175 – Interlude, Nighttime Talk Under the Moon (II)

She raised her eyebrows and said in a deep voice, “– Xue Qilin, you made me lose face in public.”

Just like she said, there are clearly several gazes aiming at them from different directions. After all, the attention of the entire Leisure Inn is focused on Beiming Youyu at this time. It is impossible for the Heaven Realm masters not to care about a Grandmaster’s actions.

As a result, they have witnessed Beiming Youyu loose her cool just now. This is really embarrassing to this Hua dynasty’s Grandmaster.

“Sorry, it’s really — ha-ha-ha.”

Xue Qilin laughed even harder.

As she laughed, she even held her belly and rolled around on the roof.

Upon seeing this, Beiming Youyu raised her eyebrows higher and higher, making one wonder if the pure white, slim eyebrows would just jump out of her face.

In fact, Beiming Youyu is already being quite restrained. If it was Qi Qiqi instead, Xue Qilin would have eaten a punch from a small fist already.

Suddenly, Beiming Youyu shed all dissatisfaction from her face.

She shifted her gaze away from Xue Qilin and looked into the horizon. After noticing her action, Xue Qilin’s smile was dispelled by the increasingly obscure figure.

A lonely shade is mixed in with the pure white radiance.

Well, at this moment, Beiming Youyu looks exactly the same as the first time Xue Qilin met her, like she will disappear with the wind in the next second.

What is she looking at? Xue Qilin’s mind shivered. She can’t stand the feeling that Beiming Youyu will slip away at anytime.

Before long, Beiming Youyu sighed softly, desolate.

“– Xue Qilin, take the step.”

An abrupt remark sounded.

Xue Qilin tilted her head, puzzled.

“Which step? Could you be a bit more specific!”

Beiming Youyu turned her head and looked at Xue Qilin.

Inside the purple eyes, there is sincere expectation, which is entangled with sorrow.

“The step across the line between the Heaven Realm and the Grandmaster Realm.”

Xue Qilin is stunned by the unexpected answer.

Whether it is Beiming Youyu’s choice of content or timing, both are really excessive. Xue Qilin doesn’t understand where this is coming from.

Why… all of a sudden, do I have to ascend to the Grandmaster Realm? Since she can’t figure it out, Xue Qilin could only ask.

“Why did you say this all of a sudden? What’s more, the Grandmaster Realm is not a realm you can step into just because you want to.”

At this point, Xue Qilin rolled her eyes.

“You think that much like when ascending to the Heaven Realm from the Earth Realm, the cultivation base will naturally advance?”

“You’re already very close — all you need now is an opportunity.”

“Of course I know that!” Xue Qilin pulled back her legs and put her chin between her knees.

Because she is currently wearing a long dress she borrowed from Gong Tianqing, she isn’t worried about exposing herself.

“But the ‘opportunity’ you speak of is where the problem lies!”

The reason why the Grandmaster Realm is so aloof is that it not only requires the cultivation base of a martial practitioner to nearly reach the heaven, but it also requires the martial practitioner to pry into “heaven’s will”.

Heaven’s will — or in other words, the mysteries of heaven.

Qi Qiqi once explained to Xue Qilin what the thing called “heaven’s will” is. But to tell the truth, Xue Qilin didn’t quite understood what is is.

She, who was born in the era of the systems theory [1], whose way of thinking is completely inclined towards the modern mainstream, is at her wits end when it comes to mysterious things.

The people of the Hua dynasty excel in the field of association and analogy, which is very different from the modern strict logical way of thinking. This alone is enough to form a huge difference in the process and the entry point of concepts between the two.

Therefore, she simply couldn’t understand the concept of “heaven’s will”.

“Heaven’s will is a chance to survive. Only by finding life on the field death, will there be a glimmer of hope to pry into the outline of heaven’s will.”

Beiming Youyu seems to be deep in thought. She may have experienced death.

“Do you mean to tell me to find a cliff and jump off, to see if I can meet a hidden sage, under whose tutelage I shall gain insight in the heaven’s will and thus become a Grandmaster?”

Xue Qilin joked unhappily. Consequently, Beiming Youyu looks like she is contemplating earnestly.

“Um… if you are lucky enough, it may be worth a try.”

“Give me a break, don’t you think there’s a greater chance that I fall to my death?”

Xue Qilin ridiculed emotionally.

However, Beiming Youyu, who remains unfazed, replied with a stern face, “Xue Qilin, I’m not joking, I’m being serious.”

“As you must know, nothing can squeeze out a person’s potential more than ‘death’.”

Xue Qilin is at a loss for words.

In the face of death, a person can exert power beyond their imagination — this is an undeniable fact proven by thousands of years of history.

“In fact, speaking plainly, it is the unearthing of a talent. Vajrayana’s Asura’er’s supreme defense, the northern kingdom’s Lone Sly Wolf’s arms integration, and my — Moonlight Omnia’s star chaser, they are talents we got after prying into heaven’s will. With my eyes, which were originally very good, I could see farther than others. Therefore, after entering in contact with heaven’s will, I gained unparalleled eyesight.

The noble purple eyes shone with some kind of radiance.

“Think about it, Xue Qilin, think about it hard and long… think about what your talent is, and then devise ways to strengthen it.”

“My talent…?”

Honestly speaking, Xue Qilin never thought of herself as someone with outstanding talent. She is just a plain ordinary person, with neither superior aptitude nor astounding luck.

In the past, she was not a famous wizard, but barely a third-rate. If it wasn’t for Qi Guiyuan’s help, she might not even be able to reach the Earth Realm.

What sort of talent does she posses? Qi Qiqi has an indescribable martial arts insight and Shui Yun’er can freely manipulate water qi. But what about her? What can she do?

To put it bluntly, it may be that she has a fairly average five-element affinity and can operate the spiritual qi of the five elements, with the exception of earth spiritual qi, rather well.

However, she is still not as good as Xihe in this respect.

Even so, this is her one and only advantage.

Unconsciously, Xue Qilin creased her eyebrows more and more, perplexed.

She has no definite answer, only a questionable conjecture.

Xue Qilin suddenly realized that she doesn’t understand herself as well as she imagined.

“– Xue Qilin, there is no time.”

Beiming Youyu’s voice pulled Xue Qilin out of her swirling thoughts.

“There is no time? Why is there no time?”

“The undercurrents from five years ago are about to surface. The darkness lurking in the abyss of the imperial palace is deeper and thicker than you and I have imagined. Therefore, in order to protect your loved ones –”

Beiming Youyu closed her eyes and said in an unquestionable tone, “Become a Grandmaster, Xue Qilin.”

The warning took deep root in Xue Qilin’s heart.

At this moment, Xue Qilin still doesn’t know —

[1] – systems theory

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