ã€ŠThe Villain Has Something to Sayã€‹


 Chapter 1

    <h4>Chapter 1</h4>

    ck clouds rolled across the horizon, as if densely smearing ink. Thunder and lightning traveled back and forth between the lead-like clouds, like silver snakes. The silence of the frozen atmosphere, without a hint of wind, resembled a stream frozen motionless.

    Several dozens of youths in clothes made out of sackcloth, walked on the cragged mountain road. They were hurrying with their heads buried, as if something dangerous lurked behind them, not even daring to turn their head once.

    ¡°Hurry up! It¡¯s nearly time!¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s only half an hour left.¡±

    Such voices were heard everywhere from the procession. These young children were so anxious that their faces were covered in sweat. They continuously sped up their pace, wanting to pass through the mountain road, but the road was so long that it was like they would never stop walking, and there was no end in sight.

    The mountain walls around them seemed to reach through the clouds, except for one narrow road, which split between the walls, allowing these children to walk through. It was not long before many young girls copsed, their body unable to endure the strain. However, an even greater number of people grit their teeth and moved forward with great efforts.

    ¡°Honglonglong¡ª¡±

    A bolt of lightning, thick as a water jar, struck down in front of the procession on the mountain road, and split open a deep, huge pit in the ground. The sound of thunder rolled through the sky, growing louder and louder. The shaking lightning struck and lit the ground, making the tall young man at the very front shudder with fear.

    ¡°I won¡¯t go! I won¡¯t go! I¡¯ll die if this lightning strikes!¡±

    ¡°I won¡¯t go either! I don¡¯t want to be an immortal, I don¡¯t want to join Tai Hua Mountain, I want to finish my trial!¡±

    ¡°I want to finish my trial too!¡±

    The people who said ¡°finish trial¡± were able to dodge the silver rays of light, and quickly disappeared from the mountain road. The others advanced without dy, continuing their trials.

    Tai Hua Mountain was the cultivation world¡¯s number one sect. They opened their gates every ten years, epting any child 15 years or younger for trials. As long as they passed three trials, these ordinary children could receive the chance to enter Tai Hua Mountain, and even instant sess from then on, bing the immortals that themon folk held so high in their hearts.

    Of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s three trials, the first two held no danger. However, thest one, ¡°Leiting Road¡°, had children losing their lives every time it happened. The thunder and lightning were real thunder and lightning. These children had ordinary bodies, and they would undoubtedly die if lightning struck them. Not only that, but there was a time limit for walking through Leiting Road. If they went over the time limit, they still wouldn¡¯t pass the trial.

    There was still a quarter of an hour remaining, and there were still 31 children remaining on Leiting Road.

    And they were still a great distance away from the final destination, but the thunder continued to grow even more ferocious. Every time it struck, the heavens and earth alike trembled and shook, as if it were splitting through the mountain.

    A young girl in the group said timidly, face white with fear, ¡°Big brother Chen, can we give up? This lightning could kill someone...¡±

    A boy about 14 years old was walking in front of her. He heard her and turned around to face the girl.

    This young man was not too handsome, but he was well worth a second look. A shrewd light flickered in his eyes, looking oddly at the little girl in front of him. Finally, heughed. ¡°Little sister, you¡¯re not any better than them. Rx, we can both be immortals. Take my hand and walk.¡±

    The little girl still wanted to say something, but looking at how resolved the young man was, she swallowed her words.

    When they continued forward, a rumbling, thick bolt of lightning struck towards the young man at once. The girl trembled with fright, but surprisingly, she managed to summon her courage and suddenly put forward both hands to block the young man, shouting, ¡°Big brother Chen, be careful!¡±

    The lightning was no more than ten meters away from the girl, but she didn¡¯t notice. Behind her, the young man she was protecting smiled a little, showing no surprise. His eyes were filled with pride and anticipation, as if he was suppressing something restless.

    However, just as the lightning was about to strike the girl, the green glint of a sword cleaved the air!

    The sword¡¯s brilliance, swift and fierce, struck the violent lightning, silver sparks surging. That glint was ice cold and ruthless as it skewered the lightning. The green sword¡¯s tip majestically rang, and the children on the mountain road shook so hard they fell to the ground all at once, the lightning instantly fading away to nothing.

    The 31 people¡¯s eyes were wide open, staring in shock at the person who suddenly appeared in midair.

    Between the almost endless, split precipice, they could only see an immortal standing straight in the middle of the countless lightning and thunder rumbles, with white clothes and wide sleeves. His eyes gazed at the paralyzed trial takers sitting on the ground with indifference.

    He had phoenix eyes and long eyebrows, straight nose and thin lips, and the outer corners of his narrow eyes were slightly raised. Then a halo, ck as ink, slowly spread out, making the children hold their breath, not daring to breathe. ck hair unable to act on its own, danced and swayed in the air, silver snakes of lightning and thunder behind him. This person bore the countless bolts of lightning without a care, and only looked serenely at the group of children, his eyes drooping.

    This was truly a noble man who did not feel any worldly ties, the peak of elegance and tranquility!

    Another bolt of lightning struck viciously. He took his sword behind him and shattered the approaching tumultuous lightning into pieces. His long silver sword danced in the air, creating a beautiful disy of sparks. It gradually shrunk into a ribbon of silver light, rushing between his eyebrows with a whoosh, and left behind a silver design.

    On the entire Leiting Road, not one person dared say a word.

    The time limit of the trial had passed long ago, but this issue hadn¡¯te to anyone¡¯s minds.

    It had not been long when three white-robed cultivators hurriedly flew over. Upon seeing that person, they immediately saluted, and yelled, ¡°Senior brother Luo!¡±

    Luo Jianqing lightly nodded, hinting something towards the three people. Then he turned and continued to look at the children on Leiting Road, giving the crowd a nce, and quickly discovered the pair of trial takers that seemed to be brother and sister.

    Upon seeing this, the cultivator next to him immediately said in a low voice, ¡°That young man is known as Li Xiuchen, 14 years old this year, and has an ordinary constitution. That girl is named Liu Xiaoxiao, 9 years old this year, and her constitution is considered to be third degree.¡± His voice dropped, then continued, ¡°Senior brother Luo, we do not know what happened today on Leiting Road that it became so serious. If you had arrivedter, I¡¯m afraid this young girl would¡¯ve unfairly lost her life here.¡±

    Tai Hua Mountain opened its gates once every ten years, but they didn¡¯t always ept new disciples each time. Although a third degree foundation is not any higher than first degree or second degree, their potential to be an immortal was still considered to be higher than an ordinary person¡¯s. Logically, they could enter Tai Hua Mountain to cultivate.

    Luo Jianqing heard his words, and he lightly nced at the pair of brother and sister. Then he turned his head and started to speak. ¡°Fortunately, I was returning to our sect. It was simply coincidental. This matter of Leiting Road still needs your careful examination to prevent any other mishaps in the future.¡±

    His voice was like a dreamlike sonata, like jade strings colliding, gentle and moving.

    The three immediately nodded in acknowledgement.

    After a moment, Luo Jianqing left on his sword. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared from Leiting Road.

    Once he left, it was like the world resumed moving again, without the intimidating and oppressive atmosphere.

    Liu Xiaoxiao swallowed her spit. Pulling on Li Xiuchen¡¯s sleeve, she said very cautiously, ¡°Big brother Chen, that big sister is really good-looking, are all immortals...are all immortals that good-looking?¡±

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s face was gloomy like water, and didn¡¯t respond.

    The girl didn¡¯t notice Li Xiuchen¡¯s strange behavior, and continued, ¡°Is that pretty big sister from Tai Hua Mountain? Big brother Chen, we have to join Tai Hua Mountain. She saved us, so we should thank her.¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Li Xiuchen said coldly.

    Liu Xiaoxiao inhaled. ¡°

    Big brother Chen , you¡¯re grabbing me too hard, you¡¯re hurting me.¡±

    Li Xiuchen slowly let go of the girl¡¯s hand, who had been pulling on him. He first turned his head to nce at the little girl beside him, then continued to walk. The girl waspletely unaware of what happened, and muttered, ¡°Big brother Chen still isn¡¯t slowing down?¡± then hurriedly followed after him.

    ¡ªThis was wrong! Completely and utterly wrong!

    The little girl never knew that her life should¡¯ve ended there in order to block her favorite big brother Chen from that bolt of lightning.

    What happened at Leiting Road was an anomaly: it had suddenly be much more dangerous, and the Li Xiuchen with ordinary constitution was nearly struck by lightning, but was saved by his dear childhood friend, his little sister Liu Xiaoxiao. Liu Xiaoxiao should¡¯ve wilted like a flower, then Li Xiuchen would cry andment painfully. This act would be seen by the eyes of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s immortals, and then they would resolve to make an exception to let this ordinary boy through their gates.

    ¡ªThat was exactly what happened in the plot of ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±.

    Three years ago, Li Xiuchen had not been called Li Xiuchen. An ident caused him to cross into ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±. When he found out that he had been turned into Li Xiuchen, he was so excited that he couldn¡¯t control himself.

    Li Xiuchen! ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±¡¯s protagonist! He possessed a super golden finger rivalled by none! It was practically like he was the heavens¡¯ favorite child!

    Three yearster, he earnestly led a life based upon his memories of the plot. Afterwards, he brought the little sister Liu Xiaoxiao from next door to join him in Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s trials. He had been prepared to sacrifice this little girl to let himself inside the gates.

    But now, why was everything not right? Where exactly did he go wrong?

    Why did Luo Jianqing appear now!

    At that very moment, that mistakenly named white-robed immortal ¡°big sister¡± had already flown away from Leiting Road long ago, and stepped inside Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s gates. Senior and junior brothers all around enthusiastically greeted him, every one of which he gently replied to. His handsome face carried a genial smile, beautiful as a woman, face like a spring blossom, brilliant and gentle.

    However, after Luo Jianqing stepped inside his room, his sleeves flew as he violently mmed the door shut.

    The smile on his face instantly faded without a trace. Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes were ice cold as he turned his head to look at the desk not far from him. He narrowed his eyes, and a heavy book instantly flew into his hands. On the cover, there were two impressiverge words written with spirit¡ª

    ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±.

    Luo Jianqing was the chief disciple of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Yu Xiao Peak, and thest disciple of the top person of the cultivation world. Because of jealousy towards his junior brother Li Xiuchen, he betrayed his school and became a monster. Many yearster, a group led by Li Xiuchen sought to kill Luo Jianqing. After enduring a violent battlesting ten days and ten nights, he died under Li Xiuchen¡¯s sword. It could even be said that his death was justified, and died to everyone¡¯s satisfaction!

    But right now...

    The corners of Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips turned up in an easy smile, looking at the sparkling words ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± with an indifferent gaze.

    ¡°I, Luo Jianqing, have returned.¡±

 Chapter 2

    <h4>Chapter 2</h4>

    After a day, a little junior brother came running to tell Luo Jianqing that the mistake at Leiting Road was aplete ident.

    As the cultivation¡¯s world number one sect, Tai Hua Mountain epted disciples from anywhere under the sun once every ten years. Ten years to cultivators was nothing more than one bout of seclusion. This manner of epting disciples naturally made it impossible to have the sect elders handle it directly, so they handed all of them over to the younger generation of disciples.

    Luo Jianqing was Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s chief disciple, but was also the only disciple of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s seventh peak, Yu Xiao Peak. Ten years ago, he had also handled these matters at one point, but this time he was fortunate enough to be out traveling. Thus, this mission fell to Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s third senior sister, Wei Qiongyin.

    However, a mishap urred at Leiting Road.

    The disciple in charge of activating Leiting Road with spiritual stones was careless and put in medium-grade spiritual stones to serve as low-grade spiritual stones. This led to the sudden increase in danger and nearly turned it into a disaster.

    Wei Qiongyin knew that she had made a mistake in her direction, and for her punishment, she had to run to Siguo Cliff to meditate for a month, and thus the matters of the all-peak examinations were given to Luo Jianqing.

    Listening to Wei Qiongyin¡¯s voice transmission (1) that had traveled across a thousand miles, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know whether to cry orugh.

    ¡°Senior brother Luo, of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s seven peaks, your Yu Xiao Peak is the most idle. This time was my mistake. I must be punished. ording to our head martial uncle, I ask you to help me with the all-peak examinations. Many thanks. Wei Qiongyin.¡±

    Who would tell someone ¡°you are the most idle¡± and still ask for help?

    It seems that Wei Qiongyin was just like the one in his past life ¨C she still only knew how to cultivate and not how to conduct herself.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t reject this matter. In fact, he had handled the all-peak examinations in his past life. He stared nkly at the child with ordinary constitution that seemed to have saint-like generosity. In just a short ten days, his strength had progressed enormously. In the end, one move had turned him into the second ranked in the all-peak examinations and directly stepped into Yu Xiao Peak, bing Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s second disciple.

    Three days ago, Luo Jianqing had woken up in the middle of a pile of carcasses.

    All over his body, his bones felt like they were going to be crushed, his head felt like it weighed a thousand jin (2), the white robe on his body was covered in mud and soaked in thick blood, and he was surrounded by hundreds of dead beasts. Luo Jianqing had thought that he was in hell, but when he found his spiritual energy starting up automatically, he was overjoyed. At the same time, he suddenly remembered where this ce was¡ª

    The Wan Shou Mountains.

    Many years ago, he often liked toe to the Wan Shou Mountains and kill demons, so much that he wouldn¡¯t return for two or three years at a time.

    There was no one to punish him if he killed demons at the Wan Shou Mountains. Demonic cultivators also came here to hunt and kill human cultivators, as it was an unregted area. Also, there were often human cultivators and demonic cultivators that came here to settle grudges. Massacres urred here, and no one was likely to show any self-restraint.

    After waking up, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t get up right away, and sat in the middle of the pile of beast carcasses, while thinking about what happened in his past life. He already knew that he had gone back eighteen years in the past, when Li Xiuchen still hadn¡¯t joined Tai Hua Mountain or be his junior brother yet.

    And now, he was just in time for that important week when Li Xiuchen joined the sect!

    After realizing this point, Luo Jianqing hastily moved to prepare his return to Tai Hua Mountain, to prevent Li Xiuchen from joining his sect. Who would¡¯ve guessed that one step after he got up, not having gotten on his sword yet, that he suddenly felt like something was falling from the sky, which smashed directly into his body.

    Luo Jianqing raised his hands and grabbed what he thought was some kind of secret weapon. He nced downwards. ¡°Seeking Immortality?¡±

    After opening up the book, Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire life waspletely turned upside down.

    His world was a book! And it was a stallion novel devoid of the rules, logic, or any of the three views (3)!

    When Li Xiuchen raised his head, he received a blessing. When he lowered his head, there was a spiritual beast. Ever since he first stepped into Tai Hua Mountain, he was like a fish back in water. He had practically snatched all the luck under the heavens. In this book, when every youngdy met him, they treated him unfavorably. But there was always an opportunity for Li Xiuchen to heroically save the beauty, making their opinions change so drastically that they pledged their hearts to him.

    After finishing the book, Luo Jianqing did not feel well. His beautiful elegant face was filled with rage, and his phoenix eyes were squeezed tight. Then he took his sword and killed a demonic cultivator who had been secretly preparing to attack him. Afterwards he hurried to fly back to his sect on his sword.

    However, ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± didn¡¯t seem to be veryplete, and only told the story of Li Xiuchen recing Luo Jianqing and turning into Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s beloved little junior brother. Luo Jianqing knew that after that, he would be framed by Li Xiuchen time and time again. Then he lost his temper and impulsively hacked Li Xiuchen¡¯s only spiritual beast to death, and also caused Li Xiuchen to be injured critically in the Hidden Realm, and so he was driven out from Tai Hua Mountain.

    ¡ªObviously there was a guarded treasure in the Hidden Realm, because this matter hade up during his huge fight with Li Xiuchen. In the end, he had unexpectedly turned it into a sneak attack against Li Xiuchen!

    The entire time he was traveling from Wan Shou Mountains back to Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing had read ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± front to back twelve times.

    The feeling of being stabbed through the heart in his past life still remained in his memory, but this time he refused to let something like that happen again.

    Before he arrived at Leiting Road, Luo Jianqing recalled Li Xiuchen very quickly, who had killed him with his sword. But this was merely a thought, and there were many junior brothers and sisters at that moment watching him at Leiting Road, so he couldn¡¯t slip and behave strangely in that manner. Thus Luo Jianqing changed the course of the story so that guileless little girl who would¡¯ve been struck by lightning, wouldn¡¯t die a tragic death.

    Although...

    ¡°Senior brother Luo, this is the roster of this year¡¯s new disciples. Please look it over.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked down at the dozens of names, and upon seeing the words ¡°Li Xiuchen¡± his lips twitched slightly. Smiling as he raised his eyes to meet the little junior brother, he said genially, ¡°I remember that this Li Xiuchen¡¯s constitution is quite ordinary, yet he entered this sect?¡±

    Looking at his fair and elegant face and that smile that was cold as wind, the little junior brother couldn¡¯t help but swallow. His voice quivered as he said, ¡°Although Li Xiuchen¡¯s constitution is not good, he passed Leiting Road. Senior brother Luo, after you took it upon yourself to stop the lightning, Leiting Road was quick to close itself. Therefore you have received 14 junior brothers and sisters altogether.¡± He had received nearly all thest ones who took the trial.

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrows, not saying anything else. The little junior brother watched him with a reverent and admiring gaze. By the time he had left Luo Jianqing¡¯s room, he had turned his head six times. What he said was: Three days after the all-peak examinations, he woulde ask Luo Jianqing to take charge of them.

    Luo Jianqing agreed to his requests one after another. When his junior brother left, the smile on his lips swiftly vanished.

    He sighed heavily and got up to leave Yu Xiao Peak. It had only been half a day since he came back, and already he had more business to settle.

    After three days, the examinations started on schedule.

    24 neers stood in the arena below, sizing up their peers around them with curious eyes. Out of these 24 neers, there were no more than eight girls, including the most lovable one, Liu Xiaoxiao, who was also very eye-catching. Next to her, a boy who had been dragged to her side the entire time, was talking and not really paying attention to the people next to him.

    Even if this boy may be outstanding, Li Xiuchen actually had an ordinary constitution, which was reflected in his looks.

    This made many people pay attention to his arrival, wanting to see how this guy had such good luck with women, what made this new female disciple with a third degree constitution like him so much.

    ¡°Big brother Chen, did you practice your techniques well enough? I feel like you don¡¯t know them very well. Don¡¯t you think something might go wrong today?¡±

    Li Xiuchen carelessly nodded. ¡°Mn.¡±

    Seeing how the other person didn¡¯t seem to care, Liu Xiaoxiao¡¯s little face frowned sadly. ¡°Big brother Chen, didn¡¯t you say that if we joined Tai Hua Mountain, we could be immortals, and then my parents could live happily? But yesterday that senior brother said we couldn¡¯t go home whenever we wanted to.¡±

    Li Xiuchen said unhappily, ¡°You¡¯ll be able to go home sooner orter.¡±

    When Li Xiuchen spoke those words, he didn¡¯t spare any nce for Liu Xiaoxiao, making this little girl, who wasn¡¯t even 10 years old yet, feel very hurt.

    Liu Xiaoxiao didn¡¯t know what was going on with her Chen-gege. Before Leiting Road, Chen-gege had always treated her with special care. In the past three years, he would always care about and cherish her. But nowadays, Li Xiuchen seemed like he never wanted to pay attention to her. She followed Li Xiuchen so she could let her parents live out their daysfortably, but she didn¡¯t recognize this person at all.

    In a moment, every kind of bitter emotion sprang up from her heart. After all, she was only an eight or nine year old little girl. Liu Xiaoxiao blinked, and tears fell from her eyes. But once she opened her eyes, she saw that lively white-clothed beautiful person, and widened her eyes in surprise. She shouted loudly, ¡°Big sister! Big brother Chen,e look! It¡¯s the big sister who saved us!¡±

    Though Liu Xiaoxiao¡¯s voice wasn¡¯t quiet at all, most of the disciples there had refining levels higher than hers, so their hearing was excellent, hearing her words very clearly.

    ¡°Big... big sister? This little girl called senior brother Luo a big sister?¡±

    ¡°Hahahaha, really, our senior brother Luo is that charming and carefree. Indeed he is the man of countless women¡¯s dreams, in all thirty six prefectures.¡±

    ¡°The first day I entered Tai Hua Mountain I thought senior brother Luo was some senior sister who liked to wear men¡¯s clothes, he is truly very good-looking...¡±

    Upon hearing these words, Luo Jianqing immediately looked distracted. Astonished, he lowered his head to look at the young girl in the arena, only seeing thetter tightly hugging her Chen-gege¡¯s arm, happily waving her arm continuously.

    He was thin and a meter taller than her, yet this little girl who was like a small bean sprout, called him a big sister?!

    A young man in ck clothes chuckled, and moved close to Luo Jianqing to say in his ear, ¡°Senior brother, this little girl has an excellent way of looking at things.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nced at him while his head was down. The ck-clothed young man immediately spread his hands innocently, not saying another word. Luo Jianqing returned to calmly sweeping his eyes over the arena, and his junior brothers and sisters who had been whispering quietly quickly shut up as well.

    However, there were still people who were secretly sending voice transmissions, conversing in stealth. Luo Jianqing could guess what they were saying even with his eyes closed. His lips turned up in a small smile, and walked up to the middle of the tall tform, epting a white crystal into his upturned palm.

    Beneath the glorious and brilliant sunlight, the tall, handsome young man wearing a silver-lined white chang pao surveyed his junior brothers and sisters with a mild gaze. His extremely fair face seemed as carefree as a bird, so beautiful that people couldn¡¯t take their eyes off him. In reality, his powerful and dominating aura made people think twice about their actions, having no choice but to gaze at him with reverence.

    Luo Jianqing lightly waved the white crystal in his hand, saying, ¡°The six peaks of Tai Hua Mountain epting disciples in the all-peak examinations is a major event during this important time. Therefore, you must avoid any secret underhanded behavior by all means. If this voice transmission stone lights up, don¡¯t me my ruthlessness when I put you under my sword. I¡¯ll send you to see your gentlest senior sister Wei.¡±

    The crowd of disciples shut up immediately. ¡°...¡±

    On the Siguo Cliff far away, Wei Qiongyin was silent as she was helplessly being ridiculed. ¡°...¡±

    The ck-clothed young man next to him said, ¡°Hehe, senior brother, you really abuse your position. We can¡¯t even send voice transmissions? And our gentlest senior sister Wei? If senior sister Wei was so gentle, then no man under the heavens would be more infatuated than me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned his head to look at his own junior brother, and said seriously, ¡°Fourth junior brother, I could pass on what you just said to third junior sister.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s face flooded with fright. ¡°Senior brother Luo you¡¯re a bully!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled wordlessly.

    This was just a brief interlude, as after a short period of time, the all-peak examinations officially began after Luo Jianqing¡¯s announcement.

    24 new disciples drew lots to fight on-stage one after another, as previously, to demonstrate their progress in cultivation over the past ten days to the senior brothers and sisters of the six peaks. The winner could continue in the nextpetition, and if they were talented enough, they could even be taken in by an elder as theirst disciple.

    The disciples that were epted must not have any cultivation base, even if they were a young master or youngdy of arge family. At most, they were allowed to learn self-defense techniques, but weren¡¯t allowed to have even a bit of spiritual power. Thus, the all-peak examination this time was to see every disciple¡¯s strength and their effort during the ten days, which was unusually fair.

    Anyway, these disciples didn¡¯t have any cultivation base, so fights like these weren¡¯t anything interesting.

    Most of the female disciples secretly looked at the tform towards the eminent white-clothed senior brother. Luo Jianqing waspletely calm, ying with the sound transmission stone in his hands. His lips carried a smile, and his expression serene, as he looked at what was happening on the arena.

    After a long time, it was finally time for the boy with ordinary constitution, the unexpectedly fortunate Li Xiuchen, toe up to the tform. Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands suddenly came to a halt, which Xie Zizhuo keenly noticed. He turned to look at Li Xiuchen, and said with a low smile, ¡°It seems that senior brother is very interested in that boy with the worst constitution out of everyone here.¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised an eyebrow. ¡°Do you think he can win?¡±

    Xie Zizhuoughed out loud. ¡°If he won, I would practice seclusion for a year!¡±

    Luo Jianqing waved a hand. ¡°You don¡¯t have to be so dramatic. Apanying your senior sister Wei at Siguo Cliff is good enough.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s eyes were wide open. ¡°Senior brother Luo, you¡¯re a bully!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips raised in a soft smile, seeming to bepletely rxed. However, even Xie Zizhuo didn¡¯t know that Luo Jianqing¡¯s gaze had always been fixed on Li Xiuchen. Watching this mediocre, ordinary boy walk up to the arena with a gloomy face, Li Xiuchen stared at the opponent across from him with aplicated look.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile slowly dwindled, a dark glint shing through his clear and limpid eyes.

    ¡°...You don¡¯t have anything of that kind, Li Xiuchen. What will you do now?¡±

 Chapter 3

    <h4>Chapter 3</h4>

    The next day, the 24 neerspeted one after another on the arena, and every single one did not have any foundation for spiritual power. This sort ofpetition was very dull, and the great majority of official disciples were bored stiff watching. In fact, by the time it was Li Xiuchen¡¯s turn, many people didn¡¯t even look at him.

    There was only Luo Jianqing, whose gaze had been concentrated on this ordinary-looking young man this entire time.

    Throughout the entirety of his past life, Luo Jianqing never understood how a young man with such a mediocre constitution could oppress the stars in the all-peak examinations with average strength, or how he received second ce. Even though none of the other disciples had any spiritual power, there were many new disciples among them that hade from ns who studied martial arts techniques since childhood, and their strength far exceeded that of an ordinary person¡¯s.

    However, Luo Jianqing was actually the only one who had achieved Qi Condensation level in ten days!

    Among the 36 provinces, the human cultivators were divided into nine levels: namely, Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Out-of-Body, Body Fusion, Cmity Passage(1), Mahayana, and Immortal Ascension. Every level had their own sub-levels: namely the initial stage, the middle stage, and thest stage, except the Qi Condensation period was divided into nine phases, from Qi Condensation Phase One to Phase Nine.

    In his past life, there were 23 disciples altogether (apart from the deceased Liu Xiaoxiao), and surprisingly only the worst one, Li Xiuchen, had reached Qi Condensation! And not only was Li Xiuchen born in poverty, but there wasn¡¯t any good environment for children in his family to cultivate. Just like a fantasy story.

    Nowadays, after reading ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±, Luo Jianqing finally understood why.

    How could¡¯ve he said that? It was simply because Li Xiuchen was a child of the heavens!

    See a magic potion when he raises his head, meet a spiritual beast when he lowers it ¡ª this was the truth when it came to him.

    Li Xiuchen and the rest of the new disciples were temporarily assigned as outer disciples of Tai Hua Mountain to cultivate for ten days. This is what ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± said: Due to his dear childhood friend¡¯s tragic death, Li Xiuchen was determined to be strong, working hard to cultivate every day. However, his innate skill was actually very low, and there was a huge difference between him cultivating for eight days and someone else cultivating for one day. Therefore, the night before the all-peak examinations started, he went to the back of the mountain to entertain himself, and then... he stepped on a medicine pill!

    The Spirit-Melting Pill.

    This was considered to be the mostmon medicine pill, and what Li Xiuchen also didn¡¯t know was that some medicine master had identally left it behind, which was how he found it.

    The Spirit-Melting Pill was a very average, level one medicine pill. If 10,000 of these were put in front of Luo Jianqing he wouldn¡¯t give them a second nce. But he was no match for the glittering MC halo! This Spirit-Melting Pill wasn¡¯t too bad; actually, it was a heaven-rank Spirit-Melting Pill! After Li Xiuchen took it, his meridians were cleansed and became stronger overnight, and officially stepped into the first level of cultivation!

    When he got to this point in the book, Luo Jianqing was speechless.

    A heaven-rank Spirit-Melting Pill, huh!

    On the entire Tai Hua Mountain, the Qing Lan Peak Lord, the honorable Yu Qingzi was able to refine medicine. But how could a great master who could refine a heaven-rank Spirit-Melting Pill, possibly refine a level one Spirit-Melting Pill? Not only that, but did that old woman have nothing to do than look for outer disciples strolling around at the back of the mountain, and casually drop a heaven-rank medicine pill on the way?

    Where is the logic?! Where is the reasoning?! This made no sense at all!

    Therefore, three days ago, Luo Jianqing left Yu Xiao Peak without a word, and headed to the back of the mountain to gather items.

    Someone, not just Li Xiuchen, would¡¯ve stepped on that heaven-rank medicine pill at some point, but Luo Jianqing had practically overturned the entire mountain to look for it. Finally after an entire night, he found the gold, glittering medicine pill. This pill was truly extraordinary as it said, the will of the heavens was so nted that you couldn¡¯t see its face!

    After using his spiritual sense to examine it, he put the heaven-rank Spirit-Melting Pill inside his storage ring. Luo Jianqing¡¯s thin lips curved up slightly, blossoming into a tranquil and easy smile. His umber-ck eyebrows lightly smoothed out, his phoenix eyes curving so they resembled crescent moons. Seeing this, the hearts of many female disciples toppled one after another. However, Luo Jianqing¡¯s gaze had been fixed on what was happening on the arena, not even the slightest bit distracted.

    And so he said, you don¡¯t have the Spirit-Melting Pill, so how will you defeat your opponent as an ordinary person?

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s jade-like slender fingers gently rapped against the ck iron table. His eyes slightly narrowed, and his smiling expression was profound.

    In the arena, Li Xiuchen was gloomy, his entire heart restless. He nearly wanted to go back and read ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± again.

    ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± was a very well-known stallion novel with a super golden finger. In his past life Li Xiuchen read it no less than ten times. He went over the details in his mind over and over, but nothing particr came up. He clearly remembered that on the ninth day, he had walked around the back of Tai Hua Mountain, then stepped on the heaven-rank Spirit-Melting Pill and raised his cultivation in one go. But yesterday, he spent the entire night walking around the back of Tai Hua Mountain where the outer disciples were. Don¡¯t even mention a heaven-rank medicine pill, he didn¡¯t even see a single spiritual root!

    Can you really say he isn¡¯t depressed? Can you really say he isn¡¯t sullen?

    Without the heaven-rank Spirit-Melting Pill, how could he win against these disciples who were raised in ns?

    His constitution was nothing special at all!

    ¡°Tenth match of the Tai Hua Mountain new disciple all-peak examinations. Xu Hua from Changzhou, fourth-degree constitution: Li Xiuchen from Yuzhou, no constitution.¡±

    After the voice fell, the senior brothers who were judging them retreated a step back to give the neers some space. Seeing the sturdy built Xu Hua across from him, Li Xiuchen¡¯s face twitched: He didn¡¯t have a single thick arm! How is he going to fight him? He was no better than a punching bag!

    On the high tform, two people were watching this massive gap in strength. Xie Zizhuo chuckled,pletely covered in ck, and moved close to mutter quietly in Luo Jianqing¡¯s ear, ¡°Senior brother, didn¡¯t I say this earlier? How could you say he might have a chance to win? That Xu Hua¡¯s constitution is fourth-degree, and his cultivation is already a level higher, but Li Xiuchen doesn¡¯t have any constitution at all, and he is short and small. If he wins, wouldn¡¯t the heavens be too biased?¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned his head to look at Xie Zizhuo, his fair and elegant eyes softly curving into a smile. He looked at his sloppy-looking junior brother with a smile that wasn¡¯t quite right. ¡°Are you so sure that he¡¯ll lose?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo said like it was obvious, ¡°Of course. If he does win, tomorrow I¡¯ll go to Siguo Cliff and apany senior sister Wei!¡±

    Luo Jianqing feigned surprise, raising his eyebrows. ¡°You¡¯re going to take thatrge a gamble?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo said mysteriously, ¡°Yes, I will. Anyway, senior brother Luo, if you end up being wrong... I want the jade oxb you use everyday.¡±

    The corners of Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips pulled into a smile. ¡°...¡±

    Xie Zizhuo saw his senior brother¡¯s ¡°don¡¯t be such a pervert¡± expression. He immediately waved his hand and made himself clear. ¡°It¡¯s not what I want, it¡¯s what little junior sister wants. Senior brother, did you know that little junior sister has been in love with you since she was young? Otherwise she would never refine. I don¡¯t want this to happen ever, so you can argue with her, but her ultimate wish is to use your jade oxb.¡±

    ¡°... Why would little junior sister possibly want my jade oxb?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s eyes widened, and said in disbelief, ¡°Why wouldn¡¯t she? If Yu Xiao Peak wasn¡¯t so strict, our little junior sister would never go up. Do you believe me when I say that she would even climb up in the middle of the night to peep you!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s words were stilling like an unending torrent. He was obviously talking about how his own little junior sister was so wretched and perverted, but he didn¡¯t have a single bit of disdain in his words. Instead, it was more urate to say he sighed with pride. ¡°Little junior sister is so willful. If I was even half as bold as her, I would¡¯ve visited Cang Shuang Peak everyday.¡±

    Hearing his words made Luo Jianqing smile wordlessly, but in his heart, a bitter moodiness started to stir.

    He had been very close with his little junior sister since they were young. Before she became of marriageable age, she dered that she wouldn¡¯t ever marry. But his little junior sister was married to Li Xiuchen until the end, bing his wife with her hair tied and all(2). He never expected that from his proud and stubborn little junior sister, and her husband still took nine more wives after that. Luo Jianqing heard his little junior sister was very generous in taking care of Li Xiuchen along with other sisters, but he couldn¡¯t imagine anything like that.

    Under that blue sky and scorching sun, Li Xiuchen held a heaven-rank medicine pill in his hand as he said to him with arrogance, ¡°Luo Jianqing, though you are Qing Lan Peak¡¯s inheriting great disciple, these medicine pills you have been enjoying throughout your life are now with me. Don¡¯t feel any regret.¡± He was that kind of person. Those red clothes were as bright as fire. Was it possible that he actually enjoyed being superior to Li Xiuchen until the very end?

    ¡ªBecause he was a hero that saved beauties! Because the poison of desire ran through his body!

    How were the heavens ever unfair? The heavens were only fair towards Li Xiuchen!

    His elegant, pale face was slowly covered in ayer of grief, only to fade away in an instant. Luo Jianqing watched Li Xiuchen with aplex expression. Not knowing why, he said without thinking, ¡°Fine, if he loses, I¡¯ll give you my jade oxb.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo had been earnestly trying to persuade him, and from time to time he would pull Wei Qiongyin in, saying things like, ¡°Apanying senior sister Wei is such a scary thought. Senior brother Luo, it¡¯s lucky that you won¡¯t lose anything by giving me your jade oxb.¡± Hearing Luo Jianqing suddenly agree made him ted beyond belief, and looked towards the arena with excitement.

    But in the next second¡ª

    The tall and strong Xu Hua suddenly covered his stomach. ¡°Ah... it hurts! Judges... senior brothers, please give me a moment!¡±

    Judges, ¡°...¡±

    Li Xiuchen, ¡°...¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was stunned. ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing waspletely silent. ¡°...¡±

    Even though he had guessed before that the heavens were biased all the way to the other end of China, he didn¡¯t think they would be this biased!

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s first match ended as the other person¡¯s stomach hurt too much, winning without a fight!

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s second match ended just as the other person made a move and suddenly sprained his waist, winning without a fight!

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s third match was against Liu Xiaoxiao. Just as Liu Xiaoxiao extended her hand to strike Li Xiuchen¡¯s arm, he howled in pain, scaring Liu Xiaoxiao into pulling back her hand and asking timidly, ¡°Big brother Chen, are you okay?¡± After that, Li Xiuchen moved to subdue her.

    Everyone watching waspletely silent. ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing sighed. ¡°...¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was inconsble and indignant. ¡°This isn¡¯t fair! This is just luck! Everything¡¯s only been luck!¡±

    Luo Jianqing gently shook his head andughed, ¡°Junior brother, as we immortals say, luck is always power.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo watched the arena, fuming with anger. He said furiously, ¡°There¡¯s only three people left. The other two are both children of the eighthrgest aristocratic family. I don¡¯t believe it. One has a first-degree constitution, and the other has a second-degree constitution. How could they be worse than a terrible little boy with no constitution?¡±

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s fourth opponent happened to be excused, naturally winning without a fight.

    Xie Zizhuo was silent as tears streamed down his cheeks. ¡°...¡±

    Below, the entire arena was filled with muttering, and many people were pointing at Li Xiuchen. The little girl Liu Xiaoxiao hadn¡¯t stopped rubbing her aching stomach, and wasn¡¯t sitting so close to her big brother Chen anymore. Li Xiuchen¡¯s palm had ruthlessly struck her body. Although she was young and only knew how to depend on her familiar big brother Chen , she wasn¡¯t stupid.

    That palm of Li Xiuchen really didn¡¯t hurt that much, but she was very upset, her small pretty facepletely broken-hearted.

    What happened wasn¡¯t anything different from his past life. Li Xiuchen got second ce yet again in the all-peak examinations, bound to be an inner disciple. After that, Li Xiuchen beamed with happiness, and muttered proudly, ¡°So this is the protagonist halo, huh? This is really cool! Hehehehe.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was watching Li Xiuchen¡¯s immensely proud face withplex feelings in his heart. After watching him for a long time, he slowly started to smile. He raised his head, looking towards the clear blue sky, as if he could see things from the ancient past in the dark blue sky. His delicate, beautiful face held only a gentle smile.

    He came in second ce again this time, but already, there were some things that were different.

    In his past life, after Li Xiuchen got second ce, the disciples on the stage below all eximed in admiration. A new junior brother without any constitution was shining on the arena above, bing the only disciple to achieve Qi Condensation. This encouraging event made people cannot help but admire him. And many people also knew that this junior brother had just lost his childhood friend, so they were sympathetic towards him.

    But now?

    ¡°This guy is really lucky, huh?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, that guy is pretty vicious. He just struck down that little girl he knew in the arena.¡±

    ¡°He¡¯ll be an inner disciple with second ce, but I don¡¯t know if he¡¯ll be so lucky in the future.¡±

    Luo Jianqing took in these mutterings without a word, a small smile on his face. Xie Zizhuo stood at his side, so depressed that he had been paralyzed above his chair. He said, dispirited, ¡°The heavens aren¡¯t fair, the heavens really are too unfair. This kind of luck is something that I, Xie Zizhuo, has never heard of! The heavens aren¡¯t fair!¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed once, and said tranquilly, ¡°Junior brother, the heavens have never been fair.¡±

    Originally, Xie Zizhuo only spoke without thinking, and didn¡¯t expect to receive an answer from Luo Jianqing. He raised his head to look at his senior brother, and saw a despondent look on his face for just an instant. Then Luo Jianqing smiled bitterly, saying, ¡°If the heavens are not fair, then make them fair. Junior brother, our cultivation is due to ourselves, not the will of the heavens. Do you understand what I just said?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was startled for a moment, then respectfully nodded, without any trace of his carelessness from before. ¡°Yes.¡±

    The all-peak examinations had ended.

    The best six of the examinations all became inner disciples, the rest having be outer disciples. And the top three could pick wherever they wanted to go, going from first to third in order. The first ce winner came from a powerful family, with a first-degree constitution, and immediately chose the peak of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s sect leader, Cang Shuang Peak. The inheriting disciple from Cang Shuang Peak came and took him away.

    Next was Li Xiuchen.

    Luo Jianqing stood on the center of the high tform, his handsome face calm and collected as he said neutrally, ¡°In the past ten days, there should¡¯ve been an inner disciple that told you the main circumstances of our Tai Hua Mountain. Since you havee in second ce in the all-peak examinations, we will let you choose from Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s six peaks. Which one do you wish to go to?¡±

    Unlike the first ce disciple, no one said a word after Luo Jianqing¡¯s voice fell.

    All of the senior brothers and sisters of the six peaks that came to receive the new disciples were all mute, staring oddly at Li Xiuchen, who was on the stage. They didn¡¯t really like this weak junior brother, and no one wanted to personally help him get stronger. Could they take this boy by the neck and make him go back? Would his luck be as good as today¡¯s in the future?

    This situation was entirely different from the one in his past life. At that time, everyone was moring for Li Xiuchen, but now no one was showing any interest. Luo Jianqing¡¯s expression didn¡¯t change as he watched Li Xiuchen, showing neither sorrow nor joy. Like a god in the frosty skies, his imposing manner and neutral expression were oppressing.

    However, exactly the same as his past life, Li Xiuchen humbly cupped his hands in greeting, saying seriously, ¡°Senior brother, I heard that Tai Hua Mountain has seven peaks altogether. Why do you say I¡¯m allowed to pick one out of the six peaks?¡±

    Once his words fell to the ground, everyone was in an uproar.

    For a while now, Luo Jianqing had felt ice-cold and cutting in his heart, but he said with a tender smile, ¡°The Yu Xiao Peak where I reside does not ept disciples. I am the only one, so go ahead and choose from the other six peaks.¡±

    After hearing these words, pleasant surprise shed through Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes. Feigning indifference, he continued, ¡°Senior brother, I would like to enter Yu Xiao Peak. Sir Xuan Lingzi is rivaled by none, challenging demonic cultivators with his own strength, a model for us cultivators. I will not hide from you, senior brother, that I greatly admire him. In fact, I came to Tai Hua Mountain just to study under Sir Xuan Lingzi. Even if I became an odd-jobs disciple, I would be most willing.¡±

    When this happened in his past lifetime, Luo Jianqing was so angry that the spiritual energy in his body rebelled, a flick of his sleeve nearly sending the boy falling to his death.

    His aplishments since birth had been excellent, he had extraordinary patience, but his only weakness was that person. Li Xiuchen had hit his sore spot just right, and he couldn¡¯t help but grow furious. He injured Li Xiuchen, then that person, who had never left the gates before, suddenly left Yu Xiao Peak to go back and personally treat Li Xiuchen. Then he told him in a neutral voice, ¡°Jianqing, from now on, he will be your junior brother.¡±

    In his past life, he was framed countless times by Li Xiuchen. though there was only one thing that Li Xiuchen said that was right.

    ¡ªHe hated Li Xiuchen. He hated that Li Xiuchen had be that person¡¯s disciple, sharing that position reserved only for him.

    The past floated like clouds in front of his eyes and passed in a sh. Luo Jianqing lowered his head to look at Li Xiuchen. He saw that thetter was looking at him with slight fear, but his eyes also had a trace of expectation, like he was waiting for something. Yet this time, Luo Jianqing merely sighed heavily. Under his sleeves, his fingernails tightly clenched his palm. He said with a gentle smile, ¡°Yu Xiao Peak has never epted any disciples. Junior brother, pick another one.¡±

    Li Xiuchen was instantly stupefied.

    This entire time, he had been waiting for Luo Jianqing to attack, and then Xuan Lingzi woulde to help resolve the dispute with Luo Jianqing, while simultaneously bringing him into Yu Xiao Peak. How did Luo Jianqing never raise a hand against him all this time? Perhaps he had passed into this book, and that¡¯s why he changed so radically?

    After waiting for a moment, Li Xiuchen¡¯s expression indecisive the entire time, he slowly ran out of words to say.

    He didn¡¯t speak. Luo Jianqing said nothing as well and patiently waited. To his side, however, Xie Zizhuo was impatient. ¡°Stop being so indecisive and pick somewhere to go already. That youngdy who got third ce, I can see that your constitution¡¯s pretty good. Do you want to go with my senior brother to Hao Ming Peak? Our Hao Ming Peak has the most beautiful scenery in Tai Hua Mountain, and fits a cute youngdy like you the best...¡±

    The other five disciples who had been waiting the entire time already picked their own school to go to. Li Xiuchen was still standing at the same ce he was before, unmoving. When Liu Xiaoxiao was taken by the Qing Lan Peak person, she hesitated for a moment, then said to Li Xiuchen, ¡°Chen-gege, Qing Lan Peak is really good. Do you want toe with me to Qing Lan Peak?¡±

    Li Xiuchen answered her in a resolute tone, ¡°I want to study under Sir Xuan Lingzi.¡±

    Luo Jianqing heard what he said. The smile on his lips deepened, and he didn¡¯t reply.

    Finally, the other 23 disciples had all picked out the peaks they wanted to go to, leaving only Li Xiuchen who was slow with his decision. He raised his head to look at Luo Jianqing, who lowered his head to look at him. Of the two, one stood in a high position, wearing a white robe, natural and graceful, so handsome it appeared he held the radiance of the whole world; one stood in a low position, wearing clothes made of sackcloth, lookedpletely ordinary, and his eyes were filled with a shrewd look.

    After a while, Luo Jianqing said gently, ¡°Junior brother, you should go to Hao Ming Peak. Their techniques suit you better.¡±

    Li Xiuchen staunchly shook his head. ¡°No! Senior brother, I came to Tai Hua Mountain to join Yu Xiao Peak, to study under Sir Xuan Lingzi!¡±

    The phrase ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi¡± made Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile slowly bend toward his eyes. His palm had already been stained with his own blood from being pinched, but he hadn¡¯t revealed a trace of his true feelings since the very beginning. The corners of his lips were raised as he paid no more attention to Li Xiuchen. Instead, he turned his head to say to the embarrassed Xie Zizhuo, ¡°Junior brother, take him away.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo originally wanted to say something, but he looked at the clear wisps of blood in Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes and dumbly nodded his head. But when Xie Zizhuo ordered people to take Li Xiuchen, he still shouted noisily, ¡°No! I want to go to Yu Xiao Peak, I want to go to Yu Xiao Peak! I want to see Sir Xuan Lingzi, I want to see Sir Xuan Lingzi!¡±

    The skies were clear as crystal. The outer disciples of Tai Hua Mountain on the other side of the tform were calm and quiet. The elegant, unworried great senior brother of Tai Hua Mountain stood high with a tranquil expression, watching the junior brother shout as he was being taken away.

    Who would¡¯ve anticipated this! But he saw the clouds roll in the horizon and a golden sword-light cut the air, quickly prating the sky.

    The majestic sword light brought the whole Tai Hua Mountain to submission. The atmosphere stood still, and water stopped running. The golden sword light that filled the sky made everyone¡¯s swords begin to tremble and shake, like they wanted to pledge their allegiance. The disciples were intimidated, their hearts so unstable they nearly kneeled down.

    Only a prolonged, deep voice could be heard throughout the boundless distance, like it hade from ancient times. Mixed with a faint sigh, it rang gently from the sky, ¡°Jianqing.¡±

    (1) Body Fusion (ºÏÌå), Cmity Passage(¶É½Ù). I couldn¡¯t find any English trantion for these so I tried my best. If there is, tell me.

    (2) ½á·¢: binding your hair uponing of age

 Chapter 4

    <h4>Chapter 4</h4>

    This limitless spiritual energy filled the entire sky, so powerful that it seemed to coagte into a sea, so oppressing that every disciple there couldn¡¯t lift their heads. Only Luo Jianqing who was standing in the middle of the tall tform faintly raised his head, like he had long gotten used to this fearsome, oppressing aura. He raised his gaze, fixed on somewhere far away.

    No one had arrived yet. Only the voice had reached them first.

    After that vast, majestic golden sword-light passed, they were finally able to see a white-clothed figure.

    Long ck hair was tied up in the simplest white jade crown, clothed in a white embroidered gown sewn withplicated, densely veined patterns, rich clothes with wide sleeves, contrasting against the blue sky above. He was so dazzling that people couldn¡¯t help but look at him with reverence blooming in their hearts. He stood at the summit above all living things, watching the crowd below him with an apathetic and tranquil gaze. Finally, his line of sight slowly stopped at the top of the tall tform.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s head was lifted, several hundred meters away, one in the sky, one on the ground, staring at that person.

    Like he hadn¡¯t seen him in a hundred thousand years, Luo Jianqing gazed at him soundlessly, the other person calmly returning his gaze. After a moment, the bloodstains in his palm were so hot it felt like it was going tobust. Luo Jianqing raised his hand in a show of respect, solemnly saying, ¡°Master.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi stood in the clouds, answering lightly, ¡°Mn.¡±

    Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Yu Xiao Peak Lord was Sir Xuan Lingzi, the current number one immortal in the cultivation world. At fifteen, he achieved Foundation Establishment. At 25, he reached the Core Formation stage. At 56, he seeded in creating a Nascent Soul. At present, he had cultivated for no more than 300 years, but was the only cultivator under the heavens who refined his qi into spirit. Looking over the past 5,000 years, he was also the only cultivator who had hopes to levitate heavenwards and be immortal.

    Countless disciples widened their eyes in amazement when they saw Xuan Lingzi. Even the newly epted disciples did not dare look towards that person in disbelief. They only stared for a moment, then timidly moving away their line of sight.

    This was the superiority of a honored senior who had achieved spirit-refining. They had merely looked at him for an instant, but quickly became panic-stricken.

    And among the crowd of disciples, no one was more excited than Li Xiuchen. With wild joy, he looked at the noble honored senior who was dressed in a white chang pao. Although he couldn¡¯t look at him for too long, he was so excited that he couldn¡¯t control himself: Xuan Lingzi came! Xuan Lingzi¡¯s going to take me as his disciple!

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s cold, elegant face had no trace of emotion, like he totally had no concern for the disciples all around him. His line of sight was fixed on his own disciple, the golden sword mark in the middle of his forehead glowing faintly with golden light. He had thin eyes and long eyebrows, a nose like it had been cut with a knife, lips devoid of color. He truly seemed like a simple and elegant immortal with no worldly concerns, making anyone respect him.

    Xuan Lingzi attentively gazed at the disciple on the high tform. Luo Jianqing lowered his head, keeping silent.

    After a moment, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s pupils shrunk, and suddenly shifted to the high tform.

    Once he appeared, Xie Zizhuo next to Luo Jianqing became intimidated. Xie Zizhuo hurriedly shouted several sentences, ¡°Martial uncle Xuan Lingzi.¡± Xuan Lingzi lightly nodded towards him, and Xie Zizhuo hastily descended the high tform, not daring to stand next to this gifted martial uncle.

    ¡°You really won¡¯t lift your head?¡± Xuan Lingzi asked apathetically.

    Luo Jianqing kept his respectful position as before, not answering.

    His handsome eyebrows knit together, Xuan Lingzi looked down towards his rebellious disciple, and asked again in a low voice, ¡°Your master has juste out of seclusion and heard you are currently arranging the all-peak examinations for the new disciples. Your flying sword has finished refining, would you like to look?¡±

    Luo Jianqing still kept his head lowered with no reaction.

    This situation made Xuan Lingzi knit his eyebrows together tightly, as if he didn¡¯t understand what was the matter with his usually considerate disciple. His cold lips pursed, about to ask a question, then suddenly heard a pleasantly surprised shout off stage. ¡°Sir! I am Li Xiuchen, I have admired you for many years, and wish to enter your school.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi seemed as if he didn¡¯t hear him and put his hands together behind him, continuing to look down at his disciple.

    After a long time, the powerful and oppressive ocean-like aura scattered heavily, making the disciples near the tall tform feel so threatened their faces turned white. Even Li Xiuchen who had shouted earlier was sweating like a pig from fright. And the white-clothed great senior brother who was in the heart of the oppressive aura felt so constricted he could not straighten his back, but he still grit his teeth and didn¡¯t make a sound.

    Xuan Lingzi sighed heavily and drew back his oppressive aura. ¡°Go back to Yu Xiao Peak.¡±

    Luo Jianqing suddenly raised his head in surprise. He looked at the other person and asked, astonished, ¡°Master?¡±

    This time, Xuan Lingzi discovered that at some point, his normally respectful disciple¡¯s eyes had turnedpletely red. His fair and beautiful face was covered in dense sweat, and his scattered hair was damp with sweat and stuck to his face. He was out of spiritual breath, but this frightened state was more beautiful.

    Having no reaction to this, Xuan Lingzi neutrally nodded. ¡°Go back. I¡¯ll let you see your new flying sword.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was overjoyed at the unexpected good news, and immediately answered, ¡°Yes!¡±

    As he spoke, Luo Jianqing gave the follow-up matters of the all-peak examinations to the disciple next to him, then prepared to return with his master. No one expected that at that moment, Li Xiuchen ran to the side of the high tform and raised his head, saying loudly, ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi, this disciple wishes to enter Yu Xiao Peak, to be your disciple!¡±

    Everyone was strangely quiet when these words fell.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile disappeared in a sh. He clenched his fingers tightly, his fingernails digging into the recent bloodstains again. The bloodstains had already formed a scab, but blood started seeping out again when it was punctured. The pain made Luo Jianqing narrow his eyes, looking at Li Xiuchen off-stage.

    Li Xiuchen had an earnest and serious expression, but he was secretly very excited.

    After he became Xuan Lingzi¡¯s disciple and entered Yu Xiao Peak, he would receive careful guidance from the cultivation world¡¯s most powerful person. At 20 years old, he could achieve Qi Foundation, and Core Formation at 40. He may not be as good as Xuan Lingzi, but it was good to be well prepared! His inherent weakness was no problem, he had a golden finger. The first step is to find a good master, then he would get further and further!

    This was all well and fine, but although this Luo Jianqing was a little strange, Xuan Lingzi still arrived in the end. He could enter Yu Xiao Peak as he had before.

    Through his joy, Li Xiuchen was not paying attention to what was happening on the high tform.

    Only being able to see Xuan Lingzi¡¯s cold white robe and the dazzling golden sword marking on his forehead, he lowered his head to nce at Li Xiuchen, then turned his head to continue looking at his disciple. With a cold expression, he asked serenely, ¡°Jianqing, has Yu Xiao Peak started epting disciples?¡±

    Suddenly hearing these words, Luo Jianqing stumbled, the monstrous hatred in his heart instantly fading away. He looked at him in surprise, his logic and reason also vanishing in the moment.

    Under the shining sunlight, Xuan Lingzi looked at him with his usual indifference. He buried that sentence he said into the bottom of his heart. In his two lifetimes, he had never destroyed his hurt and bitterness, and suddenly felt like it had lightened somewhat.

    Luo Jianqing faintly opened his mouth. When he spoke, he found that his voice was already hoarse.

    ¡°...No, Master.¡±

    ¡°Then let¡¯s go.¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡±

    This happened very quickly. Li Xiuchen looked at the pair of master and disciple with astonishment, and couldn¡¯t collect his thoughts for a long time. By the time he reacted, in the wake of the golden light fading away above the mountains, the two had left behind the waiting Li Xiuchen standing in the audience, along with his watching senior and junior brothers.

    ¡°Yu Xiao Peak has traditionally never epted disciples for years. Howe this new junior brother doesn¡¯t realize that?¡±

    ¡°I heard in those days, martial uncle Xuan Lingzi was the only disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, and now Yu Xiao Peak has a great senior brother. Does he still think he can enter?¡±

    ¡°Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s standards for apprenticeship are so high. This guy totally doesn¡¯t meet the qualifications. Martial uncle Xuan Lingzi has a super level constitution, and so does senior brother Luo. This person doesn¡¯t seem to have any constitution at all. How could martial uncle Xuan Lingzi even look at him?¡±

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes were wide open, looking towards where the two people had disappeared in confusion. Once he was taken to Hao Ming Peak, in the room he was assigned he muttered, as if he lost his soul, ¡°No no no... how could this happen? How could this happen? Where did I go wrong in the end? Where did... yi? Luo Jianqing?!¡±

    Thinking of this, Li Xiuchen seemed like he was struck by lightning. After a moment, he cursed loudly, ¡°That¡¯s right! That little girl should¡¯ve gotten hit by lightning, so why did Luo Jianqing suddenly show up! And today, why didn¡¯t Luo Jianqing hit me! Luo Jianqing Luo Jianqing... is it possible he transmigrated as well? Fucking Luo Jianqing, who the hell are you!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t hear Li Xiuchen¡¯s curses, as he had been following Xuan Lingzi the entire time back to Yu Xiao Peak. It wasn¡¯t long before he could see the two simple and modest bamboo houses. The bamboo houses were surrounded by a dense forest of bamboo. Green bamboo swayed gently in the breeze, causing them to gurgle.

    After they returned to the bamboo houses, Xuan Lingzi took out a sword from his storage ring.

    ¡°This sword is three feet and seven inches long and 312 pounds. Use this ten-thousand year ck iron that you have brought back previously, a thousand-year Lightning Crystal, a low-level fourth-degree Lightning Pellet and refine them together. This sword is quick, and can pull ten thousand miles of lightning and thunder to join you in resisting the enemy. It is considered to be a earth-level magic weapon.¡± As he spoke, Xuan Lingzi grasped the sword with one hand, handing it to his disciple. ¡°Jianqing, from now on, this will be your life-bound magic weapon, so it must have a name.¡±

    The cyan tip of the sword faintly twinkled, and the sharp and fierce edge seemed like it could cut the skies, but it had been temporarily sealed by Xuan Lingzi¡¯s spiritual power. The sword lightly shivered, as if it didn¡¯t agree to surrender in this tiny bamboo house. Xuan Lingzi had been holding the sword the entire time, waiting for his disciple to take it.

    However, Luo Jianqing had been staring attentively at the sword the entire time, and was slow with reacting.

    In his past lifetime, he named this sword Zhui Yin.

    His master had asked him in astonishment why he chose this name. His reply was, ¡°This sword is quick, and chases at the speed of sound, so I named it Zhui Yin.¡±(1)

    At the time, his master lightly nodded and didn¡¯t ask any further. But he was the only one who truly knew what this sword¡¯s name meant.

    The immortal name of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Yu Xiao Peak Lord was Xuan Lingzi, originally named Wu Yin. (2)

    Chasing and chasing sound, chasing at the speed of sound, or perhaps no sound?

    Looking at this sword, Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart gradually began to ache. After a moment, he took the sword. The originally howling sword suddenly became obedient in Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands, flowing with blue light and letting out a low cry.

    Xuan Lingzi looked at this scene, satisfied. He understood this sword had already recognized its master. But before he could think anything else, he heard his disciple say quietly, ¡°Master, its name will be Shuang Fu.¡± (3)

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s entire body trembled, and raised his head to look at Luo Jianqing. After a while, he finally asked, ¡°... For what reason?¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed, and said, ¡°Thunder frightens electricity into scattering. Snow sshes, bing floating frost. And since this sword can pull ten thousand miles of lightning, I name it Shuang Fu.¡± Luo Jianqing¡¯s voice had just fell when the sword trembled slightly, like it was agreeing with him.

    Luo Jianqing looked at his sword with a smile, then decided to turn and go into the bamboo forest to try it out. However, just when he turned, he heard Xuan Lingzi¡¯s cold and elegant voice say behind him, ¡°Jianqing, you...yi, what happened to your hand?¡±

    The next moment, an ice-cold hand suddenly gripped Luo Jianqing¡¯s wrist, pulling him back.

    Luo Jianqing... I don¡¯t know, but that seems kinda gay...

    I can¡¯t be the only one who got serious second-hand embarrassment from LXC¡¯s desperate cries for attention, right?

    (1) Zhui Yin (×·Òô): to chase sound

    (2) Wu Yin (ÎÞÒô): without sound

    (3) Shuang Fu (Ëª¸¡): floating frost

 Chapter 5

    <h4>Chapter 5</h4>

    The jade-green bamboo swayed freely, the slender leaves dancing back and forth.

    Yu Xiao Peak was at the very heart of Tai Hua Mountain, surrounded by the other six peaks, and held the position of having the very best earth-type spiritual veins. Yu Xiao Peak had 81 first-ss restrictions, 36 second-ss restrictions, which just so happened to correspond with China¡¯s 36 provinces; andstly there were nine third-ss restrictions, symbolizing that nine divided by nine is one. (1)

    There were so many that all of the previous great elders even joined together to set up and seal an enormous army at the summit, which could trap any cultivator that was at the Mahayana stage or lower.

    If Tai Hua Mountain was every cultivator¡¯s holynd, then Yu Xiao Peak was the foundation of Tai Hua Mountain.

    For the past thirteen consecutive generations, Yu Xiao Peak has only ever epted one disciple. One reason was that Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s requirements for epting disciples were very high and they must have a superior level constitution; the other reason was that training one disciple needed a great deal of effort and care. If they were merely an ordinary disciple, then there would be no problem, but Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s disciples were nurtured with the goal of making them great elders of their sect.

    Xuan Lingzi had cultivated for no more than 316 years, and today he was the sole cultivator in the entire world who had achieved Spirit-Refining. Luo Jianqing was 17 years old when he achieved Qi Foundation, Core Formation at 32, and he was also already a giant among men of this generation. He had confidence that he would definitely break through Spirit-Refining one day.

    And currently, Xuan Lingzi was looking downwards at the bloodstains in his disciple¡¯s palm, not saying anything.

    Cultivators that achieved Core Formation already had bodies as tough as steel, and it was nearly impossible to injure them.

    This series of crescent-shaped scars were clearly recent and were left behind by the owner¡¯s own nails. How strong was his determination, even if he had absolutely no fingernails, if it made him able to draw blood from his hard skin?

    Xuan Lingzi still hadn¡¯t made any inquiries, only brushing away his sleeve to take out a small white jade bottle from his storage ring. He drew out a drop of Concentrated Jade Syrup and gently smeared it on the wounds. His smooth, round fingertips softly stroked the tender skin of his palm. Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire body trembled a little, the numbness passing along to his palm.

    Even when Xuan Lingzi was applying the magic medicine, he was as calm and undisturbed as usual,pletely unwavering.

    His narrow eyes lowered slightly, the white robe that covered his entire body aloof and eminent. The golden sword marking on his forehead made him seem elegant, dignified and honorable, making no one dare to approach him. After he was done cautiously applying medicine on Luo Jianqing¡¯s left palm, he smoothly took the other hand.

    But Luo Jianqing suddenly withdrew his hand and said hoarsely, ¡°Master, I¡¯ll do it myself.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s movements suddenly be sluggish. After a moment, he lightly nodded his head and handed over the Concentrated Jade Syrup to him.

    Luo Jianqing took a bit of light green ointment and smeared it over his right palm.

    ¡ªHe used his right hand to hold his sword, and as a sword cultivator, this was his most important hand. His left hand was already so sensitive; provided that if he really let this person help him apply ointment on his right hand, he didn¡¯t know what kind of things he would¡¯ve done.

    After a short time, Luo Jianqing was done with the ointment.

    The light green ointment immediately dissolved, and Luo Jianqing felt that his wounds were a little numb. When he raised his hands and looked at them, the small wounds had already healed, leaving behind only a row of pink scars.

    Xuan Lingzi said lowly, ¡°Take this bottle of Concentrated Jade Syrup with you, and do not harm yourself again.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded in response.

    Less than a momentter, the two went to an open space outside the bamboo house, preparing to try out the sword.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s right hand held his sword, his line of sight concentrated into a thin line. He stared solemnly in front of him, like he was facing a single enemy. In his hand, Shuang Fu answered his greeting and sent out bursts of green haze in eagerness, like it was impatient.

    In the next second, his sword rushed forth, emitting a brilliant sword-light.

    His long sword danced, his sleeves flying energetically as the green sword-light fluttered all around the viridian bamboo like a swimming dragon, stirring up sand and dust. The oppressive aura of his sword swept the entire forest like a mighty river, but he handled it so wlessly that he didn¡¯t hurt the bamboo itself, only making them wobble violently.

    This sword was an earth-type life-bound magic weapon, and the person dancing with the sword was the top master of a young generation.

    His ck hair moved without wind, the beauty of his refined and exceptional appearance could be faintly seen in the middle of the sword movements, his manner rxed, and his sword-energy was also oppressive. If his little junior sister could see this, perhaps stirrings of love would emerge. But the one watching off to the side was Xuan Lingzi, only watching from above with indifference and without any judgment.

    After he was finished trying out his sword for the first time, Luo Jianqing clung to Shuang Fu as he headed back to the bamboo house.

    ¡°Master, this sword is connected to my heart.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded indifferently. ¡°Mn, practice hard.¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s hair was already soaked with sweat, his bright eyes rippling with the color of water, with his lips dark red and cheeks pink. His already beautiful immortal-like face became even more astonishingly alluring, like the most splendid, flickering haze around scenickes and mountains. His loveliness was so great that it had already transcended the boundaries of gender.

    But Xuan Lingzi had no reaction to any of this. After talking about some trivial things again, he started to walk.

    Luo Jianqing was slightly startled, and impulsively yelled, ¡°Master!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi turned to look at him. ¡°What is it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing pursed his lips for a long time, saying, ¡°Master, why were you in seclusion for so long this time?¡±

    As if he couldn¡¯te up with an answer, quite a while had passed before Xuan Lingzi finally said, ¡° ¡°The shortest I have been in seclusion was half a month. The longest was three years.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s expression turned dark.

    This was entirely different from his past life.

    In his past life, after Xuan Lingzi had epted Li Xiuchen, he never went into seclusion again. Throughout the entire 18 years, he spent a generous amount of time teaching Li Xiuchen with great attention, so much that this boy with no constitution achieved Qi Foundation at 20 years old and possessed an extraordinary ability to resist.

    Luo Jianqing was already quite well along in his past life, having been in thete stage of Core Formation and only a step away from entering the Nascent Soul stage. But at that time, Li Xiuchen was no more than 34 years old and he was only in thete stage of Qi Foundation. To his surprise, he led a group of decent and righteous people and broke a great boundary, stabbing that sword into his heart.

    When Li Xiuchen was present, this person never went into seclusion, preferring to let his cultivation stagnate at the early stage of Spirit-Refining for 18 years. And now that Li Xiuchen wasn¡¯t here, he immediately continued seclusion and only spoke a few trivial words to him, then had nothing else to say.

    Slowly, this bitter feeling became agony, until it finally transformed into a raging ze, consuming Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart.

    His handsome and unworried face no longer had any trace of the joy he had before. Luo Jianqing cupped his hands in salute, and said expressionlessly, ¡°Master, this disciple hopes that your great masters will order to drive out that new disciple who should have never entered Tai Hua Mountain.¡±

    For a very long time, Luo Jianqing waited for Xuan Lingzi¡¯s answer with his head lowered. Finally he heard the other person say tly, ¡°What for?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said again, ¡°You do not need to ask who it is?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°That boy who wanted to enter Yu Xiao Peak, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire body tensed.

    His master never remembered people. Of the seven finest disciples of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s seven peaks, his master didn¡¯t remember any of them. But surprisingly, he had remembered Li Xiuchen.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyebrows furrowed as he looked down, his voice colder than a forest. ¡°Yes, that¡¯s him. Master, at Leiting Road, Jianqing personally witnessed him take the effort to retreat back a step, hiding behind that ¡õ¡õ year old little girl who was apanying him. He even pulled the corner of the girl¡¯s robe just to block the lightning for him. Such a cruel and merciless disciple absolutely must not enter our Tai Hua Mountain. Master, please see clearly.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s fingers were clenched tight, stubbornly waiting for his answer.

    After a while, he heard Xuan Lingzi say in a level tone, ¡°Since he has already entered Hao Ming Peak, naturally senior brother Guangling should inspect this matter instead. You should discuss this with senior brother Guangling and ask him to investigate this thoroughly. If what you say is true, no mercy should be shown.¡±

    Luo Jianqing gritted his teeth, the ze in his heart already burning again.

    ¡°Jianqing, you must not get involved in this matter by any means. Bear in mind that you should concentrate only on cultivation. Do not get too involved with that disciple again.¡±

    His voice fell, and the door to the bamboo house shut.

    Luo Jianqing stood outside the bamboo house by himself, still cupping his hands in salute. After a very long time, he slowly straightened up and stared at the bamboo house with a painful andplex gaze, like he could see the person inside.

    That¡¯s right, he¡¯d forgotten. At that time, that person¡¯s life-bound sword had ruthlessly pierced through his stomach. That sword was so cold, as cold as the person who owned it. In the end, the master and disciple who had been together for dozens of years couldn¡¯tpare with Li Xiuchen, who he had known for eighteen years. If he didn¡¯t have the heaven-level Xuan Ling sword, Li Xiuchen¡¯s fortune with the heavens wouldn¡¯t matter, as he couldn¡¯t cross levels and behead him.

    Unfortunately, it did turn out to be Xuan Ling!

    Mind boiling in impure qi, Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrunk, and hurriedly rushed into his own bamboo house. Once he entered, he vomited a mouthful of blood from his heart. The resentful sorrow that had been reverberating ever since he reincarnated, dissipated and was reced by an overflowing rage.

    ¡°Aren¡¯t you my master, and aren¡¯t I your disciple?¡±

    ¡°I followed your teachings so closely throughout my entire past life, I never crossed your limits by even half a step until the very end, and what do I get back?¡±

    ¡°Wu Yin... Wu Yin.¡±

    ¡°Wu Yin!¡±

    After taking care of the blood in his heart that boiled from his anger, Luo Jianqing meditated in the bamboo house for the next three days. On the afternoon of the third day, Luo Jianqing heard a moringing down from Yu Xiao Peak far, far away. He immediately grasped his sword and went down the mountain, then saw the erratic Xie Zizhuo.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips pulled up and turned around to leave.

    Xie Zizhuo hurriedly caught up to him without saying anything further. Suddenly, heid down on the ground and hugged Luo Jianqing¡¯s thigh. ¡°Senior brother!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    After a moment, Luo Jianqing flung the animal off his thigh. However, he didn¡¯t expect for this animal to cling to him so tightly like a piece of dog-skin ster, and couldn¡¯t get him off.

    Luo Jianqing said in astonishment, ¡°Junior brother, you¡¯re a golden core cultivator as well, can¡¯t you have some face?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo shook his head, not caring in the slightest. ¡°Nope! Senior brother, if you don¡¯t answer me I won¡¯t get up!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    After Luo Jianqing went up Yu Xiao Peak, dragging Xie Zizhuo along the entire journey, he carried some bamboo-green tea from the top of Yu Xiao Peak, which Xie Zizhuo gulped an entire cup of. He immediately took the teapot and poured it in his mouth, just like a cow chewing a tree. Luo Jianqing, who was not in a good mood, tilted his head to look at this person. Xie Zizhuo didn¡¯t seem to notice. After he was done drinking, heid on his stomach again and clung to Luo Jianqing¡¯s thigh.

    ¡°Senior brother save me!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing wordlessly gave Xie Zizhuo a boiled chestnut and listened to his exnation.

    Originally, the reason why Xie Zizhuo wanted to find little junior sister to refine pills for him was not for him, but was for... fifth junior brother¡¯s spiritual beast. That day, Xie Zizhuo went to Yu Shou Peak to find fifth junior brother and couldn¡¯t find him. Then he went to find fifth junior brother¡¯s recently tamed sixth-level spiritual beast.

    Xie Zizhuo took a big gulp of tea, then said, ¡°Senior brother, a sixth-level spiritual beast! That¡¯s on the same level as a Nascent Soul cultivator, and it was tamed too!¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised an eyebrow. ¡°So what happened with it?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo chuckled mischievously. ¡°I just did a little something to it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t believe him as Xie Zizhuo was in the early stage of Core Formation, and what threat could he pose to a sixth-level spiritual beast? But the affairs of the world were hard to guess. Xie Zizhuo didn¡¯t know that this spiritual beast had an internal injury, and the reason why fifth junior brother left was to give this spiritual beast a medicine pellet. In front of Xie Zizhuo¡¯s shameless provocations, the spiritual beast was knowledgeable and was certain he would not hold back. Thus, Xie Zizhuo attacked it despite its internal injuries and caused it serious injury.

    Xie Zizhuo originally had thought, ¡°Have I really gotten that strong?¡± then heard that fifth junior brother was hurrying to humiliate him.

    Fifth junior brother had already made every Yu Shou Peak disciple beat Xie Zizhuo whenever they saw him, and if they couldn¡¯t, they would call him toe beat him up! Therefore, on the days that Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t present, everyone was calling each other to beat up Xie Zizhuo. It was so awful that it had gotten to the point where he would frequently seclude himself.

    Xie Zizhuo knew that he was guilty, and wanted to find little junior sister to refine a medicine pill to bring the spiritual beast back to death. However, little junior sister didn¡¯t care, and that was why he went to find Luo Jianqing today.

    Xie Zizhuo sobbed as tears and mucus flowed down his face. ¡°Senior brother, next year is the great sectpetition. If I don¡¯t resolve this spiritual beast business, fifth junior brother will beat me to death! His cultivation isn¡¯t as good as mine, but his spiritual beasts are so scary, you have to rescue me!¡±

    As he spoke, Xie Zizhuo was holding onto his thigh the entire time, beginning to exin in detail the past ten years or so. First he talked the time during his childhood when he apanied Luo Jianqing kneeling in punishment, then talked about the camaraderie of the time the two of them peeked at third senior sister showering...

    Listening to him talk made the blue veins on Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead jump. ¡°Stop talking nonsense! In those days, you dragged me off to wherever you went, and I didn¡¯t know that was third junior sister... cough, and you weren¡¯t apanying me, I was apanying you! Master...¡± His voice stopped suddenly.

    Xie Zizhuo didn¡¯t notice Luo Jianqing¡¯s strange behavior and picked up his words. ¡°Yes yes yes, I know that martial uncle Xuan Lingzi was always strict with you, but it¡¯s not your fault that you wanted to kneel together with me. Senior brother, help me this time, I don¡¯t want your jade oxb anymore, you only...yi?¡±

    A short, light brown jadeb suddenly appeared in front of Xie Zizhuo.

    Xie Zizhuo scrambled for the jade oxb and raised his head, smiling bashfully. He wanted to give Luo Jianqing thanks, but saw the ¡°Tai Hua¡¯s Flower¡± great senior brother smile tranquilly. A small star shed through his clear and elegant eyes, enough to draw anyone in.

    ¡°Go ... give it to little junior sister, and tell her that I like someone else, so she won¡¯t wait anymore.¡±

    He said these words softly and quietly, making Xie Zizhuo gradually be sentimental. By the time Luo Jianqing got up to see him out, Xie Zizhuo suddenly snapped out of it. He looked at his senior brother with aplex and profound look, and finally couldn¡¯t help saying, ¡°Senior brother, you have been friends with her for thirty-three years. Little junior sister could never forget you. If you use that kind of excuse, there¡¯s no way she¡¯ll believe it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help but give a lowugh, looking at Xie Zizhuo for a moment too long.

    It was just like in his past life. They thought that ¡°I like someone else¡± was just an excuse, but no one knew that he was telling the truth.

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s words reminded Luo Jianqing to ask, his eyebrows furrowed, ¡°I remember that the new disciples¡¯ first practice is in two months. Are they led by little junior sister?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo nodded seriously. ¡°Yes, senior brother. They are being led by little junior sister.¡±

    This matter had already happened a very long time ago, but once he was reminded, Luo Jianqing remembered something.

    Xie Zizhuo said that little junior sister could never forget him, but little junior sister still married Li Xiuchen in the end, bing his number one wife. That was because during their first practice, little junior sister and Li Xiuchen fell into the great vestiges of someone¡¯s Nascent Soul together. In the end, he was consumed by the poison of desire, and had no choice but for that kind of rtionship to break out between her and Li Xiuchen.

    Xie Zizhuo could guess what happened considering Li Xiuchen¡¯s nature and how he treated his little junior sister. That boy, merely third-stage Qi Foundation, was viting the early-stage Core Formation little junior sister, whose mind was not clear. He remembered that in his past life, after his little junior sister came back, she came to Yu Xiao Peak to look for him beforepletely secluding herself for five years.

    His little junior sister waited at the bottom of the peak for an entire ten days. Because he wanted to break her heart, he cruelly never went to see her.

    At that time, little junior sister had just ***, and the person who came up Yu Xiao Peak and humiliated her was none other than Li Xiuchen, but she still stubbornly waited at the ce where her enemy came to find her. Thinking about this, Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart hurt unbearably.

    He would never give that crook a chance to do that to his little junior sister ever again!

    Even though little junior sister would be rescued by Li Xiuchen time and time again, finally left with no choice but resolve to give herself in marriage, he would not allow Li Xiuchen to rape his junior sister under those circumstances. ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± didn¡¯t miss any details, so much that even those private affairs were written out in full.

    ¡°This senior sister had been long feverish from head to foot, but through life or death, she would not budge. Finally, Li Xiuchen could not bear it and pulled her hand. A tear streamed from the corner of senior sister¡¯s eye, and after a long time, she finally took Li Xiuchen¡¯s hand. The haughtiness she disyed just before dissipated thoroughly under the poison of desire. Li Xiuchen turned over the arrogant and willful senior sister and pushed her down, tearing apart her clothes.¡±

    What was written afterwards was too embarrassing to mention.

    His eyes alreadypletely red, Luo Jianqing had been preparing for this moment, and steadied his mental state as much as he could. He turned his head to say to Xie Zizhuo, ¡°I can ask sect leader martial uncle to let me lead practice in two months. Let little junior sister rx and take her time refining pills for you.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo stared nkly. ¡°Senior brother, guiding neers during practice is an unimportant matter that you don¡¯t have an obligation to.¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head firmly. ¡°I¡¯ll go this time.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo shook his head in a way like it was filled with fog. When Xie Zizhuo was about to leave, Luo Jianqing looked at him and said calmly, ¡°How is that Li Xiuchen doing at Hao Ming Peak?¡±

    When he mentioned the name, Xie Zizhuo¡¯s expression darkened. ¡°How? His constitution is so awful that he still hasn¡¯t entered Qi Condensation.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded his head in understanding. Quietly, he said as ast word, ¡°Junior brother, I don¡¯t like him.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo suddenly stared, then chuckled. ¡°I know, senior brother. You can rx.¡±

    Very quickly, Xie Zizhuo turned into a ribbon of silver light disappearing into the horizon. The business about ¡°driving Li Xiuchen out of our sect¡±, Luo Jianqing hadn¡¯t mentioned to Xie Zizhuo at all, because he knew that not a single person would believe him based off empty words. Also, Liu Xiaoxiao herself didn¡¯t know something like that had happened, and even in fear she will stand up for her big brother Chen.

    Luo Jianqing could not act so recklessly.

    Looking at the verdant, lush grass at the base of Yu Xiao Peak, Luo Jianqing knit his eyebrows slightly, and finally let out a long sigh.

    In two months, he would lead the new disciples through practice. During this period of time, he must concentrate fully on cultivation, or at the very least deal with his incessantly scattering spiritual energy appropriately. The boundaries... must, never, be, crossed, again!

    (1) Nine by nine is one: An abacus rule. Also means that things are inevitable.

    jianqing jianqing, yes master? eating vinegar, no master, open your mouth, hahaha

 Chapter 6

    <h4>Chapter 6</h4>

    He worked his cultivation methods, absorbed universal qi, andpleted a microcosmic orbit (1) along the direction of the veins, muscles, and bones in his body, thenpleted a macrocosmic orbit. He repeated this 81 times, amon routine for cultivators.

    The day Luo Jianqing reincarnated, on the way back to Tai Hua Mountain, he discovered that he was unable to inhale the universal qi as he once habitually did. If the universal qi waspared to an innocent yet powerful child, it would¡¯ve been happy to y with the superior level constitution Luo Jianqing before, and now it avoided him like the gue.

    No matter how Luo Jianqing worked his cultivation methods, nowhere within three zhang of his body had even a single drop of universal qi.

    What Luo Jianqing was practicing was Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s unique cultivation method, the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, that was always kept hidden. This was Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s most protected secret. It was said that in those years what Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s grandmasters studied was that very cultivation method, and relied on them to levitate heavenwards and achieve immortality.

    There was absolutely nothing wrong with the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, but this spiritual influence was unwilling to get close to him.

    For a long time, Luo Jianqing sat on the praying mat, thinking about this issue, but in the end he still couldn¡¯te up with an answer. When he had just reincarnated, he was already firmly in the middle stage of Core Formation, and now he had fallen to the beginning of the middle stage. If he fell down like this again, he was afraid that in one year he could drop to the early stage of Core Formation.

    After meditating inside his bamboo house for a month, Luo Jianqing got up to face the vast blue sky, and suddenly he had a thought...

    ¡°Could it be that the heavens cannot tolerate me any longer?¡±

    Naturally, the heavens had no way to answer him, but the inside of his body couldn¡¯t grow any more. Besides, the still slowly dropping boundaries was enough answer for Luo Jianqing.

    But Luo Jianqing did not get angry. He already resented the unjust will of the heavens, and although he knew his world was merely a book, being a cultivator was something he truly wanted. Cultivation was his identity. So what if it was just a book? He was still Luo Jianqing, and there was no way he was ¡°a disciple who had one appearance, in reality a filthy, dark, and jealous person¡±, or so it was written in that book.

    ...Cough cough, maybe he was a little jealous.

    He didn¡¯t think about it too long, as the time for the new disciples¡¯ first practice experience was approaching. Luo Jianqing packed some essential materials in his storage ring, then went to find the elder who was in charge of leading practice to receive his token.

    After he took the Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s leader token, Luo Jianqing had just barelye down from Cang Shuang Peak when he glimpsed a distant ball of fireing from the sky. His immediate reaction was to turn around and run, but he hadn¡¯t taken two steps when he heard a hurt voice behind his back. ¡°Senior brother, do you have to turn and run whenever you see me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing forced out twoughs and helplessly turned back around, looking at his little junior sister.

    From head to foot, she was covered in a fire-red cotton skirt. She had a very small face that had big round eyes with slender tightly knitted eyebrows. She looked extremely sweet and charming, but her arrogant and willful personality set her far apart from the gentleness of women. Instead, she was high-spirited and reckless like the zing sun above, bursting into thousands of rays of light.

    The seven great disciples of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s seven peaks, the celebrated and famous young generation of the cultivation world, the Seven Children of Tai Hua Mountain.

    Among them, though Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t too old, his cultivation was the highest, and so he was respected as the great senior brother. The other six were currently in the beginning stage of Core Formation, and they could probably go out and start their own sect, but at Tai Hua Mountain, they were still only disciples.

    Luo Jianqing let out a deep sigh, and said, ¡°Junior sister, I didn¡¯t see you.¡±

    Mu Tianxin didn¡¯t believe him, and pursed her lips. ¡°Senior brother, you used to call me by my name. You never called me junior sister.¡±

    As she spoke, Mu Tianxin again stepped forward, forcing Luo Jianqing to step back. Mu Tianxin moved forward again, and Luo Jianqing retreated again. And so in this way, the two went one step back and forth on the walkway below Cang Shuang Peak. At this rate, they would be back at Cang Shuang Peak. The junior brothers and sisters watched them curiously. Luo Jianqing finally stopped moving and adjusted his expression to ask, ¡°Xin¡¯er, what did youe to see me for?¡±

    At hearing ¡°Xin¡¯er¡±, the charming youngdy immediately beamed in happiness, but coughed, trying to feign indifference and hide her sounds of joy. ¡°Senior brother, I heard that you wanted to lead the new disciples this time instead of me. I specially refined these medicine pills for you. Please be careful while traveling.¡±

    Luo Jianqing took three small jade bottles from his little junior sister, not knowing whether to cry orugh. ¡°You mean these?¡±

    Mu Tianxin nodded heavily. ¡°Yes, these.¡± Her voice had just fell when her face suddenly burst into a brilliant smile, her big eyes fixed rigidly on Luo Jianqing, fiddling ceaselessly under her sleeves, like she was worried Luo Jianqing would not ept her kindness.

    He stared at the jade bottles for a long time, then put it inside his storage ring. ¡°Junior sister, I remember that fourth junior brother asked you to refine a third-level medicine pill. You¡¯ve refined these pills for me, so what about fourth junior brother¡¯s?¡±

    Mu Tianxin waved her hand, not seeming to care in the slightest. Like a dictator, she stated calmly, ¡°I¡¯ll make that boy Xie Zizhuo wait patiently.¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help butugh. ¡°Junior sister?¡±

    In the next moment, Mu Tianxin also started tough softly, without any hint of the small dictator she was acting like just a moment ago.

    The two talked for a bit on Cang Shuang Peak¡¯s mountain road, then Mu Tianxin urgently hurried back to refine a medicine pill and didn¡¯t stay long. Before leaving, she looked at Luo Jianqing for a while, reluctant to leave, turning around twice every three steps.

    When she walked to the end of the mountain road, the girl in the red clothes stopped and turned around to face Luo Jianqing, saying loudly, ¡°Senior brother, whether I owe you in your past life, or if I like you, that¡¯s my business. Whether you like me or not, that¡¯s your business. Never use the excuse that you like someone else to reject me again. That¡¯ll break my heart.¡±

    Right after her voice fell, the bright red rays flew quickly to the sky and merely left Luo Jianqing standing in his original position, stupefied, and didn¡¯t react for a very long time.

    Between the precipitous and craggy mountain road, Luo Jianqing lifted his eyes to look at where that ray of red had just left. After a long time, he finally shook his head lightly.

    He took out the three medicine bottles from his storage, two of which were second-level, and one was surprisingly third-level. Even if his little junior sister was the inheriting great disciple of Qing Lan Peak, refining a third-level medicine pill was no easy task. Such a high level medicine pill could only be achieved in the span of a month. He was afraid... that little junior sister had not rested very much.

    Thinking about this, wisps of blood floating in Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes, he sighed wordlessly.

    ¡°You didn¡¯t owe me in my past life... it was I that owed you.¡±

    Faint murmurings flooded the atmosphere, and no one was able to make out anything. Suddenly, a stream of green light rose from Cang Shuang Peak and flew straight towards Yu Xiao Peak. Luo Jianqing again returned to his bamboo house. He continued to meditate in seclusion, seeking a solution to his being ¡°untolerated by the heavens¡±.

    Though he couldn¡¯t respond to his little junior sister, he could at least make a promise. ¡°Junior sister, I won¡¯t let anyone bully you.¡±

    A month had passed very quickly. Luo Jianqing took Shuang Fu and returned it to between his eyebrows, a green sword mark appearing on his forehead. He took off the white Yu Xiao Peak uniform and changed into a simple, light, green embroidered gown, then stepped outside.

    When he left Yu Xiao Peak, Luo Jianqing turned his head to look at the bamboo house on the summit. After a long time, he returned his line of sight and walked quickly.

    The new disciples this time made up twenty-four altogether, which could even be said the most that ever came together in 100 years. Every new disciple all had to go through practice, and this time the leading senior brother was Luo Jianqing. At the same time, there were four Qi Foundation stage disciples who apanied Luo Jianqing to lead the new disciples.

    Twelve junior brothers and sisters were already being taken along by the Qi Foundation stage disciples. When Luo Jianqing caught up to them, the remaining twelve disciples were all standing straight as an arrow, watching him with big eyes. Their gazes carried curiosity, reverence, and gratitude...

    Yi? Gratitude?!

    Luo Jianqing turned his head and only saw the little girl Liu Xiaoxiao waving her hand incessantly at him, and mouthed, ¡°Thank you big sister.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Even if you don¡¯t talk, he can still tell what you¡¯re saying, you know!

    Luo Jianqing looked down at the twelve new disciples, directly ignoring the little Liu Xiaoxiao¡¯s fiery gaze. A cold and calm qi field dispersed into the surroundings, pressuring the crowd of children so that they couldn¡¯t breathe deeply.

    Luo Jianqing said neutrally, ¡°Those who have gotten on the transporting formation, hold hands and be sure not to separate. Those who entered Qi Foundation, when you enter the transporting formation you will only feel a bit of dizziness, so it would be best if you endured it. Now,e up one by one.¡±

    The little radishes nodded obediently, each and every one of them walking to the transporting formation.

    After thest one went up, Luo Jianqing stepped up, standing in front of the twelve people. He turned his head to look at the two disciples in charge of the transporting formation. He lightly nodded, and the two cupped their hands to salute him, saying simultaneously, ¡°Great senior brother¡±. Then they put in the spirit stones in the trough, preparing to start the transporting formation.

    In a sh, the whole world was flooded in white light, boundless, powerful spiritual energy soaring, wrapping up Luo Jianqing and the twelve radishes. Naturally, the transporting formation¡¯s oppressive aura was nothing to Luo Jianqing, but to the little radishes, it was the first time they had been assaulted with spiritual energy. Seeing that it was bing nearly unbearable for the little radishes, Luo Jianqing helplessly shook his head, flicking his sleeves to block some spiritual energy for the little radishes.

    A secondter, he saw a little radish looking at him, eyes brimming with tears as he nodded his head with emotion.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...I was just doing it in passing.¡±

    The little radish strained to nod his head. ¡°Thank you senior brother, thank you senior brother!¡±

    Seeing this small radish being so emotional, Luo Jianqing secretly found it amusing, and felt a little warm inside.

    The transporting formation was slow to start, but by the time the thirteen people were really about to be transported, there was a sh of golden sword-light in the horizon. Luo Jianqing only heard a voice echoing in his mind: ¡°Jianqing, did your master not tell you to concentrate on cultivation?¡±

    His voice was as cold as always, but for some reason, Luo Jianqing felt like he heard a bit of urgency.

    When this voice echoed in his heart, Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire body shivered, then he slowly calmed down. He sent a voice transmission back. ¡°Master, as the great senior brother of Tai Hua Mountain, I ought to guide these new disciples through practice.¡±

    A long time had passed before Xuan Lingzi¡¯s voice said deep and low, ¡°Jianqing, do you truly want to leave?¡±

    Luo Jianqing grit his teeth and said, ¡°Master, the transporting formation has already begun.¡±

    After waiting for some time, Luo Jianqing thought that his master didn¡¯t want to speak with him any more. But surprisingly, a ray of golden sword-light split cleanly towards his forehead. Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrunk and had just took his sword to defend himself, but he heard Xuan Lingzi¡¯s apathetic voice echo in his mind, ¡°This red seal carried a little thought of your master¡¯s. If you dare not to concentrate on cultivation on the way, your master will surely know.¡±

 Chapter 7

    <h4>Chapter 7</h4>

    The scorching sun was already overhead when Luo Jianqing brought the twelve little radishes to Liangzhou¡¯s Yi Tian City.

    The twelve Qi Foundation cultivators who were all dressed alike, plus the handsome, solitary Core Formation cultivator, formed a battle formation that was too powerful, attracting many people¡¯s attention the entire journey. They could not fly in the city, so Luo Jianqing and the others came down from the flying magical tool and stepped into Yi Tian City.

    They were just about to enter the city when Luo Jianqing saw the four Qi Foundation junior brothers and sisters, as well as the other twelve new disciples.

    The four disciples saluted Luo Jianqing one after another when they saw him, yelling, ¡°Great senior brother.¡±

    The twelve neers also immediately saluted. ¡°Great senior brother.¡±

    Luo Jianqing faintly nodded, sweeping a mild gaze over them. When he saw Li Xiuchen, he didn¡¯t react, but only calmly shifted his line of sight. Then he guided the crowd to Yi Tian City¡¯s stronghold and took the men Yi Tian Sect had prepared.

    Today, they stopped to rest in thergest tavern of the city. A man as tall and strong as a horse saw Luo Jianqing, surprise shing through his eyes. Then he cupped his hands and said, ¡°Fellow Daoist, I am Liu Dong, an elder of Yi Tian Sect. Concerning the matter of the Hidden Realm, my sect has already assigned people to investigate. Today we will invite everyone to rest for the time being in this guest house. Tomorrow morning I will lead everyone to the entrance of the Hidden Realm.¡± He paused and said, ¡°What is this fellow Daoist called?¡±

    To others, Luo Jianqing¡¯s expression was calm as he said neutrally, ¡°Luo Jianqing.¡±

    The man was startled, his eyes wide. After a while, he lowered his head and said, ¡°Fellow Daoist Luo.¡±

    After the four Qi Foundation disciples made the proper arrangements for all twenty four neers, Elder Liu left unhurriedly. Before leaving, he quietly sized up Luo Jianqing several times with aplex and unreadable look.

    Luo Jianqing doesn¡¯t pay attention to these sorts of trivial matters, but he knew what this elder was thinking.

    The reputation of the Seven Children of Tai Hua has long spread all over China. In ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±, when Elder Liu heard the leader was the little junior sister, the Last of Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children, he had the same reaction. After all, for a small sect like Yi Tian Sect, the strongest had only passed no further than thete stage of Core Formation. Even Elder Liu just then was only in thete stage of Qi Foundation.

    At Tai Hua Mountain, it was only possible to be an elder by attainingte stage Core Formation as well as establishing great merit. All the regr elders were above Nascent Soul stage. Among the seven peaks, Sir Xuan Lingzi of Yu Xiao Peak was the only cultivator on Earth who reached Spirit-Refining. For the other six peaks, the fifth Peak Lord was at the Mahayana stage, and only Yu Qingzi was at the Cmity Passage stage.

    Tai Hua Mountain was located right in the heart of China. Yu Xiao Peak was so high it shed against the skies, and it was said that it towered above all living things. Among the millions and millions of ces Tai Hua Mountain epassed, the schools there all received Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s protection. Their only request was that when they found any remnants of the Hidden Realm, they must inform Tai Hua Mountain so they could explore them.

    It seemed that these remnants that the Nascent Soul cultivator of Yi Tian Sect discovered was only one among others.

    Yet Tai Hua Mountain still looked down on the remnants that the Nascent Soul cultivator found. But fortunately, this was the first time the neers hade out for practice in ten years, so the sect leader let the new disciplese here to learn.

    This seemed to be very simr to ¡°paying tribute¡± which was a good thing for these small sects. As they said, treasuring a jade ring turns into a crime, and since their strength was not enough to protect their treasure, they could only rely on Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s protection, which benefit them.

    That night, after Luo Jianqing finished meditating in cultivation, a Qi Foundation disciple came to him.

    The disciple was from Hao Ming Peak, and it could also be said that he was a trusted follower of Xie Zizhuo¡¯s. After he entered Luo Jianqing¡¯s room, he immediately said tactfully, ¡°Senior brother, my senior brother Xie told me to tell you that he doesn¡¯t like that thing you don¡¯t like either. So at this time, the thing you don¡¯t like has been handled properly.¡± After speaking, he chuckled.

    Luo Jianqing raised an eyebrow. ¡°How did he handle it?¡±

    The disciple looked all around him. Luo Jianqing coolly waved a hand to set up an enchanted boundary, cutting them off from anyone who might watch.

    The disciple exined, ¡°We Hao Ming Peak do not like that Li Xiuchen. You know that the next sect-widepetition is less than a year away andst time, Hao Ming Peak came in secondst. We were only ahead of Qing Feng Peak by a little bit, and they devote themselves to refining medicine pills. Everyone at our peak is very driven, and we want to work hard and climb up. Who would¡¯ve guessed that some lucky bastard with no constitution came along, and what¡¯s more he¡¯s a neer that thinks he¡¯s better than everyone else.¡±

    Withpetition came motivation, and the ranking at the sect-widepetition was just and fair. The disciple continued, ¡°Also, what¡¯s strange is that after Li Xiuchen came to Hao Ming Peak, he didn¡¯t properly cultivate and just gave up. And he would also run to the back of the mountain practically every day. Every single new disciple has reached Qi Foundation already, while he¡¯s just wasting time.¡±

    Having heard what was said, Luo Jianqing finally wrinkled his eyebrows. ¡°Today I saw that he was already at the second phase of Qi Foundation.¡±

    The disciple immediately nodded. ¡°Exactly! This is the strange part. Obviously he never cultivated, but half a month ago he suddenly entered Qi Foundation, and after seven days he entered the second phase! Even senior brother Xie thought this was very strange. He doesn¡¯t like him, and sent some disciples to provoke him, even taking away his meals, but anyway he was really angry and confronted us, and also...¡±

    At this point, the disciple stopped. After thinking for a long time, he finally said, ¡°Right! Li Xiuchen said, ¡®Thirty years the river runs east, thirty years the river runs west, (1) do not deceive a poor young man¡¯. He was talking while standing on top of a rock looking at us all high and mighty. Then he said he will leave us behind in the end and make us into his stepping stones. So senior brother Xie didn¡¯t talk to him and nned for a few new disciples to beat him up.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    The disciple spoke with an admiring expression, ¡°Senior brother Xie truly deserves to be our senior brother Xie. He only said one sentence and made Li Xiuchen speechless. He said, ¡®Laozi is at the Core Formation stage, you are at the Qi Foundation stage. We Hao Ming Peak are as strong as kings. Do you believe that Laozi can crush you with just a finger?¡¯¡±

    Luo Jianqing finally let out a snort. ¡°Pfft.¡±

    The disciple still continued to talk about Li Xiuchen¡¯s run ins with bad luck at Hao Ming Peak. After an hour, he finally left Luo Jianqing¡¯s room. Before he left, the disciple looked at the sword mark on Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead in astonishment, and couldn¡¯t help asking, ¡°Senior brother Luo, I did not know you were...¡±

    Luo Jianqing sensed the disciple¡¯s gaze and opened the door with a flick of his sleeve, saying indifferently, ¡°It¡¯s just a little something. You don¡¯t need to worry about it.¡±

    It was obvious that Luo Jianqing wanted to see him out, so the disciple did not dare to ask any further. He cupped his hands in salute, then left immediately.

    After there was only one person left in the room, Luo Jianqing raised his hand up into the air to draw a water mirror, looking at his reflection peacefully.

    If someone practiced Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s unrivaled cultivation method, the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, then practiced the sword, a sword mark would form on the forehead. This sword mark was shaped like a nine-petaled lotus. From the beginning of the Qi Foundation stage, the first petal of the design would open, then a second petal at Core Formation... at the Spirit-Refining stage, there would be eight petals opened altogether, and finally when someone flew heavenwards and became immortal, they would attain the ninth petal, bing the nine-petaled lotus. From that point on, they could gallop all over the world, unstoppable.

    Luo Jianqing currently had a two-petaled green sword mark on his forehead, whereas Xuan Lingzi¡¯s golden sword mark already had eight petals.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s thought had entered Luo Jianqing¡¯s stream of consciousness and took shape in the form of this red seal. Luo Jianqing had rushed to Yi Tian City, carefully examining the red seal the entire journey, but in the end, it was unable to be covered up, much less removed.

    That person was a Spirit-Refining Stage cultivator. Even though he himself was very gifted, he still hadn¡¯t gotten past Core Formation.

    Both were separated by five great boundaries. Even if it was merely a thought, he couldn¡¯t resist the other person.

    Looking at the red seal in the water mirror for ages, Luo Jianqing slowly restrained his pupils and dispersed the water mirror with a flick of his sleeve. He slowly turned around to meditate, following what that person said and concentrate on cultivating.

    On the second day, he watched the Qi Foundation disciples around him, then watched the twenty-four new disciples. After that, he nodded with satisfaction and activated the flying magical tool, letting everyone get on, and headed towards the remnants together.

    This time, it was not the Qi Foundation Elder Liu who showed the way for Luo Jianqing, but instead an old early-stage Core Formation man. He cupped his hands in salute, saying, ¡°Yi Tian Sect did not know that Tai Hua Mountain had surprisingly assigned fellow Daoist Luo as the leader this time. There was truly no respect shown yesterday. This one is the third elder of Yi Tian Sect, Cao Haining. This time, a specialist hase to guide our fellow Daoist. I hope that fellow Daoist Luo will find it in himself to forgive us, please do not be angry.¡±

    ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± didn¡¯t mention Yi Tian Sect recing the guide, but Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t mind. After he spoke a couple sentences with Elder Luo, he returned to his own room and opened an enchantment boundary, continuing to meditate in cultivation.

    Sixth junior brother had sent this flying magical tool to Luo Jianqing a few years ago. Its external appearance was a treasure ship, and had eighty-one rooms in total. It was two times slower than a Core Formation cultivator, but it was very cozy and quite suitable for transporting these little radishes.

    When they approached the remnants, Luo Jianqing put away the magical tool and headed towards thend with the other disciples.

    Naturally, cultivators had extraordinarily strong legs, but the remnants were deep in the Yi Tian Mountains. They walked for an entire day, but not a trace of the remnants could be seen. Elder Cao, worried that Luo Jianqing would misunderstand, immediately cupped his hands and said, ¡°Fellow Daoist Luo, these remnants are in the depths of the Yi Tian Mountains, and they arepletely hidden from sight. We must travel for another day before we arrive.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded in acknowledgment.

    With how strong his and Elder Cao¡¯s legs are, it was natural that they would soon arrive. But these little radishes were different. Among them, the best of them was not anything more than Phase Four of Qi Condensation, and a dozen or so of them were merely new cultivators who had just reached Phase One of Qi Condensation. They had done well keeping up to now and being undemanding.

    At night, the party sat on a mat in the meadow of the mountain woods. Everyone was divided up at two bonfires, while Luo Jianqing had his own. Even though Cao Haining and Luo Jianqing were both Core Formation cultivators, he knew that at Qi Foundation, the first of Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children had once killed a demonic cultivator who was at the early stage of Core Formation. He was so powerful that he could match his strength.

    Elder Cao looked at Luo Jianqing distantly and sighed in sorrow. ¡°Fellow Daoist Luo is truly hard-working, cultivating on the entire journey.¡±

    A Qi Foundation discipleughed. ¡°Elder Cao, you don¡¯t really get it. Our great senior brother is the famous madman of Tai Hua Mountain. In those years, senior brother wasn¡¯t anything more than a baby when martial uncle Xuan Lingzi brought him to Tai Hua Mountain. That time, second senior brother had reached Qi Foundation long ago, and he was older than great senior brother by a year! But now? Great senior brother already reached the middle stage of Core Formation, and second senior brother hasn¡¯t reached anything higher than the early stage of Core Formation.¡±

    Elder Cao said, aghast, ¡°Is fellow Daoist Luo really so audacious?¡±

    Another Qi Foundation disciple exined, ¡°Actually, it should be said that martial uncle Xuan Lingzi was extremely harsh to great senior brother. Apparently in those days, great senior brother could break martial uncle Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Qi Foundation record, but martial uncle Xuan Lingzi said great senior brother¡¯s foundation wasn¡¯t stable enough, and stubbornly made great senior brother go to Wan Shou Mountains to kill demon beasts for three years. After that, he let him pass Qi Foundation.¡± He paused to sigh. ¡°Great senior brother was only around ten years old at that time...¡±

    Elder Cao¡¯s eyes were wide with fright. ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi is truly... truly spirited!¡±

    Everyoneughed loudly.

    Gossiping like this, even if someone reached Core Formation, would inevitably lead to depravity. Very soon, the sly foxes Qi Foundation disciples began to tell a story about some sex scandals on Tai Hua Mountain. Excluding Elder Cao, the rest of the new Qi Condensation disciples strained their ears to listen with curiosity.

    In the pitch ck night, no one saw Li Xiuchen sneakily stand up and move next to a bonfire not far away.

    Luo Jianqing set up an enchanted boundary for himself so cultivators below Core Formation could not approach him. However, he did not set up an enchanted boundary that was soundproof. Li Xiuchen looked at Luo Jianqing up and down with an odd look, and finally whispered, ¡°TV set?¡±

    Luo Jianqing still had his eyes closed in cultivation.

    Li Xiuchen said again, ¡°Computers? Contra? Inte?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s expression was unperturbed. His radiant face contrasted against the mes, making him even more shockingly beautiful.

    Li Xiuchen continued to ask incessantly, ¡°Brothers, the 2008 Olympics? Korean groups? The four heavenly kings of Hong Kong?¡±

    Li Xiuchen had been talking for a whole three minutes, but not once did Luo Jianqing raise his eyes. Right when he was about to say something else, he saw Luo Jianqing suddenly open his eyes and fix his ice-cold gaze on him. Li Xiuchen¡¯s entire body shook. When he was on the verge of opening his mouth, Luo Jianqing flung his wide sleeve. Li Xiuchen wailed as he was flung aplete ten meters away. He knocked into arge tree, producing a loud monstrous sound.

    Everyone nearby who had been gossiping, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing rose and brushed dust off his body, and said with a cold expression, ¡°Shut up. Go back to your own spot.¡±

    Li Xiuchen grit his teeth and got up. When he returned to his spot, Luo Jianqing had sat back down a while ago, continuing to meditate.

    At this time, Li Xiuchen was suffering while staring at Luo Jianqing with eyes full of threat and wrath. He muttered quietly, ¡°Thirty years a river runs east, thirty years a river runs west. Right now, you may be pleased with yourself, but wait until... ah!¡±

    The other disciples looked appalled when they saw Li Xiuchen fall three or four meters down, then knock into another several-hundred year old tree. For some inexplicable reason, his face had another shoe print on it. Blood slowly flowed from his nostrils. This time, he waspletely knocked out.

    Everyone didn¡¯t understand what had happened except the early-stage Core Formation Elder Cao, who wiped off his sweat with a shaking hand. Secretly, he thought, ¡°This... this power is truly astonishing. Luo Jianqing is as quick as lightning, and I didn¡¯t even see how he kicked him. And he even went back to meditate.¡±

    Truly, no one is deceiving me. This is the First of Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children! He was really worthy of the title First of Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children!

    After a day, everyone was finally approaching where the remnants were supposed to be. Li Xiuchen felt disgruntled as he followed behind everyone else, the shoe print still on his face. No matter how he washed it, it wouldn¡¯te off, so he could only walk with his head bowed and a shoe print on his face.

    Not long after, they saw a middle-stage Core Formation cultivator walk towards them in mid-air. First he nodded to Elder Cao, and exchanged nces. Then he turned his head to face the graceful and renowned green-clothed cultivator in the crowd, cupping his hands in a salute. ¡°Fellow Daoist Luo, I, Yi Tian Sect¡¯s second elder of Zhao Yu Peak who leads thirty Qi Condensation disciples and twelve Qi Foundation disciples, have been looking forward to this for a long time.¡±

    (1) Thirty years the river runs east, thirty years the river runs west (ÈýÊ®ÄêºÓ¶«£¬ÈýÊ®ÄêºÓÎ÷): Describes natural cycles, rising and falling... ah, Li Xiuchen, you embarrass me just reading about you...

 Chapter 8

    <h4>Chapter 8</h4>

    The second elder of Yi Tian Sect said that he brought thirty Qi Condensation disciples and twelve Qi Foundation disciples. It appeared that they had many more people than Tai Hua Mountain, but in fact, if they were matched up against each other, the twelve Qi Foundation disciples would be no match for Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s four Qi Foundation disciples.

    Of the four Tai Hua Mountain Qi Foundation disciples, the oldest had cultivated for no more than fifty years, and the youngest wasn¡¯t even thirty years old yet. And in Yi Tian Sect, the youngest Qi Foundation disciple was already sixty years old, and in addition, many of the disciples relied on taking medicine pills to force their way to Qi Foundation, as their foundation was very weak.

    On one side, Yi Tian Sect had twelve people who reached Qi Foundation. Only one was at the middle-stage, while the rest were all early-stage.

    And on the other, Tai Hua Mountain had only one who was at early-stage Qi Foundation and one who was at middle-stage Qi Foundation. Besides these two, everyone else was in thete-stage of Qi Foundation.

    These ordinary sects did not dare try to figure out the internal affairs of great sects, which was why yesterday after Elder Liu had heard the leader was surprisingly Luo Jianqing, he rushed to report to his sect. Finally, Yi Tian Sect assigned the early-stage Core Formation Cao Haining to personally wee Luo Jianqing.

    Since the two groups had assembled, the first order of business was to merge into one group and prepare to enter the remnants.

    When Yi Tian Sect¡¯s disciples saw Luo Jianqing walking, they couldn¡¯t help widening their eyes. Every single one was looking at him attentively, the gazes of many girls drawn to Luo Jianqing like mas. On the green hills and under the bright sun, the great senior brother looked noble in his cyan clothes, the sword mark on his forehead adorned with a tiny scarlet mole. Indeed he looked bright and elegant, with divine poise and sagelike features.

    ¡°That person must be a senior brother of Tai Hua Mountain, right? Surely he is a Qi Foundation senior brother!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m positive that he¡¯s in thete stage of Qi Foundation, he¡¯s from Tai Hua Mountain after all.¡±

    ¡°Right, he must be in thete stage of Qi Foundation! So awesome.¡±

    Although they spoke mostly in voice transmissions and everyone else including Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hear them at all, watching these young girls stare and point at their own senior brother made all of the Qi Foundation disciples smile in understanding, everyone chuckling in solidarity.

    After both groups were ready, everyone entered under the guidance of Yi Tian Sect¡¯s Elder Zhao.

    The endless ranges of mountains were winding and snaking, like streamsing together to form an ocean, and finally ended at a tall and erect peak. They abruptly stopped, and Luo Jianqing activated the flying magical tool and led the disciples to the clear sky. Everyone assembled on the deck and looked down at the bony crowd of mountains.

    On the treasure ship, Yi Tian Sect¡¯s Elder Zhao suddenly soared into the air, taking out a smooth and round white jade pearl.

    Upon seeing this, Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples looked at it several times with curiosity. Only Luo Jianqing cleanly swept his gaze over it once, then moved away his line of sight.

    Elder Zhao tossed the white pearl into the air, his fingers moving in session, forming a hologram. The white pearl was emitting a ring light, its rays prating through the clouds as it directlyunched towards the top of the peak. In a sh, there was a sound of rumbling, and a screen of white light suddenly emerged in front of everyone¡¯s eyes.

    Elder Zhao cupped his hands and said, ¡°Fellow Daoist Luo, ahead we will find the remnants that the Nascent Soul True Lord found. This one will still guide everyone through this stage. Let us depart!¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded. ¡°Let us depart!¡±

    Very soon, the flying treasure ship passed inside the rays of light. Everyone suddenly felt the world fluctuate. Luo Jianqing put back the treasure ship inside his storage ring and lifted his head to look at this bizarre ce.

    The ck iron gate stretched thirty-three zhang tall, towering over everyone and emitting a heavy oppressive aura. Though it was a gate, this gate had no doors whatsoever, only wide open to let people in. Everyone stood in front of the gate, as tiny as a drop in the ocean.

    Suddenly seeing this kind of gate, the disciples couldn¡¯t help ncing all around them, at a loss.

    Elder Zhao said aloud, ¡°True Lord Beidou¡¯s most skilled formation is the Ursa Major Formation. This gate is the first mountain pass of the remnants, known as Yaoguang(1). There are many small characters on the side of the gate that detail the requirements to enter the gate. Those who enter the gate must not be older than 100 years old and cultivation level must be Nascent Soul or lower. Yi Tian Sect had once dispatched cultivators who did not meet the conditions and were all shot out of the gate with critical injuries.¡±

    His voice fell. Luo Jianqing nodded indifferently, then turned his head to look at a new disciple of Tai Hua Mountain.

    This disciple was the child from the aristocratic family who won first ce at the all-peak examinations. He tactfully nodded and took a step into the gate. Having passed unobstructed, he quickly entered, then turned around and said, ¡°Great senior brother, everything¡¯s alright.¡±

    The words ¡°great senior brother¡± had just fallen when Yi Tian City¡¯s disciples stood dumbly in ce, like they had been struck by lightning.

    ¡°Great... great senior brother? Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s great senior brother?!¡±

    Everyone looked to the front of the crowd with looks of disbelief. The calm andposed young man Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t seem to notice them and was assigning every one of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples to enter the gate. When there was only one person left, he said, ¡°After you, Elder Zhao.¡±

    Zhao Yu Peak originally feltpletely embarrassed. These were the remnants that their Yi Tian Sect had discovered, but they had to let Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples go in first. When Luo Jianqing remained where he was, not taking the initiative to enter, Elder Zhao looked at him gratefully and cupped his hands in salute, then let his disciples enter.

    When thest Yi Tian Sect disciple went in, the only people remaining outside the gate were Luo Jianqing and Yi Tian Sect¡¯s elders.

    Luo Jianqing nced coolly at Yi Tian Sect¡¯s elders. Then he stood on his toes, his silhouette turning into green light, and swiftly entered the gate.

    Henceforth, the affairs inside the gate had nothing to do with the people outside, and Yi Tian Sect¡¯s guidance was no longer needed at this point.

    After entering True Lord Beidou¡¯s remnants, the oldest of Yi Tian Sect¡¯s Qi Foundation disciples timidly walked over to talk things over with Luo Jianqing. Luo Jianqing said mildly, ¡°Then walk with Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples. There¡¯s no need to worry.¡±

    The person immediately let out a sigh of relief.

    Inside the ck iron gate, there was a quiet and pitch-ck trail. Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples took out a moonstone from their sleeves which emitted faint and dim light. Although it was not as bright as sunlight, it was enough.

    Everyone walked like this for an hour. The trail became wider, and the more they walked the more clearly they could hear sounds of crashing water. When they had just reached the end, even Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help but look surprised.

    ¡°What a big river!¡±

    ¡°A huge river! It¡¯s not just a big river, it¡¯s a huge river!¡±

    Muddy river water surged up from somewhere far, crashing against the mountain walls with vigor and grandeur. The water was dark yellow, but its waves were very violent. As Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyesight was not good enough to make out how far the river water spread, he could only see that the water didn¡¯t just stop at 100 li (2)!

    It was 100 li long and already opened up a small space!

    The opened space was definitely something that was made with the powerful ability of a Body-Fusion stage cultivator. Clearly it was not True Lord Beidou¡¯s doing. He surely received some kind of treasure, only then could he create such unnatural Nascent Soul level remnants for himself!

    Luo Jianqing nced at it, then soon saw a green stone tablet standing right in the middle of the river water.

    The stone tablet was at least a li away from the shore. Only Qi Foundation and above was able to read the words on it.

    The one Tai Hua Mountain disciple read aloud, ¡°Such vast and mighty waters, whence must there be a vessel?¡±

    A Qi Condensation disciple yelled immediately, ¡°There¡¯s a boat here! There¡¯s a lot of boats here!¡±

    The Qi Foundation disciple continued to read, ¡°Seventh-level may carry one, across one li; sixth-level may carry two, across two li; fifth-level may carry four, across four li; fourth-level may carry eight, across eight li; third-level may carry sixteen, across sixteen li; second-level may carry thirty-two, across thirty-two li; first-level may carry sixty-four, across sixty-four li. The heavenly superior-level may carry 128, across 128 li!¡±

    His voice fell. Of the disciples who were allpletely silent, only Luo Jianqing knit his brows, while Li Xiuchenughed vulgarly.

    The words on the stone tablet were too simple. All cultivators were divided into nine kinds of constitutions. First, people who had no constitution, like Li Xiuchen; second, people who had a lower grade constitution, from fourth to seventh-level; third, second and third level, which were medium grade; andstly, an outstanding first-level constitution. Out of countless people, not one had a superior-level constitution!

    A superior-level constitution was hard toe by. It already defied the natural order.

    Among millions and millions of people, only one was suitable for cultivation. And among countless cultivators, only one could have a superior-level constitution.

    On Tai Hua Mountain, there were only two who had a superior-level constitution. One was Sir Xuan Lingzi, while the other was Luo Jianqing.

    Li Xiuchen, stained with a dirty ck shoe print, eyes giving off a bright radiance, looked towards the great senior brother in green who was standing at the side of the river.

    Though Li Xiuchen had no evidence, he still believed that he and Luo Jianqing both transmigrated. Otherwise, ording to the original work, at this moment it would be impossible for everyone to cross the river. What should¡¯ve happened was little junior sister¡ªand also his first harem member¡ªwould carry a total of sixty-four people, then let two first-level constitution disciples carry five disciples. Everyone worked strenuously, used many magical tools, and finally crossed the river with great difficulty.

    But right now, everything was different.

    The little junior sister Mu Tianxin had a first-level constitution. Although a first-level constitution was the best of the best, it wasn¡¯t superior-level.

    But Luo Jianqing¡¯s constitution was!

    This made the first mountain pass too easy to cross. Let Luo Jianqing captain the boat and take everyone. It was a piece of cake.

    Thinking of this while watching the Yi Tian Sect disciples hesitate and worry, Li Xiuchen chuckled and said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Everyone knows that our Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s great senior brother has a superior-level constitution. He can carry the seventy of us and more!¡±

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s voice directly passed through every single person¡¯s ears. Yi Tian Sect all looked dumbstruck. Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples stared at him peculiarly.

    Some of the Yi Tian Sect disciples still didn¡¯t exactly know what was with that shoe print on his face, but after hearing him talk, many disciples couldn¡¯t help whispering apprehensively, ¡°We didn¡¯t know that Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s great senior brother had a superior-level constitution, but why would he carry us anyway...¡±

    ¡°Exactly, he doesn¡¯t have a superior-level constitution so why¡¯s he so proud of himself?¡±

    ¡°What constitution does this Tai Hua Mountain disciple have, maybe first-level?¡±

    These people spoke very quietly, and as Li Xiuchen wasn¡¯t anything more than Phase Two of Qi Condensation, he couldn¡¯t hear them at all. However, Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Phase Four Qi Condensation disciples were listening to them talk with their heads lowered in resentment, while four Qi Foundation disciples had their lips pulled taut. One of the Hao Ming Peak disciples pped Li Xiuchen on the back of the head, making him stumble and nearly fall to the ground.

    ¡°Go ahead and speak! Do you know what you¡¯ve just done? Do you? You made our Hao Ming Peakpletely lose face!¡±

    Li Xiuchen covered his head, looking at the Hao Ming Peak senior brother with anger. He didn¡¯t understand what he said wrong at all.

    Since someone already pointed out the situation, naturally Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hide anything. He waved his hand to summon thergest boat and said neutrally, ¡°Everyone get on the boat. This river goes for over 100 li. I don¡¯t know where it will take everyone, but let¡¯s take it step by step.¡±

    All of the Yi Tian Sect disciples looked at Luo Jianqing gratefully.

    After everyone boarded the boat, Li Xiuchen got on it with a face full of hatred. He had just stepped on the deck when Luo Jianqing stated calmly, ¡°You neen junior brothers, shut this person¡¯s mouth for me.¡±

    The neen Hao Ming Peak junior brothers cheerfully cupped their hands. ¡°Yes! Great senior brother!¡±

    Li Xiuchen widened his eyes in shock. He hadn¡¯t yet understood what happened when his mouth stuffed with a chunk of sackcloth. It was unknown where this sackcloth came from, and it even stunk a little bit. Li Xiuchen was about to lift a hand to take the sackcloth out, but Luo Jianqing nced down at him. When Li Xiuchen wanted to lift his hand again, his entire body was stiff as a corpse, unable to move an inch.

