This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 236 - 230: Dreaming Back to Purple Cloud

Chapter 236: Chapter 230: Dreaming Back to Purple Cloud

·"I’m exhausted, dammit! Why is this damn thing so hard to repair!"

Liang Yi was consumed with frustration, angrily throwing the array formation materials in his hand. He couldn’t remember this array being so difficult to repair in his past life.

The materials hadn’t changed, and neither had his techniques, but for some reason, the progress had slowed down, and the amount of Spiritual Power it consumed had become extremely vast.

An array that could normally be fixed in three days was now dragging on for an entire week. When the orange cat was thin, he was repairing the array, and now the orange cat has fattened up by ten pounds, and he was still repairing the array. Will this ever end?

"For my junior sister, for my junior sister, everything for junior sister..."

Liang Yi rubbed his hair irritably, murmured his junior sister’s name three hundred times in his heart, then picked up the array repair materials again under the unperturbed gaze of the orange cat, and continued his unfinished business.

Purple Cloud Sect.

"This new Sect Master’s Spiritual Power is indeed pure and vast, he has been tirelessly working for three days, and this is only the first interruption," the elder felt the abundance of Mana within himself and couldn’t help but feel a bit sentimental.

The array he left behind in that Secret Realm was originally meant as a contingency for himself, in case the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp couldn’t be ignited over time, then this contingency would automatically absorb the Spiritual Power of the heavens and earth to light the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp.

But it seems that even contingencies can’t withstand the erosion of Time River, and it had been damaged for who knows how many years until now when it was finally discovered by someone.

And his spoken will was: whoever ignites the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp, shall be the new generation Sect Master of Purple Cloud Sect.

This was no joke; the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp could not be ignited by someone without great fortune. It was also an important method that the Purple Cloud Sect once used to measure disciples’ fortune.

But the fortune of this unassuming Sect Master was so dense that it was frightening.

There are two ways to condense the lamp oil for the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp: one is to use a vast amount of Spiritual Power to ignite it, and the other is to use the fortune of the user. If Spiritual Power is used to condense the lamp oil, it might take all the Spiritual Power of a Seventh Realm cultivator to form a single drop, but this new Sect Master inadvertently condensed a large drop with his own fortune while repairing the lamp, significantly advancing the old man’s resurrection time.

As long as this drop of lamp oil remains in the lamp, the life force of the lamp’s owner will not dissipate.

As for some of the sect members who perished in the great battle and whose partial residual souls were collected by the Taihua Xiyi Bell, they too had now been reawakened by him, with their sense of self and they are now busily rebuilding the sect.

Although they can only have a portion of their original memories, it is sufficient to assist the new Sect Master in building the sect for the time being.

In this life, they no longer seek for the sect to be extremely powerful; as long as the lineage can continue, they will be content.

"Oh right, I wonder how those kids in the Taiwei Eight Sceneries Moon Array are doing." Suddenly, the elder remembered this matter, made a slight hand signal, and drew a circle in the void in front of him. In the circle appeared the scene of those who were trapped in the Illusion Realm.

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"Little Sister Chen, what are you daydreaming about? It’s almost your turn to be tested!"

A fellow senior sister in a plain robe saw her junior sister being absent-minded at such a critical moment and couldn’t help but remind her with concern.

"Ah? Sister Yu?" Su Youyi suddenly woke up, as if she had been asleep for a long time, and her Sea of Consciousness was in a daze, without knowing what happened, but when looking at the familiar woman in front of her, she subconsciously called out.

"What Sister Yu, I am your senior sister Ye Lingyun. I told you to go to bed early last night but you wouldn’t listen, insisting on practicing your Sword Technique. Now look at what you’ve done, you’ve practiced your brain into a stupor," Yu Gejing lightly tapped Su Youyi’s forehead with her finger, speaking with three parts blame and seven parts care.

"Should I tell our master that you’re not feeling well? Say that Little Sister Chen is unwell, and delay the test a bit?"

"No... no need..." Su Youyi was a bit dazed, she clearly remembered entering the Purple Cloud Sect with Sister Yu, but she couldn’t recall anything after being engulfed in a mysterious mist.

"Yu... Ye Senior Sister, is this Purple Cloud Sect?" Su Youyi turned her head to look around, noticing that everyone standing there was wearing the same kind of sect robes, and were all intently watching the martial contest on the stage.

And the two of them were just members of the crowd.

"Are you really sick? This is of course the Purple Cloud Sect. Today is the most crucial test for the Outer Disciples to be promoted to the Inner Sect," Yu Gejing looked puzzled. She really couldn’t understand this junior sister of hers now; just moments ago she seemed fine, but now she appeared quite confused.

Su Youyi looked up, and above the sect there was the familiar purple twilight, indeed resembling the Purple Cloud Sect, but what exactly was going on now?

"Next up, Outer Disciple Chen Keqi, please come on stage to face Outer Disciple Wu Cang,"

On the high stage, the previous contest had ended, and now a middle-aged man dressed as a sect administrator was calling out with a bamboo tube.

"It’s your turn, it’s your turn. Go Chen Keqi, we’ve agreed to advance to Inner Sect Disciples together!" Yu Gejing suddenly became excited out of nowhere, hurriedly urging Su Youyi, seeming even more thrilled than the person heading on stage.

Su Youyi hadn’t figured out what was going on yet and was pushed onto the stage in a daze by Yu Gejing. However, just before going on stage, Yu Gejing still held Su Youyi’s hand with a concerned expression and said.

