Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 260 Double Agent Xie Cangling!
Even Yan Qiuxi, who is usually the one who tricks others and never the one who tricks her, couldn't help but feel dizzy and finally knew what it felt like to be overwhelmed by a reversed fate.

I shouldn't have trusted you, Zhuo! I actually expected to bring you along to fight Qin Shuangjiang. I was probably just lowering my own strength!
Yan Qiuxi couldn't help but start to doubt, just like Miss Shuangjiang, whether her alliance strategy had gone in the wrong direction... It was supposed to be an alliance against Qin, but why did it feel like our defenses were as fragile as paper?

Little Jiang the Great Demon King coughed twice, somewhat awkwardly, and said, "Well... I might have eaten too much food on the train and feel a bit dizzy... If we switch trains now and go back, we can still make it to the Celestial Master's Mansion to find Xiao Duan... right?"

"Eat, eat, eat! Jiang Xiyu, you're practically a little steamed bun! There's a reason Qin Shuangjiang can be so arrogant!" King Yan said with exasperation, "If you keep this up, you won't even get a chance to push someone's butt!"

"What are you saying!" Little Jiang the Great Demon King roared, "How could I possibly push Qin Shuangjiang's butt!"

In this world, all I get is someone else pushing my butt!

"Don't worry, even if I give her half a son, I can still make Qin Shuangjiang utterly humiliated!" Jiang Xiyu raised her chin and looked down at him arrogantly, "Isn't it just a matter of seizing the initiative? We can still achieve final victory by striking later!"

Looking at the confident Jiang Xiyu in front of her, Yan Qiuxi hesitated for a moment. After thinking about it, she decided to trust Jiang Xiyu one more time, so she asked, "What is your plan?"

"Plan? Hmph... My plan is... since we've already missed our stop, why don't we grab a bite to eat here before we go?" Jiang Xiyu said, her eyes sparkling. "I just saw a local specialty snack place over there..."

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"Jiang Xiyu! I must be crazy to even think of forming an alliance with you!" King Yan said with a pained expression, "If we could win by teaming up with you, Duan Huaige would probably already be married to Qin Shuangjiang!"

"Look at you, in such a hurry again." Little Jiang the Great Demon King said arrogantly, "Did I say I wouldn't do anything?"

As she spoke, she took out her phone and waved the chat interface on it: "You don't really think I'm some kind of naive and innocent girl, do you? Everything is under my control."

The chat interface shows the chat history between Jiang Xiyu and Xiao Xie. Although Xiao Jiang is not martial arts virtuous and does not follow the etiquette between best friends, Xiao Xie, who is socially awkward, is still very particular as a former Minister of Rites.

After all, her best friend had specifically allowed her to like Duan Huaige. Xie Cangling and Qin Shuangjiang were indeed allies, but at the same time, she also wholeheartedly took on the role of a double agent.

[Xiyu... I've arrived at Longhu Mountain... Um, Qin Shuangjiang brought me here, you're not mad at me, are you? QAQ~]

【Hmm... We've already met with Huai Ge and the Celestial Master. They seemed to have talked for quite a while, about things like the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony and the Celestial Master's Ordination.】

[Xiyu, it seems we'll be staying at the Celestial Master's Mansion tonight... Haven't you arrived yet? Tonight... I'm a little scared to stay alone, could I sleep on the floor in Huaige's room?]

Yan Qiuxi glanced at Xie Cangling's intelligence report, then at Xiao Jiang's reply. The carefree Jiang Xiyu had casually replied:

【Of course! You can keep an eye on Qin Shuangjiang for me... make sure she doesn't sneak into the house in the middle of the night. I have a feeling she's one of those weird players who like to raid at night.】

Upon seeing this, a certain unorthodox player, who was known for his midnight raids, blushed and then coughed twice, saying, "So you had an inside man. You should have said so earlier... But speaking of which, why would Qin Shuangjiang go to Xie Cangling?"

Could it be... that she already knows about my alliance plan and is trying to break it by forming a counter-alliance?
"Well... maybe it's just a coincidence?"

Yan Qiuxi then asked, "So you really believe your best friend wouldn't steal from you? That old scumbag Duan Huaige is no pushover." "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Jiang Xiyu replied decisively, "My friendship with Cang Ling is as clear as day and night. I had already reserved a front-row seat for her long ago. How could she possibly turn against me and steal from me?"

Yan Qiuxi looked at the naive and innocent Jiang with pity, which made Jiang Xiyu feel a little embarrassed and angry. She immediately shouted, "What kind of look is that? If you don't believe me, we'll go up Longhu Mountain tonight and secretly listen in from the corner to see if my best friend will betray me!"

Yan Qiuxi: ?

I thought I was already incredibly powerful, but I never expected there were still experts out there?
However… going up the mountain overnight actually suits my idea quite well…

……

On the other side of Longhu Mountain, Duan Huaige, Qin Shuangjiang, and Xiao Xie met with the old Celestial Master. With Qin Shuangjiang's participation, Duan Huaige was no longer alone in the negotiations with the entire Celestial Master's Mansion.

The old Celestial Master remained adamant: to obtain the incomplete map, Duan Huaige had to first help them acquire the complete inheritance from the Celestial Master's Degree. Duan Huaige, however, refused to be tricked into going to his death, and the Myriad Laws Record and the Golden Light Mantra of Origin he possessed were only the Transcendent Chapters, insufficient to complete the deal with the Celestial Master's Mansion.

The negotiations seemed to have reached a stalemate. The old Celestial Master remained calm and unhurried, waving his hand to instruct his disciples to lead them to the guest rooms so he could consider the matter further.

In exchange, the Old Master agreed that the meeting could be postponed to discuss the fate of the remaining map.

The three people were assigned three rooms, but Duan Huaige still had some questions in his mind, so he went to Qin Shuangjiang's room to discuss countermeasures.

"Frost's Descent, how much do you know about the Celestial Master's Lineage Inheritance Test of the Celestial Master's Mansion?"

Qin Shuangjiang pondered for a moment and slowly said, "The Celestial Master's Transmission was interrupted due to an accident during the Ming Dynasty. The techniques learned on Longhu Mountain afterward were all incomplete versions. To restart the Celestial Master's Transmission, one needs to ascend the Immortal Platform on the last day of the month and perform the Dipper Steps to break the seven emotions and karmic obstacles in the Heart-Questioning Lock, and then summon lightning tribulation to cleanse the three souls."

"The seven emotions and their karmic consequences involve not only your own inner demons, but also the remnants of terrifying demons slain by generations of celestial masters."

"Will the trials of the Celestial Master's Degree, which test the mind's lock against inner demons and the remnant soul of a great demon, cause any substantial harm to the cultivator?"

“Under normal circumstances, as long as the main body is protected by magic treasures or formations to protect the origin of the soul, at most it will be severely injured, but it will not be completely destroyed.” Qin Shuangjiang said quietly, “The third tribulation of lightning entering the body is the most difficult, because those who have not stepped into the Immortal Realm of Core Transformation cannot resist the power of the heavenly tribulation with their soul.”

"This is the essential difference between immortals and mortals."

Duan Huaige asked in confusion, "But doesn't breaking through from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation require undergoing a tribulation of lightning?"

"When you break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, your soul can gradually adapt under the protection of your physical body. But the Heavenly Master's Tribulation, which involves drawing lightning to cleanse your three souls, actually exposes your soul to lightning strikes. How can that be the same?"

Duan Huaige nodded upon hearing this. Could it be that, under normal circumstances, the Celestial Master's Degree is practically unsolvable?
Are there any abnormal situations?
(End of this chapter)