roccoschili Chapter 184 Finding the Xuqing Sect
Chapter 184 Finding the Xuqing Sect
Xuanhe stared at Ye Ling in astonishment. She was like a chicken being blown about by the wind, trying to imitate an eagle's flight, but she looked so clumsy and ridiculous.
She would sometimes ascend rapidly, sometimes descent suddenly, sometimes make sharp left turns, and sometimes make sharp right turns, showing no sign of flying straight at all.
At first, Xuanhe was quite surprised by Ye Ling's flying skills, but as time went on, his expression gradually became numb, and even somewhat expressionless.
What's even more baffling is that Ye Ling seems completely unconcerned about her performance, instead continuing her bizarre flying style with an air of seriousness.
In this series of thrilling maneuvers, Ye Ling had lost count of how many times she nearly collided with Xuan He. Each time, Xuan He hurtled towards her at an unexpected angle.
Hyun Hyuk felt a strange, exciting heartbeat, but he was also afraid of being scammed by this reckless guy.
Finally, Hyun Hyuk could no longer bear it. He closed his eyes tightly, took deep breaths, and tried to calm himself down.
He silently told himself, "I must stay calm and not act impulsively!"
Finally, as if he could no longer bear it, he exhaled a breath of stale air.
His breath seemed to carry all his anger and dissatisfaction, rushing straight towards the other person.
His expression instantly turned ferocious, all his previous gentleness and kindness vanished, replaced by undisguised anger mixed with a hint of jealousy.
"Are you a piece of trash? You can't even do the most basic sword control. Is that thing around your neck just an ornament?"
His voice was sharp and piercing, like a sword stabbing straight at the other person.
"What were those old fogies in the Xuqing Sect thinking? How could they entrust their sect to an idiot like you!" These words were like a lightning bolt ripped through the night sky, exploding in Ye Ling's ears.
She was somewhat shocked that this old ghost, who had lived for who knows how many years, would actually break down because of his sword control technique, directly revealing the true nature of the sharp-tongued man.
Honestly, if the other person hadn't been insulting her, she would have given it a thumbs up! It's quite something that she managed to force someone who's good at pretending to be tough to break down and start swearing without any restraint!
The sharp-tongued man's words flowed out of his mouth like a machine gun, without the slightest pause.
His voice was sharp and grating, interspersed with vulgar and offensive language that made people frown.
Ye Ling looked at him expressionlessly, her heart filled with anger, but she didn't know how to refute him.
She knew she was indeed inferior to others in some aspects, but being insulted so mercilessly still made her feel very wronged.
After thinking about it, Ye Ling decided to pretend she hadn't heard it! After all, arguing with someone like that would only make her angrier.
She slowly turned her head away, no longer glancing at the sarcastic man, as if he were just an insignificant passerby.
After finishing his rant, Xuanhe's anger did not subside at all; on the contrary, it intensified because the other party ignored him.
He stared wide-eyed at her back, as if he wanted to burn two holes in her.
However, no matter how angry he glared at the other party, they seemed oblivious and showed no intention of responding.
Seeing this, Xuanhe's anger grew even more uncontrollable, but he was helpless against the other party. After all, he couldn't very well actually hit someone, could he?
Hyun Hyuk cursed inwardly, all sorts of nasty words swirling in his mind.
He simply couldn't understand why the Xuqing Sect would abandon a genius like him and choose that seemingly stupid woman instead.
His anger reached its peak when he learned that the woman didn't even know the most basic sword-flying techniques.
"What kind of chosen one? It's a joke!" Xuan He roared inwardly. "If such a poor student can be selected, then isn't this so-called destiny too cheap?"
Despite being filled with dissatisfaction and resentment, Hyun Hyuk ultimately had no choice but to swallow his anger.
He knew that getting angry wouldn't change anything, and since things had already come to this, he could only accept reality.
However, his resentment towards that woman did not diminish as a result.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the other party was specifically there to restrain him. Otherwise, given his personality and strength, how could he have been provoked into such a state by such a person?
"Hmph, a chosen one? I think she's my nemesis!" Xuan He thought angrily. "However, I will never admit that this is jealousy!"
"Very well, I will pass on this unique secret technique to you. This technique does not require controlling objects; one can ride the wind. Isn't that much better than your monkey-like leaping and bounding?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Ling's face flushed slightly, turning as red as a ripe apple.
