Chapter 414 - Significant Breakthroughs

Already stunned, Su Lianyue stared at the characters on the stone wall. Xiao Chen frowned a little. These words were not these ancient characters in common use. Instead, they looked more likely the deformed modern characters. Thus, Su Lianyue could understand them. But somehow, Xiao Chen always felt that these words were very strange. He just read a few lines after he came in. But the Mystic Diabolic Enchantment in his mind was on the verge of activating itself autonomously.

“It is a Devilish Skill!” Xiao Chen was suddenly enlightened. Quickly, he warned, “Don’t read it! The words on the wall can bewitch your mind!”

However, Su Lianyue seemed to be intoxicated with these characters and was unable to pull herself away. Upon hearing Xiao Chen’s words, she felt even happier in her heart and exclaimed excitedly, “You are right! It is the ancient cultivation method! From ancient times, there is a rumor, saying that the Annihilation Times should have come 7,000 years ago. But nobody knows why it didn’t arrive then. Besides, the cultivation methods at that time were lost to the world…”

Xiao Chen wrinkled his brows in thought because 7,000 ago was the end of the Immortal Century, which was the era of Xiao Chen’s last life. But now, it was the Open Century. Su Lianyue was getting more and more excited. “God! I found the cultivation method in the Immortal Century! Haha! I have found the long lost ancient divine method!”

Xiao Chen frowned deeper and said, “This is not some magic method, but a Devilish Skill! Don’t watch it!” Su Lianyue didn’t care what he said and snorted with laughter. “You are so strange. But originally, I am a member of the Devil’s Practice! What’s wrong with me cultivating a Devilish Skill?”

“You!” Xiao Chen had nothing to say in reply. But on second thought, he thought that the Devilish Skill was not something ordinary after all. So he was afraid that she would be doomed eternally and be completely pulled into the dark side. But when Xiao Chen looked up again, he spotted that she had already begun to cultivate with reference to the words on the wall. Thus, he took a step in a flash and stood before her. “Su Lianyue! You must not watch those words! You will be screwed!”

Su Lianyue was startled by his irrational words, her eyebrows fiercely bristling. She pushed him away. “Don’t you know that you are too annoying? The cultivation methods that belong to your sect are cut on the stone wall over there. You should turn those words over in your mind. Don’t bother me again.” After all of this, she continued to practice according to the words on the stone wall.

Xiao Chen saw that she didn’t listen to his advice and was already obsessed with these words. Swinging his sleeves, Xiao Chen hit the stone wall with one palm. “Poom!” With an enormous bang, the whole cave shook, but Xiao Chen failed to damage the words on the stone wall a bit. Instead, Su Lianyue was almost frightened out of her senses.

Eyebrows fiercely bristling, she reproached angrily, “Xiao Chen! If you do that again, I will truly take it as an offense! I practiced my cultivation method. What does it have to do with you? You are nobody but a chance acquaintance of me, so please leave me alone! Go away!” Right after Su Lianyue finished speaking, she pushed him away.

“You!” “Alas…” Xiao Chen sighed. “No Devilish Skill in this world can exceed the Mystic Diabolic Enchantment in my mind. Forget it. If she’d like to practice it, she could just go to do that. After all, she is a member of the Devil’s Practice. What does she have anything to do with me?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen ignored her. He walked to the stone wall on the other side and looked up at the words on it. Sure enough. On the stone wall, there carved the cultivation methods of Immortal’s Practice’s Cultivators’ sect. Upon seeing all of this, Xiao Chen couldn’t help wondering, “Who engraved the methods of both Immortals and Devils in this hole? What is the purpose of doing so?”

After pondering over these questions, Xiao Chen could not find out the answer. Thus, he simply stopped thinking further and gathered his True Energy into a ball of white light to look closely at the words on the wall. Then he found that the cultivation methods on this wall were indeed much subtler than those of most of today’s sects. In addition, these cultivation methods seemed to be of great benefit to his own process of cultivation.

