The cold-faced girl in black beside her looked similar to the girl in white, though she was not as lively.
The two were none other than the Dao Sect's twin beauties, Ying Huanhuan and Ying Xiaoxiao.
Hearing Ying Huanhuan's question,
Ying Xiaoxiao thought it over, then shook her head. "If it were an ordinary One Yuan Nirvana cultivator, I should be able to fight with the help of a spirit treasure."
"But Ji Yanyun has a good reputation in the Great Desolate Dynasty. He could already fight One Yuan Nirvana cultivators when he was only at Half-Step Nirvana."
"It's just that his talent for cultivation isn't as impressive as his talent for fighting, so he broke through more slowly than the others. He's no ordinary One Yuan Nirvana cultivator."
Hearing that even her own sister had been unable to do that at Half-Step Nirvana, Ying Huanhuan frowned slightly.
In her heart, her sister was the greatest genius of all.
Even the Yuan Sect's so-called Little Three Kings were only a few years older.
Her eyes rolled, and she said, "Speaking of which, for the sect exchange in half a year, should we invite the Primordial Hall again?"
"Now that you've mastered the Heavenly Emperor Scripture, Sis, you can definitely crush him."
"Sis, you're invincible!"
Faced with her younger sister's faith in her, Ying Xiaoxiao said helplessly, "Have you forgotten that I lost to him before?"
"He even said no one of his generation in the Dao Sect was a match for him. Unless we let him try to comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture, he couldn't be bothered coming back to the Dao Sect."
"'I might as well go to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace. At least it's easier on the eyes!'"
Ying Huanhuan was even more speechless at Ying Xiaoxiao's words. The Dao Sect and the Primordial Hall were both in the southern part of the Eastern Xuan Region, so they should have had more exchanges.
But Xiang Yun seemed to favor the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
So after one or two exchanges, he stopped coming, leaving behind the words Ying Xiaoxiao had just repeated.
"He's not just arrogant, he's lecherous too! How is my sister any worse than that Ling Qingzhu, putting on airs like she's above everyone else?"
"Besides, Sis, you hadn't comprehended the Heavenly Emperor Scripture back then. There's no comparison!"
Ying Huanhuan took it for granted. Without comprehending the Heavenly Emperor Scripture, her sister hadn't been at her full strength, so those old wins and losses didn't count at all.
Ying Xiaoxiao thought of the young man who had defeated her in a few punches when he was at the Yuan Dan Realm and she was at the Form Creation Realm, and pressed her red lips together.
But Ying Huanhuan was right.
She might not be weaker than Xiang Yun now, and she was looking forward to fighting him again!
Ying Huanhuan looked at the young man beside her and said, "Qing Ye, you have to work hard to comprehend the Earth Emperor Scripture. When the Primordial Hall comes,
beat that arrogant maniac soundly and show him how formidable our Dao Sect is!"
"Definitely!"
Qing Ye nodded emphatically. Since Huanhuan had asked it of him, he would certainly do it.
Ying Xiaoxiao was speechless. Nothing had even been put down on paper yet, so what were the two of them getting so excited about?
Besides, their father might not even agree to Xiang Yun's demand.
Ying Huanhuan suddenly rubbed her smooth chin. "Hey, we're all part of the eight great sects anyway. Why don't we go find him?"
She felt her suggestion was a good one. After all, the Primordial Hall and the Dao Sect actually had a pretty good relationship.
"You still want to run around everywhere? Wait patiently for the Geomagnetic Lightning Pool to open, and then we're going back."
Ying Xiaoxiao glanced at Ying Huanhuan with her beautiful eyes.
Ying Huanhuan gave an embarrassed smile and pouted. "Fine, we won't go. But the Geomagnetic Lightning Pool is a major event around here. Maybe we'll see him then."
"I remember that arrogant maniac was pretty handsome."
Qing Ye's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said, "I'm afraid he's probably a brawny man by now. Wasn't Hall Master Hong of the Primordial Hall supposed to have been pretty handsome too?"
