“So, today is the day that you have to return home. Fortunately, I completed my teaching of the fundamental principles of the Stellar Purification Staff. The rest of it, you’ll have to practice at home… Practice diligently.” With a kindly expression like an old master, Heifeng Jiansui advised the little girl.
“Elder brother, I don’t wanna go home! I wanna play with you!” The little loli had a teary expression. Heifeng Jiansui patted her head.
“Don’t worry. I have my own trial to pass after two months, so I can’t play with you anymore. Still, we aren’t parting right now. There is still some time before your father arrives to take you away… so I’ll have you pass a final examination.” At Heifeng Jiansui’s stern words, the loli seriously nodded.
“Master, let’s beat each other up once again!” Drawing her staff from her spatial ring, she held it out towards him.
“Unfortunately, I am not your opponent today. I have called a true staff fighter for today’s battle. Also, since it is the final examination, I’ll have you fight by yourself against two opponents.” With a wave, the two maids, Gui Tian’er and Xuehu Ying appeared beside him.
The two girls were of the Black Tortoise and White Kirin bloodline. Wielding a staff and claws, two long and short weapons, they emitted a powerful battle intent. The might of peak 3rd Boundary of the Battle Spirit emitted from them, a step away from completing the Body-Spirit Transformations and entering the first of the Three Seas Transformations, the Sea of Consciousness!
In truth, the two girls were the weakest of the five. Qinglan Weiwei had already entered the peak of Sea of Consciousness layer and the Feilong twins had already reached the peak of the First Stage of the Sea of Consciousness, Spirit Spring! The girls had been able to grasp huge benefits from the Life Qi granted to them, the three gaining the most.
To remedy this, the two girls regularly fought many beasts in the forest, using the Life Qi to recover and battle the beasts they usually would escape from, thus refining their battle techniques and coordination.
The two girls looked at the little loli with hesitation. Since they were true cultivators at the peak of the First Transformation, and the little girl was a mortal, shouldn’t their victory be forgone? But thinking about their scary master who could crush them despite being a mortal as well, they couldn’t dare to underestimate her. As this girl was his fiancée, her status was far above mere maids who might be called to warm his bed in a blue moon, and most likely her strength was high as well!
“Both of you are forbidden from using your battle spirit or bloodline techniques! Simply use your qi and weapon techniques to battle. With your cultivation and numbers, you are already at a huge advantage.” Saying this to his two maids, he turned to the little loli. “As for you, Tianxin, use all that you know! Battle without hesitation!”
At his words, the battle started. To begin with, Tianxin took the first move, swinging her staff at Xuehu Ying. The staff glowing with white light converged the three forces of fire, ice and light in its blow!
The agile Kirin bloodline user immediately parried the blow by attacking, and sharp thrusts imbued with metal and fire elements struck consecutively struck the spear strike. Short bladed weapons like claws sacrificed length for higher accuracy and attack speed!
Boom! The single staff strike struck away the stronger girl. This was the power of using the laws that she was innately familiar with! Due to her premature fusion with the bloodline memories, she had gained the innate comprehension of laws as well!
After realizing the threat that the little loli presented, the battle began in earnest. The coordination they had developed fighting countless strong beasts in the forest presented itself. The petite Gui Tian’er struck out with her staff attacking, while the claw wielder was a step behind her information, taking the path of defense!
Gui Tian’er’s staff nearly flew out of her hands during the first exchange. The staff had only 4 basic moves, and Heifeng Jiansui had driven the foundation in her bones during their week-long battle. Thus, deconstructing Gui Tian’ers’ technique was simplicity. Realizing that she was inferior, the maid immediately fell back while Xuehu Ying attacked again.
But unexpectedly, the shadow of a crane-like White Phoenix ascended behind her, fusing into the girl and boosting her ascent. The loli turned into white light to strike the retreating petite girl who hastily awakened her defensive skills. Accurately predicting her strike, she struck the attack at the right time to back away with the force of the white girl’s momentum!
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After Xuehu Ying caught up to attack the loli, Gui Tian’er attacked with distracting strikes, always keeping away from exchanging more than a single move.
The remaining battle should have been two girls ganging up on a little loli, but somehow they were always forced into defensive. They had to use their formations and tactics to simply keep up! Meanwhile, the little girls used her mysterious staff art’s moves which became more and more formidable, forcing the two girls into a dead end!
Finally, Baifeng Tianxin’s momentum reached the peak and her victory was assured in a few blows.
“Good match. Well I think enough time has passed, so how about we bring this to an end?” Just at that moment, Heifeng Jiansui brought a stop to the battle.
The loli had an unwilling expression on her face, while the maids looked gratified. To appease the little girl, he patted her on the head while bringing out a gift.
“Wait, I spent quite some time refining this weapon for you these days. Take it.” Heifeng Jiansui handed a small hairpin to the little girl. The moment she touched it, it transformed into a staff. Pouring her energy into it, she found that she could easily control its length.
