Chapter 619: Seeking the Sword
Chapter 619: Seeking the Sword
December 3rd, 2024
Bai Xiaosheng felt a mix of anxiety and tension.
A special transformation was taking place within Wu Shi's body.
Aside from her coldness and unconscious state, her body had been steadily improving.
"She's broken through to the Void Deity realm!"
"A True God..."
"And she's still getting stronger..."
Bai Xiaosheng's only hope was shattered.
It was clear that his disciple was the suspected fallen Dao Lord.
She had been in a state of ignorance, but now she was awakening.
Otherwise, her strength wouldn't have increased so rapidly.
However, after her awakening...
He felt concerned.
The aura on Wu Shi's body continued to surge, and in just half a day, she went from not even being a Void Deity to becoming a True God.
Furthermore, she reached the peak of the God Lord realm.
"It's stopped." Bai Xiaosheng was torn.
At the same time, he was also puzzled.
Why hadn't she recovered to the Dao Lord realm?
"Master?"
Wu Shi opened her eyes, still drowsy.
"You're awake?" Bai Xiaosheng looked at Wu Shi's face intently, as if trying to discern any differences between her current self and her past.
"Hmm, what happened to me?"
Confusion filled her clear eyes, and Wu Shi tightly grasped Bai Xiaosheng's hand, still feeling a bit cold.
"I think I had a dream."
"What kind of dream?" Bai Xiaosheng asked with tension.
"In my dream, I became a powerful figure and used the sword Master gave me to kill all the bad guys!" Wu Shi's eyes lit up with happiness as she spoke.
It was clear that the dream was exhilarating.
"Anything else?" Bai Xiaosheng asked, "Did you remember anything?"
"No." Wu Shi shook her head, "Wait, Master, what happened? How did I suddenly become so strong?"
Wu Shi's face was filled with surprise, and there was still a hint of confusion.
Looking at her, it didn't seem like she was pretending; she genuinely didn't seem to remember anything.
Bai Xiaosheng fell silent, pondering how to respond to this question.
Suddenly, Wu Shi covered her chest with both hands, her pupils dilated, and her face was filled with disbelief.
"Master, did you... sleep with your disciple?"
"Could it be that Master's chastity is so powerful that a single dual cultivation session made me this strong?"
As Wu Shi spoke, her initial shyness turned into excitement, as if she had just seen gold coins, and her eyes lit up.
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
What did she mean by sleeping with her?
How did she know about his chastity!
"Master, you're blushing!" Wu Shi's eyes sparkled, "Haha, more gold coins!"
She shook Master's sleeve, and the golden coins jingled as they fell into her embrace.
Her thoughts were always so carefree.
Bai Xiaosheng looked at his disciple, his mind racing, and finally, he chose to no longer hide the truth: "Disciple, actually..."
"In the beginning, someone from the Nine Heavens Divine Palace asked me to help find Tomorrow Snow."
"Tomorrow Snow is the place where I found you."
"Yuan Tian Dao Shen Yan said that Tomorrow Snow is related to a fallen Dao Lord.
This Dao Lord is an enemy of the Nine Heavens Divine Palace.
"So... I might be that Dao Lord?" Wu Shi asked, her eyes filled with countless thoughts.
"Hmm." Bai Xiaosheng nodded.
He also heaved a sigh of relief.
Finally, this secret was out in the open.
"Hehe, my previous life was a Dao Lord. Master, once I recover my cultivation, I'll protect you!" Wu Shi beamed with unconcealed joy, "From now on, you can just relax, and leave everything outside to me!"
"..."
After learning that she was the reincarnation of a Dao Lord, Wu Shi's attitude towards Bai Xiaosheng remained unchanged.
She still lacked the demeanor of a powerful cultivator, always laughing and carefree, without a care in the world.
Every day, she continued to enjoy teasing Bai Xiaosheng to burst out more gold coins.
If there was any difference, it was that she seemed to cultivate even more diligently and earnestly than before.
Perhaps in the past, reaching the fifth realm of True God seemed too distant for her.
But now, it seemed within reach.
She also put in more effort than before.
However...
In a palace, Wu Shi's body shivered, and she furrowed her beautiful eyebrows: "To break through to the Dao Lord realm is truly difficult."
Or perhaps, she had no idea how to begin.
"What about the other me?"
In truth, Wu Shi also felt some resistance.
If she regained her memories, would a second personality emerge within her?
Would she still be herself?
And how would she treat her Master then?
After all, she couldn't possibly be so impolite as to keep shaking her Master to make coins fall out, right?
"To possess the strength of a Dao Lord, you need a sword, an ultimate sword."
