Hell Emperor.

Chapter 245 Xia Wei - Return to the True Self
Hearing Li Fei'e's address, Shen Qingge was caught in a breath: "I'm still here, watch your words, and don't forget the respect for elders and juniors."

Sensing the admonition in Shen Qingge's words, Li Fei'e did not dare to talk back to her, but still muttered softly: "Even Sister Xia Wei has no objection..."

As Shen Qingge arrived, everyone came over and couldn't help but chuckle when they heard this.

Li Fei'e quietly pulled Xia Wei and asked, "Xia Wei, do you think it's inappropriate?"

Xia Wei smiled, revealing her white teeth: "I have no objection."

After a pause, Xia Wei continued, "Let's get back to the subject of physical skills. Aren't you very curious as to why you couldn't find me?"

Li Fei'e became alert upon hearing this. She pricked up her ears and listened attentively, waiting for Xia Wei to answer her questions.

Shen Qingge also heard the conversation between the two and asked curiously, "What were you talking about just now? E'er, weren't you teaching Xia Wei the Liufeng Huixuebu? How come she is the one teaching you now?"

Li Fei'e stuck out her tongue in embarrassment: "Master, you don't know. Xia Wei was clearly hiding behind me just now, but no matter how I looked left and right, up and down, front and back, I couldn't find her..."

As he spoke, Li Fei'e vividly described to Shen Qingge what had just happened.

Hearing this, Shen Qingge looked at Xia Wei with an unusual look, revealing a hint of meaning: "Xia Wei, is what E'er said true?"

Seeing Shen Qingge's serious expression and not joking, Xia Wei thought she was here to accuse her. She lowered her shoulders and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Uncle Shen, I was just joking with Sister Fei Mo. I didn't mean anything else, and I wasn't making fun of her..."

Shen Qingge shook his head, a deep light flashing in his cold eyes. His eyes were as sharp as seeing through fire, and he could keenly capture all kinds of unusual clues:

"E'er's Liufeng Huixue Step has already been cultivated to the great perfection stage. Considering the lower grade of the heavenly rank of Liufeng Huixue Step, it is hard to find a few people in the mortal world who can perform better than E'er."

After a pause, Shen Qingge's sharp eyes fell on Xia Wei without blinking:

"The play you just did would only happen if one of you had a stronger body than the other. If the difference in body skills was smaller, it would be impossible to not even see a shadow. Usually, it is the accomplished practitioners who use their superb body skills to tease ordinary people, but now the one being teased is Moer, whose body skills are not weak. This is really thought-provoking..."

Shocked by what his master said, Li Fei'e's pupils widened, filled with a lingering curiosity.

Xia Wei's teasing made her forget an obvious fact while she was acting coquettish. That is, how could there be such a big difference in their physical skills? It would not be an exaggeration to describe it as heaven and earth.

Facing the confused looks of the crowd, Xia Wei smiled faintly, raised her eyebrows, revealed a bright and confident look, and explained:

"My best form is the Mysterious Shadow Step that Master taught me. Just now, as I became more proficient in using the Flowing Wind Returning Snow Step, I also gained a new understanding of the Mysterious Shadow Step. It was like a tightly closed door that suddenly opened... I wanted to try to play a trick on Sister Moth, but I didn't expect to succeed right away."

After hearing what Xia Wei said, everyone showed surprised looks.

Xia Wei, who is extremely talented, seems to be born for the Tao. No obscure and mysterious skills can stump her.

Following Xia Wei, everyone would hear news of her breakthrough from time to time. A breakthrough that ordinary people would hardly have in many years was like commonplace to her, and everyone had long been accustomed to it.

But this time, Nan Linghe showed a puzzled look and asked, "Sister Xia Wei, didn't you cultivate your Xuanying Step to the level of transformation a long time ago? How come you can still break through?"

Xia Wei scratched her head. "Even if you ask me, I don't know the answer... Logically speaking, the Transformation Realm is the final stage of the practice. No one can practice a practice above the Transformation Realm. But my Mysterious Shadow Step has undergone such a change. It's really puzzling."

After listening to what Xia Wei said, Shen Qingge finally spoke: "The realm of transformation you mentioned is far from the limit of the level of the technique. It's just that in the mortal world, ordinary practitioners can only achieve this level after devoting their entire lives. As for the immortals, the so-called realm of transformation is no different from the entry level."

