Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

"Guards? No, they're puppets..."

Keqing recalled the records in the book. This kind of inorganic existence that can move and be manipulated like a ruins guard is called a puppet in this world and is artificially controlled.

"In that case, I will show no mercy."

I thought I could get some news, but I didn't expect it to be this kind of existence.

With a swipe of the sword in her hand, the sharp sword slashed straight down. Speed ​​has always been Keqing's strong point. With such a fast speed, the puppet in front of her should have been split into two.

However, unexpectedly, the puppet suddenly turned into three shadows, the one in the middle pounced quickly, while the other two rushed out quickly from the left and right.

“Not good”

Feeling a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy, Keqing quickly stepped back.

"Boom——"

Intense flames were accompanied by loud explosions.

Under such circumstances, the entire room was suddenly reduced to ruins with smoke and dust.

"This……"

Keqing saw the scene in front of her and sighed helplessly. What a shame! A nice room has turned into this.

Amid the billowing smoke and the spreading flames, such a huge noise quickly attracted everyone from the Xuan Lei Sect. Naturally, Senior Sister Wanran was the first to appear here. With her skirt pushing, an anxious figure rushed over quickly in the reflection of the fire, with an anxious and worried look on her face.

When he found a familiar figure standing outside the fire unharmed, his anxiety finally subsided.

"Keqing, are you okay?"

"fine."

Wanran took Keqing's hand, then looked her up and down. Seeing that she had no injuries on her body, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked at the flames nearby and wondered.

"In the end what happened."

Keqing blinked.

"Some puppet somehow got up to me and attacked me halfway. I found it, and after a fight, the puppet split into three groups, and one of them suddenly exploded."

Keqing felt a little embarrassed.

"I didn't react in time and it turned out like this. I'm really sorry for what happened."

Wanran looked at her directly and said seriously.

"As long as you are okay, it's just a house. Xuan Leimen doesn't lack such things."

It’s good that Wanran cares about me, but it’s also true that I was careless for a moment. If it was a living being, Keqing’s perception would be extremely sharp, but for inorganic matter like this, her perception would be slightly insufficient.

However, I heard that in this world, once one enters the Golden Core stage, changes will occur in the sea of ​​consciousness, and then the sea of ​​heart will evolve.

The so-called sea of ​​​​heart is the mind, also known as divine consciousness. It is said that divine consciousness is like an invisible net, which can sense everything around even without sight. I wonder what it would be like if I reached that level of strength and combined it with the five senses.

The blazing fire was fierce

The reflection of the burning flame flickered in Keqing's eyes. She was slightly startled, and then she sensed something.

A flash of silver light passed through his hand, and when it came back, two small objects were already strung on the Huiguang Sword.

"This is……"

Keqing opened her eyes and relaxed her brows, took the two things in her hands, took a look at them, and then handed them to Wanran.

"These are the puppets that attacked me. Fortunately, I didn't let them escape."

Although she didn't know how Keqing got these escaped puppets, Wanran didn't say anything. Instead, she reached out to take the puppets. She observed them carefully. The puppets were made quite exquisitely and were the type that could be combined. Now, with one in each hand, they looked like some kind of crude wooden dolls.

After careful observation, it was found that the reason these puppets did not move was because they had lost their power source. The soul crystals in the puppet wood had long disappeared, which was expected.

It looked like it was hit with one blow, and it had no ability to resist. The small hole behind its head was not a sword hole, but more like it was drilled by some kind of serrated creature.

Is it some unknown helper of Keqing? A pet?

Wanran didn't know, but she wouldn't ask specifically. Now that she had the puppet, things would be easier. At least she had some clues.

"Although these puppets are not common, they seem to be made with a unique craftsmanship and are not the kind that are available on the market. Master may know about them. I will go to ask Master later."

"That's good, but doesn't the sect have a formation? How did these things get in?"

Keqing asked doubtfully.

"I'm not sure either, but I think some special means were used. I will inform my master and check the formation carefully."

Put the puppet into the storage space and continued.

"It's already so late, and since the room has been burned down, why don't I... ahem, arrange another room!"

She almost said to arrange it in her own bedroom, but thinking about that scene, Wanran felt distracted.

No, she should have taken the opportunity to say it. If the other party agreed, then wouldn't it be...

Wanran had a smile on her face, but her heart was filled with regret. What a good opportunity!

Keqing didn't know what she was thinking, so when faced with such an arrangement, she naturally agreed.

He ordered the disciples who came to clean up the mess, arranged a new room for Keqing, and helped to make the bedding in the bedroom. Only then did Wanran walk out of the room with Keqing's escort.

As soon as she walked out of the room, her face turned cold, and then the aura around her was like a dark cloud, low and depressing, and it was heading towards somewhere menacingly.

"Song Yan! Why are you doing this?"

Chapter 34 Questioning

The door was suddenly kicked open.

"Oh my dear, why are you so angry that you even called out Master's name~"

Song Yan screamed and looked surprised.

But Wanran would not be fooled by her appearance. Her face no longer had the usual gentleness, but was instead filled with coldness.

"You knew about the intrusion of those puppets, right? Why didn't you stop them?"

"Puppet~ah, you mean those little things~"

Song Yan leaned lazily on the back of the chair, looking nonchalant.

"Yeah, you knew something was breaking in, yet you allowed it to break into Fellow Daoist Keqing's room. Tell me, what on earth were you thinking?"

Facing Wanran's angry questioning, Song Yan smoothed her long hair with her hand. She crossed her left leg over her right leg, leaned forward, supported her elbows with her legs, supported her chin with her palms, and blinked.

