Asura Mad Emperor

Chapter 208 Li Sect

"All right, let's get back to the point. I entrusted the Evil Warding Divine Sword to you for safekeeping. Have you gained any insight from it during this time, any progress?"

Ignoring Zhou Xi's gritted teeth, Qinchuan cast her a indifferent glance and returned to the previous topic. Continue reading on empire

Zhou Xi took a deep breath, suppressed the shame and annoyance in her heart, and spoke with a hint of pride: "In these days since I've had the Evil Warding Divine Sword, I have sensed the existence of the Evil Warding Sword Intent, and I've understood the Evil Warding Sword Technique. I have made slight achievements, and in not too long, I will be able to master the First Layer of the Evil Warding Sword Technique!"

She was well aware that the sword technique and sword intent within the Evil Warding Divine Sword were extraordinary, full of infinite mysteries.

The fact that she could sense the existence of the sword intent and come to understand the sword technique, and that she was about to enter the threshold of mastering the First Layer, was already quite commendable.

She herself was quite satisfied with this, and when Qinchuan asked her about it, her tone was laced with a trace of self-satisfaction.

She lightly brushed her hair aside, trying to appear unaffected and modest, as her beautiful eyes drifted towards Qinchuan.

"That's it?"

Unexpectedly, after hearing Zhou Xi's words, Qinchuan couldn't help but frown, his gaze toward Zhou Xi carried a hint of disdain, and he even exaggerated: "Having guarded the Evil Warding Divine Sword for so long, you've only grasped the existence of the sword intent? You haven't even mastered the First Layer of the Evil Warding Sword Technique?"

"..."

The deliberate calmness on Zhou Xi's face, which barely concealed her pride, suddenly froze, and her eyes looked at Qinchuan in a daze.

What's going on?

In less than a month, she had uncovered the secrets housed within the Evil Warding Divine Sword, felt the Evil Warding Sword Intent, and was on the verge of successfully comprehending the First Layer of the Evil Warding Sword Technique.

Such an impressive performance, and yet it was rejected like this?

Could it be that she was truly so inadequate?

Zhou Xi couldn't help but lower her head to her chest, having taken a considerable hit.

Seeing Zhou Xi seemingly struck down and in low spirits, with even her lovely eyes welling up, Qinchuan's tone softened as he spoke reassuringly, "Don't be too sad. You've done well already after all; you are merely a servant girl I took in as an exception. It's only natural for you to be a little lacking."

"..."

Hearing Qinchuan's attempt at consolation, Zhou Xi's lips tightly closed together.

This bastard, he must be doing it on purpose!

"Fine, I'll give you some guidance then. As my servant girl, you can't be too weak."

In the end, Qinchuan gave Zhou Xi a disdainful look and indifferently said.

Zhou Xi couldn't help but grind her teeth.

"What are you standing around for? Don't you have preparations to make?"

Qinchuan raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke.

Suppressing the urge to bite someone to death, Zhou Xi went down to prepare for this trip away from the Li Sect.

A faint smile appeared on Qinchuan's face: "To be able to persist in absorbing the eight streams of Innate Qi, her Dao Heart is indeed not bad."

He had just been intentionally demoralizing her, as a test for Zhou Xi.

If Zhou Xi were truly affected by his words, unable to guard her Dao Heart, falling into despair and losing faith,

he would not cultivate her any further.

A person without a strong Dao Heart is destined to be a failure, never having the chance to become a true powerhouse.

Such a person does not deserve his cultivation efforts.

But now, it seemed that Zhou Xi's Dao Heart was acceptable.

Though Zhou Xi showed a moment of despondence just now, it was a normal expression of emotion.

It did not waver her Dao Heart.

Ye Xuanji arrived at the Heaven-Piercing Hall.

"This time, you will accompany me. If there is anything about the Heavenly Secrets Divine Calculation, the first calculation, the ominous one, that confuses you, feel free to ask me."

