Hidden moth

Chapter 288: Entrusting a True Love
After the smoke and dust cleared, the sky had become completely dark, and the only sound in the valley under the starry sky was the wind blowing through the weeds.

After a long while, He Kao finally said, "How can you use a flying sword?"

Mei Guyu: "Why can't I fly the sword?"

He Kao: "Aren't you, that... lost your magical powers?"

Mei Guyu: "Who told you that? When have I ever lost my magical powers?"

This sentence stunned He Kao, and it was as if a flash of lightning split the sky in his mind!
Thinking carefully now, Mei Guyu herself never said that she could not use her magical powers now. Everything was speculation made by others based on various signs.

How come after so much speculation, it seems to have become a recognized fact?

He Kao first heard about this from Elder Jiang. (Chapter 206)
As far as Jiang Daozhen knew, Mei Guyu's current state was very special. He should have taken the step to perfection in the sixth level, but had not yet successfully broken through to the seventh level of cultivation and was in the "vacuum state".

The old man also told He Kao based on his personal experience that in this situation he would lose his magical powers... How could Jiang Daozhen, a seventh-rank great mathematician, make such a mistake?

So how could others also make mistakes? Because based on what happened in Suhara, the smarter and more knowledgeable people are, the more likely they are to make a mistake.

Looking back now, what Elder Jiang said to He Kao was a judgment based on his own experience, which was equivalent to a theoretical discussion, and the conclusion was tendentious rather than definitive.

His original words were that Mei Guyu "should" have taken that step, but it was just a should!

The following part is about what would happen if she took that step. Jiang Daozhen's words were not false; they were the conclusion of his personal experience. If Mei Guyu did not take that step, it would be her own business...

Thinking of this, He Kao looked at Mei Guyu with a complicated look.

Mei Guyu herself never lied from beginning to end. She really came to work in Qiyuan as an ordinary employee, but she behaved perfectly and completely consistently in two completely different possibilities.

After arriving in Qiyuan, Mei Guyu had not used her magical powers. Perhaps she wanted to try to take that step in this way, but she obviously did not succeed. Until today, she had to sacrifice the Falling Rain Sword again.

He Kao opened his mouth, swallowed back the words he wanted to say, looked up at the sky and said, "It's a pity that Fabre got away."

Mei Guyu killed seven people with one sword, and only Fabre escaped. Because Fabre had already fled into the sky at the first moment, after Mei Guyu's flying sword killed the others, he had already disappeared.

Mei Guyu said calmly, "He escaped by his own ability."

This was quite interesting. Fabre had indeed escaped by his own strength, thanks to his high level of cultivation and his possession of a flying artifact. However, this was also the result of Mei Guyu's weighing of the pros and cons. She chose to kill the others first.

He Kao: "Why don't you try to keep Fabre first?"

In He Kao's opinion, getting rid of a sixth-level physician should be given higher priority than killing the other six people.

Mei Guyu didn't say anything, but sent a divine thought, which roughly meant that if his cultivation reached Fabre's level, there would be no results even if he was caught and interrogated, but if he escaped back, it would be a clue to track down the highest level of Xiaomeng.

He Kao realized instantly that this was laying the groundwork for the future.

Although what he said made sense, He Kao always felt that Mei Guyu had something else in mind. Could it be that she had seen through his identity and guessed that he was Yin E?
The hidden moth has a magical power: its Yin spirit travels to find a target, which requires sufficient familiarity and understanding of the target. For example, on Mount Everest, He Kao used this method to find Lina in distress.

Today, Fabre had escaped from the Ten Thousand Trees Rejuvenation Formation, and He Kao was already familiar with his description and aura. If the opponent was off guard, as long as he was within the range of He Kao's spiritual awareness, the Yin Spirit would be able to find him instantly.

Don't underestimate this one or two kilometer range. It can play a big role at a critical moment, and can even be used as a clue to discover more top-secret information about the Xiao Alliance.

He Kao wasn't sure what Mei Guyu meant by this, but he couldn't ask further, otherwise it would be like exploding himself, so he changed the subject and asked, "What should we do now? What should we do next?"

