The Quest for Immortality

The venue gradually quieted down.

Duanmu Qing turned her head and gave Mo Hua a cold glance, her autumn-like eyes betraying an unmistakeable intent to kill.

Mo Hua was startled again, thinking the woman might strike once more.

But the elders of the Mount of Tao still had some deterrence.

The rules of the Mount of Tao were quite strict.

Outside the sword discussion venue, disciples were strictly prohibited from fighting.

Should an incident occur, regardless of the Four Great Sects or the Eight Great Gates, these elders would certainly not show mercy.

Duanmu Qing took a slow breath, gazing at Mo Hua, muttering his name in a low murmur:

”Mo Hua... I’ll remember you.”

And then she said nothing more, turned around, and left, leaving only a graceful silhouette.

Other disciples from the Wanxiao Sect followed suit.

Once Duanmu Qing was far enough away, Mo Hua finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Linghu Xiao and the others also felt somewhat relieved.

However, soon everyone’s attention focused entirely on Mo Hua.

Cheng Mo looked at Mo Hua curiously and asked, ”Junior Brother, do you know this... Duanmu Fairy?”

Mo Hua shook his head.

”Any previous grudges?”

”None...”

”Then just now... was she trying to kill you?”

Mo Hua nodded, ”It seems so.”

Cheng Mo was somewhat perplexed.

First meeting, and wants to kill Junior Brother?

Situ Jian was perceptive and asked, ”Junior Brother, did you just say something to her?”

Mo Hua didn’t deny it, nodded and said, ”I saw some issues with her cultivation and kindly reminded her.”

Cheng Mo was curious, ”What did you remind her?”

”I...”

Before Mo Hua could speak, Situ Jian immediately stopped him, ”Stop, Junior Brother, let’s not talk about it.”

Junior Brother uttered just one sentence, and the Wanxiao Sect’s Duanmu Fairy was ready to kill him.

If Junior Brother said the sentence out loud, and they all heard it, it’s likely they’d all be targets of her resentment.

So it was best to leave it unsaid.

This sentence carries the blatant ”intent to kill” from Wanxiao Sect’s foremost talent; they were below Junior Brother’s level, not entitled to know.

Meanwhile, Situ Jian sighed inwardly, musing:

”Junior Brother lives up to his reputation, born with a holy physique of mockery.”

”With just one sentence, he made the normally aloof talented fairy seethe with desire to kill him...”

Cheng Mo also sighed.

But his sigh carried more admiration:

”Junior Brother is indeed remarkable; with only one sentence, he made Qianxue’s top talent fairy ’keep thinking about him’...”

Mo Hua wore a face of frustration.

Situ Jian pondered briefly and added, ”Junior Brother, be careful in the sword discussion. This Duanmu Qing likely won’t let you go.”

Linghu Xiao also worriedly looked at Mo Hua.

Cheng Mo did too, though his concern carried a hint of envy.

Mo Hua furrowed his brows, ”I hope it won’t come to that...”

This is the Sword Discussion Conference; she is a sect prodigy, surely she wouldn’t publicly use private vendetta...

...

Then the sword discussion officially began.

Throughout the session, Duanmu Qing relentlessly pursued Mo Hua.

Various secret and even superior skills from the Wanxiao Sect were thrown at Mo Hua like there was no cost.

She wished to tear Mo Hua to shreds.

Mountain stones were sliced by golden light.

Woods were scorched by the firelight.

The marsh swallowed by quicksand.

The entire sword discussion venue was altered by the dense and turbulent ”spell bombardment” from Duanmu Qing, the Wanxiao Sect’s top skilled prodigy.

Even Mo Hua could only rely on his movement technique, fleeing in distress.

He finally experienced the might of the top-grade Spiritual Cultivator firsthand.

In his previous understanding, Senior Sister Murong Caiyun’s Void Rosy Clouds skill was already immensely powerful.

Yet Duanmu Qing’s spell mastery clearly reached even greater heights.

Duanmu Qing, with noble bloodline, direct lineage of the Fifth-Grade Duanmu family, superior-grade spirit roots, practiced superior-grade cultivation technique.

Her cultivation technique circulation almost reached perfection, with spiritual power vast as the sea.

Moreover, Duanmu Qing’s spiritual root type was exquisite, a big five elements spiritual root.

The big five elements spiritual roots compared to Mo Hua’s ”small five elements spiritual roots” seem only one word apart, but the gap between the two is heaven and earth.

Big five elements spiritual root, high-quality, large capacity, generation and restraint in cycle, with strong affinity to the five elements.

Spiritual roots of this kind naturally hold greater insight into the worldly five elements law.

Faster in learning five elements spell, more powerful when cast.

By comparison, Mo Hua’s small five elements spiritual root was extremely simple.

The only characteristic was learning five elements spell.

Beyond that, it was a ”blank” spiritual root, offering nothing else.

Comparing the two, Duanmu Qing’s big five elements spiritual root is like a luxurious palace, while Mo Hua’s small five elements spiritual root is purely a crude, broken house.

And the spell inheritance of Duanmu Qing and Mo Hua were quite similar.

Duanmu Qing, from Wanxiao Sect, cultivates Wanxiao Sect’s ”Wanxiao Taoist Skill,” which shares a bit of similarity with Mo Hua’s ”All Techniques Interlinked.”

Of course, Duanmu Qing’s spell execution wasn’t as fast as Mo Hua’s.

The five elements didn’t flow as naturally as Mo Hua’s.

But her spells were of higher grade, greater range, stronger power, supported by superior-grade spirit roots, superior-grade cultivation technique, abundant cycles of massive spiritual power, fully unleashed as a flowing river of spells over the mountain top.

Inside the sword discussion venue, spell brilliance was everywhere.

Explosions erupted in succession.

Mo Hua ”ran terrified.”

Outside the sword discussion venue, the audience applauded enthusiastically, feeling it was immensely satisfying!

”Great! Bravo to Duanmu Fairy!”

”To fight fire with fire, using spells to blow up this brat Mo Hua!”