Xiao Yi took a few steps forward and looked back at everyone, a trace of detachment in her eyes. It was as though the withered leaves scattering on the wind had nothing to do with her, and her heart was as still and unruffled as a pool of water.
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A long, long silence followed. Time trickled past as everyone waited, and an eerie atmosphere gradually spread.
It weighed as heavily as a mountain and was as dark as an abyss.
At last, she spoke slowly, her voice like a sigh on the wind or a soft murmur beneath the moon. "Perhaps all of this has something to do with the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art."
"The Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art?!" Chen Xiaojun repeated in surprise, a complicated gleam flashing through his eyes. "Has it finally appeared?"
Xiao Yi had come into this world with two Yin-Yang Arts. One of them, the Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow, had triggered a series of changes, giving rise to the immortal evergreen vine martial soul and bringing about a change in her identity.
What changes, then, could the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art bring?
Xiao Yi nodded and continued explaining. "As the Yin-Yang Art that complements the Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow, the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art serves a very special purpose. The Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow uses the soul to command qi. Once the soul disperses, life also reaches its end."
"Thus, the sages of the Yin-Yang School's Wood Division developed the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art. Its original purpose was to slow the aging and disappearance of the divine soul, drawing on other people's divine soul power to replenish one's own losses."
She paused, her voice