Chapter 15
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Chapter 15: A New Storm Has Come
It was midnight.
Xiao Jinse laid on the table, idly poking at the bottom of the paper frog she had just folded.
She pressed, and the paper frog leapt.
She was bored.
Her wound was almost healed, but it was better to rest a little longer.
Suddenly, a seductive “Ah ah ah” cry echoed from the next room.
Xiao Jinse, who had been feeling down, jumped up with newfound energy.
Wasn’t that Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian’s room?
That cry… what was going on?!
Xiao Jinse frowned.
She knew Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian well, and that didn’t sound like her voice.
Had someone sneaked up to Qiongming Peak in the middle of the night?
Xiao Jinse shook her head slightly.
No matter what, as a member of Qiongming Peak, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
The protective magic array prevented her from using her Divine Sense to check, so she had to go directly!
She grabbed her sword and rushed out of her room.
In the yard, she found the jade rabbit and Yu Ying, who had also heard the noise.
Yu Ying asked urgently, “Is Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian in danger?”
Xiao Jinse shook her head.
She hurried to Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian’s room. The door was open, but no one was inside.
Xiao Jinse’s eyes widened, and she noticed one person was missing.
“Where is the Third Younger Martial Sister?”
“Haw haw!” The jade rabbit noticed the same issue.
Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian and Su Youwei had both disappeared.
What happened?!
Xiao Jinse’s gaze fell on Su Youwei’s door, which was also open.
“Let’s go check.”
She stepped forward, but the jade rabbit rushed ahead. With a push of its long ears, the door creaked open.
Xiao Jinse approached, but when she lifted her foot to cross the threshold, she paused.
In her field of vision, the Third Elder Martial Sister lay on the bed, and Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian sat beside her.
What was happening?
Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian’s right hand was on the Third Martial Sister’s chest, with a faint white light flashing where they touched.
Xiao Jinse stood frozen, confused.
She stared at the white light, then glanced at her sword.
What was going on? Was she dreaming?
Why was Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian sneaking into the Third Younger Martial Sister’s room in the middle of the night?
Damn it!
She had lost miserably. She had wanted to team up with the Third Younger Martial Sister to deal with the jade rabbit and Fourth Younger Martial Sister, but now it seemed the Third Younger Martial Sister had betrayed her.
She should have known the partnership couldn’t be trusted.
The jade rabbit’s reaction wasn’t much different from Xiao Jinse’s.
The calmest of them all was Yu Ying.
“Is the Third Elder Martial Sister injured?”
Since neither the jade rabbit nor Xiao Jinse moved, Yu Ying squeezed through the door.
As she did, it seemed she triggered something special.
With a flash of white light, Bai Lian’s body trembled.
In that instant, her soul was drawn from Su Youwei’s Divine Sense and returned to her body.
“Puff~”
Bai Lian exhaled a sigh of relief, her face lighting up with a radiant smile, a soft rosy hue appearing on her skin.
After a glance downward, she quickly withdrew her hand from Su Youwei’s chest.
She didn’t even know why her hand had been there.
It wasn’t her fault, really.
No need to worry; the Third Younger Martial Sister had no idea.
Bai Lian shook her head secretly. As she turned around, she saw the other two Martial Sisters and the jade rabbit at the door.
“!”
How did they arrive so quickly?!
A task suddenly appeared:
[Task 1: Loudly explain, “Things are not what you think!” (Reward: Secret Medicine – Peach Blossom Water)]
[Task 2: Sigh and say, “The Third Martial Sister’s internal demon has finally been eliminated!” (Reward: Soft Skill +1)]
“……”
Do I even need to think?
Of course, Task 2!
Bai Lian sighed, “The Third Younger Martial Sister… has eliminated her internal demon.”
Xiao Jinse, who had been sulking over Bai Lian’s “touching and laughing” earlier, suddenly froze.
Of course, she knew that the Third Martial Sister had been struggling with her internal demon for a long time.
