Chapter 484
Nyx couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous, and her ears flattened.
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The atmosphere was so strange that it made her feel inexplicably anxious, and it seemed like every second dragged on like a
year.
After what felt like a long time, she felt her car being gently fiddled with, and there were affectionate kisses landing on her face, one after another.
“Are you worried about me, Nykie?” Kian asked while kissing Nyx.
This question was much more normal than the last one.
Nyx let out a sigh of relief and nodded sincerely.
Kian saw the sincere concern in her clear eyes. His thin lips moved slightly, and he smiled subtly. This was enough for him
“Don’t worry,” he kissed Nyx for a while longer and coaxed her in a low voice, his eyelashes drooping, with deep thoughts hidden in his eyes.
Nyx had been in the Voss family for more than ten years and had been a mortal for more than ten years as well. She was far away from Jaws and shouldn’t have had any interaction with him.
But he could see through all her reactions.
She seemed to know Jaws, and they had a close relationship.
Just based on a Demonic Pattern on a piece of clothing, he wouldn’t rashly pin the blame on Jaws. He believed in Nyx more.
Since Jaws could be Nyx’s friend, presumably Jaws wasn’t the extremely evil person as rumored.
However, after putting aside his hatred, a feeling called jealousy welled up in his heart, nibbling at Kian’s insides bit by bit.
But since Nyx didn’t bring up this secret and instead tried to hide it, he held back from probing for now. He just couldn’t help but use a bit more force and kissed Nyx’s face, paws, belly, and even that small, twitching tail.
The third person at the table couldn’t stand it any longer and gave a cold and solemn cough.
Greg looked dissatisfied, frowning and staring intently at Kian.
He really didn’t like what was happening.
But after thinking about it carefully, he didn’t know why he didn’t like it.
This was clearly just some kissing between dual cultivation partners, and it wasn’t a big deal.
After thinking it over, Greg attributed this inexplicable dissatisfaction to being angry at Kian for not striving to be better.
“Your enemy has reached the master level. If you want to take revenge with your own hands, you should work harder on your cultivation. After this meal, come and practice swordsmanship with me.” Greg said in a tough tone.
He would give this young man a good lesson and training to prevent him from being too energetic and always bullying Nyx.
Kian obediently put down Nyx, who was almost dizzy from being kissed and nodded helplessly.
The opportunity to be taught by Greg was something that sword cultivators all over the world would envy. He had only gotten to know Greg because of Nyx, and he couldn’t waste this chance.
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For some indescribable reason, when Greg was training Kian in swordsmanship again, his attacks were obviously much more fierce.
The sword cultivators watching from a distance were intimidated and gradually lost their original feelings of envy and jealousy.
Watching Kian being knocked down by a sword, flying backward, and hitting the cliff solidly, everyone shuddered and couldn’t help but hiss in fear.
Although it was common for sword cultivators to get injured, being crushed in strength like this was too much. Greg was really too brutal.
This kind of “blessing” wasn’t something that everyone could enjoy.
With those fierce attacks, Greg vented his emotions without mercy. When the sword practice ended and his reason returned, he finally realized that he had done something inappropriate.
He didn’t really need to be angry with a young lad.
Leaving aside the fact that he was thousands of years older and higher cultivation levels than Kian, the fact that he called Kian to practice swordsmanship without teaching him, just using him as a punching bag, made him seem like a bully.
Greg calmly lowered his eyes and secretly glanced at the several new hideous injuries on Kian’s body, feeling even more regretful.
It would be hard for him to explain to Nyx for beating Kian like this.
After this experience, this young man probably wouldn’t dare to come to him to learn swordsmanship again, and then Kian would lose the ability to take revenge.
If this went on, Kian wouldn’t be able to protect Nyx from his enemies.
Greg stood with his hands behind his back, looking as aloof as ever, but in fact, he was almost so worried that he wanted to pull out his own hair.
Just as he was feeling embarrassed, Kian slowly got up with all his injuries, still keeping his back straight, and bowed to Greg, saying, “Thank you for your teaching.”
