September in Xizhou is a hot time, but the heavily guarded backyard of the Shen family is surrounded by a large water array, giving it a hint of coolness.
Xiang Shu was wearing a green silk skirt, sitting under the tree in the courtyard, nibbling on the fruits that had just been delivered to the table. The maid beside her was gently fanning her cattail leaf fan, with a look of envy in her eyes.
I heard that Miss Xiang was originally just a little beggar wandering on the street. Later, she was picked up by the housekeeper and transformed into Shen Xiang. She really flew up a branch and turned into a phoenix!
The maid's thoughts were exposed, so naturally she couldn't hide them from Xiang Shen and didn't care.
Two days have passed since the day of testing the spiritual roots. In the past two days, she was arranged to stay in the courtyard here and never went out again.
Shen Fan seemed to be afraid that she would feel wronged, so he sent many maids to accompany her, and would come to comfort her in person every day, saying that he would be patient for half a month, and then take her to a place after half a month.
Of course she knew that that place was the Sword Tower.
The situation today was caused by her deliberate actions.
After learning from Li Wansheng how to obtain the sword tome, she had been wandering around nearby cities looking for suitable families so that she could fabricate her identity.
She originally wanted to plan a drama of recognition.
But when I came to this small town and heard the Shen family's jokes, I immediately changed my mind.
It is obvious which one has fewer flaws, total fraud or smooth sailing.
She deliberately dazzled in front of Butler Shen and was brought back smoothly.
Needless to say what happens next.
In the past two days, apart from dealing with Chen Fan, she spent the rest of the time refining the "Deception" array element.
With the identity of the Shen family concealed, it was enough to deal with ordinary monks, but in front of the Ten Thousand Meridians Sword Sect, it was far from enough.
The Pantheon had learned from the past, and she knew very well that her origins could not withstand extrapolation.
When it comes to the "Sword Code", the Ten Thousand Meridians Sword Sect must be cautious. When the time comes, they only need to deduce her fate a little, and they will immediately notice that something is wrong.
Xiang Shu has been thinking about ways to make up for this flaw since he solved the Thousand-faced Old Ghost.
The power of "Deception" can deceive the heaven and the earth, and the mere deduction technique can naturally deceive.
Unfortunately, there is a fatal flaw in this.
She could not keep "Deception" running all the time, so she could only activate the formation disk to deceive the opponent while the person performing the spell deduced it.
But if the other party's deduction skills are higher than her perception, she doesn't know if someone is spying on her, so how can she guard against it?
This problem has troubled Xiang Shu for a long time.
Fortunately, Dongzhou's life was peaceful and she had enough time to think, and she actually found a way.
That is the secret method, "Transformation"!
In the early years, she was in the secret realm of Siji City. She used the massive insights from the first level to deduce the magic formula, but she failed to reach the third level.
Today, she is no longer what she used to be. She has long understood the third level of truth in "Transformation".
If you can master the third level, you can fabricate false fortunes and hide the secrets from heaven, which is extremely difficult.
The reason why I couldn't reach the third level back then was because what this secret method lacked was not perception, but some kind of artistic conception related to disguise and illusion.
If you can understand a hint of the artistic conception related to it, you can master the third level of "Transformation" in an instant.
Unfortunately, the artistic conception she now comprehends, whether it is the infinite sword intention or the artistic conception of time, has nothing to do with disguise.
So Xiang Shen found another way and thought of the power of "Deceiving the Sky".
Deception and disguise have the same purpose but the same purpose.
If the power of "Deception" is injected into the secret technique, Xiang Shen is 80% sure that he can reach the third level.
The remaining 20% uncertainty lies in the amount of energy.
The scene of her failure in practicing the secret technique was still in her mind, and she knew that if she wanted to master this last level, she would need extremely huge strength.
Therefore, ever since she thought of this method, she has been refining the "Deception" array element and storing it in the breath gathering bead where the sea of consciousness and "Yuan" have the same origin.
It has been seven years now.
It's a pity that "Array Disk" can refine every day
The array elements are extremely limited, and as of today, only two-thirds of the array elements stored in the breath gathering beads have been reached.
There are still thirteen days before the sword tower opens.
It can't be delayed any longer.
A look of determination flashed across Xiang Shen's eyes, and he immediately stood up and said, "I want to take a nap, but you don't have to come with me."
The maid responded repeatedly and stood there obediently.
Returning to the room, Xiang Shu closed the door, stretched out his hand and wiped the blood ring, and took out a piece of tissue paper the size of a palm.
She pinched her fingertips, squeezed out a drop of bright red blood, smeared it on the paper figure, and then threw it away.
The paper man flashed with blood in mid-air, quickly filled and enlarged, and turned into another "Xiang Shu" in the blink of an eye.
Xiang Shu reached out and touched the paper man's brow again. The paper man blinked and immediately became more alert. He turned around and walked to the bed to lie down.
Paper barrier technique.
This is a small secret technique contained in "Witchcraft". The level is not high, but it is enough to deceive the eyes and ears of Shen Fan and his group.
After making sure that nothing was missing, Xiang Shu set up another barrier, stepped into it, sat down cross-legged, and began to concentrate on practicing "Transformation".
Ten days passed in a row.
As the opening of the sword tower approached, many small and medium-sized sects nearby sent people over, and the city became more and more lively.
In the past ten days, no matter how busy Shen Fan was, he would always take time to visit Xiang Shu in the yard, and he never missed a day.
