Translated by: La0o9
Edited by: Dr.Lock
Proofreader:? Arya
Shifu said I had two junior sisters, did the sect accept more people?
Unable to come up with anything, Gu Qing Shan could only stand and wait as his Shifu instructed.
Not too long after that, an airship appeared at the horizon.
The airship arrived quickly, with several fully armored cultivators standing guard on either side.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised to see this.
Normally whenever they went out, he and Xiao Lou would always be sneaky to find a place to get a drink or two.
Since when did our sect act this high-profile?
While the airship was still a bit away, a voice had already reached the lake.
âWho are you!? Why did you face a Tribulation without any contact or notification in our world?â
Gu Qing Shan immediately realized that he had misunderstood.
These were most likely patrolling cultivators who came on duty, not people of his sect.
Gu Qing Shan then replied: âIâm a disciple of Bai Hua sect, the Tribulation came down as soon as I got here so I couldnât contact anyone. Hopefully, youâll let this goâ
âBai Hua sect? Who are you?â the opposing voice was suddenly raised.
âThis humble one is Gu Qing Shanâ
As soon as he said this, the other side went quiet.
Even the airship stopped in place without getting closer.
The voice from before shouted: âSend the signal!â
âYes!â
Two cultivators shouted in reply.
An emergency military flare was shot to the sky, howling all the way.
As the signal was sent out, the people sighed in relief and no longer got any closer, instead opting to take a defensive stance.
Gu Qing Shan quickly understood their actions as soon as he saw it.
These people were alerted when I faced my Tribulation, so they came to check it out.
And now theyâre probably assuming that Iâm an impersonator.
No wonder Shifu warned me not to go anywhere!
In the short time that he was in thought, the situation suddenly changed.
Over a dozen cultivators came flying from afar with formation plates in their hands.
They went in front of the airship and began to arrange a formation aiming towards Gu Qing Shan.
Various layers of light came out from their formation plates, forming mysterious runes that melted into the void of space.
Gu Qing Shan scowled as he saw that.
Such a slow and inefficient method of arranging formations wasnât much trouble for him.
Originally, the cultivation worldâs main characteristic was the richness of resources, while Shen Wu worldâs characteristic was their excellent Smithing techniques.
But the Suspended world where Gu Qing Shan went to was a place that relied completely on formations to exist.
The greatest crystallization of the Suspended worldâs culture was their formations.
And after his battle in that world, Gu Qing Shan had used his Soul Points to max out his understanding of formations in order to leave.
His current level of comprehension of formations could be considered the best even in the previous Suspended world.
And so, now that he was facing the cultivation worldâs old formations, Gu Qing Shan didnât mind them at all.
Every formation userâs gestures, every detail of their formation was quickly analyzed and decoded by him.
ââthis was a large-scale binding formation whose main use was to trap enemies and prevent them from using spirit energy.
The formation was already half-done and will be completed in a few more breaths of time.
At that time, things would become troublesome.
Gu Qing Shan didnât think much about it and tapped his Inventory Bag to take out a formation plate.
ââ-one that came from the Suspended world.
He quickly operated the formation plate.
Whether or not this was a misunderstanding, how could he just stand there to be captured?
If it really was a misunderstanding, heâll just have to resolve it later on.
If it wasnât, then he definitely canât let himself be put into a situation where he couldnât fight back.
And so, both sides arranged their formations.
When the formation users on the other side finished their formation, so did Gu Qing Shan.
They both activated them at once.
âââFour Corner Anti-spirit Demon Trapping Formation, activate!âââ
The formation users shouted all at once.
The light of the formation slowly rose up.
Gu Qing Shan also put this hand on his formation plate and infused it with spirit energy.
A light came from the formation plate.
Ten Thousand Spirit Melting Dispel Formation, activate!
Two intense lights clashed with each other in the sky.
This was a fight between formations.
â-rumble rumble!
The two lights clashed against each other, neither one giving up until they both eliminated each other and disappeared.
The expressions of every cultivator there changed.
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Their side began arranging their formation first, yet they couldnât trap him.
The other side only began half-way through, and he was alone, using a formation that they never heard of before.
Yet this formation managed to dispel their large-scale formation that took over a dozen people to arrange.
What a high-level formation user!
They immediately understood the situation.
Another flare was instantly shot to the sky.
This time, the flare was bright red, signalling a dangerous situation.
They all angrily shouted.
âYou are not Gu Qing Shan!â
âThatâs right, Gu Qing Shan doesnât know how to use formations!â
âGu Qing Shan is a sword cultivator, not an impersonator like yourself!â
âHe clearly got spooked, immediately revealing his identity of being a formation user when he was about to be capturedâ
âVillain, which world did you actually come from, confess!â
Being rained with jeers and shouts, Gu Qing Shan couldnât do anything but chuckled bitterly, feeling a bit helpless.
Sure enough, Shifuâs worries were warranted.
I didnât go anywhere, but my Tribulation caused such a huge commotion as soon as I returned.
I forgot to mention this to Shifu.
Gu Qing Shan had to put a hand up and loudly declared: âPlease wait a minute, I can explainâ
From afar, a cold female voice came.
âExplain? He has never practiced formations to such a degree before, so you donât need to explain anythingâ
Following this voice, the crowd of cultivators appeared glad.
âItâs the General!â
âThe General came here herself!â
âBrat, youâre not going to get away this timeâ
Amongst the shouting, a streak of light shot across the sky, heading towards Gu Qing Shan.