His tone was very calm, without any resentment. His every move wasn’t timid, and he maintained a great deal of
composure.
All the dissatisfaction in Greg’s eyes disappeared. He actually began to appreciate this young man a bit.
The next day, even though Greg didn’t invite him to practice swordsmanship again, Kian still showed up early on the mountain peak where Greg practiced.
The barrier hadn’t been set up yet, and Greg was waiting for him.
As soon as they met, Greg sized Kian up from head to toe. Seeing that all his injuries were gone and he couldn’t smell any blood either, the tension in his heart lessened a bit.
But Greg still asked worriedly, “There are many spirit plants on Herb Peak. There shouldn’t be a shortage of medicine for your injuries, right?”
In fact, what he really wanted to know was Nyx’s reaction, but he was too embarrassed and a bit too afraid to ask directly. Strangely enough, he felt an inexplicable fear of that small rabbit demon not much bigger than a palm and didn’t want to
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make her angry.
Kian was silent for a moment and then answered truthfully, “Before going back yesterday, I went to Pill Cauldron Peak first”
Only after Magnus had cured his injuries while grumbling and had changed his clothes did he dare to go back to Herb Peak to see Nyx.
Practicing swordsmanship was bound to be tough, and he had no complaints. But he didn’t want Nyx to worry, nor did he want her to see him in a sorry state.
Greg understood his meaning and secretly let out a sigh of relief, giving him an approving look.
Compared to yesterday, when Greg looked at Kian today, he obviously felt much more favorable towards him. There was even a bit of kindness on Greg’s young face like that of an elder.
But once they started fighting, Greg returned to his fierce style of the previous day. He didn’t show any mercy at all. Instead, it seemed that because there was Magnus, the master of healing, he attacked even more recklessly.
Under the tempestuous attacks, Kian’s sword strikes became more and more proficient, and the sharpness of his swordsmanship, honed through countless trials, could no longer be hidden.
Day after day, the young disciples of Sword Peak and Sword Guild witnessed Kian’s strength growing at a visible speed.
The hardships and sufferings involved were beyond words. They asked themselves and admitted that they couldn’t be as tenacious as him, so their feelings of jealousy gradually turned into admiration.
The Sect Competition lasted for a whole year. Greg imparted all his understanding of the way of the sword to Kian without reservation.
Although Greg didn’t hold a ceremony of accepting Kian as his student, he had already treated this young man as one.
Perhaps because it was his first time teaching a young person, Greg had a new understanding of swordsmanship, and the bottleneck that he hadn’t broken through for a long time was faintly loosening.
“I’m going to live in seclusion and practice. I won’t stay here any longer.” After getting along for a while, Greg became more skilled at stroking Nyx, smoothing her fur over and over again. “If there’s an urgent matter, just send me a message.”
Even if he was going into seclusion to practice, as long as Nyx asked for his help, Greg would definitely come out of seclusion immediately to help.
The various sects started their journeys back one after another. Sword Guild came the earliest and left early too. After giving Nyx some instructions, Greg left with the Sect.
Since learning about the existence of Jaws, Nyx had been eager to find out more information. To this end, she went down the mountain and took on many tasks.
She spent a lot of effort, but the information she got was all from a hundred years ago or even earlier, and it was all just some useless snippets.
There was still no trace of Jaws, but the Celestial once again faced a major event. The once–in–a–decade Sect enrollment began.
Those who passed the tests and had their aptitude measured and could enter the Celestial were rare. The inner disciples were selected from the best of the best. They not only needed to have high talent but also be liked by the elders.
There weren’t always new people entering the inner sect in every enrollment. The elders of each peak were extremely picky.
But this year, there were really several young people with exceptional talents. The most outstanding among them was Baylor Hamilton from the magic family, the Hamilton family. He had a fire spiritual root and was very perceptive, and he was
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favored by more than one elder.
The situation where several elders were competing for one disciple was rare. Nyx transformed into her beast form and comfortably nestled in Kian’s arms, watching the scene with great interest.
