Volume 3, Chapter 408 – Embrace the New Life!

On the viewing platform of the Huayue Court selection trial, Wei Ziqing’s brow furrowed even deeper.

For some reason, the formation plate in his hand felt like it was growing hotter and hotter.

“Noble Consort.” An official stepped forward to report. “The spiritual energy of the illusory heart formation is nearly depleted. Shall we add more spirit stones?”

“So soon?” Wei Ziqing was somewhat surprised. “That’s a far greater consumption rate than before!”

While Wei Ziqing was still marveling at this, the person within the ring spoke up as well. “The rate this formation is burning through energy makes it seem like there’s an old eighth realm demon trapped inside it.”

Wei Ziqing gave a wry smile. “Fairy sister is joking again.”

“This illusory heart formation couldn’t possibly trap an eighth realm demon.”

Wei Ziqing hesitated slightly.

By now, the consumption of the illusory heart formation had already exceeded his earlier estimate.

“Just what kind of monster got pulled into the illusory heart formation this time?”

Just as Wei Ziqing was still hesitating, the formation plate trembled slightly again.

“Noble Consort! Someone has successfully broken through the illusory heart formation!” the official maintaining the formation exclaimed in surprise.

“So soon?” Shock flickered in Wei Ziqing’s eyes.

According to the fairy sister, his own mental fortitude and willpower were already considered top tier, yet even when he himself broke through the illusory heart formation, it hadn’t been this fast.

“Who is it?”

He immediately turned his head to look toward the crowd in the distance.

Anyone who successfully broke out of the formation would have their jade token lose its spiritual energy and luster, making it obvious at a glance.

“It’s actually her!”

Wei Ziqing was a little taken aback.

He had assumed the first to break the formation would be one of the two Chi family sisters.

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But he never expected that the first to break through would turn out to be Bu Ruyan, the one with the lowest presence among the three he had previously suspected.

Bu Lianshuang blinked, staring at the jade token before her that had already shattered into fragments.

Her eyes were filled with utter bewilderment.

“What just happened?”

“Why did the formation break on its own?”

“Is this illusory heart formation even any good?”

Bu Lianshuang scratched her head, beginning to wonder if someone had cut corners in setting up the formation.

But when she saw that the young men and women around her were all still trapped within the formation, her sense of bewilderment only deepened.

She lifted her head and happened to meet the gaze of Wei Ziqing, who sat on the viewing platform.

She saw the man smiling at her.

Bu Lianshuang shivered.

She hurriedly reached down to gather up the shattered pieces of the jade token scattered on the ground.

“This is bad!”

“Xin’er told me to keep a low profile!”

“Damn it! Why are these human formations so unreliable!”

“I clearly didn’t do anything!”

“Ugh! What’s wrong with that human! Why does he keep looking over here.”

“Ugh! So annoying!”

“I really want to kill him!”

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Wei Ziqing noticed the expression on Bu Lianshuang’s face. The muscles of his own face twitched stiffly.

He couldn’t quite understand it. He didn’t think he had done anything rude.

Why did that girl always look at him as though he were infected by some contagious disease.

An official beside him spoke up, interrupting Wei Ziqing. “Noble Consort, if there’s no further supply of spiritual energy, this formation won’t be able to keep running much longer.”

Only then did Wei Ziqing pull his gaze away from Bu Lianshuang.

He thought for a moment and said, “Add more. The spirit stones I brought this time are enough to support two selection trials.”

“If it’s not enough later, we can requisition more from the city lord’s residence in His Majesty’s name.”

Having received Wei Ziqing’s instructions, the official withdrew.

Lu Zhuxin had no idea what was happening in the outside world.

She was still pouring all her effort into remaking Chi Xiyan’s dream.

The original purpose of the illusory heart formation was to question one’s true heart.

But once Lu Zhuxin, an eighth realm fox demon, had successfully seized control of this dream, the original purpose of the illusory heart formation no longer mattered at all!

“Done!”

Lu Zhuxin snapped her fingers lightly.

“Welcome the brand new dream! Little Xiyan!”

Chi Xiyan felt as though she had dreamed a very, very long dream.

In a daze, she seemed to glimpse her own past. She also seemed to glimpse her own future.

She could not quite make sense of what had happened.

Her mind was hazy, and thinking felt difficult.

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She wanted to rub at her throbbing forehead, but when she raised her hand, she found that her hand seemed to have shrunk.

Chi Xiyan froze. This was the hand of a young girl.

Yet that small, fair, tender hand was covered in ugly calluses and scars.

“Chi Xiyan! What are you spacing out for!”

A sudden sharp shout jolted Chi Xiyan out of her daze.

She lifted her head and looked at the person before her.

Standing in front of her was a young man wearing the training uniform of a Chi family student, a full head taller than her.

This place was the Chi family. The Chi family Chi Xiyan knew all too well.

Seeing Chi Xiyan stay silent, the young man’s face twisted with disdain. He reached out and shoved her, making her stumble.

“Don’t play dumb with me, Chi Xiyan! Hand over this month’s spirit stones, now!”

“Spirit stones? What spirit stones?” Chi Xiyan asked, confused.

The young man said coldly, “The monthly allowance the Chi family gives to the study hall students, obviously!”

“You owe me your allowance for this month!”

Chi Xiyan understood then.

The Chi family gathered talented disciples from its various branch families and had them trained together at the study hall.

Branch disciples receiving their education at the study hall could draw a monthly allowance to cover their daily expenses.

But this was a benefit only for branch disciples. Chi Xiyan was the eldest miss of the Chi family. She had never needed anything like that.

“I don’t have anything like that.” She lifted her head to look at the boy who stood a full head taller than her and said coldly, “And even if I did, why would I give it to you?”

Shock flashed across the young man’s eyes. He had not expected Chi Xiyan to say something like that to him.

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Just then, laughter rose from the surrounding crowd.

“No way, Chi Xian, you can’t even get two spirit stones out of her?”

“Since when did Chi Xiyan get bold enough to talk to Chi Xian like that?”

“Haha! I bet Chi Xian’s been slacking off in his training lately! Even Chi Xiyan looks down on him now!”

Listening to the young men’s remarks, Chi Xiyan could not help but frown.

She had a faint sense that something was wrong, but couldn’t tell where the problem was.

Since when had the Chi family disciples grown so bold?!

Ever since she had first shown her talent in swordsmanship, no one in the Chi family had dared speak to her like this!

The young man called Chi Xian, hearing his companions’ mockery, grew flushed with humiliation and anger.

He glared viciously at Chi Xiyan, feeling that it was her fault he had lost face in front of his friends.

“Enough talk! I clearly saw you stuff the spirit stones in your pocket!”

“Hand them over, now!”

With that, he reached out to tear at Chi Xiyan’s pocket.

Seeing this, Chi Xiyan instinctively tried to summon her sword to strike back.

But then, she froze again.

Her raised hand held nothing at all.

Not even within her body could she sense the faintest trace of sword qi.

Chi Xian shoved her down onto the ground, preparing to rip open Chi Xiyan’s pocket.

A great sense of danger surged within Chi Xiyan’s heart, and she raised her hand to strike back.