Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

There's a saying about cultivation in the Immortal Realm. The Heaven-Strike Realm is like a threshold for someone to truly become a cultivator. Some people can only reach this level after a lifetime of cultivation, but if they can surpass it, then they can truly understand cultivation.

Of course, Shen Qiao's leaping two levels at once is an exception.

Because of her continuous advancement in the secret realm, more people wanted to challenge her. Wang You didn't interfere too much, after all, he just stipulated that she was not allowed to leave the mountain. If she had time after training, she could deal with those challenges that came to her door.

However, she never challenged anyone in single combat. Most of the time, she would just pick up a weapon that was convenient for her and then return it to them. Over the past few years, Shen Qiao had challenged many times, but she remained undefeated. Gradually, no one dared to challenge her title of "Sword Goddess" anymore.

"I heard that you don't plan to participate in the next sword competition?"

"Yeah." Shen Qiao looked at the drawing that Xu Tangxin brought.

Chi Musheng also consulted on the blueprint; the original didn't take into account Zui Bugui's already-born sword spirit. To achieve a more precise fit, Shen Qiao forged the Que Yuan material several times using Chi Musheng's previous smelting method. Xu Tang also revised the blueprint several times. Now, everything was nearly ready; they only needed to finalize the final blueprint before they could officially begin forging the scabbard.

Xu Tang was puzzled. "If you said before that you didn't want to participate because you didn't have a sword, I could understand. But now that your memory has been restored and you have your sword back, why don't you show off your skills and shock those people who come to provoke you every day?"

"Have you forgotten? It's not time for me to go down the mountain yet." Shen Qiao straightened up from the table, "Let's just decide on this version."

Xu Tang clearly liked Shen Qiao, a client who was quick and decisive. He nodded in satisfaction and took the blueprint back. "Got it. I'll start work as soon as I get back this afternoon. You can come pick it up in about... two months."

Shen Qiao smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

After sending the people away, Shen Qiao returned to the room to continue writing. Chi Musheng appeared and sat by the window watching her write.

"You really don't want to participate in that competition? Wang You doesn't seem to care about you in this kind of thing, right?"

"It doesn't mean much." Shen Qiao wrote stroke by stroke, but what he wrote were not ordinary words, but abstract symbols.

"I had originally planned to regain the title of 'Kendo Champion' after my rebirth in this life."

"But now that I think about it, it's really not a big deal."

As she spoke, she paused and raised her hand to carefully read the two spell formulas she had written down.

"If I miss it once, I'll try again next time. Besides, I have other things I want to do now."

The soul arts developed by Jiang Quechen and the spiritual arts taught to her by Wang You had some similarities. Ultimately, the reason soul arts were banned was entirely because they were used in the wrong way. There was nothing wrong with the research approach, so Shen Qiao planned to find the commonalities between the two and see if they could be integrated, drawing on each other's strengths and weaknesses.

"The art of manipulation?" Chi Musheng leaned over and took a look. "It seems to be a field that is quite suitable for Xuanling roots."

She had been wholeheartedly pursuing the way of the sword and had never really studied these complicated techniques.

"Ten years, and only one-third of it has passed. Besides, I also need this time to stabilize myself." She seemed to have some ideas again, dipped the brush in ink and started writing again.

Chi Musheng nodded in understanding and leaned back against the window. "I asked Queyue to keep an eye on 'her' side."

"There's something else I must tell you."

Shen Qiao: "What?"

"That person's immortal record is still there." Chi Musheng didn't point it out, she knew Shen Qiao understood.

As expected, Shen Qiao paused after saying this, then frowned, "Could it be... that I guessed wrong?"

The immortal record will automatically disappear only after the cultivator dies or leaves the immortal record. Now that the immortal record still exists, it means that this person is still an "immortal".

"Maybe he has some other plans." Chi Musheng was actually a little surprised.

"But I'm curious, how did he deceive those people from the Demon Realm? When I think about those idiot demons who are still kept in the dark and are preparing to welcome their new master, I feel a little..."

Chi Musheng sneered, "How ironic! If the old demon knew the truth, he would be furious."

To create obstacles for the new Demon Lord, who was only a figurehead but not officially appointed, the old Demon Lord had already used Wang You to eliminate two Demon Kings. Now, the Demon Realm was in turmoil, with rumors swirling about the new Demon Lord's arrival. Unaware of their new master's character, the smaller generals dared few drastic actions, giving the Immortal Realm an opportunity to repair the barrier between humans and demons.

"That would be best if that's the case." Shen Qiao put down his pen and pondered for a moment.

"The disposal of the remains we brought back from the secret realm last time has been finalized. Senior Brother Xie came to tell me yesterday."

The corpse was indeed a cultivator, but the bones were those of ordinary people whose spiritual roots had not been fully awakened.

Let's talk about the bodies of these monks first. After the identities of these bodies were confirmed, the "people" who originally lived outside the secret realm on their behalf suddenly disappeared overnight. No one saw them alive, no one saw them dead, as if they had never existed.

The various sects spent two years investigating all the places visited and people met by the more than one hundred monks who had impersonated others, but they did not find anything wrong.

Shen Qiao instinctively felt that "she" had designed to let that group of fake cultivators infiltrate the fairy world, definitely not just to let them experience life, but what the purpose was was still unknown.

As for those bones, just as Shen Qiao had judged, not a soul was left. The only thing of some value was the soul bead soaked in resentment.

"She" seemed to be conducting some kind of experiment, and... this experiment had achieved some results. However, those in the Immortal Realm still did not know "her" purpose.

This is also what Shen Qiao is worried about.

"Don't worry too much about 'her' matter." Chi Musheng saw her thoughts and said soothingly, "Last time in the secret realm, you directly dispersed her ghost energy. If she hadn't run fast, she would have almost died. It will take a while to replenish the ghost energy that has been consumed so much."

I hope she can be quiet for a while.

Shen Qiao thought so, and her hand rested on the piece of paper on the table.

Hurry up... and hurry up...

At least in the remaining few years, she had to make her soul skills reach their peak, so that she could completely eliminate the problem the next time she faced "her".