Chapter 582 — I Was Originally a Zha
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
Her opponent Si Yunxiang walked the path of hiding swords within divine powers. Si Yunxiang had inherited the Heavenly Saint Cult's advantage of bizarre and unpredictable divine powers. In cultivation she was inferior to Ling Yuxiu, but by combining the Heavenly Saint Cult's various divine powers, her might was by no means insignificant.
"Sect Master is so partial, passing the Ancestral Dragon Supreme Mystery Art to you! Xiuyatou, even if you kill me, I am still the legitimate widow of the Sect Master!"
"Xiangyatou, you the Sect Master's widow? I am the one who was properly married to him in ceremony! Even by rank, you could only be second! The cowherd and I were childhood sweethearts and exchanged tokens of love long ago—this great hammer is the very one he gave me!"
"Bah! What kind of love token is a great hammer? The Sect Master and I were the ones who secretly pledged ourselves to each other—he gave me his Chubao Sword!"
"Bah! The Chubao Sword was clearly extorted from him, and you even sold it!"
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Daoist Master Lin Xuan, Wang Muran, and the others stared wide-eyed as the two girls unleashed all manner of divine powers and Daoist arts within the battle formation, their might truly terrifying. But the two women had fought themselves into a fury, and though the battle formation shifted and transformed, they did not follow its changes in position, still locked in their private duel.
Suddenly another girl with a long braid charged between the two women, separating them. "Elder Sisters, this is a drill, not a real fight to the death!"
"Sang Hua, you want to interfere too?"
The three women fought until heaven and earth seemed to split apart. Lin Xuan and Wang Muran were aghast. They exchanged a glance, their hearts heavy. They did not recognize Sang Hua, but Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang were very familiar to them. These two girls were also members of the Heaven Alliance—outstanding, yes, but somewhat inferior in strength to themselves.
Ling Yuxiu and Si Yunxiang had entered Taikang Heaven one step ahead of them, by only a month or so. Yet in that brief time, the two girls' cultivation and strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, and they felt the pressure.
"A month apart, and we might already be no match for them. Why should we fight over who wins and who loses?"
Daoist Master Lin Xuan smiled bitterly. "For now, let us honestly play the part of students and learn the Taikang Heaven's way of cultivation."
Wang Muran nodded. "Princess Xiu and Holy Maiden Xiang could improve so greatly in such a short time—that shows Jingping's cultivation system truly has great deficiencies. As long as we remedy those deficiencies, we too will experience a leap in strength!"
The battle formation evolved, and several more armies charged onto the field. Daoist Master Lin Xuan looked and saw that among the drilling troops were many scholars of Jingping—Wei Yong, Shen Yu, Shen Wanyun, Yue Qinghong, and others—whose strength had also advanced by leaps and bounds, their combat power greatly increased, filling them with even more pressure.
"Xu Shenghua entered Taikang Heaven a few days before us. That fellow is clever—he has probably already grasped the profound mysteries of Taikang Heaven's cultivation, and likely can pass the trial of the Suppressing Spirit Pagoda with ease."
They walked into the city and saw many academies of the Heavenly Saint Academy lining both sides of the street. Scholars of the academy were inside listening to Taikang Heaven's gods or powerhouses of the Spirit Bridge realm expound the way of cultivation.
"Sect Master Shen truly knows how to scheme!"
Daoist Master Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, then looked at the old Daoists and Daoist nuns beside him. "Our Dao Sect is too closed off. The Taikang Heaven's way of cultivation must be learned, or we will be suppressed by the Heavenly Saint Cult and never lift our heads again. Sect Master Shen's method is excellent—if it is useful, then learn it."