Water Ink Panel: Starting with Bow Technique to Hunt the Sun and Patrol the Skies

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Deep within the Ancient Relics, a breathtaking jade palace stood, its grand scale comparable to a human city, exuding a soft and gentle luster.

Inside the palace, a misty fog swirled, obscuring the view and making it difficult to see clearly.

Suddenly, a whisper shattered the silence within the palace.

Shao Hongling woke up from this chaotic mist, slowly opening her eyes.

When she saw the surrounding scenes, her face immediately froze.

She clearly remembered that in the final moment, a powerful force swept through the Ancient Relics, and she was caught up in it.

She had no memory of what happened after that.

Could it be that she had died, and this was the world after death?

Shao Hongling couldn't be sure.

She tried to stand up and looked around, seeing only endless white, as if she was in another world.

A wave of fear and helplessness surged from deep within her heart.

She couldn't help but cry for help: "Is there anyone? Is anyone here?"

Yet, the only response was the empty echoes, reverberating endlessly from all directions in the mist.

Shao Hongling bit her lip and, guided by her intuition, walked forward aimlessly.

But all around her was an endless expanse of white, leaving her lost and without direction.

She didn't know how long she wandered, but she never managed to escape.

However, as she continued forward, she seemed to sense a mysterious whisper.

Shao Hongling's spirit was jolted awake, and she followed the faint whispering sound.

The sound gradually became clearer.

Only then did she realize it wasn't a whisper at all; it was the ringing of a sword.

Just as she was perplexed, a graceful figure emerged from the mist.

She seemed like a fairy walking out of the mist, each step appearing to align with some rhythm or law.

This was a flawless woman, her beauty unparalleled, her temperament transcendent, and her every gesture radiating an indescribable sense of detachment, giving one an extremely unrealistic illusion.

Upon clearly seeing the woman's face, Shao Hongling's heart tightened sharply.

This was precisely the perfect woman who had just appeared among the relics.

Shao Hongling couldn't help but take a few steps back, the shocking scenes of this woman slaughtering all in her path previously in the relics surfacing involuntarily in her mind, leaving her in fear.

The perfect woman seemed indifferent to the waves in Shao Hongling's heart.

Her gaze was calm and profound, as she spoke directly, her voice like heavenly music: "Shao Hongling. I have been entrusted to teach you the Ancient Secret Cultivation Method, are you willing?"

Shao Hongling was more surprised and incredulous than anything upon hearing this, staring at the woman before her, asking tremblingly: "Who are you, why do you know me?"

"Who am I?" A hint of a smile appeared on the perfect woman's icy, frost-like face: "My name you have all seen, it's engraved on the great door."

Tianxuan?

Shao Hongling almost instantly remembered.

In the relics, she had a deep impression of the plaque on the door.

The perfect woman Tianxuan smiled slightly and continued: "As for why I know your name, you don't need to ask further. Just know that this is your opportunity, and it won't do you any harm."

With Tianxuan's words, the chaotic mist within the palace seemed to still, an ancient and powerful force quietly diffusing in the air.

Shao Hongling astonishingly found that the mist ahead automatically parted, revealing a passage.

At the end of the passage, a sword was planted, white as jade, with a glaze-like glow constantly manifesting.

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Tragic.

Extremely tragic.

Inside the Nine Heavens Absolute Kill Array, the scene was heartbreaking, as if doomsday had arrived, filled with a thick, bloody aura.

Inside, bone fragments and flesh flew everywhere, no complete existence to be seen.

Those Innate Martial Masters brought by the noble sons, considered powerful in the Great Zhou, their physical bodies were fragile and shattered under this Absolute Kill Array.

Not only these Innate realm martial masters, but even the Spirit Void realm martial masters fell within this ruthless array, leaving behind patches of mottled bloodstains.

At this moment, within the Nine Heavens Absolute Kill Array, there were no victorious cheers, no cries of despair from the defeated, only deathly silence, deep and hopeless.

Everyone was dead.

Shen Qing witnessed all this, feeling a chill and fear.

If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet Xiao Hu, he would certainly be among the mud and blood stains in this array.

And it was all due to the rules made by those who ruled this world.

In their presence, someone like Shen Qing had no chance of resistance at all.

Ultimately, it was because he himself was too weak, his cultivation insufficient.

A desire to become stronger surged again from deep within Shen Qing's heart.

The last time he felt such an urge was when passing by a village along the road leaving Taiping County.

However, that time he was influenced by the external environment rather than a personal experience, and the intensity was far less than this.

