Shen Chuyun, with her Golden Core cultivation, failed to break through the barrier. Frustrated, she had no choice but to leave.
Inside the small world, Shen Qing followed the methods in the book and gradually repaired her Dao foundation. The injured meridians in her body also recovered.
Repairing the Dao foundation took a long time. When Shen Qing opened her eyes, she stood up and stretched.
According to her estimation, she had stayed in the small world for about three years.
However, Shen Qing didn't plan to leave just yet. She had three spiritual roots in her body: water, wood, and earth. But Shen Qing knew that she was originally supposed to have a mutated ice spiritual root.
The moment her spiritual bones were taken out, her spiritual roots became chaotic, changing from a mutated ice spiritual root to three ordinary ones.
But now was not the time to complain. Since her Dao foundation had been repaired, the next step was to cleanse her spiritual roots.
For her future, Shen Qing planned to mainly cleanse her water spiritual root. Also, because she had once been an ice spiritual root user, her water spiritual root had the highest attribute.
Shen Qing read the method of cleansing spiritual roots again, then closed her eyes and sank into her spiritual consciousness.
In her spiritual consciousness, there were dots of light in three colors: blue, green, and yellow.
But these dots of light were very restless and constantly changing.
Shen Qing noticed that the blue dot of light faintly emitted some purple - white light.
Following the method in the book, Shen Qing slowly guided her spiritual power to wrap around the blue dot of light. But the moment the blue dot of light came into contact with the spiritual power, a sharp pain suddenly shot through her temple.
The more spiritual power the blue dot of light came into contact with, the stronger the stabbing pain in her temple became.
Unable to bear the pain, Shen Qing had to stop.
Her forehead was already covered in cold sweat. When she opened her eyes, her bright pupils were full of confusion.
The book didn't mention that such a situation would occur, so Shen Qing didn't know how to solve it. But she wasn't an easy - to - give - up person, so she tried a few more times.
Unfortunately, without exception, the same result occurred every time.
The last time, Shen Qing got stubborn. She mustered all her strength and tried to make the spiritual power coincide with the blue dot. But suddenly, a large number of runes filled her spiritual consciousness.
These runes were preventing her from cleansing her spiritual roots!
Shen Qing opened her eyes, gasping for breath. A suffocating sense of resentment came crashing down on her, almost drowning out her remaining consciousness.
Even though Shen Qing was not very proficient in cultivation, she recognized that those were sealing runes.
Only one person had the opportunity to leave these in her body.
After taking out half of her spiritual bones, True Person Heng Ling had also set up a seal in her body. The reason was self - evident.
For the sake of Lin Yibai, he didn't hesitate to ruin her path to immortality. Taking out her immortal bones wasn't enough; he also cut off her path of cultivation.
No wonder True Person Heng Ling had been so kind to her when she first entered the sect. It was clearly out of guilt.
Shen Qing had even remembered True Person Heng Ling's kindness. Even when he later ignored her and even personally sent her into the hands of the demons, she only thought about staying away.
Over the years, because of True Person Heng Ling's partiality, she had endured everyone's contempt.
Because of her poor talent, she was called a useless person. She didn't dare to rest even for a moment during her daily cultivation. In the end, she had no choice but to give up.
Now, she knew that her inability to cultivate wasn't her fault but because of True Person Heng Ling's scheme!
Then what did all the humiliation she had suffered and all the hardships of these years mean?!
The surging hatred in her heart welled up, and Shen Qing's eyes turned scarlet.
Slowly, she seemed to hear someone whispering in her ear.
Kill them all...
Kill them all...
In her spiritual consciousness, the bright colors turned crimson and dim.
That voice led Shen Qing to gradually sink into hatred. Her whole body seemed to be surrounded by icy cold air. All she could think about now was to kill everyone.
Suddenly, a warm current suddenly filled her whole body, dispelling the cold.
Shen Qing suddenly woke up.
She had almost fallen into a demonic state!
The scarlet color instantly faded. Shen Qing pulled herself out of her spiritual consciousness, opened her eyes, and gasped for breath.
Before she could catch her breath, she faintly saw a figure standing in front of her.
No, it was floating!
Shen Qing was startled and quickly stood up in a defensive posture.
Her reaction made the shadow let out a soft laugh. The voice was like the warm sun, making people feel as if they were bathing in the spring breeze.
The shadow slowly floated in front of Shen Qing. Only then did Shen Qing clearly see the figure.
Although he was a semi - transparent spiritual body, she could clearly see his long hair as white as the bright moon on his head. His originally cold eyes and eyebrows were now filled with a warm smile.
He was wearing a fluttering white robe with a jade ring around his waist. Most notably, she could faintly see the hidden pattern representing the Qingyun Sword Sect on his clothes.
"Who are you?"
Shen Qing asked, not lowering the sword in her hand.
The smile on the man's face remained unchanged. He moved his fingers slightly, and the sword in Shen Qing's hand instantly flew out and landed in his hand.
"A mid - grade black iron sword without a sword soul. It's not very suitable to be your natal sword."
Shen Qing was speechless.
This sword was personally chosen by True Person Heng Ling. Even if it was not good, no one dared to say anything.
This showed how perfunctory True Person Heng Ling was to Shen Qing.
Perhaps he knew that Shen Qing wouldn't go far on the path of cultivation, so he didn't even bother to choose a better natal sword for her.
Shen Qing looked at him warily. "Are you an elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect?"
Because of the hidden pattern of the Qingyun Sword Sect on the man's clothes, Shen Qing instinctively thought that this person was an elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect who had already fallen.
At the same time, Shen Qing was very confused.
The text didn't mention that there was a remnant soul in this jade pendant. It only said that Lin Yibai found a room full of books.
Where on earth did this remnant soul come from?
Seeing that Shen Qing was still full of wariness and her eyes were still full of confusion, the remnant soul's smile grew wider.
"Don't be so hostile. I was the one who saved you just now when you were almost in a demonic state."
"I am indeed from the Qingyun Sword Sect, but I'm not an elder. I'm just an unknown person."
Hearing this, Shen Qing gradually relaxed.
She was sure that the remnant soul in front of her had no ill intentions towards her. If he wanted to harm her, he could have just hidden and watched when she was in a demonic state.
Before Shen Qing could speak, the remnant soul said again, "We are fated. I'll give you something."
Then, Shen Qing's original natal sword turned into dots of light and disappeared, but Shen Qing didn't feel anything strange.
Although that sword was supposed to be Shen Qing's natal sword, they had never formed a contract.
The next second, there was a blue sword in the man's hand. The sword body was covered with runes but was as transparent as ice.
The remnant soul looked at the sword with a nostalgic look in his eyes. "This was originally my natal sword. Its name is Biluo. When I fell, the sword spirit dissipated in order to save me."
"Although the sword spirit has dissipated, its power still remains. It's just right for you to use."
The sword slowly landed in Shen Qing's hand. Strangely enough, the sword suddenly changed its appearance after it reached Shen Qing's hand.
The sword looked ordinary on the outside, almost the same as Shen Qing's original sword.