The Three Xiao Who Would Shake the Great Wilderness in the Future—Their Talent Was Merely Passable

With Luxuan's single remark, the mountain path fell so silent that one could hear a needle drop.

Yunxiao was clearly stunned. Even surprise surfaced in the eyes of the usually aloof Qiongxiao, while Bixiao blinked her large eyes and looked Luxuan up and down several times.

They had originally prepared to apologize and even pay some price. After all, entering another's Daoist grounds without permission was a grave taboo in the Great Wilderness.

Who would have thought that the master of Penglai before them would not only refrain from blaming them, but would open his mouth and ask to take them as disciples? This turn of events was rather like going out and picking up a Spirit Butterfly, then chasing it only to somehow pick up a master instead.

Yunxiao was much steadier, however. She quickly suppressed her surprise and asked seriously, "May I ask, Senior, why do you suddenly wish to take 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 great expert at least at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level had no reason to take a liking to them at first glance.

Naturally, Luxuan could not tell the three of them the real reason. He merely looked them over for a moment before giving what he considered a rather fair assessment.

"Your foundations are passable, and your comprehension should be decent enough. If you are willing to cultivate wholeheartedly, you can barely be considered qualified 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. They had attained the Dao from three strands of Innate Cloud Qi and were naturally close to the Cloud Water Great Dao. Such foundations could not possibly have anything to do with the words "merely passable" in the entire Great Wilderness.

Bixiao held it in for a long while, but in the end could not stop herself from muttering softly, "Elder Sister, does this senior always speak so frighteningly?"

Yunxiao raised a hand and lightly tapped her forehead, telling her not to speak carelessly. Yet inwardly, she grew even more curious about Luxuan.

A person who dared to call innate foundations like theirs "passable" was either unable to recognize treasure, or had truly seen far too many existences even more terrifying than them.

And the Innate Spiritual Roots scattered across Penglai Island, dazzling enough to blind one's eyes, had clearly proven that the odds of the former were practically zero.

"Taking a master concerns one's entire life. It is only natural that you have reservations."

Luxuan was in no rush. Turning around, he headed toward a mountain cliff shrouded in immortal mist in the distance.

"Then follow me somewhere first. Whether you take me as your master or not, it will not be too late to decide after you have seen it."

The three sisters exchanged glances before ultimately following him.

They were already within Penglai. With the methods Luxuan had displayed, if he truly wished to do something to them, there was no need for him to go around such a large circle.

After passing through a bamboo grove, a towering azure cliff piercing the clouds soon appeared before them. The cliff face was crystalline like jade, yet bore no cultivation techniques or written inscriptions carved by human hands—only strange, naturally formed patterns.

Some patterns resembled mountains and rivers, some resembled the paths of stars, while others looked outright like marks left by certain weapons. At first glance, they appeared chaotic and disordered, but upon closer inspection, they seemed to secretly accord with the ultimate 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 many Great Daos. Each of you may select a place to comprehend."

After saying this, Luxuan casually found a piece of bluestone and sat down. He looked as relaxed as if he had brought three children who had just started school to look over their textbooks.

Yet Yunxiao and her sisters could not relax in the slightest.

For merely standing beneath Enlightenment Cliff made them feel that their Primordial Spirits were several times clearer than usual. Some questions that had remained hazy during their past cultivation even began to reveal their answers on their own.

This was no ordinary place of cultivation.

If it were placed in the outside world, Enlightenment Cliff alone would likely make countless Taiyi and Great Luo experts fight until their heads were smashed and blood flowed.

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

The scene before her suddenly changed in the next instant.

The previously motionless pattern seemed to come alive, transforming into a vast heavenly river stretching across the void. Countless clouds and mists circulated endlessly within it, while one natural formation after another was born and perished on its own with the changes of cloud and water.

Yunxiao already possessed extraordinary talent in the Array Dao. After watching for only a moment, she became completely immersed in it.

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

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

Sharp.

Pure.

There were no ornate transformations whatsoever, only the most absolute Slaughter.

Qiongxiao's body trembled slightly. Then she sat down 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 some trace that looked a little more impressive, but after searching for a long while, she was drawn instead to a faintly visible patch of distorted ripples in the corner of the cliff face.

"What is this?"

Bixiao curiously reached her hand closer.

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

Bixiao's eyes immediately lit up.

"This is fun!"

The corner of Luxuan's mouth twitched slightly.

Others treated comprehending the Great Dao with solemn reverence. When it came to this girl, all that remained was one sentence: "This is fun." Yet she had truly found the Space Great Dao. Talent was rather unreasonable sometimes.

Before long, vast swathes of white cloud mist suddenly rose around Yunxiao, who had been the first to enter a state of comprehension.

At first, the clouds merely drifted about in disorder. But as her hands unconsciously formed seals, streams of cloud qi began linking together on their own according to a special pattern.

Southeast.

Northwest.

Above.

Below.

A total of thirty-six streams of cloud qi connected with one another, ultimately forming a natural Cloud Formation spanning a hundred zhang in radius.

The formation was simple, and could even be considered Yunxiao's first attempt. Yet at the instant the formation took shape, an entirely new insight into the Array Dao suddenly erupted from the depths of Luxuan's Primordial Spirit.

Boom!

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

If what Yunxiao had just comprehended was only a small stream, then after being returned to 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 someone had forcibly deduced it for tens of thousands of years. One law of heaven and earth after another 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 all that many fancy tricks.

But it was truly irresistible.

Immediately afterward, Qiongxiao's sword intent suddenly shot into the heavens.

One hundred zhang.

One thousand zhang.

Ten thousand zhang.

A clear sword cry rang throughout Enlightenment Cliff.

A hundredfold insight into the Sword Dao once more poured into Luxuan's sea of consciousness.

Almost at the same moment, Bixiao in the corner finally managed to produce some results.

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

"Ah!"

Bixiao nearly sat down on the ground after failing to steady herself, but her face was full of excitement.

"Elder Sisters, I just learned how to teleport!"

The third wave of hundredfold Space Great Dao insights followed close behind.

Array Dao.

Sword Dao.

Space.

The three laws rapidly improved within Luxuan's Primordial Spirit at the same time. Even his Early Great Luo cultivation, which had been stagnant for a long time, began to show obvious signs of loosening.

Above Enlightenment Cliff, vast amounts of innate spiritual qi began gathering toward this place.

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

A sea of clouds transformed into a formation.

Sword light spanned 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.

"Elder Sisters."

"Did Master watch us comprehend the Dao, then conveniently comprehend himself into a breakthrough too?"