    Li Xiuchen, ¡°Wuwu... wu!¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned around. ¡°A small internal matter in our sect has been settled. I¡¯ll let youugh.¡±

    The Yi Tian Sect disciples hurriedly shook their heads, pretending not to see Li Xiuchen. ¡°No matter, no matter. Go ahead, fellow Daoist Luo!¡±

    Though they were very grateful that Li Xiuchen opened his mouth to let them get on the boat, if they were Tai Hua Mountain disciples, they would definitely be so furious that they¡¯d die.

    After everyone boarded the boat, Luo Jianqing walked to the bow of the ship and looked at the enormous jewel. He narrowed his eyes and put his hand on the top, transmitting his spiritual energy through it. In an instant, a bright light suddenly appeared and the ship immediately came to a stop. After a moment, therge ship rumbled loudly and broke the wind as it sped forward at an unstoppable and ambitious velocity!

    For the entire 128 li, Luo Jianqing kept a calm expression, not even wrinkling his eyebrows.

    After they reached the shore, Luo Jianqing was the first one to get off the boat. His toes touched the ground lightly, his green robe cutting a beautiful arc in the air. Don¡¯t mention the Tai Hua Mountain disciples; even the Yi Tian Sect disciples felt admiration blossom in their hearts, eyes full of reverence.

    After everyone walked for several hundred li, someone suddenly remembered, ¡°Yi, just now that Tai Hua Mountain disciple looked like he couldn¡¯t move, and he hadn¡¯te with us!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips turned up slightly as he said quietly, ¡°I forgot.¡±

    Everyone, ¡°...¡± Did you really?!

    Luo Jianqing flicked his sleeve and a flowing stream of light flew to the river bank. After a few minutes, everyone saw the shoe print stained Li Xiuchen miserably catch up with them. He stood at the very back of the procession, not even raising his head or saying a single word, like he truly did learn from his mistakes.

    Luo Jianqing only nced at him once, then returned his line of sight and continued to lead everyone forwards.

    Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t speak. Did he truly not understand after all?

    When the boat stopped, Luo Jianqing had been the first one to get off, which totally did not fit his nature. It was all because of that moment when the small boat stopped. A jade-white ray of light suddenly flew by and Luo Jianqing came out, then took the prize of the mountain pass for himself.

    This prize was a treasure, even to Luo Jianqing.

    This was a white jade token. In ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±, after little junior sister obtained the white jade token and crushed it, she could shift a distance of sixty-four li. It was a magical tool used to escape. And now that Luo Jianqing had the white jade token, he could move 128 li in the blink of an eye!

    In his past life, Li Xiuchen got the first-level white jade token at the very end, though he didn¡¯t get it himself. Little junior sister didn¡¯t get anything useful at the remnants, so she gave everything she obtained to Li Xiuchen, hoping it would be enough for him to keep his promise. What happened that night should not be mentioned.

    But now... Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes curved in a faint smile, and continued to walk forwards.

    Now, Li Xiuchen wished he¡¯d gotten it!

    (1) True Lord Beidou (±±¶·Õæ¾ý): Also a name of a deity in Daoism. Originated from ancient Chinese worship of the Ursa Major constetion (Beidou).

    Yaoguang (Ò¡¹â): A star in Ursa Major, namely Eta Ursae Majoris/Alkaid.

    (2) Li: 500 meters

 Chapter 9

    <h4>Chapter 9</h4>

    The scale of these Nascent Soul remnantspletely went against Luo Jianqing¡¯s expectations.

    It was written in ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± that True Lord Beidou¡¯s remnants were created with the Ursa Major Formation. The entrance to the first mountain pass was called Yaoguang Star, and therge river that everyone had just passed through was called Kaiyang Star. Below should be the Ursa Major¡¯s third star, Yuheng Star. Surprisingly, after walking for less than an hour, they still hadn¡¯t reached the end of the road.

    As the only cultivator with a golden core and the leader of the entire group, Luo Jianqing walked to the very front, as was his duty.

    The further they walked, the colder it got. Fortunately, the lowest level out of everyone present was Phase One of Qi Condensation, and they could resist the cold, so no one was too affected. Yet when they had walked through the entirety of the trail, everything before their eyes was a vast expanse of white. Countless disciples sighed with emotion and eximed with admiration one after another.

    ¡°Could this be... the third pass?¡±

    Separated by a screen of white light, a world of ice and snow appeared before everyone¡¯s eyes. Snow blew violently and gales snarled. Even though no one had stepped in it, everyone could feel a bone-chilling chill scuttling from the bottom of their feet to the very center of their heads.

    This time, the stone tablet was erected directly in front of the snowfield.

    ¡°Vast and boundless white snow, is there no end?¡± The neen junior brothers stared at it for a long time until they turned their head to say to Luo Jianqing, ¡°Senior brother, this must be the Ursa Major Formation¡¯s third pass, Yuheng.¡±

    Luo Jianqing lightly nodded. ¡°Do you have the courage to enter?¡±

    The neen disciplesughed out loud and took a step inside. ¡°Then, great senior brother, we will try to find a path for everyone!¡±

    Their voices had just fell when the silhouettes of the neen junior brotherspletely went into the screen of light. What amazed everyone was that they hadpletely faded away before everyone¡¯s eyes! In the vast snow, there was not the slightest hint of the neen junior brothers¡¯ silhouettes. The snowkes continued to flutter in the air as the furious gales roared, like they were swallowing people.

    There was immediately an uproar among the crowd. Many people stepped back in fear, but Luo Jianqing turned his head and said, ¡°The neen junior brothers have already entered a different space. From here on out, everyone will be separated during this practice experience. No one can help you anymore. If you truly can¡¯t endure it, remember to immediately turn back. Don¡¯t try to show off. Crush the pieces of jade you got at the start of the ck iron gate, and you should be able to evacuate out of the remnants, ending this session.¡±

    Everyone simultaneously cupped their hands in salute. ¡°Yes, great senior brother!¡±

    Yi Tian Sect¡¯s disciples nodded as well, like they were trying to dispel other people¡¯s doubts. Luo Jianqing gave everyone an indifferent nce, then suddenly stepped into the screen of light, disappearing from this space.

    When Luo Jianqing opened his eyes, he had already entered the third pass. There was no one else around him, only seeing nothing but the endless snow. Luo Jianqing thought of raising his spiritual energy, but found out that his cultivation had been suppressed to Qi Foundation stage, so he was no longer capable of flying high up in the air like before.

    After he calmly gave his surroundings a quick look, Luo Jianqing narrowed his eyes. ¡°The first pass restricted age and cultivation, the second pass tested innate skill, and the third pass suppresses cultivation. Is it testing perseverance?¡±

    After a moment, Luo Jianqing began to walk forward.

    This snow was not considered too deep, but the snow piled to Luo Jianqing¡¯s ankles as he walked step by step. If an ordinary person hade here, even if they didn¡¯t freeze to death, they might have ended up suffering from snow blindness looking at such white snow for so long.

    Luo Jianqing knew that those disciples that followed him in would¡¯ve gotten their cultivation suppressed by now, bing truly ordinary people. ording to that book, the better a disciple¡¯s constitution was, the harder the trial would be. For example, the aristocratic child who won first ce at the all-peak examinations. His cultivation was at Phase Four of Qi Condensation, but he would be an ordinary person here. Plus, he had a first-level constitution. In the book, he had struggled the most to cross the mountain pass.

    But now, Luo Jianqing was afraid that the title of ¡°most struggling¡± had fallen to him.

    Luo Jianqing lifted the spiritual energy in his body to protect his arteries, while the remainder was put at the bottom of his feet, and walked continuously. He didn¡¯t know how long he had been walking, but it seemed that it had been two hours, while seeming like an entire day at the same time. His surroundings never changed, making him feel like he was making no progress. But the thickly dotted footprints behind his body told him that he had been walking for a very long time.

    The snowstorm became even more brutal, the gales engulfed in snowkes, like a knife scraping Luo Jianqing¡¯s cheeks.

    Luo Jianqing looked down at the ground, as if he didn¡¯t notice the frantic snowstorm, still continuing to walk persistently. The count he had been keeping had reached a hundred li, and now he had walked for another thousand li.

    When he reached nine thousand li, the snow had finally reached his stomach. Luo Jianqing still did not react, calmly using his spiritual energy to dispel the snowkes. His behavior seemed to have incurred this ce¡¯s wrath, the snowstorm surging downwards, as if flooding the area Luo Jianqing was in.

    This snow was different from before. Luo Jianqing again used his spiritual energy to push it away.

    When Luo Jianqing reached an entire ten thousand li, the snow had already submerged nearly his entire body. ording to Luo Jianqing¡¯s current cultivation level of Qi Foundation, he could already bigu diet (1) and not have to breathe for a short period of time. However, he would not let this snow bury him!

    Just when he had walked for ten thousand li, he heard a lingering sighing from his surroundings. ¡°A heavenly superior-level, walking in defiance of the natural order. Here, you have a first-level constitution, but even with a superior-level constitution, this is only the beginning. At present, you are still able to turn your head.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s right foot stepped on the ground, and the heavy snow around his body was knocked away with his sword-light. He raised his head to look at the sky. ¡°For mere Nascent Soul remnants, what could you do to me?¡± As he spoke, the green light in the middle of his forehead shone, his green sword-mark seeming like it was going to break through his mind. The horizon roared. The tiny red mole was bright as fire, making the snowstorm stop for an instant.

    His voice had just fell when Luo Jianqing suddenly sped up his pace, continuing to move forward.

    When he had walked a hundred thousand li, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t stop panting, and the spiritual energy in his body was about to dry up. Fortunately, after he walked thest step, the snow and ice filled world seemed to transform into a mirage, disappearingpletely. It seemed this was a sign that he had gotten through the mountain pass.

    All of a sudden, his cultivation sharply rose back to middle stage Core Formation. Luo Jianqing caught the talisman that dropped from the sky and examined the reward he¡¯d gotten from the mountain pass. After resting to meditate for a time, he stepped into the fourth pass.

    ¡°Gales that cut like des, it is not toote!¡±

    Just as he stepped into the fourth pass, a fierce wind rumbled loudly like a wild beast. Luo Jianqing had no time to prepare and suddenly stepped back. This path through the pass wasn¡¯t too long, only ten li, so he could pass through it. However, at this moment, the wind that Luo Jianqing faced was absolutely brutal. Every attack was with the strength of a Core Formation cultivator.

    This time, Luo Jianqing was again unable to treat this lightly. He directly drew out his own defensive magical tool, then very cautiously walked forward. Surprisingly, he hadn¡¯t walked further than a li when the dark level magical tool exploded loudly. Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes were afraid. He took a bottle of the medicine pills that little junior sister gave him and took one.

    The fourth pass of the Ursa Major Formation was named Tianquan. He didn¡¯t know where True Lord Beidou got so many treasures from, even putting a core of a seventh-level demon beast at the end of the fourth pass. This beast core constantly emitted evil wind. The closer he got, the stronger the attacks became.

    ¡°This demon beast must be a wind-attribute demon beast. Its original body also has an Out of Body cultivation level. I¡¯m afraid that if I get too close to it, the evil wind will reach Out of Body level.¡± Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyebrows furrowed. He stopped at three li and didn¡¯t walk any further. ¡°A seventh-level wind-attribute demon beast... Out of Body...¡±

    A light shed through his eyes. Luo Jianqing took an oil-paper umbre from behind his back.

    This oil-paper umbre seemed normal, but the surface was a faint golden color, matching the decorative designs. The material of the frame also seemed to be ordinary green bamboo. Light and simple, it appeared to be an ordinary person¡¯s oil-paper umbre.

    However, as soon as he opened the umbre, the violent winds suddenly stopped for a moment. Luo Jianqing looked at the umbre with aplex gaze, and slowly opened it above his head. After he opened the umbre, the devastating gale¡¯s ardent windspletely avoided it and never dared to assault him.

    The golden light on the umbre¡¯s surface flowed softly. Luo Jianqing held the umbre forwards, walking step by step until the end, and took the seventh-level beast core. The moment after he took the beast core, the gales faded away. Luo Jianqing sighed softly and tenderly put away his umbre. He didn¡¯t notice the red mole on his forehead shine faintly, then bing silent again.

    When he reached Core Formation, the green umbre was given to him by that person as a gift.

    Everyone in the whole world knew that Sir Xuan Lingzi, apart from being the most powerful, was also an expert in refining medicine pills, taming beasts, and refining tools. It seemed there was nothing he couldn¡¯t do. The congrattory gift he gave to his disciple for attaining Core Formation was also a magical tool of the best quality, and could resist an attack from the greatest efforts of a Body Fusion cultivator.

    Luo Jianqing recalled what his master said at that time. ¡°This umbre is a magical tool that consumes. It can block a single attack from a Body Fusion cultivator for you, and then it will be destroyed. If it is not necessary, you must never take it out.¡±

    After taking the umbre, Luo Jianqing never used it. He only sometimes gently stroked the umbre while looking pensive.

    In his past life, when he was driven out of Tai Hua Mountain, he gave this umbre to his little junior sister to take it to his master. Even if he was somewhere he could die, he refused to ever take out the umbre, though now he hade to terms with it.

    ¡°I won¡¯t use it as a magical tool. It is merely ornamental.¡±

    When Luo Jianqing had just put away the umbre, he found that one of the frames had broken off. If he used it many times after that, the umbre would really be destroyed and be a pile of garbage. Luo Jianqing felt too depressed thinking about this. After he rested in the same ce for a short time, he got up to walk towards the stone tablet of the fifth pass.

    ¡°An endless wastnd, with countless ferocious beasts!¡±

    Like it heard his words, Shuang Fu moved excitedly for a short while in his mind. Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips quirked up. A ray of green sword-light abruptly shot out from his forehead, turning into an iron sword that fell into his palm.

    ¡°We must be quick, Shuang Fu.¡±

    Shuang Fu trembled lightly, like it was answering, ¡°Okay.¡±

    In this broad space, the handsome and bright cultivator narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing at the vast wastnd behind the white screen of light. He held his sword in his right hand, green robe fluttering in the wind. Between his forehead, the scarlet mole burned like fire as if it was about to ignite the entire world.

    He had to be fast because the remnants assigned difficulty by constitution. Among the seventy-one people, only Li Xiuchen had no constitution, so any barriers he came across would be very easy to pass. Li Xiuchen was bound to reach the end very soon, so he had to scramble ahead of Li Xiuchen and cut off any chance he got!

    In the next second, Luo Jianqing transformed into a ray of green light, fleeing into the Endless Wastnd, and began to fight hand-to-hand!

    (1) Bigu diet (±Ù˜b): Daoist fasting technique that avoids eating grain

 Chapter 10

    <h4>Chapter 10</h4>

    Before entering these remnants, Luo Jianqing hadn¡¯t expected to run into anything dangerous.

    In that book he obtained, ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±, the whole journey was through Li Xiuchen¡¯s perspective. As everyone knew, Li Xiuchen was the only one out of seventy-one cultivators who had no constitution. Because he used every kind of baffling means possible to raise his cultivation to Qi Condensation, the remnants went very easy on him.

    For example, in the Endless Wastnd, the strongest demon beasts Li Xiuchen came across was nothing more than rank one or rank two; actually he had only came across one rank two demon beast! But right now, Luo Jianqing had just stepped into the wastnd when he was immediately surrounded by nine rank four zing beasts.

    A rank four demon beast was equivalent to a Qi Foundation cultivator!

    Nine demon beasts suddenly rushing forth like this caught Luo Jianqing by surprise, and he spent a lot of effort killing all of them. However, he still hadn¡¯t put away his sword nor taken a breath when eighteen rank four giant storm snakes surrounded him in every direction!

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    The further he walked through the wastnd, the more fearsome these demon beasts became!

    To the very end, wave upon wave of eighty-one rank four demon beasts charged into Luo Jianqing simultaneously. The green light on his forehead shone bright as Shuang Fu in his hand let out a clear cry. One man, one sword together formed an illusion, rapidly flitting about between the crowd of beasts. Each blow brought a head dripping with blood. His strikes were fierce and cutting, the results of many years spent practicing at the Wan Shou Mountains.

    The eighty-one demon beasts, all at the strength of Qi Foundation, were all in under Shuang Fu.

    But Luo Jianqing did not rx. His eyebrows furrowed slightly as he looked towards somewhere not far ahead. He could only see a ten zhang tall golden ape with fiery eyes, and walked towards it. It was a rank five demon beast, the same level of strength as early-stage Core Formation!

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes narrowed. In an instant, the sword in his hand shed and the golden fire-eyed ape¡¯s head tumbled to the ground.

    Right after that, there was a middle-stage Core Formation golden ape!

    And ate-stage Core Formation one... until they reached early-stage Nascent Soul!!!

    ¡°This True Lord Beidou is quite remarkable. These definitely aren¡¯t an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator¡¯s remnants!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s green chang pao danced in the air as he hunted. Sweat was already seeping from his forehead, but he had no fear as he faced against a rank six demon beast who overstepped him by one great boundary, and simply raised his sword as he advanced.

    Two jade-white fingers kneaded and pinched ceaselessly, formingplicated hand-seals. After a few short breaths, Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand had already formed a virtual image, while Shuang Fu¡¯s brilliance erupted at the same time. Dark clouds quietly gathered in the sky, overstepping the remnants¡¯ enchanted boundaries as it emerged above the Endless Wastnd.

    The lead-colored clouds rolled as a breeze gradually came to brush against the wastnd, then abruptly started to stir up a storm of sand and rocks.

    The wind became bigger and bigger, until finally it was whistling and roaring, lifting up Luo Jianqing¡¯s robe. Meanwhile, the dark clouds in the sky oppressively shrouded the wastnd, the air gradually stagnating. The rank six golden fire-eyed ape angrily yelled at Luo Jianqing, rapidly pping its stomach, then fled.

    Now¡¯s the moment!

    Shuang Fu¡¯s green light sprung up everywhere. The sky started to rumble with rolls of thunder. A thick and solid bolt of lightning roared as it struck down from the sky. Luo Jianqing raised his sword and the bolt of lightning struck the stomach of the fire-eyed golden ape, making it howl in pain.

    ¡°One Sword Bes a Nine-Petaled Lotus!¡±

    Luo Jianqing tossed his sword in the air, the long sword turning into nine as it directly pierced the body of the fire-eyed golden ape. The ape gave a roar of pain, then copsed on the ground with a rumble. Its enormous body twitched for a little while, until finally it stopped moving, dying the wastnd red with its blood.

    Shuang Fu excitedly emitted a sword cry. Like a naughty child, it flew around the sky once beforeing back to Luo Jianqing¡¯s side. However, Luo Jianqing¡¯s face had been pale for some time now. He was quietly gasping, his phoenix eyes half-lidded, vigntly guarding against his surroundings.

    ¡°One Sword Bes a Nine-Petaled Lotus¡± was one of the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record¡¯s sword techniques. It was reasonable to say that it could be used upon reaching Nascent Soul. Xuan Lingzi had taught this sword technique very early on to Luo Jianqing. However, until middle-stage Core Formation, Luo Jianqing hadn¡¯t seeded once. Just now, he had gotten lucky with this killing technique.

    However, this technique used up all of the spiritual energy in his body. Supposing if a rank two demon beast had showed up suddenly right now, he could probably get critically injured. Luo Jianqing absolutely didn¡¯t regret using the technique, but that golden ape just now was truly too vicious. He had to be the first to move so he could kill his opponent.

    He also had a general idea that sending out a Nascent Soul level demon beast was too outrageous. In a second, there were no more demon beasts to be seen in the Endless Wastnd. Luo Jianqing recovered a bit of his spiritual energy, then hurriedly opened his storage ring to take out the third-level medicine pill little junior sister had refined herself.

    This medicine pill was known as the Spirit-Assembling Pill and stored an enormous amount of spiritual energy. Using it recovered a cultivator¡¯s spiritual energy.

    Luo Jianqing immediately took five pills. Finally he felt the spiritual energy in his body recover by seventy percent.

    Very soon, he continued to walk forward while holding Shuang Fu. This time, he didn¡¯t run into any abnormal Nascent Soul demon beasts, but he did encounter severalte-stage Core Formation demon beasts. Later, the number of demon beasts became greater and greater. Though they were all Core Formation level, they forced Luo Jianqing to have no choice but take out his bamboo umbre.

    One hand held an umbre, while the other held a sword.

    The umbre¡¯s exterior made it unapproachable for all of the demon beasts, while the green-clothed cultivator inside ughtered life ceaselessly. With one raise of a sword-light came a decapitated head.

    The entire journey, Luo Jianqing¡¯s speed was extremely quick as he searched for Li Xiuchen¡¯s figure.

    In ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±, it was in this Endless Wastnd that his little junior sister was sent in. Surprisingly, Li Xiuchen came along with her. After all, they came from the same sect. Little junior sister wasn¡¯t the Virgin Mary, but taking care of the new Qi Condensation disciple was something she ought to do. Thus the two walked forwards together.

    Li Xiuchen was unable to offer little junior sister any help whatsoever, but she carried him all the way until they left the Endless Wastnd.

    Just when they were about to leave, little junior sister ran into a rank six phantom demon fox!

    A rank six demon beast was very troublesome. Luo Jianqing had just learned that from experience. What¡¯s more, the phantom demon fox was good at illusion techniques. Little junior sister had exhausted her supply of medicine pills and magical tools to finally critically injure the demon fox, then took Li Xiuchen and left the Endless Wastnd.

    But little junior sister didn¡¯t know that the phantom demon fox walked behind her and Li Xiuchen and spat out a mouthful of purple demon mist. The demon mist was momentarily undetectable, so little junior sister didn¡¯t notice it. Surprisingly, the demon mist hid inside their bones, and waited until thest pass, Tianshu Star, to suddenly re up, making the poison of desire to re up in the two of them as well and caused that kind of stuff to happen.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s current notion was very simple. ording tomon sense, the Endless Wastnd should only have two people in it, him and Li Xiuchen!

    Although Li Xiuchen¡¯s strength was very weak and he had no constitution, the barriers he came across were very simple, so he passed through quickly. And he hade the entire way by himself, putting all his mental and physical efforts into elerating his speed, just so he can catch up to him in the Endless Wastnd and kill Li Xiuchen in one blow!

    No one could say for sure what was going on inside the remnants. It was also very probable that Li Xiuchen was crushing the jade token, but was killed by a demon beast before being sent out. In addition, Li Xiuchen was nothing more than an ordinary disciple. In this world, only the almighty Spirit-Refining Xuan Lingzi was able to look back in time, and even looking back in time might only yield the heavens¡¯ worst false countercharge. Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for anyone to know how Li Xiuchen truly died.

    ¡°The Endless Wastnd will be your burial ground!¡±

    The handsome and apathetic green-clothed cultivator sped along rapidly, searching around in the Endless Wastnd. With the bamboo umbre to defend him against attacks, he traveled back and forth between the demon beasts,pletely worry-free. Atst! Inside a basin, Luo Jianqing finally spotted Li Xiuchen¡¯s figure!

    Li Xiuchen was currently facing off against the attacks of two rank one demon beasts.

    A rank one demon beast¡¯s strength was no more than a Phase One to Three Qi Condensation cultivator¡¯s. He also had no spiritual sense, only being able to rely on pure instinct forbat. This Li Xiuchen was already at Phase Two of Qi Condensation, but surprisingly he could still hold on with such strenuous efforts, which made Luo Jianqing feel nothing but disdain.

    Seeing that Li Xiuchen was on the verge of killing one of them, Luo Jianqing put away the bamboo umbre. The corners of his lips pulled up as he raised his sword before thrusting it downwards. To his surprise, just when he was about to seize his sword and prepare to assassinate him, he heard a seductive cry of a beast ringing behind him.

    An rm bell immediately sounded in his head, and the hairs all over his body stood up. Being a Core Formation cultivator, his sharp intuition let him hurriedly dodge to the right. A secondter, he left a deep imprint that showed where he was before.

    Luo Jianqing rushed to take out the bamboo umbre and opened it. But a fluctuating mental attack from the sky directly pierced the umbre¡¯s defensive enchanted boundaries, aiming towards Luo Jianqing. Luo Jianqing dodged without end, as the mental attacks never ceased.

    When he flew five li away from the basin, Luo Jianqing quickly put away the bamboo umbre.

    ¡°A mental attack!¡±

    The bamboo umbre could take the entire power of a Body Fusion level attack, but only spiritual attacks, not mental attacks. In this world, there were few cultivators who could use mental attacks. For the most part, mental techniques were an innate skill in demon beasts, almost never seen.

    Luo Jianqing raised Shuang Fu and watched his surroundings vigntly, his entire body on guard.

    Suddenly, he heard alluring and charmingughter from the skies, the sound slightly piercing. The arrival smiled softly. ¡°My good handsome darling, how can such beautiful skin exist on your filthy, smelly human body? Wouldn¡¯t it be better to peel that leather bag off for me? I¡¯ll spare your life. What do you think?¡±

 Chapter 11

    <h4>Chapter 11</h4>

    On the wide, smooth wastnd, there were no mountains to be seen, only a bumpy ditch.

    Luo Jianqing grasped his sword in his right hand, brows tightly locked together, as he looked all around him cautiously. The piercing cries of beasts echoed from every direction, like a monster was following Luo Jianqing. The purple phantom turned into a virtual image, so quick that Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t see it, but he had a rough idea of who the demon beast could be.

    A rank six demon beast, the phantom demon fox!

    The fox race had always been intelligent. At rank five and six, they could pour out any kind of human speech.

    ¡°Little darling, why don¡¯t you give your servant a smile, hm?¡±

    ¡°Human, why do you still hold your sword? Your servant is confused.¡±

    ¡°Why don¡¯t you follow your servant? Your servant might spare your life.¡±

    Laughter like silver bells reverberated all around him. The sound was like a weapon that ruthlessly stabbed into Luo Jianqing¡¯s ears.

    ¡±Green Lotus Sword Seal!¡±

    Luo Jianqing did not stop changing hand-seals. Shuang Fu rose slowly and transformed into four sharp swords, protecting Luo Jianqing. The four identical swords shook ceaselessly in the air and formed a green barrier. The demon fox¡¯s attacks kept ramming into the barrier.

    The green curtain of light shook endlessly. The first attack was already hard to resist, and by the second attack it already looked like it was about to fall apart. Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes trembled with fear. He took out a Spirit-Assembling Pill from behind his back and took ten pills at once. Immediately, his spiritual energy sharply increased, the screen of light bing considerably stronger as well.

    At the same time, Luo Jianqing watched his surroundings carefully, about to track the trail of the other party.

    ¡°Darling, if you don¡¯t obey your servant, she will be very hurt.¡±

    The purple figure slowly condensed into form, transforming in front of Luo Jianqing.

    It was a purple demon fox as tall as a person, its huge purple tail constantly swaying behind its body. Its form wasn¡¯tplete yet, but its eyes were already overflowing with fox charm, fixed on Luo Jianqing¡¯s face. Its tant gaze roamed over his body, like it was undressing him.

    ¡°You humans are always so stupid like this. Since this is the case...¡± Each word was a powerful mental attack. Luo Jianqing was appalled to find out that even though the other party revealed its body, he was unable to attack, only defend passively. He saw the demon fox close its big mouth andughed, ¡°Since this is the case, then... peel off this leather bag of a body for me!¡±

    Its voice had just fallen when the demon fox suddenly changed into a purple light, charging towards Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s phoenix eyes lifted, the side of his mouth evoking a smiling expression. The four swords transformed into one Shuang Fu, appearing in his right hand.

    ¡°Sword Draws Lightning!¡±

    Silver lightning rumbled from the sky. The thousand-year lightning crystal inside Shuang Fu pulled all the thunder and lightning from the sky. Luo Jianqing¡¯s right hand shed through the air, sending thunder towards the phantom demon fox¡¯s body.

    The demon fox was startled and hurriedly continued downwards, receiving a small wound.

    ¡°You child, I¡¯ll make you regret disobeying me!¡± (1)

    A demonic light shed through the demon fox¡¯s eyes and the purple tail suddenly grewrger, striking towards Luo Jianqing in a split second.

    The silver sword and purple tail battled endlessly in the air. Luo Jianqing continued to struggle against his opponent. The tail became rapid attacks in midair, which he couldn¡¯t react to.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    It seemed that the demon fox was absolutely terrible at spiritual attacks. Although it had already reached Nascent Soul, the strength of its body was on the same level as Luo Jianqing¡¯s.

    In a sh, a golden sword-light shone behind Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    The demon fox¡¯s tail was suddenly cut in half, making it howl horribly. Though it didn¡¯t move, a ray of golden light shed and the demon fox was cut cleanly into two pieces. A white core rolled out from its body.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire body was frozen stiff, standing in ce with disbelief.

    A neutral voice said behind him, ¡°Jianqing.¡±

    After a while, Luo Jianqing slowly turned around and finally saw that person.

    With brilliant white clothes and cool, elegant features, a eight-petaled golden lotus sword mark on his forehead, not even the purity of his features was dirtied in this deste ce. He watched him, then slowly stretched his hand towards him. His voice had a hint of urgency as he said, ¡°Jianqing, your master has arrived a bitte.¡±

    Luo Jianqing could not help grasping his hand in return.

    The coldness was no different from what he remembered.

    Luo Jianqing murmured, ¡°Master...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi gazed calmly at his disciple. His lips quirked up, revealing a hint of a very light smile. ¡°Good to see that nothing happened to you. That demon fox is Nascent Soul stage. You are much weaker than it. Had your master arrived a secondter, you may not be alive right now.¡±

    Right after his voice fell, Xuan Lingzi thrust his palm right into Luo Jianqing¡¯s chest.

    Like a lotus flower, cool air immediately flooded his nostrils. Luo Jianqing was seized with terror from this feeling in his chest, and heard a low voice mutter into his ear, ¡°Jianqing, if you need me for something, it would be good to let your master know.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s fingers shook slightly. He couldn¡¯t help but embrace the other tightly, greedily sucking in the familiar scent of his chest. He heard the other person said quietly, ¡°These remnants are truly unusual. Today your master will first bring you out, then Tai Hua Mountain wille and carefully examine it. After that, we might find out what kind of mishap urred here. Jianqing, your master will not permit you to do something so dangerous again. When we get back, you will remain at Tai Hua Mountain and concentrate on cultivating. This... ngh, you...¡±

    Shuang Fu stuck out from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s stomach, without a drop of blood on the de.

    In a sh, the entire world changed, and the Xuan Lingzi just then transformed into a demon fox. The purple demon fox spat out blood, its paw already on Luo Jianqing¡¯s back, only three inches away from pulling out his heart!

    The demon fox said in disbelief, ¡°Why?... My illusiones from what you humans desire the most. Your cultivation is lower than mine, it would be impossible for you to realize... why...¡±

    His elegant and calm face without any trace of expression, Luo Jianqing emotionlessly pulled out his sword. He thrust his left hand inside the demon fox¡¯s dantian and pulled out the purple core.

    ¡°You ask why I could see through your illusion?¡± His left hand still sticking out from the demon fox¡¯s body, Luo Jianqing lowered his head with a tranquil expression, and said neutrally, ¡°Because that person would never say those kinds of words to me. If I died, he would still stand at his Yu Xiao Peak. He wouldn¡¯t show a fraction of sentiment for me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing took out the purple core. The demon fox trembled with hatred as it spit out a final purple breath of demon mist, then looked at Luo Jianqing¡¯s resisting sword, Shuang Fu, who was brimming with lightning as it blocked the demon mist out of Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    ¡°What I did to little junior sister before, I won¡¯t do again. Since you¡¯ve delivered yourself to me, then use your life to apologize to little junior sister in my past life.¡±

    With unwillingness and remorse, the demon fox gradually fell down.

    The rank six phantom demon fox¡¯s corpse was also quite valuable as the fur on its body could be used to make a magical tool. Luo Jianqing put the demon fox¡¯s corpse inside his storage ring with a wave of his sleeve. He carefully observed the purple demon core. Purple light was circting around its surface, faintly reflecting a sort of sinister feeling. Luo JIanqing thought to himself that this was a bit strange, but finally put the demon core in his storage ring.

    ¡°If you weren¡¯t so impatient for victory and battled with me for a moment longer, I¡¯d be unable to resist you.¡±

    Looking at the pool of bloodstains on the ground, Luo Jianqing was not at all reluctant to lift his head. He pulled up his sword and left. Though he had just gone through a life-threatening aerial battle and still haven¡¯t regained his strength, he still had enough to fight a Phase Two Qi Condensation boy and more.

    When Luo Jianqing flew back to the basin, Li Xiuchen had just sat on arge stone, panting. It seemed that he had killed those two demon beasts just now and didn¡¯t notice Luo Jianqing¡¯s arrival.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t give him a moment to rest. Without saying anything, a green sword light flew down rapidly, aiming straight for Li Xiuchen¡¯s head!

    A Core Formation cultivator¡¯s breath was absolutely not anything Li Xiuchen could sense. He remained resting on therge stone, still not noticing the earth-level swording right towards his head. However! Right when it was about to pierce through Li Xiuchen¡¯s skull, he suddenly shifted to the side a little bit.

    ¡°Ahhhh! It hurts!¡±

    Shuang Fu had skewered through Li Xiuchen¡¯s left shoulder to his arm, narrowly destroying his hand!

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrunk, and instantly understood why.

    ¡°The will of the heavens!¡±

    The wrath-filled voice made Li Xiuchen turn his head and see Luo Jianqing, startling him, then hurriedly moved towards the side to dodge. This time he could not attend to the unbearable pain in his arm, and he said urgently, ¡°What... what are you doing? Do you want to kill me?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t answer. Shuang Fu turned into a ray of green light and returned to his right hand. With a handsome face as cold as snow, hispletely emotionless gaze fell on Li Xiuchen, like he was looking at something that was not a living being.

    Suddenly, Li Xiuchen understood. ¡°You want to kill me and rece me as the main character? Luo Jianqing, that¡¯s impossible! I am the main character, you put down your sword right now and leave with me. I guarantee that you and I can be immortal together! I won¡¯t kill you, I won¡¯t kill you in the future okay!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t acknowledge him, the ray of sword-light flying rapidly towards Li Xiuchen¡¯s stomach.

    Li Xiuchen ran ahead and never stopped, but he couldn¡¯t run anywhere that Shuang Fu couldn¡¯t get to in a sh. In a very short time, the tip of the sword was about to pierce Li Xiuchen¡¯s stomach. Yet Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t rx and took two fingers together, three rays of sword-light springing up from his fingertips to block Li Xiuchen from the other three directions.

    Shuang Fu¡¯s tip had already impaled through Li Xiuchen¡¯s clothes.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes widened, waiting for that moment to arrive.

    Until... the world rumbled loudly, and white light flooded everything. When Luo Jianqing opened his eyes again, Li Xiuchen had disappeared from the Endless Wastnd. Luo Jianqing stared dumbly at this scene. After a very long time, he clenched his right hand and took back Shuang Fu, pointing it towards the blue sky in resentment.

    ¡°The will of the heavens!¡±

    In the next moment, a white light flickered in front of Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, and the Endless Wastnd no longer held his shadow.

    Everything around him was darkness. Luo Jianqing looked so gloomy that it looked like a drop of water was about to leak, Shuang Fu grasped tightly in his hand. He couldn¡¯t make out anything in his surroundings because he had been transported to the sixth pass¡ªTianxuan Pass.

    ¡°Seeking Immortality¡± had said that this pass was the easiest to cross. All he needed to do was to stand in ce for a moment, and he would cross.

    In the endless chaos, Luo Jianqing heard an indistinct and hoarse voice. This voice was like rough sandstone and repeated three words over and over, never-ending, like it never got tired.

    ¡°Human or demon...¡±

    ¡°Human or demon...¡±

    ¡°Human or demon...¡±

    There was no other voice, but it was mixed with a tinge of something ancient, echoing endlessly in this space. Luo Jianqing¡¯s face was calm, and didn¡¯t take notice of the voice, until it suddenly stopped somewhere not far from him, and said one sentence in a low voice, ¡°You are human.¡±

    Luo Jianqing immediately brandished his sword, but only cut through empty air.

    Yes, Li Xiuchen was human, so he was transported to the seventh pass.

    ¡°Human or demon, human or demon, human or demon...¡±

    The voice slowly came towards Luo Jianqing. At this very moment, his anger had even cooled down a bit. Luo Jianqing calmly took out Shuang Fu and waited for the pass to test him. When it finally arrived near him, he seemed to feel a faint presence stop in front of him. The voice whispered, ¡°Human... or demon...¡±

    The voice stopped spontaneously. After a moment, it suddenly said in a sharp voice, ¡°You are a demon!¡±

    (1) ¾´¾Æ²»³Ô³Ô·£¾Æ: The actual phrase was this. CCdict¡¯s definition is to ¡°to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit; fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more¡±. Here¡¯s a more extensive exnation. I obviously had no way of putting thisfortably in there lol...

 Chapter 12

    <h4>Chapter 12</h4>

    The voice had just fallen when a strong and solid attack of spiritual energy came towards Luo Jianqing.

    When he heard ¡°you are a demon¡±, Luo Jianqing, pupils shrunken, simultaneously took out the bamboo umbre from his storage ring out of reflex. The surging, vast spiritual energy attacked the bamboo umbre and suddenly broke off a frame!

    In response, an rm bell erupted in Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart and immediately drew his sword to meet the enemy.

    In the hazy and lightless chaos, Luo Jianqing shut his eyes, listening attentively, and raised his sword to face the attacks that came from every direction. The other¡¯s attacks all struck against the bamboo umbre, while Luo Jianqing¡¯s attacks fell in the vast empty void, not able tond a single hit.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Although these attacks weren¡¯t as daring as the first time, like when it immediately broke off a frame from the bamboo umbre, it was able to break off a frame within ten strikes. Even if Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t emotionally attached to this umbre, he knew that the next time it happened, sooner orter he would meet his end by the hands of the other party.

    At the very least, this kind of attack was of ate-stage Nascent Soul expert¡¯s. Evente-stage would be perfect at this point!

    Mind working rapidly, Luo Jianqing fought back with difficulty while thinking about what exactly was going on at the same time. He didn¡¯t believe for a second that he could be a demon. Since ancient times, demons and humans have never lived side by side. If even the Spirit-Refining Sir Xuan Lingzi saw that he was a demon and still epted him as his disciple, it was impossible for anyone in these remnants to perceive him as a demon.

    How did such a probleme about...

    ¡°The demon core?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing firmly grasped his umbre while ignoring the other¡¯s attacks, and yelled loudly, ¡°Elder! This one is definitely not a demon!¡±

    His voice had a thread of spiritual energy mixed in it, making it resound into the distance and finally stop the attacks. Then he heard the voice, as hoarse and unpleasant as before, croak, ¡°Demon, demon, demon... ¡°

    Luo Jianqing turned his hand to take out the purple demon core from his storage ring, and said respectfully, ¡°Senior, this one had just taken this demon core from a rank six demon beast in the Endless Wastnd. In reality, this one had previously in countless demons and even took their cores. Isn¡¯t this just a misunderstanding?¡±

    The chaos was silent for a moment, and Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart gradually rxed, but unexpectedly, the voice abruptly screeched in an ear-piercing tone, ¡°You are a demon! You are a demon! You are a demon!¡±

    Another earth-shattering attack came towards Luo Jianqing. Even if Luo Jianqing¡¯s bamboo umbre could withstand these attacks, in the end, he didn¡¯t know where the enemy was, so there was no way to attack. Luo Jianqing only felt that the voice was too unreasonable. Why did ite to the conclusion that he was a demon? If he was, then wasn¡¯t every honored senior and elder at Tai Hua Peak ying a prank on him?

    Soon, another one of the bamboo umbre¡¯s frames had broken off. Luo Jianqing grit his teeth and tossed the umbre in midair. Gentle golden light spilled from the umbre¡¯s surface, wrapping Luo Jianqing inside.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s fingers, which held Shuang Fu, had several points on them as the sword slowly flew away from his palm, its tip facing straight outwards. Luo Jianqing rapidly formed hand seals, green rays of light flickering between his two hands like little stars. Shuang Fu¡¯s radiance was even more dazzling.

    Above the chaos, there seemed to be a faint sound of thunder.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand seal forming speed became even faster and Shuang Fu spun rapidly, waiting for the enemy¡¯s attack. But at that moment, the green light between his hands seemed to darken to some degree. Luo Jianqing did not hesitate to stamp his right foot on the ground, and a mouthful of hot blood spurted on Shuang Fu.

    Suddenly! There was a burst of green light!

    Luo Jianqing, still forming hand seals, had a trail of blood flowing from his lips.

    ¡°One Sword Bes a Nine-Petaled Lotus!¡±

    The sword fluctuated and became nine, flying forward swiftly. Shuang Fu had already be a virtual image, while thunder rolled from the highest heavens like the sound of drums and lightning struck down. This was because of the ten thousand-year old iron and the thousand-year old lightning crystal that was cast to make Shuang Fu. Luo Jianqing was able to use One Sword Bes a Nine-Petaled Lotus twice in one day, but at this moment his spiritual energy was going to dry up early, so he was forced to rely on the bamboo umbre to protect himself.

    Purple lightning flooded the entire space. Like silver snakes, it wriggled wildly. The nine swords couldn¡¯t find a target to attack, so they turned into a sword formation, sweeping every inch of space with an unstoppable force.

    Luo Jianqing was already out of options. If he truly couldn¡¯t cross this mountain pass, he had no choice but to break the jade token and evacuate out of the remnants.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s right hand covered his stomah, having used up so much of his spiritual energy. Unfortunately, he ran out of Spirit-Assembling Pills when he was fighting off the phantom demon fox. As a result, looking at Shuang Fu attacking blindly, Luo Jianqing could only smile bitterly. ¡°Could it be... that I will truly stop here?¡±

    A momentter, a white light shone on Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. When he opened his eyes, he was in a stone room!

    Luo Jianqing stood dumbly in the same spot. His first reaction was to inspect where Shuang Fu fell. When he sensed the sword dancing happily in his mind, Luo Jianqing finally let out a sigh of relief. He raised his line of sight and was suddenly startled.

    Li Xiuchen also stood dumbly as he watched the battered Luo Jianqing.

    The two stared at each other like this, at a loss at what to do, for a short period of time. Then Luo Jianqing gathered two fingers together, a green sword-light solidifying at his fingertips.

    Li Xiuchen had just kneeled on the praying mat when he saw Luo Jianqing do this. In response, he immediately got up and said urgently, ¡°Do you... do you really want to kill me? We both came from the same ce. We are both fellow townsmen! I promise that I won¡¯t kill you in the future. I can¡¯t even kill you anyway, please spare me!¡±

    Luo Jianqing narrowed his eyes, his sword-light still heading forwards.

    Li Xiuchen continued, ¡°I won¡¯tpete with you. I¡¯ll give you the main character role, okay! You know that the seventh pass¡¯ prize is gone now. I won¡¯t pass it on, I don¡¯t want treasure either. I¡¯ll let you have everything I own. I can be your little brother. Everything I have will be yours.¡±

    At this moment, Luo Jianqing already walked in front of Li Xiuchen. His lips turned up coldly. This kind of look suddenly brought to mind of that time when he used that expression to look at himself at Duan Qing Cliff.

    At that time, Li Xiuchen said, ¡°Senior brother Luo, today will be thest time I call you senior brother. Having fallen to demonic cultivation, even injuring second senior brother and sixth senior brother, it is almost as if the heavens will not tolerate you betraying everyone so rashly. Today, you seem like you¡¯re ready to die at Duan Qing Cliff. For the sake of the camaraderie between martial brothers in those days, I might ask everyone to spare you and leave your corpse intact.¡±

    That Li Xiuchen was so mboyant and reckless. This Li Xiuchen, however, was as insignificant as an ant.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s tears and snot flowing down his face and that pleading expression made Luo Jianqing feel disgusted, but he was also unwilling to waste any more time. His frigid sword-light slowly rose to face Li Xiuchen directly, whose face had gone pale long ago.

    This time, Luo Jianqing took the bamboo umbre to block himself from any external attacks.

    He looked at Li Xiuchen in front of him with an apathetic gaze. Then he unhurriedly raised his fingers, but suddenly heard a bell-like voice echoing in his mind. ¡°Hee hee hee hee, you humans still ughter each other? Little darling, you¡¯re so corrupt, but your servant likes it. It would be truly better to... give yourself to your servant, wouldn¡¯t it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes widened, and a sharp, piercing pain went through his mind.

    ¡°Ah!!!¡±

    It was so painful that he covered one side of his head. Li Xiuchen took advantage of this and ran to a corner.

    The purple demon core flew out of Luo Jianqing¡¯s storage ring, purple demon mist diffusing into the air. Soon, the green-clothed cultivator was trapped inside it. Li Xiuchen watched the scene, utterly stupefied and not understanding what was going on.

    He naturally didn¡¯t understand what kind of pain Luo Jianqing was going through at this moment.

    In his mind, Shuang Fu let out a cry of concern and fear as a ball of white light confronted the purple demon mist intruder. Luo Jianqing rolled around on the ground in suffering, dust dirtying his green robe, his hair dishevelled. One eye remained clear, while the other was already bordered with purple.

    ¡°Little darling, don¡¯t struggle. Right now, your body¡¯s like amp all out of oil. It would be best to obey your servant.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t even think about it!¡±

    ¡°Little darling, there is no need to show off again.¡±

    ¡°You...¡±

    His unmatched handsome face was soaked with sweat. Luo Jianqing was holding his head in pain, blood flowing from his purple eyes.

    No one knew how long it had been. Li Xiuchen had been hiding off to the side, watching and listening to Luo Jianqing cry out in pain inside the purple demon mist. He waited for ages and ages, even when he heard Luo Jianqing sobbing. Then Li Xiuchen suddenly saw the purple mist disperse considerably, but he still hid in the corner, not daring to budge.

    Until he heard a low and ambiguous groan.

    That sound was too alluring. Li Xiuchen¡¯s entire body was rigid, then he walked over in curiosity.

    In the hazy purple mist, he could only see a handsome and elegant young man leaning against the wall, gasping roughly. His phoenix eyes were bright and beautiful, his lips red with dripping blood, so indescribably gorgeous.

    Li Xiuchen felt chills run down his spine.

    As the arrogance of being the great senior brother of Tai Hua Mountain and a Core Formation cultivator had faded awaypletely, that beauty that was unique only to Luo Jianqing blossomed fully. Li Xiuchen had always known that Luo Jianqing was definitely the most attractive character in ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±. Even though he wouldter marry a mermaid princess, he was afraid that he couldn¡¯tpare with this viin.

    In the past, Li Xiuchen never really paid attention to Luo Jianqing¡¯s appearance because his aura was too powerful. Even at this moment, he couldn¡¯t withstand this person¡¯s strength. But now, Luo Jianqing was copsed inside the purple mist, powerless. His ck hair was scattered across his green clothes as he stared ahead with rippling eyes and pink cheeks.

    At this moment, Li Xiuchen finally understood this was what they called beauty that was neither male nor female!

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s fingers gradually began to tremble. He stepped forward without thinking, wanting to have a better look. He hadn¡¯t moved, but he was thinking that this purple mist resembled something in his memory when suddenly, it dispelled towards him. Li Xiuchen felt this purple mist was unusually familiar, but he couldn¡¯t think of how.

    He heard Luo Jianqing shout himself hoarse, ¡°No!!!¡±

    Perplexed, Li Xiuchen looked towards Luo Jianqing and saw that his eyes were wide open in rage, eyes already bloodshot as he looked at him and the purple mist in pain. Just as he began to waver, Li Xiuchen suddenly felt his entire body heat up, spreading from his thighs to the rest of his body below.

    There was a sound of an explosion, like his rationality had burned to cinders.

    Li Xiuchen panted hoarsely, his body trembling as he looked at the beautiful cultivator who was reclining.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes was unable to open any further, but even his wrathful expression could not weaken his beauty. A drop of sweat fell down from Luo Jianqing¡¯s pale forehead, rolled down a line to his jaw, and finally down inside his clothes.

    Li Xiuchen couldn¡¯t help swallowing his spit, whispering hoarsely, ¡°So pretty...¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned his hand to form a burst of sword-light, sending it flying towards Li Xiuchen. Surprisingly, the sword-light was only slightly crooked and left a trace of blood on Li Xiuchen¡¯s face, then finally hit the wall.

    ¡°The heavenly will!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing shuddered and suppressed his body¡¯s strongest desires, wishing he could flee to Yu Xiao Peak.

    Just now, when the demon fox had taken advantage of his spiritual energy being used up, it unexpectedly sought to possess his body. During that difficult struggle, Luo Jianqing nearly died killing the demon fox¡¯s consciousness. At the same time, he was suffering from the demon core¡¯s poison of desire. However, Luo Jianqing never would¡¯ve guessed that the demon fox, even at death¡¯s door, suddenly steered that demon mist towards Li Xiuchen who was in the same space as him.

    As the demon fox was dying, it seemed to echo in his ear, ¡°Filthy, vile human! Have a taste of what it feels like to be a woman under a man¡¯s body!¡±

    The sword-light just now was already Luo Jianqing¡¯s final move. His entire body¡¯s supply of spiritual energy had been exhausted, which was not something that could be recovered in an hour. Right now, even the effort used to open his eyes stirred up the poison of desire, not to mention other things.

    If the poison of desire inside the demon mist trapped even his Core Formation little junior sister, then the demon core¡¯s poison would already make it difficult for a Body Fusion cultivator to control themselves.

    At this moment, Luo Jianqing had already been madly swallowed up by his desires for a while now. His body was screaming for someone¡¯s touch, but his barely existing rationale made him only look on helplessly as Li Xiuchen walked towards him step by step, undoing his belt. His eyes went back and forth between his face and body, then slowly lowered his head.

    ¡°Li Xiuchen... I must kill you, in this life... I will definitely kill you!¡±

    A trail of blood seeped from his lips as Luo Jianqing spoke those words with his utmost effort. Every time he spoke, more blood filled his mouth.

    Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t hear any of his words. His avaricious gaze lingered on that beautiful face and finally, that red mole on his forehead. The redness seemed to ignite, making Li Xiuchen look at it for a very long time. After a short period of time, he couldn¡¯t help but lower his head, wanting to kiss his full lips.

    Humiliation and resentment emerged one after another on Luo Jianqing¡¯s face. He could already feel Li Xiuchen¡¯s vile breath. His two eyes were at its widest, unwilling to close them, as he wanted to remember this moment forever, remember when this person brought dishonor to him, so he would return it ten-fold in the future!

    There was less than an inch¡¯s distance between their lips. Li Xiuchen¡¯s breath sprayed on his alluring face.

    But in an instant, a golden light erupted.

    Bang!

    Li Xiuchen was kicked to the wall. A cold voice, mixed with hard-to-ignore anger and anxiety, echoed loudly in the narrow stone room, like something holy. ¡°If you dare take another step, I will cut your body into thousands of pieces, and I will not hesitate to do it here!¡±

 Chapter 13

    <h4>Chapter 13</h4>

    Rumbling echoed in the stone room.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s body hit the wall, along with the flying rubble. The wall didn¡¯t stop him at all, but he was beside himself with pain. Every bone in his body seemed to be pulverized from head to foot. His ribs were at the very least, broken in four ces. If he was an ordinary person, he would probably be dead by now.

    Not only that, but the powerful oppressive aura kept Li Xiuchen¡¯s feet firmly rooted to the ground, making him unable to budge.

    At this moment, screaming desire still boiled inside Li Xiuchen¡¯s chest, but he didn¡¯t care about that anymore. He struggled to lift his head and finally saw clearly who the arrival was.

    The person¡¯s body was handsome and graceful in his white changpao. His ck hair was brilliant, and there was a golden light that was faintly discernible around his entire body. The eight-petaled golden lotus on his forehead blossomed into countless rays of lights, burning so brightly no one could look directly at it.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s teeth trembled. He had already known who this person was, but all along he did not dare believe why he showed up here.

    Xuan Lingzi coldly regarded the sorry-looking Li Xiuchen on the ground without any trace of sadness nor joy, or even the wrath he had just disyed. Instead, he looked at Li Xiuchen like he wasn¡¯t a living thing, making thetter tremble and only wish to move, as this person could kill him without the slightest hesitation.

    ¡°Just now, did you use those two hands to touch my disciple¡¯s clothes?¡±

    His low and cold voice resounded calmly.

    For a while now, Li Xiuchen was aching as well as suffering from the poison of desire, so much that he could not utter a word, so naturally there was no reply.

    However, Xuan Lingzi had no desire to hear his answer and only raised his hand apathetically. In an instant, a golden sword-light shed and the spiritual energy directly burst through Li Xiuchen¡¯s palms!

    ¡°Ahh!!!¡±

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes were leaking tears out of pain, mucus also overflowing down his face. He looked at the aloof honored senior in front of him with fright. The other person said indifferently, ¡°Just now, did you use those two eyes to look at my disciple¡¯s body?¡±

    ¡°Ahhh!!!¡±

    Tears of pain flowed from Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes. Even the dark thunder roaring fiercely in the skies above could not stop Xuan Lingzi¡¯s movements. Xuan Lingzi pressed two fingers together, the golden sword-light still flowing between them. His narrow phoenix eyes stared quietly at his utterly defeated body.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Just now, did you, Li Xiuchen, want to fight my disciple again?¡±

    The sword-light between Xuan Lingzi¡¯s fingers erupted. He narrowed his eyes and pointed his fingers at Li Xiuchen. At this moment, Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes were closed as he rolled about in agony. He could not understand why this person, who should¡¯ve been his master, would suddenly want to kill him, even so much that every word he spoke dripped with hatred.

    He watched as that sword-light was about to meet his body, while the sound of thunder in the skies grew even fiercer. In an instant, a silver bolt of lightning rumbled from the sky as it cleaved the air, and struck towards Xuan Lingzi!

    The level of this lightning was not something that Luo Jianqing could summon before. It was so thick that it surpassed the size of the stone room, and silver snakes swam around it. Such lightning made people think of a frightening thought ¨C that it was a lightning tribtion (1) that could wipe out an almighty Cmity Passage cultivator!

    After the bolt of silver lightning came down, Xuan Lingzi raised his hand to block it.

    And after that, there was a bolt of red lightning that looked like it could topple the heavens and wipe out the earth!

    No more than thirty-six reckless bolts of lightning struck down. Even though Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face became gradually paler, he again turned his hand to block a bolt of purple lightning. Storm clouds rolled in the skies, like another lightning tribtion was going to drop. However, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s pupils shrunk as he said angrily, ¡°I¡¯ve already given up to this degree, do you really think you can stop me?!¡±

    The storm clouds were silent for a moment, but lingered and did not disperse. They continued to spiral around the skies of the remnants.

    The dense, dark clouds could be seen from anywhere in the 300 li of the Yi Tian Mountains. Countless ordinary people crouched on the ground, praying endlessly as they begged the heavens not to punish them. And in Yi Tian Sect, three Core Formation honored elders were all present, looking at the storm clouds that were spreading over hundreds of li with astonishment.

    The second elder said, rmed, ¡°Is an almighty Cmity Passage cultivator going through a lightning tribtion?¡±

    The great elder shook his head. ¡°Even if it was Sir Xuan Lingzi of those days, it was said that he had onlye across storm clouds that spanned across 811 li, and eighty-one lightning tribtions. In this world, is there still anyone that can surpass Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s honored senior? It must be a holy vision that the demon realm will riot!¡±

    The third elder suddenly remembered, ¡°Senior brother, could it be True Lord Beidou¡¯s remnants...¡±

    ¡°Nonsense! They are nothing more than a Nascent Soul¡¯s remnants. How could it trigger this kind of vision?¡±

    For a moment, ordinary people everywhere kneeled on the ground and prayed, while countless cultivators never stopped talking.

    And inside those remnants, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s emotionless and handsome face was unchanging as he silently raised his head to look at the skies. His sword-light did not stop until the very end. He raised a foot to kick Li Xiuchen to the corner, then reached out and extracted a white light from his forehead.

    ¡°Forget what happened. I will spare your life today.¡±

    His face pained, Li Xiuchen struggled for another moment, then finally lost consciousness. His face was deep red. The poison of desire had already transformed into a purple thread of demon mist, incessantly scattering inside his body. But he did not wake, no matter how much the poison wrecked his body.

    Xuan Lingzi, no longer paying attention to that person, turned around and looked towards his disciple coolly, but when he caught sight of the other person, he suddenly startled.

    ¡°Jianqing!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi hurried forward and took Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand, sending pure spiritual energy to him.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s cheeks were flushed, and he had been breathing heavily for a while. When he received spiritual energy all of a sudden, he suddenly had the strength to move. As a result the poison of desire in his body he had been suppressing all along, immediately took over that refreshing source and he flipped over the other person, pressing him down.

    Xuan Lingzi stared nkly at this scene.

    Luo Jianqing sat on top of his body, his eyes drooping as he looked at him with blurry vision.

    Those lips that called out ¡°Master¡± in the past were now red with dripping blood, an alluring red. His beautiful eyes were shining with liquid, clothes in a disorderly mess, and his pretty, frail corbone was exposed.

    Luo Jianqing slowly opened his eyes, looking at the person he was pressing down. When he saw his face, he was not surprised in the least. He onlyughed hoarsely and murmured in a low voice, ¡°Is this... another illusion? Illusion, illusion... mn...¡±

    A low and vague groan came from his throat. Luo Jianqing restrained himself and slowly looked down at his body, moving closer to the face of the person below him. With aplicated look, he gazed at his face, his line of sight moving from his indifferent eyes all the way to his thin lips. Finally, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed him.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes shrunk.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s warm, moist breath pressed up to the other person. He closed his eyes and sincerely kissed the person below him. Their lips rubbed against each other, gently nipping and licking. Originally he wanted to pry open the other¡¯s teeth, but surprisingly the other person tightly locked his jaws, refusing to open even an inch.

    They kissed for ages. Luo Jianqing raised his head and looked at the noble Sir Xuan Lingzi, whose facial expression still hadn¡¯t changed as he looked at him indifferently. Only his red, swollen lips revealed what had happened earlier.

    Luo Jianqing was not angry or humiliated at all. His master ought to be like this forever, unable to move for him.

    The peerless, exceptional great senior brother of Tai Hua Mountainughed lowly. He seemed to beughing yet crying at the same time. He had been restraining the poison of desire in his body up until the very end. He rubbed at his own clothes, handling his lust himself. His lower body had been as hard as iron, pressing rigidly against Xuan Lingzi¡¯s stomach. Yet he still remained entangling himself, refusing to take the initiative.

    Earlier, Luo Jianqing¡¯s belt had been pulled off by Li Xiuchen. But now, after he tore it off, his clothes were dishevelled, exposing much of his snow-white skin to the open air. His entire skin was a faint shade of pink, resembling the most beautiful white jade on earth, so beautiful that it could take one¡¯s breath away.

    Luo Jianqing sat on top of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body, unable to control himself as he fondled his own body.

    He didn¡¯t notice the eyes of the person below him getting darker and darker, darker and darker. Xuan Lingzi watched Luo Jianqing caressing his own chest for two minutes. His eyes narrowed and he suddenly turned over, pressing Luo Jianqing under his body. He looked at his disciple with aplicated look. After a long time, he finally pulled Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand.

    Luo Jianqing looked at him nkly, eyes filled with lust.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s expression was tranquil as he quietly looked at his lower body. His ice-cold lips were boiling hot on his body, kissing every inch of his skin. Finally, he stopped at Luo Jianqing¡¯s left shoulder. He kissed him delicately, sucking until it left behind an alluring red. Atst, he raised his head and looked at his disciple, trapped in lust and unable to free himself.

    When Xuan Lingzi moved, Luo Jianqing was panting ceaselessly. He looked at him with watery eyes, a slight pain in his voice as he murmured, ¡°Master, heh heh, Master... oh...¡±

    Hot lips pressed down, sealing whatever words Luo Jianqing would¡¯ve said next.

    His cold tongue broke past his burning lips,pping at every inch of scalding skin in his mouth, sucking his full lips with smacks. Luo Jianqing involuntarily let out a moan. He passionately embraced the person above him, bringing him close, wishing the other person would stroke and caress him.

    But Xuan Lingzi was not only kissing him.

    They kissed greedily and wantonly, as if the feelings that were repressed for so many years were all set free. He bit and nibbled at those soft lips,pping at those sweet fluids, making his serious and restrained disciple cry out unbearably.

    Xuan Lingzi caressed Luo Jianqing¡¯s hair and pulled out the green jade hairpin. In a sh, three thousand strands of ck hair fanned out. The ck hair in the middle of his heart-stirringly beautiful face was especially alluring. Xuan Lingzi looked down at this scene, then kissed him even more tenderly.

    He softly kissed him for a very long time, then finally stopped.

    Luo Jianqing shuddered as he held him, bringing his bare chest close. But Xuan Lingzi¡¯s gaze was still peaceful, not moved in the slightest.

    After a short period of time, Xuan Lingzi lowered his head and kissed those lips again. This time, a pale red light shone where his lips pressed. Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire body was rigid,ying limp on the stone to let the other kiss him. The red light became brighter and brighter. After some time had passed, the heat on Luo Jianqing¡¯s skin gradually faded away, and his fair skin returned to its jade-white color.

    The truth was that the flickering red light was between Xuan Lingzi¡¯s forehead. By the time the red light between the two people¡¯s lips disappeared, Xuan Lingzi immediately released Luo Jianqing. As if he didn¡¯t want to wait a second longer, he ced his sleeping disciple on the ground after taking care of that poison of desire inside him.

    Xuan Lingzi tidied up his clothes. Noble and cold, not a single hair out of ce, like nothing had ever happened. He conscientiously put every single article of clothing back on Luo Jianqing, his expression cold as if he was really merely taking care of his own disciple, without any other kind of affection.

    After everything was done, he slowly got up and looked at the praying mat of the stone room.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes narrowed, and said in an ice-cold voice, ¡°Since you have already watched us for so long, why are you still hiding? You disgrace my disciple¡¯s honor, nder him and call him a demon, setting up that demon fox to possess his body ¨C you best prepare to properly apologize!¡±

 Chapter 14

    <h4>Chapter 14</h4>

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s voice fell, leaving only silence in the stone room.

    He gathered two fingers together and a golden sword-light broke the stone table in front of the praying mat. Immediately, a wobbling remnant soul appeared from the stone table. His body was very faint like it would break in the next second, but the words ¡°human or demon¡± still repeated endlessly from his lips.

    If Luo Jianqing woke at this very moment, he was afraid that he would immediately discover that this voice was the very thing he had been struggling against for so long while trying to cross the sixth pass. This was merely a remnant soul, and it can even be said that this remnant soul had little spiritual sense. However, he¡¯d been containing the original master¡¯s obsession, and hadn¡¯t dispersed for a very long time.

    ¡°Human or demon, human or demon...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s cold face had no emotion as the golden eight-petaled lotus on his forehead abruptly blossomed into innumerable rays of light. The remnant soul howled painfully, shuddering as he raised his head to look at him. After looking at him up and down for a very long time, he eximed sharply, ¡°You are a demon!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi snorted lightly and sneered. ¡°In what way am I a demon?¡±

    As if the voice didn¡¯t hear him at all, he ferociously pounced towards Xuan Lingzi.

    Xuan Lingzi raised his sword-light, and the remnant soul started to howl miserably. His eyes gradually became clearer and brighter. After a while, he raised his head to look at Xuan Lingzi, and asked in astonishment, ¡°A Nascent Soul?!¡± After a moment, the remnant soul said in fright, ¡°Half a Nascent Soul... you are a cultivator higher than the Mahayana stage!

    Xuan Lingzi did not take note of the remnant soul¡¯s words at all. With an indifference like a frozen lotus, he said neutrally, ¡°You have already recovered your consciousness. Now apologize for wrongly using my disciple of being a demon.¡±

    Not waiting for the other person to attack, the remnant soul shrieked hoarsely, ¡°He¡¯s a demon, he¡¯s a demon, he¡¯s a demon!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi sneered. ¡°What nonsense!¡±

    The remnant soul shuddered as he spoke. ¡°He is not tolerated by the heavens¡¯ 81 Greater Daos and 3,000 Lesser Daos. If he isn¡¯t a demon, then what is he!¡±

    ¡°So cultivators that are not tolerated by the heavenly will are demons?¡±

    ¡°Yes!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s chang pao swung, a bit of golden light falling in the stone room. He asked calmly, ¡°Then, am I one?¡±

    The remnant soul was suddenly speechless. In a sh, he seemed to turn insane again, and began to repeat endlessly, ¡°A Mahayana stage demonic cultivator, a Mahayana stage demonic cultivator, a demon master, you are a demon master... you are a demon, you are a demon, you are a demon!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s phoenix eyes fell on this mad remnant soul for a moment. He watched on indifferently as the remnant soul held his head in agony. ording to the remnant soul¡¯s nature, he would begin to attack him, but whenever he raised his head to look at him, he timidly returned his line of sight.

    Until the very end, the remnant soul flew up slowly, repeatedly hitting the ceiling of the stone room. He had absolutely no physical body, only screaming ¡°demon master¡± and ¡°human or demon¡±, all the while incessantly abusing himself in this manner.

    At this, Xuan Lingzi only watched quietly. Even though the remnant soul knocked into Li Xiuchen¡¯s body, making the unconscious Li Xiuchen shudder, he never stopped him. When the remnant soul was just about to hit Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes finally shrunk and swept the remnant soul back, with a flick of his sleeve.

    The almighty Spirit-Refining cultivator¡¯s voice echoed like thunder in the narrow stone room.

    ¡°You are already dead, and yet you continue with this obsession? Since ancient times, demons and humans have never lived alongside each other. In this generation, I have always done as humans do. The two races, human and demon, have had peace between them for hundreds of years. Now you must leave. This is your final destination, after all.¡±

    ¡°Human or demon... a demon master, you are a demon master...¡±

    ¡°You used my disciple of being a demon and nearly caused him to get possessed. You mustpensate for causing him trouble to this degree.¡±

    ¡°Demon master, you are a demon master, you... ahhhh!!!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s chang pao fluttered, and a golden light pierced through the remnant soul¡¯s body, making him scream in agony. After making the same effort required to make a cup of tea, the remnant soul¡¯s blood-curdling screeches abruptly came to an end. He silently lowered his head to look at the ground, like he had no awareness.

    Xuan Lingzi said quietly, ¡°Except for that person, give the reward you owe to everyone else.¡±

    The remnant soul looked at Li Xiuchen out of the corner of his eye and nodded lightly. ¡°Yes.¡±

    The storm clouds in the skies got even thicker, producing a rumbling noise as if they criticized Xuan Lingzi¡¯s words.

    However, Xuan Lingzi ignored it and said again, ¡°To my disciple, give the reward you owe to him.¡±

    The remnant soul nodded. ¡°Yes.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi flicked his sleeve. Inside that wide, spacious sleeve, a blood-red light suddenly flew out.

    The storm clouds in the skies cried ferociously. Each bolt of lightning struck only in the vicinities of Yi Tian Mountains, and one thick, solid, devastating red bolt of lightning struck precisely towards Xuan Lingzi.

    A golden light shed between Xuan Lingzi¡¯s forehead, and the Xuan Ling sword appeared in his hand. Raising his sword at the heavens, he sent his majestic spiritual energy soaring up towards the sky.

    The lightning and the golden sword flowed together in midair, producing a sound that shook the earth and skies.

    At that moment, the mountain peaks near True Lord Beidou¡¯s remnants were all razed to the ground. A powerful sound wave dispersed shaking the cultivators who had gathered around in curiosity. Cultivators below Nascent Soul stage spat out a mouthful of blood while cultivators in Qi Condensation stage suffered critical injuries along with dizziness.

    The storm clouds were still screaming but didn¡¯t dare send down any more lightning tribtions. And in that stone room, the remnant soul¡¯s head was lowered as he stared at the ground, and Luo Jianqing remained unconscious. And not a single soul knew that the most powerful cultivator on earth was staggering, spitting out mouthfuls of blood one after another.

    That blood was glittering as Xuan Lingzi propped half of his body up on Xuan Ling, and raised his head to face the remnant soul. ¡°This belongs to my disciple.¡±

    His voice fell. That blood-red ray of light flew towards the remnant soul, who had thought to catch it, but he had not yet moved when that terrifying breath paralyzed him with awe. He only naively stood there and saw the blood-red light stop in front of his eyes.

    The remnant soul said respectfully, ¡°Yes.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi muttered to himself for a very long time while staring at that red light. Finally, he brushed away the little thing inside the red light, then walked to the side of Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    His young and elegant, handsome face was covered in sweat, but his breathing was smooth and steady. It was clear that he had already fallen asleep.

    Xuan Lingzi looked at him silently for a very long time, then sighed softly. Finger pointed at Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead, like how he had previously handled Li Xiuchen, he drew out a beam of white light. His movements were extremely tender with Luo Jianqing only letting out a muffled groan.

    A momentter, Xuan Lingzi suddenly disappeared. A ray of golden light broke through the remnants¡¯ boundaries, flying towards Tai Hua Mountain, then finally disappeared inside Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s defensive formations.

    Tai Hua Mountain, Cang Shuang Peak.

    At the summit of Cang Shuang Peak, there was a grand, imposing hall that overlooked the entire peak, emitting overwhelming righteousness. In this hall, an old man with grizzled hair was meditating on a praying mat with his back and shoulders straight.

    In front of him were fouryers of lifeboundmps. The fourthyer had several dozens ofmps, the third had six, the second had only twomps remaining, and finally the firstyer, located at the very top, only had one golden lifeboundmp, its mes flickering.

    Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s sect leader Hao Xingzi¡¯s eyes were shut, meditating in cultivation. In a sh, the golden lifeboundmp suddenly went out, and Hao Xingzi opened his eyes. He looked at the one curtain with shock, and said in a quiet and astonished voice, ¡°Junior brother Xuan Lingzi?!¡±

    His voice had just fallen when Hao Xingzi transformed into a ray of white light and flew to Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s centermost Yu Xiao Peak.

    But in the Yi Tian Mountains, hundreds of li away from Tai Hua Mountain, the disciples of Tai Hua Mountain and Yi Tian Sect were still going through their cruel practice experience.

    In the Endless Wastnd, the demon beasts were too many to count. Since childhood, Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s cultivators were assigned by their masters to kill demon beasts in hand-to-handbat at the Wan Shou Mountains. They had plenty of experience with actualbat, but not the Yi Tian Sect disciples. The majority¡¯s constitutions were not strong enough, nor did they have much experience in actualbat. Many disciples had already broken the jade piece to leave the remnants.

    Therefore, by the time they truly left the Endless Wastnd, Tai Hua Mountain still had fifteen people left, but Yi Tian Sect only had two remaining.

    The party was made up of seventeen people and ran across each other in the sixth pass. The strange thing was, they waited for a very long time in this pass, but there was only darkness, like nothing was there, which made them confused.

    And in that seventh pass, the Tianshu Pass, Luo Jianqing¡¯s fingers twitched, and he slowly rose to consciousness.

    After just going through that fight with the demon fox to stop it from possessing his body, Luo Jianqing¡¯s spiritual energy had been dried up for a while now. He didn¡¯t even have the strength to get up and could only open his eyes. He saw Li Xiuchenying right in the corner, his entire body covered in blood.

    Luo Jianqing squinted. He had not reacted yet when suddenly, he felt something strange. He turned his head to look and saw a vague shadow floating in front of the praying mat, head lowered and unspeaking.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes widened. He was already preparing to take out the bamboo umbre from his storage ring, but he heard the remnant soul say quietly, ¡°The practice experience has ended. You have failed.¡±

    That voice had just fallen when a white light shed on Li Xiuchen¡¯s body. He disappeared from the remnants almost effortlessly.

    Luo Jianqing stared nkly at this scene, not understanding what happened at all. The only thing he did was struggle against that phantom demon fox for a very long time, then lose consciousness. How could a remnant soul suddenly appear when he had just opened his eyes, and how did Li Xiuchen seem to be so critically injured?

    Luo Jianqing raised a bit of spiritual energy he had just recovered, guarding against his surroundings vigntly.

    The remnant soul¡¯s hoarse voice echoed, ¡°You survived this lord¡¯s remnants, and now this lord will gift his three magical tools to you.¡±

    He paused, and then a hateful expression appeared on his face. ¡°Humans and demons must not coexist. I must exterminate the demon race! I, True Lord Beidou, rushed into the battlefield for many years and killed a great number of demon beasts by myself. Between the human and demon races, one must die! These three magical tools are the most effective against demon beasts, and they will certainly help you behead demons and wipe out devils.¡±

    Three rays of white light appeared in front of Luo Jianqing.

    At this, Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    ...So say, what was he going to do with these?

    But the remnant soul was not done speaking. He continued, ¡°This lord still has a manual here, which will be given to you as well.¡±

    This time, the remnant soul spoke very simply and did not speak of any other rubbish. A ray of blood-red light flew straight towards Luo Jianqing. At this moment, Luo Jianqing had already recovered 30% of his spiritual energy and raised his hand to catch the red light.

    It was a blood-red jade piece, only the size of his palm. It resembled condensed blood, brightly-colored and strikingly dazzling. In his hand, it seemed like it could burn him. At the moment it was quietly waiting for its master¡¯s inspection. A powerful oppressive aura wasing from the jade piece, turning the air stagnant.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyebrows were knit tightly. He looked at the remnant soul. ¡°Elder, is this...¡±

    His voice suddenly came to a stop. In Luo Jianqing¡¯s astonished gaze, the remnant soul vacantly raised his head. His body turned into innumerable white points, fading away into the stone room. There was only a low, coarse crowing that still echoed for a very long time¡ª

    ¡°Human... or demon?¡±

    His voice was mixed with obsession and regret that crossed through time.

    Since the remnant soul had already disappeared, Luo Jianqing was left with no choice but to examine the four things he had gotten. In his sight, one of the three was an earth-rank magical tool. Although it was quite precious, it was also something a Nascent Soul cultivator could own.

    Except for the blood-red jade piece, everything made Luo Jianqing feelpletely bewildered.

    The jade piece emitted a frightening aura that seemed to cross through ancient times and attack him.

    Could that True Lord Beidou really have had such good fortune that he could arrange that frightening Ursa Major Seven Star Formation and obtain this frightening jade piece?

    After hesitating for a very long time, Luo Jianqing sent out a bit of spiritual sense and pierced through the jade piece.

    In a sh, a shocking, oppressive voice echoed in his ear¡ª¡ª

    ¡°Seize thesting years, seize the boundless earth; seize the life energy of all living things, seize the fortune of the heavens and earth. Seize man, seize demon, seize the heavenlyw ¡ª this will be known as the Nine...¡± The voice suddenly stopped, then after a moment, the voice spoke again. ¡°This will be known as the ¡®Nine Heavenly Seizure Record¡¯.¡±

 Chapter 15

    <h4>Chapter 15</h4>

    In the vast, boundless clouds and mist, the sect leader of Tai Hua Mountain, Sir Hao Xingzi, broke through clouds and sea with blinding speed and arrived at Yu Xiao Peak, which was located right in the heart of Tai Hua Mountain. At the bottom of Yu Xiao Peak, he sent a voice transmission to his junior brother. Surprisingly, the other person never responded. The honored sect leader furrowed his grizzled eyebrows and immediately went up the mountain.

    All Tai Hua Mountain disciples knew of the restrictions ced throughout Yu Xiao Peak. Not to mention there were still the great mountain defense formations in ce. Even the little junior sister of the Seven Children of Tai Hua Mountain, Mu Tianxin, could not go up. Each time, she could only wait at the bottom of the peak for senior brother Luo toe down.

    However, they did not know that not only little junior sister, but even all the other honored seniors and elders, could not go up Yu Xiao Peak.

    Yu Xiao Peak was Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s most important forbidden area. Only Sir Xuan Lingzi, the great senior brother Luo Jianqing, and sect leader Sir Hao Xingzi could enter. If those without permission were to take a single step inside, they would be directly killed by the mountain defense formations.

    Before Hao Xingzi arrived at the front of the bamboo house, he suddenly could sniff out a mix of spiritual energy and barely discernable thread of vital breath in the air. Hao Xingzi opened his round eyes and hurriedly broke through the enchanted boundaries his junior brother left behind, entered the door, and was immediately stunned at the sight before him.

    The handsome, elegant, white-clothed honored senior was propping half of his body up on a bamboo couch, his face deathly pale, and forehead covered in sweat. Thepels werepletely muddled with ring bloodstains. There was also a pool of blood on the seat of the bamboo couch, which contained golden flickering universal qi in it.

    Seeing this, Hao Xingzi¡¯s eyes widened, and he cried out in rm, ¡°Heart¡¯s blood! Junior brother, you...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi did not speak, but his pale face already answered Hao Xingzi¡¯s question.

    Hao Xingzi quickly took out a bottle of medicine pills from his storage ring. The instant the dark green pill appeared, its fragrance scattered into the air. Outside, any nts that touched even a bit of the pill¡¯s fragrance danced excitedly without stopping. Hao Xingzi pped his hands and the medicine pill flew into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s mouth.

    After fifteen minutes, the chaotic spiritual energy in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body was finally nursed back to health.

    Hao Xingzi could not help but ask, ¡°Junior brother, what on earth happened to you? Did you perhaps enter qi deviation? Impossible. You have cultivated for more than three hundred years. Even if it may not be very long, you have always had a pure heart. You never run into internal demons, so what happened today to make you react like this?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said coolly, ¡°Sect leader senior brother.¡±

    Hao Xingzi¡¯s face was grim. He thought for a long time, and suddenly eximed in rm, ¡°Internal demons! At that time, martial uncle had once ordered you to set up and pledge your life to guard those things. Perhaps something happened with them and so, you became like this? Junior brother, that is our Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s most important and forbidden thing, ¡®Nine Lotus He...¡±

    ¡°Sect leader senior brother!¡± Xuan Lingzi¡¯s cold voice interrupted Hao Xingzi¡¯s words. ¡°This has no rtion to that. For the time being that thing is doing fine.¡±

    His voice fell. Xuan Lingzi turned his hand to pull out a ray of blood-red light. For a split second, the flowing clouds in the sky seemed to freeze, and faint storm clouds formed above Yu Xiao Peak. When Xuan Lingzi put the thing back, the storm clouds immediately dispersed.

    Hao Xingzi let out a sigh of relief at this. ¡°So long as nothing¡¯s wrong with that thing, then it will be alright.¡± He paused and suddenly remembered, ¡°Then junior brother, is it all because...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi spoke with a tranquil expression, ¡°A little ident happened during the neers¡¯ practice experience. Those remnants are not an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator¡¯s remnants. I attached a primordial spirit to Luo Jianqing as he entered the remnants and he saw that cultivator¡¯s remnant soul. He was an Out-of-Body cultivator, so naturally, something must have happened for him to fall tote-stage Nascent Soul.¡±

    Hao Xingzi asked in disbelief, ¡°Junior brother, didn¡¯t you make a deal that prevents you from leaving Tai Hua Mountain? How did you manage to bring out a Nascent Soul?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi replied calmly, ¡°I split half of it, so it was not really considered leaving Tai Hua Mountain.¡±

    These short words left Hao Xingzi speechless.

    Cultivators that reached Nascent Soul stage were able to form a Nascent Soul. But their Nascent Soul was nothing more than a small infant that did not have much attack power. Once they reached the Out-of-Body stage, the Nascent Soul was able to leave the body. When they reached the Mahayana stage, the Nascent Soul could be broken up however they wanted. The stronger the cultivator, the more pieces they could break up, and each Nascent Soul could fight in ce of them.

    Therefore, during that time inside the remnants, after True Lord Beidou saw Xuan Lingzi¡¯s half Nascent Soul, he blurted out, ¡°a cultivator higher than the Mahayana stage.¡±

    However, that was all theory. A Mahayana cultivator could only split a Nascent Soul into very small pieces. There was no other reason than that the pain of splitting up a Nascent Soul was nothing an ordinary person could ever know.

    A Nascent Soul was a cultivator¡¯s most sensitive part. Even someone brushing against it would cause them to feel such sharp pain that they would go numb. For example, say a physical body and a Nascent Soul collided into the same thing. The body may be in evesting pain, but for a Nascent Soul, that pain would be a hundred times worse!

    Just thinking of splitting a Nascent Soul made Hao Xingzi¡¯s scalp feel numb. After a while, he heaved a sigh. ¡°Don¡¯t you treat Jianqing a bit too well?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s calm, handsome features were not disturbed in the slightest. He said neutrally, ¡°Jianqing is my disciple.¡±

    Watching his own junior brother act like this, Hao Xingzi swallowed the words that he wanted to say.

    ¡ª¡ªThose were nothing more than an Out-of-Body cultivator¡¯s remnants. So long as they had a desire to leave, nobody woulde into any life-threatening danger. What¡¯s more, Jianqing had carried many magical tools and medicine pills. To go as far as to split your Nascent Soul to follow him, don¡¯t you care about him a bit too much?

    After all, when it came to matters between a master and his disciple, Hao Xingzi did not have much to say. After carefully asking questions about Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body, he ended with, ¡°I will go find junior sister to refine you some medicine pills to help your Nascent Soul recover promptly.¡± Then he transformed into a ray of white light and left Yu Xiao Peak.

    After Hao Xingzi¡¯s departure, Xuan Lingzi, unable to support himself any longer, fell backwards, and blood welled up inside his mouth again.

    Like before, the blood had little specks of gold. It seemed that Xuan Lingzi would inevitably fall into aa, his face now as pale as a sheet. Meanwhile, at Tai Hua Mountain, the lifebound goldenmp at the summit of Cang Shuang Peak kept flickering. It was a while before the mes slowly stabilized, though it was a tad darker than before.

    Meanwhile in the skies of Yi Tian Mountains, millions of li away, the storm clouds had longed dispersed. Many cultivators watched for a long time, but never saw any sort of magic treasure and left with anger. After waiting for a few moments, all the disciples came out of the remnants.

    Luo Jianqing had already put the three magical tools and blood-red jade piece in his storage ring. After being transported out, he surveyed his surroundings. Immediately, he sensed the presence of the Tai Hua Mountain disciples and flew over to them.

    ¡°Senior brother Luo, the seventeen disciples of Tai Hua Mountain that passed through the sixth pass have all received their rewards.¡± As the neenth junior brother spoke, he took out a white jade pearl. ¡°This Escape Droplet. It seems that you can dive fifty li underwater with it, so it could be considered a magical treasure.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded his head appreciatively. After looking all around him, he asked, ¡°Howe there¡¯s only twenty of you?¡±

    The neenth junior brother chuckled and said helplessly, ¡°Senior brother, that Endless Wastnd was truly dangerous. Some of us got injured and immediately crushed the white jade token to get out. When we left just now, we discovered that Li Xiuchen had already been transported out and went back to be healed by Yi Tian Sect people. So I let the other injured martial brothers follow and get healed by Yi Tian Sect too.¡±

    Luo Jianqing lightly raised his eyebrows and feigned shock as he asked, ¡°Everyone got injured? Even that Li Xiuchen?¡±

    The neenth junior brother spread his hands and sighed. ¡°That¡¯s right, a lot of people got injured. Apparently, some Qi Condensation disciples from Yi Tian Sect died too. Anyway, senior brother, you haven¡¯t seen Li Xiuchen¡¯s wounds yet, apparently, his are really serious. His hands are gone and he¡¯s even blind. No one knows what kind of terrible demon beast he ran into at the Endless Wastnd for him to end up like this...¡±

    He spoke while Luo Jianqing led the Tai Hua Mountain disciple to Yi Tian Sect, preparing to hand him over.

    The neenth junior brother concluded, ¡°Unless an elder from Qing Lan Peak refined pills especially for Li Xiuchen¡¯s health, he will never get better for the rest of his life. Anyway, he¡¯s only a new disciple, the sect wouldn¡¯t go that far for him. Ai, senior brother, did you ask how he couldn¡¯t crush the jade piece? What kind of strength to get what kind of reward, indeed...¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed and said, ¡°Danger always follows the practice experience. The rewardes with risk. Don¡¯t learn from him in the future. When you give up, you must give up with conviction.¡±

    The neenth junior brother nodded and beamed, exposing pure white teeth.

    When they spotted Yi Tian Sect¡¯s Elder Zhao, Luo Jianqing lightly cupped his hands, and the other, ttered, immediately returned the favor.

    Luo Jianqing smiled. ¡°This time, I have truly troubled your sect concerning these remnants. I will dutifully report to our sect about what happened during the practice experience. After our sect¡¯s elders finish their inspection, they may give the rewards to Yi Tian Sect.¡± Pausing, Luo Jianqing added, ¡°How are our Tai Hua Mountain disciples staying at your sect doing now?¡±

    Elder Zhao said respectfully, ¡°They are fine, save for a fellow Daoist at Phase Two Qi Condensation that seems to be injured very seriously.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t need a name to guess who the seriously injured person was. Although Li Xiuchen had been transported out very quickly, Luo Jianqing had seen Li Xiuchen¡¯s terrible injuries with his own eyes. Those kinds of injuries would be fatal to a Qi Condensation cultivator, and the fact that Li Xiuchen wasn¡¯t already dead especially surprised Luo Jianqing.

    He held these thoughts in his heart, but his expression betrayed none of it.

    His pale, elegant face showing a bit of distress, Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°Since junior brother has been so critically injured, then may we borrow your sect to let him recuperate? Due to his current condition, I fear that he would not do so well on a long and difficult journey.¡±

    Elder Zhao immediately said, ¡°Yes! I am afraid that every fellow Daoist of Tai Hua Mountain that had just gone through such dangerous circumstances are exhausted in body and mind. Fellow Daoist Luo, it would be best if you step into our Yi Tian Sect gates. We would be very willing to amodate our fellow Daoists and let them cultivate breath control.¡±

    Having heard what was said, Luo Jianqing¡¯s phoenix eyes widened slightly.

    He had only wished to leave Li Xiuchen at Yi Tian Sect, but he did not expect Elder Zhao to actually put forward such a proposal.

    After thinking for a moment, Luo Jianqing nodded with a smile. ¡°Then I will inconvenience my fellow Daoist.¡±

    Not long after, the entire party boarded Luo Jianqing¡¯s flying treasure boat, which majestically flew towards the gates of Yi Tian Sect. This period of rest would take three days. Yi Tian Sect weed Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples with generosity and did not dare neglect the Qi Foundation Phase One neers by even the slightest bit.

    By the third day, the handsome green-clothed cultivator stood in front of his bed, his head raised as he gazed at the thick, verdant greenery in the courtyard.

    He saw a pale yellow crane slowly fly to him from the sky, wobbling as it passed through a splendid mass of flowers. Finally, it stopped in front of Luo Jianqing and spoke, like a person, ¡°Senior brother Luo, the information you wanted to be investigated has already been investigated.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s thin lips raised slightly and split into a dazzling smile. ¡°Second junior brother, I¡¯ve inconvenienced you. What is the situation?¡±

    The paper crane used a voice transmission seal that was so high level that it could imitate someone¡¯s tone and timbre perfectly. He heard a warm and tender voiceing from the paper crane. The second senior brother of Tai Hua Mountain Zuo Yunmo seemed to smile lightly as he said, ¡°True Lord Beidou was the one Out-of-Body cultivator in the past 1,000 years who had participated in the 230 year long Human-Demon War. Later, he was chased and killed by a ninth-rank demon beast, and his cultivation dropped from Out-of-Body stage to Nascent Soul stage...¡±

 Chapter 016

    <h4>Chapter 016</h4>

    Since ancient times, the human race and demon race were like water and fire. Conflicts sprung up everywhere.

    The demon race originated from the cultivation of demon beasts. Just like they said, ¡°those who are not our kin are sure to be of a different heart¡±. Since the beginning of ancient times, the humans and demons warred against each other time and time again over resources, up until now, where there was already a deep sea of resentment, and it was toote to ever turn back.

    Luo Jianqing had known about what Zuo Yunmo said about the persisting 230-year war. That war was the ultimate hatred between the two races in all history. The demon race had three demon masters, and the human race had two Mahayana stage cultivators. Among them, one of them was the Hao Ming Peak Lord of Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing¡¯s one martial ancestor.

    However, Luo Jianqing had presently cultivated for no more than 36 years. In that time period, everything was peaceful as can be, and no conflict broke out between the two races for a full 100 years. The high-level demon beasts were all in seclusion and did note out, and the human race did not take the initiative to stir up conflict. Only Body-Fusion cultivators and below and demon beasts below eighth-level would battle hand-to-hand at the borders, though there was no conflict now.

    The Wan Shou Mountains that Luo Jianqing frequented were an unregted zone set up by the human and demon race. Any demon beast eighth-level and below could enter as they pleased, and any cultivator Body-Fusion stage and below could enter as well. Here, life and death, poor or rich; it was all destined. The two races could freely unleash their hatred through reckless carnage.

    Zuo Yunmo¡¯s soft smiling voice echoed in the quiet courtyard, ¡°Senior brother, although True Lord Beidou is not strong enough, he acquired a great amount of merit during the war and obtained many treasures. When you went through the remnants during this practice experience, that was his lifebound magical tool, the Ursa Major Seven Star Formation. This is one earth-rank formation that could kill a Nascent Soul cultivator. A pity that the remnants are closed now. Otherwise, you could take over. It would be of great use to you in the future.¡±

    Hearing what he said, the corners of Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips raised slightly. He asked, ¡°Junior brother, when did you learn to be so analytical?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo said helplessly, ¡°The sect-widepetition is in half a year. Senior brother, I certainly do not wish to be rebuked by our sect leader again.¡±

    The two peopleughed and bantered for quite some time, then the paper crane brandished its wings and slowly flew off into the sky, swiftly disappearing from Luo Jianqing¡¯s view. Gazing at the crystal clear sky, Luo Jianqing slowly squinted his eyes. His sleeves flicked as he turned around to go back to his own room.

    After he came back, Luo Jianqing immediately took out the blood-red jade piece from his storage ring and studied it meticulously.

    ¡°Nine Heavenly Seizure Record¡±. The name sounded tyrannical enough, and especially the words ¡°heavenly¡± and ¡°seizure¡± made Luo Jianqing feel apprehensive in his heart.

    True Lord Beidou said that this was a manual he had gotten, but Luo Jianqing felt that this was impossible. Even if that True Lord Beidou came to own a great number of possessions during the war, set up remnants that were far beyond an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator¡¯s ability, he should not have such an extraordinary cultivation method.

    If True Lord Beidou truly practiced this cultivation method, then surely he would not have fallen to such a low cultivation level, been killed by a demon beast, and finally die a tragic death.

    After struggling against the phantom demon fox¡¯s possession, Luo Jianqing only remembered being in extreme pain and nothing else after that. When he regained consciousness, he saw Li Xiuchen, who was covered in blood.

    After two days, Li Xiuchen awakened. Even though he was blind in both eyes, he was not deaf nor mute. Luo Jianqing made someone question him for the truth, but Li Xiuchen only remembered that he had finally gotten to thest pass and didn¡¯t remember what happened afterwards.

    ¡ª¡ªLi Xiuchen had also lost his memory.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s intuition told him that this matter was definitelyplicated. He and Li Xiuchen probably had their memories erased by someone powerful.

    His thoughts came and went. The only theory Luo Jianqing coulde up with is that there was probably some connection to True Lord Beidou, but he was no longer able to enter the remnants and figure it out for himself.

    It had already been two months since Luo Jianqing reincarnated. He could clearly feel spiritual energy slowly flowing inside his body. This speed meant that when the sect-widepetitions came around half a yearter, there was no way he could beat second junior brother, Zuo Yunmo, who was always working hard at cultivation. Even third junior sister Wei Qiongyin could probably defeat him.

    Most importantly, his cultivation levels were probably heading south.

    Thinking of this, Luo Jianqing tightly clutched the blood-red jade piece in his hand.

    Time passed outside the window. The sunset slowly fell behind the mountains, and the clear moon rose up from the east. On the second day when the morning sun soared from the earth and leapt out, Luo Jianqing walked to the window in deep thought, gazing at the bright, glittering, round sun. Finally, he let out a long sigh and went back to the couch.

    This time, Luo Jianqing arranged enchanted boundaries all around the room so no one looking for him would be able to go inside.

    He probed the jade piece with a thread of spiritual sense. Less than a momentter, that ear-splitting noise rang again. In his mind, he could read the words of the secret method ¡°Nine Heavenly Seizure Record¡±. Luo Jianqing shut his eyes and sat in the lotus position on the soft couch, his two hands forming hand seals in the air.

    At first, he was extremely slow, but he got faster and faster the more time passed until they were forming virtual images.

    ¡°Watch how dogs are cut down by all, how the world is cold and heartless; the years leave no trace behind, seeing all as worthless dregs.¡±

    ¡°We are cultivators. We cultivate our true feelings. We cultivate ourselves. We cultivate every living thing in the world, yet the one thing we do not cultivate is the heavenlyw!¡±

    ¡°What do you cultivate?¡±

    The green light on Luo Jianqing¡¯s body released. The sounds of thunder rumbled inside his mind. He suddenly opened his eyes and raised his head to look up. His gaze pierced beyond the ceiling, looking directly at the sky!

    ¡°I cultivate the way of seizing the heavenlyw. I rebel against the heavenlyw. I will be the heavens!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s voice had just fallen when the green three-petaled lotus on his forehead erupted. Ancient qi slowly floated up from underground and took shape of a transparent phantom. As if it were a thin snake, it slithered up his body, but Luo Jianqing seemed to bepletely unaware of it. The thin snake stretched inside his body and turned into boiling spiritual energy.

    This spiritual energy boiled like magma, frantically colliding against every inch of spiritual veins in his body. The pain made him grit his teeth tightly, but blood still flowed down from the corners of his lips. Inside this trail of blood contained boundless spiritual energy. Finally, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t bear it any longer and spat forth a mouthful of blood!

    The spiritual energy inside the blood was vast as a great river. Fortunately, Luo Jianqing had used the magical tool that sixth junior brother gifted to him to set up the boundaries around him, and it could stop any curious Nascent Soul cultivator. The cultivation of Yi Tian Sect¡¯s great elders were nothing more than the middle stage of Core Formation, so they would not discover any abnormalities.

    The first heart¡¯s blood was only the beginning. After the thin snake entered his body, Luo Jianqing spat out mouthful after mouthful of blood, as if he was going to spit out all the blood in his body. The spiritual energy that was contained in this blood frantically rammed against the enchanted boundaries. Finally, the enchanted boundaries began to resist it little by little and it slowly dissipated into the air, returning to the skies.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s boundaries did not stop tumbling.

    Beginning stage of Core Formation,te stage of Qi Foundation, middle stage of Qi Foundation...

    Finally, his cultivation fell right to Qi Condensation!

    After Luo Jianqing spat out thest mouthful of blood, his body shook. He toppled backwards feebly and lost consciousness.

    At this moment, a sighing voice lowly echoed in his mind, ¡°¡®True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record¡¯... someone from ater generation of Yu Xiao Peak?¡±

    After the voice fell, the sound of thunder echoed again!

    ¡°With every waking moment do the spirits of nature struggle; if the heavens thy desire dost follow, seize them!¡±

    ¡°Seize their all-knowing power. Seize the seasons¡¯ rhythm.¡±

    ¡°The first seizure of the ¡®Nine Heavenly Seizure Record¡¯ will be the seasons!¡±

    The voice had just fallen when all the nts, flowers, and trees in the tiny courtyard started to shiver and sway timidly as if they wanted to flee. A violent wind blew past, an imaginary force that blew from their bodies, carrying rays and rays of bright light as it swept by, but did not enter Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    In a sh, Luo Jianqing¡¯s body trembled, and he abruptly sat back in meditation reflexively.

    His fingers wove hand-seals effortlessly as the rays of light bore into his meridians and joints all over his body. The light moistened his slowly drying meridians, restoring them back to their original state. Then it came to Luo Jianqing¡¯s dantian, approaching the golden core inside his dantian.

    The golden core had dried up when Luo Jianqing vomited out all the blood in his body. Now it had no strength left to counterattack and was helpless against the rays of light as it bore into it, rubbing and grinding once again.

    Green rays of light softly blossomed on Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, whose imaginary power had already flown outside the courtyard. They razed any vegetation they met inside Yi Tian Sect, which shook in fear until they finally gave up a bit of light as an offering.

    The force swept past the courtyard where the Tai Hua Mountain disciples were resting, past the hateful and derisive Li Xiuchen, past the countless infatuated young girls surrounding Luo Jianqing¡¯s courtyard, and finally to the Yi Tian Sect leader¡¯s spirit herb garden.

    Every single spirit herb was wiped out by the mighty force, all except a third-grade spirit herb that shook as it struggled against the force for its own life, but finally gave up a wisp of light. This light was much brighter than the others. After the light broke off, the spirit herb didn¡¯t change but instead stretched toward the sunlight without restraint.

    The second elder of Yi Tian Sect said with rm, ¡°Senior brother! Doesn¡¯t the Cold Branch Grass fear sunlight? Why is your beloved third-grade Cold Branch Grass stretching its leaves below the sunlight?¡±

    Having heard what was said, the great elder was shocked as well. ¡°Impossible! I lovingly raised this Cold Branch Grass for many years. It already has spiritual sense. It is impossible for it to injure itself like this.¡±

    And many other baffling incidents like this kept popping up one after another at Yi Tian Sect.

    Even the Sun-Facing Flower that always faced the sun suddenly lowered its head to look at the ground, and the nts that only blossomed during the winter suddenly sprouted buds in the spring!

    It appeared that these nts all gave up following the naturalw and began to act as they pleased. No longer were they bound by this world¡¯s invisible rules. Under this ego-drivenpetition, some nts gradually wilted, while others grew even stronger.

    Luo Jianqing did not have any idea of what had just happened. Slowly, he rose to consciousness again and felt the strength in his body gradually recover.

    The rays of light flew towards his body from every direction. With each one, his qi began to slowly increase. Qi Condensation, Qi Foundation, early stage Core Formation... middle stage Core Formation!

    He had returned to middle stage Core Formation once again. Except for his meridians and his aching joints, it seemed that nothing had even happened. But Luo Jianqing already understood what he had just given up as he looked at the condensed chunk of blood on the floor.

    The spiritual energy in his body hadpletely vanished!

    If you wanted to cultivate ¡°Nine Heavenly Seizure Record¡±, then you must give up the spiritual energy that you already cultivated.

    Right now, although it seemed that there was no difference in the spiritual energy levels in his body, Luo Jianqing already felt that nothing like that ever happened. He felt that he and this world were totally ipatible as if he were rejected by every living thing in the world. Only the nts and flowers inside Yi Tian Sect seemed to be excitedly cheering and leaping for his awakening.

    This was the first seizure of ¡°Nine Heavenly Seizure Record¡±, snatching away the nts and seasons.

    Luo Jianqing cultivated in his courtyard for three days. When his cultivation settled, he left Yi Tian Sect and flew back in the flying treasure ship to his own junior brothers and sisters. Back then, the third elder of Yi Tian Sect said, ¡°Fellow Daoist Li, it seems that he still has not yet recovered. Fellow Daoist Luo, perhaps you would like to rest a bit longer?¡±

    Luo Jianqing stood in the blue skies, a green gown covering his body. His long hair blew freely in the wind, his eyebrows like they had been drawn with ink. He smiled slightly and said, ¡°No need. I must return to my sect urgently. Many thanks for your hospitality.¡±

    The third elder said, ¡°Since this is the case, then this one will not dy you any further. Originally, sect leader senior brother wished to see you off personally, but recently the Cold Branch Grass in senior brother¡¯s garden are nearly beginning to wilt. Senior brother wishes to save them, and there is not a moment to waste.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was faintly surprised when he heard that, and a bit of embarrassment flitted over his elegant face. As if the spiritual energy in his body heard the third elder¡¯s voice, it proudly rushed forth several times, like it wanted to take credit for this achievement.

    Luo Jianqing nodded in shame. He had not opened his mouth when the third elder added, ¡°But the strange thing is, this morning, a second-grade spirit herb in the spirit herb garden managed to upgrade to a third-grade spirit herb. Fellow Daoist Luo, Tai Hua Mountain is famed for its long history, and their knowledge is broad and varied. Do you know what might have happened?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head faintly. ¡°No, I do not.¡±

    The two exchanged pleasantries for a bit longer. Then Luo Jianqing waved his sleeve to start up the flying ship and officially departed from the Yi Tian Mountains.

    On the ship, the neenth junior brother quietly came to Luo Jianqing¡¯s door, knocked, and went inside. After all, they were returning back to their sect, and while courtesy may not have been needed when they were outside before, the neenth junior brother now respectfully cupped his hands to salute Luo Jianqing. ¡°Great senior brother, I understand that we are returning to Tai Hua Mountain, but may I ask if that Li Xiuchen...¡±

    Luo Jianqing had just been lowering his gaze to a strand of Immortal Grass. Having heard what was said, he said neutrally, ¡°Junior brother Li¡¯s injuries are especially severe. You have said before, that at the very least he should have a Cmity Passage elder who would take up the task, or perhaps have the ability to help him recover.¡±

    The neenth junior brother furrowed his brows in confusion as he listened to him speak.

    Luo Jianqing said calmly, ¡°Our elders are the towers of strength of our sect. Helping him recover would damage our elders¡¯ cultivation. Tell sect leader martial uncle what I said to you. As for how he will deal with it, that has nothing to do with us.¡± Pausing, Luo Jianqing turned his head to face the neenth junior brother and smiled. ¡°Junior brother Li¡¯s injuries are serious, and he cannot cultivate. Since this is the case, the resources of the inner disciples are going to waste. For him to recover, make him move outside Hao Ming Peak before his body recovers. I think after you return, ask fourth junior brother, and he will surely know what to do.¡±

    The neenth junior brother was stunned, and then finally chuckled mischievously. ¡°Yes! Great senior brother, I know now.¡±

    Looking at the neenth junior brother¡¯s increasingly distant shadow, the smile on Luo Jianqing¡¯s face gradually disappeared.

    Naturally, he could guess what the neenth junior brother was thinking. Nothing else should be done other than drive this arrogant brat with all bark and no bite out of inner Hao Ming Peak, and he will be perfectly content. But to Luo Jianqing, he wished for Li Xiuchen to die!

    The scene he saw right before he died in his past life was still fresh in his memory. Luo Jianqing would not dare forget it, but nowadays he had already broken away from the heavenly will a little bit. Naturally he felt that if the heavenly will dropped 3,000 consciousness, then at the very least 2,000 was gathered onto Li Xiuchen¡¯s body!

    He could not kill Li Xiuchen.

    At least for now, he absolutely could not kill Li Xiuchen.

    And Li Xiuchen had a great fortune, a great destiny, yet what could a cripple do with great fortune? Only...

    All his achievements would end up being useful to someone else.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips raised in a faint smile.

    The next day, everyone made their majestic return back to Tai Hua Mountain.

    The disciples who had just gone through the practice experience felt like they had turned over a new leaf and proudly spoke to their martial brothers, who hadn¡¯t gone through the remnants, about what happened there. And for Luo Jianqing, he went to Cang Shuang Peak to give the jade piece to the elders and wrote down what happened during the practice experience.

    After the elder in charge approved of it, Luo Jianqing saluted and flew back to Yu Xiao Peak.

    Right when he had just settled down, he heard a clear, cold voice behind his body. ¡°Viting your master¡¯s orders and leaving the mountain by yourself. Jianqing, when have you be so bold and shameless?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shivered and turned around stiffly.

    In front of the verdant bamboo and green mountains, an honored senior in a white chang pao gazed down at him with a cool gaze.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart gradually became ice-cold as he stared at the other person without any trace of feeling in his eyes, only sensing his throat bing rough. He lowered his head and said stubbornly, ¡°Master, this disciple has always practiced cultivation earnestly without rest. The neers¡¯ practice experience is an important matter in our sect. Naturally, as I am the great senior brother, it is only right that I should lead them.¡±

    ¡°Yet you still dare argue with me!¡± As he spoke, a mighty force erupted in a split second, suppressing Luo Jianqing so he could not raise his head.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart hurt as he listened to these cold words. Gritting his teeth he said, ¡°Jianqing does not know what he did wrong!¡±

    After a while, he heard Xuan Lingzi say calmly, ¡°Since this is the case, then let your master see the results of your cultivation. Endure ten attacks, and this matter will be forgiven. Otherwise, I will punish you by secluding you within Yu Xiao Peak for a year, and will not let you out!¡±

    His voice had just fallen when an expansive sword light flew straight towards Luo Jianqing. He reflexively drew back, but the sword light still cut off a strand of hair. A green light shed between his forehead, and Shuang Fu appeared in his hand.

    He saw Xuan Lingzi swap the sword for bamboo, and said with a voice cold as ice, ¡°Your master has suppressed his cultivation to early stage Core Formation.¡±

    Luo Jianqing grit his teeth. ¡°Yes!¡±

    Two figures, one white and one green, flew rapidly through the bamboo forest. Shuang Fu released burst after burst of lightning snakes but were all blocked by the unassuming bamboo sword. The bamboo sword had nothing remarkable about it. It was only because its wielder was the world¡¯s strongest cultivator. It rose up sharply and lifted a mighty sword force, pressing Shuang Fu down that it had no strength to resist.

    Luo Jianqing struggled as he blocked Xuan Lingzi¡¯s attacks. This time, he seemed to be truly furious, as each attack headed straight for Luo Jianqing¡¯s vital points. Although he suppressed his cultivation to early-stage Core Formation, his cultivation level surpassed Luo Jianqing¡¯s by miles. A mere thread of sword intent alone was enough to make Luo Jianqing roll over.

    Another ray of golden sword light shed past yet again. Luo Jianqing hastily dodged, though a trail of blood marked his face.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face remained impassioned, and the force behind his attacks grew stronger with each blow. On the ninth attack, his sword pointed at Luo Jianqing¡¯s chest. Luo Jianqing raised Shuang Fu to block him, his entire body shifting to the side.

    The bamboo sword split Luo Jianqing¡¯s sleeve, exposing snow white skin. The red mark on it was bright and dazzling as if a red flower was blooming, creating an extremely beautiful contrast against his fair skin.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s pupils shrunk, and his movements suddenly came to a stop.

    Now!

    Luo Jianqing poured all his spiritual energy into Shuang Fu. Immediately, the sword light red up, and the silver lightning around Shuang Fu¡¯s de rolled and boiled. Luo Jianqing pulled up his sword and thrust it towards Xuan Lingzi, who, surprisingly enough, did not resist. When the sword light and the lightning were nearing his face, he hurriedly dodged, and a strand of hair was cut off.

    Luo Jianqing returned Shuang Fu between his forehead. ¡°Master, this disciple defeated you on the tenth attack.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi waspletely silent.

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyes in astonishment and just caught Xuan Lingzi looking at his tattered cuffs with aplex gaze. Luo Jianqing turned his head to look at that red scar, and said quietly, ¡°I seem to have gotten this mark by something inside the remnants. I used Concentrated Jade Syrup, but it would not disappear. This was nothing important, so I ignored it. Master, do you know what made this scar?¡±

    A red cloud quickly flew across Xuan Lingzi¡¯s fair face. Once his face was cold again, he sent Luo Jianqing flying three meters away with a flick of his sleeve, then said neutrally, ¡°Your master... does not know either. But this seems to be nothing important, so pay it no mind. As you have cultivated well, this time you will be in seclusion for half a year. When the sect-widepetition arrives, you may leave.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stared nkly when he heard what he said, but finally, he nodded in agreement.

    In a blink of an eye, Xuan Lingzi vanished, like he did not even wish to spare another second for his own disciple.

    Luo Jianqing looked on dumbly at this scene. After a while, he sighed, and said to himself with a bitter smile, ¡°I remember that each time little junior sister went back to do the practice experience, Lady Yu Qingzi looked after her with the utmost care. She wished she could lock up little junior sister and never let her go out for the practice experience again.¡±

    With only a faint smiling expression on his elegant face, Luo Jianqing peacefully gazed toward the confining bamboo door, and whispered, ¡°Wu Yin, I escaped within an inch of my life this time, but you didn¡¯t show the slightest bit of concern. Do you... even care at all?¡±

    His bitter, pained voice gradually dissipated into the air. Luo Jianqing broke through the bamboo forest and quickly returned to his bamboo house.

    Half a year hurried by. One early morning, a pale yellow figure appeared at the base of Yu Xiao Peak.

    The arrival¡¯s face was delicate and pretty. Though he was not very handsome, his features were soft and tender. He said in a loud voice, ¡°Great senior brother, there¡¯s only three days until the sect-widepetition begins. Master ordered me toe and tell you to be there within a shichen.¡±

    This was the second of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Seven Children, Cang Shuang Peak¡¯s inheriting great disciple, Zuo Yunmo.

 Chapter 017

    <h4>Chapter 017</h4>

    Cultivators from the outside world called the seven inheriting great disciples of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s peaks ¡°Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children¡± for a reason.

    These seven were the most remarkable disciples that ever existed in Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s entire history. Save for the little junior sister Mu Tianxin, who specialized in refining medicine and whose cultivation differed slightly, the other six were the very first to achieve Core Formation out of nearly a hundred disciples. They never failed to reach the top ranks in each sect-widepetition.

    To a cultivator, age was fleeting. Before Luo Jianqing formed his golden core, he was actually the little junior brother. However, Tai Hua Mountain had a custom. Forming a golden core implied ¡°being able to walk anywhere under the skies, not failing Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s name¡±. Therefore, whoever formed a golden core first among the direct disciples would be the great senior brother.

    Zuo Yunmo came before Luo Jianqing in order of age, but he was ranked second simply because he formed a golden coreter than Luo Jianqing by a year.

    This was the first time Luo Jianqing saw Zuo Yunmo after his rebirth.

    His second junior brother and third junior sister Wei Qiongyin were the same in that they were both cultivation fanatics. Zuo Yunmo wished he could shut himself inside the mountain and nevere out, cultivating all day long except to manage Cang Shuang Peak¡¯s affairs.

    Among Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children, Zuo Yunmo had the most ordinary constitution. The great senior brother Luo Jianqing had a one-in-a-million superior level constitution, and the other martial brothers and sisters all had a great constitution, except for Zuo Yunmo who had a decent constitution. However, this did not mean Zuo Yunmo was weak.

    The only one who could ever match Luo Jianqing in the sect-widepetition was Zuo Yunmo.

    After being in seclusion for half a year, Luo Jianqing came down the mountain after hearing Zuo Yunmo¡¯s voice, his clothes not even tidied up. Zuo Yunmo smiled faintly upon seeing his hurried manner, extending a hand to help his senior brother fix up his clothes. ¡°Senior brother, you are this old, yet you still continue to act like an impatient child?¡±

    He spoke only with resignation and tenderness, voice as gentle as a spring breeze.

    Luo Jianqing was caught off guard when the other person pressed his head. Feeling helpless as well, he was obliged to say, ¡°How can you say that while I¡¯m still the great senior brother? Junior brother, are you trying to lose face?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo¡¯s delicate face betrayed a hint of astonishment. Finally, he pretended to be hurt and said, ¡°I thought of our childhood when this junior brother would take senior brother to y all over Tai Hua Mountain. Senior brother, in those days, you especially loved to sit on my shoulders and let me take you over the clouds. This was at least thirty years ago. Have you forgotten, senior brother?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face was full of shame. He immediately changed the subject: ¡°What about the sect-widepetition?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo immediately burst into a detailed exnation.

    The half-year period of seclusion had already passed by earlier. A few days ago, Luo Jianqing noticed the time and asked Xuan Lingzi if he coulde out of seclusion. Xuan Lingzi did not oppose him at all, only replying coldly, ¡°Do not make Yu Xiao Peak lose face,¡± then continued to cultivate in seclusion.

    At this moment, Luo Jianqing was flying with Zuo Yunmo towards Cang Shuang Peak.

    Although he was the great senior brother, Zuo Yunmo was much better suited for handling sect rted affairs. He spoke very clearly about the details and crucial points of this sect-widepetition. Each time when he raised an important matter, he would remind Luo Jianqing to pay attention, though his tone was always respectful and never challenged the great senior brother¡¯s authority.

    Luo Jianqing listened and nodded, but his gaze unconsciously wandered off to Zuo Yunmo¡¯s face.

    In his past life, on Duan Qing Cliff where his body was buried, Li Xiuchen shamed him for ughtering his fellow sect members with a voice of righteousness.

    Although he had already fallen into demonic cultivation at that time, there was no way Luo Jianqing would ever hurt his fellow sect members. However, that time, the entire world believed that he killed his own two junior brothers, and even his master Xuan Lingzi would not stand up for him.

    Because the evidence was too damning.

    Luo Jianqing soon fell into demonic cultivation after being driven out from Tai Hua Mountain. The sect leader of Tai Hua Mountain, Sir Hao Xingzi, issued a Tai Huamand to the rest of the world that this degenerate traitor was wanted for arrest, making Luo Jianqing go through an especially depressing period of time. Three years after it was issued, two people found him: Zuo Yunmo and his sixth junior brother Xiu Hen.

    The three engaged in a great battle in the Far North. No matter what great talent Luo Jianqing was endowed with, he still lost to his two junior brothers because how exhausted he was from running. That time, Xiu Hen stepped forward, and said with grief and anger, ¡°Great senior brother, follow us back. I will definitely ask what sect leader martial uncle thinks. I will not believe that you are truly that kind of person!¡±

    However, Zuo Yunmo stopped Xiu Hen and faced Luo Jianqing.

    Up until his death, Luo Jianqing would never forget how his second junior brother who was older than him, looked at him with aplex gaze that burned like fire, as if he could see the improper feelings he held for his master in his heart.

    Zuo Yunmo was always smiling, but back then, there was no smile on his face.

    When Xuan Lingzi carried Luo Jianqing back to Yu Xiao Peak as a baby, Sir Xuan Lingzi¡¯s naturally cold disposition made it hard for him to take care of a child. So he let Zuo Yunmo, who was in his teens those days, take care of Luo Jianqing as he grew up. From Zuo Yunmo¡¯s fumbling inexperience at the beginning, to hister attentive care, Luo Jianqing¡¯s childhood was filled with an older brother¡¯s warmth.

    Zuo Yunmo wasn¡¯t wrong. Luo Jianqing indeed enjoyed ying with him in his childhood, until he officially began cultivation and they gradually drifted apart.

    The one who understood Luo Jianqing the most in this world was not Xuan Lingzi, or even Luo Jianqing himself, but Zuo Yunmo.

    In the gales of the Far North, Zuo Yunmo stopped his impulsive sixth junior brother and faced the weary Luo Jianqing, who had fallen into demonic cultivation. Atst, he let out a heavy sigh and said, ¡°You have already turned to demonic cultivation. Naturally, you cannot exist alongside us righteous cultivators. Luo Jianqing, you cannot return to Tai Hua Mountain. Fend for yourself. You still have a long life ahead.¡±

    Then Zuo Yunmo stopped Xiu Hen and let Luo Jianqing go.

    After three days, Luo Jianqing finally discovered that his two junior brothers died at the Far North, and even their bones could not be found.

    Everyone whispered that Luo Jianqing took advantage of his junior brothers¡¯ friendship and killed them both. But what no one knew was that after Luo Jianqing found out, he nearly fell apart and even went back to the Far North in spite of all its dangers. In the end, he never found their bodies, only the tassel on Zuo Yunmo¡¯s lifebound sword.

    The lifeboundmps had already gone out. There was no doubt the two were dead, and they also died without a funeral.

    Luo Jianqing was hated by his junior brothers and sisters until the end of his past life, except for the other six of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Seven Children who had noints against him.

    The fifth junior brother, Huo Yuchong, was not close to him but never held any hate for him. The fourth junior brother, Xie Zizhuo, would speak up for Luo Jianqing time and time again, but was stopped by iron-d evidence. The third junior sister, Wei Qiongyin, never raised any questions, but after Luo Jianqing was driven out from Tai Hua Mountain, she immediately shut herself up in seclusion, and Luo Jianqing never did hear if she ever came out. And his little junior sister was absolutely heartbroken, but she was stopped by her cultivation partner Li Xiuchen.

    ¡°In this sect-widepetition, the four schools and the other sects will be able to send people toe to see the matches. Master told fourth junior brother and me to organize the reception. But senior brother, you know that fourth junior brother keeps duelling with fifth junior brother these past several months. I fear there will not be much time. Senior brother, I don¡¯t suppose you would be willing to do your junior brother a favor?¡±

    Having been lost in distant memories, Luo Jianqing was startled back to the present when he heard him.

    He turned his head to face Zuo Yunmo and saw his pupils shrink. Then he raised his hand to tuck a long strand of hair behind his ear, and said helplessly, ¡°Senior brother, what happened in the past few days to make you look like this...¡± Zuo Yunmo paused, then smiled. ¡°To make you look so sad.¡±

    Luo Jianqing quickly readjusted his expression. ¡°Nothing important. Anyways, what did you say just now, junior brother? I was just thinking about something and didn¡¯t hear you clearly.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo was not annoyed at all and exined to him again.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Alright, since fourth junior brother is upied, let¡¯s organize this together.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo smiled as he nodded.

    The two quickly arrived at the za of Cang Shuang Peak¡¯s main hall and walked towards the main hall. After walking half the distance, Luo Jianqing could not help asking quietly, ¡°Junior brother, this sword tassel... seems a bit worn, why did you not change it even once?¡±

    They were hit by a burst of wind. Luo Jianqing¡¯s words were drowned out by the wind, and Zuo Yunmo did not answer, as if he did not hear him.

    But before they entered, Luo Jianqing heard the amusement in Zuo Yunmo¡¯s voice as he spoke next to him. ¡°Senior brother, your junior brother has always been a sentimental person.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stopped walking, but Zuo Yunmo already went inside the main hall.

    After nearly an hour, Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children were all assembled inside Ling Yun Hall. They were waiting for the hurrying Sir Hao Xingzi.

