In the northern part of the Heavenly Realm, within the Shuoping Mountain Range.
A massive circular passageway stood upright in the air.
It emitted a dazzling, brilliant light.
It looked extraordinarily radiant.
Nearby, a hundred immortals had gathered, hovering in the air to observe.
Among them was the figure of Sang Liuhe from the Lichen Sword Sect.
A while ago, she personally watched Lin Miaoxue enter it.
This place was the ruins of a Sword Dao Immortal King.
It contained myriad sword auras and was a trial ground all sword immortals dreamed of.
It only opened once every two thousand years.
The place where Sang Liuhe previously told Lin Miaoxue to grind her sword was this very site.
Now, everything was ready.
She had no intention to stay long here.
Once opened, this ruin would remain active for two days.
The longer one stayed inside, the more effective the sword aura refinement would be, greatly benefiting sword immortals.
Sang Liuhe believed that with Lin Miaoxue’s talent, she could stay at least a day and a half.
Within that time, she could accomplish what she intended.
To slay Ye Yu, sever the bonds in Lin Miaoxue’s heart, and then frame others for this hatred.
For hatred was the greatest driving force for an immortal’s growth!
After settling these thoughts,
Sang Liuhe summoned her attendant immortal Li Zhiyin and whispered, “Wait here. If Lin Miaoxue comes out, tell her I have urgent matters and can’t return. Then bring her back to the Immortal Gate.”
“As you command, Great Elder!”
Li Zhiyin cupped his hands in salute. When he looked up again,
Sang Liuhe had already vanished from the spot.
Her expression was somewhat dazed.
She glanced at the teleportation above, a trace of jealousy in her eyes.
If not for {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} Lin Miaoxue’s sudden emergence,
she herself would have entered this trial ground instead of standing outside alone, playing the role of a messenger.
Great Elder, aren’t you a bit too biased?
Li Zhiyin couldn’t help but sigh.
Meanwhile,
Ye Yu and Ban Xia also arrived at this place.
Looking at the huge teleportation formation in the sky,
Ye Yu couldn’t help but relax. It seemed Lin Miaoxue hadn’t met with any accident but most likely entered this secret realm.
He was not the only one relieved; Ban Xia also visibly eased.
Before coming,
she was really worried the person they sought would perish, and if she was lost, how could Ye Yu keep his promise when angry?
Fortunately, that didn’t happen.
“If I’m right, the person you want is right here.
I won’t enter this secret realm.
Can you give me the Four-Aspect Ink Bamboo Robe now?”
As the saying goes, risk and opportunity coexist.
A secret realm is such a place.
Danger and opportunity both exist.
What Ban Xia wanted was simply the Four-Aspect Ink Bamboo Robe; she had no leisure to explore the secret realm.
Ye Yu quietly said, “Show me the person first. Until I see her, I won’t give you the robe.
Who knows if this place isn’t some trap Xiao Meng planned.”
Hearing this,
Xiao Meng was the first to be displeased.
She howled loudly, showing great anger.
Ban Xia was full of black lines.
What a design—if it were me, I...
would probably do the same as Ye Yu.
After all, making two strangers trust each other quickly is truly difficult.
Ban Xia looked up at the secret realm’s entrance in the sky, a hint of dread flashing in her eyes.
She had suffered a big loss in a secret realm before.
Since then, a deep shadow lingered.
So now, whenever she saw a secret realm, she wanted to avoid it.
But she really wanted the Four-Aspect Ink Bamboo Robe, so what to do?
After thinking a moment, Ban Xia turned to an immortal not far away.
She slightly waved, “Immortal friend, may I ask what secret realm this is? Why are so many immortals gathered here?”
There’s truth in the saying: beauty is justice.
Good-looking people have innate advantages in everything they do.
Under Ban Xia’s stunning face and sweet voice,
the immortal detailed everything he knew.
After hearing it all,
Ban Xia decisively looked back at Ye Yu and quietly said, “I’m not a sword immortal; I probably can’t enter the secret realm.
We might as well wait here for two days.
What do you think?”
“You’re not, but I am!”
Ye Yu lightly tapped his toes, transforming into a sword light, soaring toward the secret realm’s entrance.
Seeing this, Ban Xia was completely stunned.
Is this really fearlessness born of ignorance?
Couldn’t he just wait outside for two days?
Why not choose the safest way!
Damn it, you must come back alive, or how will I get the Four-Aspect Ink Bamboo Robe?
Thinking this, Ban Xia stomped angrily.
To her, Ye Yu’s action was completely irresponsible.
So infuriating!
Meanwhile, inside the secret realm,
Ye Yu found himself standing on a huge square platform, surrounded by emptiness, nothing else around.
This made him very curious.
What was going on?
Could it be that inside this secret realm, everyone had their own separate space?
That would be rather annoying!
He had planned to come in here to look for Lin Miaoxue!
Then how was he supposed to find her?
Just as Ye Yu was complaining,
a blue phantom slowly appeared.
It had no face but was exactly the same height and build as Ye Yu.
In its hand was a blue longsword.
Without any idle talk, it charged straight at Ye Yu.
With this movement, the surrounding immortal aura instantly became as sharp as a sword’s edge.
Ye Yu frowned slightly, about to act.
Suddenly, he realized some mysterious power here suppressed his cultivation to the early True Immortal stage.
Moreover,
except for sword techniques, all other spells and divine arts seemed sealed.
So this was the power of the Immortal King’s ruins?
Interesting!
Ye Yu advanced instead of retreating, raising his sword finger with one hand.
He unleashed the Hao Ran Heart Sword, instantly piercing through the blue phantom.
However, the blue phantom did not dissipate.
Instead, it began to split.
One became two, two became four, four became eight.
Their size remained unchanged.
But the sword aura on them changed drastically.
This is... Hao Ran Heart Sword?
Though only partially similar, it was clearly recognizable.
Did these phantoms even have the ability to learn?
Truly unexpected!
Yet Ye Yu did not panic. Since one sword aura couldn’t kill these phantoms,
then what about a hundred, a thousand?
Ye Yu slowly narrowed his eyes, forcing his full power to channel the Hao Ran Heart Sword!
In an instant, the world seemed to freeze.
Countless sword auras suddenly erupted, completely shredding these blue phantoms.
