Chapter 128 The Ghostly Form Follows Silently
Ji Mingran flew extremely fast, rushing forward.
Her body is dead and will not appear in subsequent memory scenes.
The memory scene is created because of the memory's owner. The edges of the scene may be wider than the original memory of the memory's owner. However, once the memory's owner completely leaves the scene, the corresponding scene will collapse and dissipate. She cannot passively jump out of the scene now. Once the scene she is in dissipates, she may not be able to escape.
To be on the safe side, she had to go to the new memory scene on her own.
Where are the new memory scenes? They are constantly being created along with the memory's owner.
Ji Mingran is currently as light as a swallow and as fast as lightning. In her ghost form, her flight speed is comparable to, or even faster than, Shen Qingluo's sword-wielding speed.
She darted out in a flash, traversing grasslands and forests, and crossing mountains in the blink of an eye. The various exquisite and elegant courtyards scattered throughout the undulating valleys came into view.
Looking down from the air, she discovered that the Nameless Sect was actually located on a large island. Twenty miles east of the sect's main gate lay a vast ocean. Several ships were moored at the coastal port. This was the only means by which the sect's members connected with the outside world.
The island is covered with countless divination arrays and illusions, making it difficult to enter or leave, no wonder it is hard for outsiders to find.
Ji Mingran flew extremely fast and caught up with the group boarding the ship in no time.
Five people stood on the deck of the ship. One of them, a handsome man, leaned against the ship's side, his eyes indifferent, and he was looking towards the direction of the sect.
Ji Mingran landed with a whoosh, right next to Yu Tianxing.
As if sensing something, Yu Tianxing, who had been standing still, turned his dark eyes and looked directly at her.
Ji Mingran smiled and made a face at her.
Yu Tianxing's expression remained indifferent, his cold gaze passing through her and landing on the wooden wall of the boat behind her.
Ji Mingran shook her head, jumping up and down, waving her fingers in front of his eyes. Yu Tianxing frowned, staring at her, but his gaze remained fixed on what was behind her.
After a while, he withdrew his gaze and looked back towards the sect.
The others were completely unaware of the extra people on the boat and showed no reaction whatsoever.
Ji Mingran walked around the deck in a very casual manner, and no one noticed her.
Multiple experiments have proven that in this state, others cannot sense her at all.
That's why Jiang Chaoxing didn't notice her when he killed someone, and Mo Jingshuang, who was hiding in the bushes, couldn't see her either.
While the Soul Shedding Technique inherited by the Dingsheng Sect offers excellent concealment, it also has significant drawbacks. Unless she returns to her original body, she cannot use any spells. Furthermore, if the body separated from her soul is left undefended, it will suffer the same fate as her previous body upon landing—being torn to pieces by any enemy above.
However, in this way, ordinary attacks cannot reach her in her soul form, thus ensuring the safety of her soul.
Arriving at Yu Tianxing's side just before the previous memory scene collapsed, and with the imminent crisis averted, Ji Mingran was no longer in a hurry. After walking back and forth on the deck a few times, she returned to Yu Tianxing's side.
Yu Tianxing turned his head slightly again, a very faint frown appearing between his brows, and looked over quietly.
Ji Mingran tensed his insteps, stood on tiptoe, hooked his arm around Yu Tianxing's neck, and said, regardless of whether Yu Tianxing could hear him, "Stop looking around, it's me."
Yu Tianxing followed the direction of her arm and fixed his gaze on her.
Ji Mingran looked up at her with an indifferent expression; she knew he wouldn't see her.
As expected, Yu Tianxing withdrew his gaze and turned away, but he did not look back at him again after that.
To Ji Mingran's surprise, as soon as Yu Tianxing turned around, her arm, which was hanging around his neck, was hooked, and her entire soul was lifted up and hung sideways on him.
Ji Mingran hung there in a contorted position, her expression blank. She had momentarily forgotten that in her soul form, she was almost weightless. If she relaxed her consciousness, she would be blown away or lifted up as she was now.
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"Fine, whatever." Ji Mingran adjusted his position without hesitation, wrapping both arms around Yu Tianxing's neck and hanging firmly behind him.
It was more convenient for him to carry her than for her to chase after him. Ji Mingran felt perfectly at ease.
As soon as she finished hanging up, Yu Tianxing, who had been leaning against the ship's side, slowly stood up and changed to a posture with his hands behind his back.
Ji Mingran's eyes lit up at this position; now she could lie down more comfortably.
Having found a good spot, Ji Mingran began to observe the people waiting on the deck. Apart from Yu Tianxing, the four disciples of the Nameless Sect were participants who had returned from the Spiritual Cultivation Competition. The remaining cultivator, with almond-shaped cheeks and a peach-colored face, wearing a silk and purple dress, was Cui Mianyue, the third senior sister of the Nameless Sect who had volunteered to lead the team.
Cui Mianyue, like the others, looked towards the main gate of the Nameless Sect. Her cat-like eyes darted around, and she chuckled, "Junior Brother Chaoxing, you're so slow, could you be doing something else and getting stuck?"
Ji Mingran raised an eyebrow. Hey, she was right.
The male cultivator with a gloomy face glanced at her and said slowly, "If we wait any longer, we will miss the auspicious time for our departure."
Cui Mianyue waved her hand: "Then let's choose another auspicious time."
The somber male cultivator said, "A month from now, there will be an equally auspicious time and day."
“Okay.” Cui Mianyue said crisply, “Then let’s go. Junior Brother Chaoxing can follow along.”
