The Mirror Legacy

Chapter 1489: Meeting Suiguan (II)

The [Bright Tranquility Moonseeing Incantation] and the [Glazed Heart Art Book]…

They were both top-tier arts. Unfortunately, they were restricted, requiring the Three Yin Dao[1] to cultivate, not to mention the rare treasures needed for practice and the level of talent required. Ning Wan felt a trace of regret, yet still happily stored them away. At last, her gaze shifted to the jade stone.

The legendary [Supreme Yin Breathing Qi Sutra].

Ning Wan was not unfamiliar with this name. Daoist Master Yuansu knew far more and had passed on quite a bit to her. It was said that this technique was a top-tier Qi Cultivation Realm method of the [Supreme Yin] Dao. When cultivated all the way to Foundation Establishment Realm, one would achieve [Rite and Shadow].

It is said this technique surpasses the Yue Cultivating Sect’s [Traversing Form]. Once it becomes a divine ability, the true body can remain in seclusion within the cave dwelling, while immediately manifesting a [Separate Rite Body] to walk the world. Unlike [Traversing Form], which possesses a fixed level of cultivation and a freely controlled illusory form, Li Jiangqun’s [Separate Rite Body] is a Moon-Glazed body that begins cultivation from scratch… though limited in spiritual sense and cultivation speed, it is extraordinarily powerful!

Ning Wan quietly looked at the [Supreme Yin Breathing Qi Sutra] in her hand, filled with boundless envy, and sighed inwardly, Unfortunately, no one can actually use this. Not only can those below great divine ability cultivators neither read nor copy it, even possessing it does not allow one to cultivate it. It is said one must first ingest [Supreme Yin Moonlight] together with [Pure Yin Maternal Medicine] and form the [Six Wheels of Supreme Yin] through a special cultivation method… Who knows what kind of fortune is required to achieve that?

Ning Wan stood in the wind for a while. Finding no way to deal with the jade stone, she placed it back into the box and finally turned her slightly puzzled gaze to the last jade slip.

[Glazed Awakening Technique].

She slowly closed her eyes and read it carefully. With a turn of her hand, she moved into the cave dwelling. Her expression showed hesitation. The qi of Pristine Water rushed toward her, yet she swept past it and walked toward the highest central seat of Azure Pond Sect. She continued deeper into the cave until she found a deep pool in a corner.

Though it was a deep pool, it was exceptionally clear. Positioned beneath a stone wall, one could look back and see the Pristine Gui Pool, the six jade seats above it, and their six reflections within the water. Especially the lofty central seat, which overlooked the deep pool.

Ning Wan gazed deeply for a moment and lightly formed a hand seal. Patterns immediately lit up along the cave walls, like silver-white vines growing from the stone. They spread outward in sweeping strands, casting a layer of silver light that made the clear pool even brighter.

After a quarter of an hour, an image slowly emerged within the once pitch-black water. It shone in brilliant silver-white. Pale branches with delicate leaves spread outward, and a gentle, luminous moonlight illuminated the woman’s face.

Upon the branches hung a soft, glowing white orb, like a small moon.

Ning Wan extended her slender hand, palm upward, as if supporting something, though she made no visible motion. The reflection in the pool gradually dimmed, and a speck of silver light appeared in midair, suddenly falling into her hand. Supported by her [Cold Essence] divine ability, it hovered unsteadily.

The Moon Glazed Tree! A Purple Mansion Realm spirit root has borne fruit!

Her expression was complicated as she stared at the priceless fruit in her palm, something even Purple Mansion Realm cultivators would compete fiercely for. For a moment, she did not know what to say. From Ning Wan’s perspective, such a fruit would greatly aid her current perfected divine ability. If she kept it until she sought to develop her next divine ability, it could also provide remarkable assistance.

The frequency with which the Chi Family bore Purple Mansion Realm cultivators and their ease in attaining divine abilities over the years was not without reason. This Moon Glazed Tree was one of those reasons. Back when Chi Zhiyun entered seclusion for a breakthrough, he too had consumed this fruit. If not for the two youths opening the gate and killing him, he might have reached divine ability as well!

The Azure Pond Sect’s reputation as a demonic sect was not recent. Its methods had not been considered upright at least since the time of Chi Rui. The Three Yuans[2] were each ruthless in their own ways, and in earlier years, acts of tyranny were not uncommon. Under such influence, Ning Wan herself was not a rigid or naive person. Her methods were not necessarily gentle, and if something was beneficial, she would not be constrained by scruples.

Yet the [Moon Glazed Tree] was said to have been grown from the flesh and blood of Li Jiangqun’s dharma body. Li Jiangqun had been a close friend of her elder Daoist Master Yuansu, who had clearly stood on his side back then.

As the sole inheritor of Yuansu, Ning Wan knew even more.

I heard the elders say that in earlier years, my master acted even more extreme than Yuanxiu. Yuanxiu was the most aligned with the Orthodox Dao among the three, yet after spending time with Li Jiangqun, his temperament and conduct gradually improved…

Thus, when faced with such a spirit item, how could Ning Wan accept it so easily? She could only take out a jade box from her robes and carefully store it away, sighing inwardly as she turned aside, her gaze lowered.

Yet the moment she turned away and lowered her eyes, a chill surged from her heart straight to her brow, so sudden that she nearly erupted on the spot!

A single glance behind revealed the towering, imposing central seat at the highest point. On that seat, which had always been empty and cold, a man in green robes was now seated.

The man reclined lazily against the seat, his tall frame giving off an air of indolence. His features carried a faintly sinister charm, with especially long, narrow eyes like those of a serpent or dragon. His dark teal hair was pinned with a jade hairpin, revealing the smooth, sharply defined lines of his profile.

He wore the green robes of a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator of the Azure Pond Sect, with a tassel of gold hanging at his waist, swaying in the wind. His expression was one of idle amusement, lips curved in a faint smile. His eyes, tinged with blue-violet, gazed casually at the lingering silver traces on the wall below.

When did he come in?! How long has he been here?! Why did I sense nothing?! Why does my spiritual sense find this place empty?!

For a moment, Ning Wan’s mind went blank, and then a name slowly surfaced, [Suiguan].

It felt like an instant, yet also like an eternity. Ning Wan’s lips, drained of all color, parted slightly as she said in a trembling, weakened voice, “Greetings, Senior Suiguan.”

After speaking, she finally lowered her head and bowed quietly, her expression subdued. Her gaze drifted downward, settling lightly upon the [Pristine Gui Pool] before her. The surface of the green pool remained calm, reflecting the dark azure patterns of Pristine Water from the seat above, yet there was no one there.

The Pristine Gui Pool cannot reflect him.

Her voice felt like a kite with its string cut as it drifted weakly through the air. The man above continued to gaze at the wall for several breaths before finally casually glancing down.

He said indifferently, “Oh? Si Boxiu is dead as well.”

1. Referring to Supreme Yin, Lesser Yin, and Veiled Yin. ☜

2. Referring to Yuansu, Yuanxiu, and Yuanwu. ☜