Chapter 15.1
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◎ Lin Shuang’s Secret, Finish Today’s Business Today◎
Silence enveloped the secret chamber.
Senior Brother Xu Rui stood stiff, staring at his hair that fell to the ground.
“Th… three… strands…”
Zhou Xuanwu hesitated to speak, then turned away.
Now, Senior Brother, you shouldn’t be concerned about the quantity of your hair loss!
“Senior Sister, it seems…”
Zhao Keran suddenly saw the light, and a sudden realization dawned upon her.
Her eyes shimmered with mixed emotions as she looked at Lin Shuang.
“I should have known; I should have known that Senior Sister’s path to fast cultivation… couldn’t possibly be weak!”
Zhou Xuanwu turned his head from the left to the right.
Fast cultivation?
“Junior Sister… you’ve won.”
Finally, Senior Brother Xu Rui tore his gaze away from his fallen hair.
The sword qi flashed by.
The three strands of hair, severed at the waist, turned into six!
Only then did he show a comfortable expression.
With this, his ability to think returned, and his gaze shifted to Lin Shuang.
Although they had only reached the third move just now, she had already cut his hair, and he couldn’t react in time; the contest was already lost.
“Why are you hiding your cultivation—”
Xu Rui didn’t understand, but his words stopped.
Lin Shuang was seen lowering the corners of her eyes, her left hand touching the side of her left ear, and she stepped back step by step.
With each step, her inner spiritual energy quieted by a fraction.
With each step, her thundering momentum dropped by a layer.
By the time she retreated to the wall of the secret chamber, the surging within her dantian had returned to calm.
Again, she became weak and helpless, at the third level of Qi Condensation, just a little novice.
“…?”
“I didn’t hide it, Senior Brother,” Lin Shuang smiled and touched her dantian number one, the one in charge today, “I am at the third level of Qi Condensation without a doubt.”
Xu Rui: “…”
Zhou Xuanwu: “…”
Only Zhao Keran, with a surprised look, tapped her forehead in realization. “I understand, Senior Sister. This is what you just said, every bit of cultivated spiritual energy is extremely precious. Don’t expend it unless necessary, right?”
“And also, what was mentioned in the Second Part of the Fast Cultivation – Energy Management,” she continued, “cultivate a habit to switch rapidly between peak and lowest states.”
“When necessary, you can use some habitual movements or objects as switches to awaken and put your body to rest. This way, you can save energy during normal times and burst out faster in times of crisis, surpassing your limits.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Shuang gave a relieved smile to her little junior sister as if saying, “You finally understand, and it’s not in vain that Senior Sister has taught you for years.”
Then, she let go of the hand touching her left earpiece.
In the fading echo of the high-intensity BGM in her ears, she checked every corner of her body.
Very good, except for Dantian Number One on duty today, all the other odd-numbered Dantians on the left side of her body were dormant.
Lin Shuang was in a very pleasant mood. She closed her hand, retrieving the reinforcement talismans that still had a few uses left on the ground.
“Senior Brother Xu Rui, don’t forget the exemption from the exam for ten years. Please inform the masters at the Transmission Hall that I won’t be attending the disciple assessment the day after tomorrow.”
“…”
“Also, for my grades, you can refer to last year’s. There’s no need to trouble the masters with it.”
“…………….”
Lin Shuang left leisurely, reminding her recently enlightened junior sister before she departed.
“When you spar with Senior Brother, Senior Sister won’t stay to watch. If you have any questions, gather them up and Senior Sister will read them all together the day after tomorrow.”
Zhao Keran nodded repeatedly, seriously acknowledging.
Her eyes were full of admiration and amazement.
Compared to Senior Sister, she was just a little sister!
In an instant, she recalled everything from the past—the rebound of Senior Sister’s astral qi when touched, the evaluation of the talisman’s grade… now everything made sense.
She had thought that she had thoroughly mastered the essence of Fast Cultivation, but she hadn’t realized that she hadn’t grasped its true essence!
