allonlinenovel Chapter 552 Senior Sister, Am I too late?
Chapter 552 Senior Sister, Am I too late?
Jiang Liqian tried several times, refusing to believe it, and even tried to preserve the Autumn Water Leaf in a jade box or other containers used to preserve spiritual plants, but none of them worked.
Finally, Jiang Liqian discovered that this autumn water grass could only be picked and used immediately, otherwise it would turn into water droplets and disappear.
With no other option, she could only swallow a stalk of Autumn Water Grass and then go find her senior sister and the others. If they couldn't find any Autumn Water Grass, they could come here to pick some.
Luo Qing'an was born with a wood spirit root, so her sensitivity to spirit plants was much stronger than that of other cultivators. In addition, she also practiced alchemy and medicine and had studied countless spirit plants and herbs. She had some idea about the habits of spirit plants that grew in seawater. Therefore, she was the first among the group to find the Autumn Water Leaf. However, she eventually encountered the same situation as Jiang Liqian, and could not give the leaf to others. She could only bring them to pick it.
Fu Wennian and Jiang Junze were simply lucky; they found one or two Autumn Water Leaves after swimming a little deeper. To make sure the others hadn't found any, they explored further in.
When everyone gradually returned to the meeting point in the distance as agreed, they coincidentally discovered that they had all taken the Autumn Water Leaf. However, Jiang Liqian looked around but did not see her junior brother.
She asked anxiously, "Has Junior Brother not returned yet?"
Fu Wennian and Luo Qing'an also noticed that Xu You'an was not there, and they became anxious. They immediately used their identity jade tokens to send him a message.
Just as Jiang Liqian was about to use the Spirit-Suppressing Pearl to find Xu Youan, a faint blue light gradually emerged from the deep, dark waters in the distance. As the light drew closer, a deep blue glow shone down from the water curtain, illuminating the face of the person approaching.
"Ayou!" Jiang Liqian immediately swam over.
Xu Youan blinked and handed the jade box in his hand to her.
Jiang Liqian, unaware of what was going on, accepted the jade box without hesitation.
In an instant, layers of small magic arrays unfolded on the jade box, like blooming peony buds, illuminating the contents of the jade box—a three-leaf clover, deep blue, topped with a vermilion fruit, the fruit covered with golden velvet.
It was a perfectly intact autumn water leaf, without any damage!
Jiang Liqian was both surprised and stunned: "Ayou, this..."
Wasn't Qiu Shui Ye supposed to turn into water droplets and disappear in two breaths? How could Junior Brother actually store it in a jade box? The layers upon layers of formations on this jade box made her dizzy!
Fu Wennian and Luo Qing'an also mysteriously gathered over. Their expertise in formations was far superior to Jiang Liqian's mediocre knowledge. Fu Wennian, in particular, could almost immediately discern the brilliance of the formation on the jade box.
Such a complex and precise array is beyond the capabilities of ordinary array cultivators. In fact, even he, trying to copy it, might not succeed. If Xu You'an weren't so young and only at the Nascent Soul stage, he would have thought he was some kind of grandmaster of array formations!
Where does the true talent of array cultivators lie?
Memory, speed, precision, cultivation, experience? No, none of those! Array cultivators with exceptional talent are often able to integrate all arrays, deduce their structure, evolution, power, and methods of breaking them. Each array has its own set of operating rules, and to embed another array into this array, the rules of the two must be compatible. Possessing these eyes that can see through all rules is the ultimate goal of array cultivators who study countless array diagrams day and night.
But above all that, there is another talent that all array cultivators dream of – creativity.
In Fu Wennian's mind, there was only one person who could create a new formation, and that person's face was becoming increasingly blurry in his mind.
Master Chongdao, his master, is the number one array cultivator in the cultivation world.
Fu Wennian knew that his junior brother was very talented in formations, but the extent of his "talent" was unbelievable.
You must know that creating a new formation requires not only talent, but also profound cultivation and powerful divine sense—does Junior Brother possess these?
However, he couldn't discern the origin of the array on the jade box.
The underwater waters connected to the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm must be governed by special rules. The fact that the Autumn Water Leaf only grows here gives us a glimpse into its nature. He dares not even imagine what kind of formation would be needed to counter the habits of the Autumn Water Leaf and the rules of this place.
Sigh, my junior brother is getting weirder and weirder. But oh well, what can I do? He's the junior brother of their formation team. If anything happens, I, as the second senior brother, will take responsibility.
However, Xu Youan, who was surrounded by onlookers and receiving praise, did not show any particular happy expression. He looked at his senior sister, who was already breathing freely, lowered his eyelashes, and said dejectedly, "Senior sister, am I too late?"
It's useless now, isn't it?
To his senior sister, he always seemed to be a useless person.
No matter how hard he tried, it always seemed to be too late for her.
One step to the ends of the earth, one step to the underworld.
Jiang Li blinked and took his hand: "What's late? Isn't the timing perfect?"
Xu Youan was startled and looked up at her.
Jiang Liqian winked and smiled at him, then turned to Wen Nian and Luo Qing'an and said, "Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Sister," she paused, and then politely called out to Jiang Junze, who was standing silently beside her, "Senior Brother Jiang."
"We should leave here as soon as possible."
Jiang Junze did not respond. His deep gaze quickly swept across Xu You'an's face before he took the lead and cleared the way for them.
The glance he received made Xu You'an's heart skip a beat. He subconsciously released his senior sister's hand, but felt an even warmer strength in his palm.
He looked up in surprise.
Jiang Liqian didn't say a word, but held his hand tightly, as if she would never let go.
Her wildly beating heart suddenly calmed down, and her eyes welled up with tears.
Unfortunately, the water was too dark for anyone to see.
Jiang Liqian's group was quite lucky, and they all got the Autumn Water Leaf pretty quickly. However, after getting the Autumn Water Leaf, the biggest difficulty became finding the exit.
The medicinal power of Qiu Shuiye was ultimately limited, and they didn't have much time left. While searching for an exit, the group encountered several waves of attacks from sea creatures; some were rare and exotic beasts acting in self-defense, while others were purely monsters intent on devouring them.
Just as they found the exit and were about to leap out of the water, a giant shark demon was still chasing after them. Luckily, Jiang Liqian was fast enough on her sword, otherwise her backside would have become this beast's meal!
Jiang Liqian thought that since they were already out, she should let the shark demon go, after all, they were both in the same boat. Unfortunately, her junior brother had a very short temper and went back. He unleashed an explosive formation that blasted the poor beast into pieces. The minced meat was immediately devoured by the other fish and shrimp that had come after smelling the odor.