Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess
Chapter 463: Disciple Token

Chapter 463: 463: Disciple Token

Suddenly fed with a Longevity Pill, this precious pill that not only can restore youth but also strength and extends one’s life by his senior brother, left Supreme Elder Wan Yuyi shocked. He wanted to say more words but when he saw the serious and enraged eyes of Huashen Roushen on him, he suddenly turned into a mute.

Huashen Roushen said, "Meditate. Once you are done you are going to meet that disciple with me. You will release all the guilt in your heart and listen to her response. Whether it was a good or a bad one, you must apologize if that is eating your heart due to guilt. Only then will your heart demons disappear."

"Wan Yuyi, do you understand?"

The Supreme Elder, Wan Yuyi, showed a pained expression and took his time to think. Only when he saw the worry within the eyes of his senior brother did he give up and agree to do as he wished him to.

He said, "Alright. I will do as you say, Shixiong."

"Good. Take your time to heal yourself. Don’t worry about the pill. I don’t need that yet," said Huashen Roushen.

Supreme Elder Wan Yuyi meditates in the tower with Roushen watching over him. When the elders arrived and realized that the commission was caused by their ancestor and supreme elder, they were stunned and immediately greeted the elders, shocking countless disciples in the area.

"Greetings to the Ancestor and the Supreme Elder!"

"Ask someone to watch over the tower after we leave. Is it true that the disciple called Tan Bingyu had arrived in the sect?" Huashen Roushen asked.

An elder answers, "Yes. The ones who brought her over are some disciples from the Three Swords Peak. It seems they had met each other at the market area."

"I see. Tell others not to visit the Three Swords Peak for today," Huashen Roushen said.

The elders didn’t question why the ancestor prevented other people from seeing Tan Bingyu. They just followed through with their duties and some returned to their own places. A few stayed to take over the place of their ancestor and supreme elder once the pair had taken their leave.

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On the other hand, at the Three Swords Peak...

Tan Bingyu and the rest had entered Peak Master Guan’s abode. She had served some spiritual tea for them to enjoy and a few snacks as a pair. Everyone was delighted that their master had served them such a special drink. This is a tea that can help the flow of qi in one’s body and slightly increase the qi within them by a few years.

"Have a sip, Bing’er. This is good for you," said Peak Master Guan.

Tan Bingyu wanted to say that her cultivation realm is too high for a low-grade spiritu tea to have some effects on her. However, she didn’t decline the goodwill of her master.

"Thank you, Master."

Peak Master Guan and Sect Master Wan wanted to see the effect of the tea on Tan Bingyu. They thought she was injured and was hiding her cultivation. That’s why Peak Master Guan served this treasure of hers and let her disciple enjoy it. The two of them watch as Tan Bingyu finishes a whole cup but no reaction is found on her.

Meanwhile, the other three disciples, Mo Jue, Fu Lili and Qi Shiru who also drank the same tea all have visible changes on them. They had fallen into a state of meditation trying to absorb as much of pure qi from the tea. Peak Master Guan and Sect Leader Wan looked at the three other disciples who had fallen in a state of meditation and Tan Bingyu, who finished one cup but didn’t do any action of pouring another cup for herself.

Seeing this, Peak Master Guan tried to pour another cup to her disciple but was rejected.

Tan Bingyu said, "Master, don’t give me another cup. It had no use for me. Please save it for your use. Also, please receive this from me. I came to give you a gift and return a few things."

With a wave of her hands, a few tin cans of tea she got from her mistress before, small jade bottles with her pill rations but no longer used for it and a few swords of bronze to gold grade placed neatly on the table. There are even two Spirit-grade swords that match the attributes of the two that were seated in front of Tan Bingyu.

Peak Master Guan and the Sect Master were stunned by the artifact weapons, pills and tea cans placed on the table. Tan Bingyu didn’t notice their shock and started introducing her gifts. She first held a tin can and opened one. The moment the can was opened, the strong scent of immortal herbs and flower lotus spread in the cave.

