After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 95 - Array
Chapter 95: Array
The sound of the night rain was extremely noisy. Jiang Huai took out a white bath towel and wrapped Bai Li’s body tightly, but soon her body soaked the bath towel red. Jiang Huai looked down at the white snake’s eyes. The white snake’s eyes had not yet closed. She was trying hard to mobilize the last bit of spiritual energy.
“I told you not to be sad,” Bai Li’s voice was very soft.
“I will be sad… It’s no use telling me not to… You can’t die… I owe you a life, and if you die like this, I will remember it for a lifetime! I won’t be able to eat or sleep well for a lifetime… Hold on… I’m right beside you, hold on…”
Jiang Huai’s voice couldn’t stop trembling.
In his many years of cultivation, he had never really faced a life-and-death parting. The most dangerous time he had encountered was when he and Bai Li were in a secret realm and encountered a group of wind demon wolves. They fought side by side, both heavily injured and exhausted. Bai Li used her body to block the final attack of a dying wind demon wolf for him. In her words, the flesh of the demon clan was much stronger than that of the human clan. If she didn’t block it, Jiang Huai would likely die, but if she blocked it, she might not die, which was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
So, Jiang Huai treated her as his best friend, never forgetting her when something good happened. He never liked killing, but if someone dared to bully her, then Jiang Huai would take their life!
Bai Li tried hard to keep her eyes open, telling Jiang Huai that she was trying hard to hold on, even though she was in so much pain all over her body right now, and she really wanted to just close her eyes and fall into darkness, to sleep well.
“Why are you crying… It’s so embarrassing…”
“Hold on… You can’t die… You’re not allowed to die… Do you hear me… Keep your eyes wide open and look at me!”
Bai Li tried hard to keep her eyes wide open.
“Xiao Ning, hurry… hurry… hurry!”
“I’m hurrying, don’t rush me. We should find it soon.”
The sword spirit in the Ye Ning sword responded helplessly. The little spiritual energy she had absorbed into the sword body after sleeping for half a year was now all used to help him find Jishi True Person’s ancestral land. How much faster could she be?
The Ye Ning sword was already traveling through the storm like lightning, its mighty sword aura making the raindrops automatically avoid it. Jiang Huai tried hard to talk to Bai Li, feeding her one healing pill after another. Finally, the Ye Ning sword stopped in front of a cave.
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“Alright, if I’m not mistaken, the aura of the Jishi True Person is here. His ancestral land should be here. You go in and have a look, okay? If his remnant soul is still there, there should be a way to save her.”
Without waiting for Ye Ning to speak, Jiang Huai had already rushed out from the flying sword. Ye Ning reminded him from the side.
“You should also be careful. You just used that move, and your qi and blood are unstable. The injury from last time hasn’t fully healed yet, and it’s easy to have an accident.”
As soon as her words fell, Jiang Huai lost his strength due to the reverse flow of qi and blood and almost instantly knelt on the ground. Even so, he still held Bai Li tightly in his arms.
The cave was initially pitch black, but as soon as Jiang Huai arrived, the light of the glowworm stones lit up instantly, and the cave was as bright as day. A voice sounded in Jiang Huai’s ear.
“Who is intruding into my ancestral land? What kind of behavior is this, so rash and reckless?”
This voice instantly ignited a glimmer of hope in Jiang Huai’s heart. Jiang Huai looked up, and the Ye Ning sword floated beside him, answering for Jiang Huai, “Jishi True Person, please help my sword master’s friend.”
“Oh? Ye Ning, how did you end up in someone else’s hands?”
“My master ascended, you see. They don’t allow you to take anything when you ascend, so I had to stay here. She also said that if she could return to the lower realm, she would come to find me, but a thousand years have passed, and she hasn’t come. I couldn’t wait for her, so I got a new master.”
“Ning Yu actually ascended!”
There was a hint of emotion and envy in that voice, and then Ye Ning replied immediately, “Don’t waste time talking, hurry up and see if there’s a way to save my master’s friend?”
A green spiritual energy suddenly emerged in the cave, wrapping around Bai Li next to Jiang Huai. Then the voice sounded again.
“This is the Serpent Clan being ordered by the dragon clan’s instant death command, huh? But the power of this instant death command is very weak. There is a way to save her.”
“Then hurry up and save her.”
“But why should I save her?” Jishi True Person suddenly asked Ye Ning’s sword spirit.
Ye Ning’s sword spirit couldn’t immediately come up with an answer, but Jiang Huai had already spoken, kneeling on the ground, looking up at the cave.
“Please, Jishi True Person, save my friend’s life. From now on, I am willing to go through fire and water for you, and I will not hesitate to die a thousand deaths!”
The response from the Jishi True Person was filled with helplessness, “I am already a dead person, and now this wisp of my remaining soul hides in this secret realm, merely clinging to existence, avoiding the execution of Heaven’s will. If I were to save her, I would have to sacrifice some of my remaining time. You and I are neither kin nor friends, why should I save her?”
Jiang Huai was at a loss for words, unable to speak. He lowered his head and knocked it heavily on the ground.
“I implore Jishi True Person to lend a hand!”
“Little guy, your own vital energy is flowing in reverse, your qi sea is damaged, and your spiritual energy is surging chaotically. Your injuries are not light either. Stop knocking your head like that, alright? I’ve lived for a thousand years, and in my life, I occasionally enjoyed playing the hero, gaining some empty fame. But now I am but a remnant soul, and such fame means nothing to me. I won’t save her, and no matter how many times you knock your head, ten, a hundred, or a thousand times, it will be useless.”
