Chapter 14: Qing Yi Becomes the Master

After leaving Qinghe City, Jiang Qingyi and the others flew in the direction of the Zhou Kingdom's capital.

For a cultivator at the Ascension Realm like the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, if she wanted to reach the capital of the Zhou Kingdom, it would take her at most three days.

However, she did not do so.

This was not because Huang Wei and Qiu Ye were only at the Nascent Soul Realm.

It was simply because in the heart of this Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master, there was a trace of trepidation.

Three thousand years.

She had been searching for three thousand years.

She had received news about him countless times.

But every single time, when she thought she was about to find him, the person she saw was never him.

Countless hopes and countless disappointments had gradually numbed her heart.

This time, it had been calculated by the City Lord of Heavenly Mystery City.

The City Lord of Heavenly Mystery City possessed the world's greatest divination abilities.

But "calculation" is, after all, just "calculation."

No matter how powerful a person's divination abilities are, there is always a possibility of error.

Just as the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master’s thoughts were in turmoil, she saw a cluster of mountains embracing each other to her front left.

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master’s expression paused slightly, and she flew toward the mountains.

Flying above the mountains, a sea of flowers came into the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master’s view.

Her eyes flickered, and she gradually descended.

Huang Wei and Qiu Ye exchanged a glance, unsure of what was wrong with their Sect Master, but they could only follow her down.

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master arrived at this sea of flowers.

She walked forward step by step.

This place was surrounded by mountains on all sides, forming a basin in the center.

In the heart of the sea of flowers lay a crystal-clear blue lake.

Finally, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master stopped in front of that lake.

Before the lake stood a stone.

Words were carved into the stone.

However, due to the baptism of time, the words on the stone were already blurred, and the stone itself had weathered into a ruin.

"Sect Master, is there something special about this stele?"

Qiu Ye walked up to the Sect Master and asked curiously.

"Do you know the name of this place?" The Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master raised her eyes, her clear pupils reflecting the limpid lake water.

Qiu Ye turned to look at Elder Huang, who shook his head, his expression as if to say, "Don't ask me, I don't know what this place is called either."

"This place is called the 'Sea of Flower Clouds,'" the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master told her sword attendant.

"Sea of Flower Clouds..." Qiu Ye whispered, "What a lovely name. Did you name it, Sect Master?"

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master shook her head: "It was named by a man."

"A man?" Qiu Ye asked, puzzled.

What kind of man could be held in the Sect Master's heart?

"A man I must kill with my own hands!"

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect Master’s fair, delicate fingers gently stroked the carvings on the stone.

Qiu Ye looked again and again; from the blurred carvings, she seemed to faintly discern the character "Xiao."

"Master, it’s so beautiful here... really so beautiful..."

The young girl shouted happily, her voice echoing through the valley.

Amidst the sea of flowers, Jiang Qingyi darted about like a butterfly.

Having been out for a year, this was the first time Jiang Qingyi had seen such a beautiful place.

"Master, come quickly!" Jiang Qingyi shouted loudly to her master behind her.

"Coming." Xiao Mo stepped forward, following behind his disciple.

"Wow, this lake water is so blue."

Jiang Qingyi walked to the edge of the lake, as if it weren't a lake at all, but a piece of the azure sky that some immortal had torn down and laid in the middle of this sea of flowers.

"It is indeed quite blue." Looking at the beautiful scenery, Xiao Mo nodded.

"Master... what if we two lived in seclusion here?" Jiang Qingyi turned around with her hands behind her back, looking sweetly at her master. "This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there isn't even a path leading to the outside world. The Blood Butterfly Pavilion will definitely not be able to find us."

"Silly girl." Xiao Mo reached out and gently tapped Jiang Qingyi on the head.

Jiang Qingyi let out an "ow," holding her head with both hands: "Master, that hurts... and I'm not silly."

"You said there’s no path to the outside world? Then let Master ask you, how did we get in?"

"We flew in, of course~" Jiang Qingyi said joyfully.

Because Xiao Mo and Jiang Qingyi were being hunted, and the carriage was too slow, they had decisively abandoned it half a month ago, shortly after they were first discovered by the Blood Butterfly Pavilion.

"You know we flew in, then." Xiao Mo smiled. "So, tell me, can't the cultivators of the Blood Butterfly Pavilion fly?"

"..." Jiang Qingyi pouted. "Honestly, that damned Blood Butterfly Pavilion is like a plaster; I wanted to live in seclusion with Master."

"Alright, we'll look for a little longer and then we must leave. Those people from the Blood Butterfly Pavilion are probably catching up."

"Wait, Master, let's give this place a name?" Jiang Qingyi said cheerfully.

"What's the point of naming it?"

"Just name it, Master, please name it. This place is so pretty..."

"Fine, fine." Xiao Mo thought for a moment and picked a name at random. "Then let's call it the Sea of Flower Clouds."

"Sea of Flower Clouds... Mmm! Let's call it the Sea of Flower Clouds~"

As she spoke, Jiang Qingyi drew her Xuanshuang sword and carved a few large characters onto the stone by the lake

[Sea of Flower Clouds — Master Xiao Mo and disciple Jiang Qingyi visited here.]

After finishing the carving, Jiang Qingyi clapped her small hands: "Master, from today on, this place is our secret base, okay? Only the two of us know about it.

Disciple heard that after people die, they are reincarnated.

After reincarnation, they forget everything.

If one day, I am reincarnated, or Master is reincarnated, and we come to this place, we must remember each other, okay?

At that time, I will still be Master's disciple."

"Let's not." Xiao Mo shook his head.

"Eh?" Jiang Qingyi grabbed her master's arm. "Master, why not? Does Master not wish to remember Qingyi?"

"It's not that. I just feel that being your master is a bit tiring." Xiao Mo flicked Jiang Qingyi's forehead. "I want to have it easier in my next life."

"Is that so~ Then that's fine~"

Jiang Qingyi hugged Xiao Mo's arm, resting her head on his shoulder.

"If that day comes, Master doesn't have to be the master anymore. Qingyi will be Master's master."

"Alright." Xiao Mo rubbed her head. "Then in the next life, Master, you must take good care of me and don't let the other fellow disciples bully me."

"Master won't have any other fellow disciples."

"Why?"

"Because in this life, Master only has me as a disciple."

Jiang Qingyi’s eyes curved into crescents.

"So in the next life, Qingyi will only have Master, too."