Chapter 56 056 An Appointment with Xue Rongzhan
Song Chi was dragged and thrown into her pond garden, where she was placed in solitary confinement by her master.
Her mood at the time was, well, it's alright. After all, she seemed to have become the focus of everyone's attention again in this Immortal Alliance Grand Competition. It was said that the scenes of her competition, captured by various jade mirrors, were sold for a good price by those who were desperate to make money.
I'm afraid that in the blink of an eye, these messages will spread throughout the entire cultivation world.
After all, it involves three handsome men, plus a so-called childhood sweetheart passionate confession and forced kiss.
In later generations, even scandals would spread like wildfire across the land. Imagine how boring and gossip-loving the cultivation world would be; it would definitely become the talk of the town.
She's probably temporarily risen from being the queen of scandals in the sect to the queen of scandals in the cultivation world. Until something even more explosive overshadows it, it's best for her to stay out of the spotlight.
Next, she needs to carefully plan how to get through the next hurdle.
This time, the book did give her twenty years, but the secret realm always appeared earlier than planned, so she didn't quite trust the book.
Once all the main and supporting characters reach the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, a secret realm will be unleashed.
This time, the purpose wasn't to obtain the ancient musical score. The score is divided into three volumes. The first volume was hidden in the possession of Immortal Lord Liuyue, whom I have already acquired. The second volume was sealed and hidden somewhere in the Qingjian Sect's library by Immortal Lord Qingxiao. That sealing technique must be extremely powerful, capable of evading evil spirits. After all, Immortal Lord Qingxiao is one of only two cultivators in the past 100,000 years to have reached the Ascension Realm.
If Immortal Lord Liuyue was able to successfully protect one volume, Immortal Lord Qingxiao would naturally also be able to protect another volume.
The final, third volume is hidden within the celestial palace that lures evil spirits there.
The preceding levels five, six, seven, and eight involved finding the Flying Immortal Platform and unlocking it using various magical artifacts and methods. In short, it was similar to a puzzle game. At the time, readers even complained, "What's the difference between this and playing a game?"
Song Chi used to enjoy these five, six, seven, and eight-stage plots, simply because they were so melodramatic. There were always love potions and bewitching incense, and it was all about the female lead's interactions with handsome men. At first, she thought it was just the author's penchant for melodrama, but now she's starting to understand.
It's likely that because evil spirits are not swayed by emotions and desires, they must first overcome these evils before finding the magical artifacts and scrolls that unlock the Ascension Platform. And those exorcism arrays must be unlocked by these emotions, or perhaps they will become something like a Red Phoenix Karma Array, just like the ones she painstakingly completed this time.
In short, Zuiyun Sanren wasn't that bored. He wouldn't have set up those love potions and intoxicating flowers just to watch the spectacle!
The good thing is, this time she, the one hiding in the shadows, doesn't need to get involved in all that melodrama.
This time, Song Chi could only secretly cheer himself on, "Go Cui Xue Ruo!"
All she needs to do is go to the secret realm and then follow her to the celestial palace.
However, before heading to the Immortal Palace, she still needed to track down someone to obtain the final piece of the puzzle for improving her aptitude—the Immortal Soul Flower. This was a crucial point mentioned in the scroll that she had to complete. The primary and necessary condition for the destined person to unlock the seal of the Ascension Platform was that they must possess the spiritual roots of metal, water, wood, and heaven.
Therefore, she must find that seemingly bewitching and beautiful Immortal Soul Flower to cleanse her spiritual root, raise her aptitude from ninety-nine to one hundred, and achieve a perfect metal, water, and wood spiritual root.
The person they needed to track down after finding the Immortal Soul Flower gave Song Chi a headache.
This person is Hua Shalan, the patriarch of the Southeast Jade Ruins Holy Sect. He is a cunning and ruthless tyrant who is seriously ill and needs to find a destined person to learn the Joyful Union Technique. He is also somewhat poisonous and has a serious illness.
