Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 41

Chapter 41: Illusion

Time Bell Pavilion.

Li Qian carried Master Zhou Buping back here on his back.

He tidied up a bed for his master.

He spread clean sheets.

He also lit a fire in the room to dispel the cold air of deep winter.

Zhou Buping watched from the side.

After Li Qian finished his work, Zhou Buping asked him to sit down and asked, “It has been more than three years since I took you as my disciple, and I still don’t know about your family situation. Why don’t you tell me about it?”

“Master, my family is a small official family in White Jade City. There’s nothing much to say.”

Li Qian said.

“I see that you have never returned. Since you have family, how can you cut off contact? Cultivating martial arts does not mean cutting off worldly ties.”

Zhou Buping retorted.

He could hear the Time Bell ringing every day. Except for Li Qian going out once a year to do tasks, the sound of the Time Bell basically never stopped.

This also shows that Li Qian never leaves Divine Sword Sect at ordinary times.

Li Qian couldn’t say that he was a transmigrator and wasn’t close to his family, so he could only briefly describe the experiences of this body in a calm tone.

“You still have the mentality of a child. No matter how bad your family is, they are still your family.”

Zhou Buping shook his head and sighed, “Do you want to hear about my past?”

“If Master wants to tell me, I naturally want to hear it.”

Li Qian nodded.

He was very curious about how his master had stayed in Wild Goose Gate Valley for decades, wasting his good time and years, and ended up alone.

“My experience when I was young was actually similar to yours. My mother died early, and my father was strict, so I was also very rebellious. Because my family was in business and had a small fortune, my father had high hopes for me since I was a child, hoping that I could inherit his family business. But I was not interested in business at all, but yearned for the kind of chivalrous life in the stories. Unfortunately, I had average aptitude and could only be an Odd-Job Disciple in Divine Sword Sect. This went on for five or six years. My father almost emptied his family fortune to raise cultivation resources for me, but I was unable to enter the ranks. My father asked me to give up martial arts and go back to help him. I refused to do so, and we had a big fight. From then on, my father cut off all my financial resources, and my cultivation almost came to a standstill. It wasn’t until more than a year later that I suddenly received bad news. My family had offended someone, and my father was framed and imprisoned. In the end, my family was raided, and my father and several relatives all died tragically in prison.”

Zhou Buping calmly narrated the past.

His expression was calm, neither sad nor happy.

Li Qian also listened quietly.

He could feel a trace of unease in his master’s heart from these calm words.

“After I learned the news, I was devastated. It was the biggest blow I had ever received in my life. I used to hate my father, but in the end I realized that he was the most important person in my heart.”

Zhou Buping suddenly laughed at himself, “Maybe it was the support of hatred. After that, it was as if I had suddenly become enlightened. My cultivation of Sword-Piercing Fist progressed by leaps and bounds. In just three years, without any cultivation resources, I opened up the Ren and Du Meridians, successfully entered the ranks of martial artists, and even cultivated Sword-Piercing Fist to perfection. In the end, I also obtained the inheritance of the Heartless Sword Manual.”

“Although I later avenged my father and relatives, they can never come back to life.”

Zhou Buping looked at Li Qian, “I just want to use my personal experience to tell you that if there is anyone in the world who will care about you, it must be your family.”

Li Qian fell silent.

Because he knew what his master said was right.

It’s just that his situation is really different.

How to explain it?

“So, you should still go home more often in the future and try not to let it become the biggest regret in your heart.”

After Zhou Buping finished speaking, he patted Li Qian’s shoulder meaningfully.

“Master, I remember.”

Li Qian quickly said.

Whether he listened or not, he still had to have the right attitude.

Cough, cough

Zhou Buping coughed violently after talking too much, and even coughed up blood.

Li Qian hurriedly went up to pat his back. It took a while for him to catch his breath.

Just like that, Zhou Buping stayed at Time Bell Pavilion.

Li Qian cultivated by ringing the bell every day.

Zhou Buping lay on the bed most of the time. Because his Qi Sea was damaged, he could not circulate True Qi for healing, so he could only take various pills every day to recuperate and heal his injuries.

After a period of time, Zhou Buping’s injuries did not worsen and seemed to have stabilized.

