My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 438 - 118

Yue Zhao’s piano sound suddenly changed, the melody became quite strange, the kind that makes normal people feel uncomfortable, and the giant serpent that was about to pounce on Si Lin suddenly stopped, as if attracted by the sound, turning towards Yue Zhao.

Si Lin’s attacks continued, the golden Sword Qi landed on the serpent again, leaving marks, yet the serpent seemed oblivious, following Yue Zhao’s melody, swaying its body, the surrounding trees hit into disarray by its massive form, the ground was a mess, though the scene looked a little amusing.

Taking advantage of the serpent being completely controlled by Yue Zhao, Si Lin directly came to face the serpent, raising the Dragon Capturing Sword high, mercilessly slashing at the serpent, a massive golden sword shadow appeared in the air, cooperating with Si Lin’s movements, cutting towards the serpent.

The serpent’s mind was controlled, even if it realized the danger, it couldn’t react in time, its head was struck, scales on top shattered into pieces, flesh and blood blurred, looking very frightening. Its body convulsed for a moment, briefly breaking away from Yue Zhao’s control, roaring, wanting to rush towards Si Lin.

Yue Zhao added more immortal power input, and the serpent was again controlled, lost control over its body, stopped attacking Si Lin and continued swaying its body.

Si Lin stood atop the serpent’s head, body facing downward, the Dragon Capturing Sword fiercely stabbed at the serpent’s head.

Without the protection of scales, the top of the serpent’s head was extremely fragile, the Dragon Capturing Sword directly pierced into its head, Si Lin turned his body, withdrew the Dragon Capturing Sword, blood splattered out, avoided by Si Lin, not letting the blood stain his clothes.

Si Lin’s Sword Qi was highly destructive, the serpent’s vital spot was attacked, its swaying body suddenly convulsed, violently throwing itself towards the ground.

"Boom!"

Its body hit the ground, making a heavy sound, creating a pit, dust flying, making it momentarily hard to see the situation inside.

When the dust settled, revealing the scene inside, they saw a large pool of blood seeping out underneath the serpent’s head, its body occasionally twitching, its tail flicking, seeming like it still wanted to struggle.

However, its life force was slowly fading, its body had no strength to sway any longer, eventually lying motionless, losing its breath.

Yue Zhao put away the Flowing Light Zither, Si Lin landed on the ground, the two exchanged a glance, Yue Zhao’s smile deepened slightly, Si Lin’s eyes flashed a hint of satisfaction.

"Finally solved this fellow, time flies by so fast, over half a year has passed, it’s been more than a year since we ascended to the Immortal Realm, wonder how Master and Geng Geng are doing?" Yue Zhao glanced at the serpent’s corpse on the ground, turned his head reflectively.

"Geng Geng might have already finished her seclusion." Mentioning Gu Qingqing and Wen Guiyun, the coldness on Si Lin diminished a bit, his eyes softened slightly, thinking, he said.

"Perhaps, wonder how Geng Geng and Jun Wu’s cultivation is going? And Nan Hua and the others, we both worked hard for half a year, yet only managed to ascend to high-level Taiyi True Immortal Realm, the higher you go, the harder it is to cultivate." Yue Zhao glanced at Si Lin, feeling quite reflective about cultivation.

Though in the Sub-immortal Realm, they were stuck at the ninth rank for quite some time, but back then they had just met Gu Qingqing, with her company, watching her grow, made them completely forget about cultivation matters, life wasn’t difficult.

Now, they are eager to improve their cultivation, wanting to be Gu Qingqing’s reliance again, inevitably feeling a bit anxious at heart.

Actually, their cultivation speed was already frightening, after all, they ascended to the Immortal Realm only over a year ago, yet have already cultivated from Earth Immortal Realm to Taiyi True Immortal Realm, which is extremely difficult for many in the Immortal Realm, if others knew he was complaining about not improving fast enough, they might be angered!

"Our ascension time is still short, we’re doing okay so far, don’t be too demanding, to avoid developing an obsession." Compared to Yue Zhao, Si Lin was quite patient, calmly saying.

"I know, I was just expressing my feelings." Yue Zhao, seeing Si Lin misunderstood his meaning, quickly said.

Si Lin also understood Yue Zhao’s nature well, nodded, walked to the serpent’s side, and began gathering anything useful from the serpent.

...

Deep within the third layer of the Qin King’s Tomb.

Nan Hua sat solemnly in front of a stone wall, his eyes focused on the arrays on the wall, his mind racing as he simulated the process of drawing the array in his mind. About two-thirds of the way through, he frowned, paused, and his expression turned somewhat confused.

