DDT - Chapter 152
Chapter 152: Immortal Venerable × Meow Meow Cat (7)
Immortal Venerable Qingyun had been away from the Xianyuan Sect for over half a month.
During these ten-odd days, Yun Qian spent most of his time teaching Chi Junluo body refining techniques.
For now, Chi Junluo was unable to practice Qi Refining, so she could only start with the most basic physical arts. In the current cultivation world, the vast majority of cultivators had mediocre aptitude and spent a very, very long time in the Body Refining stage. As a result, most cultivators of this era were highly skilled in physical arts.
Yun Qian thought that his new junior sister still lacked the ability to protect herself. If she didn't train her physical arts properly, he feared she would be bullied even within the sect.
In addition to practicing physical arts, Chi Junluo also managed to truly master the art of sword flight within these ten days. This was something Yun Qian had never expected.
Only a disciple at the third layer of Qi Refining could barely grasp sword flight. With his conventional mindset shaped by the current cultivation world, he couldn't fathom how Chi Junluo, who was only at the first layer of Qi Refining, had managed it.
In his spare time, Yun Qian frequently consulted the classics in the scripture pavilion. In the end, he could only reach a general conclusion: either Chi Junluo's innate talent was exceptionally high, or she possessed an incredibly powerful and precise control over spiritual energy.
In any case, he had come to accept his junior sister's extraordinary gifts. This fiercely cute, mischievous little child simply couldn't be measured by ordinary standards.
For the first few days, Chi Junluo had pestered the Heavenly Dao relentlessly. But no matter how she called out in her sea of consciousness, the entity that was so garrulous in her memory remained completely silent, offering no response at all.
Even when Chi Junluo looked inward at her sea of consciousness, she could only see a dark little house in a corner, without any windows or doors. It looked as if it had sealed itself off completely.
Unable to reach the Heavenly Dao, Chi Junluo felt a surge of frustration. Forget the last world; ever since she arrived in this one, she had finally reunited with the Heavenly Dao, only for this fellow to go and play hermit.
Hiding in Chi Junluo's sea of consciousness, the Heavenly Dao heard her deep-seated complaints and felt utterly unable to defend itself, its grievances unspoken.
This world's repulsive force was incredibly strong. Judging by its intensity, this cultivation world was likely under the direct jurisdiction of the Upper Realm. In other words, this world's Heavenly Dao reported directly to a specific governing god in the Upper Realm.
This was already an official post in the Upper Realm. The Heavenly Dao managing this world might not be powerful itself, but it was definitely the spokesperson for a certain deity from the Upper Realm.
If he mishandled this, and E Feng himself was discovered, this world's Heavenly Dao could summon the deity in charge at any moment.
At that point, not only would he be unable to escape, but he might also implicate Chi Junluo, which was absolutely unacceptable.
The Heavenly Dao, E Feng, had not yet uncovered what kind of conspiracy the Upper Realm had against the Main God, or what had happened in the past. He absolutely could not be so foolish as to get himself killed here.
The moment he transported Chi Junluo to this world, he had already felt its repulsive force.
He was nearly kicked out by the world's self-preservation instinct. After painstakingly placing Chi Junluo in this suitable body, he was once again tracked by the world's consciousness while carefully gathering the plot of the world line. That was why he had hastily instilled all the necessary information into Chi Junluo and then remained silent for the past ten-odd days. The world's consciousness had already noticed something was amiss with this body and was likely focusing its attention on it. If he spoke rashly or showed himself, he might be caught instantly.
However, there was one good thing about this body: it was the body of an ancient divine beast. It inherently contained immense energy. Perhaps the upcoming night of the full moon would be an excellent opportunity to communicate with Chi Junluo.
Perhaps, by using the full moon as a cover, they could temporarily dispel the suspicions of the world's consciousness and this world's Heavenly Dao regarding this body.
So, even the Heavenly Dao, who was usually chattering and noisy, forced himself to control his nature and did nothing to cross the line.
When Chi Junluo called out to him, he desperately wanted to communicate with her. After all, she was the god he admired. The thought that he had, by a stroke of luck, been able to stay so close to that person for so long made him want to dance with joy. If it were in the past, he would have definitely shown off to his brothers and sisters. But now, for the time being, he was all alone.
The Heavenly Dao sighed softly in its little black room within the sea of consciousness, which was cloaked to hide its aura.
Upon hearing Chi Junluo call his name for the 800th time, he felt it was necessary to take a huge risk and give her a few simple reminders.
The day's training was over. Chi Junluo's nominal senior brother had already returned to his own cave dwelling on the back of the mountain to rest. Over the past ten days, she had certainly given this senior brother of hers—or rather, this man who coveted her wife—a hard time.
When she first started practicing sword flight, she truly couldn't control the thin spiritual energy in this body. But she had plenty of the Power of the Heavenly Dao! So, she gently infused the colorless, odorless power, which others seemed unable to perceive, into the sword. She successfully controlled it, nearly driving Yun Qian to a breakdown with her antics.