“Zhao Junior Sister, as roommates, you also didn’t know her true strength?” Senior Brother Xu Rui frowned.
Zhao Keran’s round face displayed a hint of shyness and regret, quickly followed by a matter-of-fact tone, “Fast Cultivation has emphasized many times on conserving energy. Ah, it’s all because of my foolishness. I couldn’t comprehend the true meaning.”
“…”
“It’s also because I’m too weak. In front of me, who’s so weak, Senior Sister only needs to show the strength of Qi Condensation Layer Three.”
“…………….”
“But on that day outside, Lin Junior Sister resisted the Foundation Stage Cultivator, continuously attacked, and didn’t save her spiritual energy as much as today.”
Zhou Xuanwu had been puzzled all along, tangled for a while, and finally asked, “Why is that?”
Senior Brother Xu Rui was taken aback. They’ve indeed encountered a tough nut!
Zhao Keran was also stunned and amazed by what she heard, but then she asked for details and understood in an instant.
“Oh, three days ago, that was an ‘even number’ day. Senior Sister does fat-burning exercises on even-numbered days, which means sweating. But today is the ninth day of the month.”
The ninth day was odd-numbered.
Odd-numbered days allowed the body to rest without the need for sweating.
Therefore, not going all out.
Case solved!
Senior Brother Xu Rui’s thin lips stiffened, trembling for half a moment.
Zhou Xuanwu suddenly realized.
Transmission Hall, Elders’ Chamber.
The four transmission masters, respectively, imparted mental techniques, sword techniques, talismans, and daily hand seals.
At this moment, they all emerged from their meditation and browsed through the scriptures, looking up in astonishment.
“What did you say, Xu Rui? You agreed to exempt Lin Shuang from the exam for ten years?”
“You’ve been managing the Outer Sect for thirteen years. Why would you do something so irregular? If a disciple is exempt from the exam, how can they gain the respect of others?”
Xu Rui looked up, “Masters, it’s not thirteen years, it’s thirteen years and six months.”
“…”
The four masters were left speechless.
This disciple was good in every way, just a little problematic.
“Nonsense! If she’s exempted, how will Lin Shuang’s ten-year performance in the Outer Sect be evaluated?”
Xu Rui: “…”
Taking a deep breath, he respectfully saluted.
“Respected Masters, have any of you sparred with Junior Sister Lin?”
“???”
*
Lin Shuang took a shortcut, passing directly through the back door of the cafeteria, walking along the medicinal field path, and entering the back door of the book repository.
“Hmm? Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?”
She touched her left eye, which was faintly throbbing, and hissed.
“Could it be that what Senior Sister Chen said next door is correct? Have I offended the Tai Sui this year? Is my luck bad?”
She quickly pressed her left eyebrow and entered the unguarded book repository.
The corner tower of the Outer Sect’s book repository was located between the medicinal field and the administration office.
There weren’t many disciples passing through here on ordinary days because Clearwater Sect’s techniques were stored in the Transmission Hall, guarded by the teaching elders.
Most of the books in the book repository were unrelated to cultivation.
At this moment, Lin Shuang passed through the first floor of the corner tower, glanced at the shelves containing the sect’s history, and then went upstairs. On the second floor, most of the books were about the lifetimes of the elders, travelogues, and local customs.
She sat cross-legged, taking a black-gold iron box from her mustard seed bag. This morning, she had sorted through it, pulling it out from the pile of spirit stones in the evil cultivator’s mustard seed bag, the one containing the Golden Hammer.
Opening the iron box revealed three sections of gruesome adult finger bones, streaked with blood, laid out on a black silk cloth.
Cold and pale, exuding a chilling sensation.
Upon careful perception, there was still some residual spiritual energy.
Lin Shuang frowned involuntarily and lowered her head, pulling up the left sleeve of her robe.
There, on the pinky finger of her left hand, was a faint scar that ran from the fingertip to the base, barely discernible in color now. But when placed next to the bones in the iron box, its curvature seemed similar to the pristine white finger bones.
