Saving the White Moonlight Chapter 78

Yun Mixue, who was hosting Qinggong Tower, quickly received the message Gu Chen sent. After learning from Yan Zhuguang that something might be wrong with Qiao Shengjiao, Gu Chen had sent his trusted people to investigate in secret. This was what they had found.
After learning this news, even someone as steady as Yun Mixue could not help revealing a slight trace of reaction.
“Eldest Senior Sister, what happened?”
As the person in charge of Qinggong Tower’s opening, Yun Mixue’s every movement, even the smallest change, would draw the attention of others.
This time, Yun Changyue was also serving as one of the titled disciples maintaining Qinggong Tower’s opening. When she noticed the slight change in Yun Mixue’s expression, she asked directly in front of everyone.
Not far away, Chu Ningyan, who was guarding another direction, could not help looking at Yun Changyue, then at Yun Mixue. There seemed to be worry in her eyes.
Although Qinggong Tower was not fully opened often, it had been opened countless times before, and there had never been any news of problems.
A problem that could make Eldest Senior Sister’s expression change would naturally not be small. Those of them maintaining Qinggong Tower’s operation could not possibly fail to notice such a problem. So the strangeness in Eldest Senior Sister’s expression had to be because of something else.
Chu Ningyan had always felt that Yun Changyue had bad intentions toward Eldest Senior Sister. Asking this in public, was she not bullying Eldest Senior Sister because Eldest Senior Sister found it hard to refuse her and was not good at hiding things?
Were some things suitable to speak of in public?
It was unknown whether it was coincidence or deliberate, but after telling Yun Mixue the news about Qiao Shengjiao, Gu Chen then sent another message to Yun Mixue about his decision to announce the former sect master’s death to the outside world.
When Yun Changyue asked, and when the others outside Qinggong Tower turned their eyes toward Yun Mixue, she said, “The killer who murdered the former sect master has already been found.”
Almost no one would doubt words spoken by Yun Mixue.
“What? It has already been found?”
“Who exactly did it? Killing the former sect master is a challenge to our Fenghua Immortal Sect. The immortal sect must severely punish the killer and cannot show mercy!”
Yun Changyue did not doubt it either. Her tone was a little urgent. “Eldest Senior Sister, who was it? Who killed the sect master?”
Yun Mixue said, “As for the details, we should wait for Sect Master and the elders to announce them. Right now, we need to focus on maintaining Qinggong Tower. Everyone, please calmly wait for Sect Master’s instructions. Do not become distracted and delay the cultivation of the disciples inside.”
The sect master would not announce the grudge between the former sect master and Su You Demon Lord to the public. Yun Mixue still did not know exactly how this matter would be handled. She could not leak anything at this time and ruin the sect master’s plans. Yun Mixue understood this very clearly.
Yun Mixue did not like schemes. If she were the sect master, in order to give the cultivation world an explanation, she might only be able to announce the whole matter openly, whether that was Su Qian’er’s background or the grudge between the sect master and Su You Demon Lord.
But although such an action would be open and upright, it would certainly be bad for Fenghua Immortal Sect. Other forces would not care whether Fenghua Immortal Sect was honest and upright. They would only know to seize this weakness and use it as a weapon to attack Fenghua Immortal Sect.
Under such attacks, the already shaky Fenghua Immortal Sect might suffer an even greater blow. At that time, even if they tried to make up for it, it would be too late.
So Yun Mixue knew she was not suited to be sect master.
Gu Chen might use some methods she could not agree with in order to protect the sect, but Yun Mixue would not criticize him. She was even willing to cooperate with him. As long as it benefited the sect, she was not stingy about deceiving herself.
For example, she could very smoothly hide the news that had truly changed her expression, then release another piece of news that concealed part of the truth to shift everyone’s attention.
Seeing that the titled disciples’ attention had indeed moved to the former sect master’s cause of death, Yun Mixue sighed lightly.
Yan Zhuguang, who was still inside Qinggong Tower, did not know that the suspicious points she had noticed about Qiao Shengjiao now had a lead. She had already broken through several true intent spaces and was now trapped in a new true intent world.
The true intents inside Qinggong Tower linked one after another, almost giving no chance to breathe. Of course, this was Yan Zhuguang’s own choice. If she wanted to pause for a while, she could choose to stop.
However, Yan Zhuguang did not plan to rest.
This time, she had entered only because she wanted to experience the strength of Fenghua Immortal Sect’s past disciples. She did not need to use other people’s Dao true intents to comprehend cultivation.
Clashes between true intents consumed mental energy, not too much spiritual energy. So as long as her mind had enough strength, she could keep challenging.
There were countless true intents left by generations of disciples inside Qinggong Tower. Even the true intents released by the disciples currently challenging the tower would be collected by Qinggong Tower, condensed into a kind of true intent, and recorded by the tower.
With so many different Dao true intents stored inside, even Yan Zhuguang, even if she challenged without stopping for a moment, would not likely experience every Foundation Establishment true intent.
So when she met some common true intents, or true intent spaces similar to ones she had already experienced, Yan Zhuguang did not plan to explore deeply. She directly used unusual methods to break open the space and look for the next target.
Besides exploring true intent spaces, tempering this body’s agility, and gradually recovering the skills from her previous life, Yan Zhuguang had another thought in her heart.
She was now at late Foundation Establishment. Although by calculation, she had not broken through long ago, to Yan Zhuguang, who was cultivating anew, as long as she wanted, it was not impossible for her to break through to Golden Core.
