Chapter 150

In mid-air, the Floating Light Sword emitted a dazzling white light, and the sword body began to transform, the rust decreasing bit by bit to reveal a faint silver-gold color.

A quarter of an hour later, the rust completely disappeared, and a silver-gold long sword appeared in Hua Changxi's line of sight.

The Floating Light Sword had absorbed so much spiritual energy to reveal its true appearance; this was undoubtedly a high-grade spiritual sword. Hua Changxi pricked her finger and flicked a drop of essence blood into the sword.

However, the Floating Light Sword did not want to absorb the essence blood and emitted a white light to block it, until a small firebird flew out of the essence blood and plunged into the sword, at which point the essence blood finally merged with the Floating Light Sword.

Hua Changxi watched this scene; although she was somewhat surprised, it was not particularly unexpected.

What was surprising was that a shadow of a Zhu Que could actually fly out of her essence blood and break through the white light of the Floating Light Sword.

As for the Floating Light Sword not wanting to absorb her essence blood, it was not unexpected because if anyone could make the Floating Light Sword recognize its master, with so many cultivators in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it would never have been her turn.

She guessed that the reason Pang Shaoyu was willing to give her the sword, besides being anxious to save people, was nine times out of ten that no one in the Embroidered Uniform Guard could use the Floating Light Sword.

As a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, the spiritual energy she had accumulated in her body was over a billion points, and even then, she was almost sucked dry, let alone others.

After the Floating Light Sword absorbed the essence blood, Hua Changxi had a connection with the sword. With a wave of her hand, the sword fell into her palm.

Hua Changxi examined the brand-new sword in her hand. On the scabbard, the three characters "Floating Light Sword" were clearly engraved; these three characters alone gave one a sense of the extraordinary.

Hua Changxi was just happy about obtaining a high-grade spiritual sword, but the next moment, the smile on her face froze.

She used all her might, but she could not pull the sword out of the scabbard.

"What is going on?"

Hua Changxi frowned and pulled the sword for a while longer. Determining that she really could not pull it out, she picked up the sword manual again to read it carefully.

Perhaps, by coordinating with the sword manual, she could pull the sword out?

With this hypothesis, Hua Changxi held the sword that would not come out of its sheath and practiced it sentence by sentence according to the sword manual.

At the same time, at the training hall on the fifth floor, Yun You and Su Yu walked out of the training room at the same time and looked up at the main hall at the highest point.

Su Yu: "What do you think that white light just now was?"

Yun You: "The white light must have been created by the Hall Master. Since it concerns the Hall Master, you and I should not inquire."

Su Yu glanced at Yun You, his eyes flickering, and then he showed an apologetic look: "It was my lack of consideration; thank you, Manager Yun, for the reminder."

Hearing his address, Yun You frowned: "What manager? The Hall Master only asked me to temporarily manage the Pill Room; she did not make me a manager. You should still call me Fellow Daoist."

Su Yu had an annoyed look: "It was my mistake; Fellow Daoist Yun, please do not take offense."

Yun You glanced at him, said nothing, and turned to return to the training room.

Su Yu called out to her: "Fellow Daoist Yun, please stay. I see that many training rooms are occupied; how many Zhu Que troops are there now?"

Yun You stared at Su Yu: "Fellow Daoist Su, this is not something you should be concerned about." After speaking, she returned directly to the training room without giving Su Yu any chance to react.

Seeing this, Su Yu glanced in the direction of the main hall and muttered softly: "We are all comrades; what is wrong with asking?" As he said this, he sighed in disappointment.

The Floating Light Sword Manual was very difficult to practice. Hua Changxi practiced it several times, all stumbling and halting. While stopping to rest, she happened to notice the conversation between Yun You and Su Yu.

Regarding this, Hua Changxi had no reaction, but these two left a bit more of an impression on her.

That night, Hua Changxi stayed in the main hall to recover her spiritual energy. After one night passed, the spiritual energy absorbed by the Floating Light Sword was fully recovered.

【Realm: Nascent Soul Realm 1.8075 billion/1 billion; Spiritual Sense: 110,000+】

Hua Changxi looked at her current realm data. Adding the spiritual energy replenished by the Third-Rank Fire Returning Pill earlier, the Floating Light Sword had absorbed nearly two billion points of spiritual energy from her in total.

It took consuming so much spiritual energy to reveal the Floating Light Sword's original appearance; no wonder the Embroidered Uniform Guard left it to gather dust.

Subsequently, Hua Changxi put the matter of the Floating Light Sword aside and looked inward at the Nascent Soul above her Qi Sea.

