Demon Sword Sect's Undercover-Chapter 519 - 518: Xixi’s West

"You won’t get bitten if you don’t swing your fist!"

Hai Xixi did not approve of his explanation.

Hou Niao did not argue. He had experience with this; the more he explained, the worse things became. For those who were truly spoiled through generations of cultivation, saying ten thousand words was less effective than biting her once.

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!" Hai Xixi said without hesitation.

The two continued to search, or more accurately, Hai Xixi searched while Hou Niao followed at a distance; he devoted more of his energy to probing the mysterious space. Regrettably, with his current limited understanding of the Great Dao, he could not accurately determine what kind of place it was.

It seemed like a blend of illusion and reality? If he had to describe it, it was somewhat similar to his Soul Realm Space.

It was somewhat like the Phenomena Beasts initially presented by Bao Wen, but those beasts certainly did not originate from the Turing Cave Heaven. For those major sects of the Great Dao, it was not surprising to own a grotto heaven similar to the Turing World. Otherwise, how could one explain the origins of those strange and exotic Phenomena Beasts? They couldn’t have just been imagined out of thin air, right?

Soon, Hai Xixi found her next target, a koala with a round, rolly-polly body, a rotund head, and bulbous eyes. It walked with a wobbly gait, twisting this way and that, endearingly clumsy.

Hai Xixi was clearly someone who had no resistance to cute creatures and did not seem to have a specific goal in mind. Thus, her interest shifted from the search for the three-tailed mink to the koala immediately.

It was the same trick again, which made Hou Niao chuckle from behind. However, he did not have a better method. He knew nothing about these little creatures.

When the adorably dumb koala let down its guard completely and flipped over, exposing its belly, Hai Xixi couldn’t resist reaching out her hand again...

The koala swung its thick claw upward, and a flash of talisman light shielded Hai Xixi. The blow didn’t take her life but sent her flying several meters away; it then pounced, pinning her shoulder with its forepaw, and its large mouth was about to clamp shut.

Hai Xixi counterattacked with her flying sword, but her sword could not inflict a fatal wound on the koala. Her Flying Sword Skill was merely superficial, lacking true depth. She had little combat experience, and the few times she fought, others had been lenient with her.

But the koala was not so considerate.

In the instant before the great jaws snapped shut, she felt her body jolt with a massive impact that seemed to disassemble her entire being. When her Divine Sense recovered, all she could perceive was the receding figure of the koala, not looking back as it fled.

She had suffered some minor injuries, but nothing serious.

She swallowed an Elixir and closed her eyes to heal, not because it was necessary, but to hide her embarrassment.

A voice reached her ears, "Why do I feel these Flash Spirit Beasts are very wary of humans? Do you know how many from the Quanzhen Sect have captured Flash Spirit Beasts here throughout history?"

Hai Xixi was not averse to such questions. She hated being comforted at times like these and, of course, would not accept any mockery either.

"There are some. I’ve also seen the Flash Spirit Beasts they’ve tamed, all very docile and lovely, or else I wouldn’t be like this..."

Hou Niao steered the situation discretely, "Shall we search a bit more? I feel that with their guard up like this, nobody would be able to tame them. Maybe something has changed in the Pocket World?"

This made Hai Xixi feel a bit better, "My family says I have a natural affinity with Spiritual Beasts. There are hardly any on the Jinxiu Continent that I can’t befriend, who knew... Do you have any ideas?"

Hou Niao shrugged his shoulders, "I only have one method, knock it out and tie it up to take back."

He wouldn’t show off his abilities in such a moment, which would only make someone as proud as Hai Xixi feel even more embarrassed. He couldn’t appear too incompetent either—the measure of this rested entirely on his own insight.

Two hours had passed, and the two of them had achieved nothing. Every Flash Spirit Beast they encountered seemed stubborn and unyielding. Even Hai Xixi herself was starting to feel discouraged and began to doubt her affinity with the Spiritual Beasts.

She lifted her head, "Doesn’t the lighting here seem off? It’s as if there is something that triggers the nature of the Flash Spirit Beasts, but I’m not sure..." free𝑤ebnovel.com

She spoke with hesitation, as it sounded somewhat like an excuse for her own lack of skill, but Hou Niao’s response quickly reassured her,

"Can you determine the source of the abnormal lighting? I don’t know much about Spiritual Beasts; my feelings here might not be as sharp as yours."

Hai Xixi felt respected and satisfied. She had been discontent with the sect’s stipulation that only higher Realm Cultivators could accompany her into the Flash Spirit Space, even though she knew it was for her safety—but she didn’t like being protected.

"I’ll give it a try. Everyone is entering the Flash Spirit Space for the first time; no one has experience."

The Turing World is divided into three parts: the Turing Space can be opened every three years and is the space most familiar to Sword Cultivators from the Shan Sect. However, the Flash Spirit Space opens much less frequently, about once every hundred years; the Ancient Spirit Space is currently sealed and has never been opened.

This means that among the group that entered, basically no one had experience with the Flash Spirit Space; so, who could claim to know how the Flash Spirit Space ought to be?

But Hai Xixi’s intuition told her that something was off here. A more conservative senior brother might scoff at this, but Brother Hou was quite progressive in this regard—at least he wasn’t pretentious, and this made Hai Xixi feel comfortable.

After careful discernment, she pointed in one direction, "I think it should be over there."

Hou Niao encouraged from the side, "If we follow this direction, there might be danger, and I can’t guarantee absolute safety. Moreover, if the source of the anomaly is in that direction, the likelihood of you getting a Flash Spirit Beast will only decrease.

So, do you want to continue looking for a Flash Spirit Beast you can subdue, or shall we go and find out what’s happening?"

Hai Xixi puffed out her nearly nonexistent chest, "I want to take a look, and you don’t need to worry about my safety. I take responsibility for my own actions."

Hou Niao did not hesitate, "Lead the way."

He had a feeling too, but he wasn’t clear about what it meant. However, it shouldn’t be a big problem, since the entire Turing World was under control of the Golden Core Cultivators outside, who could retrieve them at any time.

Based on that understanding, curiosity overcame caution.

The two continued on their way, guided by their senses. Half an hour later, they encountered two other sect members. Clearly, it wasn’t just the two of them who felt something amiss.

With more people, courage grew—and more importantly, it indicated that their judgment was more or less correct.

As they flew on, the group quickly began to gather, and their numbers expanded. They flew with even more resolve.

In a group of twenty or thirty people, several venerable Natural Realm Cultivators took the lead. Hou Niao naturally fell back within the crowd. Although his swordsmanship was excellent, in such a situation, seniority was more important.