Chapter 1007: Chapter 6 The Fated Day

Shushan, Qingluo Peak.

An Zhisu suddenly noticed that recently, Junior Brother Ling seemed a bit distracted.

It was as if he was counting days, like waiting for something.

Her sword technique suddenly changed, and the Flying Smoke Sword struck out the Summoning Sword at a tricky angle.

In terms of flying sword grade rank, the Flying Smoke Sword wasn’t even fit to polish the Summoning Sword’s shoes.

But Shushan Sword Immortals practice swordsmanship without using Sword Dao Techniques, and even when sparring among senior and junior siblings, they control physical strength and speed to be exactly the same.

Thus, Ling Yunpo was slightly distracted, and the flaw in his sword path was spotted by An Zhisu, leading him to defeat before he could react.

“Junior Brother.” An Zhisu retracted the Flying Smoke Sword and softly asked, “Do you have something on your mind?”

Ling Yunpo smiled awkwardly, only to hear Senior Sister An continue:

“Can you tell Senior Sister?”

See, this is Senior Sister An, always expressing her thoughts directly.

If it were Xu Yinglian, she would probably drop hints; if it were Shi Liuli, she might investigate secretly; if it were Jiang Lian, she would definitely interrogate fiercely.

As for Long Hu… Long Hu is more innocent than Senior Sister An, probably wouldn’t notice anything.

Of course, this trait of Senior Sister An also has an advantage: whatever you tell her, you don’t have to worry about unknown consequences–because besides herself, Senior Sister is closest to Sect Leader Su Jian, but she wouldn’t share private conversations between siblings with their teacher.

Thinking of this, Ling Yunpo somewhat relaxed and shared with Senior Sister An with a bitter smile:

“Senior Sister, it’s nothing, just a little trouble in mind.”

“What trouble?” An Zhisu’s personality was like her sword, not the type to retreat immediately when facing obstacles.

“Well,” Ling Yunpo sighed and said, “Senior Sister, when you must give up something important for something more significant, what should you do?”

Although the words were somewhat roundabout, An Zhisu, being an Innate Sword Heart, didn’t need training to grasp the essence, and replied without hesitation:

“Since it’s something more important, there’s no choice, right? If possible, try to save both, but if absolutely not, and you must choose one, then you have to painfully abandon it.”

“However,” she earnestly advised Ling Yunpo, “conduct yourself like wielding a sword. If you’ve decided to advance, don’t hesitate or regret.”

“Decision means once decided, it must be executed, Junior Brother, remember that.”

“I will remember,” Ling Yunpo said seriously.

No wonder she is Senior Sister An! With just a few words, half of the guilt and self-blame in my heart were dispelled!

Then Senior Sister, if in the future, for the sake of acquiring the Heaven-Mending Stone, to save Senior Sister as the more important goal, I abandoned the relatively less important Shushan, you would be able to understand, right?

Thinking carefully, my relationship with Senior Sister An seems quite different from other relationships of lower ranks.

Whether it’s Qiu Xu, Luo Shi, or Wei Jiang, they are already in a Daoist Companion relationship, but only with Senior Sister An and Little Fox, we haven’t been able to take that step.

Though it’s a “confession will immediately be accepted” situation, precisely because of this, there always seems to be a sense of deceiving a naive person, making it hard to proceed.

“Actually, it’s only because of guilt.” In the Sea of Consciousness, the Kunlun Mirror commented, “He’s the type who needs the woman to be proactive.”

“With An Zhisu and Long Hu being reserved and gentle, waiting for him to confess is absolutely impossible… He knows he’s a spy, and also knows the closer the relationship he establishes now, the more painful it will be to part later, so he chooses to say nothing.”

“Indeed,” Summoning Sword nodded and said, “Except for the confession part, Sword Master hasn’t missed any step to gain goodwill!”

“That’s unavoidable,” the Kunlun Mirror said calmly, “while lurking in someone’s sect, it’s impossible not to socialize, right?”

“Whether it’s Xu Yinglian or An Zhisu, they are people whom you must interact with regularly… To avoid developing feelings, deliberately avoiding any possible goodwill-brushing actions would be like covering up instead.”

“Alright, alright, you’re right,” Summoning Sword knew the mirror was already in the shape of its opponent, and was too lazy to argue with her.

Hmm?

Summoning Sword thought for a moment and felt something was wrong.

If the Kunlun Mirror has been brainwashed by Sword Master, then why is she preparing to backstab?

Claiming Sword Master’s actions are very reasonable, yet when Sword Master aims to sever emotional ties, you secretly reconnect them, how does that make sense?

Thinking of this, Summoning Sword’s thoughts turned, and couldn’t help but smile.

Ah, I understand everything now!

This broken mirror hasn’t been assimilated by Sword Master, rather she’s selectively absorbing Sword Master’s advantages and strengths.

She’s imitating Sword Master’s tactics and style to achieve her own goals!

One Sword Master is already terrifying enough, can Ah Jing really surpass the original?

Anyway, the future won’t lack entertainment; I definitely chose the right path by following Sword Master back then!

Summoning Sword thought with delight, her mind already picturing the scene of Sword Master being stabbed in the back.

“Hahaha, this invincible Sky Throne, truly only I can ascend!”

“What! Junior Sister, Senior Sister, my wife? Where did you come from?”

“Ah… is that you too, Ah Jing?”

Summoning Sword couldn’t wait!

Ling Yunpo wasn’t aware of the mirror and sword’s scheming; he was just relieved from pressure thanks to Senior Sister’s guidance, thus his sword techniques also became more fluid.

Seeing Junior Brother finally liberated, An Zhisu also breathed a sigh of relief and then began to focus on commanding the Flying Smoke Sword, strengthening the attack.

In the days that followed, the two practiced swordsmanship and drank wine, living quite contentedly.

After An Zhisu ascended to Nascent Soul, Su Jian conveniently passed the Qingluo Peak Dao Lineage to her.

As the Peak Master, naturally she should recruit disciples to cultivate fresh blood for Shushan.

But An Zhisu was impatient with such things, who could force her to take on disciples?

Ling Yunpo, as the Tai Yin Sword Master, the strategic nuclear weapon of Shushan Shangqing Temple, usually had nothing to do.

Thus, finally came the destined day.

Early in the morning, Ling Yunpo received a Flying Sword Messaging from Su Jian, summoning him to guard the Demon Locking Tower.

Clearly, Long Eyebrow Immortal had already left Shushan, and if you calculate the days, it was alongside Chi Song Immortal.

Qiu Changtian planned to act tonight, alerting Chi Song Immortal to return to the sect, so Shushan needed to obtain the Heaven-Mending Stone fragment tonight.

Ling Yunpo hurried to the bottom level of the Demon Locking Tower early, taking over the tower’s restrictions under Su Jian’s supervision, then began to rest with closed eyes.