WHOOSH!
No one answered the Shadow Demon. Suddenly, a golden beam of light shot out from the vortex. In the blink of an eye, the beam penetrated layer after layer of seals as easily as poking through sheets of window paper.
The beam cut through the dense black mist, directly striking the Shadow Demon within.
"No!"
A scream tore from its mouth as its body was pierced by a large hole. Wherever the golden light touched, the Shadow Demon's body disintegrated inch by inch, evaporated, and vanished into nothingness.
In an instant, the Shadow Demon was utterly slain, without a shred of doubt.
「At that mont, in the outside world,」
Xu Ruoyan's body was on the verge of plumting off the cliff and smashing onto the ground below.
Just then, a golden sphere of light suddenly surged forth, enveloping her body. It enclosed Xu Ruoyan like a bubble and, in a bizarre manner, hovered motionlessly in mid-air. Though only a breath away from falling, she never touched the ground.
Suddenly, the golden light flared intensely, generating a powerful repulsive force that abruptly thrust Xu Ruoyan's body skyward.
Simultaneously, an incomparably dazzling pillar of Energy erupted from Xu Ruoyan, shooting straight into the heavens and tearing a massive vortex in the sky above.
It was as if the sky had been ripped open. Heavenly Earth Energy poured in through the breach, coalescing into vibrant, multicolored flowers that rained down.
For a mont, a shower of flowers rained down, a myriad of colors displayed, and an astounding heaven-earth spectacle appeared.
For a hundred li around, everyone could witness this transformation of heaven and earth.
「At this ti, dozens of li away,」
A black-clothed elder, seated cross-legged on a Black Greatsword and executing Flight of the Sword, suddenly opened his eyes. His gaze was like a torch, revealing a hidden, sharp brilliance as he looked at the heaven-earth spectacle of the shower of flowers dozens of li away. His expression quickly turned to shock.
Could it be... so great personage asleep here is awakening?
A shower of flowers—this was a baptism that occurred to welco the birth of so great personage. Of course, those capable of causing such a phenonon were truly great personages, Martial Arts titans on the Tianyuan Continent.
In such a Desolate Land, it's highly unlikely for such beings to be born. It must be the will of so great personage, awakened.
This possibility is the strongest.
At this thought, the black-clothed elder imdiately raised his hand and slapped the Black Greatsword. Vast True Qi poured into it, and the Black Greatsword abruptly accelerated, shooting towards the location where the heaven-earth spectacle had occurred.
The black-clothed elder's speed with Flight of the Sword was incredible. In what seed like the blink of an eye, he arrived at the cliff where Xu Ruoyan lay. However, by the ti he reached her, the light surrounding Xu Ruoyan had long since completely dissipated, leaving only what appeared to be a lifeless body sprawled on the clifftop.
Was the spectacle just now caused by this girl?
The black-clothed elder saw no one else around, only Xu Ruoyan. Although the unusual signs on her had vanished, he was almost certain, nine tis out of ten, that it was indeed Xu Ruoyan.
Jumping down from the Black Greatsword, the elder approached the unconscious Xu Ruoyan. After a brief scan with his senses, he frowned slightly.
Her soul intention is so chaotic, yet she's still alive. Truly peculiar.
A flash of surprise flickered in the black-clothed elder's eyes before vanishing. He simply pinched his index and middle fingers together and touched Xu Ruoyan's brow. A stream of white light flowed into her. Monts later, Xu Ruoyan's eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly regained consciousness.
"You're awake, little girl," the black-clothed elder said, a faint smile on his face. He didn't ntion the recent spectacle, as even Xu Ruoyan herself wouldn't know what had transpired.
However, the awakened Xu Ruoyan's beautiful eyes were filled with bewildernt. Her gaze was vacant as she looked around, then numbly asked, "Where is this?"
"This is the Hundred Thousand Mountains, little girl. Don't tell you don't rember anything from before?"
The black-clothed elder was montarily taken aback, then he contemplated again. Just monts ago, Xu Ruoyan's soul intention had been extraordinarily disorganized. Had it been an ordinary person, they would have gone mad by now, or even suffered a ntal collapse. For Xu Ruoyan to rely lose her mories was indeed a possibility.
"Before?" Xu Ruoyan muttered, then fell silent, seemingly trying hard to recall past events. However, after several minutes, she still rembered nothing.
"I don't rember. Who am I? And... who are you?" Clasping her head, Xu Ruoyan looked sowhat desperate. Her mind was a complete blank, without even a fragnt of mory remaining.
"Xu... Ruo... Yan. My na is Xu Ruoyan," she suddenly recalled, reciting it with a touch of surprise.
At the sa instant, she rembered another na: Ling Chen.
But when she tried to think further, it was as if her thoughts were abruptly severed; she couldn't recall anything more.
"I can't rember anymore. I can't rember anything at all," Xu Ruoyan said, shaking her head. She longed to know who Ling Chen was and why she only rembered his na. Yet, aside from that na, her mind held no other information about Ling Chen.
