The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1552: Chapter 1650: Lin Qishuang

“Who’s there?” The few female disciples guarding the valley’s entrance saw the woman appearing amidst the night and immediately challenged her with caution on their faces.

Lin Qishuang paced forward slowly, appearing before these Heavenly Fragrance female disciples.

Before the Heavenly Fragrance female disciples could react, their vision darkened and they collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

Lin Qishuang glanced coldly at these Heavenly Fragrance disciples and did not kill them; she simply rendered them unconscious.

“So many years have passed, and yet the entry array to Heavenly Fragrance Valley remains unchanged. Liang Zhiyin, oh Liang Zhiyin, you truly haven’t made any progress.” Standing at the entrance of the valley, Lin Qishuang reached out to touch the invisible array at the entrance. With a cold chuckle, she effortlessly stepped into the array and did not trigger the slightest reaction from it, as if the array was completely unaware of Lin Qishuang’s existence.

The terrain within Heavenly Fragrance Valley is quite complicated. For anyone entering the valley for the first time without guidance, it’s very easy to get lost in this beautiful and secluded valley.

However, Lin Qishuang walked as if strolling in her own backyard, very familiar with Heavenly Fragrance Valley; she knew exactly which paths to take.

“There’s not much change from the time I left.” Lin Qishuang’s pace was steady, stopping from time to time to observe her surroundings, her expression complex and indifferent.

Soon, several more Heavenly Fragrance female disciples approached from the front.

Upon seeing Lin Qishuang walking towards them, the female disciples were initially stunned, and then they stared at Lin Qishuang intently.

“Who are you? Why have we not seen you in the valley before?” asked the lead female disciple.

Lin Qishuang simply glanced at them, and just like those outside the valley, they immediately fell into unconsciousness.

At a pavilion not far away, two Heavenly Fragrance female disciples had just witnessed this scene, one of whom quickly took out a Message Transmitting Jade Slip.

“You’re making it too obvious.” But just as the Message Transmitting Jade Slip was taken out, Lin Qishuang appeared in the pavilion without notice, snatched the Jade Slip, and crushed it.

The two Heavenly Fragrance female disciples showed fear on their faces, completely not expecting this woman to be so swift. She was clearly hundreds of steps away just a moment ago, how did she get so close in the blink of an eye?

But in the next moment, the two female disciples each took out their sword umbrellas and attacked Lin Qishuang.

Lin Qishuang smiled. It seemed she had indeed left Heavenly Fragrance Valley for too long; these two young disciples no longer recognized her, even daring to attack her?

“If you seek death, then I will oblige you.” Lin Qishuang was not the type to show mercy. She had not killed the Heavenly Fragrance female disciples before because she didn’t want to take over Heavenly Fragrance Valley when there were hardly any people left.

But since these two female disciples dared to attack her, Lin Qishuang naturally did not mind killing them. After all, there were so many female disciples in Heavenly Fragrance Valley; a few more or less would not matter.

Boom!

The pavilion suddenly exploded, and those two Heavely [sic] Origin realm female disciples were no match for someone like Lin Qishuang.

Sputter!

The umbrella sword of one of them broke, and her heart and lungs were shattered by Lin Qishuang’s palm, causing her to vomit blood and die on the spot.

The other, seeing the dire situation, immediately fled towards the distance.

“The person I seek to kill won’t escape death!” Lin Qishuang coldly shouted as she launched a palm strike towards the fleeing female disciple.

A chilling coldness transformed into a giant python, swallowing towards the female disciple, about to claim her life.

Just at that moment, a sword light split through the long night, severing the cold-formed python and saving the fleeing female disciple’s life.

Lin Qishuang wore a faint smile, not in any hurry to attack, instead taking an interested look at the newcomer.

The newcomer was a short-haired woman with a petite figure, holding a pale blue longsword, standing above the firmament, staring coldly down at Lin Qishuang below.

“Who are you?” The short-haired woman demanded, her voice carrying a tone of seriousness.

Even though she had intervened to block Lin Qishuang’s strike and saved another female disciple’s life, the short-haired woman had already felt Lin Qishuang’s strength; this person’s realm was definitely higher than her own.

Lin Qishuang narrowed her slightly sinister eyes and smiled, “You must be a third-generation disciple of Heavenly Fragrance Valley. Do you truly not recognize me?”

The short-haired woman frowned in concentration; indeed, she was a current third-generation disciple of Heavenly Fragrance Valley, once one of the famous Heavenly Fragrance Five Beauties, and also a junior sister to Mei Yingxue.

However, due to the great war between two lands, three of the Heavenly Fragrance Five Beauties had died, leaving only Mei Yingxue and this short-haired woman, Zhao Tingfang.

Zhao Tingfang stared at Lin Qishuang, feeling a sense of familiarity with her face as if she had seen it many years ago.

However, Zhao Tingfang couldn’t recall at the moment, but one thing was certain: whoever this person was, they were an enemy of Heavenly Fragrance Valley.

“No matter who you are, breaking into Heavenly Fragrance Valley and killing our disciples means you must be executed!” Zhao Tingfang shouted angrily, and as her figure moved, a sword light suddenly appeared, with countless sword shadows emerging, densely surrounding Lin Qishuang.

Ordinary people surrounded by such a swarm of sword shadows would surely be dazzled and unable to defend, let alone distinguish which sword move was feint and which was fatal.

But Lin Qishuang, amidst the multitudes of sword shadows, appeared completely calm, as if she didn’t see the sword shadows at all.

“You handle the Hundred Flowers Sword fairly well, but your skill is still lacking,” Lin Qishuang casually remarked, identifying the true sword move with a simple pointing gesture.

“What?” Zhao Tingfang was startled, as Lin Qishuang’s two fingers caught her longsword, leaving Zhao Tingfang completely unable to move even slightly.

In a moment of crisis, Zhao Tingfang decisively let go of her sword, not clinging to the weapon in hand, retreating repeatedly.

“You have good talent; I won’t kill you. Instead, I will let you witness the true usage of the Hundred Flowers Sword,” Lin Qishuang said and proceeded to execute the same sword moves Zhao Tingfang had just used.

Zhao Tingfang halted in her steps, surrounded by a dense mass of sword shadows that sealed off any direction she could possibly flee, with each shadow seemingly a lethal strike, making it utterly indistinguishable which was the truly fatal one.

Zhao Tingfang’s expression was one of shock. The Hundred Flowers Sword was a martial art of Heavenly Fragrance Valley, and among the third-generation disciples, other than herself, not even Mei Yingxue had mastered its essence; none of the fourth-generation disciples had managed to cultivate it successfully. In the entire Heavenly Fragrance Valley, apart from herself and a few senior uncles, no one else bore the skill to use the Hundred Flowers Sword.

Yet this woman was able to execute the Hundred Flowers Sword to such an extent, even surpassing Zhao Tingfang’s senior uncles and masters.

ps: The third update is here, continuing to write. The speed is still decent.