It seemed like in the past, the method to remove the bones from the chicken claws involved cutting through the flesh and tendons from the palm and between the fingers, leaving the bones intact.
Lin Shuang closed her eyes. “Liu Ba, the Demonic Hammer…”
When she arrived here, her memories of the original body were very vague. She only remembered that ‘she’ was one of the ninety-nine-nine-year-old girls who had died tragically in the wilderness, pierced by a sword through the heart.
The rest was a blur.
When she woke up, her pinky finger was still intact.
“‘I’ wasn’t injured by the hammer.”
The person who killed the original body and the other ninety-eight girls was likely not this evil cultivator Liu bu.
Lin Shuang frowned, taking out a charcoal pencil and a diary.
[December 9th, Clear Skies
The truth behind my death seems to have a slight clue, but not much.
The original puzzle remains unsolved: How did ‘I’ know there were ninety-eight other girls who died with me? At the age of nine, ‘I’ was about to die, so ‘I’ should have been panicked. Why did ‘I’ pay attention to the number of people present?
If it wasn’t ‘me’ who counted, how did ‘I’ know there were ninety-nine?
Did the person who killed ‘me’ reveal the information at the time? Ninety-nine, is it related to some kind of evil ritual?]
Lin Shuang stopped writing at this point, furrowing her brows and putting down the pen.
She took out the noise-canceling version of the V3 talisman and inserted it into her ears, closing her eyes.
A gentle white noise, like flipping through pages of a book, sounded for a moment.
She formed a hand seal, and before her, an entire three rows of bookshelves lifted into the air.
One hundred and eight strands of divine consciousness poured out!
One hundred and eight books flipped open in succession!
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Silence enveloped the secret chamber.
Senior Brother Xu Rui stood stiff, staring at his hair that fell to the ground.
“Th… three… strands…”
Zhou Xuanwu hesitated to speak, then turned away.
Now, Senior Brother, you shouldn’t be concerned about the quantity of your hair loss!
“Senior Sister, it seems…”
Zhao Keran suddenly saw the light, and a sudden realization dawned upon her.
Her eyes shimmered with mixed emotions as she looked at Lin Shuang.
“I should have known; I should have known that Senior Sister’s path to fast cultivation… couldn’t possibly be weak!”
Zhou Xuanwu turned his head from the left to the right.
Fast cultivation?
“Junior Sister… you’ve won.”
Finally, Senior Brother Xu Rui tore his gaze away from his fallen hair.
The sword qi flashed by.
The three strands of hair, severed at the waist, turned into six!
Only then did he show a comfortable expression.
With this, his ability to think returned, and his gaze shifted to Lin Shuang.
Although they had only reached the third move just now, she had already cut his hair, and he couldn’t react in time; the contest was already lost.
“Why are you hiding your cultivation—”
Xu Rui didn’t understand, but his words stopped.
Lin Shuang was seen lowering the corners of her eyes, her left hand touching the side of her left ear, and she stepped back step by step.
With each step, her inner spiritual energy quieted by a fraction.
With each step, her thundering momentum dropped by a layer.
By the time she retreated to the wall of the secret chamber, the surging within her dantian had returned to calm.
Again, she became weak and helpless, at the third level of Qi Condensation, just a little novice.
“…?”
“I didn’t hide it, Senior Brother,” Lin Shuang smiled and touched her dantian number one, the one in charge today, “I am at the third level of Qi Condensation without a doubt.”
Xu Rui: “…”
Zhou Xuanwu: “…”
Only Zhao Keran, with a surprised look, tapped her forehead in realization. “I understand, Senior Sister. This is what you just said, every bit of cultivated spiritual energy is extremely precious. Don’t expend it unless necessary, right?”
“And also, what was mentioned in the Second Part of the Fast Cultivation – Energy Management,” she continued, “cultivate a habit to switch rapidly between peak and lowest states.”
“When necessary, you can use some habitual movements or objects as switches to awaken and put your body to rest. This way, you can save energy during normal times and burst out faster in times of crisis, surpassing your limits.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Shuang gave a relieved smile to her little junior sister as if saying, “You finally understand, and it’s not in vain that Senior Sister has taught you for years.”
