The Three Cloud Sisters, Who Would One Day Shake the Great Wilderness, Had Only Passable Talent

As soon as Luxuan spoke, the mountain path fell so silent that a pin could have been heard dropping.

Yunxiao was clearly stunned. Even Qiongxiao, who had always been aloof, showed surprise in her eyes. As for Bixiao, she blinked her big eyes and looked Luxuan up and down several times.

They had originally prepared to apologize and even pay some price. After all, intruding into someone else's Daoist grounds without permission was a great taboo in the Great Wilderness.

Who could have expected the master of Penglai before them not only to refrain from blaming them, but to ask to take them as disciples the moment he opened his mouth? The development was somewhat like going out to pick up a spirit butterfly, only to chase it down and suddenly come back with a master.

Yunxiao was much steadier in the end. She quickly suppressed her surprise and asked seriously, "May I ask, Senior, why do you suddenly wish to accept my two sisters and me as disciples?"

They had only taken form not long ago and had no reputation whatsoever in the Great Wilderness. Under normal circumstances, a mighty expert at least at the Great Luo Golden Immortal level had no reason to take a fancy to them at first glance.

Naturally, Luxuan could not tell the three of them the real reason. He merely looked them over briefly before giving what he considered a fairly impartial assessment.

"Your foundations are passable, and your comprehension should be decent enough. If you are willing to cultivate diligently, you barely qualify to enter my sect."

Yunxiao: "..."

Qiongxiao: "..."

Bixiao: "..."

For a moment, the three sisters did not know what to say.

Though they had only recently taken form, they were not ignorant little demons. Born from the three strands of Innate Cloud Qi between heaven and earth, they were naturally close to the Cloud Water Great Dao. Such foundations could never possibly be described as merely "passable" in the entire Great Wilderness.

After holding it in for a long time, Bixiao finally could not help muttering softly, "Sister, does this senior always say such frightening things?"

Yunxiao raised a hand and lightly tapped her forehead, telling her not to speak carelessly. Yet Luxuan only made her more curious.

Someone who dared to call Innate foundations like theirs "passable" was either unable to recognize true worth, or had genuinely seen far too many beings more terrifying than they were.

The ground covered in Innate Spiritual Roots on Penglai Island, enough to dazzle one's eyes, had clearly proven that the possibility of the former was virtually nonexistent.

"Taking a master concerns your entire life. It is only natural for you to have reservations."

Luxuan was in no rush. He turned and headed toward a distant cliff shrouded in immortal mist.

"In that case, come with me somewhere first. It will not be too late to decide whether to take me as your master after you have seen it."

The three sisters exchanged glances before ultimately following him.

They were already within Penglai. Given the methods Luxuan had displayed, if he truly wished to do anything to them, there was no need for him to go through such a roundabout process.

After passing through a bamboo grove, a towering azure cliff that pierced the clouds soon appeared ahead. Its entire surface was crystalline like jade, yet there were no cultivation techniques or inscriptions carved upon it—only strange natural patterns.

Some resembled mountains and rivers, some looked like the paths of stars, and others simply seemed to be marks left by some kind of weapon. At first glance, they appeared chaotic and disorderly, but upon closer inspection, they seemed to accord with the profound principles of heaven and earth.

"This place is called Enlightenment Cliff. It was naturally nurtured by Penglai itself after the creation of heaven and earth. The cliff face bears traces of various Great Daos. Each of you may choose one place to contemplate."

After speaking, Luxuan casually found a bluestone and sat down, looking as relaxed as though he had brought three children who had just started school to look at textbooks.

Yet the three sisters could not relax at all.

For merely standing beneath Enlightenment Cliff made their Primordial Spirits several times clearer than usual. Some questions from their past cultivation that had been vague and unclear even began to reveal their answers on their own.

This was no ordinary cultivation ground.

If it were placed outside, Enlightenment Cliff alone would likely cause countless Taiyi and Great Luo cultivators to fight until their heads were bloodied.

Yunxiao was the first to compose herself, fixing her gaze upon a winding pattern in the middle of the cliff face that resembled a river.

The scene before her abruptly changed the next moment.

The previously still pattern seemed to come alive, transforming into a vast heavenly river stretching across the void. Countless clouds and mists endlessly flowed through it, while one natural formation after another emerged and vanished along with the changes of cloud and water.