The elders maintained a dignified and reserved demeanor, but they were bickering with each other, and the atmosphere was full of gunpowder. In fact, they didn’t really have to have Baylor. Those competitive elders just didn’t want to give in.
Being contested made Baylor a bit embarrassed. He didn’t expect to encounter such a situation and nervously rubbed his fingers.
After a long while, he finally made up his mind, closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and shouted out the truth, “I want to join Herb Peak.
Cyan was stunned.
The battle for students had somehow spread to him. Facing one sharp gaze after another, his shock and bewilderment were no less than those of the other elders.
He had just accepted Nyx as a disciple not long ago and had no plans to accept another disciple in the short term. He had only come to the enrollment to have fun. So he wanted to refuse.
But Cyan thought again that since Baylor had such a clear goal, there might be some special reason. After hesitating for a moment, he still asked in an inquiring tone, “May I ask why?”
Everyone wanted to know the answer.
Stared at by everyone, Baylor became even more embarrassed. His face turned red, and he lost the courage he had when he shouted out loud just now.
But even though his voice became softer and softer, almost inaudible, the cultivators with excellent hearing still heard what he said.
“Because my brothers and sisters participated in the Sect Competition, and when they came back, they all said that the canteen of Herb Peak is very good, and it usually only serves the disciples of Herb Peak…” he said.
There was a strange silence all around.
Nyx was also shocked and thought, ‘What a big glutton!‘
The expressions of the elders were distorted with shock.
They thought, ‘So, food is more attractive than our knowledge?‘
After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that indeed many outer disciples had also actively asked to join Herb Peak in this year’s recruitment…
Herb Peak used to be the least popular place in the Celestial, but this year, the number of new disciples there overwhelmed that of Pill Cauldron Peak and Sword Peak.
Although it wasn’t as popular as the main peak, after all, only a few new disciples had heard about the canteen. Calculating this way, the Herb Peak Canteen had a great attraction. Presumably, all the new disciples who had heard about it were drawn
there.
With Baylor taking the lead, several other promising young talents who could enter the inner sect were also eager to move and successively proposed to become Cyan’s disciples.
The magic families were always well–informed. Since the canteen could attract a young man from the Hamilton family, it must be really excellent. So they definitely wanted to go to Herb Peak.
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After the initial shock, Nyx’s classmates became excited and couldn’t help exchanging, glances, wishing they could start discussing immediately whether Herb Peak would become prosperous from now on.
Cyan received a lot of complicated and jealous glares, but he was both in pain and happy. After careful consideration, Cyan bluntly said that he didn’t have the idea of accepting a disciple for now.
Fortunately, Herb Peak didn’t have only one elder. If Baylor didn’t mind that the status and cultivation of some other elders were slightly lower than Cyan’s, there were several elders for him to choose from.
Two of the new disciples had wood spiritual roots and both joined Herb Peak without hesitation, with their eyes shining brightly and looking very excited.
“You have a fire spiritual root, and it’s not suitable for you to practice in Herb Peak. This is a major matter, so it’s better to think it over carefully before making a decision.” Cyan couldn’t bear to waste Baylor’s talent, so he patiently advised.
In fact, Baylor knew in his heart that he wasn’t suitable to join Herb Peak. But when he heard Cyan say it out loud, he couldn’t help showing a look of frustration as if his dream had been shattered.
Cyan shook his head helplessly.
In his opinion, with such good talent, Baylor should have become Merlin’s disciple. Unfortunately, Merlin hadn’t ended his seclusion for cultivation yet. It was a pity that they were not destined to be masters and disciples.
Just as he was lost in thought, suddenly there was a strong wind. The clear sky darkened in an instant. Several elders suddenly stood up, their eyes wide with surprise. “…Mr. Barrett?”
Merlin had actually ended his seclusion for cultivation.
A powerful spiritual power shattered the clouds, and the aura of a powerful being enveloped the entire hall from above.
Nyx instinctively looked up and only saw a figure appear at the top with an invisible sense of oppression.
