If You Don’t Want to Wait, Then Get Lost

More than a dozen imposing flying spirit-ships descended at the mountain gate of the Jade Maiden Sect.

Although these ships were only sixth-grade treasures, few clans could afford even one—let alone a dozen. Clearly, this group was no ordinary visitors.

On the lead ship, Gavin Ji stepped out of the cabin, stood on the deck, and waved to his men: "Go, deliver my visiting card."

"Big Brother, isn’t this a bit much? Do we really need to send a visiting card to a minor sect?" Derek Ji, the fourth brother, raised an eyebrow, his tone full of disdain.

Gavin Ji smiled. "According to intelligence from our Heavenshadow Covert Guard, that mysterious woman is very strong. Until we confirm the Yellow Springs Secret Canon is in her hands, it's best not to provoke her."

...

Sect Master, someone has delivered a visiting card!

Her personal attendant handed Lana Snow a visiting card.

The cover of the card was purple, etched with mysterious patterns that gave it an air of prestige. In the corner, the ancient Ji character was inscribed.

The moment Lana Snow saw the 'Ji' character, her hands trembled. She opened the card and her eyes narrowed—it was just as she suspected. The card was from the Ji Clan, and specifically from Gavin Ji, the most powerful member after the patriarch, Jason Ji.

Why has Gavin Ji come to the Jade Maiden Sect?

Thinking of this, Lana asked her attendant for details. Her expression darkened—the Ji Clan was likely here for the Yellow Springs Secret Canon.

They definitely aren’t here in peace!

Lana sighed inwardly and hurried off to meet Abbess Yvonne in the valley.

When she learned the Ji Clan had arrived, Abbess Yvonne was also taken aback.

'Have you sent someone to notify Senior Azure?' Yvonne asked.

'Not yet!'

'Come with me to see Senior Azure at once,' Yvonne said gravely.

Splendor Palace.

Lingyao’s clear voice rang out at the palace gate: 'Senior Azure, Abbess Yvonne and Sect Master Lana Snow request an audience!'

'Let them in,' said Ian Song, in his Senior Azure guise.

Ian Song hadn’t paid much attention to the so-called Yellow Springs Secret Canon. After all, the Divine Temple’s Library Pavilion had countless techniques far superior to it. So after taking Skye Miao’s Storage Ring, he hadn’t bothered to check, simply tossing it aside in the temple.

Yvonne nodded. "When the Yellow Springs Secret Estate appeared years ago, it drew experts from the Tang Dynasty and other realms. Inside, it was a bloodbath, and in the end, Skye Miao took the canon. He died at your hands, and you got his Storage Ring—so it’s only natural the Ji Clan suspects you."

"Wait!"

Ian Song raised a hand, then retrieved Skye Miao’s Storage Ring. He searched its space carefully and soon found a black jade slip inside.

With a flip of his hand, the black jade slip appeared. He pressed it to his forehead, and a flood of information surged before his eyes.

After glancing over the information, he confirmed: this was indeed the Yellow Springs Secret Canon.

"Senior, is that really the Yellow Springs Secret Canon in your hand?" Yvonne stared at the jade slip, swallowing nervously.

"That’s right," Ian Song nodded, tossing the jade slip to Yvonne. "Take a look."

"Ah!"

Yvonne instinctively grabbed the jade slip and cried out in shock. She’d never dreamed Senior Azure would let her see such a precious scripture.

This was a manual said to grant immortality, and legend had it that cultivating the Yellow Springs Secret Canon made one invincible among peers.

Yet this peerless scripture had been handed to her so casually—she could hardly believe it.

"To you, the Yellow Springs Secret Canon is a priceless treasure. But to me, it's just a manual that's a bit stronger than the average technique."

Hearing this, Yvonne’s gaze toward Ian Song changed. She glanced at the jade slip in her hand and asked, "Senior, may I take a look?"

Ian Song nodded silently.

Yvonne took a deep breath, pressed the jade slip to her forehead, and a flood of information surged into her mind.

Moments later, her cheeks flushed—she’d just realized a way to break through to the Nascent Soul stage from the Yellow Springs Secret Canon.

She practiced the Jade Maiden Sect’s ancestral technique, which only reached late Golden Core at its peak, and the later stages were extremely obscure. So after forty years at mid-Golden Core, she remained stuck there.

Yet now, after reading part of the Yellow Springs Secret Canon, she’d grasped a way to break through—and even felt confident about reaching Nascent Soul.

Thud!

Yvonne knelt before Ian Song. "Thank you, Senior Azure!"

Get up. It’s just a technique. Memorize the whole thing and pass it on to the next generation—the Jade Maiden Sect is far too weak.

"Thank you, Senior!" Yvonne said excitedly.

It took Yvonne half an hour to memorize the entire Yellow Springs Secret Canon.

Meanwhile, the Ji Clan group outside the mountain gate grew impatient.

"Brother, your visiting card has been inside for ages and the Jade Maiden Sect still hasn’t come to greet us. Why don’t we just barge in?" Ji Clan’s Fourth Brother grumbled.

"Wait another fifteen minutes. If—"

Before Gavin Ji could finish, the air ahead twisted, then a rainbow staircase appeared, stretching from the summit to the base. A plain-looking woman in green led a group of elderly and middle-aged women down the steps.

After a moment, the group reached the foot of the mountain.

Sect Master Lana Snow of the Jade Maiden Sect greets all Ji Clan guests!

"Hmph, the Jade Maiden Sect is really putting on airs, making us wait so long!" Ji Clan’s Fourth Brother sneered.

"If you don’t want to wait, leave. Did I ask you to?"

The woman in green spoke bluntly.

"What?" Ji Clan’s Fourth Brother was furious. "You’re courting death!"

As soon as he finished, Ji Clan’s Fourth Brother leapt into the air, flipped his palm, and struck. A dark handprint enveloped the Jade Maiden Sect crowd.

"Leave!"

With a light shout, the woman in green waved her arm and struck twice.

One strike shattered the dark handprint overhead; the other sent Ji Clan’s Fourth Brother flying, blood spraying.

Seeing this, Gavin Ji, Ji Clan’s Sixth and Seventh Brothers paled. After all, Fourth Brother was a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, yet this woman had defeated him with a single blow.