The battle had just ended, the battlefield hadn't been cleared, and the spoils hadn't been collected yet. Those who dared to ambush Li Xiuyuan and Mei Guyu must have brought all sorts of magical weapons with them.

Except for Fabre, who escaped with the help of the Chui Tian Yu, all the other people and things were left behind. The things needed to be sorted and identified, and the traces of the battlefield also needed to be erased.

Mei Guyu: "That illusionist brought an invisible weapon. If I'm guessing correctly, it should be the Xingshen Sect's lost magic weapon Jingyan, which has now become invisible.

You can try to find it and cast a spell to put it away. If you can't find it, you can ask my sixth uncle to come over..."

He Kao asked in surprise, "Who is your sixth uncle?"

Mei Guyu smiled and said, "You should have seen him. His name is Mei Wenhua. He's the owner of the noodle shop in front of Sesame Apartment and a fifth-level lover of Xingshenmen."

He Kao's eyes widened as he asked, "Sixth Uncle? Your family is full of talented people!"

Mei Guyu: "He's actually my distant cousin. His father is my grandfather's cousin. My father was an only child, but he was the second child in the family tree of that generation, and he was the sixth, so I call him Sixth Uncle.

My father worked in Hanning City, and I was born in the city. My sixth uncle lived in Xiangba County. He was a practitioner of the Xinpan Sect, and it was he who introduced me to the sect. I entered the Danding Sect at a very young age..."

Mei Guyu gave people the impression that she was not good at socializing. During the afternoon meal, she hardly spoke except for praising the dishes cooked by He Kao.

In order to avoid a dull atmosphere, He Kao took the initiative to talk a lot, and in the end he was a little out of things to say... Since they were entertaining guests at his own home, he also talked about a lot of things about himself.

It seems that Mei Guyu did not stop communicating at this moment, but the communication was a little delayed. After a fight, she actually resumed chatting about family matters and introduced the situation of her own family.

Perhaps it was because of their joint action just now that the relationship between the two of them was invisibly brought closer.

Mei Guyu is also from Hanning City, Zhouyuan Province, and Fengwei Township is located within Hanning City. However, Fengwei Township is located in Shanping County, while Mei Guyu's hometown is in Xiangba County. Her father worked in the city, and she was born in the urban area.

Where in the world are the most densely populated areas of sorcerers, and where are the residents most attuned to magic? First and foremost, of course, is Fengwei Township, followed by Hanning City.

The good seedlings at your doorstep are the easiest to be discovered, which is what is called "the one who is close to the water gets the moon first."

It is natural for masters of magic to want to train their own younger generations, but the talent for practicing magic is not hereditary, and it is not easy to find good seedlings if the clan is too small.

Both Mei Wenhua and Mei Guyu are lucky. On the one hand, Mei Wenhua has such an outstanding niece, and on the other hand, Mei Guyu also has such an uncle as her matchmaker.

No wonder Li Xiuyuan sent Mei Wenhua this time.

Mei Wenhua and He Kao both accepted the recruitment of the clan hall, so it was only natural for them to do some odd jobs and finishing work.

There are countless varieties of magical weapons, and the so-called invisible instruments are one of the major categories, which also come in many varieties. He Kao himself owns one, which is the Yin'e Sha that he is wearing at this moment.

Yin'e Sha is actually between visible and invisible, and can be refined into the shape of a veil or eye mask and carried around.

As for the Jingyan carried by the magician, it is completely invisible and colorless, and ordinary people cannot see it at all. Only after practicing sacrifices and refining it can one master its wonderful uses and changes.

Jingyan is also a magic weapon inherited from the Xinshen Sect. Its main function is to create illusions. It was lost during the civil strife of the Shu Sect a thousand years ago. Unexpectedly, it appears here again today.

The master who sacrificed it is dead, and Jingyan has returned to its invisible and intangible state. No one knows where it drifted to during the fierce battle just now. Maybe it has been blown into the distant mountains and forests by the wind.