A while later, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged on the ground. After tossing away his distracting thoughts and taking a couple of deep breaths, he started to try to run the Mystic Skill “Supreme-Yang and Qi-refreshing Spell” on the wall. Merely after 30 minutes, Xiao Chen felt comfortable all over the body. Moreover, he sensed that his six consciousnesses was much clearer as if the Mystic Skill was specifically created for him.

On the other side, Su Lianyue stared at the Devilish Skill “Mystic-Yin and Spirit-calling Enchantment” on the stone wall and practiced it. This Devilish Skill also seemed to be specially created for her.

Just like this, when they were busy practicing their own cultivation methods, they didn’t even notice that the night had come already. Finally, Xiao Chen stood up. Seeing that it was dark outside and Su Lianyue was still indulging in practicing, he frowned and asked, “Are you going to practice like this the whole night?”

Su Lianyue still looked excited. With her eyes still fixed on the stone wall, she shook her hand and said, “Just go out to eat something. Don’t worry about me…”

Feeling helpless, Xiao Chen shook his head, showing that he could not understand her action. Then, he walked to the entrance of the cave. Outside, the bright moon was hanging in the sky, and there was a gentle breeze blew over and nightingales singing. Xiao Chen looked toward the west. But except for the outlines of several distant mountains, it was merely a large area of hazy darkness where he could see nothing. But since he sensed the huge wave of spirit energy in this morning, Xiao Chen always felt worried.

In the next three days, Su Lianyue refused to move even a step away from the cave. It seemed as if she were possessed. The whole time, she was completely immersed in the Devilish Skill on the stone wall. Xiao Chen felt helpless about this and had to check if anything was wrong nearby.

…

Light traveled as fast as an arrow, and time passed quickly by like a stream. In a flash, more than two months had passed. This day, it was almost July. A little bit of summer heat was added to the Emerald Valley. For more than two months, Xiao Chen and Su Lianyue had been feeding on the immortal fruit in this valley, and they would drink the spiritual spring water when they were thirsty. Both of them successfully made a spurt of progress, and they were only one step away from the Nirvana Realm.

In the past two months, they were together from morning to night. Their relationship was further developed, but they had never slept together. During the period, Xiao Chen had been to the lifeless and deep Death Valley many times. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not open the chaotic exit. He assumed that only after he had reached the Nirvana Realm could he open the exit together with Su Lianyue.

There were several pieces of dresses hanging in the wood in front of the cave. These were exactly the change clothes in their Divine Vessels that they had prepared for washing. Standing at the entrance of the cave, Xiao Chen looked at the mountains in the west. During this period, he had felt the unknown wave of spirit energy three times. But he didn’t dare to find out what on earth it was. Su Lianyue walked up to him. Smiling, she asked him with a charming voice. “Have you gone to the Death Valley a few days ago?”

After the three months, Su Lianyue had not changed much. As always, she was charming and lovely. It seemed that her only change point was that a trace of faintly discernible coldness appeared on her body since she practiced the Devilish Skill on the stone wall. No one knew if a bit of coldness was also added to her heart.

Xiao Chen looked at her and laughed. “Fairy Suyue, you are not willing to take a step out of the cave. If I also choose to stay in the cave, will neither of us go out?” In fact, he was a bit anxious. In previous, he had been detaining in the Devil Repressed Tower for one year. But soon after he got out, he was trapped again in this mystic domain for three months. So he didn’t know what it was like outside now.

Su Lianyue giggled. “Okay, with you here, I think we may as well go out when we become immortals. At that time, will everyone prostrate on the ground to worship us? Ye Wuxin can only be a piece of cake to us.”

Xiao Chen laughed and said, “I hope that you’d better think about some practical issues. Yesterday, I already felt that there was a strong wave of Mystic Power outside, and now it is almost July 7th. I am afraid that the Miasma Mountain Range is already very lively now.”

