Shangguan Zhao’er clutched at her chest; despite being a Greatly Accomplished Heavenly Immortal, why did she still feel this stabbing pain in her heart?
The female Sword Immortal on the cliff looked down at Lu Changsheng, Shangguan Zhao’er, Xiao Fan, Ning Qianqian, and several others, her gaze sharp as a sword and her aura ice cold.
“Thank you, fairy, for your rescue. May I have the honor of knowing your name?”
Lu Changsheng realized that this person likely had a connection with Xia Ningxue, so he posed the question.
The female Sword Immortal seemed disinclined to respond and turned to leave.
“Fairy, please wait. Could it be that you practice the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Art?”
Lu Changsheng was confident in his deduction.
The cultivation technique wielded by the female Sword Immortal was certainly the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Art.
Having spent hundreds of years alone with Xia Ningxue in the cultivation space, Lu Changsheng was all too familiar with this technique.
Xia Ningxue had modified the Supreme Forgetting Emotion Art, hence there were slight differences from the version the female Sword Immortal practiced.
The female Sword Immortal’s delicate body shook slightly, a hint of surprise in her expression.
That Lu Changsheng could name the origins of her cultivation technique astonished her.
“Fairy, do you know of the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion? And what of Mount Shu?”
“Who in the world are you?”
The female Sword Immortal’s previously composed demeanor completely transformed, her breathtaking features even betraying a look of agony.
Lu Changsheng’s words unsettled the deepest memories in her mind.
She had sealed away those memories, thinking she could forever forget that painful recollection.
But upon encountering Lu Changsheng, his words managed to loosen the seal, and scenes from a hundred thousand years ago began to play in her mind—the approach of the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation, the opening of the Immortal Gate, and at the final moment, she had witnessed her beloved being obliterated by the heavenly lightning, plummeting into the earth’s depths, while the open Immortal Gate, with the force of the world that repels, left no path of return.
Alone, she ascended to the Immortal Realm…
Promises made in the past were vivid before her eyes.
Unwittingly, tears fell down her cheeks as the female Sword Immortal’s eyes reddened.
“Junior Brother, could it be…”
Seeing Lu Changsheng mention Mount Shu and the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion, Shangguan Zhao’er, with her intelligence, readily grasped what Lu Changsheng was insinuating.
“If I am not mistaken, fairy, you must be the Fairy Pavilion Master of a hundred thousand years ago—Fairy Qingxia.”
Lu Changsheng knew that only two people from the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion ascended to the Immortal Realm, and the person before them was very likely the oft-mentioned Fairy Qingxia.
A hundred thousand years ago, Grandmaster Taixu of Mount Shu and Fairy Qingxia of the Inquiry Immortal Pavilion were the peerless pair, dominating an era. Later, Fairy Qingxia ascended first, and Grandmaster Taixu, in order to keep a promise, concealed his cultivation level and forcibly underwent the tribulation alongside Fairy Qingxia.
The end result was that the unprepared Grandmaster Taixu fell just short of success and failed the tribulation.
From Fairy Qingxia’s expression, it seemed she still believed Grandmaster Taixu to have perished.
“Correct, I am Fairy Qingxia. Don’t tell me you all are descendants who ascended from the same minor world as me?”
The female Sword Immortal realized she had lost her composure and thus wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.
“I am a descendant of Mount Shu, Lu Changsheng, at your service.”
“And I, a descendant of Hidden Dragon Temple, Shangguan Zhao’er, at your service.”
Both Lu Changsheng and Shangguan Zhao’er were utterly respectful.
Fairy Qingxia was a legendary figure from a hundred thousand years ago; they never expected they would have the fate to meet her in the Immortal Realm.
Fairy Qingxia had been cultivating in the Immortal Realm for a hundred thousand years and was now a half-step Daluo Golden Immortal!
“Mount Shu, Hidden Dragon Temple…”
Fairy Qingxia murmured these two names, her nostalgia evident, accompanied by seven parts of lamentation and three parts of a light sigh.
“Is Mount Shu still faring well?”
Fairy Qingxia gently twirled a lock of hair, her concern for Mount Shu foremost.
“Except for the Refinement Sect, which was destroyed during the Demon Sects cataclysm, the other five major sects are all well.”
“Oh? The Refinement Sect was destroyed?”
“Here is what happened…” Lu Changsheng succinctly explained the events that had transpired in the Mortal Realm over the past hundred thousand years, adding at the end, “Grandmaster Taixu used a secret technique to avoid that calamity; surviving through one thousand lives in the Mortal Realm, he is still alive. If my guess is right, he ascended to the Immortal Realm a thousand years ago.”
“He, he’s still alive?”
Fairy Qingxia’s eyes widened, her face a mix of astonishment and disbelief.
Grandmaster Taixu had survived against all odds!
“Are you speaking the truth?”
“Absolutely certain.”
