Chapter 571: Chapter 569: Another Trouble

After dealing with that group of Array Masters.

Su Qing stopped absorbing the Spiritual Qi from the outside world.

For someone at Su Qing’s current Realm, the amount of Spiritual Qi he absorbed...

...barely increased his power.

It wasn’t as effective as simply swallowing a poison pill.

’I’m still stained by the threads of cause and effect.’

’No matter what I do, it feels like the connection is broken but still there!’

The result Su Qing’s Inference produced was about what he expected.

Even though Standardization was so powerful, he just couldn’t completely sever that faint, almost nonexistent connection.

It was very strange.

Each Standardization was supposed to inflict immense Rule-based damage on cause and effect.

Yet this situation still occurred.

’Perhaps I need to not only incorporate the Power of Cause and Effect, but also the powers of Time and Space, and then synthesize them into a Standardization.’

Maybe then he would see some results.

Of course, Su Qing had tried many times.

As always, Su Qing used the Fire of Devouring Nothingness to absorb the Rule-based Flames.

He had no idea if these Standardizations were even effective.

By now, the Fire of Devouring Nothingness had consumed over ten thousand of these Rule-based Flames.

Su Qing could only wonder, could these Rule Flames really help him eradicate that final trace of cause and effect?

In the end, Su Qing stopped.

Because another year had passed.

Su Qing had spent the entire year synthesizing Rule-based Flames.

"I’m a little tired," Su Qing sighed.

If all these Standardizations were useless...

...Su Qing could accept it. He had tried his best, after all. That small karmic connection could be repaid with some small favor.

Over the past year, Su Qing had only occasionally taken a poison pill.

His Cultivation Technique, running on its own, had only increased his Skill Level by a few thousand points.

It was too little.

Su Qing rested for a while.

Most of the time, he would just take a poison pill to increase his Cultivation, lie back in the Flower Sea, and relax contentedly.

"Brother!"

Su Qianyou appeared by Su Qing’s side. He opened his eyes and saw that Su Qianyou had grown into a young lady, though her Cultivation was still at the Ninth Realm.

The marks on her body hadn’t changed much.

She was about 1.6 meters tall now, and he found himself staring for a while.

However, Su Qing remained lying among the flowers.

"Why are you back so soon? Did you lose the Little Flying Car?"

Su Qing was puzzled.

Su Qianyou shook her head and pointed outside, where a being wreathed in lightning had appeared.

Thirteenth Realm!

The moment Su Qing saw it, he glanced at Su Qianyou in surprise.

"Little Huo can’t beat him!"

Just as Su Qianyou finished speaking.

A bolt of lightning shot over, striking Su Qing’s planet and shattering the entire Array.

Su Qing raised a hand to block it.

"There’s someone else here?"

"So it’s a fellow practitioner. Fellow Daoist, what is your relation to this girl?" A voice like rolling thunder echoed.

The lightning transformed into a man, bare-chested, with only a pair of pants tied at his waist.

His long white hair was scattered over his shoulders, and his eyes were incredibly sharp.

"She’s my little sister. My apologies, my sister has caused you trouble."

"I thought she could handle any trouble she got into herself. I didn’t expect I’d have to step in."

"But how did you know my sister’s location?" Su Qing asked, surprised.

"By following the trail of her flame," the man said coldly. "Not long ago, your sister stole my Thunder Venerable Dao Liquid."

"Fellow Daoist, how do you think we should handle this matter?"

’Following the trail of her flame?’

Su Qing glanced at Su Qianyou. "Hurry up and have your Little Huo retract its flame."

"And what’s with you being so naughty now, stealing people’s things? Couldn’t you have just come to me?"

Su Qianyou, looking extremely wronged, had Little Huo retract its flame.

The Thirteenth Realm Cultivator’s originally solemn expression softened considerably.

"It wasn’t me! Someone framed me! I didn’t even drink the Dao Liquid."

"Where’s the person who framed you?" Su Qing asked.

"I don’t know. Little Huo went and burned them," Su Qianyou said, shaking her head and looking pitiful.

’Burned by the Pure Evil Flame... even if they’re not dead, they’re crippled.’

’Look, even a Thirteenth Realm being is afraid of your flame. Anyone below the Thirteenth Realm would probably be toast in no time.’