Qinchuan glanced at Ye Xuanji, then spoke.

Ye Xuanji bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, young master."

Qinchuan nodded and said nothing more.

The next day.

Qinchuan left the Congyun Sect with Ye Xuanji and Zhou Xi in tow.

The high-ranking members of the Congyun Sect hurried to see them off.

Many disciples, upon hearing that Qinchuan was leaving the sect, also rushed to bid him farewell.

This left Qinchuan somewhat speechless.

"I am merely departing temporarily to deal with some matters. Why all the sentiment? Everyone, go back!"

Qinchuan scolded.

Only then did the crowd disperse.

Within the crowd.

Zhou Rong, Liu Qingyu, Wu Shanhe, and other disciples who had friction with Qinchuan in the past, now looked up at Qinchuan, who stood high in the clouds and had become an almost religious figure for the Congyun Sect, with complex looks in their eyes.

Especially Zhou Rong, seeing her once extremely proud sister, Zhou Xi, now willingly serving as a maid, following and attending to Qinchuan, her heart was filled with bitterness.

"Let's go."

Qinchuan waved away the supreme elder Wu Wenxuan and Wu Tian, among others, and then gave Ye Xuanji a faint command.

He did not take the Crimson Flame Bird with him, leaving it in the Congyun Sect to guard beside the Holy Pond together with Xiao Er.

The Crimson Flame Bird had awakened a trace of its Vermilion Bird bloodline after receiving a drop of Netherworld Holy Water from Qinchuan. Afterward, with Qinchuan's enlightenment, it always listened from the side whenever Qinchuan preached, its cultivation improving by leaps and bounds, advancing at a divine speed.

Now, the cultivation level of the Crimson Flame Bird had reached the peak of the Fifth Rank, equivalent to the peak of the Dao Palace Realm of a human cultivator.

One more step, and it would enter the Sixth Rank, surpassing the human cultivators in the Life Spring Realm.

The cultivation levels of the elders of the Congyun Sect were largely also within this realm.

Ye Xuanji, steering the clouds upon hearing Qinchuan's instructions, immediately carried Qinchuan and Zhou Xi and shot out of the Congyun Sect, flying towards the distance.

"Young master, where are we headed?"

Ye Xuanji asked.

"First to Dongling County,"

Qinchuan replied.

He was going to meet an old acquaintance there.

This person, he was not sure if they were still in Dongling County, or even if they were still alive.

Nevertheless, Qinchuan still intended to take a detour to check it out, to repay some karma.

Ye Xuanji nodded, not asking further questions, and steered the cloud straight towards Dongling County.

Meanwhile, he used his Heavenly Mystery Divine Pupil to observe the destiny of Shanhe County, noting that the ominous destiny once looming over the Taixuan Sect had dissipated, and there was even a faint purple light shining.

He completely put his mind at ease.

As Qinchuan had said, since Ye Xuanji had followed him, the backlash of the destiny he was supposed to suffer had been resolved.

Furthermore, after the Taixuan Sect was incorporated into the Congyun Sect, the ominous destiny that had been surrounding Taixuan Sect also dispersed, and they even received nourishment from the destiny of the Congyun Sect, indirectly benefiting and ascending in their own destiny.

On the other hand, looking at the other major sects of Shanhe County, the Li Mountain Sword Sect, Taiyan Sword Sect, Five Elements Sect, and Red Daen Gate, the ominous destiny surrounding those four sects was becoming even stronger, with dark clouds pressing down.

Even if the Congyun Sect did not attack these four sects, they would not last long before being surrounded and devoured by the surrounding families and smaller sects.

After all, the elites of the four sects had almost all fallen in the battle against the Congyun Sect; even if there were strong individuals left to defend the sects, they were too few to make a difference.

After all, they did not have the same deep heritage as the Taixuan Sect, which had a stunning ancestor like Ye Xuanji who had lived for thousands of years!