Chapter 283: Xiao Tian, Wicked Thoughts
Inside the bamboo forest on the mountainside of Tianyun Peak.
Silver hair danced like an umbrella, Feng Yu Die held her spirit sword, meticulously comprehending her Nine Heavens Sword Art and the Xuan Yin Art given by Ye Anping under the light, fine rain.
Swish, swish—
Sword winds scattered like sharp blades. After a flash of white light, the surrounding green bamboos all tilted and fell.
Feng Yu Die tucked her sword behind her back with a hand behind her, closed her eyes to steady her breathing, then shook her head, like a puppy, shedding the raindrops from her hair and pushing aside her bangs.
Then, with her hand forming a sword finger at her chest, she used her spiritual sense to scan her meridians.
Although her cultivation had improved, she hadn’t entered Late Foundation Establishment. She could only be considered so-so. However, what puzzled her the most was this “Xuan Yin Art.”
When Ye Anping gave it to her, he had said it was a cultivation method that matched her perfectly.
But after practicing it for three months, she hadn’t felt any changes at all.
“Xiao Tian, I’ve been practicing this Xuan Yin Art for three months, and I don’t feel any different! Could Master Ye have scammed me?”
Xiao Tian, hiding from the rain under a large banana leaf, hugged its chest and pouted.
The stone tablet Ye Anping gave Feng Yu Die was written in ancient script, so Xiao Tian had been helping Feng Yu Die decipher its contents for the past three months.
Of course, it had also consulted the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao.
The Heavenly Scroll of the Dao recorded the lives and experiences of all destined individuals from the creation of heaven and earth. The former recorded, and the latter revised. However, since it was recorded by individuals, there were bound to be contradictions and conflicts.
There was no record of the “Xuan Yin Art” cultivation method in the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao.
However, it found a description that was somewhat similar, stating:
When mortals first embarked on the path to immortality, there was a prodigy cultivator named “Gu Xuan Yin” who independently discovered a divine ability. Gu Xuan Yin later attempted to pass it down to her tribe, but found that no one could learn it except herself. Thus, this cultivation method disappeared.
However, on this page, the past owners of the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao had written supplements:
“Gu Xuan Yin” actually perfected this cultivation method before her lifespan was about to run out, inscribed it onto seven artifacts, and took them into her tomb. Ten thousand years later, mountains and rivers changed, and the land shifted. After the tomb’s location was changed countless times and its contents plundered by cultivators from various regions, the cultivation method scattered across the Four Domains, its whereabouts unknown.
Below were the records of the previous owners of the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao’s search:
“In the 37th year of the Demon Connection Calendar, a suspected existence of this cultivation method was discovered, but the actual artifact was not seen.”
“In the 1123rd year of the Moon Passage Calendar, searched for four years, with no results. Heard it was by the shore of Demon Heart Lake, but the killing aura there was too heavy to approach.”
“In the 8720th year of the Moon Passage Calendar, there was a thousand-year-old Nightmare Demon inside Demon Heart Lake, with strength equivalent to a Void Realm cultivator. Don’t ask how I know.”
“In the 7th year of the Gray Sun Calendar, the Nightmare Demon by Demon Heart Lake was destroyed, but it wasn’t found. It’s said to be on the moon.”
“In the 10293rd year of the Gray Sun Calendar, True Lord Dan Yue of the Xuan Xing Sect spat out the old moon and created a new one. The things should have fallen somewhere in the Four Domains.”
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It seemed that since before the three calendars, the “destinies” that the predecessors of Xiao Tian were bound to had begun searching for this cultivation method, but most gave up after finding only half of it.
Xiao Tian was unsure if the stone tablet Ye Anping gave was left by Gu Xuan Yin, so it hadn’t recorded it. However, it still trusted Ye Anping:
“Yu Die, if you practice a cultivation method incorrectly, it could ruin your immortal path. Young Master Ye might trick you with trivial matters, but when it comes to things like cultivation methods, he wouldn’t trick you.”
Feng Yu Die lowered her eyes and pondered for a moment, then nodded. However, she scratched her hair and asked:
“That’s true…”
“Mm… Mm?!”
Xiao Tian was startled, almost failing to react. Its Yu Die actually had no questions?
Speaking of which, after returning from the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, the relationship between its Yu Die and Young Master Ye seemed to have changed slightly. At first glance, it hadn’t changed much, but there seemed to be some alteration.
After a pause, it blinked and tested:
“Yu Die, I also think practicing that Xuan Yin Art isn’t of much use? Why don’t you stop practicing?”
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Feng Yu Die turned her head when she heard this, and asked in confusion:
“Didn’t you just say he wouldn’t trick me? Then why shouldn’t I practice it? What if it’s very useful?”