Shen Qing gently exhaled a breath of foul air, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart.

Woo woo woo...

Shen Qing suddenly noticed a trace of warmth and vibration at his chest.

It was the Spirit Communication Mirror that Xiao Hu had given him.

He hurriedly took it out, recalled the method Xiao Hu had taught him for refining it, and activated the Spirit Communication Mirror.

Moments later, lines of characters appeared on the mirror's surface, which was clean and smooth as ice.

"Brother Qingzi, we are about to withdraw the array. At that time, I will lead my men to clean the battlefield. I will control the time spent cleaning the battlefield, and Brother Qingzi, you can enter the scene then."

"The Merit Stones and these external things are useless to us; you can collect them all back."

Shen Qing looked at the lines of text and found himself momentarily stunned for some reason.

So this is how the Spirit Communication Mirror is used.

He truly gained some knowledge.

Indeed, the Huang Tian Sect couldn't be underestimated.

After some thought, Shen Qing activated his mental method and replied with two words: "Received."

After replying, Shen Qing employed a movement technique to rush down from the mountaintop, continually crossing and traversing to reach near the Nine Heavens Absolute Kill Array.

He sat cross-legged on one side, staring at the formation in front while adjusting his breath.

In his sight, a group of sect members from Huang Tian Sect joyfully walked out from Dan Zhou and various places, heading towards the formation.

Each of them had faces filled with ecstatic triumph, with Shen Xiaohu entering among the crowd's embrace.

It was evident that Shen Xiaohu's status among these disciples of the Huang Tian Sect had risen, garnering respect and admiration from them.

Standing before the formation, Shen Xiaohu gently waved his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down.

Thereafter, the Nine Heavens Absolute Kill Array was steadily withdrawn under his command.

The light gradually dissipated into nothingness, revealing a devastated battlefield.

Shen Xiaohu directed the sect members from Huang Tian Sect to begin the methodical cleanup of the battlefield.

Amidst cheers, countless disciples of the Huang Tian Sect plunged into the area of the array, their actions both swift and efficient.

Who knows how long it took, Shen Xiaohu took out a token from his bosom, shimmering with a strange light.

After sensing it through his brow, his expression turned grave.

Shen Xiaohu then conveyed a brief evacuation order to the numerous sect members cleaning the battlefield.

Upon hearing this, although the sect members of Huang Tian Sect looked reluctant, they didn't hesitate and quickly departed under Shen Xiaohu's lead.

As Shen Xiaohu was leaving, Shen Qing even saw Shen Xiaohu throw a knowing glance in his direction, which made him involuntarily chuckle.

Soon, the vast battlefield became empty.

Shen Qing released his Divine Sense, making sure there was no one else, then boldly walked in.

The battlefield was thick with a bloody aura, and even after the cleanup by the sect members of Huang Tian Sect, traces still remained.

Shen Qing took a few deep breaths, numbing his sense of smell, then focused on releasing his Divine Sense to search for remnants on the battlefield.

With his Divine Sense, he discovered countless scattered items.

Most valuables, such as wish-fulfilling pearls and gold and silver, treasures, were taken by the Huang Tian Sect.

However, due to the hasty search, many items were left behind.

These items naturally didn't escape his Divine Sense's detection.

The corners of Shen Qing's mouth curled into a faint smile, maintaining the sharpness of his Divine Sense while passionately mobilizing the spiritual energy within his body.

Under his control, vast spiritual energy surged and boiled within him, ultimately converging in his palm, transforming into strands of spiritual energy tendrils.

"Go!"

Shen Qing, with his powerful Divine Sense manipulation, constantly maneuvered these spiritual energy tendrils across the battlefield, picking up the remnants and gathering them behind him.

To outsiders, it would seem like countless treasures flying by themselves, quite mystical.

Among them, one by one, dark practice stones leaped up, eventually piling into a small mountain behind Shen Qing.

Besides the wish-fulfilling pearls, many treasure fragments, remnants of pills, peculiar minerals, fragments of secret manuals... all piled together.

The sheer quantity of these items was such that even with Shen Qing's extraordinary means, it was momentarily difficult to handle them all, so he scooped them up entirely.

Just then, a tremendous soul-shaking aura from the sky surged towards Shen Qing, involuntarily pausing his actions.

Alarm bells rang in his heart as he abruptly lifted his head to gaze at the vast sky.

Beneath the blue sky, dazzling rosy light tore through it like the first break of dawn, yet more dazzling and brilliant than sunrise.

