Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 1272 - 565: As It Should Be, Sword Into Chaos (Part 2)
Is it meant to be so?
The Water Mother glanced at the Nine Mountains Disciples around her and noticed their expressions seemed very affirming. She couldn’t help but chuckle softly, sighing to herself. It seemed these disciples had not realized that in this unprecedented Eye of the Void, the most peculiar existence was actually themselves.
Zhang pointed to a light screen and said, "According to the Star Power imagery sent back by Junior Brother, the farthest source of Star Power we can see comes from this direction."
The Water Mother nodded slowly, her gaze becoming serious.
Finding Zheng Fa, or rather the All Heaven Stars Array, was of great significance to her.
On one hand, if the Evil Water Mother achieved the Dao, it would be devastating for her.
On the other hand, the last essence of her Turquoise Pool lay within the array.
Thus, she was also very invested in the rescue plan. Master Zhang did not hide anything from her, so she was aware of the Jiushan Sect’s intentions.
The Eye of the Void couldn’t find Zheng Fa either, so they had to launch probes in the direction of the Star Power, to explore further into the chaotic scenes to find Zheng Fa step by step.
She just didn’t understand what exactly these probes from the Jiushan Sect were. Having had experiences within the Eye of the Void, her curiosity about this item grew. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
Zhang held the Heavenly Inference Array Plate and recorded for a while within the Eye of the Void, before deducing for a moment, and then led them outside the Eye of the Void.
Outside, Xie Qingxue and the others had somehow erected a high platform, with a giant sword standing on it, pointing directly at the chaos.
This giant sword was entirely dark green and over a hundred people tall, as if adding an extra height to the Heaven-Reaching Sword Peak, looking truly imposing.
"This is..."
"This is our probe," Zhang introduced, saying that, much like the Eye of the Void, it was also an aerospace device with a distinct Jiushan characteristic.
"A probe? Isn’t this a Flying Sword?"
The Water Mother was even more puzzled.
Zhang did not explain further, instead looking at Xie Qingxue with a solemn gaze.
Xie Qingxue nodded at her, with an eager expression, as if finding it all very fun.
Seeing her like that, Zhang suddenly clasped her hands and deeply bowed to Xie Qingxue.
Xie Qingxue gently shook her head, then nodded again.
This silent act left the Water Mother filled with questions.
Zhang opened her palm, and the Innate Eight Diagrams appeared in her palm. A stream of light shot from the Eight Diagrams toward Xie Qingxue.
Xie Qingxue did not dodge but watched as the stream of light entered her Sea of Consciousness. She nodded slightly at Zhang, then looked towards Yan Wushuang and the others, shouting, "Launch preparations."
A group of Sword Dao disciples knelt on one knee, their right hands pressed against the rocks of the Heaven-Reaching Sword Peak.
It was then the Water Mother noticed that runes were etched into the ground, forming an array. The Spiritual Power of these disciples was injected into the ground, causing the runes to light up, eventually converging under the base of the giant sword.
Xie Qingxue spread her arms, her body slowly rising until she reached the middle of the giant sword, her voice only coming to them from a distance affirmatively.
"Five!"
"Four!"
"Three!"
"Two!"
"One!"
"Launch!"
The ground array suddenly brightened, the entire Heaven-Reaching Sword Peak looking as if it had been lit up.
The dark green giant Flying Sword also lit up, like a burning pillar of fire, suddenly rushing towards the chaos.
The Water Mother’s gaze followed the Flying Sword, watching it travel through the chaos, flying further and further until it could no longer be seen, only noting that it was flying towards the previously set direction in the Eye of the Void.
What surprised her most was that Xie Qingxue’s entire presence also flew out with the giant sword, achieving Man and Sword as One.
"This..."
Zhang took out the Comprehensive Records, her expression also very tense.
Yan Wushuang even leaned over, his face pale and very flustered.
There was only silence in the Comprehensive Records.
No one spoke, and the crowded Heaven-Reaching Sword Peak was silent enough to hear a pin drop.
Everyone was staring at the Comprehensive Records in Zhang’s hands.
