NOVPUB"Do you want it?"
These few sentences sounded as if they were spoken by different people, with distinct tones and inflections.
They echoed in the Sect Main Hall, lingering for a long time.
They made an already strange scene even more sinister.
Yet Li Qing showed not the slightest hint of fear, "If the Heavenly Sovereign dares to offer, then I dare to accept."
The laughter of Sister Zhao stopped abruptly.
Li Qing instantly felt as though thousands of gazes were directed at her from different directions within the Grand Hall.
"Remnants of the Mystic Sky Sect..."
"Even if I give it to you, how can you walk out of this Great Taoist Sect?"
Only a cold voice remained, questioning her.
Li Qing smiled faintly, "How would I know if I don’t try?"
The challenge implied in her words was too strong, as if she had truly provoked the One-Heart Emperor, even though her actions in the Illusory Realm had been exceptional.
Next to Li Qing, thousands of faces suddenly appeared in this originally empty Grand Hall.
The expressions on these faces were all different, but they all stared intently at Li Qing.
From underneath the faces, out of the formless darkness, ghastly pale arms extended and reached towards Li Qing.
Soon, Li Qing was engulfed by a tide of these pale limbs.
It seemed as if she would soon vanish within the Grand Hall.
However...
After a moment, numerous shrill cries suddenly erupted from these faces.
The voices were filled with shock, fear, and resentment...
As if there was something extremely terrifying about Li Qing, they all scattered far more quickly than when they had rushed to devour her!
In the center of the Grand Hall, Sister Zhao, who appeared to be in her teens, showed the first signs of emotion on her tranquil face.
Bang!
Above Li Qing, stone pillars appeared out of nowhere. They crashed down, forming a cage and trapping Li Qing inside.
"What’s that on you..."
"What is that thing?"
There was a hint of wariness in the cold tone of the One-Heart Emperor.
Li Qing responded with a smile, "I was going to ask the Heavenly Sovereign the same question. Do you have any idea what it is?"
The Grand Hall fell silent for a moment.
Then the voice of the One-Heart spoke again, "I had my doubts whether you were from the Mystic Sky Sect, but now I’m starting to believe it."
"Daring to keep such a thing within your Divine Soul..."
"Only a pity, we can no longer merge into one."
Li Qing simply smiled, answering nothing.
She just focused on the intermittently flickering Seven-Color Light Sphere within her Divine Soul.
Ever since she became conscious, this object had been suppressed deep within her Divine Soul.
It was evidently implanted there by her true self while creating the split-off entity.
The Seven-Color Light Sphere itself was not important, the important thing was what was sealed within it.
Even with the interference of the Seven-color Divine Light, Li Qing always felt as if there was a sword hanging over her head, indicating imminent danger.
It is not hard to imagine that whatever was sealed inside must be extremely dangerous.
Li Qing had no memory about this object in her Spirit Consciousness, but she knew that her true self’s daring to venture alone into the Great Taoist Sect, at the Nascent Soul Realm, relied on this object as a deterrence!
Although her Divine Soul harbored such a fierce object, Li Qing remained undaunted.
Her thoughts were fleeting. She looked directly at Sister Zhao, who sat upright before her, and then earnestly said, "The Heavenly Sovereign has already achieved the Immortal Realm, and those Techniques are of no use to you."
"But to our Mystic Sky Sect, they are extremely important. The Heavenly Sovereign might as well do us a favor, and our Mystic Sky Sect will surely repay you handsomely!"
Seeing the One-Heart Emperor remained silent, Li Qing hesitated for a moment before adding, "Actually, our Mystic Sky Sect is not an unreasonable group. If the Heavenly Sovereign is willing to Return to Origin, we would provide corresponding compensation on our side."
"Moreover, I believe. The Heavenly Sovereign will definitely be interested in this thing."
Li Qing spoke with confidence.
Silently, the myriad of faces that had retreated in fear crowded forward once again.
"Compensation..."
The faces let out a bizarre chorus of laughter.
"The Mystic Sky Sect was annihilated a thousand years ago, and you all are nothing but rats that can’t stand the light."
"What could possibly be worth my..."
Her words had not yet fallen when they all suddenly stopped.
Their eyes were fixed on a sudden burst of gold light appearing in Li Qing’s palm. Their expressions completely froze!
This place, the Great Taoist Sect, was the cornerstone of her ascendancy to the Immortal Realm.
Although it still lay within the Xuanhuang World, in reality, it could be considered a separate realm within a realm, completely under her control.
Any movement or energy fluctuation within the Great Taoist Sect could not escape her grasp.
But this sudden golden light...
The One-Heart Emperor was certain, the source of the golden light was not from within Li Qing.
It came from outside the Great Taoist Sect!
That it could bypass her restrictions so freely...
Feeling the energy contained within the golden light, ancient memories from the Elders of the previous Great Taoist Sect involuntarily emerged.
Seeing Sister Zhao’s reaction, Li Qing knew the true self’s strategy had succeeded.
Thus he spoke loudly, "A temporary defeat does not signify a lifetime of failure. Years of hibernation do not mean we will vanish into the river of history."
"Even a centipede is resilient, dying but not stiff. What more of the True Immortal Heritage?"
Li Qing said, looking up proudly.
Sister Zhao, armed with several Techniques from the Mystic Sky Sect, was naturally very aware of the terrifying depth of the Mystic Sky Sect’s heritage.
Just a few inherited Techniques almost made her an Immortal Sovereign.
The true heritage of the Mystic Sky Sect was definitely unfathomable.
What’s more crucial was...
Although the Mystic Sky Sect’s downfall was orchestrated by the Immortal Dao Ten Clans working together,
according to the secret records of the Great Taoist Sect, the battle that led to the sect’s destruction was extremely strange.
Originally, they didn’t intend to completely annihilate the Mystic Sky Sect in one battle; but unexpectedly, as the battle went on, the other side suddenly collapsed on its own.
More crucially, on the day of the battle, the King of Mystic Sky, who was rumored to be a step away from True Immortal status, never showed up.
This was why the battle was so easily won.
The Immortal Dao Ten Clans had also suspected at the time that there was some plot at play.
Fearing that the King of Mystic Sky might return at any moment, they issued a death order against the remnants of the Mystic Sky Sect.
To force this hidden Half Immortal out.
But unexpectedly, it was as if he truly vanished from this world, never to appear in the Xuanhuang World again.
"If the Mystic Sky Sect is rekindling, does that mean the King of Mystic Sky will also reappear in this world?"
The question inevitably rose in the One-Heart Emperor’s Spirit Consciousness.
After all, what the other had shown, the grey mold spot and the Golden Light of Resolve, were clearly not possessions of an ordinary cultivator.
The One-Heart Emperor did not ponder for too long.
In her view, having one more disruptor in the Xuanhuang World wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Though the Semi-Immortal Stage was powerful, the Xuanhuang World was also not what it used to be.
Perhaps the return of this Half Immortal could bring about change and opportunity.
Within the Grand Hall, the eerie and pale faces staring at Li Qing vanished in an instant.
The dark hall brightened accordingly.
"The gift you brought, I really fancy it," a voice with a tone drastically different from before sounded.
