Su Zipei!
Su Li’s eyes flickered, and one face suddenly appeared in her mind. This moment it was the untouchable and noble holy girl of Zihan Sect while the next it was her “Third Sister”, who was full of hatred in the illusion. Finally, Su Li could only see her smiling and saying the words which once happened in the night before Su Li entered Reincarnation Mirror.
“Su Li, you’ll never understand what Reincarnation Mirror means to you!”
“I’ll never understand…”
A coldness flashed in the corner of Su Li’s mouth. Although Lv You noticed it and had some doubts in his heart, he didn’t dare to say anything and waited silently for the following order.
“Zhenlou Group has always been xenophobic and been good at keeping secrets, so, it’s okay if you can’t find out anything. Get the things on the list for me.”
Su Li quickly came back to her senses and took out a piece of paper, the ink on which was still wet. Obviously, it was finished right before.
Lv You hastily took it but muttered secretly in his heart. How came that his master seemed to be very familiar with Zhenlou Group. Was she already joined in Zhenlou Group?
After more than ten days of contact, Lv You had already deduced that Su Li was an evildoer with an invincible body to all evilness and a transcendent talent in the tactical matrix and her talent in perception was also extraordinary.
“It’s a pity that she is not focused enough. If she could concentrate on enhancing her cultivation, she might have become a practitioner in Zhuji Realm a long time ago, and her battle power would not be inferior to mine.”
Lv You shook his head and glanced at the note, on which there were various poisonous or medicinal herbs listed. None of them were rare, so, he didn’t even ask more, took up the note directly and left.
His master had lots of secrets, and he wouldn’t ask for a rebuff if he was considerate. After all… he didn’t even know her name yet.
With a deep sigh, Lv You disappeared into a dense forest.
Although Lv You did not show any differences, Su Li, with her keen senses, still noticed his emotions.
However, she didn’t care.
Some matters would only hurt Lv You if she told him.
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In the great hall on the peak.
An angry voice boomed out, full of incomparably manic fire energy.
“You’ve been poisoned by Yue Lin! And with the terrifying Poisonous Spirit Devouring Insect?!”
Wang Yu opened her eyes wide, filled with unspeakable anger and disappointment. She contained her emotions that were about to explode, and said in a hateful tone, “How could you be so careless shortly before the opening of Secret Realm of Shattered Spirits?”
Fan Zisang’s face was blue, and his lips were pursed tightly after he had reported the whole thing except the existence of the elder in the jade token. Wang Yu’s first reaction was not to detoxify him but to show her disappointment.
Indeed, Danxia Mount desperately needed someone to finish kicking Yue Lin out of the sect. The tryout to the Secret Realm was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity, but at this critical moment, Fan Zisang went wrong, with which Wang Yu was certainly unsatisfied.
He also felt guilty in his heart, but… from the tone of his master, he didn’t feel the slightest concern about him. All she cared was Secret Realm of Shattered Spirits.
Self-mockery was flashed over Fan Zisang’s lips. It was true that he was just an orphan picked up by Wang Yu. There was no sincere emotion in the cultivation circle. Although he had served his master for hundreds of years, it couldn’t change the fact… that he was merely an instrument to gain reputations for her.
“I’ve let you down, Master.”
Fan Zisang was calm and knelt to kowtow.
The expression on Wang Yu’s face changed slightly. She was too hasty so that Fan Zisang felt her real intention. Now it was irreversible.
“What a pity… if he can remain loyal to me, perhaps he would risk his life there for me. But now it will be impossible.”
Misfortune never came singly. The bad news came first, and then her own practice would be delayed. Wang Yu frowned, becoming more and more gloomy.
After the kowtow, Fan Zisang stood up directly, not waiting for Wang Yu’s instruction as usual. He spoke with a blank expression, “Master, I will participate in Secret Realm of Shattered Spirits, even if my life is on the line. And I will bring no disgrace to you. If you excuse me now.”
After that, Fan Zisang left the hall without saying any words.
Wang Yu was slightly relieved. As long as Fan Zisang was willing to help, there still stood a chance that she could kick Yue Lin away. It was of no avail to foster Fan Zisang for so many years.
She tried to comfort herself by thinking this, but she still couldn’t be happy when she thought of the change of Fan Zisang’s attitude just before…
In the side hall, Su Li, who returned early, sat in a corner, quietly practicing as usual.
Jin Ying seemed to become matured quite a bit after the trip, and she didn’t want to just have fun. She was meditating not far away from Su Li.
At this time, the door creaked. Jin Ying couldn’t help but open her eyes. As soon as she saw Fan Zisang, she immediately smiled and called out, “Senior Fellow Apprentice, here you come!”
“Yes.”
As usual, Fan Zisang had a gentle smile on his face, hiding the complex and desperate emotions deeply in his heart. At least Jin Ying didn’t notice anything.
Su Li opened her eyes and took a glance without saying any words, then she closed her eyes and continued to practice.
With her observation, she could naturally see that Fan Zisang’s heart had broken apart. If he kept this state of mind all along, it was impossible to break through to Jindan Realm.
“It seems that Wang Yu is not so deeply concerned about her last disciple as I thought. However, it’s normal…”
Fan Zisang had told her about his own life. The most precious thing in the cultivation circle was… emotion, and the cheapest either!
Indifferent practitioners like Wang Yu were widespread in the cultivation circle.