    Even while they were inside Ling Yun Hall, fifth junior brother still chased after fourth junior brother for a fight. Every kind of magical tool was lined up in preparation for battle, and there was also a fifth level demon beast he set loose. It was like he was saying, ¡°Laozi will not peel your skin off today, Xie Zizhuo. You are just a weak old man!¡±

    Xie Zizhuo continued to plead, ¡°Junior brother! Junior brother! That was only a sixth level demon beast, aren¡¯t I your dear senior brother! That demon beast may be valuable, but your senior brother is even more important!¡±

    The fifth junior brother Huo Yuchong, who had short red hair, spat and cursed, ¡°Nonsense! You, Xie Zizhuo, are not even higher than a soft hair on Laozi¡¯s demon beasts! Who do you call your junior brother? Laozi is your enemy!¡±

    Xie Zizhuo cried and wailed with grief. ¡°It¡¯s already been half a year, how long are you going to hold this grudge against me!¡±

    Huo Yuchong sneered. ¡°Until you catch another sixth level demon beast for me!!!¡±

    This was the first time that Luo Jianqing knew about this. Fifth junior brother¡¯s sixth level demon beast really was dead, but in his past life, he had never heard about fifth junior brother chasing after fourth junior brother for an entire half a year.

    He saw little junior sister pull on his sleeve, whispering, ¡°Great senior brother, I didn¡¯t refine the third level medicine pill very well. I¡¯ve given you the pills I¡¯ve refined for you to try out several times, but I still hadn¡¯t seeded in refining a third grade pill for that boy Xie Zizhuo. By the time I finally managed to refine one, I heard that the demon beast was already dead.¡±

    Luo Jianqing felt like he had made a mistake somewhere. ¡°...¡±

    But little junior sister didn¡¯t see anything wrong and added more fuel to the me. ¡°Senior brother, this is the medicine pill I gave to Xie Zizhuo before. Take it. Since that guy can¡¯t use it anymore, you should use it. When you tame a spiritual beast, this pill will save it.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was worn out but angry at the same time. ¡°Little junior sister, that¡¯s the stuff that I found for you!¡±

    Mu Tianxin chuckled and rolled her eyes. ¡°Your stuff is my stuff. You give me, Mu Tianxin, something that I put in my mouth and you want me to spit it out? Not a chance!¡±

    Luo Jianqing felt like there was a hot piece of coal in his hand. ¡°...¡±

    Everyone messed around for a while, then they saw that the white-bearded Sir Hao Xingzi was about to arrive, but Xie Zizhuo was still messing around with Huo Yuchong. Luo Jianqing knit his brows slightly. He had just thought about stopping the two when suddenly a sword light shed and he saw Zuo Yunmo lifting the two in each hand.

    Just as he saw Luo Jianqing draw out Shuang Fu, Zuo Yunmo smiled slightly. ¡°No need to trouble senior brother. I will get these two to Xunjie Gateter.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Xie Zizhuo, ¡°!!!¡±

    Huo Yuchong, ¡°Fine! When I get to Xunjie Gate, let¡¯s see where this little bastard will run to now!¡±

 Chapter 018

    <h4>Chapter 018</h4>

    Huo Yuchong still wanted topete with Xie Zizhuo, but Luo Jianqing coughed quietly. Cautiously, Huo Yuchong raised his gaze to nce at his great senior brother and finally decided to keep silent. He mumbled begrudgingly, ¡°I¡¯ll get my revengeter,¡± then obediently stood to the side.

    Luo Jianqing stood with dignity among his fellow disciples. After all, in the cultivation world, the strongest came out on top. Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children were famed throughout the outside world, but if they came across someone of their own sect, the great senior brother would beat them by a mile.

    Zuo Yunmo could stand against Luo Jianqing once or twice, but among the other five, even the third senior sister Wei Qiongyin could not match Luo Jianqing.

    Shortly after, Sir Hao Xingzi flew over on a cloud and sat down in the very center of Ling Yun Hall.

    As though he did not notice the earlier squabble among the disciples, Hao Xingzi carried on, highlighting the important points of the sect-widepetition, before passing it on to Zuo Yunmo to further exin.¡°The 24 of you neers are just in time for this year¡¯s sect-widepetition. All peaks must remember to remind the new disciples not to seek victory, but seek to learn. This does not apply to Yu Xiao Peak. Yunmo, you are in charge.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo stepped forward and nodded. ¡°Yes, Master.¡±

    These years, Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s only disciple was Luo Jianqing. The participants in each sect-widepetition were few, and it did not seem that the other peaks were as unusually enthusiastic. However, Luo Jianqing was quietly cheerful, since he could get first ce for Yu Xiao Peak just by himself.

    When he was at Qi Condensation stage, the first person to achieve Qi Condensation was from Yu Xiao Peak. When he reached Qi Foundation stage, the first person to achieve Qi Foundation was, of course, from Yu Xiao Peak. Nowadays, he firmly held the position of having the highest cultivation out of this generation of disciples. The winner of the sect-widepetition was matched by none, and even Zuo Yunmo couldn¡¯t hold a candle to them.

    Inside Ling Yun Hall, the great senior brother in his white wide-sleeved robe had an unhurried expression, just like the towering summit of Yu Xiao Peak, cold and unapproachable. Long tassels hung from Luo Jianqing¡¯s waist, which held a tiny bead of green jade. This symbolized that someone belonged to Yu Xiao Peak.

    The way he stood calmly seemed to tell everyone that he was one of a kind.

    It was not because of his exceptional beauty; it was because it was Luo Jianqing, Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s unrivalled great senior brother.

    Sir Hao Xingzi had been the leader of Tai Hua Mountain for many years. When he gave exnations, it was usually a bit long-winded. All the other inheriting great disciples¡¯ minds were already wandering except for Zuo Yunmo. Even Luo Jianqing was standing straight as a pole, but his thoughts were already turning towards cultivation.

    No one knew how much time had passed until a smiling voice was heard by his ear. ¡°Senior brother, I¡¯m going to make a breakthrough.¡±

    Once his words fell, Luo Jianqing was suddenly roused and stared with astonishment at Zuo Yunmo, who was standing by his side.

    Zuo Yunmo was wearing Cang Shuang Peak¡¯s light-colored uniform. His eyes curved slightly as he whispered to Luo Jianqing in front of his master, ¡°This time, I will try my hardest, so I hope senior brother will too.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded seriously. ¡°I am prepared for anything you throw at me.¡±

    After Sir Hao Xingzi talked for another 20 minutes, he noticed how indifferent the inheriting great disciples were. Depressed, the white-haired old man coughed and continued, ¡°After I finish speaking of these matters, Yunmo will carefully warn you once again. But you must prepare yourselves well for what I¡¯m about to say next.¡±

    Everyone immediately looked seriously towards Hao Xingzi.

    Hao Xingzi¡¯s expression gradually became more grave as he spoke grimly, ¡°A demonic cultivator has appeared in Changzhou.¡±

    The main hall was suddenly in an uproar.

    Wei Qiongyin¡¯s face was cold when she stepped forward, saying, ¡°Martial uncle, I wish to be the first one to wipe them out!¡±

    Hao Xingzi waved his wide sleeve. ¡°That demonic cultivator wiped out an entire sect and killed two great elders. The elder with the highest cultivation had already reached Nascent Soul stage. You will only be throwing away your life!¡±

    Wei Qiongyin¡¯s cool and elegant face was full of frost. Upon hearing Hao Xingzi¡¯s words, she clenched her teeth as she spoke, ¡°I must kill all demonic cultivators!¡±

    Hao Xingzi sighed and did not speak any further.

    Wei Qiongyin hade to Tai Hua Mountain when she was at Qi Foundation stage and hadn¡¯t grown up there at all. It was reasonable to say that Tai Hua Mountain only epted new disciples who had no cultivation, but Wei Qiongyin¡¯s parents were best friends with the Bi Can Peak Lord through life or death. After demonic cultivators wiped out her family, the Bi Can Peak Lord took Wei Qiongyin as a disciple.

    All cultivators under heaven cultivated the 81 Greater Daos and the 3,000 Lesser Daos.

    Among them, human cultivation branched out into three different cultivation paths: Buddhist cultivation, ghost cultivation, and demonic cultivation. Cultivating by the Greater Daos was the most basic, while Buddhist cultivators universally ferried across all themon people under the heavens. Ghost cultivators were the ghosts of people that cultivated after death. However, demonic cultivators were the one exception.

    Xuantian had few demonic cultivators, so few that ordinary cultivators could not find any traces of them, but they were ferociously strong. Their hand sealing was cruel and vicious, and they discriminated against no one when dealing out punishment. Even in the Human-Demon War, demonic cultivators joined hands with other cultivators in an effort against the enemy, but as long as they were not fighting against the demon race, they instead went over the top killing human cultivators.

    Luo Jianqing knew that demonic cultivators were usually reclusive and very rarely met together. But every single demonic cultivator respected a demonic cultivation master who was atte Mahayana stage. This person¡¯s cultivation was lower than Xuan Lingzi, and it could even be said that he was the second-best cultivator on earth.

    The demon master set up his own demonic cultivation temple, which many demonic cultivators depended upon. He was the only demonic cultivator that set up his own school or sect, while all the others were wandering cultivators.

    But even one wandering cultivator was enough to give a righteous cultivator a headache. The reason was that before Nascent Soul stage, demonic cultivators were not any different from other cultivators, except they were much stronger than normal cultivators. And once they reached Nascent Soul, demonic cultivators were fierce and powerful. Any normal, ordinary cultivator had no other option but death if they met one.

    Thinking of this, Luo Jianqing stepped forward and asked, ¡°Sect leader martial uncle, about this demonic cultivator that appeared, do you want to send elders to resolve this?¡±

    Hao Xingzi lightly nodded. ¡°They are nothing higher than Nascent Soul stage. This time, Tai Hua Mountain will send an elder at Out-of-Body stage to lead the first three winners of this sect-widepetition to go out and practice.¡± He paused and added, ¡°Yunmo, tell your martial brothers about the specifics.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo smiled. ¡°Yes.¡±

    After an hour, everyone went together, soaring on clouds as they returned back to their respective peaks to handle affairs. Luo Jianqing was left at Cang Shuang Peak, working with Zuo Yunmo to manage admittance to the sect-widepetition.

    Even though Zuo Yunmo asked Luo Jianqing for help, he ended up doing most of the work. As big as Yu Xiao Peak was, Xuan Lingzi and his disciple were the only two there. Even if he was the great senior brother, Luo Jianqing was not very good at managing internal affairs. Instead, Zuo Yunmo was usually the one who helped the honored sect leader with those matters and was quite experienced in it.

    When the sky was getting dark, Luo Jianqing walked out first, but before leaving, he could not help but ask, ¡°Junior brother, Changzhou¡¯s Liu Yan Valley opened early this time because the demonic cultivator was making trouble. Are you going too?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo smiled slightly and asked softly, ¡°Senior brother, do you not believe that your junior brother can be one of the first three Core Formation disciples?¡±

    Luo Jianqing hesitated for a moment before shaking his head. ¡°If there really were a demonic cultivator causing a fuss, then you should remain at Tai Hua Mountain and help out sect leader martial uncle.¡± And besides, you have no magical tools to help you at Liu Yan Valley, you¡¯ll be recovering from your critical injuries for half a year...

    Luo Jianqing did not say thest part, but he could not hide the anxiety emerging on his face under the moonlight. His long, ink-ck brows were knit tightly, and light glimmered in his phoenix eyes like stars. A very long time had passed, but he did not hear any answer from Zuo Yunmo.

    Luo Jianqing could not help but raise his head and saw his alwaysposed junior brother watching him with an indescribable gaze. After a while, he finally said, ¡°Senior brother, you do not need to worry. I promise with absolute certainty that even if nothing good will happen at Liu Yan Valley, if I could help you win the magical tools, then that is already some sess.¡±

    Luo Jianqing tried to persuade him again, but Zuo Yunmo only smiled and stayed silent.

    When Luo Jianqing flew towards Yu Xiao Peak, he did not see the smile on Zuo Yunmo¡¯s face slowly fade away or the light sigh that followed.

    A beam of green light rapidly flew towards Yu Xiao Peak. Luo Jianqing had still not ascended when he saw someone waiting at the base of the peak.

    Luo Jianqing smiled in understanding and dropped behind the person. He raised his eyebrows, asking, ¡°How long did you wait?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s face immediately darkened. He snorted, ¡°Senior brother, I¡¯ve been waiting on you for 20 minutes already!¡±

    Luo Jianqing produced a white jade bottle from his storage ring. ¡°I spoke with second junior brother a bit too long. This third-level medicine bottle was something that you found and refined. You should keep it, as it could be very useful to youter on.¡±

    But Xie Zizhuo refused the medicine pills. ¡°I don¡¯t need it. If little junior sister catches sight of this, she¡¯ll get angry at me again and chase me all over Tai Hua Mountain.¡± Pausing, Xie Zizhuo chuckled and vulgarly withdrew his neck. He moved right to Luo Jianqing¡¯s ear and spoke, getting right to the point, ¡°Senior brother, the past six months I¡¯ve been working as hard as I can, so I won¡¯t disappoint you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrows and asked. ¡°What? What did you do?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo pped his hands together, and an unrelenting torrent of words began to pour from his mouth. ¡°First I have to bring up what I did before the past six months! I was thinking during that time that senior brother, you¡¯d seclude yourself as soon as you came back and give me a whole mess to deal with. How could I talk about Li Xiuchen being the second best out of the new disciples and bing an inner disciple of our Hao Ming Peak, and how he kept to himself when he went out, but when he came back he suddenly changed, my hands werepletely full...¡±

    Luo Jianqing knew from experience that Xie Zizhuo exaggerated a lot. In his words, Li Xiuchen basically died and came back 10 times. Each life was full of pain and suffering, even more tragic than the eighteenthyer of hell. And Xie Zizhuo¡¯s descriptions of himself were vivid and brilliant, admired and revered by countless disciples.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face was full of amusement as he listened to Xie Zizhuo talk. When Xie Zizhuo had talked for roughly an hour, he asked, ¡°Thirsty?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo, ¡°...A little.¡±

    Luo Jianqing gave a snort of disdain and chided, ¡°Then speak inly!¡±

    Xie Zizhuo, ¡°...¡± Senior brother, you bully!!!

    Actually, even though Xie Zizhuo was exaggerating a little, Li Xiuchen really did bepletely miserable this past half year. First was his palm, which may have beenpletely healed, but his meridians were clogged; another was his blindness, which no elder wanted to waste their cultivation on, so Li Xiuchen was a bit... blind. From day to night, he could not see anything clearly.

    The most important thing was that Xie Zizhuo dedicated an incredible amount of energy to bullying this new disciple.

    He did not say mention that he sent the other to be an outer disciple, or that he usually sent people to harass Li Xiuchen. Every time Li Xiuchen said a sentence to him such as, ¡°Do not deceive a poor young man¡± or ¡°Sooner orter you will all be trampled beneath my feet¡±, Xie Zizhuo would get an excited gleam in his eyes and make peoplee beat him up.

    ¡ª¡ªBeing beaten will gain you a certain reputation, watch closely, Li Xiuchen; your disrespect towards your senior brother will turn into a hail of curses!

    Anyway, the truth was that although Xie Zizhuo spoke of his constant troublemaking, Li Xiuchen was really not very popr at Hao Ming Peak. Ever since he became blind, he became even more irascible and treated the servants who had no cultivation in an absolutely disgusting manner, but to the other martial brothers, he was polite and well-mannered.

    Once there was a Qi Foundation disciple that walked right by and ignored him, only saying carelessly in passing, ¡°It¡¯s too dark at night to see the mountain road, let¡¯s walk a bit faster.¡± Li Xiuchen suddenly stumbled on his walking stick out of anger, making the other person confused and a bit embarrassed.

    In the cultivation world where strength dominated, a Qi Condensation disciple¡¯s eyes suddenly shing toward the sky was extremely offensive.

    When Xie Zizhuo got to this point, he didn¡¯t understand it either. ¡°He¡¯s pretty weird.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo didn¡¯t get it at all, but Luo Jianqing understood a little.

    When all was said and done, Li Xiuchen was only a young man in his teens, and his temperament was not yet stable. When they met in the past, Luo Jianqing discovered that Li Xiuchen seemed that he was aware of his own good fortune and opportunity. He had many magical tools, and so Luo Jianqing made a guess: Li Xiuchen was the same as him. He also had that book ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±.

    However, Li Xiuchen seemed to have no memories of his past life, which really surprised Luo Jianqing.

    Anyway, so long as Li Xiuchen had ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±, then his rude conduct made sense. Because Li Xiuchen knew the heavens were on his side, he also knew that he was the main character in the book ¡°Seeking Immortality¡±. That was why he seemed tock willpower or sense, so when things didn¡¯t go the way he nned, he would lose his bearing and be unable to act.

    For example, in the book, Li Xiuchen was a disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, and the other disciples looked up to him. He had no need to get involved with Hao Ming Peak or the other disciples. When he had no point of reference, naturally Li Xiuchen revealed his true colors, making other people disgusted with him.

    There was one point that made Luo Jianqing knit his brows tightly: ¡°Has he reached Phase Four of Qi Condensation?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was still depressed. ¡°Yes! Everyone that I sent told me he never cultivated once, but he¡¯d somehow gotten to Phase Four of Qi Condensation already! Senior brother, you said that he does not have a superior-level constitution, he never had any constitution from the start, but then how did he cultivate so quickly...¡±

    Luo Jianqing was silent. After a moment, the senior and junior brother said their goodbyes at the bottom of Yu Xiao Peak.

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s story definitely rifies what was going on with Li Xiuchen and still wanted to continue bullying that new disciple who looked towards the sky. But Luo Jianqing smiled lightly, while he hid the growing sentiments in his heart.

    By the time Luo Jianqing returned to Tai Hua Mountain, the two bamboo houses shone like jade in the moonlight, cold and silent.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s door was firmly shut. It seemed that he did not care about his disciple¡¯ste return. Luo Jianqing had secluded himself for half a year, though Xuan Lingzi was always in seclusion. He only came out to help with Luo Jianqing¡¯s cultivation questions. Other than that, he never stepped out the door.

    Luo Jianqing looked back at that closed door, then stepped into his own house.

    After seven days, all therge sects arrived together. Luo Jianqing and Zuo Yunmo entertained them outside.

    In total, there were three goals that these sects wanted to achieve. One was Tai Hua Mountain facing the demonic cultivators. The second was how to open up Liu Yan Valley. And thest one was Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s sect-widepetition that would take ce in three days!

 Chapter 019

    <h4>Chapter 019</h4>

    The best sect in the Xuantian continent was Tai Hua Mountain. Every seven years they hosted the sect-widepetition.

    As the number one cultivation sect, Tai Hua Mountain was not afraid of exposing its strength. Instead, they let the best of their young disciples freely disy their superior strength, showing off Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s peerless radiance.

    In every sect-widepetition, every single great power in thend was sure toe up to the stage and make a congrattory speech.

    This time, it was spreading like wildfire. The small powers sent their sect leaders or their great elders to lead the participants. As for those four sects, eight major families, and sixteen schools, they immediately sent a Cmity Passage stage elder to express their congrattions.

    As the outstanding talents of the young generation, Luo Jianqing and Zuo Yunmo had to shoulder the responsibilities of receiving the guests. After the outside cultivators officially checked into Tai Hua Mountain, Sir Hao Xingzi promptly gathered everyone there and spoke about their crusade against the demonic cultivator, as well as the matter of Liu Yan Valley.

    Such a serious matter was naturally nothing ordinary disciples could partake in, even though Luo Jianqing sat in the middle of Ling Yun Hall, serenely listening to the Body Fusion cultivators¡¯ argument with the almighty Out-of-Body cultivators. He came here as a representative of Yu Xiao Peak since Xuan Lingzi never involved himself with other matters like these. What¡¯s more, the demonic cultivator was merely at Nascent Soul stage, so he was not worried at all.

    The discussion surrounding the demonic cultivator did notst very long among the older generation, as they were more concerned about Liu Yan Valley.

    Liu Yan Valley opened every 50 years. Apparently, when the war between the two races began thousands of years ago, some heaven-rank fire-attribute demon master fell to Changzhou, forming Liu Yan Valley. For thousands of years after, Liu Yan Valley¡¯s fires never went out. Only cultivators below Nascent Soul could explore it, which was always a great opportunity for them.

    A heaven-rank demon master was equivalent to a Spirit-Refining stage human cultivator!

    With just another step, a heaven-rank demon master could be immortal and achieve a golden body.

    It was obvious that Liu Yan Valley was very important to cultivators.

    This time, Liu Yan Valley opened early, which naturally made many smaller powers furious. After a discussion that took ce over a full day and night, Hao Xingzi finally wrote up a contract. The other representatives signed the contract and left some spiritual sense. At longst, everyone came to a consensus about the exploration of Liu Yan Valley.

    After the other sect leaders and elders left, only Luo Jianqing was left, until he heard Hao Xingzi say, ¡°Jianqing, Liu Yan Valley¡¯s early opening is quite fortunate for you as well. If you don¡¯t take advantage of it, you will already have reached Nascent Soul stage and cannot enter again by the time Liu Yan Valley opens again in 24 years.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded. ¡°Jianqing understands.¡±

    Hao Xingzi continued, ¡°Regardless, the timing of Liu Yan Valley¡¯s opening is also unfortunate. The young generation of Tai Hua Mountain are not yet fully mature, and we just happen to becking in resources right now. As the great senior brother, you must guide your junior brothers and sisters cautiously. ce importance on life above all else.¡±

    After Hao Xingzi exined some more, he sent Luo Jianqing back.

    Just as Hao Xingzi said, Tai Hua Mountain was indeedcking in resources for the time being. Among the disciples who were Core Formation and below, the highest cultivation was the middle stage Core Formation Luo Jianqing. He was very strong among this generation of disciples, but he had not cultivated long enough yet. Unfortunately, this meant that right when Liu Yan Valley opened again, there was no choice but to send them instead.

    After his return to Yu Xiao Peak, Luo Jianqing did not return to the bamboo house to cultivate, but took out Shuang Fu and went to practice in the bamboo forest.

    His pale white gown lightly fluttered in the sky, the light green of his sword mark resembling green jade, his elegance unmatched. Shuang Fu shed with a bit of sword light. There seemed to be snakes of lightning swimming around it. Under the moonlight, it seemed to transform into refined jade, radiating with bright light.

    Luo Jianqing executed each move with perfect control, the sword energy rocking the green bamboo around him endlessly. The bamboo leaves scattered like petals to the ground, but the trees never fell. If someone watched carefully, they would perhaps discover that he was deliberately controlling his strength so that the sword light would only make the bamboo sway and not leave a single mark.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face was calm as he raised his sword in preparation. He practiced for an entire two hours.

    When he had just put back the sword technique ¡°True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record¡±, he heard a cold voice behind him. ¡°Your heart is not stable, so your swordsmanship is not pure enough. Jianqing, the sect-widepetition is in two days. Are you going to show everyone Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s swordsmanship with this kind of strength?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire body was rigid. He immediately turned around and said with his head bowed, ¡°Master, this disciple knows his mistake.¡±

    Sir Xuan Lingzi wore a whitepelled chang pao. His ck hair scattered naturally, his level gaze aimed at his disciple in front of him. He starred seriously at him for a while, then suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the sword in Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand.

    Luo Jianqing reflexively gripped the handle tight. Xuan Lingzi said in a satisfied voice, ¡°Good, you still know to protect your sword.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded his head but didn¡¯t understand. His voice was suddenly caught in his throat just as he thought to say something.

    ¡ª¡ªToo close.

    As if he had just taken a bath, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s long hair slid lightly, without any jade crown or headband to keep it in ce,pletely rxed. His jet-ck hair fell to the sides of his cold phoenix eyes, making his face even colder and tranquil, like cool water under the moon.

    The Tai Hua Mountain disciples liked to cause trouble, and there was always one disciple in the back joking, ¡°Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s restrictions are necessary, Sir Xuan Lingzi¡¯s honor needs to be protected. I heard Feihua Sect of the ¡®Four Sects¡¯ has a great elder that secretly admires him. And don¡¯t even mention our great senior brother. If there were no restrictions, who¡¯s to say whether little senior sister will climb up the mountain for nightly attacks. I¡¯m afraid that many outside female cultivators wouldn¡¯t be able to control themselves either!¡±

    Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s brilliance not onlyy in the master and disciple¡¯s strength, but also in their appearances.

    With the beauty of fair and perfect jade, they were so wless and beautiful that it made one perfectly willing toply.

    Luo Jianqing stared nkly for a time. Xuan Lingzi conjured some spiritual energy in his palm and took Shuang Fu into his hand. Luo Jianqing¡¯s first instinct was to seize his sword, but Shuang Fu shook twice with strong discontent. When Xuan Lingzi used just a bit of force, however, Shuang Fu submitted.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Jianqing, watch carefully now.¡±

    ¡°At the very beginning, one petal will open, and when nine petals open, it will be the nine-petaled lotus.¡±

    Voice falling, Xuan Lingzi raised the sword, and a luminous sword light surged forward.

    Under the moonlight, the honored senior with his ck hair and white clothes danced lightly with the sword, his every move as if precisely calcted. The observer standing off to the side was so moved that a gasp left his lips without realizing. The sword light was a hundred times stronger than Luo Jianqing¡¯s earlier movement. In that bamboo forest, not a single bamboo swayed, and even the tips of the leaves were still and silent.

    Finally, the boundless sword light became a golden ray and shot straight towards Luo Jianqing, stopping a mere inch from his face.

    Xuan Lingzi returned the sword to Luo Jianqing, asking, ¡°Jianqing, did you see it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded. ¡°Yes, I saw clearly.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Then do it again.¡±

    Without hesitation, Luo Jianqing lifted his sword. With the effort used to make a cup of tea, he withdrew his sword and looked towards his master. Thetter knit his brows slightly, then suddenly took a step forward and pulled Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand!

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s entire body became rigid.

    With a hint of fragrance, Xuan Lingzi spoke quietly into his ear, ¡°You are too worried.¡±

    Just as his voice fell, Xuan Lingzi grasped Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand, still slowly guiding his sword.

    The burning warmth shot through his skin as soon as he made contact, spreading through all the blood vessels in his entire body. When Xuan Lingzi took his hand back, some unknown feeling rose in Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart. He nkly raised his head to look at his master, and realized with a start... that tonight, he seemed to be unusually gentle with him.

    Xuan Lingzi spoke softly, ¡°There are still two days left, you need not worry. Do you know... what day it is today?¡±

    Luo Jianqing stood dumbly, shaking his head. ¡°This disciple does not.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips slowly rose up, exposing a warm smile. ¡°Today is your birthday.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was stunned speechless.

    ¡°36 years ago, I picked you up from the riverside. If a superior constitution is born, it is inevitable that it will ur along with a natural phenomenon. Back then, your parents left you at the riverside. I secretly gave them some silver and took you back with me. Now, 36 years have already passed. I found that a few days ago that your parents have died this year. Jianqing, would you like to go back and visit?¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled slightly. ¡°No need, Master. Since you¡¯ve already broken off the connection with them for me, then all is life or death, I have no rtionship with them.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi watched the handsome youth in front of him, his phoenix eyes drooping slightly. ¡°That natural phenomenon was the heavenly lightning, and eighteen thousand li of the Luo River¡¯s water gradually clearing. As a result, I named you Luo Jianqing. (1) In those 36 years, were you ever curious about what different direction your life could¡¯ve taken?¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled brilliantly, unable to keep some softness from his voice. ¡°Master, being with you is enough for Jianqing.¡±

    These words suddenly rendered Xuan Lingzi mute, staring at the handsome young man under the water-like moonlight. His fingers started to tremble, a hint of disorder also in his spiritual energy. Looking at this exceptional, elegant face, rolling mes seemed to roar in his heart, gradually bing more unstable.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s expression suddenly chilled. ¡°Your master will spend your birthday with you this time, but after this year, you must never entangle yourself with mortal life again. Forget the world of mortals and henceforth dedicate yourself to bing immortal soon.¡±

    Luo Jianqing blurted out, ¡°How could I ever forget that?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi paused for a moment. ¡°Cut yourself off from worldly ties, and devote yourself to the Greater Paths.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked again, ¡°How can I cut myself off?¡±

    After being silent for a long time, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°You are already disconnected from mortal affairs. Henceforth it can be assumed that you have already cut off worldly ties.¡±

    Upon hearing him, Luo Jianqing smiled instead. ¡°Master, I have never done that. In my heartys Tai Hua, second junior brother, third junior sister... and every elder and senior that protects me.¡±

    His words abruptly cut off at that point. Luo Jianqing lightly raised his bright eyes, which carried a brilliant smile. His gaze was locked on Xuan Lingzi as his voice rang clear and loud like he was speaking the sweetest words: ¡°And Master, you are there too.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi did not reply. His face remained cold as always, while Luo Jianqing kept gazing at him with a smile.

    After a while, Xuan Lingzi spoke, his sleeves fluttering, ¡°We are definitely not part of your worldly ties. After you reach that cultivation level, you will surely understand.¡±

    His voice falling, Xuan Lingzi flew inside his bamboo house. Luo Jianqing felt only a gust of wind wrap him up and carry him into the bamboo house. Xuan Lingzi took a jade hairpin and gently pushed it inside Luo Jianqing¡¯s hair. His fingers fiddling in his hair made his head tremble slightly.

    ¡°This is made from divine jade agate and contains one attack with sixty percent of your master¡¯s power. Jianqing, after you use it, it will be nothing more than a mere essory. Use it wisely.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes curved with his smile. ¡°Yes.¡±

    After that, Luo Jianqingbed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hair for him and helped him tie his jade cor.

    Supposedly they were celebrating his birthday, but throughout the entire night, the master and disciple did not speak much, only sitting on the side of the chessboard staring at each other. By the time the sky turned blue, Zuo Yunmo¡¯s voice could be heard from the base of Yu Xiao Peak, who was calling Luo Jianqing to help with the sect-widepetition matters.

    Luo Jianqing immediately rose and walked to the gate, but couldn¡¯t help turning around and asking, ¡°Master, this disciple wants to know something. Have you cut off your worldly ties yet?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s back faced the gate, looking right at the chessboard.

    After a very long time, just when Luo Jianqing thought he would be waiting forever for an answer, he heard Xuan Lingzi seem to sigh. ¡°Your master... has not.¡±

    Luo Jianqing saluted and left, and the bamboo house resumed its state of quiet.

    Xuan Lingzi sat straight up on the bamboo couch, his gaze falling next to the chessboard. After a long time, he extended his hand and slowly caressed every chess piece Luo Jianqing had just left behind. His movements were as tender as could be, filled with love and memory. After his touch passed over thest piece, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s entire body shook and took back his hand as though he had just been burned.

    ¡°Jianqing...¡±

    (1) Âå: name of Luo River, surname

    ½¥: gradual

    Çå: clear

 Chapter 020

    <h4>Chapter 020</h4>

    It was already the night before the sect-widepetition when Luo Jianqing was done checking the preparations.

    The sect-widepetition was just on the horizon. Zuo Yunmo was still unable to make a breakthrough, having no choice but to say to Luo Jianqing with a smile, ¡°This is truly unfortunate, senior brother. I am but an inch away from breaking through to middle stage Core Formation. Only then can I fully enjoy myself when I battle you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing lightly smiled as he spoke. ¡°Junior brother, even if you reach middle stage Core Formation, don¡¯t even think that you can challenge your senior brother¡¯s dignity.¡±Zuo Yunmo raised his eyebrows. ¡°It seems someone¡¯s forgotten who was it that liked to sit on my shoulders as a child every single day...¡±

    ¡°Junior brother!¡±

    Zuo Yunmo smiled slightly and put his finger against his lips, hushing him.

    Luo Jianqing had a very stable temper and only thought: Tomorrow at the arena, I will make that shameless second junior brother know just how to write the words ¡°great senior brother¡±!

    When night came, Luo Jianqing exined what happened on the second day to Xuan Lingzi. After confirming that he did not want to watch thepetition, he felt a sense of disappointment, but he also knew that it was to be expected. The sect-widepetition was nothing more than a series of matches between disciples, and even his match with Zuo Yumo was just a battle between two Core Formation cultivators. How was that even worthy enough for Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes?

    But before Luo Jianqing left, Xuan Lingzi said neutrally, ¡°Do not make Yu Xiao Peak lose face.¡±

    Luo Jianqing gave him hispliance and left.

    When night fell, the bright moon rose in the east.

    The quiet light of night enveloped all of Tai Hua Mountain. In the mountain forest, the cries of demon beasts could be faintly heard.

    The next day was the sect-widepetition, and many disciples spent thest night tossing and turning. Some people were meditating, wishing to stabilize their cultivation as much as possible; while some were continuously drilling their spiritual beasts to make sure they wouldn¡¯t forget; and there were others who were practicing against their fellow disciples, training their ability in actualbat.

    In the pitch-ck night, a shadow flitted across Yu Xiao Peak and passed through theyers uponyers of restrictions, departing from the peak.

    Luo Jianqing sped between the mountain peaks, his entire body covered in ck clothes for night travel. Besides a ck cloth covering his face, he also took a second-grade Image Concealing Pill, which made any cultivator below Out-of-Body stage unable to discover his true appearance.

    Luo Jianqing was not worried at all about Xuan Lingzi being skeptical of his whereabouts. In his childhood, he and the rest of Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children would often sneak out in the middle of the night to y. In the beginning, Xuan Lingzi punished him by making him self-reflect, but there was one time he was punished more brutally than usual. Luo Jianqing had knelt at Xunjie Gate, refusing to acknowledge his errors no matter what. After he passed out, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t care if he snuck out anymore.

    Luo Jianqing grew up knowing Tai Hua Mountain like the back of his hand. After he took a shortcut to Hao Ming Peak, he did not head for the inner disciples¡¯ residence, but instead walked to the outer disciples¡¯.

    At the moment, there were nock of people who were secretly training inside. Luo Jianqing paid no attention to them and soon found who he was looking for.

    Obviously, the sect-widepetition will begin tomorrow. Obviously, with just his own strength, there was absolutely no way he was going to win the first match. Indeed Li Xiuchen was still sitting in the courtyard, face as stiff as a board. He was not cultivating, he was not practicing with others; he only continuously practiced with a dagger, an odd look on his face, and who knows what he was feeling inside.

    In his past life, after Li Xiuchen entered Tai Hua Mountain, Xuan Lingzi put his heart and soul into guiding him.

    Though Li Xiuchen had no constitution, Xuan Lingzi still persisted in getting Li Xiuchen to Phase Six Qi Condensation in a single year. Who would¡¯ve guessed that among the 24 new disciples, only two had reached Phase Six Qi Condensation, one of which who had a first-level constitution.

    That person¡¯s earnesty and attentiveness consumed Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart with hatred. Liu Yan Valley had also opened early in his past life. The Qi Condensation disciples were divided into early stage, middle stage, andte stage, all fighting separately. Thest three champions were allowed to go to Liu Yan Valley first.

    It was no different from his past life. The only change was that Li Xiuchen was only at Phase Four.

    Actually, even Phase Four Qi Condensation was just too ridiculous. Li Xiuchen never practiced and did not have a master as good as Xuan Lingzi, but he still managed to reach Phase Four Qi Condensation. As Xie Zizhuo would say, that joker Li Xiuchen is definitely up to no good!

    Luo Jianqing had no idea how Li Xiuchen cultivated. After all, Xie Zizhuo had been sending someone to observe him since the beginning, but never saw any hint of hard work. However, Luo Jianqing did not care about this at all. In fact, he did note here tonight to spy on Li Xiuchen.

    Thinking of this, Luo Jianqing hid and made his qi untraceable.

    After a cup of tea¡¯s worth of time, Li Xiuchen returned the dagger to his waist. He turned his head just in time to see a masked, ck-clothed person standing right in front of him.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes widened with fright. Right as he was about to scream, he found that his voice was sealed.

    He only heard a hoarse voice echo in the courtyard, ¡°You seem to stand nice and straight. I quite like you, so I will bestow you a magical tool to help you pass the sect-widepetition tomorrow. No need to thank me. Until we meet again, you wille to know who I am.¡±

    For a long time, Li Xiuchen¡¯s entire body waspletely paralyzed. There was one more sword on the ground. Li Xiuchen still feltpletely frightened as he was a moment ago. Don¡¯t even mention that person hiding their face; even if they had no face, Li Xiuchen still wouldn¡¯t be able to see them well in the night.

    Li Xiuchen finally stopped shaking. He crawled to the sword and picked it up.

    ¡°The heavens have blessed me! This is the heavens¡¯ gift to me! I really am the main character! Hahahaha!!!¡±

    Outside the courtyard, Luo Jianqing pulled the ck cloth off his face and sneered, then flew away.

    The next day, the sect-widepetition that Tai Hua Mountain hosted every seven years began right on time.

    Tai Hua Mountain nowadays had a total of several hundred Qi Condensation disciples, around a couple hundred Qi Foundation disciples, and ten disciples at Core Formation. Among them were Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children, as well as three junior brothers who all painstakingly worked their way up to Core Formation stage.

    The arena was set up at the za in front of Cang Shuang Peak¡¯s Ling Yun Hall, while elders of the other sects could sit in front of Ling Yun Hall and watch the battles between the younger generation. This time, three Tai Hua Peak Lords arrived. Sect leader Hao Xingzi sat in the center of the crowd, leading the matches.

    There were four Out-of-Body elders who were in charge of the sect-widepetition, as well as twenty-odd Nascent Soul elders scattered all around the arena. In case something happened, they were right there to rescue anyone who needed help.

    Studying cultivation always involved danger to an extent. Anyone who made a full-out effort never broke their dedication.

    Therefore, in this sect-widepetition, there must always be an elder with a great cultivation level watching on the sidelines, or it may lead to great disaster.

    The very first matches were among the Qi Condensation disciples, from Phase One to Phase Three. Nothing made this sort of match worth watching. By the time all the matches were finished, there came a cry of rm among the disciples ¨C not for the little junior brother who won his victory, but for the seven people that appeared around the arena.

    Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children were here!

    Little senior sister Mu Tianxin was d in fire-red; sixth senior brother Xiu Hen looked strong and sturdy, bold and powerful; fifth senior brother Huo Yuchong had a head of red hair with a fierce disposition; sixth senior brother Xie Zizhuo was covered in ck from head to foot, fluttering his fan casually; third senior sister Wei Qiongyin held a sword as a spectator, her face cold as ice; second senior brother Zuo Yunmo was smiling softly, tender and approachable.

    And the one who walked at the very front seemed to harness all the splendor of the world, as dazzling as the stars in the sky.

    He wore a white uniform with green sleeves. A green three-petaled lotus adorned his forehead, a handsome face rivalled by none, eyes as beautiful as a painting. Every movement was beautiful and graceful. His expressionless face and calm, rxed manner made the crowd part at once, while also making all the great cultivators in front of Ling Yun Hall suddenly think of one name.

    Luo Jianqing.

    Tai Hua Mountain, Yu Xiao Peak, Luo Jianqing.

    Even to an almighty Body Fusion cultivator, this name held a famous reputation.

    This was Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s only disciple. This was thest disciple of the number one cultivator, Xuan Lingzi.

    ¡°This is Luo Jianqing?¡±

    ¡°He really does deserve to be at Tai Hua Mountain. Even if this youngster is only at middle stage Core Formation, I actually sensed an overpowering sword intent from him.¡±

    ¡°Sect leader Hao Xingzi, is Sir Xuan Lingzi noting today?¡±

    Hao Xingzi had already prepared for this situation. Although his cultivation was higher than these people, he was currently speaking as the sect leader of Tai Hua Mountain. Hao Xingzi spoke mildly, ¡°Yes, this is the great senior brother of our Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing.¡±

    They sighed with emotion once again. Even the Cmity Passage elders of the four sects, eight great families, and the sixteen schools never moved their gaze away from Luo Jianqing.

    At this moment in the middle of the arena, Luo Jianqing was watching the matches between the middle stage Qi Condensation disciples. There were several dozen in total who fought on stage. Atst with a great wave of dust, the mediocre-looking young man had finally won. Even the judging elder was staring with shock and couldn¡¯t speak for a long time.

    After a moment, the judge yelled, ¡°The middle stage Qi Condensation victor is Li Xiuchen, Phase Four Qi Condensation!¡±

    As soon as his voice fell, the disciples erupted into whispers. Xie Zizhuo smiled crookedly, and ran to Luo Jianqing¡¯s side, whispering, ¡°Senior brother, what kind of trick has he pulled now! He¡¯s won again, he¡¯s done it again! Six of his opponents didn¡¯t show upst time and only fought two matches. Even at the end he still beat a Phase Six Qi Condensation disciple. Can you believe it? I don¡¯t! There is definitely something up with that sword. Its power is unnatural!¡±

    While he spoke, he thought of getting up to see what was going on with his body, but Luo Jianqing pulled him back down and admonished good-naturedly, ¡°Fourth junior brother, this junior brother is already so critically injured. That sword of his is a magical tool, but since the judge hasn¡¯t stopped him, then it isn¡¯t illegal.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo cried out, ¡°The heavens are so unfair!¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed quietly. ¡°Junior brother, you don¡¯t have to be so jealous of how lucky other people are.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s eyes turned green with anger. ¡°I¡¯m jealous of him?¡±

    Luo Jianqing firmly pped Xie Zizhuo on the back of his head, making him stop running his mouth and shut up in shame. Still, he mumbled to himself, ¡°Senior brother, it¡¯s obvious you hate him too, what¡¯s the matter with you today?¡±

    Luo Jianqing heard him and slightly smiled.

    Over there, Li Xiuchen whooped and hollered in celebration, but no one joined him. Even little Liu Xiaoxiao stood in the middle of the Qing Lan Peak disciples, staring at Li Xiuchen but giving no congrattions.

    Upon seeing this, Luo Jianqing smiled lightly, his eyes narrowing, and continued to look at the match on the arena.

    Soon, the Qi Condensation disciples¡¯ match came to an end. It was clear that many Qi Foundation disciples were missing, and it did not take long for their matches to end. Finally, there were only ten Core Formation disciples left to battle.

    Everyone¡¯s gaze was concentrated on the five arenas. Luo Jianqing flew to the stage, staring at the brilliant red-clothed girl across from him. His sleeves gently fluttered as he smiled, ¡°Little junior sister, today... I won¡¯t be so polite.¡±

 Chapter 21: Capturing Spring and Autumn with a Sword (1)

    <h4>Chapter 21: Capturing Spring and Autumn with a Sword (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    T/N: Hi, y¡¯all, I just decided to pick up this novel for multiple reasons. To start with, my boss asked me to and secondly I love my boss! Haha, all jokes aside, I¡¯m sucker for BL/rebirth/fantasy/cultivation type, and this one has got it all. And I appreciate how the storyline was unfolding so effortlessly, full of bittersweet moments but none of them feel forced, it¡¯s like all the confrontations and climaxes make sense, all the crazy elements are well bnced.

    Anyway, please read it, rate it and let me know about it.

    And wait, let¡¯s give a shoutout to Verdant Lore Trantions and Bowl of Warm Soup, the previous chapters were tranted beautifully by them. I know I have some big shoes to fill. Wish me luck. Allments and suggestions are highly appreciated.

    Any suggestions or advice on my trantion, please DM me on Facebook: https://.facebook/Flying-lines, or leave ament down below. Mua~

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    Luo Jianqing¡¯s first fighting ended in the time of a stick of incense.

    Mu Tianxin centered on core trail. Although she was one of the Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children, she was the ninth to master core formation among the generation of disciples, so her strength was not so strong. No one would goof around in thepetition among various sects. This time, Mu Tianxin happened to encounter Luo Jianqing. Even trying her best by ying all kinds of magic weapons and various elixirs, she did not cause any harm to Luo Jianqing.

    Even among the Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children, the gap of strength difference wasrge to such a point.

    When this fighting was over, Mu Tianxin pulled Luo Jianqing¡¯s sleeve,ining in a low voice: ¡°Fellow elder brother, you didn¡¯t make any concessions for me at all.¡±

    Luo Jianqing responded in a helpless way: ¡°Little fellow younger sister, I have already given you time to throw out your magic weapon Bombing Thunder, how can I further make concessions for you?¡± He implied that he was able to end the fighting in much a shorter time. To save face for his fellow younger sister, he had tried very hard to let Mu Tianxin perform well.

    Mu Tianxin felt depressed and she pouted her mouth, turned around to not to see Luo Jianqing any more. It seemed that she was really angry. But when it was time for Luo Jianqing toe on stage for the second time, she still took out a bottle of elixirs from her Na Jie and put it into Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand, and said in a low voice: ¡°Anyway...since I will not use it at the moment, you just take it for use.¡±

    Luo Jianqing did not know whether tough or cry.

    This time, the disciple Luo Jianqing met on stage was not one of Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children.

    The ninth fellow younger brother had just stepped into the Golden Core Period for no more than one year. As he saw Luo Jianqing, he carefully made a salute. Before Luo Jianqing did anything to him, the ninth fellow younger brother stepped backward timidly. With a stumble, he just fell off the fighting stage by himself.

    Xie Zizhuo was stunned: ¡°Oh, you the first fellow elder brother are so lucky! No wonder you¡¯re not jealous at all!¡±

    Lo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    In front of Ling Yun Hall, the disciples following their elders toe to watch the fighting were also surprised by the sight of these scenes.

    In the first game against Mu Tianxin, they only saw Luo Jianqing taking defense for a long time, but finally he forced Mu Tianxin back with sword qi. And in the second game, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t even say a word after he was on his mark on the stage, but his opponent fell off by himself!

    ¡°The first fellow elder brother from Tai Hua Mountain...Is really as forceful as he was said to be?¡±

    ¡°My master has always been saying, luck is also a kind of strength. You see, the second fellow elder brother from Tai Hua Mountain, directly got a chance for apetition without fighting at all!¡±

    ¡°I am ready for a big, exciting fight, but now...¡±

    After two rounds ofpetitions, those who were left on the stage were only Luo Jianqing, Wei Qiongyin and Zuo Yunmo who was lucky to get the chance for next round directly without fighting.

    The random order for Tai Hua Mountain this time was so awful that every time the strength gap between the two parties was very big. Not to mention those foreign friars, even the disciples of Tai Hua Mountain were confused, and it took only a few minutes to see who would win.

    Seeing that the foreign friars were discussing about it in a louder and louder voice, the disciples of Tai Hua Mountain grunted with dissatisfaction, and they began to cheer for their fellow elder brothers and sisters.

    ¡°Come on, fellow elder sister Wei! Fellow sister Wei, pull out your sword and show it to them!¡±

    ¡°Fellow brother Zuo is sure to win!¡±

    Yes, for this game of semi-final, fancy Luo Jianqing marching to the next round without a fight.

    Luo Jianqing helplessly walked off the stage, waiting for Zuo Yunmo to end hispetition with Wei Qiongyin. The eyesight of disciples of other sects always turned to Luo Jianqing. In addition to the admiration and amazement at the beginning, in the eyes of the disciples of other sects, something unclear was there.

    Luo Jianqing did not care about it. He watched the fighting stage as he looked up.

    In this game, really you could feel the wind and cloud were surging, and it was different from the past fightings.

    When Wei Qiongyin pulled out the sword for the first time, Zuo Yunmo still had his sword sealed in the scabbard, smiling at Wei Qiongyin. The figures of two people turned into void on the fighting stage. After fighting for about half an hour, Wei Qiongying had blood at the corner of her mouth, which meant that she failed.

    Zuo Yunmo arched his hands and smiled, ¡°Fellow younger sister, I¡¯m sorry for it.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin also cupped her hands to gesture back, going off the stage for healing with her face blue.

    At this moment, finally, all the disciples of other sects became silent. They held their breath to look at Zuo Yunmo on the stage and Luo Jianqing off the stage. Without letting them feel disappointed, Luo Jianqing quickly touched the ground with his feet, and deftly he floated on the fighting stage, smiled while saying: ¡°Fellow younger brother, in the heart of fellow younger sisters and brothers, you have been a big hero now.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo showed ashamed smile on his nice-looking face. While shaking his head, he pulled the long sword out of its scabbard slowly. He said, ¡°Fellow elder brother, I have been preparing for this fighting for seven years, and you need to be careful.¡±

    With those words said, overwhelming sword shadows fell on Luo Jianqing violently. The shadows of the sword closely blocked each way from which Luo Jianqing could get out. Shouting of amazement came from the audience from time to time, but standing in the middle of the sword shadow, Luo Jianqing was still quiet with his lips curled up. No fear could be seen on his face at all.

    ¡°The first game of Qing Yang Sword form, Scorching Sun Sword!¡±

    Zuo Yunmo constantly held the hand form, and the Qing Yun Sword in his hands quickly flied to Luo Jianqing. Behind him, a red sun rose slowly, scorching the earth with heat, shining.

    Luo Jianqing ducked to avoid the overwhelming shadow of the sword, as if he had no time to care about the terrible sword tricks.

    The round sun finally rosepletely from the horizon, instantly it turned into a fireball, fleeing to the constantly dodging Luo Jianqing.

    Outside the fighting stage, disciples felt that the temperature in the air suddenly rose. Many people even began to wipe sweat. In front of Ling Yun Hall, Sir Hao Xingzi touched his beard with satisfaction and lifted his hand to reinforce the boundary on the stage. Suddenly, the temperature dropped again.

    Seeing that round sun had gone toward and even pressed Luo Jianqing, who seemed to be burning into charcoal, in an instant, Luo Jianqing showed green light between his eyebrows before a sword with a length of about three feet seven inches appearing in his hands. The sword was glittering with the color of ze. Luo Jianqing raised his hand without any moves and thus he stood in front of the round sun.

    Bang!

    A sword stopped the advance from the round sun, and in a moment, the hot sun was gone.

    However, at the next moment, Luo Jianqing suddenly went to the side in a sh, while a sword had been stabbed into the position where he was just now.

    Zuo Yunmo smiled with his sword in hand and said, ¡°Fellow elder brother, be careful and never underestimate your enemy.¡±

    Luo Jianqing kept calm, saying, ¡°Fellow younger brother, you are the one who need to watch out.¡±

    As he said this, a crash of metal came out. Two people¡¯s figures almost became void. During the constant collision on the stage, even Wei Qiongyin could not see their movements clearly. The disciples from other sects also felt confused, only the elders in front of Ling Yun Hall sighed in amazement in unison.

    ¡°Is this the match between friars in the Golden Core Period?¡±

    ¡°Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children live up to their name! Luo Jianqing definitely lives up to his name!¡±

 Chapter 22: Capturing Spring and Autumn with a Sword (2)

    <h4>Chapter 22: Capturing Spring and Autumn with a Sword (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    On the fighting stage, Luo Jianqing touched the ground with his toes, calmly and easily he dealt with each attack given by Zuo Yunmo. He appeared to be very natural and unruffled. As Sir Xuan Lingzi said the night before, he didn¡¯t lose face for Yu Xiao Peak. However, as Luo Jianqing swung sword upward again, Zuo Yunmo smiled in a low voice.

    Luo Jianqing broadened his eyes, feeling not good in his heart. However, before he was able to step back, he heard that Zuo Yunmo said in a low voice, ¡°Fellow elder brother, you were careless.¡±

    As soon as he said this, a vast blue sky came floating on the fighting stage.

    Hao Xingzi eximed in a low voice: ¡°Yunmo has reached such a state?¡±

    The sky was getting wider and wider, with the majestic domineering momentum that would spread the whole fighting stage. The mighty righteousness fell down from the sky. Originally Zuo Yunmo had lost a lot of spiritual force in the fighting a moment ago, but now he got all of it back. It could be seen that under the blue sky, he stood there with his clothes fluttering, while vast spiritual force was released on the Qing Yun Sword.

    ¡°The second form of Qing Yang Sword form, Qing Yun Sword!¡±

    Hardly had Zuo Yunmo¡¯s voice faded away, the sky actually fell to the body of Luo Jianqing .This offensive move agitated the boundary to tremble slightly, which made even Luo Jianqing narrow up his eyes and quickly pinch the hand form, and Frost Floating Sword also excitedly came floating in front of him.

    The imposing manner in the void stirred up a wave of qi on the fighting stage, even Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help but step back for two steps to stabilize his body.

    At that moment the sky was about to press down, the Frost Floating Sword suddenly turned into a Nine-handle Sword, which whirled to prick into the void.

    ¡°One sword turns into nine lotuses!¡±

    Suddenly a great mass of dark clouds came up in the sky, which covered the blue sky. The clouds were heavy, and the thick thunder came down, which followed the Frost Floating Sword to go away, and joined the Qing Yun Sword in mid-air.

    For a moment, with thunder and lightning there, the sky and thunder made a collision!

    Hao Xingzi hurriedly waved his sleeves to strengthen the boundary.

    Seeing that a burst of smokee up on the fighting stage, the mass nervously looked at it, only to find that the handsome fellow elder brother in white clothes, with blood at his fingertips, panting heavily, and in front of him, Zuo Yunmo, who was smiling a moment ago, spouted a big mouth of blood, and he staggered backward for more than ten steps. Fortunately, with the support of Qing Yun Sword, he did not fall down.

    Luo Jianqing pinched his fingers where the blood flowed down, saying, ¡°Fellow brother, please admit that you are defeated.¡±

    Smiling, Zuo Yunmo raised his lip corners and muttered while seeing the youth in white in front of him with a gentle look, ¡°How can I admit defeat in this way?¡±

    As soon as he said this, a piece of void was seen to rise again. Luo Jianqing looked at the scene with horror and said in a rush: ¡°My fellow younger brother, you will be spiritually exhausted. Is it necessary for you to do so? ...¡±

    ¡°I will spare no effort, fellow elder brother. And ... Didn¡¯t you Jianqing say that we must go all in?¡±

    Looking at the smile on Zuo Yunmo¡¯s face, Luo Jianqing suddenly was shocked there.

    Luo Jianqing looked up at the vast expanse of blue sky. With his eyes narrowed, suddenly, he had his five fingers pointed to the ground, and an invisible force came out of the palm of his hand. The force broke through the barrier for the fighting stage with irresistible vigor. In face of the Sirs of Ling Yun Hall, it just turned aside ashamedly, but in the face of those disciples, it just went directly through them.

    This force was frantically seizing all the living creatures within a mile of the summit of Cang Shuang Peak.

    Countless starlight that ordinary people could not see flew up from the sky and gathered to the body of Luo Jianqing. These forces with the arrogance of the stars flew away in front of the eyes of Hao Xingizi, though thetter waspletely unaware of it. Sir Hao Xingzi was still holding his breath to look at the scene on the fighting stage.

    The next moment! Luo Jianqing¡¯s breath began to increase, 10 percent, 20 percent, 30percent ... When he returned to his prime, the surged breath did not stop there, but continued to pile up in a crazy way!

    The elder transcending tribtion of Duan Hun Sect was amazed, so he asked, ¡°What Kongfu is this?¡±

    Hao Xingzi tightened his eyebrows and said, ¡°What Jianqing practiced is the supreme Kongfu of Tai Hua Mountain, True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record.¡±

    The mass immediately understood, ¡°It was the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record as heard before¡±, no wonder it was so wonderful!¡±

    Luo Jianqing had his palm hit the ground, and a handprint of as long as ten meters appeared on the fighting stage.

    ¡°Capture spring and autumn!¡±

    ¡°One sword turns nine-pedaled lotus!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s sword turned into a green lotus that quickly stabbed into the sky.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Bright dazzling sword light pierced the sky, toughly piercing the blue sky into countless fragments. That momentum thundered up, hitting the boundary beside the fighting stage. Everything waspletely transformed in the blink of an eye. The boundary suddenly broke, and the vast sword qi went directly towards the audience.

    Hao Xingzi narrowed his eyes, stomped on the ground, thus the boundary appeared again outside the fighting stage, which stopped the spread of the sword qi.

    After the loud rumble, on the fighting stage, Luo Jianqing showed a pale face, while Zuo Yunmo had flied out in an inverted way. He passed outpletely, covered with blood all over his body.

    Luo Jianqing immediately came forward to see, and the fellow younger sister also hurriedly took elixirs to feed into the mouth of Zuo Yunmo. In a moment, the people of Qing Lan Peak carried Zuo Yunmo out.

    Silence reigned the ground.

    The disciples from other sects and Tai Hua Mountain looked at the friar in white clothes with horrified eyes.

    After a long time, judge elder shouted like waking up from a dream, ¡°The Golden Core Period winner is Luo Jianqing, who is in the middle stage of Golden Core Period!¡±

    In one day, the final result of the bigpetition among various sects was spread all over Tai Hua Mountain. When the elders of other sects took their disciples away, there were still many foreign disciples looking at the elegant and handsome fellow elder brother from Tai Hua Mountain with great care. They could not believe that such a good-looking man could actually weild such a terrible killing power.

    Although Luo Jianqing also got some injuries,pared to Zuo Yunmo, his was only a small injury. After seeing all the guests off, he was asked by Sir Hao Xingzi to go to Ling Yun Hall, and was told to cultivate himself well, for in seven days they would go to the Liu Yan Valley.

    Luo Jianqing said YES to Sir Hao Xingzi before he flew back to the Yu Xiao Peak.

    This time, Xuan Lingzi did not continue to close his door for cultivation. He wore white clothes that were quite simr to Luo Jianqing¡¯s. With aplex golden pattern embroidered at the sleeves, he had his both hands crossed with each other at his back. Standing at the edge of the cliff, he raised his hand to have a look at the sky.

    Seeing this, Luo Jianqing was a little shocked. He said respectfully, ¡°My master.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was still standing on the edge of the cliff. The wind whipped up his robe and made a sound of hunting.

    Luo Jianqing just stood behind Xuan Lingzi. Without knowing how long it took before he heard an indifferent voice ringing out gently: ¡°Jianqing, in the Kongfupetition among various sects today, how did you hit your second fellow younger brother into serious injury?¡±

 Chapter 23: Mo Qiu of the Mo Clan(1)

    <h4>Chapter 23: Mo Qiu of the Mo n(1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    (1)

    What Xuan Lingzi said was like a p on the face to Luo Jianqing.

    Throughout the entire Tai Hua Mountain, even the Master, Sir Hao Xingzi knew nothing about the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record and the whole thing happened at the time when Xuan Lingzi was in closed door training. That¡¯s why Luo Jianqing dared use the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. However, Xuan Lingzi was questioning him now about how he won.

    Struck dumb, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know how to reply.

    After a while, Xuan Lingzi said again in a casual tone, ¡°ording to the Master, you performed One Sword Turns Nine-pedaled Lotus, which was a skill could only be mastered by people who are in Nascent Soul Period. Have you mastered it already? Show me. I want to see you perform it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, whose back was now covered in cold sweat, felt relieved upon hearing those words. He took out Floating Frost Sword and skillfully performed One Sword Turns Nine-pedaled Lotus. The Floating Frost Sword turned into nine cyan lightnings, each thrusting into the mountain opposite of Yu Xiao Peak. All of a sudden, the mountain exploded with flying rocks and sshing sands.

    Back in the grave of Sir Bei Dou¡¯s, Luo Jianqing was not good at performing it. However, as he further studied Nine Heavenly Seizure Record during the past six months, he found that the spiritual power in his body was much different from thirty years ago.

    Usually speaking, Luo Jianqing was going against naturalw, so he could not absorb spiritual power from heaven and earth any more. However, after practicing Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, he felt a wonderful power in his meridians which empowered him to sweep across the world with such force that ced almost everything, including vegetation and the change of four seasons under his control. In a way, he had usurped the power of the universe over these things!

    With this sweeping power, Luo Jianqing was able to grab spiritual power from the universe.

    That¡¯s right! Not receiving it but grabbing it from the universe!

    Nine Heavenly Seizure Record was against the naturalw. It was about conquering the world!

    Luo Jianqing hade to master the First Seizure of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record over the past six months, but despite all his efforts he had put into, he just couldn¡¯t master the Second Seizure. Every time he tried to perform it, he always came up short at the final step. Nheless, the First Seizure had allowed Luo Jianqing to use One Sword Turns Nine-pedaled Lotus free from the inhibition of time realms with incredible aim.

    Looking at this, Xuan Lingzi nodded in satisfaction. After offering some advices, he retreated back to the closed-door training in his bamboo house.

    Standing in the moonlight with the sword in his hand, Luo Jianqing stared at the locked bamboo house with mixed emotions, his eyes gradually growing darker and darker. Then, he squinted his eyes and went back to his own house to resume training.

    Seven dayster, Luo Jianqing got words from the Master, instructing him to go to the Liu Yan Valley.

    This time, Zuo Yunmo didn¡¯t go with him, as performing the Qing Yun Sword for the second time and the injury he suffered at Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands had taken a heavy toll on his health. Though Zuo had gotten much better, Sir Hao Xingzi didn¡¯t see fit to send his disciple on another risky venture to the Liu Yan Valley.

    In the early morning, Luo Jianqing packed his bag into Interspatial Ring. Hardly had he opened the door and stepped out when he saw a slim figure standing in front of his house. Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart skipped a beat and wondered how long Xuan had been here.

    They simply stood quietly in front of the bamboo house, no one uttered a word.

    The sound of the breeze rustling through the green leaves in the bamboo forest sounded like a piece of lively music.

    After a while, Luo Jianqing decided to step forward, saying ¡°Master Xuan, I¡¯ve just heard from Sir Hao Xingzi that we are to follow Master Shan and head to the Liu Yan Valley in Chang Zhou.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi acted as if he had not heard anything. It was only after Luo Jianqing repeated his words again that he whispered, ¡°Jianqing, how are you doing with the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record?¡±

    Luo Jianqing froze for a moment.

    Xuan Lingzi looked to him with piercing eyes and said calmly ¡°For the likes of us, sword skill is not as important as the fundamentals and how strong a connection you have with your sword. Liu Yan Valley is a dangerous ce. Since you are determined to go there, I would give you something as a gift to help you with your journey.¡±

    Luo Jianqing eximed, ¡°Master Xuan?¡±

    With a wave of his sleeve, Xuan Lingzi suddenly ced his hand around Luo Jianqing¡¯s waist and together they turned into a streak of light and flied out of the Yu Xiao Peak. After gently putting Luo Jianqing on the top of side peak besides Yu Xiao Peak, Xuan Lingzi stood between Yu Xiao Peak and the side peak.

    Wearing a white robe with wide sleeve, Master Xuan slowly walked mid-air to the middle of the two peaks.

    Luo Jianqing watched his movement with baffled look on his face. He had a rough idea about this gift. Whenever the little sister went out on adventures, Sir Yu Qingzi usually gave her a lot of advanced magical items and precious elixirs in hope that she could return unharmed.

    But Luo Jianqing had been on adventures for countless times and never did he get any magic weapons from him.

    Even though Xuan Lingzi had never exined that to him, Luo Jianqing understood that it was because his Master value self-cultivation more than fancy items.

    But now, Xuan Lingzi was offering him a magical item?

    While Luo Jianqing was still in the state of confusion, Xuan Lingzi had already positioned himself in between the two peaks. The roaring wind whistled through the mountain gaps, blowing up Xuan Lingzi¡¯s long and pitch-ck hair as well as his robe which was now fluttering in the air. Suddenly, he turned to Luo Jianqing with a celestial smile on his handsome face.

    Across the distance, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Let me y you a piece of music to aid your cause.

    The moment he finished those words, a burst of music rang through the air.

    Duang!

    Astounded, Luo Jianqing watched what happened in front of him with bugged eyes.

    Xuan Lingzi crooked his finger as if plucking an invisible string and immediately a tremendous spiritual power rushed out, bouncing back and forth in between the two peaks. Luo Jianqing came to the edge of the cliff and looked down. Between the two peaks, every golden streak of the spiritual power was glistening under the sunlight like numerous golden strings.

    ¡ª Making a Chinese zither out of a mountain and a string out of the spiritual power!

    Xuan Lingzi was standing mid-air high above the sky from where the melodious music rang like heavenly sound.

    In between the mountains, the sound turned into tangible things, such as flying cranes, whirling ribbons and auspicious clouds above the sky.

    The wonderful sound echoed around the entire Tai Hua Mountain. All the disciples stopped to listen carefully to this unfamiliar rhythm. The trainers who were struggling to make a breakthrough suddenly saw things clearly. The most quick-minded of them even made it straight to the next level. Even Sir Yu Qingzi, who preferred to make elixirs alone in the Tai Hua Mountain, was intrigued toe out from his house and looked at the direction of Yu Xiao Peak with surprise.

    ¡°Who is this blessed man that Xuan Lingzi is ying his Yu Xiao zither for?¡±

    Luo Jianqing closed his eyes, trying to savor the indescribable feeling at this moment.

    He heard how the flowers bloomed and withered. He heard the joyful conversation between fish and shrimp in a stream. He heard every gust of wind rustling through the leaves. He also heard the sighs of all lives as they grew and prospered.

    Through the blooming yellow flowers, one perceives the ultimate wisdom, and among the thriving bamboos the Buddha reveals himself to the world.

    The Second Seizure of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, Seizing Lives!

    Luo Jianqing was like being struck by a thunderbolt as he finally understood the supreme power that was the Second Seizure!

    As the music came to its final ending, all the golden strings surged upward to the high sky, and then down they came, spreading all over thend right beneath the Tai Hua Mountain. Countless monsters rushed out from their caves to bathe in this golden aura; many fairy grasses also swayed their bodies with joy. After they absorbed the golden light, their spiritual power was further more strengthened.

    Standing at the center of this golden light, Luo Jianqing felt invigorated with a gush of refreshing energy seeping into his body through his every pore. He was in a state of bliss as the mild spiritual power gently passed through his meridian.

    When this music finished, Luo Jianqing opened his eyes and looked up. Xuan Lingzi, who was still standing in the air, waved his sleeve and the spiritual strings between the peaks suddenly vanished into thin air.

    Xuan Lingzi suddenly appeared in front of Luo Jianqing after taking only a few steps away from where he stood a while ago, a thread of golden light shing across his fair eyes. As powerful as Xuan Lingzi was, he looked a bit pale with a sheen of sweat on his forehead.

    Luo Jianqing looked up at him while he was looking down at Luo.

    After a while, Xuan Lingzi gently tapped Luo somewhere in between the eyebrows with one finger.

    Luo Jianqing suddenly felt a burning sensation and before he could react, Xuan Lingzi turned back quickly, cing his hands behind his back and said in a casual tone: ¡°This stroke of energy will follow you into the Liu Yan Valley. Jianqing. If you don¡¯t step up your practice, I will know it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was mesmerized, his lips trembling with emotions. He had a lot to say, but in the end he swallowed all those words.

    After giving a bow, Luo Jianqing flew away.

    Not long after Luo Jianqing left, Xuan Lingzi, who had been showing his back to Luo the whole time, suddenly took a stumble and almost fell off the cliff. Then, a sh of light swept across the sky. It was Sir Yu Qingzi, who asked with a smile: ¡°Brother, why did you suddenly y zither today? What¡¯s happened to you?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi simply dismissed his questions by a wave of his hand. Yu Qingzi then generated tens of thousands of threadlike spiritual powers and sent them into Xuan¡¯s body.

    A secondter, Yu Qingzi eximed with widened eyes: ¡°Half primordial life! I dared not believe it when I heard from Hao Xingzi that you split half of your primordial life to support Jianqing¡¯s previous training and was therefore badly wounded. That was barely a year ago. How dare you split it in half again? You are....¡±

    ¡°Sister, say no more.¡±

    Yu Qingzi flew into a rage and yelled, ¡°That is Liu Yan Valley. It¡¯s not some little grave of Nascent Soul trainer. The half of your primordial life is deprived of substance and you are greatly diminished. Your strength might have already been reduced to that of the Da Sheng Period, or worse, the Tribtion Period. Should you find yourself in trouble there, there is no guarantee that you will be able to get out. Brother, with only half of your primordial life, even you will be in mortal danger!¡±

 Chapter 24: Mo Qiu of the Mo Clan(2)

    <h4>Chapter 24: Mo Qiu of the Mo n(2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Xuan Lingzi, whose face was as pale as a sheet of paper, did not reply until Yu Qingzi suddenly yelled, ¡°Jianqing hasn¡¯t gone far. Let¡¯s take back that half primordial life¡±. Hearing that, Xuan Lingzi mustered what strength he had left to stop Yu Qingzi by standing in front of her.

    Looking as elegant as ever, Xuan casually said, ¡°Sister, he is my disciple. If you dare do anything to him without my consent, I will make sure your disciple Mu Tianxin would pay the price.¡±

    Yu Qingzi widened her eyes in astonishment and for a while words escaped her.

    A quarter of an hourter, a group of disciples followed Master Shan and left the Tai Hua Mountain.

    It was a long way from the Tai Hua Mountain to the Liu Yan Valley. Even with the help of Master Shan¡¯s flying tool, it still took them ten days to arrive at the Liu Yan Valley. At that time, many cultivators had gathered there. Some were from famous schools, but most of them were rogue cultivators.

    When the Liu Yan Valley was open, anyone below the Nascent Soul level could get in. But for most rogue cultivators, the chance of getting precious items there was really slim, as most of them usually couldn¡¯t survive the experience. Those from various schools, on the other hand, usually teamed up to improve their odds, and so they usually got the bigger prize.

    After Luo Jianqing and the others made it to the Liu Yan Valley, Master Shan quickly found his way to the only tavern in the town and took away the number te that read Tai Hua Mountain.

    The lord of Liu Yan Valley ran this tavern exclusively for travelling cultivators. Even though the tavern had not been open for fifty years, this one-time operation could bring enough profits to sustain it for another fifty years. Every time they opened, they would have rooms reserved for cultivators from ¡°One Mountain, Four Sects, Eight ns and Sixteen Schools.¡± What few rooms left were to be distributed among rogue cultivators through fiercepetition.

    As the Tai Hua group entered the tavern, the masters of the Four Sects came up to greet Master Shan and together they began a joyful conversation. In the meantime, Luo Jianqing started arranging amodation for his fellow disciples. He gave each female disciple a single room, whereas two or three male disciples were to share a room. Even himself was no exception, as he had to share a room with Xie Zizhuo due to theck of avable rooms.

    Upon hearing this arrangement, Xie Zizhuo quickly waved his hand and said, ¡°Brother, why don¡¯t you have the room for yourself? I have something to talk with little Neen anyway, and so I thought maybe I could crash over there together with him and little Eighteen. Isn¡¯t that right? Little Neen?¡±

    The little Neen snickered, ¡°Yeah, Brother Luo. Brother Xie and I have a lot to talk to each other.¡±

    Looking at their wicked smiles, Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrow and said, ¡°That¡¯s fine. But you must not go out at night.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo suddenly put on a downcast face and said ¡°Brother, we hardly get a chance toe down the mountain. How could you ground us?¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied with a sneer, ¡°You really think I don¡¯t know what you guys are up to? Don¡¯t cross the line, otherwise your master will be informed.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo and others were immediately disheartened after hearing what Luo Jianqing said.

    Meanwhile at the other side, Master Shan was still talking with the four masters of Zoarium level. Then, after entrusting Luo Jianqing with the rest of the affairs, he went upstairs to exchange information of Liu Yan Valley with other masters. They discussed about how they would find that evil cultivator of Nascent Soul level and kill him after all the disciples were inside the valley.

    Luo Jianqing sat everyone down and ordered a few dishes for them to eat. Though the likes of them could live without eating grains when they reached the Foundation level, the food ingredients this tavern served were the best and so one could hardly say no to those dishes.

    Like the saying goes, you get what you pay for. Luo Jianqing found those dishes to be quite appetizing and couldn¡¯t help but eat a few more.

    Hardly had they finished eating when they heard nking sounding from the lobby. While Xie Zizhuo and the other curious disciples were looking at the direction where the sound came, Luo Jianqing was still busy picking up food in front of him with lowered head. Then a soft voice broke the air, ¡°So, there is no more room avable?¡±

    The man spoke in a slightly high-pitched voice that sounded both feeble and feminine. He ended each word with a slightly raised voice, just like a feather brushing over people¡¯s hearts.

    Xie Zizhuo eximed in a low voice ¡°Brother, I wonder if there ever exists such a pretty man like this one. He is as beautiful as a woman!¡±

    As soon as he finished those words, a gust of wind whizzed towards Xie Zizhuo.

    Xie Zizhuo was for a while struck dumb. Luo Jianqing raised the chopsticks and caught a flying needle. That man chuckled ¡°What an impudent man. The man beside you are more beautiful than me. Why don¡¯t you make anyment on him?¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked up at him.

    Wearing a scarlet robe embroidered with dark red texture, that man held his hair with a white jade hairpin. He fixed his flirting gaze on Luo Jianqing with his pretty, curved eyes. What with his red, seductive lips and his slim body, this man looked very much like a woman from all possible angles. However, it was impossible to fool a cultivator over something as basic as one¡¯s gender.

    This was a man, or rather, a man whose appearance was as delicate as a woman.

    Xie Zizhuo finallye to his senses. As a feared cultivator of the Tai Hua Mountain, he had never been treated like that. With a thump on the table, he growled, ¡°What do you mean? My brother naturally looks better than you, but he is not in any way as sissy as you.¡±

    That man squinted his eyes and tried to say something. Before he could open his mouth, Luo Jianqing spoke up in a casual tone ¡°It¡¯s my brother¡¯s fault. He shouldn¡¯t have talked about you like that, but you used a poisonous needle. Don¡¯t you think that¡¯s too much?¡±

    That man in the red robe sneered, ¡°Well, pretty. Your brother said I was a sissy.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo wanted to talk back, but Luo Jianqin stopped him before he could finish the word ¡°sissy¡±.

    Moving his fingers, Luo Jianqing cast the needle back, which immediately turned into a beam of light and flied towards its owner. Seeing this, that man in the red robe raised his sleeve to retrieve the poisonous needle. Luo Jianqing then sped his hands to make a salute and said, ¡°I apologize to you on behalf of my brother, but you also have to exin what you just did with the poisonous needle. Although you are ate-stage Gold Core expert, Tai Hua Mountain would never be bullied.¡±

    That man asked in an odd voice ¡°Tai Hua Mountain?¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied, ¡°Exactly. What do you say to that?¡±

    Instead of being infuriated by those words, that manughed. He looked Luo Jianqing up and down with a pair of seductive eyes. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t care about this rather insolent behavior, but others like Xie Zizhuo were irritated. Wei Qiongyin even took out his sword, looking furiously at that man.

    The man in redughed and said, ¡°By the look of you, you must be Luo Jianqing, the eldest disciple of the Tai Hua Mountain and the core disciple of Sir Xuan Lingzi, Right?¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored his question and asked, ¡°Who are you?¡±

    Mo Qiu.¡±

    Luo Jianqing froze for a moment, and the man in red leaned his body against the table and continued, ¡°Mo Qiu of the Mo n.¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned his head to Wei Qiongyin, but Wei Qiongyin shook his head and said, ¡°The Wei n aren¡¯t on friendly terms with the Mo n in the past. I don¡¯t know much about them, brother.¡±

    The Eight ns were ranked under the Tai Hua Mountain and the Four Sects and they included the Bai n, the Yun n, the Cang n and the Mo n; the Que n, the Yu n, the Wei n and the Geng n.¡±

    The Bai n was the most powerful of the Eight ns with two ancestors of the Da Sheng level. The Mo n was also one of the top four ns with an ancestor of the middle Da Sheng level. Although Luo Jianqing knew those who were the best among the younger generation of the Eight ns, he had never heard of the name Mo Qiu before and fancy him being ate-stage Gold Core expert, no less.

    By the look of him, his spiritual bones must be well under fifty years old. Were he known to the cultivation world, people would definitelybel him as a genius.

    As if seeing right through Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind, Wei Qiongyin whispered, ¡°Brother, the Mo n has a lot of branches. I have heard that one branchmitted a crime and was sent in exile to the cold wastnd. They are stipted to stay there until they reach the Nascent Soul level. Maybe this Mo Qiu is one of them.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing slightly nodded and then turned nonchntly to Mo Qiu. He casually said, ¡°Your apology, sir?¡±

    Obviously surprised by this question, Mo Qiu mumbled, ¡°My apology?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said in a cold voice, ¡°Seeing as you are the one who delivered the lethal blow, you owe us an apology. If you don¡¯t apologize, then I am afraid there must be a fight.¡±

    Hearing that, Mo Qiu curved up his lips and smiled, ¡°Pretty, are you sure you want to fight me? You are a middle-stage Gold Core expert.¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrows, ¡°So you won¡¯t apologize?¡±

    ¡°What a joke. Anyone who thinks he canment on my appearance and survive the experience is a moron. That said, seeing as he is a disciple of the Tai Hua Mountain, I will let him go this time. If I ever see him again, I would skin him alive and ...¡±

    A beam of green light suddenly sprung up from the floor!

    Mo Qiu¡¯s retort was cut short by this sudden attack, and immediately he formed a scarlet whip on his hands. With a sweep of the whip he managed to block Luo Jianqing¡¯s onught.

    As the sh between the sword and the whip dragged on in this little tavern, spiritual energy kept colliding with each other, sending waves upon waves of energy out into the air.

    Just when the dispute between Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu started to re up, some perceptive rogue cultivators had already stayed clear of them. Those disciples from the four sects were watching from the sidelines. The four cultivators of thete Gold Core level had been observing Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu since the beginning. Now that the dispute had turned into open conflict, they squinted their eyes, carefully assessing the situation.

    There was a session crisis going on at the Tai Hua Mountain. In contrast, the younger generations of the four sects and other schools were in a much better shape, with virtually all of their best disciples being thete-stage Gold Core experts. Those four were the eldest disciples from the four sects.

    The green light projected from the sword was freezing cold and every sh of the scarlet whip was meant to kill.

    Those two were locked in a dog fight with neither side gaining obvious advantage. However, Xie Zizhuo was not worried, as he knew that although his brother was a middle-stage Gold Core expert, he could very well make up for it with his Nascent Soul skill. Cultivation base was important, yet what constituted a cultivator¡¯s basis was his strength. Sir Hao Xingzi had said a long time ago that Luo Jianqing¡¯s supreme spiritual bones had given him unparalleled strength, allowing him to kill those who were above his level.

    However, as time passed, those four onlookers all knitted their brows, watching cautiously at both Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu. Xie Zizhuo was very much astonished, as he didn¡¯t expect a man from a branch family of the Mo n could fight Luo Jianqing to a tie.

    p!

    sh!

    Luo Jianqing wobbled a bit and came to a halt. There was a trail ofsh mark on his face.

    On the other side, Mo Qiu was panting with a sh wound on his left arm.

    They all looked at each other with cold eyes. After a while, Mo Qiu broke an untraceable smile and said, ¡°This is the first time people try to force me to apologize.¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his sword and pointed it at his forehead, ¡°You want to do this again?¡±

    Mo Qiu squinted his eyes to observe this young man in white like a cobra looking at its prey. After a long while, he sneered and turned to Xie Zizhuo, ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have used that poisonous needle. My bad. But the next time your little friend sees meing, he had better go the other way. I¡¯ve never spared anyone before. You¡¯d better not antagonize me again.¡±

    ¡®What a condescending bastard! You didn¡¯t win over there!¡¯ Xie Zizhuo wanted to talk back, but he was still muted by Luo to utter a timely rebuttal.

 Chapter 25: Mo Qiu of the Mo Clan(3)

    <h4>Chapter 25: Mo Qiu of the Mo n(3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    After finishing that, Mo Qiu was about to turn back and leave. ¡°Cultivator Mo, now that everything is sorted out, why don¡¯t we forget about this unpleasant business and make up? I understand there is no room avable for you. We have a spare room. You can have it if you like.¡± said Luo Jianqing in a casual .

    Little Neen eximed, ¡°Brother, I thought we have run out of rooms. You...¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I can sleep over with others. That¡¯s all right.¡±

    Hearing that, Mo Qiu fell into silence, all the while looking at Luo Jianqing with a smile.

    Looking calm, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Cultivator Mo, what do you say?¡±

    Mo Qiu asked instead: ¡°Are you bribing me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored his question.

    Mo Qiuughed, ¡°How interesting. The Tai Hua Mountain and Tai Hua disciples. Hahahahahha. Fine, I ept your invitation. But you don¡¯t have to crash with others, I can share the room with you.¡±

    Upon hearing those words, a glint of dim light shed across Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes yet he remained silent.

    After the meal, Luo Jianqing led Wei Qiongyin somewhere outside to ask about the Mo n. After hearing the things about the Mo n, the eyes of Luo Jianqing gradually grew darker. Atst, heughed, ¡°I see. I didn¡¯t know that the Mo n was the leading n of the Eight ns in the ancient times.¡± Then they returned to the tavern.

    That night, Luo Jianqing made a bed on the floor. Seeing that, Mo Qiu asked with a twisted smile: ¡°Little pretty. Do you think I¡¯m a bad sleeper or are you frightened that I might harass you in the middle of the night?¡±

    Luo Jianqign replied nonchntly in a cold tone, ¡°It¡¯s me. I¡¯m the bad sleeper.¡±

    Mo Qiuughed.

    In the midnight, Luo Jianqing was still wide awake. With his robe on, hey on the floor gazing at the ceiling and was reminded of something that happened long time ago.

    In his previous life, after he learned the death of his two little brothers, he risked returning to the North for revenge. But he only found Zuo Yunmo¡¯s sword tassel. What¡¯s worse, he was also attacked by many cultivators from the righteous factions. Wounded as he was, he was simply no match for those assants and so he fled into a valley.

    It was easier to get in than to get out.

    Luo Jianqing was not as fortunate as Li Xiuchen. After Luo fell into the valley, he did not find any magic treasure or medicinal nt, but a skeleton and a letter written in blood. The letter indicated that this corpse was a cultivator of the Mo n. Having failed the mission, he knew that his kin would definitely be isted and even ughtered by others of the Mo n.

    The letter didn¡¯t reveal why the other branches of the Mo n would be so furious by what this man did that they would hold his kin responsible. But the letter harbored such an imcable hatred, that, even after thousands of years, can still be felt when Luo Jianqing read it.

    ¡°My sin had nothing to do with my descendant. Please help them, in return I would give you all my magic treasures, medicinal herbs and all my belongings.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t find any magic treasures and medicinal herbs. All he could find was a skeleton in front of him. However, Luo Jianqing owed him a debt of gratitude, for in order to regain his strength, he had no choice but to absorb all the remaining spiritual power in that skeleton by performing an evil cultivation skill.

    This senior cultivator was an immortal stage expert. Even his bones contained tremendous power, but after the spiritual power was absorbed, the bones turned into a pile of ash and drifted away with the wind.

    Before he left, Luo Jianqing kneeled and kowtowed three times in front of the blood letter. He swore to himself, ¡°It¡¯s my fault that your skeleton has gone with the wind. Given the chance, I will find your descendant and I would do my utmost to protect them.¡±

    That senior cultivator was a member of the Mo n. ording to Wei Qiongyin, a branch of the Mo n had been exiled to the cold in for over tens of thousands of years.

    If it was true, Mo Qiu would probably be the descendant of that senior cultivator.

    Although that happened in his previous life, Luo Jianqing still couldn¡¯t forget the fact that it was the senior cultivator¡¯s skeleton that gave him the chance to get out. It was one thing that he forced Mo Qiu to apologize to Xie Zizhuo and the Tai Hua Mountain, but when it came to his previousmitment to the senior cultivator, it was another story all together.

    ¡°But.... who took the magic treasures and medicinal herbs....¡±

    ¡°Little pretty, what are you saying?¡±

    Surprised, Luo Jianqing looked up and saw Mo Qiu, who was looking at him from the side of the bed with a smile on his pretty face. Luo Jianqing found his smile odd as it didn¡¯t look like one should be showed to his peer, but rather an amiable one an elder would show to a junior cultivator.

    However, from a worldly perspective, Luo Jianqing was indeed a juniorpared to Mo Qiu, as he was more than a dozen years younger than him.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t reply. He closed his eyes and asked, ¡°Cultivator Mo, are you going into the Liu Yan Valley?¡±

    Mo Qiu grinned, ¡°so, are you going inside, too? For Tai Hua Mountain, the opening of Liu Yan Valley is simply too good an opportunity to miss.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Why don¡¯t you go inside with the Mo n? I heard that Mo Feng, the third eldest son of the Mo n hade this time and he would be followed by the other members of the Mo n.¡±

    Mo Qiu remained silent.

    But Luo Jianqing had figured out why.

    His family had been exiled for tens of thousands of years, and so possibly this time he went behind his family¡¯s back and sneaked out to the Liu Yan Valle. Since the Mo n wouldn¡¯t ept him, he wanted to get in as a rogue cultivator.

    Thinking of that, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Cultivator Mo, how about joining us? Even if you can¡¯t get many magic treasures, at least you will have a better chance at getting out alive.¡±

    Mo Qiu gave an inconspicuous smile and suddenly asked, ¡°Luo Jianqing of the Tai Hua Mountain. Why are you being so nice to me? What do you want?¡±

    Luo Jianqing froze a bit. When he opened his eyes, he saw Mo Qiu pulling half of his body away from the bed and staring right at him from a distance of less than three inches.

    As astonished as he was, Luo Jianqing struggled to remain calm. After a while, he said, ¡°If you don¡¯t like it, just forget it.¡±

    Instead of an immediate reply, Mo Qiu looked at the sword texture on Luo¡¯s be, and finally fixed his eye on a little cinnabar mole. Mo Qiu asked, ¡°You have a cinnabar mole on your be?¡±

    ¡°Hmm,¡± muttered Luo Jianqing instead of giving him a direct answer.

    Before Mo Qiu removed his gaze, he took a few more looks out of curiosity. Then he said, ¡°I am used to be a rogue cultivator. There is no need to worry about me. I¡¯m ate-stage Gold Core expert, and so I will have no trouble getting out alive.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t keep persuading him. After all, he had had a tiring day, and he gradually fell asleep

    The next day, when Luo Jianqing opened his eyes, Mo Qiu had already gone. He noticed a few spiritual stones on the table, and when he picked them up, he found a piece of paper. Seeing this, Luo Jianqing put on a smile in resignation.

    Did Mo really think he would like to sleep on the floor all night for a few stones?

    If not for the gratitude he felt towards the senior cultivator, he would have made Mo Qiu pay for what he had done yesterday.

    The next day, before all people got ready to enter the Liu Yan Valley, Wei Qiongyin found Luo Jianqing and told Luo some information he learned yesterday.

    There was indeed a genius disciple named Mo Qiu, and he was the descendant of those who had been exiled to the wastnd. Once he reached the Nascent Soul Level, he would be epted by the Mo n. He also made a name among the younger generation of the Mo n, but he had been living in the wastnd all the time and never showed himself in the thirty-six states.

    Thinking about that, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Mo Qiu is only a hair¡¯s breadth away from the Nascent Soul. I¡¯m afraid his arrival at the Liu Yan Valley was an attempt to break through the Gold Cord level. Once he reaches the Nascent Soul stage, he would be epted by the Mo n and he would not have to go back to the isted wastnd.

    Wei Qiongyin nodded in agreement.

    The disciples of the Tai Hua Mountain were ready to go. Early in the morning, they followed Master Shan to the in outside of the Liu Yan Valley.

    At that time, tens of thousands of rogue cultivators had already been there, and countless small schools had also sent their best disciples. They were not after some big, magic treasures, a little experience to help with their cultivation would do.

    Following Master Shan, Luo Jianqing greeted people from the Four Sects, Eight ns and Sixteen Schools. When he met Mo Feng, Luo Jianqing looked at him up and down, and then he asked, ¡°Cultivator Mo, do you know Mo Qiu?¡±

    Mo Feng was a rather muscr man and he replied with a frown, ¡°Mo Qiu is a member of one of our branch families living in the wastnd. I¡¯ve heard about your conflict with him. Allow me to apologize to the Tai Hua Mountain on his behalf. But I don¡¯t know him that well. He has been living in the wastnd before. I¡¯m afraid this is the first time he hase to the thirty-six states.¡±

    Luo Jianqing agreed with a nod.

    After two hours, the gap between the gate was wide enough for a man to get through. After sweeping a look at Li Xiuchen, a disciple of the Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing slightly squinted his eyes and flew to the gate.

    Meantime, all the cultivators flew to the gate at their fastest speed. All of them wanted to be the first one to get in.

    Luo Jianqing was the fastest among them. He got in as quickly as he could. Seeing that, Master Shan touched his goatee with satisfaction. On the other side, the Master of the Duanhun Sectined ¡°You are the closest to the gate, so you are the first to get in. Let¡¯s see. The second must be one of our men.¡±

    Before he could finish his words, a scarlet figure flew into the gate.

    The master was stunned with his mouth wide open.

    Master Shan was also stunned for a while, and then heughed, ¡°How about that? Elder Liu, I knew that man. He is Mo Qiu, and he was defeated by our eldest disciple, Luo Jianqing. He was forced to apologize to us in the tavern yesterday. Look, your men can¡¯t evenpete with a rogue cultivator.¡±

    Twitching his mouth, the master of the Duanhun Sect almost fainted.

    The Liu Yan Valley was now officially open. Thousands of cultivators rushed in topete for the ultimate prize!

 Chapter 26: The Secret of Seizing lives! Great Magic Treasure! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 26: The Secret of Seizing lives! Great Magic Treasure! (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    LiuYan Valley located on the north of Chang state, which upied one tenth of its vast territory. So it would take 10 days at least to fly around the wholeLiu Yan Valley even for someone who resorted to the Earth-level flying Magic Treasures. In this case, the people here seldom met a soul even he walked outside all day.

    Luo Jianqing told Tai Hua¡¯s disciples the location before they came in the Liu Yan Valley and emphasized that everyone must go that way so that they could gather again in the finally. If anyone of them dared to disobey it, the offender would get severe punishment, from being locked in the Admonition School to being kicked out of the Tai Hua directly!

    Thus, after Luo Jianqing firstly made it to the destination, he was joined by Wei Qiongyin just after half a day.

    Within three days, all the disciples arrived there, includingLi Xiuchen who came unwillingly with a long face.

    Luo Jianqing gave a nce on Li Xiuchen¡¯s face and then he looked around, saying, ¡°Among all the people who came in the Liu Yan Valleythis time, only nine people were from the Tai Hua mountain in total. As I knew, there are ten people who already reached thete-state gold core, especially the disciples of Duan Hun Sect, Yan Su who even had the cultivation of half Nascent soul period.Therefore, the disciples who are in Foundation level need to find their opportunities by their own under the premise of paying attention to the danger. As for the disciples of Qi refining period...¡±

    Luo Jianqing made a pause for a second and then looked at Wei Qiongyin and Xie Zizhuo who stood near him saying with a smile, ¡°Junior sister and brother, considering the high rate of death of the cultivator of Qi refining period in the Liu Yan Valley, I suggest that each of us should take one disciple to protect their life. Of course, about the Magic measure, it depends on their own fate.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin answered and agreed.

    But Xie Zizhuo curled his lips and said,¡±Oh,e on, Senior bro. If it wasn¡¯t that the second senior brother couldn¡¯te here, I didn¡¯t want toe to the fucking Lou Yan Vally at all! Yet I showed up despite all the unwillingness harbored in my heart ! Don¡¯t tell me that I need to take a useless partner with me! Please remember, I¡¯m the senior brother of all the deciples here !¡±

    Everyone¡¯s attention was focused on Li Xiuchen.

    Among these three disciples who were in the Qi refining period, two of them were from Cang Shuang Peak and Bi Can Peak, only Li Xiuchen was from Hao Ming Peak. So what XieZizhuo meant was quite obvious. Li Xiuchen was the disciple from Haoming Peak, but the Big Brother of Hao Ming Peak said he was the senior brother of everyone, which obviously contained an undertone of refusing to be forced to take Li Xiuchen for the adventure.

    Luo Jianqing said graciously,¡± So junior brother, you take care of the junior sister who is from Cang Shuang Peak.¡±

    XieZizhuo giggled, ¡°Senior brother, thanks.¡±

    Luo Jianqing did not reply to him, ¡°Junior sister, then you will take the junior brother from Bi Can Peak. As for the junior brother from Hao Ming Peak, you just follow me.¡±

    Li Xiuchen stepped back a little bit unconsciously, after looking at Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile, he had no other options but to nod.

    Luo Jianqing looked at him with a smile. Soon, they split into six groups to look for their opportunities. The persons who were in Foundation Level each made one group by their own, and each of the three disciples who were in Gold Core Level formed a group with one disciple who was in Qi refining period.

    The junior sister from Cang Shuang Peak saw Luo Jianqing¡¯group leaving in a flying boat, swallowed with envy, saying in a low voice, ¡°Spending one year at the Liu Yan Valley with the Big Brother, how lucky that guy is!¡±

    Hearing what she said, XieZizhuo suddenly stared directly at her,¡± Junior sister, isn¡¯t it good to stay with me?¡±

    Once opening, Liu Yan Valley would keep open for three days. After three days, the door would shut down again and after one year, it would send the survived adventures out automatically.

    After hearing what XieZizhuo asked, the junior sister who was in the ninth level of the Qi refining period lowered her head out of shyness, saying in a low voice, ¡°Senior brother you......are also very good. But everyone in Tai Hua Mountain knows that the Big Brother stays at Yu Xiao Peak all the time, we barely see him. Plus, he is......¡± She flushed ever scarlet and continued, ¡°The Big Brother is so handsome and powerful that lots of female disciples in Tai Hua Mountain admire him. I am......I am one of them.¡±

    XieZizhuo, ¡°......¡±

    After a while, XieZizhuo was unwilling to give up, saying,¡± I may not as handsome as the Big Brother, but I am also good-looking.¡± Then, XieZizhuo swung the folding fan open and asked, ¡°Besides, I am in the first-stage Gold Core Levnd am the Big Brother of Hao Ming Peak. Junior sister, am I qualified......¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s different. Senior brother, the Big Brother is the God in our mind.¡±

    XieZizhuo, ¡°......¡±

    It seemed that she did not notice XieZizhou was frustrated, the junior sister sped her hands tightly and positioned them on her chest,¡± Do you know there is a folk song in Tai Hua Mountain?¡±

    XieZizhuo stopped for a second and then heughed with a weird look in a sudden, ¡°Did you mean that piece of......¡±

    The junior sister nodded immediately, ¡°Yes, that is a folk song for the Big Brother.¡±

    XieZizhuo burst intoughter and switched on his nket-type flying device to take the junior sister to set off. While flying, he said on purpose,¡±Junior sister, make sure you sing this folk song to the Big Brother after you meet him after one year.¡±

    The junior sister was very confused, ¡°......?¡±

    XieZizhuo and the junior sister were thest to leave the gathering ce. Meanwhile, Luo Jianqing had already driven the flying boat for more than 10 miles.

    Luo Jianqing was meditating and cultivating in the flying boat, paying no attention to Li Xiuchen. He did not worry Li Xiuchen would do anything to him, not only because Li Xiuchen was only in fourth level of the Qi refining period, but he also knew Li Xiuchen did not remember the fact that he wanted to kill him in the secret ce.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s memory was erased by some powerful person. He felt suspicious of Luo Jianqing¡¯s identity, but he did not know any fact of any consequence.

    Thus, Luo Jianqing was cultivating hard without worrying anything else. After they entered the secondyer, Li Xiuchen knocked his door open and said,¡± Big...big brother, we have entered into the secondyer area.¡±

    Luo Jianqing opened his eyes, looking at him with a smile, and asked, ¡°So junior brother Li, are you suggesting we should stop?¡±

    Li Xiuchen asked confusedly, ¡°Big Brother, what did you mean by ¡®should stop¡¯?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°It is also my first time entering LiuYan Valley. I know there are so many opportunities in here, but it won¡¯t be easy to find them. Most peopleing to Liuyan Valley for the Yan Fruit, which contains pure spiritual power from the Heaven level demons Master of the fire. It is said to contain a bit of the Fire Principle. We human beings cultivate the Dao, but the demons cultivate the Principle. There are many Fire Fruits in the Liu Yan Valley, but the valley is too big, it is possible that we cannot find even one Yan Fruit within hundreds of miles.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked up at Li Xiuchen indifferently and asked,¡± Junior brother Li, do you think you can find the Fire Fruits if we go down only at the secondyer?¡±

    Liuyan Valley is adle-shaped dangerous ce, with the circle of the edge to be the firstyer. From the outside to the inside, there are nineyers in total. It was said there was a fire river in the core, with mes glowing. As thus, in the Liuyan Valley, the mes and force would get stronger as theyers getting to the core, and ordingly, the Yan Fruit would be easier toe by.

    Li Xiuchen said,¡± There may not be any Fire Fruits in the secondyer and this area is too huge. Senior brother, can we stop at the fourthyer?¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrows and asked,¡± Why?¡±

    Li Xiuchen said,¡± The fourthyer is in the middle, but not too close to the core. I think the enemies we meet there will not be very powerful, but we still can obtain the Fire Fruits.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled and nodded to agree.

    Before leaving, Li Xiuchen rolled his small eyes and could not help but to ask, ¡°Senior brother, you really don¡¯t know...what television is?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was very surprised and asked, ¡°Is it some kind of demon?¡±

    Li Xiuchen shook his head and directly left. Walking in the corridor in the flying boat, Li Xiuchen talked to himself in a low voice, ¡°Seems like he is not transmigrated from the future, which means after Ie, the butterfly effect has been so strong that the whole plots have been changed dramatically. However, I have to follow the plots sooner orter, after all he is one Boss in the beginning of this novel.¡±

    Luo Jianqing did not totally understand what Li Xiuchen was saying, but he could tell Li Liuchen did not suspect his identity and he could feel there was an unconscious killing intent while he was talking.

    Others might not know to whom this killing intent was pointed, but Luo Jianqing knew clearly as long as he recalled the time he was killed by that sword in hisst life.

    A cultivator who was in the fourth level of Qi Refining Period wanted to kill the one who was in the middle-stage of the Gold Core Period, what vain hope it was!

    Others might think it was ridiculous, but Li Xiuchen¡¯s tone was firm and not a touch of hesitation could be sensed .

    Because he was the main character of the book, Seeking Immortality.

    Luo Jianqing took out the book and read through thest chapters once again.

    This book ended in the Liu Yan Valley, which said Li Xiuchen had obtained a lot of treasures in the valley before returning to the Tai Hua Mountain. As a cultivator who was only in the Qi Refining Period, Li Xiuchen escaped from dangerous conditions for so many times and he ran into quite a few natural treasures . In the end, he found a blood-colored fruit which was still burning

    That blood-colored fruit was the goal of Luo Jianqing for this time.

    It was not the Yan Fruit, but it contained huge energy. Only absorbing a tiny bit from its energy, Li Xiuchen¡¯s cultivation base increased from the sixth level to the eighth level of the Qi Refining Period. Besides, the book said Li Xiu Chen hid this fruit which was very useful in the future.

    Luo Jianqing was determined to get the blood-colored fruit.

    It was not only to snatch the treasures of Li Xiuchen, but also to help himself to increase his cultivation base, so he could be much closer to that person!

    ¡°If I was also in the Deity Transformation Period, then how would you deal with it? Wuyin.¡±

    Luo Jianqing had been in the state of cultivation in istion for three days, trying to reach the second level of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.

    The first seize of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record was to seize the nts and the weather.

    This enabled every nt in this world to be away from the control by the Heaven. Why did catkin fly in the spring? Why were flowers withered in the autumn? These were the rules regted by the Heaven, but after seizing the nts and the weather, these nts could improve their cultivation base or be weeds all by their ability.

    As to those rules which were seized, Luo Jianqing had a feeling that after he cultivated to a certain status, he might be able to make the rules.

    The Heaven created the rules and ordered the whole world to obey them. Then, why couldn¡¯t he be the one to make the rules?

    While the second seize of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record was to seize lives, which meant to seize the unfairness prevailing all living creatures.

 Chapter 27: The Secret of Seizing lives! Great Magic Treasure! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 27: The Secret of Seizing lives! Great Magic Treasure! (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Injustice prevailed in thew of nature. While mayfly only lived for one day, Dragons or Demonic Beasts were born with the cultivation equivalent of the Eighth Rank. It should be equal among all the creatures in the world, and no one could outlive the others. There was no difference of lowliness or nobleness between human beings and distinct species ever, even the smallest insect living in the drain was also life.

    This was the real Tao of the Heaven ¡ª All the creatures were equal.

    And the secret of seizing lives actually meant seizing the unfair rules of every life.

    Luo Jianqing sat on the stone bed and meanwhile, he formed a sign incessantly. Soon, an invisible power emanated slowly and then it turned into long strip dancing in the air lightly inside the small boat. The power seemed like it had the special Spiritual Sense and yed naughtily around Luo Jianqing.

    But soon they stopped slowly with the Sense sounded from Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth.

    Suddenly, a blue light explored from Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead and a trefoiled blue lotus showed with bright lights.

    With the cultivation of a cultivator who cultivated the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record increased, a tattoo of the lotus would appear on his forehead. After Luo Jianqing stopped cultivating the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record and turned to cultivating Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, then the tattoo on his forehead became a small trouble for him. But unexpectedly, the trefoiled blue lotus still existed on his forehead even he cultivated the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.

    The only difference was that the blue lotus now became more vivid, shining some spiritual lights faintly.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes were closed tightly while some blue spiritual lights appeared from his figures. Around the spiritual lights, the invisible power began to spin and formed a small whirlpool. Soon, the whirlpool got bigger and bigger and then finally broke the limit space of the boat, extending quickly.

    ¡°Even a yellow flower contains its Prajna, even a blue bamboo owns its Dharmakaya.¡±

    ¡°The Tao of Heaven has its own way, and where is it? In the Equality of All Sentient Beings, in the Constancy of all creatures!¡±

    ¡°The Second Seizure of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, Seizing Lives!¡±

    In an instant, terrible spiritual energy exploded suddenly from Luo Jianqing and spread around uniformly. As the first thing that the spiritual energy reached, Li Xiuchen who stood on the boat was immediately wrapped up by the invisible power like a cocoon. However, at the moment when the power tried to seize his naturalw, a lot of spiritual lights showed on Li Xiuchen.

    The power stopped for a while and then released Li Xiuchen helplessly, leaving disdainfully after it gave a flick of its long strip to Li Xiuchen.

    Of course, Li Xiuchen knew nothing about what was taking ce right now. Standing still on the boat, he looked at the Liu Yan Valley with a curious look.

    After this, the power flew toward the Liu Yan Valley quickly and swept countless low-level Demonic Beasts, even a fifthyer Demonic Beast was included! In this world, one fifthyer Demonic Beast owned the same cultivation of a cultivator in the Gold Core. And some fifthyer Demonic Beast with spiritual sense even could talk. As the only Demonic Beasts that could feel the invisible power, it struggled crazily.

    However, no matter how hard it struggled, resplendent starlight still flew away from the fifth-rank Demonic Beasts after the time for a cup of tea, being absorbed by Luo Jianqing¡¯s body immediately.

    With his eyebrows drawn together tightly, the blue light on Luo Jianqing was getting brighter and brighter.

    His cultivation increased so greatly that he immediately reached the level of full middle-stage of Gold Core, which just one more power needed and he could reach thete-stage Gold Core easily.

    The Second Seizure of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, Seizing Lives, he finally cultivated!

    ....

    The flying boat kept flying forward. No matter where it arrived, the invisible power swept everything along the way and every single ce it reached, the invisible power would absorb all the naturalw of the creatures, leaving no exception. What¡¯s more, it never gave up on watching Li Xiuchen with its covetous eyes (if it had eyes), wondering how to absorb all his naturalw sessfully.

    But it couldn¡¯t, considering his powerful naturalw which even could be seen from one hundred kilometers away.

    Due to the influence of invisible power, a lot of cultivators who just arrived the Liu Yan Valley found that during this time, many Demonic Beasts and spiritual nts had undergone some things against thew of the nature, such as the Dark Sands Snake which should be born with third rank cultivation, but now they were in the second rank cultivation! And the ck Fire Flower which would never reach the fourthyer, but now they did!

    ¡°Maybe it¡¯s because of the difference of the geographical conditions between the Liu Yan Valley and others?¡±

    No one could exin it.

    Seven dayster, Luo Jianqing and Li Xiuchen arrived on the fourthyer of the Liu Yan Valley.

    Luo Jianqing took the flying boat back to the Interspatial Ring, and then they stepped on the hot sands and stones, walking on the Liu Yan Vally step by step.

    Due to his low cultivation, Li Xiuchen was very d to walk with Luo Jianqing since it would help a lot if he got Luo Jianqing to rely on. But meanwhile, he still remembered the day when he came into the relic of Sir Bei Dou, Luo Jianqing ordered someone to cover his mouth and fixed his body with a spell, which was really a shame! Therefore, now as the only person he could count on right now, Li Xiuchen still kind of fear him.

    But after getting along with him for some days, Li Xiuchen realized surprisingly that maybe Luo Jianqing forgot it.

    One time, Li Xiuchen asked Luo Jianqing carefully, but Luo Jianqing asked him back with a surprised look, ¡°So it was you, the junior brother at that time?¡±

    Actually, it made sense. Back then, he thought Luo Jianqing was also a person who transmigrated to this world like him, so he sent out a few cautious feelers and as return, he was kicked by Luo Jianqing for several times. And then when they were in the relic of Sir Bei Dou, maybe he had said something wrong so Luo Jianqing punished him as his Senior brother.

    So in fact, Luo Jianqing was not so bad to him, at least, Luo Jianqing treated him better than Xie Zizhuo.

    Thinking of this, Li Xiuchen¡¯s perspective on Luo Jianqing changed. After being bullied by many persons in the Hao Ming peak, Li Xiuchen had learned how to forbear his anger. Ten times Xie Zizhuo provoked him, Li Xiuchen could ignore him for two times. It was great progress, right?

    Li Xiuchen said, ¡°Big brother, how about we take a break here?¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°Okay.¡±

    Look! What a nice easy-going personpared to Xie Zizhuo!

    Luo Jianqing acted normal and calm like he had no desire about the Magic treasures in the Liu Yan Valley and just kept cultivating. If Li Xiuchen asked him to stop for a rest, he stopped. And if Li Xiuchen told him that it was the time to go, he followed. Therefore, Li Xiuchen gradually rxed and let down his guard against Luo Jianqing.

    But along the way, Luo Jianqing saw many Yan Fruit.

    It was a bit wired since they couldn¡¯t find even one Yan Fruit although they had searched it for three days before, now they found eight Yan Fruits within one day!

    Luo Jianqing was quite generous with these Yan Fruits. He did not take any of those which Li Xiuchen was able to reach and he only took whichever Li Xiuchen was unable to reach.

    This made Li Xiuchen feel more grateful to him. He even decided to totally let go of the fact that Luo Jianqing kicked him on his face and gagged him.

    There was even one time Li Xiuchen whispered ¡°I will try my best to defeat the BOSS as fast as I can in the future¡± at midnight.

    Li Xiuchen did not know that Luo Jianqing¡¯s hearing was much better than a normal Gold-Core-Period cultivator, even better than many Nascent-Soul-Period cultivators. Even if Li Xiuchen did not make a sound, only blowing out air, Luo Jianqing still could understand what he was saying.

    After more than one month¡¯s walk, the two had found many treasures. Li Xiuchen looked at Luo Jianqing gratefully, while Luo Jianqing was very calm.

    Li Xiuchen appreciated Luo Jianqing. But Luo Jianqing knew that even he gave a small part of the treasures he encountered to Li Xiuchen, the gain of this month was more than what he had obtained within half a year in hisst life.

    The Heaven¡¯s Way was never fair. Li Xiuchen stopped to have a rest, and just like that he secured a Yan Fruit after stepping on the sand. However, Luo Jianqing had to kill a five-level demonic beast to obtain one Yan Fruit.

    After walking for another three days, the two finally encountered people from Duan Hun Sect.

    Unlike Tai Hua Mountain, the disciples of which divided into different groups in order to find more opportunities, the disciples in Duan Hun Sect all stayed together. The cultivation base of their leader Yan Su was Half Nascent Soul Period. So when he appeared in a sudden, Luo Jianqing opened his eyes and raised his head to look at him.

    Their eyesight met in the air.

    After a long time, Yan Su greeted him while cupping his hands as a salute:¡± Fellow cultivator Luo.¡±

    Luo Jianqing followed suit:¡± Fellow cultivator Yan.¡±

    Yan Su asked:¡± It looks like fellow cultivators from Tai Hua Mountain were separated to look for the opportunities in small groups? ¡±

    Luo Jianqing kept quiet with a smile, not answering his question.

    Meanwhile, a female, wearing a blue cheongsam, who was standing next to Yan Su suddenly started to talk with a high-pitched voice:¡± Senior brother, I saw that guy picked up one Yan Fruit and then dug out of one Yan Fruit from the sand.¡±

    The eyes of disciples from Duan Hun Sect were focused on Liu Xiuchen, who was standing next to Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing also looked at Liu Xiuchen with surprise.

    ...Liu Xiuchen only went out for a walk for 15 minutes, and he had found two Yan Fruits?!

    The nine people from Duan Hun Sect were all staring at Li Xiuchen, the female in blue said with jealousy that Li Xiuchen was only in Qi Refining Period that he did not deserve to own this many Yan Fruits. But Yan Su waved his hand to discontinue her, and he took one step forward and asked:¡± Fellow cultivator Luo, may I ask how many Yan Fruits do you guys have?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face clouded up after he heard his question.

    While Yan Su added:¡± I know my question was rude, but I have to tell you, we, nine people from Duan Hun Sect, have been looking for two months, only finding four Yan Fruits.¡±

    Instead of being angry, Luo Jianqing started tough: ¡°Is it rted to me that you have only obtained four Yan Fruits?¡±

    Yan Su said:¡± Fellow cultivator Luo, I have been always looking up to you, the first disciple of Tai Hua Mountain. But junior sisters and brothers risked their lives to enter Liu Yan Valley. In Liu Yan Valley, it ismon to kill a person and seize the treasure. There is even a rule which says that all conflicts will be considered as it has never been happened after you are out of Liu Yan Valley. Tai Hua Mountain and Duan Hun Sect have both signed the contract¡ª¡ªIn Liu Yan Valley, life and death are pre-ordained, and riches and honourse from God.¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied indifferently: ¡°So?¡±

 Chapter 28: The Secret of Seizing lives! Great Magic Treasure! (3)

    <h4>Chapter 28: The Secret of Seizing lives! Great Magic Treasure! (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Yan Su said sincerely, ¡°It seems that he got the God blessed and gained many Yan Fruit without being noticed as well. Brother Luo, I promise you that Duan Hun Sect¡¯ll never be your enemy in the Liu Yan Vally...¡±

    Boom!

    Blue sword energy suddenly burst up and rushed toward Yan Su. It happened so quick that Yan Su took out his Ghost Axe to meet the sudden attack immediately, heedless of finishing his words.

    Meanwhile, Luo Jianqing took out the Floating Frost Sword and then kicked Li Xiuchen away from him, running forward to Yan Su.

    Yan Su raised his Ghost Axe up and met the attacks. Just within a breath, they had already exchanged several moves.

    Yan Su tried to be a nice guy and persuaded, ¡°Brother Luo. Such a disciple in the Qi refining period doesn¡¯t worth you to fight against me.¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed out, ¡°Do you think that I¡¯m doing it for him to fight against Duan Hun sect??¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Yan Su nodded.

    With a cold sword light hewed out, Luo Jianqing said angrily, ¡°As a disciple of Tai Hua, I¡¯ll bow down to no man, let alone the person like you! For the fame of Tai Hua, I must make you apologize for what you did!¡±

    No one could threat the disciples of Tai Hua!

    Both of them kept fighting in the air. The long sword crashed with the huge axe, sshing metal sparks. At this time, there were eight peopleing to Li Xiuchen and Luo Jianqing hewed them down with one stroke of the sword, forcing them to stop. Yan Su¡¯s fellow disciples were they.

    Yan Su¡¯s face changed and said coldly, ¡°Brother Luo, don¡¯t tell me that you want to fight against 9 people alone.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stepped forward and crooked his finger, then the Floating Frost Sword flew back to his hand.

    He smiled indifferently, ¡± So what?¡±

    Standing on the yellow sands under the burning sun, in a blue gown, he was so eye-catching with a cold long sword in his hand and confronting a group of 9 persons. One man guarded the pass, ten thousand were unable to get through! The intimidating Qi from Luo Jianqing forced them to lower their head subconsciously, even Yan Su who had the cultivation of the fullte-stage gold core dared not to look at him directly.

    Next second, they fought against each other at the same time after the short silence!

    With a cold sword-light shed, the right hands of three disciples in the Foundation level from Duan Hun sect were shot directly so that they lost their fighting strength for a while. And the other three disciples in the Qi refining period hadn¡¯t joined the war yet. Therefore, for now, only two disciples in the early-stage gold core and Yan Su stood in front of Luo Jianqing.

    ¡°The Heaven Separated Ghost Axe!¡±

    ¡°The thunderbolt of the sword!¡±

    Of course, this fight basically could be said as the fight between Luo Jianqing and Yansu.

    However, although as Sir Hao Xingzi said before that no one under the cultivation of Nascent Soul Period could beat Luo Jianqing, Yan Su also reached the level of a half step to the Nascent Soul Period. With the assistant of two cultivators in gold core level who would plot against Luo Jianqing as some time, Luo Jianqing was slowly at a disadvantage and suffered many injuries.

    Now, a lot of dark light gathered on Yan Su¡¯s huge axe and many ghosts flew out. The sky turned into dark slowly blowing the cold wind. With the scary screaming, countless ghosts rushed toward Luo Jianqing quickly. Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrank and flew up immediately.

    ¡°Seizing the seasons!¡±

    ¡°One Sword Turns Nine-pedaled Lotus!¡±

    Nine blue sword-lights showed and formed a blue lotus formation, thrusting the countless ghost in front of him. After the blue lotus formation dashed against the ghosts, they engaged each other in a battle. And meanwhile, Yan Su gritted his teeth and spat out mouthful blood, which sessfully increased the power of the ghosts on the Ghost Axe.

    At this time, another two cultivators in the gold core of Duan Hun sect were running toward Luo Jianqing from each side together!

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead oozed sweat slowly, but he didn¡¯t have enough power to stop their sneak raids. At the moment he decided to end inmon ruin with his enemies and resort to the Second Seizure of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record at the cost of all his spiritual energy, he suddenly heard a sound breaking the wind of a spiritual powering from a distance.

    ¡°Ah! It hurt!¡±

    ¡°Who is it!¡±

    The red blood whip pierced the shoulder of an early- stage gold core cultivator and got through the palm of another early-stage gold core cultivator. With the softughter, the blood whip was taken back by its owner. A blood-red man slowly came over, smiling,¡± Nine against one. It¡¯s interesting.¡±

    Other Duan Hun Sect cultivators shouted,¡± Who are you. Don¡¯t interfere with the affairs of Duan Hun Sect.¡±

    Hearing these, Luo Jianqing narrowed his eyes and Yan Su even pulled a long face. Yan Su hurried to take back his big axe. And he flew to other Duan Hun Sect disciples and looked at the man in red who had arrived here suddenly.

    ¡°My name? You don¡¯t deserve to know it.¡± Mo Qiu smiled and covered his lips. He reached Luo Jianqing and said,¡± I just can¡¯t bear to see you guys gang up and bully one. I am fed up with you.¡±

    Duan Hun Sect disciple was dissatisfied and said: ¡°Brother Luo hurt our three disciples of Qi refining period.¡±

    Mo Qiu said with a strange tone, ¡°It¡¯s said that death and life have determined appointments, riches and honors depend upon the heaven in Liu Yan Valley. You lost. Aren¡¯t you ashamed to live on?

    ¡°How dare you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned his head to Mo Qiu and showed a fist-and-palm salute, ¡°Brother Mo, thanks.¡±

    Mo Qiu waved, ¡°Don¡¯t mention it. I always hate the guys from Duan Hun Sect.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was surprised,¡± You have a connection with Duan Hun Sect? You have ever been to thirty-six states?

    Mo Qiu suddenly squinted, ¡°you have done a survey of me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was silent.

    At this moment, the atmosphere between Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu suddenly went somber. Seeing that, Yan Su clenched his big axe in his hand and just wanted to attack secretly. As unexpected, suddenly the sky in the east burst into a blood red light. The great power fell and rolled up the dust. The wind howled.

    Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu and Yan Su looked at each other.

    ¡°There is a treasure to be born.¡±

    Three people went straight to the center of the pressure like lights.

    Luo Jianqing was fastest when flying. To his surprise, it was Mo Qiu that followed him closely and Yan Su was left so far behind.

    Luo Jianqing hurried to speed up, but Mo Qiu still followed him closely. Soon, Yan Su was nowhere to see.

    In the face of such a treasure, each one carried on his own way, just as Yan Su also left his younger brothers and sisters.

    When Luo Jianqing arrived, he happened to see that Li Xiuchen was cut by a cultivator of foundation level. Luo Jianqing never nced at Li Xiuchen, he directly looked at the blood red fruit in the middle of the sandpit.

    Luo Jianqing opened his eyes wide and even stopped breathing for a moment.

    Here came the voice of Mo Qiu by the side of Luo Jianqing,¡± The man in front of you seems to be a disciple of your Tai Hua Mountain. He was cut and in danger. You can save him in time. Why don¡¯t you save him?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said,¡± Brother Mo, you see it wrong. I don¡¯t see our Tai Hua Mountain disciple.¡±

    Mo Qiu raised his eyebrow surprisingly and he didn¡¯t say anything more.

    Here was a sunken sand dune whose radius was about ten miles.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes were fixed on the blood red fruit, but he did not move. Because he knew although Mo Qiu was talking to him nicely at this moment, as long as he took action, Mo Qiu would stop him with his whip. Likewise, when Mo Qiu moved, he would draw his sword.

    In order to return the kindness of the predecessor of the Mo family in his previous life, Luo Jianqing would never kill Mo Qiu, but this did not mean that Luo Jianqing would give up such a treasure.

