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Atop mountains and cliffs in the sea of clouds, there was a single turquoise table.
Chen Qinghan made a small sneeze. Sitting across from her, Wang Yangming could not help but chuckle from this sudden cute scene compared to her normal cold demeanor: “I wonder who is thinking about you, the White Robed General.”
Chen Qinghan gently wiped her nose, speaking sternly: “Still no location on the Gamma Ursae Majoris Stone?”
Wang Yangming toyed with a lotus flower on her fingertip. The flower followed her intentions, blooming and withering, changing into all kinds of colors, an incomparably beautiful display. “The Northern Dipper Seven Astral Stones are extremely rare in Star World. Each piece falls from Maiden Mountain. Chen Qingzhi, that you were able to find an Alpha Ursae Majoris is already very lucky.”
The lotus flower withered, and the petals became a butterfly that fluttered around Wang Yangming. The woman’s countenance was beautiful as a protrait as she looked at Chen Qinghan: “You should know your place. The Alpha Ursae Majoris Stone would have been very beneficial to you. I truly do not understand why you gave it to that nephew of yours.”
“Since Elder Sister gave the Northern Dipper to him, this is definitely what Elder Sister intended. Northern Dipper requires the Northern Dipper Astral Stones to be considered complete, and I also want to know just what it is that Elder Sister left behind.” Chen Qinghan calmly answered.
“You honestly are a good aunt.” Wang Yangming snickered.
The Northern Dipper Seven Astral Stones were Strange Stones that appeared once every five hundred years. Each of the seven were supreme items that Star Generals would fight over. That Chen Qinghan was able to obtain the Alpha Ursae Majoris Stone was already considered a death-defying feat, and she even provoked many powerful enemies. However, she unexpectedly gave this stone to an ordinary cultivator without another thought.
This vision left even Wang Yangming feeling inferior. “I truly hope your nephew is able to understand his aunt’s painstaking intentions.”
Chen Qinghan was a person fond of showing off. She did not mind this matter at all. On the contrary, to not have found the other Northern Dipper Seven Astral Stones after more than a slow year was a bit displeasing to her.
Wang Yangming was the founder of the School Of Mind. In Star World, she possessed powerful capabilities, but she was unable to detect the whereabouts of the other stones. Of the only stones she was aware of, the “Delta Ursae Majoris Stone” was under guard in the Central Star Field’s palace; she was unable to touch it at all. The “Epsilon Ursae Majoris Stone” was with one of the Sixteen Star Marquis, Heavenly Concern Star “Son Of Heaven” Liu Xiu. The “Eta Ursae Majoris Stone” was reportedly in the hands of the number one Star Warrior of the Xuan Nü’s Seven Stars, Su Mian.1 She actually was not a top-notch Star General, but she was not inferior to one. Even the current Chen Qinghan was not possibly a match for her.
The current whereabouts of the others, “gamma,” “beta,” and “zeta,” were unclear.
“It is nearly the five hundred year mark. The Northern Dipper Seven Astral Stones perhaps will appear again. We had better take this slow for now.” Wang Yangming seemingly smiled: “Most recently, I actually hard a piece of interesting information from others. It concerns your nephew, Chen Mo.”
“Hm?” As expected, Chen Qinghan’s brow creased.
“He killed Huan Wen.” Wang Yangming faintly smiled. She sincerely felt surprised and satisfied of Chen Mo’s actions, proving that her intention was not passed to him in vain.
“What?” Chen Qinghan was taken aback. It was very clear that she was extremely surprised that Chen Mo was able to achieve this so quickly.
“Even you did not expect this. In a mere two years, he was actually able to kill Earthly Attacking Star Huan Wen.” Wang Yangming chuckled.
Chen Qinghan’s brow locked tight, and she became even more concerned: “Is the Imperial Empress Of Bedfellows preparing to kill him.”
“Yes, after all, the Tail Fire Star Field belongs to the Amrita Star Kingdom’s sphere of influence.” Wang Yangming nodded.
Chen Qinghan abruptly rose to her feet, suddenly releasing a storm of ice and snow. The snow-colored butterfly fluttering around Wang Yangming was immediately pulverized. The woman’s finger gently tapped, and these specks of dust reformed again into a coiling python. “The Imperial Empress Of Bedfellows has dispatched the Kingdom Destroyer Great General Wang Meng to personally fetch your nephew. Do you plan on dying?”
