CHAPTER 556: CHAPTER 555: SPACE LAW FRUSTRATES GIANTS OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT REALM

Lin Xiaosu listened to her as she spoke with a hint of emotion about these insights. He blinked gently: "Senior sister, from my observation, it seems you possess sword intent as well, and your sword intent is much stronger than mine."

"I... I reached Qinghua Realm just two months ago," Feng Ji said.

Lin Xiaosu rubbed his forehead: "Senior sister, you praised me so thoroughly, I’m on cloud nine. Now you tell me you’re a whole realm above me. Are you praising me, or praising yourself?"

Feng Ji chuckled, her eyes curving like crescent moons: "I’m different. Don’t compare with me!"

"Besides being kind and lovely, what else is different about you? You must tell me..."

Feng Ji shot him a sideways glance: "Promise me something, and I’ll tell you."

"You say it!"

"No flattering people without principles. Whenever I hear you sweet-talk, I feel like you’re about to sell me out..."

"Look at what you’re saying, senior sister..." Lin Xiaosu was speechless too: "I promise!"

"My secret, you can’t tell anyone else..." Feng Ji said: "I am not of this world’s origin..."

When Feng Ji appeared in this world, she was merely bones.

A century ago, these bones awakened a naïve consciousness and began to cultivate independently.

Then, she met Hua Miaoyi.

Hua Miaoyi unintentionally disrupted her cultivation and realized it afterward; thus, using the Rejuvenation Secret Technique, she pulled her back.

Moved by Hua Miaoyi’s kindness, she voluntarily became her disciple.

That’s how they began a师徒情 unknown to the outside world.

As she practiced the Rejuvenation Secret Technique, her consciousness’s awakening accelerated, and she recalled some cultivation techniques deeply embedded in her bones, advancing faster than any disciple.

But regarding her true identity, she still didn’t know.

She just knew she came from the Ancient Wilderness and vaguely remembered some sects from there. However, specific people and events were still scattered branches and leaves for her.

Only Hua Miaoyi knew this currently.

She said one day, once Feng Ji reached the Second Realm of Enlightenment, Enlightenment of God Realm, and formed a Primordial Spirit, she should be able to awaken all her memories.

After all, the consciousness’s essence is ultimately guided by the Primordial Spirit.

Once the Primordial Spirit awakens, the consciousness’s return is likely.

She spoke of all this...

Lin Xiaosu was stunned.

He didn’t know this part of her story.

If she hadn’t said it herself, no amount of speculation could have revealed that this remarkable woman he met in Kun Cang, the one he keeps calling his senior sister, was actually a reborn skeleton.

What do they call this outside?

A Skeletal Spirit indeed...

No wonder her most noticeable trait is thinness...

Feng Ji gently exhaled: "The Ancient Wilderness is imminent in breaking the realm, right?"

"Yes!"

"You entered Kun Cang this time hoping the major sects there would lend a hand to collectively resist the Ancient Wilderness invasion?"

"Yes!"

"I... I happen to come from the Ancient Wilderness," Feng Ji’s voice wavered.

"If everyone coming from the Ancient Wilderness were like you, what a blessed event that would be! Alas, they’re not you!"

Feng Ji gently raised her hand and pressed it over his: "If folks from their side can come here, theoretically, people from this side can go there too. Maybe I could go there to uncover my identity, find my sect, and cooperate with you to avert this calamity."

"Senior sister, you are somewhat naïve."

"Indeed, affairs between realms could lead to destruction, and what could a rootless wanderer like me achieve? I don’t even know my family’s surname or name, so how could I sway decisions between realms?" Feng Ji sighed: "For now, I’ll join your group for the first stage! Never mind if leading the adversaries are my own parents; let’s just defeat them first!"

"Senior sister, if you’re so good to me again, I won’t be able to hold back from flattering you..."

Feng Ji laughed: "Let’s get on the boat first..."

Lin Xiaosu’s gaze dropped toward the cliffside, where he saw a black canopy boat.

She brought it along.

This senior sister is quite elegant. Though she’s already at the pinnacle of Observing Heaven, able to cover miles swiftly, she still prefers leisurely travels through Jianghu on a small boat.