"Xiang Shu" lost her liveliness at the beginning and became a little taciturn. He just thought that she was depressed because she had been locked up for a long time. In addition to comforting her, he also found many novelties for "Xiang Shu" to play with.
As everyone knows, Xiang Shen's true cultivation has reached a critical point.
This day, late at night.
The boundary in the courtyard is filled with the power of "Deception".
Xiang Shen was lying cross-legged on the ground, his eyes tightly closed, and his blue silk skirt was stained with blood.
There is a cold silver mark between his eyebrows, which is slowly taking shape.
The imprint seemed to be transforming an unknown place in the sea of consciousness. Every time it became complete, Xiang Shen would be in unbearable pain and vomit blood.
This is the price of forcing external force to practice the secret technique.
If it weren't for the extremely strong recovery ability of her perfect body, the blood she vomited in the past ten days would be enough to kill an ordinary monk from hemorrhage.
Fortunately, although the process was painful, Xiang Shu persisted in the end.
About two hours later, the first ray of morning light appeared on the horizon.
The silver mark between Xiang Shu's eyebrows finally flashed with light and became perfect.
The pain all over his body receded like a tide, and Xiang Yu opened his eyes. In addition to fatigue, there was more joy in his eyes.
The third level of "Transformation" is finally completed!
She touched her eyebrows, and the mark disappeared into the sea of consciousness, bringing with it a warm feeling.
"Ten days have passed..."
Xiang Shen counted the time and pursed his thin lips.
It was one day longer than she expected. Fortunately, she had reserved enough time. There were still two days left, which could be used to carefully weave her destiny.
She flicked her sleeves to wash away the blood, raised her hand and touched the center of her brow, and the hidden mark suddenly appeared.
Xiang Shen pulled his fingers together, and the faint light of the mark flashed, immediately projecting a blank picture in the void.
Looking at the scroll, she pondered for a moment, then waved her sleeves.
The blank picture scroll immediately showed the image of a baby girl falling to the ground, and then the scene turned, and the scene of the baby girl being abandoned appeared again...
Scenes of false memories continue to appear under Xiang Shu's weaving.
Eleven years is not a long time, but if you want to refine it to the point where no one can see the flaws, it is an extremely troublesome and laborious task.
For two whole days and two nights, Xiang Shu stayed awake and finally finished knitting and rushed out of seclusion before going to the sword tower.
Early in the morning, the housekeeper hurriedly led people into the courtyard and shouted in front of the door: "Miss Xiang, today is the day to go to the Jianlou. The old slave told you a few days ago, don't you forget?"
Xiang Shen had just put away the paper figurine. After hearing the butler's words, he went over and opened the door.
"Miss Xiang..."
When the housekeeper saw the door open, he was about to bend down to salute. When he saw Xiang Shu's pale face, he was shocked and said, "Miss Xiang, what's wrong with you?!"
He turned around suddenly and stared fiercely at the dozen maids outside the house, "How can a bunch of losers take care of people?!"
All the maids were so frightened that they knelt down.
"This slave doesn't know!"
"Miss Xiang was fine yesterday."
"Yeah yeah……"
"Grandpa Butler, it's none of their business."
Xiang Shen smiled lightly: "I just didn't get a good rest last night."
"Oh, my little ancestor! Why didn't you get a good rest last night?"
The housekeeper was so anxious that he slapped his thigh. If the head of the family saw this, wouldn't he be scolded to death? !
"Quick! Apply some rouge to Miss Xiang to cover it up."
The housekeeper was so anxious that he asked the maids to take action, and said to Shu: "Miss Xiang, please don't tell the head of the house, otherwise we servants will be in really bad luck."
Xiang Shen nodded lightly, she didn't want to cause any more trouble.
at the same time.
The Shen family team heading to Jianlou was already waiting at the door.
"Why aren't you here yet?"
"Are there any other children in the family going to the Sword Tower?"
"No more, right?"
"Why don't you let the head of the family set off? We're almost late..."
Everyone complained softly, and Shen Fan, who was at the front of the team, frowned slightly. He was about to dismount his horse and go in to check, when he finally saw the housekeeper leading Xiang Shu to the gate.
Everyone in the team looked at each other in confusion when they saw Xiang Shu's unfamiliar face, only a few of them looked thoughtful.
"who is she?"
"I don't know."
"never seen it."
"Could it be that she is the illegitimate daughter of the head of the family..."
"Silence! Don't talk nonsense."
When Chen Fan saw Xiang Shu, his frown immediately relaxed, but he did not contact Xiang Shu, but directly said loudly: "Let's go!"
Seeing this, the housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief and sent Xiang Shen into a carriage specially designed for children. He wiped a small amount of sweat from his head and turned around to leave.
There were three children in the carriage, all eleven or twelve-year-old girls. Now that they saw someone else coming in, they couldn't help but look at them curiously.
Xiang Shu glanced at the girls in the car and saw that their looks were somewhat similar to his own.
substitute?
She narrowed her eyes and said nothing. She found an empty place and just sat down when Shen Fan's voice sounded in her ears.
"Xiang'er, it's not that I don't pay attention to you, but that there are many eyes and ears outside, so the housekeeper can ensure that you get to the sword tower safely without attracting attention.
I have told you what needs to be said in the past few days. If you don't enter the sword tower, everything will be in vain. You must go all out! "
