Chapter 69
The giant tree blocked out the sun, and a giant green-skinned python lay coiled between the branches, with its tail hanging down like a vine. If a careless person passed by the tree as if nothing had happened, and pulled it with an uneasy hand, he would probably fall from the sky into the python's mouth and be buried in its belly.
Fortunately, the Twin Dragons Secret Realm is not open for many years. The spiritual beasts living on this continent have already forgotten what humans are and are competing with each other according to their own destiny.
Even if the golden dragon fragments fell from the sky, it was just an opportunity for the spirit beasts living there, but they didn't know that they had also become part of the opportunity.
The giant python in the tree stared with cold eyes, its tongue flickering in and out. It smelled an unfamiliar scent, and just as it was twisting its head to release venom, a flash of sword light pierced out from the thick green. With a "pop" sound, the giant python fell to the ground, its body split in two, like an opened shell, and the heart in the split body was still beating.
"Da da."
Footsteps approached, and a human figure appeared in the python's pupils. The newcomer severed the python's head and pulled a fragment from its stomach. The fragment shone like a dragon's scale, gleaming with golden light. Just by holding it, one could sense the surging spiritual energy within it.
"Master, there is only one!" the woman said respectfully. After cleaning the scales with the dust removal technique, she handed it to the man who came over later.
The man had narrow eyes and thin lips, and looked difficult to approach. He was none other than Nie Xiu, the last disciple of the head of the Yuding Sect who had intercepted the Lanyang Palace's ship.
Nie Xiu's expression was not very good. He put the fragments into the storage ring with a frosty face. He stared at the giant python's corpse on the ground and squinted his eyes. This action made his already small eyes become a line. He waved his sleeves angrily, and the giant python's corpse exploded instantly, and blood fell to the ground. Nie Xiu snorted with relief and turned away.
His disciples lowered their heads in fear and hurried to follow.
"With my strength and speed, I should have collected all the fragments along this route. However, apart from a small harvest on the first day, I have only found a single fragment in the past few days!"
Nie Xiu angrily said, "Where did all those fragments go? There aren't even a few spirit beasts left!"
"Master, I don't know either. Could it be that... someone took action before us?" his disciple guessed.
Nie Xiu frowned and said in a cold voice, "Among the three thousand people selected for the competition, the number of those in the Nascent Soul stage can be counted on two fingers. Most of them are cultivators from Central Continent. I rushed here to find the fragments faster than them. Unless someone detours and intercepts me, otherwise..."
But who would do that?
Several names came to his mind at once, but being able to enter the second round of competition was a stumbling block for him.
The child hasn't been discovered by him yet... Nie Xiu frowned.
"Master, these people in Zhongzhou are somewhat concerned about the Yuding Sect. Could this be the work of disciples from other continents?" Disciple Nie Xiu asked, "Do you still remember Lanyang Palace?"
Nie Xiu immediately became furious when he heard the three words "Lanyang Palace". He felt a mixture of anger and frustration in his heart. That day when Feng Jue shattered the boat with a sword, he kept that contemptuous look in his mind all the time, and he almost became a demon in his heart. If he couldn't retaliate, Nie Xiu would be tormented by this incident for the rest of his life!
However, the Shuanglong Secret Realm does not allow cultivators to fight privately, leaving him with no way to take revenge.
Nie Xiu said coldly, "I underestimated the enemy that day. Feng Jue is Feng Yunong's biological daughter after all. Naturally, she left many treasures on her body, which is why she succeeded in a sneak attack. If we were to fight head-on, how could her meager golden elixir defeat me!"
"She wouldn't dare play tricks in front of me."
"But Master, Feng Jue is so arrogant and unruly. She's only at the early stage of the Golden Core stage, yet she dares to challenge you. She seems to have no fears." Disciple Nie Xiu whispered. "And I heard from someone today that Feng Jue seems to have made another breakthrough, and she's also accompanied by a supposedly formidable swordsman! Is she... from the Lingshan Sect?"
Nie Xiu's face suddenly twisted. The news of Feng Jue's Great Perfection Golden Core had spread across the five continents. How long had it been since then? And yet, she had achieved another breakthrough? He had, on the other hand, ignored that Ling Shan Ling Shui. How powerful could a disciple from a sect he had never heard of be? Even if he truly possessed some skill, there were countless formidable swordsmen in the world, and he was one of them. He was actually jealous of Feng Jue's fortune.
The enemy's success only makes him angrier.
"Forget it! There's no point in saying these. I'll settle the score with her in a year. Since I suspect someone is blocking you and me here, let's change the route for now and find this person!" Nie Xiu suppressed the rage in his heart, took out the map he had recorded before and took a look at it, then turned and walked towards another direction with more fragments marked on it.
