Chapter 1065: Will a miracle happen? (2/2)
“Take me to Nirvana Gorge, quickly!” Gu Qishao urged.
Granny You was in a difficult spot. If she hadn’t been poisoned and her internal reserves limited, she would never be trapped by a bunch of Heretical Sword Sect disciples. However, all of them got out of the way as soon as Gu Qishao glanced in their direction. Freed from the fight, Granny You immediately took Gu Qishao to Nirvana Gorge.
The Heretical Sword Sect disciples saw that Head Elder was already dead and Second and Third Elder trapped. They accepted the reality of the situation and stopped fighting to flee.
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Nirvana Gorge was located in the deep valley behind Nine Xuan Hall. Granny You and Gu Qishao hadn’t even gotten close before they sensed the potent sword qi around them. A person with ordinary internal reserves would be injured by such energy before ever reaching the treasure sword Ganjiang. The two of them hurried on before Gu Qishao abruptly stopped as if frozen in place.
“Sir Gu Qi, what’s wrong?” Granny You exclaimed.
Gu Qishao didn’t answer, seemingly lost in deviation as his pupils turned red. Despite her life experiences, Granny You had no idea what was going on. She pushed him a few times and tried, “Sir Gu Qi, what’s the matter with you?”
When her repeated questions met with no replies beyond Gu Qishao staring blankly into space, Granny You made sure no one else was around before hastening towards the sword sealing platform. By the time she arrived, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi were in the middle of working with the two Honored Elders to suppress the Ganjiang sword spirit with their Nirvana Heart energy. Long Feiye and Han Yunxi had both cultivated to the tenth and final level liked the Honored Elders. With Gu Beiyue supporting them on the side, they were five people strong. However, even that put them at a disadvantage against the Ganjiang sword spirit. It looked like they were on the verge of being overwhelmed, so Granny You forgot all thoughts of Gu Qishao and rushed in to help. Although her internal reserves were limited, she still counted as a source of power!
However, her efforts were like trying to put out a cartload of burning wood with a single cup of water. As the Ganjiang sword spirit awoke further, its strength grew in proportion. Long Feiye withdrew his Nirvana Heart energy and switched to Lustbite energy instead. It temporarily weakened Ganjiang, who soon flared up in strength again. Gradually, the suppression of their powers grew more obvious.
“Feiye, we can’t hold out any longer!” Head Honored Elder didn’t want to admit it, but this was the truth.
“Give up, we’ll only use up our own reserves this way,” Gu Beiyue advised. Everyone had already given it their all. But Long Feiye and Han Yunxi persisted, their strained faces showing their reluctance. There was no such thing as “give up” in their world, only “I don’t want this anymore.”
“Princess, even if Ganjiang leaves Celestial Mountain, no one else in this world can subdue it. Why waste everyone’s internal energy like this? There’s plenty of other matters we have to deal with!” Gu Beiyue coaxed again. His words were right, because having Ganjiang disappear now wouldn’t affect them in the short run. If even they couldn’t subdue the sword spirit, then who else had any hope? Bai Yanqing was more unlikely, which was why he’d tried to force the three Honored Elders to do it for him.
Han Yunxi was really to call it a day, but suddenly thought of an idea. After some hesitation, she said, “How about giving me one more chance? I’ll try something!”
Naturally, everyone agreed, but they didn’t know what she was planning. Neither the two Honored Elders nor Granny You were aware of her Phoenix energy. Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue did, but they never guessed that was her plan. Han Yunxi could only control a limited portion of the energy now, which was weaker than her full-leveled Nirvana Heart energy!
Still, that was what she wanted to try.
Would a miracle happen?
1. REALLY? The secret hiding spot was at the top of a building on sect grounds? I was expecting like, a cave or an underground dungeon, maybe even dangling over the edge of a cliff/fire pit/ice pool/etc.
2. Again, I’m all for long-term plans by villains, but not when they...progress...soooooooo slowly. Too many chances for sabotage here between seven-month killer poisons and one-year sword seal decay schticks. Hmm. Maybe having immortality screws with your sense of time.
3. Perhaps it sensed its girlfriend Moye coming for a visit cough cough. I don’t know actually, this was just my random thought after reading this bit, haha.
4. At least this time we stand a chance of seeing what LFY and HYX are up to instead of “and then the villains ran out after LFY and HYX discovered their trap blahblah.”
5. Yes, she used “Gu Qi” instead of “Gu Qishao.” Kinda sounds like “Gucci” now that I think of it..GQS would make an excellent fashion icon in our world.