Chapter 11: Four Seasons
The old woman slammed a monster on the floor as she looked at Elder Cai with a cold gaze.
Long Ming took a sharp breath when he saw the monster\'s corpse on the ground. It was giant as a camel. However, it was also bulky. It was a giant blue colored boar with two gigantic teeth along with with a horn on its forehead.
" Wow, you got a Tri Horn Blue Demon Boar?" Elder Cai was surprised when she saw the beast.
" So, What? No disciples could help me to manage these beasts. I asked them to debone these beasts and take off their skin. But no, they are all just useless hoes."
Elder Cai shook her head. " Elder Shi, You know our sect is currently lacking manpower."
" Well, It\'s a women majority sect anyway…"
Long Ming replied instinctively. Mu Qinglian, Elder Cai, and Elder Shi looked at him with a strange faces.
\' Oh fuck! I forgot this isn\'t internet…\'
" Ahem, Elder Shi, Forgive him. He is new here. So, I hope you will show leniency." Mu Qinglian coughed lightly as she spoke.
Elder Shi sighed as she nodded. " Well, I have to admit. Your friend got quite an appearance. Qinglian, Is he your boy toy?"
" Elder Shi! How can you say that!"
Mu Qinglian blushed when she heard that. Long Ming couldn\'t help but stare at them with awe.
Why is everyone thinking Mu Qinglian got a boy toy? Like, He knows he looks handsome. But why a boy toy, Like what the hell?
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" Then what should I do, Cai Ling? I am also busy! I need to make the special clothes after all."
" Well, Cleaning the beast\'s corpse and cleaning skills are hard, you know?"
Long Ming understood as an idea flashed in his mind. " Miss Mu, What kind of thing she was asking?"
" Elder Shi belongs to the clothes and armory department. She takes the materials like beast skins, fur, and other items to make clothes. However, you see, taking the skin off a beast and deboning is a very tedious task."
" Ordinary disciples can\'t do it properly. And those with experience aren\'t here. So, Elder Shi was feeling burdensome."
" Well, What if I help?" Long Ming suddenly proposed. Elder Shi looked at Long Ming with curious eyes. " You? Are you sure?"
" One can always try, no?" Long Ming smiled as he took out the Cooking God\'s Knife from the inventory. A long chef knife appeared in his hand.
The knife gave out a silver shine as the hilt was perfectly white with golden veins.
" Wow, That\'s a very sharp knife." Elder Shi\'s eyes squinted as Long Ming started to walk toward the corpse.
\' Hope this work as the instructions.\' Long Ming mumbled as he raised his hands. His True Qi revolved as it got sucked by the knife.
Suddenly, Long Ming felt he could see the inside of the beast\'s body, the bones, the intestines, the flesh, everything was before Long Ming\'s eyes.
His True Qi rumbled as the knife stabbed inside the beast\'s corpse.
*KRRRRR*
With a swift move, Long Ming made the first cut. Elder Shi nodded. " En,, correct spot."
Long Ming appeared to be calm, but his back was drenched in sweat. Just one cut and his True Qi got depleted completely. However, Long Ming couldn\'t stop now.
\' Huh? My Fragrant Yin Qi… Why there is so much?\'
Long Ming was startled. He saw the Fragrant Yin Petal already grow larger than a thumb as it was shimmering with Fragrant Yin Qi.
Long Ming realized that after Mu Qinglian, he also got quite some amount from the girls passing by.
\' Wait a second… Four Season Valley is a girl\'s sect. Isn\'t that perfect cultivation ground for Fragrant Blossom of Endless Spring Art?\'
Long Ming looked upward as he silently gave a thumbs up to Harem King of Nine Realms. The Fragrant Yin Qi buzzed as the knife shone with a pink light.
*SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH*
Elder Shi\'s eyes widened when she saw Long Ming slicing the corpse. The knife moved elegantly as his movement became faster and faster.
Long Ming didn\'t damage the skin as he was able to peel it off cleanly. After that, he deboned the meat and separated the organs. In a short while
The beast\'s corpse was cleaned off.
" This… Marvelous!"
Elder Shi couldn\'t help but praise Long Ming. " You really got a skill, Boy. Why don\'t you come with me and help me?"
" Well, I am glad Elder Shi liked it." Long Ming cupped his fist. He saw the Fragrant Yin Petal was depleted by ⅓. However, there was a sudden surge of Fragrant Yin Qi from Mu Qinglian and Elder Shi, filling it again.
