Chapter 14: They Are Radiating A Light That Even Dust Cannot Conceal
Thinking of this, Shen Liqian said without courtesy, “Senior Brother Feilong, I have no obligation to dine with you. Please leave.”
Qin Feilong also knew he had spoken out of turn and said, “Liqian, that’s not what I meant. I was just worried you were hungry, so that’s why…”
“Senior Brother Qin, is your hearing bad? Qianqian already said she has abstained from grain!”
Ming Zhaoshuang sighed and said:
“Qianqian, this is the first time I’ve met a man who doesn’t understand human speech. After all, I’ve been obedient since I was little. If Qianqian says to go east, I’ll never go west.”
“No, Ming Zhaoshuang, you!”
Qin Feilong naturally felt the underlying meaning in Ming Zhaoshuang’s words. His expression changed drastically, but seeing Shen Liqian’s indifferent look, he suppressed it and said to her:
“Liqian, since that’s the case, I will leave first.”
Saying this, he turned and walked away.
Ming Zhaoshuang continued, “Senior Brother Qin, walk slowly. I will take good care of Qianqian. After all, like Qianqian, I have also abstained from grain.”
Seeing her like this, Shen Liqian couldn’t help but smile:
“Alright, stop acting.”
She knew that over these three days, Ming Zhaoshuang wasn’t actually a warm person, but only acted this way because she was especially fond of her.
It was precisely because of this that she found Ming Zhaoshuang especially cute.
Ming Chenxing said, “Eldest Young Lady, does your body not need further adjustment? Those injuries…”
Although the nine-lightning tribulation was not strong, most people would need at least a day of meditation to recover their vital energy, and some even needed three days and three nights.
Admittedly, the pill he fed her was by no means ordinary, but it was still unbelievable that Ming Zhaoshuang had recovered in less than an hour.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “Do not use.”
As soon as these words were spoken, not only Ming Chenxing was surprised, but Shen Liqian and Fei Changxiu also turned their heads.
Shen Liqian reached out, touched Ming Zhaoshuang’s hand, and frowned for a long time without speaking.
Ming Zhaoshuang said calmly, “I’m really healed.”
How could a system like this be detected by Shen Liqian? It could only be attributed to a medical miracle.
Fei Changxiu, like a dog, leaned in and asked, “How is it, how is it?”
Shen Liqian lowered her hand and said:
“My medical skills are not refined. I can only tell that you are indeed healed, but I don’t know the reason. Given Zhaoshuang’s injuries, only someone with an Ice Spirit Root could heal this quickly. But I remember Zhaoshuang has a Single Spiritual Root, and is of the Ice Element, which has nothing to do with the Wood Element.”
It was truly strange; she could feel the aura of a Wood Spirit Root within Ming Zhaoshuang.
The Azure Sea Sect has always had the most Water Spirit Roots, Wood Spirit Roots, and Water-Wood Dual Spirit Roots. Just like Shen Liqian, she possesses an Innate Water Spirit Root and a Supreme Wood Spirit Root.
However, an Innate Spirit Root can only exist as one, because it is too powerful and extreme. Other spirit roots are essentially “impurities” to it, affecting its development and only allowing it to function as a Peak Grade Spirit Root.
Therefore, to outsiders, she appeared to have only Water-Wood Dual Spirit Roots.
And the aura of the Wood Spirit Root within Ming Zhaoshuang was even more potent than her own Supreme Wood Spirit Root. Combined with the thunderclouds from earlier, it was hard for her not to suspect that Ming Zhaoshuang was also hiding an Innate Wood Spirit Root.
But Innate Wood Spirit Roots appear only once in ten thousand years. It’s virtually impossible for two to exist in the same era. And as far as she knew, there was already an Innate Wood Spirit Root in the Azure Sea Sect.
Then, what kind of being was the Wood Spirit Root within Ming Zhaoshuang?
