Chapter 297: Someone is Following?
There was still over a month until the Myriad Immortal Sect convened its disciple selection conference.
During this time, Song Jiulai not only had to busy herself inquiring about other matters in the Longshuang Great Marsh but also needed to figure out how to get to the Myriad Immortal Sect.
Fortunately, the requirements for going to the Myriad Immortal Sect were relatively simple.
The Myriad Immortal Sect knew that some disciples couldn’t afford to take teleportation arrays to reach them, so this selection conference would be held in the major sects under the Myriad Immortal Sect.
The Guanhai Sect would also have one.
Song Jiulai only needed to have her clone return to the Guanhai Sect.
Returning to the Guanhai Sect was also simple; from Xuanwu City, one only needed to pay enough Spirit Stones to take a teleportation array back, and no one would question your identity.
Then, at the Myriad Immortal Sect, she would pay some Spirit Stones to obtain the qualification to stay.
She would then wait for the Myriad Immortal Sect’s selection conference to begin.
However, this time Song Jiulai didn’t plan to return to the Guanhai Sect. Xuanwu City’s teleportation array could go to places other than just the Guanhai Sect to reach the Myriad Immortal Sect.
She intended to go to the Azure Shadow Sect.
The Azure Shadow Sect was a Medicine Sect, mainly because its reputation seemed better.
Its external accommodation requirements were not as strict as the Guanhai Sect’s, and many people went to the Azure Shadow Sect to seek medicine.
Therefore, there were many Rogue Cultivators coming and going.
Going there wouldn’t be a problem.
Song Jiulai was currently in a different place collecting Spirit Materials to test her cultivation technique.
The power of the Moonlight Sword Art was even more astonishing than she had imagined.
Even at the Foundation Establishment Stage, when the complete sword art was used, it could summon a phantom of a Long Sword to stab down from the sky.
When used, the surrounding temperature would drop, but it wasn’t a feeling of cold.
Instead, it was a lonely, chilling sensation from the moonlight’s radiance.
Furthermore, it would slow down the flow of time in the surroundings, making the sword art’s phantom stab appear not fast, but it would actually affect the speed of the surroundings.
When not used completely, just casually using the sword art, when Song Jiulai’s sword stabbed at a Demonic Beast, any locked-on Demonic Beast could not escape.
That deceleration wasn’t a effect brought about by the cultivation technique; it was more like a trace of the power of time had permeated the technique.
Time, Space.
These were the laws governing the operation of all things in the world. As long as one touched upon the power of the laws, its might would inevitably be incomparable.
“The sword art you’re using is even more effective,” the System said. “Shuitan and Wuming are also practicing this sword art, but its power isn’t this strong yet.”
Players with strong offensive capabilities mostly chose sword arts.
Currently, people were practicing all five elemental cultivation techniques.
Sword arts focused on offense.
The All Beings Technique was practiced by Chen Miaomiao and Zhou Nüzi because this All Beings Technique seemed to be very useful for Spirit Herbs and Beast Taming, making it the top choice for Life Players.
The Water Element was clearly a Speed Cultivation Technique, and this technique was needed by most players.
Even though it was best not to mix cultivation techniques in the early stages, the Water Element was the one players chose the most.
It was useful for escaping!
The Fire Element was more like an additional damage effect. Once the Red Lotus Karma Fire Seal hit a target, it would continuously burn within the target’s body.
As of now, there was no known way to prevent the 100% death rate for Demonic Beasts.
The Earth Element was for Formations. Currently, it had the least noticeable reaction effect because few players were cultivating it, and their levels were low, only a few days having passed.
It could only be used to trap some low-level Demonic Beasts; its greater power had not yet been discovered.
Song Jiulai pondered.
After all, she had the System as a cheat, and her body’s potential was incomparable to other players.
“I feel that when the Demonic Beasts are locked onto by the phantom of the Long Sword, their Aura is a bit different from when I first targeted them, as if they’ve become weaker…”
That phantom of the Long Sword didn’t have the astonishing power of other cultivation techniques; it was just an ordinary phantom of a Long Sword.
Yet, it possessed unimaginable destructive power.
Song Jiulai was somewhat incredulous: “This sword art carries spacetime power, weakening the Demonic Beasts’ cultivation?”
This weakening wasn’t temporary; the Demonic Beasts were utterly unable to resist.
It could slow them down and reduce their cultivation, and it would have the same effect on other cultivators.
This was at the Foundation Establishment Stage; what kind of dimensional crushing would it be at higher stages?
This was because currently, the Moonlight Sword Art only had its complete cultivation technique revealed, but no one had cultivated it to the late stage, so no one knew its full effects.
“And…”
Song Jiulai had already begun cultivating. She looked at the cultivation technique and said with a frown, “I always feel like a small part of this cultivation technique’s secret manual is problematic.”
System: “What problem?”
Song Jiulai said: “It feels like it’s extra, but also incomplete. Do you understand?”
It was as if the Moonlight Sword Art had more functions than this.
But her current level was too low, and with such an Ancient Cultivation Technique, Song Jiulai didn’t dare to think too much about it.
She just felt a sense of dissonance when cultivating, always feeling like there was an extra portion of spiritual power and cultivation.
To verify this conjecture, Song Jiulai found a secluded spot and used the complete Moonlight Sword Art.
In the secluded forest, a cold and murderous aura gradually emerged, and a Long Sword imbued with moonlight radiance stabbed down from the sky.
With her current Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, she could faintly sense the flow of time around her slowing down.
It was like the slightly swaying Feng Ying in the forest seemed slower than usual.
The speed of the Long Sword’s phantom didn’t seem fast, but it always gave a heart-pounding, irresistible feeling.
If Song Jiulai hadn’t used it herself, she wasn’t sure if she could block this complete strike.
The Long Sword’s phantom fell, its tip pointing directly at the ground, and an invisible trace of light spread out.
A faint pattern trace flowed out, but it was only for an instant, almost unnoticeable.
“Look!” Song Jiulai tried several times. Although the Moonlight Sword Art consumed a lot of spiritual power, with her current spiritual power reserves, she only felt depleted after using it about ten times.
She was confident that relying solely on this, without using any Magic Treasures, she could directly overpower some Foundation Establishment Stage disciples.
Even in the late stage, she would have the capital to fight.
After all, she was testing her limits.
“It’s not an illusion.” The Moonlight Sword Art indeed had an extra section, a section she felt was superfluous, an Incantation whose meaning was unknown.
But it didn’t affect the use of this cultivation technique.
It was more like an incomplete piece: “It’s just a pattern.”
That light trace looked more like a few simple lines. Ordinary people might mistake it for the residual trace after practicing the Moonlight Sword Art.
But Song Jiulai felt it wasn’t.
The System said: “What do you think it is?”
“It doesn’t make sense to give me such a cultivation technique, and it happens to be a five-elemental cultivation technique. In our Blue Star China, the five elements also have their significance.”
Song Jiulai pinched her fingers and calculated: “I’ve only practiced the Moonlight Sword Art so far, so it’s hard to prove. Ask other players to pay more attention when they cultivate; do other cultivation techniques have similar problems?”
System: “Too few players are cultivating now, and their progress isn’t as fast as yours. We’ll know in a few days.”
Song Jiulai nodded.
As she walked out of the forest, her steps paused.
The System said: “What’s wrong? Need to use the restroom?”
Song Jiulai: “…”
She hesitated: “I’ve had this feeling for the past few days that someone is following me.”
That feeling came and went.
Yet, she couldn’t detect anything with her Spiritual Sense.
This was not a good premonition.
