Chapter 65: Refining Divine Thunder Ovum Water (1/2)
The Blooming Water Sword Sect, one of the Azure Dragon Territory’s Four Great Sword Sects.
The school entrenched above the Heavenly River’s five Efficacious Summits was all of the Sword Sect disciples’ most proud achievement.
The Heavenly River was looked upon as Liangshan Continent’s number one river. The river basin reached an area of ten million kilometers, cutting across the entire Liangshan Continent with countless tributaries. It originated from the “Nine Mountains of Immortals” of legend. With natural spiritual power in abundance, its Efficacious Mountain near the Heavenly River gave birth to countless schools and sects. It was land that Star Cultivators vied for viciously.1
Furthermore, the Heavenly River flowing past the Rippling Wave Kingdom altogether had Nine Efficacious Summits. The Blooming Water Sword Sect conveniently occupied the five greatest of these; not being proud of this was out of the question.
Actually, speaking of the Blooming Water Sword Sect’s founding, a hundred years had not yet passed. Being compared with the number three of the Great Sword Sects, “Extreme Winding Sword Sect,”2 which had a thousand years since its founding, the geometric progression was indeed somewhat shameful.
The chief of Blooming Water Sword Sect’s signature art could not possiblytake it around on his person. This made the countless red-eyed Star Cultivators of the Blooming Water Divine Thunder True Technique desire the chance to steal it. Since relying on a true technique could substitute a school into the Four Great Sword Sects, thinking of cultivating this technique themselves to turn one into a Great Daoist3 was not necessarily impossible.
Consequently, anything concerning the Blooming Water Divine Thunder True Technique was guarded extremely tightly.
The Blooming Water Divine Thunder True Technique had been put on the Blooming Water Sword Sect’s Blooming Water Hall on top of Overboard Peak4. Along the sides of the road, other than a hundred disciples standing guard, secret arrays, and mechanisms not low in number, the Blooming Water Hall’s surroundings incorporated a “Calamitous Thunder Evil Smiting Array.” In the event that they did not have the Head Minister’s permission to pass, if the intruders were not dead, then they would still have to abandon half their life.
Along with the passing of a hundred years, the Star Cultivators that died on this road at Overboard Peak were not few in number. Nowadays, the defenses of Overboard Peak were actually increasingly relaxed.
However, the Blooming Water Sword Sect would never have thought that, once again, someone had their eyes on the “Blooming Water Divine Thunder True Technique,” and this person was precisely Maiden Mountain’s brilliant and famous Best Thief Under Heaven, the “Thief Star” Flea on a Drum Shi Qian.
The Flea on a Drum Shi Qian carefully slinked into the Blooming Water Sword Sect along the mountain path leading to Overboard Peak. Acting as a specialized thief avoiding the eyes and ears of people, she was very clear on these series of dangers as well as how she should avoid them.
Within the views of the ordinary person, robbers liked to lead away a goat in passing under cover of the night. However, Shi Yuan was different; acting as the Best Thief Under Heaven, she never walked the ordinary road. Clear and bright under Heaven and Earth, the Thief Star easily passed through the Blooming Water Sword Sect’s outer mountain by means of that excellent sneaking and hiding technique.
The Thief Star’s first Huangjie Magic, “Wordless and Uncommunicative,”5 was a magic that made her heart have no distracting thoughts and removed her presence. The vast majority of Star Cultivators were unable to sense her. Even if she were to be behind you, you would not even know. It seemed that if it was used for assassinations, it would be a powerful ability. However, if Shi Yuan were to move for a kill, the silence would very easily be broken. Within a certain time period, it was unable to be used, thus, Shi Yuan was actually very content to take advantage of crises for gain inside the ruins. After all, “Wordless and Uncommunicative” handled a few arrays and mechanisms to great effect. Sometimes, intruding into the arrays and traps would not even stir them.
Needless to say, in a short amount of time, Shi Yuan promptly passed by in front of the eyes of a hundred Blooming Water Sword Sect disciples and arrived at the vicinity of the Blooming Water Hall. Finding a hidden corner, Shi Yuan sized up the surrounding environment. This was caution a thief was required to take.
The Blooming Water Hall had two Middle Stage Nebula Stage cultivators on guard, but this was only on the surface. Shi Yuan sensed within the darkness that there were additional people standing guard. The Blooming Water Hall had a Sword Sect Forbiddance, and Shi Yuan estimated that this forbiddance would not be difficult to break; it was just those guarding Star Cultivators that would not be easy to handle. Wordless and Uncommunicative could not achieve making other people turn a blind eye on you.
As she was thinking, all of a sudden, the Blooming Water Hall doors opened.
Three people walked out and heard the Star Cultivators guarding the door reverently and respectfully call out.
“Headmaster!”
“So that’s the Blooming Water Sword Sect current Headmaster, the Daoist Luo River6?” Watching that middle aged man of flat complexion, Shi Yuan recalled the information the Knowledge Star gave beforehand, that this Daoist Luo River attained Galaxy Late Stage. The two flanking him were a young man and young woman. The man’s expression was very respectful, but the girl was rather indifferent, seemingly not putting the headmaster in her eyes.
“Seems to be a Star General?” Shi Yuan muttered.
Suddenly, that girl violently glanced towards the place Shi Yuan was hiding at. The Thief Star was startled and immediately restrained her breathing.
“Yao’er, what’s the matter?” Chen Zhonglin asked.
Following her line of sight, several people saw an ordinary mountain rock. That Daoist Luo River pointed, and a jade light shot towards there. Not sensing anything peculiar, it subsequently returned.
“Nothing, just somewhat tired.” Yao’er yawned.
Chen Zhonglin helplessly looked at his headmaster.
Daoist Luo River slightly smiled, walking while speaking: “Zhonglin, this time, the Sword Sect indeed completely values your capabilities in this time’s Star Duels. You definitely cannot be careless.”
“Zhonglin is determined to go through water and tread on fire for the purpose of raising the Sword Sect’s prestige, without hesitation” Chen Zhonglin earnestly stated.
“You have already memorized this Blooming Water Divine Thunder True Technique’s introductory chant?” Daoist Luo River nodded, pleased.
“En. Zhonglin surely will do his best to cultivate this art. I won’t let the sect down.”
As Chen Zhonglin declared his solemn vow, Yao’er dully interjected a phrase: “Compared to this, I want even more to quickly refine my Star Weapon to Two Star.”
“Relic Blade Sand is truly too rare. A secluded ancestral master7 already finished his training. I’m afraid we still need more time.” Daoist Luo River did not take offense to her attitude at all.
“Oh, is that so?”
“En. I’ve heard Bian City recently held an auction that turned up Relic Blade Sand. The ancestral master certainly will help you obtain it.” Daoist Luo River laughed loudly.
Chen Zhonglin showed a happy expression. Sword Sect ancestral masters on average were all Supercluster Star Cultivators. This sort of cultivation placed within the Azure Dragon Territory could be considered front ranking. It seemed that an ancestral master taking action meant there was no problem refining to the second Star was not a problem.
“Yao’er, I said you can just relax. Hm, hm, after this, even if we ran into Lin Chong, even she would know your might.”8