Genius Demon Empress - Chapter 32

Chapter 32 - Mysterious Maze

Translated by Luxican

This time, when everything is already disadvantageous, Qiu Zi ZI didn't expect, Teacher Yao would secretly restrict Yue Jing Hua and Sha Man.

Teacher Yao not only limited the number and the time of enlightenment for them, but also launched the Nine Palace Array in Profound Technique Pavilion.

One of the reasons why the Profound Technique Pavilion was unattended was because of the particularity of the Stone Monuments. However, there had been cases of people stealing the whole Stone Monument to slowly study it.

In order to prevent them getting the techniques they wanted, the Nine Palace Array was set up in the Profound Technique Pavilion.

Because of this the position of the walls in Profound Technique Pavilion would change.

Where Yue Jing Hua and Sha Man were located, which was originally only four walls, and 150 Stone Monuments, because of the activation of the Nine Palace Array, it changed the small Profound Technique Pavilion into a labyrinth with more and more bends.

Yue Jing Hua had once encountered something similar as female spy. At that time, thanks to a colleague known as Qimen Dunjia, she had been able to escape.

When she first entered the Profound Technique Pavilion, she felt that something was wrong and left a mark on the first Stone Monument.

"We haven't reached the end of the first wall, more than ten people entered Profound Technique Pavilion, plus the people of the team competition, they're all searching for the Ivory Stone Monuments with Profound Human or Profound Jade Realm. There would have been a high chance of encountering them. But they didn't see anyone of the inner court. We were probably trapped by the first wall, and all the Ivory Stone Monuments are of Profound Human Realm," Sha Man was dumbfounded.

"Then what should we do, if we only take a skill of the Profound Human Realm, we would lose a lot of benefits," Sha Man was annoyed, she wanted to immediately rush out and tell Qiu Zi Zi about this matter.

However, the secret key was already in effect, and they couldn't leave. They could only go one day later.

"Don't you already know a mysterious skill, wasn't the Gorgon's Illusion a kind of mysterious skill?" On the day of the competition, Yue Jing Hua happened to see, how Sha Lou was brought away after suffering under the technique.

"Gorgon's Illusion is called an explosive technique, and a very special kind of mysterious technique. With my current strength, it can only be used once a day at most. After one use, my Profound Qi is completely exhausted, and it will take a whole night to recover." Sha Man was a little frustrated. If Yue Jing Hua hadn't arrived in time that day, she would have fought against Liu Xi. With that bastard's ambitions, she would have certainly suffered horrendous injuries.

One Minute later, Yue Jing Hua and Sha Man had walked back and forth several times at the first wall of the Profound Technique Pavilion, but there was still no way out.

"What should we do, if we just wait, we will run out of time. If the inner court students find out we left empty-handed, what an insult to the outer court would that be?" Sha Man was frustrated, and on her forehead appeared some wrinkles.

"Instead of wasting time, let's take the initiative," Yue Jing Hua glanced at the numerous Stone Monuments. On the first wall, all of the mysterious techniques were only Profound Human Realm, there were also the largest number of Stone Monuments, at least eighty or ninety.

It was not easy to find three suitable techniques for Sha Man and herself.

"Just close your eyes and pick something," Sha Man jumped anxiously. It was just like, putting food in front a hungry man, but forbid him to eat, which made her itch.

"Don't worry, there are some mysterious techniques here we could acquire. Your cultivation base is not high, and I can't gather Profound Qi, which means we can only practice some special auxiliary metaphysical skills, think about which technique would be the most suitable for you, as for me, I can only take the most basic mysterious technique. If we search calmly, we can find the right Stone Monument for us." Yue Jing Hua's words were decisive, and miraculously calmed Sha Man's anxiety.

"I can't find the suitable Stone Monument, but my little one will be able to," Sha Man was very happy as she pulled out a little snake from her sleeve. It had the appearance of the Thunder Python, it was unknown what kind of technique Sha Man had used to shrink the small-hill-sized Thunder Python for it to fit in her sleeve.

At this time, Razer was just the size of an earthworm, slipping from Sha Man's hand and slithering to different Stone Monument.

Sha Man followed behind with anticipation, after passing more than fifty Stone Monuments, Razer stopped, raised its head and issued a cry towards Sha Man.

Sha Man's anxious expressing suddenly lighted up.

"I think I have already found a Stone Monument that suits me, but Xiao Guai (Guai=Monster/Demon) can only recognize the mysterious skills related to breeding, so I can't help you," Sha Man felt a little guilty, she and Yue Jing Hua entered the Profound Technique Pavilion together, but now only she found a Profound Technique for herself.

"No problem, you start first, I will look around again," Yue Jing Hua comforted.

As for mysterious skills, although she was somewhat curious, she had not reached the point where they were indispensable. After all, the current Yue Jing Hua, hid the Chaotic Green Lotus Flame and two summoned beasts, her weapon and not to forget the secret technique of "Invisibility", this was enough to protect herself in the small Profound Pearl Imperial Academy.

