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Chapter 23 - The blind Saint and the Swordless Ghost

🍃 Mistvale Ridge – Three Days Later

Lian Yueru sat beneath a pale willow, her blindfold damp from dew.

She had not moved since she sensed the ghostly presence.

> "I heard a sword cry... without sound."

Others would've gone mad from the silence, but not her.

She lived in silence.

Suddenly—

A faint footstep, so soft it could've been a falling leaf.

> "You've followed me far," came a voice like winter wind.

She rose immediately, hands folded, flute untouched.

> "You
 you were the one."

"Who?" the voice asked, cold.

She turned toward him—

Even without eyes, her breath hitched.

> Too handsome
 he can't be real.

His presence was like a reflection on still water. Unreachable. Untraceable.

> "You don't feel like a cultivator
" she whispered.

> "Then stop trying to understand," Shěn NĂŹchĂ©n said, turning away.

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💠 System Notification (Visible only to Shěn NĂŹchĂ©n)

> 🎯 Passive Objective Completed: Remain Undiscovered During Encounter with High-Level Spiritual Perceiver

🎁 System Reward: Mirage Veil Technique (Passive)

➀ Blurs all traces of existence—removes spiritual echoes after leaving an area

➀ Completely suppresses bloodline signatures and Dao fluctuations

🎁 Hidden Bonus Reward Unlocked: Whispering Void Sword – Artifact

➀ Appears as normal iron sword

➀ Spirit-devouring blade forged from fragments of extinct dimensions

➀ Only moves for the True Void Holder

➀ Immune to appraisal, karma tracking, and even time regression

Shěn grasped a simple branch from the willow tree.

With no killing intent—

He slashed.

> SWOOOSH—

The branch tore a distant boulder in half.

Lian Yueru didn't even hear it until the rock fell.

She trembled.

> "What
 is your Dao?"

> "None that you would survive seeing," he said flatly.

And with a single blink—he vanished.

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đŸŒ«ïž Lian Yueru collapsed to her knees

> "I never
 even felt him leave
"

She touched her blindfold.

Blood trickled from beneath it.

> "Who
 no, what... is he?"

Her flute cracked slightly in her hand.

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đŸ•łïž Inside the Caveabode – Beyond the Reach of Heaven

Shěn NĂŹchĂ©n sat quietly, staring into the void.

> "The world's eyes are turning. I must not leave traces."

He placed the willow branch beside his sword.

Both glowed faintly.

> "Even leaves obey."

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