Xiao Yinruo pretended to give him a knock on the head, but as she stepped onto the final stair, her expression suddenly became solemn.
The Great Hall doors ahead were wide open, resembling a snake with its mouth agape.
Her face changed slightly. She immediately turned around to look behind, and within her sight, the Coiled Dragon Pillar originally positioned in the center of Fuyin City had somehow appeared directly in front.
The city gate, Coiled Dragon Pillar, and Great Hall formed a straight line, with her and Lu Jin’an directly on it. The stone bricks beneath their feet seemed to flow like water, containing a tide of death akin to ocean waves.
Lu Jin’an looked down at the Dead Tide separated by the Forget Love Dao Domain, and vaguely, he seemed to see a giant python swimming within it.
Thunder roared continuously. Lu Jin’an turned toward the Great Hall, and in the midst of wind and rain, the deity and demon bronze statues inside flickered under lightning, exuding a terrifyingly sinister aura at odds with the solemn Great Hall.
In a moment of distraction, he seemed to see monks being thrown into the hall, and then only bones being tossed out.
Amidst wails and the sound of weapons, shadows insanely flailed on the doors and windows of the Great Hall, like candle flames swaying in a gale.
The scene flashed by. Lu Jin’an regained his composure, feeling a bit mentally fatigued, yet the Vigorous Force surged even stronger.
"Two serpents guard a tomb..."
Xiao Yinruo’s voice sounded beside him. Lu Jin’an turned to look at her: "An ominous place?"
"To advance is death, to retreat is also death." Xiao Yinruo’s voice remained calm: "As expected, isn’t it?"
She stepped forward, pulling Lu Jin’an into the Great Hall.
Wall lamps lit up one by one, casting a sinister black fire, dark yet bright.
Lu Jin’an looked at the cold Buddha statue enshrined in the Great Hall.
The statue looked down from above, its color half-red, with a rusty ancient sword placed beside it.
Lu Jin’an felt sure this was Emperor Kongwu because the face was unmistakably that of a woman.
He still asked: "Is it her?"
Xiao Yinruo nodded slightly. With a flip of her left hand, a long sword emanating a chilling Sword Qi appeared in her hand.
Lu Jin’an curiously took a glance, seeing the words ’Still Water’ on the sword blade below the hilt.
He immediately knew that the other side of the blade certainly bore the words ’Flowing Depth’.
Heart clear as a mirror, sword like flowing clouds, the Immortal Sword ’Still Water Runs Deep’.
’Aunt Ruo’s Lifebound Immortal Sword? I wonder what realm Aunt Ruo’s Sword Dao is in, but she isn’t among the Ten Great Sword Immortals...’
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Lu Jin’an was pondering this when suddenly the sound of a wooden fish being tapped echoed in the vast Great Hall. He looked around but couldn’t determine the source of the sound.
Xiao Yinruo slightly raised her head to look at the statue of Emperor Kongwu. From behind the statue, a python peeked its head out from its shoulder, surveying from above with a crimson forked tongue flicking.
Lu Jin’an gazed at the serpent, the snake devouring his yang energy.
Thunder boomed outside, but Lu Jin’an instantly discerned that this was not local thunder, rather, it was thunder summoned by Xiao Yinruo.
Xiao Yinruo raised her left hand, assuming a combat-ready stance.
Ominous dark clouds gathered; a gale arose suddenly.
The chilling Sword Qi surged around Xiao Yinruo, the Sword Qi on her becoming increasingly radiant. The Forget Love Dao Domain in that instant transformed into the Forget Love Sword Domain.
Lu Jin’an grasped her hand tightly, sensing Xiao Yinruo’s Sword Domain. Nanzhi’s Sword Domain was similar to Xiao Yinruo’s, but even as sharp and fierce as Xiao Yinruo’s Sword Domain was, he still felt a sense of calmness.
"Jin’an, help me form the seal." Xiao Yinruo softly spoke: "Heavenly Testing Technique."
Lu Jin’an immediately used one hand to form seals, simultaneously feeling Xiao Yinruo’s Divine Sense and Spiritual Power seemingly merging with his own, making the use of this Immortal Technique effortlessly smooth.
"Nine Luminaries proceed, Primordial Wandering, Huajing Yingming, Yuan Ling unfolds. Endless Flowing, bestow me with radiance, ascend to the crimson view, relieve stagnation and clear the mind. Detain the flying glory, ascend to Zi Wei, of all mortal matters, grant me foresight."
With Xiao Yinruo’s assistance, Lu Jin’an smoothly executed the Heavenly Testing Technique. Above the Great Hall, azure Spiritual Power swirled like mist, then instantly took form within the newly formed array, with splendor descending directly.
Xiao Yinruo rose within the shower of light, her aura unstoppable!
Xiao Yinruo’s ink-black hair swayed, and the ’Still Water Runs Deep’ in her hand erupted upward in a sword rainbow.
The sky split, clouds parted, gray mists dissipated.
Xiao Yinruo was enveloped in pristine Sword Qi like melting light clinging to her robes, flapping in the wind.
And her entire being was like it had been tempered by a holy light, exuding a transcendent immortal grace.
Within the sword light, Xiao Yinruo was dressed in pure white, untainted by dust.
Her jet-black pupils were veiled in a blue hue, and as the sword light magnified, the ’Still Water Runs Deep’ in her hand emitted a whistling sword cry.
A beam of light descended from the sky, like a meteor crashing to earth.
Xiao Yinruo gently parted her red lips: "Nine Heavens Slash, gods and ghosts cannot escape."
Her voice ethereal, the world howled.
Breaking Light! Supreme! Shock! Night Dust! Annihilation!
Clouds dispersed, waves parted, sword cries resounded.
Lu Jin’an squinted, unable to see anything clearly, but he could feel it.
A sword rainbow surged upward, manifesting in countless awe-inspiring scenes.
Above the expansive Buddha Burial Valley, the splendor was dazzling.
The brilliance of dawn swept across the land like the first morning sun of winter.
author: Thanks to Bàbà Song Hebai for the reward of ten thousand currency points, which has added two thousand more words to the backlog.
Delivering the daily suspenseful update is quite thrilling, today’s ten-thousand-word update is complete.
Still owe thirty-four thousand words.