After hearing this, Sha Man smiled apologetically at her, sat crossed leg and started circulating Profound Qi in her Dantian.

After the competition, the two had made up and were on good terms with each other.

In the Profound Technique Pavilion was a piece of silence, only the Stone Monuments on the wall that seemed to never end, stretched down.

Yue Jing Hua walked between the Stone Monuments, but there were no results for a long time.

The color of the key stone in her hand was gradually fading.

A full day had passed, and a bright light surfaced on Sha Man's Stone Monument, which meant she was about to succeed.

While being happy for her companion, Yue Jing Hua took a deep breath, and walked down again.

Several hours passed, Yue Jing Hua randomly selected two Stone Monuments, spent one hour and two hours to understand them, but the Stone Monuments remained unresponsive.

"Why bother with this, if you want metaphysical skills, I will teach you some," Qing Pu knew some ancient metaphysical skills, but thinking about the prize of the skill "Divine Spear Attack", Yue Jing Hua's eye twitched.

„Consider carefully, time is running out." After the three hours passed, there was only one hour left until the key would expire. The voice of Qing Pu was like the temptation of the devil, and Yue Jing Hua kept thinking about his offer.

"How much?" Despite being reluctant, Yue Jing Hua compromised.

"Five hundred third-rank profound pellets," Qing Pu's conspiracy succeeded, and he grinned.

Five hundred third-rank profound pellets, this was equivalent to fifty thousand second-rank profound pellets.

Yue Jing Hua gave him a grumpy look, "I don't have that many profound pellets," she had already been mentally prepared for Qing Pu's sky-high price, but she didn't expect him to demand that much.

"Refining several pills from the Rare Calligraphy Sacred Canon will be enough to pay off your debts. I could also kindly teach you how to crack it." Yue Jing Hua was unable to refute, and scolded herself for agreeing.

The locating method was related to mental power.

In the eyes of summoners, especially diamond-level summoners with strong conscious such as Qing Pu, they could easily locate the Stone Monuments of various cultivation realms, and even break-through intermediate defense techniques like the Nine Palace Array.

It was just that Yue Jing Hua's spiritual power was not enough right now, but if she incorporates the power of her Nine Transformations of Fortune's Merit, Yue Jing Hua's spiritual power could be upgraded to silver-level summoner for a short time.

With Qing Pu's instructions, Yue Jing Hua used her Nine Transformations of Fortune's Merit.

***

Outside the Profound Technique Pavilion, there were many inner court students who had successfully learned a mysterious technique, only few inner court students remained inside, and Lie Si Si was one of them.

"It's about to succeed," Lie Si Si sat cross-legged behind the second wall, in front of her was a Stone Monument. This Stone Monument had been recommended to her by her mentor before she entered Profound Technique Pavilion. According to her teacher, this Stone Monument was a kind of metaphysical skill that can only be practiced by Profound Jade Realm cultivators, and could help Lie Si Si absorb purer Five Element Profound Qi.

After more then ten hours of enlightenment, Lie Si SI became more and more joyful, she could feel the Stone Monument brightening.

***

At that time, next to the first wall, Yue Jing Hua merged the spiritual power and her Strength of Good Fortune in her body, and like a small stone hitting a calm water surface, brought ripples to the silence to the Profound Technique Pavilion.

The invisible power, like a storm unable to be seen by the naked eye, swept through the entire Profound Technique Pavilion. First, the Stone Monument in Yue Jing Hua's vicinity lit up, then the second, then ten, after that dozens. Each Stone Monument touched by the invisible power burst into light and under the light, row of clear writing was revealed.

Yue Jing Hua hadn't expected the spiritual power transformed by the Strength of Good Fortune could crack so many Stone Monuments.

Even the Stone Monument of Sha Man was no exception.

The strong light illuminated Sha Man's face, but Sha Man was completely immersed in enlightenment. Her eyes were motionless, and she had no idea of the changes that had occurred around in the Profound Technique Pavilion.

Through her spiritual power, it was like Yue Jing Hua stood next to Sha Man. She could clearly see the Stone Monument Sha Man chose, which read: "Ancient Soul Spirit"

Mysterious Beasts perception was keener than regular cultivators, and could feel the fluctuation in the surroundings. The Thunder Python hidden in Sha Man's sleeve crawled out, and shook his tongue angrily in the direction of Yue Jing Hua.

"Little guy, your guarding Sha Man well," it seemed to understand that the vast and eccentric consciousness did not mean to hurt his master, and at the same time, Razer also felt the magical effect of the power. In his body, he lazily gathered the residual power, enjoying the effect brought by the Strength of Good Fortune, it was just like washing the bone marrow and strengthening the bones.

The consciousness went further, the barriers of the Nine Palace Array were like a thin piece of paper under its influence, and broke apart when it was touched.

Yue Jing Hua's consciousness immediately entered the second wall.

Lie Si Si sat straight ahead.