"This is a special herb and flower tea I got from my Mistress. It doesn’t have much effect on me now. But it is the most suitable for Master and Uncle Master. This is a high-grade tea made of immortal herbs and a petal from Mistress sentient snow lotus flower. It should be able to help you increase your cultivation to Peak Jindan Realm at most, maybe even Nascent Soul at an early stage is not impossible."

"Inside these jade bottles are a perfect ranked pill for Qi Gathering, Detoxification, Purification and a three Longevity Pill. I will do my part and give half to Masters and everyone."

"Also these are sword artifacts my mistress gave to me. Well it’s just common things for her and I took a few to replace the swords of everyone in the Three Swords Peak. The Spirit Grade ones are for Master and Uncle Master. It’s a pair so you will be able to find one another as long as the other holds the sword paired to this."

When she held the last thing Tan Bingyu wanted to give to her master, she hesitated. She looked at the jade with Heavenly Sword Sect insignia on it together with her name engraved. Looking at this jade made her recall the past when she was still young and proud. At that time she was determined to become her master’s successor. However, that path is no longer for her. Her current path right now is to follow after the footsteps of her mistress and serve her until the end of her life.

After making the final decision, Tan Bingyu placed her former disciple token in front of Peak Master Guan and Sect Master Wan. The moment they saw this jade the shock they got from the rare gifts they received had faded. This is Tan Bingyu’s disciple token, returning it meant cutting off her former identity as Heavenly Sword Sect’s disciple.

Peak Master Guan’s face turned pale as she shook her head in disbelief.

"N-No... NO! I will not accept. I will never accept this back. This is the jade token I had made and gave it to you. Bing’er, please don’t do this!" Peak Master Guan said.

Sect Master Wan Yuyan gently soothes Guan Yueyi’s surge in emotions with his qi and asks Tan Bingyu, "Bing’er, why are you doing this? Is it because we failed to help you and your clan at that time? We wanted to, but your master’s Three Swords Peak was sealed by the sect and I was... Imprisoned at the back mountains."

This is the first time Tan Bingyu heard about this. She had thought that her master and master uncle chose not to save her at that time as the sect was also in danger. But the Three Swords Peak was sealed and Uncle Master was imprisoned.

"Sealed the peak? Imprisoned? What are you... talking... about?" Tan Bingyu asked.

"Didn’t you... abandon me?"

Tan Bingyu was suddenly hugged by her master who once again started crying.

"I didn’t. I never abandoned you. At that time, I planned to leave the peak with your junior brothers and sisters to support you. However, while waiting for your Uncle Master to arrive, the elders had sealed off the Three Swords Peak and locked all of us in. Your Shimei, Meiren, even used sacrifice to break the barrier with me but it was no use. The backlash caused my cultivation to stagnate while Meiren had fallen into slumber."

"When your Uncle Master arrived, he fought against his own master and martial siblings just to make them unseal our peak but it was no use. At that time, the former sect master was decisive. He injured your Uncle Master and imprisoned him as a punishment."

"It’s not that we never intended to save you. We wanted to but were stopped by those old bastards!" Peak Master Guan Yueyi shouted. As for her tears, it stopped when her anger reached its peak.

Sect Master Wan Yuyan said, "We tried to do our best but... It was far too weak at that time. I’m sorry, Bing’er. Uncle failed to keep his promise to you."

Tan Bingyu couldn’t believe what she was hearing. All this time, she had greatly hated the Heavenly Sword Sect for abandoning them that time. When her master and uncle master whom she believed would come to support her didn’t arrive, she fell in despair. It was at that time that her special physique had started showing some signs of awakening. It was also thanks to her that she and the Hidden Tan Clan had survived.

Now knowing the truth, Tan Bingyu didn’t know whether to believe it or not. Though he doesn’t hate her master and her peak as much at that time, she no longer has the same loyalty and trust towards them after what she had experienced. That’s why she is having a hard time accepting their explanation.

Tan Bingyu’s eyes slowly turned cold as frost started to gather around her. With a cold expression, gaze with an aura, she said, "No one knows if your words are true or not."

"They are telling the truth!" A man shouted from behind.