In the past, Yan Zhuguang had feared that cultivating too quickly would make others suspicious, so she had kept suppressing her cultivation and had not hurried to break through. Also, her poison spiritual root had not yet fully transformed. Breaking through to Golden Core too quickly was not a good choice.
She wanted to walk the path of poison. The golden core she condensed naturally could not be a wood-based golden core. If her poison spiritual root fully transformed later, changing a wood-based golden core into a poison-based golden core would be very troublesome.
However, now she had the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed, the time-rift training room rewarded by the system, and her current training inside Qinggong Tower. If she pushed every breakthrough onto a “sudden comprehension” inside Qinggong Tower, no one could suspect her.
Perhaps she could bring Core Formation forward.
Yan Zhuguang was now training constantly inside true intents to stimulate her strength to its peak and prepare for Core Formation.
In truth, Yan Zhuguang had not originally planned to break through to Golden Core so quickly. But whether it was the main mission of protecting Eldest Senior Sister or the current potential enemy, Su You Demon Lord, both told her that her current strength was still too poor. It was completely not enough for her to stand firm in this cultivation world, and not enough for her to protect Eldest Senior Sister in this crisis-filled cultivation world.
So she had to take a risk and raise her strength as fast as possible. Only then would she have the confidence and capital to protect Eldest Senior Sister.
Yan Zhuguang kept moving through true intent spaces to train. Su Qian’er, who had entered Qinggong Tower with her, was also crazily raising her strength.
She seemed to have the same idea as Yan Zhuguang. She did not act like other cultivators, who would stop and comprehend after experiencing one true intent space, digesting the earlier experience before entering the next true intent.
Like Yan Zhuguang, after breaking through one true intent, she did not stop at all. She rushed straight into the next place, as if something was chasing behind her.
But she was different from Yan Zhuguang. From beginning to end, Yan Zhuguang was calm and unhurried. Even when she met unpredictable situations, she could quickly handle them and put herself in an undefeated position.
Compared with Yan Zhuguang, Su Qian’er appeared much more miserable. Even though she was only inside true intents left by Qi Refining cultivators, she survived by a hair each time, nearly gritting her teeth and forcing herself through. Again and again, she barely brushed past the edge of being teleported out of the tower and survived from desperate situations.
Even so, she still refused to give up. Even after exhausting her energy again and again, she did not plan to rest.
Her willpower was shocking. It looked as if she was constantly breaking through during training, and her situation seemed to be getting better and better, as if she was gradually finding her stride. But if Yan Zhuguang were here, she would discover that Su Qian’er’s aura had become more and more dangerous, and she was drawing closer and closer to falling into the demonic path.
Unfortunately, inside Qinggong Tower, those challenging the tower almost could not meet each other. Now, no one could discover Su Qian’er’s current situation, and no one could stop her.
…
“Hah!”
A huge whip made from countless tangled grass leaves lashed out fiercely. Yan Zhuguang moved quickly and dodged it, but this space did not give her a chance to escape. After the grass whip swept by, a huge grass net immediately dropped over her head.
Yan Zhuguang had no doubt that if she were caught by this grass net, she would be sliced into pieces.
Yan Zhuguang moved her finger, and a black aura flew out, striking the grass net. With a hiss, it corroded a large hole in the net.
Before the grass net could react and repair the corroded hole, Yan Zhuguang slipped through it. She casually threw down several new clumps of poison spiritual energy, corroding the entire grass net away.
However, after passing through the grass net, things did not become easy. Immediately after, countless grass whips as thick as a person came roaring over. The dense whip shadows wove together into a net, almost leaving no gap to escape.
Fortunately, after this period of training, Yan Zhuguang’s speed had already risen to a certain level. Dealing with whip shadows of this degree was not a problem.
She did not hurry to pass through quickly. She only dodged and moved among the countless whip shadows, actually finding a sliver of breathing space in the attacks filling the sky.
“This true intent space feels a lot like the Dao technique Host cultivates.”
At Yan Zhuguang’s key moments, the system did not dare disturb her. Only now, after sensing that her mind had relaxed slightly, did it dare speak to her.
“It is not like it. This is it.”
Cultivation was about seeking truth. Yan Zhuguang could not possibly fail to recognize her own Dao intent.
“Uh…”
Although in theory, one could encounter the true intent one had left behind inside Qinggong Tower, there were so many true intents collected in Qinggong Tower. What kind of luck did Host have to meet even this?
Fighting herself against herself. What a prize.
Although it was her own true intent colliding with herself, Yan Zhuguang did not feel troubled. Qinggong Tower, as a magical treasure, was certainly very powerful, but the true intent remnants it recorded only had the strength the cultivator had displayed inside Qinggong Tower.
In other words, if the owner of the true intent had held back, then the true intent Qinggong Tower recorded would only have the strength that person had used.
Also, even if Yan Zhuguang now displayed an even stronger true intent, the true intent recorded by Qinggong Tower could not immediately feed back into the true intent space where Yan Zhuguang currently was.
So with a full-strength self facing a self that had held back, how could Yan Zhuguang lose?
But Yan Zhuguang did not immediately break her own true intent space. This chance was rare. Why not break through to Golden Core inside her own true intent space?
Thinking this, Yan Zhuguang’s thoughts moved, and she arrived inside the time-rift training room where time was stopped.
“Exchange the Heavenly Heart Lotus Seed for me.”
“Ah?” The system dug at its nonexistent ear, suspecting it had heard wrongly.