    There was a stalemate at this moment.

    The rouge cultivators of Foundation Level who were being onlookers saw two cultivators of gold core level suddenly and were totally shocked, not daring to make any movement. Before long, Yan Su flew here and saw the blood red fruit surprisingly. He said,¡± Is it a spiritual herb above seventh grade?

    The spiritual herbs in the world were divided into nine grades. Most of the spiritual herbs above the seventh had their own consciousness. The eighth grade could have talented skills, and ninth grade could even turn into human forms. In the past thousand years, no one had ever seen it!

    It was strange that the blood red fruit seemed unconscious, though it exerted overwhelming power. But there was no doubt that it was a spiritual herb at least above the sixth grade. The ordinary me fruit couldn¡¯t match it.

    The fruit created immense fluctuations with its born. Gradually, lots of cultivators were drawn over.

    Luo Jianqing finally understood why he had no idea of the fruit in his previous life. Such a horrible fruit was on the fourthyer of Liu Yan Valley, not the innermost! At this time in his another life, he went to the eighthyer of Liu Yan Valley with great difficulty. How could he know what happened on the fourthyer?

    This time, he finally saw it.

    Mo Qiu was right just now. Luo Jianqing indeed could have saved Li Xiuchen, but he didn¡¯t.

    Li Xiuchen was not useful for him anymore for this adventure. Since he had found the spiritual herb, for the sake of Heaven Dao, he wouldn¡¯t kill Li Xiuchen with his sword. But as for Li Xiuchen¡¯s next trial, it had nothing to do with Luo Jianqing.

    As the saying went, when shepherds quarreled, the wolf had a winning game. The book said that Li Xiuchen finally got this fruit. But this time, Luo Jianqing would not give him the chance.

    Around the sunken sand dune, hundreds of cultivators slowly gathered.

    The cultivators of gold core level all flew in the sky. The cultivators of foundation level and Qi refining period didn¡¯t give up and stayed around and waited for a chance. In the beginning, only Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were in a stalemate, butter Yan Su joined them.

    After a half-day stalemate, threete-stage gold core sessors from one mountain andte-stage gold core sister-Ming Hua Fairy from Fei Hua Sect also arrived here.

    There were a total of sixte-stage gold core cultivators besides Luo Jianqing.

    Seven people looked at others carefully. No one would move first.

    In this way, seven forces and hundreds of cultivators had been a deadlock at the sand dune for three days.

    On the morning of the third day, it seemed that the blood red fruit moved slightly and flew to Mo Qiu and fell into his arms.

    Mo Qiu seemed to be prepared early. He turned around and ran with the fruit.

    Luo Jianqing was nearest to Mo Qiu. When he saw it, he immediately pulled up his sword and stopped Mo Qiu before he left the dune.

    Next, numerous spiritual attacks went straight to Mo Qiu who was in red.

    ¡°The Heaven Separated Ghost Axe! ¡±

    ¡°Flower Sounds.¡±

    White Snow Spear.

    ¡°The Heaven Phoenix Jade Kill¡±

    ¡°Cloud and Sun broken Arrow¡±

    Suddenly, noticing that so many attacks hade to Mo Qiu. Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes narrowed. It was only a second of hesitation. He actually turned to the fivete-stage cultivators and pulled up his sword.

    ¡°Seizing seasons.¡±

    ¡°Seizing lives.¡±

    ¡°One Sword turns nine-pedaled Lotus.¡±

 Chapter 29: He Cultivated in Fiend Method?!(1)

    <h4>Chapter 29: He Cultivated in Fiend Method?!(1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

    Green Lotus Nine Swords Formation collided with innumerable spiritual power!

    All the attacks from the cultivator in the Qi Condensation level or Foundation Establishment level on the ground had just scratched the surface and didn¡¯t work a lot, even some gold core cultivators couldn¡¯t hurt him at all, except for the five cultivators who were in thete-stage Gold Core. Just like a mountain of a wave, their attacks rushed to him crazily with five people¡¯s cultivation gathered, breaking the Green Lotus Nine Swords Formation. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help but grunt, and blood watered from the corner of his mouth.

    Standing in the lead of the five people was the first disciple of Duan Hun sect, Yan Su.

    Yan Su stepped forward and looked at Luo Jianqing coldly, asking in a chilling voice, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Luo, what do you mean!¡±

    Luo Jianqing kept Mo Qiu behind, and even with the blood on the corner of his mouth, he still stayed calm and never lost poise. He said calmly, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Mo saved me before, and as the return, I¡¯ll never leave him in danger!¡±

    The seventh son of Bai Familyughed slightly, and he took back the fans, ¡°So, Fellow Cultivator Luo¡¯s going to fight against all of us, alone?¡±

    Just when he finished his words, Mo Qiu¡¯s gentle voice sounded, ¡°Not alone. He got me here!¡±

    Luo Jianqing trembled slightly and felt a bit gratified from the bottom of his heart.

    At least Mo Qiu wasn¡¯t the guy who acted perfidiously and secretly ran away when he stopped them just now.

    With the white robe on him, Bai Qi was a handsome and impressive guy when they met on the entrance of the Liu Yan Vally, but now, his white clothes were stained by the sands and his face wasn¡¯t clean anymore. Hearing what Mo Qiu said, a light shed in his eyes and he asked, ¡°So you are Mo Qiu from the Mo Family. I¡¯ve heard about you a lot like you¡¯re the talent disciple of the sinners. You know what, Bai family had a good rtionship from generation to generation with Mo Family and My auntie was the daughter of Mo Family. I know that it must cost you a lot to cultivate such a level for you in the Cold Desert. If you can give the Yan Fruit to us, I¡¯ll promise to help you to get in the Mo Family!¡±

    Bai Qi¡¯s words finished, and he got no response, except for the sound of the wind blowing through the dune.

    His face changed, and asked sputteringly, ¡°Have you heard what I said? What does your expression mean!¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked back curiously and saw that Mo Qiu rolled his eyes and sneered, ¡°It means that I heard someone was farting.¡±

    Bai Qi was irritated, ¡°You son of...!¡±

    The war might break out at any moment!

    Bai Qi raised the white spear on his hand and pointed at Mo Qiu directly. The head of the spear was made by some kind of material like jade so that it reflected bright color under the sunshine. His spiritual power gathered on the head of the long spear constantly, and suddenly Bai Qi flew up, with his sharp spear stabbed toward Mo Qiu!

    Meanwhile, a horrible storm formed behind Bai Qi. As soon as it showed up, the whole dune was forced to lower considerably immediately by its terrible power, let alone all the trembling cultivators under the level of the Foundation Establishment.

    This was the second shoot of Snow white seven shoots, Snow-white spear!

    At this time, Bright Flower Faerie who stood bear Bai Qi yed the unknown Chinese zither which looked nothing special. With her soft hands yed on the strings, the Chinese zither began to tremble slightly and its power became stronger and stronger. The moment she yed the ninth note, she opened her eyes widely and waved her hand.

    ¡°Flowers bloom and I don¡¯t, when I bloom, they all fall!¡±

    ¡°Sound of the flowers!¡±

    Just now, they used their unique skills when they met Mo Qiu¡¯s attack, but it happened so quickly that they weren¡¯t 100% prepared and didn¡¯t use all the power. That was also why Luo Jianqing could stop them for a while temporarily. But now, both of them attacked with all their power. Around them, the rolling spiritual power told everybody silently how scary their unique skills were actually!

    Seeing that, Yan Su and the other two people prepared to fight back, but suddenly, a figure wearing blue clothes showed up in front of them.

    An excited ng sounded from the Floating Frost Sword in his hand, the handsome cultivator, Luo Jianqing smiled faintly and said, ¡°Hey, you! Your opponent is me!¡±

    Yan Su squinted and rushed toward with his Ghost Axe without any mercy.

    Meanwhile, the other two disciples also jumped and flew to Luo Jianqing with their bow and sword.

    The war started!

    It was no surprise when they saw Luo Jianqing could stop the unique skills of Yan su and the others, after all, he was Tai Hua¡¯s first disciple. However, when Mo Qiu waved his blood long whip and stopped Bai Qi and Bright Flower Faerie¡¯s shoots, all of them opened their eyes widely with disbelief.

    ¡°I never know that there was an extra dark horse in the 36 states!¡±

    Luo Jianqing yed his long sharp sword and used the second seize of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record at the beginning with no reserve.

    All the spiritual energy ran together to him. Seizing lives, bnced all the creature!

    His Green Lotus Nine Swords Formation crashed into every raider and Mo Qiu still didn¡¯t take the blood fruit back to the Interspatial Ring. He held it with one hand and waved his long whip to fight Bai Qi and Bright Flower Faerie.

    Countless spiritual power crashed on the ground constantly and made one after one hole. Many cultivators hid near trying to seize a chance and grab the blood fruit. But after some unlucky cultivators were killed by Yan Su¡¯s undifferentiated attack, the others hid far away immediately.

    The Snow-white spear, soft but dangerous flowers¡¯ sound, horrible Ghost Axe, the shining sharp arrow...

    And the long blooded wipe and the Green Lotus Nine Swords Formation could break the sky!

    The most excellent generation were fighting here across the whole Xuan Tian maind!

    The warsted for one day and one night. All their Interspatial Ring had enough medicine to recover their spiritual power, so the war never stopped! Even the onlookers dared not to let down the guard and kept their attention to the war carefully so that they could find a chance in the first time. After all, a quarrel which benefited only a third party.

    But what surprised them it was Luo Jianqing that fell into the dangerous situation slowly and passively hit back while the unknown Mo Qiu gained the upper hand in his fight. Bai Qi seemed like that he had no extra power to fight back but hardly epted every single move from Mo Qiu, Bright Flower Faerie was having a hard time too.

    Soon, Bai Qi spit blood and flew back quickly. Bright Flower Faerie followed suit and her Chinese zither broke at the same time.

    Then Mo Qiu waved his long whip to Luo Jianqing, breaking one of the ghost shadows cast by Yan Su¡¯s ghost axe.

    Mo Qiu said seriously,¡± Sorry, I¡¯mte. Luo Jianqing.¡±

    With a pale face, Luo Jianqing smiled faintly, ¡°not quite so.¡±

    After this, both of thembined against themon enemies!

    One was the first disciple of Tai Hua in the middle-stage gold core level and the other was just a Mo Family¡¯s sinner that nobody knew before in Liu Yan Vally.

    But when they fought together, not only Yan Su but also the others got into trouble immediately. They fought for several rounds, but in the end, the bowstring of onepetitor from Geng Family got broken and the girl from Yun family was badly injured. Although Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu also got heavily injured and attacking in the air weakly, they looked at Yan Su who was at the same situation fiercely.

    Seeing this, Yan Su curled his lips. He thought for a while with his eyebrows drawn together, and then he said unwillingly, ¡°let¡¯s go!¡±

    He ran away!

    All the people around burst out exmation.

    This war would be well-known in the whole Liu Yan Valley and Chang State and, all the 36 states in the Xuan Tian maind alike!

    Hearing Yan Su¡¯s words, Bai Qi and Bright Flower Faerie decided to follow suit. As for the girl of Yun Family and the guy from Geng Family, they also slunk away after hesitating for a second.

    Luo Jianqing heaved a sigh secretly and was about to look at Mo Qiu near him. But unexpectedly, as soon as he just turned his sight, all the hair on his body suddenly stood up when he met Mo Qiu¡¯s pretty eyes where he saw that countless spiritual power attacked toward them.

    Obviously, those scoundrels feigned defeat, and a sneak attack was what they were really up to!

    ¡°One Sword Turns Nine-pedaled Lotus!¡±

    ¡°Blood Shadow Wipe!¡±

    At the same time, they attacked back but it was toote so that they couldn¡¯t get enough time to hide but were forced to fly out. Luo Jianqing was hit to fall on the warm sands. He raised his Floating Frost Sword calling the lighting and was going to fight back. However, suddenly, he felt that he was felling down in the sands.

    ¡°Luo Jianiqing! Get out of there!¡±

    It was Mo Qiu¡¯s voice came from far away anxiously.

    Luo Jianqing opened his eyes widely. He now finally realized what happened to him now.

    ¡°OMG! It was the ghost drift sands!¡±

    ¡°Holy crap! The ghost drift sands is hidden near the dune!¡±

    Ghost drift sands, one kind of special dangerous situation in Liu Yan Valley, which had nothing different from the normal sands if you saw it from the surface. But once somebody stepped on it, it would run as the water until he was swallowed up. It wouldn¡¯t kill you by absorbing your spiritual power but the one would never get rid of it, even the cultivator who was in thete-stage gold core level was doomed not to get out.

    Yan Su and the others stood in the air and looked at Luo Jianqing carefully who was now in the center of the ghost drift sands. They knew clearly that they would definitely die if they fell in the ghost drift sands. So they just watched aside waiting for that Luo Jianqing disappeared in the ghost drift sands and then they could kill Mo Qiu and grabbed the blood fruit.

    Seeing that half of his body was swallowed by the ghost drift sands, Bright Flower Faerie frowned and sighed, ¡°He is the first disciple of Tai Hua. Is it all right if we didn¡¯t help and watch him die? How are we going to justify ourselves to Tai Hua if they ask?¡±

    Bai Qi responded, ¡°Bright Flower Faerie, maybe you forgot that life and death are decreed by fate in the Liu Yan Valley. It¡¯s not us who killed him but the ghost drift sands.¡±

    Bright Flower Faerie averted her eyes and said worriedly in a low voice, ¡°But his master was the legendary Sir, Xuan Lingzi.¡±

    All the people who heard that were shocked. Later, Yan Su said, ¡°But the rules were made by all the sects, even the Xuan Lingzi cannot break it.¡±

    Of course, Luo Jianqing now couldn¡¯t hear the words that they were talking about at all. He kept trying to use different magic tools and moves to get out, but he failed. It was known by everyone that no matter who touched the ghost drift sands, he would be swallowed up!

    An rm bell rang in his heart, but there was nothing difference showed on his face. Meanwhile, all the people on the site couldn¡¯t help but sigh in their heart when they saw Luo Jianqing¡¯s calm and handsome face. Such a talent young cultivator, now he would die here.

    Yeah, he had Super roots!

    He got nobody as his opponent under the level of the Nascent Soul!

    He was the first disciple of Tai Hua and the son of Yu Xiao peak!

    But so what?

    On the road of every genius grew, it was always filled with danger. Everyone would probably die at any time.

    Power meant anything in the cultivated world even for the one who was called genius, he would lose his life without enough power.

    Sweats broke out on his pale forehead. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice that the red nevus on his forehead became more and more bright as if it would burn in the next second. The moment when the ghost drift sands swallowed his shoulder and his red nevus burned, suddenly...

    ¡°Luo Jianqing!¡±

    One hand grabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s arms out of the ghost drift sands.

    Luo Jianqing looked at them directly surprisingly and saw a charming cultivator who wore a red robe flying in the air and holding his hand, saying, ¡°Don¡¯t tell me that you will die of the ghost drift sands? I don¡¯t think that you are so weak as the disciple of Xuan Lingzi. Luo Jianqing,e on!¡±

    Thest thing all the cultivator on the site saw was Mo Qiu¡¯s smile.

 Chapter 30: He Cultivated in Fiend Method?!(2)

    <h4>Chapter 30: He Cultivated in Fiend Method?!(2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Just within a breath, two mega talented cultivators disappeared in the ghost drift sands. Then it resumed peace like the ordinary sands as nothing happened before. But they all knew huge danger washiding under its surface.

    Bright Flower Faerie sighed, ¡°They took the blood fruit. Well, it¡¯s a good funeral object for them.¡±

    After saying that, she left.

    The girl of Yun Family hesitated for a while but then she also left directly.

    Bai Qi searched around for a long time but found nothing. Finally, he could just fly away unwillingly.

    Besides, the guy from Geng Family turned away as well.

    Yan Su was thest one who left there. Being armored by the Ghosts Shadows, he ran his spiritual sense searching the ghost drift sands. But unfortunately, the ghost drift sands blocked his spiritual mind outside as if it locked the door, leaving a secret space inside.

    Yan Su sliced through the ghost drift sands and then left angrily.

    The whole dune became peace again, and hundreds of cultivators stayed there for three days. After confirming that indeed nothing happen again, they all left with pity. But no one knew that after Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were swallowed up by the ghost drift sands, they quickly lost their spiritual power!

    On the road opened by their spiritual power, they kept falling!

    It was a dark deep road and nobody knew where the end was so that they couldn¡¯t do anything but running their spiritual power and going ahead.

    However, as a cultivator who just had a cultivation of the mid-stage gold core, Luo Jianqing soon ran out of his power and passed out. Immediately, Mo Qiu pulled his hand. His blood power kept burning until it was used up. Mo Qiu sneered, ¡°Only you, it was not enough to kill me.¡±

    Next second, powerful evil power exploded!

    They fell faster, and before the red nevus on Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead was about to wake up but now its light became dark slowly.

    The ck evil power burning crazily and brought them fall deeper and deeper.

    It was like after one day or one month...

    They finally got out of the dark road and stranded near a burning river. Mo Qiu¡¯s power was exhausted. His face turned pale and after he spat mouthful blood with ck spiritual light, he lost his minds. The blood fruit rolled to Luo Jianqing and stopped next to his left hand.

    Three days passed by...

    And seven days, ten days, one hundred days...

    They all fell intoa deeply. The ck evil power on Mo Qiu kept springing up, fixing his broken meridians. But Luo Jianqing was at death¡¯s door now. He was badly injured during the fighting before and then he stayed in the ghost drift sands for a long time which ran out his power. Now, his Elixir Field was withering slowly.

    In the Ling Yun Hall on the Tai Hua mountain, the light of his Destinymp on the second floor dimmed down slowly.

    At the moment themp was about to extinct, Luo Jianqing¡¯s red nevus suddenly burned near the burning river. Meanwhile, a figure in a white gown showed up.

    Noticing Luo Jianqing¡¯s situation now, the mysterious Sir¡¯s face changed a lot. As soon as he was going to use his power to fix Luo Jianqing¡¯s broken meridians and Elixir Field, he saw the blood fruit.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s pupils shrunk, ¡°How strong this power is!¡±

    He reached out and drove the blood fruit to his hand, then he made a Hand-seals without any hesitate, turning the blood fruit around in the air. Soonter, much bloody power flew out and immerged into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    After spinning for twenty-four hours, the volume of blood fruit reduced to fist-size. At present, the natural color had revived on Luo Jianqing¡¯s face, and his breath had been smooth. His Elixir field that withered before became animate again, meanwhile, his meridians from heads to foot was connected.

    Xuan Lingzi looked down, stared at the Blood Fruit, and knitted his brows. After confirming that the blood fruit owned pure spirit power, he poured it into the elixir filed of Luo Jianqing with relieve. He used the prestige of a cultivator in deity transformation period to force blood fruit to sign an agreement with Luo Jianqing, which made blood fruit rotating gently in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body and spilling over spirit power constantly.

    At this time, Xuan Lingzi had time to turn around and looked at the strange male cultivator in red not far from here.

    Out-of-body of Primordial life, even though it was merely half of the primordial life, would extremely consume energy. And even Xuan Lingzi would felt extremely exhausted to handle with. Thus when he sealed half of his primordial life in the cinnabar mole by Tu Na breathing, he would never appear unless Luo Jianqing¡¯s life was at risk or Luo Jianqing was in a great emotional fluctuation.

    Because every time he appeared, his noumenon would suffer great damage.

    Xuan Lingzi also did not know how many times could his primordial life save Luo Jianqing for Liu Yan valley was a million miles away from Taihua mountain

    While in deep sleep, Xuan Lingzi could only roughly perceive what happened to Luo Jianqing, such as this strange male cultivator, which he did not have too many memories but he knew that this strange cultivator had saved his apprentice several times.

    Staring at the ck devil qi around his body, Xuan Lingzi sighed,

    ¡°What a pity that he had congealed devil Qi during Nascent Soul. This extraordinary cultivation talent was unexpectedly from a low level of the first level spiritual bone of, what¡¯s more, it was devil cultivation. His future would be promising if he had a better spiritual bone.

    After making sure this strange cultivator was repairing the body by his devil qi, Xuan Lingzi turned and walked away without looking at him again.

    He was sitting beside Luo Jianqing and gently staring at this apprentice of his own sect.

    After three days and three nights, Luo Jianqing gave a slight snort and gradually woke up. Simultaneously, Xuan Lingzi changed into a flowing light, flew into the be of Luo Jianqing, and became a deep red cinnabar mole again.

    When Luo Jianqing woke up, he only felt that he had experienced death and all his bones were crushed. As he raised his arm, all his meridians twitched with pain. After a full hour¡¯s rest, he felt much better. Then, to his surprise, he found all his injuries had been cured!

    ¡°What happened? Hadn¡¯t I been badly injured and drained all my spirit power?¡±

    Luo Jianqing began to check his body immediately. Following his meridians, his spiritual consciousness finally found the blood fruit spinning in his elixir field!

    His eyes widened in shock.

    Somehow this fruit had unexpectedly connected with him in spirit, just like a spirit beast that had taken him as the master.

    No matter how Luo Jianqing thought about it, he could not figure out what had happened. But he could not think more because he had found Mo Qiu not far from here soon.

    ¡°Mo Qiu!¡±

    At present, closing his eyes tightly, Mo Qiu was still in aa. Looking at the devil qi restoring Mo Qiu¡¯s body, which looked like a semitransparent ck cocoon wrapping around him, Luo Jianqing was in a great shock.

    ¡°... I can¡¯t believe it. You are a fiend cultivator!¡±

    It all made sense now.

    Why Mo Qiu could be inte-sage-gold-core before the age of fifty, why he could grow up in the barren Cold Desert, why he could have such a scary cultivation base, all of these were because he was in fiend cultivation!

    Luo Jianqing was seized with mixed feelings, he did not know how to face him.

    In history, unless there was a war between Human Race and Devil, fiend cultivators were irreconcbly hostile to other cultivators.

    Fiend cultivation featured a more powerful cultivation method which could snatch the spirit power of any living creature. They cultivated the fiend method just like Luo Jianqing took away the spiritual power contained in the body of a predecessor of Mo n. As long as your strength was brutal enough, fiend cultivator even could snatch the spirit power of a living person.

    Fiend cultivation was usually unruly as well as arbitrary.

    Luo Jianqing did not know how much blood had he tainted with, but he did know it was Mo Qiu who held his hand without hesitation when he was caught in ghost drift sands. Mo Qiu was his friend, not enemy! Even though Mo Qiu was a fiend cultivator, he would kill Mo Qiu on the battlefield, not here.

    Thinking of this, Luo Jianqing began to sit in meditation to recover his spirit energy.

    After ten days, the devil qi around Mo Qiu gradually disappeared, but he still did not wake up. Therefore Luo Jianqing held him to a prepared cave, took out all the spiritual herbs and pills left during his interspatial ring, and helped him to cure his wound.

    During this time, Luo Jianqing was always cultivating most of the time and wanted to reach thete-stage gold core. Meanwhile, he also observed the terrain around here.

    This was a very strange valley. Notrge, but looked like a two or three square miles ce. Surrounded by high cliffs, the walls were smooth, and the cliff on the top formed a huge dome, which made this valley be a big room made of stone cliffs.

    And in the center of the valley, the burning river was flowing slowly.

    Having no idea what kind of me formed the burning river, even Luo Jianqing could not approach it. Because as soon as he was close to it in ten zhang, he would be pushed back by the fierce gold re.

    Obviously, only by the effort of Luo Jianqing in the middle-stage gold core, he definitely could not escape.

    After another month, when Luo Jianqing picked up hisst third level of earth level Tongtian Pill and poured half of the strength of the pill into Mo Qiu¡¯s body, Mo Qiu let out a stuffy cry, and suddenly ck blood was spat out from his month.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Mo Qiu? Mo Qiu?¡±

    Mo Qiu in red opened his eyes slowly and stared at Luo Jianqing in a daze.

    Having lived in this strange valley for several months, Luo Jianqing could not help to get thrilled when he saw Mo Qiu finally woke up. He said, ¡°Mo Qiu, don¡¯t move. We have been swallowed by ghost drift sands and came here unintelligibly. I have not found out the exit though I have tried several months. We could take actions together when you wake up, maybe we could have a chance to escape.

    Seeming to operate the spiritual power in his body, Mo Qiu breathed slightly.

    After a short while, he looked up and stared at Luo Jianqing, said,

    ¡°all right. I may need a hundred days to recover to my peak period. At the time, I could take actions with you to...¡±

    He stopped suddenly, and his charming eyes were widely open. He looked at Luo Jianqing in a shock and shut to Luo Jianqing in a raising voice, full of disbelief,

    ¡°You have robbed my blood spirit fruit!¡±

    Luo jianqing was in a surprise, ¡°what?¡±

    ¡°Luo Jianqing! You have robbed my blood spirit fruit! I can¡¯t believe you have robbed my blood spirit fruit!¡±

    As Mo Qiu saying, he grabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s arm with one hand tightly.

    Knitting his brows, Luo Jianqing understood instantly,

    ¡°Mo Qiu, actually I did not understand what had happened. When I woke up, the blood fruit has...¡±

    ¡°Luo Jianqing! You robbed my blood spirit fruit and signed an agreement with it. I certainly will take my blood spirit fruit back!¡±

    As soon as he finishing his words, a long blood whip suddenly appeared in his hand and went straight to Luo Jianqing ¡ª Mo Qiu was so angry that he did not give any thought to his injured body. So straightforward and decisive of his long whip that it was waved without any hesitation. Mixed with heinous devil qi and Mo Qiu¡¯s residual spiritual power, the long whip was in a life and death struggle. It seems that it was desperate to kill Luo Jianqing!

 Chapter 31: Sworn Friends for Life or Death (1)

    <h4>Chapter 31: Sworn Friends for Life or Death (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing gathered his fingers to umte the blue sword-light (as same as sword energy) to entangle the blood-colored long whip directly.

    ¡°Fellow Cultivator Mo! You¡¯ve bad injured and hadn¡¯t recovered yet. Just take it easy, and we will figure out what¡¯s going on about the Blood fruit. Okay?¡±

    However, Mo Qiu didn¡¯t buy his words at all. He shook his wrist lightly and took his long whip back. Sitting on the stone bed with the support of his hand, he smiled coldly while the blood watering from the corner of his mouth slowly, ¡°Stop talking nonsense! Since you have built bond with Blood fruit, I would never get it back unless I kill you!¡±

    As soon as his words finished, the blood whip moved quickly and pped it to Luo Jianqing again.

    It was the first time for Luo Jianqing to face Mo Qiu¡¯s blood-colored whip directly as his opponent. Especially, this time, Mo Qiu used all his power with the addition of ck evil power! Flying in the air, his long whip kept winding rapidly as the countless snakes with blood color, which formed a huge scary bloody shadow.

    Luo Jianqing dared not to let down his guard and drew his Floating Frost Sword immediately.

    Almost at the same time, his Floating Frost Sword crashed with the long blood-colored whip. With a shining sword light shed, the stone in the cave was broken into pieces. With the shadow of the long whip cast, all the broken stones flew into all directions! After several rounds, Mo Qiu gradually fell into an inferior position, and soon Luo Jianqing attacked with his sword surrounded by the thunder, ending the fight with his sharp cold sword pointed Mo Qiu¡¯s throat in a very close distance.

    Mo Qiu wiped the blood on his face silently and then sneered, ¡°Do you believe that I can kill you right now by thousand ways and ck will be your fall.¡±

    His tone was so cold and freezing, with the deep scary killing intent.

    Staying still, Luo Jianqing looked at him with his sword and said after a while, ¡°Mo Qiu, the blood fruit was in my body when I woke up and I didn¡¯t know why it happened. Maybe it approached me on its own initiative and then...¡±

    ¡°What the hell are you talking about? I¡¯m the only person it would choose between you and me! It is the blood spirit fruit!¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°What¡¯s the blood spirit fruit?¡±

    Before when they were in the dune, be it Yan Su of the Duan Hun sect or the Bright Flower Faerie of the Fei Hua Sect or the others from Eight ns, none of them could recognize the Blood fruit. Even Luo Jianqing, he always thought that the blood fruit was just one kind of Yan Fruit¡¯s variant. Of course, there was nothing recorded in the book, Seeking Immortality about the blood fruit as well. Therefore, the only thing he heard about was the name ¡°Blood fruit¡±, which was called by Li Xiuchen.

    Mo Qiu¡¯s face turned pale quickly. His spiritual energy which just recovered a little was exhausted now after the fighting just now.

    Mo Qiu said in a cold tone, ¡°You know that I¡¯m not Dao cultivator¡±

    Keeping silence for a moment, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Yeah, you¡¯re fiend cultivator.¡±

    ¡°You¡¯re right.¡± Mo Qiu admitted it without any hesitation, ¡°The blood fruit was the unique product as the result of the fiend cultivating. The way of fiend cultivating was the way of killing. In my whole life, there were only less than 10 fiend cultivators I ever met have no blood on their hands. Even in the whole world, 99 percent of the fiend cultivators made themselves by killing innocent creatures. And the fiend cultivators who only killed their opponent and the guilty person were less than 100 persons.¡±

    Hearing this, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help asking, ¡°What about you, Mo Qiu? Have you ever killed human cultivator? And how many years you¡¯ve been cultivating for since you said you¡¯ve met a lot of devil cultivators.¡±

    Mo Qiu looked up staring at Luo Jianqing coldly. Looking at each other like this for a long while with a Floating Frost Sword between them, then Mo Qiu opened his mouth and said slightly, ¡°No, I haven¡¯t.¡±

    With no known reason, Luo Jianqing heaved a sigh after hearing Mo Qiu¡¯s answer.

    And Mo Qiu continued, ¡°It was filled with the blood on the way of being a fiend cultivator, so all the fiend cultivators will get a bottle-neck when they reach the Body Fusion Period and hardly get promoted. In this case, there is a unique method of cultivation for fiend cultivator called Blood Spirit Skill. In the process of the cultivation, fiend cultivator will turn all his spiritual power into the blood and then water one blood spirit tree with it. And the time of growing the tree depends on the cultivation of the owner. The more powerful the cultivator is, the more time and more suffering required ordingly. After the blood spirit fruit is borne, fiend cultivator will eat it and then he can begin to cultivate the Blood Spirit Skill.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked surprisingly, ¡°So just eat it?¡± The hidden meaning in his words was that it would be so easy if all he needed to do was only to eat one fruit.

    Mo Qiu gave him a mock smile, ¡°You know nothing! When the blood spirit fruit is ripe, it is also the time that the fiend cultivator lost all his spiritual power and blood. And the fiend cultivator must eat the fruit immediately when he still can feel to the spiritual power within the blood spirit fruit. Do you know what result he will get if the fiend cultivator eats the fruit after he lost all his power and blood?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said without thinking, ¡°He will die in a violent manner.¡±

    Without any spiritual power and blood in his body, the fiend cultivator would be reduced to a living death which was just stronger than the ordinary people a bit. Even he survived, he was still in a terribly dangerous situation.

    Mo Qiu nodded, ¡°Yes. Of course, the one who ate the blood fruit will meet his new life which hardly happened in 100 persons. There were so many blood spiritual fruit in the world, what we need to do is to find it.¡± After a pause, a hopeless sad emotion shed in Mo Qiu¡¯s eyes. He sighed, ¡°It seemed that the fiend cultivator is powerful and no one is his opponent in the earlier stage on the way of the fiend cultivating, but in thete stage, he will suffer endless vicissitudes. You may feel that it¡¯s not so difficult to cultivate the blood spirit skill. But do you know that the Body Fusion Period is the ceiling that the fiend cultivator who cultivates the blood spirit skill could reach.¡±

    Hearing this, Luo Jianqing fell into the silence.

    He still held his sword while Mo Qiu lowered his head. It was so quiet at this time. In the end, Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t insist any more and fell. Until now Luo Jianqing finally found that like a spent arrow, Mo Qiu was actually struggling not copse in front of him.

    Entirely debilitated, Mo Qiu lied on the stone bed. A mixture of emotions spreading over his face, he stared at Luo Jianqing, saying, ¡°Luo Jianqing, give my blood spirit fruit ...back!¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied after a long silence, ¡°You also told me that you can¡¯t take it back as long as I am still alive. Besides, Fellow Cultivator Mo, the treasure doesn¡¯t belong to any specific one in the world. He who is capable gets it. Although I have no interest in the blood spirit fruit, now... please forgive me that I can¡¯t give it back.¡±

    Closing his eyes slowly, Mo Qiu smiled in sarcasm.

    Luo Jianqing still stood in front of the stone bed quietly.

    After a while, he heard that Mo Qiu said hoarsely, ¡°Fuck off!¡±

    Hesitating for a moment, Luo Jianqing put three little jade bottles near Mo Qiu and then away he left.

    On the stone bed, the corners of his eyes began to wet but the tears in his eyes didn¡¯t fall. When Luo Jianqing arrived at the gate of the cave, Mo Qiu suddenly shouted angrily, ¡°Luo Jianqing! Don¡¯t let me see your face again or I will kill you directly! I will tear you apart and destroy your bones!¡±

    Luo Jianqing halted his steps and then he still walked out.

    In the next days, Luo Jianqing found another cave in the valley and continued to cultivate.

    In fact, the blood fruit didn¡¯t belong to Mo Qiu as well but he grabbed it from others. There was nothing wrong in what Luo Jianqing said before, the treasure doesn¡¯t belong to any specific one in the world. He who is capable gets it. No matter what, the power decided the states in the cultivating world. Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t judge him even one word even Luo Jianqing grabbed the blood spirit fruit by tricks.

    ¡°Did he say that... he could kill me in thousands of ways?¡± Thinking the way he lied on the stone bed, Luo Jianqing shook his head slowly and sighed, ¡°It seemed that the anger made him lose his mind. Such an idiot.¡±

    Time passed by uneventfully, Luo Jianqing knew nothing about Mo Qiu¡¯s situation now and also didn¡¯t hear any sound from the cave. On this morning, Luo Jianqing walked to the golden burning river for ways to get out and strengthening his power.

    When Luo Jianqing drew near to the golden Burning at a distance of 10 zhang, the Burning suddenly became fierce.

    The Burning became a giant golden eagle which swooped from the sky and pecked at Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes straightly. Luo Jianqing raised the Floating Frost Sword and cut it off at one strike! At a distance of 9 zhang, the Burning became a fierce golden tiger that came straight toward Luo Jianqing. Luo Jianqing drew down the thunderp with his sword and smashed the tiger!

    Then he clenched his teeth and came closer to a distance of 3 zhang!

    It was then that the Burning turned into a long golden dragon!

    The dragon had five ws, its vivid scales sending an archaic and vigorous breath. It rushed out from the Burning River spirally. With head lowering and eyes looking at Luo Jianqing, the dragon suddenly spoke with humannguage: ¡°Dao Cultivator! You are one of Dao Cultivators!¡±

    With eyes shrinking suddenly, Luo Jianqing raised his sword immediately and drew down the thunderp!

    ¡°Who are you!¡±

    The golden dragon spewed a hot dragon breath which melted the thunderp.

    ¡°A Sword Cultivator, I hate Sword Cultivators among the Dao Cultivators most. Especially the Sword Cultivators of that...that mountain. I forgot the name. They are the most annoying bunch. Since you¡¯ve got here, I¡¯d better kill you lest that I may be annoyed watching you.¡±

    As soon as then, a hot dragon breath rushed to his face directly! It was so hot that the cliffs around the valley tended to melt. The air became so hot that it rolled gradually, with heat waves sshing fitfully and burning numerousmon nts quickly.

    Without hesitation, Luo Jianqing spoke forms and his Floating Frost Sword flew in the air.

    ¡°One Sword Turns Nine-pedaled Lotus!¡±

    One Nine-pedaled Lotus rushed to the dragon breath straightly. The two collided with a shocking light!

    ¡°This flower! This damn flower! You are the disciple of that man! Ah!!!!! I¡¯m gonna kill you!¡±

    More fervent dragon Burning rushed to Luo Jianqing squarely. It has already be golden and its temperature was so hot that it became visible to the naked eye. Without hesitation, Luo Jianqing withdrew 3 zhangs. Suddenly, the golden Burning died out, the temperature dropped gradually and the dragon also disappeared.

    Before fading away, the golden Burning roared fierily: ¡°The day ising soon! You will die soon! You will die soon! I¡¯ll never admit my defeat. I¡¯m gonna kill the disciple of that man. I¡¯m gonna kill the disciple of that man...¡±

    The Burning faded away into the golden Burning River. Luo Jianqing leaned against the Floating Frost Sword, panting heavily.

 Chapter 32: Sworn Friends for Life or Death (2)

    <h4>Chapter 32: Sworn Friends for Life or Death (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The Burning River was indeed too dangerous. Beyond all question, he would be killed by the dragon had he not withdrawn a certain distance to evade the attack!

    ¡°Dragons were born in the seventh level. This dragon was in the level of Out-of-Body at least.¡±

    ¡°That man? Is he one of the senior cultivators of Yu Xiao Peak if he also uses martial arts in Nine Heavenly Seizure Record?¡±

    ¡°And...When was that day?¡±

    All questions remained unsolvable.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t figure out the first two questions by his present cultivation base, but he felt an rm going off in his mind with all his hair bristling when he confronted thest question. Especially the day when he looked at Huoyan River flowing into or out of the opening of the valley, he was seized with panic.

    The next moment, endless astral wind blew from that small opening!

    The wind blotted out the earth, and darkness enveloped the sky!

    For fear that Huoyan River would incur an inundation, Luo Jianqing had already drilled a hole in the ground beside the cliff and made a huge formation by countless Xuan Level magic treasures and Earth Level treasures. At present, he was nning to hasten to get into the hole to hide, but he suddenly looked up at the cave on the other side at the moment he was about to enter the hole. Holding his Floating Frost Sword in hesitation, Luo Jianqing unexpectedly touched the ground with his tiptoes and entered that cave rapidly.

    ¡°Luo Jianqing!¡±

    There came Mo Qiu¡¯s voice, in anger.

    Not allowing him to speak, Luo Jianqing directly picked up Mo Qiu and carried him on the shoulder, then they fled out of the cave quickly.

    At this very moment, the astral wind had already blown into the cave!

    The moment they made it to the cave entrance, a gust of astral wind blew on their face, which made Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils contracted because of nervous tension. But he sidestepped to avoid it immediately.

    Bang!

    The cave behind them crumbled to dust.

    Mo Qiu widened his eyes and said in surprise,

    ¡°The astral wind endowed by Demon Exalt Eagle, the Wind-broken Monster of Heaven Level !¡±

    Luo Jianqing could not hear Mo Qiu¡¯s words clearly, he just carried Mo Qiu¡¯s weak body with Mo Qiu¡¯s head dangling on his back. He took out Floating Frost Sword, cleaved all kinds of stone along the way, and carved out a new way to the tunnel.

    Bang!

    Everything in the valley was blown into dust by this horrific astral wind!

    Ten zhangs!

    Five zhangs!

    One zhang!

    One chi...

    Rumbling!!!

    Suddenly, a gust of astral wind blew from Luo Jianqing¡¯s side and was ready to hack Mo Qiu. Clenching his teeth, Luo Jianqing turned around to protect Mo Qiu without hesitation. Floating Frost Sword uttered a cry of terror while innumerable forces had already approached and torn Luo Jianqing¡¯s cuff to tatters before astral wind closed in on.

    Tiny zes of wind scratched Luo Jianqing¡¯s fingers and cheeks, left strips of scarlet wounds.

    At thest moment, Luo Jianqing heaved a deep sigh, then suddenly took out a cyan bamboo umbre.

    When the cyan bamboo umbre hit the fierce astral wind, its cyan ribs went up in smoke instantly and its fabric also crumbled into dust. However, during this brief period, Luo Jianqing did not give it a second look but hid into the channel with Mo Qiu and immediately performed incantation gestures to open the huge formation in the channel.

    Immediately, pieces of gold magic seals sparked in the dark channel.

    Mo Qiu who had already been thrown to the ground when they entered the channel opened his mouth wide and did not know what to say when he saw this. After quite a long time, he chuckled and said,

    ¡°Luo Jianqing of Taihua Mountain, you used the method of adopted by fiend cultivator to make this Earth Level Heaven-demon huge formation. Funny, so funny. What if Xuan Lingzi knows that his only disciple has be a fiend cultivator, I don¡¯t know what his reaction would he...¡±

    Before he could finish his words, Luo Jianqing struck his cold Floating Frost Sword on his neck.

    The smile on Mo Qiu¡¯s face gradually disappeared.

    Luo Jianqing said with a poker face,

    ¡°Make an internal demon oath that you will never tell anybody what happened today.¡±

    Mo Qiu satirized, ¡°For what?¡±

    Luo Jianqing moved Floating Frost Sword and scratched a bloodstain on Mo Qiu¡¯s neck, and said,

    ¡°For I can kill you now.¡±

    Mo Qiu kept silent.

    After a time of a cup of tea, he said in a low voice,

    ¡± I swear that I won¡¯t tell anybody what I have seen today for my whole life. If I break the oath, I will be swallowed up by an internal demon, and I will never be spared even after death.

    Luo Jianqing put down Floating Frost Sword with satisfaction, but Mo Qiu chuckled,

    ¡°Why did you save me, Luo Jianqing? I have said I would kill you if I see you again. I can still tear you to shreds in the time of breath even if I have not recovered all my strength.

    Hearing Mo Qiu¡¯s softughter, Luo Jianqing squinted at him and said,

    ¡°So are you going to kill me now?¡±

    Mo Qiu was speechless.

    In the narrow dark channel, their bodies slightly leaned against each other. Because all cultivators were blessed with a brilliant vision, Luo Jianqing could see all Mo Qiu¡¯s actions clearly, he also couldunch an attack before Mo Qiu could y tricks. At the same time, the astral wind was still blowing outside the channel. It impacted on this Earth Level Heaven-demon huge formation and made the formation quake slightly.

    Closing his eyes slowly, Luo Jianqing was recovering his spiritual power consumed just now. At this time, he heard a husky voice, ¡°Thank you...¡±

    Luo Jianqing was still closing his eyes as if he had heard nothing.

    But Mo Qiu did not say any words.

    The astral wind blew for three days and three nights. After making sure that there was no menace outside, Luo Jianqing leaned out and observed the outside world for a while.

    The valley was worn out with all nts and flowers wiped out by astral wind, and even stones were ground into dust. Only smooth cliffs around the valley and the flowing Huoyan River were still tranquil as if nothing had happened.

    Lifting Mo Qiu¡¯s cor, Luo Jianqing carried him out of the channel.

    After putting him on the ground, Luo Jianqing turned around and walked away without looking at him. But nobody had expected that Mo Qiu would say aloud, ¡°Luo Jianqing, are you leaving now?¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored him and continued walking forward.

    Mo Qiu smiled gently, ¡°If I say I have roughly know where this ce is, do you still want to go away?¡±

    Luo Jianqing suddenly stopped and turned around.

    With his smile gradually disappeared, Mo Qiu said seriously,

    ¡°I guess, it should be the ninthyer of Liuyanvalley.¡±

    Liuyan valley had a total of nineyers, and Luo Jianqing only went into the other eightyers in his previous life, because he was kept out by an invisible fireward when he was going into the ninthyer. Taking more than half a year to break into it, Luo Jianqing¡¯s purpose was simple ¨C to get more Yan fruits and make Xuan Lingzi proud.

    However, all his efforts were in vain.

    Because his junior fellow apprentice Li Xiuchen had got hundreds of Yan fruits when he left Liuyan valley one yearter.

    All the people said, ¡°Fellow cultivator Li deserves to be the apprentice of Sir Xuan Lingzi!¡±

    Thinking of here, Luo Jianqing cleared his sore throat and said, ¡°If it was the ninthyer, why there is no Yan fruit here?¡±

    Mo Qiu did not reply but just said, ¡°My injury has not cured yet, and this is the first time I get out of the cave. Luo Jianqing, it is all your fault. If you bring me out earlier, we have already known where this ce is.¡±

    Luo Jianqing pped Mo Qiu¡¯s face with his sword,

    ¡°Don¡¯t beat about the bush.¡±

    Mo qiu opened his eyes wide and covered his face incredulously, he said,

    ¡°You pped my face!¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied, ¡°Cultivator Mo, there has been nopatibility between Dao Cultivators and Fiend Cultivators since ancient time. I do not kill you and give you a way out just because of our friendship over the past days.

    ¡°You!¡±

    After getting in a huff for a time of a stick of incense, Mo Qiu red at Luo Jianqing in anger when Luo Jianqing was going to lift his sword again, he said,

    ¡°Do you see that Huoyan River? Actually, it is neither a river nor me, it is blood. In those days, fire Heaven Level Demon Exalt fell here and change into this Liuyan valley. His heart blood remained here and became the Huoyan River. And the astral wind before was the talent of another Heaven Level Demon Exalt. All the people believed that this fire Demon Exalt was killed by the human cultivator. But, as far as I know, he fought a ferocious fight with another demon exalt, and perished together.

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°ording to what you said, since another Demon Exalt could kill the fire Demon Exalt, why there is Liuyanvalley, not Gangfeng valley?¡±

    Mo Qiu sneered at Luo Jianqing and looked at him, ¡°You should ask the elders of Taihua Mountain¡¯ Yuxia peak. They came here and plunder magic treasures every a thousand years. No matter how many magic treasures there were, they would be looted by them. They might also take away this Huoyan River if it was possible. Everybody say Taihua Mountain is the leader of Righteous Party. Bullshit! You people from Yuxiao Peak are the most tricky and slippery. Posing as a person of high moral, you think... Ah! You dare to p me again!¡±

    Luo Jianqing took away Floating Frost Sword unhurriedly and said, ¡°You are talking nonsense. How do you know these things since you have cultivated less than fifty years? How dare you nder my elders. Mo Qiu, I¡¯m not kill you today, but if I find you say it again, I must p you again!¡±

    Clenching his teeth, Mo Qiu said,

    ¡°Well, very well, you¡¯d better remember it!¡±

    Though Luo Jianqing had quarreled with Mo Qiu like this, in the following days, he still made a cave with Mo Qiuand and cultivated here. Seeing that Mo Qiu did not use any pill medicine that he left before, Luo Jianqing directly got them back.

    Mo Qiu satirized, ¡°Hypocritical cultivator from Taihua Mountain.¡±

    Luo Jianqing gave a flick of his sleeve and pulled Mo Qiu in his front.

    Seeing this, Mo Qiu subconsciously wanted to protect his face for his spirit power had not recovered yet. But unexpectedly, Luo Jianqing¡¯s sword did not fall. Removing his hands in surprise, Mo Qiu only saw Luo Jianqing was operating his spirit power and healing himself.

    Luo Jianqing said in a cold voice, ¡°Cultivator Mo, you get well early and we coulde out of here early.

    Mo Qiu chuckled and thought secretly: That¡¯s more like it

 Chapter 33: Sworn Friends for Life or Death (3)

    <h4>Chapter 33: Sworn Friends for Life or Death (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Four monthster, Mo Qiu recovered. And the first thing he did after his recovery was to chase after Luo Jianqing and pound him. This time, Luo Jianqing did not win. But when Mo Qiu was about to throw his whip to that beautiful face, he suddenly stopped.

    Mo Qiu chuckled and supported Luo Jianqing¡¯s face with whipstock, he said,

    ¡°Oh, how could I was willing to hit the face of such a beauty!¡±

    When Mo Qiu did not pay attention, Luo Jianqing pped him with sword scabbard

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°You!¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied, ¡°Cultivator Mo please behave yourself.¡±

    When Luo Jianqing was talking, the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows twinkled.

    Half a yearter, there was another violent astral wind. Not expecting they will encounter astral wind again, these two people hid into the cave under the ground again like a drowned mouse. This time it was Mo Qiu who took control of the Earth Level heaven-demon huge formation, he controlled it in an extremely skill way, which made Luo dazzled.

    In the channel, Mo Qiu said, ¡°The gate of Liuyan valley had opened a few months ago, but we did note out. Mo n might thought I have died. How about the people of Taihua Mountain, is anyone waiting for you? That person must be nervous seeing you did note back.

    A figure in white suddenly shed across his mind, Luo Jianqing looked down and felt a slight pain in his heart. After a moment, he said, ¡°Nobody is waiting. But my lifemp is ced in Taihua Mountain, they know I am still alive.

    Looking at the disappointed face of Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu curled his lips in silence.

    There were no seasons in the valley, nor the passing of time.

    There was only a gust of astral wind semiannually. Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu had already prepared for this and they would directly hide into the hole in the ground every time.

    In the second year being trapped in the valley, Luo Jianqing reached the level of Late-stage Gold Core by virtue of the mighty spiritual power in Blood Spirit Fruits. To this, Mo Qiu said with a cold smile: ¡°Congrattions.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was in a good mood and ignored the irony in his words.

    Time flew away quickly just like this. And Luo Jianqing would approach the Burning River every day, intending to enhance himself under the pressure of it. But he failed every time and could not but returned. Strangely, me Beasts never attacked Mo Qiu when he wandered around the Burning in boredom.

    Luo Jianqing said astonishingly: ¡°Mo Qiu, why haven¡¯t you been attacked?¡±

    Mo Qiuqiu joked expressionlessly: ¡°My level is much higher than that of the stupid fire Demon Exalt of Heaven Level. I could kill him when it was alive. Now it was dead, how dare you speak of the level in front of me.?¡±

    Luo gradually said speechlessly: ¡°Would you die if you stopped boasting yourself, Fellow Cultivator Mo ??¡±

    Mo Qiu sneered but did not answer.

    In the valley, Luo Jianqing buried himself in the study of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. He wondered if it were thanks to the Burning River that his cultivation base increased quickly. His body was like a dry sponge that absorbed the spiritual power in the Blood Spirit Fruits enormously.

    In the third year, Luo Jianqing reached the level of Nascent Soul!

    It broke the record of Xuan Lingzi. However, Luo Jianqing did not feel that happy. He stared at the Burning River silently, until Mo Qiu said with a smile: ¡°You reached the level of Nascent Soul in less than 40 years and your nascent soul is so perfect. Good for you. Luo Jianqing, are my Blood Spirit Fruits useful?¡±

    Luo Jianqing murmured: ¡°Mo Qiu, we really cannot leave here?¡±

    Mo Qiu stopped talking suddenly. After a while, he took out a jade boat from his Interspatial Ring. The boat was exquisite but could only amodate three people. It shone a cold glisten and bogged down the Burning River for a moment once itnded in the river. It seemed that the river was intimidated by it.

    Mo Qiu said: ¡°It¡¯s called Clod Jade Heaven Boat. I found out earlier that, every time the astral wind blew over, the Burning River would calm down for a quarter of an hour. As long as we could get out of the valley at that period, we might be able to escape here.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at the boat in surprise, and asked after a while: ¡°...you could leave here long time ago, right?¡±

    Mo Qiu answered with a smile, ¡°What! You think that I can leave by myself?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded heavily: ¡°Yes. You are not afraid of the Burning River, and you have magic tools of Heaven Level.¡± As long as there is no astral wind, you can leave as you like even without the so-called quarter of an hour.

    However, Mo Qiu raised his brow and said: ¡°You think too much, Luo Jianqing of Taihua Mountain. What if I came across something more horrible than the astral wind as soon as I get out of the valley? You are now in the level of Nascent Soul, and that¡¯s what I need. Well, the astral wind wille again three dayster. Let¡¯s make preparations and get out of the valley as soon as it dies down! ¡±

    Luo Jianqing cast an unfathomable look at Mo Qiu, and took out a white jade tablet from his Interspatial Ring. He dropped a drop of his blood on it, and gave it to Mo Qiu, saying: ¡°Fellow Cultivator, thanks for helping me get out of the valley and your waiting. The tablet is a treasure that I got from a relic. I have discharged the contract on it just now and it is a material without owner. With this tablet, you can move to ces thousands of miles away for escaping in a blink.¡±

    Without hesitation, Mo Qiu epted the jade tablet. He looked at it with a smile and then took out a small blood red bell from his sleeve. When Mo Qiu shook it, it did not make any sound. How strange!

    Mo Qiu said: ¡°What a coincidence. This is called Devil-sounded Bell. I refined it in boredom. It has no other use. But if you put it near your heart, I can hear the bell ring as long as I am within thousands of miles when you are in danger. And I mighte to rescue you if I were in a good mood.¡±

    Then Mo Qiu threw the Devil-sounded Bell to Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing stared at the exquisite bell with aplicated expression and remained still for quite a while.

    Mo Qiudao: ¡°Are you afraid that I¡¯m gonna hurt you? Whatever, I may not be necessarily happy to save you...¡±

    Mo Qiu stopped talking abruptly when seeing Luo Jianqing thrusting the bell into his heart at one blow.

    When the bell entered the body, the cinnabar mole between Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyebrows shed a while.

    Mo Qiu opened his eyes widely and saw the cultivator in cyan robe smiling slightly. His smile was as shiny as the spring morning and the moon light, and his voice seemed toe from the heaven: ¡°Mo Qiu, you said before that you have numerous ways to kill me even if you can¡¯t move¡±

    ¡°You actually believe that?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile became more vigorously, which made him seem more handsome. ¡°Yes, I do. You have too many secrets. You know it is the ninthyer of the Liu Yan Valley, and you know the so-called wind Demon Exalt and fire Demon Exalt. Although you were born in the barren cold desert, you own magic tools of Heaven Level that I have never seen before. You can even condense devil Qi before reaching the level of Nascent Soul.¡±

    Pausing for a while, Luo Jianqing said with a smile: ¡°Since you did not kill me in the past, I believe that you will not kill me in the future. At least you will not kill me with this Devil-sounded Bell. Three-year friendship in the Liu Yan Valley is enough to make me believe you and... to make us sworn friends for life and death.¡±

    Mo Qiu changed his expression on the face for a few times and smiled finally: ¡°Sworn friends for life and death?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded: ¡°Yes.¡±

    Mo Qiu spoke again: ¡°I¡¯m a Feign Cultivator.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled: ¡°I knew.¡±

    Mo Qiu raised his eyebrows: ¡°Since you knew that, why you still want to be my sworn friend for life and death? Aren¡¯t you afraid being condemned by the other Dao Cultivators?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head and said: ¡°Who said the Dao Cultivators are all good people? And who said that the way of Dao is the only right way, and the way of Feign is wrong? There is no absolute line between rightness and wrongness. Even my elders would make mistakes in his life. And the Devil Exalt in the Pce of Devils might also do things living up to his original heart. It is Luo Jianqing who is making friends with you now, but not the first disciple of Taihua Mountain or the so called Dao Cultivator. Mo Qiu, I am nobody but Luo Jianqing.¡±

    Hearing Luo Jianqing¡¯s words, Mo Qiu showed a strange expression on his face but smiled finally: ¡°Given your words, you are my sworn friends for life and death!¡±

    The twoughed together.

    Three dayster, another astral wind blew over.

    The two hid in the tunnel and escaped. Then they ran to the Burning River quickly. Mo Qiu took out the boat of Heaven Leven and they looked at each other.

    ¡°Now!¡±

 Chapter 34: To Break the Mortal Bond (1)

    <h4>Chapter 34: To Break the Mortal Bond (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Once the Cold Jade Heaven Boat slid into the river, it dispersed coldness and bleakness.

    The Burning River turned tranquil for a second, and then flooded with fierce surges. The Heaven Level Treasure was glooming with a light blue luster as if it was fighting this golden me river. They were an even match. The me around the ship was slowly frozen. The body of the ship reddened on the contrary.

    Mo Qiu spoke with seriousness in his voice, ¡°the cardiac blood of this Demon Exalt is indeed very powerful. I fear that the ship will drown in a minute.¡±

    Got the meaning behind his words, Luo Jianqing nodded in agreement, ¡°let¡¯s get to the ship.¡±

    The two was like lightning, leaping into the air. Mo Qiu agilely got to the ship, but Luo Jianqing bumped into some troubles.

    While he was ten feet away from the Burning River, the me Beasts rushed towards him one after another. Luo Jianqing was prepared for this. He lifted the Floating Frost Sword and killed every beast he encountered.

    The cultivation of Nascent Soul Period plus the weakest quarter of the Burning River!

    Luo Jianqing treated these beasts like weeds in the garden until he met the golden fire dragon when he was three feet away from the river.

    Once the dragon saw Luo Jianqing, he sted a roaringugh, ¡°it¡¯s you again! Come on, let¡¯s end this...huh!¡±

    Luo Jianqing lifted his sword calmly. The Cyan Lotus Nine-swords Deployment cut the now-weakened sixth level fire dragon in half.

    ¡°It¡¯s...it¡¯s not possible...¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored this arrogant fire dragon, he pushed forward one more foot and met a grumpy golden Kylin, who said,

    ¡°I have no time for nasty human like you. Piss off.¡±

    Time was running out. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t care about the despise and disrespect in the Kylin¡¯s words. He moved on. Just before he reached the Clod Jade Heaven Boat, he saw a golden silhouette emerged. Holding a gigantic axe in his hand, a strong muscr man was staring him furiously.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupil shrank.

    A high-level Demon Exalt!

    Feeling the wind created by the beast¡¯sing axe, Luo Jianqing quickly preceded the Hand Knack in preparation of his final attack. However, seeing the cinnabar mole between Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyebrows gleaming a scarlet light, the beast hesitated, then dispersed in the air and turned back into me.

    It happened in a sudden. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t quite know what just happened. Nheless, there was no time for him to figure it out. Mo Qiu kept shouting ¡°hurry up! There¡¯s not much time left¡±, so Luo Jianqing quickened his steps and got to the ship. The Cold Jade Heaven Boat speeded up, headed towards the exit.

    There were only two spots which looked like the exit.

    One was the entrance of the Burning River. The other was the exit of it.

    Like Mo Qiu said, the Burning River was the cardiac blood of that Heaven Level Demon Exalt. It was creepy to think about what might be at the upstream of the river. The two came into an agreement of heading downstream, but it was the ce where the biannual Astral wind originated. There was risk to take this choice. Neither of them knew what¡¯s around the corner.

    Cold Jade Heaven Boat was navigating on the Burning River in lightning speed. Suddenly, the light dimmed. They entered the cave.

    This cave seemed to stretch on forever. Embraced byplete darkness, the ship kept moving for a day and a night, but they still didn¡¯t get out of the cave.

    Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°Mo Qiu, do you know what¡¯s going on?¡±

    Mo Qiu yawned and spoke with reluctancy, ¡°Luo Jianqing, you are really treating me as if I am an encyclopedia.¡±

    They moved on. The temperature was decreasing from burning to human¡¯s body temperature. Luo Jianqing realized that they already got used to the heat in the Valley of the me River where the temperature was high enough to burn a cultivation period disciple. What they were feeling now was the actual normal temperature.

    The ship went forward. The temperature was getting lower and lower.

    The river started to freeze when the temperature became subzero. Without any hesitation, Luo Jianqing used the Qi of the Sword to break the ice, while Mo Qiu continued to steer the ship. They made a great team, but the temperature kept decreasing. After the whole river was frozen, Luo Jianqing turned his head to look at Mo Qiu and found his friend was doing the same.

    They nodded in agreement. Mo Qiu collected the Cold Jade Heaven Boat. They marched on by feet.

    In an unfamiliar dark ce like this, flying was the worst choice. It was true that the Gold Core cultivators were well-managed of the flying skill, but this also made them into a moving target. With faster speed, they were less sensible to the danger around them.

    Well aware of these details, Luo Jianqing had been a runagate for years, but he was surprised that Mo Qiu was also careful and experienced.

    Mo Qiu sneered, as if he heard the voice in Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind, ¡°The number of people who want to kill me was more than the people you ever knew¡±.

    They walked along with each other, doing the best they can.

    Seemingly, danger was far behind them, despite the frozen river. Little by little, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu rxed and let go of their vignce. After ten miles of walking, Mo Qiu made a banter, ¡°this cave is really deep. We haven¡¯t reached the end for days. I wonder how long it is.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°As long as there is no danger awaits us.¡±

    Right when he finished the sentence, Luo Jianqing felt a breeze passing him. He suddenly stopped, asked Mo Qiu, ¡°Did you feel the wind?¡±

    Mo Qiu stood and looked around vigntly, ¡°No, I didn¡¯t¡±.

    They guarded up again. After Luo Jianqing walked on for a hundred meters, the wind blew his ck hair, lightly touching his cheek. Eyes wide open, Luo Jianqing was shocked, ¡°There¡¯s wind!¡±

    A cyan sword light flew towards the origin of the wind.

    The sword light seemed like swallowed by the darkness, made no sound, no hit, no anything.

    Dangers in the dark were always more difficult to deal with than that in the open light. Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu had no fear in their hearts, instead, they sped on. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, from breeze to storm, then from storm to whirlwind!

    When the fierce Astral wind came in, Luo Jianqing lifted his sword while Mo Qiu wielded his whip.

    They were able to fight with it in the beginning, but when they moved forward, the Astral wind was even stronger. After ten miles marching in the wind, the Astral wind stabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s shoulder. He moaned with blood oozing out of his mouth.

    Mo Qiu was worried about him, ¡°Be careful!¡±

    Luo Jianqing took out a Xuan Level defense instrument from the Interspatial Ring and put it on. The instrument was cut into powders by the Astral wind, but it did keep out some attacks.

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°Hurry up! Let¡¯s get out of this ce!¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

    With no hesitation, they pulled out their best instruments to fight against this fearful Astral wind and moved forward. One mile, two miles, three miles...... when they finally saw the light, Luo Jianqing got four or five wounds on his body; Mo Qiu was no better than him.

    The Astral wind was as strong as a Out-of-Body Level cultivator¡¯s most powerful attack. The instruments in Luo Jianqing¡¯s Interspatial Ring were almost all broken. Mo Qiu stopped to pull out instruments. They flew to the exit, against the violent wind.

    A thousand meters, a hundred meters, ten meters......

    Three meters!

    At this moment, a frightening Astral wind rushed towards them from their back. Wanted to get out of the cave as quick as possible, Luo Jianqing speeded up, but the wind reached his clothes. The breath of the wind was strong enough to strip a slice of bleeding flesh from Luo Jianqing¡¯s back. He spat out blood.

    Bang!

    Luo Jianqing was kicked out of the cave.

 Chapter 35: To Break the Mortal Bond (2)

    <h4>Chapter 35: To Break the Mortal Bond (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He dropped into a magnificent river. The wound was hurting like fire burning on his back. There was not much spiritual power left in his body. Still, he turned himself toward the cave calling his partner, ¡°Mo Qiu! Mo Qiu!¡±

    A voice uttered inside the cave. Mo Qiu said, ¡°No worries. The Astral wind isn¡¯t a big deal for me. I have a Heaven Level instrument which can deliver me to......home. Luo Jianqing, my home is far away from here. There will be a long time until we see each other again.¡±

    The pain was almost unbearable, but Luo Jianqing still shouted, ¡°Don¡¯t you lie to me, Mo Qiu. You kicked me out of the cave. Is it because you can¡¯t make it......¡±

    ¡°Fxxk off! Why can¡¯t you believe me, huh? Never mind, I¡¯m not gonna waste my time on you. Leaving now.¡±

    A beam of scarlet light glimmered from the dark cave entrance. A mysterious vibe was dispersing in the air, with the unique threatening sense of feeling from the Heaven Level instrument. The light dimmed. Luo Jianqing felt......Mo Qiu had left indeed.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°......¡±

    His mouth twitched speechlessly, and then he burst into augh.

    Luo Jianqingughed for quite some time and finally passed out because of tiredness. Tired and beaten, he drifted with the edgeless river, moving along with waves and tides. A vivid cinnabar mole surrounded by a four-petaled lotus was right between his eyebrows. Every time when arrogant Earth Level beasts tried to get near him, the cinnabar mole would glitter and repel them.

    The wound on his back stopped bleeding, but Luo Jianqing still remained unconscious.

    He had no idea how long he had been floating in this river. Neither did he know that he already followed the river from the ninthyer of Liu Yan Valley to the firstyer. He passed a gigantic waterfall and suddenly broke a light red ward. Then he kept drifting on.

    The scenery around him was constantly changing. Eyes shut tight and face pale, the handsome cultivator in cyan was floating in the trickling river from stark forest to bustling vige. An old woman who was doingundry saw the young man lying in the middle of the river. She was shocked and screamed, ¡°Help... a dead body!¡±

    When Luo Jianqing woke up, a humble rooftop was what fulfilled his sight.

    Smelled the light aroma of fully cooked rice, Luo Jianqing tried moving his fingers and arms. He saw an old woman walked in while he was getting out of the bed.

    The tableware in her hands dropped on the ground when she saw him. After a while ofplete silence, the women asked carefully, ¡°You...you awake?¡±

    It was until then Luo Jianqing knew what was going on.

    The vige was called ¡®Gu Vige¡¯ which was built along one of the branches of the Luo River. There were only forty-six households in the entire vige. All of the vigers lived on the Luo River. That day, Grandma Gu was doingundry by the river, and that was when she saw Luo Jianqing in the middle of the water.

    Grandma Gu thought Luo Jianqing was surely dead, but after the vigers got him out of the river, they found him still alive. Warm-hearted grandma Gu brought Luo Jianqing home and took care of him for forty days.

    Pouring congee into the bowls, grandma Gu said, ¡°in the morning, my husband went out for farming. He won¡¯te back until the night falls. Jianqing, if you don¡¯t mind, you can stay here and have a rest.¡±

    With all the gratitude in his heart, Luo Jianqing took over the congee from grandma Gu and said gently, ¡°thank you¡±.

    Grandma Gu waved her hand, ¡°there¡¯s no need for ¡®thanks¡¯, really. A gorgeous child like you must have been through something terrible to lose a chunk of flesh on the back. Although I am only a vulgar woman from the countryside, I know you are not a mortal. You remain alive even if after lying in the middle of the river! Speaking of this, Jianqing, how old are you?¡±

    Thought it over, Luo Jianqing told her his real age, ¡°I¡¯m forty years old.¡±

    Eyes wide open, grandma Gu couldn¡¯t believe what she heard, ¡°you look like a twenty-year-old! There¡¯s no way you are already forty!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled but said nothing.

    ¡°Forty...my son would be forty-year-old if he were still alive¡±, grandma Gu put some food in Luo Jianqing¡¯s bowl, ¡°but Jianqing, you are immortal, right? I heard that these beings can be forever young and are all beautiful like you.¡±

    Paused for a moment, Luo Jianqing lifted his head and looked at the woman, ¡°I am no immortal, but grandma......you¡¯ve seen one before?¡±

    Grandma Gu nodded, ¡°yeah, about three years ago, he befell at our yard and gave us some herbs. He was gorgeous. He said that we didn¡¯t have much time left to live, but the herbs can prolong our lives.¡±

    The words touched a secret part in Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart. He asked, ¡°Why... did he prolong your lives?¡±

    Grandma Gu responded, ¡°he told us that one day in the future there will be someone ¨C maybe his disciple ¨Cing here to break the bond or something. Well, I don¡¯t quite know what he was saying, but the herbs were working pretty well. My husband is seventy years old this year. He¡¯s still very strong and healthy. You know, he even goes out to do the nting.¡±

    ¡°Bang¡ª¡ª¡±

    Luo Jianqing dropped the chopsticks on the table.

    He turned his head slowly, staring the wrinkled visage of the grandma with aplicated gaze. He looked at her eyes which containing gentleness and kindness; he looked at her wrinkles with all the years and ages hidden within; he finally put his eyes on her visage. Mouth puckered, he went into silence for a long time.

    This time, Luo Jianqing stayed.

    Although his spiritual power only recovered for thirty percent, although the wound on his back still needed time to heal, if Luo Jianqing was keen to leave, he could leave anytime.

    He stayed, no matter what.

    That night, grandpa Gu went home. Grandma Gu cooked a hearty meal which triggered augh from the grandpa, ¡°Jianqing just regained consciousness today. He can¡¯t eat all this feast! You should prepare something easy to digest!¡±

    Grandma Gu tapped her own forehead, ¡°Oh my. I almost forget.¡±

    Silently, Luo Jianqing looked at the meals that upied the whole table, couldn¡¯t calm down his mind.

    While eating, grandma Gu said, ¡°husband, do you know that Jianqing reaches his forty this year?¡±

    Grandpa Gu¡¯s eyes widened, staring at Luo Jianqing, ¡°forty......forty? The same age as our son?¡±

    Grandma Gu smiled and nodded.

    Somber yellow light was slowly wobbling in the narrow shabby house. Cultivating, Luo Jianqing sat cross-legged on the bed. He had just broken the Nascent Soul Period. If not that he needed to get out of the valley as soon as possible, he should have been consolidating the Period a long time ago. Now, however, he couldn¡¯t calm down and cultivate.

    He heard the snoring of grandpa Gu; he heard the breathing of grandma Gu; he heard the mating call of the frog outside; he heard the jingling sound of water from the running Luo River.

    Finally, Luo Jianqing got out of the bed, walked into the yard, and looked up to the sky.

    There happened to be a full moon. Slowly touching the earth, the moonlight was as limpid as water.

    Confusion emerged on theely face of the cultivator. The starry eyes were filled with haze. He was standing in the Gu Vige. However, he felt like he was standing in the middle of the lively capital city, or at the deste top of the Yu Xiao Peak.

    Enjoying the precious tranquil night, Luo Jianqing closed his eyes.

 Chapter 36: To Break the Mortal Bond (3)

    <h4>Chapter 36: To Break the Mortal Bond (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    In the morning of the next day, grandma Gu saw Luo Jianqing in the yard. She was shocked, ¡°Jianqing, why did you wake up this early? It¡¯s cold outside. Come in. You can¡¯t bear the coldness with these clothes.¡±

    Smiling, Luo Jianqing took over the shoulder pole from grandma Gu, ¡°may I help you with cooking?¡±

    The bright smile of the young man dazzled grandma Gu. She came to her senses after a while, and nodded, ¡°sure!¡±

    That day, Luo Jianqing helped grandma Gu with preparing breakfast. After the meal, grandpa Gu was leaving forboring in the field. Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Can I join you?¡±

    Grandpa wasn¡¯t expecting him to say that, but still, he responded in joy, ¡°of course!¡±

    With no spiritual power or enchantment, Luo Jianqing held the delicate rice seedling in his hands and carefully put it in the muddy ground. Grandpa Guughed, and pointed out his mistakes, then taught him how to fix the angle of the seedling.

    After a whole day ofboring, Luo Jianqing¡¯s beautiful face was distained with mud.

    Days like this passed by uneventfully.

    There was nothing more specialpared to a strangering to the Gu Vige, especially when the stranger was very gorgeous. Luo Jianqing charmed a lot of girls from the vige. Even the most beautiful one couldn¡¯t help herself giving Luo Jianqing a red flower as a gift and then ran away with blushing cheeks.

    Luo Jianqing held the shoulder poke in one hand, looking at the red flower in his hand.

    Just like the visage of the girl, the flower was so delicate,posing by youth and ages.

    Luo Jianqing refused all the proposals, and shook his head to every vigers who wanted to introduce a girl to him. He lived with grandpa and grandma Gu, helping them with cooking,undry,boring, and cleaning like he became a part of the family. He never treated a task with carelessness. Although he was wearing shabby clothes, he was elegant like an immortal.

    In the winter, heavy rain swept the Gu Vige which led to a flood.

    That night, Luo Jianqing and grandpa Gu went to the field to check the nts. Grandpa Gu slipped.

    Luo Jianqing tried to catch him.

    He failed.

    He forgot he was a cultivator who could use the spiritual power. He tried to catch grandpa Gu with a mortal body and didn¡¯t make it.

    Grandpa Gu was ill because of the ident and couldn¡¯t get out of bed. Grandma Gu and Luo Jianqing took care of him day after day, night after night. The vigers brought gifts to the family. The pretty girl who gave Luo Jianqing a flower brought a quilt. When she was about to leave, she said in a soft voice, ¡°that day, I saw you floating on the river as well, but I was too frightened to shout out.¡±

    Avoided eye contact, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t respond.

    Ten dayster, grandpa Gu¡¯s illness was more acute. The three years in the Liu Yan Valley left Luo Jianqing an empty Interspatial Ring. He wanted to use his own spiritual power to prolong grandpa Gu¡¯s life. However, right before he was about to do this, grandma Gu was wiping grandpa Gu¡¯s body and mumbling, ¡°the immortal told us that his disciple wille to us to break the bond. There aren¡¯t many days left for my husband. Why is it that he hasn¡¯t show up......¡±?

    Luo Jianqing lost his words.

    Three days after, grandpa¡¯s condition became worse and lost his eyesight. He should have been dead three years ago but he managed to live till now due to the herbs.

    Before his death, grandpa got a momentary recovery of consciousness and said a lot to grandma Gu. He talked about their encounter, their early marriage days, their days without a child, their memory about abandoning their son into the Luo River.

    Luo Jianqing was listening quietly and sat beside grandpa Gu when the patient beckoned him.

    With a kind smile on his face, Grandpa Gu gently held Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands. He stared at the young man carefully, didn¡¯t say a word. After a long time of silence, he said, ¡°Jianqing, for a year of living together, I have always considered you as my son. Now it¡¯s time for me to leave. Can you call me ¡®dad¡¯ for one sole time?¡±

    Mouth shut tight, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t say anything.

    This didn¡¯t annoy him, Grandpa Gu shook his head, ¡°this is indeed too much to ask from you¡±.

    He beckoned to his wife, ¡°I know that he is not a monster. He is our son. Xi, my wife, I remember the day when I proposed. I picked your favorite azalea. They looked good in your hair. The sunset was beautiful that day, but, I remember, you are even more beautiful than the magnificent light.¡±

    Grandma Gu showed a subtle smile, ¡°next life, I will still decorate my hair with azalea. You will know it¡¯s me when you see the flower.¡±

    Grandpa Gu nodded.

    They embraced each other. A relieving smile emerged on the visage of grandpa Gu. His eyes were slowly closing, and that¡¯s when he heard a voice saying ¡°dad......¡±

    His eyes glimmered and then closed forever.

    A drop of tear slid down.

    Ten days after grandpa Gu¡¯s death, grandma Gu had gradually lost her health. Luo Jianqing started to take care of this lonely woman. He yed his role as a good listener, staying by her side for her story of the younger romantic days and her poor daughter who died several years ago.

    Three monthster, grandma Gu couldn¡¯t get herself out of bed anymore. That day, she held Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand, just like grandpa Gu, suddenly found back her energy and said a lot of words.

    ¡°When I was young, believe me, I was the prettiest girl in this region so that I once had a high expectation for my future husband. That day, under the sunset, I saw him holding an enormous bouquet of azalea with a silly smile hanging on his face. I was thinking ¡®wow, that man looks so funny¡¯, and then we were married.

    ¡°I wasn¡¯t able to give birth to a child until the twelfth year of our marriage. He didn¡¯t mind at all, but the vigers were foul-mouthed. In the twelfth year, we had a baby who opened his eyes and smiled at the moment he was born. He had beautiful eyes which would bend like the new moon when he smiled. They were even saying that I¡¯ve given birth to a little girl.

    ¡°But every time he smiled, there were thunders came from the firmament hovering over the Gu Vige. I never knew thunder could be that terrifying. It didn¡¯t stop for three days and three nights. At the same time, the Luo River became crystal clear...very clear. It was so clear that I could see lots of shrimp and fish beneath the surface. I lived here for dozens of years but that was the first time I knew there were so many creatures in the Luo River.

    ¡°Then, we put him inside a bucket and let him float away along the river.

    ¡°Anywhere his bucket touched, tranquil befallen. The fish and shrimp all scattered away, but the thunder followed.¡±

 Chapter 37: To Break the Mortal Bond (4)

    <h4>Chapter 37: To Break the Mortal Bond (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing was still smiling when she stopped to cough. He gave her a ss of warm water. She looked at Luo Jianqing with joy in her eyes, ¡°we once gave him a name called Gu Niansheng.¡±

    Luo Jianqing lightly nodded, ¡°it¡¯s a good one.¡±

    Grandma Gu smiled and sipped some water.

    It was raining outside. Dropping on the ground without a sound, the rain in spring was light and mild. When Luo Jianqing stood up to shut the windows, he heard an old kind voice said something before he even turned his back.

    ¡°Niansheng, how are you these years?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was petrified.

    ¡°Are your step-parents treating you well? Do you have any siblings? Where do you live? Are you married?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was standing still, didn¡¯t turn his head.

    Coughing while smiling, grandma Gu said, ¡°I forgot that you went to learn how to be an immortal. Your master must have been nice to you. Is he......¡±

    ¡°Grandma Gu!¡±

    Heard Luo Jianqing¡¯s words, grandma Gu quivered and slowly shut up her mouth.

    After a long silence, grandma Gu wiped out the tears and said in a cracked voice, ¡°our second child was a girl. We named her Gu Amei and gave her a nickname ¡®Niansheng¡¯. She was beautiful, married to a young man from another vige. She died because of dystocia. Her husband didn¡¯t marry until the third year by when he suddenly became rich and married another girl. My daughter, however, didn¡¯t have a chance to enjoy her life for even one day.

    ¡°When I was little, I heard the elders talking about karma. My son only lived a few days after his birth. Amei inherited his name, and, just like my husband and I, was cursed by that.¡±

    Staring at the ground, Luo Jianqing was still facing the window.

    ¡°The vigers are saying that we are nice and kind, but they don¡¯t know we are always haunted by our dreams. I remember one night I had a dream in which my son came back and told me he was scared of the thunder. He told me that it was cold lying in the Luo River.

    ¡°My husband and I didn¡¯t have a single peaceful night for twenty-seven years until the immortal came.

    ¡°It was our karma. We did something wrong......to our own child.

    She choked with sobs. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help himself but turned his head. He saw the old woman was crying. The quilt was wetted by the tears. She was crying and shivering uncontrobly.

    Luo Jianqing made his way towards grandma Gu. Before he could say anything, she said, ¡°three years ago, the immortal told us that we were about to leave this world. We told them that we did not want to live any longer as well. What we really wanted was death, so that we could reunite with our children. However, the immortal said that our son was still waiting for us......waiting for us to break the bond that connected our family.

    ¡°We asked him where our Niansheng was.¡±

    ¡°He told us......that we would know when the time is right.¡±

    ¡°We managed to live another three years just because of his words. Actually, we didn¡¯t eat the herbs. That¡¯s surely a precious thing. We want to give it to our Niansheng. We¡¯ve been wondering for three years how he¡¯s gonna look like.¡±

    ¡°He¡¯s in histe thirties. Maybe he has a wonderful life. Maybe he already had his own family now, with beautiful wife and lovely child. Maybe he¡¯s like that immortal. So gorgeous. So kind. Befallen our yard one day and told us he¡¯sing to cut the bond.¡±

    ¡°When that day came, I was doingundry. I saw a man floating in the middle of the river. I took a gleam when he was rescued ashore, and I knew, at that moment, this is my son.¡±

    ¡°My Niansheng is even more handsome than I ever imagined.

    ¡°He is so gorgeous, so nice. We don¡¯t deserve a son like this. I know, after my death, he¡¯s gonna be an immortal. It¡¯s good. He should be one. He doesn¡¯t need parents like us. Then what¡¯s the meaning of......our bond?¡±

    ¡°Mom......¡± Luo Jianqing sobbed.

    Grandma Gu suddenly lifted her head, staring at the handsome young man standing in front.

    It was after a while before she beckoned him finally.

    ¡°Niansheng, how are you......these years?¡±

    She said the words with extreme carefulness and mild voice as if she didn¡¯t want to scare him.

    Luo Jianqing held her hand and nodded, ¡°my life is very satisfying.¡±

    ¡°Do you have any child?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head.

    ¡°Are you married?¡±

    He nodded, ¡°I have somebody that I really like.¡±

    Grandma Gu beamed with pleasure, ¡°it¡¯s good......it¡¯s good.¡±

    The light kindled in the house. The thunder and lightning outside couldn¡¯t disturb the peaceful kind vibe within. Grandma Gu was very happy. She said a lot as if she had countless things to tell Luo Jianqing. It was till the sunrise her voice became weaker and weaker.

    In the end, grandma Gu was leaning on Luo Jianqing¡¯s chest and mumbling, ¡°that day, I was the one who decided to abandon you, not your father......it¡¯s true, not your father. We regretted before we got to our house. We found a ship and searched you around in the Luo River but couldn¡¯t find you......we really couldn¡¯t find you. We found a lot of money in our house after we returned. We hid them all under this bed. Take the money. They are yours. We didn¡¯t even tell Amei......¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded hard.

    Looking right into this handsome man, Grandma Gu lifted her head. She looked at him as if she didn¡¯t want to leave this world, not after she finally had the chance to look at her son. She smiled slowly, ¡°your master must have been treating you well. Niansheng, his eyes were beaming with delight when he spoke of you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t move his body.

    She was still speaking, ¡°your master spat out lots of blood when he left. You must take good care of him.¡±

    Shivering in shock, Luo Jianqing widened his eyes.

    Grandma Gu¡¯s eyes were slowly closing. Voice weakening and fingers losing strength, using thest bit of her energy, she still gazed at Luo Jianqing. A relieving smile emerged, for one second, she became the beautiful girl who enchanted every young man in the region dozens of years ago.

    She said, ¡°Niansheng, our bond......was cut.¡±

    ¡°St¡ª¡ª¡±

    Her arm dropped at the moment she finished the sentence.

    Stupified, Luo Jianqing held the old woman in his arms. A long-time passed. His tears were finally running out.

    He felt something inside him vanished at the moment grandma Gu stopped her breath. That thing was constraining him for forty-one years, and he didn¡¯t notice it at all. It was the bond between the family which was buried at the deepest corner in his heart and was broken following grandma Gu¡¯sst words.

    What was the meaning of breaking the mortal bond?

    Must we be indifferent of love and hate to be immortal?

    Thunder was roaring in the firmament. Countless lightning was rushing towards the ground like silver snakes. Then a heavy rain followed.

    In terrible weather like this, Luo Jianqing buried grandma Gu with grandpa Gu. He knelt before the tombstone, kowtowed forty-one times, and then using Sword Qi left a phrase on the tombstone:

    ¡®by their son ¨C Gu Niansheng¡¯

    Thest bit of the bond had disappeared. Luo Jianqing looked up at the sky. There was nothing but coldness and anger on his face,

    ¡°Who¡¯s to me for the flood and thunder forty-one years ago?

    ¡°Why the fate asked me to break the mortal bond?

    ¡°Why is it that we have to be indifferent to immortal?

    ¡°Why do we need to leave behind the love and hate?

    ¡°I, Luo Jianqing, swear that I will seed with all the mortal emotions still inside me.¡±

    Emerging and rumbling from the underground, an ancient invisible power umted around Luo Jianqing.

    This was the Third Seizure of the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record ¨C Seizing Right and Wrong!

 Chapter 38: The Bond Between Master and Disciple â€”- I Will Never Let Go of it! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 38: The Bond Between Master and Disciple ¡ª- I Will Never Let Go of it! (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Under the downpour, a figure in cyan stood alone in the forest.

    It was raining cats and dogs. With tremendous thunder and lightning, the whole region was shaken. Gazing at the sky, Luo Jianqing stood in this terrifying weather. It was just like the weather which befell the Gu Vige forty-one years ago. The rain dropped into the Luo River which meandered thousands of miles. There seemed no end for the countless lightning.

    Instead of turbid, the Luo River turned crystal clear by the rain drops.

    Shrimp and fish were swimming. The mountains ashore were connected by their reflections in the river, and their dim outline was looming in the rain. The Luo River not only ran for an enormous distance, but it was no mild river. The cultivator in cyan stood at the top of the mountain gazing at the vast Luo River but couldn¡¯t find its end; it was majestic and stirring, just like the fearful firmament.

    It was in the rain that Luo Jianqing saw the imaginary images of the couple.

    The vigers had nothing for their child but hate and curse. They put that little chubby boy into a bucket along with enough quilt against the cold, enough foods against the starvation, and enough canvas against the rain. Crying as if their heart was broken, they put the bucket into the water and watched it floating along with the river.

    The thunder went away following the departure of the child.

    The water turned clear everywhere the bucket touched. The vibe around the child was always tranquil and steady. The couple ashore was wailing. Finally, the young man dragged the weepingdy away. The crying sound from the bucket gradually ceased as well.

    Sighed, Luo Jianqing let go of this image before that familiar white figure appeared.

    Thunder was roaring in the sky as if it aimed to demolish the mountain. Luo Jianqing closed his eyes instead.

    Forty-one years ago in the peaceful Gu Vige, after twelve years of marriage, Gu Qi and his wife finally had their first child. The baby boy was gorgeous. Wishing him to be like a young willow ¨C growing fast and ever-green ¨C they named him Gu Willow.

    Gu Willow was smart and bright. He went to a school in the vige at the age of six to learn how to read and write from a Xiucai. It was not until he turned twelve that his teacher realized he was outsmarted. Gu Willow¡¯s teacher wrote a letter of rmendation and sent him to study in town.

    When Gu Willow was leaving the vige, Gu Sixteen gave him a box of candy as a goodbye gift and said in lovely voice, ¡°you know how to read, while I know how to cook¡±.

    The girl in buns was bravely expressing her love, but Gu Willow was blushing.

    With simple luggage, Gu Willow went to the town to study. He got the first ce in the Town Test and the Province Test, and stayed at the top 1 for all the tests along the way to the capital city. The emperor endorsed him as Tanhua (number three in national civil examinations), and then gave him the courtesy name of Fengzhang. With great achievement, Gu Willow returned his hometown. He smelled the aroma of cooked rice before he even stepped into the vige.

    The subordinate asked, ¡°Tanhua Gu, is there any tasty famous food in your hometown?¡±

    Gu Willow didn¡¯t have time to answer because he saw a pretty girl came out of a house built at the end of the street. She rushed towards him. Looking shy while saying something bold, ¡°Gu Willow, youe back with knowledge and I am good at cooking now¡±.

    With a blush on his face, Gu Willow married Gu Sixteen a yearter.

    Although Gu Willow was just a Tanhua, within ten years he impeached several corrupt officials who once held great power in their hands. On the outside, he was the ruthless censor; once a year gave the emperor a world-shaking suggestion and bet his life with it; even the emperor couldn¡¯t say no to him. On the inside, he was a perfect husband; although they didn¡¯t have any child, he was doing all he could to take care of Gu Sixteen with love, care, and gentleness.

    They were well-known for their loving stories.

    When Gu Willow was forty, he became a member of the Cab and went to the battlefield to over-watch the army, while Gu Sixteen was sobbing every day back home.

    When Gu Willow was fifty, while the colleagues around his age all had a big family and countless offspring, Gu Willow and Gu Sixteen only had each other.

    When Gu Willow was sixty, holding tremendous power in his hands, he became the prime minister. He was still ruthless and just ¨C a nightmare of the greedy negligent officials.

    When Gu Willow was seventy, a new emperor took over the throne. Believed the obloquy, the new emperor was dread of the power of the prime minister and sentenced the old good man death. The whole city cried for three days and three nights.

    Youth had already left Gu Sixteen. That day, she held her husband¡¯s cinerary urn for a long time and gently buried it underground. She sat in front of the tombstone for three days and left abruptly. Gu Sixteen came back with a lunch box which was filled with fully cooked rice.

    ¡°You know how to read......while I know how to cook¡±.

    After having the rice, Gu Sixteen rushed towards the gravestone andmit suicide.

    All of these was frozen into an image.

    Again, the time came back to forty-one years ago. Gu Qi and his wife had a child. That year there was little rain in the vige. All the nts were died because of the drought. The couple named their baby Gu Wish, wishing him and the family a bright future. A better future.

    ying every single day, Gu Wish was very naughty. He hates studying. His parents never ceased to worry about his future.

    This time, Gu Sixteen didn¡¯t make it to be born into this world. Her mother had a stillborn. Following his parents and ying his toy, Gu Wish visited thisdy who had just lost her child.

    With just seven-year-old, Gu Wish was weirdly strong. Noticing that, his parents sent him to learn martial arts with a veteran.

    At twelve years old, Gu Wish enlisted. Still looking for candy before he took his leave, he didn¡¯t treat this seriously. There was nobody except his parents said goodbye to him, only several girls who were enchanted by his handsome visage but soon called back by their parents, ¡°that boy has nothing but a pretty face. He won¡¯t seed but die in the battlefield sooner orter.¡±

    Gu Wish stopped to stare at the direction where the voice originated.

    When he was thirteen years old, Gu Wish fought in the war for the first time. He earned himself a lot of medals and was promoted Qianfu Zhang when he was seventeen. He saved the general¡¯s life once, and by that chance, impressed by both his appearance and his skills, the general started to endorse him.

    Atst, when Gu Wish was twenty, they ended the war with a great victory. Came back to the capital city as a soldier who proved his braveness, Gu Wish wasplimented by the emperor himself. However, Gu Wish didn¡¯t like the vibe of party. While wandering alone in the garden, he bumped into a girl who was practicing her sword.

 Chapter 39: The Bond Between Master and Apprentice Disciple â€”- I Will Never Let Go of it! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 39: The Bond Between Master and Apprentice Disciple ¡ª- I Will Never Let Go of it! (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Seeing Gu Wish who stood aside, the girl was slightly angry, ¡°you insolent tramp, who gave you permission to enter?¡±

    Gu Wish acted like a swain, ¡°is that so there is a sign outside saying only woman allowed but no hero like me?¡±

    The girl sneered, ¡°Are you kidding me? You, a hero?¡±

    Gu Wish held his head up high, ¡°said so by Your Majesty¡±.

    Her eyes glimmered and held the sword up, ¡°then, hero, do you dare take my challenge!¡±

    ¡°Why not!¡±

    They fought with excitement in the yard. Atst, the girl was defeated. Tried to break Gu Wish¡¯s constrain but failed, she sighed, ¡°really? You are just like what was said by my father ¨C having nothing but strength and having no idea how to behave yourself!¡±

    Three yearster, Gu Wish married the general¡¯s only daughter ¨C Ying Niang.

    The emperor himself even gave them a blessing.

    They had their first child in the second year of their marriage, and had three boys within five years. When the time reached the tenth year, Ying Niang refused to give birth to another one. Gu Wish couldn¡¯t do anything about it, so he put all his energy into teaching his six sons martial arts.

    When Gu Wish was thirty, Ying Niang¡¯s father ¨C the old general ¨C was killed in the war. Followed the new emperor¡¯s order, Gu Wish went to the battlefield. Wherever he went, death and demolish followed. They wined the war with no doubt. He beheaded the general of their enemy and brought the head back home. He held his wife tight andforted her gently.

    When Gu Wish was fifty years old, he held great power in his hands. His six sons all became famous generals.

    When Gu Wish was sixty years old, the suspicious emperor beckoned him to the pce. It was a party, but Gu Wish¡¯sst one.

    The emperor gave him a death sentence along with a ss of poisoned wine.

    Gu Wishughed instead, and asked, ¡°there¡¯s only one thing I want to know ¨C what did I do wrong?¡±

    The emperor sighed, ¡°General Gu, that is your mistake ¨C you did nothing wrong¡±.

    Gu Wish drank the wine and stroke the ss on the ground. He rode the horse rushing towards General Pce, but life was slipping away. He died half-way home. The horse took him all the way home as if it knew what his owner was determined.

    Under the moonlight, when Ying Niang came out of the General Pce, she saw his hero still wearing the army attire, sitting on the horseback, and eyes wide open.

    Ying Niang was shivering. , Kneeling on the ground, their six sons swore to revenge.

    However, Ying Niang said, ¡°Your father was the hero of this country. He owed nothing to the country, the emperor, or the citizens. The former emperor gave him the title of ¡®Hero¡¯. How can you guys discredit his honor?¡±

    ¡°Mother!¡±

    ¡°Take your father off from the horseback and bring him to my room. I still have a lot of words......hadn¡¯t had a chance to tell him.¡±

    That night, the General Pce didn¡¯t turn off light for the whole night. The olddy sat beside the bed and held her husband¡¯s hand, mumbling, ¡°Honestly, I knew who you were when we first met each other, Gu Wish. My father told me that he found someone who would achieve greatness in the future. He wished me to marry that guy but I hated that.

    ¡°How could he decide whom I will marry? Me, Ying Niang, was famous in the capital city. I was not like the other girls who will obey their parents¡¯ arrangement.

    ¡°The day you entered the yard, you were wearing the same white attire.

    ¡°You held my hands. I could feel my heartbeat. It was like ¡®boom, boom, boom¡¯. The beat went on and on.

    ¡°You tramp. Rather to die as a hero instead of to live as a traitor. You were everyone¡¯s hero, but my tramp.¡±

    ......

    She kept talking until the sunrise. The olddy got out of the room and took out her sword. She started practicing the sword just like forty years ago. She was still beautiful and powerful as if nothing had changed ¨C she was ying her sword in the middle of the yard and he was watching her in the darkness, they got to know each other and then fell in love.

    The sword was dropped on the ground. What following it was the body of Ying Niang.

    The General Pce hung up white curtains.

    Ying Niang died on the same day with Gu Willow. This was what was called ¨C no need for the same date of birth but beg for the same date of death.

    The six generals were in wrath and nned to overthrow the emperor, but were defeated by the well-prepared Majesty who destroyed the whole General Pce with no mercy.

    Several years after this, the once magnificent General Pce was now shabby and poor. No one ever remembered once there was a teenager from amon vige step by step became a great hero of the country.

    Again, forty-one years ago, Gu Qi and his wife had a child. They named him Gu Zhen. Gu Zhen chose business as his work field but lost a tremendous amount of money in the end. Even his old wife hung herself andmitted suicide. They left nothing but an idiotic son.

    Another forty-one years ago, this time his name was Gu Cheng. He was a hardworking farmer and very good at agricultural tactic. He married Gu Sixteen at the right time. They had a wonderful life together.

    ......

    The ninth forty-one years ago, Gu Qi and his wife named their child Gu Niansheng.

    Gu Niansheng was handsome and very clever. When he was seven, an immortal came to the Gu Vige to find himself an apprentice. That immortal in white robe fixed his eyes on Gu Niansheng, ¡°What is your name?¡±

    ¡°My......my name is Gu Niansheng.¡±

    ¡°Why ¡®Niansheng¡¯?¡±

    He shook his head, ¡°I have no idea.¡±

    Didn¡¯t care much on his answer, the immortal waved his hand, ¡°I¡¯m Xuan Lingzi. Youe with me to the Tai Hua Mountain. You can follow me and be my disciple.¡±

    Knowing nothing, Gu Niansheng followed his parents and kneeled before the immortal. When he was about to leave, his parents held his hands and kept telling him to be a good student.

    ¡°Dad, mom, can I stille back and visit?¡±

    Before his parents could answer, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°to be an immortal, you have to leave no bond in themon world. Now, you are given the chance to break the bond between your parents and yourself. After this, you will have the freedom themoners never have a chance to enjoy, and then, you could step on the journey to learn how to be an immortal.¡±

    ¡°No!¡± Said Gu Niansheng, ¡°why do I have to abandon my parents?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi gazed at him, ¡°do you want to be an immortal?¡±

    The wrath slowly disappeared. Gu Niansheng looked up and smiled, ¡°Master, I want to be immortal, but I don¡¯t want to be a creature with no love, no hate, nor sympathy. I won¡¯t break the bond linking my parents and I, nor which linking you and me. If it is true that only indifference can lead a person to the road of immortal, then why, can you tell me, that forty-one years ago you came to the Luo River, rescued me, and made me your first disciple?¡±

    Suddenly, everything around Gu Niansheng ¨C including Xuan Lingzi ¨C froze like statues.

    Step by step, Gu Niansheng made his way up to the sky, while his figure slowly transformed into Luo Jianqing.

    Nine phantasms. Every single one of them was diminishing Luo Jianqing¡¯s determination.

    There was a saying: ¡®all the rtionships and bonds bring only agony, then why keep them? There is only one way ¨C put them into demolition!¡¯

    Luo Jianqing gently touched Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face and showed him a smile with indulgence, ¡°you came to the Gu Vige just for me; you prolonged my parents¡¯ lives in order to create a chance for me to break the bond. Wu Yin, do you really want me to be an immortal with......no love, no hate, no anything? Then, given that you¡¯ve spat blood for me, who am I to you?¡±

 Chapter 40: The Bond Between Master and Apprentice Disciple â€”- I Will Never Let Go of it! (3)

    <h4>Chapter 40: The Bond Between Master and Apprentice Disciple ¡ª- I Will Never Let Go of it! (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    With fingertips gentle touching, Luo Jianqing lowered his head and kissed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips. All were fake in the phantasm. However, Luo Jianqing felt it real. The touching of the lips was soft and gentle. It had Sir Xuan Lingzi¡¯s love. Although all the emotions were confined in the Yu Xiao Peak, just like what Xuan Lingzi said, the respected immortal hadn¡¯t broken the mortal bond.

    The next moment, all the phantasm vanished.

    Tremendous energy burst out from Luo Jianqing. The power transformed into a whip, releasing energy into its surroundings. Whipping and striking, Luo Jianqing twisted the whole dimension. A roaring sound came out from the firmament. There was thunder hidden in the clouds but never really hit the ground.

    ¡°In chaos we born; over wrong and right we bring; but who¡¯s in the position to say which is right or not¡±.

    ¡°They say heartless lead to immortal. They say indifference is the basic of cultivation¡±.

    ¡°Then what is immortal and what is cultivation?!¡±

    ¡°My fate is controlled by myself, not by God! The bond linking me and my parents, I won¡¯t let go of it! The bond linking me to my master, I won¡¯t let go of it as well!¡±

    ¡°Nine Heavenly Seizure Record! The Third Seizure ¨C Seizing Right and Wrong!¡±

    Boom!

    Ferocious spiritual power flooded out over the whole Gu Vige then converged with the Luo River.

    Surprisingly, nothing was hurt nor taken away by that enormous power. Instead, it stroked over all the creatures that existed in the world, studying and observing everything as if it was eager to know what was truly right and what was truly wrong.

    But that was a question which remained unanswered for tens of thousands of years.

    Standing in the rain, Luo Jianqing looked up at the sky. In that very moment, the rain suddenly stopped, but the clouds were still shrouding over.

    Something that had lost in him for a quite long time emerged again. Entangled Luo Jianqing for forty-one years, this strong emotion was ignited by his parents, who gave him flesh and blood, and Luo Jianqing could never put that into disdain. Hatred orin, it was what Luo Jianqing had to carry on himself; it was his decision to choose whether or not to break their bond.

    Luo Jianqing stood in front of the tomb for forty-one days, as if he was trying to mend what he missed for forty-one years. When he finally turned away from the graveyard, he was still the son of Gu Qi and his wife because these two had struggled to live for another three years just for him. They abandoned Luo Jianqing in the Luo River, but they were also the people who saved him from drowning. Although there was a gap of forty-one-years separation between Luo Jianqing¡¯s parents and himself, Gu Qi and his wife still took care of Luo Jianqing for forty days.

    Luo Jianqing took out the money that was hidden under the bed when he came back to the house and gave the money away to every household in the vige and his brother-inw. He left while the man was still trying to figure out what was going on.

    When Luo Jianqing reached the exit of the vige, a beautiful girl rushed towards him, couldn¡¯t care less about her reputation among the vigers.

    Holding a vivid red flower in her hand, the girl was crying. She wiped out the tears and gave the flower to Luo Jianqing who was looking every movement of her and smiled, ¡°Are you the sixteenth girl who was born in the Gu Vige?¡±

    ¡°I am the only one in the vige ranked as the sixteenth girl.¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed with relief as if he knew something already.

    Pulling out a white jade hairpin from his Interspatial Ring, Luo Jianqing helped Gu Sixteen to wear this gorgeous essory. The girl was so happy that her fingertips were shivering with delight, but Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I¡¯m not your true love. Somebody once told me that it is her own business to love me, and that business has nothing to do with me. So now I only want to tell you that I¡¯m not the one, but if you insist, I won¡¯t clear your memory.¡±

    Widened her eyes, Gu Sixteen said, ¡°you......you are indeed an immortal!¡±

    ¡°Sixteen, you will understand that I¡¯m not the one when you met your true love.¡±

    Leaving this sentence, Luo Jianqing used his spiritual power to leave the vige and flew up to the sky.

    For a whole day, Gu Sixteen gazed at the direction where Luo Jianqing went. Atst, she went home with tears hanging on her eyshes. She didn¡¯t know that many yearster she would hold her grandson in her arms and smile with content, saying ¡°actually, a long time ago, grandma liked someone once, but I fear that ¡®like¡¯ was only remained as ¡®like¡¯, not ¡®love¡¯, for if I did love that man, I would take pains to follow him no matter what it takes, not like what I did ¨C stood there for only one day.¡±

    In fact, every cause had an effect. All was determined by fate. There was no coincidence but only causality.

    When Luo Jianqing came back to the Tai Hua Mountain, all the young disciples were stunned and looked at him with disbelief, and finally started to shout, ¡°it¡¯s Luo Jianqing! Hees back! You finallye back!¡±

    This good news was spread all over the Tai Hua Mountain in less than half an hour. Many elders and apprentices came to check if Luo Jianqing really came back. Luo Jianqing thanked their warm wee and then flew to the Cang Shuang Peak to report to the Master.

    When Luo Jianqing flew away, an elder was shocked by what he sensed from this senior apprentice, ¡°wait......is it true that Jianqing already reached to the Nascent Soul Period?¡±

    ¡°It is! It¡¯s the Nascent Soul Period!¡±

    ¡°OMG, the senior disciple cultivated for only forty-one years. I can¡¯t believe somebody could make it.¡±

    ¡°Master Xuan Lingzi made it when he was fifty-six years old. Luo Jianqing is only forty-one. It¡¯s impossible!¡±

    At the moment Luo Jianqing came back to the Tai Hua Mountain, the cinnabar mole between his eyebrows turned into a golden beam and suddenly flew to the Yu Xiao Peak. Pretended he couldn¡¯t care less about that peak, Luo Jianqing said nothing but gazed at the light.

    He met the master when he arrived at the Cang Shuang Peak.

    Hao Xingzi asked what happened after he was swallowed by the ghost drift sands and how did he manage toe out while the gate of the Liu Yan Valley was closed. Luo Jianqing answered every question the master asked but hid the truth that Mo Qiu was a Fiend Cultivator.

    Hao Xingzi sighed, ¡°after all, that was the grave of a Heaven Level Demon Exalt. It would be strange if everything there went on normal. Jianqing, you¡¯d better hurry up to the Yu Xiao Peak. While you were gone, your master had made the whole Four Sects and Eight ns into chaos.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was surprised to hear that, ¡°master, can you tell me exactly what is going on?¡±

    ¡°When the Liu Yan Valley was opened, the gate didn¡¯t close for three days, but you remained missing. Seeing the gate closed again while you still didn¡¯t show up, Master Shan was worried about you. Then we heard some cultivators saying that you and another one from the Mo Family were swallowed by the ghost drift sands. Though we knew you were still alive ¨C signed by your Life Lantern ¨C your master still lost control and went ballistic. He hurt the people sent by the Duan Hun Sect, Fei Hua Sect, Bai Family, Yun Family, and Mo Family who came here to help exin what happened to you.¡±

    Hearing what was said by Hao Xingzi, Luo Jianqing said these words unconsciously, ¡°master, I have a question that I don¡¯t know if it is appropriate for me to ask: is it true that my master......is sick?¡±

    Silence fulfilled the pce for a long time. Hao Xingzi sighed, ¡°the first disciple of the Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing, do you have a slight idea how much did your master has done for you?¡±

 Chapter 41: What Was Deemed to Happen (1)

    <h4>Chapter 41: What Was Deemed to Happen (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    One hourter, Luo Jianqing got out of the Ling Yun Hall. He was in a hurry. Before flew up to the sky, he heard a gentle voice sounded behind him, ¡°senior disciple Luo, you doe back.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stopped to turn back.

    He saw Zuo Yunmo who was wearing a light-colored robe with Qing Yun Sword hanging on the waist. Smiling as the summer breeze, Zuo Yunmo looked exactly the same with dozens of years ago. However, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t have much time to hang around, so he said, ¡°senior disciple Zuo, it¡¯s been a long time. I¡¯m quite busy right now, so, next time.¡±

    But Zuo Yunmo said, ¡°What are you going to do?¡±

    Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t expecting the question, but soon he showed a smile to Zuo Yunmo, ¡°I¡¯ve been gone for four years. My Master is surely eager to see me. I must meet him soon and......I have something to tell him.¡±

    An amiable smile was what responding Luo Jianqing.

    Looking at Zuo Yunmo¡¯s eyes, Luo Jianqing felt like his senior had seen through him. Luo Jianqing remembered in thest life he met Zuo Yunmo at the arctic for thest time; he remembered, at that time, Zuo Yunmo was looking at him with the same gaze, so profound and so deep.

    But something was different. Zuo Yunmo wasn¡¯t smiling when they met at the arctic, while now, he was still smiling.

    After a while, Zuo Yunmo said, ¡°Jianqing, several days ago I heard a pair of master and apprentice was kicked out of a sect in Liangzhou. Do you know the reason?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked a little, and asked, ¡°why?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo gazed at the beautiful young man standing before him. He sighed with sorrow glimmered in his eyes, but the emotion disappeared very quickly. Atst, he said in calmness, ¡°because that pair of master and apprentice fell into a rtionship that never should exist between them.¡±

    Said nothing, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t have any expression on his face.

    Zuo Yunmo kept saying, ¡°Jianqing, I haven¡¯t met you for a long time. I¡¯m impressed that you¡¯ve reached the Nascent Soul Period.¡±

    ¡°You reached the median stage of the Gold Core Period as well.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s a rare opportunity that we meet each other today. How about we make full use of it and exchange a few moves to see......¡±

    ¡°Senior disciple Zuo, I have to go back to the Yu Xiao Peak.¡±

    Seemed worried a little bit, Zuo Yunmo frowned. He didn¡¯t even follow the formalities, blurting out, ¡°Jianqing, I¡¯m your senior who watched you grow up. I know you, anyhow, you can¡¯t......¡±

    ¡°Brother Yunmo!¡±

    Zuo Yunmo couldn¡¯t utter a word.

    He saw Luo Jianqing looking at himself with a fearless smile on his gorgeous face.

    Luo Jianqing gazed at his brother, said in a firm voice, ¡°Yunmo, I haven¡¯t called you in this name since I was five years old. I will remember what you said, but I have to go right now. One day, when the right timees, we can exchange a few movestogether.¡±

    Then Luo Jianqing transformed into a bice light and disappeared in a sudden.

    Realized what happened, Zuo Yunmo wobbled a little. Looking up and gazing at the direction where Luo Jianqing went, he shut his lips tight. After a long time, Zuo Yunmo sighed, slowly closed his eyes and rxed his hand which was gripping the Qing Yun Sword.

    At the same time, Luo Jianqing arrived at the Yu Xiao Peak.

    Hundreds of Banning Boundary vanished before Luo Jianqing. He made it to the peak as easily as walking on firm earth. When he came to the top of the mountain, he saw that man who was wearing a golden-rimmed white robe. The man was standing in the Garden of Spiritual Herbs and looking at the herbs.

    Luo Jianqing had thousands of words to tell him before they actually met, but when Luo Jianqing finally saw him, he couldn¡¯t say a single word.

    He still remembered what Sir Hao Xingzi told him in the Ling Yun Hall.

    ¡°Do you know why Xuan Lingzi hasn¡¯t yed the Yu Xiao Zither for more than a hundred year? Because, although others can get benefit from the music and enhance their cultivation, his own cultivation will be worn down when he ys that instrument. He knows this, Jianqing, but he still yed it for you.

    ¡°Do you know what makes humans and demons remained in peace for a hundred years? All of the cultivators who have reached beyond the Da Sheng Period know this: the most powerful Heaven Level Demon Exalt has reached the level which equals to thete stage of the Da Sheng Period ¨C even more powerful than the Fiend Exalt Mo Qianqiu! Your Master Xuan Lingzi can defeat it, but he can¡¯t kill it, not to mention the amount of Demon Exalt is twofold of our human Masters!

    ¡°All of this is because that, after the war, Xuan Lingzi and the Demon Exalt had a contract which confined Xuan Lingzi at the Tai Hua Mountain, reducing his chance to encounter divine opportunities. On the other hand, stipting Mo Qianqiu¡¯s Fiend Pce as the border, the four most powerful Demon Exalts have to stay in the demon realm and can never step on the thirty-six continents.

    ¡°Xuan Lingzi isn¡¯t supposed to step out of the Tai Hua Mountain, but forty-one years ago, he split half of his Primordial Life out of his body and took you back from the Luo River. Five years ago, he did it again, followed you to Sir Bei Dou¡¯s tomb and came back with impaired body! Four years ago, he split his Primordial Life for the third time and went to the Liu Yan Valley with you.

    ¡°Liu Yan Valley is a dangerous ce. In the passing years, when the gate was closed, nobody could get out of there. Do you know how severe it would be if half of his Primordial Life was destroyed inside the valley?

    ¡°Jianqing, your Master had put in lots of efforts in you. You have to take pains to cultivate. Supreme Spiritual Bone won¡¯t be born into this world again in the next thousand years. If you could reach the Deity Transformation Period within three hundred years like your Master, then our humans......¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t catch what Sir Hao Mingzi said next.

    His heart was pounding. All of his Spiritual Power was rushing inside his body with tremendous force. He could see no more, hear no more, what remained in his mind was just ¡°he still yed it for you¡±, ¡°he split his Primordial Life for you¡± ......

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t imagine how painful it is to split the Primordial Life. He never tried that before, but he surely knew how sensitive the Primordial Life could be.

    When he reached the Nascent Soul Period at the ninthyer of the Liu Yan Valley, he felt enormous pain when building the Nascent Soul using the spiritual power. He remembered that he couldn¡¯t even control his shivering body. Then how suffering it could be......to split the Primordial Life?

    That man followed him to the grave and the Liu Yan Valley......

    That man prolonged his parents¡¯ lives for him......

    That man stepped out of the Tai Hua Mountain for him no matter how dangerous it was......

    ¡®Wu Yin, if you really did all of these, then, who am I to you!¡¯

    Watching his Master in silence, Luo Jianqing stood at the top of the Yu Xiao Peak. He didn¡¯t say a word, just stood there and looked at him.

    After a while, Xuan Lingzi turned his body to face him. Frowned a little, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°What happened to you in the Liu Yan Valley? Why do youe back thiste? It¡¯s nice that you¡¯ve reached the Nascent Soul Period, but it¡¯s still too early for you. Your foundation is not quite firm. Remember to keep cultivating and practicing. Don¡¯t drown into your aplishment.¡±

    Luo Jianqing still kept his mouth shut and didn¡¯t respond.

 Chapter 42: What Was Deemed to Happen (2)

    <h4>Chapter 42: What Was Deemed to Happen (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Xuan Lingzi was surprised by his reaction, ¡°Jianqing, I am speaking to you. Why don¡¯t you respond?¡±

    Luo Jianqing stared him with a profound gaze, still not uttering a word.

    Irritated a little bit, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Does these several years staying outside make you forget your manners? Since when have you started to became this rude? You¡¯ve juste back, and because of this, I am not going to sentence you to the Penalty Gate. In the following days, however, if you are still behaving like this......¡±

    ¡°Master.¡±

    Heard Luo Jianqing¡¯s husky voice, Xuan Lingzi stopped speaking. He looked at his gorgeous disciple who was wearing a bice robe, surrounded by a verdant bamboo forest. The wind was dancing with Luo Jianqing¡¯s hair. Smiling, the disciple finally spoke, ¡°I got out of the Liu Yan Valley one year ago and floated along the Luo River. An old couple saved me,¡± stopped for a while, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°they were my parents.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t say anything at first, then, ¡°you didn¡¯t break the bond, however.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°no, I didn¡¯t. Master, why do I have to break the bond linking my parents and I? Why do I have to be a person with no emotions, no heart? You told me that even you didn¡¯t break all the mortal bonds. No offense, but your parents passed away a long time ago. Is that the bond you kept untouched? In other words, with all my respect, may I ask you what indeed is the bond which still linking you to the mortal word?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi flicked his long sleeve, ¡°how dare you!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was knocked into the air. Fought with the pain, he slowly walked toward Xuan Lingzi, ¡°master, is your unbroken bond linking to your parents?¡±

    ¡°I have no father or mother. That bond was not even formed.¡±

    ¡°......Sir Hao Xingzi? Your fellow brothers? The entire Tai Hua Mountain?¡±

    ¡°These are not the mortal bonds!¡±

    At this moment, Luo Jianqing had made his way to Xuan Lingzi. He slightly lifted his gaze, staring at his Master who stood before him nonchntly. He looked at Xuan Lingzi¡¯s visage with all the care in this world but didn¡¯t notice his master¡¯s already clenched fist hidden under the sleeve. Luo Jianqing suddenly burst out augh, then managed to say these in seriousness:

    ¡°Then, Master, is your mortal bond linking to......me?¡±

    Widened his eyes, Xuan Lingzi formed a golden sword-light in his palm. Luo Jianqing was knocked into the air and bumped on an old bamboo.

    Xuan Lingzi was incandescent, ¡°behave yourself! Luo Jianqing, you showed no respect to your master and said very offensive words! Go to the Penalty Cliff and think over your mistakes! I won¡¯t let youe back until you truly know what you have done. Your dozens of years of cultivation hase to naught. You don¡¯t deserve the title of Senior Brother in our sect, and you don¡¯t deserve to be my disciple!¡±

    Seized with a severe pain in the chest, Luo Jianqing groaned and spat out blood.

    Saw his apprentice got hurt, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t show the slightest care, instead, he looked at Luo Jianqing dauntingly.

    However, Luo Jianqing smiled. He wiped out the blood around his mouth and stood up. Step by step, he walked toward Xuan Lingzi again. He stared at Xuan Lingzi with honesty and determination ignited in his gaze, just like mes, as if Xuan Lingzi was burning inside. Didn¡¯t move at all, Xuan Lingzi was stunned, while heard augh came out of his disciple¡¯s mouth:

    ¡°Master, is that......what you really want?

    ¡°Among all the masters in the world, which one of them would split his Primordial Life several times just because he was worried about his apprentice?

    ¡°Which one of them would put tremendous efforts to help his disciple but keep it in secret?¡±

    Face paled, Xuan Lingzi listened to Luo Jianqing¡¯s interrogation but couldn¡¯t refute a word at all.

    When Luo Jianqing finally made his way to Xuan Lingzi, he stared at his Master with aplicated gaze. He heard the rustling sound from the forest. He heard the wind whispering. Luo Jianqing said subtly, ¡°if you truly did all of these in the name of the care from a master, then, can you tell me who was the one in Dubhe, the seventhyer of Sir Bei Dou¡¯s grave leaning on top of me and couldn¡¯t help ......kissing me?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was shocked as if he was stroke by lightning.

    He was surprised that Luo Jianqing still remembered that kiss. He paid efforts to carefully remove that part of memory from Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind, but, obviously, he failed to make his disciple put it intoplete oblivion.

    All these years, Luo Jianqing thought it was only a dream, a fantasy created by his desire.

    All he remembered was only a kiss. The one he had loved for dozens of years was leaning upon him and kissing him like it was the end of the world.

    How is it even possible for his Master to kiss him like that?

    However, Hao Xingzi told him that Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Primordial Life followed him to the grave and came back with severe injury.

    Why this man was injured?

    What Hao Xingzi told him gave an exnation for Li Xiuchen¡¯s wounds and Sir Bei Dou¡¯s remnant soul¡¯s obedience.

    All of these was because his Master came and rescued him. His master......kissed him.

    How can these be simply exined as ¡®master-disciple rtionship¡¯?

    Looking at his eminent Master standing before him but showing only indifference, Luo Jianqing could no longer keep his fake smile. Feared to hear a disappointing answer, his voice was trembling.

    ¡°Wu Yin, who am I......to you?¡±

    A kiss.

    With all the love and passion Luo Jianqing kissed Xuan Lingzi. It happened in a sudden. The Master didn¡¯t have time to elude. He was stunned, and just like that, he let his apprentice kiss him. Luo Jianqing felt a scorching heat transmitted from their lips. He stretched out his arms and embraced his Master ¨C like what he¡¯s been imagining for dozens of years.

    Put all the rules, boundaries, and limitations into disdain, Luo Jianqing kissed Xuan Lingzi, licking and biting his Master¡¯s still-ice-cold lips. Then, suddenly, he felt pain dispersing from his chest ¨C he was knocked into the air.

    Xuan Lingzi was standing before his bamboo house, shivering, and said hoarsely, ¡°How dare you, Luo Jianqing! Do you really believe that I won¡¯t kill you?!¡±

    ¡°Wu Yin, you like me.¡± Luo Jianqing was lying on the ground. Blood was dripping out of his mouth, but he still said it in delight.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s expressionless mask was broken. Now his face was pale, his voice unstable, ¡°Non......nonsense!¡±

    ¡°But, Wu Yin, you like me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stood up as if he wasn¡¯t hurt at all. He walked toward Xuan Lingzi and kissed his Master again. Luo Jianqing got the answer he wanted from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s stunned but epting posture, but that posture only remained for a very short time. A golden-sword light stabbed into Luo Jianqing¡¯s shoulder, while his Master turned into a golden light and disappeared in the forest. Smiling, Luo Jianqing gazed at the direction his Master had gone.

    After making sure that Xuan Lingzi had truly left, however, Luo Jianqing spat lots of blood with bice spiritual light mixed inside. Lying in a pool of his own blood, Luo Jianqing fainted out.

    Still mad about his disciple¡¯s behavior, Xuan Lingzi came back one dayter, and saw Luo Jianqing who was covered by blood at hisst gasp.

    Startled, Xuan Lingzi rushed to Luo Jianqing¡¯s side. Hands shivering, he held up his disciple and tried to check him out using his golden Spiritual Power. Luo Jianqing was losing his breath, and his Spiritual Power was even too weak to capture. When Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Spiritual Power reached to Luo Jianqing¡¯s Dan Tian, he ceased his every movement.

