Chapter 624: Pool Nine Fishing Settles the Task

Try my hand at it?

Master Mei Zu glanced at Bie Xuening, then at the sword in her hand, a flicker of interest passing through her eyes.

Previously she had specifically gone to the starry front-line battlefield to exchange a single strike with Xuan, all for the sake of verifying herself.

Unfortunately the gap still existed, so the harvest could not be called too great.

And Dao Brother himself, like Xuan, had surpassed her by far too much; sparring with him would likewise be meaningless.

But now the Sword Sovereign had just reached this level, and from every angle he was the best candidate to verify her own cultivation.

Not to mention that from the past until now, she had never sparred with the Sword Sovereign…

Such were Master Mei Zu's thoughts.

But in the end, that flicker of interest in her eyes still subsided.

"Forget it, forget it, next time then."

For one, the Sword Sovereign's killing sword Dao was far too fierce; and for two, hadn't she only just emerged from seclusion?

"You've only just come out of seclusion, this one doesn't wish to bully you."

"…"

Bie Xuening looked at her, and on the snow-bright edge of the long sword in her hand fine, dense threads of light gleamed.

"I'm off, I'm off! Now that you can run around everywhere, if you get the chance come find me at the Hehuan Sect together with Dao Brother for a visit, alright!"

Saying so, just as usual, her figure directly transformed into a wisp of red glow and vanished from before the Master Jianzu Hall.

She actually refused…

A trace of puzzlement flashed through Bie Xuening's eyes; she had originally expected Master Mei Zu to gladly accept her proposal.

What on earth was this person thinking?

As the hand gripping the long sword slowly lowered, the long sword—condensed as if from moonlight—turned into a streak of pure white light that fell to one side, manifesting into the human form of Yue Ling.

Yue Ling raised her head, staring at Bie Xuening in puzzlement:

"Not fighting anymore?"

"Not fighting anymore." Bie Xuening said lightly.

"Oh." After responding, Yue Ling scratched her head again. "Then can I go back now?"

Her game was still in progress; she didn't even know whether her character had been killed off…

After being held up this long, it was probably dead, right?

"Go ahead."

Yue Ling glanced at Xu Xing: "Then Master Jianzu, my lord, I'll be off first, haha…"

"Mm."

After casting a sidelong glance to secretly observe Bie Xuening as well, and confirming she showed nothing out of the ordinary, Yue Ling finally felt at ease, turned around, and flew toward the Sword Sovereign Hall.

In an instant, before the Master Jianzu Hall only Xu Xing and Bie Xuening remained.

"…"

After a stretch of silence, Xu Xing spoke first, breaking the quiet.

"Take a walk down the mountain?"

Naturally Bie Xuening had no reason to refuse, and gave a slight nod:

"Mm."

The two walked down the mountain along the stone steps.

"Ye Shijie's harvest from this seclusion is a bit more than I had anticipated."

In Xu Xing's expectations, it would already be good if Ye Shijie, after this seclusion, could remain unaffected by the portion of 'Hun Tian Yi' sealed by the Sword Sect.

It was only not long ago that the struggling, restless portion of 'Hun Tian Yi' was easily crushed by the light of the ultimate killing sword, being worn down at a speed hundreds or thousands of times greater than before.

Only then did he realize that Ye Shijie's harvest from this seclusion was even a bit more than he had imagined.

After the Supreme Killing Sword Dao reached a new level, it was also fiercer than he had anticipated.

"It's a pity it doesn't have much impact on the overall situation."

Their contest with the Cang Clan for 'World Weight' was meant to make the Cang Clan's 'Heaven's Favor' vanish, so as to utterly exterminate the Cang Clan.

But once one reaches the True Immortal level, one has essentially transcended the very concept of 'world.'

Even though the Tai Xuan Tian was powerful enough to accommodate those who had attained the Dao, and even existences above that.

