The distance of five hundred kilometers was covered in the blink of an eye.
The darkness of the night faded, and the first rays of the morning sun shone down. The white ribbon that contained the "Starfrost Sword Intent" was like a small boat that brought Yu Yuan to the Sword Sect.
Along the way, the two Freedom grand cultivators of the Primal Yang Sect and Xuantianzong probed with their soul awareness and observed with their towering dharma idols.
The white ribbon gradually came to a stop.
Wood splinters from the broken litter flew everywhere. Long Yang, the purple jade dragon, and the female general of the empire, Li Yuchan, were all imprisoned by wisps of sword intent.
The Withering Sword Intent inside Chen Qingyan's body had completely disappeared after Xi Quan had escaped.
She and her master, Ji Ningshuang, both knew that Xi Quan had no intention of harming her.
"Is this stupid kid the Yu Yuan of Dark Moon City that you've been thinking about?"
The tall and slender Ji Ningshuang was dressed in a plain white robe. She was as beautiful as a celestial being who had walked out of a painting. The tone of her voice and the meaning of her eyes gave off an otherworldly feeling. She didn't seem like a mortal.
She held the scabbard in her hand, and the Star Frost Sword behind her morphed into a dazzling silver river.
The silver river hung like a waterfall, and the five-clawed golden dragon within it let out miserable cries.
The dragon's roar couldn't spread from the silver river that the Star Frost Sword had morphed into.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
As Ji Ningshuang spoke, two figures, one real and one illusory, descended from the starry river, and the other flew out of a hidden place and instantly entered her body.
The corner of her beautiful lips twitched slightly as she said to her disciple, "Did this kid lose his mind again?"
From Chen Qingyan and Kong Banbi, she had learned that Yu Yuan of Dark Moon City had been muddle-headed for more than ten years. Four years ago, he seemed to have suddenly been enlightened and soared into the heavens.
Yu Yuan, who had been brought to this place by her, stood blankly on the white ribbon, looking as if he had lost his mind again.
"Master, he's not dumb!"
Chen Qingyan snorted, then took a few steps forward and stood between Yu Yuan and Ji Ningshuang, shouting, "Yu Yuan!"
The small world in the Sea of Consciousness spun. Yu Yuan seemed to have been pulled from his previous life to this life by her shout.
Yu Yuan's line of sight was filled with Chen Qingyan's figure. He could no longer see Ji Ningshuang. Only then did he calm down a little.
"It's been a long, long time …"
A thought appeared in his mind. He forcefully stopped his chaotic thoughts and ignored the thoughts that kept popping up. He took a light breath and a strange smile appeared on his face. He said, "I just came out of the Great Swamp and saw that Long Jie was captured by your master. I was very shocked."
As soon as he said that, Chen Qingyan turned sideways so that he could see Ji Ningshuang again.
Ji Ningshuang looked at him again.
The second time, Yu Yuan finally calmed down a lot. He first smiled and then bowed. "The boy of the Yu Family of Dark Moon City greets Great Sword Immortal Ji!"
"No need to be so courteous." Ji Ningshuang's expression didn't change in the slightest as she looked at Yu Yuan's Golden Hall Microcosm with her deep, penetrating eyes. She could tell that Yu Yuan's Golden Hall Microcosm had been refined several times, and she could see the Blood Altar inside his flesh aura microcosm that was forged with the Giant Beast Essence Amber.
"Eh!"
Her expression changed slightly as she exclaimed softly. She was shocked by her own discovery.
With her extraordinary attainments, she judged that Yu Yuan's Golden Hall Microcosm had been cleansed eight times based on the density of the spirit energy inside Yu Yuan's Golden Hall Microcosm.
Eight Refinements of the Golden Hall Microcosm was an unparalleled cultivation talent. In the Tianyuan Continent and the Tranquil Continent, they were publicly acknowledged as geniuses!
Then, she saw the blood altar in Yu Yuan's blood microcosm that glowed with bloody light and looked like it was made of blood jade.
She had sensed the aura of the Primal Chaos Kun, a Star Behemoth, from the Blood Altar. Then, she remembered what Kong Banbi had said about Yu Yuan obtaining the Star Behemoth's Essence Amber.
There was a blood altar in the blood microcosm of the Eight Refinements of the Golden Hall Microcosm...
Her deep eyes looked at the space between Yu Yuan's eyebrows and the microcosm in his sea of consciousness.
Ji Ningshuang exclaimed softly again.
To her surprise, she discovered that her Freedom realm soul awareness couldn't penetrate into Yu Yuan's sea of awareness, and couldn't see what was happening there!
Unless she forced her way in, there was a high chance that she would harm Yu Yuan's soul.
"He has just entered the Subtle realm and formed his soul awareness. How could he know how to conceal his sea of consciousness?" Ji Ningshuang was puzzled. Her pair of eyes, which could see the smallest part of Yu Yuan's body, were fixed on Yu Yuan's chest, internal organs, and bones. She kept nodding her head, as she could tell that Yu Yuan's body was very tough.
Then, she thought of the glance Zhong Lida had shot at Yu Yuan before he had left, and guessed many things.
She had also seen the sword mark on Yu Yuan's arm, which contained the incantations of a Moon-Severing Realm cultivator, with great clarity.