In such a large area, a low-level warlock might not even be able to find it, let alone touch it. An ordinary high-level warlock might not be able to find it either.

But what Mei Guyu said was very strange. With her level of cultivation, she had just killed the illusionist with her own hands. She should have been able to bring Jing Yan back with a wave of her hand, but she asked He Kao to try to take her back.

It seems from her that she doesn't plan to reach out again. If He Kao can't find Jing Yan, then she will ask Mei Wenhua to take back the magic weapon. Is this a deliberate test?

He Kao thought for a moment, then waved his hand towards the distance. It seemed as if nothing had happened, but it felt as if something was floating against the wind. When it got closer, He Kao caught it in his hand. The light and shadow in his palm were slightly distorted, as if undergoing inexplicable refraction.

He Kao rubbed the invisible object and put it in his pocket.

Mei Guyu was slightly surprised and said, "Your cultivation is quite good."

He Kao said modestly: "It's nothing in front of you."

When He Kao put on the Yin'e veil and transformed into Li Xiuyuan's appearance, it actually revealed the fact that he had broken through to the fourth level of cultivation. However, it was unclear how high his cultivation level was. The blow of smashing the chessboard was also a powerful display of Elder Gu's power.

Taking back Jingyan might indeed expose his cultivation level, but let it be exposed, it has nothing to do with Yin E's identity.

Mei Guyu: "Then I'll leave this place to you to clean up. Let my sixth uncle take back all the artifacts related to magic. All the spoils of this battle must be handed over to the clan law hall for disposal first. If there is anything you happen to want, please do not intercept it privately.

Let me know later, and I’ll apply to the clan law hall. As long as it’s not something particularly important, I can give it to you…” She must have seen He Kao putting Jing Yan in his pocket, so she reminded him.

If we were to judge by merit, the main contributor today was Mei Guyu, and He Kao was just a supporting role. However, Mei Guyu wasn't interested in these spoils of war; the only one who deserved her attention was Jing Yan.

Mei Guyu is not only the main force in this battle but also the elder of the clan hall. Of course, she has the greatest say in the distribution of spoils. If He Kao sees something he wants, she can also help get it for him.

In fact, no matter whether it was He Kao or Mei Wenhua, it was impossible for them to hide anything secretly when cleaning up the battlefield afterwards, because Mei Guyu already knew exactly what those Xiaomeng monks had on them.

He Kao: "Okay, I'm interested in this Jingyan. Thank you, Elder Mei! After things here are dealt with, will Elder Mei return to the clan law hall tomorrow?"

Forget about other things, it was this Jingyan that really attracted He Kao.

He had no intention of hiding it in his pocket, but simply wanted to study it before handing it over to the clan law hall for disposal. Such magical weapons were rare and would be very helpful in understanding and studying illusion arrays.

Even high-level sorcerers who have not learned illusion techniques can use this to set up an illusion array.

To be able to set up an illusion array based solely on cultivation, one must be at least a fifth-level lover of the Xinpan Sect. And if one wants to use the natural environment to set up a large illusion array, one must be a sixth-level illusionist.

But with Jing Yan in hand, even a fourth-level sorcerer like Lan Jiuwan can set up an illusion array. The specific mysterious changes depend on her own cultivation and magic power.

The first person He Kao thought of when he got Jing Yan was Lan Jiuwan.

Lan Jiuwan has now broken through to the fourth level of cultivation. According to the tradition of the sect, her master should bestow upon her a weapon, that is, find her a suitable magic weapon.

The Yin'e Sha had been given to her temporarily some time ago, as He Kao still needed it, and there were other things that seemed to be hidden from public view. The only magical weapon He Kao could bring out was the Xue Guang Han, and he had originally planned to give her one.

But the Snow Light Cold was only a supporting magic weapon, not very useful in a fight. Could he use the beads as locust stones to hit people? Moreover, He Kao didn't have many Snow Light Colds in his hand. He gave one to Gao Xue'e and the other to Lin Qingshuang.