According to the book, this person should have received the Hehuan Kung Fu technique that cured his illness in the immortal palace during the last secret realm.
However, that destined person is probably still being searched for, and it's certain that the search will be fruitless.
Because he went into the secret realm, he was attracted by the venomous Immortal Soul Flower that triggered his body's poison, thinking that this was the path to finding his destined one. In the end, he found a cluster of bright blue flowers. Two of them were the most robust, but their leaves had a bluish-green fluorescence, clearly indicating that they were highly poisonous.
However, Hua Shalan, like Wen Xiujin, was a madman. He was likely deeply poisoned, and it was something he was born with, essentially incurable. Therefore, he had no respect for this poisonous plant, picking one Immortal Soul Flower and swallowing it. Finding the taste rather ordinary, he refrained from harming the other one.
What Song Chi wanted was that other plant, to be used to improve the final hurdle of the quality test.
But Song Chi had a hunch that following Hua Shalan might be a bad idea.
Thinking back to the time in the Immortal Palace of the Golden Core Secret Realm, this person inexplicably appeared beside her, looking as if he were sickly and weak. But now, no matter how she thinks about it, it all seems a bit deliberate, especially since this person had just received the Joyful Union Technique at that time.
No... that destined person, it must be her.
Song Chi's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly rejected the answer. That couldn't be. If Zuiyun Sanren had any sense at all, he wouldn't have orchestrated this to harm her. It wasn't impossible that Hua Shalan had truly tricked her into being taken advantage of and imprisoned like a caged bird.
This person appears to have an ordinary background, but in reality, he is the young master of a reclusive immortal sect who has come out to gain experience, and his skills and knowledge are extremely profound.
That's someone they dared to kidnap, even someone like Cui Xue Ruo, a descendant of a powerful immortal sect. If Cui Xue Ruo weren't someone destined for such a fate, they probably wouldn't have been willing to release her.
Therefore, Song Chi felt that the destined person was probably not her. Those ascended beings wouldn't joke around in a place like this. After all, breaking the seal was a momentous event that would sustain the cultivation world for countless generations!
Therefore, I feel somewhat relieved.
After overcoming the challenge of the Immortal Soul Flower, she went to the Immortal Palace, following the main and supporting characters to the Yin Hall of the Flying Immortal Palace, where she obtained the Bright Moon Ring for finding the Flying Immortal Platform.
It sounds simple, but in reality, this secret realm is extremely dangerous. Poisonous creatures roam freely, and evil formations appear frequently.
Some disciples, infected by the poisonous mist, have even lost their minds and turned against their fellow disciples. It's likely that evil spirits have begun to wreak havoc here.
To complete all these tasks, she definitely needs to improve her cultivation and combat skills.
Confined to his quarters, Song Chi took out his zither, intending to start with the final piece from the Immortal Alliance Grand Competition, "Moon in the Water." This water-elemental piece could actually generate metal and water elements, then transform into a wood-elemental piece. Song Chi felt that its destructive power would easily affect the minds of Golden Core cultivators and above.
This is probably a generous gift from the Immortal Lord to her during this Immortal Alliance Grand Competition.
After all, Immortal Lord Liuyue hadn't given her a single bit of any other immortal techniques.
But to everyone's surprise, after practicing for seven or eight days, she collapsed to the ground in utter defeat.
Previously, the spiritual energy that could be easily converted within the garden barrier of the Immortal Alliance had now reverted to its previous dog-like state. Each conversion was extremely sluggish; not only could the spiritual energy not circulate freely, but even a complete melody could not be played.
After much thought, Song Chi felt that a mysterious energy seemed to have been present within the garden's protective barrier that day. He guessed it was the effect of an array set up by Immortal Lord Liuyue?
As soon as she thought this, she immediately stood up and sent a young servant to invite Qi Zhenmo for a meeting.
Qi Zhenmo arrived quickly, and when he saw her plucking hair from her head in the corridor, he chuckled.
