Tan Shuchang did not end up fighting Dongdong because the peacemakers came out quite quickly.
These peacemakers were, of course, the sword cultivators who had been following the little girl all along.
They all hailed from the Heavenly Sword Mansion.
However, although they came from one of the top Immortal Sects in this world, they were responsible for secretly protecting the little girl and were naturally not an arrogant bunch.
At this moment, even Tan Shuchang, who appeared young, took the initiative to apologize.
"Please forgive me, young master! The young miss is naive!"
These few sword cultivators apologized and bowed, and they held back the little girl with practiced ease. It looked as if they had either rehearsed before coming out or had done this quite often in the past.
Then, Tan Shuchang watched as the little girl was taken back by her clanspeople.
Her first attempt at running away from home came to an end.
It was because she had just left home when her purple Qi Fortune had guided her to find Tan Shuchang. Then, in the mountains and forests of Chu State, she had gotten completely lost.
That’s why children shouldn’t run away from home.
If they can’t even recognize their own territory, wandering far would only lead to embarrassment.
Nevertheless, Tan Shuchang knew that it wouldn’t be long before he would meet the little girl for the second time. After all, in his memory, the little girl had managed to sneak out several times until, at the age of twelve, she was accepted under the wing of the Poetic Fairy from the Jianxia Sect, thus truly "leaving home" successfully.
After the little girl left, Tan Shuchang continued to sit quietly.
At this moment, he still had no cultivation within him. However, as he began to meditate, the mountain forest underwent an immediate change. People without fate could not even see this mountain, let alone enter it.
Such an inconceivable transformation was sensed by the cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Mansion almost immediately.
After all, it was their young miss who had inadvertently entered this place.
Upon this discovery, it naturally alarmed the higher-ups of the Heavenly Sword Mansion. In the end, the Heavenly Sword Mansion chose to suppress this matter, as if nothing had happened.
Because Dongdong, upon being brought back to the Heavenly Sword Mansion, had unexpectedly acquired a golden thunder mark in the palm of her hand.
This mark showed no extraordinary signs, but just a wisp of its aura leaking out made the old Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Mansion, who had cultivated for a century, feel terrified.
Obviously, this was not a mundane item.
The items left behind by their ascended ancestors paled in comparison to this mark.
And this very mark was a thunder strike that "Xu" could allow others to use. Though it was not an Immortal Technique, its power was on par with one.
Tan Shuchang wanted to see if he could set the little girl on the path of cultivation of the Thunder Sword Path.
Sword cultivators may be unrivaled in slaughter, and one person’s strength could overwhelm the pride of a region. Even at their peak, sword cultivators could, with a mortal body, slay a True Immortal.
But the cultivation speed of sword cultivators was truly slow.
Moreover, Tan Shuchang faintly felt that cultivating the Sword Dao might be influenced by his friend Daoist Shi Xin, thus barring him from reaching Heaven’s Authority’s Extreme.
Although all of this was still too early, since he had traveled against the flow of the Long River of Time to gain some time for himself, he might as well try to lend a hand to the little girl.
After all, this unsociable demon cultivator counted his friends on the fingers of one hand.
The more friends one had, the more one lost, thus as a qualified disciple of the Sacred Gate, one must not make such a mistake. And the usual social obligations only required acquaintances anyway.
After all, even if one could call each other brothers on ordinary days, when it came to doing real business, benefits satisfactory to the other party had to be presented.
Of course, if one had aspirations like Mu Rongfu for a significant cause, such as restoring a country, then one definitely needed to make more friends, otherwise one would run short of cannon fodder for the charge.
And with the gift of an ultimate strike from a Heavenly Gang Orthodox True Immortal, Dongdong was indeed somewhat influenced. Sadly, the influence was minor, because the little girl had comprehended a Thunder Sword Path with a Sword Heart that could "bend and stretch."
It’s worth mentioning that this Sword Heart had nothing to do with "Xu’s" thunder strike and was entirely due to the influence of the Sword Master.
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When Tan Shuchang first came to Chu State, although he did not meet this Sword Master, he left a gift for him.
And it was a choice of three.
A choice among an Immortal Sword containing the teachings of the Ancestor of the Dao, a Wolf Fang Club that could disregard realm limitations, and a cloud that could carry people away at any time but could only be used when escaping.
The Sword Master did not hesitate and chose the cloud.
With such a master of survival, Dongdong could hardly fail to comprehend a Sword Heart of such nature.
And because of her comprehension of the Thunder Sword Path, the little girl patiently stayed in Heavenly Sword Mansion for two years. On this day, two years later, she quietly left the Heavenly Sword Mansion again.
She believed her cultivation was complete and wanted to venture out.
This time, she was still followed by a number of sword cultivators from the Heavenly Sword Mansion, secretly guarding her.
Taking a Guardian along when descending the mountain was not exclusive to Sword Apprentice Mountain.
Any power capable of doing so would make the same choice.
After all, just because one follows the rules does not ensure that others will too. Rules often only constrain the honorable and are utterly ineffective against the ignoble.
As the little girl stepped out of her home, her purple Qi Fortune once again led the way.
And Tan Shuchang, who had been sitting quietly for two years, was also touched at this moment. However, it was not due to the sensation of Qi Fortune, but because he noticed that Di Yi had started to make his move.