Before Ling Luo succumbed to her inner demons, her unparalleled talent in swordsmanship dominated the cultivation world.
That was until someone else emerged—a single strike of their sword sho...
Lingluo stayed in the pharmacy for a whole day, and it was only after nightfall that Senior Sister Yaozhai let them go back.
As soon as she walked out of the pharmacy's door, she saw Qin Yuan waiting outside.
"Lingluo!" Qin Yuan waved at her, "Are you okay?"
Lingluo shook her head.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Yue Liangze walk past the two of them without saying a word.
Lingluo couldn't help but put out her hand and press her solar plexus. She didn't know what kind of temper the sixteen-year-old Yue Liangze had before, but now she understood.
He is even less talkative than when he grew up. If no one asks him, he can turn himself into dust that is easier to ignore than air.
Air will also notice a change in smell, but dust will not.
"Senior Brother Yue..." Qin Yuan stole a glance at Yue Liangze's leaving back and whispered to her, "Is Senior Brother Yue okay?"
He is fine!
Lingluo continued to shake her head.
"You are fasting today, so I left some food for you here. You can eat it when you are hungry when you come to the medicine hall tomorrow." Qin Yuan handed the food box in her hand to her.
Lingluo took it and said, "Thank you."
The two walked towards the hall at the foot of the mountain.
Qin Yuan told her about today's martial arts test, and then said sullenly at the end: "You were punished for seven days, so what can you do if you can't take part in the martial arts test?"
Lingluo was looking at the glutinous cakes of different colors in the food box, which also had a faint floral scent.
She answered nonchalantly, "My written test scores are good enough to get me selected."
"That's true, but I saw during the day that your swordsmanship is better than others. It would be a shame if you don't participate." Qin Yuan said, "If you get good scores in both the written and martial arts tests, you might be chosen by the hall master or above as a personal disciple, which would be much more glorious than an ordinary inner sect disciple."
This reminded Lingluo.
In her previous life, she scored full marks in both the written and martial arts examinations, and stole the limelight. After attracting the attention of all parties, she became the direct disciple of the Third Sect Master. When the people from the Xiaoyao Sect came to her, she was protected by her backers and was not taken away.
She was unable to take part in the martial arts test in this life. Although she was sure to enter the inner sect, there was a big difference between ordinary disciples and direct disciples.
If she wasn't the Third Master's personal disciple -
He will definitely be handed over by the great leader and his fate will be worrying.
Lingluo pinched a piece of glutinous cake with her fingers and put it in her mouth to bite, and said vaguely: "I will see to it, you..."
But Qin Yuan looked at her with shock in her eyes, "You you you——"
Ling Luo blinked at her in confusion.
"I didn't see anything!" Qin Yuan covered her eyes and turned away, "Eat quickly!"
Lingluo smiled.
When she was reborn, she didn't take the rules of the Discipline Hall and Dongdao Tianji seriously at all.
But Qin Yuan is different from her.
If you are punished by fasting, you must fast, and not even a sip of water is allowed.
Lingluo only ate one, fearing that she would collapse if she ate more in front of Qin Yuan.
After she put away the lunch box, she said, "Don't worry about me. Do your best in the next few days. Come on."
Qin Yuan looked through her fingers and put her hand down after seeing that she had stopped eating. She nodded and said, "Yes! I will definitely go to the inner gate with you!"
Ling Luo didn't know why Qin Yuan liked her so much. She was not discouraged even though her invitations were rejected dozens of times. She always greeted her with a smile when she met her.
It can be seen that Qin Yuan really wants to be friends with her, but Ling Luo really can't figure out what exactly attracted her to her.
What's good about someone like her?
He is eccentric and unsociable, has an unpredictable temper, and has a strong murderous intent.
However, Lingluo's evaluation of herself is that she has become the twenty-sixth demon queen.