"Okay, Senior Sister." Standing next to a beautiful female cultivator, the male cultivator dressed as a scholar waved his arms a few times, causing the tide to ripple and the boats moored on the shore to slowly drift away.
Everyone turned around.
"You're here?"
"It was timely enough."
A scheming fellow has arrived. Ji Mingran was furious just hearing Jiang Chaoxing's voice. He popped his head out from behind Yu Tianxing, glared at the people boarding the ship, and waved his fist through the air, "If I find an opportunity, you're dead!"
Jiang Chaoxing shuddered as he hurriedly boarded the ship.
"What's wrong?" Cui Mianyue asked.
"It's nothing." Jiang Chaoxing pursed her lips and said, "I suddenly felt a cold wind blow by."
"Junior Brother Chaoxing, why are you so late? And you don't look quite right." The beautiful female cultivator walked in, looked him over carefully, and asked with concern.
"I..." Jiang Chaoxing was about to respond, but when he looked up, he met Yu Tianxing's cold gaze, who was standing a little further away. His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly came up with the reason he had prepared in advance, "I wanted to try out the new Gua Sword, so I went to the place where Tianxing usually practiced swordsmanship. I didn't expect that I would not only be injured by this sword, but also by the sword intent he left there, which is why I was delayed."
“Tianxing practices swordsmanship like he’s risking his life, and you dared to take it? What’s the difference between that and courting death?” Cui Mianyue stretched out her index finger and poked Jiang Chaoxing’s temple. “Are you out of your mind now? He’s a sword cultivator, and you’re a divination cultivator. Your swords have different uses.”
"Oh, Senior Sister, I know, I know!" Jiang Chaoxing said with a sullen face, "I just wanted to test the power of this divination sword."
He glanced furtively to the side, but Yu Tianxing's sharp, cold gaze had already shifted away. Jiang Chaoxing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Junior brother, we won't reach the shore for another five days anyway. Since you're injured, you should go back to the ship and rest." The beautiful female cultivator said with concern.
“Okay, Senior Sister Miaowan.” Jiang Chaoxing replied, walking unsteadily towards the cabin. Passing Yu Tianxing, he took a step and said, “Let’s spar next time. You’ll hold back a little. Your sword intent, oh dear, it really doesn’t know its own limits.”
Yu Tianxing: "Next time."
Having received Yu Tianxing's response, Jiang Chaoxing was completely relieved; he had not noticed anything amiss.
"Then I'll go rest for a bit." After greeting everyone, Jiang Chaoxing returned to her cabin, closed the door, and her face instantly turned cold.
With trembling hands, Jiang Chaoxing opened the dark clothes that were tightly covering him. Cold sweat poured down his face. Underneath the clothes, he was covered in wounds, each one deep enough to expose bone, with blood seeping out.
Jiang Chaoxing handed a copper coin to his back without turning his head, saying, "I feel really unlucky, could you please help me choose a coin?"
"Heh." The gloomy-faced male cultivator caught the copper coin and tossed it into the air. With a clang, the coin flipped and landed back in his palm.
The gloomy male cultivator glanced at him, a smile playing on his lips: "Fierce. Junior brother, you should rest well these next few days."
Jiang Chaoxing: "......"
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Ji Mingran followed the ship all the way, and after five days, he found the way the Nameless Sect's group traveled to be quite interesting.
Although the task of suppressing the restless abyssal demons was urgent, the six-person team tasked with this important mission was leisurely and showed no signs of anxiety.
Apart from Jiang Chaoxing, who locked himself in his room all day, the other five people mostly wandered around the deck, either observing the stars at night or discerning the movement of clouds and sea during the day.
In any case, no one tried to make the boat go faster.
They simply hoisted the sails and let the wind carry them.
Therefore, it wasn't until the eighth day that they arrived at the ferry. Just as they were about to disembark, the handsome but gloomy-looking male cultivator took out a copper coin, tossed it into the air, caught it with his palms together, and opened it.
He glanced inside, and his already gloomy expression became even more somber.
"Great fortune, you may enter the city."
Just then, Cui Mianyue bent down and squeezed out of the small door on the side of the boat. Seeing the gloomy expression on the male cultivator's face, a sly smile appeared in her eyes. She said in a crisp voice, "Lin Wuqi, are you bringing good news or bad news? I thought I misheard."
The slender-waisted, lotus-faced female cultivator helped the scholar-dressed male cultivator gracefully off the boat. Upon hearing this, she exchanged a glance with the scholar-dressed male cultivator and smiled faintly, "Senior Sister Mianyue, why do you tease Senior Brother Lin? You know that the technique he cultivates causes him to be unable to control his expressions."
“He just didn’t study properly, which is why he’s like this. Five years have passed and he still hasn’t cured this problem.” Cui Mianyue saw the two of them and said with disdain, “Song Heyi, stay away from Miaomiao Bay. Everyone knows you two are a couple. You’re always sticking together. Go stand with your senior brother Lin and dispel his gloom so as not to scare the city kids.”
“This…” Song Heyi glanced at Miao Miaowan beside her. The latter smiled and nodded before letting go of her. “Okay, Senior Sister Mianyue.”
"Junior Brother Tianxing," Cui Mianyue gestured, "Go and call Junior Brother Chaoxing out. We need to switch to land route."
“Okay, Senior Sister.” Yu Tianxing replied simply and returned to the cabin.
Ji Mingran slid off Yu Tianxing's back and waited on the deck, looking up at the county town not far away.
The Nameless Sect and the Abyss of Demonic Sacrifice.
By sheer accident, she seems to be gradually touching upon the past of the destruction of the Nameless Sect.
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