Chapter 19 (1/2)

19 – Beiming

“Wasn't I told to turn left in front, then turn left, go straight until the intersection, and then turn right again? Where am I?” Xue Qilin looked around.

This was obviously a garden with all kinds of flowers and plants, and there was a man-made lake not far away.

The lake sparkled, reflecting the moonlight. It was surrounded by a few big trees and silence.

It doesn't look like there's a restroom here… Xue Qilin sighed helplessly.

After leaving the banquet hall, Xue Qilin asked a pa.s.sing Heavenly Sword Gate disciple where the restroom was, and despite following the other party's instructions, she still got lost.

Although she had heard that people of ancient times set up restrooms in gardens, but there were only some rock gardens, flowers, plants, and trees. There was nothing that looked like a restroom in sight.

“This Heavenly Sword Gate is too big, isn't it?” Xue Qilin grumbled.

Since I can't find a place to go to the toilet, then I might as well go for a stroll here, last I go back and be bothered by Hua Tianji.

However, it seems like there is someone else here.

Suddenly, a melodic humming came from the lakeside. It was very beautiful.

Xue Qilin subconsciously followed the sound.

… A delicate and ethereal silhouette overtook her field of vision.

An intense feeling that could not be ignored made everything in the world retreat from her field of vision like the tide, only leaving the silhouette behind.

Under the dim moonlight, there was a pure white figure standing atop a large boulder beside the lake.

White garments, long snow-white hair – it was a pure white girl.

Standing there alone, she had her head facing upwards as she looked at G.o.d knows what. Her eyes looked far into the distance, like she was looking at something that could not be touched by her gaze.

That silhouette looked so lonely.

The big sleeves touching the floor suddenly moved, and the girl turned her head.

Emotionless deep purple eyes were accurately fixed on Xue Qilin.

The instant she saw the girl's face, Xue Qilin was stunned. The girl is unreasonably beautiful.

However, in the next moment, Xue Qilin noticed a pair of white fox ears on the girl's head.

Martial beast? Xue Qilin wondered – is she from the Spirit Moon Valley?

However, before she could dwell on the matter, the girl acted, and her lips moved, “Are you from the Merak Palace?”

Xue Qilin was surprised. She didn't expect the other side to ask this.

“How did you know?” As soon as her words left her mouth, Xue Qilin felt a bit like an idiot.

Perhaps the other party saw her at the banquet just now. In that case, it was no surprise that she knew of her ident.i.ty.

However, the other party's answer was beyond Xue Qilin's expectation…

The girl played with her hair and said jokingly: “You practice the Ji Xuan method, which is an internal force cultivation method the old fellow Qi Guiyuan came up with after improving upon the Merak method. It can be said to be unique. How do you know it?”

This was a master, and her cultivation base should be higher than Xue Qilin's.

“I'm indeed from the Merak Palace…”

“What's your relations.h.i.+p with Qi Guiyuan? Why do you practice his cultivation method?” Narrowing her eyes, the girl's sharp gaze stabbed into Xue Qilin like a knife.

A huge pressure surged towards her, and Xue Qilin became instinctively alert, “… Senior Disciple Sister, who are you? ”

She drove the true qi inside her to accelerate gradually and guided it through specific qi pa.s.sageway tracing a unique pattern, and formed another small loop.

She knew that her amber eyes should have been died golden, and her pupils should have become narrow vertical slits – just like the eyes of a cat.

Discerning Eyes – a spell that greatly enhanced dynamic vision at the expense of a reduced field of vision.

The reason why Xue Qilin cast this spell was naturally because during the battle with Situ Mutou, she got a deeper understanding of her weakness – close combat.

A dynamic vision far beyond ordinary people could enable her to see clearly those dazzling moves, so as to make a more focused response.

“Oh, that's quite the interesting skill.”

“How do you know that I practice the Ji Xuan method?”

“The qi leaking out of you gives off…” She smiled, and then went on: “Well, the same feeling as Qi Guiyuan.”

However, when she spoke, she had an ineffable look in her eyes, like she was reminiscing and lamenting.

But what Xue Qilin was more concerned about, was what she meant with qi leaking out.

Based on the different cultivation methods practiced, each person's true qi had different qualities.

If the true qi was diffused outside, some people with Heaven Realm cultivation base could sense the differences in the true qi, and from that determine the cultivation method the other party practiced.

Of course, only those with extremely rich knowledge could have this ability. At least Xue Qilin, who was an inflated Heaven Realm expert, had no such ability.

But Xue Qilin hadn't used true qi outside her body, so how could the girl reach her conclusion?

At this time, her true qi was revolving at a high speed, her qi pa.s.sageways were under unimaginable pressure, and a strong pain a.s.saulted her nerves.

Xue Qilin frowned slightly. In fact, during the battle with Situ Mutou, she noticed that the feeling of the true qi revolving inside her body was like going against a current, and there was a strange discomfort.

There was no such feeling before. But after she began practicing the cultivation method taught by Qi Guiyuan, this feeling came into being.

Especially when using spells, she had almost to force her true qi out of her body, which was far less smooth than before.

“Oh?” The girl seemed to have detected something.

Then, in the next moment, she disappeared.

Wrong! She moved, but her movement was too fast. Even with the Discerning Eyes boost, she still could only see an afterimage.

A terrifying aura a.s.saulted her from behind.

Behind! Reacting in an instant, Xue Qilin took a step and quickly turned around.

“Explode!” As if in response to her voice, an explosion arose between the two.

However, the other side wasn't afraid, and a small lily-white hand pa.s.sed through the explosion and grabbed Xue Qilin by the arm.

“Sure enough, it's the qi school [1] style.” An expression of understanding on her face, the other party said with a sneer.

Not the least bit harmed, her hand looked like it just gently grabbed Xue Qilin, yet Xue Qilin felt like her arm was firmly clasped by iron pliers.

Besides, the other still party pressed two fingers on her radial artery. This way, as if blocked by a boulder, the turbulent true qi lost momentum and slowed down.

Subdued! And she didn't even use any skills! Xue Qilin was shocked.

She quickly channeled the remaining true qi into her free hand, made a fist, and punched out.

However, as if it hit a wall, the fist bounced back. The strong rebound force made Xue Qilin lose her balance, and she plopped on the ground.

“Don't struggle.” The other party said sarcastically.

Although Xue Qilin had her back drenched in cold sweat, her mouth still refused to give up, “You lolicon! I would rather die than surrender.”

“Lolicon? What's that? Oh, you don't mean that my chest is small, do you?” The other side's eyes narrowed, and Xue Qilin felt the biggest crisis in her life from the emotionless eyes.

“Er… that's not what I meant.” Xue Qilin felt wronged. How did this fox ear beauty's thoughts wander in that direction?

The girl look at Xue Qilin suspiciously, and then grunted, “Fine, anyway, you're in my hands now. If you have anything to say, do so.”

“So, is there some kind of enmity between the two of us?” Since there was no other way, Xue Qilin simply a.s.sumed an indifferent att.i.tude.

“There's none, but the same could not be said about Qi Guiyuan.”