Xiao Tian tilted its head and asked: “Then will you listen to me, or listen to him?”
Feng Yu Die frowned and fell silent for a moment, as if deep in thought. She secretly glanced at Xiao Tian and said,
“When he’s here, I’ll listen to him. When he’s not here, I’ll listen to you. When we were at the Moon Shadow Sword Sect, you didn’t help at all, and you kept banging things in my head all day, it was so annoying!”
Although Xiao Tian felt a pang of unhappiness hearing this, it was also quite pleased internally.
What did this mean?
This meant that Ye Anping’s status in its Yu Die’s heart had surpassed its own, having grown up with her!
This meant that Young Master Ye and Yu Die had taken another big step towards becoming cultivation partners.
Xiao Tian chuckled gleefully, covered its mouth, and floated to Feng Yu Die’s shoulder. It patted its chest and boasted:
“Oh, I was just thinking that with Young Master Ye around, you’d definitely be fine! So I took a lazy shortcut. In terms of knowledge and talent, how could Young Master Ye compare to me, the spirit of the Heavenly Scroll of the Dao! Hmph~”
“Tsk~~”
Feng Yu Die rolled her eyes at it, but it was only superficial disdain. Xiao Tian had grown up with her since childhood, so no matter how useless it was, she wouldn’t drive it away.
She took a deep breath, looked at the rain falling from the sky, put the spirit sword in her hand back into her storage bag, and walked back towards her Three-Bay House, preparing to take a bath and change her clothes.
“By the way, why haven’t Junior Sister Pei and Young Master Ye arrived yet? Didn’t they say they would only stay at the Hundred Lotus Sect for a few days? It’s been over half a month, and Senior Sister Xiao is also not here… I’m so bored.”
“Mm…”
Hearing Feng Yu Die mention Xiao Yunluo, Xiao Tian inexplicably recalled what it had secretly seen when it sneaked into Xiao Yunluo’s room after returning from Chi Long Mansion. It stroked its chin and thought, suddenly coming up with an idea.
“Yu Die, why don’t we go look around in that Xiao girl’s room? We might find some good things.”
“Ah?” Feng Yu Die looked confused. “Senior Sister Xiao isn’t here, and I go rummaging through her room, wouldn’t that be like being a thief? No, no.”
“Oh, come on~ Let’s just peek. Didn’t you say you’d listen to me when Young Master Ye isn’t around? I’m just asking you to look, not to steal anything.”
“……”
Feng Yu Die didn’t know what scheme Xiao Tian was hatching. After pondering for a moment, thinking that it would be good to help Senior Sister Xiao tidy up her room, she turned around and walked towards Xiao Yunluo’s Three-Bay House in the opposite direction.
The complex of Three-Bay Houses actually had ten identical small courtyards, prepared for the top ten disciples during the sect selection. The one Feng Yu Die lived in was five or six hundred paces away from another junior sister’s, and she would sometimes greet Feng Yu Die when they met.
However, Xiao Yunluo’s Three-Bay House was located a bit further away, a little isolated from the others.
With Ye Anping and Xiao Yunluo both absent, it looked quite desolate from a distance.
Feng Yu Die climbed over the back wall and ran to the door of Xiao Yunluo’s bedroom. She tried to push the door, thinking that if it was locked, she would go back. But it seemed that because Senior Sister Bai cleaned it almost every day, the door wasn’t locked.
Creak—
Seeing the door open, she was still a bit hesitant, feeling as if she were doing something wrong. She whispered:
“Senior Sister Xiao, I’m coming in~”
At this moment, Xiao Tian also frowned, scanning the room. High-level talismans were pasted on some cabinets, indicating places where valuables were likely stored.
It pondered for a moment and said:
“Yu Die, go and rummage through her pillow. What’s likely inside?”
“……”
Feng Yu Die gave it a puzzled glance, wiped her rain-soaked hands on her clothes, then walked to Xiao Yunluo’s bedside, picked up her pillow, and fumbled with it.
“Isn’t this just a feather pillow?”
Xiao Tian paused, then directly stuck its bottom out, its head going through the pillowcase and into the pillow stuffing. After looking for a moment, it pulled its head back as if it had found treasure and said:
“Yu Die, there’s a book inside!”
“A book?” Feng Yu Die was stunned, tilting her head. “A diary or something? Then I won’t read it.”
“Read it!”
“Won’t read it!”
Xiao Tian blinked its eyes: “Just one look, listen to me!”
“……”
Feng Yu Die glanced at it, and reluctantly reached into the opening at the back of the pillowcase, took out the book, blew off the feathers, and looked at the cover.
—《Immortal Palace Erotic Illustrations—Deluxe Edition》
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