"Isn't this a fight coming up? Didn't you say that you would let her participate as a participant of Xuan Lei Sect? These are just some small things. Just treat it as a test of strength in advance. If she can't even have this little bit of strength, how can she be qualified to participate in the fight?"

After hearing Song Yan's explanation, Wanran suddenly let out a breath.

"You don't need to make excuses for me. Don't I know how strong she is? Don't you know? You seem to be indifferent to everything in this sect, but you have everything under control. You know everything about the sect, big and small. After all, we came here for that thing, so you can't be careless."

He raised his eyes and stared straight at the other person.

Wanran said seriously.

"So... your answer can't fool me at all. What exactly do you want to do?"

Seeing the child she raised questioning her without blinking, Song Yan suddenly smiled.

A happy and relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but at the same time he quickly regained his composure, revealing a hint of helpless disappointment.

"You are becoming more and more like your mother. I thought you would always be careless and ignore everything. You would spend the rest of your life wearing a fake mask, heartless and emotionless. I never thought that this day would come."

"You actually have real emotions, and they are especially like your mother."

Wanran looked at her straight without looking away.

"You know, that's not what I'm asking."

"So which one are you asking about?"

Song Yan stroked her red lips with her fingertips, her eyebrows slightly raised, as if she was smiling.

"Ask me why I let myself go, what do I want to do?"

She slowly stood up, walked forward, leaned forward, and stared straight at Wanran.

"You think I did something wrong? Did I attack your sweetheart?"

"Ha~"

Song Yan chuckled, turned around and looked at the night sky outside the window.

"I just let it go, it's nothing."

"What did you say!"

Wanran glared at her, but at this moment, Song Yan turned around, lifted her chin with one hand, and looked straight at her.

"Yes, it's nothing. Do you know who you are? Do you know what other people will do when they know you have such a sweetheart?"

He applied a little force with his fingers, causing his fair chin to turn slightly red.

Looking at Wanran's suddenly changed expression, Song Yan put down her hand and chuckled.

"You should be thankful that I am your master, so I am willing to tolerate you. I can agree with this, but others won't."

Looking at her disciple with a complicated look, Song Yan spoke earnestly.

"I am just reminding you this time. I have no problem with you and her. Even if you become a love-brained person and devote yourself to that person, I have no problem with that. It is rare to see you develop lust for someone. As your master, I am very relieved because you are no longer the perfect person who was heartless and indifferent to worldly affairs."

"I'm grateful to her, but this only represents me. It's not the case for others. Do you know how many people are watching you?"

Song Yan sighed.

"In the past, you have always maintained your perfection and didn't care about anything, so they didn't care and felt that you had hope. Do you think they would act if you expressed this idea?"

“Why should they decide my life?”

Wanran said angrily.

"Then who do you want to make the decision? That alien cultivator? The alien cultivator whose strength is not even at the Nascent Soul stage? You have to know that we won't stay in this small place forever. You have to go back to where you belong."

"..."

The atmosphere was silent for a while. Song Yan looked at the stubborn Wanran and sighed that it was really difficult to raise a disciple. She was afraid that she would live alone for the rest of her life, and now she was afraid that she would get into trouble for her little lover. It was really troublesome.

If she had known earlier, she shouldn't have agreed...

Hey, why are you talking about this?

"Alright, I won't say any more. I didn't intend to do anything to your lover. This time I just wanted to remind you so that you can understand the reality. Can an immortal fall in love with a mortal and receive his blessing? This kind of thing can only be imagined in picture books."

"But True Lord Qinglan..."

"Master Qinglan is very strong, but is that alien cultivator strong? How many people disliked Qinglan in the beginning, but she finally got through step by step. Can she do it? What's more, she is an alien cultivator, a cultivator who gained power by chance and was not within the Five Elements!"

"I believe her!"

Song Yan looked at her stubborn disciple and held her forehead in silence.

"I never thought that my clever disciple would become love-brained one day. Anyway, I have said everything I need to say. Think about the rest carefully. And get out of here right away. I, your master, still need to sleep!"

A gust of wind blew past, and Wanran was blown out of the room.

bang——

The door was completely closed.

Seeing this, Wanran sighed. This was the reason why she had been hesitating before. She was worried that her identity would bring trouble to Keqing, so she had been suppressing her thoughts.

As long as she doesn't think about it, she won't be troubled. During this period of time, she subconsciously ignored this matter. However, when she was awakened by her master, Wanran suddenly realized that the reality was right in front of her and she couldn't just ignore it.

What should she do...

Chapter 35 Rumors

After what happened yesterday, everyone in Xuan Lei Gate became alert. Someone actually came to attack Xuan Lei Gate. This situation had never been seen before, and it made them feel insecure, so they quickly prepared themselves.

"No, I have to prepare some formations and set them up."

"Me too. Otherwise I'm afraid I'd be accidentally attacked one day."

At the same time, there were also rumors that the person who was attacked was the rootless cultivator that the senior sister had brought back before, and the reason why the other party was attacked was the work of Zang Jinmen's disciples, just to get rid of the opponent in front of them.

This surprised everyone and made them even more curious about Keqing. Although they acknowledged that this strange cultivator was no show-off, no one had ever seen the other party's strength. So, could he really represent Xuan Leimen in the competition?

But when he thought about it carefully, except for the junior sister who was taught by the eldest sister personally, had outstanding abilities, and had reached the late stage of foundation building, most of the others were hovering in the early and middle stages. Since they were the ones chosen by the eldest sister, they should be quite capable.