Chapter 251

Chapter 251: One Hundred Ten Thousand Merit Points

The Warden of Great Dao Mountain glanced at Gu Yuan and said without expression: “Immortal Gu Yuan, you used a Secret Soul Method on someone. That breaks the rules.”

Gu Yuan smiled and said: “I only asked her a small question. That does not count as hurting her, right?”

“The Lord bore no malice and caused no harm, so the death penalty will be waived. But there must still be punishment,” the Warden said, looking up at the sky.

A bolt of lightning fell from above.

It struck Gu Yuan. He shuddered, and a trace of blood showed at the corner of his lips.

He wiped the blood away and, not daring to show anger, bowed honestly toward the sky.

No more lightning fell.

Only then did Gu Yuan straighten and let out a small breath. He truly had not harmed Li Shuang, so the punishment was light and within what he could bear.

Li Shuang looked up at the sky, then at Gu Yuan, her face cold.

Gu Yuan did not care about her anger. He steadied his breath, frowned, and asked the people nearby: “Sword Sect? Is there such a sect?”

Daoist Qing Yan also thought it over and said: “At least among High tier Sects, I have never heard of it. Maybe a middle or lower sect.”

“You gave up the chance to join a Super Sect for a sect like that?” Gu Yuan’s brow furrowed deeper.

Sword Sect.

Xuan Wei noted the name too. If she checked the sect registry later, she would know where this Li Shuang came from.

They talked as if no one else were there.

No one cared about Li Shuang’s anger. That included Daoist Qing Yan and Gu Yuan, and also people like Ni Shang and Xuan Wei. Even the low level Disciples who stood on the same side as Li Shuang did not think she had any right to be angry. Or rather, they never believed her anger could change anything.

She was only a Divine Transformation Stage cultivator. No matter how great her talent, any one of these powerhouses could crush her with a finger.

Li Shuang shook for an instant, then calmed.

She knew they would not find Sword Sect. People of the Central Continent never looked at other continents. No one would think she came from somewhere else.

Even so, the feeling of being controlled by others was awful.

Li Shuang looked at them with a blank face, then turned and left without a word.

Right now, only she could feel her anger.

Later, she would make everyone feel it.

[Even a speck of dust can shake a mountain. One day, I will make them quiet down and listen to me.] For now, she did not have enough power, so she chose to endure.

“This Li Shuang is quite stubborn,” Daoist Qing Yan muttered, then gave orders at once to search for Sword Sect. He did not plan to do anything to that sect. It was a small sect. With some benefits, they would gladly send Li Shuang over.

Gu Yuan clearly had the same idea.

In a moment, everyone was moving, searching everywhere for a sect called Sword Sect.

The other three Super Sects had also sent people before. When they heard Daoist Qing Yan and Gu Yuan were refused, and that Li Shuang’s sect was called Sword Sect, they joined the search too.

Whoever found that sect first would have a big chance to take Li Shuang into their gate.

“Interesting. I will take a look,” Gu Yuan said with a smile, strolling after her.

Qing Yan’s eyes flashed, and he followed.

The others only dared to move after the two of them had gone some distance.

“I have already sent people to look for this Sword Sect. Once we find it, they will gladly send you to Devil Heaven Sect. It seems our fate as Master and Disciple cannot be cut,” Gu Yuan said with narrow eyes and a pleasant smile.

“You do not have to be so on guard. The City Lord’s punishments get heavier each time. I will not dare use a Secret Soul Method on you again. I truly do not have bad intentions. If I did, I would have been struck half dead just now. I only want to take you as my Disciple. That is a win win.”

Li Shuang did not answer.

[He is still talking only because the City Lord’s powerful Path of Rules is binding him. If we met outside, he would likely kidnap me instead of saying all this.] Rules were not all powerful. Any rule had loopholes.

Before, Li Shuang thought that at least inside the city she could rest easy.

Now, Gu Yuan and the others showed with their actions that if they wanted to target someone, even in Myriad Arts City they had ways.

She had too many secrets and must not expose them.

[If Gu Yuan suddenly used a Secret Art again and asked where my Immortal is, or what my greatest trump card is, what would I do?] Li Shuang asked the Heaven and Earth Furnace in Dao Questioning: “Furnace, to block a soul attack like that once, how many Value Points would it take?”

The Heaven and Earth Furnace answered: “About ten thousand Value Points.”

Li Shuang checked her remaining Value Points.

She had gained a lot over the years and had also spent a lot. Now she had one hundred thousand left.

“Next time I face that kind of soul attack, if it touches core secrets, block it at once,” Li Shuang ordered, and she set several keywords that must never be spoken.

First on the list was the Heaven and Earth Furnace itself.

Next was the fact that in Myriad Arts City she came from Nanlan Continent. Those could never be revealed.

Other things could be handled if needed.

But compared to Tribulation Crossing Stage powerhouses, she was still too weak. The Furnace could help her block ten times. What about after that?

Li Shuang had not expected that after clearing the Sixth Peak of the Great Dao Mountain, trouble would pile up like this. Gu Yuan probably would not dare use a Soul Method again soon, but what about the others?

Too much attention and too thin a background had pushed her onto the tip of the storm.

She now had two choices.

One was to leave at once and never enter the Wanfa Eye again. If she did that, people like Gu Yuan might never find her.

But how could she accept that?

The second choice was to find, for now, someone who could shelter her.

Li Shuang moved fast to the next secret ground: the Sea of Stillness.

Her record in the Sea of Stillness was six li.

This time, she felt she could make a small breakthrough.

Guiding a small boat, she went straight to the waters at fourteen li.

With that, her Merit Points rose again.

Four thousand four hundred Merit Points were credited.

Without stopping, Li Shuang went to Skyreach Tower.

She pushed her progress there straight to the twentieth floor.

Thirteen thousand points were credited at once.

Now her total Merit Points came to forty seven thousand.

She then noticed that with forty seven thousand, she had entered the Genius Ranking.

She was now ranked ninety five on the Genius Ranking.

Li Shuang hurried to her last stop: the Hall of Myriad Arts.

A crowd still followed behind like a dark tide.

Ignoring them, Li Shuang walked up to the Hall of Myriad Arts Warden and said: “I want to trade Soul Beast Crystals for Merit Points.”

The Warden gave Li Shuang a curious look, then glanced at the large crowd behind her. He smiled calmly and said: “You can. Take out your crystals.”

Li Shuang nodded.

At once, a pile of Soul Beast Crystals appeared, stacked like a small hill.

Even the Warden was a bit surprised.

He swept them with his divine sense and counted quickly.

“If you trade all of them, you can get sixty three thousand Merit Points,” he said, looking up to ask: “Do you want to make the exchange?”

“Sixty three thousand?” Li Shuang nodded at once.

The Warden accepted the crystals, and a huge sum of Merit Points appeared in Li Shuang’s Wanfa Eye.

Now her Merit Points shot up to one hundred ten thousand.

Her rank on the Genius Ranking also jumped straight to sixtieth.

Her climb was not slow at all.

Gu Yuan looked very satisfied.

He did not care whether Li Shuang wanted it or not. He had already set his mind on this Disciple.

[She has probably accepted her fate. She is rushing the list on purpose to show me her value. Good, very good. I like people who know the time.]

A full one hundred ten thousand Merit Points.

Li Shuang did not hesitate and redeemed the second layer of the Rebirth Art.

One hundred thousand Merit Points vanished in an instant.

Her face stayed very calm.

[Since things are already this high profile, I might as well be even more high profile.]

Li Shuang said: “I want to meet the City Lord.”