“Qinghan will not let him enter the Purple Palace.” Chen Qinghan resolutely said.
Wang Yangming carefreely laughed, “I never imagined that the cold Chen Qinghan also has times where she is so worried…Be at ease, your nephew is fine.”
Chen Qinghan unhappily shot glared at Wang Yangming.
“Just teasing you. Who let you be normally so ice-cold, Qinghan. Too boring. Indeed, the moment you heard that something happened to your nephew, you show something interesting. Could it be that the person thinking of you just now was that very Chen Mo?” Wang Yangming teased.
If it was not for being unable to defeat her, Chen Qinghan would have wanted to flip the table and fall out with her right now.
“Your nephew has done something very heaven-shaking. He escaped from Wang Meng’s clutches.” Wang Yangming’s gaze penetrated deep into time and space, as if she was imagining how Chen Mo escaped.
The Kingdom Destroyer Great General Wang Meng’s might was not something that even Lord Of Heaven-level cultivators were able to flee from. Even First Rate Star Generals were in danger, but a cultivator who was not even Human Immortal managed to do so.
Chen Qinghan asked: “What happened?”
“I heard that a pair of twin Star Names fought Wang Meng over your nephew. Your nephew probably seized that chance to run.”
“Twin Star Names. Do you know which?” Chen Qinghan asked.
“Wang Meng probably knows, but she will not tell Me. However, those Twin Star Names are quite formidable. Apparently, they escaped as well. For three people to slip out of the Kingdom Destroyer Great General’s hands in succession, Wang Meng’s prestige is nothing special.”
“Where is Chen Mo right now?”
“I do not have the capability to know all under Heaven.” Wang Yangming was helpless.
Chen Qinghan gnashed her teeth, turned around and left.
“Chen Qingzhi, I feel you had better not rush out for your nephew. I think that in a few years, he may be able to surpass you.” Wang Yangming mockingly said. “Can it be you want to make your nephew grown under your wing? That is not manly at all.”
“No need for your concern.”
Her figure turned into snowy mist and vanished.
Wang Yangming used her supreme “intention” to be able to sense Chen Mo’s whereabouts, but “Higher Mind Of All Things” was not prepared to inform Chen Qingzhi. From her perspective, this aunt truly loved her nephew too much.
Aiyaa, the White Robed General is prepared to lose her principles.
Wang Yangming was a bit eager.
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Furious Flame Desert.
Chen Mo and Milu followed Yue Huanqin’s party on the trek to the Siming Oasis. These past few days, Chen Mo was exceptionally relaxed. Whenever they bumped into desert’s powerful Demon Beasts, he totally left them to Yue Huanqin’s group to kill. His cultivation, in the eyes of others, was abhorrently pitiful, anyways, so he may as well just laze around.
As repayment, Yue Huanqin would seek him out at night to chat about some music related matters.
In the moonlit sea of sand, with a beauty playing the guqin, Chen Mo was at her side, listening and pointing out some flaws and mistakes in her tune. Originally, Chen Mo felt that an Innate Skill like Profound Sound was not useful at all. He never imagined that it would prove an enormous aid to Yue Huanqin. As he watched her Qin Music Sword String grow more and more proficient, Chen Mo also stirred a bit.
With an Innate Skill like this, perhaps he could bring the Qin Music Sword String to new heights like Yue Huanqin said.
This camaraderie also made Lu Yushu even more envious. Several times, this fool deliberately came to cause trouble. However, the situation would be defused by Yue Huanqin and Ji Biling, so they managed to get along comfortably.
Over the past few days, Milu and Daji grew increasingly close. While Chen Mo taught Yue Huanqin, the girl would blankly sit to the side and quietly listen, with Daji also falling entranced.
Tonight, the starlights were bright. Yue Huanqin drew Chen Mo’s applause and praise after she played a graceful guzheng tune. “Not bad, your changes in scale are more and more natural.”
“Yes, Junior Sister’s Sword String is increasingly proficient. After we return, Master will definitely be astonished.” Ji Biling praised: “This trip truly was not in vain.”
“Everything is because of Young Lord Chen Mo.” Yue Huanqin emotionally said.
“A mere trifle. You also told me many things about sword chants.” Chen Mo smiled.
“You say that you are a Thunder Tribulation cultivator, yet you do not even have a Flying Sword. Could it be you are unable to forge them?” Lu Yushu disdainfully said.
