Longevity Martial Arts: I have a Mysterious Water Snake Avatar-Chapter 686 - 475

After the recent battle simulation, Hua Menghuang, for the first time in a long while, felt immense pressure from a peer.

She wasn't entirely confident she would emerge as the final victor. It was the first time she had experienced the breath of death.

「Before.」

Indeed, Hua Menghuang had taken a significant lead due to the initiation conference. However, in the struggle for the Divine Continent of the Eastern Wilderness, Shang Yaoqin had overtaken her.

Setting other matters aside, consider the competition of forces behind their respective Tao Heritages. When the other Great Dream Seeds were unable to enter the fray, Hong Yuan had consistently held the position of the foremost individual among commoners. This allowed him to lay a solid foundation for Shang Yaoqin, nearly consolidating seventy percent of the Divine Continent's admiration toward her...

Hong Yuan…

"Hehe, so this is what Master Bo Qing always told me about how the right timing, location, and harmony among people can also become a sword for slaying enemies, huh…"

"To think that I would be driven to such a desperate situation~"

Hua Menghuang gave a wry smile and clasped the Dream Sword tightly in her hand.

According to her analysis, distinguishing between herself and Shang Yaoqin was difficult. Both could fail, and both could succeed. It was impossible to determine the outcome, as the future was unclear.

Subconsciously, Hua Menghuang touched her waist and took out a peace charm.

This peace charm was embroidered with a Water Dragon Fire Phoenix pattern, personally stitched by her Master, the Butterfly Sword Martial Saint, over half a month. The Water Dragon Fire Phoenix motif was vivid and exquisitely beautiful, so precious that the charm even had the potential to reach the rank of a Holy Artifact! This peace charm held the earnest concern and warm wishes of her two Masters.

Safety…

Gazing at the peace charm, Hua Menghuang's thoughts stretched far, and emotion swelled within her.

...

As a child, she was not called Hua Menghuang; she was Xiao Cao, a humble name given with the hope it would make her easier to raise.

She was an orphan, taken in by an ordinary elderly grandmother.

Together with her grandmother, she did laundry, cooked, and performed other chores for students of a school for commoners, struggling to survive.

Those were difficult days, but Hua Menghuang didn't feel pitiable or tragic because she had her loving grandmother.

She believed she was the happiest person in the world at that time.

...

In her sixth year, the winter in the Southern Border was extremely cold.

During a deep, snowy night, the grandmother, full of reluctance to leave her, passed away in Hua Menghuang's embrace.

The Headmaster of the school pitied Hua Menghuang and took her in.

Yet, even at six years old, Hua Menghuang still had to perform tasks like laundry and cooking for the students of the school to support herself.

This life continued until she was nine years old.

...

At the age of nine, Hua Menghuang's fortune shifted. She was discovered by the Butterfly Sword Martial Saint and taken in as a disciple, treated like a daughter.

The name Hua Menghuang was also given to her by the Butterfly Sword Martial Saint.

Though she was a nine-year-old child, malnutrition had stunted her growth, making her appear similar in height to an average five-year-old.

Even adorned in luxurious clothes, she couldn't hide the self-conscious expression in her eyes, making her seem like an ugly duckling rigidly pretending to be a noble swan.

...

Scenes from the past replayed in Hua Menghuang's mind.

She sat under the shade of a tree, a smile gradually forming on her lips.

She thought she should do something for her two Masters.

"I can't always let my Masters sacrifice for me~"

Hua Menghuang beamed.

With a wave of her hand, nine blank Jade Simples appeared in the air, lined up in a row.

The next instant, a blank Jade Simple fell into her hand, and a dreamy light flowed from the Dream Sword.

She began infusing her understanding of Dream Tao into it, intending to entrust it to the Butterfly Sword Martial Saint and "Bo Qing"!

BUZZ...

BUZZ... BUZZ...

Just as she was slowly organizing her Dream Tao insights, her heart suddenly trembled as if some malicious presence was spying on her.

She felt that if she continued, some terrible consequences would occur!!!

Startled by this sudden warning, Hua Menghuang's hand movements paused, and her brows furrowed tightly.

But after a moment, her expression smoothed out.

She continued to infuse her understanding of Dream Tao into the blank Jade Simple, unperturbed.

How could my two Masters harm me?

I have come this far entirely thanks to my two Masters' cherished love and care.

It seems Shang Yaoqin must have a hidden trump card…

Hua Menghuang's expression turned solemn; she regarded Shang Yaoqin with even greater seriousness.

Thinking this, she quickened the pace at which she infused her understanding of the Dream Tao Mystery into the blank Jade Simple.

This way, even if she were to be defeated by Shang Yaoqin, her Masters' efforts wouldn't be in vain.

At the very least, she could offer some assistance on her Masters' Tao journey.

This was her repayment for her Masters' kindness...

...

「Elsewhere.」

Hong Yuan was still wracking his brains, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, as he schemed how to obtain the Dream Tao Mystery from Hua Menghuang.

The Immortal Nuance within him burned furiously; thoughts sparked and vanished one after another.

Hong Yuan swiftly dismissed plan after plan.

Because no matter what he did, it would inevitably alert the Heavenly Palace.

Use the Incarnation of Power Tao? Not possible.

The Incarnation of Power Tao couldn't overcome Hua Menghuang, who was bolstered by the great trend of Human Tao and the power of Heavenly Tao.

Moreover, once it revealed itself, the Heavenly Palace would likely move to capture the Incarnation of Power Tao.

Have his Original Body make a move? Haha, that's even more impossible.

Hong Yuan would rather let the status of Dream Tao Master fall into the hands of Shang Yaoqin or Hua Menghuang than reveal his identity as an Extraterrestrial Demon!

After much consideration, Hong Yuan found only one feasible path.

If I don't go to the mountain, the mountain will come to me.

To put it simply, he needed to make Hua Menghuang take the initiative to contact his Sword Body, Bo Qing!

But therein lay the problem: what reason or excuse could he concoct for Hua Menghuang to willingly hand over the Dream Tao Mystery?