Chen Guanshui meditated quietly underground to consolidate his state of mind, and gradually fell into a state of neither sadness nor joy, which was extremely mysterious.
Success doesn't have to be mine, and success doesn't have to include me. In order to save this world, they and I have made great sacrifices, but without us, who can fix the leak?
It’s all worth it!
As his thoughts gradually became clearer, his cultivation level increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Outside the secret realm, everyone was fighting each other.
An Zhisu fought more and more fiercely. One of the Donghuang Dao elders was not careful and had half of his arm chopped off by her flying sword. He had to retreat from the battlefield in embarrassment.
The situation of three against two was already a bit disadvantageous. As one teammate lost his combat effectiveness, Donghuang Dao became increasingly unable to suppress the situation. Shi Yao had no choice but to signal everyone around and ask them to prepare for a tactical retreat.
So everyone continued to fight for several rounds, and when they saw an opportunity, they used their own secret escape methods and quickly ran away.
An Zhisu did not chase after him, but just asked Shi Liuli:
"He's in here?"
Shi Liuli did not answer.
She hesitated a little, wondering whether to tell An Zhisu that "the Master of Taiyin Sword is my husband", but before she could think it through, An Zhisu took up his sword and walked in, disappearing at the entrance to the secret realm.
Shi Liuli pondered for a moment and sorted out his thoughts:
First of all, Ling Yunpo is equal to Luo Yan, which means that she and Jiang Xiao are destined to be rivals in love.
It seemed a little wrong to say this, because she was the guy's legal wife, and Jiang Xiao and Qing Heng... anyway, she had never heard of Taiyin Sword Master becoming a couple with anyone in her memory.
So it is not a relationship between rivals in love, but a relationship between a principal wife and a concubine.
If that is the case, how could she, as the principal wife, exchange information with the mistress?
To put it bluntly, even if Jiang Xiao wanted to be a concubine, she had to marry him, offer her tea, and get her nod before she could do anything.
Secondly, I can't beat Jiang Xiao...
This is also obvious. After all, Jiang Xiao is also a top-notch figure in the Shushan Shangqing Sect, which is full of strong people.
Although she is the principal wife and the other party is an unofficial concubine, who at best may just have an unrequited love for the Master of Taiyin Sword, Jiang Xiao has a sharp flying sword and is always unreasonable, so it is difficult to restrict her with this relationship.
One can even speculate that if Jiang Xiao knew the truth, given her arrogance, she would most likely not want to be a concubine, and might even try to kill herself.
Thinking of this, Shi Liuli was certain that An Zhisu was most likely an enemy rather than a friend. After all, Luo Yan was inseparable, and one of them had to be eliminated, so they were doomed to not be able to coexist.
Of course, no matter how I plan, I still have to find that bastard first and get to know the situation clearly.
She silently cast a divination, looked at it for a moment, and then stepped into the secret realm.
As the world spun, I saw towering trees and lush flowers and plants all around me, as if it was a world full of vitality.
"Such a rich wood-attribute spiritual energy." Shi Liuli exclaimed.
"Yeah." An Zhisu, who was standing next to him, nodded. She remembered that she had been to this secret place before, so she asked directly, "Where is he?"
If this cave was relatively small, she would definitely conduct a carpet search without saying anything.
But the bad thing was that according to her previous memories, she knew that this secret realm of the giant tree was really vast. If she rashly went forward to look for someone, Ling Yunpo would take the opportunity to go around the entrance and escape, and she might not even be able to find him - so she couldn't walk around rashly.
"The current location of that bastard." Shi Liuli said, "I need to calculate it."
"What do you mean by 'that bastard'?" An Zhisu raised her eyebrows, very dissatisfied.
Even if my junior brother has not committed any crime, I am the only one who can scold, beat and kill him. What right do you have to slander him?
"Oh, sorry." Shi Liuli said calmly, "I want to settle the score with that bastard in my family."
"Jingyun?" An Zhisu said irritably, "I'm asking about Qingheng's location."
"What does it have to do with me where Qingheng is?" Shi Liuli said in surprise, "I'm doing divination to find Jingyun. As for Elder Qingheng of your sect, I can't do anything about it. Please do as you please."
Seeing that she refused to cooperate, An Zhisu's face became even colder.
But she soon realized that since the Master of Taiyin Sword had mastered Elder Jingyun's secret techniques and flying sword through some means, it meant that the two must have had contact with each other.
If I follow the path of the cave to find Jingyun, I might be able to ask him about Qingheng's whereabouts.
Shi Liuli cast the divination again, determined a rough direction, and then started forward.
