In the modern era, The Tradition used the glory of The Book to dominate the field of religion. Since the Mausoleum of the Books was located in the capital, the Central Church was also built in the capital. Before the Zhou Dynasty came into power, the Shang Dynasty controlled the world. Now that the Shang has collapsed, Zhou has risen to power and every Pope must be from Zhou. Not only was the Zhou dynasty built around the capital and was powerful since the very beginning, but it was protected by the Tradition which made it become the center of the human world.
Compared to the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, the southern Central Continent had multiple powers in it. There were many kingdoms, factions, and sects. Although they seem to be scattered all over the place, the number of xiuxingist in each group couldn’t be disregarded. It almost seemed that the southern region had more xiuxingist than the Zhou Dynasty had. Of these major powers of the southern region, the most influential powers were the Mountain Virgin’s Nan Xi Temple, the Longevity Sect, and the Family of Qiu Shan.
After ending the terrible and bloody war between humans and demons, the southern powers felt that they had sacrificed a lot and wanted to rise in power and status. They believed that the Mausoleum of the Books belonged to the entire human world and shouldn’t be controlled by the Zhou Dynasty alone just as how the explanation of the Book shouldn’t be controlled by the Pope, who represented the Tradition.
For this reason, the southern power debated and argued with the previous three emperors of the Zhou Dynasty about the procedure and the name of the Great Trial. In addition, the Tradition was also split into two factions, the North and the South. Although the Southern sect still belonged to the Tradition, it only viewed the Pope as a spiritual leader. The powers were actually in the hands of the Virgin Sect.
The Virgins of the Souther Sect were always the strongest xiuxingsts. But because they needed to balance out the struggles between the multiple powers in the south and had no army for back up, their actual power and status were lower than that of the northern Pope. Nevertheless, they were always the most respected and glorious characters in the south. They held the same power and status as the northern pope did, spiritually and religiously.
Since the Virgin of the Southern Sect was such a special title and status, it was always appointed to a southern lady. There was not a single exception for several thousand years. Only up until now was there a possibility for an exception.
Every Virgin of the Southern Sect came from the Nan Xi Temple. Because of this, the mountain that this faction was located on was named Mountain Virgin. And currently there is only one apprentice in the Nan Xi Temple.
The apprentice is a girl named Xu You Rong. She is the reincarnation of the Sky Phoenix. Her talent in xiu xing is unmatched. She understood the essence of the Scroll of the Way and arrived at Mountain Virgin when she was just twelve years old. All of the teachers and masters of Mountain Virgin were shocked and disregarded her Zhou citizen status and announced to the whole world: she will be the only female student of Nan Xi Temple. This meant that if there were to be no interference, this young girl named Xu You Rong would become the next Virgin of the Southern Sect and one of the religious leaders of the Tradition.
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The night was dark and heavy with stars scattered across the sky. They never seemed to move and yet they also seemed to relocate with every moment. The quietness was both enjoyable and scary. There was nothing but silence in the mountains during the night. Suddenly, a sharp chirp broke the cloud and a white crane landed from the night sky.
As star light shined upon it, the white crane in the darkness seemed surreal as if it were made out of paper and contained no dust. The scream of the crane filled the entire cliff. Perhaps it was because of the time, the night slowly faded into oblivion and white lights appeared in the eastern skyline. The dawn has arrived.
The girl who sat on the cliff took down her luggage from the white crane and picked out the letter. She opened it without much care and read it silently. During the reading, her thin eyebrows were raised a couple times, but she was mostly calm. The pupils reflected the weak sunlight like the surface of a lake. The beautiful complexion contained youth but no immaturity.
Because the southern region is very humid, when the sunlight grew stronger, mist started to form. The light was scattered by the wet air and landed on her face. Although her complexion didn’t appear to be clearer, it was beautiful. This beauty contained a trace of holiness and righteousness.
“That kid is very strange. He claimed to have came to cancel the engagement but for some weird reasons, he regrets his decision. I don’t know what is he trying to do. I originally thought he felt embarrassed and said so intentionally to feel better but after a while I felt that this was not true because when he was speaking, he was very calm and without anger.”
“Granny watched him for several days. I heard that this kid would wake up promptly at five o’clock in the morning everyday. He, like a wooden man, treated everything seriously. Also he has mysophobia, sounds like those evil perverts you told me about before and makes people scared. Fine, Miss, I admit that he didn’t look so bad. When I was speaking to him, I thought he looked handsome which making me feel close to him, but the scary thing was that that was my first time seeing him.”