She felt a little embarrassed; after all, anyone would feel awkward being criticized so bluntly.
However, as a young person living in modern society, Ye Ling naturally has a unique ability to self-regulate.
She quickly cheered herself up: "It's okay, it's okay! As long as I'm shameless enough, I won't be the one who's embarrassed! Yes, as long as I don't feel awkward, then it's definitely someone else who's embarrassed!"
Thinking about this, Ye Ling's mood gradually calmed down. She took a deep breath and told herself this.
"I didn't do anything wrong, I'm just not very good at this. No one in the world is perfect. Everyone has their shortcomings, and I'm no exception. I need to bravely face my weaknesses and strive to improve them so that I can keep progressing!"
Ye Ling calmed herself down, looked at Xuan He, and immediately launched into a deadly attack.
All that could be heard was Ye Ling uttering a single word lightly.
"Say!"
This caused Xuanhe, who was already extremely dissatisfied, to break through his defenses!
His eyes widened in disbelief, and he mimicked the other person's tone again, saying, "Speak!"
Ignoring the other person's sarcastic tone, Ye Ling stared straight at him with her dark eyes!
Hyun Hyuk began to vent his dissatisfaction.
He pointed to himself and said, "I... will teach you my exclusive secret technique!" Then he pointed at the other person.
"Shouldn't you have been more tactful and thanked me?"
Ye Ling looked the other person up and down before slowly replying.
"Our fates are intertwined! At a time like this, why worry about this!"
Hearing the other party's self-righteous reply, Hyun Hyuk was so angry that he laughed!
"Good! Good! Good!" he said three times.
Without further ado, he immediately began the on-site teaching!
It wasn't until he taught him that he realized the other person wasn't hopeless after all. He had a pretty good comprehension and quickly learned how to use spiritual energy to lift himself up, control the direction of the airflow, and ride the wind!
This brought him a rare sense of relief! But at the same time, he also looked puzzled.
Since she was able to learn the wind control technique I taught her so quickly, why did she seem to have only a superficial understanding of many things before, as if she had just learned them, and even her basic sword control technique was terrible!
Then, casually, he asked, "It seems your comprehension is quite good! The Xuqing Sect's judgment is barely acceptable!"
However, her tone was a little sour, which sounded offensive, but Ye Ling felt that it was okay!
Since Ye Ling and Xuan He's fates were temporarily intertwined, Ye Ling has become even more unscrupulous!
Knowing that the other party wouldn't say these things for no reason, it's clear that the old man must have noticed something was wrong.
Ye Ling was truly speechless. This was one of the reasons why he hated being around those old guys. He always felt that his secrets were completely exposed, and they could see through his skin and into his soul with just one glance!
She hated this feeling. Even though her master had said that she was Ye Ling, she still had a sense of unfamiliarity with everything and a feeling of being adrift and not belonging. This still made her feel a little guilty!
People feel irritable and uneasy when they encounter something they feel guilty about, and she answered somewhat impatiently!
"What? The Xuqing Sect chose me, a little girl, to join their sect and even made me their leader. Are you jealous? Your sourness is so strong it's making me nauseous!"
Hyun Hyuk was annoyed that someone had directly exposed his inner thoughts, but he quickly realized that he was being led by a little girl. He guessed that she probably knew that he had noticed something, which was why she spoke up to him.
He gave the other person a deep look, then returned to his usual demeanor with a slight smile on his lips. He looked very refined and kind, and anyone who didn't know him would just think he was easy to get along with!
Ye Ling glanced at the other person and saw his disguise. She thought to herself that he was hypocritical and a complete liar. She wondered who would be so unlucky as to provoke him!
She even felt a bit of schadenfreude! She completely forgot that she was the one who had provoked him, and had even managed to break his defenses!
In the silence between the two, each harboring their own secrets, time seemed to stand still.
Finally, they arrived at the former site of the Xuqing Sect.
The sight before Ye Ling made her eyes widen – this place had remained completely bare, forming a stark contrast with the lush green mountains around it, making it appear particularly jarring.
Ye Ling was secretly surprised; this scene was indeed quite strange. She couldn't help but look around curiously, trying to find some clues to explain this phenomenon.
However, despite being filled with questions, Ye Ling was not afraid.
After all, she was the sect leader of the Xuqing Sect, and this was her sect. She believed that no one here would do anything to her.