“That’s wonderful, he’s still alive…”
Fairy Qingxia’s lips curled up unconsciously, her joy apparent for all to see.
The man who haunted her dreams was still alive.
Grandmaster Taixu had truly not forgotten their vows of eternal love, miraculously surviving even in such extreme circumstances.
This was not only the merit of a secret technique but also Grandmaster Taixu’s incredibly tenacious will.
Grandmaster Taixu had reincarnated in the Mortal Realm, spending a thousand years in a mortal body to regain his cultivation, all to one day see Fairy Qingxia again.
However, Fairy Qingxia thought of something else, and her joyful expression cooled.
“Fairy Qingxia, what’s wrong?”
Lu Changsheng’s perception was extremely sharp, and he immediately noticed that Fairy Qingxia had other concerns on her mind.
Fairy Qingxia gave a wry smile and shook her head: “It’s nothing.”
Since Fairy Qingxia did not wish to say more, Lu Changsheng also did not pry.
Lu Changsheng was not a meddlesome person.
Shangguan Zhao’er knew that there wasn’t much involvement between Lu Changsheng and Fairy Qingxia, which was slightly reassuring: “Why is Fairy Qingxia in this place?”
“I came to the Nine Nether Domain to compete for the Holy Artifact. But I was no match for the Nine Spirits King and got chased. In my flight, I accidentally entered the depths of the Nine Nether.”
“Then who eventually obtained the Holy Artifact that appeared?”
“If nothing unexpected happened, it should have fallen into the hands of the Divine Lightning Sect.”
“The Divine Lightning Sect was already an Immortal Sect. Now that their Sect Master has obtained the Holy Artifact from the Nine Nether Domain, his strength is probably even greater. Our master might not even be his match. Junior brother, you must be extra careful in the future.”
Upon hearing that the Holy Artifact had fallen into the hands of the Divine Lightning Sect, Shangguan Zhao’er became even more worried about Lu Changsheng’s future.
Lu Changsheng’s disciple, Ning Qianqian, was a target of the Divine Lightning Sect.
If Lu Changsheng were to protect Ning Qianqian, he might be attacked by the Divine Lightning Sect.
“The most urgent task is to find a way to leave the Nine Nether Domain. As for the threat of the Divine Lightning Sect, we will deal with it later.”
With the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator at his disposal, Lu Changsheng only needed to fortune-tell for his disciples daily, making it not so easy for the Sect Master of the Divine Lightning Sect to kill him.
Unless the Sect Master of the Divine Lightning Sect could make it so that no matter what choice Lu Changsheng made, he could not escape his fate.
Shangguan Zhao’er pondered: “Without a treasure to guide us, it would be extremely difficult to escape from this place. And if we accidentally encounter powerful divine demons, we might all perish here.”
Fairy Qingxia agreed: “The Nine Nether Domain indeed has some bizarre aspects. Evil souls of ancient divine demons linger here, and even a Daluo Golden Immortal could perish upon meeting them, losing all Immortal Qi and becoming part of Nine Nether.”
“I have a secret technique that can determine the correct direction.”
Lu Changsheng had the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator, which could gradually deduce the direction.
“System, assume I walk ten thousand li in this direction, simulate Xiao Fan’s life.”
Enjoy new stories from m-v l’e|-NovelFull.net
Lu Changsheng pointed in a direction, communicating with the system through his divine sense.
[Ding, you have simulated your disciple “Xiao Fan’s” life.]
[Ding, remaining simulation count for today: -1.]
[Simulation begins:]
[Xiao Fan followed you for three thousand li in this direction and encountered an evil soul of an ancient divine demon.]
[Xiao Fan, deceased.]
[Simulation ends.]
There was an evil soul of an ancient divine demon that Fairy Qingxia, Shangguan Zhao’er, and Lu Changsheng could not defeat located three thousand li away.
But this indicated that the first two thousand li ahead were essentially without danger.
“Let’s head in this direction for two thousand li.”
Lu Changsheng could completely use the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator to calculate the accurate way out step by step.
Shangguan Zhao’er and Fairy Qingxia exchanged glances, both choosing to trust Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng was not someone predisposed to recklessness.
Just as Lu Changsheng and the others were about to set off, a peculiar noise suddenly came from the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss.
Without agreeing beforehand, Lu Changsheng and the others turned to look behind them at the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss, where even a Daluo Golden Immortal might fall, only to see a brilliant golden light escaping from the abyss, illuminating the eternal night.
This beam of golden light caused space to shake and time to turn chaotic, something even the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss could not contain.
Fairy Qingxia’s complexion changed: “Could it be that more than one Holy Artifact has emerged from the Nine Nether Domain this time?”
Lu Changsheng, Shangguan Zhao’er, Xiao Fan, and Ning Qianqian looked on eagerly; they had unexpectedly stumbled upon the emergence of a second Holy Artifact.
Moreover, this was a treasure born from the heart of the Nine Nether Domain!