I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 66

With the help of Mo Xiao, a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator, Zuo Wuyi’s cultivation improved rapidly, and in just three months, she welcomed her lightning tribulation.

Looking at the dark clouds accumulating in the sky, Mo Xiao, who had experience, silently took out her defensive artifacts. “Use half the tribulation for body tempering, then use the defensive artifacts to block the remaining heavenly lightning.”

“Okay.” Zuo Wuyi carefully put away the defensive artifacts. She had also experienced a lightning tribulation before. Compared to crossing the tribulation in the Demon Realm in her previous life, this environment was already quite good.

Skipping the pain of body tempering, when half of her defensive artifacts were consumed, the sky finally began to clear.

Feeling the abundant demonic power in her body, Zuo Wuyi locked her gaze onto the small island suspended in the air. After confirming that Mo Xiao would not be accompanying her, she ascended on her sword.

“The three thousand eight hundred and fifty-sixth day, or the three thousand eight hundred and fifty-seventh day?” Yun He used a dagger to mark the time on the wall.

Looking across, the entire wall was covered in dense scratches. If not for a few things, Yun He would have lost track of time altogether.

Yun He let out a breath of turbid air. Feeling the power of the Nascent Soul stage in her body, a slight smile reluctantly appeared on her face.

She had been in this wretched Secret Realm for over ten years, forced to practice sword moves every day. Fortunately, her hard work paid off, and she successfully broke through to the Nascent Soul stage during this time.

“Sigh, I wonder when Eldest Senior Sister and Senior Sister will find a way to leave the Secret Realm,” Yun He began her daily monologue. “We’ve been trapped in the Secret Realm for so long. I wonder how Qiu Wu is doing now. She’s an artifact refiner; will she run into any danger?”

“Although the fees at the inn are much cheaper than before, over such a long time, it must still cost tens of thousands of spirit stones. My heart aches…”

As Yun He muttered to herself, the wall she was facing began to slowly rotate. A sword-wielding puppet walked out, and upon sensing Yun He, it immediately charged at her.

Yun He skillfully stepped back, systematically drawing her sword from her storage space and blocking all the puppet’s attacks.

As time passed, the puppet’s attacks grew faster and faster. Yun He’s sword moves also began to change, with every move and stance imbued with the Sword Intent she had comprehended.

After a full three hours, Yun He finally found the puppet’s weak spot. She condensed the spiritual energy in her body onto the tip of her sword, thrusting sharply, directly piercing the puppet’s dantian.

Boom— As the puppet fell, the entire stone chamber began to shake.

“Why is the house collapsing this time too?” Yun He complained, then quickly flew toward the exit. After about three breaths, she left the stone chamber and returned to the freezing, snowy environment.

The moment Yun He left, the stone chamber collapsed with a loud boom. The originally hard stones rapidly aged, turning into nothingness in less than a quarter of an hour. The place where the stone chamber stood was replaced by a black passage that looked very familiar to Yun He.

“So the exit has been right under my feet all along!” Looking at the familiar passage, Yun He was dumbfounded. She took one last look at the Secret Realm she had stayed in, then dove into the passage.

Yun Yu’s situation was similar. Although she hadn’t broken through to the Spirit Transformation stage, she had successfully stabilized her cultivation at the late Nascent Soul stage during these ten-plus years, subtly grasping her own Dao of the Sword.

After passing through the black passage, Yun Yu found herself still standing in the middle of a snowy field. The only difference was that the snow here felt alive. She had just stabilized herself when someone attacked her.

Drawing her sword to block, Yun Yu restrained her strength upon realizing the opponent was only a Golden Core stage cultivator, to avoid accidentally killing them.

“Senior Sister, the other side seems to have a very powerful helper!” The cultivator was repelled several dozen meters and immediately called for backup. “Hurry and lend a hand!”

Helper? Yun Yu turned to look behind her and saw three injured people lying in the snow.

“You misunderstand. I just accidentally wandered in,” Before knowing the full story, Yun Yu was not going to take sides easily.

“Wandered in? If they weren’t aiming for us, who would suddenly appear here!” The Golden Core cultivator said. Before his voice faded, he saw another person descend from the sky.

Darn it! He hadn’t sworn any oath, so why was he being proven wrong so quickly!

“Eldest Senior Sister!” Yun He almost cried when she saw Yun Yu, immediately giving her a bear hug. “I missed you so much.”

“Me too,” Yun Yu said, stroking Yun He’s head. “Have you seen Senior Sister and Junior Sister?”

Yun He shook her head. “I don’t know. I just saw a passage and came out.”

Seeing the two talking as if no one else was around, the Golden Core cultivator who had called out fell silent. He had confirmed their strength: these two were not people he could afford to provoke.

Glancing at the three severely injured people opposite him, the Golden Core cultivator made a very wise decision, immediately running away with his Senior Sister and Senior Brother. The debt had been paid; running was the best course of action!

Yun Yu glanced at the running group and withdrew her gaze. “Since a passage appeared, Junior Sisters should be coming out soon too.”

Before the two could finish recounting their ten years of experience, an exceptionally familiar power surged over.