"Alright, Xu Ruoyan, I shall call you Ruo Yan then. As for the past, since you've forgotten it, let it be completely forgotten," the black-clothed elder said, not interested in Xu Ruoyan's past. His eyes glead with a sharp light. "Miss Ruo Yan, are you willing to beco my, the Mythical Elder's, direct disciple? Let be blunt: with your aptitude, reaching the Saint Realm in the future is almost a certainty. However, if you remain confined to this small place, that may not be the case. Are you willing to leave here and accompany to the Nine Provinces Land? That is where you truly belong."
The Mythical Elder stared intently at Xu Ruoyan. He was no ordinary person; even in the Nine Provinces Land, he was a world-renowned Martial Arts Saint, and one of the very best at that.
He had never taken a disciple. Countless young people wished to study under him, among them no shortage of scions from prominent families in the Nine Provinces, but none of them were worthy in the Mythical Elder's eyes.
Because in his view, none of them were qualified.
But Xu Ruoyan undoubtedly pleased him greatly.
A shower of heavenly flowers—even he had never witnessed such a phenonon. Even if Xu Ruoyan wasn't the reincarnation of so great personage, she was undoubtedly a rare genius in this world. Accepting her as his disciple would certainly not be a mistake.
Moreover, his words were not ant to frighten Xu Ruoyan. The environnt is crucial in Martial Arts Cultivation. In a minor place like the Hundred Thousand Mountains, this small Cloud Outland, even with the necessary aptitude, aspiring to the Saint Realm was as difficult as ascending to the heavens; the chances were slim. If not for seeking a specific rare dicinal herb, he would never have co to this godforsaken place.
"Aspiring to... the Saint Realm?"
Xu Ruoyan was sowhat moved. Becoming a peerless powerhouse was the ultimate goal of every martial artist, and she was no exception.
The Mythical Elder before her was a powerful Saint. From him, she could sense an aura as vast as the sea, as deep as an abyss—a terrifying presence.
To beco a disciple of the elder before her was likely a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity.
If she missed it, there wouldn't be a second chance.
As for her lost mories, they should slowly recover in the future, right?
"I am willing."
Although Xu Ruoyan had lost her mory, it didn't an she had beco a fool. After a mont's thought, she knelt on the ground, bowed deeply to the Mythical Elder, and perford a grand salute. "Disciple pays respects to Master."
As long as she could beco a powerhouse, she would surely find a way to recover her lost mories.
"Very good."
Having accepted an peerless disciple, the Mythical Elder's face imdiately lit up with joy. He hadn't expected to find such a satisfactory disciple in this Barren Land. It was a truly pleasant surprise.
"Ruo Yan, from this day forth, you are my, the Mythical Elder's, sole direct disciple. I, your Master, guarantee that you will make a great na for yourself in the Nine Provinces Land. Let us go. Your past is unimportant, and you need not rember it."
"Such aningless mories will only disturb your peace of mind; they are harmful, not beneficial."
"Yes, Master."
Xu Ruoyan nodded gently. Her body still ached. She must have endured imnse suffering before. And why was she abandoned in this desolate wilderness? Why had no one she knew co to rescue her?
Perhaps, as the Mythical Elder said, her past mories were painful ones, unnecessary things. Since she couldn't rember them, perhaps it was heaven's will. There was no need to deliberately try to recall them.
"Let's go, Disciple."
Just as various thoughts flashed through Xu Ruoyan's mind, the Mythical Elder had already summoned his Black Greatsword, which hovered above the ground. This Black Greatsword was over ten feet long, more than spacious enough for two people.
The Sword-control Flight Technique.
This was a high-level Martial Art that only Saints could master, because only those who possessed a Saint Body could execute such exquisite Swordsmanship.
Xu Ruoyan stepped onto the Black Greatsword. As the Black Greatsword slowly ascended, she glanced back one last ti. However, in the vast, endless forest behind her, she saw no sign of anyone.
A hint of what seed like disappointnt surfaced in her beautiful eyes. The next mont, the Black Greatsword was filled with True Qi. Accompanied by the sound of air being torn, their figures quickly vanished into the horizon.
「Monts after the Mythical Elder departed with Xu Ruoyan on the Black Greatsword, rely a few breaths later,」
A Qingfeng Jue unexpectedly appeared above the cliff. On the Qingfeng Jue's back was the figure of Ling Chen.
Swooping down from mid-air, Ling Chen landed on the cliff's edge. Upon seeing no one, his expression turned grim.
The heaven-earth spectacle just now was clearly nearby. That was unmistakably Yan'er's aura. How could she not be here?
He was most familiar with Xu Ruoyan's aura; he would never mistake it.
Finally, after searching for so ti, Ling Chen scoured the entire area at the bottom of the cliff and, at the cliff's edge, discovered a torn piece of a white sleeve. It was a small fragnt of Xu Ruoyan's clothing.
"Damn it!" Ling Chen stomped his foot in anger, his heart filled with extre worry. Could Xu Ruoyan have been carried off by so Exotic Beast?
No, if she had encountered an Exotic Beast, there would be traces of blood. But there's not a speck of blood nearby.
Ling Chen quickly cald himself. Xu Ruoyan should be alright; at least she hadn't t with disaster. Perhaps she simply woke up and left on her own.
No matter what, even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will find her!
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