Chapter 676 Accountability (2/2)

This solitary retreat was for Shen Lian's mana to recover. It would originally take a long time for him to recover from his current state, but with the draping of Zhou Empire's fate and belief of its people, his recovering was enhanced significantly. His mana could be restored completely after half a year.

This was the benefit of a country's fate, which was why certain Qi cultivators liked to become a State Preceptor in the mortal world. However, if they were tainted in the secular mortal world for too long, their karma would be affected, so this method had its pros and cons.

Shen Lian never feared of any karma, because no karma was greater than the karma of a Daoist Master. Now that his sole focus was to increase his strength so that he would not lack the ability to face the attacks of the connoisseurs from Yuxu Palace and Bajing Palace.

Shen Lian was gathering his Qi of vitality to build his celestial body, and subsequently enter the deepest state of concentration. Therefore, he ordered Fang Yanying to return from Youshen and stay guard for him to avoid any disturbance.

That was when Jing Shu rushed into Biyou Palace and was stopped by Fang Yanying.

In terms of mana and cultivation, Fang Yanying was still not as good as Jing Shu. But Fang Yanying's attacks were brutal and more aggressive than the other celestials, and Jing Shu was only going to ask Shen Lian something and had no intention to argue with Shen Lian, hence she was slightly hesitant in her attacks. In the eyes of an outsider, it would look like Fang Yanying's sword aura came in continuous waves that trapped her like a Kunpeng within.

Fang Yanying knew very well that Jing Shu's ability was more superior to hers. Though her sword aura was almost impenetrable, going near Jing Shu's demonic body would nullify everything, as if it was sucked in by an invisible force.

Her waves of sword aura might look intimidating, but it caused zero damage to Jing Shu.

Even Jing Shu was silently shocked by the force of Fang Yanying's Killing Sword. With her broad knowledge, she managed to observe the style of Fang Yanying's Killing Sword which carried a hint of the Tai Shang Dao rhythm from Bajing Palace. Who knew that she might become the next Yuantu or Avici.

Fortunately, she was shielded with 'Bei Ming', which protected her from Fang Yanying's sharp Killing Sword. So despite Jing Shu's hesitation, she was not at a lost, though she needed more time to break through Fang Yanying's attack. It was even harder and required better strategizing to stop the attacks without injuring her.

Just as she was contemplating how to beat Fang Yanying, a five colored ray was seen to be shot into the waves of sword aura, causing the sword aura to disappear completely.

Jing Shu knew very well that this was done by Kui Li. As she looked forward, Kui Li was standing beside Fang Yanying right in front of Biyou Palace.

Jing Shu repositioned herself towards them.

She told Fang Yanying, ”I need to see Shen Lian.”

Fang Yanying replied, ”Uncle-Master is in solitary retreat. He is not seeing anyone.”

Since Kui Li and Fang Yanying were considerably close, she knew of Fang Yanying's stubbornness, especially now when Shen Lian was isolating himself. She would do her best not to let anyone in.

Kui Li had to interrupt to avoid this conflict, ”Sister Jing Shu, why are you looking for Shen Lian?”

Jing Shu said, ”I need to ask Shen Lian whether he was the one who destroyed my ninth brother's demon body.”

Kui Li exclaimed, ”What is going on here now?”