"If you’re feeling unwell, you must speak up and just concede. It’s okay if we lose this time, we’ll have another chance in two years! Worst case scenario, your senior sister will accompany you for another two years!"

Looking at Yu Gejing, who was always concerned about her, Su Youyi responded with a sweet smile, leaving Yu Gejing somewhat dazzled. After so many years, she had never seen her shy junior sister smile so brilliantly.

Like the peach blossoms blooming in March, the warm breeze strokes the heart, making her feel a palpable throbbing.

"Rest assured, Senior Sister Ye." Su Youyi smiled comfortingly.

Although she did not understand why she and Senior Sister Yu were here, and why their Realms were suppressed to the Third Realm, Su Youyi decided to first overcome the challenge at hand before seeking the truth.

Her Senior Brother once told her: "When the cart reaches the foot of the mountain, a path shall appear. If there is no path, use the sword in hand to carve one out of the mountain."

Now, as she held the longsword once again, the tumult within her heart settled back into tranquility, her gaze devoid of confusion, her flawless Sword Heart bright and clear!

This poise made the three elders seated on the high platform all brighten their eyes, the young girl’s Mental State was extraordinary! Moreover, it seemed as though she had already cultivated a Sword Heart.

"At this age, to have cultivated a Sword Heart... a heaven-sent prodigy?" A middle-aged man in a white robe holding a sword turned to an old man beside him.

"It doesn’t look like it was cultivated previously, but rather a sudden enlightenment. This is somewhat monstrous," commented the elder in a gray robe as he stroked his beard, his face showing utter disbelief. It was the first time he had seen such a situation.

"This may require reporting to the Sect Master," the last of the trio, a beautiful Daoist nun, nodded and sent a communicative Spirit Light flying towards the cloud-enshrouded grand hall at the peak of the Sect.

Meanwhile, Su Youyi unexpectedly recognized her opponent, a genius from a First-Grade Sect.

She had memorized the general information about all participants who came to the Purple Cloud Phoenix Extreme Secret Realm before entering it, including this Young Sect Master from the Jing Kong Sect.

Currently, this young master named Chao Tianhe was referred to as an Outer Disciple, Wu Cang, similar to how she had taken on the identity of an Outer Disciple, Chen Keqi.

"Is this an illusion realm that bewilders the Divine Soul?" Su Youyi speculated in her heart, yet it was astounding that even Senior Sister Yu, a master of arrays, could be deceived by such an illusion.

Moreover, why was she herself still clear-headed?

Though Su Youyi wished to ponder further and recall some details, she had no time to think further while atop the fighting stage.

The one now called Wu Cang, Chao Tianhe, decisively formed a unique set of Daoist hand seals and launched an attack on Su Youyi after exchanging formalities.

"Isn’t Jing Kong Sect a Body Cultivation Sect?" Su Youyi wondered, puzzled about whether her role within the array was that of a Daoist Practitioner.

Even Chao Tianhe felt confused; he remembered being a Daoist Practitioner, so why did he subconsciously prepare to unleash an attack with his fists after adeptly forming the Daoist seals?

However, Su Youyi wasn’t about to give her enemy a chance to relax, she unsheathed her three-foot-long sword and instinctively executed a sword technique that she had never learned!

This turn of events bewildered Su Youyi as well; she had never learned this, perhaps, Seventh-Grade Sword Technique, so why had her body instinctively used it? It was as if it had been practiced thousands of times.

The familiarity of the body and the strangeness in the conscious mind caused a strong sense of dissonance, momentarily making Su Youyi lose her bearings and she nearly outlined her opponent’s body with a slash, a mistake that was impossible for her to make.

Not only were the two on the platform stunned, even the surrounding disciples and watching elders were baffled by their operations.

Were they engaging in a clumsy fight or brazenly fixing a match? Did they think they were underfed this morning and now serving them food?

"What... What’s happening?" The group of elders above could not understand. A Sword Cultivator with a Sword Heart unfamiliar with their own sword technique?

Are you kidding me!

After Su Youyi unconsciously activated her flawless Sword Heart, she surprisingly discovered that a mysterious and unfamiliar memory energy was isolated from her Sword Heart.

Upon slightly releasing the suppression, a sliver of that energy integrated into Su Youyi’s Sea of Consciousness, materializing into several large characters:

[Green Sun Sword Technique]

"Is this the Seventh-Grade Sword Technique that I just instinctively executed?" Su Youyi was taken aback because along with the Sword Technique came a flood of memories of practicing the technique, the owner of which was none other than Chen Keqi, whose identity she had assumed.

But as these memories merged with her own, she became the protagonist of the practice, and the Sword Technique became as familiar to her as if it had been honed thousands of times.

"So that’s how it is..."

Su Youyi had an epiphany, finally understanding the situation for herself and others.

The Purple Cloud Sect’s trial must be about reliving the Sect’s heyday, where they would assume the identity of a past disciple of the Sect, living here for a time.

When the illusion or dream realm concluded, any Cultivation Techniques or techniques etc., learned here would be brought back into their original selves.

This method was not uncommon, yet the capacity to implement it was rare among Sects. As far as Su Youyi knew, only the Zen Sect among the Super Forces possessed a similar array.

Such arrays could only be set up by the top powers, and the energy consumption for each activation was immense; could this be why the Purple Cloud Phoenix Extreme Secret Realm was opened so infrequently?