Suddenly, a change occurred on the river.

The gently flowing river seemed to bizarrely halt.

The small boat ceased rocking.

Feng Ji abruptly looked up...

Her hair floated, strangely suspended in the void.

The large trees on the slope also suddenly froze.

"Enlightenment Realm!" Feng Ji said in a deep voice.

As her words fell, a figure in the air resembled a step across the sky...

At the first step, the river appeared to lower.

At the second step, all mountain winds vanished.

At the third step!

He landed before them.

This was a gentle and refined middle-aged man.

"Master Zheng of Tianyan Palace!" Feng Ji stepped forward to shield Lin Xiaosu.

The newcomer was Zheng Tianyan, someone Lin Xiaosu once saw. Back during his first entry into Kun Cang, he witnessed Hua Miaoyi escape the Shenghua Valley’s entrapment formation, and she fought Zheng Tianyan in the sky, displaying the formidable powers of the Enlightenment Realm for the first time.

Zheng Tianyan’s gaze swept the slopes, then returned to the two, the elegance and refinement on his face faded, saying blandly: "Lin Xiaosu, Feng Ji, daring to kill our sect’s top elder, Hua Miaoyi can’t protect you!"

As his voice fell!

A finger extended!

Midway, the finger suddenly enlarged, like a pillar striking the heavens!

Enlightenment Realm True Essence Transformation!

Feng Ji’s hand shook violently, causing Lin Xiaosu to retreat to the cliff’s edge, her hair floated high, and she lifted her sword, thousands of phoenix phantoms bursting into the sky.

Every phoenix bore azure wings!

"Sword Intent Green Flower, truly worthy as the first below Enlightenment Realm!" Zheng Tianyan said: "But... just below Enlightenment Realm!"

With a bang, this finger enlarged again, swirling the phoenix phantoms into frantic flight.

Feng Ji shouted loudly: "Nirvana Swordsmanship opening form: Enemy neither lives nor exists!"

The sky’s phoenix phantoms abruptly merged into one colossal phoenix that covered the sky and the sun.

The phoenix soared and collided with Zheng Tianyan’s finger that shattered the heavens.

Boom!

The mountain split in two!

Zheng Tianyan’s True Essence Giant Finger dissipated like smoke and clouds, and Feng Ji spat out a mouthful of blood as she was flung far away.

With cultivation beneath the Enlightenment Realm, she crossed the chasm of that realm to forcibly withstand an attack from within it, a feat enough to astonish the world. Yet, Feng Ji’s heart sank like ice, for she realized that even if she called upon her Master now, it would be far too late.

Lin Xiaosu, what should we do?

The feared crisis arrived faster than imagined.

Zheng Tianyan took a step forward, pointing directly at Lin Xiaosu!

Feng Ji, watching this from her fall in the sky, felt her heart shatter with fear...

And Zheng Tianyan suddenly froze!

For with his step forward, the scenery before him morphed, suddenly transforming into the Misty Rain Jiangnan.

In the Misty Rain Jiangnan, lotuses bloomed everywhere; a hundred lotuses wilted simultaneously. One flower detached from its branch with a profound sense of desolation and a poignant reluctance to leave, yet it carried an unmatched killing intent...

That very flower collided with the incoming True Essence Giant Finger.

Cracks ran all across the True Essence Giant Finger.

"What a sword!" Zheng Tianyan was moved!

Bang!

The wind swept away the clouds; it was as if the picturesque Jiangnan was erased by that one finger...

Once again, the finger pointed at Lin Xiaosu.

Along the path forward, the previous cracks all closed up, becoming more refined...

Seeing this finger, Lin Xiaosu had no means of resistance.

Suddenly, he gently waved his hand!

With this wave, the last hint of the Jiangnan Mist Rain’s ambience was dispelled, and a rift was torn open in the void!

The rift was not large, at most one zhang.

To the naked eye, it appeared like a light fog before him, dissipating easily with a gust of breath.

However, Zheng Tianyan’s domineering attack pierced into this rift, as if stabbing into another world.

Completely vanished!