A second later.
Gu Qing Shan realized something.
âNot good!â
He silently told himself.
At the same time, a sharp ripping noise came from the air.
A shining snow-white Blade gleamed at him.
Wherever the Blade passed through, the air itself was being sliced apart, leaving behind a black crack in space.
The snow-white Blade drew a long black crack as it fell on him from above.
The Blade was heading for Gu Qing Shanâs head!
âââwhat a fast strike!
What fierce bladesmanship!
This is a strike that forgoes all room for retreat, one that would kill the enemy even at the cost of their own life.
Gu Qing Shan knew how strong this strike was.
In the blink of an eye, he took the Six Paths Great Mountain sword in hand.
Secret Art, [Crescent Slash]!
A light blue glow enveloped his sword as he received the Blade.
Bangâââ-
The sword and blade clashed, giving off ear-piercing metal screeches.
The world itself shook.
Several formation users whose cultivation werenât too high couldnât help but quickly back off.
They were almost at their limit merely by being near the shockwaves of the clash.
âAh?â
The cold female voice was a bit surprised.
Her strike was stopped.
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She couldnât help but appear from the void of space.
Gu Qing Shan took a good look at her.
The female was wearing a metal mask that shielded her face, preventing even inner sight to pass through.
Her slender but plentiful physique was perfectly enclosed by a suit of armor.
A Blade was held in her hand.
Her entire body gave off a cold and sharp killing intent.
Ning Yue Chan! (1)
There was no one but her in the entire cultivation world with this presence.
Gu Qing Shan deeply sighed and spoke: âHah, so even you donât recognize me now? Iâm the real one hereâ
Ning Yue Chan ignored his words and coldly spoke: âThere are too many methods in this world to allow a shameless bastard to disguise as himâ
âSince youâve managed to stop my strike, prepare to die even more gruesomelyâ
Gu Qing Shan could tell, her voice was calm, but it masked intense fury.
She was serious!
Seeing Ning Yue Chan raising her Blade about to attack again, Gu Qing Shan couldnât help but quickly shouted: âWait! You ambushed me before, now itâs my turn to attack first!â
Ning Yue Chan was stunned for a brief moment.
Taking advantage of that, Gu Qing Shan shamelessly took a large distance from her.
Donât be ridiculous, this girl always fights without minding her own life, Iâm not going to fight THAT!
He quickly wracked his brain to quickly come up with a solution.
Fortunately, he had been in enough life-threatening situations that he was already a veteran in that field, so his mind actually moved faster under these circumstances.
As soon as Ning Yue Chan reacted and raised her eyebrows, Gu Qing Shan already came up with a solution.
Her Blade flashed.
Ning Yue Chan pursued him!
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly retreated again while tapping his Inventory Bag to take out something.
He shouted: âTake a good look at this!â
ââ-he was holding a small white flower in his hand.
This was a Dragonâs Tear Flower, a herb that was beneficial to the soul vessel, its fragrance was light but lingered for a long time, a favorite among female cultivators.
Unfortunately, this type of flower was so rare that it was hard to find even in the cultivation world with its abundance of resources.
However, there were a few branches of them growing in Bai Hua sect.
This was thanks to Bai Hua Fairy spending untold efforts searching through the entire cultivation world for them.
Because of Xiuxiuâs soul vessel being wounded since she was young, Bai Hua Fairy frequently gives her this flower as food, hoping that she would recover soon.
After Bai Hua Fairyâs collection of them, Dragonâs Tear Flowers became even rarer in the cultivation world.
And there was a reason why Gu Qing Shan took out this flower.
In the past, during the spirit beastsâ betrayal incident, Ning Yue Chan had secretly accepted Gu Qing Shanâs request and brought him back to camp from the wild.
At the time, Gu Qing Shan gifted Ning Yue Chan a Dragonâs Tear Flower while riding on her airship. (TN: ch154)
Only the two of them know about this.
Even if people from the cultivation alliance caught masses of cultivators from this world and performed [Soul Reading] on them, they still wouldnât know about this.
Someone of Ning Yue Chanâs caliber would definitely understand what this flower meant.
This flower was more than enough to prove that Gu Qing Shan wasnât a fake!
A split second laterââ-
The Blade stopped.
The overwhelming Blade spirit that never backed down dissipated in front of this small white flower.
The Blade then softly touched the petals of the flower, as if it was a shy girl in love.
Ning Yue Chan pulled back her Blade and undid her mask, revealing her familiar stunning beauty.
The killing intent from before had all gone away without a trace.
A pair of clear apricot eyes faced Gu Qing Shan straight on as if it had countless words to say.
But their current situation didnât allow the two of them to carefully do such a thing.
She only looked at the Dragonâs Tear Flower and lightly asked: âThis break on the stem, could they be from the same branch?â
âHm, the flower I gifted you that day, this is certainly another of the same branchâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
After some brief thinking, he continued: âAnd Iâll gift this one to you as wellâ
The small white flower gave off a faint fragrance that calmed the mind.
Ning Yue Chan put her Blade away.
She came forward, carefully received the flower and gently sniffed it in front of her nose.
âThen Iâll have a complete pair to take care of nowâ
She muttered.
Note:
(1) Ning Yue Chan: I might have forgotten to announce this before, but her name was mistranslated before as Ning Yue Xi, from now on it will be Ning Yue Chan