Chapter 400: Master Was Coming to the Royal City?
Sword Emperor's Secret Realm.
Dim light covered this trial ground, illuminating the clear stream of water in the air. Light and shadow flowed with the pool's current, converging toward the floating water sphere above the altar at the very center of the space.
The strange and colorful scene added a touch of beauty to the otherwise dim underground palace.
But in the next instant, as if time itself had frozen, the falling streams from the sky halted completely. The shifting light and strange reflections also seemed to solidify.
Then—
Shh
A sword-drawing sound of unknown origin rang out in this utterly silent space.
With that sound, a sword-blade-shaped protrusion instantly formed on the surface of the midair water sphere.
The water layer at the edge of that protrusion was thinned to the extreme—only a hair's breadth away from breaking through.
And that was only the beginning.
In the frozen moment, countless sword-drawing sounds overlapped into one long, continuous sword cry.
When the space returned to deathly silence, the water sphere had already swelled in size, covered in countless such protrusions connecting together.
Next, the falling streams resumed their descent, and the expanded sphere began to slowly shrink.
Inside the sphere, a pair of gently closed eyes stirred.
Consciousness gradually returned.
Eyes like frost opened slowly.
A calm murmur sounded within the sphere.
"The change is much greater than I expected…"
Standing within the sphere, Ling Shuangxue looked around at the space slowly contracting from its expanded state. She slightly raised her hand, hesitated for a moment, then slowly lowered it again.
"Although the Oscillation Sword Body has fully formed, it still needs time to stabilize. I can't rush this… But I wonder how he's doing now in the Royal City…"
"There's no change in the Sword Embryo… Well, it's just as he had said, it's only been two days—it's not that easy for anything to happen."
"Aside from that… hmm? A message from Yuli?"
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Royal City, in a residence.
Inside a quiet room, the Sword Fairy had just finished another round of cultivation. She stretched lightly on her bed, then tilted back before kicking her legs out and simply flopping down onto the mattress.
Her brown hair spread messily, yet her delicate face bore an inexplicable trace of a smile.
'Although I didn't think about these things at the start, this time I just happened to confirm how that power works and what its effects are. This way, all I need to do is wait for a suitable moment…'
Last night, she had stormed into a certain someone's room in a huff, but this morning she had left in high spirits—and of course, it wasn't just because she had listened to an unfinished story.
—Well, alright, when she was listening, she probably hadn't been thinking about all this yet, and the story's ending was genuinely interesting.
Even now, she still didn't know where that guy came up with so many stories. Some even hid subtle meanings—if heard by the right person, they could probably cut away inner demons and strengthen one's Dao Heart.
Thinking back, she realized she had been far too careless about this before—actually letting that guy tell her Master stories. She'd thought her Master's temperament would put him in his place, but in the end…
Forget it, the past is too embarrassing to revisit.
"If I weren't worried that after the Human Immortal List, Master would definitely learn about what happened in the Royal City and might get involved with him, I wouldn't be feeling so anxious…"
Some thought crossed her mind, and she shivered on the bed, shaking her head to chase it away.
Her beautiful eyes glimmered with contemplation.
'Next, I just need to choose a time and place that meet the conditions. Best not in this residence… and that Demon Artifact Pavilion of his isn't ideal either—who knows when that demoness might pop out. I wonder if Sister Xiaoyao will meet any strong opponents during the Human Immortal List. If she does, then scheduling it for that time—'
Suddenly, her train of thought was interrupted.
The short sword at her waist began to vibrate.
"Hm? He's starting to send me messages this early today?"
Lu Yuliu muttered to herself but didn't rush to take out her message-sending short sword.
Generally speaking, when a certain bully contacted her during the day, it usually meant he was too idle and wanted to tease her—or was itching to crush her yet again at that chess game she could never figure out how she lost.
At times like this, talking to that annoying guy required thorough mental preparation—
Otherwise, she really would die of anger.
'Hmph, he only ever bullies me. If he really tries to coax me into playing that chess game again, I'll just temporarily link the short sword to Sister Xiaoyao instead— No, wait, that won't work. Even though I've gained more of the Sword Ancestor's inheritance now and can do the short-term link transfer I couldn't before, it's still way too obvious.'
Both of them had played chess with her before—after just a few moves, they'd probably notice it was someone else on the other end.
Besides, she still had some lingering psychological trauma from the last time she transferred the link—more accurately, as that certain Holy Saint of the Demon Sect put it, she had PTSD.
If this time something happened again with Bai Xiaoyao during the transferred messages…
She bit her lip, cutting off the thought.
Once she was sure she was ready, Lu Yuliu took out her message-sending short sword and looked at the words appearing on it.
[Earlier, I fell into enlightenment, and only now have I seen your message… Master is still at the place of the fortuitous encounter I mentioned before, but I am now preparing to leave. Was there something you needed?]
The girl read the words one by one, stunned for a moment.
Then she placed the short sword over her chest, covering her slightly heated face with both hands.
So, it was just her Master's reply to the message that she had sent earlier.
Now she felt like an idiot, having just been overthinking, making all that mental preparation for nothing.
'Honestly… It's only been a little over a day, and if I hadn't just seen Master's reply now, I'd have forgotten that I sent that message the night before out of worry…'
From the looks of it, Master had indeed been delayed from replying because of that fortuitous encounter. The night she'd sent the message, Master had even been in enlightenment.
Surely this couldn't possibly have anything to do with that guy, right?
As expected, she had been overthinking before.
[Mm, it's nothing important. I just thought that with the Human Immortal List drawing near, I should inform Master once more—and also ask how you've been… I'm glad you're safe.]
Looking at the reply she'd sent through the short sword, Lu Yuliu let out a small breath of relief.
As long as Master was fine, she could be at ease…
[I see… In that case, it's just as well—I also have something I should let you know in advance.]
The girl blinked.
Master had something to tell her?
For some reason, reading that line made the Sword Fairy's heart tighten with an inexplicable sense of unease.
Still, she tried to remain calm as she replied—
[Please go ahead, Master.]
[Mm… Once I finish matters here, I will secretly make a trip to the Royal City. If nothing unexpected happens during the Human Immortal List, I'll find a chance to meet you—and your… friend.]
The hand holding the short sword froze stiff.
Lu Yuliu shot upright from the bed, her gaze locked on the freshly appeared words.
Master… was coming to the Royal City?
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