Then, she let go of the hand touching her left earpiece.
In the fading echo of the high-intensity BGM in her ears, she checked every corner of her body.
Very good, except for Dantian Number One on duty today, all the other odd-numbered Dantians on the left side of her body were dormant.
Lin Shuang was in a very pleasant mood. She closed her hand, retrieving the reinforcement talismans that still had a few uses left on the ground.
“Senior Brother Xu Rui, don’t forget the exemption from the exam for ten years. Please inform the masters at the Transmission Hall that I won’t be attending the disciple assessment the day after tomorrow.”
“…”
“Also, for my grades, you can refer to last year’s. There’s no need to trouble the masters with it.”
“…………….”
Lin Shuang left leisurely, reminding her recently enlightened junior sister before she departed.
“When you spar with Senior Brother, Senior Sister won’t stay to watch. If you have any questions, gather them up and Senior Sister will read them all together the day after tomorrow.”
Zhao Keran nodded repeatedly, seriously acknowledging.
Her eyes were full of admiration and amazement.
Compared to Senior Sister, she was just a little sister!
In an instant, she recalled everything from the past—the rebound of Senior Sister’s astral qi when touched, the evaluation of the talisman’s grade… now everything made sense.
She had thought that she had thoroughly mastered the essence of Fast Cultivation, but she hadn’t realized that she hadn’t grasped its true essence!
“Zhao Junior Sister, as roommates, you also didn’t know her true strength?” Senior Brother Xu Rui frowned.
Zhao Keran’s round face displayed a hint of shyness and regret, quickly followed by a matter-of-fact tone, “Fast Cultivation has emphasized many times on conserving energy. Ah, it’s all because of my foolishness. I couldn’t comprehend the true meaning.”
“…”
“It’s also because I’m too weak. In front of me, who’s so weak, Senior Sister only needs to show the strength of Qi Condensation Layer Three.”
“…………….”
“But on that day outside, Lin Junior Sister resisted the Foundation Stage Cultivator, continuously attacked, and didn’t save her spiritual energy as much as today.”
Zhou Xuanwu had been puzzled all along, tangled for a while, and finally asked, “Why is that?”
Senior Brother Xu Rui was taken aback. They’ve indeed encountered a tough nut!
Zhao Keran was also stunned and amazed by what she heard, but then she asked for details and understood in an instant.
“Oh, three days ago, that was an ‘even number’ day. Senior Sister does fat-burning exercises on even-numbered days, which means sweating. But today is the ninth day of the month.”
The ninth day was odd-numbered.
Odd-numbered days allowed the body to rest without the need for sweating.
Therefore, not going all out.
Case solved!
Senior Brother Xu Rui’s thin lips stiffened, trembling for half a moment.
Zhou Xuanwu suddenly realized.
Transmission Hall, Elders’ Chamber.
The four transmission masters, respectively, imparted mental techniques, sword techniques, talismans, and daily hand seals.
At this moment, they all emerged from their meditation and browsed through the scriptures, looking up in astonishment.
“What did you say, Xu Rui? You agreed to exempt Lin Shuang from the exam for ten years?”
“You’ve been managing the Outer Sect for thirteen years. Why would you do something so irregular? If a disciple is exempt from the exam, how can they gain the respect of others?”
Xu Rui looked up, “Masters, it’s not thirteen years, it’s thirteen years and six months.”
“…”
The four masters were left speechless.
This disciple was good in every way, just a little problematic.
“Nonsense! If she’s exempted, how will Lin Shuang’s ten-year performance in the Outer Sect be evaluated?”
Xu Rui: “…”
Taking a deep breath, he respectfully saluted.
“Respected Masters, have any of you sparred with Junior Sister Lin?”
“???”
*
Lin Shuang took a shortcut, passing directly through the back door of the cafeteria, walking along the medicinal field path, and entering the back door of the book repository.
“Hmm? Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?”