Just then, a voice resonated in Wu Shi's ear.
Wu Shi's heart suddenly tightened.
She instinctively wanted to call out loudly to get her Master's attention.
But after a moment's thought, she decided against it.
This figure had appeared so suddenly, even her Master hadn't noticed.
Shouting out would be useless.
And what if... it endangered her Master?
"Do you know me?" Wu Shi looked at the shadow in front of her, staring intently.
Unfortunately, the shadow was too ethereal.
She had many speculations.
Could it be that her predecessor, the Dao Lord, knew this shadow?
"Perhaps, we met in some past cycle." The shadow said.
It seemed as if He didn't want to continue this topic.
"Cycle?" Wu Shi murmured.
This word surprised her.
She continued to ask, "What sword?"
Just now, the shadow had said that to possess the power of a Dao Lord, one needed to have a supreme sword.
"That sword, you've heard of it. It is the Sword Disciple."
"Sword Disciple?"
Wu Shi's pupils constricted.
This name surprised her.
Because she had heard stories from her Master about the Sword Disciple and the Cloud Dream Palace Mistress.
She had mentioned more than once to her Master that she wanted to find the tombs of the Sword Disciple and the Cloud Dream Palace Mistress.
She had even said that the Sword Disciple might have turned into a sword.
Now, it seemed her words had come true.
The Sword Disciple had really become a sword?
Then she... was the Cloud Dream Palace Mistress?
The Cloud Dream Palace Mistress and the Sword Disciple's sword...
Her thoughts were complex.
"Am I the Cloud Dream Palace Mistress?" Wu Shi couldn't help but ask.
"Once was, and perhaps will be in the future." The shadow seemed to deliberately speak in a mysterious manner, saying things Wu Shi didn't understand.
What did "once was" and "will be in the future" mean?
Time should flow, past, present, and future, right?
"How can I find that sword?" Wu Shi asked the shadow.
She truly wanted to become stronger.
Her Master had once told her that the Nine Heavens Divine Palace was searching for her.
They were enemies, not friends.
If one day, the Nine Heavens Divine Palace found her, she would endanger her Master.
But if she had the strength to protect herself, things would be different.
Moreover, she might even be able to avenge her Master, retaliating against those Daoist Gods who had harmed him.
She yearned for power.
"That sword..." The shadow's voice was ethereal, and its figure gradually became more ethereal. "Forget Zhou Mountain."
He disappeared.
Only Wu Shi remained, murmuring, "Forget Zhou Mountain?"
...
The next day, the young girl changed her attire, wearing a golden mask on her face.
"Master, I want to go to Forget Zhou Mountain."
In the palace, Bai Xiaosheng was somewhat taken aback, his initial joy fading.
The golden sword in his hand was hidden in his sleeve at that moment.
"Why?"
"Disciple wants to find a sword, a supreme sword."
"Forget Zhou Mountain?" Bai Xiaosheng's gaze was calm.
He seemed to understand something.
"Alright, go, but be careful to avoid the Nine Heavens Divine Palace." Bai Xiaosheng couldn't help but instruct.
"Hehe, Master, remember to think of me." Wu Shi giggled.
"Sure." Bai Xiaosheng nodded.
"Master, don't look so worried. Even if I find that sword, I will always be your disciple. The me now is the real me." Wu Shi said earnestly.
Bai Xiaosheng's thoughts were many, and he smiled. "You've become a Dao Lord, don't bully this old body of mine. I would be very grateful."
"Master, before I go, can you fulfill one wish for your disciple?" Wu Shi blinked her big eyes, looking at Bai Xiaosheng.
"…Sure."
"Hehe."
Wu Shi gave a cunning smile.
She suddenly shook Bai Xiaosheng.
Clang, the coins on Bai Xiaosheng's body fell like a stream, sparkling like sparks.
"So much money!" Wu Shi's eyes sparkled, but then she calmed down. "Master, you have something in your sleeve that I can't shake out."
She looked at Bai Xiaosheng expectantly.
She had known for some time that her Master had been working hard to create a sword for her.
Now, there was a sword hidden in his sleeve.
"I thought, once you find that sword, the one I forged wouldn't be embarrassing.
But since you'll be traveling, you'll need a sword to use in the meantime.
This sword… is for you.
If you run out of money, you can pawn it."
As he spoke, a golden, shimmering sword appeared in Wu Shi's sight.
It was a golden sword.
It looked very splendid.
Yes, besides splendid, there seemed to be no other way to describe it.
"Wow, Master, you really understand me." Wu Shi took the golden sword, growing more fond of it the more she looked.
"From now on, don't go out as a sword maiden or as Wu Shi." Bai Xiaosheng added a warning.