He spent half a year on his journey from the first layer of King Qin’s underground palace to the third. It only took him a day to comprehend the stone wall of the first layer, but a month for the second. Then, he spent half a month moving from the second layer to the third. At the stone wall of the third layer, he sat for over three months, attempting the array he was just drawing in his mind. He had already failed forty-five times before, and this was the forty-sixth attempt, which also failed. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

However, this time was much better than before. On his first attempt, he couldn’t even draw one-tenth, whereas now he’s able to complete two-thirds, indicating his understanding of the array had deepened significantly.

During this period, his cultivation advanced from the low-level Taiyi True Immortal Realm to the high-level Taiyi True Immortal Realm. He felt that if he could fully draw this array, his cultivation might break through to the peak of the Taiyi True Immortal Realm, bringing him closer to the Golden Immortal Realm!

After pondering for a while, he felt he had a hint of understanding and hastily began drawing the array in his mind again. This time, he smoothly reached the point where he failed earlier and continued forward. The place he failed previously was passed without issue, but he was stuck at the last one-fifth of the array, leading to another failure.

Shaking his head, Nan Hua didn’t give up but continued to think deeply about why he failed. Once he figured it out, he resumed drawing the array in his mind.

Thus, after three more days and eight more trials, he finally succeeded in drawing the entire array in his mind.

Before he could celebrate, the surrounding Immortal Qi surged towards him madly. He quickly used the Array Plate he prepared recently to protect himself and then closed his eyes, beginning to absorb the Immortal Qi flooding into his body.

Not many people can reach the third layer of King Qin’s underground palace, yet the disturbance at Nan Hua’s location alerted those present. Upon realizing someone was advancing, they were surprised but, seeing it was Nan Hua, considered it quite normal.

Those who managed to reach here to comprehend the array were mostly insightful individuals with some accomplishment in the Array Dao and their own understanding. Yet, in front of the stone wall, they all felt powerless due to the complexity of the arrays, which were even more complicated to draw. Continuous failures were quite discouraging, causing some to leave.

Those who remained had a decent mindset and began noticing Nan Hua’s frequent use of previously unseen arrays. Everyone was researching the stone wall’s arrays, so they immediately recognized Nan Hua’s drawings as the arrays on the stone wall, leading to their astonishment.

Initially, they envied or were jealous of him, but over time, they became numb to his successes. Some even took opportunities to inquire him during his rest periods, many gaining valuable insights and improving their cultivation as a result, leaving them grateful to Nan Hua. Thus, Nan Hua was relatively well-regarded among them, having aided most of the people there.

As a result, when Nan Hua advanced, rather than causing disruptions, they helped guard him to prevent any mishaps during his breakthrough.

About an hour later, Nan Hua’s aura changed dramatically, transitioning from the high-level Taiyi True Immortal Realm to the peak of the Taiyi True Immortal Realm, just a step away from the Golden Immortal Realm.

Upon opening his eyes, he noticed the actions of those around him, warmed in his heart, nodded to them, and silently held onto his gratitude, planning to assist them more when they came to seek advice later.

After his advancement, he turned his gaze back to the stone wall, quickly scanning the arrays on it. He had mastered two-thirds of the arrays there, leaving only the most complex third. With his enhanced cultivation, his mind was sharper. Realizing that Si Lin and the others were out training, likely surpassing him in cultivation, he didn’t dare dawdle and sought an array he hadn’t learned before to continue simulating in his mind.

...

Langya Immortal Sect.

Song Xinrong had settled down since being provoked by Gu Qingqing the last time. After Wen Guiyun’s induction ceremony into the Langya Immortal Sect, she didn’t leave the sect for training like before but instead directly told Peak Master Lou she intended to go into seclusion. Peak Master Lou, finding no issue with it, agreed.

In half a year, Song Xinrong’s cultivation rapidly advanced to the Taiyi True Immortal Realm, startling Peak Master Lou upon her emergence, who initially suspected she practiced some Evil Technique. After questioning Song Xinrong, he discovered she had a fine Phoenix Bloodline in her family, albeit diluted. Somehow she managed to activate it, using its power to advance her cultivation swiftly.

Peak Master Lou investigated, confirming Song Xinrong’s account was truthful, thus ceased further concern.

Despite this, Song Xinrong’s rapid cultivation progression caused quite a stir among the other disciples. With Gu Qingqing seldom present in the sect, many disciples were unaware of her. Instead, they saw Song Xinrong as beautiful, talented, and her activated Phoenix Blood made her even prettier, leading them to idolize her as a goddess.

Song Xinrong greatly enjoyed this adulation, feeling she had finally surpassed Gu Qingqing, reveling in the sense of triumph within her.