Ming Zhaoshuang did not know what Shen Liqian was thinking, but she knew that her Innate Ice Spirit Root could not be exposed. Therefore, she admitted:
“Yes, the quality is extremely high, and the attribute is rare.”
Saying this, she used an Ice Element Spell to create an ice sculpture of a lotus flower and placed it in Shen Liqian’s hand.
Shen Liqian stared at the flower blankly, as if recalling something, and said:
“When you formed your Golden Core just now, could you see its appearance? Were the Pill Marks golden? Or rather, did you see even a tiny bit of green within the Golden Core?”
At this, not only Ming Zhaoshuang was confused, but even Fei Changxiu couldn’t help but interject:
“How could the Pill Marks be golden? Aren’t they usually the color of their attribute? Besides, Junior Sister is not a Wood Spirit Root, so how could there be green Pill Marks?”
Very few people in the cultivation world knew the difference between the Golden Cores formed by Innate Spirit Roots and other Spirit Roots. Most people thought that the Golden Cores formed by almost all Spirit Roots were the same, which was why Shen Liqian asked this question.
Ming Zhaoshuang was also bewildered, thinking that what the System couldn’t detect, Shen Liqian might guess its attribute and quality with just a few words. Could it be the legendary protagonist’s halo? She feigned composure and said:
“My Pill Marks are snow white. Where would there be green? I’m not a Wood Spirit Root.”
Hearing Ming Zhaoshuang say this, Shen Liqian finally felt relieved, and her brows gradually unfurrowed.
She suspected Ming Zhaoshuang had an Innate Wood Spirit Root and a Supreme Ice Spirit Root, but the probability of this was extremely, extremely small.
However, if Ming Zhaoshuang was truly just a Supreme Ice Spirit Root, then she naturally wouldn’t have to worry. While Supreme Spirit Roots were rare, they were far less precious than Innate Spirit Roots.
If Ming Zhaoshuang was an Innate Spirit Root, then as the Eldest Young Lady of the Azure Sea Sect, she would definitely have to recruit her.
“Since I’m fine, everyone can disperse now,” Ming Zhaoshuang signaled for Shen Liqian and the others to not mind her.
Fei Changxiu immediately asked Ming Chenxing, “Arena, are you going?”
Ming Chenxing’s gaze swept towards Ming Zhaoshuang, asking, “Eldest Young Lady, are you truly alright?”
Ming Zhaoshuang reached out to push Ming Chenxing, placing him steadily in front of Fei Changxiu, and said:
“Chenxing, you can go to the competition with peace of mind. I’m perfectly fine. You must fight him well and get justice for me!”
Hearing this, Ming Chenxing no longer refused and went to the arena with Fei Changxiu.
Shen Liqian stared at Qin Feilong’s disappearing figure, her eyes filled with scrutiny.
Ming Zhaoshuang knew that Shen Liqian’s attitude towards Qin Feilong had begun to waver.
From their interactions these past few days, how could she not see that Shen Liqian was not the love-brained person from the original plot who always considered Qin Feilong?
She had her own independent personality, her own Great Dao to pursue. Her disposition was more steadfast than anyone else’s. How could such a person give up everything for a man?
This was not logical.
This was what the System truly aimed to do: to correct these illogical plot points and help these women escape the control of the plot and choose their own lives.
She was not inherently compassionate, so she hadn’t put much thought into this side quest at the beginning.
But when she truly saw a glimmer of possibility of “awakening” in Shen Liqian’s eyes, she realized her heart was hot, her blood was hot.
Whether you call her meddling or someone looking for trouble.
She couldn’t stand seeing so many excellent women confined to a man’s backyard and trailing behind him due to illusory plots, illusory fate, and illusory shackles.
She wanted all the world to see these women’s efforts, their excellence, their contributions and achievements, and to see that in the long and desolate river of history, there was once a group of women who, though not men, were no less than men.
They were emitting a light that even dust could not obscure.
