Volume 7 Chapter 55 - Chapter Fifty-Five: Proud (1/2)

When Baili Suxue looked away from Changling, his body gave off a thread of lifebond energy.

This lifebond energy was very condensed. It was fundamentally different from the vital energy flowing into the ice path below his feet. It had a special presence, like a part of his life and cultivation was gathered into his lifebond energy.

This condensed lifebond energy flowed along the ice path, from the pure colorlessness at the start and turning into an indigo flow like it was infected by the colors in the path. It then seemed to draw out some of the power in the path’s formation, and then flowed like water into an ice room below the ice path.

The door to this ice room was covered in spider web cracks. In the next instant, this ice door cracked into sharp pieces that sprayed out.

Inside the ice room was Xie Rou cultivating in seclusion. She had originally been wrapped up by glowing ice like she was asleep, but at this time, she opened her eyes.

Shadow and light flashed in her energy sea. In her senses, it was like she suddenly reached the sea, and saw a giant mirage. But she could not see clearly. In the next moment, she seemed to see a sword shadow, but she could not touch it.

She was very shocked. She could not understand the profound changes in this, but she was certain that something stunning had happened.

“Do you know why among all these students, in the end, I only chose you and Jing Liuli as my own?”

Baili Suxue stood at the end of the ice path and looked at her, like he was standing in the clouds, among the winds, his figure enormous.

“I do not know,” Xie Rou said nervously. The answer that first appeared in her mind was because she was the eldest daughter of the Guanzhong Xie Family, and the Xie Family was richer than a country. But her subconscious told her that this was not the right answer.

“Jing Liuli undoubtedly possesses the best talent among the youngest cultivators of Changling, but from a certain viewpoint, your personality is more like mine.” Baili Suxue looked at Xie Rou who did not dare to stand up and said simply. “So she can receive Min Mountain Sword Sect’s inheritance, but you can receive mine.”

Xie Rou was very frightened, and instinctively said, “Do you not represent Min Mountain Sword Sect?”

Baili Suxue said matter-of-factly, “Of course I can represent the Min Mountain Sword Sect, but Min Mountain Sword Sect cannot represent me.”

Xie Rou looked at his cold and proud face under the light, and finally understood his meaning.

People like him possessed some special things long ago to have been able to become the master of Min Mountain Sword Sect. Some things that Min Mountain Sword Sect could not teach him. For a sect, this was a true grandmaster.

“I have taught you all I should.”

Baili Suxue glanced at her and then turned around, not looking at her. “But before you truly understand, do not let other people learn your identity.”

Xie Rou was stunned. She did not understand these words.

What about her identity?

Baili Suxue’s lips curved up proudly. He did not explain because he knew that after today, she would naturally understand.

“Go out the gates, someone will take you away.” He brushed his sleeve, and an indigo light flashed.

Indigo light appeared in front of Xie Rou’s eyes. In the next moment, the scenery in front of her had completely changed. She was no longer on the mountain peak, but in a valley without Baili Suxue in sight.

There was a sea of brambles here, one of the obstacles from the Min Mountain Sword Trials.