Li Qian guessed that the sound of the Time Bell should have played a role.

More than three months passed in this way.

During this time, Li Qian took care of Zhou Buping wholeheartedly.

Except for the first half a month or so, when he needed Li Qian’s care, Zhou Buping was basically able to take care of himself as his injuries gradually healed.

During this time, elders and peak masters from Divine Sword Sect came to visit one after another.

Especially the Divine Sword Sect Master, he was very surprised by Zhou Buping’s recovery speed.

On this day, after Li Qian finished ringing the Time Bell, he began to cultivate the Immaculate Sword Body beside it. After one round, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

Now, cultivating the Immaculate Sword Body puts very little burden on his meridians, basically negligible.

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Suddenly, a thought came to his mind. He summoned the system interface to check the latest information.

Host: Li Qian.

Cultivation Level: Postnatal （Ninth Level 99/100）.

Sacrificial Instrument: Time Bell （Law 1252/10000）.

Martial Arts: Sword-Piercing Fist （Perfection）, Heartless Sword Manual （Perfection）, Immaculate Sword Body （Major Completion 26/100）.

Martial Intent: Heartless Sword Intent （Illusory Image 93/100）.

Secret Technique: Myriad Transforming Sword Qi.

The progress of the Immaculate Sword Body has now reached Major Completion 26.

Basically, it improves by one point every ten days.

As for Heartless Sword Intent, it is even more difficult. It takes at least twelve days to improve by one point.

At the current rate of progress, it will take at least two or three years for the Immaculate Sword Body to reach perfection.

And the progress of Heartless Sword Intent has reached ninety-three. If it is to break through, it may be in the next few months.

Above Illusory Image Level Martial Intent is Illusionary Image Level.

If Illusory Image Level Martial Intent can only bring a certain amount of mental shock to the enemy.

Illusionary Image Level Martial Intent can make the affected person feel as if they are in an illusion, producing all kinds of auditory and visual hallucinations, unable to extricate themselves.

Innate martial artists who have comprehended Illusionary Image Level Martial Intent are called martial arts grandmasters.

So he is now a little looking forward to whether he can raise his Martial Intent to Illusionary Image Level without entering the Innate Realm?

After getting off the bell tower, Li Qian saw Master Zhou Buping instructing Chen Yong in Sword-Piercing Fist.

Maybe he was bored.

Maybe Master saw himself in Chen Yong.

So Zhou Buping would often give Chen Yong pointers.

Compared to Li Qian, Zhou Buping’s martial arts attainments were naturally much higher, so he could naturally give better advice.

Chen Yong has now opened up the Du Meridian and is working on the last Ren Meridian of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Once he can open it up, he can become a Ranked Martial Artist.

Li Qian just took a look and started making lunch.

With Master around, Li Qian couldn’t be too casual about his three meals a day.

After he finished cooking, he called Master to eat.

“Old Master, Brother Qian, I’ll go down the mountain first.”

Chen Yong quickly said.

“You stay and eat too.”

Li Qian said.

Chen Yong was a little embarrassed.

It’s okay to stay for a meal or two occasionally, but if he stays for dinner often, it would be taking advantage of them.

Because he knew what Brother Qian ate for every meal.

Being able to get guidance from the Old Master and Brother Qian, and avoid many detours, he was actually very satisfied.

“Stop being so wishy-washy.”

Li Qian looked at the boy’s shy and honest look and said with a straight face.

Chen Yong could only enter the room.

In addition to a large basin of medicinal meat porridge, there was a plate of spicy root fried meat, a plate of braised chicken pieces, and a plate of stir-fried vegetables.

The last three dishes used only ordinary ingredients.

The emphasis was on taste.

Because Master Zhou Buping loved to eat them.

Li Qian filled a large bowl of medicinal meat porridge for himself and Chen Yong.

For him, the effect of this medicinal meat porridge was negligible, but it was a great tonic for Chen Yong.

Chen Yong lacked cultivation resources. Although he cultivated diligently, it was easy to cause a deficiency of Qi and blood in his body, which was not conducive to opening up the Ren and Du Meridians.

That’s why Li Qian often asked Chen Yong to stay for dinner.