Chapter 158 : Chapter 158

Chapter 158: The Qingqiu Fox Clan—Luo Yiyi!

[Zhuge Qing looked at you and shook his head.]

["I do not know how to break through to the ninth layer either, but from what I have seen in my years of cultivation, bitter seclusion alone will never let us reach the ninth layer!"]

[Right after that, Zhuge Qing told you once again that if you wanted to break through to the ninth layer, perhaps the two of you needed to temper yourselves in the mortal world.]

[After hearing this, you felt that Zhuge Qing’s words made some sense. Since you had no other options now, all you could do was try it this way.]

[Seven days later!]

[Zhuge Qing and you left the Secret Realm and each headed into the mortal world.]

[You returned from the Western Region of the Central Continent to the Southern Region and arrived within the territory of the Great Qian Empire.]

[This time, you did not choose to live in the Imperial Capital of the Great Qian Empire. Instead, you came to a small city on Great Qian’s frontier.]

[The small city you arrived in was called Xiaoyao City. It was about the same size as the Capital of the Qin Kingdom in Qingzhou.]

[After arriving in Xiaoyao City, you bought a small courtyard and prepared to settle down there for the time being.]

[One month later!]

[After living in Xiaoyao City for a month, you had more or less come to understand the situation there.]

[You discovered that Xiaoyao City was practically an abandoned city. Cultivation resources here were scarce, and even the City Lord possessed only Deity Transformation cultivation.]

[Still, the city was backed by great mountains, and the scenery was second to none.]

[For this entire month, you had not cultivated at all. You tried to forget the bizarre insects, to forget everything, and devote yourself wholeheartedly to the business of living.]

[Every day after getting up, you would go chop firewood. After returning to the courtyard, you watered the flowers and cooked.]

[You maintained this kind of life for a full year.]

[The sixteenth year!]

[That year, you went out to buy groceries as usual, but in Xiaoyao City you saw a figure unlike any other.]

[You saw a young woman walking down the street, drawing the gaze of everyone on it. Her waist-length silver hair, paired with those crystal-bright eyes, made you unable to resist looking at her a few extra times.]

["Hiss... why does this person look so familiar?"]

[As you looked at the silver-haired girl before you, you had the distinct feeling that you had seen her somewhere before, yet for a moment you could not remember where.]

[Not long afterward, the silver-haired girl quickly walked up in front of you. And when you saw the crimson mark hidden beneath the hair at the center of her brow, something suddenly surfaced in your mind.]

[It was a memory buried deep within your mind, from when you had just joined the Sword Pavilion and Lin Tian had told you certain things.]

[At the time, Lin Tian had given you a general account of everyone in the Sword Pavilion, including the appearances of all your senior brothers and senior sisters.]

[And the silver-haired girl before you bore an astonishing resemblance to the Fourth Senior Sister in your memory—Luo Yiyi.]

[The only difference was that the Luo Yiyi in your memory had been mature and captivating, like a kind elder sister who understood everything, whereas the silver-haired girl before you looked as though she had only just come of age, completely at odds with that mature image.]

[For a moment, you could not confirm the true identity of the person before you. In the end, you broke the rule you had set after coming to Xiaoyao City and, for once, used the True Eye to examine her identity.]

[After entering Xiaoyao City, you had intended to immerse yourself completely in mortal life until you broke through to the ninth layer of the Heavenly Secrets Art.]

[But from the look of things now, you had no choice but to use spiritual power.]

[Luo Yiyi: royalty of the Qingqiu Fox Clan (daughter of the Azure Emperor, first in line to the throne)]

[Talent: Primordial Spirit Fox Origin (unawakened)]

[Note: This talent is the supreme gift, unseen for all eternity within the Qingqiu royal clan. It is the ultimate form of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox bloodline.]

[Effect: She can directly commune with the source of heaven-and-earth spiritual resonance, and she possesses an innate affinity for the Laws of heaven and earth. Her comprehension speed far surpasses cultivators of the same realm.]

[Special: When awakened, a golden fox-mark will appear between her brows. Her nine fox tails can manifest in either physical or spirit form. In spirit form, they can move through the gaps between the Laws and are immune to certain soul attacks and physical damage.]

[Cultivation: Late Integration Realm]

[Spiritual Root: Chaos Spiritual Root (compatible with spiritual power of the Five Elements and Yin-Yang attributes!)]

[After seeing the silver-haired girl’s information, you froze completely in place. You had never imagined that Luo Yiyi’s true identity was not Human Race at all, but a member of the Qingqiu Fox Clan.]

[And not only that—Luo Yiyi was royalty among the Qingqiu Fox Clan.]

[But as far as you knew, there had never been any Qingqiu Fox Clan in the Canglan Realm. Whether in the Dead Land or the Upper Realm, there were no historical records of them. Not even a branch lineage of the Qingqiu Fox Clan had ever been seen.]

[Yet from the information revealed by the True Eye, you could judge that Luo Yiyi’s status was equivalent to that of the Taixu Ancient Dragon among the Dragon Clan.]

[Only after a long while, when Luo Yiyi was about to disappear from your sight, did you finally come back to yourself and chase after her.]

["Senior Sister!"]

[You called out to her from behind.]

[At your voice, Luo Yiyi did not stop. She continued walking forward.]

[Seeing that, you helplessly called out a few more times. Only when you drew close behind her did she finally stop, turn around, and look at you with a furrowed brow.]

["You were calling me?"]

["I do not know you, and I am not your Senior Sister."]

[With that, Luo Yiyi turned and prepared to leave.]

[Seeing this, you shook your head helplessly and slowly uttered two words.]

["Sword Pavilion."]

[The moment those words were spoken, Luo Yiyi stopped in her tracks.]

[Immediately afterward, you saw her brows draw tightly together, as though she were trying to remember something.]

[After a long while, the way Luo Yiyi looked at you changed. You could feel that her wariness toward you was no longer as strong.]

["This is not the place to talk. Let us go somewhere else."]

[You nodded and brought Luo Yiyi back to your small courtyard.]

[After returning to the courtyard, you immediately poured her a pot of tea and asked,]

["Senior Sister, how did you become so young?"]

["I almost did not recognize you!"]

[After hearing this, a trace of recollection appeared on Luo Yiyi’s face.]

[Luo Yiyi told you that joining the Sword Pavilion had been something from her previous life. If you had not brought it up today, she would already have forgotten all about the Sword Pavilion.]

["A previous life?"]

[You immediately caught that word in what Luo Yiyi had said.]

[Luo Yiyi did not explain anything directly. Instead, she asked you how the Sword Pavilion was doing now.]

[You told Luo Yiyi that, counting her, there were now nine people in the Sword Pavilion, along with some other members of the Human Race who had gathered together.]

[Right after that, you told Luo Yiyi about the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth that would descend in six years, as well as the Sword Pavilion’s plan.]

[When you mentioned the Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth, you noticed a subtle change in Luo Yiyi’s expression, which had remained calm the entire time.]

["The Great Calamity of Heaven and Earth? A calamity aimed at mighty experts of the Tribulation Stage?"]

["How do you know about these things?"]

[Luo Yiyi looked at you solemnly. From this moment on, she began to reassess you.]

......