"Ah?"
Master, are you worried that I might tarnish your reputation out there?" Wu Shi stuck out her tongue, speaking with a docile tone, "Disciple understands."
As Wu Shi's figure departed, Bai Xiaosheng's face relaxed.
"She's finally gone."
Initially, the sword was expected to take three hundred years to forge.
But during this time, he kept accelerating the progress.
All for the sake of forging the sword.
If Wu Shi didn't leave, he would also give up the sword and let Wu Shi go.
Because, nowadays, the Tu Wu Grand Realm was also unsafe.
The information from the Heavenly Money Valley had already leaked to the Nine Heavens Divine Palace.
This meant that the Nine Heavens Divine Palace was keeping an eye on this Wealthy Daoist God.
However, given the reputation of the Sugar Dao Deity, the Nine Heavens Divine Palace had not yet officially made a move on the Tu Wu Grand Realm.
But Bai Xiaosheng knew that the time left for him was running out.
...
Time passed, and a century went by.
A young girl wandered alone in the wilderness, the vast land was covered in silver.
"Forget Zhou Mountain... where is it?"
Over the past century, she had searched the entire Zhou Mountain Grand Realm, seeking traces of Forget Zhou Mountain.
She had scoured various ancient books and historical records, but...
"The Cloud Dream Palace Mistress clashed with Forget Zhou Mountain, falling into its ruins, and I couldn't even find Zhou Mountain."
The Zhou Mountain Grand Realm was so vast.
As for Forget Zhou Mountain, it was estimated to have been reduced to mere fragments, leaving behind only a few remnants.
"I wonder how Master is doing, it's been so long since I've seen Master's coins, I miss them."
"Master wouldn't have been fooled by that Green Tea Priestess, right?"
"I wonder how Master is doing now..."
"This old fellow is truly heartless, in these hundred years, he hasn't even secretly come to see me."
Wu Shi's thoughts were in disarray.
Just then, a voice came from behind.
"Falling Snow Fairy, what a coincidence, we meet again," a handsome and carefree man appeared, with a wooden plaque hanging from his waist, bearing the emblem of the Nine Heavens Divine Palace.
Hearing the voice, Wu Shi's eyebrows furrowed, "You say it's a coincidence, but for me, it's a bad omen."
In Forget Zhou Mountain, Wu Shi encountered this man named Yu Hei, who was like a sticky ointment, persistently pursuing her without shame.
This Yu Hei had set his sights on her radiant golden sword.
Knowing Yu Hei's intentions, Wu Shi's refusal didn't deter him.
"So, the Fairy is also here to try her luck at the Forget Zhou Mountain ruins? Why don't we go together?" Yu Hei invited.
The Forget Zhou Mountain ruins were related to two powerful Daoist Gods.
"No, thank you." Wu Shi directly declined.
"Last time I heard the Fairy mention a friend in the Tu Wu Grand Realm," Yu Hei suddenly spoke up.
"Oh, what about it?" Wu Shi asked calmly.
"The Tu Wu Grand Realm isn't safe lately." Yu Hei continued.
"With Daoist Gods guarding it, what could be unsafe?" Wu Shi's tone remained unconcerned.
"Daoist Gods are powerful, but if..." Yu Hei's eyes hinted at something, but he didn't elaborate, "Fairy, why don't you accompany me?"
He was trying to manipulate Wu Shi.
"I won't say it if I don't want to."
Wu Shi coldly snorted and directly transformed into a ray of light, disappearing from sight.
Leaving Yu Hei standing there, looking dumbfounded.
"She really doesn't care about the Tu Wu Grand Realm?"
"Yeah, just a friend, if they die, they die. Who would care, except for the sake of saving face?"
Without Wu Shi in his grasp, Yu Hei didn't get angry.
There would always be another opportunity.
On the other side, Wu Shi's expression changed slightly.
"Master... it's dangerous."
"No wonder he asked me to leave without hesitation."
"In these hundred years, he hasn't even come to see me."
With her previous doubts resolved, Wu Shi now felt anxious.
She had always possessed a special ability—hearing the inner voices of others.
She had listened to the inner voices of all kinds of people in the world.
For her, the most gentle and pure were the voices of others.
Just now, Yu Hei tried to manipulate her, but naturally, she had eavesdropped on his inner voice.
In the current Tu Wu Grand Realm, the situation was extremely critical.
The Nine Heavens Divine Palace was eyeing the Tu Wu Grand Realm with malicious intent.
Several Daoist Gods were already in position.
Master was skilled in fleeing, but in terms of combat power, he was actually quite weak.
(End of Chapter)
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