    There were only regrets and fear kindled in his eyes.

    ¡°Your primordial life is weak and unstable. Forcing it to fight against my sword light? Have you lost your mind?!¡±

    Without any hesitancy, Xuan Lingzi held Luo Jianqing in his arms and turned into a golden light, heading toward Qing Lan Peak.

 Chapter 43: What Was Deemed to Happen (3)

    <h4>Chapter 43: What Was Deemed to Happen (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He got straight into Yu Qingzi¡¯s cave, knocked off two guarding disciples who were about to salute him and destroyed three gates. Yu Qingzi was alchemizing pills. She was surprised to see her younger fellow disciple, and even more surprised to see wounded Luo Jianqing, ¡°how did he get injured so badly and even his fragile Primordial Life get hurt? Brother, what the heck is......! Freaking hell! It¡¯s your sword light!¡±

    Dumbstruck, Yu Qingzi¡¯s eyes travelled back and forth that pair of Master and apprentice.

    Xuan Lingzi was sweating badly with a pale face white like paper, as if he was gonna faint out. He said in a hoarse voice, ¡°sister, save him! Save him!¡±

    Ten dayster, Luo Jianqing woke up in Qing Lan Peak.

    Mu Tianxin was taking care of him. She was exultant to see Luo Jianqing finally wakes up. ¡°There you go, Senior Brother! My Master told me that this time you are in great danger because your Primordial Life was so badly wounded before it was stable. If not taking this carefully, you will face thirty percent of chance dropping back to the Golden Core Period, twenty percent of chance of never going to have a Nascent Soul in your lifetime, and ten percent of chance......¡± Mu Tianxin clenched her fist, ¡°how dare Master said that you may die because of these wounds! Nonsense! I won¡¯t speak to her for half a year!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was just able to open his eyes but still couldn¡¯t speak. What he could do was looking at Mu Tianxin with anxiety.

    However, Mu Tianxin couldn¡¯t get the meaning out of his eyes. She just kept talking.

    Three dayster, Luo Jianqing finally got back his strength to get out of the bed. What he did first was saying goodbye to Sir Yu Qingzi, preparing to go back to Yu Xiao Peak. Yu Qingzi sighed, ¡°Jianqing, your Master has gone into seclusion. What have you done making your Master this mad?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was stunned, after a while, he said, ¡°Respected Master, I fear that it was my these-years¡¯ staying outside made him worried about me.¡±

    Yu Qingzi nodded. ¡°Makes sense. Your Master cares about you so much. Do not let him worry again. I remember when you were little, Tianxin and you hang out to the Beast Garden on the Yu Shou Peak and didn¡¯te back for a whole day. Your Master was so fretful that he almost turned the whole Tai Hua Mountain upside down.¡±

    ¡°Respected Master......what I remembered was only that three-month punishment at the Penalty Cliff.¡±

    Yu Qingziughed, ¡°no, clearly you misremembered it. It wasn¡¯t three months. Your Master let youe back after only one-month of punishment. Why? Because you are his precious disciple. He made the whole Tai Hua Mountain into chaos just for two disciples. That was no glory. If I were him, I won¡¯t tell you either.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded in silence.

    Yu Qingzi didn¡¯t notice anything unusual. She exhorted Luo Jianqing to be a good apprentice and dismissed him.

    Walking at ane on Qing Lan Peak, Luo Jianqing was thinking over Sir Yu Qingzi¡¯s words.

    ¡°They are saying that I am spoiling Tianxin. Oh no, that was nothingpared to Brother Xuan Lingzi.¡±

    There was a saying that you can never know the truth if you are involved in the event. Luo Jianqing remembered that although his Master intentionally hid his emotions, every time he came back to the Yu Xiao Peak, Xun Lingzi was always waiting for him at the top of the Yu Xiao Peak and would never go into seclusion while he¡¯s around.

    Countless thoughts were hovering over Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind, rendering him knit his eyebrows. He started to regret pushing his Master so hard to face their rtionship.

    He knew, from the very beginning, that his Master held manners and rules in importance. Sir Xuan Lingzi of the Tai Hua Mountain was eminent, respected by all the cultivators over the world, but was so fragile and incandescent that day just because of him.

    Luo Jianqing did vent his spleen at that moment. He even thought about what would happen if his Master saw his corpse. Would he regret? Would he remorse? Would he be despaired seeing what he has done? Luo Jianqing wanted to break his Master¡¯s mask of indifference, so he tried his best to hide his wounds, not letting Xuan Lingzi discovers it.

    He didn¡¯t know, however, at that time, Xuan Lingzi was already too disturbed to notice his injury.

    Luo Jianqing got what he wanted from Sir Yu Qingzi¡¯s words. She told him that when his Master took him to Qing Lan Peak, Xuan Lingzi was shuddering as if he would copse immediately. Xuan Lingzi lost his calmness, begging Sir Yu Qingzi to save his apprentice¡¯s life and even wanted to cure Luo Jianqing using his own Primordial Life.

    Sir Yu Qingzi told him, ¡°I never saw my younger disciple so frightened like that for the past three hundred years.¡±

    However, his Master left immediately and even went into seclusion after making sure he would be okay.

    Now, Luo Jianqing came back to the Yu Xiao Peak. He stood before his Master¡¯s house, didn¡¯t utter a word.

    After a long time, he said huskily, ¡°Master¡±.

    There was only silence.

    Tried to open the door, Luo Jianqing reached out his hands but was blocked out by a golden ward. ¡°Master, given that you¡¯ve already done so much for me, why are you still hiding in the house refusing to meet?¡±

    Again, silence.

    Luo Jianqing insisted, ¡°if you don¡¯te out, I will kneel before your house until you do¡±.

    He knelt down, back straight, staring at the door wistfully.

    Be it a sun scorching day or raindrops striking day, he was kneeling.

    For a Nascent Soul Period cultivator, it wouldn¡¯t be a problem kneeling here even for ten years. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t move for a whole month, but the door still didn¡¯t have a slightest sign to open. Still recovering from his previous injuries, Luo Jianqing fainted out on the fortieth day.

    When he woke up, that door was still shutting tight, nonchntly refusing him.

    Suddenly, Luo Jianqing smiled. Wobbling, he got up from the ground. ¡°Although you don¡¯t want to see me now, I will wait for you till the end of the world. Wu Yin, I will start seclusion. Can you still treat me like this after I step into the Deity Transformation Period?¡±

    Silence was what responded to him.

    Luo Jianqing stared at the door as if he could see Xuan Lingzi through the ward. He remained unmoved for a long time, but unwaveringly walked away atst.

    ¡°I, Luo Jianqing, not only want to be your apprentice, but also......your lover.¡±

    Then Luo Jianqing went back to his house and went into seclusion.

    His words were echoing in the Yu Xiao Peak, driving the leaves of bamboo into rustling dance.

    In a bamboo house, Xuan Lingzi shut his eyelids tight, face pale, as if he was trying to smother his turbulent heart. In another house, Luo Jianqing started cultivating. Only he knew that his Nascent Soul formed at the age of forty ¨C sixteen-years faster than Xuan Lingzi.

    ¡®When will he reach the Deity Transformation Period?¡¯

    ¡®What will happen when he finally makes it?¡¯

    He told Xuan Lingzi his feelings about him, but his Master was still defending the boundary between Master and disciple, didn¡¯t want to overstep. There was only one way ¨C forcing Xuan Lingzi to face him with undeniable power!

    Right before Luo Jianqing was ready to empower his Primordial Life, he saw a thick book dropping from nowhere andnded on the floor. Surprised, he stretched his fingers and used his spiritual power to get the book in his palm.

    Seeking Immortality II!

 Chapter 44: Master, Have You Heard About Couple Cultivation? (1)

    <h4>Chapter 44: Master, Have You Heard About Couple Cultivation? (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing never thought that he would see this book again, and it was the second volume of it.

    The first volume of Seeking Immortality was destroyed by himself intentionally after he made sure that he memorized every word of it. The world would be driven into chaos if someone else read that book. He couldn¡¯t afford to take any risk to preserve it.

    Luo Jianqing was sure that he didn¡¯t see any serial number on the cover of that book, but the first volume did end with Li Xiuchen got out of the Liu Yan Valley and reced Luo Jianqing¡¯s status among all the disciples in Tai Hua Mountain.

    After Luo Jianqing¡¯s reincarnation, however, everything was different.

    Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t have a single chance to show off. In the book ¨C or theirst life ¨C Li Xiuchen was the second disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, but now he was just one of the mediocrities on the Hao Ming Peak. Frowned, Luo Jianqing opened Seeking Immortality and kept on reading.

    He finished it within fifteen minutes.

    Cultivators had brilliant memorization ability which was far more powerful than the mortals, not to mention that Luo Jianqing himself was the best one among all the Nascent Soul cultivators. He destroyed the book after he finished it. The book was the sequel of the first volume of Seeking Immortality, which wrote about how Li Xiuchen surprised Xuan Lingzi with more than a hundred Yan Fruits that he got from the Liu Yan Valley.

    More than a hundred Yan Fruits!

    Even Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t find this much of Yan Fruit in Liu Yan Valley.

    It was true that Xuan Lingzi could deal with all the challenges in the Liu Yan Valley like a piece of cake, but since Yan Fruit couldn¡¯t resonate with Spiritual Power, cultivators can¡¯t use their Spiritual Sense to search it. It was just a normal fruit like anyone else before it was consumed by cultivators. This was strong evidence on how lucky Li Xiuchen was. In thest life, Li Xiuchen became a well-known name on Tai Hua Mountain after he came back from Liu Yan Valley with a gigantic amount of Yan Fruit.

    Luo Jianqing remembered this, but he found something interesting in Seeking Immortality ??. For instance, the book emphasized that Luo Jianqing got out of the Liu Yan Valley on thest day and immediately showed others all the twentyish Yan Fruits he had found.

    Others were impressed. Some of them even kept saying that ¡°cultivator Luo must be the top 1 among all the people who went to the Liu Yan Valley this time¡±.

    However, right before the gate was about to close, Li Xiuchen came out with more than a hundred Yan Fruit which drew everyone¡¯s attention.

    The book wrote:

    ¡°Seeing this, that handsome Great Senior Disciple immediately got mad and felt embarrassed. He left in anger but no one ever noticed his disappearance. Thepliments for him were still echoing, but sadly they all turned into a p on his face.¡±

    Speechless, Luo Jianqing touched his face.

    It was true that he was irritated when it happened, but he was no petty person. He admitted that he did leave with fury, not for Yan Fruits, but for something Li Xiuchen said:

    ¡°Thank god that my Master gave me some defensive instruments, otherwise I definitely can¡¯t make it.¡±

    Why on earth did Xuan Lingzi give Li Xiuchen instruments but only told Luo Jianqing ¡°do not dishonor our Yu Xiao Peak¡± instead?!

    Thought about these, Luo Jianqing became fidget, then he recalled Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face when his Master was forced to face their abnormal rtionship. Luo Jianqing found it quite funny in an agonized way. He didn¡¯t understand why Xuan Lingzi treated him like that in theirst life. At least he didn¡¯t send half of his Primordial Life to escort Luo Jianqing to the Liu Yan Valley in thest life.

    Perhaps it was something he had done in this life making Xuan Lingzi fell in love with him?

    Nobody was there to answer his question.

    Refused to see him, his Master was hiding in his house like a turtle and went into seclusion. Luo Jianqing failed figuring out a way to get him out of the room. He tried kneeling before the door for forty days. The result wasn¡¯t that well.

    Luo Jianqing looked at the ashes lying on the ground ¨C the remnants of Seeking Immortality ?? ¨C and chuckled. He yelled at the air, ¡°Master, one yearter, the septennialpetition between different sects on Tai Hua Mountain will begin. This time, will youe out and remind me ¡®do not dishonor our Yu Xiao Peak¡¯?¡±

    Luo Jianqing used his Spiritual Power when speaking these words. Wu Yin could definitely hear this as long as he didn¡¯t conceal all of his senses.

    However, what responded Luo Jianqing was a long silence.

    Didn¡¯t get wrath at all, Luo Jianqing shouted again. ¡°Master, how would you punish me if I lose in thepetition?¡±

    Still, nobody answered him.

    Luo Jianqing said calmly, ¡°well, if you don¡¯t reply, then I guess I shall lose.¡±

    ¡®Swish¡ª¡ª¡¯

    A golden-sword light suddenly passed through the w on the door and cut a wisp of his hair as if it was a warning. However, Luo Jianqing widened his eyes which were rippling with surprise, opened his mouth and was about to say something, but felt an overwhelming Coercion pressing on his shoulders which constrained him on his bed.

    The Coercion from a Deity Transformation Period cultivator made Luo Jianqing panting badly. Sweat was dripping from his forehead. He tried to get up but was defeated by the Coercion upon his body which acted as a stone weighing about thousands of kilograms. He tried to speak but couldn¡¯t let out a single syble.

    Luo Jianqing refused to surrender, so the Coercion kept forcing on.

    After a whole day, the Coercion suddenly dismissed just as quick as its appearance.

    Finally rxed his tense body, Luo Jianqing was lying on the bed, couldn¡¯t move a finger. He was fighting the Coercion all the time, but the enormous gap between their powers made him unable to revolt.

    Nheless......

    ¡°This is the first time I disobey you in the past forty-one years......am I right, Wu Yin?¡±

    Like a stone falling into the magnificent ocean ¨C Luo Jianqing¡¯s words got no response.

    Luo Jianqingy on the bed and chuckled. He covered his eyes with palms but couldn¡¯t conceal theugh.

    His Master liked him. His Master really liked him. His Master really really liked him......

 Chapter 45: Master, Have You Heard About Couple Cultivation? (2)

    <h4>Chapter 45: Master, Have You Heard About Couple Cultivation? (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing stopped provoking Xuan Lingzi.

    Went over the plots from Seeking Immortality, he sat down and started cultivating.

    The Spiritual Power was like a spring, running over the withered vines all over his body, but stopped when it reached to his shoulder. That day, Xuan Lingzi stabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s shoulder, the magnificent golden-sword light made the vines at Luo Jianqing¡¯s shoulder badly impaired. Even Yu Qingzi couldn¡¯t help him mend these. The only way to heal was fixing it with Luo Jianqing¡¯s own Spiritual Power.

    For a consecutive ten days, Luo Jianqing shut his eyes tight, using the Spiritual Power to flood over the clogged vines.

    The vines in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body were like magnificent rivers and were twice the size of themon cultivators. They were strong enough to bear violent crushes of Spiritual Power. However, when these vines were damaged, they were surely more difficult to mend than that of themoners.

    Failed several times, Luo Jianqing took out a Re-jading Pill and swallowed it. Suddenly, a gigantic amount of Spiritual Power flooded out from his body. Although it was mammoth, the Spiritual Power was quite tamed, didn¡¯t move a little without Luo Jianqing¡¯s instruction.

    Over the Tai Hua Mountain, there were less than three people who were able to make this Seven Grade Earth Level Re-jading Pill!

    This piece of pill was given by Yu Qingzi for curing Luo Jianqing¡¯s wounds. The materials for making Re-jading Pill was extraordinarily rare. Even Sir Yu Qingzi wascking two kinds of materials. Someone told Luo Jianqing that Xuan Lingzi managed to find thest two herbs for him. One from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s own collection. As for the other, he got it after begging Sir Hao Xingzi for a whole day.

    After all, Luo Jianqing was just a Nascent Soul Period cultivator. He can¡¯t use all the Spiritual Power and the Healing Strength from the Re-jading Pill. There was only a small amount of the pill orbiting inside him while the rest of it all turned into Spiritual Power.

    Luo Jianqing tried to unblock his vines.

    When the Spiritual Power crashed into the vines that were blocked by the blood, Luo Jianqing moaned with his face slowly turning pale.

    Like a knife cutting his body, the Spiritual Power was acting like a de, cutting all the atrophied vines and cleaning the blood inside it. How strong the vines once were, how painful it was to cut it now. Even his lips turned pale. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t suppress groaning painfully.

    Every cut made Luo Jianqing shiver. Of course, he had no idea that his Master was also sitting on the bed in the house next to his, face pale, fist clenched.

    At first, Luo Jianqing could still bear the pain, but when the Spiritual Power reached his shoulder, Luo Jianqing trembled and finally passed out.

    In another bamboo house, Xuan Lingzi suddenly stood up and walked toward the door before he even realized what he was doing. Then he ceased his steps, faltering and looking at the ground. After a whole hour, he finally flicked his sleeves and got back on his bed.

    One dayter, Luo Jianqing woke up. The Re-Jading Pill was already dimmed.

    Pupil shrank, Luo Jianqing quickly operated his Spiritual Power to cut the blood which blocked his vines.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Suffering from enormous pain, Luo Jianqing let out a groan. Heard this, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s fingertips started trembling.

    Luo Jianqing knew that he couldn¡¯t afford to waste a single second, he couldn¡¯t faint again. The Re-jading Pill got dimmer and dimmer by time. He would have to take another pill if he couldn¡¯t sessfully mend his vines with this one.

    But, for now, there was nowhere to find another Seven Grade Earth Level Re-jading Pill.

    Surely, Yu Qingzi can probably make another, but where to collect all the rare materials?

    Anxiety emerged on hisely face. Luo Jianqing¡¯s clothes were already wetted by his own sweat. He contemted for a while then took out a white-jade bottle from his Interspatial Ring. Without any hesitation, he picked a ck pill from the bottle and swallowed it.

    Shocked, Xuan Lingzi immediately opened his eyes, ¡°Jianqing!¡±

    Of course, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s words didn¡¯t reach Luo Jianqing who was suffering from the pain sprawling inside his body. The moment that ck pill melted inside Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth, he felt pain a hundred times stronger than before, as if he was put on a grill after all of his flesh got sliced off.

    This Six Grade Heaven Level Sober Pill was the second thing Yu Qingzi gave him when he left Qing Lan Peak.

    A normal Sober Pill could do nothing more than rendering one to be awake for ten days and ten nights.

    A Heaven Level one, however, if taken, the person¡¯s spirit will still be sober even if he was chopped in pieces. He will bear that soaring pain for ten days till death.

    For Luo Jianqing, he had no intention tomit suicide but to keep himself awake.

    The Sober Pill will strengthen his senses ¨C no matter pain or what ¨C a hundred times more. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t think that much. All he wanted was to be sober, and that was enough.

    With no hesitation, Luo Jianqing unsheathed his Spiritual de and took a strike toward his veins. He clenched his teeth, brandishing his Spiritual Power to remove all the clots. Blood belched from throat, Luo Jianqing figured that death will be a much easier taskpared to this. Nevertheless, three dayster, hepleted cleaning the veins.

    Then, what was waiting for him was sewing veins using Spiritual Power.

    Actually, Yu Qingzi could do the surgery herself, but there was ten percent of chance leaving scars on Luo Jianqing¡¯s veins which will lower his strength. Sir Yu Qingzi gave Luo Jianqing two choices: suffering, or weakening.

    It was obvious which one Luo Jianqing chose.

    Sewing the veins was distressing as well, but Luo Jianqing was already ustomed to it.

    When thest piece of vein was healed, he shivered, scarlet liquid slithered among his lips.

    Luo Jianqing passed out, what he didn¡¯t know was, in another bamboo house, Xuan Lingzi finally rxed his fists which palmed all the bruises and bleeding wounds.

    Three dayster, Luo Jianqing came to his senses eventually.

 Chapter 46: Master, Have You Heard About Couple Cultivation? (3)

    <h4>Chapter 46: Master, Have You Heard About Couple Cultivation? (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Checked his body with Spiritual Sense, Luo Jianqing found that he was coveredpletely and even more powerful than before because of the Re-jading Pill. He nodded in satisfaction and started to build his Primordial Life.

    The baby Nascent Soul was just formed and was still sleeping with eyes shut tight.

    When Luo Jianqing reached the Nascent Soul Period, he put all his efforts on figuring out how to get out of the Liu Yan Valley, didn¡¯t have the time to assure his cultivation. After he arrived at the Gu Vige, he was tested by his mortal bond, failed to find peace to cultivate. Then he came back to Tai Hua Mountain and had been disputing with Xuan Lingzi.

    All in all, Luo Jianqing¡¯s cultivation period was not stable, and just like what was said by Yu Qingzi ¨C he might drop back to the Gold Core Period.

    He knew that he couldn¡¯t wait no more. Operating his Spiritual Power and transforming it into countless strings, Luo Jianqing instructed his Spiritual Power to seize all the spiritual resources from the nature.

    The natural¡¯s Spiritual Power was avoiding Luo Jianqing as if he was gue or what, didn¡¯t want to stay close to him at all, but Luo Jianqing¡¯s strings were like bullies, seizing the Spiritual Powers and stuff them into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, leaving no room for them to say no. Luo Jianqing¡¯s string army was taking all the Spiritual Power on sight. ¡®No? You don¡¯t want to serve me? Well, you have no choice!¡¯

    When the strings elongated and reached Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house, they suddenly stopped moving.

    If Luo Jianqing opened his eyes, he could see that his ¡°bully¡± strings nodded towards Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house respectfully, as if they were greeting someone, and then rushed towards other Spiritual Powers in such a speed as if they were escaping from something scary.

    Luo Jianqing showed off his power intentionally when he started to cultivate based on Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t give him any reaction as if he didn¡¯t notice the anomaly. Luo Jianqing tried several times after this until he was fully assured that even Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t sense the power of the Seizure Record, and then started to use the power with no worries.

    Nine Heavenly Seizure Record was seizing all the Spiritual Powers in the Yu Xiao Peak and forced them into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. They wereing in a soaring amount and, atst, cumted into a whirlwind.

    Tai Hua Mountain itself was located at the heart of the Xuan Tian Continent, having the best spiritual mountain range in the world. Among the seven peaks, Yu Xiao Peak was standing at the center. Being the envy of all, this pair of Master and disciple owned the ce of most abundant Spiritual Power.

    Now, a hail of Spiritual Power was rushing towards Luo Jianqing, making their way to his veins.

    Sensed what his disciple was up to, Xuan Lingzi stood up and flicked his sleeves to build a ward. In a blink, what was happening on Yu Xiao Peak was concealed, and even Sir Hao Xingzi wouldn¡¯t know it.

    About what his Master had done for him, Luo Jianqing, as usual, knew little about it.

    As soon as the Spiritual Power reached his veins, it belonged to him and listened to hismand. Luo Jianqing operated aplete macrocosmic orbit and fed his Nascent Soul with the Spiritual Power, aiming to strengthen his weak Primordial Life.

    Cute andely, his Nascent Soul looked like a baby Luo Jianqing.

    Looking pale and feeble, the spiritual infant was in a deep sleep, lying in a bice sphere Spiritual Ward. When more and more Spiritual Power patted him gently and immersed into his body, the baby¡¯s cheek turned cherry and radiant.

    Staring at this little Nascent Soul, Luo Jianqing held his breath.

    After thest wisp of Spiritual Power was fed to the baby Primordial Life, Luo Jianqing was about to grab more from the nature, but suddenly the tiny Nascent Soul slowly opened his eyes! Rubbed his eyes with chubby hands, the infant Nascent Soul stood up.

    Felt his heart pounding, Luo Jianqing saw a beam of bice light glimmering on the baby¡¯s forehead.

    Luo Jianqing forgot to blink his eyes, he stared at the infant Nascent Soul and saw a four pedaled lotus emerged at his bellum!

    ¡°So, all of us who cultivated based on True Nine-Pedaled Lotus Record will have the lotus sword pattern? Wait, no, I am not practicing that Record anymore but the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. Then was it because of the old one or the new one? Does Master¡¯s Nascent Soul have the same sword pattern as well?¡±

    These questions were hovering over Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind for a long time but our genius just couldn¡¯t figure them out. Surely he couldn¡¯t ask Xuan Lingzi directly. Regardless whether or not his Master will answer his question, this was too risky to ask. If the pattern wasn¡¯t a result of True Nine ¨CPedaled Lotus Record, asking the question was equal to confess that he had been practicing another Record.

    ¡°Well then, I guess I¡¯d better not let the Primordial Life left my flesh even if I reached the Out-of-Body Period. Unless......one day I check Master¡¯s Primordial Life. If he has the sword pattern as well, there won¡¯t be any problem.¡±

    Usually, the Primordial Life of cultivators wouldn¡¯t leave their body unless they were facing a life depending situation.

    It was already very rude for Luo Jianqing to ask Xuan Lingzi to see his Master¡¯s Primordial Life even in the past when they were in amon rtionship of Master and disciple. Now, even worse.

    Put all the thoughts away, Luo Jianqingmitted seclusion for another two months and stepped out of his house after making sure his foundation was strengthened.

    Standing at Xuan Lingzi¡¯s door, Luo Jianqing bowed down. Respectful he looked, but impertinent he said.

    ¡°Master, do you know what is Couple Cultivation?¡±

    What answered Luo Jianqing was a beam of magnificent sword light.

    This time, the golden-sword light was obviously careful. It only stroke Luo Jianqing into the air but left no harm on him.

    Luo Jianqing sniggered. He left Yu Xiao Peak leaving his words behind.

    ¡°Master, I am leaving to find my fourth brother.¡±

    Luo Jianqing transformed into a wisp of light and flew away. Sitting in his own house, Xuan Lingzi was so mad about his defiant disciple that he almost wanted to disown him and never talk to him again.

    Nevertheless, when Xuan Lingzi calmed himself down, he mumbled, ¡°Couple Cultivation? How on earth......¡±

    He didn¡¯t finish the sentence for he realized what the heck it is. Irritated, Xuan Lingzi flicked his sleeves in anger. Luo Jianqing¡¯s bamboo house copsed into ashes.

    As for now, Luo Jianqing had no idea that his house was already destroyed by his ferocious Master. Landed at Hao Ming Peak, he found Xie Zizhuo ¨C whom he hadn¡¯t seen for four years.

 Chapter 47: Look Back into the Past (1)

    <h4>Chapter 47: Look Back into the Past (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He was still dressed in ck, but he had grown up quite a lot since thest time he saw him several years back.

    As soon as Luo Jianqing reached Hao Ming Peak, he saluted his senior brother and greeted him respectfully. Seeing this, Luo Jianqing was very surprised. He sized up his junior brother who had never been acting politely, then he said with a smile: ¡°What¡¯s going on? Why are you being so docile today? Have you been scolded by Master Guang Lingzi?¡±

    With a twitch of his mouth, Xie Zizhuo¡¯s face darkened, ¡°Master Guang didn¡¯t scold me today.¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrows and said, ¡°Really?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo threw up his hands, ¡°He despises me every day, okay?¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°....¡±

    They talked while walking towards Xie¡¯s house. There were nearly a hundred outer disciples and dozens of inner disciples in Hao Ming Peak. Many junior brothers and sisters greeted them on their way up. By the time they arrived the house of Xie, Luo Jianqing had roughly figured out the situation.

    Five years ago, when Li Xiuchen came back from Liu Yan Valley, Sir Guang Lingzi met him in person.

    Although Sir Guang Lingzi didn¡¯t understand how this kid without any spiritual bones at Level 4 of Qi Refining could obtain so many Yan Fruits, Li Xiuchen had nheless made both Tai Hua Mountain and himself look good. Therefore, he ignored Xie Zizhuo¡¯sins and reinstated Li Xiuchen¡¯s position back to an inner disciple and scolded Xie, ¡°You are their senior brother. How could you be so mean to your junior brothers? I have asked Master Wang to heal him. When he recovers, you would be his instructor. Understand?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was speechless.

    Fortunately, Li Xiuchen did not like Xie Zizhuo either, so he seldomly went to check on Xie. Otherwise, Luo Jianqing had no doubt that his fourth junior brother would be driven crazy by Li Xiuchen and end up killing him.

    Xie Zizhuo said, ¡°I don¡¯t understand. I don¡¯t understand it! I¡¯ve never seen a cultivator without spiritual bones could reach Level 9 of Qi Refining in just seven years! He was already a step away from reaching Foundation Establishment! It doesn¡¯t make sense! I was only an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator at his age, and I was nowhere near reaching the Middle Stage, but he is now already infinitely close to breaking through to the Foundation Establishment!¡±

    With a stern expression, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Maybe we are wrong. Maybe he is a one-in-the-million genius. Even without spiritual bones, he could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to elerate his cultivation?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo, ¡°......¡±

    After a while, Xi Zizhuo lowered his voice and whispered, ¡°You seem to have changed your opinion on Li Xiuchen ever since the Sects¡¯petition. Earlier on, I thought we both don¡¯t like people who only rely on sheer luck to do things, but it seems.... you don¡¯t think that way....¡±

    Upon hearing that, Luo Jianqing halted his steps suddenly and Xie Zizhuo looked back at him.

    Luo Jianqing smiled causally with his ck hair fluttering in the wind and said with a gentle voice, yet his words were chilling as hell, ¡°What makes you think that I have a good opinion of that arrogant, stupid, disrespectful brat?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was dumbfounded, and after a while, he burst intoughter with his hands covering his belly.

    After entering Xie Zizhuo¡¯s room, Luo Jianqing briefly recounted what had happened to him in the past few years and he also mentioned a thing or two about Mo Qiu. Xie Zizhuo slightly nodded his head and filled him in on the things happened in Tai Hua Mountain when he was not around. In the end, he asked out of curiosity, ¡°Shouldn¡¯t you go ask Second Brother about this? He was much more familiar with Tai Hua Mountain. If you ask him, he would tell you everything he knows.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was touching the tea cup. Hearing what he said, he stopped and looked up at him, ¡°Second Brother was busy with his cultivation, so I came to you instead.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo: ¡°...In fact, I am also very busy with my cultivation.¡±

    Luo smiled and said nothing.

    When Luo was about to leave, Xie Zizhuo said seriously: ¡°Thepetition will be held in a year and a half, and although Li Xiuchen may not have broken through the Qi Refining stage by then, as a Level-9 Qi Refining cultivator, there is still a high possibility that he will win anyway. I am frustrated whenever I think about it. With a solemn face, Luo replied, ¡°You are bigger than this.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo twitched his mouth and said, ¡°Well, well, well. I will not bother with this ridiculous guy any more. Let¡¯s talk about Junior Sister. She has been fond of you for so many years. You are the only one she loves, and if you can¡¯t be together in the future... I can¡¯t even imagine what that would be like.

    The smile on his face gradually faded away. After a while, he sighed and said, ¡°I will go to talk with Junior Sister again.¡±

    They said goodbye at Hao Ming Peak.

    Luo Jianqing did not stop his steps but flew straight towards Qing Lan Peak. Qing Lan Peak was known for its practice in alchemy and had a lot of female disciples on the mountain. As soon as Luo Jianqing arrived at Qing Lan Peak, a female disciple eximed, ¡°Senior Brother is here. Senior Sister must be in a good mood today seeing you here. Go tell her quickly.¡±

    Luo Jianqing put on a bitter smile.

    After a short while, Mu Tianxin showed up in front of Luo wearing red clothes.

    The moment Mu approached Luo, she directly stuffed several jade bottles into his arms andined, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you give me a heads-up when you left three months ago? I heard from Master that you had gone back to Yu Xiao Peak when I came back from gathering herbs for you. You were heavily wounded, and these elixirs are refined in the past few months by me. They are not as effective as those produced by Masters and Elders, they nheless could help you strengthen your body. I was nning to send these over to you in a couple of days.

    Luo was in a hurryst time when he came to Qing Lan Peak and back then he was busy dealing with Xuan Lingzi, so he didn¡¯t spend much time with Mu Tianxin. This time, when he looked down at his Junior Sister, he was surprised to find that she had put down her hair which was always tied up into two ponytails.

    ck long hair was fluttering in the wind with setting sun illuminating on her bright and charming face, which seemed so pretty and attractive. No one could deny that among the Seven Sons of Tai Hua, Mu Tianxin was the dream girl of many senior and junior brothers throughout the Tai Hua Mountain.

    Although Mu Tianxin was domineering with a fiery temper, she was nheless a cute little girlpared to that cold Third Sister Wei Qiongyin and her beauty had swept many disciples off their feet.

    At the same time in his previous life, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t meet his Junior Sister.

    She had been training in seclusion for ten years. She got in when she was still an early-stage Gold Core cultivator and when she came out, she had be a middle-stage Gold Core cultivator.

    Since she came out, she had never dressed herself in red again, instead she would wear a ck robe every day. She seldom smiled and got far away from Luo Jianqing gradually. It was not until she was rescued by Li Xiuchen several times back when they finally began to date, but she didn¡¯t smile and talk as much as before.

    Noticing that Luo¡¯s eyes was fixing on her, Mu Tianxin¡¯s touched her hair with fingers and kept fiddling with the hair to cover the excitement in her heart. She whispered, ¡°Fourth brother said that girls should be gentle and most men like that. Perhaps.... you like that type of girl too?¡±

    ¡°No.¡± Luo Jianqing smiled. He reached out and took out two small and delicate miniate ribbons.

    When he waved the ribbons in the air, they suddenly took away the color of the misty sky and burst into a light like crystal. Seeing that, Mu Tianxin immediately snatched them away.

    When she got the ribbons, Mu Tianxin suddenly felt wrong about it, so she quickly stuffed them back into Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands, ¡°I just... I didn¡¯t mean to do that, I am not a willful person.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled: ¡°My little sister, even if you meant to do that, no one would say a word about it.¡±

    While he was talking, Luo Jianqing walked towards the back of Mu Tianxin, and rolled up the hair she put down. He gently put the ck hair on his palm,bed it carefully, and then tied up the hair with the ribbons. After he finished one side, he continued to tie up the other one. Luo Jianqing was not good at it, but the magnificent ribbons were enough to make up for hisck of skills, and they totally brought out the gorgeousness and beauty of Mu Tianxin.

    Mu Tianxin touched the two ribbons and she couldn¡¯t help but ask, ¡°Do you really like me in this way¡±

    The smile on Luo¡¯s face gradually faded away and he replied with a serious face, ¡°You will always be my Junior Sister.¡±

    Hearing that, Mu Tianxin was struck dumb.

 Chapter 48: Look Back into the Past (2)

    <h4>Chapter 48: Look Back into the Past (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    This time, she sensed the firm determination from his words. She couldn¡¯t bring herself to look at Luo¡¯s face. Then, she heard a gentleughter, which was just as appealing as it had always been over the past few decades. Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Junior Sister, I have to tell you that I¡¯m falling in love with someone now, and... he likes me too. Being in love is torturous. Like you, I used to think that love is a personal thing. If he couldn¡¯t ept me, I would keep my feeling to myself and continue to love him in my own way, even if it death is the oue.¡±

    Mu Tianxin hold the ribbon tightly.

    Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°Junior Sister, you told me it would break your heart if I lie to you. But for me, if I don¡¯t make it clear to you, I would be hurting you. What kind of brother would I be if that happens?¡±

    Mu Tianxin lowered her head.

    Luo Jianqing went on, ¡°So, I want to tell you today that I know you like me. But I¡¯m not the one for you in this life. Ordinary people can only live up to a hundred years, but a cultivator¡¯s life can be boringly long. I could be your Senior Brother and hold your hand for a while, but nothing more.

    The wind howled through peaks and blew across the surface of the sea, causing roaring waves.

    After a long while, Mu Tianxin asked in a hoarse voice, ¡°What¡¯s she like? (in Chinese, the word ¡°he¡± and ¡°she¡± sound the same) How did you know her? Does she look prettier than me? Is she gentler than me? Does.. does she care more about you than I do?¡±

    Luo Jianqing froze for a while and realized that his junior sister had mistaken him for a girl; however, he said nothing about it, and instead replied, ¡°I don¡¯t think he is prettier or gentler than you, but he cares about me.

    I¡¯m very sure of that. My little sister is the most beautiful girl in the entire Tai Hua Mountain, and no one in the world would dare hurt you. If there were, we would kill him.¡±

    Mu Tianxin stayed silent for a while and then her shoulders started shaking slightly. Luo Jianqing looked down at her with gentle and pampering eyes.

    After a while, Mu Tianxin suddenly burst into tears and stepped forward to hug Luo Jianqing. She held him tightly as if she wanted to remember what it felt like to hold him, and she simply wouldn¡¯t let go.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t stop her, and then he felt his shoulders gradually went wet.

    Her aggrieving wailing echoed throughout the Qing Lan Peak. She was a proud, self-conscious girl, but right now she didn¡¯t care how this would be perceived by others any more. She kept on crying, as if she wanted to drain off the love she had felt towards him over the past forty years and let it go with all the tears.

    When the sun set, she gradually calmed down. She let go of his body and said in a hoarse voice, ¡°Senior Brother, this is the first time, and also thest time.... Could you kiss me, please?¡±

    Mu Tianxin looked up with tears on her face and watery eyes swollen like little peaches, which made her such a pitiful girl.

    However, Luo Jianqing shook his head. He looked at his little sister and said, ¡°Junior Sister, I like him, so I won¡¯t kiss you, because you are my sister and I have fallen in love with him.¡±

    Hearing that, Mu Tianxin raised her chin and made an unpleasant sound. Then she said without hesitation, ¡°Humm, that¡¯s more like it. That is my Senior Brother. That girl is so lucky. I¡¯m so jealous about her. If she wants to be a member of Tai Hua Mountain, she shoulde to me first! Senior Brother, I¡¯m telling you. If you want to marry that girl, I would prepare a big gift for you, but....she has to defeat me in a fight first.

    Upon hearing that, Luo Jianqingughed, ¡°Are you sure? You want him to defeat you?¡±

    Still thinking the one was a ¡°she¡±, Mu Tianxin replied in a rather high-pitched voice, ¡°Of course! Who am I? I¡¯m Mu Tianxin of the Qing Lan Peak! If she dare hurt me, I would tell my master to kick her ass!¡±

    After exchanging a few more words, Mu Tianxin turned around and left proudly. Her face was still morous as always, except for the tears and watery eyes. She was still the proud, dream girl of the Qing Lan Peak.

    However, when Mu Tianxin walked to the end of the mountain road, she suddenly halted her steps and asked in a weak voice without looking back, ¡°Senior Brother, when we yed at the Beasts Park of the Yu Shou Peak thirty-five years ago, we were so happy that wepletely lost track of the time. When it was getting dark outside, all the beasts started to snarl. Then you hold me and told me not to be afraid and you said that you would protect me forever. Senior Brother.... Do you remember that?¡±

    Luo Jianqing lowered his eyes and whispered, ¡°I do.¡±

    Mu Tianxin froze upon hearing this reply.

    Luo Jianqing closed his eyes and smiled, ¡°My little sister, I will not allow you to be bullied by anyone. If anyone dares, he would have to kill me first before he can get to you. As your brother, I would make it my mission to protect you.¡±

    Mu Tianxin stood at the end of the mountain road for a long time, then suddenly flew away with a slight tap of feet on the ground. She was like a burning fireball rushing into the forests. She left decisively without the least hesitation and disappeared in front of Luo Jianqing.

    ¡®It¡¯s better to solve things earlier.¡¯

    After gazing at the green Qing Lan Peak for a while, Luo Jianqing turned around and left with a sigh.

    Thepetition of the Seven Peaks would be held in one year. He once challenged Xuan Lingzi and asked what he would do if he lost thepetition. Maybe he got pissed off back then. He didn¡¯t realize that Luo was a Nascent Soul cultivator. Among all the disciples of his age, only Luo Jianqing achieved this stage now. Absent of any capablepetitor, he was the champion.

    Even though Luo Jianqing had outmatched the younger generation of the Tai Hua Mountain and were even recognized as one of the top geniuses of the entire Xuan Tian Continent, he wanted more.

    His goal had always been to surpass that person who had achieved Immortal Period. In order to do that, he would have to reach Immortal Period too!

    Along the way from Qing Lan Peak back to Yu Xiao Peak, Luo Jianqing had thought about how to cultivate in the next year. He would go to Wan Shou Peak to umte his practical ability in thest few months and maybe he could get some precious treasures along the way. However, before he could think this through, he suddenly noticed that his bamboo house was in ruins.

    Luo Jianqing: ¡°...¡±

    He looked around over and over.

    Well, this was the right way. This was the right ce.

    So, this pile of bamboo and wood... Was this the bamboo house the one that he had lived in for decades? !

    Luo Jianqing stepped forward and stooped down to pick up a piece of fractured bamboo. Then he examined it carefully. It was shattered by spiritual power. In fact, there was no need to check it at all. It was easily to be known that in the entire Xuan Tian Continent, except the horrible Demon Exalt and the Devil Exalt of the Mo Dao Pce, who else could destroy the bamboo house next to his door under Xuan Lingzi eyes.

    Did the Demon Exalte out in vition of the contract? No.

    Did the Devil Exalt leave the Mo Dao Pce and sneak into Tai Hua Mountain? No.

    So, who else could it be? It didn¡¯t take a genius to figure out that his master, who had been provoked by him many times, was probably the perpetrator.

    Curling up his lips, Luo Jianqing got up and dusted off his robe. With the green-edged white robe fluttering in the wind, a handsome cultivator calmly walked to the bamboo house beside. With slender and exquisite phoenix eyes looking down slightly, Luo Jianqing greeted respectfully and said calmly, ¡°Master, my house was ruined. I don¡¯t know where to stay tonight.¡±

    It was dead silent in the bamboo house.

    Luo Jianqing did not give up, but said, ¡°Master, there are only you and me on Yu Xiao Peak. Today, I have been to a lot of ces. I have talked with Fourth Brother about the Sects affairs, and then went to Qing Lan Peak to talk with Junior Sister. Now I¡¯m exhausted. Please open the door, Master, so I could have a rest.¡±

    The bamboo leaves swayed gently, but there was still no answer.

    Upon seeing that, Luo Jianqing changed his facial expression and shouted, ¡°Master, I don¡¯t know who dared destroy my bamboo house, knowing that you, the top one cultivator in the world, the elder of the Tai Hua Mountain was around! It¡¯s like a p on the face for the Tai Hua Mountain and you! How could you tolerate this evil behavior? Master, I will catch that bad guy and bring him back to you, then....¡±

    ¡°Shut up.¡± The cold voice suddenly broke the air. It seemed calm and indifferent, but with a touch of obvious hatred. Xuan Lingzi lowered his voice and said word by word, ¡°Luo Jianqing, since when have you be so...so rude!¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help butugh.

 Chapter 49: Look Back into the Past (3)

    <h4>Chapter 49: Look Back into the Past (3)</h4>

    Like him, his master was also born in this deste Yu Xiao Peak and they both grew up here. Luo Jianqing was regarded as a courteous role model by countless junior brothers and sisters in previous life, and likewise, he held Xuan Lingzi in high regard and he modeled himself after Xuan. Because he wanted to get close to Xuan, he couldn¡¯t help but imitate him in every way possible.

    So, it was not surprising that, even though he was now so furious, he still couldn¡¯t bring himself to call his names and instead only managed to use him repeatedly of being rude.

    Back when he fell into Fiend Path and had been marked for death for years, Luo Jianqing had never thought that he could be like this. The courteous Senior Brother of the Tai Hua Mountain had been dead the moment he got expelled. Now, he was just a man wearing a perfect mask and he was no longer that reserved, aloof man that he had always been before.

    He desired higher Cultivation Base; he wanted to kill Li Xiuchen and take back the Heaven Path.

    He wanted to get that person!

    In fact, aside from their indiscriminate ughter of innocent people, Luo Jianqing rather envied those Devil Cultivators. They were wild, intractable and arbitrary, and they could do whatever they wanted. They werepletely different from those so-called righteous cultivators who were restrained by so many things.

    He had been meaning to wear the perfect mask all the time in this life, but things didn¡¯t always work out the way he had wanted.

    Xuan was still that revered master of the Yu Xiao Peak; however, Luo was no longer the First Disciple of the Tai Hua Mouantain.

    After standing in front of the bamboo house for a long while, Luo Jianqing still didn¡¯t get a reply, so he sighed, ¡°Master, I understand.¡±

    After finishing those words, Luo Jianqing turned around and picked up the fractured bamboo and wood on the ground. He started cutting down bamboos in the bamboo forest to build another house for himself. When the sun rose again the next day, the house was done.

    Looking at this new bamboo house, his mind began to wander back to thirty years ago.

    He moved into this bamboo house at the age of ten, and he had been living with that man ever since. At that time, Luo Jianqing had not practiced inedia, so other disciples would send food for him from the foot of the hill every day and Sir Xuan Lingzi would eat with him. Because his master usually remained silent while eating, Luo Jianqing dare not say a word at the table.

    After the breakfast came a whole day of cultivation. Xuan Lingzi would sit on the bamboo couch with legs crossed and little Luo Jianqing would sit next to him. However, Luo Jianqing was still a child back then and such long-hour meditation was simply too much for him. Therefore, this six-year-old Luo would often fell asleep, and when he woke up, he would find himself lying on Xuan¡¯s legs and he could see a handsome face looking down at him.

    Back then, Luo could not hold back his impulse to touch that man¡¯s hair before his eyes. And Xuan Lingzi would usually sigh and said, ¡°Jianqing, let go of it.¡±

    But even if Luo didn¡¯t lose his hold on the hair, Xuan Lingzi would not take further actions to stop him.

    Xuan Lingzi nned to cultivate in the evening. However, that was usually the time when Luo Jianqing fell asleep. One day, after he rolled up to sleep on Xuan¡¯s legs for countless times and grumbled in dissatisfaction, Xuan Lingzi picked up the jade-like boy and slept with him without undressing.

    Since then, Luo Jianqing would roll into his arms every day and fell into sleep in the mostfortable ce.

    They huddled up together in that cold and small bamboo house and that had been going on for four years.

    When Luo Jianqign was ten years old, Xuan Lingzi build a bamboo house for him and expected him to sleep in that house and devote himself to cultivation. At that time, Luo Jianqing was at level-five of Qi Refining, but deep down, he was still a child. So, he was naturally unhappy about the news that he had to leave his beloved master all of a sudden.

    So that night, he sneaked into the room of Xuan Lingzi in hope that he could sleep in his arms again.

    Unexpectedly, Xuan Lingzi refused him ruthlessly and scolded him in a cold voice. Seeing that, Luo Jianqing was dumbfounded. Xuan Lingzi continued, ¡°I asked you to live in that bamboo house and devote yourself to cultivation. Jianqing, have I not made myself clear earlier? Or are you deliberately trying to disobey my orders?

    Under the moonlight, Xuan Lingzi looked emotionless with his stern eyes.

    Luo Jianqing was struck dumb when he saw the face of his master. He dare not say a word. After a while, Xuan Lingzi sighed in resignation. Then he took Luo to bed and hugged him in arms while whispering, ¡°Just for this once. Jianqing... sleep now.¡±

    Since then, Luo Jianqing never went back again. He was really scared by the stern face of Xuan Lingzi. Now, he was reminded of all those things while standing in front of this new bamboo house. After observing it for a long while, he still could not help but mutter, ¡°Master, I¡¯m not ustomed to this new house. Could I still have one more chance to .... just for once?¡±

    No one answered.

    He did not say one more word but took out his Fu Shuang Sword and walked into the bamboo forest to cultivate. In the green bamboo forest, a cultivator in white constantly waved his sword like he was dancing, and he drew numerous perfect arcs in the air.

    When Luo Jianqing thrusted his sword forward, the bamboo leaves would shake silently; when he withdrew his sword, the ground would be covered in swirling dusts.

    When Fu Shuang Sword was sent spinning in the air, Luo Jianqing began to make handprint in his hands. When the handprint was done, he pointed at it with a finger. Then the handprint was embedded onto the Floating Frost Sword which formed a horrible sword shadow.

    A dazzling, powerful energy wave was unleashed from the edge of the sword and right when it was going to illuminate all the forest, it suddenly dimmed down. The sword wave wasing at Luo Jianqing in the reverse direction. At that moment, a golden sword wave pierced the sky, stopping the wave flying to Luo and crushing it.

    He hurriedly looked back and yelled, ¡°Master!¡±

    However, when he turned back, he saw nothing but an empty forest.

    Luo Jianqing shook his head in resignation and picked up the Floating Frost Sword on the ground. Then he returned to his bamboo house. He officially began his secluded training and tried to break through the bottleneck. He meant to consolidate his cultivation and improve his spiritual power in the hope that he could also perform the kind of sword wave he saw in the forest.

    On the Yu Xiao Mountain, both of them secluded themselves in their own bamboo house and never went out.

    Xie Zizhuo hade here to check on them for three times, Zuo Yunmo two times and Mu Tianxin once. None of them get any reply from Luo and Xuan. They guessed that they were in secluded training, and so they all left. Four months before thepetition, Luo Jianqing suddenly opened his eyes with a beam of light flying through.

    At the same time, an average-looking disciple was packing up in Hao Ming Peak. He was preparing to gain some chances before thepetition in order to improve his cultivation. However, he didn¡¯t know that across the mountain not far from him, Luo Jianqing was standing in front of his bed, looking out towards the direction of Hao Ming Peak with abstruse eyes. He whispered, ¡°It¡¯s about time to go out.¡±

    That disciple was none other than Li Xiuchen.

    And he was going to Wan Shou Peak. Coincidentally... Luo Jianqing was heading up there, too!

 Chapter 50: I would give Xuan Ling Sword to others for you (1)

    <h4>Chapter 50: I would give Xuan Ling Sword to others for you (1)</h4>

    It was known to all cultivators in the world that the perseverance, consciousness and willpower of cultivators were more important than spiritual bones. All of them were indispensable. If you have those three elements, you could be a top-level cultivator even with poor spiritual bones. Hundreds of years ago, the Four Demon Exalts entered an agreement with Xuan Lingzi ording to which Xuan was banned from stepping out of Tai Hua Mountain.

    In case that it would cause chaos if more cultivators knew about it, only cultivators above the Da Cheng Period, except Luo Jianqing, knew about this agreement. Born with supernatural bones, it only took Sir Xuan Lingzi three hundred years to break through Deity Transformation stage. To some extent, he had surpassed the cultivators of Ancient Times.

    However, it did not mean that Xuan Lingzi was not favored by chance.

    When he was young, he had involved himself in countless battles between the two species and had been to various dangerous ces. It had been said that he once challenged a nine-level demon beast in Wan Shou Peak when he was in Tribtion Passage Period. Xuan Lingzi had a lot of chance. He often obtained big chance or breakthrough when his life was hung by a thread. As if with the help of God, he reached Deity Transformation stage within only three hundred years, which shocked the world.

    However, now the Demon was forbidding Xuan from growing stronger in order to prevent him from breaking through the next stage and dominating the war between them.

    Just like when Li Xiuchen came back from Liu Yan Valley, Sir Guang Lingzi didn¡¯t get suspicious when he checked his body and found no spiritual bones. He believed that Li Xiuchen was that kind of person with perseverance, consciousness, willpower, and most importantly, blessed with big chance.

    Now, Li Xiuchen was leaving for Wan Shou Peak to find chance as Sir Guang Lingzi had predicted.

    Before he left, Li Xiuchen came to Hao Ming Peak to bid farewell to his Master. Sir Guang Lingzi was d to see that and delightedly gave Li Xiuchen a defensive magic treasure. He also urged Li Xiuchen to work hard to seize a chance. After talking with his Master, Li Xiuchen came to Xie Zizhuo who was standing next to him.

    Xie Zizhuo, who was dressed in ck, said sarcastically, ¡°What? I know you are leaving. Just go.¡±

    After making a salute, Li Xiuchen said, ¡°Brother Xie, I¡¯m too young and I know I have offended you many times before. I apologize for that. Please forgive me.¡±

    Seeing that, Xie Zizhuo twitched his lips. Just when he was about to say something, he heard Sir Guang Lingzi saying, ¡°Look at him. What a gentleman! It¡¯s pretty rare that one should seek chance months before thepetition. That shows perseverance. To some extent, you are his teacher too. In my opinion, you should lend him your Floating Cloud de so he can have something to protect him when he was endangered.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo suddenly widened his eyes in disbelief and looked to his master: ¡°Master, you are asking me to lend him Floating Cloud de?!¡±

    The burly Sir Guang Lingzi sat on his chair looking like a mountain. Upon hearing his question, he frowned, ¡°What? You seem unhappy about this? I heard you have been ying all the time and spent little time instructing your junior brother.¡±

    These words greatly infuriated Xie Zizhuo.

    They immediately started bickering with no regard to the fact that they were in a hall.

    Guang Lingzi was a rough diamond himself and it came as no surprise that he should have a disciple as uncouth as Xie Zizhuo. They didn¡¯t look like a couple of master and disciple at all. One said, ¡°You are his master. Why do you teach him yourself?¡± The other retorted, ¡°I am your master. Do as I say.¡± This back-and-forth squabble continued for a long while. In the end, Xie Zizhuo got so furious that he took out his Floating Cloud de, ready to charge, but with a crook of Guang Lingzi¡¯s finger, he was easily suppressed.

    Xie Zizhuo stared at his master furiously. Seemingly having perceived the anger of his beloved disciple, Guang Lingzi burst intoughter and waved his arm to deliver Li Xiuchen another magic treasure. ¡°Don¡¯t mind him. Take this. There was half of my power in it to keep you safe when you are at a critical moment.

    Li Xiuchen was overjoyed, ¡°Thank you Master!¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was suppressed on the ground and trying to hold back his impulse to defect from his school.

    Soon, Li Xiuchen left the hall. He couldn¡¯t help but smile, all the while scanning the magic treasures in his interspatial ring with the help of spiritual sense. Although Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t look handsome, he was nheless quite known these days. He was not popr in Hao Ming Peak, but it¡¯s better than before.

    Li Xiuchen was not the same loser he had once been in his previous life in which he cared nothing other than reading pirated e-books. He was neen years old this year and he had be quite reserved since he came back from Liu Yan Valley.

    ¡°Now everything seems going on as nned, so I will still go to Wan Shou Peak to get my chance. It doesn¡¯t matter that I didn¡¯t got epted by the Yu Xiao Peak. I¡¯m a nine-level cultivator of Qi Refining, and I¡¯m bound to reach Foundation Establishment next year. By then, I will follow the plot and see where the plot will take me. Hahhahah.¡±

    Thinking about this, Li Xiuchen couldn¡¯t help but put on a wretched smile.

    Although it had only been a few months since he went to Wan Shou Peak, he unexpectedly got himself a potential second wife. The first one was Mu Tianxin who he had already slept with in the ruins. Since he had no connection with Mu Tianxin now, he was nning to rece her with this future second wife.

    Reminded of the words ¡°wild and hot¡±, Liu Xiuchen could hardly hold back his lust.

    Soon, Li Xiuchen handed in an application to the elders before he left. On his out, he kept thinking how the Seeking Immortality entered his mind while passing through to this world. Now he had to be cautious as he was seeking for chance and the second wife.

    He hoped that it would not be like thatst time with Mu Tianxin and that he would be able to meet Mu Ruorong.

    Li Xiuchen trembled, and then he sped up.

    However, at that moment he didn¡¯t know that a handsome and elegant cultivator dressed in blue was sitting idly at the tip of the tree five miles behind him looking up at the clear blue sky. Back then Li Xiuchen was a nine-level Qi Refining cultivator and he was only a bit better than ordinary people in speed. So when he had gone far, this cultivator in blue slowly moved forward and followed him calmly.

    This cultivator was Luo Jianqing.

 Chapter 51: I would give Xuan Ling Sword to others for you (2)

    <h4>Chapter 51: I would give Xuan Ling Sword to others for you (2)</h4>

    After getting out of the bamboo house that day, Luo Jianqing simply packed a few things and went to Xuan Lingzi¡¯s to bid farewell.

    Luo Jianqing sped his hands to give a salute. Then he curled up his lips to make a smile and said, ¡°Master, I want to practice outside before thepetition. Since entering the Nascent Soul, I have no other practical experience except that time with you, so I want to go to Wan Shou Peak to kill the monster and improve my ability.¡±

    After a long while of silence in the bamboo house, a beam of golden light suddenly came out and flew straight to Luo Jianqing.

    Standing there still, Luo Jianqing took out Floating Frost Sword and put it in front of his forehead. Then he whispered: ¡°Master, you haven¡¯t recovered yet. I know what I¡¯m doing. I will never risk it. I am worried about you, so don¡¯t keep your Primordial Life following me any longer.¡±

    Upon hearing those words, the golden light stopped all of a sudden, and it froze in front of Luo Jianqign only in one inch away from his forehead.

    After a long while, the golden light turned back to the house, but three beams of lighting out from the house instead stopped in front of Luo Jianqing.

    ¡°You take these three things. The first one, you can use it to hold off the cultivator of Body Fusion Period three times; the second, there is an attack of 70% of my strength; the third, just keep it. You could rece Floating Frost Sword with it in case.¡±

    Hearing the cold voice, Floating Frost Sword screamed with a dissatisfied sound, but when the magic sword slightly shocked, Floating Frost Sword suddenly became silent and dare not fight any more.

    Luo Jianqing looked at the sword with mixed emotions and words escaped him at the moment.

    Yes, this sword... was the magic weapon of Xuan Lingzi, the Xuan Ling Sword.

    The quaint long sword had already developed sword spirit. Even without too much decoration on the sword, you still could feel the horrible momentum contained inside.

    Cold light flew through, emotionless glitter it shone.

    It was this sword in previous life that pierced Luo¡¯s heart and he witnessed it with disbelief.

    Luo Jianqing stretched out and held the sword. Then he suddenly felt a burning in his hand. It¡¯s not the Xuan Ling Sword burning him, but the person who had been holding this sword for the past three hundred years. The bitterness was overwhelming him. Luo Jianqing choked with sobs. Even he didn¡¯t remember how he started the conversation, he remembered his voice, ¡°Master, under what circumstance, you would give this sword to others?¡±

    When he finished, a gust of wind blew through the bamboo forest making a rustling sound.

    Xuan Lingzi did not answer immediately, but when Luo Jianqing felt hurt in his heart, he heard Xuan Lingzi whispering: ¡°I would only give this sword to others for you.¡±

    These words gradually disappeared in the wind. Luo Jianqing looked at the bamboo house in silence, and after making a salute, he turned around to leave.

    He didn¡¯t understand the meaning of what Xuan Lingzi had said, but he could understand the affirmative tone in his voice. Xuan Lingzi did not lie, so it was for him that Xuan Lingzi lend his sword to Li Xiuchen in previous life or for him to get killed?

    If we put it in this way, it was really for him.

    After having walked into the bamboo forest, Luo Jianqing suddenly halted his steps and took out Xuan Ling Sword from his waist. When he waved the sword with the power of his wrist, a beam of light rushing forward, which was so aggressive that making the dust exploded in the air.

    Bang!

    Xuan Ling Sword thrusted into the window frame next to the door of bamboo house three inches deeper.

    Luo Jianqing did not look back, butughed loudly: ¡°Master, I hope that one day you could get out of the bamboo house and hand over your sword to me in person. You used to say that cultivators should not rely too much on weapons. So, it¡¯s enough for me to have this blue bamboo umbre and your spiritual pearl. As for the Xuan Ling Sword... it¡¯s too heavy for me. I can¡¯t take it.¡± ¡°After finishing those words, he didn¡¯t wait for the reply, but took his leave.

    The pain in his heart gradually disappeared as the sword was thrown away. Luo Jianqing quickly found Li Xiuchen, who had just left Tai Hua Mountain. He caught up with him. He had followed him across two states before they arrived at a small town at the edge of Wan Shou Peak.

    After all, Li Xiuchen had seldom been away from Tai Hua Mountain. So, when he saw this fantastic town, he couldn¡¯t help but wander around. There were a lot of dead bodies of monsters and beasts, as well as various magic weapons, medicinal elixirs and spiritual animals. Although they were not attractive to Luo Jianqing, Li Xiuchen spent a while seeing them.

    As Luo Jianqing arrived at town, he went to the tavern where he used to live and stayed there.

    After he got everything in order, Luo Jianqing came to stand by the window and looked towards the direction of Tai Hua Mountain. Even he was far away from Tai Hua Mountain now, he could see the elusive spiritual power reaching into the sky which marked the center of the continent. That was Yu Xiao Peak and the spiritual power which condensed into a real thing was formed by the spiritual ridge upied by the Yu Xiao Peak.

    He had been staring at Yu Xiao Peak from dawn to dusk. When the sun rose again, Luo Jianqing sighed and looked away.

    ¡°Whatever, let bygones be bygones. In this life...just remember that he likes me. The thing in previous life has nothing to do with that in this life. Never mind. Never mind. I should not...¡± Suddenly, a heartbreaking pain came from his chest. Gritting his teeth, Luo Jianqing finally closed his eyes. The voice was mixed with indescribable hatred and pain: ¡°No, sooner orter, I would make it clear with him. After I achieved the Immortal stage or after I forced him to get out of the bamboo house!¡±

    Luo Jianqing sat down with his legs crossed to calm down.

    However, after he had just controlled his blood pressure and spiritual power in his body, he heard a strange voiceing from downstairs. With a frown, Luo Jianqing listened to it carefully for a while. Suddenly he was surprised to figure out what was going on and burst intoughter.

    It turned out that Mu Ruorong was downstairs!

 Chapter 52: Li Xiuchenâ€™s Bad Luck (1)

    <h4>Chapter 52: Li Xiuchen¡¯s Bad Luck (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Written as one of the mistresses of Li Xiuchen in Seeking Immortality, this girl must have something special in her.

    Luo Jianqing knew many of the mistresses of Li Xiuchen in hisst life. His little sister Mu Tianxin, for instance, a beautiful girl, specialized in alchemy, who was the most favored disciple on Qing Lan Peak, and this Mu Ruorong, who was a rouge cultivator with no sect to guide her, already reached Foundation Establishment Period within twenty years of cultivation.

    This level and speed of cultivation could be said as genius even among the inner-door disciples of Tai Hua Mountain, not to mention Mu Ruorong was just a rouge cultivator.

    Realized that there were one or twote-stage Gold Core Period cultivator in this town after all, Luo Jianqing drew back his Spiritual Sense and stood at the corner on the stairway, watching the confrontation taking ce on the first floor.

    A tall and morous girl was standing at the center, watching her enemies with animosity in her eyes. Holding two scimitars in her hands, she was wearing a simple dress made by Demon Beast¡¯s fur. Not like Mu Tianxin who had a pearl like skin, Mu Ruorong¡¯s sun-kissed skin color along with her curved body made her a figure ignited lust in every man¡¯s body.

    From where he stood, Luo Jianqing could clearly hear the sound of swallowing saliva made by lots of men in the first floor.

    Li Xiuchen, who got himself a good spot, was staring lustfully at Mu Ruorong¡¯s thighs and breasts.

    The girl was surrounded by four early-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivators as well as ate-stage one standing behind them, fixing his eyes on Mu Ruorong with lechery hidden in his gaze.

    Frowned, Mu Ruorong said, ¡°This is not Wan Shou Peak. Behave yourselves!¡±

    A Foundation Establishment Period cultivator sneered. ¡°Sure, this is a civil town, out of Wan Shou Peak, so what? You are a rouge cultivator who belongs to no sect. No one is, or will be, here for you. We can kill you just like an ant! Look around yourself, which one of them will help you, hum? No one! For we are gonna kill him right away!¡±

    ¡°I killed that Demon Beast, you guys were just passing by. I can see no reason why I should give you part of what I got.¡±

    ¡°You were exhausted back then. We are already treating you with manners for we didn¡¯t kill you right away. Mu Ruorong, you¡¯d better realize what you are doing. The rule of Wan Shou Peak was simply the strongest gets it all. Now, I ask you again, do you give up or not?¡±

    Mu Ruorong sneered, ¡°but now we are out of the Wan Shou Peak.¡±

    The one who was standing behind the four cultivators stepped up. His gaze slithered around Mu Ruorong¡¯s buxom body and finally stopped at her breasts. Mu Ruorong was detested, but heard, ¡°well, you asked for this. Gentlemen! Today our Five Tigers of Luo de needs to deal something personal with this woman. Please give us some space and do not interrupt. If anyone insist, we can¡¯t guarantee our des know who their enemy is.¡±

    Thete-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator unsheathed his sword and stroke towards Mu Ruorong who crossed her scimitars trying to stood her ground but still got pushed back. At the meantime, the other four cultivators surrounded her from four different directions and summoned their sword light. The shadows of de transformed into four fierce tigers aiming at Mu Ruorong, rushing towards her with lightning speed.

    Thought it over, Mu Ruorong brandished her weapons. Soon the light of Spiritual Power was glimmering on the des. A falcon emerged from the scimitar, and with a roaring crow it dived down from the air and broke the tigers into pieces.

    Blood belched from the four cultivators¡¯ mouth, while Luo Da waved his sword and summoned a ferocious white tiger who stared the falcon with wrath. The falcon, however, was pping its wings which created a gigantic whirlwind.

    And here came a fight, tiger roaring and falcon swooping.

    They scuffled with each other. The falcon let out a painful moan and disappeared while its enemy roared with triumph.

    Mu Ruorong spat out blood and stepped back which brought her closer to Li Xiuchen¡¯s desk.

    This hotel seemed ustomed with fights among cultivators. One could tell this by the arena built just for this at the center. Usually, other customers could still have their meals while watching the fight and even learn something from their movements.

    This time, although Mu Ruorong was sure a genius, her level of cultivation was extremely lower than Luo Da. She was panting. Sweat was dripping along the curve of her neck and umted at her plump breasts.

    Many of men were gazing at her. Li Xiuchen even made a very loud noise swallowing his saliva and staring Mu Ruorong¡¯s body with fingertips slightly trembling.

    Seeing this, Luo Jianqing frowned with loathing but didn¡¯t interfere. Naturally, he didn¡¯t know that Li Xiuchen, who was three meters away from Mu Ruorong, was already erected.

    ¡®Great! Brilliant! Awesome! This buxom girl will be his woman in future! He will taste this body soon in Wan Shou Peak. The contour of her breasts, the touch of her thighs......this will be soon! Soon!¡¯

    Li Xiuchen was carried away by his own imagination. He stared at Mu Ruorong with unabashed desire ignited in his eyes. Mu Ruorong felt it and nced over.

    Obviously, the girl was sickened.

    Luo Da let out augh. ¡°You lose! Mu Ruorong! Come with us.¡±

    Didn¡¯t show a slightest tameness, Mu Ruorong brandished her scimitars and said, ¡°Luo Da, don¡¯t you dare force me. I admit that you¡¯ve defeated me, and by this reason you shall have my harvest from the Wan Shou Peak. Take that Demon Beast, now it¡¯s yours.¡±

    Luo Da looked at Mu Ruorong lustfully, ¡°now it¡¯s ours? Toote! Come!¡±

    By the moment Luo Da reached Mu Ruorong¡¯s arm, Li Xiuchen suddenly stood up and said with indignation, ¡°are you guys just gonna force this girl in public? Fellow cultivator, although there was no restrict regtion in the Wan Shou Peak, if everyone¡¯s like you, who will stille here and hunt?¡±

    Heard the words, everyone fixed their eyes on Li Xiuchen.

    Mu Ruorong looked at Li Xiuchen in surprise, while thetter one hung a poker face but couldn¡¯t help himself to peek at Mu Ruorong¡¯s breast. The girl was disgusted and turned her gaze away.

    Thought everything was under his control, Li Xiuchen went on. ¡°Today, I, Li Xiuchen, won¡¯t let you thugs take this girl away. If you insist, then you are my enemy!¡±

    Said these, Li Xiuchen unsheathed his sword and took out a tablet at the meantime.

    Luo Da was irritated, ¡°you little rat, only at the Ninth Level of Qi Condensation Period. Who the hell do you think you are? Are you deaf or what? Piss off, this is none of your business.¡±

    Li Xiuchen held the tablet higher, ¡°well, this could be my business, for I am an inner-door disciple of Tai Hua Mountain!¡±

    His words caused an uproar in the crowd.

    Although there was no formal regtion in Wan Shou Peak, in the towns that stood near this mountain, there were bases of all the great cultivation sects which would send disciples annually toe over and manage the base.

    Tai Hua Mountain was of course, among these sects.

    For those rouge cultivators, Tai Hua Mountain was a Legend! They¡¯ve heard that only who reached Foundation Establishment Period within thirty-years-old was qualified to be inner door disciples. The cultivation stages of the Masters of Tai Hua Mountain were all beyond Nascent Soul Period, five of them were even at the Da Sheng Period. What¡¯s more, the one and only Deity Transformation Period cultivator was living on Tai Hua Mountain ¨C Sir Xuan Lingzi!

    And they all knew, the Masters on Tai Hua Mountain......won¡¯t let their disciples get bullied by others, ever.

 Chapter 53: Li Xiuchenâ€™s Bad Luck (2)

    <h4>Chapter 53: Li Xiuchen¡¯s Bad Luck (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Hearing this, Luo Da started sweating nervously, ¡°you are just a guy with a ninth-level of Qi Condensation Period cultivation. How could you be an inner-door disciple of Tai Hua Mountain?¡±

    Luo Er told him, ¡°brother, I heard that on Tai Hua Mountain, an inner-door disciple could be one who had reached Foundation Establishment Period within thirty years old, or one who is a gifted cultivator from the sect.¡±

    Still remained suspicious, Luo Da unexpectedly received Li Xiuchen¡¯s bold challenge, who said, ¡°you guys don¡¯t need to go easy on me. If you insist on taking this girl away, then you can do so over my dead body!¡±

    The vibe went tense. Luo Jianqing leaned on a wooden pir, watching the whole thing in calmness.

    Luo Wu felt embarrassed. He stared at Li Xiuchen with hatred in his gaze. Li Xiuchen sensed it and lifted his sword pointing at Luo Wu, ¡°Do you dare for a fight?¡±

    The next moment Luo Wu threw himself towards Li Xiuchen. His shadow of de manifested a brutal tiger ready to hunt his enemy down. Li Xiuchen brandished his sword and sealed the hand sign, ¡°magnificent firmament, recondite sea, like a rising sun and drowning moon, this is my sword ¨C Serene Void Sword, attack!¡±

    A white sword-light whacked the tiger. Burst out a painful moan, Luo Wu lost his bnce and hit the ground with a brutal gash on his chest. Li Xiuchen summoned back his sword and said condescendingly in a bluff, ¡°anyone else?¡±

    Luo Da and his brothers looked at Li Xiuchen in animosity. Dread of the power behind Li Xiuchen¡¯s back, they left disgruntledly.

    Luo Jianqing was still watching, and he, of course, saw the bleeding palm of Li Xiuchen caused by Luo Wu¡¯s shadow of de. Li Xiuchen¡¯s been pushing himself too far. In this life, he was not practicing True Nine-pedaled Lotus Record. He maybe could defeat these rouge cultivators who didn¡¯t have the ess to abundant resource, but he definitely couldn¡¯t do it that easily.

    Now, Li Xiuchen found his way to Mu Ruorong and asked in a nd voice, ¡°Miss, are you all right?¡±

    Mu Ruorong didn¡¯t really want to talk to him but still forced a smile, ¡°I¡¯m alright. Thank you for your help.¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled and thought: oh she will be more alright if you can just hide half of your obscene stare.

    Li Xiuchen peeked at Mu Ruorong¡¯s breast again, ¡°those thugs were just unreasonable. If they ever bother you again, just tell them you are under my protection. I doubt that these people will dare harass you again.¡±

    Mu Ruorong nodded. She didn¡¯t refuse his offer but didn¡¯t ept as well.

    Luo Jianqing belittled Li Xiuchen: under your or Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s protection?

    Li Xiuchen asked, ¡°May I know your name?¡±

    Mu Ruorong hesitated, but told him atst, ¡°Mu Ruorong.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s a good name.¡±

    Mu Ruorong didn¡¯t reply.

    Felt the conversation went down to a monologue, Li Xiuchen invited Mu Ruorong to have dinner with him. By the moment his hand was about to touch Mu Ruorong¡¯s, the girl moved her hand away, ¡°thanks again for your help. Your dinner is on me today, but I have to leave right now.¡±

    Mu Ruorong turned her back on Li Xiuchen before she even finished her sentence. Li Xiuchen wasn¡¯t prepared for this, he thought: why?! This is different from the book which wrote that Mu Ruorong would be very thankful for his help and have dinner with him. After two weeks, they will meet again in the Wan Shou Peak under the circumstances when Mu Ruorong is wounded and by that chance he saved her once again. Then, they will voyage together!

    ¡°Cultivator Mu! Why in such a hurry? Come and eat something first.¡±

    Li Xiuchen tried to grab Mu Ruorong¡¯s wrist, while thetter one squeezed her eyes and stepped back from him. Believing it was just a coincidence, Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t think it over and reached out again as if Mu Ruorong was already his mistress. ¡°there¡¯s no need to treat me like a stranger.¡±

    Mu Ruorong avoided him one more time.

    Li Xiuchen tried for several times and finally felt something was wrong. At the moment his fingertips touched Mu Ruorong¡¯s hand, a bleak sword-light stab through his finger.

    ¡°Ah!¡± Li Xiuchen screamed. He pressed his finger to stop bleeding while searching around, yelling ¡°who is it!?¡±

    Another beam of sword-light broke the air. This time, the sword-light didn¡¯t hurt Li Xiuchen but cut his hairband instead. Li Xiuchen¡¯s hair was disheveled, plus his bleeding hand, making him a drowned mouse.

    ¡°Who! Who is it that strikes a sneaky attack on me......¡±

    ¡°Shut up¡±, a boundless voice fulfilled the hotel¡¯s atmosphere with powerful Coercion, ¡°you are such an effrontery jerk. Can¡¯t you see the girl don¡¯t want anything to do with you? Leave her alone.¡±

    The crowd was shocked.

    ¡°This power of Coercion......this man had reached at least the Nascent Soul Period!¡±

    ¡°I can¡¯t believe it! A Nascent Soul Period cultivator came to our unheralded town!¡±

    Still covering his finger, Li Xiuchen was stunned as well. He thought it over, figured that though cultivators of this level weren¡¯t that abundant on Tai Hua Mountain, there were still lots of them. He relievedpletely and peeked at Mu Ruorong, said to himself that he can never let down his mistress.

    So he yelled to the void, ¡°Sir! You get me wrong. Actually I saved her life.¡±

    Luo Jianqing sneered, ¡°you, as a ninth-level Qi Condensation Period cultivator, saved a Foundation Establishment one?¡±

    Li Xiuchen felt somewhat confident, ¡°yes, I did!¡±

    Luo Jianiqng¡¯s voice suddenly turned bleak. He scoffed, ¡°you did nothing but using your identity of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple. Since when did Tai Hua Mountain start to grant a position for a thug like you? I really wonder what your Master gonna say when he knows you harassed a girl using inner-door disciple as a bluff. You disgusted me!¡±

    Li Xiuchen was irritated, ¡°you!¡±

    Luo Jianqing stretched out his fingers, mammoth sword-light emerged from air and knocked Li Xiuchen out of the hotel.

    Blood came out of his mouth. Before he could even take a breath, he heard the voice said, ¡°piss off.¡±

    The other party didn¡¯t want to give him one more word!

    Li Xiuchen quickly got up and tried his way back to the hotel, but once he got to the gate, a powerful Spiritual Power would strike him away. After several times attempting, Li Xiuchen was already covered by mud. This drew lots of attention. People gathered to see his frustration.

    Disgruntled, Li Xiuchen left as soon as possible.

    Inside the hotel, Mu Ruorong finally rxed. She bowed down to the air, ¡°Sir, thanks to your help!¡±, but suddenly blushed as if she was embarrassed. She left the hotel with her head hung low.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t miss a single thing. He sighed, got back to his room.

    He silently passed a sentence to Mu Ruorong when receiving her gratitude: if you don¡¯t respect yourself, how can you ask others to respect you?

    As a rouge cultivator, Mu Ruorong had a difficult life. She made lots of efforts to achieve this level of cultivation at the year of twenty. In Seeking Immortality, Mu Ruorong was described as a sexy girl with a charming visage. She¡¯s been hunting Demon Beasts since she reached fifth level of Qi Condensation Period, cultivating while making a living on hunting.

 Chapter 54: Li Xiuchenâ€™s Bad Luck (3)

    <h4>Chapter 54: Li Xiuchen¡¯s Bad Luck (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    As a woman, particrly a lesspetent cultivator, Mu Ruorong needed to find herself helpers. So, when she was just a beginner, she figured out the advantage as a woman ¨C her body. She intentionally wore sexy clothes, pretending to be lustful, fooling the men to team up with her so that she could have higher chance of survival.

    Loathing all these dickheads who thought nothing but get on top of her ¨C although she was still a virgin ¨C Mu Ruorong didn¡¯t realize that her wearing was not that appropriate.

    Appearance was a weapon, and Luo Jianqing knew how difficult it was to be a rouge cultivator.

    If Li Xiuchen wasn¡¯t a disciple of Tai Hua Mountain, Mu Ruorong would have killed him at the moment he even attempted to touch her, but she was just a rouge cultivator, therefore nobody¡¯s got her back. She could do nothing except being tolerant.

    However, this tolerance opened a gateway to unrespect.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t ponder about what he¡¯d interfered. Although he didn¡¯t feel Mu Ruorong annoying, in some ways he even understood her, he could hardly say he had a good feeling about her. Luo Jianiqng was quite satisfied for what he had done ¨C Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t earn Mu Ruorong¡¯s trust today. Though it might be temporary, it was still a thing cheering enough to guarantee him a night of sweet dream. He got up early the next morning, and caught up with Li Xiuchen.

    Beaten by Luo Jianqing yesterday, Li Xiuchen was embarrassed, so he entered the Wan Shou Peak before dawn under the cover of darkness so that nobody could notice him. Several miles behind him, Luo Jianqing followed Li Xiuchen with a steady pace, while thetter one was cursing loudly.

    Hearing those words, instead of feeling offended, Luo Jianqing felt it quite hrious.

    ¡°If Master could curse like this, then I¡¯ll be damned¡±, Luo Jianqing imagined Xuan Lingzi acting like Li Xiuchen, and was suddenly covered with goose bumps, ¡°no, no, no, definitely no......that¡¯s not him at all, yep, Master shouldn¡¯t be doing this......¡±

    Luo Jianqing followed Li Xiuchen for one hour until the tailed one met a second-level Demon Beast whose cultivation equals a fourth to sixth level of Qi Condensation Period human cultivator. Li Xiuchen killed the beasts like a piece of cake and took the Beast Core. Watching his every movement, Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°meeting a second-level Demon Beast at the very edge of Wan Shou Peak, how lucky he is......¡±

    A second-level Demon Beast wasn¡¯t appealing to Luo Jianqing at all, so he remained quiet and kept following him.

    Watching Li Xiuchen hunting down several low-level Demon Beasts, Luo Jianqing was bored. He started to entertain himself by giving the frustrated beasts a hand ¨C using his Spiritual Power helping the beast to avoid a lethal strike, so that it could continue to fight Li Xiuchen.

    Well, no one could me him by that. He was helping his younger brother by creating some higher-level opponent to sharpen his skills!

    After taking down four or five beasts, Li Xiuchen was suspicious, ¡°why the heck these beasts are so difficult to tackle with?¡±

    Ops, seemed like he found out. Luo Jianqing sat on the top of a tree, rxing, watching wind dancing with the clouds on the vast sapphire firmament.

    When Li Xiuchen ughtered another Demon Beasts, he found this one very easy to defeat, but after he broke the beast¡¯s parietal and tried to take the Beast Core, he was surprised to see......

    ¡°Ah! Where is it? Where is that god damn Beast Core?!¡±

    Not far away from him, Luo Jianqing looked at his palm. A white second-level Beast Core was there, he put it into his Interspatial Ring

    Most Demon Beasts would form a Beast Core in their heads. Only a very few of them couldn¡¯t even form one. These beasts are counted as disabled and won¡¯t reach a higher level for they were restricted by theircking of Beast Core.

    Killing four coreless beasts in a row, Li Xiuchen couldn¡¯t believe what he was experiencing.

    ¡°Is today a bad day?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was obviously tricking Li Xiuchen while thetter one didn¡¯t notice it at all. Luo Jianqing already collected five Beast Cores, but he only had one n for these Beast Cores.

    ¡°yep, gonna give them to little sister as hoodle supplies.¡±

    Watching Li Xiuchen got fooled for a whole morning, Luo Jianqing gradually lost his interest. He sent a block of stone which contained his sense to keep tailing Li Xiuchen and started to cultivate. A ce like this where full of Spiritual Herbs and Demon Beasts was a perfect location to practice Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.

    Completed the third seizure, Luo Jianiqng found that the record became easier to understand.

    The Third Seizure ¨C Seizing Right and Wrong ¨C was not built for seizing something that had actual form but the invisible rules, boundaries and limitations among the world. Luo Jianqing was just a Nascent Soul Period cultivator, not powerful enough to seize the rule yet, but he was getting more and more familiar with the rules through every failed attempt.

    His power was getting stronger so he could seize more Spiritual Power from nature.

    For five days, Luo Jianqing closed his eyes and cultivated, letting Li Xiuchen run free in the day time and catching him up at about midnight.

    Before he even reached thirteen years old, Luo Jianqing was already very familiar with the outer range of the Wan Shou Peak. Li Xiuchen¡¯s speed was no faster than a snail, he didn¡¯t get out of the outer range for five days. At a ce like this, Li Xiuchen might find good opportunities, but none of them would worth Luo Jianqing¡¯s attention.

    However, when Luo Jianqing witnessed the sixth sunrise and was about to close his eyes for cultivation, he suddenly heard a loud warble.

    Eyes widened, he hurried his way towards Li Xiuchen. A giant bird big as a hill was caught by his eyes. With shining golden feathers and scarlet beak, the Golden Phoenix was staring a crowd of cultivators in hatred, roaring in wrath and spurting burning mes.

    Li Xiuchen just arrived here and was hiding aside looking for chances.

    Right in front of the giant bird, three teams of fully armed cultivators were fighting with it. The weakest one among them had already reached Qi Condensation Period, and the leaders had achieved......the middle-stage of Golden Core Period!

    A total of neen cultivators were taking strikes constantly.

    ¡°The Golden Phoenix¡¯s weakness was at its chest! Captain! Let¡¯s aim at its chest!¡±

    ¡°No problem!¡±

    The Golden Core Period cultivator ¨C who was referred as ¡®captain¡¯ ¨C was bending the bow and shooting the arrow. An ice made giant arrow was infused with Spiritual Power. It was flying in a lightning speed as if it was splitting the sky in half. Atst, the arrow stabbed the Phoenix right at its chest. The bird let out a painful groan. Eyes filled with destruction, it roared with drastically as if it was distaining these humans who had invaded its territory and wounded it.

    The cultivators made a great team. After the captain¡¯s ice arrow pierced the Golden Phoenix¡¯s chest, another Golden Core Period cultivator brandished his knife. Spiritual Power was emerging from the knife and transformed into a ferocious Lion which rushed to the bird with no hesitation.

    ¡°Demon Captivity String!¡±

    A beam of purple light was dazzling in the hands of a dozen Qi Condensation Period cultivators. They summoned their own Demon Captivity String while sealing hand signs, making the strings tangle together to form a gigantic web. At the moment that de-Shadow-made lion got the Golden Phoenix and wrestled with it, the web was dropped from the sky.

    Another ice arrow was shot. The Phoenix saw the weapon which hurt it once, suddenly burst out an angry warble. Stretched out its wings, the bird created a wind of me, crushed the lion using one w and evaporated the arrow by sprouting fire.

    Two Golden Core Period cultivators immediately spat out blood. Their Spiritual Power was greatly damaged.

    ¡°Captain!¡±

    ¡°Captain!¡±

    The two of themforted their teammates, then looked back, staring at the Golden Phoenix which was caught by that gigantic purple web. It was captivated and had nowhere to escape. The leaders still couldn¡¯t let their guard down. Suddenly, they exchanged looks and rushed toward the confined bird.

    ¡°Serene Iced Arrow!¡±

    ¡°Wrath Lion de!¡±

    With an ice arrow escorting aside, a lion was dashing toward the Golden Phoenix. Seeing its enemies getting closer and closer, the Phoenix pped its wings desperately and created mammoth me whirlwind, but still, it was caught by the web with nowhere to hide.

 Chapter 55: Li Xiuchenâ€™s Bad Luck (4)

    <h4>Chapter 55: Li Xiuchen¡¯s Bad Luck (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Atst, the lionpleted its mission, left the giant ice arrow inside the Phoenix¡¯s chest.

    Blood was belching from the wound, the beast immediately went quiet, obviously it was badly injured. The three teams of cultivators relieved, but before they celebrated their victory, the body of Phoenix started to glimmer with golden light. One of the captains yelled nervously, ¡°Watch out! It¡¯s gonna use the gifted skill ¨C Ignite Fire to Bring Renascence!¡±

    Not far away from the Phoenix, Luo Jianqing was observing the whole thing.

    Golden Phoenix was born with fifth-level Demon Cultivation. Some were saying this kind of bird was a descent of Holy Phoenix. Though the lineage was not that pure, Golden Phoenix owned very simr gifted skill with its ancestor ¨C Ignite Fire to Bring Renascence. A pure breed Phoenix¡¯s Nirvana was a profound ability containing tremendous power, but Ignite Fire to Bring Renascence was only a crude counterfeit. Thetter one could only quicken the healing of wound in fifteen minutes, giving the Golden Phoenix a chance to survive, but after this short period of time, the Golden Phoenix would drop back to fourth-level and could never get back to the fifth-level for the rest of its life.

    These crowd of rougr cultivators must be very powerful so that the Golden Phoenix was forced to use its gifted skill. Luo Jianqing put his eyes on Li Xiuchen who was standing yonder. Li was gripping his sword as if he was waiting for the right time.

    Luo Jianqing remembered, as described in Seeking Immortality, Li Xiuchen reaped Golden Phoenix¡¯s treasures and Best Core and was hunted by lots of cultivators because of this. The book exined that Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t know these cultivators paid their efforts trying to tackle the bird, but they forced him to hand in the Phoenix¡¯s treasures that Li Xiuchen got by giving the Phoenix ast thump.

    Unfair! Unjust! Unreasonable! Li Xiuchen deserved the treasures and the Best Core. He got it by his own effort!

    ......that¡¯s basically what the book was trying to convey.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t agree with it.

    These rouge cultivators had forced the Golden Phoenix to use its gifted skill, and that was an undeniable proof on how hard they¡¯ve fought. First they needed to find the bird, then lure it away from its nest, finally they had to defeat it. Li Xiuchen did nothing but giving a strike. It was reasonable that they asked Li Xiuchen to return what he got.

    Nevertheless, the powerful ones could do whatever they want at the Wan Shou Peak. Li Xiuchen¡¯s action was indeed effrontery but actually normal at the same time. It was also reasonable for these guys to hunt Li Xiuchen. All of his treasures would be theirs as long as they hunted him down.

    Thew of jungle was a fundamental rule in Wan Shou Peak.

    The Golden Phoenix immediately mended its power back to its peak and destroyed the giant web. Now, on the other side, the cultivators were allcking Spiritual Power and badly wounded.

    ¡°Guys, if we could hold it for another fifteen minutes, the bird will be ours!¡±

    ¡°Got it!¡±

    The cultivators all used their final skill. Facing the burning mes of the Golden Phoenix, no doubt some were hit, lying on the ground with blood dripping from their mouths. Someone¡¯s limb was cut by the beast¡¯s whirlwind, moaning with tremendous pain.

    Fifteen minutes was a short period of time, but, for them, it was a time desperately long.

    Of course Li Xiuchen wouldn¡¯t reveal himself now. Luo Jianqing was just standing there and watching.

    This was the rule of the Wan Shou Peak. No one¡¯s gonna give you a hand. Luo Jianqing could step up and easily put down this Golden Phoenix, but all the rewards would be his, leaving none for the rouge cultivators. If Luo Jianqing was just trying to help, still, the teams¡¯ efforts were made for void.

    Only because Luo Jianqing was a Nascent Soul Period cultivator.

    Time was passing. There were only a few seconds left. The Phoenix¡¯s power was descending. The bird was clever, quickened its escaping. pping its wings trying to get away from its assants, the Golden Phoenix was about to fly up to the sky. At the moment its cultivation dropped back to fourth-level, Li Xiuchen rushed towards the beast with excitement.

    ¡°You devil beast! Come back!¡±

    Brandishing his sword pointing at the Golden Phoenix, Li Xiuchen followed the beast up to the sky. When his sword-light almost hit the Phoenix, a bice light dazzled right before his eyes.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    Li Xiuchen fell off from the sky andnded beside the rouge cultivators. The Golden Phoenix was weakened. Luo Jianqing¡¯s sword light made it burst out a painful howl and drop to the ground as well.

    Speechless, the rouge cultivators were stunned.

    After a while, the Gold Core Period cultivator got up, calmed down his turbulent Spiritual Power and said in a loud voice, ¡°we are grateful for your help, sir. You may take this Golden Phoenix if you want, we only ask for its feathers.¡±

    While talking, the cultivator tried his best pretending to be calm, but still couldn¡¯t hide away the animosity.

    The neen of them took pains finding the Golden Phoenix, used lots of instruments to draw it out, and wounded it to a point where it had to use its gifted skill. Now the higher level cultivator was gonna take most of the rewards while only generated a sword-light. No one would willingly hand in what they deserved.

    However, angry they might be, they won¡¯t dare risk their lives to fight with someone who was clearly far more powerful than them.

    To their surprise, Luo Jianqing responded, ¡°I did not kill this Golden Phoenix.¡±

    ¡°Sir?¡±

    ¡°I saw this nuisance tried to im the prize, so I forced him back with my sword-light. The Phoenix was so frightened that it fell off by itself. I had to intention to kill it.¡±

    The cultivator was ted, ¡°you have all our thanks, sir!¡±

    Hid in darkness, Luo Jianqing smiled.

    The rouge cultivators killed the Golden Phoenix not long after they seized it. The captain finally recalled that there was someone who skulked trying to take their beast. He found Li Xiuchen and clearly won¡¯t let him get away from this easily. Li Xiuchen was hurt by Luo Jianqing¡¯s sword-light and hit the ground, somewhat lost his wit ¨C he didn¡¯t escape immediately but stayed where he fell down.

    When the captain stood in front of Li Xiuchen, he atst came to his sense and said with gritted teeth, ¡°The voice! You are the guy from the hotel!¡±

    Leaning a trunk, Luo Jianqing sniggered.

    He knew that Li Xiuchen could get away from this, so he didn¡¯t worry about him at all. Luo Jianqing won¡¯t let Li Xiuchen die here for he needed him to find opportunities in Wan Shou Peak for the following months, but......

    He would still be d to see Li Xiuchen encounter some scuffles.

 Chapter 56: I Must See Qing Jun! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 56: I Must See Qing Jun! (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The weakest one among them was still a morepetent cultivatorpared to Li Xiuchen. They gathered up and pointed their weapons at Li Xiuchen, ready to slice him into pieces......

    ......then Li Xiuchen, surprisingly made a clever move, took out his disciple tablet.

    ¡°I......I am an inner-door disciple of Tai Hua Mountain!¡±

    The crowd was shocked.

    Luo Jianiqng, who knew this would happen, sighed with resignation.

    Themon cultivators exchanged looks. The Middle-stage Gold Core cultivator chuckled and said, ¡°I can see this is an effrontery guy who wanted to im our prey and nearly had his way if that Nascent Soul Period cultivator didn¡¯t interfere. My brother, did you hear what this guy said?¡±

    ¡°Well, brother, I heard nothing.¡±

    ¡°Did anyone hear what he said?¡±

    All the other cultivators shook their heads, ¡°no.¡±

    Heard their words, Li Xiuchen was stunned. He continued screaming ¡°I am an inner-door disciple of Tai Hua Mountain¡± while he was getting a good thrashing. The crowd had no intention to kill him. They only tried their best to beat him up until Li Xiuchen couldn¡¯t bear any more. The coward used a precious white-jade tablet, fleeing away dozens of miles.

    The neen cultivators didn¡¯t try to catch him. They shrugged, went back to deal with the Golden Phoenix.

    However, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t see thating. He was surprised that Li Xiuchen used the white-jade tablet this easily. What a waste! The rogue cultivators already knew he was from Tai Hua Mountain so that they definitely wouldn¡¯t kill him. They were irritated and wanted a little bit revenge, so they only iled him, didn¡¯t show any life-threatening violence. Was Li Xiuchen really such a coward?

    There¡¯s no time to waste. Luo Jianqing speeded up to chase Li Xiuchen and caught him up several miles away.

    Resting and cursing Luo Jianqing ¨C that mysterious Nascent Soul Period cultivator ¨C with all the tarnation he knew, Li Xuichen was lying in a hidden cave when Luo Jianqing found him.

    Luo Jianqing heard his cursing and stayed there for several minutes. Atst, he chuckled and flew away.

    ......and he came back with an enraged fourth-level Demon Beast. Face turned pale, Li Xiuchen was freaked out. He immediately fled away with wounded body. When he escaped the chase of that Demon Beast and finally had a break, another fourth-level Demon Beast rushed right toward him!

    ¡°Why the hell I am pestered with such freaking bad luck these days!!!¡±

    Li Xiuchen ran for his life while bollocking as usual.

    Li Xiuchen was forced to enter the deep Wan Shou Peak under the threat caused by the Demon Beasts which were guided to him by Luo Jianqing. Within three days, he climbed over three mountains, escaping while taking pills to preserve energy. The Demon Beasts didn¡¯t give up on hunting him down until he reached the inner area of the Wan Shou Peak.

    It would be nonsense if we say Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t have any doubt on the Demon Beasts were under someone¡¯s control.

    However, this was the first time he came to the Wan Shou Peak. He didn¡¯t have any enemy here except that Nascent Soul Period cultivator who called him ¡°nuisance¡±, but why a high-level cultivator would make fun of him ¨C a Qi Condensation Period beginner? This is absolutely not normal.

    Li Xiuchen couldn¡¯t figure out an answer.

    At this time, Luo Jianqing stopped teasing him.

    Seeking Immortality didn¡¯t describe Li Xiuchen¡¯s route like depicting a map. It only wrote that Li Xiuchen climbed over a mountain but didn¡¯t point out which one, so Luo Jianqing could only tail Li Xiuchen to look for chance.

    This time entering Wan Shou Peak, Li Xiuchen got three treasures that even impressed Luo Jianqing.

    The first one was the Beast Core of an Eighth-level Demon Beast.

    The second one was a Heaven-level broken sword.

    The third one was a Ninth Grade Godlike Pill which already transformed into human!

    Among these, Luo Jianqing could still get the former two if he wants, but the third one was an invaluable precious. No one in the word could refine a Ninth Grade Pill. The highest grade that Yu Qingzi could make was only Heaven-level Eighth Grade Pill, and there was no possibility for her to refine even a Huang-level Ninth Grade one.

    First Grade Pill was elementary. On the contrary, Ninth Grade Pill was the best.

    The level of pill was divided into four: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, Huang. Heaven-level Ninth Grade Godlike Pill only existed in legends. Once a pill like this was refined, the firmament would be rendered bizarre and the pill itself would immediately transform into human and be immortal!

    Its existence was only an ancient legend. This time, what Li Xiuche got was a Huang-level Ninth Grade Pill. Although it was the lowest level among the Ninth Grade, the pill still transformed into a suave schr, sitting at the top of a no-name peak in the deep mountain, ying zither all day long.

    The pill had no Spiritual Power, so even Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t know there was a Ninth Grade Godlike Pill in the Billion Beasts Mountain. No Spiritual Power didn¡¯t mean harmless and weak. The pill used the power of the spiritual creatures and became a formidable existence in the Wan Shou Peak.

    When reading Seeking Immortality, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t believe howe Li Xiuchen sessfully imed the pill.

    There was only one reason. That day, a Ninth-level Demon Beast who coveted the Godlike Pill for more than a hundred years provoked a fight. Though transformed into human, that schr was, indeed, a pill. Anyone ¨C not only the Demon Cultivators who can absorb others¡¯ Spiritual Power ¨C could eat it and im its invaluable healing power.

    It was a drastic fight.

    Li Xiuchen, by coincident, was on his way finding herbs for Mu Ruorong. Suddenly a fierce whirlwind carried him away. He woke up at the edge of the battlefield. He wasnded at a perfect spot, wasn¡¯t hurt a single hair while all the other creatures were ughtered by the two rivals¡¯ merciless attacks.

    Now the Demon Beast and Godlike Pill moved their battle field up to the sky, giving Li Xiuchen a chance to loot what¡¯s left on the ground.

    After collected all the valuable leftovers, Li Xiuchen rested aside to observe the battle whichsted for a whole day and a whole night.

    The Ninth-level Godlike Pill was gradually losing its ground, but the Demon Beast wasn¡¯t getting any benefit. Finally, the Godlike Pill ignited tremendous fire, burnt the Demon Beast badly, and transformed into a pillnded in the vast forest of the Wan Shou Peak.

    ......and Li Xiuchen could still find it?

    Yes, he was that damn lucky.

 Chapter 57: I Must See Qing Jun! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 57: I Must See Qing Jun! (2)</h4>

    Li Xiuchen had little chance to win if confronting with a Ninth-Level Demon Beast, even if thetter one was badly injured, so he made a smart move, leaving the scene with no hesitation. He didn¡¯t even think about finding the Godlike Pill by chance, but stepped on a hard stone-like thing after he climbed over a mountain. Li Xiuchen looked down and found a glimmering pill!

    It was engraved with magnificent patterns. Even a non-cultivator could tell that this is definitely a Godlike Pill higher than Eighth Grade!

    There were countless mountains in the Wan Shou Peak range. Little did theGodlike Pill expect it would be found this quick. It only needed three days to recover thirty percent of his power so that he can transform again and escape, but Li Xiuchen caught it one hour after itsnding.

    Taking benefit of its injury, Li Xiuchen erased the pill¡¯s consciousness and imed it as his own.

    These were Luo Jianqing¡¯s main purposes ofing to the Billion Beasts Mountain.

    Ninth Grade Godlike Pill! A pill like this could provide tremendous advantages for its owner. The book showed that this was a healing pill which helped Li Xiuchen getting back to his best state many times immediately after absorbing a small amount of its Pill Power. ¡®If giving the pill to Xuan Lingzi......will he fully recover from grievous injury caused by splitting Primordial Life several times?¡¯

    Watching Li Xiuchen acquire treasures one by one, Luo Jianqing tailed Li Xiuchen along the way.

    Sometimes Li Xiuchen would encounter life-threatening danger, but Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t worry about him at all, because this ¡°chosen one¡± could always get away from danger and then obtain lots of treasures. Most of the rewards Li Xiuchen got didn¡¯t interest Luo Jianqing. Once there was something worth his attention, Luo Jianqing would rob it secretly while poor Li Xiuchen knew nothing about it.

    Just like that, they walked for another ten days.

    They were about to enter the inner range, but Li Xiuchen suddenly stopped moving forward but started lingering around. Didn¡¯t get irritated at all, Luo Jianqing sat down and started cultivation, practicing the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record while trying to understand the rules among the world.

    Li Xiuchen waited here for two days, then loathly kept moving. Wondered what he was waiting for, Luo Jianqing was confused a little. He got his answer very quickly, for Li Xiuchen encountered an alluring beauty who was lying aside because of badly wounds.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes were widened with delight, ¡°Cultivator Mu! What happened?¡±

    ¡°......¡±, Luo Jianqing was speechless.

    At night, beside the campfire.

    Mu Ruorong slowly opened her eyes and saw a familiar visage. She took out her scimitar by instinct but Li Xiuchen held her hand down as if they were already very close friends. ¡°Cultivator Mu, I was walking along the road but suddenly saw you lying there, badly harmed. What happened?¡±

    Mu Ruorong¡¯s throat was burning. She looked at Li Xiuchen with aplicated gaze for a long time, finally whispered, ¡°I met a fifth-level Heaven Patterned ck Spider. It was stronger than me. I fainted out because its poison spilled on my body.¡±

    Li Xiuchen knew the ins and outs very well. Now his eyes glimmered with joy, but he immediately changed his expression and said nervously, ¡°a fifth-level Heaven Patterned ck Spider? What can I do to help you?¡±

    Mu Ruorong didn¡¯t like Li Xiuchen since their encounter at the hotel. She was good at observing, and that was why she knew what Li Xiuchen was thinking by a nce. However, now she had no other choice except epting his help. She could still move her hand, but pain came from other parts of her body which were sshed by poison and now started fester.

    These wounds must be dealt with in time! Nevertheless, Mu Ruorong couldn¡¯t move at all. She couldn¡¯t apply the medicine herself even if she had the cure.

    She was lying at nowhere in the inner range of the Wan Shou Peak. Rarely there would be people passing by.

    Mu Ruorong thought this would be her doom, she wasn¡¯t expecting anyone toe here and rescue her, but now Li Xiuchen was here. She was making a difficult choice between life and virtue. Tears were welling up in her eyes, because she recalled the words conveyed by that Nascent Soul Period cultivator in the hotel.

    ¡°If you don¡¯t respect yourself, how can you ask others to respect you?¡±

    After that, Mu Ruorong took down her revealing clothes and changed into normal dresses which a normal female cultivator would wear. She took conveniences of her beauty for ten years, but now she was already a Foundation Establishment Period cultivator, which means now she can protect herself and her body......

    However, fortune didn¡¯t stand on her side. Mu Ruorong entered the inner range of Wan Shou Peak by mistake and was about to leave, but encountered a poisoned spider. Now she had to make a choice between life and virtue. Mouth dried, Mu Ruorong lowered her head. The bonfire nearby rendered her hair as burning fire color.

    After a long silence, Mu Ruorong said hoarsely, ¡°I have a bottle of medicine in my Interspatial Ring, which can dy the attack of the poison. Cultivator...... Cultivator Li, could you please apply the medicine for me?¡±

    Li Xiuchen answered with no hesitation. ¡°Of course!¡±

    Mu Ruorong shut her eyes, suppressing the animosity in her heart, ¡°there are three wounds on my back, four on my both legs, one on my......belly, and......¡±, she suddenly stopped, continued talking after taking a deep breath, ¡°......and two on my chest¡±.

    Li Xiuchen pretended to be shocked. ¡°Cultivator Mu, how......how can I apply medicine on your private parts?¡±

    He said it as if he was a righteous gentleman, but Mu Ruorong still kept her eyes closed as if she heard nothing. ¡°It¡¯s okay, Cultivator Li. You are saving my life this time. If I am given a chance to survive, I will repay your kindness.¡±

    Li Xiuchen still didn¡¯t say yes. ¡°But, Cultivator Mu, you are a girl, not to mention the location of the wounds......¡±

    Mu Ruorong said sternly, ¡°Cultivator Li! Mu Ruorong thank you for your salvation!¡±

    Out of Mu Ruorong¡¯s sights, Li Xiuchen sniggered. He refused for several times but agreed reluctantly atst. At first, he even suggested that he shall cover his eyes, but Mu Ruorong told him that he can¡¯t apply the medicine without seeing the wounds, so he put that suggestion aside.

    Beside the flickering me, gorgeous female cultivator was lying on the ground and couldn¡¯t move, while the male cultivator next to her slowly reaching out his hands.

    When Li Xuchen¡¯s fingertips reached Mu Ruorong¡¯s clothes, thetter one shivered immediately but kept silent. Desire ignited in his eyes, Li Xiuchen undressed Mu Ruorong and saw her bright color bra. Wanly, Mu Ruorong gritted her teeth and closed her eyes as if doing so could stop what was about to happen.

    Naturally, she wouldn¡¯t know that Li Xiuchen swallowed his saliva and stretched out his hand aiming at her bra.

    At this moment, Luo Jianqing ¨C who was standing in the shadow all the time ¨C sighed with resignation.

    A sword-light charged at Li Xiuchen.

    Boom!

 Chapter 58: I Must See Qing Jun! (3)

    <h4>Chapter 58: I Must See Qing Jun! (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Li Xiuchen was knocked down. Mu Ruorong opened her eyes in a shock and saw a bice figure approaching. That guy flicked his sleeve, moving Mu Ruorong¡¯s clothes back to cover her body.

    Eyes wide opened, Mu Ruorong stared at the man.

    With hair dancing along with the wind, his graceful bice robe was glimmering under the moonlight. He wore a silver mask which engraved with simple patterns, standing there as elegant as a lotus.

    Encounter the spider, nearly lost her life, almost got taken advantage of......events were happening fast on Mu Ruorong, so, seeing the stranger approaching, the first reaction she made was bing vignt. However, when their sight met, she drowned into his eyes which had reluctance rippling inside. Although his visage was covered by the mask, she could still tell that there was a winsome face hidden beneath.

    Gorgeous but not dissolute. Dignified but not intimidating.

    She heard him saying, ¡°You¡¯ve respected yourself, but there are still lots of things out of our control in this world. Today, you can¡¯t move, given that the poison must be dealt with as soon as possible otherwise you will die, so you have no choice but let him feast on your body. Whom, do you think, should be med?¡±

    Mu Ruorong said with uncertainty. ¡°The spider?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head.

    ¡°......me?¡±

    ¡°Yes......and no. Indeed, you should be med. You should be med for your incapability, for your weakness, for you cannot conquer fate, for you cannot be the strongest one able to protect yourself from insult. However, the one that truly should be med is destiny. What happened today, I think, is an opportunity disguised in unfortunate. It can boost your resolution, urge you to cultivate more so that your skills could be sharpened and soon reach a higher Period. If others do that to you, I might just stand by and watch, but this guy is different. I dislike him, really.¡±

    Mu Ruorong suddenly smiled. She knew that others don¡¯t have responsibility to save him. He didn¡¯t owe her anything. She couldn¡¯t me him for that.

    ¡°Tomorrow when he wakes up, you can tell him that a Third-level Demon Beast attacked you but was defeated. Then that beast left a pill behind by chance. You eat the pill and get recovered.¡±

    Luo Jianqing flipped a pill in Mu Ruorong¡¯s hand.

    ¡°Sir, I cannot move any parts of my body except my hand.¡±

    Now Luo Jianqing finally found out Mu Ruorong has used herst bit of strength on brandishing the scimitar trying to drive Li Xiuchen away. Luo Jianqing let the pill fly into Mu Ruorong¡¯s mouth. The pill melted immediately, the power of pill was healing her body.

    One hourter, Mu Ruorong got back control of her body except her legs. She cupped her hands to pay respect to Luo Jianqing, ¡°thank you for your help!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°never mind, it costs nothing for me to save you.¡±

    Mu Ruorong was stunned. In a blink, Luo Jianqing disappeared into the vast darkness, leaving behind some words, ¡°the pill I give you was also in that guy¡¯s Interspatial Ring. Don¡¯t ask me why I know. It¡¯s your choice to decide trusting me or not.¡±

    Next morning, Li Xiuchen slowly woke up. Mu Ruorong already put on her clothes, and was packing her stuff. Seeing Li Xiuchene to his senses, Mu Ruorong told him what happened as Luo Jianqing instructed her. After that, she said, ¡°most of my injuries were healed already. Cultivator Li, I decided to go back to the town. See you.¡±

    Li Xiuchen was speechless, ¡°Cultivator Mu, you......¡±

    Mu Ruorong stood up and bowed down, ¡°Cultivator Li, I must leave now, see youter.¡±

    She turned back without any hesitation. Li Xiuchen tried to reach her wrist but was threatened by her bleak scimitars.

    Under the sunlight, Mu Ruorong¡¯s beautiful face showed only coldness. She looked at Li Xiuchen and said this word by word, ¡°Cultivator Li, I respect Tai Hua Mountain, but that doesn¡¯t mean I fear Tai Hua Mountain!¡±

    Heard this, Li Xiuchen couldn¡¯t move anymore. Mu Ruorong walked away.

    Fist clenched, Li Xiuchen yelled at Mu Ruorong, ¡°Cultivator Mu! I am Li Xiuchen, an inner door disciple of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Hao Ming Peak. You can drop by if you happen to visit Tai Hua Mountain!¡± As long as they can meet again, there was still chance to win her heart!

    Li Xiuchen had no idea that this was not a matter of chance but a matter of loathing. However, heard his words, Mu Ruorong suddenly stopped and responded, ¡°Sure, thanks for your generosity.¡±

    Li Xiuchen wascent. ¡°Well, looks like she still likes me. Of course, although we didn¡¯t do anything, I still saved her twice. Yep, don¡¯t panic, there¡¯s chance.¡±

    Watched the whole thing happened, Luo Jianqing was shocked. He thought Mu Ruorong felt nothing towards Li Xiuchen except detest, then why did she ept his invite? Could it be......the book¡¯s plots cannot be changed? No. If so, little sister must be reminded, can¡¯t let her step into danger anymore.

    Three dayster, Li Xiuchen killed every Fourth-level Demon Beast he encountered and collected many treasures. He once even met two Fifth-level Demon Beasts. Fortunately, he got the instruments that Guang Lingzi gave him, so he wasn¡¯t harmed a hair.

    Luo Jianqing was counting down days, preparing for that drastic fight.

    At the same time, Mu Ruorong got back to Thirty-nine Town, taking a break. She went to the hotel where she confronted that fivemon cultivators. She ordered meal but kept holding the chopsticks in her hand in a daze, didn¡¯t eat at all. She lost in her mind.

    ¡°I have to respect myself.¡±

    ¡°I have to cultivate more, being able to fight with destiny when it is unfair.¡±

    ¡°I have to repay his kindness. I have to......meet him again!¡±

    ¡°He seems to know a lot about Li Xiuchen, an acquaintance, maybe. Li Xiuchen is an inner-door disciple of Tai Hua Mountain. Then......maybe......maybe he¡¯s from Tai Hua Mountain as well! I can enter Tai Hua Mountain through Li Xiuchen, perhaps......I can see him again this way!¡±

    Thinking about this, Mu Ruorong¡¯s gorgeous face shed with a wisp of eagerness and shyness. This girl who spent many years ughtering beasts in the Wan Shou Peak showed a rare sign of falling in love, making her visage more charming and beautiful.

    At this moment, in the Wan Shou Peak, Luo Jianqing suddenly coughed. ¡°Why am I choking?¡±

    Li Xiuchen who had no idea what happened was escaping for his life while screaming loudly.

    Disgusted, Luo Jianqing watched Li Xiuchen who was chased by a Fourth-level Demon Beast. He noticed the powerful instruments he was holding. Luo Jianqing really wanted to roll his eyes.

    Suddenly, a powerful whirlwind embraced them, covered everything into darkness!

    Luo Jianqing took pains to open his eyes, making his way toward Li Xiuchen. When he almost got to him, the wind took Li Xiuchen up to the sky along with Luo Jianqing who was standing nearby!

    This wind contained tremendous power in it. Among all the wind Luo Jianqing encountered in his life, only the Gang Wind from the Ninth Layer of the Liu Yan Valley was stronger than this one. Luo Jianqing tried his best to fight with vast Spiritual Power contained in the wind, but still lost his consciousness little by little. When he woke up, he heard a shrillugh. ¡°Ho Ha Ha Ha, Qing Jun, today is the day when you are the weakest in a hundred year. I will beat you into your original pill form and swallow you into my stomach!¡±

    Whirlwind was summoned. Forest was shaking and waving as fragile grass.

    Luo Jianqing was still dizzy. He heard someone ying a bright dulcet song. The song stopped after a while. Along with a calm graceful manner, someone spoke, ¡°what is transform? What is origin? Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon, you are not whom I am waiting for, then why do you desire for something that not belongs to you?¡±

    ¡°Shut up! Qing Jun, today I will have you swallowed!¡±

    ¡°Well, bring it on.¡±

 Chapter 59: Waiting for Death Saplessly (1)

    <h4>Chapter 59: Waiting for Death Saplessly (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The winding, wave-like mountains encircled the whole of the battlefield.

    Everything within the radius of hundred miles had beenpletely decimated in the duel between these two prominent figures, except for a few treasures along with other wreckages remained on the ground. Many monsters and cultivators were wiped out, traceless. Only the cores of those monsters above level seven and the bones of those cultivators above Gold Core remained.

    As such, this ce surrounded by mountains became a death valley.

    Luo Jianqing had guessed that this was a very mysterious ce in Wan Shou Peak, because no monster above level eight could enter Wan Shou Peak. However, there were a dead monster above level eight and a level-nine Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon.

    After he was awake, Luo Jianqing quickly took refuge behind a pile of sandstone and quietly observed the battle from a distance.

    The level-nine Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon was equal to a cultivator of Tribtion Passage Period and very powerful as well. Although Luo Jianqing had never seen any Godlike Pill of level nine before, after seeing their battle neck to neck, he could figure out that it¡¯s cultivation level was about Tribtion Passage Period

    At the beginning, the flood dragon fought with the pill in the form of human, but after a while, it revealed its original form. It was a long golden flood dragon with two long horns and four ws, covered with kes which were shining like the sun.

    When it swayed its long tail, it immediately caused a gust of whirlwind whizzing towards the pill.

    The pill was very calm. He put down his zither, ced it right before him and yed the strings. With a slight move of his finger, a terrible sound wave suddenly thrusted towards the whirlwind, which exploded loudly the moment they crashed into each other. When the wave approached Luo Jianqing, it scared the hell out of him even though they are 20 miles apart.

    Luo Jianqing immediately took out the blue bamboo umbre to cover his head.

    With the protection of the umbre, Luo Jianqing let out a sound of relief and began to watch the horrible battle.

    The shape of the golden flood dragon was like a lightning, sometimes rushing into the sky and sometimes hovering in a circle. Every movement of the flood dragon was causing fierce wind which formed Gale Force. On the contrary, the pill wearing light color robe were ying the zither and sat there quietly. The zither seemed very simple-designed. He yed in a casual way, but the sound was echoing in the air which stopped the drifting clouds and fierce wind outside.

    The rhythms repeated in a gentle way, however, the realm that the rhythms had conveyed enchanted Luo Jianqing deeply. As if he were reminded of that Xuan Lingzi was ying Yu Xiao Zither for him years ago. Back then, there was also some fantastic realm in his ying.

    Although Xuan Lingzi was far better than this pill in ying, Luo Jianqing could still perceive the elusive realm in pill¡¯s ying. It was a kind of realm that has seen through the world. When the zither was yed in variation, it sounded like a weeping woman and a silentment in turn.

    This was a sad song.

    With the song, the pill had a hard fight with the monster.

    When they flew to another battlefield far away in the sky, Luo Jianqing immediately came here to search for some treasures. He was faster than Li Xiuchen. The first thing he took away was the Core of level-eight monster, then he also took the Heaven Level Sword.

    After having those two things, Luo Jianqing went on searching carefully.

    Magic treasure of Earth Level? Mine! Corpse of level-seven monster? Mine!

    Anything of value had been taken away.

    After a while, the whole field was like a wild goose which was plucked off all the feathers. Except some worthless stones and branches, the rest were all tucked into the interspatial ring of Luo Jianqing.

    Looking at this dead ground, Luo Jianqing sighed and then burned the body of the dead cultivator of Nascent Soul, together with the other three of Golden Core cultivators. After that, he took away their ashes as he nned to set an anonymous tombstone for them somewhere else after he left.

    Then, for the bodies of those strange monsters, Luo Jianqing chose a simple way to deal with them.

    With a wave of hand, everything was burned!

    With everything done, Luo Jianqing began to look around for Li Xiuchen. After a quarter of an hour, he found Li lying unconsciously under a huge stone. The moment he saw Li Xiuchen, he twitched his lips out of jealousy because Li was so lucky to be safe.

    He and Li Xiuchen were both blown here by a gust of wind. He was dropped on the ground casually. Fortunately, he woke up in time, otherwise he might be directly killed in the battle between the monster and the pill. What about Li Xiuchen? He was sleeping under a thousand years old Zhong Qi Stone!

    Zhong Qi Stone was a kind of spiritual stone and a superior material for refining. It featured for its concealment and hardness, the so-called turtle shell. It was hard to find it even for an alchemist, because there was no other special feature on its appearance, except for the hardness. It seemed like any normal stones you could find. Because under the cover of this stone, Li Xiuchen did not get killed by the aftermath of the battle this time, otherwise Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t be able to find it.

    Seeing such a huge stone, Luo Jianqing gradually put on a smile on his face.

    Giving this stone to the sixth brother for refining would be perfect.

    Li Xiuchen, who was still asleep, turned over and seemed to agree with him.

    This stone could temporarily protect Li Xiuchen from the harm after all, so Luo Jianqing did not take it away immediately. He hid away and kept an eye on Li Xiuchen. At this moment, Luo Jianqing could hardly see the fighting in the sky, but he still waited patiently, because he knew that without Li Xiuchen, he could never find the pill.

    As time went by, Luo Jianqing was getting stiffened and paid close attention all the time.

    The sun was setting in the west, the moon was rising.

    Li Xiuchen finally woke up when the sun was setting in the west. He firstly got stunned, then he happily rushed out of the safe area under the protection of Zhong Qi Stone, and turned around to look at the battlefield around. Then ... dumbfounded.

    ¡°WTF?! What is going on? Is it burned here? How could it be scorched like this?¡±

    Looking at this destend, Li Xiuchen was totally struck dumb. After a quarter of an hour, he immediately stepped forward to search. Obviously, just like what you could see, there was nothing valuable, not to mention any magic treasures!

    Li Xiuchen clenched his teeth in anger: ¡°What happened? Is that... I have been fainted for a long while, so the monster and the pill ruined the battlefield once again and destroyed everything?!¡±

    Upon hearing that, Luo Jianqingughed in his heart.

    Yes, this was the reason why he destroyed the battlefield. Before that, he had known that Li Xiuchen seemed to know the contents of the book Seeking Immortal, so when Li woke up, he would definitely go to find the so-called treasures.

    There should be a reason that he couldn¡¯t find anything, right?

    Li Xiuchen could figure out that there was something wrong, so Luo Jianqing might expose himself.

    So, if he ruined everything on this ce, Li could find nothing and never knew what happened here.

    Luo Jianqing did not know how Li Xiuchen could guess it right. But upon hearing his exnation, he felt it reasonable as well.