She touched her left eye, which was faintly throbbing, and hissed.
“Could it be that what Senior Sister Chen said next door is correct? Have I offended the Tai Sui this year? Is my luck bad?”
She quickly pressed her left eyebrow and entered the unguarded book repository.
The corner tower of the Outer Sect’s book repository was located between the medicinal field and the administration office.
There weren’t many disciples passing through here on ordinary days because Clearwater Sect’s techniques were stored in the Transmission Hall, guarded by the teaching elders.
Most of the books in the book repository were unrelated to cultivation.
At this moment, Lin Shuang passed through the first floor of the corner tower, glanced at the shelves containing the sect’s history, and then went upstairs. On the second floor, most of the books were about the lifetimes of the elders, travelogues, and local customs.
She sat cross-legged, taking a black-gold iron box from her mustard seed bag. This morning, she had sorted through it, pulling it out from the pile of spirit stones in the evil cultivator’s mustard seed bag, the one containing the Golden Hammer.
Opening the iron box revealed three sections of gruesome adult finger bones, streaked with blood, laid out on a black silk cloth.
Cold and pale, exuding a chilling sensation.
Upon careful perception, there was still some residual spiritual energy.
Lin Shuang frowned involuntarily and lowered her head, pulling up the left sleeve of her robe.
There, on the pinky finger of her left hand, was a faint scar that ran from the fingertip to the base, barely discernible in color now. But when placed next to the bones in the iron box, its curvature seemed similar to the pristine white finger bones.
It seemed like in the past, the method to remove the bones from the chicken claws involved cutting through the flesh and tendons from the palm and between the fingers, leaving the bones intact.
Lin Shuang closed her eyes. “Liu Ba, the Demonic Hammer…”
When she arrived here, her memories of the original body were very vague. She only remembered that ‘she’ was one of the ninety-nine-nine-year-old girls who had died tragically in the wilderness, pierced by a sword through the heart.
The rest was a blur.
When she woke up, her pinky finger was still intact.
“‘I’ wasn’t injured by the hammer.”
The person who killed the original body and the other ninety-eight girls was likely not this evil cultivator Liu bu.
Lin Shuang frowned, taking out a charcoal pencil and a diary.
[December 9th, Clear Skies
The truth behind my death seems to have a slight clue, but not much.
The original puzzle remains unsolved: How did ‘I’ know there were ninety-eight other girls who died with me? At the age of nine, ‘I’ was about to die, so ‘I’ should have been panicked. Why did ‘I’ pay attention to the number of people present?
If it wasn’t ‘me’ who counted, how did ‘I’ know there were ninety-nine?
Did the person who killed ‘me’ reveal the information at the time? Ninety-nine, is it related to some kind of evil ritual?]
Lin Shuang stopped writing at this point, furrowing her brows and putting down the pen.
She took out the noise-canceling version of the V3 talisman and inserted it into her ears, closing her eyes.
A gentle white noise, like flipping through pages of a book, sounded for a moment.
She formed a hand seal, and before her, an entire three rows of bookshelves lifted into the air.
One hundred and eight strands of divine consciousness poured out!
One hundred and eight books flipped open in succession!