"The Primordial Hall's body-tempering technique makes their Qi and blood too abundant, so they tend to grow burly."
Ying Huanhuan shuddered at the thought of those musclemen. She still preferred the slender, delicate-looking type.
"Then never mind."
Ying Xiaoxiao looked at her younger sister, whose thoughts changed from one moment to the next, and pinched Ying Huanhuan's smooth cheek. "Don't run off.
If you run off again, I won't agree to bring you along next time!"
The Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
Having returned to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, Ling Qingzhu stood quietly outside Taiqing Hall, hesitating over whether to enter.
A moment later, a solemn voice came from within the hall.
"Why aren't you coming in?"
Ling Qingzhu took a deep breath. It's fine, it's fine.
Xiang Yun told me what to say.
Ling Qingzhu calmed herself and walked into the hall.
There was only one person inside.
On a raised platform, a beautiful woman sat cross-legged on a lotus dais, serene and otherworldly, like a statue of a celestial maiden.
The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace.
At Peak Samsara, she was one of the foremost figures in the Eastern Xuan Region. Judging by her appearance, she had also been a peerless beauty in her youth.
Ling Qingzhu had yet to pay her respects
when the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace's half-closed eyes flew open. "Your body-you've lost your virginity?!"
She hadn't noticed while Ling Qingzhu was outside the hall,
but now that she saw her with her own eyes, Ling Qingzhu's condition was plain to see, and fury surged through her.
Startled to see her usually stern master fly into a rage, Ling Qingzhu fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "Yes."
The ice on the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace's usually calm, breathtaking face shattered. Like flames soaring from within the ice, she was filled with fury.
She remembered that Ling Qingzhu had only gone back to visit her family, yet she had never expected her to lose her virginity. Ling Qingzhu was the most outstanding disciple of their Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace.
She had an excellent chance of mastering the Supreme Induction Art and fulfilling their founding master's long-cherished wish.
To master the Supreme Induction Art, one had to remain a virgin and be undisturbed by any emotions.
Love between a man and a woman was strictly forbidden!!
"Are you trying to make me die of anger?"
The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace stared at Ling Qingzhu and asked coldly, "Who?"
Ling Qingzhu was silent for a moment before saying, "Xiang Yun."
"Xiang Yun?"
The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace paused, searching her memory for the name. Soon, she recalled it.
"Xiang Yun, the disciple of that brute from the Primordial Hall?"
"Yes."
Ling Qingzhu nodded slightly.
The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace clenched her teeth. "If I hadn't let you go to that exchange, you would never have met him!"
"All these years the palace spent nurturing you have come to nothing... Do you know what it will take for you to cultivate the Supreme Induction Art again..."
The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace was about to spell out the price
when Ling Qingzhu interrupted her. "Master, my Supreme Induction Art hasn't vanished."
"Huh? It hasn't vanished?"
The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace, who had been seething with anger, froze as Ling Qingzhu circulated the Supreme Induction Art.
Having also cultivated the Supreme Induction Art, the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace could sense the special power within Ling Qingzhu.
"That's not right. That's not what the ancestor's instructions said," the Palace Master of Taiqing Palace murmured.
Ling Qingzhu's voice grew a little more forceful. "And Xiang Yun said we've been cultivating the Supreme Induction Art wrong."
"After we... he gave me the Supreme Induction Art as he had comprehended it."
"Cultivating it wrong? Does he, from the Primordial Hall-a bunch of barbarians with nothing but body tempering in their heads-know anything about the Supreme Induction Art?"
Ling Qingzhu did not continue arguing with her master.
The facts would speak for themselves. Soon, she explained the revised Supreme Induction Art that Xiang Yun had taught her, word by word.
The Palace Master of Taiqing Palace had been sneering at first, then fell silent. By the end, her anger had completely vanished.
Her red lips parted slightly, and she was filled with shock.
"How is that possible?!"