    In the book, it said that Li Xiuchen was the disciple of Xuan Lingzi and instructed by him. Although he was at level nine of Qi Refining, he was much better than now.

 Chapter 60: Waiting for Death Saplessly (2)

    <h4>Chapter 60: Waiting for Death Saplessly (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Back then in his previous life, Luo Jianqing knew that his junior brother had been far better than he was now as he had the power to defeat any middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in an instant. Also, he looked much more mature back then. One wondered if it was because he had stayed in Yu Xiao Peak for too long. The way he carried himself felt a bit like that calm and reserved Xuan Lingzi.

    However, knowing his strength now, there was a high possibility that Li Xiuchen would fall into aa for a long while. So, it was very likely that these treasures would be ruined by this battle.

    Feeling aggrieved, Li Xiuchen let out a long sigh, ¡°What the heck?¡±

    The moment he finished his words, the golden light and the silver light started glistening in turns up in the sky while a rush of zither sound broke the air. Then there was this extremely horrible spiritual power rushing out, and with it came a strong aroma of spiritual pills.

    Seeing that, a beam of light shed through Li Xiuchen¡¯s eyes and then he quickly hid under the Zhong Qi Stone. Not far away from him, Luo Jianqing also held his breath and kept his eyes focused on the battlefield.

    Bang!

    Bang!

    The Pill was the first to fall down from the sky and it crushed down on the ground hard, causing a crack and the clumsy flood dragon also fell on the ground after him. It felt like an earthquake when itnded on the ground and Luo Jianqing was apparently shocked by that. However, Li Xiuchen, not far away from him, was still observing the situation with a lively interest.

    The flood dragon turned into a bald man after itnded. He looked like a vulgar man with fat face, and his clothes was already soaking wet with blood. Nheless, he stepped forward with an excited look on his face, knowing that he had backed the Pill to the wall and it¡¯s his best chance to take the medicine now!

    On the ground, the elegant suave schr in blue robe raised his hand to wipe off the cyan liquid at the corner of his mouth.

    The flood dragon had already flown to his side, yet the man simply stood up casually and flicked away the dust on his sleeve as if nothing had happened. When he was tidying himself up, the flood dragon stopped his attack and waited for a while. Then the dragon said, ¡°Qing Jun, we have known each other for a hundred years and all this time we have been fighting with each other. However, I want to break through Earth Level and became the Demon Exalt, so I have to eat you. That¡¯s my only chance.¡± The man looked up at the flood dragon and said, ¡°All men must die. It¡¯d either me or you today. You don¡¯t need to say anything. As a Pill, my fate has been written long ago, but you are not the one I¡¯m waiting for, so I can¡¯t help you with your cultivation.¡±

    The bald manughed and said: ¡°Then it is going to be a fight!¡±

    The man in robe withdrew his zither and replied, ¡°Then let¡¯s fight!¡±

    After finishing those words, they gathered their powers around and got ready to fight. An illusory flood dragon appeared behind the bald, big man while a misty cyan flower appeared on the top of the elegant suave schr. After the appearance of these illusions, the violent and strong wind got stagnant. Luo Jianqing kept a close eye on the scene. Unfortunately, the flower was too weak to show what was really happening, which bummed Luo Jianqing out.

    Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragonunched the first attack and the Pill also pushed the cyan flower forward.

    The two shed, making roaring sound in the sky. The Pill was weak at that point and soon it started to show signs of defeat. But suddenly, the handsome schr whispered, ¡°You are not the one I¡¯m waiting for.¡± Then the cyan flower was suddenly lit up with golden fire.

    ¡°You used the pill fire!¡±

    Bang!

    The illusion of the flood dragon instantly disappeared, while the bald man spat out a mouthful of blood and fell on the ground. Over at the other side, the man looked as pale as a piece of white paper with golden fire burning on his body. After a short while he suddenly turned into a small pill and flew to the east.

    Upon seeing that, Li Xiuchen excitedly widened his eyes and quickly went after it. After Li Xiuchen was gone, Luo Jianqing took the huge Zhong Qi Stone into his interspatial ring, and then went to catch up with him.

    Fast as Li Xiuchen was, he was simply no match for the pill when it came to speed. After a while, he lost the track of the pill, but he kept going forward with Luo Jianqing hot on his tail.

    They spent half an hour chasing the pill in this way.

    Feeling frustrated, Li Xiuchen kept looking around, but in the end he had no choice but to keep going forward. Another half an hour passed and Li Xiuchen was passing by a hillside. He seemingly stepped on something hard and suddenly became extremely excited and stooped down to check the ground under his feet.

    All of a sudden, a dazzling blue light lit up the whole hillside.

    ¡°Got it... ahhhhhhh!¡±

    Luo Jianqing came out from behind the huge stone nearby and he kicked the then stunned Li Xichen away, who immediately rolled down the hillside.

    However, no sooner had Luo Jianqing taken out the pill when he heard the roaring thunder in the sky, and after a short while, many lightnings came straight down one by one and struck the grounds near Luo Jianqing.

    If Luo Jianqing moved to the left, the lightning would strike on the right; if Luo Jianqing moved forward, the lightning would strike behind him. The Heaven seemed like a blind man. It always missed its target as if it couldn¡¯t find out where he was.

    Luo Jianqing had known a thing or two about this phenomenon. However, now that he saw it happen with his own eyes, he was still a bit shocked.

    ¡®Nine Heavenly Seizure Record was such an almighty book. It allowed to me get rid of the Heaven Way.¡¯

    After eighteen thunderbolts, the heavy cloud in the sky gradually dissipated. It seemed like that the Heaven Way thought there was no need to fight any more, so it gave up and let Luo Jianqing go. Honestly speaking, if the Heaven Way had determined to kill Luo Jianqing, he would be dead already. If it struck a rain of thunderbolts, Luo Jianqing would have nowhere to run.

    But at that moment, killing Luo didn¡¯t seem like a worthwhile thing to do.

    Seeing the thunderclouds dissipated, Luo Jianqing put on a casual smile and lowered his head to take the pill out from the earth. But the moment he got the pill, bang! A magnificent pill power rushed into his meridians from his palm. This healing pill was actually attacking him!

    ¡°Wrong!¡±

    Luo Jianqing immediately transferred his spiritual power to resist it.

    However, this pill power was so overwhelming that it smashed into Luo¡¯s meridians with such magnificent power that seemed to devour his spiritual power. Seeing that his power was swallowed, Luo Jianqing slightly closed his eyes and subconsciously worked up the elusive power in his body which belonged to the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.

    When the elusive power met with the pill power in his body, thetter was suddenly shocked, and it tried to escape out of his body. However, the elusive power wouldn¡¯t let it go. Like a long snake, the power rushed out of his body and wrapped the little pill up.

    The pill resisted slightly in vibration.

    Luo had been soaked in sweat and his face was all pale. He let out a sigh of relief. To his surprise, an elegant voice suddenly arose from the hillside, ¡°You are not the person I am waiting for, either. Don¡¯t be so greedy.¡±.

    Luo was dead beat, but with thest bit of strength he let out a sneer, ¡°The most capable man takes the treasure. I might not be the one you are waiting for, nor do I know who the right one is, but you are now firmly in my hand and it won¡¯t take me much energy to gulp you down.

    The Pill smiled, ¡°Then why didn¡¯t you just erase my consciousness and eat me back then?¡±

    Luo was obviously not expecting this and replied, ¡°I will do it now.¡±

    The Pill let out a gentle smile and said matter-of-factly, ¡°It¡¯s toote.¡±

    Boom!

    A rush of power charged from behind Luo and his body started shaking like crazy. He subconsciously took out a blue bamboo umbre from the interspatial ring and deployed it. The moment he open that umbre, the power came smashing down on it, and broke six of its ribs. Only then did he manage to stop that onught.

 Chapter 61: Waiting for Death Saplessly (3)

    <h4>Chapter 61: Waiting for Death Saplessly (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°You hand over my pill and I will show my mercy and let you die in a way you don¡¯t deserve!¡±

    The wounded flood dragon hovered around in the sky with his goggled eyes staring at Luo Jianqing, all the while dripping blood.

    But even it was in such a wretched state, the domineering aura it exuded still sent Luo Jianqing quivering.

    Luo Jianqing suddenly looked down on the pill in his palm and red, ¡°it¡¯s you, isn¡¯t it! The smell you gave off deliberately has led it to you!¡±

    The next thing he knew, the sword was already out of its sheath.

    ¡°One Sword Turns Nine-Petaled Lotus!¡±

    In an instant, the sword matrix kept spinning and with an ancient and devoid smell the sword turned into a blue lotus which charged forward towards the dragon. However, the flood dragon simply dismissed it with a wave of his w and as the lotus broke up, Luo Jianqing took two steps back with blood

    Luo put the pill into the interspatial ring and red at the attacker with sword in hand.

    ¡°For a Nascent-Soul stage cultivator, to die in my hand is your honor.¡±

    ¡°Die, you evil creature!¡±

    Luo exhausted all the skills he had learnt in the past and kept hiding beneath the w of the dragon. However, for all the treasures he used along with the skill he was only meant to be using when he reached the Out-of-body Period described in True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, he ended up failing at every turn and the chance of winning looked very slim.

    At that point, the flood dragon had already recovered a bit. He shattered Luo¡¯s blue umbre into pieces and looked at the mortally wounded Human Cultivator who was in the same spot as it had been minutes ago with a sneer, ¡°I will kill you and take that pill out of the interspatial ring. You can go join Qing Jun in hell!¡±

    As soon as it finished those words, the flood dragon swung its gigantic tail, sending a wave of storming wind which charged at Luo like a sharp knife.

    The dragonughed as it watched what was happening in front of him. However, the man he despised the most suddenly took out a golden bead. The minute the flood dragon noticed that bead, it stoppedughing and started running away. Years of cultivation had reinforced his ability for smelling danger. But it was toote, Luo had already tossed that bead away.

    The bead seemed ordinary and there was nothing extraordinary about it.

    But as the bead came closer, the dragon¡¯s got fear written all over its face. It ran away with its utmost speed, it could not stop the bead from crashing into its belly, and then...

    Boommmm!

    For a moment, the whole world was crumbling.

    The dazzling golden light was all that was visible in the world and as the golden bead exploded, the energy it emitted formed a in-looking golden lotus in the sky and immediately it came crashing down on the flood dragon, piercing it in the process and slowly vanished into thin air.

    Time seemed to have stopped at that moment and people in the valley all saw this beam of golden light.

    The elders sent by various sects to inspect all came out to see this golden light with horrified look on their faces.

    And the monsters even above level seven were all in shock and they kept fleeing in disorder.

    One wondered what horrible strength the golden light carried as its mere appearance was enough to strike everyone dumb.

    That was 70% of the power of the only Immortal-Stage cultivator in the world, Xuan Lingzi.

    Such was the power of a supreme like him, and it was enough to kill a level nine monster!

    It felt like ages for such a short time, and when the golden light faded, Luo was already trembling with his mortally wounded body and he mustered what little strength he had left and fled the scene as quick as possible.

    He didn¡¯t want people to know that he was there. Most importantly, he feared that this attack wouldn¡¯t be enough to kill that flood dragon!

    Within a blink of an eye, Luo had been miles away. After 45 minutes, he heard an agonizing roar from behind. The deafening sound wasing from the infuriated flood dragon, ¡°Human! You¡¯ve ruined my chance at bing the Demon Exalt and I am damned to remain forever at level eight! I must kill you! You are a dead man!!!¡±

    The flood dragon unleashed its ultimate revival skill which brought it back to life.

    Like that phoenix, the flood dragon was a distant rtive of the orthodox dragon family. But unlike the legitimate members, it was born with level six and had a chance at returning to the dragon family. However, once it used its revival skill, it forever renounced its im to be a true dragon.

    That said, a level eight dragon was like an out-of-body human cultivator. Thought severely wounded, it could still easily kill that equally wounded Luo with one finger.

    The enraged flood dragon was in no mood to ponder what background Luo had to be able to possess that kind of treasure. It had only one thought in mind, and that was to kill Luo.

    The flood dragon was way faster than Luo and in a few seconds it managed to catch up with Luo. It unleashed one strike and Luo was immediately sent crashing into a mountain wall with blood puking out of his mouth.

    At that moment, the eyes of Luo had been covered with blood. He slowly raised his head, only to see that the monster was bearing down on him with heavy steps. Its furious look made Luo nervous yet there was no second golden bead avable that could save him.

    Luo¡¯s breath seemed slowed and the whizzing wind seemed to have stopped as well.

    Looking at the world through his blood-stained eyes, Luo could hear his own heart beating like crazy. It had never urred to him that his heart could beat so fast at a moment such as this. Now that he thought about it, he had experienced the same ponding heart beats when he was lying in his own pool of blood after being beaten by Xuan Lingzi.

    Back then, he had wondered what Xuan¡¯s face would look like if he had died in front of him. But now, there were only bitterness and hatred in his heart and he didn¡¯t want to die any more. He wanted to live and force that man to reveal his true feelings to himself. He wanted to have him and...bring this pill back to him!

    With that thought in mind, he suddenly felt a gush of mild power and he started performing the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.

    Luo raised his finger with great difficulty and a small wave of sword energy started concentrating on the tip of his finger. Wave upon wave of power started to wrap this energy up like numerous silk worm cocoons. Then, this wave of energy was projected towards the flood dragon, only to be swept aside by its tail.

    Luo coughed out a mouthful of blood and let out a bitter smile, patiently waiting for his imminent death.

    He was no Li Xiuchen who was born with luck, and that was why when he got the pill, he ran into the thunder and the dragon.

    Luo closed his eyes, and that person¡¯s silhouette was the first thing that emerged in his mind. From their first encounter to the decades-longpanionship that followed, the rtionship between the two had changed. Now, Luo couldn¡¯t take his eyes off that person for even one second and he missed that person¡¯s warm hug. He wanted that person to think nothing but him.

    All those things he wanted sounded like fantasy words right now. But at least he got to tell that person how he felt about him and he knew that he really liked him. That should be enough for him...

    ¡°Die, human!¡±

    Ferocious energy charged towards Luo, and at the moment, Luo suddenly heard some tinkling sounds. Those sounds had always been around and it was not until this critical moment that he only managed to hear them.

    Suddenly, Luo heard someone yelling, ¡°Luo Jianqing, don¡¯t die on me!¡±

    Luo immediately opened his eyes and saw a scarlet figure came swooping in from above. His eyes contracted and eximed, ¡°Mo Qiu!¡±

 Chapter 62: OMG! Great Senior Disciple Came Back with His Wife and Son! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 62: OMG! Great Senior Disciple Came Back with His Wife and Son! (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The wind roared and the sand rolled in the storm.

    The whirlwind was like a wild beast, shook the forest as if an earthquake was taking ce. A bloody scourge formed out of vast amount of Spiritual Power and ck Fiend Power which almost condensed into a touchable matter. The scourge broke the boundary, twined with Heaven Live Flood Dragon¡¯s w which was about to grab Luo Jianqing¡¯s shoulder, and pulled back the Demon Beast.

    ¡°Who is it!¡±

    Under the scorching sun, a scarlet figure was stepping on Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon¡¯s head. He was convoluted by snake-like dreadful Fiend Power which ¨C as if it was burning in the air ¨C transformed into countless whips and continuously scourged the Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon whose head was under Mo Qiu¡¯s foot.

    The vixen-like Fiend Cultivator sneered, ¡°You mutt, you¡¯re not worthy enough to know my name. Go to hell!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m gonna kill you! I¡¯m gonna kill you!¡±

    So the battle began.

    Boom! Boom! Bomm!

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t believe what he saw. Though the Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon was impaired and dropped to Eighth-level, it was still a matching opponent for a Body-Fusion-Period Human Cultivator. While Mo Qiu was just a......

    Eyes wide opened, Luo Jianqing unbelievably stared at the man fighting the Flood Dragon.

    ¡°Thete stage of Nascent Soul Period!¡±

    One was thete stage of Nascent Soul Period; the other was badly-injured Body Fusion Period; the difference in cultivation was two whole Period!

    Fiend Cultivators were naturally the strongest among the cultivators in the same Period. Mo Qiu was the only Fiend Cultivator Luo Jianqing knew in this life, but Luo Jianiqng himself had be a Fiend Cultivator in hisst life. That was why he knew how powerful a Fiend Cultivator could be ¨C far more powerful than others imagined.

    Besides, this was Mo Qiu.

    The scourge that Mo Qiu was using was not the one he used when they first met at the hotel. This scourge was engraved withplicated patterns, and every wisp of it was seeping Fiend Power, intimidating already just by looking at it. When the scourge whipped on Heaven Live Flood Dragon¡¯s body, it moaned in suffer for its skin ¨C though hard like iron ¨C was still broken and left a gash.

    The ck Flood Dragon was flying up and down, constantly stretching his body, while Mo Qiu was watching it calmly, whipping it at the right time, using his dreadful Fiend Power and Spiritual Power to force Flood Dragon keep running for its life.

    However, Mo Qiu didn¡¯t let it go easily.

    This was an unforgettable scene for anyone who had seen it.

    A Nascent Soul Period Cultivator beat an Eighth-level Demon Beast so that thetter one can do nothing but escape!

    ¡°You win! I lost! You¡¯re a Fiend Cultivator, and a Nascent Period one. You don¡¯t want others to know that you¡¯ve came to the continent, right? Let me go, I won¡¯t tell anybody!¡±

    Mo Qiu took back his blood-dripping scourge and stamped on Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon¡¯s head, then ¡°boom¡±, the giant Flood Dragon was on the ground, created a pit around him.

    The Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon was about to lift his head and was trampled by Mo Qiu again.

    Mo Qiu sneered, ¡°are you threatening me?¡±

    Cursing words were just at his tip of tongue, but Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon forced himself swallowed them back.

    Nevertheless, Mo Qiu didn¡¯t give him another chance to beg for pardon. Eyes narrowed, he said, ¡°if you really want to threaten me, you¡¯d better ask your four Demon Exaltse here, I¡¯ll teach you guys a lesson!¡±

    Next moment......Boom!

    The ck patterns on the scarlet scourge started glittering, dancing in the air, and finally formed a sharp silver spear. At the moment the spear emerged, tremendous Fiend Power suppressed Luo Jianqing. He nearly lost his ability to breath. Although he couldn¡¯t even see Mo Qiu and Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon¡¯s scuffle, he still felt a wisp of familiar suppression.

    He had the exact same feeling when he hurled Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Spiritual Bead before. Seventy percent of a Deity Transformation Period Cultivator¡¯s attack was overwhelming enough to turn the sky and the earth upside down, and made the Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon one step closer to death. If not saved by its gifted skill, it would be a dead corpus by now.

    The diabolic sense on Mo Qiu¡¯s scourge only maintained for a gleam and immediately dispersed in the air. Luo Jianqing found it weird, but didn¡¯t think too much.

    The ck spear stabbed into Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon¡¯s head and forced the Demon Beast burst out a painful groan. It hung on for a while. The spear kept swirling inside its skull so that its brain was torn asunder. Finally, the moribund Flood Dragon let out itsst breath.

    Mo Qiu collected his scourge into the Interspatial Ring. He left the corpus untouched, walking straight toward the cliff. Mo Qiu looked down, gazing at Luo Jianqing who was wounded very badly, suddenly let out a snigger, ¡°Luo Jianqing, did I just save your life? Once more? You owe me something now, don¡¯t you? How would you like to repay me?¡±

    Had no strength left in him at all, Luo Jianqing leaned on the cliff, lifted his gaze and smiled, ¡°you are really good at saying something opposite with what you actually mean......cough, cough......¡±

    The cultivator in bice coughed out lots of blood. His face already covered by the scarlet liquid.

    Seeing this, Mo Qiu¡¯s eyes narrowed. He stretched out hand about to help Luo Jianqing to get up, but stopped before he reached him. Mo Qiu said emotionlessly, ¡°whatever, I am a tender-hearted guy who can¡¯t bear watching these kind of bastard bully a beauty like you. Alright, I¡¯m gonna go collect the treasures and Beast Core, you stay here and have a rest......hey!¡±

    Mo Qiu quickly got to Luo Jianqing¡¯s side, dispersing Spiritual Power to probe his vines.

    Mouth twitched, Mo Qiu sighed and thought, ¡°This is how Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Master protects his disciple? No life-saving cast, no high-level instrument......this is how Xuan Lingzi let you out to face danger? That jerk......¡±

    Reluctantly, Mo Qiu carried Luo Jianqing on his back. He was going to hold him in his arms but changed his mind when he saw Luo Jianqing¡¯s face colored with blood and dirt. Looking at Luo Jianqing¡¯s miserable visage, Mo Qiu decided to put Luo Jianqing on his back so that this untidy cultivator could get out of his sight.

    Taking another blood scourge out of his Interspatial Ring, Mo Qiu twirled his wrist. The Blood Shadow Scourge pierced Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon¡¯s skull and took out a golden Beast Core.

    This was a core which belonged to a Demon Beast who once reached Ninth-level! An invaluable precious in the whole world! Nheless, Mo Qiu only cast a nce at it, then started absorbing the Spiritual Power from the Beast Core to recover from injury while hurried his way.

    When seeing Luo Jianqing faint out, though Mo Qiu was a little bit worried, he was more relieved instead.

    Assured Luo Jianqing¡¯s condition was not that bad, Mo Qiu sighed with relief. Face pale white, he spat out a mouthful blood. He carried Luo Jianiqng on his back and left the battlefield. ¡°Luckily, I was wandering in Billion Beasts Mountain. Luckily, the Devil-sounded Bell rang. Tell me, huh, why I am always in bad luck every time I met you? If I encountered this ninth-level beast in the past, I could kill it by just staring at it, but now I have to drain all of my Spiritual Power......is it possible that I owed you this in ourst life?¡±

    As if replying Mo Qiu, Luo Jianqing¡¯s head hanged low, leaning on his shoulder.

    Mo Qiu looked back and was startled. Then he immediately shoved Luo Jianqing¡¯s head aside, ¡°oh my god, it¡¯s too ugly. This shouldn¡¯t happen to this little beauty......¡±

    When Luo Jianqing woke up, what he saw was a me kindling in darkness.

 Chapter 63: Great Senior Disciple Came Back with His Wife and Son! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 63: Great Senior Disciple Came Back with His Wife and Son! (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Wearing scarlet from head to toe, Mo Qiu was sitting beside the bonfire, roasting meat. The oil seeping out was glittering, dripping down along the sulent meat. Though the loweryer was slightly overcooked, even Luo Jianqing who already practiced Bigu for years was attracted by its appetizing aroma and couldn¡¯t help butswallow a mouthful of saliva.

    Intrigued, Mo Qiu looked at him. ¡°You awake?¡±

    Used up all the strength he had now, Luo Jianqing sat up and said boldly, ¡°well, you knew that by just a nce¡±.

    Mo Qiu widened his eyes, ¡°hey! Luo Jianqing, I SAVED you. Is this the attitude you decided to use towards your saver?¡±

    Didn¡¯t get irritated, Luo Jianqing smiled and lowered his head with respect, ¡°thank you, Mo Qiu.¡±

    Stunned by Luo Jianqing¡¯s quick-changing attitude, Mo Qiu suddenly didn¡¯t know what to do. They stared at each other for a while. Finally, Mo Qiu flicked his sleeve, moved his eyes away unnoticeably, ¡°you......you¡¯d better wash your face right now. I can¡¯t bear it anymore.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°......¡±

    Washed off all the dirt and mud, Luo Jianqing returned to the cave. He had no idea where they were, and was surprised that Mo Qiu had found this cave with heaps of treasures pile up like hills in it. They were sitting in front of the treasures, having dinner.

    Luo Jianqing said curiously, ¡°is this your secret treasury cave?¡±

    Mo Qiu shook his head, ¡°you fainted out for days. I gave you pills but you still didn¡¯t wake up. Several days ago, after I killed that beast, I carried you on my back and left that area to avoid encounter with those so-called righteous human cultivators. I met a very hospitable snake on the way, who gave us its own cave and its treasures.¡±

    Luo Jianqing sensed something went wrong, ¡°where is that snake......beast?¡±

    Mo Qiu smiled winsomely, ¡°oh, it was too hospitable. The snake roasted itself to be our food just in case we get hungry.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°......¡±

    Who would believe this bullshit!?

    They had a chat for a while, and from which Luo Jianqing found out that it was truly a coincidence that Mo Qiu was at Billion Beast Mountain as well. Reached theter stage of Nascent Soul Period, Mo Qiu met the bottleneck, so he came to the Billion Beast Mountain seeking for opportunities and sharpening his skills.

    Mo Qiu heard the ring of Devil-sounded Bell at the moment Luo Jianqing was discovered by that Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon. He knew Luo Jianqing was in danger. The Devil-sounded Bell informed him the location as well, so he came as soon as possible.

    ording to what Mo Qiu told Luo Jianqing, he wasn¡¯t in a hurry at all, wandered on the road and discovered him so came to check him out.

    Nheless, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t believe less on what Mo Qiu said. They spent three years together in the Liu Yan Valley. He knew Mo Qiu so well that he could tell ¨C from the speed ¨C that Mo Qiu was flying as fast as possible toe and help him. Luo Jianqing knew his friend of life and death was a person who always says things opposite with what he was thinking.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t insist. He stared at Mo Qiu after they finished their dinner, kept the words in his mouth.

    Seeing this, Mo Qiu sniggered, ¡°just say what you want. I hate it when people faltering. Luo Jianqing, when did you learn this? Let me guess, you want to ask me howe I reached thete-stage of Nascent Soul Period within two years?¡±

    Hesitated awhile, Luo Jianqing nodded his head lightly.

    Mo Qiu shrugged, ¡°because I¡¯m a genius¡±.

    Luo Jianqing lifted one eyebrow, ¡°a genius with low-grade Spiritual Bones?¡±

    Stood up immediately, Mo Qiu yelled at Luo Jianqing, ¡°hey! You ungrateful bastard!¡±

    Smiling, Luo Jianqing dragged him to sit down. ¡°Come on, stop bragging. Seriously, I¡¯m curious about what you¡¯ve been through these two years¡±.

    Disgruntled, Mo Qiu sat down. He asked Luo Jianqing after biting off a mouthful of juicy meat, ¡°you suspect that I killed people and absorbed their Spiritual Power?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head with no hesitation, ¡°I trust you¡±.

    Mo Qiu was surprised by his reaction. He looked at Luo Jianqing withplicated gaze, and said after a long silence, ¡°but what if I DID kill people? I¡¯d been befalling massacre everywhere I go. I ughtered countless cultivators the way butchers ughtered sheep and cattle. Blood dyed my clothes scarlet as they are now. I killed everyone who stood in my way, mercilessly.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile slowly disappeared, for he felt that he couldn¡¯t figure out whether Mo Qiu was joking or not.

    They looked at each other in silence. Mo Qiu suddenly moved away his eyes and said, ¡°I was joking¡±.

    ¡°I know.¡± Luo Jianqing responded, ¡°if......what you said is true, one day when we meet on the battlefield, I will definitely kill you, but, other than this, Mo Qiu, you are, and always will be, my friend of life and death¡±.

    Mo Qiu clenched his fist. He tossed half of the meat into the bonfire and let out augh, ¡°you don¡¯t believe my words, yet you are trying to mock me. I am a genius, really, Mo Qiu never killed anyone. I told you before. You know, being a Fiend Cultivator isn¡¯t that easy. The more lives we took away, the more difficult it was to reach higher level of cultivation¡±.

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°I know. My Master told me this before: that the Fiend Exalt killed too many people so he stuck atte-stage of Da Sheng Period for thousands of years, couldn¡¯t find a way to reach a higher level. Master said that this might be the ceiling for the Fiend Exalt. It¡¯s good for you not to follow his mistake.¡±

    Mo Qiu¡¯s smile froze, then said with weird voice, ¡°whatever, I¡¯m just smarter than you¡±.

    Luo Jianqing took a gleam at him, ¡°yeah, yeah, your cultivation is higher than me b two small Periods¡±.

    Mo Qiu mocked him, ¡°hey, you want a fight? Who saved you this time, huh?¡±

    Speechless, Luo Jianqing nodded, and said in a serious tone, ¡°it¡¯s you. Cultivator Mo, thank you for saving my life!¡±

    Mo Qiu waved his hand, ¡°that¡¯s not necessary¡±.

    They chatted, Luo Jianqing said that he¡¯s almost fully recovered. After reassured they were safe and there wasn¡¯t any threat approaching, hesitated for a while, Luo Jianqing told Mo Qiu about the Godlike Pill.

    Heard things about the Ninth-grade Pill, Mo Qiu was shocked, but after listening carefully to Luo Jianqing¡¯s description, he believed the Ninth-grade Pill which was in the Interspatial Ring had already recovered some strength. The power of that pill was equal to a Tribtion Passage Period cultivator. If it found back its full strength, they stood no chance to win.

    They discussed for a solution. Luo Jianqing offered instruments, while Mo Qiu offered power, together, they casted a Soul Confinement Array.

    They spent ten days arranging thisplicated high-level array. Luo Jianqing was aplete handyman. Mo Qiu was the one who knew the cast and performing the spells. After they set the array, they took a rest to cultivate their Spiritual Power.

    They made an eye contact, then Luo Jianqing released the pill from its Interspatial Ring.

    The moment that pill came out of the Interspatial Ring, delighting pill aura immediately embraced them.

    Luo Jianqing said in a low voice, ¡°confine!¡±

    Suddenly, the Soul Confinement Array was dispersing splendid light. The aura was restricted in the array, didn¡¯t leak out a wisp. A small bice pill was floating at the center of the array, didn¡¯t move as if it fell into deep sleep.

    Mo Qiu was inspecting it, while Luo Jianqing stepped forward and said, ¡°sir, why are you hiding yourself?¡±

    Silence, for a long time.

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°if this is your response, then don¡¯t me me for erasing your consciousness!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s fingers started dancing in the air as if sealing the hand sign, then the next moment he heard a reluctant sigh. A misty figure flew out from the pill. Its body wasn¡¯t that firm as Luo Jianqing first saw him in the mountain, already dim and nearly indiscernible. Carrying a simple zither behind its back, the Godlike Pill looked at Luo Jianqing withplicated gaze.

    The pill ignored Mo Qiupletely, staring only at Luo Jianqing.

    This was the first time Luo Jianqing really took a look at this Godlike Pill.

    It turned out to be aely schr. One could not say he was stunningly handsome, but surely he had a winsome face. His gaze was like a cup of tea ¨C dispersing light aura that enchanting everyone. Gaze intertwined in the air, Luo Jianqing suddenly felt himself drown into a weird zone, slowly lost his mind.

    Then he heard Mo Qiu¡¯s call, ¡°Luo Jianqing, wake up!¡±

 Chapter 64: OMG! Great Senior Disciple Came Back with His Wife and Son! (3)

    <h4>Chapter 64: OMG! Great Senior Disciple Came Back with His Wife and Son! (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing was possessed until he heard Mo Qiu¡¯s shout.

    Now, there¡¯s no need to say anything. Luo Jianqing drew out his Floating Frost Sword, looking at the pill with killing intent ignited in his eyes, and said, ¡°sir, I respect you for you are ¨C¨C the one and only Ninth-grade Godlike Pill, and by that reason I didn¡¯t erase your consciousness immediately. However, that doesn¡¯t mean you can make fool of me! Treasure would always belong to someone who¡¯s capable to own it. Don¡¯t me me for the things I¡¯m going to do now!¡±

    Finished his sentence, Luo Jianqing unsheathed his sword, about to erase the pill¡¯s consciousness while it wasn¡¯t fully recovered.

    Surprisingly, the pill-transformed schr mumbled, ¡°you are not him. You are not whom I am waiting for.¡±

    Holding the sword in his right hand, Luo Jianqing sneered, ¡°well, you might never will see him again.¡±

    Ignoring the satire in Luo Jianqing¡¯s voice, the pill suddenly told Luo Jianqing, ¡°but you have his flower.¡±

    Luo Jianqing ceased his movement, ¡°his flower?¡±

    The pill nodded. He stretched out his right hand, and suddenly a tiny delicate lotus emerged from his palm. It was an elegant flower, blooming quietly. The pill said, ¡°This is the flower I was talking about.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked, ¡°are you saying......the Nine-Petaled Lotus Record?!¡± So many guesses shed across his mind, Luo Jianqing took his time trying to grasp an answer. ¡°The man you are waiting for is rted to Nine-Petaled Lotus Record?¡±

    The Godlike Pill smiled as if he didn¡¯t care it anymore. He shook his head, ¡°I forget who he is, but he is my master. I waited here for tens of thousands of years. He asked me to y Zither for him when he left, and to expect his triumphant return. That day, however, he didn¡¯te back. The firmament changed, and I¡¯ve never seen him again.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned in confusion, ¡°his triumph? Senoir, what are you talking about......?¡±

    The pill said, ¡°my name is Qing Jun. The day I formed from the furnace, the sky was dyed in a different color, Qing cloud filled the firmament, and by that reason my master named me ¡®Qing Jun¡¯. It was a long time ago, though, I can hardly recall anything.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean the firmament changed.......¡±

    Qing Jun said in a freezing voice, ¡°that¡¯s not what you creatures should concern.¡±

    Luo Jianqing swallowed the words he was about to say, but Mo Qiu sneered at it. ¡°Are you kidding me? There¡¯s something I have no right to concern?¡±

    Qing Jun peeked at Mo Qiu, ¡°when you recovered to your peak and break what¡¯s been confining you for thousands of years, maybe you could concern about it by then.¡±

    The haughtiness disappeared, Mo Qiu stayed silent.

    Luo Jianqing looked at Mo Qiu and Qing Jun. He suspected that Qing Jun had discovered Mo Qiu¡¯s secret which might give an exnation for Mo Qiu¡¯s astonishingly fast cultivation speed. He didn¡¯t ask anything, though, for this was Mo Qiu¡¯s secret. If Mo Qiu had no intention to tell him, he won¡¯t force him to.

    However, there was something he couldn¡¯t ignore. He looked to the graceful schr and said, ¡°Senior, the flower you mentioned is a unique possession of my cultivation sect, owned only by my Master and I. If possible, I don¡¯t want to erase your consciousness. A brilliant Pill Master once told me that the most invaluableponent of a Ninth-grade Godlike Pill is the Pill Soul formed when the pilles out of the furnace. This pill can only be called the Godlike Pill when you are still present.¡±

    Heard Luo Jianqing mentioned the lotus, Qing Jun¡¯s eyes immediately kindled with hope. His reaction didn¡¯t escape Luo Jianqing¡¯s observation. Qing Jun stayed silent for a long time, then asked, ¡°then......what do you want from me?¡±

    ¡°I want you......to heal someone.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s what I¡¯m supposed to do from the beginning. My master created me to save somebody¡¯s life, but, unfortunately, that person died at nowhere before I was formed. Nobody could even find his corpse. Nowadays, the person who reached the highest cultivation period is only an Early-stage Deity Transformation cultivator. I was made to save a dying Late-stage Deity Transformation cultivator. Given that, there¡¯s nobody I cannot heal now.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was exultant. ¡°Thank you!¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s no need to. I just want you...... to take me to your sect.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned as if he was considering that proposal, but actually he was excited already. With the Pill Soul still present, the Godlike Pill could really do what it was capable of, plus the Pill Soul agreed to save Xuan Lingzi. It solved a lot of problems when the pill asked toe with him.

    They quickly came out a schedule for the next few days, but Mo Qiu was irritated. Before Luo Jianqing took the Pill Soul back to Tai Hua Mountain, he stood on Luo Jianqing¡¯s way and stretched his arms to block him, ¡°I¡¯m going to Tai Hua Mountain with you as well.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at him, speechless.

    ¡°Mo Qiu, shouldn¡¯t you go back to the Mo Family?¡±

    ¡°I am going to Tai Hua Mountain. I heard that several dayster Tai Hua Mountain will hold the septennial sectspetition. I will be there for you. Nobody can harm you with my presence. You will be the winner.¡±

    ¡°......I will be the winner no matter you¡¯re present or not. I am the only disciple who reached the Nascent Soul Period.¡±

    Mo Qiu was shocked, ¡°you are the only one? What happened to Tai Hua Mountain?¡±

    ¡°Well, you can¡¯t count the numbers like that. Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples are way younger than those of the other sects. You are a genius, do not put your standard on our sect, okay? Look at our generation. I once thought Yan Su who almost fulfilled the Early-stage of the Nascent Soul Period is the strongest of us. Who knows you, a guying out from nowhere, snatched the title this quick.¡±

    Delighted, Mo Qiu epted thepliments but didn¡¯t give up his n going to Tai Hua Mountain. He coaxed and pestered Luo Jianqing for three days. At the moment Luo Jianqing was about to take Qing Jun out of Billion Beasts Mountain, Mo Qiu started to confront Luo Jianqing, ¡°Luo Jianqing, I saved you, TWICE! Why can¡¯t you just say yes to this little favor?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°Mo Qiu, it wasn¡¯t me but......you are a Fiend Cultivator. Don¡¯t step out of Billion Beasts Mountain. A Fiend Cultivator beyond Nascent Soul Period can¡¯t hide himself. Cultivator with higher cultivation than you can easily spot you.¡±

    Hearing this, somehow, Mo Qiu asked Luo Jianqing in a joyful voice, ¡°You refused my request because of this?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

    Mo Qiu smiled, ¡°easy, as long as I don¡¯t expose myself, nobody can find out I am a Fiend Cultivator, not even your Master Xuan Lingzi.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was doubtful, ¡°is it true?¡±

    ¡°Of course.¡±

    Qing Jun nodded as well, and said in a mild voice, ¡°what he said is true.¡±

    So they left the Billion Beasts Mountain and came back to Tai Hua Mountain.

    That day, the sky was clear and the mountain magnificent as it always was. Two disciples who were responsible for guarding the gate was chatting. Suddenly, they saw three lights flew from the edge of the firmament andnded in front of the gate.

    The two disciples looked at the three guys, eyes widened, astonished. They turned their back and yelled towards the sect with shock in their voice, ¡°Breaking news! The Great Senior Disciple is back with his wife and son!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing who was about to speak, ¡°......¡±

    Mo Qiu who was wearing in scarlet, ¡°......¡±

    Qing Jun who transformed into a kid because of the injury, ¡°......¡±

 Chapter 65: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (1)

    <h4>Chapter 65: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (1)</h4>

    The news spread all over Tai Hua Mountain within one hour.

    Xie Zizhuo who was always very interested in this kind of thing flew out of Hao Ming Peak, asking every disciple he met, ¡°our Great Brother came back with his wife? With a son aged ten? Really?¡±

    The sixth brother Xiu Hen who was designing weapon heard the news. He put down the weapon in his hand and frowned, ¡°the Great Brother takes his wife and son back to Tai Hua Mountain? While his wife is still pregnant?¡±

    The fifth brother Huo Yuchong rushed out from Yu Shou Peak and encountered the third sister who always kept a poker face, Wei Qiongyin. Huo Yuchong was surprised, ¡°sister, did you... did you hear the rumor as well and came out to see what happened?¡±

    Wei Qiongyin nodded, ¡°surely we all care about our Great Brother¡¯s marriage. I heard that his wife looks scary and fights valiantly, I wonder...¡±, Wei Qiongyin stopped for a while, ¡°I wonder how our Great Brother fell in love with her.¡±

    Huo Yuchong saw second brother Zuo Yunmo flying by. He stopped him and asked where he was going. Huo Yuchong sensed sorrow out of him, then he heard theter saying, ¡°I heard Great Brother brought back his wife and son, and... they seemed deeply in love with each other. Great Brother brought her straight towards Yu Xiao Peak once they were back.¡±

    ¡°He wants to introduce her to Sir Xuan Lingzi?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo nodded reluctantly but failed to force a smile.

    Suddenly a red glittering light rushed out from Qing Lan Peak. That was the little sister who was in seclusion trying to pass the middle-stage of Gold Core! She brandished her sword and rushing straight towards the Yu Xiao Peak. After she made it to the gate, she yelled, ¡°Great Brother! Ie to visit my sister-inw and my nephew! Let me in! I need to fight with... no, chat with your wife!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu, and Qing Kun who just arrived at Yu Xiao Peak, ¡°...¡±

    Mo Qiu was the first one who couldn¡¯t bear to hear it anymore. He took out his scourge and said, ¡°Luo Jianqing, let me take care of this weirdo. Wait a moment here. I¡¯ll make her take that back. Who the hell is her sister-inw!?¡±

    Looking at Mo Qiu silently, Qing Kun stood beside Luo Jianqing, with no expression on his face. He didn¡¯t say anything until Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t hold his temper. ¡°Are you really going to bully a woman? I thought the cultivators of your kind were just a bunch of people who want to let out their true selves, but, well, I never thought you guys would even bully a woman.¡±

    Mo Qiu yelled at him in anger, ¡°shut up!¡±

    Qing Kun said these words in total calmness, but his gestures were ¨C in some level ¨C contradicted with his cute childish face. A little kid with chubby visage saying some profound sentences, even Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t helpughing.

    Luo Jianqing shook his head, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect they would misunderstand. I¡¯ll lead you through the forest to my house, before I go to Cang Shuang Peak to report everything to Sir Hao Xingzi. That should sort things out.¡±

    Qing Kun nodded like a well-behaved kid.

    On the contrary, though satisfied with this solution, Mo Qiu sniggered, ¡°that¡¯s right. How can I be your wife?! Even if we are married...¡±, he stopped for a moment, ¡°even if the rumor is true, you are the one who should be ¡®wife¡¯!¡±

    Luo Jianqing let out augh... and pped Mo Qiu¡¯s face with his scabbard.

    Nobody knew what Mo Qiu was thinking about. This Late-stage Nascent Soul Period cultivator wasn¡¯t able to dodge the p.

    Mo Qiu was knocked into the air.

    Not before long, he flew back, totally irritated, ¡°Luo! Jian! Qing!¡±

    The gorgeous cultivator lifted his eyes and took a nce at him, ¡°yes? I am listening. You don¡¯t need to raise your voice.¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    The sound of theirughing and chatting fulfilled the bamboo forest. Breeze came in, inviting the leaves to dance. They¡¯ve lightened up one end of the forest, which made the other side drowned into extreme solitude.

    The moment Luo Jianqing stepped into the Tai Hua Mountain, Xuan Lingzi opened his eyes. He quickened his way to the window, then looked at the Mountain Gate in distance.

    It¡¯s been too long. His disciple finally came back to the Yu Xiao Peak... with two strangers.

    Xuan Lingzi had lingered behind the door for a long time. In the past, every time Luo Jianqing came back, he woulde out of seclusion and meet him in person to make sure his disciple was truly all right. This time, however, he had a quarrel with Jianqing before thetter went out, not to mention Jianqing discovered his secret. How could he face Luo Jianqing...

    But there was no choice left for Xuan Lingzi. He found out the cultivator dressing scarlet and a kid in bice clothes very soon.

    Xuan Lingzi knew Mo Qiu once saved Luo Jianqing¡¯s life. He saw this cultivator once in the Liu Yan Valley in his primordial life, but the kid... when Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Spiritual Sense passed through the kid, he was stunned, and then sensed it several times.

    There was no doubt that this was a normal six-or-seven-year-old kid with no Spiritual Power nor Spiritual Bones.

    Why did Jianqing bring a kid like this to Tai Hua Mountain?

    This kid in bice was standing beside Jianqing who was also wearing bice, and the younger one was even holding Jianqing¡¯s hand!

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes widened and felt his heart twisted.

    That boy... looked like Jianqing!

    The Spiritual Sense of a cultivator at Deity Transformation Period wasn¡¯t a thing that Luo Jianqing and Qing Kun could feel, but Mo Qiu looked at Xuan Lingzi¡¯s direction with aplicated expression on his face. Luo Jianqing led them pass through the forest and arrived at the two bamboo houses.

    Green forest surrounded the two houses, with several spiritual herb garden decorated around. There were spiritual flowers nted in the garden as well. A delicate pavilion was sat beside the river. The water was flowing along. The whole ce was in but snug.

    Qing Kun was satisfied with this ce. He walked straight to the stone seat and sat down while Mo Qiu still wandered around and set his eyes on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house. The Fiend Cultivator dressed in scarlet intentionally raised his voice. ¡°Little beauty, you live here by yourself? Alone? That¡¯s perfect! I¡¯ll share a room with you tonight. Let the kid stay in the other one.¡±

    Qing Kun ignored him.

    Luo Jianqing put his hand on the scabbard, about to p Mo Qiu one more time but was interrupted by thetter.

    Mo Qiu raised an eyebrow, smiling mildly, ¡°about to do it again?¡±

    Luo Jianqing peeked at him and drew back his scabbard, said, ¡°the other house belongs to my Master. Do not bother him while he is in seclusion. I have an extra bamboo bed in my room. I will share a bed with Qing Kun tonight. You can use the other one. Cultivators like us don¡¯t have particr demand for sleeping. Rxation can be done by meditation, after all.¡±

    Mo Qiu¡¯s mouth twitched, ¡°you¡¯d rather sleep with him but not me?¡±

 Chapter 66: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? ï¼ˆ2ï¼‰

    <h4>Chapter 66: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? £¨2£©</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t like the word Mo Qiu used. ¡°Sleep¡± sounded a little bit weird. Luo Jianqing was about to say something, but, to everyone¡¯s surprise, the next moment a tremendous force suppressed on their bodies.

    Subconsciously, Luo Jianqing quickly flew to the pavilion and used his own body to protect Qing Kun from the force while Mo Qiu tried to keep his back straight and stared at Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house with a sneer hung on his face.

    Qing Kun was still recovering from his previous injuries. Luo Jianqing needed him to heal Xuan Lingzi, and that was the main reason he protected him in the first ce. However, Xuan Lingzi interpreted Luo Jianqing¡¯s action as apletely different thing, which made him totally ignored Mo Qiu who was standing stiff with a careless face.

    Why are you protecting him? Why do you care about him so much?

    Six or seven years old... Luo Jianqing went out for more experiences during that time, but Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Primordial Life followed him and didn¡¯t discover anything usual. Could it be... could it be that he missed something?

    Xuan Lingzi immediately lost his strength and tripped.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know his Master had misunderstood him. He thought that those lower-level cultivation disciples might have mistaken Mo Qiu as a woman, but Xuan Lingzi was different. He could surely recognize that Mo Qiu was a man, and of course he wouldn¡¯t misperceive their rtionship.

    However, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t take this into consideration ¨C Xuan Lingzi mistook Qing Kun as his son.

    Luo Jianqing held Qing Kun into his arms, protecting him, then raised his voice, ¡°Master, it¡¯s me. I came back.¡±

    The force wasn¡¯t dismissed.

    Noticing Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t bear this anymore and almost bowed down, Luo Jianqing said again, ¡°Master, I went to the Wan Shou Peak this time, and I was worried about your injury. These are my friends. I will go to your ce... wait outside after I settle them down.¡±

    The fierce force was finally withdrawn.

    Luo Jianqing sighed in relieve, leading Qing Kun to his bamboo house. Mo Qiu was irritated a little by what just happened, but still followed Luo Jianqing into the house.

    After they got in, Mo Qiu was totally intrigued by the furniture and decorations in the house. He wandered around in the room, like an energetic curious child, while Qing Kun sat on a chair quietly.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°you guys wait for me here. My Master knew that I came back. I need to greet him.¡±

    Mo Qiu wasn¡¯t happy with this arrangement, ¡°you¡¯ve traveled a long way back, why didn¡¯t HEe out to wee you? Where is his manners?¡±

    Luo Jianqing immediately changed into a ashen face and said, ¡°watch your mouth!¡±, then tipped Mo Qiu a wink.

    Mo Qiu surely understood what Luo Jianqing meant. His friend was reminding him that Xuan Lingzi could hear every word they had spoken, but Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t care less about it. He dragged Luo Jianqing¡¯s sleeve, wouldn¡¯t let him go.

    Neither of them wanted to give in first. Suddenly, Qing Kun said, ¡°it¡¯s a little bit cold.¡±

    Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu stopped what they were doing to sense the cold. Surprised, they nodded in agreement, ¡°yes, it is...?¡±

    In the house next to Luo Jianqing¡¯s, Xuan Lingzi was already an iced statue, ¡°...¡±.

    Kicking Mo Qiu into the room, Luo Jianqing finally got to the other house. He didn¡¯t ask Xuan Lingzi to open the door this time. Bowed down, he told his Master what he experienced these months, then lowered his voice, ¡°Master, I have something to tell you secretly, please set up a ward.¡±

    Mo Qiu¡¯s Cultivation stage was higher than Luo Jianqing¡¯s. Since their houses were so close, eavesdropping was a piece of cake for him.

    This time, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t wait long for Xuan Lingzi¡¯s respond. ¡°I¡¯ve set it long before.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked. He thought: long before? He did it as soon as I started talking?

    Luo Jianqing then asked Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Master, did you see that kid I brought here?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing touched his own arms and suddenly felt the temperature went even lower.

    After a long time, Xuan Lingzi responded him in a very unusual tone, ¡°I... saw him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was speechless. Why did his Master look a bit upset?

    He couldn¡¯t figure out a reason. Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°Master, I brought him here at the Yu Xiao Peak to introduce him to you.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°...I¡¯m not going to meet him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes widened, ¡°Master?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s voice was cold as ice, ¡°I will never meet him!¡±

    ¡°...but, Master, he might be the one and only Ninth-level Godlike Pill in the whole world. You¡¯ve split your Primordial Life for me, risking your life several times and got seriously wounded. He can heal you. If you refuse to meet him, then what I did, what I¡¯ve been through, those life-threatening dangers that I faced...could all be meaningless. I did everything in vain!¡±, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hold back his anger.

    Why! I put in all my efforts to bring back the pill in order to treat your injuries. I escaped from the jaw of death and endured tremendous sufferings caused by bleeding gash. I did all of these to bring the Godlike Pill to you. Now you¡¯re telling me that you¡¯ll never meet the pill?

    Why?!

    Sorrow boiled in his heart, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t care about if Mo Qiu and Qing Kun werepeeking at them, he clenched his fists, trying hard to control himself from whacking the tightly closed door.

    Naturally, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know that Xuan Lingzi was stunned by his words.

    Ninth-level Godlike Pill?

    That wasn¡¯t Jianqing¡¯s child but a pill?

    Delight didn¡¯tst long. Xuan Lingzi felt his heart twisted together when he heard Luo Jianqing said ¡®life-threatening dangers¡¯.

    He opened the door before he even knew what he was doing.

    Luo Jianqing was drawing his sword out, about to break the door, ...then he fell into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s arms and was dragged into the room.

    Boom!

    The door closed behind him.

    Sneaking behind the door trying hard to have a peek, Mo Qiu wasn¡¯t expecting Luo Jianqing¡¯s appearance, ¡°what the hell? I can understand the ward, but, into the house? Come on! Why do they have to speak inside?¡±

    Qing Kun filled his cup with tea, ¡°well, why would they stay outside? For your convenience to peek at them?¡±

    Mo Qiu was irritated but couldn¡¯t find any word to refute him.

    Inside the other bamboo house, Luo Jianqing never thought he could see his Master this soon.

 Chapter 67: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (3)

    <h4>Chapter 67: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    He was dragged into a warm and broad chest. The light aroma of lotus surrounded Luo Jianqing who was totally in shock. His brain went nk; he only knew that he was carried into the room. Then his Master let go of him and asked with an ungovernable nervousness hidden in his voice, ¡°you got hurt? Life-threatening dangers? Jianqing, tell me, what... happened...¡±

    Luo Jianqing held Xuan Lingzi tight in his arms, thetter was stunned, didn¡¯t even know where to put his arms.

    And it was until now that Xuan Lingzi realized he had opened the door and let Luo Jianqing in, just because he was so worried about his disciple.

    Xuan Lingzi tried to shove Luo Jianqing away, but thetterwouldn¡¯t let go. He used his Spiritual Power to strengthen the force, but the moment his fingertips touched Luo Jianqing¡¯s arms, he heard Luo Jianqing sniggered, ¡°Wu Yin, you do like me.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi froze. His throat is so dry that he couldn¡¯t utter a word.

    Luo Jianqing looked up at him. Delight was glittering in his mesmerizing eyes. He stared at his elegant Master who was petrifiedpletely, suddenly recalled what filled in his mind when he almost got killed by that Gold Sun Heaven Live Jiao ¨C he wasn¡¯t regretting about not killing Li Xiuchen for revenge, or questioning Xuan Lingzi why he gave Xuan Ling Sword to Li Xiuchen in thest life, instead...

    He felt nothing but resentment and sorrow because he realized that he never really been in a rtionship with Xuan Lingzi in theirst life, ever.

    He knew his Master loved him, and he knew this was true the other way around.

    However, they were restricted by the rules and boundaries set by the earthly world. They were Master and disciple, a pair who shouldn¡¯t and couldn¡¯t fall in love with each other. If others knew they desired for each other, they would be disdained by the whole world. His Master even confined himself in the house and refused to see him, with a determination of never seeing his disciple again until his death.

    Did others¡¯ opinion really matter that much?

    After degenerating into a Fiend Cultivator in hisst life, Luo Jianqing started to think in the Fiend Cultivator¡¯s way. He must get his Master no matter what it took. He would never let what happened in hisst life happen again. He would mend the resentment, even if it meant to drag Wu Yin down from the shrine. It might be a good thing, right? This way, at least they could fall together.

    A n came up in his mind. Luo Jianqing¡¯s winsome visage was covered with bleakness, he said in a husky voice, ¡°of course, you won¡¯t admit it. I am your disciple, so you won¡¯t ept me the whole life, but I couldn¡¯t care less about that. What I do care is your health. The name of that pill is Qing Kun. He is specialized in healing and curing. I put lots of efforts to get him because I want to cure your injured Primordial Life. Wu Yin, no matter what, please meet him.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked at his disciple, speechless.

    Luo Jianqing was still hugging him tight. Their chests snuggled up to each other. The distance was so close that they seemed to hear the heartbeats going wild. The tips of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ears flushed. He wanted to push Luo Jianqing away from him, but couldn¡¯t lift his arms as if he lost the rein of his own body.

    He never saw his disciple this unhappy before.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes were rippling as if he¡¯s going to cry but forced himself to hold the tears back. His voice went hoarse, but he tried hard to conceal it. He was begging him. He was begging him to see that pill and ept his kindness.

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t have the heart to push Luo Jianqing away, especially when his disciple was in great sorrow.

    Suddenly, memories came back like roaring flood and he was drowned in it. He recalled what happened forty-one years ago when he realized that a supernal spiritual bone was about to be born. In amazement, he split his Primordial Life to check what was going on.

    Beside the shore of Luo River, he saw that tiny infant crying in a basket floating along the river. Wherever the basket went, the water turned crystal clear. Lighting and thunder stroke down around the basket but didn¡¯t hurt the baby at all, as if it was a ward of protection, keeping away all the other threats from the outside.

    This was a sign of the supernal spiritual bone. Xuan Lingzi himself was born with auspicious clouds fulfilling the sky, along with lotus flower blooming for thousands of miles. This boy, however, was born with refined river and striking thunder. He remembered taking the boy out of the basket and holding him in his arms. The infant fixed his ck eyes on Xuan Lingzi and stopped crying.

    Xuan Lingzi was stunned, but the infant didn¡¯t take away his gaze from him and suddenly smiled. He waved his chubby arms and pulled Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hair while still staring at Xuan Lingzi who was already drowned in his gaze.

    At that moment, Xuan Lingzi knew this infant would be his one and only disciple in his life.

    ¡°My real name is Wu Yin, monastic name Xuan Lingzi. From now on, I am your Master. You summoned lightning and thunder to the terra, and made Luo River crystal clear, and by that, I will name you ¨C Luo Jianqing (T/N: in Chinese, Jianqing means ¡®bing clear¡¯)¡±

    Time went fast. Before Luo Jianqing reached the age of four, Xuan Lingzi entrusted the boy to Zuo Yunmo, the Great Senior Brother at that time. When Luo Jianiqng was four-year-old, he brought him back from Hao Ming Peak. The boy looked at him without a slightest trust, as if he didn¡¯t know him at all.

    Noticed his gaze, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s heart went tender. He told Luo Jianqing in a mild voice, ¡°I am your Master, Jianqing.¡±

    Jianqing wasn¡¯t a super hard-working cultivator when he was little. He often fell into sleep when meditating, many times leaned himself on Xuan Lingzi¡¯sp.

    Xuan Lingzi had been a cultivator for over three hundred years and reached the Deity Transformation Period. A genius indeed, but he never took care of a child before. Luo Jianqing fell into sleep on hisp, and Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t even dare to move, in case he woke him up.

    He would just look at Luo Jianiqng all day long until the boy woke up.

    In the evening, he would share his bed with him.

    Jianqing was so tiny, leaning on his chest. Warmth was delivered from where the boyy. Xuan Lingzi¡¯s frozen mask was broken into pieces. He smiled ndly and embraced the boy.

    When Luo Jianqing was ten years old. Xuan Lingzi believed something should be changed. He built another bamboo house and asked Luo Jianqing to live there alone. In the evening, however, Jianqing sneaked into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s room. The Master was disappointed and irritated by Luo Jianqing¡¯s disobedience, but, he had to admit, he was also slightly delighted.

    So, that night, he allowed Jianqing to sleep with him.

    That was the first andst time Luo Jianqing sneak into his room in the night.

    When Luo Jianqing reached fourteen years old, he was ready to establish the foundation, but Xuan Lingzi asked him to enter the Billion Beasts Mountain to sharpen his skills for three years.

    That was the first time Luo Jianqing went out for experiences.

    He came back as a handsome and sessful cultivator. That day, Xuan Lingzi stood at the top of Yu Xiao Peak, gazing at the gate of Tai Hua Mountain. When he saw his disciple stepping in, he was astonished.

    As a sword unsheathed, radiating splendid aura!

    The mesmerizing eyes, the winsome lips, the silk-like hair, the gorgeous visage... so elegant, so graceful, the moon and the sun would lose their aura if his disciple stood beside them.

    He watched this young man step forward and bow down at him and say in respect, ¡°Master.¡±

    At this very instant, Xuan Lingzi felt his heart which had been tranquil for hundreds of years suddenly jolted. He looked at his disciple whom he knew so well but distanced away. He remembered what Luo Jianqing liked to do most when he was little was to hug him; he remembered his disciple liked vegetable but was not a fan of meat; he remembered this kid would cultivate for days restlessly every time he rebuked him; he even remembered seventeen years ago when he brought Luo Jianqing back from the shore of Luo River... the time they spent together, the things they¡¯ve been through, he remembered them all.

    But, he could feel his heartbeat elerating.

 Chapter 68: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (4)

    <h4>Chapter 68: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Xuan Lingzi had no idea when it started. He had never been this close to someone before. Sharing a bed with him for six years, putting all his efforts in educating him, for seventeen years, Xuan Lingzi had his life revolving around Luo Jianqing, then he realized that he had fallen in love with this young man...

    ...who was only his disciple.

    Without hearing his Master¡¯s respond for a long time, Luo Jianiqng lifted his head to see what was going on.

    Xuan Lingzi flushed while looking at Luo Jianqing¡¯s innocent eyes. He felt himself ashamed by his deviance. What was he thinking about? This kid is his own disciple! He shouldn¡¯t have had that thought about his disciple.

    From then on, Xuan Lingzi kept a distance with Luo Jianqing. He refrained himself from caring Luo Jianqing except when he needed some guidance.

    But one day, Luo Jianqing came back from the Billion Beasts Mountain with an injury caused by a ming Iron Ant. The beast left a poison inside Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, which wasn¡¯t life-threatening but indeed torturous. Once a week, Luo Jianqing would suffer from the unbearable pain caused by the poison which made him feel like burning in fire.

    The ming Iron Ant was just a Fifth-level Demon Beast. A weak beast indeed, but there was no antidote to its poison.

    Even Yu Qingzi couldn¡¯t find a way to heal Luo Jianqingpletely. Her best option was to merely ease his pain. Xuan Lingzi went to seclusion for several days, searching among all kinds of ancient books for possible solutions. Atst, he found one. Together with his disciple, he stepped into Yue Hua Pool, nakedly. Their palms connected to each other, then Xuan Lingzi forced all of his Spiritual Power into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, letting the poison flow away with Yue Hua Pool¡¯s water.

    Xuan Lingzi concealed his feelings for several years. He did such a great job. Even himself almost forgot he was attracted by his disciple. However, the three days in the Yue Hua Pool brought back his thoughts towards Luo Jianqing: facing his disciple, he couldn¡¯t ignore his emotions anymore.

    Like a growing vine, his love tangled him up, tangling the rules, boundaries, and limitations that had been restricting him for hundreds of years.

    He even had filthy thoughts emerging in his mind!

    When thest wisp of poison was driven out, Luo Jianqing suddenly moved, and touched Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Primordial Life. A shiver of delight, pleasure, joy,fort...went through Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body.

    He couldn¡¯t help but drag Luo Jianqing into his arms and sealed Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips with his own.

    At that instant, Xuan Lingzi woke up from his lust in Luo Jianqing¡¯s astounded gaze.

    He immediately erased Luo Jianqing¡¯s memory about that kiss, then brought his disciple out of the Yue Hua Pool.

    Since then, he reduced his contact with Luo Jianqing. He started to have difficulties understanding what his disciple was thinking about. They were not as close as they used to be. Now, however, his disciple held him tight in his arms, spoke out his filthy thoughts, left him nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide.

    But, they are Master and disciple. What he felt about Luo Jianqing was not correct. It was incest, profane, preposterous...

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes suddenly widened; a scene of bloodshed emerged in his mind.

    A ruthless sword, a wind-roaring edge, countless witnessing cultivators, a breathless young man drowned in blood... the whole world was dyed in scarlet, even the wind carried the smell of blood. His disciple was lying at the edge of the cliff, and his bice robe was soaked with blood. His mind went nk. The only thing he knew was that his disciple won¡¯t open his eyes anymore, all was because a sword which he couldn¡¯t be more familiar with stabbed through his disciple¡¯s chest.

    Xuan Lingzi was shivering drastically, which startled Luo Jianqing who immediately put Xuan Lingzi on the bed and asked him what was wrong in a caring voice. Nevertheless, with redness slowly engraved his eyes, Xuan Lingzi kept shivering, almost gone mad.

    Tremendous Spiritual Power went out of control and was hitting here and there in the room. Although Xuan Lingzi had lost his sense, his enraged Spiritual Power didn¡¯t hurt Luo Jianqing even for a single wisp of hair.

    Luo Jianqing kept trying to wake Xuan Lingzi up, ¡°Master! Master, look at me. Listen! Is it your wounds on Primordial Life that make you suffer? I will bring Qing Kun here, alright? Hang on, Master! I promise that I will never threaten or force you again. Master, I...¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips was sealed by his Master¡¯s.

    It was a searing kiss, with emotions that was concealed for almost half a decade. Luo Jianqing widened his eyes in disbelief, but he could feel a firm hand holding his waist like an unbreakable shackle, constraining him, leaving him no room to escape.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s tip of tongue unclenched Luo Jianqing¡¯s teeth and slipped into his mouth. His tongue licked every bit of membrane inside his disciple¡¯s mouth. His teeth softly bit Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips, letting theter moan with delight.

    A satisfied feeling was delivered from where their lips were connected. Atst, Luo Jianqing subconsciously embraced Xuan Lingzi and closed his eyes, responded his Master with all his passion.

    They had forgotten where they were; they had forgotten the date and the time; they had forgotten what it meant to be Master and disciple; they had forgotten all these rules that kept them apart!

    Drowned in the vast emotion bursting out because of the kiss, Luo Jianqing could hardly breathe, but Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t let him go. His Master was still kissing him. The sucking sound exited both of them. A line of transparent silver dripped from Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth.

    He flushed.

    When the kiss finally ended, Luo Jianqing¡¯s redden lips swollen. Panting, he tried to calm down and regain a stable breath but felt a drop of tearnded on his face. He was stunned, then slowly lifted his head.

    Xuan Lingzi fixed his gaze on him in silence. Sorrow emerged on his face which was always emotionless, as if his heart was burning in tremendous pain, he was trapped in infinite despair, or he was swallowed by endless desperation. Xuan Lingzi mumbled in a hoarse voice, ¡°Jianqing, please don¡¯t leave me... don¡¯t die. Come back... I can¡¯t live without you...¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hear him clearly, ¡°Master, what are you talking about?¡±

    The next moment, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes clenched and then he copsed.

    Luo Jianqing caught him in the air.

    From his facial expression, Luo Jianqing can tell his Master was suffering. He tried to use the Spiritual Sense to check in the state of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body, but was whacked by Xuan Lingzi¡¯s enraged Spiritual Power.

    Suddenly, Xuan Lingzi spat out a mouthful blood.

    Luo Jianqing was shocked. He rushed out of the house, worry written on his face. Qing Kun was drinking tea when Luo Jianqing broke the door and dragged him to Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house.

    Mo Qiu was attracted by one of the decorations in Luo Jianqing¡¯s room. Seeing Luo Jianqing taking Qing Kun away, he put down his new toy and followed them. Once he saw Xuan Lingzi lying on the bed without conciousness, Mo Qiu¡¯s pupils shrank; he subconsciously summoned Fiend Power and was about to attack him. However, that onlysted for an instant. He saw Luo Jianqing brought Qing Kun to the bedside of Xuan Lingzi, and nervously asked Qing Kun to treat him.

    Mo Qiu was stunned when he saw Luo Jianqing¡¯s swollen lips.

 Chapter 69: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (5)

    <h4>Chapter 69: Jianqing, What Should I Do If You Died? (5)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    After a very long time, Qing Kun finally said, ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Primordial Life is indeed badly injured, but I am just a pill, not a Pill Cultivator, so I don¡¯t know exactly what¡¯s going on in his body. His cultivation is far beyond mine. Only cultivators at the Da Sheng Period and above can find out the specific reason.¡±

    Luo Jianqing immediately stood up, ¡°I¡¯ll go find Respected Master Yu Qingzi! She¡¯s onlyte-stage of Tribtion Passage, but she is one of the best alchemists in the world!¡±

    However, when Luo Jianqing was about to leave, Mo Qiu stopped him.

    Mo Qiu¡¯s face turned cold and ashen; he gazed at Luo Jianqing with mixed feelings, ¡°I can figure out what¡¯s going on with him.¡±

    Mo Qiu stepped forward. After a short period of time, he held back his Spiritual Sense and told Luo Jianqing, ¡°he lost rein of his emotions. His Primordial Life was wounded already, but this time, he was backfired by suffering memories, so his condition got worse. There¡¯s no need to find others. This kid here can cure him.¡±

    ¡°Are you sure?¡±, asked by Luo Jianqing.

    Qing Kun said in a calm voice, ¡°I trust him. It won¡¯t be that hard since we know the cause now. You guys may leave right now. I will use my Pill Power to heal his Primordial Life. It will take some time. In three or seven days he will be cured.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded at once, dragging Mo Qiu away from the house. When they were outside the house, Luo Jianqing kept lingering at the gate in anxiety,pletely forgot Mo Qiu was still there.

    Time was passing. Little Sister was calling at the mountain feet to see Luo Jianqing again.

    Mo Qiu looked at Luo Jianqing without any expression, while theter was gazing at the gate.

    ¡°Your sister is forsaking to see you again. You said that you will exin to her and go to find Sir Hao Xingzi, right? That kid needs three days at least. You can leave now. It¡¯s not a big deal.¡±

    ¡°I can do these things after he wakes up.¡±

    Mo Qiu frowned and didn¡¯t say a word.

    He stared at Luo Jianqing for a while, then shoved his sleeves and left, with bleakness hidden in his eyes. His scarlet robe seemed like a blood-dripping broken heart. He went straight back to Luo Jianqing¡¯s bamboo house and mmed the door as if he was expressing his anger.

    Three dayster, Qing Kun came out of the house with a pale face. He told Luo Jianqing the moment he saw him, ¡°No worries. Your Master has already woken up.¡± The next moment, Qing Kun was transformed into a bice pill and flew into Luo Jianqing¡¯s palm.

    Luo Jianqing put the pill back into his Interspatial Ring, then stepped forward to open the door. However, as soon as his fingertips touched the door, a ward was activated and knocked him into the air. Luo Jianqing looked at the door with confusion. Time passed, finally, he yelled at the house hoarsely, ¡°Wu Yin!¡±

    There was no response.

    Luo Jianqing stood up, teeth clenched, ¡°Wu Yin, now what? Three days ago, it was you who kissed me; It was you who held me in your arms. You already broke the rules, then now why do you forbid me from entering?!¡±

    There was only silence replying him.

    Though angry, Luo Jianqing still cared about his master¡¯s state. Finally, he gave in. ¡°Whatever, if you don¡¯t want toe out, I will not force you to, but, Master, I am worried about your health. Are you fully recovered? Are you feeling better? Do you need...¡±

    ¡°Jianqing,¡± this hoarse voice shocked Luo Jianqing, ¡°please... give me some time.¡±

    His Master said ¡°please¡±.

    Under the scorching sun, a bice figuring was standing in front of the bamboo house. Forest whispering in the wind and the clouds gathering and dispersing, days of worry made Luo Jianqing tired. He stared at the tightly closed door for a long time then chuckled. He bowed at the gate, ¡°Fine, I will leave right now.¡±

    Luo Jianqing left Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house as fast as he could but didn¡¯t go back to his own.

    He stood under the stone pavilion, gazing into empty air for a long time. Suddenly, he took out the Floating Frost from the center of his eyebrows and started to practice!

    Wherever his Sword Qi touched, a gale followed, and left a gash of sword trace. The bamboo fell like fragile wheat under Luo Jianqing¡¯s merciless sword. The bice figure was brandishing sword in the forest, while Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house was left tranquil. On the other side of the forest, the Fiend Cultivator in red stood beside the window, watching Luo Jianqing exercising with a cold face.

    ¡°Xuan Lingzi, well, I can¡¯t believe you fall in love with your own disciple. If themoners know this, who will still respect you as the greatest cultivator in the world? Others will surely hold you in disdain, if...¡±

    Mo Qiu suddenly stopped murmuring. He fixed his eyes on Luo Jianqing who was still practicing his sword for a long time before he moved his eyes off him.

    ¡°After all, we are friends of life and death... I will keep it as a secret. Luo Jianqing, I¡¯m doing this for you.¡±

    Surprisingly, Mo Qiu¡¯s words weren¡¯t heard by Xuan Lingzi who was just a few meters away.

    Now, rumors about the Senior Brother were spreading quickly all over the Tai Hua Mountain. When heard someone saying ¡°the Senior Brother brought back three women who were all as beautiful as fairies¡±, Sir Hao Xingzi couldn¡¯t wait to go to the Yu Xiao Peak himself.

    Luo Jianqing pondered awhile before he said to Sir Hao Xingzi, ¡°Sir, these are all misunderstandings. The cultivator in scarlet is my friend of life and death. As you can see, he is a man. He is interested in our Septennial Competition, so I invited him toe and watch the rival. As for the child...¡±, Luo Jianqing stopped for a second, ¡°he is also my friend.¡±

    The Ninth-grade Pill finally settled in the Interspatial Ring ¨C Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t betray him.

    Sir Hao Xingzi touched his beard and cast a weird nce at Mo Qiu, ¡°Jianqing, your friend looks a little bit familiar.¡± Mo Qiu sneered lightly, but Hao Xingzi didn¡¯t pay much attention to it, ¡°three dayster, the Septennial Competition of Tai Hua Mountain will begin. Yun Mo is in charge of entertaining theing guests. Jian Qing, you need to take extra care this time.¡±

    ¡°Why?¡±

    Hao Xingzi sighed, ¡°five years ago, your fight in the Liu Yan Valley made you even more famous than before. They are saying that you are a hundred times more powerful than Yan Su who is now in his sixties. He cultivated longer than you for twenty years. However, he is only a Nascent Soul Period cultivator right now ¨C the same as your level.¡±

    Luo Jianqing started to take this matter seriously.

    Hao Xingzi added, ¡°This time, Yan Su will be there as audience. As for those fought with you in the Liu Yan Valley, for instance the Bai Family and the Yun Family, they will send their best disciples of young generations toe here and watch thepetition as well. All of the young elites from the Four Sects will be there, and the eight families won¡¯t miss this opportunity. They... are up to something.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°I understand.¡±

    Hao Xingzi looked at Luo Jianqing with appreciation in his eyes, ¡°Tai Hua Mountain is going through a hard time. Jianqing, as the Senior Brother, a huge responsibility is on your shoulder now!¡±

    The sun raised and fell as usual. Three days passed quickly. Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s septennialpetition was about tomence!

 Chapter 70: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 70: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    From that day on, Xuan Lingzi started Closed Door Training, nursing his Primordial Life.

    Qing Jun kept his Pill Form, staying in Luo Jianqing¡¯s Interspatial Ring quietly. The treatment costed him too much Pill Energy. In need of a good rest, he informed Luo Jianqing of it prior to his sleep, otherwise Luo Jianqing would surely worry about him.

    Suddenly, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were the only two left on the whole Yu Xiao Peak.

    During this time, Luo Jianqing kept practicing sword to relieve his depression. It was when Sir Hao Xingzi came to the Yu Xiao Peak to inform him to get prepared for the Competition that Luo Jianqing finally regained his normal state of mind.

    One day before the Septennial Competition, Zuo Yunmo came to the Yu Xiao Peak to tell him the procedure of this year¡¯spetition.

    Hanging the Qing Yun Sword at the waist and wearing a xen robe as always, Zuo Yunmo was smiling ndly, ¡°like the past ones, this time, you can decide whether you want to watch thepetition among Qi Condensation Period disciples and Foundation Establishment Period disciples. This year, you are the only one ¨C of all the Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples ¨C who reached the Nascent Soul Period, so there is no need topete with Gold Core Period disciples.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded slightly, ¡°brother,st time you said that you already reached a higher level and asked me to be your practicing rival. When will you have time?¡±

    A touch of bleakness raised in Zuo Yunmo¡¯s eyes but was belied by him immediately, ¡°how about we wait until I reach the Nascent Soul Period? That way we could be real matching rivals.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was surprised, ¡°you can break through Nascent Soul Period?¡±

    ¡°Within one year, I believe.¡±

    Luo Jianqingplimented Zuo Yunmo again. They chatted for a while until Zuo Yunmo said it was time for him to leave. Pretended to be careless, he asked Luo Jianqing, ¡°that Cultivator Mo, is he the one who spent three years with you in the Liu Yan Valley and together you guys conquered all the difficulties?¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°yes.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo nodded with a smile. Without asking more about Mo Qiu, he left quickly.

    Luo Jianqing turned his head and saw Mo Qiu standing behind him. This friend of him seemed obsessed with scarlet dress. Among all the cultivators Luo Jianqing met in his life, except Little Sister, no one kept dressing in this color. However, scarlet looked good on Mo Qiu, who had a delicate morous visage.

    Mo Qiu sneered slightly, ¡°Seems like Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s young generation of disciples are not that promising.¡±

    Luo Jianqing paused a second, then he said, ¡°A hundred years ago, our Tai Hua Mountain sent lots of brilliant disciples to the battlefield to fight with Demon Beasts and to defend humans. Little to none of the generation prior of mine was able toe back alive. Honored as the leading sect of three thousand sects, Tai Hua Mountain has the responsibility to put more efforts in it.¡±

    Mo Qiu kept quiet. After a long silence, he said, ¡°that Junior Brother of yours only has a high-level First Grade Spiritual Bone. It¡¯s good enough for him to reachte-stage Gold Core Period before he¡¯s sixty years old.¡±

    Luo Jianqing knew the meaning behind these words. Mo Qiu wasplimenting Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple. No matter for Dao Cultivator or for Fiend Cultivator, there was one thing that was not going to change ¨C the hostility to the Demon Beast n. Almost a whole generation of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples lost their lives to protect the Human n. It was indeed respectable.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°though Second Junior Brother has the worst Spiritual Bone among the seven of us, he is very hardworking. Just like you. Your Spiritual Bone is not that promising, but you¡¯ve reached Late-stage Nascent Soul Period within sixty years of cultivation. You already surpassed Yan Su of Duan Hun Sect. Mo Qiu, do you really think Spiritual Bone is that important?¡±

    Mo Qiu smiled, ¡°well said, I like your idea.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was speechless, ¡°why do I care if you like it or not?¡±

    Mo Qiu raised an eyebrow, ¡°well, maybe one day I will save your life one more time?¡±

    Expressionless, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°can you stop cursing me facing life-threatening dangers?¡±

    Mo Qiu bursted intoughter.

    The next day, Luo Jianqing bowed in front of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house, telling his Master he was about to attend the Septennial Competition.

    This time, again, silence was what responded to Luo Jianqing. However, suddenly a bleak voice reached Luo Jianqing¡¯s ear, ¡°you¡¯ve reached Nascent Soul Period. Surely you should broaden your horizon. This time, the Four Sects and Eight ns aren¡¯t aiming for good. Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Yan Su is also an Early-stage Nascent Soul Period cultivator, but his Nascent Soul is more stable than yours. Jianqing, be careful.¡±

    Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t expecting hearing such a long sentence from his Master. He felt something warm and tender melted at the tip of his heart. It¡¯s like something had changed. Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Master... I thought you will say ¡®do not dishonor Yu Xiao Peak¡¯ again.¡±

    It was quiet inside the house, Luo Jianqing kept asking, ¡°you really think that¡¯s unnecessary?¡±

    Still only silence replied him. Pretending to feel upset, Luo Jianqing sighed, and said with naughtiness hidden in his voice, ¡°well, Master, if this time I dishonor Yu Xiao Peak, you cannot me me for that. After all, it was you who didn¡¯t warn me about that, so I...¡±

    ¡°Luo Jianqing, do not dishonor our Yu Xiao Peak!¡±

    The voice wasbined with Spiritual Power, and it hit Luo Jianqing right at his ears. Angry indeed, but it didn¡¯t hurt Luo Jianqing at all.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hold back his smile. These days¡¯ depression was finally relieved. He said, ¡°alright, Master, I willpete on behalf of our sect, but I still want to know that if I do bring glories back, will there be any reward? For instance, how about opening the door? There is no need to open the postern for now. It¡¯s good enough if you can open the front door and... cough, cough, cough...¡±

    A sword light flew out from the house and knocked Luo Jianqing into the air. The disciplended on the ground, still not hurt.

    ¡°Nonsense!¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled and walked towards the bamboo house. He whispered something in front of the gate then walked away. Luo Jianqing asked Mo Qiu who was sitting at the Stone Pavilion to go downhill together with him. Mo Qiu didn¡¯t show a pleasant expression along the road. As soon as they got out of the Yu Xiao Peak, he asked Luo Jianqing directly, ¡°what were you guys talking about in secret?¡±

    Luo Jianqing took a nce at him, ¡°I have no idea you are so interested in digging others¡¯ secrets.¡±

    Mo Qiu sniggered, ¡°Nonsense! Do I look like that kind of person?¡±

    ¡°Then why did you ask that question?¡±

    ¡°That was... because I care about you.¡±

    ¡°Well, I am the one who have the right to decide whether to tell you or not. I prefer thetter option.¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°...¡±

    Cang Shuang Peak wasn¡¯t far from Yu Xiao Peak. Soon, they saw the crowded cultivators who gathered together at the square of Cang Shuang Peak. Thepetition already got to the part among Foundation Establishment Period disciples. Two Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples immersed themselves into the rivalry. Though both of them didn¡¯t reach a high-level cultivation, their skills and abilities still amazed the audience.

    When Luo Jianqing arrived at the square, countless gazes fixed on him.

    Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples¡¯ eyes were kindling with admiration. Some of the Junior Sisters were even flushing. Many othermon disciples were also fixing their eyes on Luo Jianqing with worship, as if they finally saw their idol. Suddenly, the audience were rippling with mumblings.

 Chapter 71: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 71: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Is he the Great Senior Brother of Tai Hua Mountain? He is so handsome!¡±

    ¡°I heard Luo Jianqing reached Nascent Soul Period before forty years old! My Master told me that there¡¯s a great chance for him to achieve Out-of-Body Period within twenty years!¡±

    ¡°Really?! Out-of-Body Period? You got to be kidding me. The Elder of my sect just reached the Early-stage of Out-of-Body Period...¡±

    ¡°Oh,e on! Master Xuan Lingzi who reached Nascent Soul Period at fifty-six achieved Deity Transformation Period before he was three hundred years old. It¡¯s totally reasonable for Brother Luo to get to the Out-of-Body Period at sixty!¡±

    ...

    ¡°Brother, could you please do me a favor?¡±

    ¡°Hahaha, Junior Sister, of course! Anything, you name it, as long as I¡¯m capable to do it!¡±

    ¡°Then... brother, I heard that you made many friends among Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples. Can you help me deliver this kerchief to Cultivator Luo?¡±

    ¡°...¡±

    ...

    Because of the Superior Spiritual Bone, Luo Jianqing had extremely sharp hearing, plus his deep cultivation, he heard all of the mumblings among the audience. Mo Qiu was sitting beside Luo Jianqing, curious about all the things going on at this grandpetition, but suddenly heard the young disciples¡¯ words. Mouth twitched, heined, ¡°People obsessed with gossips are so annoying!¡±

    ¡°Huh, now you know what I felt a moment ago.¡± Luo Jianqing answered casually.

    At first, Mo Qiu didn¡¯t understand what Luo Jianqing was talking about, but he finally figured it out ¨C he was critiquing him of asking that question! Mo Qiu won¡¯t keep silent, obviously, ¡°you can¡¯t me me for that! You and your Master are in that kind of rtionship, right? I... I¡¯m just curious!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart twitched, ¡°what rtionship?¡±

    Mo Qiu pondered a while then said, ¡°you should ask yourself.¡±

    Luo Jianqing kept quiet.

    The vibe suddenly turned awkward. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t say a word until the Gold Core Period disciples stepped into the ring, ¡°The rtionship between my master and I won¡¯t be epted by the world. If you also think it sordid, you may as well leave Tai Hua Mountain after thepetition. We should meet less frequently.¡±

    ¡°Your word is not mymand. It¡¯s no big deal falling in love with your Master. Sticking strictly with your so-called rules, as Dao Cultivator, you guys are so boring. Though the Fiend Cultivators had the rules regting the ¡®abnormal¡¯ rtionships, but no one really cares about it. In my Mo Dao Pce...¡± Mo Qiu stopped abruptly, then continued, ¡°there are two friends of mine who are siblings, but they¡¯ve been together for thousands of years. They are even more closely rted than you and your Master, but none of the Fiend Cultivators dares to point fingers at them. Master Xuan Lingzi is the top one cultivator in the world. Who dares to restrain him?¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked down at thepetition in the ring, ¡°he will, he will restrain himself.¡±

    Mo Qiu didn¡¯t know what to respond.

    One hourter, thepetitions among disciples under the stage of Gold Core Period came to an end. Unsurprisingly, the second Senior Brother of Tai Hua¡¯s Seven Children ¨C Zuo Yunmo ¨C defeated the third Senior Sister Wei Qiongyin once again and won the first ce. Now, the next stage would be thepetition of Nascent Soul Period disciples. Given that Luo Jianqing was the only cultivator who reached Nascent Soul Period among all these disciples, as long as no one challenged him, the championship would be his.

    The Elder who took charges in this event looked at Zuo Yunmo and asked, ¡°do you want to challenge him?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo looked up at Luo Jianqing who sat at the bleachers, thetter nodded at him, smiling ndly.

    Zuo Yunmo turned his head and said, ¡°the Great Senior Brother is such an excellent cultivator. I won¡¯t challenge him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing lifted his eyebrow in surprise, and heard the Elder started to announce the results of thepetition, ¡°now, Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Grand Septennial Competitiones to an end. The first ce of Qi Practicing Period is Lin Zhen of Cang Shuang Peak; the first ce of Foundation Establishment Period is Yue Yunfeng of Bi Shen Peak; the first ce of Gold Core Period is Zuo Yunmo of Cang Shuang Peak; the first ce of Nascent Soul Period is Luo...¡±

    ¡°Wait!¡±

    Someone suddenly shouted out and interrupted the Elder.

    The Elder turned his head to the audience and saw a young man wearing a white brocade robe stood up. Holding a jade folding fan in his hand, the young man smiled winsomely, ¡°I am Bai Chi, the seventh son of Bai Family. I am here to watch thepetition as a representative of Bai Family. I have revered Tai Hua Mountain for a long time. When I arrived at the Tai Hua Mountain, the Sect Leader Sir Hao Xingzi weed us with hospitality and let us to take this ce as home. Does that mean I can also take part in thepetition?¡±

    The audience burst into an uproar!

    Things like this never happened in the past thousands of years!

    Tai Hua Mountain had stood on the Xuan Tian Continent for tens of thousands of years. At its prime time, Tai Hua Mountain reigned the continent with supreme dominance. However, thousand years ago, the fierce battle between humans and Demons had costed Tai Hua Mountain too much. Countless excellent disciples entered the gate of death. Even one of the Peak Master lost his life.

    All of the Four Sects and Eight Families developed within a thousand years. Among the eight, except the long-established Mo Family and Wei Family, the rest of the families can even be called ¡®young¡¯. However, the Bai Family already had three Da Sheng Period cultivators, and one of them had reached the Late-stage!

    The Four Sects were very powerful as well.

    Under this situation, although still being respected as the top-one sect, Tai Hua Mountain had lost its splendor, unable to dominant the continent as it did thousands of years ago.

    Though not offensive in words, what Bai Chi said was still a provocation. Nevertheless, as the Master of Hao Ming Peak, Guang Lingzi burst into aughter, ¡°I don¡¯t think that¡¯s a big deal. It¡¯s just apetition. You can challenge anyone you want to.¡±

    Bai Chi didn¡¯t expect Tai Hua Mountain would approve it without hesitation.

    Guang Lingzi looked at Luo Jianqing and asked him, ¡°Jianqing, do you dare to take the challenge? I heard that this seventh son of Bai Family broke through Nascent Soul Periodst year. I believe he won¡¯t bully the disciples who has lower cultivation level. He is deemed to rival with you.¡±

    With one sentence, Guang Lingzi set up the rules: it¡¯s totally fine topete, as long as the rival you picked had higher cultivation level!

    Understanding everything, Luo Jianqing looked at Guang Lingzi and Hao Xingzi, then he stood up, ¡°I ept the challenge!¡±

    Hearing his words, Bai Chi smiled and flicked his hand fan, pointing at the ring, ¡°after you!¡±

    Seeing his rival acting like a gentleman, Luo Jianqing lifted an eyebrow and smiled. He flew up to the ring. The next moment, Bai Chinded in front of him.

    Under the magnificent firmament, the Cang Shuang Peak stood among flocks of mountains, pointing at the sky. In the grand square of Ling Yun Pce, thousands of gazes fixed on thepetition ring.

    Two white figures were standing in the center, facing each other. One of them was wearing a resplendent brocade robe, decorated with pearl-white jade. A thick jewelry belt hung on his waist. Even Bai Chi¡¯s hairpin was made by a hundred-years ice jade which could already be counted as a magical item.

    The other one, however, was wearing the simplest white robe with a simple white belt. Except the jade hairpin, the only other ornament on him was just a disciple tablet.

    Nheless, when Luo Jianqing stepped into the ring, even the sun was not that splendid as it should be. He drew everyone¡¯s attention immediately. Elegant and gorgeous, he was standing there, just like an incandescent painting.

    As for Bai Chi, who could be counted as one of the young celebrities on the Xuan Tian Continent. As the seventh son of Bai Family, he was ranked right after his elder brother Bai Ji in terms of cultivation. Usually, people wouldpliment him, appreciating his charm, but, today, he was nothing more than a background.

 Chapter 72: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 72: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    ¡°Will Brother Luo defeat the Seventh Son of Bai Family?¡±

    ¡°A sure thing. That Bai Chi has just reached the Nascent Soul Period for one year, while Brother Luo already maintained at Nascent Soul Period for two years.¡±

    ¡°It¡¯s too early to close the case. I heard that Bai Chi owns the second-best cultivation resources in Bai Family, which is only a slightest worse than Bai Family¡¯s Fourth Son. He has ess to incredibly abundant cultivation resources and magic items.¡±

    ¡°Whatever, Brother Luo is so handsome. I hope he will win!¡±

    The mumblings of discussion among the audience reached Bai Chi¡¯s ears. He tried to act in aposed and calm manner at first, but gradually his expression turned rigid. He drew out his spear and fixed his eyes on Luo Jianqing, while thetter was looking at him as well, smiling.

    The Judge Elder announced, ¡°thepetition begins!¡±

    The very next moment, Bai Chi brandished his spear and pierced towards Luo Jianqing. He moved so fast that the spear turned into several shadows. From the beginning, Bai Chi didn¡¯t reserve any of his strength, putting in all his efforts to attack his rival. The spear could barely be captured by eyes. Among all the Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples, only Zuo Yunmo and Wei Qiongyin were able to see through Bai Chi¡¯s movements, while the others only felt the ferocity of the fight.

    Blocking every possible way of avoidance, the shadows of spear pounced on Luo Jianqing. Each single pierce contained the power to deliver its enemy to the gate of death, but no one called a stop. There was Elders ready to cease the rival if necessary, ensuring the survival of thepetitors. For now, it¡¯s time to do the best they can to win the contest.

    Using his toes touching the ground lightly, Luo Jianqing perfect avoided all the whacks from Bai Chi. Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t in a rush. Just like wandering in a garden, Luo Jianqing was walking in the spear shadows with such calmness. There was no one that wasn¡¯t impressed.

    An Elder of a minor sectplimented, ¡°Luo Jianqing is worth to be called a legend. Achieving this level of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Ping Zong Pace at this young age. Is that the second level of the Pace? Bravo! It¡¯s so brilliant!¡±

    ¡°Yes, indeed! Looks like he can achieve the third-level very soon!¡±

    Bai Chi kept piercing at Luo Jianiqng, while thetter kept dodging his attack like an uncatchable wind. After a while, Bai Chi was irritated. He connected his palm to the spear, generating the hand seal and casting spells on it. Suddenly; his weapon started to glint with jade-like color. The dark iron spear was shining splendidly, as if it¡¯s turned into a spear of white jade.

    Shocked, someone eximed, ¡°what happened to the spear?¡±

    The Bai Family¡¯s disciple was proud of the trick, ¡°this is the Seven Spears of Bai Family. Brother Bai Chi had already mastered the third spear ¨C White Snow Touches Plum Blossom!¡±

    The audience were impressed.

    In the contest ring, the white-jade spear was constantly spinning, summoning a whirlwind. Luo Jianqing¡¯s robe was waving along the tremendous gale. kes of petals gradually dropping down from the firmament, flower blossomed in the air but was covered by the overwhelming snow until there was nothing left except the endless whiteness.

    Boom!

    One spear, piercing blossom!

    Snow and plum blossom thrusted toward Luo Jianqing along with that stunning spear. Surprisingly, Luo Jianqing held his ground, didn¡¯t even have the slightest intention to dodge. Smiling, He watched the spear getting closer and closer. At thest moment, he suddenly lifted his hand, with two fingers holding tight together, and flicked.

    A beam of bice sword light crashed against the white jade spear.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    In an instant, all the snow and plum blossoms that once fulfilled the sky vanished. Bai Chi lost his weapon. The spear was knocked into the air andnded beside Bai Chi. The glint of the spearpletely disappeared. What left was a gloomy steel. Bai Chi belched a mouthful of blood. He stepped back a few distances, nearly fell down.

    While Luo Jianqing flew up to the sky,nded in front of Bai Chi in a second.

    After spitting blood, Bai Chi didn¡¯t even realize what was going on. Before he could think of defense, a bice sword Qi emerged around his neck, almost touching his throat. He shivered, lifted his head in shock, and saw Luo Jianqing stood beside him. His rival was still smiling winsomely, ¡°Cultivator Bai, you want to call it off or keep fighting?¡±

    There wasplete silence in the square.

    The next moment, the audience burst out a st of exmation!

    ¡°Less than thirty minutes! Less than thirty minutes! Cultivator Luo only used a beam of sword light, and the Seventh Son of Bai Family was spitting out blood! That is so incredible!¡±

    ¡°He didn¡¯t use his sword!¡±

    ¡°What? He didn¡¯t even draw his sword! Isn¡¯t that a solid prove that, though they are both at the Nascent Soul Period, Cultivator Luo could defeat the Seventh Son of Bai Family easily?¡±

    Hearing what the audience said, Bai Chi was so embarrassed that he couldn¡¯t help but shudder. He clenched his teeth, ¡°I will not surrender!¡±

    ¡°Oh,¡± Luo Jianqing replied in a low voice. Bai Chi thought that Luo Jianqing was going to persuade him to admit his failure, but to his surprise, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°then, I will beat you until you give in.¡±

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Luo Jianqing hit Bai Chi at his belly and knocked him into the air. Before the poord evennded on the ground, Luo Jianqing had already flied to his side and lifted his leg ¨C another merciless kick.

    On the bleachers, one of Bai Family¡¯s Elders stood up in rage, and roared, ¡°hey! You! Show us some respect!¡±

    However, before he could even finish his sentence, Luo Jianqing kicked Bai Chi right on his face, and knocked thetter out of the ring. Bai Chi already passed out and was quickly carried away by his family members. Luo Jianqing turned back to face the astonished judge, and beamed, ¡°Elder, could you please announce the result?¡±

    The Elder finally found his tongue, ¡°sure... sure! Thispetition, the winner is Luo Jianqing of Tai Hua...¡±

    ¡°Outrageous! Since you already win, why did you insist on embarrassing the son of our Bai Family publicly in the ring? I demanded you to stop. How dare you ignore me and still knocked him off? Does Bai Family look like a pushover to Tai Hua Mountain?!¡±

    Sending a Tribtion Passage Period Elder to watch thepetition, Bai Family was indeed a family with solid strength. Normally, the Four Sects and Eight Families would only send Body Fusion Period Elders to attend the event, but this year was different. As if they¡¯ve made an agreement to give Tai Hua Mountain some pressure, this time, all of them sent Tribtion Passage Period Elders, and Duan Hun Sect even let a Da Sheng Period Elder toe as a representative!

    When the Elder of Bai Family finished, Yu Qingzi sneered, ¡°you think that Tai Hua Mountain is weak enough to be judged by you guys?¡±

 Chapter 73: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (IV)

    <h4>Chapter 73: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (IV)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The Elder of Bai Family replied, ¡°Yu Qingzi, you¡¯ve witnessed it as well. Your Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple was still beating Bai Chi even after he won! Where¡¯s Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s so-called fairness and justice?¡±

    Yu Qingzi pped the table, ¡°take back your words! Offensively challenging Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple, Bai Chi asked for the whack!¡±

    ¡°Yu Qingzi! You...¡±

    Over the Xuan Tian Continent, usually there was such a small chance for someone to meet a high-level cultivator who had achieved Tribtion Passage Period cultivation. However, today on Tai Hua Mountain, a dozen of Tribtion Passage Period Cultivator gathered together, and two of them even started quarreling with each other. All the young disciples were watching the squabble with excitement kindling in their eyes. Luo Jianqing smiled reluctantly, and bowed down, ¡°Respected Master Yu Qingzi, it seems you forgot something ¨C I didn¡¯t win at the first ce.¡±

    Yu Qingzi wondered, ¡°but you did kick Bai Chi off the ring, right?¡±

    Luo Jianqing exined, ¡°what I mean is that I didn¡¯t win before I knock him off from the ring.¡±

    The Elder of Bai Family was enraged, ¡°Nonsense! Everyone here saw that you¡¯ve defeated Bai Chi¡¯s Spear of White Snow Touches Plum Blossom! How do you exin that?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing made an astonished look, ¡°but, Elder, it was Bai Chi who said that ¡®he will not surrender¡¯!¡±

    The audience was shocked. After a while, someone whispered, ¡°yeah, I remembered that the Seventh Childe of Bai Family insisted to keep fighting.¡±

    ¡°Whoa, Cultivator Luo is awesome. You know what, I didn¡¯t even give a damn to what Bai Chi said. That Bai Chi... wait, Bai Chi, Bai Chi? This name sounds like...¡±

    ¡°Sounds like Idiot (In Chinese, Bai Chi was pronounced the same as °×³Õ b¨¢i ch¨©, which means ¡°idiot¡±)? Hahahahaha!¡±

    Mouth open, the Elder of Bai Family was speechless.

    Yu Qingzi burst intoughter with Guang Lingzi who sat beside her. This year, only three Peak Masters of Tai Hua Mountain attended the grandpetition. Except the two who wereughing, Sir Hao Xingzi was touching his bear, siting at the First Seat elegantly as if he had no intention to join the quarrel. Hidden in the gaze he fixed on Luo Jianqing, there was nothing but praise.

    Luo Jianqing was no arrogant man, he bowed again, smiling ndly, ¡°if there¡¯s no other question, I will go back to my seat now.¡±

    ¡°Wait!¡±

    On the bleachers, a muscr man suddenly left his seat. His eagle-like eyes fixed on Luo Jianqing. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t hold his smile for long once he spotted that guy. Their gaze entangled with each other for quite long time, the man spoke, ¡°I am Yun Rong of Yun Family, ranking at the first among all the offspring of my family. I heard that Cultivator Luo took a great care of my younger sister in the Liu Yan Valley. Today, maybe I can have the honor to challenge Cultivator Luo?¡±

    Finishing his sentences, Yun Rong flew up into the air andnded quietly in thepetition ring. He never moved his bleak eyes away from Luo Jianqing, which made theter started to tense up.

    Before what happened in the Liu Yan Valley, on the Xuan Tian Continent there were four most famous geniuses of the young generation.

    Yan Su ¨C the Senior Disciple of Duan Hun Sect; Yu Chen ¨C the Buddha of Gui Yuan Sect; Bai Ji ¨C the fourth son of Bai Family; and Yun Rong ¨C the First Childe of Yun Family.

    All four of them were twenty-years older than Luo Jianqing, which means that they¡¯ve been cultivated for sixty years. There was a twenty-years difference in the time length of cultivation, so even if people were well aware that Luo Jinqing was the only other Superior Spiritual Bone in the world, themoners still believed the four older ones were better than Luo Jianqing and they ¨C being addressed as ¡°Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends¡± ¨C were the actual top four of the young generation.

    That was what people believed until the battle of Liu Yan Valley in which Luo Jianqing fought with three other cultivators by himself. In that fight, Yan Su was one of his rivals. Moreover, Mo Qiu ¨C as the offspring of the exiled Mo Family ¨C made his name a well-known one as well. The two of them quickly became a legend after that battle. When heard the rumor saying Mo Qiu and Luo Jianqing might have died in the Liu Yan Valley, many cultivators felt that it was a great pity to lose such two promising raising stars. Now, since they got out of the Liu Yan Valley alive, their legend story sounded even more mysterious.

    Yun Rong shared little simrity with Bai Chi. He achieved the Nascent Soul Period eight years ago and was not the weakest one even among Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends. There was rumor saying that Bai Chi fought with Yun Rong once, and was defeated without even had the time to draw out his spear.

    Yun Rong stood on the fighting ground, ¡°Cultivator Luo, be careful!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled and nodded, ¡°please!¡±

    Boom!

    Within a blink, Luo Jianqing watched the world in front of him copsing into pieces. The disciples on the bleachers all disappeared, even the Elders sitting in front of the Ling Yun Pce were gone as well. The magnificent Tai Hua Mountain vanished along the wind. The sky was dyed crimson. Clouds overcast the firmament on which snake-like lightning was meandering constantly.

    Luo Jianqing felt enormous pain from his own body. His left hand ached as if it was put intova. He can feel no Spiritual Power from that hand ¨C the spiritual vines werepletely chopped off. Blood covered his eyes. The smell of blood came with every breath. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help shivering, and he realized... his cultivation went back to thete-stage Gold Core Period.

    Wind was roaring along his ears. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t have the courage to lift his head, but heard a steady voice broke the wind and reached his ears, ¡°Senior Brother, you¡¯ve killed countless people. Brother Luo, this is thest time I call you ¡°brother¡±. You have fallen to fiend. You have killed Second Senior Brother and Sixth Senior Brother. Your sin is unforgivable, and your mistakes unamendable. Today, I give you a chance to end your life by yourself. If you do so, given that we¡¯ve been brothers, I shall ask the other cultivators to leave you a whole corpse.¡±

    Luo Jianqing slowly lifted his head, and suddenly saw a bunch of people.

    Hundreds of cultivators surrounded him. Staring him with rage, every single one of them drew out their magic items. The leader was wearing a white robe of Tai Hua Mountain, with the disciple tablet of Yu Xiao Peak slung beside the waist. Sorrow disyed on his visage; Li Xiuchen was holding... a sword.

    Sharp and merciless, even when sheathed, that sword was still capable of shaking the heaven and the earth.

    Luo Jianqing stared at the sword and didn¡¯t utter a word.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s patience was wearing down, ¡°Luo Jianqing, you still won¡¯t repent?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing lifted his gaze and looked at him.

    That winsome face was profaned by dirt and blood, only the eyes were still glittering with his usual grace. Blood dyed Luo Jianqing¡¯s bice robe which billowed in the wind. Behind him was Duan Qing Cliff thousands of miles deep; before him was the righteous cultivators who chased him for ten days and ten nights. He watched all of these nkly. His lips trembled, but, as if there were mammoth amount of stone pressing on his throat, he didn¡¯t manage to speak.

    Li Xiuchen squinted, then suddenly drew out the sword.

    Once it was unsheathed, the wind stopped. The sword lightened up the cliff with its horrifying light.

    Li Xiuchen pointed at Luo Jianqing with the sword, and said harshly, ¡°Luo Jianqing, if this is your choice, then forgive me with what I¡¯m going to do. If there is a little good left in you, you should end your life right now, that way, the Xuan Ling Sword won¡¯t be tarnished by you!¡±

    Hoarse voice was uttered by Luo Jianqing, ¡°why... this sword?¡±

 Chapter 74: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (V)

    <h4>Chapter 74: My Nightmare Conquered, Who Dares to Fight with Me! (V)</h4>

    Li Xiuchen replied, ¡°Master was concerned that I might have a hard time defeating you, so he gave this sword to me!¡±

    This one sole sentence froze Luo Jianiqing, who felt like being thrown into an ice-age cave. His heart froze gradually. Every single breath brought bleakness into his vine. Blood overcast his sight. Endless despair thrived inside him. There was nothing left in him, but vast darkness and thest beam of light.

    He said hoarsely but still in a sturdy tone, ¡°he asked you to... kill me!¡±

    Li Xiuchen pondered for a moment, then said, ¡°Master said, seeing this sword is the same as seeing him in person. After you end your life, I will bring your corpus back to Master, let him know that you already gave in, and will never dishonor our Yu Xiao Peak again!¡±

    ¡°Li Xiuchen!¡±

    Thest bit of light vanished with Li Xiuchen¡¯s words. Luo Jianqing copsed, drowning in great sorrow. Luo Jianqing uttered a heart-broken moan. Drawing out Zhui Yin Sword which had already been broken into two parts, he dashed toward Li Xiuchen. His body was moribund, but he didn¡¯t give a damn, because nothing hurt more than the gash on his heart.

    The greatest sorrow came with a dying heart.

    They had known each other for forty years. They had lived together for forty years!

    He concealed his sordid thoughts for years. He became an excellent Great Senior Disciple of Tai Hua Mountain just for his Master! He never had a chance to be whom he wanted to be. He spent his whole life trying to be the Great Senior Brother of all the disciples on Tai Hua Mountain, to be a perfect Great Senior Disciple, to be Xuan Lingzi¡¯s disciple, to be...

    No! He wasn¡¯t his disciple anymore.

    Now, his Master wanted him dead.

    Anguish devoured Luo Jianqing. His heart was torn into thousands of pieces, bleeding profusely. Thest bit of thought that kept him alive, the hope that helped him to survive, was just being his Master¡¯s disciple and having a chance to look at his Master for just one nce, but now, what did he get?

    An asunder heart, and a will to obey his Master¡¯sst request!

    When Luo Jianqing got close to Li Xiuchen, he dropped Zhui Yin Sword that he had been gripped so hardly.

    Zhui Yin let out a panic sword cry, but Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to fight anymore.

    Zhui Yin, Zhui Yin (Xuan Lingzi¡¯s mortal name ¡°Wu Yin¡± means ¡°no sound¡± in Chinese, while ¡°Zhui Yin¡± in Chinese means ¡°chasing sound¡±)! He¡¯s been chasing sound for decades. It was a tiring chase. He was so tired to lift his fingers; he was so tired to speak; he was so tired to keep chasing. Why kept doing it? Given that he was destined to chase in vain, given that his Master was deemed to abandon him, what was the purpose of holding Zhui Yin in his hand?

    Without a slightest hesitation and led by Li Xiuchen, Xuan Ling Sword stabbed at Luo Jianqing¡¯s chest in a sudden.

    Luo Jianqing gave up defensepletely. He smiled, and slowly closed his eyelids. The tip of Xuan Ling Sword touched his skin, with icy bleakness froze Luo Jianqing¡¯s flesh and vines. Trivial things in their daily life started to reemerge in his mind: when he was little, his Master held him in his arms while he fell asleep; when he grew up, his Master strictly criticized him when he made mistakes; when his Master started to keep distance from him; when he hid in his own house and watched his Master putting all his efforts in teaching Li Xiuchen.

    Xuan Ling Sword slowly pierced in his chest.

    The sound of slicing flesh was thumping in his head, incredible loud.

    ¡°Don¡¯t dishonor our Yu Xiao Peak.¡±

    ¡°You are the Great Senior Brother. If you don¡¯t cultivate hard, you are not qualified enough to lead your brothers and sisters!¡±

    ¡°You be so full of yourself with so little achievement? Jianqing, I am so disappointed.¡±

    ...

    ¡°...Jianqing, be careful.¡±

    Thest sentence reached Luo Jianqing¡¯s ears in a soft caring tone, as if the speaker was holding back tremendous emotions.

    Luo Jianqing suddenly opened his eyes. The Xuan Ling Sword had already stabbed in half an inch. Diabolic expression appeared on Li Xiuchen¡¯s face. Seeing Luo Jianqing¡¯s awakening, he pounced fiercely toward Luo Jianqing, but incandescent bice light suddenly glittered between Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyebrows, where a four-petaled lotus gradually emerged.

    The next moment, an intact Floating Frost Sword appeared in Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand.

    ¡°This is my Internal Demon, but all has changed in this life! Mirage, break!¡±

    Sword Light radiated out from the Floating Frost Sword. An elegant bice lotus suddenly bloomed with vast Spiritual Power, attacking Li Xiuchen. Thetter let out a painful scream and dispersed in the air. The wind-roaring cliff vanished as well.

    In a blink, Luo Jianqing was delivered back to thepetition ring.

    In front of him, Yun Rong belched out a mouthful of blood, face pale like paper, reeling back a few steps and falling onto the ground. Nobody could believe that this seemingly careless man was a genius sorcerer!

    Although Yun Rong practiced Yun Family¡¯s sword patterns as well, his main weapon was his formidable mental power. The reason why Bai Chi was defeated by Yun Rong even before he could draw out his spear was that he was trapped in the mirage at the very beginning of their fight.

    Yun Rong was slightly trembling. He wiped out the blood seeping out from his mouth and asked in a husky voice, ¡°you were trapped by my mirage, then why...¡±

    Several droplets of blood were oozing from Luo Jianqing¡¯s chest as well. Though the stab happened in the mirage, as long as Luo Jianqing believed it was truly happening, the harm could be reflected in reality. This was Yun Rong¡¯s unique Mirage Shadow Kill.

    Luo Jianqing cleaned the seeping blood at the corner of his mouth and fixed his eyes on Yun Rong, ¡°because, something is really different.¡±

    This time, Luo Jianqing drew out the Floating Frost Sword, looking at his opponent with serious expression. He sighed softly, ¡°thank you for letting me see what was buried deep down in my heart and confirm my belief in Dao. You are a respectful rival who deserves me to defeat you with an unsheathed sword.¡±

    With incredible brilliance, the Floating Frost Sword was brandished toward Yun Rong. The Sword Shadow formed a bice lotus in the air, graceful but formidably lethal. Yun Rong immediately drew out his sword to defend, using Yun Family¡¯s Heaven Phoenix Jade Kill, but he still spat out a mouthful of blood and was knocked out of thepetition ring.

    Inside the ring, Luo Jianqing stood at the center, elegantly. He was just standing there, but nobody dared to breath.

    He waved his sword slightly, then a sword gash was carved on the ring ground. Luo Jianqing lifted his gaze. Eyes shrinking and voice condensed, his words thumped in everyone¡¯s ears, ¡°Now, I stand here as the Great Senior Disciple of Tai Hua Mountain, who dares challenge me!¡±

 Chapter 75: How Dare You Practice Possession! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 75: How Dare You Practice Possession! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing spoke with tremendous power. His thunderous words shook everyone to the core.

    Silence fell on the edgelesspetition ring. Maybe it was because that Luo Jianqing defeated all of his rivals in just a blink, even the Elders who was sitting in front of the Ling Yun Pce was unable to utter a single word.

    They were all at the Nascent Soul Period. Bai Chi had cultivated for seventy years; Yun Rong used seventy years as well, while Luo Jianqing only spent forty years to reach this level. The difference of their cultivation length didn¡¯t provide Yun Rong and Bai Chi the slightest advantage when fighting with Luo Jianiqng, not to mention the Seventh Childe of Bai Family didn¡¯t even make Luo Jianqing draw his sword!

    Luo Jianqing was way better than them.

    On the bleachers, Ming Hua Fairy of Fei Hua Sect lowered her head and sighed. She was there when several years ago Luo Jianqing and the other young cultivators had a fight in the Liu Yan Valley. Ming Hua was the Second Senior Disciple of the Fei Hua Sect, ranked right after her twin sister ¨C Miao Yin Fairy ¨C who insisteding to Tai Hua Mountain to ¡°politely¡± talk with the Elders about the fight, but was refused by Ming Hua. For what she had seen, Ming Hua thought, that was a wise decision.

    Gui Yuan Sect was the Buddha Sect among the Four Sects. Fo Zi Yu Chen ¨C one of Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends ¨C belonged to Gui Yuan Sect as a disciple. This time, Yu Chen didn¡¯te to watch thepetition, but his younger brothers, after seeing Luo Jianqing stood there incandescently, all mumbled ¡°Amitabha¡± and sighed, pared to Senior Brother Fo Zi, Cultivator Luo is probably... better.¡±

    Thest one of the Four Sects ¨C Shen Jian Sect ¨C was standing on Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s side all the time. It was the weakest sect, but it was the only pure Dao Sect.

    As for those from Bai Family and Yun Family who was horribly embarrassed, some of the older members even left the square, but there were still some young disciples waiting there desperately for one man to help them revenge.

    That man was, of course, Yan Su.

    Duan Hun Sect, the assemble of all the Ghost Cultivators in the world, was a shrine of the Ghost cultivators.

    One had to be much favored by destiny to be a Ghost Cultivator. Not every ghost can be a Ghost Cultivator, but almost all the Ghost Cultivators were very talented and unbelievably determined.

    Among Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends, Yun Rong was a gifted sorcerer; Bai Ji was a born genius, and he also took advantages of Family¡¯s cultivation resources; Fo Zi Yu Chen cultivated on karma and was praised by his profound knowledge of dharma. All three of them were worth the title of ¡°Legend¡±. No one could ever rank them from top to bottom, but there¡¯s still a fact that everyone acquiesced: the most powerful one of Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legend was no one else but Yan Su.

    After he got out of the Liu Yan Valley, Yan Su went to the forbidden ce of Duan Hun Sect and went through Closed Door training for five years.

    There were rumors about the forbidden ce, saying that it contained tens of thousands of ghosts. Once entering it, one had to endure the heart-tearing pain caused by countless ghosts chewing one¡¯s heart. Themon Dao Cultivator couldn¡¯t bear staying there for thirty minutes. Normal Ghost Cultivator could only stand for a few days. Yan Su, however, cultivated in there for a total of five years. He came out of the forbidden ce with an already-reached Nascent Soul Period, then defeated his old rival ¨C Fo Zi Yu Chen ¨C in aplete victory.

    Luo Jianqing heard Xie Zizhuo talking about this. His younger brother told him that before Yan Su and Fo Zi Yu Chen even started the fight, thetter stood there with folded hands and said, ¡°Life is a theatre. You can stand on the stage for now, and immerge into the audience in a blink. Difference may look great, but I hold both the same. Thus, no delight; noint. I cannot deliver you from torment. Nheless, suffering awaits, why not convert?¡±

    Fo Zi surrendered even before the rivalry could start.

    Now, Bai Family and Yun Family put all their hopes on Duan Huan Sect¡¯s Yan Su, who was sitting on the bleachers with an overcast expression. He fixed his eyes on Luo Jianqing, not letting loose for one second.

    Bai Chi was indeed embarrassed by Luo Jianqing and was even called an ¡°idiot¡± by many from the audience. Bai Family was badly ashamed. Therefore, some of Bai Family¡¯s young disciples started to mumble Yan Su¡¯s name, hoping he could dampen Luo Jianqing¡¯s pride.

    However, Yan Su was just sitting there and didn¡¯t say anything.

    Luo Jianqing knew what happened today won¡¯t end this easily. Beaming winsomely, he lifted his eyes and looked at Yan Su, ¡°Cultivator Yan, do you want to join the Grand Competition of Tai Hua Mountain?¡±

    Yan Su heard his words, raised up his head and stared at Luo Jianqing, with a bloodcurdling look in his eyes.

    Their eyes met, as if lightning were whipping the air. Yan Su said, ¡°No. Several days ago, I happened to break through the middle-stage of Nascent Soul Period. Sir Guang Lingzi set the rule that one cannot challenge someone who is at a lower cultivation level. Therefore, if I really bully you today, our Duan Hun Sect won¡¯t enjoy the victory but endure others¡¯ humiliation.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrunk.

    Yan Su¡¯s words caused an uproar among the audience.

    ¡°No way! Yan Su already reached middle-stage of Nascent Soul Period?! It¡¯s only four years since he achieved Nascent Soul Period. Yun Rong already stayed at the early-stage for eight years and hasn¡¯t made much progress!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m shocked! Middle-stage Nascent Soul Period at sixty-seven years old! He was only four yearster than Xuan Lingzi, the most powerful cultivator of all!¡±

    ¡°I finally know why Fo Zi didn¡¯t dare to fight with Yan Su. He knew Yan Su was much more powerful than him!¡±

    Early and middle stage Nascent Soul Period didn¡¯t have a significant difference. Except people like Luo Jianqing who was born with keen Spiritual Sense, only Elders who had reached Tribtion Passage Period could sense the difference. At first, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t pay attention to Yan Su¡¯s cultivation base, but discovered it right after Yan Su pointed that out.

    Fingers clenched tightly to hold the Floating Frost Sword, Luo Jianqing suddenly asked, ¡°Then, dare you challenge me?¡±

    Hearing the provocation, Yan Su stood up, obviously irritated, ¡°I don¡¯t want to bully you. How dare you still bring that up?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, then said in a calm tone, ¡°Then, Cultivator Yan, today, I will challenge you. Do you dare ept the challenge?¡±

    ¡°Of course!¡± A cast of shadow glinted in Yan Su¡¯s eyes. He jumped into the air andnded in thepetition ring.

    In front of Ling Yun Pce, Yu Qingzi frowned, ¡°What happened to Jianqing? He is not a pugnacious person. Why is he challenging the others today? He already brought honor to Tai Hua Mountain. Even if he doesn¡¯t fight with Yan Su, Tai Hua Mountain will still be praised and admired because of what happened during this year¡¯s Grand Septennial Competition.¡±

    Guang Lingzi thought about it for a while and said, ¡°Maybe Jianqing has the confidence to defeat Yan Su?¡±

    Yu Qingzi shook her head, ¡°Still, this is not a wise decision. When he just reached the early-stage Nascent Soul Period, Yan Su was able to make Gui Yuan Sect¡¯s Fo Zi surrender. Now he¡¯s achieved the middle-stage. There¡¯s no doubt that he is more powerful than before. Jianqing is making a bold move.¡±

    In thepetition ring, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t hear Yu Qingzi¡¯sint.

    He unsheathed Floating Frost Sword and pointed it at Yan Su. Seeing this, thetter turned serious and took out his Ghost Axe.

    When Yan Su¡¯s weapon was out, the sky was suddenly overcast.

    Screaming and crying of the ghosts filled the world.

    ¡°Thepetition... Begins!¡±

 Chapter 76: How Dare You Practice Possession! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 76: How Dare You Practice Possession! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Boom!

    Overwhelming Ghost Qi was dispersed from the Ghost Axe. Along with that, thousands of ghosts were released, constantly crying and groaning. They kept making unbearable high-pitch screams which forced many of the lower-level disciples to cover their ears to ease the pain. Still, several Qi Condensation Period disciples had bleeding ears.

    Seeing this, one of the Elders of Tai Hua Mountain flicked his sleeve and reinforced the ward.

    The sky was coveredpletely by the gloomy Ghosts, which looked horrifying. Wearing ck from head to toe, dark as night, Yan Su was staring at Luo Jianqing in an ice-cold gaze. Lime will-o¡¯-the-wisp was kindling in his eyes, as if he was transformed into a real ghost. His figure reflected in Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils, like an infernal devil.

    ¡°I don¡¯t want to be a bully. Luo Jianqing, after you!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t waste the given opportunity. Holding Floating Frost in his right hand, he struck with a shred of Sword Qi. Dozens of ghosts twined it up and consumed the Sword Qi in satisfaction. Yan Su burst out inughter, ¡°So, this is your tactic? Come on, Luo Jianqing, after the fight of Liu Yan Valley, now you are disappointing me. Take this!¡±

    Then he suddenly attacked with his axe.

