Chapter 261: Chapter 256: Thus Passes Time, All Are Equal
To idly crush floating clouds is to let the splendid years pass in vain.
At this very moment, by the well, the Exotic Treasure wrapped in Array Flags turned out to be the legendary "Shao Guang"!
Before this, Song Ciwan had never even heard the name of this Exotic Treasure.
Of course, even though she was already doing her best to absorb all kinds of information about this world, Song Ciwan was still far less knowledgeable than many of the scions from great families.
Take Chengxin, for example. She wasn’t from any great family—just a Maid to the Second Young Master—yet the breadth of her knowledge still far surpassed Song Ciwan’s.
But so what?
No matter how knowledgeable she was or how high her Cultivation, in the face of the Time Treasure, Shao Guang, all her status, background, Cultivation, and knowledge became meaningless. She could not resist the passage of time.
It wasn’t just her. Even if her master were here, could he escape the judgment of time?
Zi Shan collapsed. Chengxin collapsed. Zi Shan’s face was contorted in pain, while Chengxin was barely breathing.
And as for the sole survivor, Song Ciwan—
In truth, Song Ciwan hadn’t escaped the glow of Shao Guang’s spectral light either.
Since it had grievously wounded Zi Shan and Chengxin, it naturally didn’t spare Song Ciwan. It treated all living beings before it equally.
In fact, Song Ciwan was hit at almost the same time as Chengxin. If there was any difference, it was perhaps only half a finger-snap later.
But while Song Ciwan was hit just the same, and lost a massive amount of Lifespan just the same, what set her apart from Zi Shan and Chengxin was that her Lifespan... was immense!
She had over 4,700 years. The instant the spectral light hit, Song Ciwan lost five hundred years of her Lifespan.
But compared to a total Lifespan of 4,700 years, the loss of five hundred years was nothing.
This loss wasn’t even enough to add a single wrinkle to her face.
In a flash, Song Ciwan reached out her hand.
Reaching through the increasingly cracked Array Flag, she grasped Shao Guang in her hand.
At the same moment, the Heaven and Earth Scale manifested, and she received two clouds of essence from Chengxin and Zi Shan.
[Human desires: The shock, anxiety, and confusion of a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator. Thirteen taels. Tradeable.]
[Human desires: The shock, jealousy, and anger of a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator. Sixteen taels. Tradeable.]
...
It takes a long time to describe, but in reality, everything happened at once.
Moreover, at that very same moment, Lv Yun, who was being crushed in Song Ciwan’s other palm, was also struck by the light of Shao Guang.
Lv Yun was already being brutally suppressed by Song Ciwan. When Shao Guang’s spectral light struck, she had no way to resist and went from a half-dead bug to an almost completely dead one.
Before, Song Ciwan had to divert a small part of her attention to suppress her. Now, that was no longer necessary.
Yes, completely unnecessary.
The moment Shao Guang touched her hand, Song Ciwan lost another five hundred years of her Lifespan. At the same time, Lv Yun, still in her bug form, died completely in Song Ciwan’s palm!
A wisp of Death Qi shot out, and the Heaven and Earth Scale manifested again: [Death Qi: The death of a Quasi-Deification Stage Cultivator. Thirty-six taels. Tradeable.]
Song Ciwan ignored all of it.
At the fastest possible speed, the very instant she grasped Shao Guang, she shoved it—along with the tattered Array Flag still wrapped around it—into the Heaven and Earth Scale!
She moved like lightning, like a meteor chasing the moon, not daring to delay for even a fraction of a second.
Though Song Ciwan’s Lifespan was long, it couldn’t withstand losing five hundred years over and over again.
Fortunately, a total loss of one thousand years was something she could still afford.
In that instant, Song Ciwan’s maximum Lifespan plummeted from over 4,700 years to just over 3,700 years. But in exchange, her Heaven and Earth Scale now held a "Super Grade Marvel: Shao Guang"!
The instant Shao Guang vanished—the same instant Lv Yun died—the expressions on the faces of Zi Shan and Chengxin, who were collapsed on the ground, suddenly changed.
In truth, the two of them were still mentally muddled and hadn’t yet processed what had just happened.
The next moment, with a sudden THUD, Lv Yun—who had been held in Song Ciwan’s palm as a bug—was restored to her original form!
Song Ciwan’s grip loosened. The "little Lv Yun" she had been holding so tightly had now become "big Lv Yun," naturally slipping from her grasp.
THUD!
Lv Yun’s corpse fell to the ground.
Zi Shan was shocked. Chengxin was shocked. Both stared wide-eyed, still slow to comprehend what was happening.
This was because not only were Lv Yun’s outer clothes gone, but her face and body had also been aged horribly by Shao Guang. Though no longer a small bug, this elderly version was not the Lv Yun they knew, so neither Zi Shan nor Chengxin recognized her at first glance.
But this delayed reaction lasted only a moment. In the next, Zi Shan cried out, "You... you’re not Lv Yun! You tricked us! Why..."
The Heaven and Earth Scale manifested again, collecting two clouds of essence: [Human desires: The shock, terror, and fear of a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator. Twenty-one taels. Tradeable.]
[Human desires: The shock, fear, and worry of a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator. Twenty-three taels. Tradeable.]
Song Ciwan didn’t answer. Nor did she revert to her true appearance. Instead, at that very moment, she began to cast Lv Yun’s signature Magic—the Earth Element Technique!
She raised her hand, and two translucent white waves of light shot out violently.
With no strength left to resist, Zi Shan was hit instantly. Her body pitched forward, and she died.
[Death Qi: The death of a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator. Twenty-six taels. Tradeable.]
At the same time, the moment Zi Shan died, a phantom image invisible to the naked eye rose from her body and lunged toward Song Ciwan at extreme speed.
’What is this?’
Song Ciwan, with the Cyan Wood Eye integrated into her left eye, immediately understood. ’This is a death mark!’
It was just like back at the bottom of Bibo Lake when Tian Junhong died. A similar death insignia had shot out, and Song Ciwan had nearly been hit.
If she were hit by this mark, she would undoubtedly be tagged with a conspicuous locator. Whether it was Tian Junhong back then or Zi Shan now, the powers behind them could use this mark to easily find their killer!
Back then, when Tian Junhong’s death mark had flown out, Song Ciwan had used the Heaven and Earth Scale to collect it.
And now, Song Ciwan used the same trick again.
Her control over the Heaven and Earth Scale was stronger now. The instant the death mark shot out from Zi Shan’s body, the Heaven and Earth Scale spun forward, and its Array Plate snatched the mark, root and all.
Meanwhile, Chengxin was also struck by the wave of light from the Earth Element Technique. But unlike Zi Shan, she managed to resist for a moment longer.
At this, the many Array Flags by the well hummed in unison. One after another, forces invisible to the naked eye crisscrossed through the air, all aimed at Song Ciwan.
Song Ciwan countered them all with the Earth Element Technique. The Earth Element Technique was both an extremely Strong Attack Technique and an extremely Strong control-type Magic.
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