Shen Qingge, who came from an orthodox immortal sect, obviously knew more about the practice of martial arts than anyone else, and the level of martial arts was undoubtedly the most basic among them.

Hearing this, everyone showed surprised looks. They had thought that if they could cultivate the technique to the highest level, they would be able to solve the problem once and for all, and had devoted all their energy to new techniques. But now they realized that the so-called highest level was just a new starting point, and was far from the limit of the technique.

Xia Wei exclaimed, "So, there are higher levels of skills above the Transformation Realm?"

Shen Qingge nodded slightly: "That's right. The next level after the transformation realm is called the return to the truth. Your Xuanying Step has already broken through to the return to the truth stage, which is why you can show such an extraordinary effect and crush the moth with your body skills."

After a pause, Shen Qingge said with emotion: "The power of the Return to Truth stage is enough to rival that of a First-level Immortal. It is very rare that you can achieve this."

Everyone exclaimed in amazement again, and their words were full of admiration for Xia Wei, with their joy evident in their expressions.

"With such amazing skills, no matter what kind of enemy it is, they won't be able to touch Sister Xia Wei in the future." Xie Xinyu looked happy.

"As expected of Sister Xia Wei, she's so amazing..." Li Ba said admiringly.

"A first-level immortal? So, doesn't that mean Sister Xia Wei's body movements are comparable to those of an immortal?" Hua Xiaomei exclaimed.

Once upon a time, the word "immortal" was such a distant word to Hua Xiaomei, so distant that there was no chance for her to have any intersection with it. She could only stay on the earth and look up at the legends of those true immortals.

Unconsciously, the situation changed. The appearance of Xia Wei made her realize that the immortals were so close to her. She seemed to see a rising star. In time, Xia Wei would become famous in the three realms and become the most dazzling existence in the world.

Upon learning that Xia Wei was actually teasing him with the Xuanying Step of the Return to True Reality level, Li Fei'e puffed his lips and pretended to be unhappy and said, "Sister Xia Wei, why didn't you tell me the good news of your breakthrough earlier? And you had to tease me with your skills?"

Xia Wei laughed dumbly and patted her head with her hand: "I told you this long ago, but you didn't listen carefully. Speaking of which, I also showed you the classics of Xuanyingbu, why didn't you practice Xuanyingbu?" Li Fei'e pouted and said: "Do you think everyone is like you, able to practice different immortal skills at the same time? I am a celestial immortal, and Xuanyingbu is a ghost immortal's body movement, so it is of course difficult to practice. Only you can practice all the immortal skills at the same time and practice them to a very advanced level."

"I see..." Xia Wei nodded. She remembered that her master had said something similar. She did not feel any obstacles when practicing other immortal techniques.

Shen Qingge glanced at Xia Wei and said, "Xia Wei, I remember you just said that your breakthrough to the Return to Truth with the Mysterious Shadow Step was inspired by the Flowing Wind Returning Snow Step. Is that right?"

Xia Wei did not hide it: "Indeed. When I was practicing Liu Feng Hui Xue Bu, I was thinking, how great it would be if I could use two body techniques at the same time, with both the ghostly speed of Xuan Ying Bu and the erratic agility of Liu Feng Hui Xue Bu. At that moment, a light bulb went off in my head, and then Xuan Ying Bu broke through to a new level. I think that must be what Master said about enlightenment."

After being reminded by his master, Li Fei'e seemed to remember something and suddenly realized:

"No wonder I felt a bit of the charm of Liufeng Huixue Step from Xia Wei's Xuanying Step. She was so fast, but she didn't even leave a trace of footprints in the snow. She was always hiding behind me. If it weren't for Youdie revealing her location, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found her until dark..."

At the end of the story, Li Fei'e felt a little scared.

If it was not Xia Wei but the enemy who displayed this skill, she probably wouldn't even know how she died.

Once the level of physical skills becomes overwhelming, the effect that is presented is so terrifying.

Shen Qingge glanced at her and admonished her, "E'er, do you now understand the gap between you and Xia Wei? Xia Wei's talent is even better than yours, but she is still unwilling to slack off and is always exploring higher realms of the technique. You should also learn from her and not delay your cultivation because of indulging in worldly affairs."

Li Fei'e pouted and quietly retorted: "I'm just a little inferior in physical skills. If I had used the Thunder Technique, I would have found Xia Wei long ago!"

