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Chapter 833: The Old Ghost's Tribulation

After brief consideration, Li Qingran ultimately chose to absorb the three World Rings bestowed by Chen Huaian.As for the Battle Skills on the World Rings, she originally wanted to retain her previous Battle Skills.

Because she was already familiar with those Battle Skills, and there was no time to familiarize herself with new ones.

But after learning about the Battle Skills carried by the three World Rings.

Li Qingran didn't hesitate for a second, directly abandoning her old ways.

The sole reason was that the Battle Skills of those three World Rings were precisely the sword moves from the Green Lotus Sword Manual: the First Form, Long Wind Breaks Waves; the Second Form, Sword Soars Over Cangzhou; and the Fourth Form, Mist Formed from Rainbow Clouds.

Ever since entering the Canglan World, all the sword moves she had previously learned became unusable, though the Sword Intent she had comprehended hadn't disappeared. Sword moves required True Essence as a medium, and True Essence was generated by Spiritual Energy.

The Canglan World also had energy similar to Spiritual Energy, which was the Battle Power dissolved within countless living beings. It was akin to the special energy she absorbed after killing World Beasts and absorbing their World Rings.

And this special energy and Spiritual Energy were not interchangeable.

This resulted in her inability to use the sword moves she had learned before.

As for life-saving tools like the Sword Sphere bestowed by her Master, they were different. Because the Sword Sphere itself contained a wisp of her Master's True Essence, and the sword moves within were driven by that True Essence. So even in the Canglan Realm, such one-time life-saving tools could still be used.

After absorbing the World Rings, Li Qingran's World Ring configuration had become Purple, Black, Black.

But none of this was enough to make Li Qingran feel particularly overjoyed.

Her true joy came from being able to use once again those sword moves Chen Huaian had taught her.

Standing on the balcony of her dormitory, she summoned the Su Xian Sword, twirled it with a flourish, and pale golden Sword Intent flowed within the Su Xian Sword in the form of Battle Power.

A familiar sensation welled up in her heart.

Making her understand that what she now mastered was no longer the inferior Battle Skills from the previous World Rings.

But genuine sword techniques.

Before the sword technique was even activated, sharp Sword Qi already surged and swirled around her.

Li Qingran hugged the Su Xian Sword, feeling that even separated by two worlds, she and her Master were still heart to heart.

"Holy crap, look, everyone! Goddess Qingran is smiling!"

"Goddess Qingran's smile is so beautiful!!!"

"What happy event did she encounter? Have any of you seen Goddess Qingran smile so happily before?"

The chatter from below the dormitory building snapped Li Qingran out of her reverie. She rolled her eyes in annoyance and went back inside her room.

Every morning, there were people staking out below her dorm, some bringing flowers, some bringing breakfast. She was already used to it.

Among them were a few support-type Battle Masters from the culinary department, who would use Battle Power to conjure food and try to give it to her to eat.

Li Qingran naturally kept a respectful distance from such things.

There was always a feeling, an illusion, that they were using a part of their bodies, or energy produced by their bodies, to make food.

Just thinking about it gave her the chills.

"Goddess Qingran! The match list has been announced! Your first opponent is Su Luyao!"

A voice shouted from below.

Li Qingran, who was just changing into her academy uniform in front of the mirror, frowned slightly.

A vague face surfaced in her mind.

Su Luyao... she had some impression, but who exactly was that again?

Li Qingran scratched her head. Ever since entering the academy, aside from her mentors, she hadn't remembered anyone. She had wanted to make a few friends, but it felt like people weren't very sincere. Some girls were even very resistant to interacting with her, looking at her as if she were a plague.

So, she never really had any friends.

"Whatever, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Li Qingran gently stroked the Su Xian Sword.

Originally, she was quite confident in herself, just a bit annoyed at being targeted by that playboy from the Xiao family.

Now that her World Rings had improved, and she could even use three sword techniques from the Green Lotus Sword Manual, she had nothing left to fear.

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Every move in the Canglan Realm was under Chen Huaian's watchful gaze.

Seeing Li Qingran getting on the right track, Chen Huaian also breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there was a dream transmission function.

Otherwise, given Li Qingran's cautious and careful personality, those three World Rings would be considered products of unknown origin with no certification, and she definitely wouldn't use them.