In Qin Yuan's eyes at this time, Lingluo was just a sixteen-year-old girl who didn't like to talk to people, and was a little introverted but gentle. Especially when she saw her splitting everyone in half with a sword during the day, Qin Yuan liked her even more and felt that Ling Luo was upright and kind, brave and strong.
From this we can see that this girl has a really bad eye for people.
There are only three days left before the martial arts test.
Lingluo had to work in the medicine hall for seven days. Not only could she not attend the meeting, but she would also have to enter the inner gate a few days later than others.
Yue Liangze didn't seem to care at all.
He didn't care whether he could enter the inner sect or not. He didn't even take the exam last year, and he went this year just to target Senior Brothers Xiuman and Hongmao.
Yue Liangze saw that Hideman would definitely not pass the martial arts test and could only rely on the written test, so he went to cause trouble.
He never expected that Suzura would intervene and cause Sooman to be punished, so there was no chance of him entering the inner gate.
The last day of the martial arts test.
Lingluo put the medicine box on the wooden shelf, raised her hand to tie her hair and said to Yue Liangze: "Hey, I have to go out today, you have to do the work by yourself, and don't tell my sister."
Yue Liangze nodded without turning his head.
It doesn't matter where she is going or why she is being lazy today and leaving all the work to herself.
Lingluo was not surprised at his reaction at all.
Except for the first day when we had a conversation due to allergies, we just did our own things in the rest of the days and no one took the initiative to find topics to talk about. If there were any, it was basically Lingluo who ordered Yue Liangze to move things. Yue Liangze would do whatever she said, and after finishing the work, they would go back to their own homes.
Yue Liangze didn't even look at Lingluo when she left. He was quietly sorting the herbs, doing the work for two people.
Pretty good.
The Three Examination Hall and the Martial Arts Arena.
The martial arts test was divided into batches, with outer disciples facing inner disciples, and both sides used Dongdao Tianji's basic techniques.
Whether it is swordsmanship, talismans, or spells, all they need to be are Dongdao Tianji's moves.
Today is the last day, and the focus is mainly on kendo.
Master Fan was in charge and sent out two inner disciples, namely:
One of the Third Master's direct disciples, Yu Xiu.
The daughter of the sect leader, the eldest daughter of Dongdao Tianji, Mu Ya.
Although Dongdao Tianji has three leaders, the Mu family is in charge of the entire Tianji, and the remaining two leaders are in charge of their respective two sects.
In the martial arts arena, a girl in a platinum-colored door uniform stood with a sword in one hand. She had thin eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and was very delicate. She glanced at the crowd below with the corners of her eyes raised, and she looked arrogant.
The people below didn't even dare to look directly into her eyes; her arrogance and fierceness suppressed them silently.
"Next." Mu Ya said calmly.
Lingluo was quite far away from the Three Tests Hall, but she used the forbidden magic of symbiotic spirits to occupy the eyes of the Holy Spirit Birds near the Three Tests Hall and drove them to the martial arts arena to watch the martial arts test.
On the eaves of the martial arts arena, there are two or three holy spirit birds with very brightly colored feathers. They are small in size, but have long and slender dark blue tail feathers. The female bird's tail is straight, while the male bird's tail is curled into a circle.
This is a bird that lives at the gate of Tianji Mountain on Dongdao Island and is also regarded as one of the symbols of Dongdao Tianji.
They usually live freely in the mountains, and are fed by their disciples.
At this time, the vision of the three holy spirit birds was controlled by Lingluo, forcing them to look towards the martial arts field and the audience.
Symbiotic spirit is one of the forbidden methods of the immortal sect.
Belongs to the spell series.
Because the spell that forces the opponent to occupy the five senses can be used not only on birds and beasts, but also on living people.
If the occupied party resists with self-consciousness, it is very likely to lose one of the five senses forever or die from the backlash of spiritual power.
Therefore, it was resisted by the immortal sects and forbidden to practice. The remaining fragments were destroyed by the twelve major immortal sects five hundred years ago.
It shouldn't exist.