"Do you know that you are now the undisputed star of Changge City?" he said with a smile.
Song Chi shrugged. She knew this even without leaving home. After all, the young servants at the guild hall loved doing things for her these days, and the servants who came to sweep the dust and deliver vegetables to her were different every day.
I heard that in order to see her, the young boys have to compete in magic every day to determine the winner before they can get a chance.
It was nothing more than secretly patting her face and then running away happily. Seeing how hard they were fighting, Song Chi also let them pat her face every day. It was said that just one pat on the jade mirror could fetch a good price.
These people in the cultivation world... are so boring that she has nothing to say.
Mo Shubai and the others stayed indoors, refusing to come out. Ye Qingyu did go out once, but was surrounded and chased around, returning in a rage with his hair standing on end. He even stood on her wall for a moment, and a bunch of children chased after him, taking pictures. His face immediately twitched, but before he could say anything...
The master intervened and sent the boy back to his courtyard with a flick of his sleeve.
However, Master clearly felt that Qi Zhenmo's arrival posed no problem. Therefore, he only glanced at him with his divine sense and then ignored him.
Song Chi waved her hand, too lazy to bother with such useless things. She asked Qi Zhenmo if there was any way to restore the barrier formation of the Immortal Alliance Grand Competition.
When Qi Zhenmo asked her why, Song Chi didn't hide it from him and told him about her troubles over the past few days.
Then Qi Zhenmo mimicked her by spreading his hands. "That kind of immortal array borrows a wisp of immortal energy from heaven and earth to form an array. I know the array formation, but I don't have the array eye stone."
"Of course, if you have the ability to get the Xuanhuang Immortal Stone, then I can set up this formation for you."
Song Chi suddenly fell silent. The Xuanhuang Immortal Fate Stone was the final magical artifact needed to activate the Flying Immortal Platform, and following the instructions of the golden scroll in his mind, it was placed in the last immortal palace. Only two of these Xuanhuang Immortal Fate Stones would be generated in this world every 100,000 years, both for the purpose of activating the Flying Immortal Platform.
"However, it is not impossible for you to freely switch between the three spiritual roots of metal, water, and wood."
Qi Zhenmo suddenly said this again.
Judging from his expression, you could tell he was about to fart.
Song Chi couldn't help but ask, "What is it?"
Qi Zhenmo smiled, revealing eight teeth, and leaned closer. "As long as you obtain the Heavenly Spirit Fruit to cleanse your aptitude and reach the three spiritual roots of metal, water, and wood, you can borrow this wisp of immortal energy from heaven and earth."
Song Chi was immediately speechless. She now understood why opening the Ascension Platform required the spiritual roots of metal, water, wood, and heaven. Otherwise, that ancient melody would simply not be able to be played.
After Qi Zhenmo left, Song Chi broke the seal and looked at the ancient musical score. Sure enough, the circulation of spiritual roots couldn't be too complex; it wasn't just a matter of metal generating water and water generating wood, but rather required the rotation of the five elements. Having read it, she naturally memorized the score… but since Immortal Lord Liuyue said her divine sense wouldn't be possessed by evil spirits, memorizing it was actually more effective. Because even though the scroll was lost, the memory in her mind wouldn't be.
Her photographic memory is only useful for memorizing sheet music. It's useless for anything else.
For the next two days, Song Chi stubbornly continued to try to play "The Moon in the Water".
The result, naturally, was failure. And on that day, as she was frustratedly pulling weeds in the courtyard, perhaps her master had gone out to visit a friend. From Mo Shubai's garden next door, the sound of a zither drifted over, quietly delivered by Lingrun.
But it was precisely Mo Shubai's natural way of playing "The Moon in the Water" that seamlessly switched between the three spiritual roots of metal, water, and wood.
Song Chi's lips immediately twitched. He wasn't overjoyed, but rather choked on his words.
