Chapter 359: Chapter 238: Cultivation World 28_3
After soaking in the medicinal bath, the six of them returned to their own caves to study.
Si Lingle also returned to her cave to cultivate.
From then on, every day, Si Lingle would spend an hour teaching the six, addressing the problems they encountered and instructing them in Arrays.
Later, at the request of the six, the lecture time was extended.
During the instruction, Si Lingle would also suppress her cultivation to spar with the six.
She guided them in actual combat.
After a month, when the six showed some progress in body refinement, they began to arrange the medicinal baths on their own.
Chang Cong’an, being of low cultivation, was given a Five-Colored Divine Stone by Si Lingle, who also refined a Five Elements Condensing Essence Pill for him to enhance his aptitude.
Three years later, Si Lingle took turns refining Lifebound Weapons for the six disciples.
By the time the Lifebound Weapons were completed, more than ten years had passed.
"Everything I could teach, I have taught. You can now venture out for training."
Over the decade or so, Xuanjing broke through to Early-stage Nascent Soul, Ruochen’s cultivation reached Golden Core Great Perfection, Yu Jin reached Late-stage Golden Core, Yanyu (Yu Qiuyao) Early-stage Golden Core, Yisheng (Xu Xian) Early-stage Golden Core, and Chang Cong’an Mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
Once the six disciples went out for training, Si Lingle went into seclusion.
She now needed to retreat and consolidate herself.
After fifty-seven years of seclusion, Si Lingle emerged, her cultivation advancing to the Sixth Layer of Soul Emergence.
After coming out of seclusion, Si Lingle’s disciples were all in the sect, preparing to compete for spots in the Secret Realm battle.
Xuanjing, Ruochen, and Yu Jin participated in the Nascent Soul Stage Secret Realm slot competition, while Yanyu, Yisheng, and Yun Ya (Chang Cong’an) competed for the Golden Core Stage slots.
Si Lingle observed the battles of her disciples, who had been quite diligent over the years.
They all won slots for the Secret Realm, and before they entered it, Si Lingle gave them some life-saving items.
Once the disciples entered the Secret Realm, Si Lingle herself ventured out of the sect for training.
Si Lingle disguised her cultivation as Early-stage Nascent Soul and also pretended to be a Loose Cultivator.
She went to the Qingxuan Sect’s territory for training.
"Nan Chu, these are the six companions, here are Qingxuan Sect’s Zi Hui and Lu Yang, this is Divine Blade Sect’s Xiang Chen, this is Independent Practitioner Alliance’s Su Jin, and these are my friends Dao Hui and Xi Rui, also disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect," said Zi Zhen of the Heavenly Sword Sect.
"I am Nan Chu, a Loose Cultivator and an Array Master," answered Si Lingle.
Si Lingle, in disguise, took the name of her mother.
This Zi Zhen found an Ancient Treasure Map.
He and his friends had ventured to explore first, discovering the presence of an Ancient Restriction, and judged from its rank that something very dangerous lay beyond it.
Thus, the three came to Po Yun City, planning to find a few others to explore together.
As for the treasure division, Heavenly Sword Sect would take fifty percent as they provided the map, and the remaining fifty percent would be distributed according to contribution.
After everyone made a Heart Demon Oath, there was a three-day preparation period.
Three days later, they set out.
When they arrived at the Liuyun Mountain Range, leader Zi Zhen quickened his pace.
After dark, they reached the location of the restriction.
"Nan Chu, how many days would it take you to break this restriction?" Zi Zhen inquired.
Si Lingle scanned it with her Divine Sense; it was indeed an ancient Eighth Rank restriction.
Si Lingle had studied this Ancient Restriction, "One day."
"Then please trouble Nan Chu to break it," Zi Zhen said, clasping his hands.
"Alright." Si Lingle took out the Array Flag and began to break the Array.
Breaking this restriction wouldn’t actually take a day, but Si Lingle pretended that it required a lot of Spiritual Power, pausing to meditate and adjust her breath after four hours of cracking.
In this slow, intermittent manner, the restriction was broken by noon the next day.
Si Lingle had already used her Heavenly Eye to know the situation beyond the restriction.
It was a vast underground palace effusing a sinister aura, so Si Lingle didn’t let the simulation robots enter.
After breaking the restriction, Zi Zhen entered first, with Si Lingle in the middle, and Xiang Chen of Divine Blade Sect at the rear.
Upon entering the passage, they encountered countless traps.
Zi Zhen, whose cultivation was at Nascent Soul Great Perfection, wielded the Fiery Sun Sword Intent, and his intent dismantled the traps one by one.
Upon entering the underground palace, they saw a half-covered Bronze Giant Gate entwined with vines, its surface carved with ancient runes, dark gold light flowing slowly in the grooves.
Zi Zhen tapped the beast head sculpture on the door with his sword scabbard, "Clang!" A metallic stone sound resounded!
The runes on the door suddenly brightened, the ground quakened as if a dragon turned over.
The rock walls at both sides peeled off with a bang, and two three-zhang-tall Obsidian Giants stepped out of the dust, their eye sockets igniting with ghostly azure soul fire, joints grinding like a thousand-pound grindstone turning. The Stone Giant’s left arm was a Mountain Opening Giant Hammer, right arm embedded with a Screwed Copper Pillar, stepping, the ground cracked three inches.
"Intruders... perish!" A chaotic low roar rolled from the Stone Giant’s throat, the giant hammer wrapped in Gang Wind smashing toward Zi Zhen’s Heavenly Spirit!
He tapped his toes, swiftly retreating, and the original spot broke into a ten-zhang deep pit. Amidst flying rubble, Zi Zhen spun and drew his sword, sending seventy-two lines of Sword Qi soaring from his spine, forming a Green Lotus Sword Formation to protect himself against the cross swing of the copper pillar—
"Clang——!!"
The energy wave exploded, the sword array flickered as if about to shatter. Zi Zhen’s tiger’s mouth bled, yet he used the force to leap onto the Stone Giant’s shoulder and neck, his sword edged thrust straight into its soul fire core! The Stone Giant backhanded towards its own scapula, willing to destroy itself to annihilate the intruder.
Meanwhile, others simultaneously struck, stopping the Stone Giant from self-destruction.
