Xiao Qingxuan closed her eyes and focused on regulating her breath, ignoring her Master beside her who was rambling endlessly about his lecherous experiences.
She was already familiar with her Master’s eccentric style—or rather, the entire Emotionless Sword Dao lineage had very few normal people.
Among them, she was actually considered quite sane.
In the next moment, she felt a surge of incredibly pure Emotionless Sword Qi rushing into her dantian, and the slightly damaged Dao Foundation began to slowly repair itself.
After a while, she finally opened her eyes.
“Thank you, Master.”
The Dao Foundation was the root of innate talent.
As a Dao Sovereign of the Emotionless Sword Dao lineage at the Harmonization Realm, Feng Linyi could easily repair Xiao Qingxuan’s Dao Foundation.
If it had been any other Dao Sovereign from a different realm, it would have taken much more effort to mend her Sword Dao foundation.
Feng Linyi waved her hand nonchalantly, her playful expression gradually turning serious.
“Let’s not talk about these minor injuries for now.”
“Tell me, what’s going on with this Heart Demon of yours?”
As the cultivator with the highest current attainment in the Emotionless Sword Dao, Feng Linyi knew well that the greatest flaw of their path was the Heart Demon.
Whether it was slaughter or law-breaking, the Emotionless Sword Dao was top-tier.
Even if the body was injured and True Qi depleted, as long as one maintained a state of emptiness and emotionlessness, the recovery speed would be several times faster than peers.
But once ensnared by a Heart Demon, one could no longer infuse sword techniques with emotion, and all skills would drop to barely one-tenth.
“I…”
After hesitating briefly, Xiao Qingxuan recounted Ye Luqing’s situation.
“I see,” Feng Linyi nodded.
“Memory loss is indeed troublesome, but fortunately, you have the Dreamforging Lotus.”
“That little thing is pretty effective. Whatever you want Ah Qing to become, she can become.”
“Need me to step in? I can help you control the Dreamforging Lotus. Then whatever you want her to do, she’ll have to do—catgirl outfit, black-and-white twin silks, nude sword robe, all no problem!”
Feng Linyi chuckled.
If she were given a Dreamforging Lotus, she could definitely have a lot of fun.
After a moment’s thought, Xiao Qingxuan asked, “Master, if it were Aunt Bai whose memory was lost, would you manipulate the Dreamforging Lotus to fabricate her memories?”
Upon hearing this, Feng Linyi’s mischievous grin vanished.
“My good disciple, you really dare to ask.”
“Heh, if it were Little Bai…”
A sharp, cold glint flashed in her eyes as her surrounding sword light flickered unpredictably.
Her entire aura became restrained yet radiated sharpness, like the storm clouds pressing down before a thunderstorm.
Even Xiao Qingxuan, at a half-step Nascent Soul realm, felt the danger.
It was as if the next moment invisible sword qi would slice her into pieces, prompting her to instinctively take a half step back.
Xiao Qingxuan silently stared at Feng Linyi.
Before her Master reached the Harmonization Realm Dao Sovereign, their Emotionless Sword Dao was once considered an evil cultivation path.
Wife killing, child annihilation, grandchild slaughter, even wiping out entire clans—the more ruthless the act, the farther one could progress in the Emotionless Sword Dao.
This evil cultivation style only began to improve after Feng Linyi became the Dao Sovereign of Slashing Illusions and took control of the lineage.
Feng Linyi was truly a once-in-millennia Sword Dao genius.
As a Dao Sovereign, she was not influenced by the Heavenly Dao; instead, she changed it through her own strength.
But even so, Feng Linyi inevitably inherited the negative reputation of the Emotionless Sword Dao.
According to some elders in the sect, Feng Linyi was far colder at their age than she was now.
That was why she reminded her disciple that Ah Qing was important in her heart—not some puppet to be casually manipulated.
After a moment, the clarity in Feng Linyi’s eyes dimmed, and her expression returned to that indifferent look.