"I do not know your name, Fellow Daoist. My Daoist name is Pardon and Punishment."

’A Daoist name?’

"Fellow Daoist Pardon and Punishment, please forgive her. My little sister was also framed by a villain. This humble Daoist’s name... is Qing."

Su Qing thought for a moment and came up with a simple name.

"Fellow Daoist Qing, I too was deceived in this matter. It was truly because your sister’s flame is so extraordinary that it clouded my mind with anger, and I failed to investigate the matter’s cause and effect. Please forgive me."

Pardon and Punishment glanced at the surrounding Tier Nine Spirit Rice and Spirit Flowers and guessed that this Fellow Daoist Qing was indeed not lacking in resources.

In fact, none of them were lacking in resources.

A matter concerning the younger generation.

Faced with an equal in power, and with the Pure Evil Flame now gone from his body,

Pardon and Punishment had completely regained his composure.

"I understand, I understand," Su Qing said with a smiling nod.

"The being who framed my sister is likely already dead. If not, they’re not far from it."

Pardon and Punishment glanced at Su Qianyou with a trace of fear.

"Fellow Daoist Qing, you should make your sister understand... that flame is vicious!"

Su Qing gave a faint smile. "It is indeed vicious."

"But rest assured, my sister is kind-hearted. She won’t unleash her flame unless she is met with malicious intent."

"That’s a relief."

"However, when I observed the threads of cause and effect, it seems someone was fanning the flames from behind the scenes. The one who truly plotted against your sister is not yet dead."

"The one who died was merely a pawn."

"Oh?"

"Fellow Daoist Qing, I will take my leave."

"Farewell." Su Qing watched the other party leave, a smile playing on his lips.

Afterwards.

Su Qing turned to look at Su Qianyou.

"The moment you come back, you bring trouble with you," Su Qing said, shaking his head.

Su Qing said, "Luckily, he was a reasonable person."

Su Qianyou said aggrievedly, "But I didn’t mean to steal it."

"Whether you meant to or not, couldn’t you have used the Cloak’s ability to enter the Void Realm?" Su Qing shook his head and sighed.

’And that guy is pretty impressive, tracking her all the way here based on the burning of the Pure Evil Flame.’

’This means the Pure Evil Flame can connect the Void Realm and the outside world. It means the Void Realm can’t block the Pure Evil Flame.’

’Interesting.’

"I did use the Cloak’s power, but I was a step too late," Su Qianyou said, embarrassed.

Su Qing said irritably, "You need to be more careful when you’re out adventuring."

"Alright, alright."

"It’s all sorted out now." Su Qing was helpless, but everything was back on track.

He fiddled with his Array Plate for a moment, and the Array activated once again.

He performed an Inference to see who was targeting Su Qianyou.

...

Standardization was useless.

Because it involved Su Qianyou.

’Well, I’ll be.’

’Does anything related to her identity become a heavenly secret that cannot be revealed?’

The Rule that protected Su Qianyou seemed stronger than Su Qing’s own Rules.

He knew this from how the Pure Evil Flame could transmit information through the White Cloak’s Void Realm.

That was to say nothing of the Standardization produced by his own Yi Inference Technique.

It couldn’t perform an Inference on Su Qianyou.

This was a confrontation between Standardizations.

A pity.

Su Qing’s current Standardization had lost.

"Brother, I’m not leaving again."

"I want to stay here and eat, drink, and be merry." Su Qianyou flopped down into the Flower Sea.

She was instantly covered in pollen.

These flowers were all low-growing plants, like grass, that Su Qing had simply elevated to Tier Nine quality.

"Fine. It doesn’t matter to me whether you stay or go."

Su Qing smiled. It seemed Su Qianyou really had been set up. The plotter, he figured, was trying to follow the trail to uncover Su Qianyou’s background.

That meant the other party was also at the Thirteenth Realm.

Su Qing glanced at the Star Sea Tree in the distance.

He fell silent for a moment.

’It couldn’t be that, could it?’

’But it’s at the Thirteenth Realm now, so I have to be on my guard.’

’Even if this isn’t its true main body, it’s still a legitimate Thirteenth Realm existence.’

’If the Star Sea Tree within this particular Space-Time Vein wanted to break through...’

’...Su Qing believed that even the true Star Sea Tree would lend it a hand.’

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