“Starshine Staff. It is actually a weapon that is an Earth Rank weapon, restricted by your cultivation. Currently, its strength is Common Rank Top Grade. As you comprehend more laws and raise your strength as a mortal by comprehending the nine layers before breakthrough, you can slowly raise its strength. Train hard with it.” The little loli grabbed the staff close, as if to never let it slip from her hands.
Meanwhile the two maids seeing this were astounded and jealous. ‘Giving away an Earth Rank weapon to a mortal, wasn’t it a bit too much… Even High-grade Sects are lusting for them, you can get the Successor-restricted cultivation arts if you exchange them, you know…’
Giving a wink to Heifeng Jiansui, she gave the hairpin to him and turned around. “Elder brother, please pin it on my hair!” Heifeng Jiansui obeyed her, putting it on her.
At this, she turned around and preened. “Don’t I look super cute? I think daddy will find it cute as well!”
After she was done, Heifeng Jiansui spoke, “Not even four weeks has been completed since you began training and you’ve already become so strong… The next time we meet, you’ll certainly be stronger. I’ll await that.”
The two maids couldn’t help but have their eyes nearly pop out. 4 weeks? They had trained for 4 years, all to get miserably thrashed!
The next time they met, it would surely end up with their loss. With this thought in their hearts, their hearts filled with determination to cultivate hard to save their face!
“Let’s go then. Tianxin, I’ll take you to the Imperial Palace.” Holding her hand, Heifeng Jiansui took her along to meet her parent.
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To greet the Baifeng Elder and his entourage, a small feast was set up. When he and the entourage arrived, Heifeng Jiansui took his daughter to meet him.
When the Baifeng Xiaoxing, the Baifeng Clan Elder who was the little princess’ father came to get her, he was surprised to find the opened nostrils, the aura of Dao emitting from her and her movements that seemed trained like a martial artist.
“Father-in-law, during her stay, I took the opportunity to train her in martial arts. Unexpectedly, she had unexpected skill in them and quickly became like this.” Heifeng Jiansui’s tone was genial, as if he was simply discussing the weather.
The father-in-law felt pride fill his chest after being addressed as such, but the resulting words shocked him. ‘She can’t learn breathing techniques… she can’t learn martial arts… All the experts said… No pills worked… How can this child…’ Even his thoughts were fractured by the sudden blow!
Ignoring his reaction, he simply told what he had trained her in. Staff techniques, fire, ice and light techniques, battle spirit and bloodline… The ‘bloodline awakening’ was left unmentioned and he had told her to keep it a secret.
During the entire conversation, the man didn’t speak at all, clearly overwhelmed. Finally, he giddily thanked him and went take a drink. After pouring almost 6 glasses of drinks, the daze that struck him finally lifted.
The first thoughts that struck his clear mind were all negative.
‘Before this when Tianxin was insensible, Heifeng Jiansui could only gain advantage by dual cultivation. Now, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to use her to control the White Phoenix clan.’
‘Even with the ability to practice martial arts, Tianxin’s insensibility is not cured. She is a battle puppet than a person, who will be controlled by that prince.’
‘As a cultivator, Tianxin might slowly recover, but her gratitude towards her husband will surely surpass her loyalty to the clan. She will certainly grant the reins to her husband.’
But a single thought banished all these negativities, rendering them inconsequential. He began laughing crazily. “Tianxin will certainly recover. When she does, her natural gifts will be enough for the clan to ride on. Even if the White Phoenix becomes a subordinate to the Black Phoenix, she will certainly protect us who she holds dear. So what if the clan falls…?” The drunken ramblings were masked by his loud laughter.
His drunken state was not commented on in the feast. After he had his drinks, a Intoxication Removal pill was quietly given to him. After his recovery, he was unembarrassed and in high spirits, praising Heifeng Jiansui to the high heavens and wishing that the day of their clans being drawn together would come soon.
After this, the Baifeng Clan’s elder getting drunk was completely glossed over. The White Phoenix Empire’s retard turned into a peerless talent, so this was simply treated as him getting into celebration. A nurturing plan was created to allow Baifeng Tianxin to quickly rise, and a detailed cultivation plan for the next 6 years was drawn up so that she may gain a peerless Dao foundation by refining Daoscripts and comprehending her Daoheart.
Meanwhile, the days passed uneventfully as Heifeng Jiansui returned to his domain for training. Until a event occurred that called the former Perpetual Emperor’s attention.
The energy of a Perpetual Energy Loop condensing shook the Chaosworld as time and space distorted. This energy was familiar to Heifeng Jiansui, calling up memories of two figures who sacrificed themselves to buy time for him at the edge of the previous Era.
Yin and Yang coming together, a couple that stepped into the path of perpetuity together. A calm smile, a knowing grin, the couple who symbolized eternal love in the era before. Black and white married blades, Pure Yang and Extreme Yin, like the fate shared by the Sun and Moon.
The fate of perpetuity that allowed for resurrection had come to pass for the man and woman who ranked along the four strongest of the previous era.
A beautiful World Spirit who controlled the fate of the Chaosworld raced towards the spot of their rebirth.
Atop his flying sword, Heifeng Jiansui cut through the skies towards the source of this distortion to meet old friends.