But by the second day, she found she could no longer use the Power of the Heavenly Dao. In reality, it was because the Heavenly Dao, E Feng, was worried that Chi Junluo's overuse of the power would alert this world's consciousness. So, he had secretly sealed all the accumulated Power of the Heavenly Dao within her body. Seeing that the power was inexplicably unusable, Chi Junluo pouted. Then she remembered the mysterious power she had always carried within her body. So, she happily injected that power into the flying sword. Then, under her nominal senior brother's horrified gaze, she quickly learned the art of sword flight. It took Yun Qian a full ten days to accept this astonishing fact.
Finally, it was time to pester the Heavenly Dao. Chi Junluo had just returned to that strange wooden cabin when she started banging on the Heavenly Dao's little house in her sea of consciousness.
She had assumed today would be another fruitless effort and was about to give up.
But then, she saw ripples spread across the once-calm surface of her sea of consciousness.
Chi Junluo stared intently at the increasingly turbulent sea, but she discovered nothing.
Suddenly, she felt a slight sting on her heel. Looking down, she saw a tiny crab that had appeared from nowhere, poking her ankle with its pincer.
Inside his little black room, the Heavenly Dao controlled the small crab. Seeing that he had captured Chi Junluo's attention, he simultaneously created large waves in the sea of consciousness while directing the crab to quickly leave several lines of small words on the sandy shore. The moment the words were written, the little crab dissolved into specks of starlight and vanished by Chi Junluo's feet.
"Chi Chi, I'll be brief. This world's consciousness is extremely powerful, and we're already being watched. Do not use the Power of the Heavenly Dao again. Do not actively call for me again. Pay attention: on the night of every full moon, go somewhere no one will notice. We can only make contact on the night of the full moon.
—E Feng"
That was certainly brief. So that was the reason she couldn't communicate with the Heavenly Dao or use its power recently. Chi Junluo had a feeling that there was more to it than what the Heavenly Dao had said. Perhaps even a being as powerful as a god-like Heavenly Dao had its own little troubles?
She never imagined that this Heavenly Dao's troubles were directly related to her.
Chi Junluo carefully read the lines of small words again, committing them to memory. Then, with a slight shift of her thoughts, a wave washed over the shore, leaving only a pile of messy sand where the words had been.
Her consciousness left her sea of consciousness, and Chi Junluo lay on the soft wooden bed. She looked up at the starry sky of this world, the deep blue night, and the orderly constellations. It was truly one of the wonders of this magical world. Chi Junluo mentally calculated the date and was horrified to realize that tomorrow night would be her first full moon in this world.
The short day passed quickly. The next afternoon, Chi Junluo made an early excuse that she wanted to wander around Qingyun Peak, finally managing to send her meddlesome nominal senior brother away.
Tonight was the night of the full moon! Although it was currently a sunny afternoon, she needed to make plans early.
She returned from the training ground at the summit to the small wooden cabin on the mountainside. Looking at the strange cabin with its wide-open windows and lack of a roof, Chi Junluo quickly put a large red cross over this location in her mind. Since the Heavenly Dao had specifically emphasized going somewhere no one would notice, the small cabin built by the heroine herself was clearly not a good choice. Based on the tropes of various novels and dramas, a cultivator of that level would surely leave some restrictions or arrays on their own territory. If some indescribable change happened to her in the cabin during the full moon, wouldn't the owner of the cabin find out in an instant?
Thus, with her vigilance greatly increased, Chi Junluo moved her feet and quickly left the mountainside.
She had thought it through carefully. The summit was a training ground and might also have some restrictions or cultivation-assisting arrays. The mountainside was the living area, which was out of the question; if there was any commotion, her nominal senior brother would surely arrive quickly, and she wouldn't even be able to run.
So, Chi Junluo, still in the form of a small child, huffed and puffed her way down to the forest at the foot of the mountain on her own two legs.
Don't ask why she didn't fly down on her sword. Although there were only three people on Qingyun Peak, and Immortal Venerable Qingyun was away, the peak was dense with spiritual energy, so disciples from other peaks often came to gather herbs with their access tokens. She didn't want her movements to be seen by anyone.
Fortunately, Qingyun Peak had a long history, and the foot of the mountain was covered in a stretch of ancient forest, which was perfect for her to hide in.
Soon, the sun set, and the sky darkened. The bright, clear moon gradually revealed itself from behind the thick clouds.
When the first sliver of pure white moonlight filtered through the gaps in the dense leaves of the ancient forest and fell upon Chi Junluo, she clearly felt the blood in her body begin to boil.
Cracking sounds echoed from her limbs and bones. Waves of intense pain washed over her.
In the depths of the ancient forest, where no one could see, the small figure curled up on the ground. A torrent of spiritual power erupted from her body, startling the wild spiritual beasts sleeping deep within the woods.
Pairs of eyes, gleaming with a faint light.
They lit up in the darkness of the forest.
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