Xuan He chuckled softly and said gently, "Are you curious why there's no life here?"
“You are still relatively inexperienced, and you must have only recently taken over the Xuqing Sect! This is a unique formation of your sect—the Spirit Binding Formation.”
"This formation can extract all spiritual energy from the array to reinforce it and protect the treasures within!"
Ye Ling recalled for a moment and remembered. Since she took over the sect leader's token, it contained various records of the Xuqing Sect, including biographies of notable figures, records of strange and unusual creatures, tales of rare treasures, and the Thousand Transformations...
Among them, "Thousand Transformations" mainly records the unique formations created by the Xuqing Sect, which mentions the Spirit Binding Formation!
The Ode to the Spirit-Binding Array: The spirit-binding array is a mystery hidden within. It gathers the spiritual energy from all directions, forming a winding corridor with nine turns.
Outwardly it appears to be drawing in spiritual energy, but in reality it is a concealed treasure. Its surface resembles a hungry dragon swallowing waves, ceaselessly day and night; its interior is like a hidden dragon concealed in an abyss, where divine beings naturally conceal themselves.
As the array patterns flowed, spiritual energy surged like rivers flowing into the sea, yet it was nothing more than a hazy illusion. Deep within the array's core, its precious light was concealed in the void, making it impossible for even the most discerning eyes to perceive its true form.
Once, a cultivator broke through the formation to retrieve the spirit, but was trapped there and lost all his flesh and blood. A wise man observed the key to the formation and discovered that the celestial sphere was hidden within.
As the saying goes: "Use the spirit as the outward appearance, uphold truth as the guiding principle, openly repair the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang pass."
The wonder of this formation lies not in its ability to confine spirits, but in its capacity to trap objects within, extracting their spiritual energy and even their life force to protect their treasures—making the greedy bewildered by the abundance of spiritual energy, and the wise be trapped by the complexity of appearances.
In short, this formation is deceptive, drawing spiritual energy from the area where it is located, and even the lifeblood of the creatures trapped within it, to maintain its operation and protect the treasures within from unscrupulous individuals.
That's why this place is devoid of spiritual energy and even life!
Ye Ling secretly rejoiced: "Luckily, I have the Sect Leader's Token, otherwise it would have been extremely difficult to enter these formations!"
She breathed a sigh of relief, because it meant she could move freely among these mysterious formations without any restrictions.
Ye Ling's gaze swept quickly over Xuan He, and then she said in a gentle voice, "Go!" It was as if the word contained a command, but it was also gentle.
Before she finished speaking, Ye Ling's figure flashed, and she flew into the formation like a light butterfly.
Her movements were swift and graceful, as if she had blended into her surroundings.
Immediately afterwards, Xuan He followed Ye Ling's figure without hesitation and flew into the formation together.
His steps were steady and without the slightest hesitation, clearly indicating that he knew he would be safe if he followed the other person.
After entering the formation, Ye Ling took out the Sect Leader's Token from her own space without hesitation.
The sect leader's token emitted a faint light in her hand, as if it possessed boundless power.
Holding the Sect Leader's Token, Ye Ling effortlessly pierced through the formation. Wherever the Token passed, the light of the formation was instantly torn apart, forming a passage.
After the two of them went in, the passage closed, as if no one had ever been there!
Ye Ling and her companion walked through a pitch-black passage where they couldn't see their surroundings. Pieces of floating stones kept moving forward, forming a wide road. The two looked around, but their steps never stopped!
Then they saw a light ahead, and the two quickened their pace!
After passing through the passage, the crack behind them disappeared. The two turned around, but they were both stunned and stood there!
One could see magnificent white jade palaces floating in the air, with a huge lake below reflecting them like a mirror!
Even Xuanhe, an old ghost who had lived for thousands of years, was shocked. His shock came precisely from his extensive knowledge; everything here was beyond his comprehension!
This palace is like the legendary Jade Palace in the heavens, and even the lake below is extraordinary, formed from condensed spiritual energy, no... not like ordinary spiritual energy, but like celestial energy!
Although Ye Ling didn't recognize them, she knew that all of this must be extremely precious!
Ye Ling then took the lead and walked forward, and Xuan He glanced at her and followed her!
When they reached the edge of the Immortal Pool, the immortal energy in the lake condensed into jade steps. Ye Ling glanced at them and walked up!