Mu Qinglina spoke. " Elder Shi, Long Ming is my guest. I don\'t think he will be able to work under you permanently."
Elder Shi nodded. " I know. But you can still come to help me occasionally, no?"
" I would be glad to help you, Elder Shi." Long Ming replied.
" Originally, I brought this beast here to test for talented disciples who could help me. I guess I found one." Elder Shi laughed. " I only need to fur. As for the bones and meat, take this as a gift."
" This demon beast is at the rank of Golden Core Realm. It\'s taste pretty good and it is beneficial for cultivation. Long Ming, you should be thankful to Elder Shi." Mu Qinglian spoke.
" No need, If you want to thank me, come and help me occasionally. I also need some rest after all." Elder Shi waved her hands.
After Elder Shi left, Elder Cai looked at Long Ming with a new expression. " Well, Even if your cultivation aptitude is low, you aren\'t talentless at all. Very well, come with me. The next test is inside."
The trio walked inside as they all stood in front of a giant stone slab. It looked like a giant stone tablet with numerous runes on it.
" As you can see, This is our Ancestral Tablet. The Progenitor of Four Season Valley sealed all his comprehension inside this tablet. Almost all of our sect\'s technique originated from this."
" However, If even a cultivator looks at this for long, they will get dizzy and their soul will be impacted in a negative way." Elder Cai explained.
" But we have turned it into a testing place. It will test your comprehension aptitude. With powerful comprehension, you will be able to generate powerful phenomenon."
" If you manage to get a slight response, it would be great." Elder Cai added. " So, You want to take this test?"
Long Ming\'s lips curled as he nodded. Even if he did shit in the last test, he was pretty confident regarding this one.
The stone tablet was filled with various runes making it look majestic. There was something powerful and oppressive about its aura.
Long Ming sat in front of it as he activated his Heavenly Comprehension Heart.
Suddenly, his vision faded as he saw he was standing in an empty place. The only thing there was the stone tablet.
The runes moved as they jumped out from the stone tablet, revolving around Long Ming. Soon, the complicated runes became simplified more and more as they started to swirl around him.
Long Ming could various images flashing in front of him. Long Ming could see a man standing in a giant garden.
The man raised his hand as a gigantic mountain split apart, creating a giant valley. His body moved as the sky changed.
The summer sun gave off scorching heat but Long Ming also see snow falling from the sky. The gentle spring wind blew as the big trees dropped their dried leaves.
Outside, Mu Qinglian and Elder Cai became alarmed when they saw the stone tablet\'s rune turning bright. The rune swirled around Long Ming as it turned into four streams of light.
" This… This! Four Seasons Enlightenment!" Elder Cai took a sharp breath as she saw the phenomenon.
One part turned into Summer, giving off heat. The next was Autumn, symbolizing the change. The snow fell as the Winter appeared. Then birds chirped as a gentle wind blew, signifying the Spring.
The phenomenon turned into a bright pillar of light as it shot toward the sky. Everyone could feel the changes in the atmosphere in the Four Seasons Valley.
Everyone walked outside as they saw the sky over the valley turned colorful. They could feel their cultivation resonating with it.
In a dark place, a pair of eyes opened as it looked above. The eyes were like emeralds, with an unusual shine. Such beautiful eyes, it can hook a man\'s soul right away.
" What a phenomenon. Has Mu Qinglian awakened her physique?"
Long Ming could only see four words floating in front of him. Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring.
Refining the body with Summer, the change of energy in Autumn. The solitude of Winter is a weapon and path of Spring to transcend.
The four words, the four seasons, all turned into a vortex of colorful light and covered Long Ming.
Long Ming felt his soul was getting crushed as numerous information poured into his mind. After a while, the pain lessened as he felt refreshed. Long Ming felt like a new strength coursing in his body.
He slowly opened his eyes as the Heavenly Comprehension Heart and Desolate Immortal Aura were on full display. He stood up as four colored qi swirled around his body.
" Huh? What are you all doing here?"
Long Ming was startled when he saw the huge crowd around him. He could see Mu Qinglian and Elder Cai. Also, the hoard of beautiful girls who were looking at Long Ming with awe.
" This…"
Long Ming adjusted his expression as he put a smile on his face. Cupping his fist, he bowed,
" Thank you, Elder Cai, for this opportunity. Can you tell me how my test went?"