The calculating brush had been floating in mid-air, but now it secretly dropped down, trying desperately to burrow into the Tuntun Shu’s mouth.
But the Tuntun Shu was so frightened that it covered its eyes with its paws, its teeth chattering, preventing the brush from entering.
Yin Changli was the slowest to react—had he just been scolded by this little brat?
He wanted to say, fine, today would either see the Heaven Fury Sword awakening or Xiang Haikui’s head splitting open.
But before he could speak, the Heaven Fury Sword flashed with a spark, followed by a great burst of black light!
This…
This stupid sword did awaken.
“Senior Yin, I’m truly sorry.” Xiang Haikui knew when to be humble, immediately bowing and begging for forgiveness. “Time is pressing, and look—this was much faster than me carrying the sword out to kill beasts, wasn’t it?”
“Hmph.” Yin Changli gave a cold laugh and waved his sleeve. “Little White, to the Ten Thousand Bones Cave.”
The Tuntun Shu obeyed, swallowing the calculating brush and scurrying out of the hall. As it passed Xiang Haikui, from an angle where Yin Changli couldn’t see, it quickly made a gesture with its little paw across its chest, as if saying “you’re badass.”
As soon as it jumped over the threshold of the great hall, it traversed through the mist and appeared in a primeval forest where a small black ball hung from a tree branch, swaying gently in the wind.
It scampered up the tree, took down the small black ball, and hung it around its neck before making its way through the forest toward the Ten Thousand Bones Cave.
Yin Changli and Xiang Haikui were both inside this small black ball.
…
The sword expert Yin Changli mentioned was in the Ten Thousand Bones Cave.
And the name “Ten Thousand Bones Cave” sounded rather terrifying. Xiang Haikui felt it wasn’t the sort of place a proper sword cultivator would stay.
However, looking down at the Heaven Fury Sword in her hand, it didn’t seem like a proper sword either.
But she had no spirit root. Her father had tried every method and could only help her build a foundation. Now that she had a chance to cultivate, who was she to be picky?
Since there was no choice, why overthink it? Just train and be done with it.
After taking a nap, Yin Changli emerged from the bedchamber in the rear hall and came to the front hall. He saw that she had also fallen asleep, lying on the ground using the sword as a pillow.
Her sprawled posture made him raise his eyebrows in disgust.
Xiang Haikui suddenly awoke, her body tensing like stone. Seeing it was him, she gradually relaxed.
Yin Changli still wore that smile: “I must say, Miss Xiang’s ability to accept things is truly astonishing.”
Xiang Haikui wanted to say it wasn’t true—she had just been having nightmares, dreaming of floating up and down in water, dreaming of her father killing people with bloodshot eyes.
However, she couldn’t deny that her acceptance ability was indeed quite strong.
Just like her body’s ability to recover, which was also very strong.
Initially, when beaten to a pulp by physically disabled and mentally disturbed children at the orphanage, it took days for her wounds to heal even with medicine.
Later, she became accustomed to it and didn’t even bother applying medicine, yet her wounds healed even faster.
Just as when she grew older and stronger, able to fight back, whoever dared to provoke her, she would charge at them with a kitchen knife, ready to fight to the death.
Eventually, whether the orphanage was orderly or chaotic depended entirely on her, Xiang Haikui.
Though her fists weren’t the hardest, the barefooted don’t fear those wearing shoes—that was the principle.
“Senior, did you need something from me?” Xiang Haikui didn’t follow his conversational lead, getting up from the ground. Now she could lift the Heaven Fury Sword without using gloves.
Yin Changli examined her strange attire: “We’re almost at the Ten Thousand Bones Cave. You need to change your appearance.”
That’s right, she was going to take a master, so she should be more formal: “But I don’t have…”
Yin Changli: “Follow me.”
When they arrived at his treasure repository, Xiang Haikui’s eyes glowed so brightly they could almost be used as flashlights.
Actually, wasn’t this more like a department store?
The powerful expert must have a collecting addiction, no wonder he had no interest in women.
She browsed for quite a while, and in the extremely huge “wardrobe,” selected a sea-blue waist-cinching dress she liked, paired with matching feather earrings.
She didn’t know how to style her hair properly, so she simply tied it into a neat ponytail, which looked tidy enough.
After she was ready, Yin Changli led her out of the small black ball and into the depths of the Ten Thousand Bones Cave.
Xiang Haikui didn’t see the entire view of the Ten Thousand Bones Cave. As soon as they emerged, they were inside what looked like a “wasp nest.”
The walls were covered with holes, and behind each hole was a pair of glowing green eyes.
They might have been afraid of the man in front of her, as they didn’t dare to move, only watching them with their eyes.
Xiang Haikui felt her hair stand on end. She quickened her pace to stay close to Yin Changli.
“Are you afraid?” Yin Changli instead stopped and turned to look at her.
Xiang Haikui nodded honestly. In this eerie place, being stared at by a group of unknown monsters, how could she not be afraid?
Yin Changli’s expression became somewhat strange: “You’re not afraid of me, yet you’re afraid of these cute little fellows?”
Excuse me, what did he say?
Cute little fellows?