Lin Shuang's Secret, Finish Today's Business TodaySilence enveloped the secret chamber.Senior Brother Xu Rui stood stiff, staring at his hair that fell to the ground.Th three strandsZhou Xuanwu hesitated to speak, then turned away.Now, Senior Brother, you shouldn't be concerned about the quantity of your hair loss!Senior Sister, it seemsZhao Keran suddenly saw the light, and a sudden realization dawned upon her.Her eyes shimmered with mixed emotions as she looked at Lin Shuang.I should have known; I should have known that Senior Sister's path to fast cultivation couldn't possibly be weak!Zhou Xuanwu turned his head from the left to the right.Fast cultivation?Junior Sister you've won.Finally, Senior Brother Xu Rui tore his gaze away from his fallen hair.The sword qi flashed by.The three strands of hair, severed at the waist, turned into six!Only then did he show a comfortable expression.With this, his ability to think returned, and his gaze shifted to Lin Shuang.Although they had only reached the third move just now, she had already cut his hair, and he couldn't react in time; the contest was already lost.Why are you hiding your cultivationXu Rui didn't understand, but his words stopped.Lin Shuang was seen lowering the corners of her eyes, her left hand touching the side of her left ear, and she stepped back step by step.With each step, her inner spiritual energy quieted by a fraction.With each step, her thundering momentum dropped by a layer.By the time she retreated to the wall of the secret chamber, the surging within her dantian had returned to calm.Again, she became weak and helpless, at the third level of Qi Condensation, just a little novice.?I didn't hide it, Senior Brother, Lin Shuang smiled and touched her dantian number one, the one in charge today, I am at the third level of Qi Condensation without a doubt.Xu Rui: Zhou Xuanwu: Only Zhao Keran, with a surprised look, tapped her forehead in realization. I understand, Senior Sister. This is what you just said, every bit of cultivated spiritual energy is extremely precious. Don't expend it unless necessary, right?And also, what was mentioned in the Second Part of the Fast Cultivation Energy Management, she continued, cultivate a habit to switch rapidly between peak and lowest states.When necessary, you can use some habitual movements or objects as switches to awaken and put your body to rest. This way, you can save energy during normal times and burst out faster in times of crisis, surpassing your limits.Upon hearing this, Lin Shuang gave a relieved smile to her little junior sister as if saying, You finally understand, and it's not in vain that Senior Sister has taught you for years.Then, she let go of the hand touching her left earpiece.In the fading echo of the high-intensity BGM in her ears, she checked every corner of her body.Very good, except for Dantian Number One on duty today, all the other odd-numbered Dantians on the left side of her body were dormant.Lin Shuang was in a very pleasant mood. She closed her hand, retrieving the reinforcement talismans that still had a few uses left on the ground.Senior Brother Xu Rui, don't forget the exemption from the exam for ten years. Please inform the masters at the Transmission Hall that I won't be attending the disciple assessment the day after tomorrow.Also, for my grades, you can refer to last year's. There's no need to trouble the masters with it..Lin Shuang left leisurely, reminding her recently enlightened junior sister before she departed.When you spar with Senior Brother, Senior Sister won't stay to watch. If you have any questions, gather them up and Senior Sister will read them all together the day after tomorrow.Zhao Keran nodded repeatedly, seriously acknowledging.Her eyes were full of admiration and amazement.Compared to Senior Sister, she was just a little sister!In an instant, she recalled everything from the pastthe rebound of Senior Sister's astral qi when touched, the evaluation of the talisman's grade now everything made sense.She had thought that she had thoroughly mastered the essence of Fast Cultivation, but she hadn't realized that she hadn't grasped its true essence!Zhao Junior Sister, as roommates, you also didn't know her true strength? Senior Brother Xu Rui frowned.Zhao Keran's round face displayed a hint of shyness and regret, quickly followed by a matter-of-fact tone, Fast Cultivation has emphasized many times on conserving energy. Ah, it's all because of my foolishness. I couldn't comprehend the true meaning.It's also because I'm too weak. In front of me, who's so weak, Senior Sister only needs to show the strength of Qi Condensation Layer Three..But on that day outside, Lin Junior Sister resisted the Foundation Stage Cultivator, continuously attacked, and didn't save her spiritual energy as much as today.Zhou Xuanwu had been puzzled all along, tangled for a while, and finally asked, Why is that?Senior Brother Xu Rui was taken aback. They've indeed encountered a tough nut!Zhao Keran was also stunned and amazed by what she heard, but then she asked for details and understood in an