She might have been stung by conscience to adopt an abandoned son and spent lots of time bringing him up. But in a critical situation like today, she would not hesitate a second to abandon him.
Human beings were selfish by nature, and ordinary people would kill others for their own selfish desires, not to mention those who had been practicing for thousands of years. They just took no account of human nature.
As Su Li kept consolidating the seventh hurdle of the ancient Lianqi Realm, a half month had passed in the twinkling of an eye. The tryout to the Secret Realm of Shattered Spirits would come three days later.
In the past half month, Fan Zisang sealed his own cultivation with the guidance of the elder in the jade token. His spiritual power didn’t release a bit so that the Poisonous Spirit Devouring Insect in his hand couldn’t get any energy and remained its size.
“Kiddo, are you really going to risk your life for your ruthless master? It’s not worth it. She saved your life without extra trouble, but why are you so obsessive? After sealing your cultivation, the Poisonous Spirit Devouring Insect temporarily cannot harm you. So, you can still figure out other ways to cover your ass!”
The attempt of persuading from the one in the jade token never stopped, but Fan Zisang shook his head silently. His iconic gentle and warm smile had disappeared from his face.
“Actually, I have been thinking to take you as my disciple after another observation, and I didn’t expect… alas…”
A sigh came from the jade token. The elder had been trying to change Fan Zisang’s mind in the last two weeks, but Fan Zisang didn’t give any acceptable response.
The elder was out of ways. He could do nothing but wait for Fan Zisang’s fate. If Fan Zisang died, that would be his fate too.
Affected by the upcoming tryout to the Secret Realm of Shattered Spirits, a tense and busy atmosphere pervaded the entire Huajian Sect. Wang Yu was also very busy so that she completely forgot about Su Li and Jin Ying.
Being undisturbed, Su Li’s spiritual power in her pubic region increased enormously. The spiritual stones in her inventory were also consumed rapidly. Just the day before the sect left for the tryout to the Shattered Spirits, a horrible fluctuation of spiritual power suddenly erupted in the secret room after a long time of silence, while with the help of All Spirits Tactics, all the pneuma were hidden instantly.
This change took no longer than a breath. Although there were signs of thunder for testing gathering in the sky, they dissipated so quickly that no one had noticed the weirdness.
“I haven’t expected to break through to the eighth hurdle before entering the Secret Realm.”
Su Li opened her eyes, which were as clear as the river water, and a faint smile spread across her face.
“I haven’t expected to break through the eighth hurdle of ancient Lianqi Realm without any bottlenecks.”
Black Lotus said in a dismissive voice, “Of course, for Lianqi Realm is just the period to lay the foundation, how could there be any bottlenecks? In the era of ancient cultivation, no practitioner had any bottlenecks before entering Jindan Realm. Such a ridiculous situation can only happen nowadays when the inheritance of the cultivation circle is declining.”
“As you mentioned, that’s in the ancient times.”
Su Li replied in a calm voice, and Black Lotus was immediately silent.
“It’s about time, and I should get going.”
Ignoring Black Lotus, Su Li got up to open the secret room and gently closed it. After hanging a sign of “Do Not Disturb” on the door, she turned around and walked out of the hall. The maids in the hall seemed to be blind and couldn’t see Su Li at all.
After leaving the hall, Su Li sensed much fewer pneumas of practitioners in the peak hurdle of Zhuji Realm on the peak, so, Wang Yu was absent. She faintly smiled as she took a quick step down the mountain. Soon she met Lv You, who had been waiting for a long time in a hidden tactical matrix at the foot of the mountain.
Looking at Su Li’s innocent smile and her extremely confusing and naive face, Lv You laughed bitterly, who would expect that she was ruthless and unpredictable, and even a powerful practitioner in Jindan Realm.
“Master, everything is ready.”
Lv You handed over a storage space. Su Li glanced at it and nodded, “Not bad that you collected all items in a short time. You must’ve spent a lot.”
Lv You felt bitter to hear it. He had thought that it was all common poisonous and medicinal herbs on the list Su Li gave him. When he began to collect them, he realized that there were two or three particularly rare items on the list, although not precious, but rarely sold. It took him a lot of time and energy to gather all the items in the last half month.
“Let’s go. I’ll compensate you for this when I come out from Secret Realm of Shattered Spirits.”
Su Li waved her hand, and Lv You tensed his body, he repeatedly said, “You are too kind to me, Master! It’s my honor to serve you.”
Su Li smiled and shook her head without saying anything.
After five minutes, Lv You drove a spiritual knife straight into the sky, heading to the nearest tryout location of the Secret Realm of Shattered Spirits.
Four hours later, the green flash stopped, and Lv You put away the spiritual knife, and they landed on the outside of a large city.
“This town, Wuyang Town, is the closest tryout place to Huajian Sect. There are four other small sects beside Huajian Sect to compete for the places.”
As Lv You was introducing the situation and was about to take Su Li into the town, he was shocked to hear some sounds bursting from Su Li’s body. In the blink of an eye, she became taller, and her breath and face became completely unfamiliar.
If he didn’t see Su Li’s change with his own eyes, he would never relate the skinny woman in front of him with the petite girl before.
“Master, are you… here?”
Su Li pulled her clothes, which got smaller, and frowned, saying carelessly, “If you can reach the second hurdle of All Spirits Tactics, you can do the same.”
“The… the second hurdle. Master, you have already reached the second hurdle?”
Lv You opened his eyes wide and he was completely dumbfounded when he heard that.