Chapter 260: Survivor

Chapter 260: Survivor

Rewind time to the moment Hui split off into all directions.

An illusion replaced the sword under his feet. Hui summoned the sword into his hand behind his back. Moving quickly, he strapped the lotus pod with the reeds wrapped around it to the sword and released it. Gu Tians sword fell toward the ground, a lotus pod strapped to its hilt.Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

Gu Tian, go, Hui whispered.

Gu Tians sword flew low to the ground under its own power, not attached to Huis cultivation at all. In the chaos of the illusion, unless someone specifically looked for a flying sword, no one would notice a single flying sword. Even if one of his opponents locked onto his qi, they wouldnt notice the sword. Flying on Gu Tians power, it remained completely unattached to Hui, untraceable back to his qi. The lotus seed pod, likewise, was wrapped in the reed shoes. Any hint of Huis qi was completely hidden.

Hui turned and fled. Immediately, Gui Delun turned and followed him. Hui snorted under his breath. I was right. He does have a way to track my qi.

It would work, if this small Hui was an ordinary cultivator but unfortunately, this Hui is too prepared to play dead!

He crystalized himself and rushed off. Hui shot a short glance toward Jin Xian and confirmed she was playing dead, then drew the red gem full of blood qi from his storage ring. Hui gazed at it for a moment, remembering when hed found it, deep in the blood mist secret realm in Black Asp Sect. He reached inside and drew out the soul with the melted face, extracting it from behind the life qi bird that had it backed into the corner. The second it escaped the gem, it rushed at Hui, immediately attempting to possess his body.

Hui let it. He dropped out of his body and fell to the earth.

The red soul possessed his body and frowned at him, confused, and in the next moment, Gui Delun leaped at it. Startled, the red soul activated the talismans in Huis fist, but to no avail. Gui Deluns fist shattered Huis crystallized body.

Realizing it had been duped, the red soul howled, taking to the sky. Gui Delun harrumphed and grabbed it, extinguishing it.

While the red soul distracted Gui Delun, Hui darted after his fleeing sword and sank into the lotus seed pod. He curled his soul into the gap in the life qi, but then realized his mistake. The lotus seed pod was still exhausted after the last time hed used it, mere hours ago. It still had life qi, but not enough to grow a new body immediately. It had to rest and gather life qi anew before it could regrow its body.

Gu Tians soul in the sword remained silent, his eyes fixed to the horizon. I know Hui isnt one for swordfighting, but I never thought my sword would be used to cut grass

A boulder of crystal rose up before them. Hui hopped off Zhubi and ran the last few paces over to the boulder. Peering all over it, he nodded. This is definitely a piece of me. And still crystalized, how fortunate! Maybe I really can reconstruct my body, after all. Gesturing, he went to store the piece in his storage ring.

Nothing happened.

Hui pressed his lips together and raised his hands, looking at the tiny, empty limbs, completely devoid of jewelry. Right. I dont have my storage ring. I left that on my body. Closing his eyes, he settled into a meditative stance and reached out to his storage ring, searching for any fluctuations of his qi or any sign of the branding mark hed left on it.

In the distance, he felt a vague resonance. Hui hopped back on Zhubi and pointed the way ahead. Zhubi slithered through the grass, following after the sword. They passed pieces of crystallized Hui along the way, and Hui quietly marked them with his energy for later.

Come to think of it, Elder Sister Reaper didnt come to bother me when I left my body this time. Did something happen? Was she busy?

Er actually if something happened, wouldnt it be me trapping the souls of the entire sect in a soul transferal formation, and then running away? Could it be did I create my own smokescreen against the reaper for hiding my soul in the lotus seed?

Hui lifted his eyebrows, lips pressed together, then shook his head. No, no, I meanaha, of course! The secret plan! Ive done it! All according to plan.

Ah, well in truth, its more likely that Im safe from the reaper as long as Im possessing a body. After all, its not like clones are disallowed in this world. That the reaper didnt show up when I swapped into the lotus pill seed might have been because of my stunt back in the sect, but she would have caught up with me by now if she had a problem with me body-swapping.

Zhubi peered back at Hui and tilted his head slightly.

Hui grabbed onto Zhubis scales and laughed. Dont worry, Im fine, Im fine.

Silver light caught his eye. Hui stood up on Zhubis head, staring ahead. His eyes widened. My storage ring! I found it!