Chapter 42: Great Master

Looking at communication jade connected to her Great Master, she was really nervous, but it's not polite if she doesn't contact immediately, right?

Yun Shang brave herself and tidy herself as formal as possible, then she input her spiritual consciousness to the jade.

A red light flashed in front of Yun Shang, and a red-shadowed woman appeared. Although the outline is clear, but you can't see her appearance.

Although she already prepared herself, she was still frightened by the sudden appearance of the red shadow woman.

Yun Shang calmed herself and greeted formally "Disciple greeted Great Master."

"You little doll are very interesting! Extremely rare Chaos Spiritual Roots is found by My apprentice. Haha, but my apprentice only knew you are heavenly-fire spiritual roots."

Suddenly a voice was heard.

Yun Shang' face immediately paled by Great Master's word. Oh, she was finished! She was found out lying to her own master and the apprentice of The Great Master in front of her!

"Disciple Yun Shang ask for Great Master's forgiveness!" Yun Shang immediately plead while kneeling.

Before she knelt down, the gentle force from nowhere stop her and make her stand again.

"Little girl, you have a lot of thoughts. You don't have to ask for forgiveness. If my apprentice knew that I made his only disciple knelt the first time we met, he'll nag me. And you don't need to be formal, this Great Master doesn't like it."

 "Yes, Great Master"

"And you don't have to feel guilty to keep a secret from your master because you are his responsibility, it's his fault that he can't found out about the aptitude of his own disciple. Tsk, tsk, tsk, he really lack experience."

"Great Master, don't blame master as Yun Shang is the one who hide it with a trick."

"Oh? The trick that can hide from Spirit Transformation Stage, it seems this disciple of my apprentice is also a person with a good opportunity."

"Yun Shang can't brag, it's just something passed on from generation to generation in her family, as for the origin Yun Shang also not clear as she is the only surviving family member now."

"You don't have to mind it. There's many wonders in this world. One or two things without knowing it's origin is normal. But there was something I want to ask"

 "Please ask, Great Master."

"If you don't tell your master about your spiritual roots, how can you practice? I hope you don't put cart before horse."

"Great Master, Yun Shang have mental exercise especially for Chaos spiritual roots, but unfortunately this exercise doesn't have spell attached in it. So Yun Shang get fire spell technique and attributeless sword technique"

"Oh, then as a meeting gift I will give you a spell technique of five elements that can be lethal even in The Fairy World. As for sword technique I also have an exquisite attributeless sword technique."

After saying that, Great Master put her finger in Yun Shang's forehead. Immediately many technique appeared in her mind.

"Thanks Great Master for this opportunity! Yun Shang definitely try her best to live up to Great Master's expectation!" Yun Shang bowed deeply, feeling grateful.

"Okay, it's alright that you know. Great Master don't have many teaching for you, the reason your Grand Master want to communicate with you is because my apprentice accept female disciple, I couldn't help but want to leave a few advice as female cultivator.

You just have to remember what I, your Great Master, said. You must have the mentality that if I am happy, everyone will be happy. If I am sad, then everyone should be sad together. This way, your life will be better.

If you are teased, you must remember to tease back. Women, you must live comfortably. As for men, there are many in the world. Great Master doesn't deny that good men exist, but for us cultivators, even if we meet a good man in the mortal world, if he doesn't have spiritual roots, you can't really have feelings for him, otherwise you will be sad alone. But if he has spiritual roots, when he enters the world of cultivation, there are more possibilities for change.

Girl, you have to understand one thing, female cultivators must be stronger than men, and they must never be the foundation for others' cultivation. As for whether you use others as the foundation for cultivation, it doesn't matter as long as you can do it!"

"Great Master, I'm only eleven years old." The little girl was already out of breath. 

Yun Shang thinks her Great Master style has changed? Is it a possession? Impossible, then where the reliable Great Master now?

"I know. You're eleven this year and twelve next year. You'll grow up soon! You should know that your master was a beautiful girl who was loved by everyone and flowers bloomed wherever she went. Everyone fell at my feet!" The red-shadow woman boasted proudly.

"You should know that in the future, even if you are wrong, you can't say you are wrong. As long as you do it, it must be right!"

"To establish that I am the truth!"

"Eeh, but that is just being unreasonable and arrogant!" Yun Shang thought so in her heart, but she said, "Great Master, you are right!"

"Don't think I'm being unreasonable. Cultivating immortals is against the will of heaven. There are both immortals and demons. Immortals can ascend to heaven, and so can demons. Does that mean demons are wrong? As long as you truly believe that you are right, you won't have any demons in your heart. Cultivating immortals is all about moving forward courageously. You must do things in accordance with your heart!"

This statement made the little girl stunned. It made sense and she nodded secretly.