Covering her mouth, Su Lianyue smiled and said, “All right, all right! I was joking. We can go out several days later when we reach the Nirvana Realm. At that time, we can deal with Yi Yeqiu and Seven Killings with great ease. Beyond that, we may even defeat Ye Wuxin if you and I work together.”

“But Fairy Suyue, don’t you forget that the Annihilation Times has arrived, so they may even make greater progress in cultivation than you and me.”

Su Lianyue nodded. “That is true. But then again, The Annihilation Times should have arrived seven thousand years ago. However, it didn’t come until now. In your opinion, why is this?”

Xiao Chen smiled. “I am not from that era. How do I know the reason?”

“Oh? Really?” With this, Su Lianyue landed her beautiful watery eyes on him and then never looked away. Again, she asked, “Why do you think that the Annihilation Times would come all of a sudden without any signs?”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath. On that day, when he was in Xianyong Sect, Fengxi told him that the Annihilation Times came because the Natural Law that had no love intended to subvert the Samsara of all living things. Just when Xiao Chen heard this, he believed much more than he doubted. But now, he was even more skeptical about this statement than he believed it.

“In my opinion, Fairy Suyue, you’d better leave this meaningless topic there and try your best to reach the Nirvana Realm. I also need to make a breakthrough, so I’ll leave you alone here.” After he finished speaking, Xiao Chen turned around and walked to the other side of the forest. Both of them were prepared to get a breakthrough. Thus, they could not stay in the same place. The reason for this was self-evident.

“Master Xiao, wait!” Su Lianyue suddenly stopped him.

Xiao Chen turned around and said, “Anything else, Fairy Suyue?”

Su Lianyue looked at him, and said a moment later, “Well… When you are out of this cave, will you return to the Orthodox Path where you were before?”

After a moment’s silence, Xiao Chen said, “They abandoned me in the first place. Why should I go back and be bound by them again?”

Upon hearing this, Su Lianyue showed him a brilliant smile. “That’s good.” Then, it seemed that she wanted to say more, but she swallowed back the words on the tip of her tongue. Her face became a little red, and she said, “Well… Last time… The words that I said last time, hmm, you can take it for real.” After finishing speaking, she blushed scarlet and rushed to the cave.

Xiao Chen was stunned for a while. When he understood what she meant, his heart could not help beating faster. Then Xiao Chen remembered the words she said when he first came to this mystic domain and pushed her to the ground by force… During this time, the two of them were together morning and night. Though they had not been intimate with each other, some romantic ideas would inevitably appear in his mind. “If by any chance, we cannot go out, will we have to spend the rest of our life in this valley together?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen violently shook his head and immediately turned away. When he walked away, Su Lianyue appeared again at the entrance of the cave, but her eyes seemed to show a little invisible coldness.

In the next three days, each of them tried to make a breakthrough in the place that the other didn’t know. By practicing the Devilish Skill on the stone wall, Su Lianyue improved her cultivation by leaps and bounds. Her cultivation level was above Xiao Chen’s already. In fact, she had reached the peak of Nascent Soul Realm half a month ago, but she hid the news from Xiao Chen.

On this day, she finally made a breakthrough and reached the Nirvana Realm. At this moment, a layer of faint purple light enveloped her whole body, which made her look completely different from before. Her eyes were a little cold, and her body was covered with bitter coldness. She waved her hand and launched a beam of purple haze. Then, in an instant, the haze instantly withered the grass and trees in the space around her.

“Finally, I reached the Nirvana Realm… Hehe.”

After Su Lianyue made a breakthrough and reached the Nirvana Realm, her six consciousnesses was enhanced a lot. So she soon found the place where Xiao Chen made a breakthrough. It was a very secret small cave.

At this moment, Xiao Chen sat cross-legged with his eyes gently closed. There was not even a trace of living aura on him. He even stopped breathing as if he had already died.

Su Lianyue came to the entrance of the cave. After she hid all the aura on her, she approached him, step by step. Meanwhile, a little coldness flashed across her eyes.