Yun Yu subconsciously turned around and saw the face of her Master. The smile that usually graced her face was gone, replaced by an expression full of worry.

“Master!” Yun He also reacted, flying over for another bear hug. “Wuwuwu, Master, I missed you so much. I thought I would never see you again.”

Xuan Shuang and Yun Yu both stroked her head in turn. “Were you injured in the Secret Realm?”

“Just a few minor injuries, nothing serious.” Of course, Yun He had been injured. The puppet’s strength was always slightly stronger than Yun He’s. Any day she didn’t have a breakthrough, she was practically guaranteed to return with heavy injuries. If not for the abundance of spiritual energy in the Secret Realm, she would have long collapsed.

“Master,” Yun Yu’s affection for Xuan Shuang was reserved. Outside, she only dutifully played the role of a competent Eldest Senior Sister.

“Your cultivation has improved, well done.” Xuan Shuang extended her spiritual sense over Yun Yu, withdrawing it only after confirming she was unharmed.

“Where are Yun Mu and Wuyi?” Xuan Shuang asked.

Yun He shook her head. “Senior Sister and Junior Sister’s whereabouts are still unknown, but Eldest Senior Sister and I arrived here after leaving the Secret Realm. How about we wait here for them?”

Xuan Shuang implicitly agreed with this decision. “Yun He, since you have left the Secret Realm, write a letter to your friend. She was very worried about you.”

“Master, are you talking about Qiu Wu?” Yun He asked.

Xuan Shuang nodded. “When you hadn’t sent back any messages for a long time, I came here to check and met Qiu Wu. She should still be waiting for you at the inn.”

“Then Master and Eldest Senior Sister, you stay here. I’ll go find Qiu Wu first,” Yun He said excitedly. She had also acquired quite a few good things from the puppet in the past ten years, and Qiu Wu would definitely like them.

“Go. Be careful on the way.”

Where were Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi? Actually, they emerged a day earlier than Yun Yu, but because the demonic energy on their bodies was too dense, they had to find a place to suppress it first, covering themselves with a veneer of spiritual energy.

“Mo Xiao, what should we do? The demonic energy on us seems too heavy,” Zuo Wuyi lay on the bed like a dead fish, ready to give up struggling.

Mo Xiao was still in a cultivation state, continuously devouring the surrounding spiritual energy and slowly covering herself with it. “Just take it slow. No need to rush.”

Zuo Wuyi rolled over on the bed. Seeing Mo Xiao still diligently cultivating, she rubbed her nose and got up again.

However, Zuo Wuyi didn’t continue covering herself with spiritual energy. Instead, she absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy to help Mo Xiao conceal her aura.

It turned out that the effect of two people working together was much better than one alone. After long periods of dual cultivation, Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi’s spiritual energies were essentially indistinguishable.

After another hour of hard work, the demonic energy on Mo Xiao was completely contained, and her entire persona returned to the cold, aloof sword cultivator state.

“Shall I help you next?” Mo Xiao asked.

Zuo Wuyi shook her head. “I won’t conceal it. I’ll just say I accidentally became a demon. That way, Xuan Min’s attention will be drawn to me, and you can take the opportunity to…”

Zuo Wuyi didn’t finish the rest of the sentence, merely giving Mo Xiao a look of understanding.

Mo Xiao nodded. “Good. If the situation turns sour, you must leave first.”

After roughly planning how to deal with Xuan Min, the two tidied their appearances slightly and arrived at the largest inn they had visited before.

Before Mo Xiao could even open her mouth to inquire about news, Yun He rushed over, crying out and immediately hugging Mo Xiao.

“Senior Sister, Junior Sister, why did you only come out now? I was so worried about you,” Yun He briefly hugged her, then let go.

“We were delayed for a little while when we came out,” Mo Xiao said. “Where is Eldest Senior Sister? Were you injured in the Secret Realm?”

“We are all fine.” Yun Yu walked down from upstairs, followed by Xuan Shuang.

After seeing that the remaining two disciples were safe, Xuan Shuang first let out a sigh of relief. Then, she noticed that the aura on her youngest disciple was a little off.

“Wuyi, you…” Xuan Shuang’s beautiful brows furrowed.

“Master, I, while in the Secret Realm…” Zuo Wuyi had mentally prepared a script, but when she actually faced Xuan Shuang, she couldn’t bring herself to say those deceitful words.

Xuan Shuang immediately reached out and held Zuo Wuyi’s wrist, releasing a trace of spiritual energy to check her condition.

Zuo Wuyi stood obediently, not resisting her Master’s spiritual energy. Yun Yu and Yun He had not yet reached the Spirit Transformation stage, so they could only feel a slight change in Zuo Wuyi’s aura and couldn’t tell that she had become a demon.

After a long moment, Xuan Shuang withdrew her hand. “Can you control yourself? Will the high concentration of spiritual energy affect your strength?”

Zuo Wuyi first nodded, then shook her head. “I can control all my power. The higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the faster my conversion speed will be, so there is no impact.”

In her previous life, Zuo Wuyi had already converted spiritual energy to demonic energy. This time, the conversion was only more proficient.

“Good. We will rest for a while and set off the day after tomorrow,” Xuan Shuang said, asking no further questions.