The reason why Lingluo knew this was because her master, the third leader of Dongdao Tianji, taught her.
With the help of the Holy Spirit Bird, Ling Luo saw Mu Ya use his sword to send a certain disciple flying. He stood on the stage with an air of immortality, looked at the people below and said, "Next one."
Yu Xiu, who was standing on the viewing platform, looked a little helpless.
Mu Ya has eliminated 32 people in a row. She is very talented, and only her senior brother can surpass her in kendo. She is usually very proud of this, and no one can control her except her eldest senior brother and the head of the sect.
She was too ruthless in this martial arts test.
If this continues, I'm afraid no one will be able to take the armor from her.
Yu Xiu turned sideways and looked at Hall Master Fan, and whispered, "Hall Master, do you want to replace her?"
Master Fan said calmly, "Let her continue."
According to the rules, at least one person must survive five moves at Mu Ya's hands before a replacement can be made.
Yu Xiu felt that Master Fan would not replace anyone until this rule was broken.
He looked back at the outer disciples below the stage and sighed inwardly.
They were unlucky to meet Mu Ya this year.
Lingluo watched thoughtfully.
The scene was the same as in his previous life, Mu Ya killed everyone and brutally tortured the outer disciples.
The outer disciples' morale was repeatedly dampened, and those who later went on stage to fight Mu Ya with swords were even trembling. Such behavior undoubtedly aroused Mu Ya's deeper contempt and disdain.
It was not until Ling Luo came on the field that she, with the spiritual power that suddenly burst out from her body, overwhelmed Mu Ya with one move and pushed him back to the edge of the martial arts field with one foot outside.
After a brief silence, the whole audience burst into cheers.
The outer disciples who had been abused by Mu Ya before were happy to see this, but Ling Luo was hated by Mu Ya because of this.
There were too many grievances between the two of them, and Lingluo didn't recall them in detail because she found that it was Qin Yuan who came on the stage this time.
Unlike the previous disciple who was shaking while holding the sword, Qin Yuan had steady hands, remained calm, and appeared to be very serious.
"Qin Yuan, an outer disciple of Tianyun Sect, please teach me, Senior Sister."
Mu Ya frowned, looked Qin Yuan up and down, and said nonchalantly: "Don't talk nonsense, I'll let you have half a move first."
It was impossible for Qin Yuan not to be angry, but she couldn't lose her mind and her strategies because of this. The angrier she was, the calmer she had to deal with it.
But as soon as she made her move, everyone knew she was doomed to lose.
Mu Ya did what he said and let her make half a move. After this half move, the long sword in his hand slashed across with a sharp sword wind. Qin Yuan admired how fast it was. At the same time, the sword wind swept across her face, forcing her to retreat quickly, so she messed up her moves and was cut off the teardrop beside her ear by Mu Ya's sword.
The emerald green teardrop fell to the ground and was swept by the sword wind, breaking into two pieces when it hit the ground.
Qin Yuan's nose felt sore and her eyes filled with tears.
The outcome was already decided. Mu Ya didn't even look at her. He just glanced at her from the corner of his eye and snorted, "It's useless."
"Next."
Qin Yuan clenched her fingers into fists, took a deep breath, forced back the tears, bent down to pick up the teardrop, and said in a muffled voice: "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister."
Only then did he step down.
Yu Xiu began to have a headache.
Forty or fifty people in succession were humiliated and left by Mu Ya.
Without Lingluo this year, no one could last more than five moves against Mu Ya. According to the rules, Master Fan could not make substitutions, so in the end Mu Ya stepped down on his own and was replaced by Yu Xiu.
Lingluo finished watching today's martial arts test.
Unlike her previous life, without her joining in the slapping of Mu Ya's face, Mu Ya slaughtered dozens of people along the way.
Because Mu Ya was not defeated with one move, other hall masters and the third head sect leader were not attracted to the scene.
Ling Luo solved the symbiotic spirit spell and began to think of other ways to find the Third Master.