Sword Management Terrace
"Little Meng, here is what you wanted." Yufeng sat down next to Meng, opposite her father, and discreetly handed to Meng a spatial ring.
"*Thanks*" Meng whispered and looked at her from the corner of his eye with a grateful smile. She just saved him a lot of trouble going to the Mighty Heavenly Sword Region himself.
"Anyway...You said your name is Su Meng, right? How come you are so resilient. Even my strongest attacks were capable of only causing you slightly more serious wounds, however, you healed them immediately...There is no way you are just Sky Profound Practitioner." Xuanyuan Jue ignored what his daughter gave to Meng and instead he asked with a serious expression.
"I told you that he is amazing! You were the one who didn't believe me~" Yufeng pulled Meng's arm, hugging it and squeezing it between her ample breasts before replying to her father in Meng's stead.
'Uh...this sensation...I have felt it several times in my past life due to the trainings but this time it feels very different, I wonder why is that so. Maybe it's due to this being a body uncustomed to it or maybe because the previous times were with the hired women to do those trainings against seduction.' Meng thought and felt slightly uncomfortable doing this kind of thing in front of Yufeng's father.
"You never mentioned anything about his strength! But I doubt I would trust your words even if you were to tell me." Xuanyuan Jue replied with an annoyed tone.
"So what do you think, do I have the strength to take care of Yufeng, "father-in-law"?" Meng freed his arm from the grasps of Yufeng's 2 dangerous weapons and wrapped his arm around her before asking with a teasing tone and a small smirk on his face.
Yufeng's eyes slightly widened upon hearing Meng's last words but a warm smile quickly appeared on her face as she stared at Meng's face with eyes full of admiration and love.
"*cough* Let's not be so hasty, after all, you are still just a junior. Plus you haven't proved your competence yet...it is true that you are resilient and hard to kill but that won't help you much in protecting others. Let's talk about that at a later date." Xuanyuan Jue said with a slightly uncomfortable expression. He himself knew that pulling in such a strong and talented junior would be an extreme fortune but he couldn't ignore the humiliation he just received today from being defeated by a mere junior. Fortunately for him, no one was around to see his pathetic state, at least he advanced his cultivation and now that he thought about it calmly, he was completely ecstatic about it.
"Father-!" Yufeng frowned in displeasure and tried to talk some sense into her father but she was quickly interrupted.
"But you have my blessing if you truly care so much about it..." Xuanyuan Jue waved his hand in a disinterested manner but it was visible that he was just acting indifferent.
Yufeng's eyes shone just like stars upon hearing his words before she turned at Meng with an indescribable expression but the closest one would be simply "lovestruck" and "expectant".
'?!' "Ehm, anyway, I wouldn't want to take more of your time senior, I am aware of your position. I wish you a safe return...Also, please keep our meeting a secret, after all, Yufeng might be affected by this." Meng noticed Yufeng's expression and felt as if he was prey and she was a predator, ready to pounce at him at any moment so he quickly stood up and started bidding his farewell to Xuanyuan Jue.
Xuanyuan Jue nodded his head before exchanging a few more words and then talking to his daughter in private before taking his leave, leaving the two alone.
'I guess it wasn't a failure...I can tell that he is still a bit dubious of me but that's alright. It just shows how much he cares about her. He won't spread rumors about my strength as it could hurt his daughter, both mentally and physically. Kinda funny to see how much I can trust him despite him not fully trusting me.' Meng thought before he took the records from the spatial ring that Yufeng gave him.
"...This is- interesting, very interesting...It seems like your Mighty Heavenly Sword Region's Sword Master is pretty shrewd and cunning if it's all the truth." Meng narrowed his eyes after reading through it all.
"I had no idea it was this serious either...The way he manipulated everything seems like he wants to-" Yufeng's eyes were also narrowed in worry.
"take over the world?" Meng asked with an amused smirk.
"It seems like the Illusory Demon Royal Family posses a heavenly treasure, no wonder he wanted to...?! Haha, I see." Meng added while holding his chin with a thoughtful expression before a surprised expression appeared on his face along with his laugher afterward.
"W-What is it?" Yufeng asked, slightly startled by Meng's sudden laugh.
"He conspired with other Sacred Grounds but the Illusory Demon Realm is said to be on par with the Profound Sky Continent if not higher due to its unity. How in the hell would Sacred Grounds be capable of attacking a unified Illusory Demon Realm? That is...without internal help from there." Meng explained and Yufeng immediately exclaimed in realization. After all, internal conspiracies and infighting for power was anything but new. Even if it's unified, it only acts like it on the outside while on the inside, most groups view each other as enemies.
"You are saying that someone from there would betray their own in order to get their hands on the treasure and the throne?" Yufeng muttered with a thoughtful expression.