Shen Qingge's cold eyes sank, and a stern look emerged in them: "I'm talking about your attitude towards cultivation. You must know that the road of cultivation is long and difficult. If you want to become a master of a generation, a leader of an immortal sect, you need perseverance and determination. How can you achieve the Tao fruit if you are so lazy and impetuous?"

Seeing that his master was angry, with a look of reproach between his pretty brows and no longer as gentle as before, Li Fei'e was finally afraid. He hurriedly lowered his head, his thin shoulders drooping helplessly, looking extremely lost.

Xia Wei bit her lip hard, a bit of concern emerged in her bright eyes. She took the initiative to reach out and patted Li Fei'e's shoulder, saying softly: "Don't worry, when I become an immortal, no matter what Taoist fruit I get, I will share it with you! We are a family, we should share the happiness together."

"Sister Xia Wei..."

Li Fei'e looked at Xia Wei, her fists tightly clenched into the corners of her clothes, and an indescribable complex emotion emerged in her eyes. Xia Wei's words deeply touched her heart, echoing in her mind over and over again, moving her deeply and unable to forget them no matter what.

"Not only should we share happiness, we should also share difficulties. Sister Xia Wei, no matter what kind of enemies you have to face in the future, I will face them with you and will never abandon you!"

Seeing Xia Wei's smile, Li Fei'e secretly swore in his heart that no matter what happened in the future, he would never abandon Xia Wei.

Shen Qingge was quite touched as she felt the bond between them grow stronger. Shen Qingge chose to enter the Dao with ruthlessness, but her disciple seemed to have chosen a completely different path. She looked at Xia Wei:

"Xia Wei, your comprehension is amazing. Since you can absorb the essence of Liufeng Huixue Bu and integrate it into Xuanying Bu, you can also achieve similar effects on other exercises. What you need to do is to learn the strengths of each school and finally integrate them. Only in this way can you deduce the exercises to a more advanced level."

Then Shen Qingge said to Nan Linghe, "Miss He, please lend the remaining pages of the Book of Life and Death to Xia Wei."

Nan Linghe blinked, did as he was told, and handed the torn page to Xia Wei in his right hand.

Seeing this, Shen Qingge couldn't help but say, "When handing something to someone, it's best to hold it with both hands. This is the rule... But you don't seem like the kind of people who follow the rules. Just ignore what I said."

Xia Wei smiled calmly, and after taking the torn page, her own file appeared. Sure enough, in the column of learned martial arts, Xuanyingbu (Transformation) became Xuanyingbu (Return to the Truth).

Seeing the records on the torn pages, Nan Linghe also showed a very curious look, and then pursed his lips: "It turns out that there is a new realm above the transformation realm, but why has Brother Jie never mentioned it to us?"

Hearing Nan Linghe mention Ye Jie, Xia Wei's eyes were lost. She felt like there was a piece missing in her heart that could never be filled. "Maybe Master doesn't know either. Master is the best to me. No matter what, he would never hide it from me. If he knew, he would definitely tell me..."

Shen Qingge said at this time: "It is not easy to break through the skills to the return to the true stage. It requires hundreds of years of painstaking research, and it may not be effective. Generally speaking, only immortals with a long life span, or old ghosts who have been dormant for thousands of years, can master the skills of the return to the true stage."

Xia Wei opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. She didn't expect that the skills in the Return to Truth stage would have such profound origins and were far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Seeing Xia Wei thoughtful, Li Fei'e smiled and said, "Sister Xia Wei was able to break through the Mysterious Shadow Step to the Return to Truth stage. I believe that is just the beginning. In the future, she will definitely break through more techniques to the Return to Truth stage!"

Xia Wei smiled faintly: "I will! As for now... who wants to hear the secret of Xuanyingbu?"

Hearing what Xia Wei said, everyone's eyes lit up.

The most common way to improve the level of your skills is to listen to those with advanced skills carefully explaining the essentials of the skills.

However, such opportunities are extremely rare. In the world of cultivation, they mostly only occur between masters and apprentices. No one wants the results of their years of painstaking research to be easily learned by others.

People who have achieved success in cultivation will keep their skills secret very strictly and will never pass them on to outsiders.

Xia Wei didn't care about it at all. She taught her understanding of the martial arts to her family without reservation.

Seeing her family members improve in strength and learn more advanced skills, Xia Wei is happier than anyone else. The joy that comes from her heart inspires everyone around her.

(End of this chapter)