Chapter 384: Going to Find Her

"Eating manners are refined." Qianjue Shan's brows and eyes slightly sank.

Cang Li immediately swallowed the tea-flower cake in his mouth, then straightened his back, slowly chewing and swallowing the tea-flower cake.

Yuan Yao suppressed a smile.

Qianjue Shan looked at Yuan Yao and said in a low voice, "Have you rested well?"

Yuan Yao wiped away her smile, solemnly nodded, "Master, I have rested well."

"Come." Qianjue Shan casually set up a barrier in this area, his right hand transforming into a long sword, and said to Yuan Yao, "Draw your sword."

Yuan Yao raised her hand, and the five-colored long sword landed in her palm.

"Please, Master, instruct me."

She gripped the sword hilt tightly and attacked toward Qianjue Shan.

Clang—

The swords clashed, and the airflow reversed!

Seeing this, Cang Li quickly retreated a distance, giving them space.

Over the next two months, under Qianjue Shan's guidance, Yuan Yao diligently practiced swordsmanship, gradually developing her sword momentum!

But she had not yet grasped her own sword intent.

If she could grasp her own sword intent, she could create her own sword techniques!

During these two months, Cang Li's cultivation broke through to the early Nascent Soul Realm! His spear technique also underwent a qualitative leap, and the power emanating from him became increasingly fierce and deadly.

Cang Li had painstakingly practiced spear techniques for three months, during which he had not refined any pills, leaving him somewhat restless.

Finally, he said to Qianjue Shan, "Master, I want to practice spear techniques at night and refine pills during the day."

Qianjue Shan agreed.

Yuan Yao also neglected the cultivation of mental power, puppet techniques, and formations over these three months, so she chose to practice mental power, puppet techniques, and formations at night, and swordsmanship during the day.

Thus, Master could focus on teaching the Third Senior Brother at night and focus on teaching her swordsmanship during the day.

Yuan Yao and Cang Li's constant training also invisibly motivated many young disciples.

Especially Shiziwen.

Shiziwen hadn't seen Yuan Yao in a long time; he knew she trained diligently every day, and to keep up with her pace, he also used every available moment to train.

One evening, as Yuan Yao was studying the Saint-tier secret manual to learn formations, a voice from the 250 System suddenly sounded in her sea of consciousness.

【Host, a friendly reminder: your conquest task progress bar has shown no progress over the past three months.】

Yuan Yao hadn't heard the 250 System's voice in a long time.

Yuan Yao sighed: "I know."

【Host, can you do the conquest task?】 The 250 System's tone carried a hint of humility.

"250, I think only after I become stronger can I more effectively conquer the target figures." Yuan Yao said, seeming to recall something, and casually asked: "Do you know what the male and female leads have been doing lately?"

250 System: 【I don't know.】

Yuan Yao: "I don't believe it."

She flipped a page of the formation manual and said calmly: "How about this: you first tell me what the male and female leads have been doing lately, and I'll consider whether to leave the Carefree Sect to conquer other target figures."

250 System: 【Host, if you want to obtain a piece of news about the male and female leads from the original book here, you need to pay two thousand days of lifespan as exchange to this system. Moreover, the information is unlocked in a Q&A format.】

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao was startled.

"What?!"

"Two thousand days of lifespan?!"

"Why don't you go rob it?!"

250 System: 【This system fully respects the host's wishes.】

Yuan Yao, cheeks puffed, said: "Can we negotiate? Just pay one thousand days of lifespan!"

250 System: 【...】

【No, host.】

"Wait!" Yuan Yao suddenly thought of something and couldn't help asking: "If I someday want to know news or specific information about others, can I use lifespan as exchange?"

The 250 System didn't expect her to ask that, and for a moment it crashed.

Seeing it not respond for a long time, Yuan Yao said again: "250, don't play dead! Answer me!"

250 System: 【The system's data refreshes with the host's conquest progress, and currently it has not unlocked progress information about other characters from the original book.】

Yuan Yao understood.

This means that in the future there may be an opportunity to refresh progress information about other individuals.

The original book's plot has quietly changed, meaning that some original book characters can no longer follow the original plot's development trend, but instead have new plot progress refreshed.

"250, how many days of lifespan do I have left?"

【Host, your current lifespan is as high as one thousand nine hundred sixty-three days.】

Yuan Yao: "……"

This is still not enough for two thousand days of lifespan!

Yuan Yao helplessly sighed, then thought of something and raised her eyebrows: "If the news of the male and female leads costs two thousand days of lifespan to exchange, what if I only want to exchange for the female lead Lu Xiangxiang's news? Would that be half?"

250 System was silent for two seconds: 【Yes.】

Yuan Yao smiled: "Alright."

The 250 System waited a moment, hearing no request from Yuan Yao to exchange news, and finally couldn't help asking: 【Host, do you want to exchange?】

"No." Yuan Yao refused, spending one thousand days of lifespan to obtain a piece of news about the female lead Lu Xiangxiang was not worth it.

Moreover, she still had a connection from the First Continent.

The 250 System noticed her taking out a piece of emerald-green jade tablet.

「Xie Yan, I want to inquire about someone's news. I want to know how Lu Xiangxiang is doing. 」Yuan Yao sent a message.

Meanwhile, elsewhere, beneath an abyss somewhere in the First Continent, the white-clad youth disposed of the few people before him; as he sheathed his sword, he suddenly sensed that the emerald jade gourd in his storage space flickered.

His heart stirred.

The youth immediately extended his spiritual sense into it and heard Yuan Yao's question.

The youth's brow furrowed slightly; after two months, her message to him was actually inquiring about someone else's news, and he pressed his lips together.

Then, a young man in green clothes sensed a chill emanating from Xie Yan's body, he looked up and said, "Zixu, what did you discover?"

"Nothing." Xie Yan said coldly.

As he sheathed his sword, he used his spiritual sense to send a voice transmission to Yuan Yao: "After parting ways in the Heavenly Snow Mountain Range, it is said that Lu Xiangxiang was confined for half a month in the Heavenly One Sect; afterwards, she led her fellow disciples to the Fifth Continent to carry out a mission, only returning to the Heavenly One Sect not long ago. It is rumored that from this trip she found a drop of phoenix true blood."

After Xie Yan finished sending the message, he heard the green-clad young man speak.

"Zixu, we have finished dealing with these evil cultivators; it's time to set off back to the Peerless Sect."

The green-clad young man was Bian Chen.

Xie Yan answered absentmindedly, lowered his eyelashes, and secretly thought: Why hasn't she replied yet?

"Let's go." Bian Chen said.

Xie Yan nodded.

The two almost flew side by side on their swords.

Xie Yan's mind was filled with Yuan Yao's image; after waiting a moment, he pressed his thin lips into a line, suddenly halted his sword flight, and said to Bian Chen: "Senior Brother Bian, you return to the Peerless Sect first."

"Why?" Bian Chen froze, a look of confusion appearing on his face.

Xie Yan's voice was calm as water, without a ripple: "Because I remembered there is still something I need to do."

Upon hearing this, Bian Chen instinctively said: "I'll accompany you."

Xie Yan refused without the slightest hesitation: "No need."

Bian Chen: "Alright then. Zixu, stay safe."

After Xie Yan gave a slight nod, he turned his sword's direction and headed toward a certain direction.