After Lin Qingshuang obtained a Xueguanghan, she didn't know what she had discovered, so she borrowed another one from He Kao. He Kao only had one left, and he had planned to give it to Lan Jiuwan after Lin Qingshuang returned it.

When he got Jingyan today, he felt that this magic weapon was very suitable for Lan Jiuwan. However, after hearing Mei Guyu's introduction that this was a magic weapon that had been lost for a thousand years by the Xinpan Sect, he was too embarrassed to speak up.

Mei Guyu might have seen through his little thought...

Just as He Kao was thinking this, Mei Guyu's words surprised him again. He heard the elder reply, "Tomorrow? I have to go to work tomorrow. It's not my day off!"

He Kao: "You, you still want to go to work at the company?"

Mei Guyu actually sighed softly: "From the beginning to the end, I have been telling the truth. I just want to experience the world and work harder as an ordinary employee.

Elder Jiang suggested that I come to Qiyuan and join your company, so I came.

It’s just that since my first day here, so many things have happened one after another, and until today, it’s finally come to an end, and I can now work properly.”

He Kao swallowed and said, "Is this necessary?"

Mei Guyu pulled out the steel ruler, stroked it in his hand, and said, "Tell me, is there really anyone in this world who can cultivate magic to the ultimate level?"

She often spoke in a way that made it hard for people to follow her. It was obvious that she wasn't very good at communication. He Kao didn't react and subconsciously said, "Are you asking me?"

Mei Guyu couldn't help but laugh again: "Am I asking about this sword?"

He Kao: "There should be. Didn't the founder of Danding Sect, Immortal Tan Jun, ascend to become an immortal?"

Mei Guyu shook his head and said, "I didn't see Tan Zu ascend to heaven with my own eyes. Even if it's recorded in the classics, we shouldn't blindly believe it. It's more like a myth or legend, and there are many such legends.

What I want to ask is - is there any convincing evidence?"

He Kao spread his hands and said, "How would I know that?"

Mei Guyu actually shook his head again and said, "How could you not know? It's actually right in front of you."

In front of him? But there is only one Mei Guyu in front of him, and although Mei Guyu's cultivation is high, it can't be said that he has cultivated to the extreme, right?

He Kao asked in surprise, "Are you trying to say that you have already cultivated the art of alchemy to the ultimate level, or that you are sure that you can reach that level in the future?"

Mei Guyu smiled again. It was rare to see her smile so many times tonight. "Of course, I'm not talking about myself, but this Falling Rain Sword before me. If no one has reached that level of cultivation, where would this sword come from?"

He Kao slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, that's exactly the truth!"

This was an obvious fact, yet someone had to remind him to change his mind. In today's martial arts world, even a master refiner like Zou Qianhuai couldn't create a divine weapon, let alone the Falling Rain Sword.

But the Falling Rain Sword was right before his eyes, which was enough to prove that someone had reached an unimaginable realm.

Mei Guyu seemed to be talking to himself again, "I originally thought that after arriving in Qiyuan, as long as I didn't use my magical powers, I could take that step. Today I realized that this is not the case. It's just that my practice is not enough."

Having said this, she did something incredible. She actually handed the steel ruler in her hand to He Kao and said, "While I'm working in Qiyuan, I'll temporarily give the Falling Rain Sword to you for safekeeping.

With your cultivation level, you are not yet able to unleash its true power, but it is no problem to use it to practice sword control..."

He Kao took a step back and said, "How can this be done?"

Mei Guyu asked with a hint of meaning: "Can I trust you?"

He Kao quickly replied, "Of course. If nothing else, today we are sharing life and death together!"

Mei Guyu said calmly, "In my current state, the Falling Rain Sword is no different from an ordinary steel ruler in my hand. As a friend, I would like to ask you for a favor and keep it for me temporarily. Is that okay?"

He Kao had gone through countless brain teasers during this exchange with Mei Guyu. Suddenly realizing something, he subconsciously exclaimed, "Could it be that you have already..."

He suddenly stopped talking here and swallowed back what he was about to say.

Mei Guyu nodded gently and said, "Yes, as you expected."

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(End of this chapter)