“Alright, if you don’t want me to intervene, I won’t meddle.”
“Let’s return to the sect. I want to go vent at Little Bai!”
“Jiejiejie…”
She wore a mischievous grin, stretching her long, agile fingers to lightly tap Xiao Qingxuan’s forehead.
The latter suddenly felt a dizzying swirl, transforming into a sphere of pure light that flew into Feng Linyi’s sleeve.
Feng Linyi tossed a few spirit stones as compensation for the damage to the flying boat, then transformed into a sword light and flew southward.
Looking up toward the Xuanxiao Supreme Sect, memories surged in her mind.
“My good disciple, things are different now.”
“Back then, I was pushed to the brink where I had to use Little Bai to attain Dao…”
***
Biluo Peak, by the Azure Water Lake
After settling Ying Qianqian down, Ye Luqing stood before the bedroom door.
She had wanted to chat with her a bit during the bath, but the girl had fallen into a deep sleep again.
With no other choice, she dried Ying Qianqian and carried her to bed to rest.
What’s that?
You’re asking why she didn’t just use Life Technique and instead got all handsy with the pink-haired soft little girl?
Because she was craving that pink-haired dumpling body—honestly!
“Good night…”
Ye Luqing glanced back at Ying Qianqian’s angelic sleeping face before slowly stepping outside.
Tonight, she planned to sleep in the side room and let Ying Qianqian take the main bedroom.
After all, she had just learned the SeSe Three-piece Set and still couldn’t fully control her True Qi. What if she accidentally triggered Hehuan True Qi and got a “Senior Sister, you smell so good” reaction from Ying Qianqian?
Besides, for some reason, whenever she stayed in the main bedroom, her right eyelid twitched uncontrollably, like an ominous sign.
Entering the side room, Ye Luqing didn’t rush to sleep but opened the System to check the so-called cultivation skill chain map.
To her surprise, the chain map contained not only the Hehuan Sacred Body but many other things she had never seen.
[Waterwood Dao Body·Primary (6/6): Water and Wood attribute True Qi recovery speed doubled]
[Formation Genius·Intermediate (8/8): Formation setup speed and True Qi usage efficiency slightly increased]
[Auxiliary Expert·Intermediate (8/8): Auxiliary-type formation effects slightly enhanced]
Besides these three, some other chain maps were nearly filled. She only needed to learn one or two more skills to complete them.
She opened those chain maps, and the cultivation skills inside were ones Ye Luqing had already mastered.
Seeing the System’s prompt, she couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.
These were all good ways to increase combat strength—either speeding up cultivation or directly aiding in battle.
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt confident.
Heavenly Fate Woman or not, she had a System Golden Finger.
Scrolling down, she finally found the so-called “Hehuan Sacred Body.”
[Hehuan Sacred Body·Intermediate (3/6): Slightly increases Hehuan cultivation skill effects and lowers the comprehension required to learn Hehuan skills (Inactive)]
[Activation Requirements: Mastery of Threadbinding Art, Cloud-Transcending Hand, Flower Shadow Overlay, Minor Bewitchment Technique…]
Looking at this somewhat absurd effect, Ye Luqing fell silent.
On one hand, it wasn’t bad—enhancing skill power and lowering comprehension needed to learn skills.
On the other hand, it only applied to Hehuan-type skills.
But she quickly stopped overthinking.
Aside from the SeSe Three-piece Set she currently mastered, the few remaining skills to learn were all Earth-grade quality, even one Earth-grade Intermediate skill.
Her talent in Hehuan cultivation was far inferior to Formation Arts.
Even with the “Heartthrob” buff, she struggled.
The Earth-grade Intermediate skill at least required her to break through to Nascent Soul before learning.
In any case, she wouldn’t complete the Hehuan Sacred Body any time soon, so no need to worry.
Just as she was about to scroll back up to check other chain maps, a sudden soul-resonating signal caught her attention.
She had set a defensive array in the main bedroom where Little Ying was—someone had triggered it!