An Zhisu followed without hesitation.
Shi Liuli was not surprised to see that Jiang Xiao chose to follow him. After all, the other party did not have the ability to tell fortunes, so he had to rely on himself to find people.
Thinking in this way, the fear that originally arose from the fact that he was not as strong as the opponent was almost eliminated by 70%.
Deep underground, Chen Guanshui completed the circulation of Qi in and out again and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Because Ah Ling had been gone for too long, no one knew what had happened... The previous dragon roar must have meant some kind of emergency situation that required calling on friends for help.
The question is, what kind of emergency is going on outside?
When he thought that the secret realm of the giant tree was not safe, Chen Guanshui felt a little upset again. In addition, a bad premonition gradually became stronger. He wondered if it was some lady who came to find him.
No, if I stay here, I will be like a turtle in a jar, which is too unsafe.
Thinking of this, Chen Guanshui immediately rushed out on his sword.
After leaving the underground and returning to the surface, I saw a sword light coming from the distance.
The sword light was light purple with star-like dots in it. If it wasn't Shi Liuli's flying sword, then what else could it be?
Chen Guanshui recognized the other person and his heart skipped a beat. He only heard Shi Liuli say:
"Fellow Daoist in front, please stay."
"Greetings, fellow Daoist." Chen Guanshui's acting skills have been quickly put to use, intending to disguise himself as a casual cultivator who is also exploring this secret realm. His face shows three parts of surprise, three parts of vigilance, and three parts of indifference, wanting Shi Liuli to leave tactfully. "I wonder what advice you have for me..."
Then, he saw another red sword light coming quickly from a distance.
This sight almost frightened Chen Guanshui into the abyss: Isn’t that the sword light of Senior Sister An?
When did Senior Sister An get together with Lady Liuli? !
Before, one was acting, both were acting, so they just got away with it together.
However, Senior Sister An was now, for some reason, extremely smart and had already determined that he was Ling Yunpo, and there was no way he could trick her.
In this case, if the even smarter Lady Liuli finds out, it would be a hydrogen bomb superimposed on an atomic bomb, a double firecracker!
Therefore, without thinking twice, Chen Guanshui turned around, merged himself with the sword, and ran away!
Shi Liuli was well prepared. He pinched the magic formula and countless star sands that were lying in ambush below immediately rushed up into the sky and rolled back towards the fleeing Chen Guanshui.
However, how could Chen Guanshui be so easily tricked? He simply raised his hand and threw out the Tianji Divine Shuttle. With a spatial transfer, he jumped out of Xingsha's attack circle and rushed towards the entrance of the Giant Wood Secret Realm.
An Zhisu reacted quickly, and quickly merged with the sword to chase after Chen Guanshui, but the star sand blocked Chen Guanshui's back. He could only use the sword light to forcibly break the star sand, and then use his spiritual sense to scan and confirm the opponent's position - this time and again, he was left behind by Chen Guanshui again.
Chen Guanshui used all his strength to fly the sword and rushed to the entrance of the secret realm. He was about to escape when he suddenly saw countless rivers gushing out around him, which instantly submerged him from head to toe.
Water from the Sky River? No, it's a formation!
Chen Guanshui reacted quickly and realized that Shi Liuli had anticipated that he would run away, so he had set up a formation at the entrance to the secret realm in advance to block his way.
Although he is a master of formations, it is not difficult for him to break the formation, but the prerequisite is time.
Senior Sister An is still chasing after him, how can he have the time to stop and break the formation?
"A Jing, help me break the formation!" He shouted anxiously at first, then came to his senses and said again, "Su Ming!"
"Master Sword Master." Su Mingjian rushed into the boundless ocean ahead and immediately said, "There is a spatial restriction here, it's hard for me to break it."
Although the Su Ming Sword is indestructible, it is useless if it is restrained by space restrictions and cannot cut through the formation weapons.
Chen Guanshui was furious after hearing this: "Isn't this Lady Liuli majoring in sword forging? When did she study formations without telling me?"
Of course, it was impossible for the couple to quarrel now, so he just got ruthless in his heart, clasped his hands together, and spit out a huge thunder dragon.
Taixiao Thunder!
This Taixiao Thunder can take the form of a divine dragon and is best at large-scale violent destruction. Wherever it passes, all the water in the Milky Way is electrolyzed into gas and becomes invisible.
Suddenly, there was a cracking sound. It turned out that a formation device hidden somewhere was destroyed after being swept by the Taixiao Thunder. Then the surrounding area seemed to have a broken water tank. Countless water from the Milky Way leaked out and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Chen Guanshui was not willing to stay and flew away on his sword.
