Volume 3, Chapter 387 – Fairy Sword Technique

Wei Ziqing gazed at the petite young lady slowly climbing up the ladder.

Cheng Lixue.

Wei Ziqing remembered this name.

She was also one of the three girls who could potentially become his destined one.

He had already seen the performances of Cheng Lixia and Bu Ruyan.

Wei Ziqing was quite curious what kind of surprise this last girl would give him.

The voice of the person in the ring reached Wei Ziqing’s ears. “I’m curious, has this girl’s age even met the requirements for the selection?”

Wei Ziqing pondered for a moment. “She is the Cheng family’s second daughter, Cheng Yinyin’s older sister.”

The person in the ring fell silent.

While Wei Ziqing and the person in the ring were speaking, Lu Zhuxin had already climbed up the ladder onto the platform.

She glanced at Wei Ziqing’s expression, her gaze sweeping over his ring as if by chance.

Lu Zhuxin knew the male lead of her own writing fairly well.

Seeing his expression, she knew right away that he was speaking with the golden finger inside his ring.

Of course, compared to the destined male lead’s golden finger, what Lu Zhuxin cared about more was that Heavenly Dao’s power of restoration.

With the power of restoration at play, Bu Lianshuang passing the selection test was almost a certainty.

But Bu Lianshuang’s heart already belonged to someone else. When she came into contact with the destined male lead, would she still fall for that man?

Or perhaps this power of restoration would not immediately change the destined female lead’s heart, but would only gradually influence her over time?

Lu Zhuxin could not be sure. For now, all she could do was reduce the contact between Bu Lianshuang and the destined male lead.

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“Miss Cheng, you may begin.” The official of Huayue Court smiled kindly at Lu Zhuxin, gesturing for her to step forward and start the test.

“Mm.” Lu Zhuxin nodded slightly, withdrawing her gaze from Wei Ziqing.

She looked at the greenish black stone across from her and pondered briefly.

The moment Wei Ziqing had announced the change to the test rules, Lu Zhuxin had already begun thinking about how she would approach it.

Chi Muxue had only cultivated for a short time.

Lu Zhuxin needed to come up with a way to pass the test successfully without raising Chi Xiyan’s suspicions.

She had not had much of an idea earlier, but after watching Wei Ziqing fiddle with his ring, some thoughts had begun to form.

When this small world’s Heavenly Dao had brought Bu Lianshuang into this world, it had altered her background to a certain degree.

Turning her from a princess of a grassland tribe into a princess of the ice plain wolf clan.

This allowed her to blend more naturally into the current worldview.

If that was the case for Bu Lianshuang, then what about Wei Ziqing?

That golden finger of his should also have adjusted itself to fit the current worldview, shouldn’t it?

Thinking this, Lu Zhuxin’s mind was made up.

She looked at the bluestone before her and no longer hesitated.

She raised her hand in a gesture, and a plain wooden sword was summoned out from her ring.

She stood holding the sword, recalling the sword techniques listed in her skill list.

Then, she began to dance lightly with it.

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It was both a sword dance and a killing move.

Her steps were light, her sleeves fluttering.

Her movements were graceful, yet concealed lethal intent within.

As the dance ended, she had already appeared behind the bluestone.

Lu Zhuxin sheathed her sword, wiped away the fine sweat on her forehead, then looked at Wei Ziqing, waiting for him to announce the result.

Down below the platform, Chi Xiyan stared blankly at Lu Zhuxin.

In her mind, the light and graceful dance the girl had just performed still lingered.

She murmured softly, “That sword technique just now was.”

Wei Ziqing’s gaze narrowed slightly. Only belatedly did he turn his attention away from the girl and toward the bluestone used for the test.

On the stone’s surface, three shallow slash marks had appeared at some point, unnoticed.

Wei Ziqing could not help but ask the person in the ring, “What school of technique is this?”

The pitch black ring trembled slightly.

“The first sword breaks the dantian.”

“The second sword severs the throat.”

“The third sword seals the heart meridian.”

“Heh heh, what a fierce and formidable young lady.” She chuckled lightly. “Boy, if you had been the one standing there just now, you would already be suffering a great loss.”

Wei Ziqing neither confirmed nor denied this.

His attention had been fixed entirely on the girl’s dance just now, and he had not noticed how exactly those three sword strikes had been made.

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“Her realm is too low, her cultivation too shallow, not enough to harm me.”

“But this sword technique could absolutely not belong to a small family like the Chengs.”

“Immortal sister, can you tell where this sword technique comes from?”

The person in the ring pondered for a moment and said, “If my memory serves, this should be a beginner sword form from the Fairy Sword Technique.”

Wei Ziqing was taken aback. “The Fairy Sword Technique, a beginner sword form?”

“The Ziwei Immortal Sect’s Fairy Dance Sword Rite.” The person in the ring chuckled. “A pity that only the Seven Sword Sects remain in this world now, and none of the former glory of the ancient Upper Three Sects can be seen anymore.”

Wei Ziqing’s gaze suddenly grew hot. “Is she an inheritor of an ancient sect?”

If this girl truly was the heir of an ancient sect, then she was very likely the destined one he was searching for.

However, at this moment, the person in the ring chuckled lightly. “That’s not necessarily so.”

“That young lady struggled while using the sword technique. It’s clear she isn’t very familiar with it yet.”

“Also, I recall that not long ago, at an auction, a scroll of a fairy sword technique appeared.”

“Its style closely resembled the Fairy Sword Technique.”

“Oh, right. I heard that scroll of sword technique was eventually bought by the Lingbao Commerce Association.”

The ring on Wei Ziqing’s finger trembled again. “If she is not the heir of an ancient sect, then she is very likely connected to the Chi family behind the Lingbao Commerce Association.”

“Heh heh, you’d best have someone look into it. Be careful, someone might be fishing in troubled waters at the Empress’s concubine selection.”

Wei Ziqing pondered for a while.

The Chi family. The Chi family behind the Lingbao Commerce Association.

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He had heard this name long ago. Even in the capital, there was no one who did not know the Lingbao Commerce Association.

Whether this girl was the heir of an ancient sect or a member of the Lingbao Commerce Association’s Chi family, either possibility could provide him with great help.

Thinking this, the gaze with which Wei Ziqing watched Lu Zhuxin grew ever more intense.

Lu Zhuxin noticed the change in expression on Wei Ziqing’s face.

Heh heh, just as she thought!

That golden finger had indeed adapted itself to fit the current worldview!

If it could recognize the school of the sword technique she had just used, it could surely also lead Wei Ziqing to guess at her origins!

The sword technique passed down by the Chi family had almost never circulated outside the family.

But for Wei Ziqing’s golden finger, this was clearly no obstacle at all.

Lu Zhuxin chuckled inwardly. She raised her head slightly and said, somewhat nervously, “Noble Consort, did I pass just now?”

Wei Ziqing stared at Lu Zhuxin for a good while before finally saying with a smile, “Miss Cheng Lixue, passed!”

“Thank you, Noble Consort.”

Lu Zhuxin stepped down from the testing platform.

Wei Ziqing watched her retreating figure, but failed to notice the faint, barely perceptible cold smile at the corner of her mouth.

Cheng Yinyin watched Lu Zhuxin slowly walking back, the complicated look in her eyes growing even more pronounced.

That Cheng Lixia could pass the test, she had somewhat mentally prepared herself for.

But she had never expected that Cheng Lixue, who was utterly unremarkable standing beside Cheng Lixia, could also pass the test this easily.