Chapter 295

Chapter 295: I Want to Try

Su Mu nodded blankly.

Then he said without thinking: “You do not have to take that to heart. I only wanted to push you a little. If you did not reach the fifth level, then you did not reach it. Were you so upset that you stayed in seclusion this whole time?”

Guilt rose in him.

He had seen Li Shuang being too smug and had tossed out a goal she could not reach to needle her a bit.

He had forgotten.

At her age, she was still a kid in the cultivation world.

She had always been a genius on the Nanlan Continent, but in the Central Continent she suddenly was no longer dazzling. How could she handle that blow?

He should not have joked like that.

Then he heard Li Shuang sigh: “I did not end on the fifth level.”

Su Mu felt even worse.

He knew she could not reach the fifth level, but he had not expected the child to be hit this hard.

“I should not have…” he began to apologize.

Before he could finish, Li Shuang said innocently: “I do not know how it happened. In the end, I only reached the seventh level.”

“The seventh level is already very good. You did great. I…” he started to comfort her.

Then he suddenly realized what he was saying and stared at Li Shuang.

What did she say?

The seventh level?

The seventh level of the Golden Soul Altar was the last level.

Since the Soul Prison existed, only one person had cleared that legendary seventh level, and that person was now the Human Race’s The Strongest.

Su Mu’s heart jolted. He came back to himself and looked at Li Shuang with a half smile: “You still have the mood to tease me, so clearly you were not hurt.”

This child could be quite cheeky at times.

“I am not teasing you,” Li Shuang said with a very innocent face.

“You are not?” Su Mu laughed and was about to say more.

Li Shuang had already taken out a Memory Stone she had prepared.

She could not record inside the Golden Soul Altar.

The Memory Stone held the standings of the Genius Ranking.

Su Mu’s eyes went wide when he saw the huge single character at the top, the name of the Ranking Champion. It was the character “Li”. He felt a little unwell.

Genius Ranking, Ranking Champion: Li?

And not by a narrow margin. Li Shuang’s Merit Points were ahead of You Lan’s by several hundred thousand.

Was the world crazy?

Or was he hallucinating?

His lips trembled: “Take me into the Soul Prison once.”

“But entering the Soul Prison is not good for a Spirit Body…”

“Less talking,” Su Mu snapped, almost losing his mind.

Seeing him like this, Li Shuang did not dare push him further. She quickly brought the jade slip into the Soul Prison.

When they came out again, Su Mu’s expression was dazed.

First place on the Genius Ranking really was Li Shuang.

For her rank to jump that much, there was only one possibility.

She had cleared the Soul Prison.

Su Mu patted his chest and forced down his shock.

A person from the Nanlan Continent had taken first place on the Genius Ranking of Myriad Arts City.

Even if he dared to say it, would anyone dare to believe it?

A strange thought rose in him.

The Li Shuang before him might go farther than the past heirs of the Supreme Emotionless Art.

“Senior Su, do you believe me now?” Li Shuang blinked.

Su Mu could only give a helpless look.

Li Shuang was fine in every way, except that sometimes she was a bit too playful.

He coughed and pressed down his shock, then put on a calm face: “The Genius Ranking is only a battlefield for the young. A genius and a true powerhouse are not the same. Do not get proud. Your next goal should be the Masters Ranking. Being first there is truly impressive.”

Li Shuang nodded seriously: “I will work hard.”

On the Masters Ranking, the five peak experts of the Human Race were not listed. The one in first place was a Supreme Elder from a Super Sect with a realm at Peak Tribulation Crossing.

In fact, all one hundred names on the Masters Ranking were at Peak Tribulation Crossing.

On the Nanlan Continent, they could not even find one person at that realm, yet in the Central Continent a list of one hundred was not enough to hold them all.

Since she had reached first on the Genius Ranking, Li Shuang’s next target was naturally the Masters Ranking.

Seeing her attitude, Su Mu let out a small breath.

Good.

She could not also rush to first on the Masters Ranking, right?

That goal would keep her working for a long time.

“Did you come just to show off?” Su Mu asked.

“That was the main reason. There is also a side matter,” Li Shuang said solemnly.

“What matter?”

Li Shuang drew the Black Abyss Sword and said earnestly: “Senior, I have understood the second move of the Emotionless Sword Dao. Please advise me.”

Su Mu’s eyes moved slightly.

So soon she had grasped the second move?

With some expectation, he said: “Show me.”

Li Shuang nodded and performed her second move: See All Beings.

On the surface, this strike even looked weaker than the first move, Lotus in Ice. It seemed like an ordinary slash.

But Su Mu’s expression turned serious at once.

He was not a true living creature, but he had witnessed countless Way of the Sword prodigies and their peerless moves. In sword theory alone, few in the world could surpass him.

He saw the marvel in an instant.

See All Beings.

What a fitting name.

From this move alone, he could tell that Li Shuang’s understanding of the five elements and all things was already very deep.

Combined with her terrifying soul strength that still did not advance a realm, Su Mu gave her a meaningful smile: “Are you planning to attempt Perfect Advancement?”

With one sword, he had seen Li Shuang’s ambition clearly.

If she advanced to the Integration Stage with Perfect Advancement, how thick would her foundation be?

Even the heirs through the ages had failed to do this.

“I want to try,” Li Shuang admitted calmly.

“If you want Perfect Advancement, your understanding is still not enough. Your sword move is also not perfect yet,” Su Mu said softly: “You have not used this second move enough times. Your execution is still a bit stiff. Also…”

Su Mu explained in detail.

The power of this second move had not been dug out to its limit.

As her skill and understanding grew, this sword would become even more terrifying.

Under Su Mu’s guidance, Li Shuang corrected the move bit by bit.

When the jade slip’s energy was used up, Li Shuang left it reluctantly.

After that, she did not hesitate. She chose to end her seclusion and step out.