“I heard that the oasis has the Siming Nine Serenities Flame. I want to use this flame to forge them.” Chen Mo shrugged.
Hearing his words, the group was dumbfounded.
Lu Yushu guffawed, as if he was looking at an ignorant country hick: “Scattered Cultivators are indeed Scattered Cultivators. They really will dare to say anything.”
“Yushu, can you not have this kind of attitude.” Yue Huanqin was very displeased.
“Don’t tell me I said something wrong? The Siming Nine Serenities Flame is one of Star World’s Three Great Water-type Spirit Fires. Even the best forgemasters have great difficulty controlling it, and most of Star World’s Spirit Stones are unable to bear the Nine Serenities Flame and very easily lose their spiritual power. To use it to forge a Flying Swords, only a few very arrogant and delusional laymen would dare say this.” Lu Yushu sneered. He no longer felt threatened at all looking at Chen Mo. A cultivator who was delusional enough to think of using the Three Great Water-type Spirit Fires to forge a Flying Sword, to have this kind of person as an opponent was honestly disgraceful.
Lu Yushu’s words were not wrong in the slightest. The Siming Nine Serenities Flame’s common use was for “Five Elements Refinement.”
Chen Mo did not bother to argue with him. To them, the more he said, the more of a bluff it would appear. He would know when the time came for him to forge. Chen Mo had already studied the Book Of Casting for a long time, and he believed his casting arts were at their pinnacle. Using the Nine Serenities Flame to forge was completely within his ability.
Seeing Chen Mo not retort, Lu Yushu felt bored.
“Trying is always good. If Young Lord Chen Mo fails, Huanqin can help you.” Yue Huanqin alleviated the awkward atmosphere.
“Many thanks, everything has its own course.” Chen Mo smiled.
This kind of self-confident grin was honestly very infuriating to Lu Yushu. On what basis could a cultivator who was not even Divine Soul Nine Turns have this kind of self-confidence.
“En.” Yue Huanqin nodded: “Oh, right, Young Lord’s musicality so so good, but I seem to have never heard Young Lord play?”
“Don’t call me Young Lord, just call me by my name, and I’ll call you Little Sister Huanqin.” Chen Mo said.
“A Thunder Tribulation dares to call Junior Sister Huanqin his Little Sister?” Lu Yushu glared at him.
“Sure, Huanqin recognizes you as Elder Brother.” Yue Huanqin slightly grinned.
“Truly troublesome.” Lu Yushu could not continue watching and ran to the side.
With the gnat gone, Chen Mo enjoyed the peace.
“I can’t play the guzheng.”
“Young Lord…Chen Mo, you actually are unable to play the guzheng?” Yue Huanqin was a bit surprised. From her perspective, Chen Mo’s musical sense was honestly perfect. He should be very skilled with instruments.
“I’m not fooling you.” Chen Mo very easily conceded.
“Then I will teach you.” Yue Huanqin said. “As soon as you practice an instrument, Chen Mo, perhaps you will want to join Heaven Beyond Heaven.”
“Very well, then.” Chen Mo also felt bored. It would be a bit of a waste to have the Profound Sound Innate Skill and not use it.
“I will give this guzheng, the ‘Fantasy Sound,’ to Elder Brother.” Yue Huanqin handed her own guzheng to him.
The others were taken aback when they heard this. Ji Biling’s jaw dropped: “Junior Sister, this Fantasy Sound is but your most beloved guqin.”
“I can’t waste such an important thing.” Chen Mo also declined.
“What does this amount to compared to the favor of saving my life…” Yue Huanqin shook her head and was very resolute.” Huanqin received Brother Chen Mo’s pointers for the past few days and has gained very deep comprehension. If Mother knew, she definitely would approve my decision. Please, Chen Mo, accept it. Otherwise, this will weigh heavily on Huanqin’s conscience.”
Seeing her so insistent, Chen Mo raised his brow.
Ji Biling was helpless. She was very aware of her Junior Sister’s personality. Once Yue Huanqin decided on something, not even ten horses could pull her back. “Chen Mo, just accept it.”
“If you insist on turning down her kindness, I have a treasure I could give you.” Jing Tianchi surprised everyone.
Chen Mo had no choice: “I’ll accept the guqin.”
Playing the qin was always better than falling in love.2
Author’s Note:
Stuck on a plot point. I’ll definitely update to chapter 360, at least. Asking for your support.
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