“You’re lying!”
Su Ling shouted.
“Every disciple of the Xuanling Sect is highly skilled, they’re not so easily captured!”
“Weren’t you captured too?” Tang Xin smirked. “You want proof, right? Hold on…”
She pretended to search through her storage bag and pulled out a Xuanling Sect personal disciple token.
“You…!” The sword-wielding girl was shocked. “Whose token is this?!”
The personal disciple token of the Xuanling Sect carried a unique aura that couldn’t be imitated by outsiders. Su Ling was all too familiar with this aura.
This token was naturally Tang Xin’s identity token, as she was one of the chief disciples and also a personal disciple.
“Obey me,” Tang Xin put the token away and smiled. “Maybe if I’m in a good mood, I’ll tell you who it belongs to.”
The sword-wielding girl’s gaze was as cold as if it could pierce through the person in front of her.
“You villains will definitely…”
Before she could finish, a finger pressed against her lips.
“First, tell me about your journey here,” the white-haired witch deliberately waved her index finger in front of her. “Remember, she’s in my hands.”
Despite her burning anger, Su Ling had no choice but to take a deep breath and recount her journey…
…
Back when Linghua took Su Ling to Thunder Valley for training.
“Little Ling’er,” the Seventh Elder lay on a bluestone, yawning. “Do you know what’s missing from your swordsmanship?”
“A peerless sword?”
Su Ling answered without thinking.
“Completely wrong,” the Seventh Elder said. “A good sword depends on the person. Without being a peerless sword cultivator, you can’t control a peerless sword… What you’re missing is a certain aura.”
“Aura?”
She was puzzled.
“A sword is a weapon that charges forward without hesitation. The aura of a sword cultivator affects the power of their sword moves,” the master said. “And neither your sword nor your aura is sharp enough.”
“What do you mean?” Su Ling still didn’t understand. “Are you saying I’m not hitting hard enough when I strike?”
“Honestly, how should I explain this…”
Linghua thought for a moment, stood up, and tilted her head towards the sky.
“Forget it, I won’t explain. Whether you understand depends on fate… You continue practicing here. I have something to take care of, I’ll come back to get you once I’m done.”
“Huh? Weren’t you the one who brought me out for training?”
After Linghua left, Su Ling had no choice but to continue training in Thunder Valley, occasionally going to the market outside to replenish supplies.
The question her master left her with, “How to make your sword sharper,” was something Su Ling pondered as she practiced.
One day, as she was passing through the market, she encountered a group of sword cultivators covered in wounds.
“Are you still going?”
“Of course, we have to go. It’s the Sword Pool, and the spiritual swords inside are extraordinary!”
“If I could get a peerless divine sword, I’d risk my life for it!”
What? A peerless divine sword!
Who cares if it’s sharp or not, if I can get a divine sword, all my problems will be solved!
Su Ling, who wasn’t very good at socializing, mustered all her strength and, against all odds, joined those people to head to the Sword Pool in the Thunder River.
She was cautious, ready to run at the first sign of trouble.
As it turned out, there really was a Sword Pool waiting for her!
There were all kinds of spiritual swords, and some mysterious swords that didn’t seem ordinary.
Good swords choose their owners, so they knew how powerful the owner of the Hidden Origin Sword Body was.
Su Ling successfully pulled out a peerless sword.
Then…
“Talent qualified, retrieval.”
…
“Damn,” the white-haired witch exclaimed as she listened to the story, “Do they really have to go all out to set a trap these days? Just casually sticking a peerless sword in the ground?”
“They use swords to test the talent of sword cultivators,” Su Ling said expressionlessly, “Who could resist such temptation?”
With Su Ling’s personality, she naturally resisted after being captured, but these people were at such a high level that she didn’t stand a chance.
And when she found out that various types of geniuses were captured along with her, a sense of despair arose in her heart.
In the past, her master always had her back, but this time even her master couldn’t save her, indicating it was truly a life-or-death situation.
“Do whatever you want,” Su Ling said coldly, “but don’t think about humiliating me. I would rather die than submit!”
“Die? Who said you could die?”
Tang Xin had a helpless expression.
“Without my permission, you’re not allowed to die, understand? Otherwise, I’ll make someone else accompany you in death.”
“You…?!”
Su Ling’s temper flared, and she was so angry that her face turned red, pointing at Tang Xin, unable to form a complete sentence for a long time.
“Are you heartless?!”
“Yes, I am,” the white-haired witch shrugged, “Without my permission, you’re not allowed to harm yourself, and you’re not allowed to harm me. Whatever I tell you to do, you do it. Got it?”
“You…”
Su Ling, with her protagonist-like courage, feared nothing, but her weakness was that she didn’t want to drag others down with her.
Of course, only those who know her well are aware of this trait of hers.
“Come over and give me a shoulder massage,” the white-haired witch commanded. “By the way, what technique did you just use?”
Before he came out of seclusion, Su Ling had gone out for training, and in just half a year, her progress was remarkable. The invisible finger sword she used just now could probably kill a Foundation Building peak cultivator, right?
“Learned it from the sect.”
Su Ling suppressed the urge to strangle the person in front of her and helped massage her shoulders.
“You’re lying. Xuanling Sect doesn’t have such a technique.”
Tang Xin casually replied, then immediately realized the mistake and added.
“Xuanling Sect is a typical righteous sect, but your finger sword gives off a side-path vibe, clearly from another source…”
Almost exposed…
Fortunately, Su Ling’s slightly scatterbrained nature didn’t catch these details and she replied again.
“Learned it on the road.”
“Didn’t I tell you,” Tang Xin turned her head, provocatively scratching Su Ling’s chin, and said meaningfully, “Do what I tell you to do. Did I tell you to lie?”
Su Ling remained silent.
After a while.
“Can you not tell others?” the girl conceded, “If you do that, then I can speak…”
“Speak.”
Tang Xin said calmly.
“A senior in prison taught me…”
Here it comes, the protagonist’s unique plot!
“Is it that kind of senior with white hair, blind eyes, chained up, looking harmless?” Tang Xin quipped.
Upon hearing this, Su Ling’s hand froze, then quickly returned to normal.
Damn, it really is!
What is this, why does the protagonist always get these inexplicable benefits!
[Main quest triggered]
[Meet the mysterious blind elder with Su Ling without alerting the guards]
[Quest reward: One card draw opportunity]
“A mysterious elder, huh,” Tang Xin revealed her signature “villain” smile, “Sounds interesting…”
“What are you planning to do?”
Su Ling stopped her actions and questioned.
“Just thinking, maybe I should visit sometime…”