    Immediately, the wind roared, and the temperature dropped drastically. Countless ghosts pounced on Luo Jianqing with rage. However, thetter didn¡¯t show any signs of flurry. Instead, with fingertips gently touching the sword, he drew a seal on Floating Frost. A bice delicate pattern emerged from the de, glittering steadily. Compared to that diabolic flock of ghosts, Luo Jianqing¡¯s sword light was extremely tender.

    Luo Jianqing squinted, ¡°Attack!¡±

    Vast of bice sword light rippled out like waves. Once the ghosts touched the sword light, they were unable to push forward no matter how loud they screamed. They met at the center of the ring and underwent a tug-of-war. None of them was willing to take a step back.

    After a while, the sword light scattered into pieces and the ghosts flew back into the Ghost Axe.

    Yan Su¡¯s eyes squinted. He operated a hand seal and infused the power into the axe.

    ¡°Nine realms of inferno, sts into oblivion; thousands of enmity souls, condemned byYama!¡±

    The gigantic axe pointed straightly at Luo Jianqing and formed a horrifying ck skull in the air. If one looked closely, one could find that the skull wasposed of tens of thousands of ghosts, each one of them was crying for their grievance. Mammoth enmity and endless Ghost Qi was infused into the skull, making it even more terrifying.

    Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Elderughed, ¡°Hahaha, I¡¯m not exaggerating. Yan Su came out of the Thousand Ghosts Cave with ten thousand ghosts perfectly tamed by him. Able to refine this Nine Infernos Enmity Axe at middle-stage Nascent Soul Period, he is indeed a genius. Losing to such a legendary Ghost Cultivator, Luo Jianqing of Tai Hua Mountain shouldn¡¯t have anything toin!¡±

    Hearing this, Sir Guang Lingzi pounded the desk, ¡°Who told you that creepy guy¡¯s gonna win?¡±

    Duan Huan Sect¡¯s Elder sneered, ¡°Guang Lingzi, it has been fifty years since west met. You are still so irritable. Once gashed by the Nine Infernos Enmity Axe, your Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple will definitely be badly wounded. Not only physically, but also his soul will be whacked. You¡¯d better keep an eye on that disciple. That way, maybe you still have a chance to save him.¡±

    ¡°Open your dim-sighted eyes and look carefully! Howe a tiny axe can bepared with Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record?¡±

    Shocked, the Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Elder quickly looked towards thepetition ring. In the center of the ring, the Ghost Qi already filled the whole ce. Luo Jianqing stood in a corner as if the ck Ghost Qi left him nowhere to escape.

    Luo Jianqing sighed lightly, and said, ¡°So, Cultivator Yan, this is your Final Kill?¡±

    Yan Su replied in a frozen tone, ¡°You still have time to give in.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I finally figured out why Fo Zi told you ¡®Difference may look great, but I hold both the same. Thus, no delight; noint¡¯. Ghost Cultivator is also a ghost. These overwhelming enmities might be a Final Kill of you, but, have you ever thought about the consequence of using them? When facing karma, how ¨C do you think ¨C the owner of these enmities will repay you?¡±

    Yan Su replied, ¡°Why should I care about them, huh? Once entering the Thousand Ghosts Cave, the ghost soul will never be innocent again. I endured the heart-tearing pain, and they became my ves, obeying mymand! This is the true karma!¡±

    ¡°Cultivator Yan, suffering awaits, why not convert?¡±

    ¡°For me, suffering is the necessity of cultivation!¡±

    Luo Jianqing squinted, then suddenly pounded his sword and let it float in front of his eyes. The teal sword light glittered on Floating Frost Sword. Luo Jianqing stared at it grimly in silence. After a moment, he started to operate hand seal. His fingers danced in the air, quickly as a blurry figure, at the same time, formidable coercive power began to condense on Floating Frost.

    Boom!

    Sky was overcast in which countless lightning writhing in the clouds.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrunk, ¡°Gather!¡±

    Immediately, a thick pir-like thunderbolt smashed on the Floating Frost Sword, which, in an instant, was glowing splendidly. Luo Jianqing sealed hand signs single-handedly, pointing at the firmament. He took a leap into the sky, along with him, the Floating Frost Sword gradually hovered and turned, eventually parallel to the ground.

    This seemingly simple sword was pointing at Yan Su silently.

    As if he was sighing, Luo Jianqing mumbled some words in a mild voice. Nobody heard what he said, but the sword light of Floating Frost skyrocketed in a blink. The power of thunder and lightning was infused in it. Magnificent like a mountain peak, the sword took a strike forward without any hesitation.

    ¡°Nine Infernos Enmity Axe!¡±

    ¡°Blossom Lotus Sword!¡±

    Bang!

    The moment that the sword and the axe collided, time ceased. The sky was filled by blinding white light.

    Outside thepetition ring, the Out-of-Body Period Elder who took charge in the ward was in shock. Using every bit of his Spiritual Power, he quickly sealed a hand sign and set up a ward. On the bleachers, all of the disciples watched this brilliant rivalry with eyes wide opened, didn¡¯t want to waste a single second on blinking their eyes.

    After a while, the light gradually disappeared. Little by little, the scene in the ring could be seen by the audience again. The ground ofpetition ring was destroyed into bits. On one side of the ring, Yan Su was lying in a pile of broken stone, hand pressed against his chest; on the other side, the elegant cultivator dressed in blue propped his body against the sword and spat out a mouthful of blood.

    There was silence at first, then, the audience burst out in hurrah and apuse!

    ¡°Brother Luo wins! Brother Luo wins!¡±

    ¡°Yan Su was defeated, ¡®Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends¡¯ need a new name!¡±

    ¡°Cultivator Luo is so brilliant!¡±

    The Fiend Cultivator in scarlet was finally relieved. He chuckled, ¡°Hmm, not bad. If you lose, you¡¯re not worthy to be my friend-of-life-and-death.¡±

    Right now, Luo Jianqing was already overdrawn, and he could hardly move even a little. There was no Spiritual Power left for him to use. He was using all of his strength to standstraight.

 Chapter 77: How Dare You Practice Possession! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 77: How Dare You Practice Possession! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Both of Luo Jianqing and Yan Su knew that their abilities were virtually the same, and because of that, after the first few attempts, they gave it all to the final attack. Blossom Lotus Sword was a Nascent-Soul-Period maneuver recorded on True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record. Luo Jianqing had never used it in the past. However, carrying out this sword maneuver was like putting his Spiritual Power into a ck hole ¨C Blossom Lotus Sword was an unimaginably vast depletion of Spiritual Power.

    Nevertheless, he didn¡¯t do it all in vain. He had won the contest and kept his word ¨C he promised Xuan Lingzi that he would bring honor to Yu Xiao Peak.

    Speechless, the Judge stared at the devastatedpetition ring. After a long silence, he finally found back his mind, ¡°the rivalry ends, and the winner is Luo Jianqing of Tai Hua Mountain...¡±

    ¡°I can keep fighting!¡± Yan Su yelled in a hoarse voice.

    He was trying hard to stand up but reeled and fell down helplessly. Luo Jianqing watched him trying to get up over and over again when the Judge wanted to announce the winner. Every single time, Yan Su requested for continuance of the rivalry, but never did he stand up again.

    At this moment, Yan Su looked more like a tragic hero. Even many of those who originally didn¡¯t like the ghastly Ghost Cultivator started to have sympathy for him. This, probably, was the helplessness of being a genius and encountering an even more brilliant guy. He is doomed to be outshined by the other.

    This time, even Luo Jianqing was touched, and then changed his impression of Yan Su.

    However, when the ninth time Yan Su failed to stand on his feet, he suddenly started shivering drastically, his face twisted diabolically. The next moment, he pounced the stone pile with tremendous strength and people thought he was just abreacting his indignation. Even the Elders sitting in front of the Ling Yun Pce didn¡¯t sense a slightest anomaly. Nheless, under the scattered stones, streaks of dark power were skulking in lightning speed, approaching Luo Jianqing like writhing snakes.

    On the bleachers, Mo Qiu suddenly stood up and shouted, ¡°You bastard! Stop it!¡±

    A beam of scarlet light rushed to thepetition ring.

    At the same time, Hao Xingzi and Guang Lingzi quickly figured out what was happening, ¡°Tyke! How dare you!?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was thrilled. His vignce urged him to move backwards with his exhausted body, and from where he originally stood, boom, a ck ghost snake broke the ground and pounced towards Luo Jianqing.

    Hao Xingzi, who had the highest cultivation level among all the cultivators who were presented here, responded at once, but still was left behind by the ghost snake. Right before the snake bit Luo Jianqing, a bloody scourge came out from nowhere and strapped the snake, which was torn asunder in an instant.

    Mo Qiu stepped on thepetition ring and pulled Luo Jianqing to him using his scourge. Rage ming in his eyes, he stared at Yan Su who was lying on the ground, ¡°how dare you sumbed to your Internal Demons and operate Possession!? Under the nose of all these high-level cultivators, surely you wouldn¡¯t make it, but you are already unforgivable with that thought in mind!¡±

    Now, Luo Jianqing had regained some strength. He freed himself from Mo Qiu¡¯s protection and fixed his eyes on Yan Su bleakly, ¡°Cultivator Yan, when did you give in to your Internal Demons?¡±

    Before Yan Su could answer his question, Hao Xingzi¡¯s prating voice sounded, ¡°A devil thought leads to the formation of a Demon! Duan Hun Sect, we won¡¯t let this matter go easily. The Great Senior Disciple of Duan Hun Sect sumbed to Internal Demons and even attempted to Possession! Once the ghost snake goes into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, his soul will be wounded and tortured incontestably. Do you even have the gut to take that responsibility?!¡±

    Speechless, the Elder of Duan Hun Sect was stunned.

    There were only three Da Sheng Period cultivator presented at the grand square ¨C Hao Xingzi, Guang Lingzi, and this Elder of Duan Hun Sect. The Elder thought about many possibilities of the ending of the rivalry when he was watching it, but seeing Yan Su sumbing to Internal Demons and trying to Possession was definitely not included in them.

    Eyes gleaming with astuteness, the Elder quickly lifted his hand and drew Yan Su to his side, ¡°surely, Duan Hun Sect will give Tai Hua Mountain a proper exnation. Yan Su was just too stubborn to ept his failure. He didn¡¯t mean it. Besides, it wasn¡¯t long since he deviated; there¡¯s still hope for him to recover.¡±

    Guang Lingzi had had enough of this, ¡°Bullshit! If the ghost snake wasn¡¯t trapped by this scarlet-robed young cultivator but instead hurt our disciple¡¯s soul ¨C you can¡¯t afford to let it happen!¡±

    The Elder of Duan Hun Sect knew this was entirely Yan Su¡¯s fault, but still, he insisted, ¡°I need to go back to my sect and talk about it with our Grand Master...¡±

    Yu Qingzi sneered, ¡°There¡¯s only one thing you need to know: Tai Hua Mountain won¡¯t let disciples be bullied by others, ever. Oh, and I don¡¯t need to remind you who is Jianqing¡¯s Master.¡±

    The Elder lost control of his facial expression and cursed Yan Su in his mind for thousands of times. Nevertheless, he knew that Yan Su was a rarely-seen superior Ghost Cultivator. There¡¯s still ways to pull him back from the Internal Demons.

    Pondering the situation, the Elder suddenly lifted his gaze and fixed his eyes on Mo Qiu, ¡°I have no idea when Tai Hua Mountain recruited such a legendary disciple who has acute Spiritual Sense which is as excellent as that of Da Sheng Period Cultivator! Not even in your seventies, huh? But he already reached thete-stage Nascent Soul Period, not to mention he is so sensitive to Fiend Power...¡±

    Yu Qingzi stared at the Elder, ¡°Geezer, what are you trying to say!?¡±

    The Elder pounded the desk, ¡°Old witch, you dare say that again?!¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    None of them were willing to stop the quarrel first. One third of his Spiritual Power recovered, Luo Jianqing looked at Mo Qiu with gratitude kindling in his eyes, then said, ¡°Respected Master, this is my friend ¨C Mo Qiu, who was a descendent of Mo Family. We got to know each other in the Liu Yan Valley. He once fought with Ming Hua Fairy of Fei Hua Sect and Bai Chi of Bai Family. Ask a randommoner, they all know this.¡±

    Hearing this, Ming Hua Fairy stood up and saluted, smiled ndly, ¡°Yes, indeed. I do know this Cultivator Mo.¡±

    The Elder of Mo Family stood up as well, ¡°Although Mo Qiu haven¡¯t put down his name on Mo Family¡¯s Lineage Record, he is a descendent of whom was exiled to the Northern Waste Land from the Mo Family.¡±

    Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Elder said, ¡°So what? A young man with a just-so-so Spiritual Bone reaches thete-stage Nascent Soul Period within seventy years and is so sensitive to Fiend Power. I highly doubt his identity. We should...¡±

    ¡°Enough!¡± Hao Xingzi reprimanded him, and thetter shut his mouth up, ¡°If you want to say that this Cultivator Mo is a Fiend Cultivator, save your breath. You know this already ¨C any Fiend Cultivator who has reached cultivation level beyond Nascent Soul Period can never hide their Fiend Power. Several years ago in the Liu Yan Valley, Cultivator Mo was justte-stage Cold Core Period, there was still that possibility, but now he has achievedte-stage Nascent Soul Period. He is clear, undoubtedly. Duan Hun Sect, don¡¯t be so full of yourself! Do not forget who left their names on that piece of paper hundreds of years ago!¡±

    The Elder could not find any word to quibble anymore.

    All of the high-level cultivators knew that it was Xuan Lingzi and Fiend Exalt ¨C Mo Qianqiu ¨C who signed the contract with the Four Demon Exalts, exchanging their freedom for the peaceful life of all human beings. Xuan Lingzi was confined to Tai Hua Mountain since then, and Mo Qianqiu was restricted within the Fiend Pce which stood at the boundary of human and demon continents. Not to mention the Fiend Exalt, Xuan Lingzi himself had already made tremendous sacrifice to the whole Human n. Themon high-level cultivators owed a lot to Xuan Lingzi and Mo Qianqiu.

    This farce ended with Hao Xingzi¡¯s rebuke.

    Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Elder brought Yan Su back and left Tai Hua Mountain immediately, promised to give them a satisfactory exnation.

    This year¡¯s Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Grand Competition, Luo Jianqing reaped victory when facing two of Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends and beaten up the seventh Childe of Bai Family easily. He made his fame through the rivalries. At the same time, Mo Qiu, who, with low-grade Spiritual Bone, reachedte-stage Nascent Soul Period within seventy years, and sensed the Fiend Cultivator before the other thousands of cultivators even noticed it. He quickly became well-known.

    When two of them stood together, one could onlypliment that they were truly two splendid raising stars. Others even came up with a title for them.

    ¡°They are whom far more legendary than Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends: Luo River Thousand Autumn (¡®Qiu¡¯, from ¡®Mo Qiu¡¯, means Autumn in Chinese)!¡±

 Chapter 78: Jianiqng, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 78: Jianiqng, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    After the Grand Competition ended, Zuo Yunmo ¨C along with other Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Elders ¨C stayed at the Cang Shuang Peak to entertain the guests from other sects and ns, while Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu entered the gate of Ling Yun Pce. Mo Qiu was loath toe in at first, but Luo Jianqing whispered to him, ¡°Rx, even my Master didn¡¯t sense it. Probably Sir Hao Xingzi just wants to ask something about you.¡±

    Reluctantly, Mo Qiu stepped into the Ling Yun Pce.

    Inside the Pce, Hao Xingzi praised Luo Jianqing for the honors he brought to Tai Hua Mountain and gave him lots of Magical Items as rewards, which, even included an Earth-level Flying Boat. Hao Xingzi¡¯s delight cannot be seen if only one was blind, but atst, he asked Luo Jianqing a question. ¡°Jianqing, there is one thing I am still confused: why did you insist challenging Yan Su?¡±

    Defeating Yan Su was definitely a good thing, for the winner¡¯s name would be praised all over the Xuan Tian Continent, but, still, nobody would me Luo Jianqing at all if he didn¡¯t challenge Yan Su.

    Hearing the question, Luo Jianqing bowed down politely and saluted with his hands folded together, ¡°Respected Master, this is all about a promise I made with my Master.¡±

    Sir Hao Xingzi uttered a curious ¡°oh?¡± immediately, while Mo Qiu looked at Luo Jianqing with astonishment. However, Hao Xingzi asked no more about it so Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t say anything. Nobody knew what the promise was all about. Silently, Mo Qiu thought to himself, it was such a pity.

    Then, Sir Hao Xingzi finally set his eyes on Mo Qiu. In just a blink, tremendous amount of Da-Sheng-Level coercion pressed on Mo Qiu¡¯s shoulder like a colossal mountain. Thetter wasn¡¯t expecting this. He uttered a groan and reeled; his feet sunk into the floor for half cun (a traditional Chinese unit of length. Its traditional measure is the width of a person¡¯s thumb at the knuckle).

    Realizeing what was going on, Luo Jianqing was shocked, ¡°Respected Master, you are...¡±

    Sir Hao Xingzi withdrew the coercion andughed, ¡°Indeed, you own a very rarely-seen Body of Spiritual God. I have only met a few cultivators in my whole life who haveparable Mental Power as terrific as yours. There is a hearsay that a unique corporeity exists in this world, which is called the Body of Spiritual God. These kinds of people were born with a mighty soul that none of the same-level cultivators can match with. Naturally, they also have sharp Spiritual Sense. Today, you were the first one who sensed Yan Su¡¯s Fiend Qi, and your Body of Spiritual God might be the reason.¡±

    Turning his head to look at Mo Qiu, Luo Jianqing was stunned by Hao Xingzi¡¯s words.

    Only him, Mo Qiu, and Qing Kun knew the fact that Mo Qiu is a Fiend Cultivator. Even Xuan Lingzi wasn¡¯t aware about it. Before this, Luo Jianqing simply thought that, as a Fiend Cultivator, Mo Qiu should naturally be keen sensing Fiend Qi, but, judging from Sir Hao Xingzi¡¯s attitude, he realized that was not the case. Could it be... Mo Qiu truly had the Body of Spiritual God?

    The gorgeous Cultivator who dressed in scarlet replied emotionlessly, ¡°I see.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Seriously? So calm and cool?

    Sir Hao Xingzi wasn¡¯t expecting Mo Qiu¡¯s reaction to be like this: he was not asking feverishly what was the Body of Spiritual God, nor was he expressing any excitement. However, Hao Xingzi thought, Mo Qiu is a descendant of one of Mo Family¡¯s lineage which was exiled to the Northern Waste Land. For him, life is indeed tough. Perhaps, Hao Xingzi kept thinking, this young man was already a master on concealing emotions.

    Hao Xingzi felt that it was such a pity for Mo Qiu¡¯s belonging to the Mo Family. He could hardly find a proper reason to ask Mo Qiu to join Tai Hua Mountain as long as the Mo Family had the intention to keep him theirs. What Mo Qiu had aplished in thepetition ring was extremely marvelous. The Mo Family would not let him go even if he were not ate-stage Nascent Soul Period cultivator.

    Pondering over it, Sir Hao Xingzi gave Mo Qiu two Earth-level Magical items as gifts and appreciated his help, forming a good karma.

    The two young cultivators left the Ling Yun Pce, but before they could even leave the grand square, around four or five cultivators wearing brocade robe surrounded them. The leader of the unknown crowd was an elder with hoary hairs. He shot a piercing gaze at Mo Qiu for a long time, then finally spoke, ¡°I am the Seventh Elder of the Mo Family, whom, I believe, is your great great great granduncle.¡±

    That¡¯s how Mo Qiu was trapped.

    At first, the Mo Family wasn¡¯t paying much attention to Mo Qiu ¨C just a nobody with low-graded Spiritual Bone who prolonged the time returning to the major lineage. Now, however, all was different. One Transcending Tribtion Period cultivators and three Body Fusion Period cultivators sieged Mo Qiu. Luo Jianqing chuckled and flew back to Yu Xiao Peak alone, leaving behind a troubled Mo Qiu and a sentence, ¡°See youter!¡±

    ¡°Luo Jianqing! Are you my friend or not?!¡± Yelled Mo Qiu, irritated.

    Hearing Mo Qiu¡¯sin, Luo Jianqing made a decision ¨C speed up!

    Among the verdant, magnificent mountains, a wisp of bice light scudded over the firmament like a shining meteor, andnded in front of the gate of Yu Xiao Peak which stood at the very center of Tai Hua Mountain. The elegant cultivator in bice gently flicked his sleeve, then the ward guarding the mountain which was capable of killing a Da Sheng Period cultivator suddenly cracked, creating a gap for the young cultivator to enter.

    Luo Jianqing stepped on the ground of Yu Xiao Peak, crossing the thriving bamboo forest. He wasn¡¯t in a hurry at first, but the closer he got to the top of the mountain, the faster he marched. Finally, he put everything behind his mind and started flying in a lightning speed.

    At the end of the bamboo forest, Luo Jianqing was stunned when he saw a white figure standing there, gracefully.

    Bathed in the splendid sunshine, his Master was wearing a pearl-white robe, solemnly stood in front of his bamboo house. Folding his hands behind him, the cultivator in white was gazing at the edge of the azure sky, listening to the rustling of bamboo leaves when they were dancing with mild breeze. Dedicate golden patterns were rimmed on his sleeves. Soft wind touched his Master¡¯s face and stirred his night-dark hair.

    Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t expecting to see his Master when he came back to the Yu Xiao Peak.

    He thought that his stubborn Master will still confine himself in that bamboo house. There was no way to tell when he would finallye out. Luo Jianqing already had himself prepared for the worst situation that he would not see his Master until he achieved Deity Transformation Period so that he could force his Master out of the house, then they would face those tedious etiquettes.

    Nevertheless, now, his Master hade out.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind fell into a nk, still transfixed at the edge of the forest. Suddenly he was pulled by a colossal amount of power. In just a blink, he was brought close to Xuan Lingzi, face to face.

    If there was a door between them, Luo Jianqing had million words to pour out, but when he literally saw this man whom he yearned for days, he could feel his heart shivering with slightest fear.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help butrevere their Master-disciple rtionship whichsted for dozens of years. Fingertips trembling faintly, he failed to utter a single word, but Xuan Lingzi suddenly held his hand! Luo Jianqing waspletely stunned.

    Xuan Lingzi asked him, ¡°is it true that you weren¡¯t hurt?¡±

 Chapter 79: Jianiqng, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 79: Jianiqng, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing replied subconsciously, ¡°Just a scrape. Not a big deal.¡±

    He wasn¡¯t lying. Defeating Bai Chi was a piece of cake for him. He wasn¡¯t harmed at all. Whenpeting with Yun Rong, he got stabbed right at the chest in the mirage. The tip of the sword sunk into his flesh for half inches. He bore the worst injuries when fighting with Yan Su. However, Yan Su was not the main reason he got injured, instead, he was mainly thumped by his own attack ¨C Blossom Lotus Sword ¨C in the final showdown, given that it was the first time he applied it in a real battle.

    With the help of Yu Qingzi, Luo Jianqing¡¯s wounds were almost healed. He just needed a good rest to be fully recovered.

    Nevertheless, Xuan Lingzi frowned, then softly connected his fingertips to Luo Jianqing¡¯s palm with index and middle fingers held together. Luo Jianqing immediately felt a refreshing spring of power piercing into his body through the Shaofu Acupoint, flowing along the vines all over his flesh.

    Being controlled precisely, the power stream brought Luo Jianqing ddening rxation without any harm. After flowing over all his meridians, it was drawn back out of his Shaofu Acupoint.

    As always, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s expression was detached and indifferent, but if you looked closer enough, you could find that his eyebrows were not knitted anymore. He told Luo Jianqing, ¡°Possession, no matter sess or not, would definitely cause damage to the soul that is under attack, especially the Possession casted by the Fiend Cultivator. If it seeds, original body owner¡¯s soul will be torn asunder, truly, a sordid cast.¡±

    Luo Jianqing finally figured out what Xuan Lingzi was trying to say. A thought gleamed in his mind ¨C the reason why his Master came out of seclusion was that he was aware of what he had been through during thepetition, in other words, his Master was worried about him.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart softened, and the gleam of fear which tethered tightly on it vanished immediately.

    Finishing the diagnosis, Xuan Lingzi tried to draw back his hand, disconnecting his fingers from Luo Jianqing¡¯s palm, but he was grabbed by Luo Jianqing unexpectedly. Transfixed, Xuan Lingzi looked at his disciple with astonishment. Under the vert forest, the young cultivator was smiling winsomely. Luo Jianqing¡¯s dark amber eyes with a touch of delight were fixed on him.

    ¡°Master, you promised me that if I defeat all these people whoe here to challenge Tai Hua Mountain, you will teach me something that I¡¯ve been wondering for a long time.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes was covered with frost. He said in an ice-cold tone, ¡°Did I really promised it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s voice was bleak as well, ¡°But you didn¡¯t say no to it!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi never felt more troubled in the past dozens of years than recently. In the past, his well-mannered disciple put all his efforts into cultivation. As his Master, Xuan Lingzi never needed to strictly educate him. However, recently... with the tip of ear flushing, Xuan Lingzi flicked his sleeves and turned his back towards Luo Jianqing, shoving him away.

    Luo Jianqing was left where he stood, but he walked to the front of Xuan Lingzi again then looked up, staring at his Master.

    Eyes widening, Xuan Lingzi was surprised by Luo Jianqing¡¯s action. He turned his back on him again, but Luo Jianqing followed up. The two repeated the action for a total of five rounds. Finally, Xuan Lingzi had had enough. Irritated, he flicked his sleeve, striking Luo Jianqign three meters away. ¡°When did you... be this impudent?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored his question. His feet gently tapping the ground, he blocked Xuan Lingzi¡¯s way again. Having no intention to break the silence, he simply looked at his Master with a gleam of joy hidden beneath his gaze. Xuan Lingzi gradually lost control of his poker face. Again, he turned his back on him.

    At that moment, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Wu Yin, you asked me to give you some time.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s fists clenched in his sleeves. He didn¡¯t reply.

    That didn¡¯t influence Luo Jianqing. Beaming, he dropped his head and said in a throaty voice, ¡°Today, I fought with an excellent sorcerer who is a master of mirage. He led me into one, in which you censured me for dishonoring Yu Xiao Peak; you refused to admit that I was your disciple; you said that you wanted me dead, then... your sword pierced the left side of my chest.¡±

    Talking with head hanging low, Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t aware that every single word he said made Xuan Lingzi sweating heavily. Trembling, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s fingers pinched his own palms, leaving behind several blood-dripping scratches. The wounds healed quickly but was torn cracked again.

    Colossal amount of Spiritual Power was flooding inside Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body. His eyes were turning red.

    Luo Jianqing went on, ¡°that moment, I dropped my sword. I thought that, you want me dead, then what¡¯s the matter of being so? I am alive, right here, right now, with no mother nor father, only you. If you want to abandon me as well, then... what¡¯s the point for me to staying alive?¡±

    ¡°Jianqing...¡± Hoarsely, Xuan Lingzi called his name.

    Luo Jianqing kept saying, ¡°The people I envy the most are those Fiend Cultivators. They are unrestrained, whimsical, but above all ¨C free. Even for those who bring death to the innocents, at least they have the freedom to do and say whatever they want. Not like me, whom, is constrained by the etiquettes set by the so-called righteous cultivators, cannot even express the love he has towards the person he likes. Wu Yin, I once thought about cutting the bond between me and Tai Hua Mountain...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s pupils shrank. Scarlet was encroaching his eyes, ¡°Jianqing!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°But, on the other hand, I value our Master-disciple rtionship. If I keep the bond, at least... I am your disciple. If others speak of me, they might put our names together. In this way, I can stillfort myself ¨C fool myself ¨C that...¡±

    A sudden hug stupefied Luo Jianqing.

    The embrace with scorching warmth came so quickly that Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t prepared for it at all. Transfixed for a while, Luo Jianqing raised his arms and hugged back. It was only a gentle, careful, embrace at first, but they held each other tighter and tighter, until both put into all of their strength.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes werepletely scarlet already. Blood was seeping out from his mouth. The Internal Demon was gnawing his Spiritual Power. He held his disciple in his arms as if he had lost his mind... as if he wanted them merging into one.

    He called again and again with a husky voice, ¡°Jianqing... Jianqing...¡±

    Luo Jianqing beamed, suddenly figured something out, then replied, ¡°I¡¯m here.¡±

    The blood dripping from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s mouth started carrying a wisp of golden light, but Xuan Lingzi still held Luo Jianqing tight, hiding the blood from him. The hugsted for a long time until Xuan Lingzi broke the silence, ¡°Jianqing, I want to... tell you something.¡±

    Luo Jianqing lifted his eyebrow and chuckled, ¡°Master, there is something that I want to tell you as well.¡±

    Listening to Luo Jianqing¡¯s pleasant voice, Xuan Lingzi slowly closed his eyes and tried to moderate his breath. The bloodbath scene finally dissipated from his mind. The bloody color in his eyes also vanished along with the grievous memory.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°You go first.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was enjoying the slight aroma of lotus, smiling, ¡°No, you go first.¡±

    They remained silence, then spoke at the same time:

    ¡°Jianqing, I adore you!¡±

    ¡°Master, I want to ride you!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

 Chapter 80: Jianiqng, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 80: Jianiqng, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Feeling the stiffness of the man in his embrace, Luo Jianqing burst into aughter. His resignation, his resentment, his chagrin... all vanished into the void. He pulled himself away from his Master and looked right into his eyes.

    Xuan Lingzi had already well-managed his facial expression. He looked pretty normal, except for his slightly pale face.

    With a winsome smile, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°About what I just said, Master, do you ept my suggestion?¡±

    After a long silence, Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°What do you mean by... ¡®ride¡¯?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes widened, and his silver tongue went stiff when he heard Xuan Lingzi¡¯s question.

    A cool breeze was roaming around the forest. The leaves rustled and broke the silence. The two stared at each other. Luo Jianqing swallowed subconsciously, then asked in a careful tone, ¡°Master, do you really have no idea what is... ¡®ride¡¯?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi frowned a bit, still a poker face. He replied in a calm voice, ¡°Is that a maneuver?¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled and asked again. Just like before, Xuan Lingzi slightly shook his head with an indifferent expression.

    You forced me to do this, Luo Jianqing thought, raising his voice, ¡°Howe you don¡¯t even know what is couple cultivation?!¡±

    Then Xuan Lingzi raised his right hand with the index and middle fingers held together, slowly connected his fingertips to the four-petal bice lotus located between Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyebrows. Luo Jianqing was stunned, had no idea what his Master was going to do. He felt his Master¡¯s graceful gaze on him, then heard Xuan Lingzi said in a cool tone, ¡°Like this?¡±

    Lips pursed, Luo Jianqing frowned in confusion. He wanted to ask his Master for further rification, and that¡¯s when the unexpected happened.

    Boom!

    A stream of pleasure engulfed Luo Jianqing¡¯s consciousness. Like a roaring wave, the climax flooded through every corner of his flesh. It was an orgasm more pleasant than any kind of touch or intercourse could bring him. The intense feeling crushed Luo Jianqing¡¯s sobriety which he had been so proud of. At that moment, he indulged in the overwhelming orgasm. Strength dried up and vision blurred, Luo Jianqing copsed in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s arms, pants wetted by his own cum.

    It all, indeed, happened in less than a second, but for Luo Jianqing, it seemed time was protracted even longer than thousands of years.

    Luo Jianqing was leaning on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s chest, so he missed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s slightly blushed cheeks and rare gasping.

    The pleasure of orgasm was still lingering in Luo Jianqing¡¯s vines. He didn¡¯t have strength to lift a single finger. Luo Jianiqng indulged in the pleasure, though it only happened in less than a blink, but still, that feeling was like a drug, and, for that very moment, Luo Jianqing was ¨C and surely willing to be ¨C an addict.

    ¡°Ah...ah...¡±

    Panting drastically for a long time, Luo Jianqing finally retrieved some strength to talk.

    He can feel the fabric between his thighs bedewed by his secretion. Even a gentle rubbing against the clothes could let him moan with delight. Luo Jianqing tried his best to hold the lewd sound back. Shivering, he shoved Xuan Lingzi away and reeled for several steps, then he questioned his Master in an obviously astonished tone, ¡°How could you...¡±

    He shut his mouth up immediately.

    Husky but attractive, his voice was trembling mildly with a lustful afterglow of the climax.

    Luo Jianqing coughed immediately. He didn¡¯t notice Xuan Lingzi¡¯s darkened eyes and reddened ear-tips when his voice reached to his Master.

    Disbelieving what he had been through, Luo Jianqing asked in a quivering voice, ¡°How could you... do that...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s tone went throaty, ¡°This is couple cultivation. Since the day you brought it up, I have been looking up codex in search of the precise description. This is what I found: couple cultivation, a maneuver which has to be operated by two cultivators together, during which, one creeps the Primordial Life into another one¡¯s body, using Spiritual Power to guide the...¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡±

    Hearing his Master¡¯s husky voice, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help but feelid. He couldn¡¯t believe Xuan Lingzi really looked up what couple cultivation was. Moreover, he was still in shock by the fact that hepletely lost his manners due to such an insignificant so-called ¡®maneuver¡¯.

    An intense feeling of disgrace devoured Luo Jianqing. Before Xuan Lingzi could notice the anomaly between Luo Jianqing¡¯s thighs, the disciple scurried away from the forest, rushed into his house and mmed the door behind him.

    This time, surprisingly, the one who fled turned out to be Luo Jianqing, leaving Xuan Lingzi standing there alone.

    Luo Jianqing wondered if this was the real couple cultivation. Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Primordial Life didn¡¯t get into his body at all. What stirred up all the mess inside him was simply his Master¡¯s overwhelming Deity-transformation-level Spiritual Power which fused with his Primordial Life. If it was the true couple cultivation, his Master shouldn¡¯t be able to maintain the poker-face anymore. He would be just like him, drowning in the ocean of lust.

    So, this was what was called ¡®the rule of jungle¡¯, Luo Jianqing thought, couldn¡¯t believe that he lost because of the cultivation base.

    Luo Jianqing hid in his house for a whole night, while Xuan Lingzi went back to the room and meditated, trying to hold back the desire.

    Mo Qiu finally escaped from the pestering of the Mo Family by midnight, dashing to Yu Xiao Peak for shelter but thought of the wards set up around the peak. He shouted Luo Jianqing¡¯s name for a total of one hour but didn¡¯t receive any respond.

    The Elders of Mo Family finally caught up, ¡°Mo Qiu! We won¡¯t force you to marry the daughter of the direct heir anymore! Come back!¡±

    Mouth twitched, Mo Qiu flew away again.

    Atst, he made to the Yu Xiao Peak on the next day¡¯s evening. Luo Jianqing showed up and brought him in this time. The Fiend Cultivator couldn¡¯t stopining, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you respondst night? They want to force me back for marriage! It was so close. Man, I almost lost my freedom!¡±

    The words st night¡± triggered Luo Jianqing¡¯s memory. Luo Jianqing blushed but tried his best to be serious, ¡°I was cultivating.¡±

    Mo Qiu frowned, ¡°...but I sent the message through Spiritual Sense as well.¡±

    ¡°I was, well, very concentrated.¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing tried his best to meditate but couldn¡¯t forget the climax. He had no idea how Xuan Lingzi felt about it. What he knew was just... he was drowning, voluntarily, in that dissolute pleasure.

    It was Luo Jianqing¡¯s first time to do this kind of thing. The fusion of Primordial Life was far more than what he could bear. However, in the bamboo house next to his, Xuan Lingzi wasn¡¯t that uninfluenced as he appeared to be. He saw his sensuous disciple sinking into the lustful desire because of him. The rippling eyes were graved on his memory forever, stirring his tranquil heart.

    Mo Qiu didn¡¯t linger on the Yu Xiao Peak for any longer. Before the day ended, he was ready to leave.

    Luo Jianqing tried to persuade him to stay, but saw Mo Qiu¡¯s overcast face, ¡°I have no intention to be caught and brought back to that Mo Family. Those psychopaths want me to marry their girl! Can you believe that? A total stranger! I can¡¯t stay here anymore. Luo Jianqing, there is something that I need to deal with in Yun State. I will be there for several weeks, if you need me for anything at any time,e and find me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°No problem. Take care of yourself.¡±

 Chapter 81: Jianqing, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (IV)

    <h4>Chapter 81: Jianqing, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (IV)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqingpanied Mo Qiu to the foothill of Yu Xiao Peak. One step out, surprisingly, Mo Qiu stopped. Luo Jianqing looked at him in wonder, but before he could say anything, Mo Qiu lowered his voice and asked, ¡°Do you... really love your Master?¡±

    Astonished, Luo Jianqing beamed, ¡°Yes, indeed, and we have already been together.¡±

    Mo Qiu pondered for a while, then said, ¡°Now that otherworldly Master Xuan Lingzi is willing to let go all themon etiquettes which used to shackle him, he is being sincere ¨C I guess. Nevertheless, Luo Jianqing, this doesn¡¯t seem like a good deal. Xuan Lingzi has been cultivating for more than three hundred years, which means he is three hundred years older than you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°So what? As cultivators, three hundred years is nothing but a blink of an eye for us. A Deity Transformation Period cultivator has a life-span which canst for five thousand years; a Da Sheng Period cultivator can live up to three thousand years. I am just a Nascent Soul Period cultivator for now, only have eight hundred years left. Compared to the high-level cultivators, I am the one who is closer to the gate of death and in need of taking pains to cultivate.¡±

    With his back to Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu asked in a bizarre tone, ¡°Three hundred years... just a blink of an eye?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°Indeed.¡±

    Slowly, Mo Qiu turned back, staring at Luo Jianqing with mixed feelings, and said in a low voice, ¡°For someone, however, three-hundred year is what he¡¯s been craving for.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned in confusion at first, then suddenly figured out what Mo Qiu was saying, ¡°You mean those cultivators whoe close to their life-span limits? That¡¯s right. For them, every second is precious. Nheless, if considering all the creatures living on the Xuan Tian Continent, a natural death is a quiet satisfying thing. The battle of Human and Demon ns is such a bloodbath. Surviving from it... is good enough.¡±

    Mo Qiuughed with elusive emotion hidden beneath, ¡°You¡¯re right. Staying alive is good enough.¡±

    They chatted for a while until Mo Qiu felt it was time to leave. Right before he took off, he casted a beam of red light into Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands, leaving behind several words in the breeze, ¡°I know righteous cultivators like you so well, stubborn and fusty. Since you have found your partner for life, I ¨C as one of few people who know this and as your friend ¨C hereby give you a present to celebrate it. Luo Jianqing, no need to thank me! Ha ha ha ha ha!¡±

    When the echoing was finally blown away by the wind, Mo Qiu already flew away for dozens of miles, nowhere to be seen.

    Baffled by this friend, Luo Jianqing slightly shook his head and smiled. He then checked the ¡°gift¡± that Mo Qiu left him, carefully unsealed the red light.

    It was a book which couldn¡¯t be more normal.

    Noticing the words graved on the cover, Luo Jianqing read them out, ¡°Spring Breeze Stroke Record? A record of some special maneuvers? Is this...¡±

    He stopped mumbling abruptly. Luo Jianiqng stared at the nude paintings on every page of the book, stupefied for a moment. The book was mmed close, making the reader blush in an instant. Even if he liked to flirt with his fusty Master, Luo Jianqing was no yboy. Compared to a Fiend Cultivator such as Mo Qiu, Luo Jianqing was so innocent.

    Irritated, Luo Jianqing gripped the book, ¡°Mo! Qiu!¡±

    Subconsciously, he tried to destroy the book, but before Mo Qiu¡¯s ¡°gift¡± was torn into pieces, what Xuan Lingzi said a few days ago thumped in Luo Jianqing¡¯s head ¨C ¡°What is ¡®ride¡¯?¡±

    Smiling mischievously, he put the book in his Interspatial Ring and flew back to the top of Yu Xiao Peak.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t go back to his own house but came to the other one. He lightly knocked on the door and said, ¡°Master, I met some difficulties while cultivating. Can I look up in the books on your shelf?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s bleak voice broke through the door and reached Luo Jianiqng¡¯s ears, ¡°Come in.¡±

    After getting inside, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t go to the shelf and apply the trick, instead, he walked toward Xuan Lingzi and stood right in front of him. Eyes closed, his Master was meditating, but that couldn¡¯t stop Luo Jianqing from looking at him. Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ear-tips reddened. He coughed, finally opened his eyes, frowned, ¡°What book are you looking for?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head, ¡°Master, you said something to me several days ago, right? It was so noisy out there, I could hardly hear what you said.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was confused, having no idea what his disciple was talking about.

    Luo Jianqing asked again, ¡°Master, what was that again? I am the... what of your eye?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ear-tips were so red that it wouldn¡¯t be bizarre if they started to drip blood. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice that, however. Xuan Lingzi tried hard to bring his tone back to normal, finally demanded in a calm voice, ¡°Go look up what you need to know, now.¡± Then he closed his eyes again, as if he went back to meditating.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t obey his order, nheless. He sat right next to his Master and felt the sudden stiffness of the world¡¯s greatest cultivator. Leaning on Xuan Lingzi and chuckling, Luo Jianqing whispered, ¡°Master, you haven¡¯t told me what you said that day. Oh, I recalled something. You said that you love...¡±

    ¡°Go read your book!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi operated Spiritual Power and shoved Luo Jianqing to the bookshelf. When Luo Jianqing managed to look back, the white-robe cultivator had already gone. Looking around the empty room, Luo Jianqing smiled and shrugged, then took out the book from his Interspatial Ring.

    Looked at the words on the book cover ¨C Spring Breeze Stroke Record, Luo Jianqing blushed and foisted the book in the shelf as quickly as possible.

    Finishing all of these, he picked one book at random and started browsing while waiting for Xuan Lingzi¡¯s return. Nevertheless, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t show up even when the sun rested, and the moon hung high. Suddenly, Luo Jianqing figured something out. He put back the book and left the house.

    Fifteen minutester, a white figure flew across the forest and dashed into the bamboo house.

    Xuan Lingzi sighed, with a helpless expression emerging on his elegant face. He flicked the sleeves. A Moonlit Light was kindled. While walking to the bed, he heard a mild knock at the door.

    Stunned at first, Xuan Lingzi turned around, only to see his winsome, young disciple gently opening the door. The cultivator dressed in bice was standing under the moonbeam. He looked at his Master with his limpid brown eyes, and mumbled, ¡°Master, Jianqing... wants to sleep with you.¡±

    His voice was purely artless, without anyplicated emotion mixed in it.

    All was the same with what happened thirty years ago:

    Back then Xuan Lingzi built another bamboo house for Luo Jianqing,manding him to cultivate alone. That night, his disciple who was still a kid came to Xuan Lingzi¡¯s room, attempting to sneak on his bed but was scolded by him.

    After the scold, however, the Master and the disciple still shared a bed.

    Xuan Lingzi stared at the young man with aplexed look, while Luo Jianqing smiled and fixed his eyes on him calmly. They looked at each other for a long time. Atst, Xuan Lingzi let out a gentle sigh, ¡°If you are determined to disobey my order, then I shall... allow you do what you want.¡±

    That night, the two who hadn¡¯t slept for days, finally lie on the same bed for a sleep, without taking off their clothes.

 Chapter 82: Jianqing, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (V)

    <h4>Chapter 82: Jianqing, I Like You & This is Not Couple Cultivation! (V)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t a child anymore, so he couldn¡¯t fit in his Master¡¯s warm arms. Slowly, however, his hand creeped on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s waist, gently pulling himself closer to his Master. After a while, Xuan Lingzi slightly frowned and let out a sigh.

    He stroked Luo Jianqing¡¯s back, reducing their distance.

    This was the most peaceful night Luo Jianqing had ever had in the past thirty-one years since the day Xuan Lingzimanded him to sleep alone. He fell into deep sleep in his Master¡¯s arms as if he hade back to his one and only harbor, the warmest and safest ce in the world. What surrounded him was the light aroma of lotus. The warmth conducted through his fingertips eased his mind.

    In the middle of the night, even Xuan Lingzi was asleep ¨C unexpectedly ¨C given that thest time he did so was couples of years ago.

    Moonlight kindled the room. It looked like they had gone back to dozens of years ago. A Master, a disciple, and a bamboo house. Nothing had really changed.

    Since that night, Luo Jianqing abandoned his house,ing up every possible excuse to prolong the staying in his Master¡¯s house. At first, Xuan Lingzi would still scold him, but after seeing his disciple¡¯s dramatically disappointed face, he could do nothing but allow him to stay.

    This time, however, Luo Jianqing¡¯s n was interrupted. Ten dayster, a ragged young man arrived at the gate of Tai Hua Mountain. The guarding disciples were about to stop him from going further but found out the man was actually a Foundation Establishment Period Cultivator!

    Seeing Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples, the strange man cried with excitement, ¡°I¡¯m back! Finally! I¡¯m back!!!¡±

    It¡¯s been several months since Luo Jianqing came back from the Billion Beasts Mountain. He almost forgot that he had kicked Li Xiuchen to the foothill.

    It was surely a difficult journey for Li Xiuchen to return to Tai Hua Mountain. Normally, one ¨C after going through what he had experienced and even missed the Grand Septennial Competition ¨C should collect one¡¯s minds and take pains cultivating. Nheless, on the third week after he went back to Tai Hua Mountain, Li Xiuchen set off again.

    As soon as he left, Xie Zizhuo sent a brother to inform Luo Jianqing of where the blighter was heading. Xie Zizhuowasn¡¯t thinking too much, taking Luo Jianqing¡¯s interest on Li Xiuchen as a result of pure curiosity.

    However, when Lou Jianqing was told that Li Xiuchen left in such a hurry, he frowned and pondered, then went back to his house and started packing.

    That night, Xuan Lingzi flicked his sleeves and turned off the Moonlit Light. Before he could position himself into afortable position, his eyes met his disciple¡¯s limpid eyes.

    Xuan Lingzi was tranced, then he heard Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I¡¯m leaving.¡±

    ¡°For what?¡±

    ¡°There¡¯s something that I need to deal with. Master, I have to leave tomorrow.¡±

    Still wearing his expressionless mask, Xuan Lingzi said in an ice-cold voice, ¡°The Middle-stage Nascent Soul Period is within your reach. Thus, you should concentrate on meditation in order to reach the next level sooner. It¡¯s an undesirable timing for you to leave Tai Hua Mountain right now.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°But I should go.¡±

    Bleakness dyed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s pupils, ¡°And I said no.¡±

    Luo Jianqing pouted, ¡°Why?!¡±

    ¡°Just, think about how many life-threatening dangers you¡¯ve encountered in the past few years: you nearly lost your life in Sir Bei Dou¡¯s tomb, identally confined yourself in the Liu Yan Valley, fought with a fierce Ninth-level Demon Beast and... Jianqing, if you leave for another adventure, I... Uhm...¡±

    Passionate kiss sealed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips, forcing him to swallow what he was going to say. The Master widened his eyes, startled by the intimate kiss. Luo Jianqing embraced Xuan Lingzi, and with that position he held his Master down on the bed, winsome eyes fixed on thetter who was still in shock.

    Lustrous hair cascaded down, gently scratching Xuan Lingzi¡¯s cheeks. The moonlight lit up Luo Jianqing¡¯s resplendent visage; Xuan Lingzi was transfixed for a moment. Breathtaking, that was the only word left in his mind. When he finally regained his consciousness, he found his disciple¡¯s lips were on his again.

    With Internal Demons securely locked deep down in his heart, Xuan Lingzi wasn¡¯t that passionate. Hey on the bed meekly, letting his disciple do what he wanted. When the kiss started to lose control, Xuan Lingzi squinted, suddenly stretched his arms and pulled Luo Jianqing towards him.

    ¡°Uhm...¡±

    The young cultivator wasn¡¯t expecting this, so, astonished, he opened his mouth, which gave the conqueror a chance to sneak in. Xuan Lingzi¡¯s tongue licked inside Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth, dipping and swirling, which made him moan with delight.

    Lustful vibe fulfilled the room. The glow of moon shrouded Tai Hua Mountain where the Yu Xiao Peak was the center.

    No one on the Tai Hua Mountain would know that their most reverent Master Xuan Lingzi and their most respected Great Senior Brother weremitting incest. They kept kissing passionately, releasing the desires that had been held back for dozens of years. When they finally disengaged, Luo Jianqing was sitting on top of Xuan Lingzi, panting drastically.

    Xuan Lingzi gazed at his disciple impassively, but the flushing ear-tips exposed his emotions.

    Luo Jianqing chuckled hoarsely, ¡°Wu Yin, I need to leave Tai Hua Mountain...¡±

    Staring at him for a long time, Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°Do you... have to?¡±

    Nodded solemnly, Luo Jianqing answered, ¡°Yes.¡±

    Finally, Xuan Lingzi went silent and nodded, approved this decision.

    They cuddled up together, seeming to have fallen into a deep sleep. Nheless, Xuan Lingzi suddenly lifted one of his fingers, about to touch Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead. Thetter grabbed his wrist, slightly irritated, ¡°What are you doing?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi fixed his eyes on his disciple and asked again, ¡°... do you really have to go?¡±

    Luo Jianqing went speechless.

    On the next day, when the first beam of sunlight touched the bamboo forest surrounding their house, Luo Jianqing immediately got up, about to leave. He turned around when he reached the door, squinted at Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Don¡¯t you ever put your fingers between my eyebrows, again! Unless you have my consent!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was astonished, ¡°... are you ordering me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing scoffed, ¡°yes!¡±

    ¡°Without your consent...¡±, Xuan Lingzi said subconsciously, ¡°I can¡¯t couple-cultivate with you?¡±

    Feet taping the ground, Luo Jianqing took off and left Tai Hua Mountain with a blush on his cheeks, leaving behind his Master staying there contemting nkly.

    After three hours of flying, Luo Jianqing eventually caught up Li Xiuchen who was in a hurry. With that clumsy guy in sight, Luo Jianqing finally relieved. Gradually, however, he touched his lips helplessly, and mumbled, ¡°If not for snatching opportunities, I¡¯m willing to give in everything that I have in exchange for staying at Yu Xiao Peak with my Master... forever.¡±

 Chapter 83: The Fiend Cultivatress and The Monk (I)

    <h4>Chapter 83: The Fiend Cultivatress and The Monk (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Li Xiuchen was soliloquizingint all the way from Tai Hua Mountain to Yun State.

    Because of his Superior Spiritual Bone, Luo Jianqing could hear clearly what Li Xiuchen was mumbling. At first, he was justining about all these daunting things that had happened to him, but, gradually and to Luo Jianqing¡¯s surprise, he started to realize something was wrong, ¡°Why is it that nothing went on as ned? I got nothing from Sir Bei Dou¡¯s tomb nor from Wan Shou Peak. Thetter is the weirdest. I remember seeing that pill! It was right there, several steps away! Howe I cked out at that perfect timing and woke up at foothill? Not to mention the pill was nowhere to be found.¡±

    To be honest, Luo Jianqing was impressed that Li Xiuchen could realize this. As far as he¡¯s concerned, Li Xiuchen was still an idiot making zero progress for eight years since the first time they met. Now, given that he managed to look back and think, it was already a ¡®huge¡¯ step.

    Nheless, this was all that Li Xiuchen could think about. No matter how hard he tried, this poor guy just couldn¡¯t figure out why.

    They arrived at Yun State in the evening.

    Xuan Tian Continent contained one mountain, thirty-six states, eight Zone of Risk and sixteen Waste Land.

    ¡®One mountain¡¯, of course, referred to Tai Hua Mountain which was located at the center of the whole continent; as for thirty-six states, these were the regions of habitat for all the mankind; one of the eight Zones of Risk was the Northern Land of Arctic where Luo Jianqing was found by his Second Brother and Sixth Brother when he was a fugitive in his previous life; then, about the sixteen Waste Lands, the Northern Waste Land where Mo Qiu came from was one of the regions.

    Yun State was not a very prosperous statepared to the other thirty-five states. None of the major sects rooted at here. With vast ins and few challenging mountain ranges, Yun State became a perfect ce for some minor sects to thrive.

    There was only one thing that made Yun State special ¨C it was neighboring the Fiend Pce which was the most unique ce all over the regions of mankind: not a part of thirty-six states, the Fiend Pce was a paradise for the Fiend Cultivators.

    Everyone knew that ¨C as long as it was not in the middle of the Human-Demon War ¨C Fiend Cultivators were the enemies of all. ¡®Eliminate the Fiend Cultivators¡¯ had been a creed most of the righteous cultivators hold for thousands of years. However, after the Fiend Exalt made his name a well-known one, the table was turned. This powerful cultivator built the Fiend Pce, led all the other Fiend Cultivators and dered a war against the rest of mankind. Three states conquered in a sh. In the end, the Tai Hua Mountain sent their Great Elder ¨C the Peak Master of Yu Xiao Peak at that time ¨C to negotiate with the Fiend Exalt, and that¡¯s how the battle was put to an end.

    From then on, the Fiend Cultivators had a safend of their own ¡ª the Fiend Pce.

    After all, the event described above happened three thousand years ago. Many had already forgot. The reason why Luo Jianqing still remembered this was that the Elder who stopped the bloodbath was Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Master.

    Only one Superior Spiritual Bone could be born in a millennium, but that was not guaranteed. Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Master had no Superior Spiritual Bone, and he waited three thousand years then finally got Xuan Lingzi, but, luckily, Xuan Lingzi only spent three hundred years waiting for another Superior Spiritual Bone, Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing knew that people were saying Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Great Elder defeated the Fiend Cultivator, but he also knew that the truth was actually the opposite of what themoners believed. When he was little, Xuan Lingzi told him that, ¡°the Fiend Exalt was a respectful man who defeated your Grand-Master.¡±

    At that time, Xuan Lingzi had already reached Deity Transformation Period. His praise was a solid prove on how powerful the Fiend Exalt was.

    Everyone knew that the Fiend Exalt has brought death upon countless men. His cultivation was nothing different with a massacre. A brute devil indeed, but that didn¡¯t stop people from worshiping him as a legend, given that the Fiend Exalt aplished all of these with a humble, Low-graded First-level Spiritual Bone.

    Among the Seven Sons of Tai Hua Mountain, five owned the Supreme-graded First-level Spiritual Bone, one owned the Superior Spiritual Bone, the least gifted Zuo Yunmo still got a High-graded First-level Spiritual Bone.

    Compared to them, the Fiend Exalt was not favored by fortune at all: Low-graded Spiritual Bone had little chance breaking through Tribtion Passage Period.

    However, he ¨C no matter how unlikely ¨C still became the Fiend Exalt.

    Luo Jianqing thought about all of these things once stepping on thend of Yun State. Although they hadn¡¯t met at all, Luo Jianqing already heard lots of things about the Fiend Exalt.

    Luo Jianqing knew the reason why Li Xiuchen decided toe here today.

    In Seeking Immortality II, Li Xiuchen was destined to meet his third mistress here who was a brutal, aloof young girl. She was always dressed in ck so that the trace of blood wouldn¡¯t dye her clothes in any other colors. The girl was in favor of striking in a sudden without any weapon, fingertips piercing through the skin and tearing the heart out alive. Her eyes would kindle with delight by the rhythm of the still booming heart. Her diabolic smile would be yourst memory.

    This was the Fiend Exalt¡¯s disciple ¨C a Fiend Cultivatress, Yun Xiang.

    After entering the Yun State, Luo Jianqing hid his breath, pretending to be a low-level cultivator. He pondered for a while then took out a silver mask from his Interspatial Ring and put it on.

    Tailing Li Xiuchen and watching him enter a lodge, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t follow him in but chose another one which was located a block away.

    Because it was right next to the Fiend Pce, often there were cultivators patrolling the city. Themoners already got used to them. Cultivators were always unpredictable, so no one paid attention to Luo Jianqing who was wearing a mask.

    The lord of the state, of course, was at least a Body-Fusion-Period Cultivator, not to mention there were three promising sects within the state. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to run any risk. He took the key from the front desk and entered his room, then stayed there for meditating and cultivating, waiting patiently.

    Three dayster, a gorgeous girl dressed in ck trod casually across Luo Jianqing¡¯s lodge. The silver bell decorated on her clothes tinkled along with her movement,posing a pleasant melody.

    Surely, there were people who thought the sound annoying. However, they decided to do nothing but endure it after they sensed the girl¡¯s cultivation level.

    Late-stage Gold Core Period!

    Reaching this level of cultivation at this young age, she muste from a grand sect! It wouldn¡¯t be a good idea challenging her!

    Standing beside the window on the second floor, Luo Jianqing was watching the enchanting girl. Thetter walked for one more block and entered the lodge where Li Xiuchen was staying. Luo Jianqing did nothing but smile reluctantly.

    Yun State was arge state with more than a thousand lodges avable at anywhere. Seeking Immortality II didn¡¯t point out in which lodge Li Xiuchen would meet his mistress, but Yun Xiang still went in the one Li Xiuchen picked.

    Such a fortune favored guy.

    Luo Jianqing checked out his room and came to the tailor shop built next to Li Xiuchen¡¯s lodge.

    The shopkeeper came to Luo Jianqing with hospitality, but heard Luo Jianqing said with a winsome smile, ¡°May I live here?¡±, offering a piece of gold to him.

    Everything went as nned. Luo Jianqing stayed at the tailor shop.

    Since their distance had been reduced, he wasn¡¯t worried that his Spiritual Sense would be sensed by others. Secretly, he scanned the lodge all over and found the one with highest cultivation was an Elder of early-stage Nascent Soul Period. Li Xiuchen, as an early-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator, however, was the one with lowest cultivation base in the lodge.

    Li Xiuchen¡¯s room was named ¡®Earth Primary¡¯, while Yun Xiang¡¯s room was named ¡®Heaven Primary¡¯ which located right above Li Xiuchen¡¯s.

 Chapter 84: The Fiend Cultivatress and The Monk (II)

    <h4>Chapter 84: The Fiend Cultivatress and The Monk (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    They were separated by just a ceiling. Rarely cultivating, Li Xiuchen spent most of his time taking a bath in the bathtub or hanging out in the street. Naturally, he had no idea that Yun Xiang already arrived at the lodge, living upstairs, and even set up a ward around her room.

    The ward was a powerful one indeed. Even Luo Jianqing failed to break it without rming Yun Xiang. However, he knew exactly what Yun Xiang was doing inside the ward.

    ording to Seeking Immortality II, Yun Xiang found a Fiend magic item from the riverside outside the Yun State. The item contained colossal Enmity Qi. If refined sessfully, it would surely be a Heaven-level magic item!

    The street was bustling with people, and chaos was a perfect cover for Yun Xiang¡¯s ward which she was very confident with. It was a magic item that the Fiend Exalt bestowed on her, and because of that she was sure that cultivators under Tribtion Passage Period had zero chance of breaking it. That¡¯s why she decided to refine the item in Yun State instead of waiting until she returned to the Fiend Pce.

    Li Xiuchen was constantly asking the waiter for bathtub, seldom carrying out his cultivation at all;, in the room right above him, Yun Xiang carefully set up thestyer of the ward; in the tailor shop located next to their lodge, Luo Jianqing¡¯s body was voluntarily operating Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, inspired by thew of nature and seizing Spiritual Power from the heaven and earth.

    When Yun Xiang finally took out the Soul Summoning Streamer from her Interspatial Ring, Luo Jianqing widened his eyes, gazing at the direction of her room.

    He couldn¡¯t sense the streamer directly, but indeed detected a wisp of tremendous Enmity Qi which ¨C because of its colossal amount ¨C condensed into solid entity, restlessly colliding with Yun Xiang¡¯s ward. Suddenly, perhaps it was because the Enmity Qi was so diabolic thus causing mutation of the ward, Luo Jianqing was surprised that he could actually see what¡¯s going on in Yun Xiang¡¯s room.

    The enchanting girl dressed in ck was standing at the center of the room, watching the Enmity Qi trying desperately to break the ward, then she sneered, ¡°Dreaming about destroy my Heavenly Fiend Ward? Who do you think you are? If you are willing to submit right now, I promise I will not erase your consciousness, but if you do not behave yourself, I¡¯ll kill you right away!¡±

    Such a bold, peremptory girl. But her way of talking sounded familiar to Luo Jianqing. With Mo Qiu¡¯s scarlet figure emerging in his mind, Luo Jianqing slightly shook his head, ¡°Yun Xiang resembles Mo Qiu a lot. Both of them are so dominant and egoistic. Maybe that¡¯s a characteristic shared by all the Fiend Cultivators?¡±

    Heard Yun Xiang¡¯s words, the Enmity Qi finally turned around, facing the girl who trapped it here.

    Yun Xiang lifted her chin, looking at the Enmity Qi asquint. The dark, roaring Enmity Qi transformed itself into a cloud of ck mist, pouncing towards Yun Xiang as if it was irritated. The girl wasn¡¯t scared, instead, with total calmness, she took out a bell from her Interspatial Ring. When she did so, the Enmity Qi suddenly ceased motion.

    Yun Xiang beamed arrogantly, ¡°Now what? Scared?¡±

    The cloud of Enmity Qi slightly trembled, as if it was totally enraged but didn¡¯t have the guts to do anything.

    Yun Xiang taunted it, ¡°Such a weak bully, aren¡¯t you? In the past ten years, is it really you who brought death upon more than a hundred people on the Mo Sha River? Behaving like a tamed dog right now, you¡¯re really a coward.¡±

    The Enmity Qi started to pound the ward fiercely.

    Yun Xiang sneered, ¡°Still imagining you can get away unharmed? You have no way out but death!¡±

    She shook the scarlet tiny bell which created no sound at all, but, there were invisible waves rippling out in the air.

    When the waves reached the Enmity Qi, the diabolic cloud had no ways to resist but groan with pain. This scene, indeed, impressed Luo Jianqing, who thought:

    ¡®What kind of bell is it? Containing such an impressive amount of power, this magic item empowers Yun Xiang to be more powerful than she should be.¡¯

    The sound wave generated by the bell made the Enmity Qi screaming in pain and writhing in the air as if it was undergoing great torture. Seeing this, Yun Xiang sniggered and elerated her movement of shaking the bell. The next moment, however, the cloud of Enmity Qi roared in suffering, dashing towards her in madness.

    Yun Xiang red at her enemy, hands wed in the air, creating a scarlet shadow of w which cut the Enmity Qi in half.

    The devil didn¡¯t stop the attack.

    In a sudden, they scuffled together. Shaking the bell constantly by using her left hand, Yun Xiang stroke at the Enmity Qi with her right hand forming a w. The painful moaning didn¡¯t stop for a single second, but the ck cloud of mist kept fighting, ripping Yun Xiang¡¯s clothes into pieces, making her smooth pearl-like skin exposed in the air.

    Watching such an alluring scene, Luo Jianqing felt nothing at all. He knew that Yun Xiang would put an end to this fight after casting thest maneuver. She would kill the Enmity Qi and passed out, then, at the same time, fell to the room below andnded in Li Xiuchen¡¯s bathtub.

    Yun Xiang¡¯s clothes was ripped into strips, while Li Xiuchen waspletely naked!

    A little beauty fell from the above into the bathtub ¨C Li Xiuchen couldn¡¯t be more surprised. ording to the book, Li Xiuchen took the girl out of the bathtub, trying to put her on the bed, but Yun Xiang¡¯s mouth ¨C unexpectedly ¨C touched his thing.

    This was how the book put it:

    ¡®Looking at the voluptuous girl, Li Xiuchen felt the blood rushing towards his private part. The girl fell into the bathtub, clothes wettedpletely, outlining her curvy body. Staring at her perfectly shaped breast, Li Xiuchen mumbled several times ¡®I am blind¡¯, then picked the girl out of the bathtub.

    ¡®When he finally got out of the bathtub, his thing unexpectedly came close to the girl¡¯s lips. Feeling the soft, luring breath, Li Xiuchen moved a little, and the cherry-like mouth started to rub his cock, as if she was kissing it.¡¯

    Luo Jianqing almost threw up when he read this plot, but he knew very well that, after all, Seeking Immortality was a sordid book indeed.

    The book said that Li Xiuchen acted as a gentleman. Even intrigued by the fainted girl, he still restrained himself from harassing Yun Xiang. However, he did masturbate in front of the nearly naked beauty and ejacted on her luring body.

    Though Luo Jianqing was not a fan of Fiend Cultivator, he still didn¡¯t want to see Li Xiuchen doing such kind of filthy things. Moreover, on the next day, Yun Xiang would wake up and think it was Li Xiuchen who saved her life and then left him a way to contact her.

    Nevertheless, Luo Jianqing suspected that Li Xiuchen wouldn¡¯t do anything facing a nearly nude gorgeous girl.

    Now, the fight on the second floor was almost over. Yun Xiang¡¯s clothes were torn into pieces by the Enmity Qi. She was panting, squinting at her rival with rage, then suddenly belched a mouthful of blood on the bell.

    Immediately, the scarlet glow started to gleam on the bell which vibrated more drastically.

    The Enmity Soul was moribund, and because of that Yun Xiang loosened her guard. Luo Jianqing took Floating Frost Sword out, ready to help Yun Xiang if he must. As expected, the Enmity Qi roared with despair, gave out all it had and took thest strike.

    Without any hesitation, Luo Jianqing unsheathed his sword, but before he could leave the tailor shop, a beam of golden light pierced through the cloud of enmity mist.

    Astonished, Luo Jianqing stopped at where he was.

    A gentle, soothing voice reached their ears, ¡°Amitabha. Lady, you¡¯ve made countless contribution by trying to convert the Enmity Qi. This Soul Summoning Streamer is too vicious and brutal. From now on, I will take it by my side and chant the Lotus Mana Record for the next eighty-one days, releasing the thousands of enmity souls from purgatory as soon as possible.¡±

    Under the clear azure firmament, an elegant young monk wearing light-colored frock was standing on the sill of Yun Xiang¡¯s room, his palms put together devoutly. He drew a hand-seal, then the Soul Summoning Streamer came into his palm. He was standing there with grace, beaming winsomely, like a soft summer breeze, or a refined lotus flower.

    Yun Xiang stared at the monk nkly, while Luo Jianqing widened his eyes in surprise.

    This monk... was a middle-stage Nascent Soul Period cultivator at only seventy years old!

 Chapter 85: The Essence of Karma! & The Master and the Book (I)

    <h4>Chapter 85: The Essence of Karma! & The Master and the Book (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Luo Jianqing sheathed Floating Frost Sword and decided to wait and see.

    Right now, although his cultivation base was lower than the monk for a level of stage, he still owned much more powerful Spiritual Sense than thetter who seemed wasn¡¯t aware of his snooping. Luo Jianqing concentrated his mind on what¡¯s going on in the room, ready to take any action if needed.

    Soul Summoning Streamer was suddenly snatched by a stranger popping up from nowhere; Yun Xiang¡¯s mind went nk for a moment, but after just a few seconds, she squinted, with right hand gradually forming a w, warning the unwee guest in a low voice, ¡°Now heed my words, monk, today I have no intention of griming my hand with blood, so you¡¯d better return the Soul Summoning Streamer back to me, otherwise, I will send you to the hand of death!¡±

    Though her words were threatening, Yun Xiang stayed vignt.

    With a faint smile hanging on the delicately chiseled face, the monk seemed like being shrouded by the Buddha Glow. He fixed his eyes on the girl in ck and said, ¡°Lady, the Soul Summoning Streamer is no benign item, why are you so obsessed with it?¡±

    Yun Xiang sneered, ¡°So, that¡¯s a ¡®no¡¯, I guess?¡±

    The monk slightly shook his head, ¡°You can never deliver these enmity souls into samsara if they are confined by the streamer. An evil item like this should not exist in the world.¡±

    Yun Xiang lifted her chin, losing her manner, ¡°You bald donkey! I¡¯m gonna tear you apart!¡±

    The next moment, a ck shadow dashed forward with the skeleton-like sharp w aiming at the young monk¡¯s neck. Yun Xiang was fast like a lightning, but her rival was even faster. Foot tapping the surface, he flew up from the sill andnded in the room swiftly, avoiding Yun Xiang¡¯s attack.

    Of course, Yun Xiang won¡¯t give up this easily.

    The battle was on. They scuffled together at once. The Fiend cultivatress struck mercilessly, while the monk kept backing off and dodging.

    As the Fiend Exalt¡¯s disciple, Yun Xiang was no mediocre kind of cultivator. She didn¡¯t use her Lethal Maneuvers at first, but, gradually, the shadow of ws tended to be more and more brutal, and every single strike was targeting at the monk¡¯s vital acupoints.

    However, to Luo Jianqing¡¯s surprise, the monk perfectly avoided all the whacks, remaining unharmed without taking a single action to fight back.

    While adroitly leaning to one side and letting Yun Xiang¡¯s w jabbing in vain, he even had time to chuckle, ¡°Amitabha,dy, why are you so obsessed with it?¡±

    ¡°Lady, the Soul Summoning Streamer is not suitable for a female cultivator like you to use. Moreover, it is obviously not a proper enhancer for your w Maneuvers.¡±

    ¡°Lady, you¡¯ve been injured by the Enmity Qi when you were trying to tame it. Now is not the best time for you to rival with me.¡±

    There was no doubt that the monk had a pleasant voice like an ethereal Buddha chant, but Yun Xiang felt nothing but sarcasm.

    Determined to put this to an end, Yun Xiang squinted. Operating the roaring Fiend Power inside her body, she dashed forward. Along her side, the diabolic w shadow was transformed into a gale of Fiend Qi, blotting out the ceiling, stunning the monk. Thetter then ceased backing off, instead, he held the ground, reviving the Buddha Beads Bracelet around his wrist.

    Crystal-like Buddha Beads were floating in front of him, glittering with golden Buddha Glow.

    Boom!

    The Beads and the w crushed into each other with tremendous momentum, which knocked Yun Xiang in the air, making her body pound the wall. She spat out a mouthful of dark blood. Lifting her head, the girl was enraged, ¡°Bald donkey! Do you have a slightest idea about who I am? Today, you mess with me; tomorrow, I¡¯ll rip your head apart!¡±

    The monk beamed, ¡°No need to threaten me . Of course I know who you are.¡±

    Yun Xiang was suddenly stunned, ¡°Howe...you already know that?¡±

    Smiling elegantly, the monk replied with limpid eyes which seemed like concealing colossal amount of wisdom, ¡°Reachingte-stage Cold Core Period cultivation with a thirtyish Bone Age, only the talented one can achieve these. Among all the Fiend Cultivators, I assume, only the Fiend Exalt has the ability to train such an excellent disciple like you.¡±

    One hand covering her wounded chest, Yun Xiang got up and sneered, ¡°So, you do know who I am, and still injured me whatsoever. Aren¡¯t you afraid that my Master will tear you apart? No, there¡¯s no need to bother him. After all, any one of the Fiend Pce¡¯ Elders can chop you into pieces, and that won¡¯t reduce my hatred! Even if you kneel and apologize right now, I will not forgive you!¡±

    The young monk lifted his gaze, fixing his eyes on her. He remained calm and elegant as before.

    Eyes meeting in the air, Yun Xiang was transfixed. Surprisingly, she didn¡¯t say anything satire but stayed silent.

    ¡°Lady, you are possessed by your obsession. Eliminating insatiable greed, holding no desire for gluttony, not thinking for wrath, keeping away from the evil, these are already ways of cultivating Buddhism. I never did anything wrong, why and for what should you have my apology?¡±

    His words, obviously, added fuel to Yun Xiang¡¯s fire of rage, ¡°You¡¯ve snatched my Soul Summoning Streamer! Isn¡¯t it something you should be ashamed of? Do you need more reason to apologize?!¡±

    The monk smiled, ¡°The Soul Summoning Streamer belongs to no one. It might not do you any good in the future if you possess it.¡±

    Irritated by his peaceful attitude, Yun Xiang went furiously speechless. Turning around, she suddenly saw her reflection in the mirror. Eyes widened, she immediately gripped the pieces of fabric hanging on her chest and took out a set of clothes from her Interspatial Ring.

    In a sh, Yun Xiang got an idea, ¡°Ha! You¡¯ve seen my body! You broke themandment of lust!¡±

    The monk shook his head and bowed down to salute, ¡°Experienced voidance of mind, purgation of heart, I hold none in filth, make no im to lust, and thee ¨C therefore ¨C are no differ to a vase, dazzling and delicate, but that is all I see.¡±

    Before Yun Xiang could figure out what he meant, Luo Jianqing chuckled when he heard these words.

    Though he already had an idea about the monk¡¯s identity, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t interrupt their fight. He heard about this superior disciple of Gui Yuan Sect even in hisst life, an endowed genius with great wisdom whose name was Yu Chen. This legendary monk had no Dharma name, and was called by themoners as ¡®Fo Zi¡¯ (Buddha in Chinese is pronounced as ¡®Fo¡¯).

    Entitled with a name like this, he must have reached a decent level on analyzing the Buddha essence.

    Fo Zi¡¯s cultivation level was not that high. Now, though he only reached the middle-stage Nascent Soul Period, all the Buddha Cultivators were impressed by his sharp understanding on the essence of Buddha, giving him a respectful title of ¡®Fo Zi¡¯.

    For instance, a moment ago, Yun Xiang criticized Fo Zi for peeking at her body. As a Fiend Cultivator, she was no traditional fusty girl. Actually, if her flesh was seen, she wouldn¡¯t mind about it that much. What she really wanted was to humiliate him. Nheless, Fo Zi replied her that ¡®though I¡¯ve seen your nudity, it is nothing but a bodyposed of flesh and covered with skin because you are not in my heart. Then why should it count as breaking themandment of lust?¡¯

    Luo Jianqing finally understood that why Fo Zi would be Yan Su¡¯s old enemy. If Yan Su didn¡¯t enter the Thousands of Ghosts Cave for five-years of indoor training and endured the heart-chewing pain, he would be left behind by Fo Zi for several levels of cultivation.

    In the end, Yun Xiang still failed to find out the meaning of Fo Zi¡¯s words. Irritated, she tried to block Fo Zi¡¯s way, keeping him from leaving the room, but the difference in their cultivation base was so distinct ¨C plus her injuries of course ¨C she had zero chance of sess. Before Fo Zi left, she said to him in outrage, ¡°Tell me your name! One day, I will definitely kill you even if I need to hunt you down to the very edge of the world!¡±

    Slightly astonished, Fo Zi looked back to the morous girl and folded his hands together, ¡°My humble name is Yu Chen. I have no Dharma name.¡±

    Finishing thest word, he flew out, leaving behind a furious Fiend Cultivatress.

    The next moment, Luo Jianqing walked to the backyard of the tailor shop, gazing at the firmament, then a light-colored figure entered the yard. Thetter bowed slightly, giving him a smile, ¡°Sir, if you also want the Soul Summoning Streamer like thedy does, give it up, I have no intention of giving it to anyone.¡±

    Slowly, Luo Jianqing turned back, fixing his eyes on the monk.

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t show any sign of being impressed by Luo Jianqing¡¯s resplendent visage when he saw his face.

    Luo Jianqing beamed, ¡°Fo Zi?¡±

 Chapter 86: The Essence of Karma! & The Master and the Book (II)

    <h4>Chapter 86: The Essence of Karma! & The Master and the Book (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Fo Zi gave Luo Jianqing a gentle smile, ¡°It¡¯s nothing but amon name. Don¡¯t mind it.¡±

    Realizing Luo Jianqing had no interest in the Soul Summoning Streamer, Fo Zi put down his vignce and let go of the Buddha Beads Bracelet which he gripped so tightly. Luo Jianqing smiled elegantly, sizing him up in a friendly way, while Fo Zi was doing the same to the cultivator standing in front of him.

    Their eyes met in the air for a long time till Fo Zi broke the silence, ¡°Cultivator Luo? The Great Disciple of Tai Hua Mountain ¨C one of the legends from Luo River Thousand Autumn?¡±

    Hearing the Fo Zi¡¯s question, Luo Jianqing beamed, ¡°It¡¯s nothing but amon name. Fo Zi, please don¡¯t mind it.¡±

    With an unexpected response like this, Fo Zi was impressed. A short moment after, he smiled and stepped towards Luo Jianqing, ¡°Cultivator Luo, you are destined to meet me today. Why don¡¯t you forge a karma with the Buddha? How do you like it? If you are interested in Buddhism, then, from now on, you can enter the world of Buddhism just like...¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°I have no intention to be a monk.¡±

    Realizing Luo Jianqing has taken him wrong, Fo Zi exined, ¡°What I was trying to say is that you are destined to have a connection with Buddhism, so, if you like, we can forge a karma, and from then on, if youe to our sect, we will treat you with Benefactor Standard.¡±

    Luo Jianqing finally relieved.

    They exchanged nces and burst intoughter.

    From the first moment Luo Jianqing saw Fo Zi, he believed that this monk would be a friend that worth to get to know with. Actually, Fo Zi was thinking the same thing. The ¡°forging karma¡± thing was just a pretext. Fo Zi was born with Intelligence Eyes and already cleared five of the six sense bases. It took him just a nce to know Luo Jianqing was an extraordinary cultivator.

    During Fo Zi and Yun Xiang¡¯s confrontation, Luo Jianqing identally chuckled and revealed his Spiritual Sense to Fo Zi. Now, two young legendary cultivators were sitting in a humble, moonlit yard, chatting,ughing.

    Fo Zi told Luo Jianqing that he came to Yun State for an auction.

    Although there was no major sect located within Yun State, the second grand Chamber of Commerce headquartered here. Three dayster, the Liu Yun Chamber of Commerce¡¯s Decennial Grand Auction would take ce. Gui Yuan Sect was not far from Yun State. Fo Zi was told that a Buddha Beads would be auctioned there. That¡¯s why he was here.

    The moment Fo Zi stepped on Yun State, he sensed a wisp of Enmity Qi, so he traced the Qi which led him to Yun Xiang.

    That made sense, Luo Jianqign thought, but there¡¯s still one thing he was concerned, ¡°Is it really the Buddha Beads that brought you here?¡±

    Fo Zi smiled gently, ¡°Yes.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was confused. Why didn¡¯t Fo Zie to the Yun State in his previous life to meet Yun Xiang? Did something go wrong that led to all this unexpectedness?

    As if he could read Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind, Fo Zi exined, ¡°In fact, Cultivator Yan and I had agreed to have another contest tomorrow. Last time I surrendered at the very start, which made him feel like he doesn¡¯t deserve the victory, so he challenged me again before he went to Tai Hua Mountain. However, Cultivator Yan gave in to his Internal Demons during the Septennial Competition. He is confined in the Duan Hun Sect for the elimination of Internal Demons, so our contest has to be dyed.¡±

    Finally, Luo Jianqing understood what was going on with the derailed plots.

    It was him who identally changed the events that linked to each other. If he knew Fo Zi woulde to Yun State, there was no need for him toe and prohibit Li Xiuchen¡¯s sordid harassment, he would probably, no, definitely stay at the Yu Xiao Peak with his Master.

    Nheless, if looking at the things from another angle, Luo Jianiqng wouldn¡¯t have a chance to know this brilliant friend if he stayed at Tai Hua Mountain.

    Fo Zi realized that it was time for him to leave after they had chatted for a little longer. Before he flew up to the air, both of them were surprised by the voice prated the rooftop of the lodge and reached their ears.

    They exchanged their nces. Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Fo Zi, you heard that as well. That Fiend Cultivatress has been cursing you for three hours.¡±

    Fo Zi shook his head helplessly, ¡°Thatdy is possessed by her colossal obsession.¡±

    ¡°Since you already knew she is a Fiend Cultivator, why didn¡¯t you kill her in the lodge? ¡®Eliminate the Fiend Cultivators¡¯, remember? All of them are our enemies, there¡¯s no exception.¡±

    Fo Zi smiled, ¡°Cultivator Luo, do you truly think this way?¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied him with an appealing smile.

    ¡°Indeed, we should kill all the Fiend Cultivators, but I have owed thedy a Cause the moment we met. This, after all, is her Soul Summoning Streamer. I snatched it in order to deliver the souls into samsara, and I should give her a Consequence in return. As a peripatetic, I travel in this world, leaving behind no fragmented karma. A Cause would always trigger a Consequence. This is reason why I did all of these.¡±

    Fo Zi¡¯s pleasant voice eased Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind. Thetter was led into an ethereal zone by his words.

    In this world, what was Cause? What was Consequence?

    Several years ago in the Liu Yan Valley, Luo Jianqing stole Yan Su¡¯s thunder in the battle ¨C this was a Cause. Therefore, Yan Su and other grand sects came to the Septennial Competition to put pressure on Tai Hua Mountain and in the end, they had a rivalry ¨C this was a Consequence. Later on, he defeated Yan Su, earning all the praise and aplishment while his opponent was left badly wounded and fell into Possession ¨C this, however, forged another karma.

    Yan Su was confined by Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Elders to undergo purgation so that the duel was dyed, making Fo Zi avable toe to Yun State ¨C this was also a Consequence.

    Driven by the Heavenly Will, everything was shrouded by a gigantic web of causality, destined to bear the karma that they deserved. Well, herees a peculiar one: Li Xiuchen. What Cause had he nted that could bring him such abundant Consequences? He never created any Cause, obviously, then why on earth he deserved all these Consequences that shouldn¡¯t have belonged to him at all?

    The Heavenly Will¡¯s perfection was broken! It made a mistake!

    In a sudden, Luo Jianqing cleared all the trivial thoughts in mind and reached inner peace. The cultivation base that has remained in stagnation for almost two years skyrocketed. Tremendous amount of Spiritual Power dashed toward Luo Jianqing like whirlwind. A stream of invisible power grabbed every wisp of Spiritual Power, trying its best to stuff them into Luo Jianqing¡¯s vines.

    Watching his friend¡¯s expression turned sacred, Fo Zi smiled and flicked his sleeve, casting a protection ward for Luo Jianqing, and then sit down to guard thetter¡¯s breakthrough.

    One dayter, Luo Jianqing finally opened his eyes.

    Right now, he¡¯s reached middle-stage Nascent Soul Period!

    Luo Jianqing breathed out a mouthful of thick air and turned around to face Fo Zi, ¡°Thank you for having my back!¡±

    Fo Zi stood up, casting a spell to dry his bedewed frock, and gave Luo Jianqing a delightful smile, ¡°Congrattions!¡±

    Eyes meeting in the middle of the air, they beamed again.

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t linger any longer. After all, he needed to get prepared for chanting the Soul Summoning Streamer, so Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t detain him. Watching Fo Zi¡¯s figure disappeared in the tip of clouds, Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°I heard tin my previous life that a Fiend Cultivator sacrificed herself in order to save Fo Zi¡¯s life in the Human-Demon War...¡±

    Pondering it for a little longer, Luo Jianqing shook his head, smiling, ¡°Well, maybe I remember it wrong.¡±

    The Heavenly Will shouldn¡¯t make any mistake! The Cause and Consequence should alwayse along!

    For now, even Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t realize that a tiny seed of Cause he had sowed could bear such an intertwined fruit of Consequence, which drove Fo Zi to meet the Fiend Cultivatress today. The karma of this life had just started. The girl sacrificed her life in exchange for a Cause. Not just the Soul Summoning Streamer, what the monk owed her deserved a life-long payback.

    Luo Jianqing stayed at the tailor shop for another two days. After paying some extra gold, he left the shop tailing Li Xiuchen.

 Chapter 87: The Essence of Karma! & The Master and the Book (III)

    <h4>Chapter 87: The Essence of Karma! & The Master and the Book (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Li Xiuchen was desperately depressed. He had been staying in the bathtub for two days, even having meals there, but he didn¡¯t see any sign of a beauty falling from above. On thest day, he began to curse the god. In the room next door, however, Luo Jianqing was overjoyed at Li Xiuchen¡¯s depression.

    On the third day, Li Xiuchen had to attend that auction.

    The book only wrote that Li Xiuchen attended the auction held in Yun State just for fun, and ¡°saved¡± Yunxiang without much extra effort. But Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t expect that the auction was so magnificent, which was not detailed in the book.

    Of course, Li Xiuchen got several real treasures among worthless things at the auction, which was borated in the book, while other meaningless things were omitted. This time, Luo Jianqing had received the invitation from Fo Zi long ago and decided to go to the box of Gui Yuan Sect to attend the auction with him.

    Hardly had Li Xiuchen left the lodge when Luo Jianqing left the tailor shop.

    Watching Li Xiuchen¡¯s receding figure, Luo Jiangqing turned to the lodge. He suddenly recalled, ¡°I heard in my previous life that Li Xiuchen lost his beloved girl. That¡¯s why he practiced harder? To bring her back to life?¡±

    After a careful thought, Luo Jianqing still failed to recall any details.

    It didn¡¯t take long before Luo Jianqing got to the auction ahead of Li Xiuchen. Luo Jianqing wore a silver mask and showed his invitation to two Foundation Establishment cultivators at the entrance, who let him in immediately.

    Soon, he entered the box of Gui Yuan Sect and saw Fo Zi already sitting there.

    Fo Zi was baffled by his silver mask.

    Luo Jianqing exined, ¡°It can help me avoid troubles sometimes.¡±

    Fo Zi smiled and nodded, ¡°Yes, your handsome face really needs a mask to avoid troubles.¡±

    Luo Jianqing sat down and said, ¡°I thought you didn¡¯t care about people¡¯s appearance.¡±

    Fo Zi shook his head, ¡°Appearance is closely rted to the mind. You have been well-known in the world, but you never avoid talking about your appearance, so why should I? Besides, you can look beyond the appearance and focus on your mind, that¡¯s why you are able to forge a karma with Buddha.¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t restrain his smile and realized that he befriended a brilliant man.

    They sat in the box and soon Luo Jianqing saw Li Xiuchening to the hall on the first floor and sitting on a public seat. He gave some casual looks at Li Xiuchen and then proceeded his talk with Fo Zi about the Buddhist scriptures and doctrines.

    Fo Zi was also quite willing to discuss these things with Luo Jianqing. They chatted vigorously until the start of the auction.

    At the same time, fifty thousand kilometers away from them, on Tai Hua Mountain.

    Xuan Lingzi had cultivated indoor and rested for several days. Now, his injured primordial life finally recovered. The surging Spiritual Power formed a vortex on the top of Yu Xiao Peak. Xuan Lingzi opened his eyes and dissipated the vortex with a wave, and then stood up.

    Dressed in the inest white clothes without any fancy patterns, Xuan Lingzi still looked handsome and attractive. He came to his bookshelf and began to look for something. He swept his long finger through these books and suddenly, he stopped.

    His nice eyebrows slightly knitted as he quickly took out a book that he had never seen.

    ¡°Spring Breeze Stroke Record?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked down with an indifferent face and opened this book. Then...

    ¡°!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi had always been strict with himself. He knew most ways of practicing and all the cultivating methods of seven peaks in Tai Hua Mountain. But before that, he had even not known the Couple Cultivation, so he had obeyed the rules and principles strictly.

    Besides, in his mind, the Couple Cultivation was not a special thing, no more than a way of practicing for disciples. That was why he had asked Luo Jianqing ¡°Do you know what Couple Cultivation is?¡± and then directly demonstrated it himself.

    Of course, that attempt also gave Xuan Lingzi a stir.

    Although only one third of his primordial life entered Luo Jianqing¡¯s body and integrated with him, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s belief in Dao had already been shaken and he couldn¡¯t forget that subtle feeling for whole night. What if his primordial lifepletely entered Luo Jianqing¡¯s body and integrated with him? Xuan Lingzi had imagined that kind of feeling.

    However, all of these were far less shocking than this book, Spring Breeze Stroke Record.

    Luo Jianqing had no idea what Xuan Lingzi had gone through. He hadpletely forgotten that he had put an obscene book on his master¡¯s shelf. At this moment, the auction had started. Luo Jianqing sat in the box and looked calmly at the participants sitting on the public seats, who were busy making bids.

    At first, the auctioned objects were just ordinary things, which might be attractive for rouge cultivators, yet far from satisfactory for Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi.

    Luo Jianqing just watched the first dozen of objects being sold, without making any bid.

    On the stage, a young auctioneer awkwardly looked at a box that was just presented to him, and then he smiled, ¡°The next treasure is an interspatial ring, which was found on the edge of the darkestnd. It has been examined by the elder of our Liu Yun Chamber of Commerce. This ring is part of a whole set of powerful magic instruments. If all the instruments are collected, the effect will be multiplied! It can amodate things of 1000 cubic meters. The price will start from 30,000!¡±

    ¡°30,000!¡± Somebody shouted as the auctioneer stopped speaking.

    ¡°32,000!¡±

    ¡°33,000!¡±

    Even if the story about the ring was true, it was extremely hard to collect all the instruments.

    Double instruments, double effect, it was amon sense. But it was not so easy to collect a whole set of powerful instruments, and that was why not so many participants were enthusiastic about this ring.

    When the bid reached 50,000, the auction fell into silence.

    The auctioneer began to hype again, ¡°As long as you collect all the powerful instruments, it is at least an Earth Level serie!¡±

    ¡°52,000¡±, another bid came. The auctioneer thought that would be the final bid, so he began to count down. ¡°60,000!¡± An unexpected bid shocked everyone.

    Many people looked at that boy with a strange look and murmured, ¡°An interspatial ring with a storage of 1000 cubic-meter is not worth of 60,000. He can get one with utmost 40,000 in other shops. Stupidd.¡±

    The auctioneer¡¯s eyes shined, and he asked, ¡°Any other bid?¡±

    No response, of course.

    In the hall, Li Xiuchen was waiting for the countdown confidently. However, just as the auctioneer said ¡°60,000, for the first time¡±, a voice from the second-floor box came. It was low but clear, with an obvious smiling tone,

    ¡°70,000!¡±

 Chapter 88: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (I)

    <h4>Chapter 88: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Everyone in the hall looked up at the second floor. They were all astonished by the 70,000 bid.

    The box was totally private and isted. The wall of the box could block spiritual sense. Therefore, except the elders of Tribtion Passage, no one could know who was in the box.

    ¡°Only the rich and powerful cultivators had the ess to the box, so why did he buy a mere 1,000 cubic-meter interspatial ring?¡±

    ¡°Of course, he has a more ambitious n. He wants to collect the whole set for sure!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s too hard. If he is that rich, he can just make a set himself.¡±

    People chirped in the hall, but most of them just waited to see what would happen next. For them, 70,000 had reached the roof. There was no more chance for a higher bid. However, just as the auctioneer shouted ¡°70,000, second,st chance¡±, Li Xiuchen gritted his teeth and raised his bidding paddle, ¡°71,000!¡±

    All the people were baffled. They looked at Li Xiuchen with confusion.

    Then, the voice came from the box again, ¡°80,000.¡±

    Li Xiuchen gritted his teeth harder, ¡°81,000!¡±

    ¡°90,000.¡± The voice from the box was still calm and poised.

    Hearing this bid, everyone was taken aback, and the auctioneer¡¯s hands were shaking. He shouted hurriedly, ¡°90,000! 90,000! Any other bid? Anyone!¡±

    The market price for the interspatial ring with such quality was just around 35,000, utmost 40,000. Without the ¡°whole set story¡±, it wouldn¡¯t have had the chance to be presented at this auction. No matter what, no one had expected that its price tripled!¡±

    Started from 30,000, its price now reached 90,000. These two men just spent money like water.

    Li Xiuchen clutched the paddle, unable to say anything. The auctioneer gave him a disappointed look and began to count down. When he counted to ¡°twice¡±, Li Xiuchen struggled to shout, ¡°91,000!¡±

    It seemed he was exhausted to offer this bid, but right after that, the man in the box smiled and said calmly, ¡°100,000.¡±

    These three wordspletely beat Li Xiuchen.

    100,000, a price could not be higher. Besides, Li Xiuchen still needed money to buy other things, so after a slight struggle, he gave up. Ultimately, that man in the box won the ring.

    For such a little thing, the bidder could get it right after this round of auction.

    When the server of Liu Yun Chamber of Commerce sent the ring to the box, Luo Jianqing took out 100,000 cashes from his own interspatial ring and gave the server. After he got the interspatial ring, he just appreciated it for a while and then put it in his own interspatial ring, even not wearing it.

    Seeing that, Fo Zi put his palms together and smiled, ¡°Amitabha. Cultivator Luo, I¡¯m very curious. You were confident to win this ring and paid a lot for it, but now, you just put it in your own ring and don¡¯t wear it, why?¡±

    Hearing his words, Luo Jianqing poured a cup of tea for him and said, ¡°You¡¯re right. I want this ring so I get it. But my own ring is the gold core gift bestowed by my master Sir Yu Qingzi during my Core Formation, with 5,000 cubic meter capacity, so I¡¯ve never intended to rece it.¡±

    Fo Zi looked at Luo Jianqing with clear eyes. He just smiled, not continuing this topic.

    Soon, people¡¯s enthusiasm about the ¡°100,000 interspatial ring¡± has faded. The auction started again.

    Luo Jianqing only bought another piece of treasure, a fine thousands-year-old ice essence. Last time, when Luo Jianqing gave his sixth fellow brother a Zhongqi stone, he was very happy. He told Luo Jianqing that he was making an instrument, yetcked several materials, including ice essence.

    Luo Jianqing paid even more for the ice essence, so other people were more curious about who was sitting inside that box.

    Fo Zi smiled, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that you would be so liberal with money.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was a little bit embarrassed, ¡°This is a gift for my sixth fellow brother. He is an instrument maker, obsessed with Qi condensation. In order to make more powerful instruments, his cultivation was hindered.¡±

    Fo Zi nodded with respect, ¡°Xiu Hen, the sixth of Tai Hua¡¯s seven cultivators. I know him.¡± Luo Jianqing nodded with a smile, and Fo Zi continued, ¡°It is a bless for him to have such a brilliant fellow brother like you.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing was a little baffled. He murmured subconsciously, ¡°Is it? I doubt it...¡±

    These abrupt words might confuse others, but for Fo Zi, it was just an ordinary sentence. Fo Zi was counting the white beads in his hand, while a smile was worn on his face full of sympathy, ¡°It takes three previous incarnations to be fellow brothers; five previous incarnations to be best friends. It is all about karma. You have been caring him so much, so of course, you are a bless for him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing suddenly feel enlightened and relieved. He bowed to Fo Zi and expressed his respect, ¡°Thanks for your guidance.¡±

    Fo Zi smiled slightly.

    They chatted a while in the box, then a Buddhist Pearl was presented on the stage-this was exactly what Fo Zi wanted. The pearl was round and crystal-clear. Even if the box was protected by enchantment, Luo Jianqing could clearly feel the supreme and profound Buddhist aura given out from that Pearl.

    This time, the price started from 100,000; each bid should be at least 10,000 higher.

    Just as the auctioneer finished, Fo Zo offered his bid in a low voice, ¡°200,000.¡±

    The whole hall fell into an uproar. Even the experienced auctioneer was shocked.

    Luo Jianqing was about to drink the tea. He hadn¡¯t drunk yet, otherwise he must have spitted it out.

    He looked at Fo Zi with surprise and asked in a low voice: ¡°Fo Zi, what are you doing...¡±

    Fo Zi had always been calm and graceful, but now he smiled awkwardly, ¡°I am not good at these worldly stuffs.¡±

    Luo Jianqing: ¡°...¡± This was not the excuse for him to bid casually!!!

    The audience might have been frightened by Fo Zi¡¯s bid, none of whom offered new bid currently. After all, this pearl was essential for Buddha Cultivation, while for other cultivators, it was just an ornament to exorcise evil spirits and calm themselves down.

    Liu Yun Chamber of Commerce¡¯s expected price on this pearl was 250,000, but everyone now was taken aback by Fo Zi¡¯s bid, so the auctioneer continued to hype, ¡°It¡¯s said that this pearl originally belonged to a Buddhist master who died in a sitting posture and then became the Buddha. I think everyone knows this master¡¯s name. He was one of the four grand masters of Buddhist Chan Sect, Grand Master Dao Xin.

    Hearing that, someone couldn¡¯t help bidding, ¡°210,000.¡±

    ¡°Three hundred thou...¡± Fo Zi was about to immediately bid 300,000.

    But Luo Jianqing interrupted him, ¡°250,000!¡±

 Chapter 89: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (II)

    <h4>Chapter 89: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    In order to protect the guests¡¯ privacy, the voice was already processed when it came out of the box. Thus, the other bidders were astonished that there were actually two mysterious guys in Luo Jianqing¡¯s box. Fo Zi was even more surprised when he heard Luo Jianqing calling out the bid for him. Thetter sighed, ¡°Fo Zi, now is the moment that I finally changed my mind ¨C the Heavenly Will is still...fair. For instance, it endowed you with great wisdom.¡±

    But it didn¡¯t give you an equal amount of EQ!

    Of course, Fo Zi knew what he meant though Luo Jianqing swallowed the rest of that sentence.

    Not irritated at all, Fo Zi postured a Buddhism salute with calm and elegance, ¡°Amitabha, please, Cultivator Luo, help me to bid.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked him, ¡°May I know how much in maximum do you want to spend on this Buddhism Bead?¡±

    Fo Zi pondered for a moment, ¡°Three hundred thousand.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡± Who on earth gave you the confidence to bid a straight-forward two hundred thousand at the very beginning?!

    The bid offered by Luo Jianqing silenced the auction house. Everyone was shocked by the extravagance of the mysterious man in the box. However, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t dare to lower his guard. Looking down from the window at Li Xiuchen who was sitting in the hall, Luo Jianqing squinted.

    As an inner-door disciple of Tai Hua Mountain, Li Xiuchen¡¯s monthly sry was only five hundred Spiritual Stones, but that was certainly not what he got in total. Although in this life Luo Jianqing snatched lots of opportunities from Li Xiuchen, thetter still came out of Liu Yan Valley with hundreds of Yan Fruit, plus what he reaped from the Wan Shou Mountain, as Luo Jianqing estimated, Li Xiuchen at least owned hundreds of thousands of Spiritual Stones.

    The Demon Beasts that he killed in the Wan Shou Mountian weren¡¯t that profitable. What contributed the most for his wealth was the Yan Fruit.

    A hundred Yan Fruits can even fetch a million Spiritual Bone in the auction house. Because of its rarity, Yan Fruit was an invaluable magic item for the cultivators of Fire-rted Maneuvers. Li Xiuchen sold all of the Yan Fruits as soon as he got out of the Liu Yan Valley. Although he didn¡¯t sell them in an auction, he still made a fortune.

    ording to the book, the second item that Li Xiuchen bid for was... the Buddhism Bead!

    As Luo Jianqing expected, when everyone else gave it up, Li Xiuchen raised the bid card, ¡°Two hundred and sixty thousand!¡±

    Fo Zi wasn¡¯t expecting that, ¡°It is that cultivator again!¡±

    Luo Jianqing called out with confidence, ¡°Two hundred and eighty thousand.¡±

    Li Xiuchen continued, ¡°Two hundred and ny thousand!¡±

    Luo Jianqing said with a smile, ¡°Three hundred thousand.¡±

    Li Xiuchen hesitated. Obviously, his estimated maximum bid was three hundred thousand as well.

    Luo Jianqing waited for Li Xiuchen¡¯s decision calmly. ¡®Now, give it up¡¯, he thought, staring at him. Nheless, to Luo Jianqing¡¯s surprise, Li Xiuchen called out the bid again, ¡°Three hundred and ten thousand!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was astonished.

    How precious this Buddhism Bead was that it even made Li Xiuchen kept bidding?

    Surely, Luo Jianqing had no idea what Li Xiuchen¡¯s going to use this Buddhism Bead for. Seeking Immortality II only mentioned that Li Xiuchen got these items, nothing else. He knew the story about the Interspatial Ring because, at the end of the book, Li Xiuchen did find a sword that belonged to the same item set of the ring, making it possible to sessfully collect the whole set in the future.

    What about this Buddhism Bead?

    Li Xiuchen might be the only one who knew what it truly was.

    Sensing Li Xiuchen¡¯s determination to get the item, Fo Zi said, ¡°Cultivator Luo, it seems that Cultivator values this Buddhism Bead so much. We should probably stop bidding and let him have it.¡±

    Recalling what Li Xiuchen had done, Luo Jianqing frowned and shook his head, ¡°Fo Zi, I don¡¯t think we can give it up this easily.¡± So he bided again, ¡°Three hundred and fifty thousand!¡±

    Hearing the bid was raised for forty thousand, Li Xiuchen shut up his mouth. He hesitated for a while then shouted out the bid again, ¡°Three hundred sixty thousand!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°Four hundred thousand!¡±

    Li Xiuchen, ¡°Four hundred and ten thousand!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled and sipped the tea. In a calm tone, he bid, ¡°Five hundred thousand.¡±

    Everyone fixed their eyes on the box located on the second floor. Fo Ziughted and slightly shook his head. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t regret what he called out. The price was way too high. Fetching a total of five hundred thousand, the bead was now valued twice as much as the auctioneers hoped for! Immediately, Li Xiuchen gave it up. He could do nothing but kept ring over Luo Jianqing¡¯s box angrily.

    When the Buddhism Bead was delivered to their box, Fo Zi paid for it before Luo Jianqing took out the Spiritual Stones from his Interspatial Ring. Confused, Luo Jianqing looked at Fo Zi and heard thetter exined, ¡°Cultivator Luo, you bid the item in order to help me. It would be inappropriate to let you pay for it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°Well, I guess, I will not be the destined owner of this Buddhism Bead.¡±

    ¡°You want this bead? Then I shall give it to you as a gift, forging karma.¡±

    Seeing Fo Zi about to give the Buddhism Bead to him for real, Luo Jianqing stopped him at once. Limpid eyes fixed on Fo Zi who was standing in front of him ethereally, Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°You are so much better than me in terms of Buddhism Destiny. This Buddhism Bead belongs to you of course, given that you¡¯ve already paid for it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked his friend when they sat down, ¡°Fo Zi, do you really know what indeed this Buddhism Bead is?¡±

    ¡°Not really. Maybe it really is the heirloom of the Fourth Grand Master of Buddha Sect.¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed and shook his head slightly, ¡°For sure, it once belonged to that Grand Master, but definitely not a magic item. This, actually, is a Buddhist Relic.¡±

    Fo Zi was shocked by the truth. The calmness hanging on his face was finally broken. He stopped fiddling the bead at once. Not long after he realized what he really got, craziness filled his eyes. Luo Jianqing was astonished by Fo Zi¡¯s anomaly. The monk stared at the bead obsessively as if he was looking at the one and only precious thing in his life.

    After a long time, the glow of madness glittering in his eyes gradually faded.

    Fo Zi lifted his head, ¡°Cultivator Luo, before you told me, I didn¡¯t realize that this is a Buddhist Relic at all. How did you... figure it out?¡±

    When he asked Luo Jianqing the question, though Fo Zi tried his best to conceal his emotions, Luo Jianqing still managed to sense a wisp of nervousness in his voice.

    He never saw Fo Zi acting like this. Pondering for a while, Luo Jianqing summoned a child from his Interspatial Ring.

    When the delicate child revealed himself in the box, a light aroma of pill dispersed and fulfilled the box immediately. The lovely child frowned, and with his action, the aroma vanished at once, as mysterious as its presence.

    Fo Zi stared at the child with astonishment. Luo Jianqing introduced the child to him, ¡°This is... one of my Item Souls. His name is Qing Jun.¡±

    No living creature can be stored in the Interspatial Ring. Moreover, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t tell Fo Zi that Qing Jun was actually a Pill Soul of a Godlike Pill, so he had to make up an identity for Qing Jun. It was not that Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t trust Fo Zi, but, because of the rarity of the Godlike Pill, once the words spread out, people would definitely take pains to wrest for it.

    Fo Zi looked at Qing Jun in confusion, and then he heard the child spoke in a bleak voice, ¡°Thousands of years ago, I served by my master¡¯s side, and with him I saw what remained of the Fourth Grand Master of Buddha Sect. My master tried to take this Buddhist Relic from his skeleton. However, he was thwarted by thest wisp of Spiritual Sense of the Fourth Grand Master, who told my master that he would choose the owner of his relic, a destined one.¡±

    Hearing Qing Jun¡¯s words, Fo Zi was suddenly transfixed.

 Chapter 90: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (III)

    <h4>Chapter 90: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Qing Jun told him, ¡°I know what you want to say: it¡¯s said that the Fourth Grand Master had entered the Pure Land, howe there are any skeleton left? Nheless, what I know is that, for tens of thousands of years, none of the cultivators had been transformed to deity, not a single one of them. You were born with great wisdom and had cleared five of the six sense bases. If you can get over the one and only tribtion in your life, perhaps you will have the chance to be the first Buddhist Cultivator who enters the Pure Land over the past thousands of years.¡±

    Fo Zi bowed with gratitude, ¡°Thank you for informing me.¡±

    Qing Jun waved his hand and took a seat, serving himself a cup of tea.

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t ask Luo Jianqing where he got such an intimidating Item Soul, instead, he was sunk into his own thoughts. When there were only several items left for bidding, the auction almost came to an end. Luo Jianqing asked his friend, ¡°Fo Zi, Qing Jun mentioned that you need to ovee a tribtion...?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s true. Nine years ago, my destiny has changed abruptly overnight. I once cleared all my six roots of sense bases, but, the day after that night, my Master foresaw a tribtion befalling me. However, I don¡¯t really consider it a bad thing. I won¡¯t be able to ferry myself through the vast sea of mortal vanity without getting over the tribtion. There is no way to ferry over the ocean when your boat is not even touching the sea. Therefore, I¡¯m not taking it as a big deal.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned subtly, ¡°Nine years ago...¡±

    Luo Jianqing was sensitive to this number. Nine years ago, Li Xiuchen came to Tai Hua Mountain and became an inner-door disciple; nine years ago, he woke up and found that he was reincarnated. Besides, he never heard anything about the tribtion of Fo Zi in hisst life. Could it be another triggered change?

    It was hard to tell.

    Thest item of today¡¯s auction was finally revealed ¨C a broken sword. When the mutted sword was presented, Luo Jianqing suddenly shivered and sensed a colossal amount of willpower from his Interspatial Ring.

    So, this is it, he thought, the other half of the broken sword which he reaped from Wan Shou Mountain.

    Several Months ago when Luo Jianiqng followed Li Xiuchen to the battle field of Qing Jun and the Demon Beast, he plundered every valuable items left on the field before Li Xiuchen even woke up. That was how he got a half of the sword. Even though the sword was broken, it still contained coercion as powerful as a Heaven-level magic item. Therefore, there was no doubt that the sword would be a high-grade Heaven-level magic item after the re-forging!

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s own sword, Floating Frost Sword, was only a Superior-grade Earth-level item, while this broken sword was three grades higher than it.

    Among all the magic items that Luo Jianqign saw in his life, except Xuan Lingzi¡¯s sword, none of the item could match with this broken sword. Xuan Ling Sword was a Superior-grade Heaven-level item which was cultivated by Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Primordial Life for three hundred years. Undoubtedly, Xuan Ling Sword could strengthen the sword-holder¡¯s power, endowing the holder with the ability to kill a cultivator even if the cultivator achieved higher cultivation base than the sword-holder.

    For instance, it enabled ate-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator to pierce through ate-stage Gold Core Period cultivator¡¯s heart.

    When the memory was recalled, Luo Jianqing could now face it with calmness. His internal demon had been conquered.

    On the tform, the auctioneer was advertising the item, ¡°Though there is only half of the sword, this broken piece is still a Heaven-level magic item! As you all know, the Heaven-level item would be imprinted with its previous owner¡¯s insight towards the records. The original owner of this broken sword was probably a Deity Transformation Period cultivator. The reserve price is five hundred thousand with an increment of fifty thousand by each bid!¡±

    As a Heaven-level item, five hundred thousand was nothing. If the sword wasn¡¯t broken, there wouldn¡¯t be any issue to raise the reserve price to five million. Soon, many bidders raised their bid card, ¡°Five hundred and fifty thousand¡±, ¡°Six hundred thousand¡±, ¡°Seven hundred thousand¡±.

    However, some doubting voice could be heard over the babble of voices, ¡°A broken Heaven-level sword might influence our insight of record. Sounds so easy to get Qi Deviation.¡±

    ¡°You are right. After all, this is a broken sword. What should we do if we lose the rein while cultivating with it?¡±

    The auction for this Heaven-level item was far less popr than the auctioneer thought it would be, but before he decided to put in all his efforts to catch the bidders¡¯ attention on this sword, Li Xiuchen raised his bidder card, ¡°Nine hundred thousand!¡±

    He added two hundred thousand more than thest highest price!

    Many were shocked by his bid and gave up bidding. Seeing the auction house was silenced, Luo Jianqing smiled subtly, about to call out the price. However, an unexpected voice came out of the box next to Luo Jianqing¡¯s, ¡°One million!¡±

    Shocked, Li Xiuchen clenched his teeth, ¡°One point one million!¡±

    He didn¡¯t have that much in his pocket right now, but Li Xiuchen decided to sell some of his belongings. Although he didn¡¯t get the other half of the broken sword at the Wan Shou Mountain, he still believed that it wouldn¡¯t be destroyed identally ¨C it must have been dropped somewhere on the mountain range. He deemed that as long as he got this half from the auction, there was a great chance for him to find the other half using the interaction between the two pieces of the sword!

    The bidder sitting in the box let out a pleasantughter, ¡°One point two million.¡±

    Li Xiuchen insisted, ¡°One... one point two five million.¡±

    Compared to his trembling voice, theughing of the other bidder sounded much more confident, ¡°One point five million, then.¡±

    This bidding set the auction on fire.

    A piece of the broken sword was offered a bidding of one point five million! This was totally unheard of!

    Li Xiuchen could do nothing but give up the bidding. He clenched his teeth and kept ring at two boxes located on the second floor ¨C one was Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi¡¯s box, because Luo Jianqing almost snatched away everything that Li Xiuchen tried to bid for. The other one was the box set next to theirs, given that the owner of the box eliminated every bit of hope for Li Xiuchen to get the broken sword.

    Hearing the offer, the auctioneer was super excited, he chanted for the bidding to close, ¡°One point five million going once, one point five million going twice, one...¡±

    Luo Jianqing called out the bid, ¡°Two million.¡±

    The whole crowd became quiet. The auction house was now tranquil enough even to hear the sound of a needle dropping on the ground.

    The next moment, an enraged voice came out of the next box, ¡°Two point five million!¡±

    ¡°Three million.¡±

    ¡°Four million!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°Five million.¡±

    Bang!

    Suddenly, from the next box came the sound of breaking furniture, as if something had been overthrown. The bidder called out fiercely, ¡°Six million!¡±, then added a threat, ¡°Who the hell are you?! How dare you bid the item against a woman like me? Are you out of your mind?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was surprised to hear these words. He turned back to look at Fo Zi.

    The monk was looking at him in astonishment as well. Eyes meeting in the air, they both smiled.

    And then Luo Jianqing raised the bid again, ¡°Eight million.¡±

    Yun Xiang who was sitting in the box next to theirs was shocked, ¡°How dare you!¡±. After struggling a while, she called out, ¡°Ten million!¡±

    Fo Zi lowered his voice to persuade Luo Jianqing, ¡°Amitabha, Cultivator Luo, why are you bullying a girl?¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at Fo Zi innocently, ¡°Fo Zi, actually eight million is the highest bid I can offer. I only have nine million Spiritual Stones left in my pocket.¡± He didn¡¯t tell Fo Zi the other half of the sentence: half of the nine million Spiritual Stones were his Master¡¯s.

    Since both of them had confessed their love to each other, Xuan Lingzi gave Luo Jianqing his Interspatial Ring when Luo Jianqing was about to leave. Luo Jianqing found it a little bit weird to take away his lover¡¯s whole possessions with him, so he only took five million Spiritual Stones. A fair amount, right? But Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t think so, obviously. He was worried that Luo Jianqing wouldn¡¯t have enough money to spend.

 Chapter 91: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (VI)

    <h4>Chapter 91: Scrambling for Treasures at Auction (VI)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    Hearing that, Fo Zi asked, ¡°Cultivator Luo, are you short of money?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

    Fo Zi smiled, ¡°I still have three million spiritual stone. I can lend them to you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at him with widened eyes. Fo Zi said innocently, ¡°She had cursed me for 6 hours, so let this three million spiritual stone teach her a lesson.¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed out.

    Now, Luo Jianqing immediately bided, ¡°Twelve million!¡±

    Yun Xiang was shocked. She shouted with shaking hands, ¡°Who the hell are you? Why do youe after me? This broken sword is only worth of two million at most.¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled slightly, ¡°My fellow, this is the rule of the auction. The one offers the highest bid wins. As long as I am willing to, I can even spend a hundred million to buy it.¡±

    Yun Xiang, ¡°...¡±

    Till now, Liu Yun Chamber of Commerce¡¯s decennial auction formally ended.

    Some left with many desirable treasures; some bought nothing, but witnessed a unique ¡°wealth unting¡±petition, which they could brag for the next ten years.

    Li Xiuchen was one of them, as he got nothing. However, he was dissatisfactory and even furious. Yun Xiang, on the other hand, only bided for one treasure but failed to get it, so she was also mad.

    Fo Zi was beaming. He won the Buddhist Relic; Luo Jianqing owed Fo Zi three million spiritual stone, but he got what he wanted. They left the auction and intended to leave Yun State. They could still go on the same path for now, so Fo Zi invited Luo Jianqing to visit Gui Yuan Sect, but Luo Jianqing declined politely, ¡°I have left Tai Hua Mountain for several days, so I¡¯m quite homesick.¡±

    Fo Zi smiled, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect you were a homesick man.¡±

    Luo Jianqing also responded with a smile, ¡°Home bes home when your beloved one live inside. Sometimes, what I miss is not home, but the ones living there.¡±

    Fo Zi nodded, ¡°I see you love them so much. You have bought a lot of things for your fellows at auction.¡±

    Obviously, Fo Zi thought that Luo Jianqing was eager to go back as he missed his fellow brothers and sisters. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t deny that, as he did miss them. However, he missed that man more. Luo Jianqing was not sure if that man also missed him.

    Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi parted at the border of Yun State and Cen State.

    Clear water meandered through green hills. Two sh of lights streaked across the sky and came by ake. Here, Luo Jianqing removed his silver mask, revealing his handsome and smiling face. He made an obeisance and said, ¡°Fo Zi, we have to part from here.¡±

    Fo Zi counted the ms and smiled, ¡°It¡¯s just like a dream to befriend with you. I will never forget you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was confused, ¡°It¡¯s wired for you... to say that.¡±

    Fo Zi pretended to be surprised and said, ¡°I¡¯m afraid you misunderstand my words.¡±

    They exchanged a short nce with each other, and bothugh.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Then, see you until next time!¡±

    Fo Zi said, ¡°All right!¡±

    As they finished and was about to leave, a stream of jingling sounds came from the sky. The sounds were clear and pleasant,posing a pleasant melody.

    Luo Jianqing immediately looked back and Fo Zi also stopped. They joined each other and soon saw a prettydy in ck. When she saw Luo Jianqing, she said, ¡°You! You are the person who scrambled my broken sword.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at her indifferently and said, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I don¡¯t know what you are talking about.¡±

    Anger appeared on her beautiful face, ¡°So you refuse to admit it? My Tracking Bell tracked you down.¡±

    ¡°Nonsense.¡± Luo Jianqing said.

    Before Yun Xiang continued, she saw Fo Zi standing beside Luo Jianqing. She was quite surprised and suddenly understood something, ¡°You are a team! You and this monk first grabbed my Soul Summoning Streamer, making me attend this auction to buy birthday present for my master. Then you scrambled my broken sword, and now I cannot find any appropriate present! You did this on purpose!¡±

    As she finished, Yun Xiang rushed towards them and intended to attack Luo Jianqing.

    Frowning, Luo Jianqing dodged quickly. Yun Xiang took the chance to attack Fo Zi.

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t expect that she made a feint attack just now. Her real target was Fo Zi. It was toote for him to dodge. He grabbed Yun Xiang¡¯s hands subconsciously. Yun Xiang staggered and fell into his arms.

    In an instant, Yun Xiang smiled the slight fragrance of sandalwood, which brought her in a short trance.

    Fo Zi held Xiang Xiang¡¯s hand. It was inappropriate to push her away now, so Fo Zi just said awkwardly, ¡°Are you OK? Can you stand up?¡±

    Yun Xiang suddenly blushed. She pushed Fo Zi away and stammered, ¡°You¡¯re r a monk of Gui Yuan Sect, but you don¡¯t behave like one...You molested me! You abandon yourself to lust!¡±

    Fo Zi was stunned by her words, ¡°Miss, I don¡¯t understand. You fell into my arms yourself, nothing to do with me.¡±

    Yun Xiang¡¯s face was burning, as if blood was going to drop out. She stared at Fo Zi and was about to attack him, but somehow, she didn¡¯t. Then she turned to Luo Jianqing and raised her fist, ¡°I¡¯ll kill you first, as apensation for the damn monk¡¯s molesting.¡±

    Fo Zi, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°It has nothing to do with me!¡±

    Yun Xiang¡¯s face was redder, and she said furiously: ¡°I don¡¯t care!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was speechless, ¡°Are you Fiend Cultivators all so unreasonable?¡±

    Yun Xiang immediately attacked him and didn¡¯t listen to him at all. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to bully a girl, so he just kept dodging. Every time Fo Zi wanted to help Luo Jianqing, Yun Xiang would shout, ¡°You want to molest me again?¡± So Fo Zi could only stand still embarrassedly.

    Although Yun Xiang¡¯s realm was two levels lower than Luo Jianqing, she was the disciple of Fiend Exalt after all. She was talented and fought viciously. Soon, she tore the clothes on his chest, leaving two angry bleeding cuts.

    The cuts were not deep, but Luo Jianqing frowned.

    Seeing that, Yun Xiang sneered and continued the attack. This time, she raised her right hand as a w, targeting at Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes. Suddenly, an angry voice came from the sky, ¡°Yun Xiang! You bitch, stop right now!¡±

 Chapter 92: What is Fiend Cultivation! Wrest the Karma! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 92: What is Fiend Cultivation! Wrest the Karma! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Sissy That Walk

    The ws of Yun Xiang were approaching Luo Jianqing¡¯s chest, but suddenly, Luo Jianqing had formed a sword Qi on his hand, which was pressed right against her neck.