In just five or six breaths, An Zhisu's sword light also chased here and rushed out of the secret realm without stopping.
Then Shi Liuli came riding on a sword and stopped at the entrance of the secret realm.
It was not unexpected for her that the formation she had set up failed to trap that bastard.
That bastard is an expert at the Five Elements Divine Light. Unless one has means beyond the Five Elements, no one can do anything to him.
This formation can continuously spew out water from the Milky Way in order to use "quantity" to counter the "quality" of the Five Elements Divine Light. It does not seek to trap him completely, but only to delay him for a while... but no one expected that it would be broken so quickly.
She pondered for a while and then made another fortune.
"Hmm? The shock phase...why is it thunder magic?"
According to the hexagram, the bastard didn't use the Five Elements Divine Light to break the formation, but some kind of thunder magic, thunder magic weapon or flying sword.
Thunder magic is naturally powerful and is not afraid of water environments. Therefore, it only needs to sweep over a large area to break the array tools in the array. The speed is naturally faster than the five-colored divine light that relies on the "five elements transformation".
But when did that bastard master the magic of thunder without telling me?
Shi Liuli was annoyed, but knew that she couldn't argue with him, so she could only suppress her anger and rush out of the secret realm with the sword.
After circling around, he saw that An Zhisu's sword light had returned.
Shi Liuli knew that she must have come up empty-handed, so she said:
"The other party has too many magical powers. It's no wonder we can't trap him."
"If we continue to chase him blindly without any assurance of catching him, he will just get away time and time again... Do you still intend to continue chasing him in vain?"
An Zhisu remained silent for a while before asking curiously:
"Weren't you unwilling to help me find Qing Heng? Why are you giving me advice now?"
Shi Liuli paused when he heard this, and did not explain, but just said:
"You don't have to worry about how I act. If you don't want me to interfere, I'll leave now."
An Zhisu raised his eyebrows, feeling a little unhappy, but he also realized that without the magic skills of Elder Dongyou, he could only search the world for his junior brother like looking for a needle in a haystack, which was even more unreliable.
So she swallowed her anger and said:
“What should we do next?”
"This is like an unfair gambling game," Shi Liuli explained. "You don't even know what chips your opponent has. How can you win against him?"
"I need to figure out some things first. Once I'm sure, I'll come to you."
"Then how can I believe that you will really come to me when the time comes?" An Zhisu said doubtfully.
"You saw it." Shi Liuli said calmly, "With my strength, I am no match for him... I am good at calculations and weapon making, but I am not good at actual combat."
"If I don't rely on your strength, how can I catch him even if I find him again?"
"Indeed." An Zhisu understood and commented, "With your strength, I'm afraid you will be killed by him in the first encounter."
That bastard just couldn't bear to kill me... Shi Liuli suppressed his complaints and said patiently:
"You need my arithmetic skills, and I need your sword skills. We can help each other and win together."
Of course, only until we find that bastard, she added silently in her heart.
"Okay." An Zhisu replied coldly, "Then go do your thing. Come find me when you're done."
"What about you?" Shi Liuli asked.
"I'm going to find him." An Zhisu replied.
Although she has no arithmetic ability, she would rather wander around the world and wait for that strange intuition to appear again than stay in Shushan and wait.
Seeing that she was determined, Shi Liuli did not stop her, but just said goodbye and left.
It had been several days since she returned to the East China Sea from Xiangxi and arrived at Penglai. As soon as she landed at Tiangongfang, Shi Liuli realized that Elder Qiongying from Kunlun had been waiting for her here for several days.
"Why is she visiting?" Shi Liuli asked calmly.
"It is said that it is for divination." Liang Ruohua replied.
"Ask for a divination..." Shi Liuli rubbed his eyebrows.
Because she is skilled in divination, fellow practitioners often come to her for divination. If she accepts everyone's request, then she won't have to forge swords, and can just use the twelve hours every day to set up a stall and toss coins!
Not to mention, I am now busy investigating that bastard's background, so how can I have the time to do favors?
But she had also heard of Qiongying's name. It was said that she was the successor to Kunlun's next headmaster after Chang Geng left. It seemed that it would be difficult to offend her, so she had to think carefully before doing so.
Come to think of it, at the same time that bastard betrayed his sect, the master of Shushan Taiyin Sword left the sect and his whereabouts were unknown, and Kunlun announced that Chang Geng had left the sect and established his own sect... Why does it seem like all the orthodox heroes are having trouble at the same time?