Daoist Yin-Yang. She was afraid she would mess things up.