She might even give them away to someone else, which would truly be a waste.

So, the dream transmission function should be used more often in the future.

Chen Huaian wasn't in a hurry to leave the Cangyun Realm. He planned to wait here for the Spirit Beast Sect Master to complete all preparations for the Meridian Refining Technique. This time should be enough to see his little disciple in the Canglan Realm advance to the finals and secure a top-ten qualification to enter the Battle Soul team.

"Chen Sword Master!"

Chen Huaian raised an eyebrow. The voice ringing in his mind was precisely that of the Spirit Void Old Ghost.

This Spirit Void Old Ghost had only been in the back mountains of his Moon Shadow Sect for half a day. Why was he suddenly calling out?

Listening to the voice, it seemed... a bit excited?

"Chen Sword Master! Your Moon Shadow Sect is truly a land of treasured mountains and waters! This old man has only cultivated here for half a day, yet I already feel the True Essence within my body merging into a harmonious whole! My originally chaotic Spiritual Platform is now crystal clear!"

"This old man has now seen his own Dao clearly! This old man will undergo his tribulation today!"

As soon as the words fell, before Chen Huaian could react, he saw the celestial phenomena over the Moon Shadow Sect's back mountains suddenly change.

The originally clear, washed-clean sky was abruptly devoured by churning dark clouds. These clouds were not the usual ink-black color but had a strange purple-black hue, like an overturned inkstone, gathering at the mountain peak at a visible speed, layer upon layer, pressing down until it was hard to breathe.

Within the cloud layers, golden serpents seemed to dance wildly. At first, it was just faint electric light weaving between the cloud gaps, emitting a faint "sizzling" sound. In an instant, it transformed into thunderbolts as thick as a bowl's mouth, shuttling and colliding within the dark clouds, illuminating the gloomy cloud layers with flickering light and shadow, like the pupils of a giant beast opening its eyes.

Even more alarming was the fluctuation of energy between heaven and earth. The originally clear and pure Spiritual Energy surrounding the Moon Shadow Sect instantly turned violent, converging toward the back mountains like unbridled wild horses, forming a visible white pillar of energy that shot straight into the sky.

Wherever the energy pillar passed, plants and trees swayed without wind.

Several willow branches that had just sprouted tender buds were uprooted by the surging energy, and small stones hopped and tumbled on the ground, emitting a grating friction sound.

"Holy crap! Don't!" Chen Huaian rolled his eyes, slapped the ground with one hand, and his entire body transformed into a stream of light that shot through the air toward the back mountains.

This Spirit Void Old Ghost was going to undergo his tribulation, fine, but could he have given a heads-up, for crying out loud?

After all, the Spirit Void Old Ghost was a ghost cultivator. Who knew how many vengeful souls were sealed within his Soul Banner? The Heavenly Tribulation prepared for him by the heavens couldn't possibly be weak, could it?

If this old ghost got himself struck dead, it wouldn't matter, but he better not blow up the entire mountain gate!

Standing beneath the thunderclouds, Chen Huaian could clearly feel the oppressive pressure permeating the air.

It was the scrutiny from the Heavenly Dao, cold and majestic, as if weighing whether the person about to undergo tribulation was qualified to step onto a higher realm.

He soon saw the Spirit Void Old Ghost cultivating in the back mountains.

Beneath the cloud layers, the Spirit Void Old Ghost's figure hovered in mid-air. Surrounding him was not the usual True Essence fluctuation of ordinary cultivators, but ghostly energy emitting an eerie green glow.

The ghostly energy surged around him like a tide, and his originally somewhat hunched figure now stood ramrod straight.

His eyes were wide open, the whites filled with bluish-black blood vessels. His gaze toward the sky held the unique ferocity and fanaticism of a ghost cultivator.

"Come on! Hahahaha!"

The Spirit Void Old Ghost raised his Myriad Soul Banner, pointing it at the heavens.

The robes around him flapped violently in the ghostly energy, his grayish-white beard and hair standing on end, each strand distinct under the golden thunderlight.

"Damn it, this old thing is even provoking the heavens?"

Chen Huaian was furious.

But there was no time for further thought.

The golden Thunder Eye within the cloud layers was on the verge of emerging.

What he needed to do now was try his best to protect his mountain gate.

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