Immediately after, a golden silhouette, moving at an incredible speed, streaked across the sky like a meteor chasing the moon, approaching the forefront of the battlefield in an instant.

This golden silhouette's mere appearance caused the surrounding air to tremble.

Another Spirit Void Realm martial master!

This was a strand of a Spirit Void Realm martial master's divine soul.

This individual's cultivated divine soul could already leave his body and exist apart from it.

His cultivation level was stronger than that of Xue Rui and the two others. Continue your adventure with empire

Shen Qing had a premonition of bad things to come.

Gradually, the golden silhouette solidified, transforming into an armor-clad general, surrounded by an unyielding battle intent.

The general gazed downward from a high position, fixing his eyes on Shen Qing.

Seeing the Merit Stone mound behind Shen Qing, he couldn't help but pause in surprise.

He furrowed his brows, his tone carrying a hint of interrogation: "Youngster, why are these Merit Stones here? Where are the martial masters who participated in the Jing Luan Assembly?"

Although Shen Qing's heart was in turmoil facing this sudden strong presence, he maintained his composure and calmness on the surface.

He truthfully said: "As the master saw, they are all dead! With Huang Tian Sect's interference, the martial masters from the Jing Luan Assembly couldn't withstand their terrifying power, and now they've all fallen. I was fortunate to survive and am here to clean up the aftermath."

The golden silhouette hadn't expected such a result, so he asked: "What is your name?"

"I…" Shen Qing was about to say his name, but with a thought for his own safety, he suddenly switched his words, cupped his fists earnestly, and declared: "Li Feiyu."

"Do you recognize a martial master named Shen Qing?"

Shen Qing?

Was he looking for me?

Shen Qing felt a chill in his heart.

Judging by the opposing party's intimidating demeanor, this couldn't be anything good.

Currently, he wasn't a match for a Spirit Void Realm martial master.

If they targeted him, he wouldn't have the power to fight back and would surely die.

Thinking that far, Shen Qing said decisively: "I don't know him."

The golden silhouette fell silent, contemplating his existence.

"General Xue, this is the designated area for the Jing Luan Assembly, why are you here?"

Suddenly, the sky split open with a fissure, and a vast ocean-like aura swept forth, accompanied by a deep, resonant male voice that stirred the surrounding clouds.

Upon hearing this thunderous voice, Shen Qing couldn't help but look up towards the firmament.

A middle-aged man dressed in a gray-white robe soared through the air, his garments fluttering, appearing like an immortal descending.

This was none other than the void-traversing powerhouse, Lan Gongliang.

Lan Gongliang's gaze flickered as he looked directly below, with a tone tinged with both reproach and confusion: "Court laws were long established. No external intervention is allowed in the Jing Luan Assembly. General Xue, are you intending to break the rules?"

Xue? General?

Currently, there was only one General Xue in the Great Zhou court's temple.

Shen Qing hurriedly looked at the golden silhouette in the sky, studying its appearance closely, noticing it resembled Xue Yan and Xue Bai somewhat.

Who else could it be but the head of the Xue family, Xue Zhao?

This Xue Zhao was here, likely because of Xue Bai!!!

Shen Qing's heart shook intensely. Immediately, he lowered his head, remained silent, striving to be as inconspicuous as possible.

General Xue didn't notice Shen Qing's small actions. He looked at Lan Gongliang and said: "Master Lan, there's no misunderstanding. I am merely passing by to take a look. Besides, the Jing Luan Assembly has only one person left, it is, to some extent, concluded already."

As he spoke, the golden silhouette gently quivered, emitting a faint glow that rendered the surroundings harmonious, yet subtly sharp.

Lan Gongliang neither approved nor disapproved.

He moved slightly, glancing towards Shen Qing.

"Young friend," Lan Gongliang appeared near Shen Qing from midair and asked: "From afar, I sensed a powerful energy fluctuation and a tremendous phenomenon, what happened here?"

Shen Qing promptly cupped his fists and truthfully recounted the entire series of events.

Lan Gongliang's expression shifted significantly.

He never expected such events to unfold.

"If things are as calculated, you are the sole survivor of the Jing Luan Assembly. According to the rules, you are the most deserving of glory."

Lan Gongliang scanned him up and down, recalling the scene of killing Xue family's young master at the Jing Luan Assembly's inception. He asked for confirmation: "If I recall correctly, your name is Shen Qing, right?"

Boom!

Shen Qing's scalp tingled with shock…

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