These two months, while cultivating, she discovered that the Nascent Soul was somewhat unstable, and her cultivation speed had clearly slowed down.

Having had the experience of the Golden Core disappearing in the Golden Core Realm, she knew that the instability of the Nascent Soul was very likely because her current state of mind could not keep up with her cultivation speed.

Her experience was still too little!

Hua Changxi thought of the Nine Nether Ghost Market. The Buddhist bead bracelet was still at Niutou Mountain, and she definitely had to go back to retrieve it; she had to find an opportunity to go to the Nine Nether Ghost Market again.

Eunuch Lin of the Eastern Depot invited her to go to the Nine Netherworlds together, and she did not intend to refuse. Compared to exploring the Nine Netherworlds on her own, having someone lead the way would certainly allow her to understand and become familiar with the Nine Nether Ghost Market faster.

However, before that, she still had to make some preparations.

Since her cultivation speed had slowed down, she could reduce her cultivation time and increase her pill refining time afterward. Before going to the Nine Netherworlds, it would be best if her alchemist rank could be upgraded to Fourth-Rank.

That way, she could refine pills used by Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. Going to the Nine Nether Ghost Market again would also provide more security.

The Medical Department had been taken over by Prince Shou, and the Qihuang Hall could no longer be entered or exited at will. Hua Changxi did not want to go back and intended to continue staying at the Lingguang Hall to refine pills, but at this moment, her communication talisman lit up.

"Changxi, your eldest brother came to the shop to look for you again, saying he is getting engaged on the twenty-third of October and wants you to come home."

It was a message sent by Pucao. After hearing the content, Hua Changxi was silent for a long while, but eventually, she drove a cloud and flew toward the capital.

After returning to the capital, Hua Changxi did not immediately return to the Hua family but first returned to the Shennong Apothecary in Feng'an Ward. As soon as she arrived at the apothecary, she saw Pang Shaoyu.

Pang Shaoyu saw Hua Changxi, his face full of joy: "I finally get to see you."

Hua Changxi looked at him: "Are there more injured Embroidered Uniform Guards?"

Pang Shaoyu was between laughter and tears: "No one is injured; I am here to apologize to you."

Hua Changxi was surprised: "What are you apologizing to me for?"

Pang Shaoyu signaled for her to go to the backyard to talk.

Hua Changxi took him to the backyard: "Speak."

Pang Shaoyu looked embarrassed: "My uncle has already woken up, and upon learning that I gave the Floating Light Sword to you, he scolded me severely."

Hua Changxi raised an eyebrow: "Why, do you want the Floating Light Sword back?"

Pang Shaoyu explained: "That Floating Light Sword is a malevolent sword. To tell you the truth, when we first obtained that sword, the Embroidered Uniform Guard thought we had obtained some incredible divine sword, and many people scrambled to make the sword recognize them as master, but in the end, they were sucked dry by the sword."

"This matter was covered up. I didn't know, which is why I gave the Floating Light Sword to you. I came to find you just to warn you not to mess around."

Hua Changxi nodded: "Okay, I understand. Do you have anything else?"

Pang Shaoyu had thought Hua Changxi would take the opportunity to ask for other benefits, but he did not expect her to mention nothing at all. Seeing her like this, he tentatively said: "My uncle said you can use the Floating Light Sword to exchange for other things with the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

Hua Changxi looked at him: "I am a person of principle. Since we agreed on the conditions for saving people at the beginning, we should abide by the original agreement. I accepted the reward you offered at the time; whether it is good or bad, I will bear it myself."

Pang Shaoyu: "..."

Hua Changxi: "Do you have anything else?"

Pang Shaoyu shook his head.

Hua Changxi: "Then I won't see you out."

Seeing Hua Changxi so bluntly dismissing him, Pang Shaoyu could not stay long: "Remember what I said; that really is a malevolent sword."

Hua Changxi watched Pang Shaoyu leave. After he had gone far away, she cast her gaze toward the teahouse opposite the apothecary and locked eyes with a middle-aged man sitting by the street.

The two stared at each other for a while, and the middle-aged man stood up and walked toward the apothecary.

Hua Changxi looked at him: "Who are you?"

Middle-aged man: "Song Weimin."

Hua Changxi: "You stared at me for quite a while; are you looking for me for something?"

Song Weimin nodded: "Did my senior brother come to look for you?"

Hua Changxi frowned: "Who is your senior brother?"

Song Weimin: "My senior brother is Cao Jun, the Governor of the Capital Prefecture."

When saying this, Song Weimin watched Hua Changxi without blinking, wanting to see a change in her expression.

Unfortunately, he saw nothing.