Chapter 20: Taking Back What Belongs to Her

"Those two from Lingxu Peak don’t look like they’ll let this go easily," Liu Juncheng said calmly. "Eldest Senior Sister, I’ll go report this to the Law Enforcement Hall first, then inform Master."

Liu Juncheng had always been steady in his actions. Reporting it in advance would prevent the guilty party from playing the victim later.

"I’ll also—" Li Shuang started to say.

Liu Juncheng smiled faintly. "Youngest Junior Sister, just go to the workshop as planned. You don’t need to worry about such a trivial matter."

Li Shuang still felt a bit uneasy.

"It’s fine, they’ll handle it," Luo Mingyue said, looking at Li Shuang with a gentle gaze. "You need to learn how to rely on us a little."

Li Shuang was slightly stunned. She had to learn how to rely on them a little? A trace of warmth welled up in Li Shuang’s heart, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of her lips. "Alright."

In that instant, it was as if flowers had bloomed on a Snow Mountain. Luo Mingyue couldn’t resist pinching her cheek. "You should smile more often from now on."

Li Shuang agreed with a solemn expression. "I’ll try my best."

She looked at Jiang Yi. "Fourth Senior Sister, having Eldest Senior Sister accompany me to the workshop is enough. You should go back and rest."

Jiang Yi paused for a moment. When she looked at Li Shuang, she found the younger girl’s eyes filled entirely with concern. Jiang Yi’s hands tightened slightly. Her youngest junior sister... had noticed.

She had always been afraid of being the center of attention. Having made a fool of herself in public just now had completely drained her social battery for the day. Right now, Jiang Yi felt completely uncomfortable all over, though she tried her hardest not to show the slightest hint of it. Yet, Li Shuang had noticed it early on. Furthermore, she didn’t find Jiang Yi’s behavior strange at all; she merely considerately suggested that Jiang Yi go back and rest.

"Alright," Jiang Yi agreed softly, keeping her head down.

They had only just met Li Shuang, yet they could already feel the burning, passionate heart beneath her cold exterior. But what about those people from Lingxu Peak? Could they truly not feel it?

Whether they could feel it or not no longer mattered. Now, Li Shuang was their youngest junior sister, and she had no more ties with Lingxu Peak.

Liu Juncheng and Jiang Yi left, while Luo Mingyue continued leading Li Shuang to the workshop. Even as they walked, the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique within Li Shuang’s body circulated on its own.

Luo Mingyue was slightly envious. "This Forget Emotion Technique is truly domineering. The Cultivation Technique runs continuously no matter where you are or what you’re doing. I can only imagine how much time it saves on secluded Cultivation."

As soon as Luo Mingyue’s voice faded, Li Shuang’s Spiritual Power suddenly increased out of nowhere, immediately breaking through to the Qi Refining Sixth Level.

Luo Mingyue’s mouth parted slightly, forming an "O" shape.

Li Shuang had just broken through to the Qi Refining Fifth Level that very morning. No matter how fast the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique circulated, for her Spiritual Power to grow again and directly break through to the Qi Refining Sixth Level in just a few hours... wasn’t that a bit too absurd?

Luo Mingyue couldn’t help Asking, "Your Spiritual Power... broke through again?"

Li Shuang nodded hesitantly. "I think so."

Since Li Shuang was undergoing reincarnation, her Cultivation process was bound to be faster than before, but wasn’t this speed a little too ridiculous? Luo Mingyue couldn’t help but worry. "What’s going on? Does your Spiritual Power feel stable right now?"

Li Shuang nodded. "Very stable."

That was the strange part. When she circulated the Spiritual Power that had appeared out of thin air, there wasn’t a single trace of stagnation. It was as if she had painstakingly cultivated it herself. This phenomenon was truly bizarre, and it remained a mystery to Li Shuang.

However, her intuition told her that it wasn’t a bad thing. She had a vague feeling that right now, she was simply reclaiming what inherently belonged to her, bit by bit.

"We’ll ask Master about it later. Keep a close eye on your Spiritual Power. If anything feels wrong, find Master immediately," Luo Mingyue instructed.

In a thousand years, Li Shuang was the only one who had entered the doors of the Heartless Dao. No one knew exactly how miraculous this Cultivation Technique was. Perhaps the Spiritual Power of the Supreme Forget Emotion Technique was just prone to sudden surges? Luo Mingyue wasn’t entirely sure either.

Li Shuang nodded in agreement.

"Let’s go. We’ll stick to our original plan and head to the workshop first. Little Frost, you need to buy yourself a few decent Magic Artifacts at the very least," Luo Mingyue said seriously. "Also, if you’ve decided on this Black Abyss Sword, once you reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, the treasure sword can undergo its second upgrade. We need to start properly preparing the upgrade materials..."

Luo Mingyue listed off her instructions one by one, and Li Shuang listened attentively. She glanced at the Black Abyss Sword hanging at her waist.

An upgrade for the Black Abyss Sword? Although she was only at the Qi Cultivation Stage right now, Li Shuang had an intuition that her breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage wouldn’t be too far off. She really did need to start preparing for the upgrade.

However, the one who understood a treasure sword best was its accompanying Sword Spirit. Before upgrading the weapon, it was best to awaken the Sword Spirit and determine the upgrade’s direction based on its nature. But what about the Black Abyss Sword Spirit? How exactly could she awaken it?

As Li Shuang pondered, she immersed her mind into the blade. The Black Abyss Sword Spirit was still curled up in the corner. However, Li Shuang acutely noticed a slight difference. Was this Sword Spirit... a bit more condensed?

She observed it closely. Although the difference wasn’t huge, her powerful Divine Soul managed to catch that subtle change. The Sword Spirit truly had undergone some alterations.

Li Shuang’s eyes flickered. What had caused this change?

If she had to think about what she had just done, she had merely participated in a duel and won. Was that... the reason behind the Black Abyss Sword Spirit’s change?

Li Shuang’s pupils constricted slightly. If that was truly the case, how many battles would she need to experience, and how many victories would she have to claim to fully condense this Sword Spirit? Through victory after victory, she and Black Abyss would jointly forge an invincible Sword Dao heart—was this the only way to wield a truly invincible sword?

Li Shuang had a faint inkling of this theory, though she couldn’t be entirely sure yet. It didn’t matter, though. She had plenty of time to verify it.

Lingxu Peak.

Ye Zhaozhao returned with Shen Yue, who was still unconscious.

Sheng Yuan looked at the pale Shen Yue in shock. "Zhaozhao, what happened?"

"Who would dare injure someone like this within the sect?!" Third Disciple Chang Le’an couldn’t help but seethe with incomparable fury.

Ye Zhaozhao’s eyes were slightly red. She wiped her tears and said with an agonized expression, "It was Eldest Senior Sister—no, she won’t let us call her that anymore. It was Li Shuang. She incited the people from Heartless Peak to attack, injuring Second Senior Brother to this state."

As Ye Zhaozhao spoke, her body trembled uncontrollably. "Second Senior Brother only wanted to ask for a Frost Flower on my behalf. If Senior Sister Li didn’t want to give it to him, she could have just said no, but she had to be so ruthless! Eldest Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, she really doesn’t want us anymore."

Crystal-clear teardrops fell one by one, and Ye Zhaozhao’s body trembled even more violently, as if she had suffered some tremendous blow.

"She actually went this far!" Chang Le’an couldn’t help but stand up. Grabbing his sword, he prepared to seek out Li Shuang and settle the score.