Baili Muchen sighed.
"The demon delegation will arrive soon, who could've expected for something like this to happen.
My suggestion is to placate Xiao Baidao and urge him to consider the bigger picture.
As for Feng Xi's matter, we should wait for a bit. If there's no improvement, let's offer some compensation!
After all, she is his direct disciple. Putting myself in his shoes, if something happened to Zihuai and the others, I wouldn't let it go either.
In any case, it's best to avoid conflict."
Feng Xi thought to herself, although this old fellow Baili Muchen had poor taste in disciples and was somewhat narrow-minded, his overall judgment didn't have too many problems.
Soon, they began discussing how to receive the demon delegation. Feng Xi wasn't interested and drifted away.
Since she's now a wandering ghost, nothing could obstruct her. She floated straight into the Hunyuan Sect treasury.
And was nearly blinded!
Hunyuan Sect's really rich!
Spiritual stones were piled like mountains, not to mention the countless spiritual artifacts and treasures!
Unfortunately, she could look at them but not touch them, and could only sigh longingly at the sight of the treasures.
If she really couldn't find a way to regain her body, she decided that she might as well become…the treasury manager here.
At least it's pleasing to look at.
She "lay" atop a heap of spiritual stones and began reviewing the entire incident.
The more she thought about it, the more convinced she became that the key lay with the Human-Eyed Azure Moth.
It's impossible for it to have appeared out of nowhere, either someone deliberately released it, or it crawled out from somewhere!
Lost in thought, Fengxi recalled a certain place.
The deep chasm in front of the Hunyuan Sect Sword Mountain.
According to the menial servants, no one had ever entered it before.
Some had thrown stones down, but no sound ever returned. No one knew whether the stones disintegrated midway or the chasm was really that deep.
Feng Xi decided to investigate.
There's no other option right now anyway, she could only take this gamble.
Afraid that she might never be able to return, she drifted to Xiao Baidao's courtyard, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed three times to Xiao Baidao before floating away.
Soon, she reached the platform before the Sword Mountain.
It was dusk.
The clouds were dyed crimson by the setting sun, the scenery was brilliant and breathtaking.
Feng Xi curled her lips, then leapt… or rather, floated!
She wanted to jump down, but because she's light and floaty right now, she simply couldn't sink down!
This rascal tried several times, but it's no use.
She almost died of anger!
Just as she's at her wit's end, she glanced at the Sword Mountain.
Her eyes flickered, and got an idea.
She floated up to the front of the Sword Mountain, then squeezed inside.
Because the formation didn't work on her right now, she could easily squeeze through.
Then this rascal began trying to squeeze inside the spirit swords within.
Soon, she successfully squeezed into one.
The sword spirit trembled in terror and immediately surrendered control of the spiritual sword.
Overjoyed, Feng Xi directed the spirit sword downward into the chasm.
Don't even mention how full of herself this rascal was!
Of course it would be best if she could find a solution inside the chasm, it's also fine if she couldn't, she could just use the flying sword to communicate with her master.
Then she could have master find an artifact refiner make her a puppet body, and she'd be still bouncing around just fine!
After an unknown stretch of time, she finally reached the bottom.
The ground was bathed in eerie blue light, completely covered with bones.
Humans, demons, beasts alike.
And the source of the blue glow were the Human-Eyed Azure Moths that densely covered the stone walls on either side.
Fengxi thought, that Human-Eyed Azure Moth did indeed fly out from here!
Feng Xi hopped the spirit sword across the piles of bones.
Startled, the Human-Eyed Azure Moths burst into flight, some even collided midair and tumbled down.
Seizing the opportunity, Feng Xi pierced one with the sword, sliced off part of its wing, and hung it on the sword tip as a makeshift lantern.
Then she controlled the spirit sword to fly forward.
Beyond the place where the Human-Eyed Azure Moths gathered lay darkness.
But, because she had the Human-Eyed Azure Moth's glowing wing, Fengxi could see the scene nearby.
Bones still littered the ground, black vines crawled along the stone walls, looking strange and ominous.
But they clearly showed no interest towards a sword, allowing Fengxi to control the sword to fly over.
Further ahead, she saw another patch of blue light.
The walls and ground were tightly covered with Ghostfire Xuanming Aphids, previously seen at Beast-Taming Sect.
Looks like they also came from here.
Next, Fengxi encountered countless bizarre and strange malevolent insects and plants, but she didn't see any signs of malevolent beasts or birds.
Without knowing how long she'd flew, a round platform that was as smooth as a mirror, appeared in front.
Upon it sat a skeleton, the palm of its left hand facing upward, its right hand was clenched, as if it was once gripping onto something.
Strangely, wisps of unknown gray mist seeped from beneath the skeleton.
Feng Xi instinctively felt like the gray mist wasn't anything good, and the skeleton's final meditation here was almost certainly meant to seal away those gray mists.
On impulse, she guided the spirit sword into the skeleton's right hand.
In the next instant, the skeleton suddenly moved.
It began to perform a sword dance.
In that moment, Fengxi lost control of the spirit sword and was expelled outside.
Fengxi: "…."
She could only obediently watch the skeleton sword dance.
To speak frankly, it didn't look impressive.
Each movement and each technique was very clumsy, Fengxi was even worried that the skeleton might fall apart.
But as she watched, she became entranced.
This sword technique was deceptively simple. Each move seemed very simple, but was very profound when performed together.
Whether it was advancing to attack or retreating to defend, there wasn't a single flaw.
She unconsciously began mimicking it.
After performing three repetitions, the skeleton returned to its seated position.
And amazingly, the gray mist actually not longer spread out.
Feng Xi tried to reenter the spirit sword, but couldn't.
After a moment's thought, she shrugged. That's fine, she could find another sword on the way back up.
Seeing no further path ahead, she knew that this was the very end.
She knelt and said, "Senior, you must've been suppressing something here, saving countless lives in the world. Please accept this junior's worship!
This junior has learned your sword technique, you bestowed upon me the gift of knowledge, I worship you!
The deceased deserve reverence, I worship!"
She kowtowed three times solemnly.
Then, her forehead hurt!
She instinctively wiped with her hand,. Blood!
Then looking at the ground again, she saw the sharp horn of some malevolent beast now stained red.
Feng Xi froze, then she reached out and actually picked up the horn.
This rascal was overjoyed and ecstatic!
I'm back again?
Am I human again?