Yunxiao had possessed exceptional talent in the Array Dao to begin with. After looking for only a moment, she became completely immersed in it.

Qiongxiao, meanwhile, was drawn to another slender sword mark.

That sword mark looked utterly ordinary, even dimmer than many of the Great Dao traces beside it. Yet when she truly focused upon it, a sword radiance that seemed capable of cleaving heaven and earth in two suddenly appeared within her Primordial Spirit.

Sharp.

Pure.

There were no flashy changes whatsoever, only the most extreme Slaughter.

Qiongxiao's body trembled slightly. Then she sat cross-legged, and strands of sword intent began rising from around her.

Only Bixiao remained.

She looked left at her eldest sister, then right at her second sister. She had intended to find a trace that looked somewhat impressive too, but after searching for a long time, she was drawn to a faintly visible patch of distorted ripples in the corner of the cliff face.

"What is this?"

Bixiao curiously reached out.

Before her fingertips could touch the cliff face, the space in front of her suddenly folded for an instant. Though the distance was clearly less than a foot, it seemed to stretch into thousands of miles in an instant.

Bixiao's eyes immediately lit up.

"This is fun!"

Luxuan's mouth twitched lightly.

Others treated comprehending the Great Dao with solemnity and reverence. When it came to this girl, all that remained was one sentence: "This is fun." Yet she had actually found the Space Great Dao. Talent truly made little sense sometimes.

Not long after, great swathes of white mist suddenly rose around Yunxiao, who had been the first to enter a state of comprehension.

At first, the clouds merely drifted about in disarray. But as her hands unconsciously formed seals, streams of Cloud Qi began linking themselves according to a special pattern.

Southeast.

Northwest.

Above.

Below.

A total of thirty-six streams of Cloud Qi connected with one another, eventually forming a natural Cloud Formation spanning a hundred zhang.

The formation was simple, even only Yunxiao's first attempt. Yet the instant it took shape, an entirely new understanding of the Array Dao suddenly erupted from the depths of Luxuan's Primordial Spirit.

Boom!

Countless insights into the operation of formations, the nodes of heaven and earth, and Yin-Yang Transformation surged into his sea of consciousness like a flood.

If what Yunxiao had just comprehended was only a small stream, then after the feedback reached Luxuan, it instantly became a rushing heavenly river.

Much of his knowledge of formations, which had previously remained only at the level of knowing how to use them, now seemed as though it had been forcibly deduced over tens of thousands of years. The laws of heaven and earth became clearer than ever in Luxuan's eyes.

"A hundredfold return. It really is straightforward."

Luxuan was in high spirits.

This cheat did not have many fancy tricks.

But it was truly incredible.

Immediately afterward, Qiongxiao's sword intent suddenly soared into the sky.

One hundred zhang.

One thousand zhang.

Ten thousand zhang.

A clear sword cry echoed throughout Enlightenment Cliff.

A hundredfold understanding of the Sword Dao surged into Luxuan's sea of consciousness once again.

Almost at the same moment, Bixiao in the corner finally managed to produce a result.

The space before the little girl rippled like water. In the next instant, she vanished from where she stood, then fell out from ten zhang away with a smack.

"Ah!"

Bixiao nearly fell onto the ground after failing to steady herself, but her face was full of excitement.

"Sister, I can teleport now!"

The third wave of hundredfold spatial insight followed close behind.

Array Dao.

Sword Dao.

Space.

The three laws rapidly perfected themselves within Luxuan's Primordial Spirit at the same time. Even his cultivation, which had been stalled at the Early Great Luo stage for a long time, visibly began to loosen.

Above Enlightenment Cliff, vast amounts of innate spiritual energy began gathering here.

Bixiao had only just regained her footing when she sensed that something was wrong. Raising her head toward Luxuan, she saw that three completely different Great Dao phenomena had appeared around him at some point.

A sea of clouds transformed into a formation.

Sword light stretched across the heavens.

Space folded layer upon layer.

Bixiao's mouth slowly fell open. After a long while, she turned to look at her two sisters.

"Sister."

"Did Master watch us comprehend the Dao and casually comprehend his own breakthrough too?"