44. Look Who It Is
To be precise, Yan Chuyue knew the cultivation technique corresponding to the spatial spiritual art—the Void Sumeru Treasure Mirror.
But even if she knew it, it was useless.
This was a fundamental limitation of this world. Without a special spiritual body that could learn multiple cultivation techniques, the only way to learn a new one was to reforge the original.
Otherwise, with the dozens of cultivation techniques they knew, they would be like two fathers walking out the door.
“I already have the Heavenly Saint Technique of the Myriad Paths and another demonic-nascent soul hybrid cultivation technique whose name I’ve forgotten. I can’t learn any more.”
Yan Chuyue also touched her nose and said with some difficulty, “I don’t have the qualification to learn a second cultivation technique, and the Divine Physician’s inheritance is a special cultivation technique that can’t be reforged.”
Well, wasn’t this a dead end?
They looked at each other and fell silent.
Now, the night was long, and besides the moonlight shining in from the open window, the room was filled with a fragrant aroma.
Well… she should probably finish her meal first. Only then would she have the energy to think about all these messy things—wait?
At this moment, Gong Yiling suddenly noticed something strange.
Yes, from the moment she left the house until she returned, besides the main gate and the back door to the kitchen, she had never opened that window.
Could it be—someone was here?
Miss Gong, realizing this, immediately gave Yan Chuyue a look, letting her know about the window.
They thought for a moment, then used their spiritual energy to hold their breath, trying to eliminate all sound and determine if there was a third person in the room.
At first, they heard nothing, as if they had just forgotten when they opened the window, or the intruder had already left.
However, just as Gong Yiling was about to give up, she suddenly heard the sound of a drop of water hitting the floor.
After a while, the sound appeared again.
And as the waiting time increased, the interval between the sounds became shorter and shorter.
In the end, she didn’t even need to listen carefully to hear it. The sound was like a flowing stream, with a few sounds of swallowing saliva hidden within.
This…?
Gong Yiling’s eyes flickered, as if she had suddenly realized something.
If that was the case, then this was a bit interesting.
She cleared her throat, then picked up the two plates on the table and said, “I’m full. Do you want some more, Chuyue?”
“Ah, no need.” Yan Chuyue, seeming to understand what she wanted to do, immediately chimed in. “The weather is getting a bit hot. It’ll go bad if we leave it out. If you can’t finish it, just throw it away.”
“Mmm, alright.”
She was about to take the two plates and leave for the kitchen’s slop bucket, but the next moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed before her.
In the blink of an eye, the two plates in her hands were empty.
—So fast!
Although she was prepared, when this person really acted, Gong Yiling couldn’t even see their figure.
And this scene, for some reason, Gong Yiling felt as if she had seen it a long time ago… it was… it was…
Oh, right!
Her eyes suddenly lit up. She turned and looked around, and in the corner, she saw a figure in a black robe, directly grabbing the food from the bowl and devouring it.
This robe was not just familiar, it was undoubtedly…
“You’re that… Lord!?” Yan Chuyue immediately recognized the other person’s attire, and the obsession with food that could abandon everything.
The “Lord,” being recognized, was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at them.
At this moment, perhaps because her movements were a bit too big, her hood fell off, revealing her true face, which she had never shown to the two of them before.
The most direct impact was that head of silver-white long hair, like the Milky Way falling from the nine heavens. What was more noteworthy were her vertical pupils, completely different from humans, and two pointed ears. Just these features proved that the woman who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen…
Was not human, but a half-demon like Lu Xinyao—no, this feeling should not be a half-demon, but a real demonic beast in human form.
“…Mmm, you two?” The Lord blinked, puzzled. She felt their scents were very familiar, but she, who only remembered what she ate yesterday, today, and tomorrow, couldn’t remember where she had seen them.
“It’s us.” Yan Chuyue said and pulled Gong Yiling over. “Ah, maybe you don’t recognize her like this, but you haven’t forgotten me, right? The one from Qian Yue Academy.”
Hearing this, this “Lord” suddenly remembered. “Oh, oh, oh, right, right, right. You’re the two collaborators who gave me food back then.”
“You really remember us.”
“But I remember the person with that scent seemed to have a different figure.”
Just as this “Lord” was puzzled, Gong Yiling couldn’t help but pull Yan Chuyue and turn around, whispering, “Well, we scammed them out of their pants back then. Is it really appropriate to pretend to be allies now?”
Yan Chuyue cautiously glanced back at this “Lord,” then turned her head and said, “I don’t think there’s a problem. Those people might not have told this silly big sister the truth. Look, she didn’t even show any small emotions towards us at first.”
“You seem to be right.” Gong Yiling muttered, “But seeing this guy here, does that mean those from the Mingjue Sect are also here?”
“It’s possible. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t just let their Lord appear here, right?” Yan Chuyue was saying, and then she seemed to react to something and couldn’t help but turn her head and look at the “Lord’s” appearance again.
“Ah!? Wait!?”
The last time, she hadn’t seen this silly big sister’s true face. But this time was different. After her appearance had passed through Yan Chuyue’s mind over and over again, the author herself finally remembered this thing’s identity.
Besides the inexplicable “Lord,” that true identity.
“You’re the Xuanming Phantom Dragon?”
Xuanming Phantom Dragon? Hearing this name, Gong Yiling felt a bit familiar. It should be a term that had appeared in the book, but certainly not often.
“Eh?” This “Lord,” after her true identity was exposed, blinked with some surprise. “How do you know I’m the Xuanming Phantom Dragon?”