“ The kid didn’t speak of the engagement to the public or anyone. I am not sure if he is smart or just stupid. Anyways, the family has always sent people to stalk him. Miss, I always thought that the kid is very hypocritical. He thinks so much and demands much more. I will take a look at the recent situation. If he still wants to twist the matter, general and madam may prepare to do something.”
“Miss, even though I think that kid doesn’t deserve to die, I don’t approve of his actions. He holds the engagement and mocks the mansion thinking he has a strong backing. I feel that he is full of vengeance. Furthermore….I heard that the Qiu Shang family will come to the Capital next year to propose a marriage. What if that rascal tries to cause trouble?”
……
The young girl who sat on the cliff read the letter quietly. Her clothes fluttered along the morning wind. Her dark hair floated lightly like silk. They all added some awe-inspiring character to her beauty.
After reading, she remained silent for a while and whispered to herself: “He actually came to the capital?”
That white crane was waiting silently on a side while the girl was reading. Even when it was squatting down, it had half a man’s height. After seeing the girl close the letter, the white crane turned around. It used it’s mouth to get a pen brush from somewhere and the brush tip was filled with ink. The place where the ink was produced was unknown, but it actually emitted a cold fragrance.
The girl smiled and touched the white crane’s slippery thin neck. She took the pen brush and prepared to reply but for a moment she did not know what to write.
She was close to her grandfather since a very young age. If her grandfather hadn’t pass away, she might not have left the capital and came to the Nan Xi Temple at the age of twelve. Even the white crane by her side was given to her by her grandfather. If her grandfather wanted her to do anything, she definitely would do it but ….engagement was definitely not ok.
The little Taoist priest from Xi Ning town should have a last name of Chen?
She slightly frowned, recalling the things she heard in childhood, realizing that she had no impression of the little Taoist priest.
She remembered that her grandfather specifically asked the contemporary Pope to notarize the engagement. Only the male side could cancel the engagement. She then remembered what Shuang Er said in the letter. Her thin eyebrows stirred up a bit and thought silently. Was that little Taoist priest really that bothersome and hypocritical? She remembered that when they were young he wasn’t that kind of person.
She knew that many people in the capital, including her father, all wished that she would represented the Zhou Dynasty and marry to the south and they would absolutely not allow the little Taoist priest to influence this. Even more extreme, they most likely would kill him if he tried. She thought that this little Taoist priest was truly stupid and dumb. Did he really think that he could gain an advantage from the General’s mansion simply because of his little cunning brain?
Thinking to this part, she felt somewhat unhappy.
Unhappiness was a rare feeling to her. She was not sure if it’s because the little Taoist priest didn’t know how to protect himself or….
Fine, that little Taoist priest was truly irritating.
Fine, no matter how much the little Taoist priest changed, the engagement must be cancelled.
Yet…..there was no need to hurt him.
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With a sharp scream, the white crane carried the girl’s two letters and flew away into the cloud. With the morning gale and sunlight, it flew to the distant capital.
The girl placed her brush into the water and stood up. She walked to the cliff wearing a cotton shirt and placed her hands behind her back.
Her eyes were young but they were filled with an extraordinary attitude.
She was the unique young phoenix in the world.
She was the next South virgin.
She was the first place in the Honor Roll of Green Cloud.
She was Xu You Rong.
She was still innocent. She had a kind of innocence that was not of mischief but of naivety.
She smiled brilliantly. The kind of brilliance she showed was not of emotion, but of spring wind.
She did not care about the world and the people. The people considered to be related to her were actually not such as the engagement that she almost forgot about and Qiu Shan Jun.
She admitted that Qiu Shan Jun senior was very strong to a nearly perfect extent. He was the best mate to have in everyone’s eyes, but why did that matter to her?
They were all very, very good, but they were not what she wanted.
Of course, the little Taoist priest was even less of what she wanted.
What she wanted to do now was to sit on the cliff and enjoy watching the snow, hearing the rain, reading, reading, and more reading.
Inside the books, there was the way of xiu xing. One scroll already surpassed countless lovers.
She solely concentrated in the way of xiu xing. Who could stop her?
………..
Chen Chang Sheng left the inn, walking to the second to last school on the roster his master gave to him.
He really wanted to know what Miss Xu would do today to make him fail.
Of course, even if he failed again, he wouldn’t change his mind.
What he did ever since he was young was watch the temple, sweep the snow, eat medicine, read, read, and more reading.
Inside the books, there were the ways of xiu xing. To him, one scroll already surpassed a thousand mountains and seas.
He solely concentrated in the way of xiu xing. Who could stop him?