Yet the 'weight' a single individual could contest for had a limit; the 'Attained Dao' level was the ceiling, and a further step to 'Dao-Holding True Immortal' would not increase the 'World Weight' one could wrest for oneself.

As for a further step, 'Dao Source'…

No existence had ever reached that stage, so the specifics were naturally unknown.

"One can't really put it that way either; progress in cultivation is always a good thing."

"Indeed."

"Oh right, Ye Shijie, during the time you were in seclusion, I went once to the Ancient Tai Xuan Tian…"

Xu Xing explained the things that had happened during her seclusion, and as the two walked farther away, their voices gradually drifted off.

……

……

Yuan Zhen Realm.

Soldier Realm Greater Universe.

A structure whose overall form presented a three-tier configuration, its volume even exceeding that of an ordinary star, hung quietly suspended.

Dense streams of fleeing light came and went in its vicinity.

In the spatial ripples that appeared from time to time were one after another of luxurious carriages, flying vessels, traveling palaces…

Shangyue City.

The most famous cultivation trading hub in the entire Bingjie Greater Universe, it is itself a dharma artifact of Soul Transformation grade, renowned throughout the entire Bingjie Greater Universe as a 'Treasure of Qian Yang'.

At this moment, inside Shangyue City.

Chi Jiuyu was in a shop called the 'Gathering Treasures Pavilion', which claimed to 'collect all the treasures under heaven'.

She sat by the window, gazing at the crescent moon hanging in the sky like a sickle, a hint of lament in her expression.

In the blink of an eye, it had been almost three years since she arrived in this world.

Since she first took up cultivation, this was the first time she had carried out a mission with such a long deadline…

"I wonder if my points count as high." she muttered.

If they weren't high, that would be utterly embarrassing.

This mission would publish progress reports, and she had no desire to come in last place like the Sect Master's disciple…

Where would the pride of the foremost prodigy of all the heavens rest then!

"Sigh, why can't I just max it out!" Chi Jiuyu grumbled.

Actually, when she had first started the mission, she had been very confident that she would definitely score full marks on every task.

But once the mission truly began, she discovered that not a single Ascension Point was easy to obtain!

Even though she had already done her utmost, giving everything she had.

There was still a considerable gap before she could max out all the Ascension Points…

Especially the first investigation mission — even though she had already scoured the entire world from top to bottom, the mission rating was still not high!

If it weren't for the decent ratings on the latter two missions, she would have suspected this dim-witted closed-beta Immortal Net was deliberately targeting her, Jiuyu Laozu!

Forget it!

'Settle all missions, but do not activate the return procedure yet.' Chi Jiuyu recited silently in her heart.

Since she couldn't max out all the Ascension Points, she couldn't be the last person to settle the mission.

In an instant, on the personal interface only she could see, lines of text scrolled continuously.

【Instruction received, confirming settlement of this mission…】

【Mission settling…】

【Settlement complete!】

【The total number of Ascension Points you obtained this time is: 183】

【Please note! You may remain in this mission world (Yuanzhen · Bingjie) for a maximum of 30 minutes; the return procedure will be forcibly initiated upon expiration!】

Only thirty minutes?

How stingy can you get!

No matter what, she could be considered this world's Dharma-Transmitting Laozu, right!

Chi Jiuyu grumbled inwardly and promptly took out a pale-gold sword-shaped jade talisman.

The jade talisman was no larger than a palm, crystalline throughout, with runes flowing within it, appearing incomprehensibly mysterious.

She had already decided earlier that before leaving Bingjie, she would give that guy a taste of this!

However, this world was ultimately only of the Dao Merging level, so using trump cards of the Cave True tier would be somewhat wasteful…

Coincidentally, the sword talisman Senior Brother Yan had given her was of the Tongxuan tier, so using it here wasn't a waste.

emm…

She wondered when Senior Brother Yan would come out of seclusion…

He had previously palmed her off with a mere three hundred thousand contribution points.

Once he comes out of seclusion, she must bring little Yunlu along to give him a good thrashing…

Ahem!