After Breaking Off the Engagement, I Started Pursuing My Master-Chapter 149 - Prey

The second stage was a test of conscience, which was a bunch of strange questions. The answers themselves had no right or wrong, and both of them passed this stage.

So they came to the third stage, which was simple: just a comparison of sword intent. When Xu Qing, full of confidence, brought out her sword intent that she had been pondering for over a decade, and a trace of pride unconsciously appeared in her eyes, she almost cried a few seconds later.

Sword intent is the foundation of a sword cultivator’s existence. Some sword cultivators may never comprehend sword intent in their entire lives. Xu Qing touched the threshold of sword intent at thirteen and mastered her sword intent, Pure Moon, half a year later. When she wielded her sword, the sword intent would increase her speed by more than three times the norm, belonging to the enhancement type of sword intent, but it also consumed a lot.

This type of sword intent made her unbeatable among her peers, but when facing Jiang Huai...

Jiang Huai’s Mirror Flower sword intent made her unable to even see him, let alone know where to strike, frustrating the then fifteen or sixteen-year-old Xu Qing to the point of wanting to cry.

Then, of course, Xu Qing lost, and Jiang Huai obtained the Pure Arcane Contemplation Manual and the spirit fruit left by Qingxuan True Person for nurturing the soul. It was just a pity that he couldn’t get Qingxuan True Person’s sword, which only recognized women and didn’t allow men to touch it.

Xu Qing originally had a chance to touch that sword, but when she went to do so, the sword spirit just proudly looked at her and said that if her sword intent was as powerful as Jiang Huai’s, it would willingly follow her... But of course, she couldn’t do it, so... she missed out on the spirit sword.

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Jiang Huai remembered that when they left the inheritance secret realm, Xu Qing’s eyes had been staring at him for a long time, making him feel uneasy.

Following the principle that women, such terrifying creatures, should not be provoked, he decided to generously lend her the Pure Arcane Contemplation Manual to copy to avoid her holding a grudge.

Unexpectedly, this made her remember for three years?

She held onto this grudge to the extent that she wouldn’t even form a three-patterned heavenly dao elixir, insisting on forming a better four-patterned elixir... This girl was really stubborn.

Jiang Huai didn’t quite know what to say for a moment, looking at Xu Qing who was sitting on the side, seriously recalling the time when their souls had merged, and she had used her spiritual energy to draw the trajectory of the Five Elements Absolute Sword Formation. He slowly spoke up,

“Miss Xu Qing...?”

“Hmm?”

Xu Qing opened her eyes, her gaze falling on Jiang Huai in front of her.

“Why are you still at the late Foundation Establishment stage?” Jiang Huai asked knowingly.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qing did not hide it and simply lifted her chin slightly,

“I want to form a better heavenly dao elixir than you.”

Jiang Huai smiled helplessly, “Miss Xu Qing, I’m already crippled. Unless something unexpected happens, I won’t be able to reach Core Formation in this lifetime. No matter what core you end up forming, you’ve already won by far too much.”

“Is there no way to repair it?”

“It seems there isn’t at the moment.”

Jiang Huai looked at her helplessly,

“So, you should go ahead and reach Core Formation. Don’t drag it out. Just tempering the body without the support of spiritual energy will have its drawbacks later on.”

Listening to Jiang Huai’s advice, Xu Qing felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

Xu Qing looked into Jiang Huai’s eyes, and she suddenly realized that the man in front of her had just calmly announced that he was crippled and could no longer cultivate...

Out of politeness, shouldn’t she comfort Jiang Huai?

“I believe you will find a way in the future. After all, you have such a powerful sword intent,” Xu Qing hesitated for a moment and said softly... She wasn’t very good at comforting people.

“Thank you for your kind words,” Jiang Huai nodded lightly.

“But that’s not sword intent, that’s sword momentum. Sword intent is about entering a mysterious state with spiritual energy to amplify sword techniques, which must be used in conjunction with spiritual energy. Sword momentum is about touching the rules of heaven and earth, using one’s own sword momentum to briefly twist them. Although it also requires spiritual energy, it can still be used reluctantly without it.”

