645 Guidance (1/2)

On the platform, when the black-dressed lady heard the crisp voice behind her,her tightly-shut eyes opened slowly. The corners of her mouth curled upwardsslightly, making her cold-looking face somewhat gentle in an instant.

“I thought you followed Uncle Wu Dao to select the new disciples? Why the longface?” The black dressed asked as her lily-white hands took hold of agreen-colored long sword. Then, she stood up gracefully while looking at YingHuanhuan with a tinge of joy in her eyes.

“Don’t mention it,” Ying Huanhuan furrowed her eyebrows and pouted her lips.She then continued, “Initially, I wanted to see how capable the champion of theHundred Empire War is. In the end, it turns out that he is just an arrogantidiot.”

“Why?”

The black-dressed lady shifted her gaze towards the surging Pill River andexclaimed softly without making a big fuss.

“That fellow actually forsaked the chance to enter the Sky Hall and chose theDesolate Hall instead,”

Ying Huanhuan grumbled angrily.

“Oh?” The black-dressed lady was slightly startled. She was just as surprisedas Ying Huanhuan. Apparently, this was the first time she heard of such anincident.

“That fellow said that he wants to learn the Great Desolate Scripture.”

“He’s quite ambitious,” The black-dressed lady replied softly.

“He’s indeed quite ambitious, but I’m afraid his ambition is what that’s goingto kill him in the end. If the Great Desolate Scripture is so easy to bemastered, the Desolate Hall would have surpassed the Sky Hall a long time ago.That time, Sis meditated before the Desolate Tablet for a month and stillfailed to learn anything from it. How can that fellow succeed then?” YingHuanhuan snorted.

“I have no affinity with the Great Desolate Scripture. Others might actuallybe able to do so,” The black-dressed lady pointed the tip of her green-coloredlong sword towards the Pill River. Traces of powerful sword aura began toemerge from the sword.

“To master the Great Desolate Scripture, one needs more than just affinity.Sis, don’t tell me you think that fellow has a chance of succeeding?” YingHuanhuan asked.

The black-dressed lady turned her head slightly and replied softly,“Twenty-percent chance.”

“Are you saying he has a twenty-percent chance of succeeding? How can it be,you haven’t even met him yet!” Ying Huanhuan exclaimed while her eyes widenedup.

“A person who comes from a low-ranked empire and is able to surpass thosesuper empires’ geniuses is no simpleton. Becoming the champion of the HundredEmpire War doesn’t depend on luck alone,” The black-dresses lady explained witha gentle voice.

“Who knows what will happen? There’s nothing special about that lad…” YingHuanhuan pouted her mouth unbelievably. Then, she continued, “That fellow stilldares to wager with me…”

Ying Huanhuan rolled her eyes upon finishing her sentence. Just as she wasabout to start speaking again, the indifferent voice of the black-dressed ladycame from behind, “Don’t bother me with this kind of issue. There are a lot ofpeople who are willing to stick up for you. You don’t need me. I don’t want tobe distracted by such issues. I have more important things to care about.”

“You merely lost by a single move to that Ling Qingzhu from the Nine HeavensSupreme Purity Palace, ain’t it…..” Ying Huanhuan grumbled. However, just asshe finished her sentence, she could sense the sword aura that was pervadingthe platform intensified in an instant. Following which, she quickly shut hermouth.

“Little girl, if you feel that you have too much freedom these days, I canconfine you for a few days,” The black-dressed lady’s cold voice silenced YingHuanhuan instantly. Upon hearing this, Ying Huanhuan turned her body and leftwithout any hesitation.

Upon hearing Ying Huanhuan scuttle away, the black-dressed lady pursed herlips lightly. The green-colored long sword in her hand bolted upright abruptly.At that instant, the aura of the sword pervaded the entire sky. A ten thousandfeet long rift split across the surging Pill River instantly. After quite awhile, the rift then began to soothe down gradually…

Vigorous Nirvana Qi formed in front of the black-dressed lady. Indistinctly,the Nirvana Qi materialized into an illusory figure. That figure appeared to beLing Qingzhu.

The black-dressed lady’s eyes were as deep as an abyss. She reached out herslender lily-white index finger and dabbed the illusory figure lightly with it.Then, the aura of her sword surged forward and destroyed the illusory figureinto nothingness.

“Ling Qingzhu… I will defeat you….”

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The next day, as the morning sunshine poured over the Dao Sect, an unusualcommotion broke out stealthily across the enormous mountains of the DesolateHall.

This commotion originated from the spreading of the news that there was aHundred Empire War’s champion among the Desolate Hall’s newly-selecteddisciples. Furthermore, this champion unconventionally forsook the chance toenter the Sky Hall. Instead, he chose to enter the Desolate Hall. Naturally,the issue that the Desolate Hall’s disciples cared about the most was that thisnew disciple was going to receive the Pill River Head Immersion on his firstday!

Generally speaking, only those disciples who performed exceedingly well wouldbe qualified to receive the Pill River Head Immersion. Clearly, a lot ofdisciples had been working hard for this privilege. However, no one hadexpected the privilege of the Pill River Head Immersion this year to be seizedby a newcomer.