Chapter 420: Blazing Golden Glow

Chapter 420: Blazing Golden Glow

Hui turned to Jin Xian. The problem still remains what to do with Elder Sister?

Jin Xian blinked. She grunted at him quizzically.

She has grown more I wouldnt say intelligent, but certainly aware. My treatment did something, but did it work?

Elder Sister, you have to go away now. You cant make it through this trial, Hui said gently.

Jin Xian shook her head.

Hui sighed. Elder Sister, you cant make it through this trial. Even if you stayed, youd only fail. I have all the faith in you, usually. Your martial prowess is far beyond mine. But this is not a trial you can fight your way through. Although you have far fewer weaknesses than this measly bug, you must acknowledge your own weaknesses!

Jin Xian shook her head.

Exasperated, Hui reached for her head. Jin Xian, its no good. Even if you want to try, its simply not possible. You cant beat the trial, and your life will be in extreme danger if you accidentally reveal yourself not to mention that this small cultivator will fall into suspicion for interacting with you! If Fang Hua isnt awake, theres no hope of passing this trial, so therefore, its better to retreat!

She shook her head again.

Unless youre waking up? Hui asked.

She tilted her head.

Ugh! She doesnt know? I dont know either! Ive done everything I can, but but its such a gamble! She has to not only wake up, but wake up and realize whats happening. She came from a demonic sect. Fang Hua, that is. She might not necessarily immediately understand that she cant openly use demonic arts, because she spent so long in a sect where it was fine to openly seek demonic cultivation. If she wakes up in the cave, after all, theres little to indicate that shes in a righteous sect. True, that man is literally blazing away with righteous light, but but I cant help but worry!

Jin Xian can you do this? Can I believe in you? Hui asked her desperately.

She blinked at him.

Ugh. I cant do this. I should just send her back. He raised his hand again.

She caught his wrist.

Elder Sister, please, Hui said, exhausted.

Jin Xian closed her eyes and opened them slowly. Believe.

Hui stared. Elder Sister! Why couldnt you have said that a long time ago? Ive been sweating over here for no reason!

Ah, this is good, though. Shes waking up. It must be a slow process, with all the rot qi inside her. I took most of it out, but theres still healing and removal to do, which she has to do herself. All I can do is believe in her and wait.

A thin strand of qi brushed against his probe. Hui stiffened, then surged his qi toward it. Grasping the thread, he followed it along, examining the shape of the spell hed found. The spell twisted around him, resisting his understanding.

A befuddling array. Ha, I knew it! Hui grinned. He started to send a pulse of death qi into the spell, but held back at the last second. Wait, wait. Im a miracle healer, not a death-qi user. I shouldnt use death qi. Instead

He licked his lips. How did I break realms before death qi? Think back, back. To in Bai Xues clan, that maze realm. The realm where I got the ducks! I overrode the trial with my own qi?

Hmm I dont think thatll work now. Im up against a live spell being maintained by a cultivator at a realm above my own.

Then what about making it look like it died on its own? Rot qi can happen naturally. It happened in Jin Xians brain, after all, and it happened on that dead body, too. What if I rot the spell?

Excellent, excellent! I can break my way out of this little trial, and make it look like an accident at the same time.

Drawing out one of the ducks that held the rot qi, Hui drew a thread of rot qi out of the duck and inserted it into the formation. The line of qi darkened and began to rot, falling slowly apart in either direction. The rot crawled through the formation, deteriorating it as he watched.

Hui withdrew his mental energy and lifted his hand. He walked on as if he hadnt noticed anything. The passage continued on and on, seemingly endless.

Come on. Itll rot through any moment now, right?

Hui kept walking. He licked his lips. Maybe I should send a pulse of qi into it? Just enough to break whats rotted through

Abruptly, something snapped. Hui stepped forward and found himself in a crowded corridor. All the other cultivators whod gone ahead of him stood close to one another. Eyes glazed, they walked in place, never moving forward.

Hui looked around. Is this what it looks like outside the spell? How embarrassing.

Across the room, the glowing cultivator stood from behind a table. Welcome. As the first to pass my trial

Eh? Whats going on? one of the other cultivators asked, coming to.

The glowing cultivator coughed. As the first two to pass my

Where are we?

What happened? Hey, get back!

Huh? Is that the tester? Wait, when did you get here?

One after another, all the other cultivators dropped out of the formation as the rot qi ate it away. Behind Hui, Jin Xian grunted and moved toward him. In a few seconds, all the cultivators looked around, blinking and confused but aware.

The glowing cultivator furrowed his brows. Huh? Howd they all break out of my formation at once? I intended to use that formation to winnow the good grains from the chaff, but I didnt expect everyone to break out at once. Ah congratulations to everyone for breaking out of my preliminary trial

Hui rubbed the back of his neck and laughed lightly. Uh, whoops. Maybe I shouldnt have rotted the entire formation