"Where is that sword soul?"
Ji Ningshuang asked with a frown after looking at it for a while.
Upon hearing these words, Yu Yuan immediately understood.
This old friend of his from his previous life had brought him here with that white ribbon because she had learned from Fan Heqing, Chen Qingyan, and possibly Kong Banbi that he had obtained the sword incantations of a Moon Severing Realm cultivator in the forbidden land of the Falling Moons, and had gained the acknowledgment of a sword soul.
"It has already left me."
Yu Yuan bowed his head and sighed in a frustrated and bitter tone. "Under the coercion of that white-robed master, I stepped into Sword Prison with the scabbard in my hand. Later, I learned some sword incantations, but soon after I left Sword Prison, the divine statue in Sword Prison invaded my sea of consciousness with its Phantasm soul.
"The Phantasm soul also left my body when the divine statue left through the spatial tunnel.
"Perhaps because of that, the scabbard, the sword soul, and the Evil Demon Cauldron left me and went missing."
"..."
He had already made up his mind when Lord Gray Crow and Xu Zixi had asked him about it after he had been thrown out of the Great Lake of the Desolate God.
If any of the powerful cultivators from the Primal Yang Sect, Xuantianzong, the Devil's Palace, or the Goblin Temple had asked him about it, he would have said the same thing.
Because of the Phantasm soul, the scabbard, the sword soul, and the Evil Demon Cauldron had all abandoned him and left him.
"Now that the divine statue's Phantasm soul has taken you as its own, it's no longer you." Chen Qingyan chimed in. "The scabbard and the sword soul left by that senior were meant to suppress the evil spirits in Sword Prison, so they definitely wouldn't want to be controlled by the evil spirits. If the Evil Demon Cauldron still had its own soul, it probably wouldn't want to be associated with the evil spirits either. "
Yu Yuan said with a downcast expression, "I went to great lengths to obtain this unique treasure, but now it's gone."
Ji Ningshuang frowned and observed him carefully. If it weren't for the fact that her soul awareness couldn't enter his sea of awareness, Ji Ningshuang would have had plenty of ways to strip his memories and verify whether he was telling the truth.
However, since Chen Qingyan was here, she had no choice but to give up on Yu Yuan.
"Master, even if the scabbard and the sword soul are gone, Yu Yuan has still obtained the sword arts legacy of that senior from our sect!" Chen Qingyan spoke up for him. "That senior was the first warden of Sword Prison. Now that Yu Yuan has obtained his legacy by chance, he should be brought to our sect to cultivate, right?"
"No," Ji Ningshuang said without hesitation, shaking her head.
"Why not?" Chen Qingyan sounded very dissatisfied. "Martial Uncle Fan also attacked him on the Split Yan Islands. Didn't he see the connection between him and our sect? Since he has obtained that senior's legacy, he should be brought to our sect. Why not? "
"No means no!"
Ji Ningshuang repeated in an unquestionable tone, as if she wanted Chen Qingyan to keep her mouth shut.
Chen Qingyan pouted and complained inwardly. However, she knew her master's authority, so she didn't dare to talk back to her. She could only sulk inwardly.
"I heard that you only entered Sword Prison with the scabbard because that Li man threatened you with Qingyan's life." Ji Ningshuang looked at him and said coldly with an arrogant attitude, "Because of this, I won't capture you. I'll take you back to the Sword Sect to be imprisoned."
Chen Qingyan's expression flickered slightly as she asked anxiously, "Master?"
Ji Ningshuang didn't look at her as she continued, "No matter what, it's because you entered the Great Marsh and Sword Prison that those crooked demons were freed and the evil divinity statue returned to the forbidden land of the Falling Moons. Now that you've lost your scabbard and been abandoned by your sword spirit, your connection to the sword sect is gone.
"You've made a huge mistake. Since the sword sect can't take you in, I have to take you back for the sake of our sect's reputation.
"Also, please know your limits!
"Even though you, Yu Yuan, are extraordinarily talented, you're not good enough for my disciple. My disciple needs to focus on sword cultivation with me. Don't disturb him. "
Ji Ningshuang's words towards the end were somewhat harsh, cold, and unreasonable.
"Master!" Chen Qingyan shouted again. "What are you talking about? Yu Yuan and I aren't what you think. He didn't talk about those things with me! "
"I don't care!" Ji Ningshuang shouted. "You're not allowed to do that in the future!"
Yu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this old friend of his from his previous life say such words, as if she were trying to break up an affectionate couple.
In his previous life, the person who was closest to him, in the blink of an eye, had actually given him a warning in such an arrogant tone, with the posture of a senior expert, in a high and mighty manner.
She didn't allow her to disturb her disciple or have thoughts about her disciple?
Yu Yuan shook his head as the smile on his face grew even stranger.
Ji Ningshuang let out a cold harrumph. "What do you mean by shaking your head?"
With a smile on his face, Yu Yuan looked up and met the eyes of the Great Sword Immortal, who was ranked fourth in the sword sect, and said, "You, Ji Ningshuang, have no right to tell me what to do!"
"How dare you!"
Numerous figures that were wreathed in sword intent suddenly appeared behind Chen Qingyan and glowered at him.
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