He frowned as he paced around the valley, but he could not find anything strange.
"Brother Li, did you find anything?" Jing Xiaojie asked curiously.
Chu Li frowned and shook his head.
Jing Xiaojie looked at him and seemed to have found something. She smiled and said, "If there's really a clue, we might not even need to derive the Passing Light Sword. The sect would've made you a High Official right away. This place was almost ransacked, but there were no clues at all. Eventually, we gave up, thinking that we might've made a mistake."
Chu Li did not say anything. He continued pacing with his hands behind his back, measuring the valley step by step.
Jing Xiaojie followed beside him and stared at him curiously.
She could not help but find it interesting when she saw him frowning as if he was deep in thought but could not find the root of it. The corners of her smooth lips slowly curled up. She felt that Chu Li had inexplicably become more charming at this moment. He suddenly became much more good-looking.
Two hours later, Chu Li stopped where he was. He stood exactly where he had been standing before and sighed.
He had already walked through every inch of the valley. Not only did he observe with the Omniscient Mirror, but he also personally stepped on the ground to feel the peculiarities of the soil and plants to ensure that there were no formations.
Formations were divided into innate and acquired ones. Acquired formations were man-made, whereas innate formations were created by nature and could not be done by humans. They were usually more powerful and he might not have been able to detect them.
At first, he thought that there might be an innate formation in this valley, which was why he had such a strange feeling. It was faintly discernible but he could not see it clearly.
After personally measuring the valley, he had already rejected this idea. There was indeed no formation in this valley.
"Did you find anything strange?" Jing Xiaojie asked.
She looked up at the sky. It was already dusk and the sky was about to turn dark.
Chu Li sighed. "No."
"Not even a little bit?" Jing Xiaojie asked.
Chu Li shook his head.
Jing Xiaojie looked disappointed and sighed. "Then I can't derive the location of the Passing Light Sword."
Chu Li smiled bitterly. "Derivation can't be done out of thin air. We need to borrow the false to find the true. Without anything to borrow, derivation is like a castle in the air. Everything is an illusion and not reality."
"Regardless, we should derive it and see," Jing Xiaojie said. "We can fool it first."
Chu Li looked at her in surprise.
Jing Xiaojie said, "If you can't find any clues about the Passing Light Divine Sword, then you definitely won't be able to become a High Priest. This is a rule that no one can break. Even the Sect Master has no right to make you a High Priest!"
Chu Li smiled. "Is it that strict?"
"You need the approval of all the elders before you can enter." Jing Xiaojie said, "Whether they agree or not will depend on whether or not they have reached the standard. Thus, Big Brother Li, you must find the Passing Light Sword, otherwise the elders will definitely not agree."
Chu Li sighed and said, "I'll give it a try then."
"Let's go!" Jing Xiaojie quickly said.
The two of them returned to the garden and stopped in front of the round jade stone.
Chu Li reached out his hand to touch the jade, then closed his eyes and formed a mudra with both hands. He mumbled to himself as he activated his Heaven's Eye.
"Bang!" He suddenly flew backwards and spat out a mouthful of blood in mid-air.
Jing Xiaojie quickly stepped forward to support him so that he wouldn't fall. "Brother Li, what's wrong?"
Chu Li shook his head and smiled bitterly. "What a powerful Passing Light Divine Sword!"
The Heaven's Eye looked at the origin of this jade stone. As expected, he found that a strange treasure sword had lightly sliced through the huge jade stone as if it was cutting through tofu.
When Chu Li saw the glimmering sword light, his mind felt as if it was hit by a huge impact. His vision darkened and he spat out blood as he flew backwards. He was injured.
Jing Xiaojie was overjoyed. "Brother Li, have you figured out where the Passing Light Divine Sword is?"
Chu Li shook his head.
Jing Xiaojie asked, "Then what happened?"
Chu Li sighed and said, "I only vaguely saw the sword, but I don't know where it is. I can't see it clearly."
"Sigh …" Jing Xiaojie said helplessly, "I've worked hard for nothing!"
She looked at Chu Li disappointedly and said, "Brother Li, this is a rare opportunity. If we really miss it, I'm afraid we won't be able to enter the Southern Heavenly Gate anymore … Why don't we fool them first!"
Chu Li hurriedly waved his hand. "This is no small matter, it's not appropriate."
"Brother Li, just say that you know where it is. When you went to look for it, it wasn't there. Just say that it was taken away by someone else." Jing Xiaojie tilted her head and said, "Oh right, you can also say that this Passing Light Divine Sword is extremely mysterious. It will hide itself, so no one has been able to obtain it for so many years."
Chu Li could not help but laugh. "Miss Jing, thank you very much, but you still can't lie like this. There will be endless trouble in the future!"
"Sigh … Brother Li, you're so stubborn!" Jing Xiaojie was anxious.
She saw Chu Li as her savior, so she had been trying to push him to enter the Southern Heavenly Gate and become a High Official. She had already tried her best to plead for him in the sect and personally came to introduce the Passing Light Divine Sword.
Chu Li said, "Looks like I'm not capable enough."
Jing Xiaojie frowned and pondered.
She suddenly looked up and said, "Brother Li, did you see the appearance of the Passing Light Divine Sword through divination?"
Chu Li slowly nodded and said, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes."
"That's already impressive. Until now, no one has seen it with their own eyes!" Jing Xiaojie smiled and said, "This is already very impressive. I'll go and ask the Hall Leader!"
She disappeared gracefully.
Chu Li felt a warmth in his heart. He had a good impression of the Southern Heavenly Gate.
The few Southern Heavenly Gate disciples that he had come into contact with were honest and kind. They were not evil people and were not as extreme as the Equal Heaven Gate.
After a while, Jing Xiaojie appeared again and smiled. "Come, let's convince the Hall Leader first."
Chu Li went to the Conscience Interrogation Hall with her.
Inside the Conscience Interrogation Hall, Sima Xing sat on the armchair. His skinny figure seemed even thinner and weaker.
The basilica was empty. He sat steadily and looked at Chu Li. He slowly said, "Did you really see the appearance of the Passing Light Divine Sword?"
Chu Li said, "I vaguely saw it and was injured."
"Then let me take a look at the drawing," Sima Xing said.
Chu Li nodded and went to the desk in front of the window. He took the brush that Jing Xiaojie handed to him and began to draw on the unfolded paper.
His brush was very slow as if there was an invisible force that was hindering his hand.
Halfway through the drawing, his forehead was already covered with a layer of sweat.
This time, he was not pretending. His hand was really hindered by an invisible force. Halfway through the drawing, he could not continue no matter what.
"Bang!" Suddenly, there was a muffled sound. The brush in his hand exploded. As if he was struck by lightning, he trembled and staggered backward.
Sima Xing took a step behind him and pressed his palm on his back.
"Bang!" Sima Xing also took a step back. As if he was struck by lightning, his expression changed slightly.
Chu Li's face was pale. He turned to look at Sima Xing and smiled bitterly. "Hall Leader."
Sima Xing took a deep look at him and suppressed his surging blood qi. He looked at the white paper on the table and only saw a lonely sword hilt. It was antique and the flourishing patterns on it seemed to be surging with an indescribable power.
He was captivated by it at first glance. He could feel that this sword was extraordinary.
"This is the Passing Light Divine Sword?" He looked at Chu Li.
Chu Li sighed. "If my prediction is correct, this should be it. Unfortunately, my cultivation level is not high enough and I can't predict any further."
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