Chapter 2026 - Underworld Paragon
Chapter 2026: Underworld Paragon
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
When Ou Yu Ling met Sima You Yue, she spoke her intentions straightforwardly, “I came this time because I wish to ask you to instruct me in the poison arts.”
Although Sima You Yue didn’t have a bad impression of Ou Yu Ling, and even knew that she had spoken out a few times on her behalf, she still didn’t have the best impression of this woman. Who asked her to be someone on Qing Shi’s side!
“My skills in the poison arts are insignificant. I just play around with it sometimes. How could I possibly teach you?” She rejected her.
“So you are admitting that you know poison arts.” Ou Yu Ling said.
“Eh?”
Sima You Yue was puzzled at her reaction. It seemed that she cared more about this answer?
“The Poison Sect has started a gamble, guessing that you are not a Poison Master and that the poison was not one that you had refined yourself. I came for the answer.” Ou Yu Ling said.
Sima You Yue cursed inwardly, but she could not show it on her face. If she could, she wanted to throw her out.
“You brat, you’re angry but you can still hold it in.” Ou Yu Ling looked through her, making it so Sima You Yue was unable to maintain her straight face.
Shouldn’t she pretend not to see it even though she did?
“Right, I have another question.” Ou Yu Ling said, “Those three days of turmoil that Qing Cai went through, was it legitimate? After the poison left, I examined his body but there was nothing out of the ordinary.”
“You want to hear the truth?”
“Mm. I will not tell anybody.”
“Nope. Actually, he would have recovered if he released it immediately. However, if he didn’t, then it would last three days.”
Ou Yu Ling: “…”
Because of the incident regarding the medicinal catalyst, they thought that she had intentionally targeted him, and didn’t know whether or not to believe her. However, they dared not gamble with it and had no choice but to choose to believe her.
She didn’t expect that she had just said it casually.
“Aren’t you afraid that I lied and will go tell them the truth?” She asked.
“So what? In any case, everyone knows that Qing Cai and I will never get along. It will be normal for me to mess around. If you tell them, at the very most, others will find that I’m a little more devious. Qing Cai has already experienced it anyway.” Sima You Yue didn’t care about it at all and paid no heed to whether or not she would expose her.
“You’ve been rather popular lately. Have you ever considered joining the Poison Sect while you’re at it?” Ou Yu Ling asked.
“Join the Poison Sect?”
“That’s right. I heard that you wanted to join the Alchemy Sect, Array Sect, Seeker Spirit Sect. So, it’s not a big deal to join one more.”
Sima You Yue rejected her immediately, “If Qing Shi knew that you let me join the Poison Sect, what would he think?”
“My relationship with him is my relationship with him. Your relationship with the Poison Sect is between us. It’s not the same.” Ou Yu Ling said, “In any case, we’re not very close to one another. It’s just that there are some things in which we are linked.”
“Actually, I didn’t join the Array Sect or Seeker Spirit Master Sect. it’s just that the people outside are spreading rumors.” Sima You Yue said, “I’ve just been focusing on learning music attacks in the Music Sect recently. The only reason I will hail Sixth Elder as my Master is because Qing Cai killed her Granddaughter.”
Ou Yu Ling saw how resolute she was and knew that she would not join the poison sect right now. Hence, she didn’t say anything further and merely said, “If you ever change your mind, you can look for us directly.”
Ou Yu Ling left and Fu Xi came to ask Sima You Yue, ‘Why didn’t you agree to her? Didn’t you want to improve your poison arts?”
“The highest tree is always the first to be blown down. I am too outstanding now. If I join the Poison Sect, I’m afraid that it will be a curse instead of a blessing!” Sima You Yue said, “Also, I don’t want to bite off more than I can chew. I don’t have to learn them all at once. Cultivators like us have a bit more time. Once this all blows over, we can talk about it again.”
“That’s true.”
A few days later, Lu Yan brought her to the General Sect to hail He Lan as her Master. When she saw the elder in the great hall smiling at her, she finally knew that the one who had pulled her that day was the Sect Master of the Hidden Sect.
The process of acknowledging a master was simple. Sima You Yue offered her tea and changed her greeting to ‘Master’. He Lan would then tell her of the sect laws, send her a gift and the process was done.
For the next few days, she rarely went outside. Apart from learning sound attacks and going over to where He Lan was to study arrays, she would teach Hai Xing and Hai Xi occasionally. In the blink of an eye, more than twenty years passed.
This period was the most peaceful time in Sima You Yue’s life. In the past, she had never had such a long peaceful time just to study. After slowing down, she realised that she had gained a lot more. This stable time allowed her to free herself and pursue her dreams. After letting her soul relax, her realm soared. The danger of her unstable realm as a result of her intense growth was solved.
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“Zap-”
“Rumble-”
On a mountain far away from the Hidden Sect, Sima You Yue was scorched black from a lightning strike. She lay on the ground, not wanting to move at all. Cloud Spirit said that it was a great tribulation and it dared not not strike her. Hence, Sima You Yue was struck from head to toe. If not for Little Purple, she might have passed away right there.
Many watched from outside the area of the lightning tribulation. Some of them had come over the moment they sensed something happened, while some of them had come here with her. When they saw the lightning tribulation fill the skies, everyone was given a huge shock. Many even went weak in the knees. Some of them were cautious about it and left.
The Young Princess of the Ghost Realm. So her power wasn’t all bluster!
Wu Lingyu went forwards and cradled her. Although Sima You Yue was not heavily injured, she was in so much pain that she did not want to speak. She just leaned into his embrace.
“You Yue, how are you?” Fu Xi ran over. At this time, his body had already grown and matured into an adult. He looked to be a youth in his twenties.
When he saw Sima You Yue looking so weak, he had some lingering trauma. It turned out that compared to hers, the electric shocks that he had endured were like baby sparks.
“Master!” Hai Xi and Hai Xing had grown up as well, and both of them had grown rather quickly in strength. Adding on to that the nurturing that Sima You Yue had given to them, their ranks had exceeded their peers by a few ranks.
“I’m fine, I’m just in a little bit of pain.” Sima You Yue said.
“Such a huge bolt of lightning struck you. The fact that you’re only in a little bit of pain is really decent.” Mu Ye Qi said softly by the side.
All these years, because he would chat with her occasionally about arrays, he had grown closer to Sima You Yue. seeing her go through this tribulation honestly gave him quite a scare.
He never thought that there would actually be someone who would endure getting struck!
Sima You Yue saw that there were so many people, so she pulled on Wu Lingyu’s clothes. He got the message, and directly disappeared with her. When they appeared again, they were in her courtyard.
“I’ve finally broken into the ranks of Underworld Paragon. We should leave as well and look for Grandfather to fulfill the promise.” She lay on the bed and said happily.
“You’ve been in seclusion for these two years, so you do not know how the outside world has been. News has been circulating outside that the Ghost King is no longer around.” Wu Lingyu said.
“What happened?”
“It probably is because the Ghost King has not appeared for so many years, so this kind of rumor spread.. Otherwise, someone has released this rumor.”