Xu Qing was suddenly at a loss for words, her cheeks flushing.

Sword momentum... She had been comprehending sword intent for six years, but to this day, she had not even touched the threshold of sword momentum.

So, was what he used three years ago already sword momentum?

It turned out that the shadow she had been chasing was always so far away, yet she always thought that one day she would stand in front of him with a four-patterned core, leaving him speechless in astonishment... How strange, Xu Qing, you are usually so pure and desireless, yet why do you care so much about this matter?

Now you really have the opportunity to form a four-patterned elixir, but he is already crippled... What meaning does your three years of effort have?

Xu Qing was a bit confused for a moment, but Jiang Huai had no idea about Xu Qing’s little thoughts. His gaze moved from Xu Qing’s cheek all the way down to her ankle, looking over and over again, pondering whether he could trigger another system mission to obtain more information about the Refining Yin Demon Gu, but he neglected that Xu Qing was also watching him with the corner of her eye, and his gaze seemed a bit too much.

“What are you staring at me for?” Xu Qing’s voice was a bit hesitant.

“You’re beautiful,” Jiang Huai replied casually, without really thinking about it, his voice carrying a bit of perfunctory tone.

Well, it seems that he couldn’t trigger another system mission.

In the instant she heard his words, Xu Qing’s heartbeat seemed to stop for half a beat, but when she seriously looked up at Jiang Huai’s eyes, she found that he had already moved his gaze to the crowd.

The words he had just spoken... seemed to be a bit perfunctory.

What was that?

“Miss Xu Qing,” Jiang Huai suddenly leaned in a bit closer, coming to Xu Qing’s ear and lowering his voice.

“That Refining Yin Demon Gu cultivator... seems to have cultivated to an extremely powerful level. If the situation turns bad, remember to run as fast as you can. A beautiful woman like you might have already caught the eye of the Hehuan Gu of the Refining Yin Demon Gu...”

Wait.

Jiang Huai suddenly paused.

He suddenly recalled that in the system’s narration, it was mentioned... that the Refining Yin Demon Gu cultivator was trying to plant a second Hehuan Gu on Xu Qing, which meant he had already planted the first one.

The Hehuan Gu must not be easy to refine, and if he was the Refining Yin Demon Gu cultivator, naturally he would want to plant it on someone beautiful or of noble status, someone who would always be useful.

Jiang Huai looked around the crowd. The first most beautiful person was Xu Qing, followed by... Mo Wanqiu, and at this moment, Mo Wanqiu seemed to be teasing a handsome young man, allowing the young man to stroke her leg, completely shameless under the broad daylight.

When Jiang Huai caught sight of the young man, his eyes gave Jiang Huai a particularly uncomfortable feeling.

“Who is that young man?” Jiang Huai asked softly.

“Mo Wanqiu said he is a casual cultivator she met on the way here, and she brought him along for refuge... His name is Mo Dan.”

“Has that Mo Wanqiu always been so shameless?”

“This... It’s not good to gossip behind people’s backs,” Xu Qing murmured quietly.

“It’s important, tell me.”

“She used to be quite normal, but I don’t know what happened in the last year... Her reputation has gotten worse and worse as if she takes pride in hooking up with men... She even visited my sect a couple of months ago, but I heard she didn’t stay for many days, and at night, she lingered in the rooms of several Junior Brothers, even with several Junior Brothers at once... Her father has been in seclusion recently, so no one can control her.”

Jiang Huai understood.

He leaned into Xu Qing’s ear, “Get ready to control the Five Elements Absolute Sword Formation, keep an eye on that Mo Dan. I’ll go test him, and also, be careful of Mo Wanqiu.”

In an instant, Jiang Huai stood up, gripping the Ye Ning sword in his hand.

But at almost the same moment, Mo Dan chuckled, lifting Mo Wanqiu’s chin, pulling out her tongue to play with it lewdly. He turned his head, his lips slightly curled, and his gaze also fell on Jiang Huai in front of him.

He just smiled indifferently, but the gu patterns quietly spread across his cheeks.

Who is the real prey?