"Humans, demons, fairies, no matter the race, they all have something similar and that is the selfishness. Living beings always think of their own situation, dreams first before they bother with those around them." For Meng, it wouldn't be such a big surprise that someone betrayed them but if it's the truth, it meant that it might not be completely safe at the Illusory Demon Realm. Well, at least his strength increased from the last time, now he doesn't really have to think about the issue with strength.
"Thank you very much for getting this to me, Yufeng. I will wait a few more days to avoid making your father the suspect for leaving out of nowhere." Meng said as he started leisurely walking away.
"Wait, are you saying that you know how to get past the formation? That formation is connected to that old man's heart. How do you want to free him without killing him or completely destroying the formation which will take a long time if it's possible at all and alert others?!" Yufeng questioned with a worried expression as she walked next to him.
"I have a way" Meng replied with a particular smile while looking into the empty space.
[Intermediate Formations (Lv. 4)+]
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The next few days passed by quickly and Meng used them on creating his unique healing art. Although he himself didn't need it, there will come a time when he will need to heal others. He wanted to create something versatile, something that could heal open wounds relatively quickly, something that could detoxify harmful substances within the body and ultimately...something that could even heal souls...he wanted to create an epitome of the healing arts.
To do that, he first confronted Su Zhu since she used to be a proud phoenix and her flames were the strongest in terms of purification. After those days, he came up with the healing art but it was far from complete, it could be called at most a prototype that he needed to test out.
Once his healing art would be complete, he wanted to name it [Finger of Nirvana].
----Heavenly Sword Villa's Sword Management Terrace----
At dead of night, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the large sword embed into the ground. The figure was wearing a black mask covering their full face, the mask itself was quite simply designed with a few dark blue markings and medium-long fangs coming out of the corners of the mouth and 2 thin but long red tear lines under the eyes.
The figure was wearing a black jacket with blue linings, a grey vest, and black pants along with black gloves and boots which all had some kind of dark blue patterns. There was also a thinner dark cloak-like cloth attached to the jacket, fluttering in the gentle wind of the night.
There was completely no trace of profound energy or anything hinting at how this figure appeared here so suddenly out of nowhere.
That figure was none other than Meng who quickly approached the gigantic sword and placed his palm against it before closing his eyes.
He looked inside the formation beneath the sword and found out that the two are still alive and right at the moment it seemed like Yun Che was eating meat.
'So he isn't an idiot and he indeed brought some emergency food with himself...Anyway, now isn't the time for this.' Meng thought before he let his Spiritual Sense seep inside to contact Yun Canghai.
['I am here to fulfill my promise. I found out about the conspiracy that happened that year and many more. I am willing to help you.']
When Yun Canghai heard the familiar voice inside his mind so abruptly, his eyes widened in shock.
"What is it, grandfather?" Yun Che asked when he noticed the change.
'Someone is standing in front of this formation.' Jasmine informed him while staring outside of the formation with a curious look in her eyes. Her information didn't shock Yun Che that much as the terrace they were sealed underneath was being regularly used.
['You have actually returned?!'] It took Yun Canghai a while to reply as he was slowly nearing the limit, his life wasn't in danger but he couldn't leave his grandson being sealed here together with him, however, he still held onto a small hope, onto Meng's words. After all, he had nothing to lose and his grandson was still training with him and he had no shortage of supplies, there was no reason to not wait a bit more, however, he never expected the mysterious man to actually come back and so after hearing Meng's words, Yun Canghai's face was quite happy as if he just found out his long lost grandson.
['There is no time for us to talk, I will need this process to be swift before anyone from Mighty Heavenly Sword Region arrives, they must have a few elders stationed nearby in case of emergency. Once I am inside the formation with you, I need you to fully cooperate and preferably don't question my actions.'] Meng explained further.
['If you can free me and my grandson, I and the entire Yun family will be indebted to you.'] Yun Canghai replied before telling Yun Che to come close to him.
"What's wrong, grand-" Yun Che wanted to ask for the details but his voice was diminished.
*BANG!* The entire sword terrace cracked open and Meng jumped down approaching the barrier before he pressed his palm against it.
Meng opened his eyes wide and started using Void Imperfection Physique to its maximum before his arm suddenly started sinking past the barrier. Within a few seconds, he was already inside the barrier and Yun Canghai and Yun Che could finally see him for the first time.
"Wha-?!" Yun Che widened his eyes once he saw someone stepping inside the formation so casually, thinking that they were caught inside too.
"...Let's get rid of this formation first" Meng glanced at Yun Che who tensed up once he saw someone with a strange ominous-looking mask looking at him, he was ready for a fight but once he heard those words, he dropped his guard down a bit.
'Maybe it's someone from Illusory Demon Realm who came to rescue the grandfather but...' Yun Che thought with a skeptical look in his eyes. Only Jasmine was observing this with an amused smile, knowing that Yun Che didn't recognize the person in front of him yet.