Ye Ning’s sword suddenly spoke up from the side, “Uncle Jishi, you weren’t like this before.”
“This bit of my remaining soul is preserved to find a successor. Since he has gained your approval, he naturally follows the same path as your master, the Ruthless Sword of Ning yu, which has nothing to do with me. Why would I save him?”
“It’s not that. I chose him to be my master because his swordsmanship is very powerful, not the same as my master’s,” Ye Ning innocently replied.
“Don’t try to deceive me, you sword spirit. Wasn’t it because you only sought sword cultivators of the Ruthless Sword lineage as your masters that you chose Ning Yu as your master? I remember clearly that you didn’t even glance at my Way of the Sword back then,” said the Jishi True Person, his tone seemingly carrying a hint of resentment.
“Principles are principles, but mainly the sword stance of the Ruthless Sword is very comfortable for my sword soul. However, his swordsmanship is so powerful that, even though it’s not the Ruthless Sword, it’s still impressive enough to make an exception,” Ye Ning, the sword spirit, replied somewhat sheepishly.
“Is that really true?”
“Absolutely true.”
“If you’re lying to me, I’ll kill your little master.”
“Besides, he’s also very good at alchemy, isn’t he just right to inherit your legacy? You’ve hidden your Primordial Life and Death Sword for a lifetime, and during your life, you found several disciples but were dissatisfied and expelled them from your sect. He might be the one you’re satisfied with.”
Ye Ning, the sword spirit, was eagerly promoting her master, her voice soft and sweet like a little girl coquettishly talking to her grandfather.
The Jishi True Person sighed, “Then let’s give it a try.”
With that voice falling, a green spiritual energy descended and enveloped Bai Li’s body, and then the voice of the Jishi True Person sounded.
“This emerald true spirit will keep her from dying within twelve hours. Kid, if you can pass my inheritance test and become my successor, then I can rest assured and teach you the method to save her.”
Jiang Huai’s body trembled as he stood up from the ground, “Thank you, Jishi True Person.”
“Don’t be hasty in thanking me. If you cannot pass my test after twelve hours, she will still die, and I will not lift a finger to save her.”
After saying this, a vortex appeared in front of Jiang Huai.
“My trial is divided into four stages, and you must pass all of them to qualify as my successor. This is the first stage.”
Jiang Huai looked back at Bai Li, who was now enveloped in green light. Her body was no longer tearing apart or bleeding. He took a deep breath, stood up, and tried to suppress the dizziness in his head. Dragging his feeble body, he stepped into the first vortex.
……
A white light appeared in front of Jiang Huai, and above the white light were countless floating spiritual herbs.
Before Jiang Huai now were three hundred and ninety-two alchemy recipes.
“My name is Jishi, and I bring salvation. A thousand years ago, I was the Jishi True Person. As my lifespan was exhausted, I prepared a tomb for myself, waiting for a successor to come.”
(TLN: Jishi means salvation/benefiting the world.)
“In my life, I immersed myself in Alchemy and the Way of the Sword. My Way of the Sword was quite famous. Unfortunately, to comprehend my Way of the Sword, one must first understand the principles of Alchemy. Most sword cultivators lack the patience and cannot pass this first stage.”
“You currently have three hundred and ninety-two alchemy recipes before you. You can choose any alchemy furnace and any spiritual fire. The spiritual energy used for alchemy in this space is inexhaustible. What you need to do is to refine all three hundred and ninety-two recipes. The flow of time in this secret realm is different from the outside world. You can stay here for three days, and only three hours will have passed in the outside world. If you can refine seventy percent of these recipes within three days, I will consider you to have passed the test. But you only have three days.”
Jiang Huai took the recipes and floated them in the air, curiously asking, “Why not refine them all?”
“When I was young, I spoke with the same tone as you. Once you see what these recipes are… perhaps you will beg me to lower the difficulty.”
“Heavenly-grade Spirit Refinement Pill.” Jiang Huai thoughtfully looked at the first recipe, gathered the ingredients, and chose not to use an alchemy furnace. The rules of heaven and earth in this secret realm were interesting; the spiritual energy was almost inexhaustible. So, he directly used spiritual energy to form an alchemy array, drawing in the spiritual herbs from the sky into the array and then chose the most explosive and fastest spiritual fire.
“What is this technique?” It was the Jishi True Person’s voice that sounded surprised.
“An alchemy array, something I developed myself to be lazy,” Jiang Huai replied softly.
“The spiritual fire you’ve chosen is too explosive and not suitable for refining Spirit Refinement Pills. It seems you’ve made a mistake on the very first recipe,” the Jishi True Person’s voice was filled with disappointment.
“No, mainly because this Tianyan Divine Fire refines everything very quickly. To save time, the alchemy array can prevent the problems caused by the excessively explosive spiritual fire.”
As Jiang Huai spoke, he placed all the ingredients properly and then let the alchemy array burn fiercely in mid-air, no longer looking at it but turning his gaze to the second recipe. He used the same method, drawing an alchemy array using the most explosive and fastest Tianyan Divine Fire. As the second alchemy array started, the spiritual herbs in the first alchemy array had already been refined.
Heavenly-grade, perfect quality.
Since he could freely choose the spiritual fire, and even the ingredients were of the highest quality, and there was an inexhaustible supply of spiritual energy available, if he couldn’t refine heavenly-grade perfect quality pills, Jiang Huai felt like he would be so ashamed that he would want to chop off his own hands.