After a long while, Xie Qingxue’s clear voice finally sounded on the Comprehensive Records:
"I have reached the designated location." Xie Qingxue paused, then added, "Situation is good."
From the top of the Heaven-Reaching Sword Peak came heavy sighs of relief.
Zhang quickly led people back into the Eye of the Void, within one of the light screens, the dark green giant sword floated in the chaos.
Xie Qingxue’s voice in the Comprehensive Records spoke again: "Beginning to execute the next part of the mission."
The Water Mother found it increasingly difficult to understand.
Yet Xie Qingxue continued to say, "Deploying the Chaotic Space Station."
As her words fell, the giant dark green sword on the screen began to change, the entire sword body melted as if turning into a dark green metallic liquid, spreading out flat, slowly solidifying into a cabin-like shape, with something on it that the Water Mother found extremely familiar—a silver sphere.
"The Eye of the Void?"
Zhang nodded slightly, her tone both helpless and appreciative: "We underestimated the complexity of chaos before."
"What do you mean?"
"Initially, the probes we launched were like the Shenxiao Flying Boats equipped with Spiritual Energy Detectors and other devices."
"But they had two major problems—one being they couldn’t fly far due to insufficient Spiritual Power, unable to reach our designated location."
"The other, even more troublesome problem was their weak detection range."
The Water Mother understood: "So someone had to go up as well."
"Yes, only by having someone power it with Spiritual Power during flight could it reach the desired distance."
The Water Mother now understood why Xie Qingxue had to fly over with it.
Zhang was also quite helpless; from that strange world’s perspective, unmanned probes were simpler than manned ones.
But in the Xuanwei Realm, it was the opposite—people were not burdens; rather, they enhanced the probes’ capabilities.
"After Master Xie went up, she also solved the second major issue."
"What?"
"We can launch in the form of a Flying Sword, but upon arrival at the designated spot, we use the Sword Transformation method to manifest the instruments we need."
Looking at the silver module on the screen, the Water Mother increasingly understood Xie Qingxue’s role—being second in the Jiushan Sect’s Sword Dao, with the Sword Dao Body needing to command the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation, unable to easily leave the Jiushan Sect, Xie Qingxue was indeed the most capable choice.
"Within this Chaotic Space Station, we’ve integrated the Eye of the Void for observing the deepest parts of chaos."
"It’s also equipped with a communication module, allowing the station to connect with us."
"It even has a launch platform; next time, we can launch from the space station, step by step, to find Junior Brother."
Hearing this, the Water Mother felt more and more that the purpose of this space station was indeed significant, but... this Master Xie really took a real risk this time.
Given the complexity of chaos, no one could predict what situations might arise after the launch, which explained the solemn expressions of the people before.
"Isn’t Master Xie from the Tianhe Sect?" The Water Mother said slowly, "Yet she could also put herself at risk for the Jiushan Sect?"
Zhang was about to speak, but Xie Qingxue’s voice came through the Comprehensive Records first: "No, this isn’t risking oneself; even if it wasn’t for Zheng Fa, I would still want to embark on such a journey."
The Water Mother was dumbfounded.
"Swordsmanship shouldn’t merely be a means of defeating enemies." In the light screen, Xie Qingxue stepped slowly out of the space station’s module, gazing into the chaos, "At least not in my heart."
"Perhaps what I do today will have no impact in the future and might even be forgotten by posterity, but the Tianhe Sword Dao in new domains will ultimately have some new significance."
"Perhaps one day, I might see the scenery that the Ancestor Master never saw, and in this way, I won’t have let down the Ancestor Master’s legacy."
The Water Mother was stunned.
She recalled earlier what Master Pang had said, about it being meant to be so. Now seeing Xie Qingxue gazing into the distance, she suddenly understood Xie Qingxue’s choices.
Maybe Master Pang had long been accustomed to the Jiushan Sect’s "meant to be so," but Xie Qingxue, like her, knew even more that Xuanwei was not so.
But Master Xie’s choice was—to change swordsmanship.
This was a tremendous decision and importance for a sword cultivator, regardless of resolve or significance.
