"What are these symbols?" Bai Lingxi asked with a frown. She couldn't make sense of it. The scroll was covered in unfamiliar symbols she had never seen before, unlike the other parchnts which were written in a proper language they could all understand.
Even Wang Ming, who was trying to decipher it, found himself clueless, his brows furrowing in frustration.
[System ssage: Host, use your Soul Eyes technique on it.]
Wang Ming was startled by the sudden ssage from the system, surprised it had taken the initiative without him requesting assistance. Not dwelling on it, he imdiately activated his pupil technique.
"Soul Eyes," Wang Ming muttered as he reactivated his technique. A few lines of text appeared in his retina once again:
[Shadow Veil]
[Rank: ???]
[Description: ???]
Wang Ming frowned when he saw that, aside from the na, there was no useful information available.
'System?'
Wang Ming called out directly.
[System ssage: Host, look carefully. This is only a small part of the complete scroll. You need to find the other pieces of the parchnt.]
Following the system's ssage, Wang Ming examined the parchnt more closely and realized that it was indeed a torn fragnt of a larger scroll.
'Where do I even look for the other part?' Wang Ming frowned, thinking it over, but then stopped himself from overthinking.
'Looks like I'll need to ask the Sect Master again. I should take this to him—he'll definitely know sothing.' Wang Ming concluded that he would bring the parchnt to Jiang Hong imdiately after leaving the place.
"Hey, let
see," Feng Tian Wu said, frowning as she noticed Wang Ming staring at the parchnt in a daze.
"Here, take a look," Wang Ming replied, handing her the parchnt. He was curious to see if others could decipher it without using the Soul Eyes technique. Maybe the symbols were part of a language native to the cultivation world—sothing he wasn't familiar with. After all, he wasn't originally from this world. Moreover, Feng Tian Wu had been in the sect far longer than Bai Lingxi and likely had access to more resources and knowledge, and maybe could recognzine it.
He watched as Feng Tian Wu studied the parchnt intently.
"So, do you understand anything?" Bai Lingxi asked, arms crossed over her chest, raising an eyebrow at Feng Tian Wu's unusually solemn expression.
"Hey, is this really sothing that serious?" Shi Yu asked in a low voice, sensing the tension in Feng Tian Wu's face.
"Indeed it is," Feng Tian Wu replied in a serious tone, putting the others on edge.
"Can you tell us what it is?" Wang Ming asked. Even with his Soul Eyes, he couldn't make out much detail, but judging by Feng Tian Wu's reaction, it looked like she knew sothing important.
"Nope," Feng Tian Wu replied casually.
"I see, it must be very important if you're not telling us," Luo Li nodded in understanding.
"No, the reason is... I don't understand a single thing it ans," Feng Tian Wu said in a serious tone—causing everyone to nearly stumble to the ground.
"What the fuck?! Then why did you act like it was sothing serious?" Bai Lingxi shouted, pointing a finger at Feng Tian Wu.
"Isn't it though? A mysterious compartnt just appeared, hidden between bookshelves," Feng Tian Wu said with a shrug, spreading her hands. Everyone went silent—they couldn't really argue with that logic.
"Tsk, you haven't changed. You're still as annoying as ever," Bai Lingxi muttered as Feng Tian Wu smirked.
"It's better if I just take it to the Sect Master," Wang Ming muttered.
"Why not just call him now?" Shi Yu suggested. "I want to visit the peak too. If it's important, he'll co here himself. Otherwise, he'll call us later and we can just go then."
Wang Ming nodded and decided to contact the Sect Master.
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Currently, all the Peak Masters had returned to their respective peaks, and only three people remained in the eting room—Jiang Hong, Lei Ping, and, surprisingly, Feng Chang, who was known for disappearing for months to who knows where.
"So, which Peak did my daughter's partner join?" Feng Chang asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Disciple Wang Ming joined the Jade Peak," Jiang Hong replied with a strange expression, clearly thinking about sothing.
"Eh? Really? How the hell did my idiot disciple trick him?" Feng Chang's eyes widened comically. In her opinion, Zhou Huixin, her disciple, was an airhead. After all, how else could she have tricked soone into becoming the Jade Peak Master—her forr position? Feng Chang still rembered how happy she had been to pass it on, only for that happiness to turn into depression due to endless paperwork. Nowadays, whenever she sensed Zhou Huixin approaching, she bolted—not out of fear, but to avoid hearing her nag about resuming the role.
Jiang Hong and Lei Ping's lips twitched when they saw the genuine look of surprise on Feng Chang's face. It was obvious she was looking down on Zhou Huixin—and she wasn't hiding it at all.
"Ancestor, she didn't trick him. He joined of his own free will," Lei Ping replied with a stiff smile. Hеlp us соntinuе by rеаding аt thе sоurсе:
"Hah! That makes more sense. There's no way she's smart enough to trick anyone. If she had brains, she wouldn't have been tricked by
into becoming the Peak Master so I could be lazy," Feng Chang nodded in agreent with herself.
'You also tricked
into becoming the Sect Master,' Jiang Hong thought bitterly but didn't dare say it out loud.
Ring Ring...
'Hmm? Why is he calling ? He just left. I have a bad feeling he's done sothing again,' Jiang Hong thought as he picked up Wang Ming's call and watched his communication token light up.
"What ss did you stir up this ti, Disciple Wang Ming? Don't tell
you accidentally destroyed all the techniques," Jiang Hong joked.
But when no response ca for a few seconds, his expression turned pale.
"Hey, hey—you didn't really do it, did you?" Jiang Hong asked, now sweating profusely.
"No," Wang Ming replied flatly, and Jiang Hong let out a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat off his forehead.
'What kind of trouble did he cause this ti while I was away?' Feng Chang thought, amused by Jiang Hong's reaction.
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