In the modern era, The Tradition used the glory of The Book to dominate the field of religion. Since the Mausoleum of the Books was located in the capital, the Central Church was also built in the capital. Before the Zhou Dynasty came into power, the Shang Dynasty controlled the world. Now that the Shang has collapsed, Zhou has risen to power and every Pope must be from Zhou. Not only was the Zhou dynasty built around the capital and was powerful since the very beginning, but it was protected by the Tradition which made it become the center of the human world.
Compared to the Shang Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty, the southern Central Continent had multiple powers in it. There were many kingdoms, factions, and sects. Although they seem to be scattered all over the place, the number of xiuxingist in each group couldn’t be disregarded. It almost seemed that the southern region had more xiuxingist than the Zhou Dynasty had. Of these major powers of the southern region, the most influential powers were the Mountain Virgin’s Nan Xi Temple, the Longevity Sect, and the Family of Qiu Shan.
After ending the terrible and bloody war between humans and demons, the southern powers felt that they had sacrificed a lot and wanted to rise in power and status. They believed that the Mausoleum of the Books belonged to the entire human world and shouldn’t be controlled by the Zhou Dynasty alone just as how the explanation of the Book shouldn’t be controlled by the Pope, who represented the Tradition.
For this reason, the southern power debated and argued with the previous three emperors of the Zhou Dynasty about the procedure and the name of the Great Trial. In addition, the Tradition was also split into two factions, the North and the South. Although the Southern sect still belonged to the Tradition, it only viewed the Pope as a spiritual leader. The powers were actually in the hands of the Virgin Sect.
The Virgins of the Souther Sect were always the strongest xiuxingsts. But because they needed to balance out the struggles between the multiple powers in the south and had no army for back up, their actual power and status were lower than that of the northern Pope. Nevertheless, they were always the most respected and glorious characters in the south. They held the same power and status as the northern pope did, spiritually and religiously.
Since the Virgin of the Southern Sect was such a special title and status, it was always appointed to a southern lady. There was not a single exception for several thousand years. Only up until now was there a possibility for an exception.
Every Virgin of the Southern Sect came from the Nan Xi Temple. Because of this, the mountain that this faction was located on was named Mountain Virgin. And currently there is only one apprentice in the Nan Xi Temple.
The apprentice is a girl named Xu You Rong. She is the reincarnation of the Sky Phoenix. Her talent in xiu xing is unmatched. She understood the essence of the Scroll of the Way and arrived at Mountain Virgin when she was just twelve years old. All of the teachers and masters of Mountain Virgin were shocked and disregarded her Zhou citizen status and announced to the whole world: she will be the only female student of Nan Xi Temple. This meant that if there were to be no interference, this young girl named Xu You Rong would become the next Virgin of the Southern Sect and one of the religious leaders of the Tradition.
———————————————–
The night was dark and heavy with stars scattered across the sky. They never seemed to move and yet they also seemed to relocate with every moment. The quietness was both enjoyable and scary. There was nothing but silence in the mountains during the night. Suddenly, a sharp chirp broke the cloud and a white crane landed from the night sky.
As star light shined upon it, the white crane in the darkness seemed surreal as if it were made out of paper and contained no dust. The scream of the crane filled the entire cliff. Perhaps it was because of the time, the night slowly faded into oblivion and white lights appeared in the eastern skyline. The dawn has arrived.
The girl who sat on the cliff took down her luggage from the white crane and picked out the letter. She opened it without much care and read it silently. During the reading, her thin eyebrows were raised a couple times, but she was mostly calm. The pupils reflected the weak sunlight like the surface of a lake. The beautiful complexion contained youth but no immaturity.
Because the southern region is very humid, when the sunlight grew stronger, mist started to form. The light was scattered by the wet air and landed on her face. Although her complexion didn’t appear to be clearer, it was beautiful. This beauty contained a trace of holiness and righteousness.
“That kid is very strange. He claimed to have came to cancel the engagement but for some weird reasons, he regrets his decision. I don’t know what is he trying to do. I originally thought he felt embarrassed and said so intentionally to feel better but after a while I felt that this was not true because when he was speaking, he was very calm and without anger.”
“Granny watched him for several days. I heard that this kid would wake up promptly at five o’clock in the morning everyday. He, like a wooden man, treated everything seriously. Also he has mysophobia, sounds like those evil perverts you told me about before and makes people scared. Fine, Miss, I admit that he didn’t look so bad. When I was speaking to him, I thought he looked handsome which making me feel close to him, but the scary thing was that that was my first time seeing him.”