After they completely disappeared in the forest, a rustling sound of leaves shaking came from above the tree where Master Nie Xiu and his apprentice were standing. A few leaves swayed and fell, revealing a bit of silver light on the branches.
"Swish!" 03 said, and two matchsticks emerged from the gaps between the leaves. One matchstick held a leaf, which it rolled up into a tube. It held it up to its eyes and looked towards the direction where Master Nie Xiu and his apprentice were moving forward.
[Change mission map]
[Target confirmed]
An area was marked out on the map floating in front of it. 03, covered in green leaves, floated up, spun in a circle to shake off the leaves, then accelerated and rushed in one direction.
The silvery-white light was like lightning in the clear sky, splitting the dense green forest. Before the naked eye could see clearly,
The bright colors have disappeared.
On the branch, a bird spread its wings and stared blankly at the empty space ahead: Chirp?
By the lake, in a jade house nestled in a peach blossom forest, a pale green figure opened her eyes. She raised her hand and grabbed the silver ball that had suddenly stopped in mid-air, whispering, "Swish."
"How is it?" A lazy voice came from the inner room.
03Looking up, she saw Feng Jue's white fingers lifting the beaded curtain. He walked towards her while adjusting his clothes, chuckling softly, and asked, "Is everything going well?"
"It went very smoothly, but we have to leave immediately!" 03, still wearing a wreath on her head, stared at Feng Jue's face.
Feng Jue raised his eyebrows, stroked his face, and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
03 He narrowed his eyes and pointed to his forehead.
"Hmph, you're the only one with sharp eyes. Take out the map and let me see it." Feng Jue walked over, her hair ornaments swaying, the garland hanging from the center of her bun resting on her forehead. The flower ornament between her eyebrows was no longer the usual golden red, but a pink one with a few peach blossoms painted on it, making her delicate face look even more charming.
A panel appeared behind 03, adding material to the "Phoenix Secret Album Collection." She pulled out a map in front of her and enlarged it for Feng Jue to see. She said, "Nie Xiu and his apprentice will change direction and head southwest. Let's do what we did before. I'll be responsible for the debris in the near distance, and you will clean up the distant ones. Make sure he finds nothing wherever he goes."
"If there is any danger, please contact me in time!" 03, who had specially learned the communication spell for this matter, said to Feng Jue with a serious expression.
Feng Jue stretched out his voice and said lazily, "Don't worry."
"I have more important things to do. This kind of place is not worthy of me leaving my life here." Feng Jue said, and then he picked a peach blossom from 03's crown and put it in his hair.
03Bend your eyes.
On the other side, Nie Xiu separated from his apprentice and walked alone in the mountains and forests. The fragments of the golden dragon fell into thousands of pieces and scattered in this secret realm, which was like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, he had some gains in the first few days after he chose the new direction, which made Nie Xiu wonder if it was because he was unlucky before and the situation of getting nothing happened again.
Wherever he went, he harvested nothing.
Not to mention the golden dragon fragments, even the spiritual beasts and spiritual herbs of some significance were nowhere to be found.
At this time, even if Nie Xiu had a pig's brain, he could be sure that someone was deliberately obstructing him!
"Damn it, who is it!" Nie Xiu said angrily.
A thousand meters away, on the edge of a mountain, 03 sat on the edge of a cliff, weaving flowers in his hands, his legs swinging back and forth. Because he couldn't hold a single note, he could only hum a tuneless song to himself.
She was surrounded by numerous flowers and rare plants, with all kinds of sweet or delicate floral scents lingering in the wind. 03 sniffed and found that the smell was as pleasant as the fragrance on Feng Jue's body.
The ancients said that if you climb high, you can see far. In 03's eyes, the mountains and forests under his feet are all in sight. The sword energy that Nie Xiu swung out of anger was like a bright lamp in the dark night, illuminating his way forward.
03 He held up a flower and chanted to the sun: "The sky seems to be approaching, and suddenly golden scales are flying under his feet."
Nie Xiu in the forest seemed determined to force out the person who was secretly causing trouble. He released the pressure of the Nascent Soul stage, and thousands of trees leaned down in an instant and swayed outward in a mighty manner.
03 She let out a cry of "Huh!", and the jade hairpin formation above her head activated, firmly locking her aura. Nie Xiu seemed to sense something, frowned, and flew up, stepping on the flying magic weapon to look around.
The mountains were shrouded in mist, and the trees trembled under the monks' pressure. Countless birds flew out of the plowed forest and fled away in panic.
