Chapter 160

Chapter 160: As Long as Xu Ming is Fine

“Where? Where?”

Qingwan held the Eight Trigram Map, deducing Xu Ming’s location while looking around everywhere.

But no matter what, she couldn’t calculate where exactly Xu Ming was.

Perhaps because she had been searching for too long, Qingwan worried that she and Xiao Bai had wandered too far. So, she used a talisman to reveal Xiao Bai’s position, planning to meet up with her first.

However, Qingwan noticed Xiao Bai’s position hadn’t changed at all.

“That’s strange…”

Qingwan felt an ominous premonition in her heart.

Logically speaking, if Xiao Bai was searching for Xu Ming, she should have been moving continuously.

Could it be that Xiao Bai encountered some enemy and something happened?

Otherwise, why wouldn’t Xiao Bai move even once?

Qingwan quickly flew toward Xiao Bai’s direction, praying incessantly in her heart that nothing bad had happened to Xiao Bai.

When she arrived at the location indicated by the talisman, Qingwan froze in place.

That talisman was actually stuck on a tree.

There wasn’t a single trace of any fight nearby.

Recalling how Xiao Bai had voluntarily proposed splitting up earlier, and now seeing this talisman stuck on the tree, Qingwan suddenly understood everything.

If her guess was correct, it meant Xiao Bai knew Xu Ming’s location but didn’t want her to take unnecessary risks. Therefore, she ditched her and went alone.

“Xiao Bai! You’ve also learned how to deceive people!” Qingwan pouted, slightly upset.

When they were kids, the two of them along with their goose always did things together without hiding anything from each other.

And now, one by one, they were leaving her out!

“Don’t think you can leave me behind!”

Qingwan took out the Eight Trigram Map, intending to deduce Xiao Bai’s position.

Since Xiao Bai had just parted ways with her not long ago, and this talisman still carried Xiao Bai’s aura, using this talisman as a medium would make deducing Xiao Bai’s position easier than deducing Xu Ming’s.

“Qingwan.”

Just as Qingwan was trying hard to figure out Xiao Bai’s direction, a clear and cold voice came.

Looking up, Qingwan’s eyes lit up with joy: “Master!”

With Master here, things would be fine, and Xu Ming would be saved!

Wang Xuan descended from the air, arriving beside her disciple, her willowy eyebrows furrowed: “What has happened? Why is the Dao Lotus inside your body gone?”

“Eh?” Qingwan was startled, “How does Master know?”

Wang Xuan: “The Dao Lotus inside you was planted by me, how could I not know? When your Dao Lotus disappeared, I feared you were in mortal danger, so I broke through the void to come here.”

Qingwan: “…”

“Master, this story is long. But right now, there’s something more urgent. Can you help me deduce the position of someone? My friend might be in mortal danger!” Qingwan grabbed her Master’s hands, “Please, Master.”

Seeing her disciple’s anxious expression, Wang Xuan could only suppress her own questions for now and threw down an array map: “Place something related to that person on it.”

Qingwan quickly took out the White洼 Scroll and placed it on the array map.

Looking at this scroll, Wang Xuan could clearly see that this scroll was a small world.

As a cultivator at the Xiānrén Jìng stage, Wang Xuan could not only easily deduce the owner of the scroll’s location but also see the causes and effects surrounding this scroll through it.

Wang Xuan saw a man standing on the Heavenly Ladder, gazing up at the thunder dragon. She saw her disciple standing beside that man, spitting the Dao Lotus into Xu Ming’s mouth. She saw that man successfully pass the Thunder Tribulation, take the scroll, and give it to her disciple.

And this man’s name was —— Xu Ming.

Wait…

He whose Spiritual Root was severed? How could he cultivate?

After understanding the cause and effect, Wang Xuan opened her eyes: “There’s no need to look for him anymore. I just deduced that he survived a great calamity. He’s merely injured but not in life-threatening condition. What’s urgent now is that you return to the Heavenly Profound Gate with me immediately.

Your cultivation has always been about nurturing the Dao Lotus.

That Dao Lotus is equivalent to your foundation.

But since you gave the Dao Lotus to Xu Ming, your foundation has been damaged. Now, you must leave and return to the Heavenly Profound Gate for remedy! Otherwise, you will never reach the Jade Pudding Realm!”

“Eh?” Qingwan’s cheeks turned slightly red, “How does Master know?”

Wang Xuan helplessly said: “How could your trivial matters escape my deduction?”

Qingwan pleaded anxiously: “Master, please… I just want to check on Xu Ming once. Once I confirm he’s fine, I’ll go back peacefully, Master…”

“Qingwan, stop being reckless.” This time, Wang Xuan didn’t indulge her disciple, “Do you know your current state? There’s not a moment to waste!”

“…Hearing her Master’s reprimand, Qingwan lowered her head. She knew her Master was truly angry.

Her Master rarely got angry…

Looking at the disheartened girl, Wang Xuan sighed deeply: “You… That Dao Lotus could have become your innate treasure. When you enter the Dragon Gate Realm, it could elevate you higher.

When you reach the Golden Core Realm, you could achieve a Lotus Golden Core. Before entering the Jade Pudding Realm, your cultivation path wouldn’t encounter any obstacles.

Your realm quality would naturally be higher than most people.

Even after entering the Jade Pudding Realm, this Dao Lotus would serve as a bridge for you to communicate with the heavenly principles.

And now, all of this is gone. Is it worth it for you?”

Through the White洼 Scroll, Wang Xuan deduced that Xu Ming was undergoing a tribulation, attempting to become the master of the White洼 Secret Realm. Xu Ming was about to fail when her disciple stepped in to help.

She didn’t know that if Xu Ming failed, everyone would be trapped in the scroll, or that the Black God Sect was using the light pillar of the White洼 Scroll to capture cultivators, potentially leading to everyone’s doom.

But even if she did know, Wang Xuan wouldn’t care.

Because her disciple’s innate Dao Body could adapt to all secret realms’ rules and wouldn’t be rejected. The light pillar of the White洼 Secret Realm would never fall on her disciple.

And even if Xu Ming failed and everyone was trapped in the White洼 Scroll, her disciple, due to her innate Dao Body, could connect with the Great Dao principles upon entering the Dragon Gate Realm and leave the White洼 Scroll alone.

“Xu Ming is fine…” Just as Wang Xuan increasingly felt regretful, Qingwan softly spoke.

Wang Xuan: “Hm?”

The girl lifted her gaze, blinking at her Master: “As long as Xu Ming is fine, then everything is worth it.”