Whoosh!

Zheng Tianyan hurriedly withdrew his right hand.

His middle finger was severed halfway.

His face was full of disbelief...

With a swish, like a giant bird startled from beneath the cliff, Feng Ji finally returned. Her eyes fell upon the rift in front of Lin Xiaosu, leaving her utterly bewildered...

Heavens, how... how is this possible?

"Zheng Tianyan, remember one thing!" Lin Xiaosu stated, "Since I dared to enter Kun Cang, there’s no way you can kill me. Today, I’ll give you a chance to make a new choice! If you persist in your ignorance, Dongfang Lie, Ren Cangmang will be your precedents!"

Zheng Tianyan’s face was ashen as he dumbly watched the slowly fading void rift before him.

"Senior Sister, let’s go!" Lin Xiaosu grabbed Feng Ji’s hand.

Feng Ji raised her hand, catching hold of his, and the two jumped from the cliff, landing accurately on the small boat.

The small boat flowed downstream.

Zheng Tianyan stood on the hillside, staring at the void before him...

Space Law!

Is this possible?

Rules can only be comprehended in the Third Realm of Enlightenment, and he was currently only in the First Realm, Body Enlightenment. Even in the Second Realm, Enlightenment of God, one may not witness it in a lifetime, let alone the Third Realm, Rule Enlightenment?

And Laws are at the pinnacle of the rules.

Space Law is the king of all laws.

This lad hasn’t even reached Observing Heaven, could he have comprehended the King of Laws?

It’s simply impossible.

Nonetheless, this rift appearing out of thin air...

His True Essence Finger entered the rift, was directly severed and shattered, the kind of heart-stopping killing intent, the sensation that trembles the deepest soul, wasn’t a facade.

Does he possess an Exotic Space Treasure?

This may be the only explanation.

However, he dared not move.

He was petrified by this overwhelming Space Law, which far surpassed the cultivation path.

He was also spooked by Lin Xiaosu’s earlier unsettlingly calm statement.

"I dared to enter Kun Cang; there’s no way you can kill me. If you persist in ignorance, Dongfang Lie, Ren Cangmang will be your precedents!"

Such words taken on their own would have any enlightenment realm kill him for his arrogance.

Yet these words were spoken after witnessing the Space Law...

Logically speaking, this lad must have an extraordinary card to play, otherwise, how could he not know entering Kun Cang is tantamount to seeking death?

Reality proved the trump card he possessed far exceeded imagination!

With so many opponents against Lin Xiaosu, should it really be him, Zheng Tianyan, to stand out? To experience his unheard-of trump card?

Once this understanding was reached, Zheng Tianyan missed a golden opportunity...

The little boat drifted slowly, turning past the headland in front, leaving the battlefield of life and death unseen at last...

Feng Ji took a deep breath, "Now you must tell me, you..."

Lin Xiaosu suddenly went limp.

"You... you’re injured!"

Feng Ji extended her hand to catch him.

Lin Xiaosu’s complexion visibly paled rapidly, "My Blood Tower, it’s about to collapse!"

Feng Ji’s expression changed drastically. She pointed at his Dantian.

His Blood Tower was riddled with cracks.

The eight Heavenly Stars atop the Blood Tower swayed precariously.

Feng Ji was shocked, "Quickly sit cross-legged, I’ll help you return the Qi to your Dantian and reinforce the Blood Tower."

"No need!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Senior Sister, lend me your lap to rest on for a while..."

Regardless of her consent, Lin Xiaosu lay down, resting on her lap.

Feng Ji was worried. She touched his Dantian again out of concern, and was slightly startled; his Blood Tower had stabilized, no longer deteriorating. In the next instant, it seemed full of boundless vitality, slowly converging, his Blood Tower was indeed quickly repairing.

If the speed of recovery alone was judged, if the Rejuvenation Secret Technique claimed second, no cultivation technique would dare claim first in the world.

Yet his cultivation exceeded by tenfold any Rejuvenation Secret Technique she had seen...

This junior brother started to become a bit miraculous!

Feng Ji finally let out a sigh of relief, putting her hand down, gently stroking his hair...