Elder Wang and Elder Li naturally had names; Zhang Ze had simply never called them by those names.
For one thing, directly addressing one's elders by name was disrespectful. For another, Zhang Ze felt that the two names did not quite match their personas.
Old Li was tall and thin, dragged an iron rod around every day, and had the nickname King of Hell Li among the disciples. Yet he had a very quiet and elegant name.
Li Guanqi.
Elder Wang was fat and chubby, smiling amiably every day like the Sun, yet he had a delicate and effeminate name.
Wang Buyu.
If he closed his Eyes and listened to the two names, he would imagine an elegant gentleman by the Wei River.
When he opened his Eyes, he saw the Great Master of Misunderstanding Academy, Longbrow, and the Second Master, Fathead.
“What kind of expression is that? Back then, this old man was quite handsome.”
Seeing the profound look in Zhang Ze's eyes, Mr. Wang Buyu tapped Zhang Ze on the head.
“I'm off. I'll show your Cultivation Method to the Pavilion Master, and casually take two pounds of tea while I'm at it.”
“Sigh, Grandpa Wang, now I know their names. What happened afterward?”
“Afterward? Afterward, you should ask her.”
Old Wang walked to the doorway and stepped aside. Zhang Ze saw Chen Qin peeking into the room.
“What are you asking me?” Chen Qin looked at the old man and the young man in confusion.
A few minutes later.
【Outer Sect Sole Hidden Quest: Spirit of Bewilderment, task completed.】
【Side Hidden Quest: Recalling Past Events, task completed.】
Looking at the task completion Prompt before him, Zhang Ze's suspended heart finally died.
What an unCreative story.
That mysterious legendary lady, Mo Jingchun.
Was Chen Qin's mother.
That was all.
No wonder Old Wang and Old Li had kept their mouths tighter than welded shut.
So the female classmate from back then had become the Founding Ancestor's wife.
What a Sadness-filled story.
Whatever. The mission reward was already in hand, and Zhang Ze no longer had any interest in investigating further.
At most, asking about Senior Sword Spirit's past would earn him a beating.
If he asked about the Sect Master’s romantic escapades, he would probably be buried in the Sword Tomb the next day.
Chen Qin was also a Young Lady with a fleeting Temperament; she had already forgotten why she had come to find Zhang Ze.
They chatted Casually about this and that, discussing things that had come out of nowhere.
For example, what they had eaten, what they had drunk, and things like that.
Ever since Encountering Zhang Ze, Chen Qin had felt that he was particularly Interesting. He was pleasant to listen to and especially good at finding Fun.
Most Importantly, Zhang Ze had never been restrained when spending time with her.
Zhang Ze listened to Chen Qin with half an ear while playing with a somewhat old Wooden Kite in his hand.
This was the reward for those two tasks.
【Spirit of Bewilderment】task reward was the Wooden Kite's body.
【Recollections of the Past】reward was the Wooden Kite's clawed feet.
The Wooden Kite was exquisitely crafted and lifelike, with a movable body all over, though it was somewhat old.
This was the First physical prop issued by the System that Zhang Ze had ever Saw.
Previously, it had either directly transmitted Cultivation, or given invisible and untouchable cultivation points.
The Wooden Kite was very Interesting. It was not a Magic Treasure, merely an ordinary object, yet it could be thrown back to the System and exchanged for points.
Moreover, the exchange amount was astonishingly high—at least, it was for Zhang Ze at present.
Zhang Ze roughly calculated that the points obtainable from the Wooden Kite would be enough for him to directly break through to Qi Refining Level 6.
If he added the rewards from Somewhat small tasks and exploring Little Divine Peak, he would be able to reach Qi Refining Level 7 by the end of the month.
With more than 8,000 Exchange Points left over.
Converted entirely into combat power, Zhang Ze's Cultivation Progress could only be described as Rapid Progress.
But although Zhang Ze toyed with the Wooden Kite, he had no intention of throwing it directly to the System.
As everyone knew, anyone who had played games knew.
The System shop was a complete rip-off.