“ The kid didn’t speak of the engagement to the public or anyone. I am not sure if he is smart or just stupid. Anyways, the family has always sent people to stalk him. Miss, I always thought that the kid is very hypocritical. He thinks so much and demands much more. I will take a look at the recent situation. If he still wants to twist the matter, general and madam may prepare to do something.”
“Miss, even though I think that kid doesn’t deserve to die, I don’t approve of his actions. He holds the engagement and mocks the mansion thinking he has a strong backing. I feel that he is full of vengeance. Furthermore….I heard that the Qiu Shang family will come to the Capital next year to propose a marriage. What if that rascal tries to cause trouble?”
……
The young girl who sat on the cliff read the letter quietly. Her clothes fluttered along the morning wind. Her dark hair floated lightly like silk. They all added some awe-inspiring character to her beauty.
After reading, she remained silent for a while and whispered to herself: “He actually came to the capital?”
That white crane was waiting silently on a side while the girl was reading. Even when it was squatting down, it had half a man’s height. After seeing the girl close the letter, the white crane turned around. It used it’s mouth to get a pen brush from somewhere and the brush tip was filled with ink. The place where the ink was produced was unknown, but it actually emitted a cold fragrance.
The girl smiled and touched the white crane’s slippery thin neck. She took the pen brush and prepared to reply but for a moment she did not know what to write.
She was close to her grandfather since a very young age. If her grandfather hadn’t pass away, she might not have left the capital and came to the Nan Xi Temple at the age of twelve. Even the white crane by her side was given to her by her grandfather. If her grandfather wanted her to do anything, she definitely would do it but ….engagement was definitely not ok.
The little Taoist priest from Xi Ning town should have a last name of Chen?
She slightly frowned, recalling the things she heard in childhood, realizing that she had no impression of the little Taoist priest.
She remembered that her grandfather specifically asked the contemporary Pope to notarize the engagement. Only the male side could cancel the engagement. She then remembered what Shuang Er said in the letter. Her thin eyebrows stirred up a bit and thought silently. Was that little Taoist priest really that bothersome and hypocritical? She remembered that when they were young he wasn’t that kind of person.
She knew that many people in the capital, including her father, all wished that she would represented the Zhou Dynasty and marry to the south and they would absolutely not allow the little Taoist priest to influence this. Even more extreme, they most likely would kill him if he tried. She thought that this little Taoist priest was truly stupid and dumb. Did he really think that he could gain an advantage from the General’s mansion simply because of his little cunning brain?
Thinking to this part, she felt somewhat unhappy.
Unhappiness was a rare feeling to her. She was not sure if it’s because the little Taoist priest didn’t know how to protect himself or….
Fine, that little Taoist priest was truly irritating.
Fine, no matter how much the little Taoist priest changed, the engagement must be cancelled.
Yet…..there was no need to hurt him.
—————————————————
With a sharp scream, the white crane carried the girl’s two letters and flew away into the cloud. With the morning gale and sunlight, it flew to the distant capital.
The girl placed her brush into the water and stood up. She walked to the cliff wearing a cotton shirt and placed her hands behind her back.
Her eyes were young but they were filled with an extraordinary attitude.
She was the unique young phoenix in the world.
She was the next South virgin.
She was the first place in the Honor Roll of Green Cloud.
She was Xu You Rong.
She was still innocent. She had a kind of innocence that was not of mischief but of naivety.
She smiled brilliantly. The kind of brilliance she showed was not of emotion, but of spring wind.
She did not care about the world and the people. The people considered to be related to her were actually not such as the engagement that she almost forgot about and Qiu Shan Jun.
She admitted that Qiu Shan Jun senior was very strong to a nearly perfect extent. He was the best mate to have in everyone’s eyes, but why did that matter to her?
They were all very, very good, but they were not what she wanted.
Of course, the little Taoist priest was even less of what she wanted.
What she wanted to do now was to sit on the cliff and enjoy watching the snow, hearing the rain, reading, reading, and more reading.
Inside the books, there was the way of xiu xing. One scroll already surpassed countless lovers.
She solely concentrated in the way of xiu xing. Who could stop her?
………..
Chen Chang Sheng left the inn, walking to the second to last school on the roster his master gave to him.
He really wanted to know what Miss Xu would do today to make him fail.
Of course, even if he failed again, he wouldn’t change his mind.
What he did ever since he was young was watch the temple, sweep the snow, eat medicine, read, read, and more reading.
Inside the books, there were the ways of xiu xing. To him, one scroll already surpassed a thousand mountains and seas.
He solely concentrated in the way of xiu xing. Who could stop him?
