The reason why the water summoned by the Ling Water Pearl yesterday was boiled had also been discovered: those tiny Fire Sparks automatically attack any creation made from Spirit Energy.
Though their power was not great, it was enough to boil the water cluster into boiling water.
“Now, the problem we need to solve is how to deal with these Fire Sparks. Judging by the speed at which the Spirit Beast returned today, my Spiritual Barrier didn’t interfere with its perception at all.”
That day, Hua Jian stayed in the Spirit Beast Territory for about the same amount of time as yesterday, indicating that the Spirit Beast still rushed back quickly to capture Hua Jian after defeating Linglong.
So, the Spiritual Barrier is powerless to prevent the Spirit Beast from sensing the state of its territory.
Usually, when it reached this point, Hua Jian would give up exploring and continue searching for other cultivators in the Secret Realm to withdraw resources from. After all, if even the Spiritual Barrier was ineffective, she normally wouldn’t have any better method to resolve the situation.
But now it was different— didn’t she have a Saintess right beside her, like Doraemon, capable of pulling out all sorts of miraculous tools?
Saintess, please, rummage through your Storage Pouch and see if you have any treasures that could solve this predicament!
Under Hua Jian’s expectant gaze, Linglong pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice that she didn’t know how to handle the current situation either.
“Where are your Spirit Tools? Use them!” Hua Jian refused to believe that the Saintess of such a great Sect wouldn’t carry powerful Spirit Tools when going out.
What if she encountered danger unexpectedly? She couldn’t just wait to be killed.
“Those things can’t be used casually.” Of course, Linglong’s Storage Pouch contained some powerful treasures—powerful enough to even kill that Spirit Beast.
But these were treasures given by the Sect to protect her life. If she used them in this situation, her Master and the Elders might not say much, but if the news reached her Mother…
Linglong shuddered. Her Mother had no concept of ‘not hitting her child.’
No matter how aloof and ethereal the Saintess seemed now, in front of her Mother, she was just a little brat.
A little brat who still got spanked harshly while being pressed on her Mother’s lap.
“The only Spirit Tools I can use are these…” Linglong took out all the Spirit Tools she was currently able to wield from her Storage Pouch one by one.
Looking at the three Spirit Tools neatly lined up on the ground, Hua Jian rubbed her eyes hard.
“Only three?”
One of them was even the Ling Water Pearl she used yesterday!
And the other two didn’t look like Spirit Tools for combat at all.
“This is a Tracking Compass; it can guide me in the right direction.” Linglong picked up the round, compass-like disk and explained to Hua Jian.
The sharp-eyed Hua Jian glanced at the compass and noticed that its pointer was fixedly pointing right at her.
She stepped two paces to the left, and the compass needle turned left a bit. She stepped two paces to the right, and the needle moved right accordingly.
“Are you using it to track me?” Hua Jian gasped. When had Linglong marked her? How did she not know?
“One compass can track multiple auras. I recorded this cave and that lake. The compass is pointing at you because you’re carrying one of my Scales.”
Linglong calmly explained that she hadn’t intentionally marked Hua Jian, but the Scale she had previously given her carried a Spirit Mark.
That was also why she had said at the time that the Scale would prevent her from losing track of Hua Jian’s movements.
“I see… Then what about this White Robe? Is it also a Spiritual Garment?”
The last Spirit Tool Linglong pulled out was a white robe, radiating a glow of Spirit Energy that clearly showed it was no ordinary item.
Hua Jian examined it closely and found that the style of the white robe was quite similar to the Spiritual Garment Linglong wore— perhaps it was an accessory to the Spiritual Garment?
“If you must say, it could be considered a Spiritual Garment, but it’s more like a Spirit Tool that can conceal one’s aura.” Linglong shook her head.
She unfolded the white robe and put it on. With a brief distortion in the air, she completely disappeared from Hua Jian’s sight.
An invisibility garment?!
This fantastic scene made Hua Jian’s eyes widen. She could neither see nor hear Linglong, nor sense her aura, as if the whole conversation she’d just had was a hallucination.
Squinting, Hua Jian tried to search for Linglong’s trace, but after looking left and right, she couldn’t find a single clue.
Terrifying… Is this the depth of a Great Sect Saintess’s skill?
Hua Jian stretched out her hand in front of her, and this time she succeeded in catching a faint trace of Linglong’s presence.
It seemed this Spirit Tool only made Linglong vanish visually, not truly disappear… Huh, why does it feel so soft to the touch?
Crackle!
Startled by the tingling sensation from her fingertips, Hua Jian quickly withdrew her hand and looked at the crackling lightning around her in confusion, wondering what she had done to provoke the Saintess.
Soon, her doubts were answered.
Linglong took off the Spiritual Garment, and Hua Jian realized which part of the Saintess she had just touched.
Well, if touching that spot didn’t get her struck by Linglong’s lightning, then the Saintess was quite magnanimous after all.
Although, it didn’t really seem that magnanimous…
Ahem! Hua Jian hurriedly dispelled the inappropriate thought from her mind. The Saintess had a well-proportioned figure— a golden ratio, a youthful shape. You wouldn’t understand!
At least compared to Hua Jian, Linglong had some figure. But compared to some of the elder sisters Hua Jian had met, Linglong wasn’t that well-endowed.
Not quite up to the mark, but better than most— that was about right.
“Saintess, I didn’t mean it! I didn’t expect to touch there!” Hua Jian covered her chest with her hands, putting on a trembling, pitiful act.
At times like this, it was best to admit fault outright, giving the Saintess enough emotional credit, rather than opposing her.
Having worked in customer service for quite some time, Hua Jian was well-versed in this. Now that Linglong was her patron, she couldn’t afford to offend her.
Seeing Hua Jian’s sincere apology, Linglong’s embarrassment and anger gradually faded. After all, Hua Jian had only accidentally touched a forbidden spot— it wasn’t a big deal.
Of course, the main reason was that Hua Jian was a girl. A very special girl at that. Linglong believed she hadn’t done it on purpose.
If you put a pile of Spirit Stones and a beautiful girl in front of Hua Jian, judging by what Linglong knew about her, Hua Jian would definitely choose the Spirit Stones without hesitation.
This girl was a true money-lover, and such a money-lover would never deliberately make a move on her.
Otherwise, back then, Hua Jian wouldn’t have just peeled off her Spiritual Garment— she’d have groped elsewhere.
“Don’t do that again; it’s easy to cause misunderstandings.”
“Understood!”