It sold you a prop for ten thousand points, but after you touched it once and sold it back, it was worth only three thousand.
If the System genuinely wanted to issue a reward, there was no need To do something utterly useless and redundant.
The value of this thing was definitely more than these few upgrade points.
Besides, this Wooden Kite was the final reward for Elder Li's and Recalling Past Events' two Hidden Quests, combined with a Sole Hidden Quest.
It had to be some kind of Crucial prop.
For example, a key to a Secret Realm or something?
Zhang Ze brought up the exploration Progress of the Outer Sect Map.
Only Little Divine Peak, several floors of the Library Pavilion, the female disciples' dormitory, and a place called Sky Chariot Valley remained in the Outer Sect.
The only places capable of hiding something were Little Divine Peak and Sky Chariot Valley.
But surely the Seventh Sword Pavilion, having Coiled here for a thousand years, could not still have an unexplored Secret Realm Inside its own Sect.
Besides, were Secret Realms not usually opened with stone disks, Jade Pendants, or things like that?
While calculating which Hidden Map the Wooden Kite was a key to, he suddenly Discovered that Chen Qin had gone silent.
At some point, Chen Qin had leaned against him, Staring at the Wooden Kite in Zhang Ze's hand.
“You recognize it?” Zhang Ze asked.
“I'm not Confirmed. Mother seems to have told me something about it before. Let me borrow it and take a look.”
Chen Qin took the Wooden Kite Zhang Ze handed her.
The Wooden Kite seemed to come alive in Chen Qin's hands.
As the Mechanisms rotated, closed, and extended, the Wooden Kite's appearance changed, and its entire body grew a full circle larger.
The Mechanism in its chest opened, and two sets of locks closed together.
A hidden Magic Array was assembled.
This was its true appearance.
When Chen Qin infused a weak amount of True Qi into the Wooden Kite, circles of ripples appeared across its body, and the Magic Array lit up.
The Wooden Kite flew into the air.
“You can do this too?” Zhang Ze asked in surprise.
“Mother really likes the Thousand Mechanism Technique. She taught me before,” Chen Qin said.
After flying two circles around them, its True Qi was exhausted, and it gently landed on the Table.
Zhang Ze felt that comparing people was enough to infuriate anyone.
In his hands, the Wooden Kite was merely a ground-walking chicken whose Wings moved up and down. In Chen Qin's hands, it was an automatically cruising transforming robot.
After Chen Qin Operated it like this, the Wooden Kite's price also changed.
Its exchange value when handed to the System doubled in full.
But Zhang Ze still did not intend to sell the Wooden Kite.
Because he saw Chen Qin smile—a very happy, very sweet smile.
It was as if she had become a different person.
It was not that Zhang Ze was a bootlicker; he had merely suddenly remembered Chen Qin's Title that had not yet been lit up.
【Demon Sword Drunken Moon】
Although it sounded very cool, this was clearly not a good Title.
Whether falling onto the Demonic Path or bearing a demon sword, neither was an easy matter.
But this Title also fit Chen Qin's previous mental state very well.
Willful and impatient—if she did not take a crooked path, her actions over the past few months would have been for nothing.
But what if she could change?
Zhang Ze had already realized that events happened first, and only afterward would they trigger quests.
If he Cultivated step by step and merely used his free time to unlock the Map, he might not trigger Senior Sword Spirit's Hidden Quest until he entered the Inner Sect.
His own System could not be judged by common sense.
Other people's Systems crashed immediately when they refused to follow the usual script, but his own seemed to be constantly encouraging him to Rebel.
A truly open-world Cultivating Immortality game.
For example, right now, another Title had appeared on Chen Qin's Panel.
【One Sword, Thousand Mechanisms】
Chen Qin could change, but what about the Sword Spirit, Old Wang, Old Li, and the others?
Having understood the Crucial point, Zhang Ze once again abandoned the traditional way of playing.
He intended to play something big.
“Junior Sister, your big brother will take you somewhere Fun.”
Zhang Ze smiled innocently.