After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

The sound of metal clashing.

The Pure Color Mandala's expression turned cold as she looked at the girl standing in the 'sky'.

A girl who is extremely vulnerable.

She has a plump figure and is considered cute.

Most importantly... she has no cultivation and no spiritual root.

"The Azure Lotus Sword Sect?" The Pure Color Mandala laughed in fury.

"it is good..."

"That's great!"

She never expected that the Azure Lotus Sword Sect had such a trump card hidden in order to stop her.

On the clear lake surface, Sheng Nu gripped the purple sword tightly in his hand.

The warmth of Qin Suhuai's hand seemed to still linger on the sword hilt.

She looked up at the terrifying 'shadow'.

Unwavering belief.

For Senior Sister... For the Azure Lotus Sword Sect...

For...Master Shiyan!

Part 257 Loulan, you damn well schemed against me again! [3700 words]

A few minutes ago, at the Azure Lotus Sword Sect—

Qin Suhuai and Sheng Nu also heard similar news from Shi Yan, who had learned from Yun Yi, from the Qinglian Sword Sect leader who suddenly arrived at Xiaojian Peak.

"A demon who is always one step stronger than his opponent?"

Even Qin Suhuai would find such an opponent troublesome.

Boom boom boom—

They weren't given more time to explain.

The ground beneath their feet suddenly began to tremble, and then, in Yan Qingge's room next to Qin Suhuai's...

The rolled-up scroll slowly unfurled.

Yesterday... because Shi Yan always felt that the "Fairy of Yaotai" in the scroll was looking at him and Qin Suhuai with jealousy.

With her watching him like that, he felt something was off when he sparred with Qin Suhuai.

That's why Shi Yan rolled up the scroll and tied it with a rope.

now--

The scroll unfurled on its own.

The "Fairy of the Jade Terrace" on the scroll seems to be gazing at her feet, then revealing an almost helpless expression.

She reached out her hand.

A pale blue light spilled from the painting, and then... the entire Little Sword Peak was bathed in that pale blue starlight and moonlight.

The tremors of Little Sword Peak ceased.

In the living room, the expressions of the key figures of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect all changed drastically, each one more solemn than the last.

Feeling the tremors beneath their feet, Sheng Nu and Qin Suhuai's expressions suddenly turned grim.

"Sister Shiyan..."

"Master Shi Yan..."

Just as Sheng Nu was clutching her clothes tightly, worried about her teacher, she suddenly raised her head.

I seemed to hear a very soft sound.

It's ethereal and dreamlike, making it feel unreal.

Yet...it's so clear.

"Sheng Nu..."

Listen carefully.

"Your spiritual root... was deliberately erased by Loulan at an incalculable cost a thousand years ago."

The girl's voice shocked her.

The girl's body seemed to tremble uncontrollably.

"My spiritual roots...were erased by someone!??"

His fists clenched so tightly that his nails felt like they were digging into his flesh.

The girl's eyes welled up with tears, and she bit her lower lip tightly.

Qin Suhuai noticed Sheng Nu's unusual behavior, "Junior Sister..."

"Junior Sister, what's wrong?"

"Don't worry, Shi Yan will be fine." Although Qin Suhuai didn't know when Shi Yan and her junior sister had gotten together.

But she's a sword fanatic, not a fool.

The junior sister looked at Shi Yan with a look in her eyes. Qin Suhuai... she had seen her in the mirror.

"I..." Sheng Nu slowly loosened her clenched fist and lowered her eyes. "I'm fine."

How could nothing be wrong?

No spiritual root... no fundamental talent whatsoever.

That was a shadow that had been looming over my heart ever since the day I decided to cultivate...

It was like an endless mountain, pressing down on Sheng Nu completely.

She could never forget the way people looked at her when she, who had been making rapid progress in the Body Tempering Realm, was found to have no spiritual root and no innate bone.

I... actually have no understanding of the way of the sword.

The senior sister talked to me about flowers and leaves... but I didn't really understand at all.

He could only pretend to listen attentively, and then swing his sword again and again, day after day, time after time.

He swung the sword until his palms were raw and bleeding, until his consciousness blurred and he could no longer lift his arm.

But... it didn't work.

It's completely useless.

Sheng Nu had died of heart time and time again.

Every time her senior sister, uncles, and other senior brothers told her that it didn't matter if she didn't have spiritual roots, and that the Guangwu King had used martial arts to achieve his ascension to heaven in one step, Sheng Nu could only force herself to smile.

Her understanding of swordsmanship was poor.

Throughout the entire Azure Lotus Sword Sect, no one could possibly have a worse understanding of the sword path than her.

Using martial arts to convey moral principles?

For me, it was nothing more than a distant dream.

It wasn't until her Uncle-Master Long Taojia came and told her... that she might be limited by her lifespan, and that she would pass away in another hundred years.

Before she passes away, she will transfer her cultivation to me using the Spirit Sword Technique.

Only then did Sheng Nu's faith begin to stir slightly.

And now... someone is actually telling me that my spiritual root was actually erased!!!

If Shi Yan could see Sheng Nu's character attribute panel at this moment, he would probably see that the girl's magic attribute is increasing wildly.

The inner demons aroused by the pure-colored mandala are lurking in the shadows, watching her and waiting for their chance.

At that very moment—

"Calm down, Sheng Nu." The girl's ethereal voice dispelled the demons in her heart.

"Calm down..."

"Frost is cold."

Sheng Nu's eyes seemed to have turned into a clear blue.

"Frost... light... cold..."

She silently repeated that name in her heart.

Who is that?

Why...does it feel so familiar to me?

“A long, long time ago... you volunteered to let Loulan remove your life essence,” the girl said earnestly.

"By myself?" Sheng Nu asked helplessly.

The girl swayed unsteadily, as if she were about to fall.

Long Taojia, who had been relatively unnoticed, helped Sheng Nu up.

"How could I do such a thing..."

“Because—” The girl seemed to be standing right in front of Sheng Nu, gazing at the girl.

You have people you want to protect...

"You would give up everything for her glory."

"Erase the root of the problem."

"Forgotten by the world."

"Just quietly waiting... waiting for this day to come."

"Although--"