This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 55: He Zhiqing’s Visit

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: He Zhiqing’s Visit

Liang Yi turned around and found his master lying on a rocking chair in his own yard.

"Last night, I observed you and noticed some flaws in your swordsmanship and movement technique that I need to discuss with you," Chen Hua pointed out Liang Yi’s deficiencies in his swordsmanship and movement technique using the most straightforward language.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master!" Liang Yi bowed respectfully. He quickly ran through the corrections in his mind; after applying his master’s advice, both his swordsmanship and movement technique became sharper and more agile.

However, Liang Yi still felt some regrets. Mistakes like those made in the application of Daoist Skill, as pointed out by his master, did not contribute to Skill Experience Points. If the guidance was regarding a player’s cultivation in Daoist Skill, it would reduce the Experience needed for skill level-ups.

Such cases were rare, and he had barely heard of a few. That’s because most masters believe that this could lead to spoiling the disciples, letting them develop on their own instead.

Chen Hua waved his hand, dismissing the subject, and began talking about another matter.

"Elder Zhou of the Complete Heaven Sect should be arriving soon; go call Youyi over."

"So soon!?" Liang Yi exclaimed in surprise. A message last night, and arrived by this morning?

"Elder Zhou has always been like this. When he says it will be within a few days, it could be the next second or he might make you wait for several days," Chen Hua curled his lip, his old friend had many bad habits that he hadn’t managed to correct after so many years.

Liang Yi took his leave from Chen Hua, woke up the neighboring Su Youyi, and after a quick wash and breakfast, a purple starlight descended from the sky.

As the starlight dissipated, two figures appeared, precisely the previously encountered Fang Zhi and He Zhiqing.

"Sect Master Fang! Brother He!" Liang Yi and Su Youyi rose to greet them.

"Hmm, we meet again!"

Fang Zhi was nearly blinded by the dazzling red mandarin duck star as soon as he saw the two.

"Brother Liang, Sister Su, I trust you have been well!" He Zhiqing stepped forward to greet the two.

"You youngsters chat. I’m going to find that guy Chen Hua!" No sooner had Fang Zhi spoken than he was no longer in the courtyard.

"I heard that Brother He specifically came to find us this time?"

Liang Yi asked curiously, meanwhile inviting He Zhiqing to sit and brewed a cup of Spiritual Tea for him. Su Youyi, seeing that they were about to chat, quickly brought out snacks and sat beside them, watching.

"Thank you."

He Zhiqing took the Spiritual Tea and after a light sip put it down, his expression turning serious.

"Indeed, my main reason for coming this time is to seek out Brother Liang. Since we accidentally discovered that Devouring Spirit Sect last time, something in my heart has been unsettled, so after returning, I used various methods to investigate, and unexpectedly, I made some significant findings."

Liang Yi nodded, signaling that he was listening attentively.

"Do you know about the Abyss?" He Zhiqing slowly asked.

Liang Yi paused for a moment while sipping his tea, then responded calmly:

"I have not heard of it. Could Brother He clarify?"

The Abyss was not altogether unheard of by Liang Yi, but his knowledge was not from this life, rather from a game update announcement from his previous life.

Before he transmigrated, the game was about to update. The game announcement on the official website mentioned that the theme for the next version was "The Descent of the Abyss," with the Abyss serving as the main antagonist throughout the version.

As for what the "Abyss" specifically was, the players were not informed; it was only known that the Abyss was a dreaded place located further north of the Desert North, and the Zen Sect established in the depths of Desert North was there to guard the Abyss.

There had been players, scenery enthusiasts, who wished to explore the entire map, but anyone approaching the northern boundary of Desert North would be indiscriminately killed by the Zen Sect’s guarding monks. Even elite disciples from Super Forces met the same fate, being killed and sent back to respawn points.

And the sect where they belonged simply disregarded the matter of disciples being killed, even imposing greater punishments on those sect disciples who had come to join the commotion after the player resurrection.

Therefore, practically all players were extremely interested in the next version, including Liang Yi.

Unfortunately, he was thrown into transmigration before he could experience it. Now hearing the term again from He Zhiqing’s mouth, Liang Yi felt greatly surprised; after all, even the closed beta test had not started yet, and now things from several versions later had appeared.

"Does younger brother apprentice Liang Yi know which epoch it is now?"

"I know, I know. It’s the Third Epoch!" Su Youyi, who was beside, raised her hand and answered eagerly, something she had heard from her senior apprentice brother before.

Liang Yi, standing nearby, also nodded, as this was mentioned in the game’s backstory.

The Third Epoch, that is, the third time the cultivation civilization flourished. Before that, the ancient First Epoch and remote Second Epoch had also seen the cultivation civilizations exist, only to gradually disappear over time.

"What ordinary cultivators understand is that both the First and Second Epoch merely flourished and then declined, eventually vanishing into the river of history."

He Zhiqing said this and paused for a moment, his expression growing more solemn.

"But according to the secret records of the Complete Heaven Sect, both the First Epoch and Second Epoch were destroyed for the same reason, the Abyss!"

"What!"

Liang Yi and Su Youyi both exclaimed in shock.

Su Youyi was simply astonished, unable to believe that two epochs were actually destroyed.

While Liang Yi was truly taken aback. Others might not understand the previous two epochs, but he had the fortune of seeing some scenes from the Second Epoch in a certain secret realm in his previous life.

The scenes depicted a mighty figure from the Demon Clan challenging one of the three ancient emperors from the Complete Heaven Sect, Emperor Chen.

The stars filled the sky, augmenting his body; as long as the stars remained, the Divine Soul would be immortal.

Emperor Chen stood still as the powerful demon transformed into a boundless true form and used any means possible, but in the end, he remained unharmed, resulting in the demon’s complete submission.

This was the peak of combat prowess in the Second Epoch, yet Liang Yi’s own Taoist Sect had been passed down from the Ancient First Epoch. Not to mention anything else, the master of the intimations of Sword Immortal within that talisman, what kind of splendor would he possess? And the master of that talisman!

Two epochs such as these, if you say their destruction was due to flourishing then declining, Liang Yi could believe that.

But now, He Zhiqing says both were destroyed by the Abyss, which he found hard to accept.

"And the place that seals the Abyss is now guarded by the Zen Sect."

"Seal? The Abyss is sealed?" Liang Yi noticed the key point in He Zhiqing’s words.

"Although the previous two epochs were said to be destroyed, the Abyss did not escape unscathed; its current sealed state is clear proof of that."

"That seal may be exquisitely peerless, but to claim it can seal the cause of the destruction of two epochs, it still lacks sufficient strength. Therefore, we speculate that the experts of the previous two epochs must have dealt a heavy blow to the Abyss itself." Chen Hua’s voice rose from the side; unbeknownst to them, he had arrived in the courtyard, standing beside Fang Zhi.

"Master!"

"Hmm. Our Youdao Mountain was established not too long ago, and although I have visited the Abyss guarded by the Zen Sect, I have limited knowledge of these secrets. So, all this was recently told to me by Elder Daoist Fang."

Chen Hua pointed to Fang Zhi beside him and said with a smile.

Fang Zhi snorted coldly; using the knowledge he had provided to show off in front of his disciple was something only shameless Chen Hua would do.