"Heh." Nie Xiu sneered, and suddenly took out a talisman from the storage ring, and made a gesture to swear an oath.
03 After a pause, she put all the flowers and plants around her into the storage ring, and stood up calmly.
"Feng Xing Wu Ji, go!" Nie Xiu shouted coldly, and the talisman in his hand instantly exploded, transforming into thousands of tornadoes that swept in all directions. Each tornado was extremely ferocious, as if connecting heaven and earth, swirling and swallowing everything around it, revealing a vast expanse of black earth.
If you are hit by such a tornado, those with lower cultivation will be half-dead if not killed.
Nie Xiu was furious to use such a damaging attack spell now. He hovered in mid-air on his flying magic weapon, his eyes fixed on the tornado sweeping across the land, his gaze fierce.
03 He glanced in the direction of Feng Jue, thought for a moment, and pulled out Jiuxiao.
"bass."
The divine weapon is unsheathed, and the clouds and fog tremble.
The icy air was blowing, and the ice crystals turned into snow, lingering around the dancing Frost Sword.
Nie Xiu sensed the chill and looked over coldly, only to see a flash of silver-white light in the mountains. The rampant tornado was cut in half by the sword light, with half of it crashing into the cliff and the other half flying high into the sky and disappearing without a trace.
The grass, trees and rocks caught in the tornado fell down with a loud noise. Another clear sword sounded, and a huge ice wall rose from the ground, like a whale's tail upside down on the woman's head, blocking the noise and dust for her.
"...It's you." Nie Xiu's pupils shrank as he recognized the sword intent.
Back then, Feng Jue had sent a sword ablaze on the spirit ship, causing heavy snow to fall. However, Feng Jue was not a sword cultivator at all, and his cultivation level was not enough to hurt him! And now he felt the same chill from this woman's sword energy!
The two are separated by a distance
Staring at each other from a distance, Nie Xiu looked at the woman's cold eyes and her long silver-white hair fluttering in the wind, frowning tightly, and questioned, "Who are you?"
"Who are you to Feng Jue?"
"Are you behind this?"
03 Without saying a word, she stood with the sword in her hand.
It was spring in the Shuanglong Secret Realm. The warm sun shone through the ice, casting a thin layer of icy blue light onto her long hair, tinting it with color. Even within her flowing hair, a faint rainbow hue swayed in the wind.
03 Her expression was calm, and her eyes were like cold ponds under her long eyelashes as she looked at Nie Xiu quietly.
She said, “Just passing by.”
03 He put the sword on his back, moved his pupils away quietly, and found a random focus to look at.
There's a saying that humans tell beautiful lies, and she was just using that technique.
Hahaha.
“…”
How could Nie Xiu believe it? He was so angry that he laughed and said coldly, "Did Feng Jue send you here?"
No, she was the one who formulated the plan, and Feng Jue was one of the executors of the plan.
03Look back again.
Nie Xiu stared at her calm face which remained unchanged, a hint of suspicion flashed in his eyes. This person's cultivation was higher than his, he was no match for her, and private fighting was prohibited in the Shuanglong Secret Realm!
"You're trying to stop me like this, aren't you afraid I'll complain to the Venerable?" Nie Xiu said coldly, "Leaving here is easy. Just crush a piece of the golden dragon fragment and you'll be out of the secret realm. If I tell Venerable Xingmo what you've done, you won't have any good consequences!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was greeted by a sword energy that flew past his cheek. There was a loud "bang" and an extremely high and thick ice wall rose from the ground.
Nie Xiu felt a chill down his spine, and broke out in a cold sweat for no reason.
"you……"
03 interrupted him, speaking steadily and calmly, explaining to Nie Xiu, "When humans formulate rules, if they don't have perfect attributives, many semantic loopholes will be found."
"boom."
Another ice wall came down, and Nie Xiu was forced to the ground. He watched the blurry figure of the man on the mountain, but in order to let him hear clearly, 03 raised his voice considerately and sent it into his ears.
"I'm not hurting you, nor do I want your life." 03 swung his sword again, and she said softly, "I'm just asking you to stay."
"boom!"
"My cultivation is higher than yours. If I ask you to stay, you must stay."
“Boom!”
"Isn't this what you wanted to do to Feng Jue?" 03 finished speaking.
She raised her pink lips and blew away the snowflakes floating in front of her with a "whoosh".
Beneath her feet, on the flat ground, suddenly appeared a gigantic, bizarre ice sculpture. Composed of numerous ice walls, it resembled a massive glacier rising from the earth, shaped like a ship. 03 flew over and used Jiuxiao to carve the shape of a flying bird on the bow of the ship, smiling with satisfaction.
03 whispered, "Return it in full."
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