She knew Mo Shubai meant well, but... this only proved that her three spiritual roots with ninety-nine points were really no good. These days, spiritual roots really don't understand the human suffering of someone with her kind of spiritual root.
Fortunately, Master returned quickly, and the music from the neighboring garden immediately stopped.
Their furtive behavior made it seem like their master was trying to break up the couple. However, Song Chi still appreciated their good intentions.
It seems Mo Shubai was magnanimous enough to forgive her previous actions. He truly deserves to be listed as a gentleman in the book.
Song Chi remained depressed for another day, originally thinking that he would board the flying boat and return to the Azure Sword Sect in two days.
Who knew that after his master went out to visit friends that day, Song Chi was pondering a problem while flipping through those sound cultivation scrolls in the garden when the golden scroll in his mind suddenly jumped.
She couldn't help but unfold the scroll to see what kind of trouble had arisen this time.
As expected, it turned out to be a strange situation. A line of gold text appeared in the second column of tasks.
Hint for the upcoming Immortal Soul Flower Secret Realm: Invite Xue Rongzhan of the Purple Evolution Divine Palace, instructing him to carry the Young Palace Master's token to the Music Pavilion of the Jade Dew Garden. Play this beautiful melody with him to obtain Immortal Soul Jade Liquid Dew. (Note: Only with this dew can the Immortal Soul Flower truly activate its medicinal properties and cleanse its spiritual root.)
As for that beautiful piece of music, it was noted in small print: "I once played this 'Willow Branch' tune with my senior sister. I wonder if she still remembers me. Indeed, I am her glorious junior brother. Although ten thousand years have passed, I am still happy to greet her."
Song Chi was incredibly surprised. However, this "Twisted Willow" pipa piece was a masterpiece by a certain master, and her tutor greatly admired it. Therefore, during her professional classes, she had been asked to demonstrate pipa playing to her junior classmates. So, to talk about the junior classmates she had played with… well, sorry, there were dozens, if you just count them.
How do I find it?
Moreover, isn't Zuiyun Sanren, this good junior brother, afraid that another transmigrator might happen to play the same piece in the Jade Dew Garden, breaking the seal and obtaining the Immortal Soul Jade Dew?
Then, as if knowing what she was thinking, a small golden mark appeared: when she plays this piece, she must wear the young palace master's jade pendant close to her chest and activate it with her blood, playing it together with Xue Rongzhan, in order to successfully break the seal and obtain the Immortal Soul Jade Liquid Dew.
Song Chi: "..." Fine, with all these issues in place, I'm afraid even if someone else played the "Folding Willow" tune ten thousand times, it wouldn't make a difference.
As for the Music Pavilion in Jade Dew Garden, it is precisely the current residence of the top courtesan, Fairy Butterfly Robe. Fairy Butterfly Robe had previously received assistance from her music, so Song Chi naturally had a relationship with her.
However, he wasn't sure if this connection would still be effective. So Song Chi quickly used his junior uncle's token to send a young boy to arrange a meeting with Fairy Butterfly Robe, to see if she could spare some time to see him.
Unexpectedly, Fairy Butterfly quickly sent a message to express her warm welcome and said that she could see her anytime she wanted.
So Song Chi thought that there was no better time than today, and decided to go this afternoon. His master had gone to visit a fellow immortal in a remote valley outside Changge City and was not expected to return until late at night.
She'd been staying quietly in the courtyard these past few days, not going anywhere. Her master probably felt sorry for her and quietly relaxed the restrictions. She knew about this.
Therefore, she immediately used the guild's spirit owl to send an invitation to the Ziyan Divine Palace, inviting Xue Rongzhan to meet at the Yulu Garden Music Pavilion at Shenshi (3-5 PM) today.
It was already noon when she delivered the letter.
The spirit owl's communication speed was incredibly fast; a reply arrived in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Xue Rongzhan was delighted, but also slightly surprised, asking why the owl had shown him such favor.
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