instant.Oh, three days ago, that was an even number' day. Senior Sister does fat-burning exercises on even-numbered days, which means sweating. But today is the ninth day of the month.The ninth day was odd-numbered.Odd-numbered days allowed the body to rest without the need for sweating.Therefore, not going all out.Case solved!Senior Brother Xu Rui's thin lips stiffened, trembling for half a moment.Zhou Xuanwu suddenly realized.Transmission Hall, Elders' Chamber.The four transmission masters, respectively, imparted mental techniques, sword techniques, talismans, and daily hand seals.At this moment, they all emerged from their meditation and browsed through the scriptures, looking up in astonishment.What did you say, Xu Rui? You agreed to exempt Lin Shuang from the exam for ten years?You've been managing the Outer Sect for thirteen years. Why would you do something so irregular? If a disciple is exempt from the exam, how can they gain the respect of others?Xu Rui looked up, Masters, it's not thirteen years, it's thirteen years and six months.The four masters were left speechless.This disciple was good in every way, just a little problematic.Nonsense! If she's exempted, how will Lin Shuang's ten-year performance in the Outer Sect be evaluated?Xu Rui: Taking a deep breath, he respectfully saluted.Respected Masters, have any of you sparred with Junior Sister Lin????*Lin Shuang took a shortcut, passing directly through the back door of the cafeteria, walking along the medicinal field path, and entering the back door of the book repository.Hmm? Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?She touched her left eye, which was faintly throbbing, and hissed.Could it be that what Senior Sister Chen said next door is correct? Have I offended the Tai Sui this year? Is my luck bad?She quickly pressed her left eyebrow and entered the unguarded book repository.The corner tower of the Outer Sect's book repository was located between the medicinal field and the administration office.There weren't many disciples passing through here on ordinary days because Clearwater Sect's techniques were stored in the Transmission Hall, guarded by the teaching elders.Most of the books in the book repository were unrelated to cultivation.At this moment, Lin Shuang passed through the first floor of the corner tower, glanced at the shelves containing the sect's history, and then went upstairs. On the second floor, most of the books were about the lifetimes of the elders, travelogues, and local customs.She sat cross-legged, taking a black-gold iron box from her mustard seed bag. This morning, she had sorted through it, pulling it out from the pile of spirit stones in the evil cultivator's mustard seed bag, the one containing the Golden Hammer.Opening the iron box revealed three sections of gruesome adult finger bones, streaked with blood, laid out on a black silk cloth.Cold and pale, exuding a chilling sensation.Upon careful perception, there was still some residual spiritual energy.Lin Shuang frowned involuntarily and lowered her head, pulling up the left sleeve of her robe.There, on the pinky finger of her left hand, was a faint scar that ran from the fingertip to the base, barely discernible in color now. But when placed next to the bones in the iron box, its curvature seemed similar to the pristine white finger bones.It seemed like in the past, the method to remove the bones from the chicken claws involved cutting through the flesh and tendons from the palm and between the fingers, leaving the bones intact.Lin Shuang closed her eyes. Liu Ba, the Demonic HammerWhen she arrived here, her memories of the original body were very vague. She only remembered that she' was one of the ninety-nine-nine-year-old girls who had died tragically in the wilderness, pierced by a sword through the heart.The rest was a blur.When she woke up, her pinky finger was still intact.I' wasn't injured by the hammer.The person who killed the original body and the other ninety-eight girls was likely not this evil cultivator Liu bu.Lin Shuang frowned, taking out a charcoal pencil and a diary.December 9th, Clear SkiesThe truth behind my death seems to have a slight clue, but not much.The original puzzle remains unsolved: How did I' know there were ninety-eight other girls who died with me? At the age of nine, I' was about to die, so I' should have been panicked. Why did I' pay attention to the number of people present?If it wasn't me' who counted, how did I' know there were ninety-nine?Did the person who killed me' reveal the information at the time? Ninety-nine, is it related to some kind of evil ritual?Lin Shuang stopped writing at this point, furrowing her brows and putting down the pen.She took out the noise-canceling version of the V3 talisman and inserted it into her ears, closing her eyes.A gentle white noise, like flipping through pages of a book, sounded for a moment.She formed a hand seal, and before her, an entire three rows of bookshelves lifted into the air.One hundred and eight strands of divine consciousness poured out!One hundred and eight books flipped open in succession!
