HEAVENLY CULTIVATION.
The Arrival of Ruan Mingchuan II

As per rumors, the Zeng-Tai Tigram Formation contained not only high-level forbidden techniques but also techniques that traveled the path of demons. No one knows the beginning of how this technique is formed as well as how exactly the creator process. But the events of two thousand years ago were already a nightmare for the eastern continent, especially the city of Chang'an.

It was snowing at night, when it was dark. The candlelight from the rooms of the house began to dim, only the sound of crickets breaking the silence. As the snow-covered ground exploded out a mouthful of corpses, the clasped hands of hundreds of undamaged corpses began to crawl up and out with terrifying sounds and howls.

And just as the flame of the candlelight ran out, everything was already swallowed up by the corpse wave leaving behind a river with a bloody ocean. The smell of rancid blood also gradually spread over Chang'an city as if horrors were starting to spread to Chang'an city starting from the swarm of corpses starting to tear apart the entire population, slaughtering the entire population, and leaving only the fishy smell of blood as tragedy before the destruction of Chang'an city in the night of a snowstorm by the hand of a young man who used the Zeng-Tai Tigram Formation so that the horror became a terrible rumor and in the damper meetings by the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance, including the sword that became the seal of the next demon king Mobei-jun that was the Heavenly Grief sword.

After delving into past events, Shao Yi Chen began to find a bit of the root of the problem. "Just like before, Chang'an city could be destroyed by one person. Zao Tian had already discovered the Zeng-Tai Tigram Formation, no matter by his side there would be some people. But from worst to worst this one Zao Tian could make the second Chang'an city tragedy."

Shao Yi Chen understood very well that they also had to find a way to find out who would be involved with the Zeng-Tai Tigram Formation, as well, and found out how Zao Tian discovered the forbidden technique that had been forbidden by martial scholars. This matter was a complicated process, therefore Shao Yi Chen would find time to discuss it with martial experts in each sect and college later on, and such higher-ups they formed an organization called the Immortal Alliance with clan leader Duan of the Falling Moon Sect

Shao Yi Chen observed the paper in a moment. "I'll keep this paper."

After saving it he then said to Jing Yiran. "Xiao-Yiran, you've become a martial artist with high thoughts. But me and the top elders will discuss this matter, during which time you can train your junior martial arts in preparation for the Single Sword Conference."

The Single Sword Conference was a martial competition that would be held once every few years, recruited from the leading martial disciples, sects, colleges as well as the daoists or temples who controlled the cultivation path. Because only once every few years, the Single Sword Conference would become a lively competition. In addition to being a competition to show the talents of his students, the Single Sword Conference could raise the status of martial school.

The Broken Sword Sect had seven peaks that ruled the Yin Empire, this sect only became a third-rate martial school. Everyone knew that the Yin Empire was a majestic empire and the Broken Sword Sect became a prominent college, but as the saying goes, even though there is a wide river, there is still a sea and also a wide sky.

Jing Yiran knew this very well, even though she became a core delivery disciple at the top of Yilin and many people acknowledged her talent, though, there were still other talents that had yet to fully emerge so he had never been arrogant or underestimating his opponent even once.

Even he himself had also never attended the Single Sword Conference, although this time he could not go along he felt that he was not at any disadvantage. "Shifu will be busy with the Zeng-Tai Tigram Formation problem. This disciple was very happy if he could help out a little, to train the potential of the junior martial sisters."

"Good, well prepared in recent years. I will also ask sect leader Gu Hangjun to appoint you as the leader when attending the Single Sword Conference, you are also free to choose some disciples who are worthy of the competition. But you can't go to a conference game and be burdened with this heavy-duty, do you want to?"

"Good." Although Jing Yiran had never attended the conference before, and now could not attend she would not take issue with it so Jing Yiran nodded in response.

And after saying so, Shao Yi Chen came out to discuss with the peak elders regarding the Zeng-Tai Tigram Formation after exchanging a few words to Ruan Mingchuan.

In the room only left two people, he and also Ruan Mingchuan. Jing Yiran placed her hands in courtesy before she walked out, Jing Yiran also heard a soft voice from behind from Ruan Mingchuan who stopped her.

"Wait a minute." After a few pauses, Ruan Mingchuan continued asking. "Can you play weiqi?"

Ruan Mingchuan was an important guest of Shao Yi Chen, as Shao Yi Chen now had an interest in mind then Jing Yiran would be impolite if not to welcome him well. Since Ruan Mingchuan was from Shanmen Temple, then he was a daoist priest.

They then sat across from each other and separated only one old and worn torreya board, weiqi pieces that only left the game half way began to be rearranged. So Jing Yiran rearranged the entire weiqi chess piece that Shao Yi Chen and Ruan Mingchuan had played before.

To welcome junior to the wiqi game, so Ruan Mingchuan let Jing Yiran put down the first piece. Jing Yiran took one piece of weiqi then put it in a safe place to still keep the etiquette.

Through the game of wiqi it could be seen that Jing Yiran respected Ruan Mingchuan, so Ruan Mingchuan only smiled but said nothing but to take one then place it as well.

For a while in the room within that hall there were only weiqi sounds that fell down one after another showing the seriousness of the two people who were playing.

When it had been ten moves, and both of them had each played five tries then it still showed a peaceful game. Just as Ruan Mingchuan spoke up, his words were as gentle and soothing as the daoists.

Ruan Mingchuan asked Jing Yiran. "You just heard my conversation with Yi Chen."

Those words were not like questions or statements, because Ruan Mingchuan's voice was like a calm wind so it was difficult to determine it, so Jing Yiran inevitably nodded.

Jing Yiran laughed thinly. "I overheard quite a bit by accident, so there are many things I haven't heard yet."

But the truth was that Jing Yiran was not to accidentally listen to him, there was still an option to leave rather than eavesdrop on important guest Shao Yi Chen, who was not there to listen to him, but Jing Yiran preferred to listen to him silently as it concerned the contents of Lau Luo's proposal. And if Ruan Mingchuan did not get to see Jing Yiran eavesdropping, he would believe that Jing Yiran had unintentionally listened to them.

"You must have known from Yi Chen that I was also a fortune teller."

Jing Yiran nodded. "Shifu often talked about the daoist priest Mingchuan. Therefore during the closed cultivation for two thousand years after you came out, I was not too surprised because the daoist priest was exactly what Shifu had talked about before."

Ruan Mingchuan imagined when Shao Yi Chen talked about it behind him, he just frowned slightly.

"For thirty days, the star in a thick cloud of smoke. The beads in Shanmen shook, and the thirteen pillars trembled. The temple statue feels moist as well as cold from a typical day. For thirty days all the stars coalesced into the darkest great stars." Ruan Mingchuan explained the reason for his exit from closed cultivation from the past two thousand years.

Ruan Mingchuan then looked at the slight corner of his eyes and saw the expression in the paralysis of Jing Yiran's face that was on her pale face, there was a trace of indifferent expression with whatever was in front of her.

He finally asked the teenager. "You know what that prophecy means?"