Ms. Diviner: The Prodigal Daughter's Return

Chapter 1170: Chapter 1170: Like a Proud Little Hen

But what puzzled her was that these seals were completely different from what she had known before. She contemplated for a long time but couldn’t find a way to break them, only feeling that these seals seemed not man-made, more like naturally occurring, deeply mysterious and far beyond her expectations.

”What, are you stumped? You have some luck to have found this place before me, but your good luck ends here. If you can’t break these seals, you’ll never clear your meridians and wash your marrow.” Just then, Jiang Qiling’s mocking voice sounded from behind.

Just my luck, running into her out of all people. Han Yan turned to look at her, not even interested in engaging with her, and continued examining the seals.

”If I were you, I’d give up early. Spend a few days cultivating with this abundant Heaven and Earth Power, then find some quality Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to avoid wasting time.” Han Yan didn’t want to pay attention to Jiang Qiling, but Jiang Qiling didn’t want to miss the rare opportunity to humiliate Han Yan, mocking as she spoke.

”Heh, you speak as if you have the ability to break these seals.” Han Yan scoffed, smirking coldly.

”Hmph, then let me show you.” Jiang Qiling raised her head proudly, like a proud rooster, while forming hand gestures.

She wasn’t worried about letting Han Yan gain an advantage because she knew that finding the place where Heaven and Earth Power converged required breaking more than one seal. Even if Han Yan benefited this time, she couldn’t possibly break the seals behind. And she could use this opportunity to severely strike Han Yan and regain her slowly fading confidence.

Seeing Jiang Qiling’s hand gestures, Han Yan’s eyes brightened.

Admittedly, though Jiang Qiling had a bit of scheming, which Han Yan disliked, her strength and talent were indeed exceptional.

This proficient and incredibly wondrous hand formation even earned Han Yan some admiration. It seemed that Jiang Qiling hadn’t been idle despite being dubbed the Little Witch of Long Yan all these years. Such a hand formation couldn’t be performed without years of dedicated practice.

Speaking of strength, she was capable of defeating Zhuang Xingfeng, who was second only to Duan Heshan among the twelve disciples under Long Congyuan’s seat, which was quite impressive.

”Didn’t expect it, did you? I have such a sealing-breaking technique. If I didn’t have to hide my strength and show myself as a bratty person, you wouldn’t have had the chance to stand out at Long Yan Academy.” Noticing the admiration in Han Yan’s eyes, Jiang Qiling spoke with some pride, like a hen showing off her colorful feathers.

Yet she didn’t realize that by caring so much about Han Yan’s gaze, she was actually showing weakness. If she truly had full confidence, why would she care about Han Yan’s opinion of her?

”Indeed impressive. Your technique is much stronger than mine.” Jiang Qiling’s childish pride made Han Yan secretly amused, even making her feel less opposed than before.

Having lived two lives, Han Yan’s mindset was certainly more mature than a vanity-filled girl; strength is strength, and weakness is weakness. Frankly admitting her inferiority to Jiang Qiling in certain aspects was not embarrassing at all. In a group of three, there must be a teacher among them, let alone at the hidden dragons and crouching tigers institution of Long Yan Academy, and Jiang Qiling being the only daughter of Jiang Yunhe, the Dean of Soaring Dragon Branch.

”These seals are definitely not ordinary ones. They contain the reasoning of Alchemy Dao, which is actually part of Heaven and Earth Rules. You can never break them with ordinary array reasoning.” Seeing Han Yan frankly admit her inferiority, Jiang Qiling’s vanity was greatly satisfied.

”So it’s Alchemy Dao reasoning! Why didn’t I think of that earlier?” A single sentence from Jiang Qiling woke Han Yan up, suddenly realizing, and she patted her forehead. No wonder she couldn’t break the seals despite pondering for quite a while; it turned out they contained Alchemy Dao reasoning.

She had read a few introductory books on Alchemy Dao in recent days and had some understanding of Alchemy Technique, but she didn’t consider this aspect at the time, wasting quite a bit of time.

Seeing Han Yan awaken, Jiang Qiling felt a bit regretful, wondering why she had told her that despite them being enemies.

Jiang Qiling looked regretful, resembling a little girl who had given all her candies to a friend without leaving any for herself, making Han Yan chuckle silently.

”What good is it if you know? Even if I tell you, do you think with just two days of learning Alchemy Skill, you can break the seals?” Jiang Qiling was so irritated by Han Yan’s laughter that she spoke with anger.

Although Jiang Qiling had been focused on cultivation these days, she wasn’t completely oblivious to outside matters. She knew Han Yan had bought several introductory books and was trying to learn Alchemy Skill and Alchemy Technique but didn’t take it seriously.

Jiang Qiling herself had spent at least three years on Alchemy Technique, while Han Yan had only learned for a few days, and had bought a few introductory books from the workshop to learn by herself. How could she compare?

Although Han Yan managed to sabotage Tian Wenliang with an array technique based on an introductory book called ”Array Dao Secret,” it was later rumored that the Mu Family had ancestral array techniques, with Han Yan using the Array Dao Secret to understand the Mu Family’s ancestral array technique, so her array skills actually had little relation to the Array Dao Secret.

Jiang Qiling didn’t believe that apart from the ancestral array techniques, the Mu Family also had Alchemy techniques.

Overall, faced with the seals before her, she was confident she had an absolute advantage over Han Yan.

”Hmm, you’re right.” Han Yan said with a smile. She had learned some Alchemy Skill in recent days and memorized those Alchemy Hand Seals, but she lacked a foundation and guidance, feeling something was missing all the time. Now, seeing Jiang Qiling’s hand formations, she felt greatly enlightened, ready to seize this opportunity for further insight.

”See this? It’s Flowing Cloud Flying Sleeve. You will never learn such exquisite techniques from the Alchemy Dao Scripture, nor have you probably even heard of the Gentle Wind Finger, or this one, Phoenix Soaring Eighteen Returns. If I hadn’t demonstrated it, you probably wouldn’t see it in your lifetime...” Jiang Qiling felt a bit resentful seeing Han Yan ignore her, boasting as she demonstrated hand formations.

”Yeah, very impressive. I’ll probably never get to see them in my lifetime. But by the way, how much longer? It’s almost four hours, and this seal still isn’t reacting at all?” Han Yan asked, yawning while resting her chin on her hand.

As with her previous understanding of arrays, she merely needed someone to guide her in. The Star Falling Eight Desolate Sword contained various rules and myriad magic skills, complementing each other. So, beyond the initial amazement, Jiang Qiling’s technique became less helpful for Han Yan, simply serving as an entry point.

Jiang Qiling blushed, realizing she had focused so much on showing off her Alchemy Hand Techniques that she forgot the most important task—breaking the seal.

(The proud little hen begs for monthly tickets. She says she really isn’t a bad person, truly not!)