So, it turned out Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian had been eliminating the internal demon for the Third Martial Sister!
Xiao Jinse felt guilty.
She had been so stupid to think Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian was doing something improper with the Third Younger Martial Sister just now!
Bai Lian wanted to say more, but just then, Su Youwei, who had been lying in bed, stirred.
Her closed eyes snapped open, and after a moment, she sat up in surprise.
“Why are you all here?”
Xiao Jinse quickly changed the subject.
“I heard your internal demon was eliminated?”
Su Youwei, excited, nodded vigorously.
Yes, that was it.
Now that her internal demon was gone, she no longer had to worry about being troubled by it during her cultivation.
She might still be the weakest on Qiongming Peak, but she knew she would soon soar, leaving even the second Elder Martial Sister, who only focused on strengthening herself, far behind!
Su Youwei smiled. “I can try to break through directly to the Golden Core Stage once I reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.”
“……”
Xiao Jinse gritted her teeth.
Was this showing off? Was she trying to intimidate me? How naive!
She decided not to rely on cooperating with the Third Younger Martial Sister. She had to work hard to grow stronger on her own.
Su Youwei just smiled.
Since Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian didn’t reveal her secret, Su Youwei had no intention of showing it to anyone else. That was her trump card!
—
Bai Lian couldn’t rest even after sending the younger Martial Sisters back to their rooms.
The sect leader had sent someone to inquire about the screams.
Bai Lian explained that it was the Third Martial Sister who had successfully suppressed her internal demon, causing some minor noise in the process.
As for the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl, she didn’t mention it.
Having been persecuted by rumors countless times, she knew the importance of keeping a low profile.
Once the news spread that the Third Younger Martial Sister had a broken immortal weapon, the Duxian Sect would face disaster.
Even the entire sect might be destroyed.
Even if An Lan could deal with such matters, it would still be very troublesome.
“Congratulations.”
The deacon who came to ask bowed and left.
Now, Bai Lian could finally rest.
She lay in bed, tired from the recent battle, but sleep didn’t come.
What had happened recently flashed through her mind like a slideshow.
In the end, the result had been good.
After a heart-to-heart talk, the Third Martial Sister and her internal demon had reached an agreement.
The Third Martial Sister gave up her desire to expel the demon, and the demon gave up its plan to possess her body.
Together, they set their sights on the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl, which had just lost its item spirit. The internal demon chose to enter the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl and become its new item spirit.
According to the demon, while she had her own consciousness, her murderous impulse was still part of her nature.
It was a good thing for her to take charge of the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl.
No need to worry about her losing herself; she could continue to grow inside the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl.
It was a win-win situation!
The Third Younger Martial Sister had finally overcome the struggles from her previous life, which filled Bai Lian, who had always been watching over her, with satisfaction.
There was a vast difference between the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl with and without an item spirit.
The most obvious difference?
“How easy it is to use.”
With the help of the internal demon, the Third Younger Martial Sister no longer had to learn complicated spells. She could now summon the pearl into her body with just a thought.
It was also easy to take it out.
For more uses, the Third Younger Martial Sister would need to develop them on her own.
Bai Lian couldn’t give her any advice, but there was another thing she could do.
She decided to take the Third Martial Sister to the Sand Region once her cultivation reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
The immortal who had brought the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl into this world had died there, and most of his relics lay scattered beneath the yellow sands.
With the Third Martial Sister’s memories from her previous life, they could gather the materials needed to repair the Ten Thousand Poison Pearl.
—
May.
As the heatwave from summer just passed over the East Divine Land, the Nanwang Kingdom, located deep in the Sand Region, began to stir.
“The ancestor worship ceremony will be held in half a month.”
On the city wall layered with loess, a woman stood on the city wall, her figure outlined against the vast desert storm in the distance.
She was dressed in cool, practical clothes, yet her eyes held an unwavering, determined gaze.
This year’s ancestor worship ceremony would be unlike any before.
She was willing to pay any price to ensure its smooth progression.