"Since you understand, you should practice well. You need to understand one thing. Although your master has said so much, you must know that women have disadvantages compared to men in cultivating immortals. Needless to say, aptitude is innate. Generally speaking, it is difficult to tell who is better in this aspect. The biggest difference is acquired. Women are used to having someone to rely on, and most of them are not as tough as men. This is a fact. Women have a hard time with love, and those who are willing to practice hard and go through hardships are still a minority compared to men. If you look at the ratio of male and female cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage, you should have an idea."

Great Master sighed twice when she said this. She was a person who never gave up, but there were very few women like her.

Of course the little girl understood that what her master said was the truth. From the cultivators she had seen, not to mention that the male to female ratio in the Nascent Soul stage was basically nine out of ten males, even among the Golden Core cultivators, at most only three out of ten were females.

"Great Master, I will remember what you said. I will practice hard and will never lose to anyone." The little girl clenched her fists to show her unshakable determination.

"That's right, Great Master, as long as you can firmly believe in cultivating immortals, as for other aspects, just follow your own temperament. Don't be too restrained. If you encounter trivial matters, you can intervene if you want. If you come across something you think is good, you can also joke around. After all, everyone loves beauty!"

The little girl thought that the Great Master was being serious, but she didn't expect that she would return to his old ways so soon.

"Great Master, I understand. I will definitely do as you say! I will definitely become stronger alone without relying on others. I know that if you rely on mountains, they will fall; if you rely on water, it will flow; if you rely on people, they will run away. Only if you rely on yourself, you will never fall!"

"Good! You are a teachable kid" Hongying was overjoyed and stood up to praise the little girl. 

Hongying was really satisfied this time. As a woman, she didn't want her apprentice's successor to be like ordinary female monks. But to be honest, it was difficult to find someone as different as she was!

It's really fortunate that she met Yun Shang who was from modern world that have no woman virtues and always put herself first before everything.

"Although your spiritual roots excellent Chaos spiritual roots. With excellent resources, your cultivation speed will be very fast. But if your state of mind cannot keep up, it's okay before the Golden Core stage, and there won't be any problems. After the Golden Core stage, it's hard to say. So you must focus on training!"

"Great Master, don't worry!"

"I will rest assured."

"Great Master, I will definitely remember your teachings. If I go out and encounter something, even if others are right, as long as I think I am right, I will turn it around!"

"Nonsense, that's your principle of conduct, but if you don't have enough strength, you might have to say goodbye to me, your Great Master, for the first time!"

"How come I was wrong again!"

Yun Shang felt very aggrieved. She had always thought of herself as a time traveler, and one who had come from a relatively open era on Earth. She thought she was quite amazing.

But it was not until by chance, when I met such a Great Master, that I finally understood what it meant that there are always people better than you, what it meant to be truly tough, what it meant to never make mistakes, and what it meant that I am always right.

She really admires this Great Master.

She thinks the biggest opportunity is not Chaos Space but met her Great Master.

"Okay now that I already meet and satisfied in every way with my grand disciple, I will say goodbye."

Yun Shang was reluctant to say good bye to her Great Master.

Yun Shang didn't know since when, but when she realized Great Master has many profound insight that's overlapping with modern idea, she opened her heart.

Maybe before she really can't open her heart even to her own master, because she thinks she has different thinking from others in this world.

But when she met Great Master she knows how wrong she is, there are still others who even though in backward era for women but had freedom unique to openness in modern world.

Yun Shang then realized she doesn't have to follow the crowds in this world, she can become unique existence as long as she have strength!

She will definitely walk straight and proud of her own uniqueness! And she will destroy all obstacles that deny it!! 

The moment she cleared her mind, Yun Shang felt refreshed and her state of mind improved a lot. At this time, Great Master saw that her cultivation level had risen from the tenth level to the eleventh level of Qi training.

The reason she simply advanced to the eleventh level of Qi training because her spirit already fulfill the premise of cultivating the spirit from her "Divine Soul Art". Then when her state of mind improved and her spirit in state of relaxed Yun Shang entered the eleventh level of Qi training.

Seeing her enlightened, Great Master even more satisfied. If she can, she want to steal her to become her own disciple. Of course it's impossible, even though she is unreasonable, she still respect master-disciple ethics and she doesn't have much of free time. But she can give her protection,

When Yun Shang woke up from her enlightened state, she saw her Great Master put her finger on Yun Shang's forehead again. Then she was feeling enveloped in soft embrace that give her a lot of security.

"This is my protection to you, farewell Yun Shang."

"Great Master, can we communicate again in a while?" Yun Shang asked hurriedly.

"Remember Yun Shang, our time flow differently. A while for you is the same as hundreds or thousands years for me. But I will communicate again with you when you reached Nascent Soul cultivator, I will personally bestow your Taoist Name."

"Thanks Great Master, and take care." Yun Shang said it with tears in her eyes.

Then in front of her communication jade broke into pieces.

Looking at the broken jade in the ground, Yun Shang crying for the first time since time-travelling