    A figure in blood-red had arrived from the sky.

    Just as Mo Qiu came, he quickly pulled Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand and pushed Yun Xiang away.

    Yun Xiang was stunned, ¡°Mast...Mo Qiu, why are you here?¡±

    Staring at Yun Xiang who was in astonishment, Mo Qiu wore a serious face and said coldly, ¡°Why am I here? That¡¯s exactly what I want to ask you. Why are you here? And Why did you attack my friend? You¡¯d better exin it.¡±

    At first, Mo Qiu had been quite cold and severe, but now he was milder. Even though he was less oppressive and horrible now, Yun Xiang was still so frightened. She stepped back a little and lowered her head.

    ¡°...Your friend?¡± Yun Xiang murmured.

    Mo Qiu didn¡¯t answer her question. Instead, he turned to Luo Jianqing, who smiled and raised his hand. Mo Qiu was baffled and then released Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand. He beamed and said, ¡°What? After all these days you just look at me like that? I thought you would say something nice.¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrow, ¡°Say what? I miss you much, Cultivator Mo?¡±

    Mo Qiu chuckled and didn¡¯t respond.

    Yun Xiang was still shocked, ¡°...¡±

    Then, Mo Qiu noticed Fo Zi who was standing aside with folded palms. Mo Qiu narrowed and fixed his eyes on Fo Zi, saying coldly, ¡°Fo Zi Yu Chen from the Gui Yuan Sect.¡±

    Fo Zi nodded slightly, ¡°Cultivator Mo Qiu, one of the Luo River Thousand Autumn?¡±

    Hearing that name, Mo Qiu was first baffled, and then curled his lip slightly, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that I could meet such a master here. Luo Jianqing, you have always been apanied by these awesome guys everywhere. My disci... friend is unable to kill you. While you didn¡¯t hurt her, it¡¯s inappropriate for you to tease her.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said innocently, ¡°Don¡¯t you see the cuts on my chest?¡±

    Mo Qiu lowered his head and examined carefully.

    Now, the cuts had already mended, without any sign of a wound, but Mo Qiu still saw the torn clothes, so he knew Luo Jianqing had indeed been hurt.

    Seeing that, Mo Qiu again wore a grave face and turned to Yun Xiang. Before he could say anything, Yun Xiang had raised her hands, ¡°I¡¯m sorry! It¡¯s my fault. If I had known that he was your friend, I would not have attacked him. No, if I had known that he was the legendary Luo Jianqing, I would not have fought with him. I swear!¡±

    As she was saying, Yun Xiang blinked her eyes pitifully and stretched out four fingers to swear to God.

    Now she lookedpletely different from that arrogant and domineering woman she used to be, and Luo Jianqing chuckled. He didn¡¯t know the rtionship between Mo Qiu and Yun Xiang, but he knew that Mo Qiu was such a talented Cultivator as it took him less than 60 years to reachte stage Nascent Soul. If he was willing to join the Fiend Pce, he would be put in an important position and even be highly thought of by the Fiend Exalt.

    It was said that in Fiend Cultivation, power mattered the most, so their rtionship was quite understandable. After all, Mo Qiu¡¯s realm was inessible for Yun Xiang.

    Obviously, Yun Xiang¡¯s begging didn¡¯t win his mercy. Mo Qiu sneered and said, ¡°Are you blind? Look at his face, he is the only one who is more handsome than me and still alive in this world. Don¡¯t even try to deny it, ask for the punishment yourself after you return.¡±

    Yun Xiang immediately became subdued.

    This scene made Luo Jianqing more delightful. He said in a low voice, ¡°You reprimanded the disciple from the Fiend Pce like this. Aren¡¯t you afraid of being recognized? And I am very curious since when you can reprimand the precious disciple of Fiend Exalt?¡±

    Mo Qiu raised his chin a little bit and beamed, ¡°Now, I¡¯m the pir of the Fiend Pce. I am far more talented than that girl, so I¡¯m the new disciple of Fiend Exalt.¡± After a pause, Mo Qiu continued, ¡°So, are you concerned that my identity may be recognized?¡± Then, he looked at Fo Zi.

    Fo Zi give him a slight smile and paid him respect.

    However, Mo Qiu just gave Fo Zi a nce and flipped his red sleeve, ¡°If I kill him, no one will know my identity anymore.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...Bullshit!¡±

    The smile on Fo Zi¡¯s face instantly froze. ¡°...Amitabha, Amitabha. I should have stayed in Gui Yuan Sect...¡±

    Yun Xiang suddenly became mad, ¡°Why do you kill innocent people!¡±

    Mo Qiu was baffled and turned to that girl, ¡°You got a lot of nerve to say that!¡±

    Yun Xiang¡¯s me of momentum was quickly extinguished by a simple nce of Mo Qiu. She shrank, ¡°You... you have told me that we Fiend Cultivators cannot kill innocent people. If we choose this evil path, we will be punished by Heaven Dao. Then, it will be extremely difficult for us to reach Deity Transformation Period, not to mention transforming to deity...¡±

    Mo Qiu replied with a sneer, ¡°Well, I thought you have forgotten that!¡±

    Yun Xiang lowered her head, afraid to speak any more.

    Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°Mo Qiu, although you are halfway to reaching Out-of-Body realm, I don¡¯t allow you to bully Fo Zi. I only spent several days with him, but his profound understating on Buddhist doctrines really impressed me. Besides, he practiced well in the dharma of karma.

    Mo Qiu pressed his lips together and stared at Fo Zi.

    Fo Zi was counting the beads and sighed in his heart, ¡°Really, I shouldn¡¯t have left the Gui Yuan Sect...¡±

    Of Course, Mo Qiu was just kidding. He wouldn¡¯t kill Fo Zi. As he told Luo Jianqing, he had never and would never kill anyone. Meanwhile, Fo Zi didn¡¯t resent Fiend Cultivation. Otherwise, he would have killed Yun Xiang at the lodge when he first saw her instead of keeping her alive.

    Anyway, it was a pleasant surprise for Luo Jianqing to meet Mo Qiu here, but he was still longing to return to Tai Hua mountain.

    Suddenly, Mo Qiu said, I didn¡¯t expect that you woulde to Yun State for me. I¡¯m surprised and ttered.¡±

    ¡°Come Yun Sate for you?¡± Luo Jianqing said subconsciously.

    Mo Qiu nodded confidently, ¡°Yes. Before I left Tai Hua Mountain, I told you that I would go to Yun State to deal with something, remember?¡± As he finished, Mo Qiu¡¯s face clouded, ¡°God damn it, you are not here for me!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

 Chapter 93: What is Fiend Cultivation! Wrest the Karma! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 93: What is Fiend Cultivation! Wrest the Karma! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    In a blink, Mo Qiu¡¯s scarlet scourge was unsheathed with a bloody glow ¨C the man was clearly ready for a fight. Seeing Mo Qiu¡¯s irritation, Fo Zi stood aside with a mild smile, waiting to see how Luo Jianqing would handle his friend in rage. Mouth opening widely, Yun Xiang was totally in shock, and to be honest, one could probably stuff an egg inside her mouth. Failing to convince herself this was truly happening, the girl stared at the Fiend Cultivator who was chasing Luo Jianqing around.

    Frolicking for about fifteen minutes, Luo Jianiqng stopped dodging and grasped the tip of Mo Qiu¡¯s whip, ¡°I have to go back.¡±

    Mo Qiu sneered, ¡°So, this is my friend-of-life-and-death, huh? You don¡¯t even care how I am or where I am!¡±

    Luo Jianqing coughed awkwardly.

    The air suddenly froze again, until the elegant monk sighed and broke the silence. He stepped up and said, ¡°Since Cultivator Mo wants to chew the rag with Cultivator Luo, how about you guys follow me to my sect? Gui Yuan Sect is not far away from here. In two weeks, there will be a Grand Zen Debate held at my sect. If you guys are interested, I can lead the way.¡±

    Yun Xiang nodded immediately and asked, ¡°I¡¯ming with you! However, I have one question: what is a Zen Debate?¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned in hesitation, ¡°I want to go back to Tai Hua Mountain as soon as...¡±, he paused because he felt the bleakness in Mo Qiu¡¯s gaze which forced him to change the words at the tip of his tongue. Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°Then, Fo Zi, please lead the way.¡±

    Fo Zi nodded with a gentle smile.

    From his Interspatial Ring, Fo Zi took out a Buddha Bead which, surprisingly, wasn¡¯t made by sandalwood. Instead, the creator chose jade as its material which endowed the bead splendid glow when lit by the sunlight. Fo Zi murmured the mantra and as he did so, the bead erged into a giant sphere as big as a house.

    Fo Zi turned to his newly made friends, ¡°Gui Yuan Sect is thousands of miles away. Riding my Jade Like Bead could save all of us some energy. What do you think?¡±

    They got on the bead at once.

    Though it was a bead made by jade, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t feel slippery on it as expected but felt quite refreshing. When they managed to keep their feet, a wisp of golden light shimmered in Fo Zi¡¯s amber eyes. In just a blink, the Buddha Bead raised hundreds of meters up to the sky and dashed towards their destination.

    The bead was flying steadily. At a low altitude like this, Luo Jianqing was even able to enjoy the impressive view.

    Not long after, the peaceful silence was broken by Yun Xiang who asked, ¡°Monk, you haven¡¯t told us what indeed is that so-called Grand Zen Debate.¡±

    Not irritated by Yun Xiang¡¯s disrespectful address, Fo Zi smiled and exined to her patiently, ¡°The Buddhism consists of Eight Sects which are San Lun Sect, Fa Xiang Sect, Tian Tai Sect, Hua Yan Sect, Zen Sect, Jing Tu Sect, Lv Sect and Zhen Yan Sect. I¡¯m from Gui Yuan Sect which belongs to the category of Zen Sect whichprises most of the Buddhism Cultivators. Every five years, Gui Yuan Sect would hold a Grand Zen Debate in which all the Buddhism Cultivators will attend. The eight sects would all send their representatives to debate on their interpretations of Buddhism.¡±

    Yun Xiang asked, ¡°Will every single Buddhism Cultivator participate in the debate?¡±

    Fo Zi shook his head, ¡°If so, then the Zen Debate won¡¯t end for hundreds of years. You can never preach the Buddhism if what you say doesn¡¯t hold water. For the Grand Zen Debate, each one of the eight sect will send one cultivator to represent the whole sect to attend the debate, the one who hold his ground atst will be the winner and will bring honor and pride which canst five years to his sect.¡±

    Yun Xiang nodded slightly, ¡°Wait, does it mean that there will be a different winner for each five years so that different Buddhism Sects could be happy?¡±

    Before Fo Zi could answer her question, Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t withstand Yun Xiang¡¯s ignorance, so he said, ¡°Howe you have literally no idea what¡¯s going on with the cultivation world? Oh wow, I know, it must be that you¡¯ve spent all of your time in cultivating. I¡¯m so impressed. Our Fiend Pce is located right next to Cen State. Even I know the winner of Zen Debate has been the Zen Sect for twenty consecutive years. Howe you don¡¯t even know what the Eight Sects are?¡±

    Yun Xiang mumbled in chagrin, ¡°Surely I¡¯m not as knowledgeable as you are...¡±

    Mo Qiu squinted at her. Thetter went back to silence at once.

    Smiling, Luo Jianqing tried to make Yun Xiang feel less awkward, ¡°Please don¡¯t me Cultivator Yun. After all, she is not a Buddhism Cultivator. Twenty years ago, Fo Zi started to attend the debate representing the Zen Sect and won every debate. He never loses. Otherwise, why people address him as ¡®Fo Zi¡¯?¡±

    Eyes suddenly glittering, Yun Xiang peeped at Fo Zi and murmured, ¡°I have no idea that you are this brilliant...¡±

    The Bead was flying in a lightning speed. Fo Zi was exining Buddhism-rted stuffs to them and got a very concentrated little audience ¨C Yun Xiang, and little by little, Luo Jianqing¡¯s curiosity was triggered as well, so he sat closer to Fo Zi and focused on the interpretation.

    Mo Qiu was the only one who was still standing at the front and fiddling with his scourge, as if he had no interest in Fo Zi¡¯s fun adventures and experiences.

    Like this, the four of them left Yun State and arrived at Cen State.

    The further they left the border behind, the more streams they saw. Cen State was famous of its rippling water and magnificent mountain range. The streams of Cen State were well-known among the whole Xuan Tian Continent. A lot of cultivators who cultivated in water-rted maneuvers came to Cen State for indoor training, because there are abundantkes, rivers, and even the ocean ¨C given that it was located at the edge of the Xuan Tian Continent.

    Fo Zi smiled, ¡°Ten Years ago on the Grand Zen Debate, I had debated with a cultivator from Zhen Yan Sect who asked me a question: ¡®people were saying that Zen Sect¡¯s Fo Zi owns great wisdom, then, can you tell me, all things return to the one ¡ª to where does the one return?¡¯¡±

    Yun Xiang waspletely confused, but she tried her best pondering the question, while Luo Jianqing was stunned.

    ncing over at Lou Jianqing with aplicated gaze, Fo Zi exined, ¡°I replied him that all things are one from the beginning. Without one there is none, and without all things there is empty. All phenomena are nothing but mind. From the mind it thrives, and from the mind it dissipates. Since all things are one in the first ce, there¡¯s no need to wonder where it would return.¡±

    Drowning into the otherworldly zone, Luo Jianqing closed his eyes. Mo Qiu nced over Fo Zi with a less aggressive gaze. Nheless, as the only one who still didn¡¯t figure it out, Yun Xiang frowned and asked, ¡°What are you talking about? I still don¡¯t understand.¡±

    Mouth twitched, Mo Qiu was about to reprimand her but at the same moment...

    Boom!

    Aiming at the sky, a stream of fierce coercion rose from below. As if it was condensing the air into solid, the power was diabolic and constrained the four cultivator who were standing on the Buddha Bead. Luo Jianqing looked at Mo Qiu at once while thetter was doing the same.

    They exchanged a nce from which they understood what the other one was thinking.

    At time like this, Mo Qiu was the first one who popped into Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind. Having experienced several life-threatening dangers with Mo Qiu together, Luo Jianqing trusted Mo Qiu. In this life, the one he trusted the most was Xuan Lingzi, and then he himself; Mo Qiu was ranked at the third on Luo Jianqing¡¯s little ¡°trustworthy¡± list. Besides, the Fiend Cultivator dressed in scarlet was indeed the one who had the highest cultivation base among them.

    Enduring the ocean-like coercion, Mo Qiu and Luo Jianqing tried their best to find their ways towards each other. Figuring out what they were facing, Fo Zi became tensed up. Putting aside the etiquette, he held Yun Xiang¡¯s hand in case she was in any danger.

    However, the coercion didn¡¯t give them any chance to be prepared.

    Within a breath... Boom!

    This time, along with tremendous Spiritual Power, the coercion attacked them like a ferocious whirlwind.

    Luo Jianiqng reacted to it quickly. He grabbed Mo Qiu by the left hand and saved Yun Xiang who was standing close, but Fo Zi who was out of his reach fell off from the jade bead.

    Jolted, Luo Jianqing shouted, ¡°Fo Zi!¡±

    Before he could do anything, Yun Xiang released her hand and took a leap ¨C she made it, Fo Zi¡¯s hand was then gripped tightly by the girl. Pupils shrinking immediately, Luo Jianqing jumped off the bead as well and grasped Yun Xiang¡¯s hand. Mo Qiu didn¡¯t let go his friend-of-life-and-death, so the four young cultivators fell off from the Buddha Bead all together.

    Mo Qiu took out a delicate dagger from his Interspatial Ring. The weapon was decorated with magnificent colorful beads. The dazzling appearance concealed its perilous nature.

    Wrist moving slightly, Mo Qiu easily pierced through Fo Zi¡¯s Jade Like Bead using his dagger, trying to prevent everyone from falling down.

    Though they still slid down along the surface for quite a distance, Mo Qiu finally managed to put the motion to a stop. They were hanging on the bead like a streamer. Mo Qiu was the one who was holding the dagger, and then came Luo Jianqing, Yun Xiang, and Fo Zi.

    Surrounded by the intimidating coercion, even Mo Qiu who already achievedte-stage Nascent Soul Period could not operate his Spiritual Power, and his physical strength was pushed to a limit. Usually, three people, no, even thousands of people wouldn¡¯t be an issue, but now, the hand which was gripping the dagger was already shivering. Blue vines stood out on his hand, Mo Qiu¡¯s strength was clearly draining out.

    Seeing this, Luo Jianqing was so worried, ¡°Mo Qiu, you cannot operate your Spiritual Power as well?¡±

    Mo Qiu gritted his teeth, ¡°This coercion was generated by a cultivator who at least achieved Body Fusion Period. Who the hell is this Fiend Cultivator who dares to mess around on Gui Yuan Sect¡¯s state!?¡±

    At time like this, even talking was a waste of strength.

    They stayed quiet since then. Mo Qiu put all his efforts on gripping the dagger. Holding Luo Jianqing on his other hand, he had no spare hand to help climbing up to the top of the sphere. Yun Xiang and Luo Jianqing were thwarted by the same reason ¨C both of their hands were upied.

    Just like this, they put through for half an hour, but the coercion was still hovering around.

    Blood was seeping from Mo Qiu¡¯s arm. Thousands of small blood beads oozed out of his pore, making him looked so miserable. A coercion like this not only restrained their Spiritual Power but was also attacking them restlessly.

    For now, Mo Qiu and Yun Xiang were the ones who were suffering the most. The former needed to hold four people¡¯s weight on his right hand, while thetter had the weakest cultivation base.

    Nheless, Fo Zi was enduring the unbearable torture on his heart.

    He watched Yun Xiang dragging him exhaustedly with only one hand but could do nothing to help her ease the pain.

    Mo Qiu¡¯s arm was covered by blood already, and Yun Xiang¡¯s mouth was oozing blood. Nevertheless, no one dared to let go, because each one of them knew that, down there, a cultivator with extremely high-level cultivation base was out of control. If they got down right now, nobody knew what the heck would happen. The best option was to take actions after they figured out what indeed was going on. Getting to the ground right now was no different withmitting suicide.

    If they let go, they were not a hundred percent sure that they could survive from the coercion. Besides, there was a very high risk of exposing themselves to that powerful cultivator.

 Chapter 94: What is Fiend Cultivation! Wrest the Karma! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 94: What is Fiend Cultivation! Wrest the Karma! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    They went on for a tug-of-war with the coercion, but the jade bead could hold no longer.

    Watching the three cultivators who were holding him with all their efforts, Fo Zi looked profound, his eyes rippling as if it contained all the dharma of the world. He sighed lightly, and smiled, ¡°Amitabha, if we couldn¡¯t figure out a way, Cultivator Yun would run out of her strength. There¡¯s a saying in Buddhism that ¡®nothing ventured, nothing gained¡¯. I think it would be a good idea if I go down first and check the situation for you guys.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked. At the moment he looked down and saw Fo Zi let go ofYun Xiang¡¯s hand.

    Eyes opening widely, Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t astute enough to take any action, because, before he did, aely hand grabbed Fo Zi at once.

    Not expecting this to happen, Fo Zi lifted his gaze and saw Yun Xiang belching a mouthful of blood which dyed Fo Zi¡¯s elegant face in blood. Body shivering acutely, Yun Xiang gripped Fo Zi¡¯s hand tightly and said, ¡°Before I kill you for revenge, you are NOT allowed... to die!¡±

    With blood covering his face, Fo Zi gazed at the girl dressed in ck with astonishment. After a long silence, he smiled with nobody knowing the reason, ¡°Lady, you are possessed again. A narrow escape was a ¡®narrow¡¯ one, true, but I was just falling down, it was a ¡®escape¡¯ as well.¡±

    Yun Xiang had enough, ¡°Shut up!¡±

    ¡°Amitabha, as you wish.¡± Fo Zi answered.

    Seeing this scene, Luo Jianqing finally relieved. To be honest, he was in a great pain as well. Mo Qiu needed to hold the weight of all three of them, while he needed to support two as well. Besides, his Cultivation Base was lower than Mo Qiu¡¯s.

    However, when Luo Jianqing raised his head, what he saw was Mo Qiu¡¯s out of shape scarlet robe which was wet by his own blood.

    The operator of this coercion was probably just a Body-Fusion Period Cultivator, but his coercion was mixed with colossal Sense of Kill. It was nothing like the coercion that Xuan Lingzi released to reprimand Luo Jianqing, nor it was the coercion that Hao Xingzi used to test Mo Qiu. Their coercions were determined to test the younger cultivator¡¯s willpower, but not like what they were facing today ¨C the operator of the coercion had the intension to kill every living creature within his reach.

    Seeing his friend suffering, Luo Jianqing almost sobbed, but he could do nothing about it.

    Suddenly, Mo Qiu shouted out a curse towards the ground, ¡°I¡¯m gonna kill you one day!¡±

    Then, a scarlet glow gleamed from Mo Qiu¡¯s body. Wisps of dark Fiend Qi hovered around him. The Fiend Qi was slightly different from what Luo Jianqing saw previously. It was not pure ck but mixed with something in bloody color. The presence of Fiend Qi restrained the coercion in aplete manner. Feet tapping the air, Mo Qiu got back to the jade bead.

    Then he dragged Luo Jianqing, Yun Xiang, and Fo Zi out of the danger.

    As soon as stepping on the bead, Yun Xiang passed out. Luo Jianqing took out a pill and helped her take it.

    Fo Zi was no better than Mo Qiu. As the one who was the closest to the center of the coercion, now his face was pallid.

    Making sure Yun Xiang would be all right, Luo Jianqing turned around and saw Mo Qiu spitting out a mouthful of blood and reeling back. Luo Jianqing rushed to him and caught him before he reached to the surface, and at this moment, the ferocious coercion was finally dissipated as well as the dark-red Fiend Qi.

    Eyes shut tight, mouth oozing blood, Mo Qiu copsed, leaning on Luo Jianqing¡¯s chest.

    Immediately, Luo Jianqing operated his Spiritual Power to probe inside Mo Qiu¡¯s vines. The next moment, when he realized what he sensed, he was shocked, ¡°How is this possible?!¡±

    Within a blink, Mo Qiu¡¯s Cultivation Base descended from nearly Out of Body Period tote-stage Nascent Soul Period.

    Luo Jianqing never heard anything like this ¨C one¡¯s Cultivation Base shrunk dramatically in a sudden. Mo Qiu¡¯s wounds weren¡¯t that bad, but his Cultivation Base was indeed weakened. Without any reason, Luo Jianqing recalled the ck Fiend Qi with a touch of blood hidden beneath. An idea glittered inside his mind, but he failed to catch it.

    Since the coercion vanishedpletely, the four of them could finally take a break on the top of the jade bead.

    Mo Qiu woke up after fainting out for a while. Except the reduced Cultivation Base, he looked pretty normal.

    However, this time, Mo Qiu¡¯s eyes met with Fo Qi¡¯s in the air. Mo Qiu had sensed the grimness. Even Fo Zi lost his usual smile.

    Fo Qi said, ¡°The sins are... tremendous.¡±

    Nheless, Mo Qiu said in calmness, ¡°He at least killed... a hundred thousand people.¡±

    Fo Zi operated the jade bead and lowered the altitude near the ground. When they reached the desired height, Luo Jianqing saw a river in crimson color. The river originated from far beyond the mountain alley. It was simply a river with nothing else. The odd thing was that ¨C it was... a blood river.

    The smell of blood tensed Luo Jianqing¡¯s expression.

    When they made closer to the origin of the river, some scattered corpse and chunks of meat started to appear. Luo Jianqing turned expressionless, while Yun Xiang¡¯s face was pallid. Fo Zi seemed to be not influenced at all, but the clenching fingers on his Buddha Beads Bracelet revealed his anger.

    Mo Qiu was the only one who was watching all of these inplete calmness.

    When the four cultivators reached to amon vige and saw a pile of corpses, Yun Xiang had enough of these and vomited. As she was spitting out and wiping tears, she said, ¡°A diabolic Fiend Cultivator like this one really exists in this world?¡±

    With a wisp of coldness hidden beneath his gaze, Mo Qiu questioned her, ¡°Such a hypocrite, aren¡¯t you? As a Fiend Cultivator, why are you still saying these?¡±

    Yun Xiang defended herself, ¡°But I never killed anyone!¡±

    The words dropped in Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi¡¯s ears and made the two young cultivators astonished. The Fiend Cultivatress went on, ¡°My Master told me that once a Fiend Cultivator breaks the line and makes a kill, there¡¯s no way for he or she to turn back. Therefore, for me, killing has been forbidden since I was little, not to mention snatching other¡¯s Spiritual Power. Otherwise, why ¨C on your point of view ¨C I am still a Gold Core Period Cultivator, given that I¡¯ve cultivated for thirty-nine years?¡±

    Hearing Yun Xiang¡¯s exnation, Fo Zi wasn¡¯t moved at all but said the truth in a bleak tone, ¡°But your majestic Master ¨C the Fiend Exalt ¨C has killed 3.61 million innocent people.¡±

    Rage was ignited in Yun Xiang¡¯s eyes, ¡°Don¡¯t you dare speak of my Master like that!¡±

    Fo Zi threw off all of his gentleness and nkness. With the diabolic pile of corpses reflected in his limpid eyes, the monk said in an extreme calmness, ¡°Since what I told you is the truth, there is no point refuting me. The Fiend Exalt achieves what he gets today by stepping on a road which isposed by millions of corpses. Then what do you think made my sect move to Cen State a thousand years ago? To stop the merciless man, obviously.¡±

    Hand formed into a w, Yun Xiang took a strike, ¡°Stop speaking of my Master like that!¡±

 Chapter 95: What is Fiend Cultivation! Seize the Karma! (VI)

    <h4>Chapter 95: What is Fiend Cultivation! Seize the Karma! (VI)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t dodge Yun Xiang¡¯s attack. She pulled back immediately, yet still ripped a piece of bloody flesh from Fo Zi¡¯s chest.

    Fo Zi was still wearing a cold face, with one hand clutching the bead while the other pointing at the massive pyramid of death. He yelled, ¡°This is what most Fiend Cultivators would do! And we only saw one of the viges. You know what? There is no one alive within 30 miles of this ce! You cannot see it, but I can! Fiend Cultivation has made monstrous crime that even God couldn¡¯t forgive! Yun Xiang, you¡¯ve never killed anyone because your master has set such a good example for you, but that doesn¡¯t apply to all the Fiend Cultivators. Among all of you, Fiend Exalt Mo Qianqiu is the most hideous devil.¡±

    Yun Xiang¡¯s eyes sparkled with unshed tears, but she didn¡¯t attack Fo Zi anymore. She just kept saying, ¡°I don¡¯t know Fiend Cultivators would act like that. But... I can¡¯t allow you to disrespect my master.¡±

    Fo Zi said, ¡°Amitabha, you be obsessive again.¡±

    Yun Xiang raised her head abruptly and said seriously, ¡°But you have no idea what my master has done to make up the crime he hasmitted. Do you know why demons haven¡¯t invaded the thirty-six states for centuries? Do you know what we¡¯ve sacrificed since our Fiend Pce erects on the border between men and demons? My master reached thete stage of Da Sheng Period over a thousand years ago, even if he only gets a handful of good years left, he is still...¡±

    ¡°Enough!¡± Mo Qiu interrupted Yun Xiang coldly while this girl in ck looked at him in astonishment.

    Mo Qiu stepped forward and looked at Fo Zi, ¡°Yes, the Fiend Exalt is a bastard, but Fo Zi Yu Chen, you shouldn¡¯t stubbornly argue who is right with Yun Xiang, as everyone knows that you are always right while she is wrong. You can kill the Fiend Exalt if you hate him so much. But if you can¡¯t, then don¡¯t argue about the nonsense here. Don¡¯t you want to kill that Fiend Exalt who has killed hundreds of thousands of people?

    Hearing their argument, Luo Jianqing was somehow a little bit depressed.

    He recalled what Mo Qiu had told him long ago. At that time, they were still in Liu Yan Valley. Mo Qiu told him that less than ten Fiend Cultivators had never killed any people. One percent of Fiend Cultivators only killed people who deserved nothing but death. As for other Fiend Cultivators, they all killed at random.

    But after all, ¡°the weak will stand as an easy prey to the strong¡± was thew of nature.

    Since this was thew of nature, everyone would abide by it.

    The Fiend Exalt could kill and be killed. But no one could kill him now, so he could continue to kill others.

    Then he was undefeatable?

    Of course not.

    Luo Jianqing knew what Yun Xiang wanted to say. It was said that the Fiend Exalt had reached thete stage of Da Sheng Period over one thousand years ago, but up to now, he was still in that stage as thew of nature restrained his development. Although he hadn¡¯t killed the innocent for thousands of years, he still had to make up for his crime.

    Now, maybe he was really about to die.

    Any cultivator could only stay in Da Sheng Period for three thousand years, or he would die... Many he had stayed in this period long enough.

    With low-grade Spiritual Bone, the Fiend Exalt joined the Fiend Cultivation to be the supreme one. He had killed millions of innocent people, that was his Cause. He permanently lost the chance to finish the Da Sheng Period and had to guard the border for men for his life, that was the Consequence he should bear.

    Besides, Xuan Lingzi once told Luo Jianqing, ¡°The Fiend Exalt has to spend a life to make up for each person he killed. After he dies, he can only enter the next round of life as an animal until he has made atonement for all of them one by one. The number of the rounds depends on how many people he has killed.¡±

    At that time, Luo Jianqing had asked how to make atonement for them.

    Xuan Lingzi pointed at a vige three miles away from Tai Hua Mountain, where a famer was working in the fields. He said, ¡°If the Fiend Exalt enters the next life as this cattle, and the one killed him will reincarnate as the farmer, then the Fiend Exalt has to be whipped by this famer for its whole life; he has to plow day and night for the farmer; when he is old and unable to plow, he will be killed by this famer and sold. Jianqing, this is his karma.¡± Suddenly, Luo Jianqing was enlightened.

    Nihility power squirted out below his navel, swallowing the spiritual power around.

    Mo Qiu and other two men had originally been nning how to find the Fiend Exalt. But now, Luo Jianqing was about to enter the next period, so Mo Qiu flicked his sleeves and set a ward to protect him, and Fo Zi set another one. They sat down with legs crossed and protected Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing knew nothing of these.

    That nihility power crossed mountains and oceans, passed the rivers in Cen State. It saw the massive pyramid of death described by Fo Zi and strands of Karma threads interspersing in nature!

    Boom!

    Continuous loud sounds rang in Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind.

    ¡°What¡¯s Cause and what¡¯s Consequence?¡±

    ¡°When your Cause is umted to a certain amount, the Consequence wille!¡±

    ¡°If the nature is wrong, if the nature is injustice, then how can it judge, how can it bring the karma!

    ¡°Nine Heavenly Seizure Record! The Fourth Seizure ¨C Seize the Karma!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was overwhelmed by the karmas he had seen in this world. This was the first time for him to see the karma threads so clearly. Each person in Cen state carried with countless threads.

    If you handed out someone a te of porridge, then he owed you a favor. If someday you became poor and hungry, he would also hand out a steamed bread to you.

    If you ignored someone¡¯s cry for help, then you owed him a favor. If someday you were sentenced to death, he would be the one who executed you.

    A beautifuldy encouraged a young man with a smile, then she was married to him who was talented and hardworking.

    An old couple apanied each other for the whole life due to their promise in childhood.

    Luo Jianqing enjoyed all these marvelous karmas until he saw the massive pyramid of death, and then a noise came to his mind. Just as he was about to take back the spiritual awareness, he suddenly saw a thin, short old man in ck.

    Luo Jianqing opened his eyes, ¡°I saw it!¡±

    Mo Qiu stood up immediately and asked, ¡°Saw that?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes went gloomy and he replied coldly, ¡°I saw the Fiend Exalt that had killed one hundred thousand people.¡±

 Chapter 96: Consider the Presence of This Sword as Myself, Bring Back Your Great Senior Brother (I)

    <h4>Chapter 96: Consider the Presence of This Sword as Myself, Bring Back Your Great Senior Brother (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Among the meandering mountain range, four figures dashed through the forest at lightning speed.

    They didn¡¯t choose flying to get to their destination for it was possible to expose them to their unknown enemy. At the meantime, Fo Zi took out an alms bowl and enchanted it so it could hover in the air above them, then he exined, ¡°this is a Thunder Alms Bowl of Protection which could conceal our trace from being discovered by anyone who is under Tribtion Passage Period.¡±

    Under a situation like this, the four moved as a group, following the lead of Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi.

    The Fiend Cultivator had just killed a hundred thousand people, so, apparently, he had generated immense amount of Lines of Karma. Not long ago, Luo Jianqing had reached the Fourth Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record ¨C Seizing Karma, so he could see it in a blur. On the other hand, Fo Zi was pretty sensitive to the me of Sins, and that was the reason why he saw a cascade of bloody glow in the middle of the forest.

    Among the massacred a hundred thousand people, most of them were simplymoners; the cultivator with the highest cultivation base had only reached Qi Condensation Period.

    Facing a powerful cultivator who had reached Body Fusion Period, they could do nothing but gave in their lives like fragile weeds. At that time, a man might have been chatting with his wife, but the next moment he was embraced by the arms of death; perhaps a student was about to attend the life-changing exam in the capital city, but was killed silently in the middle of nowhere.

    There were countless small countries in the thirty-six states, but the boundary between the mortal world and the cultivation world was respected by both sides, so that neither the cultivators nor themoners would break it.

    However, neither Fiend Cultivators nor the Demon n took this rule seriously.

    Mo Qiu stayed quite calm and exined, ¡°It was super easy for a Fiend Cultivator to kill a mortal. Although they cannot get Spiritual Power from the body of amoner, there are plenty of Vitality left in the corpse, which, to be honest, is even more useful than the Spiritual Power. For instance, a man who is supposed to die at sixty years old is killed by a Fiend Cultivator at his thirty, then the remaining thirty-years of his Vitality would be snatched by that Fiend Cultivator; as for the poor man, he would turn into a ghost and would have to stay in that form for thirty years to enter the samsara.¡±

    Along their way, Fo Zi was continuously chanting Heart Sutra in order to release souls from purgatory.

    When Fo Zi chanted, the sutra turned into visible words and, with a shining golden glow, flooded out of his mouth. The Tangible Sutra! This was Fo Zi¡¯s deep perception of the Buddhism Sutra. He kept deliver the innocent souls into the samsara, saving them from being tortured after turning to a ghost and roaming around lonely in this cold world.

    Fo Zi was right. The reason why Gui Yuan Sect moved to Cen State a thousand years ago was to restrain the Fiend Exalt.

    Cen State had tremendous amount of water but not mountain. The Gui Yuan Sect abandoned its Spiritual Mountain and migrated here because Cen State was right next to thend of Fiend Pce. Even though the Fiend Exalt remained quiet for a thousand years, the number of Fiend Cultivators who followed their nature of killing was way more than that of Fiend Cultivators who kept their hands untainted by the grime of blood. The Buddhism Cultivators took it as their responsibility to stop the Fiend Cultivators from killing.

    Gazing at another vige undergone massacre, Fo Zi couldn¡¯t hold back the sorrow anymore, ¡°I¡¯m sorry for this. I didn¡¯t have the power to save you.¡±

    Nevertheless, Mo Qiu still scoffed, ¡°Even Xuan Lingzi ¨C the top of the so-called righteous cultivator ¨C can¡¯t save all the innocent souls from Fiend Cultivators all over the world. The Fiend Pce reigns seventy to eighty percent Fiend Cultivators, tries hard to restrain them, but still can¡¯t prevent some Fiend Cultivators from bringing bloodbath to the innocent. The Heavenly Will has its own rules. You¡¯d better ask the Will for the answer you seek.¡±

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t respond.

    Watching the confrontation, Luo Jianqing could do nothing but sigh silently.

    They kept marching forward. When they reached a hill, Mo Qiu suddenly stopped. Luo Jianqing turned his head to face him. Frowning, he said, ¡°We will be noticed if we keep going, won¡¯t we? He is deep in a cave located at the middle of that mountain.¡±

    Mo Qiu nodded lightly, ¡°Yes. No matter how sordid he is, he is a Body Fusion Period cultivator. No matter how powerful this Thunder Alms Bowl of Protection is, it won¡¯t be able to eliminate all of our trace of sense at this distance. You can store it in your Interspatial Ring right now. It won¡¯t make any difference with or without the alms bowl. The Fiend Cultivator is refining the Vitality of thosemoners.¡±

    Fo Zi summoned the Thunder Alms Bowl of Protection back immediately.

    Luo Jianqing unsheathed the Floating Frost Sword, looking at Mo Qiu in a bleak gaze while thetter was doing the same.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°It should be ate-stage Body Fusion Period cultivator.¡±

    Mo Qiu nodded, ¡°That¡¯s true, but seems like he reaches that period not long before.¡±

    Yun Xiang asked, ¡°It¡¯s rare for a Fiend Cultivator to achievete-stage Body Fusion Period. Mo Qiu, have you recognized who he is?¡±

    Mo Qiu shook his head, ¡°He might be a Rogue Cultivator who didn¡¯t join the Fiend Pce.¡±

    Although the Fiend Pce ruled most of the Fiend Cultivators in the world, it posted lots of rules for Fiend Cultivators to follow as well. Therefore, many powerful Fiend Cultivators refused to join the Fiend Pce, but they didn¡¯t dare to openly oppose the Fiend Pce.

    No one spoke anymore. They kept quiet.

    After all, they were going to face a Body Fusion Period Cultivator, and his identity as a Fiend Cultivator bestowed on him the ability way more powerful than the other cultivators at the same level. Among the four young cultivators, Mo Qiu owned the highest cultivation base which waste-stage Nascent Soul Period, while Yun Xiang had the lowest cultivation base ¨Cte-stage Gold Core Period. Even though they were indeed the most legendary young cultivators in their generation, they were still weaker than the Fiend Cultivator for two major periods.

    Musing for quite some time, Luo Jianqing finally came out a n, ¡°If we want to kill him, we must do it while he is feeble. I know that when a Fiend Cultivator is absorbing others¡¯ Spiritual Power and forging it as his or her own, the cultivator will be prone to vital danger. We only have a short window of time. Probably only fifteen minutes. Moreover, even if the Fiend Cultivator is quite weak at that moment, he is still a Body Fusion Period cultivator. Thus, we must use our Final Maneuver, without holding force back.¡±

    Hearing that Luo Jianqing had pointed out the weakness of Fiend Cultivator, Mo Qiu and Yun Xiang exchanged an astonishing look.

    It was an unwritten rule that the weakness of Fiend Cultivator should never be shared with someone who was not one of them. Howe Luo Jianqing got to know this?

    They didn¡¯t have much time to ponder anymore. After a while of contemtion, Mo Qiu made a decision, ¡°I agree with you. We should all use our Final Maneuver to grasp the chance ¨C if there is any ¨C of killing that devil. However, we still need a n of retreating in case that Fiend Cultivator survives from our attack. I have two Flying Shadow Butterfly, and each one could take one of us away from the battlefield in an instant. Yun Xiang, you take one. The other one is for you, Luo Jianqing.¡±

    Seeing a red paper-made butterfly handed to him, Luo Jianqing was transfixed. He raised his head nkly and said, ¡°You should keep this one since you only have two. I¡¯m good.¡±

    Mo Qiu lifted an eyebrow, ¡°So you think I¡¯ll be trapped? Don¡¯t worry. Do you still remember that you once gave me a Jade Tablet which can help the owner fleeing thousands of miles away? It¡¯s mine since you have given it to me. I won¡¯t give it back even if you beg me for it. I¡¯ll use that for retreating.¡±

    Thus, Luo Jianqing stopped refusing Mo Qiu and took the Flying Shadow Butterfly.

    Fo Zi was left aside watching them. The elegant monk smiled, ¡°Amitabha, I also have a magic item which can help me escape.¡±

    Mo Qiu sneered slightly, ¡°I won¡¯t give you anything anyway.¡±

    Fo Zi was still fondling his Bddha Beads silently without uttering a word.

    This was what they called ¡®the difference between the rich and the poor¡¯. If they were fourmon Rouge Cultivators, they wouldn¡¯t even dare getting close to a Body Fusion Period cultivator, not to mention killing him. However, as four genius of the big sects who were bestowed on the most abundant cultivating resources by their sects, they had even got their magic items for fleeing.

    It was getting dark; evening came very soon.

    They were staying in a cave and waiting quietly with great patience.

    That Fiend Cultivator had killed a hundred thousand people. It took time for him to absorb their Vitality. The weakest moment of a Fiend Cultivator would be the time of sunrise. Not for the same reason with the Ghost Cultivators who were born slightly dreading of the Sun, the Fiend Cultivators¡¯ mental power would be weakened when the first beam of sunshine tore apart the night because it was the moment they were most prone to their Internal Demons, being tortured by their conscience.

    A wait like thissted for three days.

 Chapter 97: Consider the Presence of This Sword as Myself, Bring Back Your Great Senior Brother (II)

    <h4>Chapter 97: Consider the Presence of This Sword as Myself, Bring Back Your Great Senior Brother (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    For three days and three nights, the four young cultivators didn¡¯t move a little, and even Yun Xiang cuddled herself and waited patiently with a frosty look.

    When the first beam of sunshine slit darkness from the east of the mountain range, Luo Jianqing squinted, suddenly whacked the ground and dashed out of the cave. The bice figure flitted toward the destination, followed by Mo Qiu, Fo Zi and Yun Xiang.

    Four beams of lightnded at the cave in which the satanic Fiend Cultivator was hiding. Their enemy was covered by wisps of scarlet light like a cocoon. There wasn¡¯t time left for them to hesitate, so Luo Jianqing drew out the Floating Frost Sword and operated a hand seal, and with his feet tapping the ground, tremendous amount of Spiritual Power dispersed immediately.

    ¡°Blossom Lotus Sword!¡±

    At such a critical moment, Luo Jianqing was already lucky enough to operate his Final Maneuver without any slip. Since he had no one hundred percent confidence to use Seizing Karma which he just learnt, he didn¡¯t add on the power of the fourth seizure on the Floating Frost Sword.

    Seizing the nts and Seasons! Seizing Lives! Seizing Right and Wrong!

    Three streams of invisible power hovered around the sword like blossoming petals of bice lotus. The colossal amount of Spiritual Power shrouded the firmament as if the earth was first separated from heaven. Intimidating Sword Qi dispersed from the de.

    ¡°Fiend Blood Figure Scourge!¡±

    Mo Qiu was manipting his Blood Shadowing Scourge which operated thousands of shadows of blood and all pounced fiercely toward the Fiend Cultivator. The strips of blood shadows were transformed in to countless blood snakes, restlessly twitching their bright red tongues while taking the strike.

    Fo Zi broke the Buddha Bead Bracelet which he wore all day long, so that the glossy beads were floating in front of him. Eighteen in total, the beads glittered golden light splendidly. when looking at them, one felt refreshing in deed and could tell by taking a nce that the beads contained magnificent power.

    Finger tips gently touching the bead, one by one, Fo Zi dyed every bead with a drop of his Spiritual Blood. Then with palms pushing forward like invincible roaring waves, Fo Zi made all of the beads dash towards the Fiend Cultivator!

    ¡°Parinirvana can only be achieved when the eighteen-levels of hell are empty!¡±

    The casted three maneuvers were their most powerful ones that were determined to take deadly aim, and these were what they got so far. As three cultivators who had passed the line of forming a Nascent Soul, they didn¡¯t have the intention to ask Yun Xiang to join the fight. However, Yun Xiang suddenly voluntarily belched out a mouthful of blood!

    That blood contained ck Fiend Qi ¨C it was the blood from the tip of her heart!

    Frightened, Mo Qiu looked at Yun Xiang and shouted in a harsh tone, ¡°Stop!¡±

    Nheless, it was toote. Yun Xiang¡¯s blood was spat out already and then formed a ferocious w Shadow.

    The Fiend Cultivator was attacked by four maneuvers at the same time. It happened with an instant which in turn gave him little time to react. The Fiend Cultivator beckoned his Spiritual Power to defense himself but before he could even open his eyes, the strikes casted by four young legendary cultivators whacked him with no holding back.

    Boom!

    The cave was mutted by the extreme quake. Luo Jianqing and hispanies managed to flew out before it copsedpletely. Yun Xiang fainted by the moment they got out of the cave. She fell straight downward like a kite without a string. Luckily, Fo Zi, who was flying close to her, caught her before she hit the ground.

    Catching them up, Mo Qiu looked at the girl who stayed unconscious with a pallid face, then said in rage, ¡°You know so damn well that you are different from other Fiend Cultivators! For you, cultivating wasn¡¯t that easy! If you attack directly with the power of your soul, you are prone for fatal injure which might prevent you from breaking Nascent Soul Period for the rest of your life! Do you know who serious this is?! You might not have much time left if this turns out to be reality!¡±

    Still in aa, obviously, Yun Xiang couldn¡¯t hear what Mo Qiu yelled at her.

    Besides, Mo Qiu knew that now wasn¡¯t the perfect time to rebuke her.

    Luo Jianqing beckoned Qing Jun out of the Interspatial Ring. Still maintaining the child body, Qing Jun actually had already recovered twenty percent of his strength. Seeing the four in a tight corner, Qing Jun immediately frowned, but before he could ask any question, Luo Jianqing interrupted him, ¡°Qing Jun, please take this girl to a safe ce. We can¡¯t take care of her right now.¡±

    Without asking anything, Qing Jun brought Yun Xiang with him and flew away. They soon disappeared at the edge of the sky.

    Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu and Fo Zi were all floating in the sky, eyebrows knitted, watching the hill which was destroyed into piles of scattered stones. There was little movement in the ruins, as if the Fiend Cultivator was truly dead, but none of them dared to lower their guards.

    The sunlit stones were reflecting shining gloss.

    Luo Jianiqng stared at what remained of the hill for almost one hour but failed to sense anything. Gradually, he let down his guard. After all, the Fiend Cultivator¡¯s existence could not be detected anymore; there was a possibility that they did kill him when he was at the weakest moment.

    Finally, Fo Zi relieved, ¡°Amitabha, what we did is indeed a benefaction. Today, we take revenge for the ughtered a hundred thousandmoners. Ghosts, we¡¯ve killed your life-taker, now, who were still lingering around here could enter the samsara and let go of your enmity.¡±

    As he spoke, Fo Zi silently casted the golden mantra, delivering those who were still gripping the agony and wouldn¡¯t let out into the samsara.

    However, though shrouded by the mantra, the ghosts were still showing no signs of leaving. Fo Zi immediately widened his eyes while Mo Qiu and Luo Jianqing did the same. They eximed at the same time. ¡°Something¡¯s wrong!¡±

    The next moment, they heard a thundering re!

    The whole world was shivering. The six mountains which surrounded them copsed asunder. Countless stone pieces covered the sky. The three young cultivators were forced back by the rain of stones. When they finally managed to stand straight, a bloody pile of flesh in a figure of an old man appeared at the top of the ruins.

    At once, frightening coercion filled the mountain range.

    An ungainly elder barged out of the ruin, gloomily ring at the vigorous young legendary cultivators standing in the air. The malodorous figure was covered with blood. From the gash on the belly, his intestines were all plucked out. He should have been dead right now, but the truth was the opposite.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s Blossom Lotus Sword severed his stomach; Mo Qiu¡¯s Fiend Blood Figure Scourge flogged though his spinal cord; Fo Zi¡¯s Eighteen-level Hell of Beads broke his every single rib; Yun Xiang¡¯s Fiend Shadow w made by the blood of her heart tip left strips of wounds on his heart.

    However, their enemy was still breathing!

    ¡°Humble like ants, how dare you raid me like that!¡±

    With Spiritual Power, the voice echoed among the mountain range.

    Long time ago, Luo Jianqing nearly lost his life due to the fight with a Gold Sun Heaven Live Flood Dragon. Mo Qiu saved him from the hand of death and killed the beast. The Flood Dragon was badly injured and degraded to an eighth-level Demon Beast which equaled to a human cultivator at the early-stage Body Fusion Period when they were having a fight. However, right now, the Fiend Cultivator they were facing today was much different.

    Both Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu knew so well about how powerful a Fiend Cultivator could be. Even if he was wounded like this, their enemy surely had a cultivation base higher than middle-stage Body Fusion Period, plusmon Fiend Cultivator¡¯s excellent self-repairing ability, as long as he was still alive, most of the wounds wouldn¡¯t be a problem and would be mended within a short period of time.

    Luo Jianqing gripped the Floating Frost Sword, then looked at Mo Qiu and Fo Zi.

    Eyes meeting in the air, they exchanged nces. Without saying anything, they got what each other meant ¨C so they dashed forward together, leaving no room for their enemy to recover.

    Brandishing his sword, Luo Jianqing was generating maneuvers that could all bring death upon the devil.

    Whipping his scourge, Mo Qiu was aiming at the vital organs of the Fiend Cultivator. Operating his beads, Fo Zi was attacking the shamble body. Their figures were as fast as lightning, constantly crossing the battlefield in a blur, showing the arrogant man the power of the legends!

    The Fiend Cultivator was wailing painfully. Finally, he had had enough. Pounding hard on his ribs which were already exposed in the air, he broke one of them and took it off from his body! The pale piece of skeleton turned into a giant bone knife, full of intimidating Spiritual Power of a Body Fusion Period Cultivator.

    A horrific shadow of de attacked Fo Zi.

    The monk squinted and beckoned the Thunder Alms Bowl of Protection. The strike was misfired, but Fo Zi was knocked in the air.

    The second strike was aimed at Mo Qiu¡¯s shoulder. The cultivator in scarlet was almost hit. Though saving his shoulder from marring, Mo Qiu was still whacked to the ground by the impact.

    Seeing his friends being injured one by one, Luo Jianqing lost his usual calmness.

 Chapter 99: Consider the Presence of This Sword as Myself, Bring Back Your Great Senior Brother (VI)

    <h4>Chapter 99: Consider the Presence of This Sword as Myself, Bring Back Your Great Senior Brother (VI)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    After a while, Luo Jianqing thumped the ground with one hand and stood up abruptly. He gave Mo Qiu a nce, and turned to leave, ¡°Don¡¯t talk with me anymore, Mo Qiu. Fo Zi, I have to go back to Tai Hua mountain now. I have been homesick these days.¡± He said as he walked away.

    Mo Qiu said angrily, ¡°Luo Jianqing, you bustard. Are you my sworn friend for life or death? We just got rid of the tremendous danger and you want to escape alone now? Get your ass back!¡±

    Luo Jianqing waved his hands without turning back, ¡°Sorry, I¡¯m getting too far to go back.¡±

    Mo Qiu was furious, ¡°You!¡±

    Fo Zi beamed beside them, ¡°You two are so close. But Cultivator Luo is right. After the Fiend Cultivator¡¯s massacre in Cen State, I have to return to Gui Yuan Sect and report to my masters and let them handle it, so I won¡¯t have time to entertain you. But we can rejoin on the Zen Debating Contest five yearster. By then, I wille and invite you myself.¡±

    Mo Qiu stomped and looked at that gentle monk who had a fair and cleanplexion, saying, ¡°No, I won¡¯t go there.¡±

    Then, Mo Qiu flew away, leaving Fo Zi alone, who was still beaming.

    Watching these fading figures, Fo Zi wore a brighter smile. He counted the beads on his hand and murmured, ¡°People always say the worldly life is bitter and tiring. They say life is a challenge, but it is true only because people are willing to ept it.¡±

    Then, Fo Zi also turned into a sh of light and left quickly.

    It was not until two days journey that Luo Jianqing recalled he had left Qing Jun alone. He immediately doubled back on his tracks and saw a beautiful kid watching the sky on the peak not far from him.

    Luo Jianqing flew there quickly, but before he could say anything, Qing Jun said, ¡°I thought you abandoned me.¡±

    His throat feeling tight, Luo Jianqing recalled the words of Qing Jun.

    ¡°I have been waiting here for tens of millions of years. Before he left, he told me to y the zither for him on the peak and waited him to return after he won the battle. But that day never came. The world has changed now, and I¡¯ve never seen him after that.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at him mildly and held Qing Jun¡¯s soft little hand. Luo Jianqing flew to the sky with him and mocked, ¡°I haven¡¯t expected that your heart would be smaller after your body shrank.¡±

    Qing Jun raised his head and gave Luo Jianqing a cold look without any response, but he held Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand more tightly.

    It took them only several days to arrive in the Liang State near the Tai Hua mountain. They were returning to the sect, so anyway they needed to... freshen up, otherwise, the younger disciples in the Tai Hua mountain would definitelyugh at them. Therefore, Luo Jianqing took Qing Jun to settle down at a lodge, and he went out to buy some new clothes.

    Qing Jun changed his clothes quickly, while Luo Jianqing was bathing and dressing in the next room.

    After bathing, Luo Jianqing wore a shirt. He suddenly narrowed his eyes and grabbed a book!

    Another book out of nowhere. Luo Jianqing had been ustomed to it, but the book¡¯s name made him speechless.

    Transforming to Deity III.

    Yeah, if you got II, there would be III. Luo Jianqing was curious about how many disgraceful books would appear.

    Anyway, he still opened this book and read it carefully. He finished over half of it soon and saw a lot of things connected with his previous life, and of course, many of these things were different from what he knew about his previous life, which made him more upset.

    When he read that he was expelled from the Tai Hua mountain, he was still calm.

    When he read that his second and sixth fellow younger brothers followed him to the Northern Land of Arctic, he clutched this page.

    Then...When he read that Li Xiuchen fell into the cave, took the instrument of Mo¡¯s ancestors and released a powerful sword light by ident, which hit his second and sixth fellow younger brothers, Luo Jianqing¡¯s veins were throbbing in his temples and his eyes were bloodshot.

    Li Xiuchen! Why was it always him!

    His two fellow brothers were so innocent. They just followed him to the Northern Land of Arctic and then were killed by Li Xiuchen by ident.

    Now, Luo Jianqing finally realized why all people believed that he had killed his fellow brothers in his previous life.

    His sixth fellow brother, Xiu Hen, was from an instrument-making sect in Lie Huo peak. He was not powerful nor experienced in practicing, but he was talented in making instruments, so Sir Huo Mingzi liked him very much. Sir Huo Mingzi forged a jade tablet for him. If he was in danger, he could crush the tablet and send his message to Sir Huo Mingzi, no matter how far it was.

    Then, in Luo Jianqing¡¯s previous life, thest message his sixth fellow brother sent was ¡°Brother Luo, why did you kill us!¡±

    Since then, Luo Jianqing had been wronged of killing fellow brothers and never had the chance to clear his name. Even Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t give an exnation, and Sir Huo Mingzi united all the other sects to go after Luo Jianqing, catch him back and revenge for Zuo Yunmo and Xiu Hen.

    In his previous life, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t figure out why the sixth fellow brothers had left such a message.

    But now, he understood.

    In his previous life, when Luo Jianqing left, Li Xiuchen touched the forbidden instrument and released a sword light left by one of Mo¡¯s ancestors.

    That light was like a burning me, forming a blue lotus in the sky, swallowing all the lives it could see.

    It was the ¡°One Sword Turns Nine-Pedaled Lotus¡± in True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t understand why an unknown Mo¡¯s ancestor should possess such a powerful sword light, but his body couldn¡¯t help shaking. The more he read, the more upset he got. With bloodshot eyes, he turned to thest few pages.

    That day, Li Xiuchen came to Xuan Qingzi¡¯s house and told him that he would catch the traitor Luo Jianqing.

    Then, Xuan Lingzi came out gracefully and stood right in front of Li Xiuchen.

    ¡°The grand master in white, who was handsome and elegant, frowned and asked, ¡®You want to go after your great senior brother?¡¯¡±

    Li Xiuchen said with a lowered head, ¡°Master, he is no longer my great senior brother.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t rebut.

    After a while, Xuan Lingzi took out a sword. Just as this sword appeared, the wind went silent and time was frozen. Li Xiuchen looked at this sword with widened eyes. A cold light shed on the sword and Xuan Lingzi¡¯s sigh-like voice came-

    ¡°¡®Consider the presence of this sword as myself, bring back your great senior brother.¡¯¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart was shaken. A drop of tear running down from his eye and fell on the sentence ¡°bring back your great senior brother¡±.

    In the end, you still regraded me as your disciple... In the end...

    You never thought about killing me.

 Chapter 100: The Truth is â€“ Couple Cultivation Could Enhance Cultivation Base! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 100: The Truth is ¨C Couple Cultivation Could Enhance Cultivation Base! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Holding Qing Jun¡¯s hand, Luo Jianqingnded in front of the gate of Tai Hua Mountain.

    This time, the disciples who were guarding the gate learned their lesson fromst time. Never did they shout for attention again. Greeting Luo Jianqing with all their respect, they let them pass quickly.

    Under the limpid firmament, seven peaks of Tai Hua Mountain stood solemnly, pointing at the sky. Lots of disciples were practicingbating skills on the fighting ground, while others went for in-door trainings, in order to enhance their cultivations. Luo Jianqing ignored all of these. He gripped Qing Jun¡¯s hand, went straight to Yu Xiao Peak, but before entering the gate, he suddenly stopped.

    With no expression on his cute elegant face, Qing Jun stood aside quietly.

    They spent a long time standing in front of the gate. Finding out Luo Jianqing had no intention to step in and go uphill, Qing Jun frowned, looking at Luo Jianqing with curiosity. Lifting his head, Qing Jun was stunned when he saw Luo Jianqing¡¯s expression. He held back everything he wanted to say.

    Slowly lifting his gaze, Luo Jianqing stared at the magnificent peak, perplexedly.

    Since he had his earliest memory, he¡¯s been living here with his Master.

    There were only two of them living on this whole peak. When Luo Jianqing was still a baby, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t know how to cook, and Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t practice Bigu until he grew up a little, so some other disciples woulde to Yu Xiao Peak to serve meals. After Luo Jianqing learned how to cook and then finally achieved Bigu, the peak finally became a small world of their own.

    They became each other¡¯s one and only.

    Yesterday, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t destroy Seeking Immortality III after finished reading. He knew it so well that such a book must be destroyed immediately and not be seen by anyone else, otherwise, the consequence might not be the one that he can take the responsibility for, but, still, he kept the book.

    Perhaps, he wanted to remind himself of how his two poor brothers died in misery for nothing; perhaps, he cherished thest sentence so much that he couldn¡¯t ask himself to tear the book asunder.

    Till thest moment, you were considering me as your disciple like always. Sir Huo Mingzi was so furious that he wanted my life, but you were still willing to trust me and protect me from being killed.

    You believed in me, and you never denied me.

    Gradually, Qing Jun felt Luo Jianqing gripped his hand harder and harder that he even started to feel painful, but he stayed silent.

    For tens of thousands of years, Qing Jun sat alone on the top of the steep mountain, ying an insipid song. Day after day, night after night, that one single song was yed by him over and over again, and little by little, the once pleasant and exciting song turned to a prosaic requiem, but he never ceased ying.

    At this moment, Qing Jun could sense Luo Jianiqng¡¯s unsteadiness. Although he had no idea what went wrong with him, he didn¡¯t want to disturb Luo Jianqing.

    Finally, Luo Jianqing released his hand. Turning back to face Qing Jun, he said gently, ¡°Sir, there is something I need to deal with. Could you please go back into the Interspatial Ring?¡±

    Qing Jun nodded, ¡°I want to practice in-door training for some days. If you need me for something, take out the pill and call my name. I¡¯m at your service at any time.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded. Soon, Qing Jun transformed himself into a plume of light and flew into Luo Jianqing¡¯s Interspatial Ring.

    The next moment, Luo Jianqing tapped the ground with the tip of his feet, and in just a blink, he got to the top of Yu Xiao Peak. He slowed his pace, went through the bamboo forest, and crossed the field of Spiritual Herds. When he saw Xuan Lingzi who was waiting in front of their house, he stopped his steps.

    When their eyes first met in the air, with no reason why, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face blushed. ¡°How is your trip this time? Did you learn anything? Did you get injured?¡±

    There weren¡¯t any wounds or scars left on Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, and Xuan Lingzi already scanned him all over with his Spiritual Sense, confirmed that his beloved disciple was still in one piece. However, the Master still asked the question anyway, but he didn¡¯t get any response.

    Xuan Lingzi frowned, and then asked, ¡°Jianqing?¡±

    Luo Jianqing beamed winsomely and made his way toward his Master whose face was as red as a rose.

    The Master reeled back but Luo Jianqing caught his hand. Immediately, scorching temperature was delivered from Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand and burnt Xuan Lingzi. Heart rippling, thetter squinted.

    Luo Jianqing raised his head to look at him. ¡°Master, if one day I sever the tie between me and Tai Hua Mountain, how would you deal with it?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body tensed up. Trying his best to calm down, he said, ¡°You won¡¯t do that.¡±

    ¡°Why?¡±

    Staring at his disciple who was standing in front of him, Xuan Lingzi stretched out his arms and embosomed Luo Jianqing. He moved closer to his disciple¡¯s ear, and uttered gently, ¡°Because, if you really sever the tie, the one and only choice I have is leaving Tai Hua Mountain with you.¡±

    Warm breath reached Luo Jianqing¡¯s sensitive nape; causing a stir in his heart. He hugged Xuan Lingzi back, leaning his head on the shoulder of his Master, easing his mind in the light aroma of lotus.

    They drowned in that wonderful moment for a long time. Finally, Luo Jianqing broke the tranquility. ¡°Master, several years ago, I got a book.¡±

    Slightly astonished, Xuan Lingzi released Luo Jianqing from his arms, and lowered his head to look at his disciple.

    Under the splendid beam of sunlight, the young cultivator¡¯s eyes were as resplendent as shining stars. With a genial smile on his face, Luo Jianqing was still his gorgeous disciple no matter in this life or thest. Xuan Lingzi heard him spoke, word by word. ¡°The book is called Seeking Immortality.¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing started to tell Xuan Lingzi everything he read in Seeking Immortality.

    When Xuan Lingzi knew he and Luo Jianiqng were just two characters of a book, as Luo Jianqing expected, he didn¡¯t have many reactions. Real cultivators were cultivating their egos. They believed in their existence and wouldn¡¯t doubt it just because of a book.

    However, as the story went on, Xuan Lingzi embraced Luo Jianqing tightly, face turning ashen.

    An unconcealed trace of rage emerged from the usual calm and expressionless visage. After Luo Jianqing finished, Xuan Lingzi lowered his head. Sparkling, their eyes met in the air.

    ¡°Wu Yin, will you do the same thing the character ¡®Wu Yin¡¯ did in the book?¡±

    His body slightly tensed up, Xuan Lingzi quickly concealed his emotion and said calmly, ¡°I won¡¯t.¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hold it back anymore and beamed. Lifting his chin, the disciple kissed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips.

    Once they started kissing, it was difficult to stop.

    They hugged each other with all of their strength as if they craved to be fused into one. Lowering his head, Xuan Lingzi kissed Luo Jianqing while thetter closed his eyes and responded with excitement. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice Xuan Lingzi¡¯s trembling fingers hidden beneath his sleeves and sweating forehead while he was telling the story of the book, as well as a beam of scarlet light shing across his Master¡¯s eyes in a sudden.

    At that moment, Xuan Lingzi recalled the most desperate day in his life.

 Chapter 101: The Truth is â€“ Couple Cultivation Could Enhance Cultivation Base! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 101: The Truth is ¨C Couple Cultivation Could Enhance Cultivation Base! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    He stood at the top of the Yu Xiao Peak alone, gazing at the edge of the firmament, waiting, hoping his Second Disciple could bring his most beloved Great Disciple back.

    Xuan Lingzi was brought back to Tai Hua Mountain by his Master since he was little. Thetter didn¡¯t find a Supreme Spiritual Bone disciple until Xuan Lingzi came into this world when the old man was over three thousand years old. There wasn¡¯t much time left for the Great Elder, so he taught everything he knew about cultivation to Xuan Lingzi, but forgot to teach his talented disciple things that were rted tomon emotions and worldly rules.

    There were only Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing living on the magnificent Yu Xiao Peak. Back then, the situation was the same for Xuan Lingzi and his Master.

    The former Great Master of Yu Xiao Peak had only over a thousand years left in this world. The injures he got from the war only made things worse. He knew that the day he closed his eyes forever woulde within several hundred years. Xuan Lingzi cultivated very hard, and he didn¡¯t let his Master down. At two hundred years old, Xuan Lingzi achieved Deity Transformation Period ¨C a miracle indeed ¨C and his Master could finally enter the samsara contentedly.

    No one ever taught Xuan Lingzi how to educate his disciple, so he can only teach Luo Jianqing the way his Master did to him. He put all of his attention on this kid, cared about him, worried about him, and then... he found himself holding a different feeling which should never exist toward Luo Jianqing.

    Then, he concealed all of his emotions, kept a distance from his disciple.

    Changes took ce all too fast. Lots of things happened in the past eighteen years. Before Xuan Lingzi noticed something went wrong, his most cherished Great Disciple was exiled from Tai Hua Mountain. That day, he left Yu Xiao Peak and block the way of Sir Hao Xingzi.

    Ling Yun Pce, Cang Shuang Peak.

    ¡°Senior Brother, Jianqing would never do such things!¡±

    Hao Xingzi looked at him in disbelief and was clearly enraged. ¡°Brother, as the Great Elder of Tai Hua Mountain, you shouldn¡¯t have lost your judgement with solid evidence of Luo Jianqing¡¯s crucial action ¨Che has degenerated himself to a Fiend Cultivator and killed hundreds of young cultivators mercilessly!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi felt a severe pain conveyed from the tip of his heart. ¡°I believe in him! Senior Brother, you¡¯ve known Jianqing since he was an infant. He would never do such a horrible thing.¡±

    Hao Xingzi frowned, ¡°Three thousand years ago, no one ever knew that the well-respected Cultivator Lin Changyang who fell to fiend could be a devil like that.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi kept silent, didn¡¯t respond.

    Ignoring his Brother, Hao Xingzi summoned all the disciples and gave orders to implement Tai Hua Decree, determined to arrest the traitor ¨C Luo Jianqing. The cold words dropped in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ears. Pupils shrinking, the Master of Yu Xiao Peak kneeled before Hao Xingzi. Thetter stared at him for a long time, totally shocked. Fingers trembling, Hao Xingzi pointed at his younger Brother who usually hold everything indifferent and questioned, ¡°What... what do you mean by this?!¡±

    Lifting his head, Xuan Lingzi looked back at him in calmness, ¡°Brother, I believe in Jianqing!¡±

    At this moment, he suddenly sensed something. A wisp of thought emerged in Hao Xingzi¡¯s mind which almost gave him a heart attack. He didn¡¯t spare Xuan Lingzi from kneeling, so thetter kept the position for three days and three nights. Finally, Hao Xingzi looked like suddenly aged a hundred years. He stood in front of Xuan Lingzi and asked him in a hoarse voice. ¡°When did you... start to have this feeling toward Jianqing?¡±

    Lowering his head slightly, Xuan Lingzi was speechless.

    Seeing he react like this, Hao Xingzi was bitterly disappointed.

    None of them moved. Atst, Hao Xingzi flicked his sleeves and gave orders, ¡°Go to Penalty Cliff and atone for what he had done, now!¡±

    Old memories shed back in his mind like burbling spring running down from mountain. The end of reminiscence dragged him back to reality in which he embraced the young cultivator tightly in his arms. Tongue licking the pearl-like teeth, followed by a wet kiss, Xuan Lingzi tasted the light sweet liquid in Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth. Jianqing¡¯s smell surrounded him; Jianqing¡¯s temperature could be detected from where he touched. It was warm, even scorching, sharing little inmon with a corpse, which was cold, freezing cold, with no... breath.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips became swollen and red. When they finally disengaged, the disciple was panting drastically. Scarlet light was kindling in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes. The Master was gazing at the young cultivator, and while Luo Jianqing was still lost in the aftertaste, his eyes were kissed by Xuan Lingzi, with all the gentleness in the world.

    This time, their lips were like being fused , and they remained kissing each other passionately when they entered the house. Xuan Lingzi never went so wild before. He kept kissing Luo Jianqing¡¯s tender and soft body. Blood humming in his veins, Luo Jianqing was drowning in the searing need, and, because of that, he didn¡¯t realize that Xuan Lingzi was trapped by his Internal Demons.

    Bleak wind was whizzing among the cliffs. Blood dyed everywhere scarlet. A young cultivator was lying beside the edge of cliff, breathlessly, with a long sword ruthlessly pierceing through his chest.

    When Xuan Lingzi realized what had happened, the Spiritual Power roared inside him. He felt unbearable pain as if his heart was torn into countless pieces, which almost sent him to the gate of death. He could see no more, nor that he could hear anything. Gazing at his beloved one, his, already-dead, beloved one, Xuan Lingzi was devoured by tremendous sorrow.

    The air seemed to be full of the smell of blood, which billowed out from Luo Jianqing¡¯s body like crimson flowers. Tongue stiffened, Xuan Lingzi stood beside the cliff, fixed his eyes on his disciple, and finally belched a mouthful of blood.

    Someone was calling his name, perhaps, but he couldn¡¯t manage himself to turn his eyes away.

    He had no idea how he made his way toward Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. Xuan Ling Sword saw himing, flying to him with joy. The sword floated in front of his master, waiting for him to grip the hilt, but Xuan Lingzi gazed at the sword which served beside him for hundreds of years, stretched out his hands, and broke it apart!

    Xuan Ling Sword let out a groan, couldn¡¯t believe that his master treated it like this. The de fell down to the ground and left a gash on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s finger.

    At this moment, no one dared to utter a word on the Duan Qing Cliff.

    The debris of Xuan Ling Sword was letting out Sword Whisper one after another, but Xuan Lingzi ignored itpletely. After one groan with grievance, Xuan Lingzi suddenly turned back and stared at it with extreme detestation, ¡°Why did you hurt him?! Why did YOU hurt HIM?! WHY DID YOU HURT HIM?!?¡±

    Xuan Ling Sword went quiet. It stayed silent, waiting for death after being destroyed by its own master.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s finger tips gently touched Luo Jianqing¡¯s cheek. As if falling into a deep sleep, the disciple still had a light smile with relief. Face covered by blood and dirt, the once winsome Great Senior Disciple of Tai Hua Mountain was marred, but, with trembling fingers, Xuan Lingzi still carefully wiped away a tress of hair from his face.

    He was just holding him at first. Gradually, however, he embosomed him tighter and tighter.

    ¡°I will... take you home...¡±

    ¡°Let¡¯s go back to Tai Hua Mountain, huh? Let¡¯s go back to Yu Xiao Peak...¡±

    ¡°Only you and me, let¡¯s go back, Jianqing, let¡¯s go back...¡±

    A kiss was gently sealed on Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead. Forty years ago, when he saw the seventeen-year-old youngster, his heart beat faster, urging him to kiss his disciple. He managed to hold back the desire till today, but now his beloved one could never respond to this kiss, how ironic.

    Would Jianqing feel disgusted? Or, would Jianqing deny him as his Master?

    Xuan Lingzi could never find out the answers.

    He tried to held Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand which became heavier than he thought. the disciple¡¯s hand fell and hit the ground all of a sudden.

 Chapter 102: The Truth is â€“ Couple Cultivation Could Enhance Cultivation Base! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 102: The Truth is ¨C Couple Cultivation Could Enhance Cultivation Base! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Stunned, Xuan Lingzi stared at the hand that dropped, trying to figure out what happened. He reached out to Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand again. This time, fingers crossed, he held the hand firmly and tightly, just like what he did dozens of years ago when he was teaching the kid how to practice sword ying.

    ¡°Jianqing, I will bring you back home.¡±

    He stood up, holding Luo Jianiqngin his arms.

    On the wind roaring Duan Qing Cliff, hundreds of righteous cultivators were watching them in astonishment. Suddenly, someone shouted, ¡°You¡¯ve kissed his corpse! How could you do that? He was your disciple. You guys were ince-¡±

    Whiz!

    A beam of golden sword light pierced through his body, the cultivator who used Xuan Lingzi was now breathless.

    Other cultivators burst into an uproar. Some were saying ¡°this is incest¡±; some were saying ¡°so disgusting¡±; some were saying ¡°Master Xuan Lingzi, he is dead. Let it go¡±; some were saying ¡°is Xuan Lingzi crazy? What¡¯s the point of standing at the opposite side of the righteous rules for a dead person?¡±.

    Then, they all lost their life in beams of Sword Light which contained tremendous hatred.

    The whole cliff was now lifeless, except Xuan Lingzi who was holding his beloved one, and a stupefied Li Xiuchen.

    Staring at his second disciple nkly, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t utter a word.

    Voice trembling, Li Xiuchen exined, ¡°Master, Great... Great Senior Brother regretted what he had done, so he asked for death himself.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi still looked at him, without any expression.

    ¡°Master, Great Senior Brother had fallen to Fiend. He killed all of these righteous cultivators today! You came to the Duan Qing Cliff to put an end to this matter and punish him. He massacred all of them. It had nothing to do with you!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi still kept silent.

    Gritting his teeth, Li Xiuchen said, ¡°Master, you have to wake up! Great Senior Brother has died! You need to...¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡±

    A wisp of Sword Light zipped past Li Xiuchen¡¯s cheek. He was too scared to speak again.

    Xuan Lingzi embosomed the young man in his arms, pressing his cheek to the visage which was already lifelessly cold. Gently robbing against the pale skin, the Master mumbled again and again as if he was trying to hypnotize himself. ¡°No. He is not dead. He is still alive... he is... still alive. We are going home together... together...¡±

    ...

    In the tiny bamboo house, what happened in theirst life dyed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes scarlet. The Internal Demons overcast his heart. He bit Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips, leaned forward, and unexpectedly pushed Luo Jianqing down. One on top of the other, they fell on the bed.

    While Luo Jianqing was still in a daze, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s finger tips drew a line leading to his disciple¡¯s thighs.

    It started with a kiss. He kissed him. He kissed back. He fondled him. He moaned with delight. He stripped him. He was tamed like a deer. He yearned for him. He bit his lips. He entered him. He arched his back.

    Holding back the desire of filling Luo Jianiqng with cum, Xuan Lingzi decided to end this craziness. While he finished the spell, Luo Jianqing thought himself might die drowning in the sea of lust.

    The Master was about to get out of his disciple¡¯s body gently, but Luo Jianqing stopped him. Thetter pounced him and sealed his lips with his own. They fell on the bed again and started a wet kiss. Without the maniption of Internal Demon, Xuan Lingzi was a little bit shy. Luo Jianqing sat on his Master¡¯s thighs, kissing him wildly.

    When the kiss finally ended, Luo Jianqing smiled and mumbled, ¡°Wu Yin, Wu Yin...¡±

    Raising his eyes to look at his disciple on top of himself, Xuan Lingzi mumbled. ¡°Jianqing...¡±

    Their eyes met in the air. Atst, they started another round.

    Cultivating for more than three hundred years, Xuan Lingzi never experienced such a thing. Though enjoying flirting with his Master, Luo Jianqing was, indeed, still a virgin. The two fresh lovers spent their whole lewd day on the bed. Luo Jianqing, unsurprisingly, was the first man down. He was so tired and fell asleep as soon as Xuan Lingzi finally let him go. The Master embraced him, finger tips connecting to the Sword Seal between his eyebrows, delivering his Spiritual Power.

    When the first beam of sunshine broke through the window, Luo Jianqing woke up and the first thing he did was riding on top of Xuan Lingzi.

    Cultivator¡¯s energy was beyondmoners¡¯ imagination. Luo Jianqing had stayed at Yu Xiao Peak for seven days ever since he came back to Tai Hua Mountain. On the seventh day, Hao Xingzi sent Zuo Yunmo to bring Luo Jianqing to Cang Shuang Peak in order to report his journey during these months. That finally called a halt for the lustful days of the Master and the disciple.

    Dressed up properly, Luo Jianqing intentionally chose a high-cor white robe to cover the hickeys on his neck. When he finished, he saw Xuan Lingzi standing beside the window and gazing at the firmament, already with his clothes on. Luo Jianqing was a little dazed. If the smell of desire wasn¡¯t wafting among the room, he almost believed that the past seven days were only a dream, and his Master was still that aloofand unworldly cultivator.

    Chuckling, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Master, I wonder how many female cultivators are beguiled by your aloof and detached appearance, like, I remember that the Great Elder of the Fei Hua Sect once...¡±

    Irritated, Xuan Lingzi yelled, ¡°Jianqing!¡±

    Luo Jianqing escaped before Xuan Lingzi caught him.

    Soon, he arrived at the gate of Yu Xiao Peak and followed Zuo Yunmo to Cang Shuang Peak.

    It was indeed a strange thing that Luo Jianqing ¨C who was now surprisingly energetic ¨C sensed an increase on his cultivation base, given that they had had a quite ¡®wild¡¯ week. Achieving the middle-stage Nascent Soul Period several days ago, he didn¡¯t even spend time on seclusion, but the truth was that, after couple cultivating with Xuan Lingzi, his cultivation almost reached thete-stage Nascent Soul Period.

    Though Zuo Yunmo couldn¡¯t detect the growth of Luo Jianqing¡¯s cultivation base, he felt the reinforced power contained in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. Eyes glittering, Zuo Yunmo asked, ¡°Great Senior Brother, seems like you¡¯ve improved your cultivation into another level. I remember when we met seven days ago your cultivation base wasn¡¯t as solid as this.¡±

    Luo Jianqing blushed. ¡°I¡¯ve been cultivating assiduously after I went back to Yu Xiao Peak.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo didn¡¯t ask anything else.

    No such seclusion could bring as much benefit as couple-cultivation with a Deity Transformation Period cultivator.

    While Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were couple-cultivating, Luo Jianqing was surely to reap lots of benefits. That did not necessarily mean that Xuan Lingzi wouldn¡¯t get anything from it, butpared with what Luo Jianqing got, the Master¡¯s cultivation only increased a little. If they prolonged the couple-cultivation for a few more days, there was no doubt that Luo Jianqing could achievete-stage Nascent Soul Period!

    Arriving at Cang Shuang Peak, Luo Jianqing reported his journey in detail as well as how they defeated the Fiend Cultivator who killed a hundred innocent people. Hearing this, Hao Xingzimented, ¡°Gui Yuan Sect has sent message regarding the same thing. Jianqing, you¡¯ve dealt with this matter quite well, but you have to remember that if you encounter such thing in the future, I don¡¯t want to see you get yourself in danger again. Even if it means that the Fiend Cultivator might get away with it unharmed, you need to ensure your safety first.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

    He left Cang Shuang Peak as soon as possible and returned to Yu Xiao Peak. In a lightning speed, he flitted toward his home and couldn¡¯t wait to see his lover, but when he saw Hao Ming Peak, he came to a sudden halt.

    Luo Jianqing frowned and changed his direction. Landing on the Hao Ming Peak, he beckoned a disciple and asked him a question.

    ¡°Li Xiuchen? Brother Li left for gaining experience, and he hasn¡¯te back yet.¡±

    Without asking any other question, Luo Jianqing got back to Yu Xiao Peak. Opening the door, he saw his Master sitting there reading a book. Noticing his arrival, Xuan Lingzi put the book back to the shelf as quickly as possible. Luo Jianqing found it strange, but didn¡¯t think too much.

    He walked toward his Master and stopped right in front of him. ¡°Master, how can we kill Li Xiuchen?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was stunned.

 Chapter 103: I Want to Travel with You (I)

    <h4>Chapter 103: I Want to Travel with You (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Although Luo Jianqing had told Xuan Lingzi about their story written in Seeking Immorality, he hadn¡¯t said anything about his reincarnation, not because he didn¡¯t believe Xuan Lingzi but he simply didn¡¯t want to put more burden on his master.

    Until now, he had read three series of Seeking Immorality. He only knew Xuan Lingzi gave the Xuan Ling sword to Li Xiuchen and ordered him to take Luo Jianqing back. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want Xuan Lingzi to know that Xuan Ling sword actually pierced through his disciple¡¯s heart. These were all the messes in his previous life. Now since he and Xuan Lingzi had reunited, it was not necessary to mention those things again, which could only foment feelings of estrangement between them.

    Besides, that book wrote that back in Wan Shou Mountian Li Xiuchen had obtained a powerful instrument that could disconnect Xuan Ling sword with Xuan Lingzi. Xuan Ling sword couldn¡¯t kill Luo Jianqing itself, as it was connected and controlled by Xuan Lingzi no matter how far it was, and that¡¯s why Luo Jianqing was convinced that Li Xiuchen hadn¡¯t stollen it.

    Since Xuan Lingzi had nothing to do with Luo Jianqing¡¯s death, there was no need to pursue this topic. For Luo Jianqing, the only thing that mattered was to kill Li Xiuchen.

    He had once attempted to kill him but failed in Sir Bei Dou¡¯s tomb. Thew of nature didn¡¯t allow him to do that, but he had to avenge the death of his two fellow brothers. He was desperate to tear Li Xiuchen into pieces.

    You wanted to seize your karma, that¡¯s fine, but why did you get others killed?

    You finally got your karma, but Luo Jianqing¡¯s two fellow brothers didn¡¯t benefit from it. On the contrary, they were attacked and died because of you!

    Li Xiuchen, would you feel ashamed and guilty each time you improved your realm with those karmas?

    Under the warm sunlight, the cultivator in blue looked cold and stern. The lotus sword pattern between his eyebrows gave out overwhelming energy. The Floating Frost Sword started to rumble from the pattern. It had heard the call of its master. It was eager to fight with its master and y that rotten, despicable person.

    Seeing Luo Jianqing extremely furious, Xuan Lingzi slightly narrowed his eyes. In the end, he still sighed and said, ¡°Li Xiuchen was the main character in that book. Jianqing, you told me that you had tried several times to kill Li Xiuchen but all failed somehow. Have you ever thought that it was thew of nature that was stopping you from killing him?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°But what if I anticipate all the possibilities and avoid all the idents? What if I¡¯m thousands or even millions of times more powerful than him? I don¡¯t believe that he can always escape my attack!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was cold and indifferent. He silently raised his head and gazed at the boundless sky.

    ¡°No matter how powerful you are, thew of nature wille and stop you anyway.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled by this sentence.

    Xuan Lingzi continued, ¡°When you reach higher realm, you will find that thew of nature is actually conscious. Its consciousness may be far less visible than that of ordinary people, but it exists indeed. It may be partial to some so-called main characters, creating various fortunes for them. So, if you want to kill Li Xiuchen and reallye up with a perfect killing n, the thunder of heaven will fall and stop your attack.¡±

    Luo Jianqing clutched his fists and said unwillingly, ¡°Then there is no way to kill him?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi fixed his eyes on him, ¡°Of course there is. You be the nature; you govern the Heaven!¡±

    Luo Jianqing froze. He was kind of familiar with this sentence. Then he remembered that Mo Qiu had said this before.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Why does nature have to run this way? If you are powerful enough, if you can prate the origin and essence of thew of nature, why can¡¯t you change thisw and make thew serve you? We are all seeking for deity, but on the path, countless people die as they try to capture thew of nature and thus can never see the truth. They don¡¯t understand that the true cultivation is to cultivate ourselves. Jianqing, I have told you for years that the most tangible strength is a powerful self, do you know it now?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s words were so powerful that they were hitting Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart.

    A blood-red jade tablet was running in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, giving out continuous power. The tablet was so weird that when Xuan Lingzi¡¯s primordial life entered Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, he didn¡¯t even notice that tablet. Luo Jianqingk knew it was the power of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record!

    The ultimate realm of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record was to seize nature!

    Since thew of nature stopped me from killing Li Xiuchen, since it was unfair to mortals, I would seize it and change everything!

    Instantly, spiritual power ran vigorously in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. Seeing that, Xuan Lingzi was shocked. He shook out his sleeves and enchanted a ward for Luo Jianqing. Luo Jianqing sat cross-legged, with his hands quickly preceding theplex Hand Knack as a blurry figure. He grabbed the spiritual power from the Earth and Heaven avidly.

    Nine Heavenly Seizure Record ran at high speed in his body.

    Spiritual power flew constantly out of Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. The power was like a roaring dragon, breaking the ward and swallowing other scattered spiritual powers. The power was so greedy and rampant, seizing other spiritual powers and squeezing them into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    Surges of powers, like gushing flood and vast ocean, poured into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body from his Heaven Spirit Acupoint.

    A thick veil of blue light surrounded Luo Jianqing. As the power of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record gradually revealed, the invisiblew of nature began to tremble around Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house on the Yu Xiao Peak. ck clouds gathered overhead and the thunder of Heaven was about to fall, while Xuan Lingzi stamped his foot and snapped with cold eyes, ¡°Get away!¡±

    Those clouds hesitated for a while and finally vanished reluctantly.

    Now, Luo Jianqing was sitting in the ward and absorbing spiritual powers, while Xuan Lingzi stood aside and protected him with one hand behind his back.

    After 30 days, Luo Jianqing finally woke up and opened his eyes. A light shed in his eyes and the atmosphere around him totally changed. Before this closed-door practice, he just finished the middle phase of Nascent Soul, but now he had skipped thete phase of Nascent Soul and was already halfway to Out-of-Body.

    The four ¡°seizures¡± in Nine Heavenly Seizure Record had been fully released in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body and thus endowed him with overwhelming power.

    As he finished his practice, Luo Jianqing pulled Xuan Lingzi closer and kissed him.

    This unexpected intimacy made Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body stiff and he didn¡¯t give any response. Luo Jianqing also stopped here, not going further. He released Xuan Lingzi and said, ¡°Master, now I have been halfway to Out-of-Body, 16 years earlier than you, so how many years can I save to reach Out-of-Body? And what about... Deity Transformation?

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s teasing chuckle resounded in Xu Lingzi¡¯s ears, which reminded him of what Luo Jianqing had told him.

    ¡°If I reach Deity Transformation Period, will you treat me like this?¡±

    When Luo Jianqing said that, he just reached Nascent Soul, but now, he almost finished his practice to Out-of-Body Period.

    Undoubtedly, as time passed and the world changed, their rtionship also became different. The moral and ritual blocks that separated them had been removed. But Luo Jianqing still liked to tease Xuan Lingzi with those provocative words. After all, in bed he didn¡¯t have any advantage but in daily life, he could still enjoy the scene where Xuan Lingzi became shy for him.

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t let Luo Jianqing down. Although Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face was still cold and calm, his ears had already gone red. He threw away Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand and scolded, ¡°Reaching the middle phase of Out-of-Body Period doesn¡¯t mean you can becent. You should practice harder in your cultivation!¡±

    Just as Xuan Lingzi finished his words, Luo Jianqing immediately hugged him and asked, ¡°You mean couple cultivation?¡±

 Chapter 104: I Want to Travel with You (II)

    <h4>Chapter 104: I Want to Travel with You (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Xuan Lingzi watched his disciple shockingly. He didn¡¯t expect that the obedient, well-behaved and courteous disciple should be such an impetuous and dissipated person!

    Luo Jianqing seemed to continue talking, but Xuan Lingzi suddenly put his hand on Luo Jianqing¡¯s lower abdomen, which made Luo Jianqing¡¯s body stiff.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°It seems that you have absorbed over half of that Blood Spirit Fruit.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled and asked subconsciously, ¡°How do you know that?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°When you went to the Liu Yan Valley, my primordial life followed you there. You were almost killed in that valley, and I nned to use my primordial life to heal your wounds. Suddenly I found the Blood Spirit Fruit beside. You know, the spiritual power embodied in that fruit was one twelfth of my total.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked with eyes wide open, ¡°One twelfth of your total spiritual power?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded.

    Although Xuan Lingzi said it with a normal tone, Luo Jianqing knew how terrible it was. Xuan Lingzi was the only cultivator who had reached Deity Transformation Period in this world, and the fruit embodied one twelfth of his total spiritual power! That was extremely horrible!

    It should be rified that currently, Luo Jianqing¡¯s total spiritual power was less than one out of ten thousand of that of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s.

    One twelfth, this number made him tremble with fear!

    Luo Jianqing suddenly realized something and asked seriously, ¡°Master...was it you that put the Blood Spirit Fruit into my body?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded slightly, ¡°Yep, it could heal your wounds.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Now he understood why Mo Qiu had always been anxious to kill him.

    The power embodied in this fruit went beyond his expectation, which helped him grow from the middle phase of Gold Core to the middle phase to Out-of-Body, and so far, it had only costed three fifths of its total power. Without this fruit, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t have reached halfway to Out-of-Body so rapidly.

    ...He thought he should be nicer to Mo Qiu in the future. If Luo Jianqing fell intoa after helping others and this fruit was taken away by someone else, he might well cut that person to pieces.

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t know what Luo Jianqing was thinking about, but he could still feel that Luo Jianqing¡¯s body in his arms was getting hotter.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand was put on Luo Jianqing¡¯s lower abdomen all the time, and soon, he felt Luo Jianqing became different.

    Xuan Lingzi lowered his head and gazed at the man in his arms, and Luo Jianqing also looked up at him.

    Days of indulgence in making love had made them familiar to each other. Seeing Xuan Lingzi still shy and unable to take the initiative, Luo Jianqing beamed and pushed his bashful and courteous master into the house. Luo Jianqing pressed Xuan Lingzi down on his body and started to strip his master¡¯s clothes off.

    Xuan Lingzi was a little bit shocked, ¡°Jianqing?¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his head and grumbled, ¡°I thought we would practice the couple cultivation!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was speechless.

    What he had said was to practice normal cultivation!

    However, all Luo Jianqing could do was only to rip Xuan Lingzi¡¯s clothes off. Then, Xuan Lingzi pressed Luo Jianqing down under his body and entered him gently. His primordial life followed his movements and entered Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. In the house, the master and his disciple were tasting the forbidden fruit and obsessed with their intense intercourse. In Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, their primordial lives were also copting with each other, indulged with sensual pleasure.

    Sweet moans and lustful groans resounded in this small house. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know why his master was so good in bed, making him addicted and unable to get out. Each time Luo Jianqing wanted to roll over and press his master under him, Xuan Lingzi would change a position, giving him stronger sensual pleasure.

    However, Luo Jianqing still liked to be on top of him.

    The moon cast a bright light over Xuan Lingzi¡¯s blushed-with-pleasure face. Luo Jianqing realized that he owned this man¡¯s body and heart, that he tore down his cold, indifferent mask that he had worn for hundreds of years and then finally saw the true heart of him.

    Their intercourse had no restraint at all.

    At first, it was Luo Jianqing that wanted to continue, then it became Xuan Lingzi.

    Ten days of intercourse had milked Xuan Lingzi dry. Even the Deity Transformation Period cultivator was unable to continue. He touched Luo Jianqing¡¯s lower abdomen and before he could respond, Xuan Lingzi released huge spiritual power, making their primordial lives copte in the closest manner.

    This consumed all Luo Jianqing¡¯s energy and he couldn¡¯t move anymore.

    In their previous intercourse, Xuan Lingzi deliberately restrained the intenseness of their primordial lives¡¯ coption, but this time, he released full power of couple cultivation and directly simted Luo Jianqing¡¯s G spot. So Luo Jianqing was overwhelmed by sensual pleasure and cked out.

    Xuan Lingzi was no better than him. He separated with his primordial life and let it enter Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. This would make him more tired than Luo Jianqing. Now with sensual pleasure rushing over and exhausting him, he could only sleep over with arms around his beloved disciple.

    The bright moon hung over Tai Hua mountain, where secret intercourse was happening.

    Five thousand miles away, in the north of Yun State was an abandonednd, which was the heaven for Fiend Cultivators. No other decent cultivators would hunt them there, and Fiend Cultivators could have a rest. In the middle of thisnd erected a splendid pce, Fiend Pce. The pce stood on the top of Qun Mo mountain in the center of Fiend city. Its walls were blood-red, as if they were painted with blood.

    In thete night, when no one was out there, a surge of power spread out from the Fiend Pce. It made the Fiend Cultivators fifty miles away breathless and fall on the ground. Itsted for fifteen minutes and finally vanished away.

    As the power vanished away, on the Yu Xiao Peak, Xuan Lingzi abruptly opened his eyes and looked at the direction of the Fiend Pce. He frowned with shocked eyes.

    Luo Jianqing woke up with a startle. He pulled his masters ck long hair mildly and asked in a hoarse voice, ¡°Master?¡±

    Xuan Lingziy down and threw his arms around Luo Jianqing¡¯s slim waist, ¡°Nothing.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned slightly and asked, ¡°What happened?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi thought for a while and said, ¡°The Fiend Exalt is about to break through the Deity Transformation Period.

    Luo Jianqing was wide-eyed with astonishment, ¡°That¡¯s impossible. Haven¡¯t you told me that he has killed too many people so he will never reach the Deity Transformation Period?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi shook his head, ¡°Except matters rted to Li Xiuchen, thew of nature is basically equal to everyone, but each person also has a ten percent chance to survive. So perhaps the Fiend Exalt have the chance to reach the Deity Transformation Period, but it doesn¡¯t mean he will seed. He failed just now, only touching the barrier of Deity Transformation Period. The Fiend Exalt has been cultivating for over 2700 years, and the lifespan of Da Sheng Period cultivators is 3000 years. If he really reaches the Deity Transformation Period within the next 300 years, then he can surpass the limit and live another 2000 years.¡±

    Luo Jianqing immediately recalled the massive pyramid of death in Cen State, as well as Mo Qiu, Yun Xiang and his previous life.

    Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°You¡¯ve also told me that though the Fiend Exalt has killed numerous people, in the recent 1000 years, he has made as much contribution to our peace as you. If he really can reach Deity Transformation Period, it¡¯s his destiny.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°True. That will be a bliss for him and for us. Once his reach the Deity Transformation Period, the agreement between demons and us will be abolished. We will no longer have to be afraid of them, and I can leave this mountain to travel with you.¡±

    After he heard that, Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes lit up, ¡°Are you serious?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi beamed and said, ¡°Yes. If that happens, demons will be far less powerful than us.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said thrillingly, ¡°Then I wish he can reach the Deity Transformation Period as soon as possible.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked at his disciple with doting eyes and cuddled him more tightly. They didn¡¯t want to bother themselves with what would happen in the future, so they embraced each other and fell into sleep.

    In the following days, Xuan Lingzi began to teach Luo Jianqing ¡°Blossom Lotus Sword¡±.

    Although as per Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, a Nascent Soul cultivator would be qualified to use ¡°Blossom Lotus Sword¡±, it was hard to manage as its power was too strong and would consume too much spiritual power. Now Luo Jianqing was halfway to Out-of-Body, so it would be much safer for him to use it.

    They practiced sword skills in day and couple cultivation at night.

    They had both been celibate for many years. For Luo Jianqing, he had no sex for over 40 years, and Xuan Lingzi was needless to say. So, their sexual games kept on. With nights of couple cultivation, Luo Jianqing gradually consolidated his cultivation. He came so close to Out-of-Body and encountered bottleneck.

    In the meantime, it had been the time for Tai Hua mountain to recruit new disciples.

 Chapter 105: The Story of Liu Yan Valley Went On! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 105: The Story of Liu Yan Valley Went On! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Ten years ago, Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Selection Trial went wrong, so the Third Sister Wei Qiongyin refused to take charge of holding the trial this year. Luo Jianqing was enjoying his wonderful time on Yu Xiao Peak with his Master, living every single day like in a honeymoon. The sun would being out from the west if he said yes to spend his time on holding the Selection Trial.

    Normally, a task like this would be assigned to Second Brother Zuo Yunmo, but, in order to breakte-stage Gold Core Period, Zuo Yunmo went into seclusion. All in all, the tasknded on Forth Brother Xie Zizhuo and Fifth Brother Huo Yuchong¡¯s shoulder.

    Hearing the news, Xie Zizhuo went to Yu Xiao Peak that night and sobbed at the gate, ¡°Great Senior Brother, you can¡¯t just stand there and watch me burn! You know Huo Yuchong, that guy won¡¯t give me a good time if we hold the trial together. I¡¯m gonna die!¡±

    Flying down from Yu Xiao Peak, Luo Jianqing looked at Xie Zizhuo with a smile. Intrigued, he asked, ¡°I believe it was ten years ago when you killed Fifth Brother¡¯s Spiritual Beast identally.¡±

    Looking at Luo Jianqing, Xie Zizhuo paused for a second before he continued the sobbing, ¡°Even if after a hundred years, Fifth Brother would never forget that. He¡¯s got a better Spiritual Beast and I¡¯ve given him lots of items aspensation, but he never ceased beating me up every time he sees me. Great Senior Brother, he shouldn¡¯t have been so mean to me, right? I am his Senior Brother! He is so petty. You have to help me...¡±

    ¡°Who are you talking about? Who is petty?!¡± A loud voice came from the edge of the firmament. The next moment, Huo Yuchong appeared at the gate of Yu Xiao Peak.

    Xie Zizhuo was stunned, ¡°What are you doing here?!¡±

    Huo Yuchong sneered, ¡°It¡¯s none of your business. If I don¡¯te, aren¡¯t you going to backbite me in front of Great Senior Brother? Xie Zizhuo, you are petty! All of the Hao Ming Mountain¡¯s disciples are petty! Come on, let¡¯s fight. It¡¯s just a FRIENDLYpetition. I¡¯m gonna let you know that Yu Shou Peak¡¯s disciple is not the one you can mess with.¡±

    The next instant, Huo Yuchong released a Spiritual Beast from his Spiritual Beast Pocket, which pounced toward Xie Zizhuo.

    They had engaged into a fight for several rounds at the hillside of Yu Xiao Peak. Huo Yuchong wasn¡¯t cultivating that hard since he put almost all of his efforts in training the Spiritual Beasts. However, though having a cultivation base, Xie Zizhuo was mainly avoiding the attacks and running around, didn¡¯t attack his Younger Brother for at least one time.

    Taking Luo Jianqing as his shield, Xie Zizhuo hid behind Luo Jianqing. The Great Senior Brother thought that his Younger Brother wanted him to settle this down, but before Luo Jianqing said yes to the request that Xie Zizhuo didn¡¯t bring up, Xie Zizhuo whispered behind him, ¡°Senior Brother, you be more winsome these days. Seriously, your wless skin is even smoother than Little Sister. Can you tell me your skin care method? Hahaha, I¡¯m currently chasing a Younger Sister on Qing Lan Peak...¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Xie Zizhuo wasn¡¯t just ttering him. Actually, he was telling the truth. He knew Luo Jianqing¡¯s beauty since he was just a kid. Nheless, seeing Luo Jianqing again after several months, he felt that his Senior Brother became more gorgeous. His pearl-like skin, his rippling eyes, all made him an ethereal creature with a touch of... abstinence.

    Without a warning or anything, Luo Jianqing kicked Xie Zizhuo right in the ass. The poor Younger Brother tried his best to dodge it, but, owning only middle-stage Gold Core Period cultivation base, Xie Zizhuo was as slow as a turtlepared to Luo Jianqing who almost achieved Out-of-Body Period. Thetter wasunched to the edge of sky with Luo Jianqing¡¯s irritated yelling ¨C

    ¡°Get lost!¡±

    Huo Yuchongughed, ¡°Thank you so much Great Senior Brother! I¡¯m gonna find this shameless guy and beat him up!¡±

    The Fifth Brother dashed to the direction where Xie Zizhuo disappeared.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    What kind of Brothers had he got!?

    No matter what, the Selection Trial still needed to be carried out. With lower cultivation level, Huo Yuchong didn¡¯t really give Xie Zizhuo a hard time. They held the trial together sessfully. This time, nothing abnormal happened.

    Not like thest time when Tai Hua Mountain got twenty-four new blood, this year only three people were qualified, two female disciples and one male disciple.

    A boy who owned the First Grade Spiritual Bone, a girl who came from Geng Family which was one of the Eight Families, and there was one candidate who amazed all the other Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciples.

    At age of twenty-eight, this female cultivator was way older than the bottom line that Tai Hua Mountain set for the newers. Normally, a person like her shouldn¡¯t even get a chance to sign up for the trial, but Tai Hua Mountain still made her an exception and set up a special Thunder Trial for her. Of course, the girlpleted the trial sessfully.

    The girl was named Mu Ruorong. As a Rogue Cultivator, she already achieved fully developedte-stage Foundation Establishment Period at twenty-eight-year-old!

    As for a Rogue Cultivator, owning a cultivation base like this was amazing. Luo Jianqing ¨C the most talented Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple achieved the Gold Core Period at the age of thirty-two. Though part of the reason of him reaching that period so te¡± was Xuan Lingzi¡¯s intentional suppress, but that didn¡¯t alter the fact that Mu Ruorong could be ranked within the top twenty among all the disciples on Tai Hua Mountain!

    Within a day, Mu Ruorong¡¯s name was famous among all the six peaks, only Yu Xiao Peak had little news of her.

    Justing back to Tai Hua Mountain, Li Xiuchen noticed that all of a sudden everyone was speaking of Mu Ruorong. Immense delight fulfilled him. Li Xiuchen eximed, ¡°I can¡¯t believe that she is here!¡±

    Astonished, his Senior Brother asked, ¡°Why, you know her?¡±

    Trying his best to hold the victory scream back, Li Xiuchen replied, ¡°Yep, I¡¯ve met that Younger Sister in Wan Shou Mountain and when we departed, I told her that if she needed me at any time,e to Tai Hua Mountain to find me. I¡¯m surprised that she¡¯s really here. I¡¯m gonna visit her right now. Two monthster, after the Peak Competition, I¡¯ll persuade her to join Hao Ming Peak for sure!¡±

    Hearing Li Xiuchen¡¯s words, the other disciples were delighted but, at the same time, upset.

    Li Xiuchen was clearly showing off, but obviously he had some story with that girl.

    The words spread around, saying the Younger Sister was a gorgeous beauty who was surely a pleasant to the eyes. Many single Senior Brothers had waited for a youngdy like this for god-knew how long. This newly discovered rtionship between the Sister and Li Xiuchen undoubtedly upset them and they all kept a distance from the exultantd while practicing the maneuvers in the afternoon and stopped talking to him.

    Li Xiuchen didn¡¯t have a clue about the changing attitude from his Brothers. He was, now, overjoyed.

    Right! Nothing¡¯s really going off track!

    Though he didn¡¯t make love with Little Senior Sister Mu Tianxin in Sir Bei Dou¡¯s Tomb, though he wasn¡¯t able to strip off Mu Ruorong¡¯s clothes in Wan Shou Mountain, though he failed to encounter that falling-from-ceiling Fiend Cultivatress in Yun State, one of the girls now came back to get him!

    This might be an omen indicating that all could be mended!

    He shouldn¡¯t give up Mu Tianxin, nor should he give up Yun Xiang. These women would eventually be his wives sooner orter!

    Keeoping this idea in mind, Li Xiuchen took action that day. At the lounge of the new disciples, he found Mu Ruorong who treated him with humble respect, but there was one thing that astonished him ¨C the girl had already achieved fully developedte-stage Foundation Establishment Period while Li Xiuchen himself was only an early-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator!

    Passionately, Li Xiuchen invited Mu Ruorong to join Hao Ming Peak and tried to have an intimate rtionship with her but the girl expressed her refusal in a subtle way. Atst, Li Xiuchen left the lounge with excitement, and didn¡¯t even realize that, dealing him perfunctorily, Mu Ruorong had little intention to keep the conversation going.

    Staring at Li Xiuchen who was heading back to Hao Ming Peak, thinking that he already got the girl in his pocket, Mu Ruorong frowned in disgust and mumbled, ¡°Why would Ie to Tai Hua Mountain if not to see my savior? You sordid nuisance, I remember that day in the cave you wanted to do some dirty things to me, do you really think I am that dumb and unable to even figure that out? Compared to that cultivator who saved me, you are nothing but a disgusting rat in the sewer!¡±

    Going back to her own room, Mu Ruorong took out a glossy jade bottle, her cheeks gradually blushing.

    This bottle was given to her by that cultivator before he left the cave. The ointment could heal some scars and wounds. She used up the ointment a long time ago but instead of throwing away the jade bottle, she kept it by her side. Mu Ruorong knew that she was too old to be a disciple of Tai Hua Mountain. To mend that disadvantage, she cultivated assiduously and went to Wan Shou Mountain countless times to sharpen her skills. Atst, she achieved fully developedte-stage Foundation Establishment Period.

    ¡°Sir, are you here... or not?¡±

    The wafting smoke of kindling candle concealed her shyness when the figure of that man emerged in her mind.

 Chapter 106: The Story of Liu Yan Valley Went On! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 106: The Story of Liu Yan Valley Went On! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    On Yu Xiao Peak which stood solemnly at the center of Tai Hua Mountain range, Luo Jianqing was riding on top of his Master in a lustful movement. Of course he couldn¡¯t care less about the new disciples, and he almost forgot that he had once saved a girl who was supposed to be one of Li Xiuchen¡¯s future wives. Luo Jianqing leaned forward and bit Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips. Their bodies were connected closely together, exchanging lubricious liquid.

    After they finished this round, exhausted, Luo Jianqingy on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body, resting his sore waist.

    Stroking him with one hand, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°We are not doing this tomorrow.¡±

    Refreshed immediately, Luo Jianqing was confused by his Master¡¯s decision, ¡°What?¡±

    Looking right into his eyes, the Master was serious, ¡°Your Cultivation Base is skyrocketing, so you must take your time to consolidate it. Jianqing, tomorrow you shall start a seclusion, and at the meantime I will re-forge your Floating Frost Sword and endow your weapon with the ability of achieving higher level as your Cultivation Base keeps growing so that it can break the limitation of a high-grade Earth-level Item.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was making a fair point with an aloof manner, acting like a Master again. Luo Jianqing mumbled ¡°Yes¡±, agreeing with this decision, but suddenly got on top of his Master again, aiming perfectly at the erection, and sat down.

    Both of them let out a moan of delight. In the moonlit room, eyes filled with desire, the young cultivator was as gorgeous as a wless white jade. Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°Well then, Master, I fear there is no time to waste today.¡±

    Eyes wide opened, Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t find a word to say.

    Not long after this, the Master was drowning in the sea of pleasure as well. The indifference totally disappeared from his face. Pressing Luo Jianqing against his arousal, Xuan Lingzi changed the position violently, which made Luo Jianqing unable to utter a single word to provoke his Master. What he could do was only panting, and shuddering with delight.

    When the Sun was about to rise, a pleading look filled Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes.

    However, though having passionate intimacy was easy, extricating from desire was hard. The next day, Xuan Lingzi cleaned Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. Holding him in his arms, the Master took Luo Jianqing back to the disciple¡¯s own house. After bunting Xuan Lingzi¡¯s chest like a cat, Luo Jianqing rolled over onto his bed unconsciously, then fell into asleep.

    Staring at his disciple¡¯s innocent visage, Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t help kissing the soft red lips. He got out of the house as quickly as possible with a blushing cheek. After closing the door behind him and setting up a ward, he announced, ¡°Jianqing, you cannote out of this house until your Cultivation Base is fully tamed.¡±

    Stilling sleeping inside the house, Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡± For god¡¯s sake, do you dare set up a ward while I am awake?!

    Finally letting out a sigh of relief, Xuan Lingzi was about to go back to his own house. However, he saw Hao Xingzi approaching from distance.

    Pupils shirked, Xuan Lingzi stepped forward. ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Senior Brother?¡±

    As one of a few who could enter Yu Xiao Peak at any time, Hao Xingzi knew the pair of disciple and Master didn¡¯t want to be disturbed, so he was ready to get to the point as soon as possible. Nheless, something stunned him: Xuan Lingzi¡¯s slightly straggly hair, crumpled robe, intentionally standing cor which covered his entire neck, not to mention his... blushing face!

    Knowing Xuan Lingzi since thetter was still a child, Hao Xingzi never saw his always-calm-and-aloof Younger Brother in a state like this. Stupefied for a long time, Hao Xingzi finally found his tongue, ¡°Brother, did anything happened to you? Why are you...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi cleared his throat and exined, ¡°Senior Brother, I was practicing my sword maneuvers.¡±

    Hao Xingzi didn¡¯t ask any further, but... he couldn¡¯t help but wonder why on Earth Xuan Lingzi was blushing because of some sword maneuvers.

    Hao Xingzi went back on track, ¡°Brother, do you still remember that eight years ago, the Liu Yan Valley opened earlier than the usual date?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°Of course I do.¡±

    Hao Xingzi went on, ¡°One year after the incident, the Bai Family finally caught the Fiend Cultivator who opened Liu Yan Valley. As a Nascent Soul Period cultivator, that Fiend Cultivator shouldn¡¯t have the power to open the valley, given that only cultivators beyond Da Sheng Period can force Liu Yan Valley to open, not to mention the Spiritual Power required might drain out the cultivator. The Bai Family has been prisoning the Fiend Cultivator, interrogating him about how to open the valley. Since Liu Yan Valley is a source which is very precious to the thirty-six states, Bai Family¡¯s actions are understandable.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi frowned, ¡°So, now they have got what they wanted out of that Fiend Cultivator?¡±

    ¡°Yes. After being tortured for seven years, the Fiend Cultivator never spit out anything useful. However, the Bai Family invited a Gui Yuan Sect¡¯s Buddhism Cultivator to chant K?itigarbha Bodhisattva and that¡¯s the turning point. Unable to endure the burning of Yan me and the suffering it brought to his Primordial Life, the Fiend Cultivator finally gave in. He confessed that it wasn¡¯t he who opened the Liu Yan Valley that day, a fruit opened it!¡±

    The graceful, elegant cultivator in white robe was shocked, while Hao Xingzi continued, ¡°That Fiend Cultivator was once a member of the Fiend Pce, serving the Fiend Exalt by his side. ording to him, the Fiend Exalt hadn¡¯t step out his chamber for a dozen years. One day, he took a wrong turn and identally entered the Exalt¡¯s chamber through a minor gate. Surprisingly, there was no one in the chamber. What left in the room were only nine fruits!¡±

    Hao Xingzi, whose hair and eyebrows had all turned white, went on with a serious tone, ¡°The Fiend Cultivator said that, once he saw the fruits, there was a voice inside his mind urging him to took the fruits as his own possession. That day, a small troop of Demon Cultivators marched crossed the border, so he stole the fruit and thought no one would pay attention to him. However, he was wrong. They chased him down to the area of Liu Yan Valley. The guy had no idea he was near the valley. He put the fruit on the ground and was about to take a rest, but it somehow disappeared. That¡¯s when Liu Yan Valley gradually opened its entry.¡±

    Coming to the Yu Xiao Peak to discussion this with Xuan Lingzi in person, Hao Xingzi apparently believed that this was an emergency.

    They all knew that the Fiend Exalt had sworn to protect the border. Together with Xuan Lingzi, he signed on the contract which restrained their freedom, but now, from what they heard from that Fiend Cultivator, the Fiend Exalt had been missing for years. The empty chamber, the fruit, the missing Fiend Exalt, and the identally opened Liu Yan Valley... all was mysterious.

    Pondering for a while, Xuan Lingzi told Hao Xingzi what he sensed a few weeks ago, and thetter was shocked.

    ¡°Achieving Deity Transformation Period? How is this possible?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi replied in calmness, ¡°Everything is possible. Senior Brother, even if the Fiend Exalt really reached the Deity Transformation Period, there is no reason for us to be upset about it.¡±

    ¡°But the Fiend Exalt had left the pce long time ago, who can you still sense him cultivating at the Fiend Pce?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi shook his head slightly.

    They discussed this for a long time but still didn¡¯t figure out what¡¯s going on. Atst, Hao Xingzi made the decision that he would ask Yu Qingzi and several other Elders of Tai Hua Mountain, along with the representatives of the Four Sects and Eight Families, to go to the Fiend Pce, see if they could meet the Fiend Exalt and ask him what happened .

    Thinking over the idea, Xuan Lingzi said to his Senior Brother, ¡°I believe it would be a good idea if Jianqing go to the Fiend Pce with them.¡±

    Stunned, Hao Xingzi asked, ¡°You want him to gain some experience?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t deny it. They made an agreement, then Hao Xingzi left Yu Xiao Peak.

 Chapter 107: The Story of Liu Yan Valley Went On! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 107: The Story of Liu Yan Valley Went On! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    In the verdant forest, Xuan Lingzi was roaming among the trees, seemingly calm and assertive. ustomed to concealing all of his emotions, he showed no expression. But he knew how astonished he was when he heard that there were nine fruits in the Fiend Exalt¡¯s chamber.

    ¡°The Blood Spirit Fruit which opened the Liu Yan Valley was undoubtedly the one inside Luo Jianiqng¡¯s body. Nine Bood Spirit Fruits, achieving Deity Transformation Period... so, Mo Qianqiu, using such a method... looks like this is your only chance...¡±

    Half an hourter, Luo Jianqing gradually woke up and found out he was confined.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Then he shouted, ¡°Wu Yin! I dare you to let me out!?¡±

    Standing in front of the door, Xuan Lingzi flushed but kept his tone as peaceful as possible, ¡°I¡¯ll do that after you consolidate your Cultivation Base.¡±

    ¡°Wu Yin, do you dare to say that while looking at my eyes! I understand that I need seclusion, but I can hardly see a reason for you to imprison me here. I am not gonna eat you alive or something.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Ok, fine. See what I will do after I finish the seclusion!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi took a step back, ¡°...¡±

    Influenced by his determination, Luo Jianqing tamed the tremendous amount of Spiritual Power inside his body within two months. With the Blood Spirit Fruit and Nine Heavenly Seizure Record operating in his core, plus what he gained from the couple cultivation, he had be a fairly powerful cultivator. Colossal Spiritual Power was gained during the seclusion.

    How many cultivators in this world had ever seen the Primordial Life of a Deity Transformation Period Cultivator?

    They could be counted out by a single hand.

    How many people ever touched the Primordial Life of a Deity Transformation Period Cultivator?

    Luo Jianqing was the only one!

    Therefore, a miraculous cultivating speed was understandable.

    Once out of the seclusion, the first thing Luo Jianqing did was rushing to Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house and ring at him with rage.

    The Master wasn¡¯t worried about the enraged young standing in front of him. Putting a book back into the shelf, Xuan Lingzi turned around and covered the book¡¯s name. Fixing his eyes on his disciple, Xuan Lingzi used his Spiritual Sense to scan Luo Jianqing all over. Satisfied, the Master praised, ¡°Good job. You¡¯ve tamed the power.¡±

    Luo Jianqing sneered, ¡°Now, it¡¯s my turn. Exin why you locked me in that room for two months.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked at his disciple indulgently as if thetter was throwing a tantrum, ¡°There is nothing to exin.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi flicked his sleeve, ethereally, ¡°I would like to see you ease your mind and focus on your cultivation.¡±

    Feeling misunderstood by his Master, Luo Jianqing was a little bit irritated, ¡°I WAS assiduously couple cultivating with you!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s tip of ears were reddened immediately.

    Luo Jianqing stepped forward, still reprimanding his Master. ¡°This is thest time you confined me. If you ever confine me again, I will leave Tai Hua Mountain and never speak to you... no, not that, well, I will reach Deity Transformation Period in a lightning speed and then lock you in the room and take away your freedom. You have to ask for my permission wherever you go. You have to listen to my orders.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Jianqing, I am your Master.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked up at him, ¡°Of course you are. I am well aware of the fact that you are not my disciple. If you were my disciple, I won¡¯t allow you to fondle me all night, and I will teach you how to respect me!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi blushed, ears redden like rubies.

    This is not his adorable, well-behaved Jianqing! This is a... dissolute swain!

    Luo Jianqing was going to further ¡°educate¡± his Master, but before he could continue, he heard someone yelling at the gate of Yu Xiao Peak. ¡°Great Senior Brother! Great Senior Brother, it¡¯s urgent! Come down to see me right now!¡±

    ring at Xuan Lingzi, Luo Jianqing flew out, leaving some words behind. ¡°We will finish this talk after Ie back.¡±

    Standing in front of the book shelf, Xuan Lingzi was perplexed. He felt something sweet melted in his heart, something cold thawed. After Luo Jianqing¡¯s figure disappeared from his sight, Xuan Lingzi burst intoughter. The indifferent, otherworldly, iceberg-like Master took off his mask.

    This was his disciple, his Jianqing. He thought delightfully.

    They are not only Master and disciple. They are lovers. His Jianqing would reprimand him regardless of their Master-and-disciple rtionship.

    This might be what it felt like to be loved by a person whom he cherished the most, just like falling into a honeypot. So sweet.

    Thinking that Xie Zizhuo had something urgent to tell him, Luo Jianqing hurried up to the gate. Once he met his Younger Brother, thetter dragged him flying towards another peak without a word. Xie Zizhuo exined to him after they flew for a while, ¡°It¡¯s a disaster, I have to tell you. They all want to take these new disciples out of our Hao Ming Peak, especially a female disciple called Mu Ruorong! You gotta help me!¡±

    Lifting one eyebrow, Luo Jianqing turned around to leave immediately, ¡°How dare you bother me with a trivia like this? Piss off!¡±

    Clenching Luo Jianqing¡¯s sleeve, Xie Zizhuo pleaded, ¡°Wait! Great Senior Brother, you have toe with me! I swore to my bachelor Brothers that I would bring Sister Mu Ruorong to Hao Ming Peak. Won¡¯t you feel pity for me if I¡¯m embarrassed because of not keeping my words ?¡±

    ¡°If you really want that Sister to join your peak, then what you should do is simply regaling her, and telling her how wonderful life on Hao Ming Peak could be. If she doesn¡¯t feel like so, then...¡± Luo Jianqing stopped abruptly. Eyes wide open, the elegant cultivator was astonished, ¡°Wait, what is that new disciple¡¯s name again?!¡±

    Without feeling anything wrong, Xie Zizhuo reminded Luo Jianqing, ¡°Well, Mu Ruorong.¡±

    Transfixed by that piece of information, Luo Jianqing thought: Mu Ruorong? Could it be that same girl from the Wan Shou Mountain? Why on Earth the Heavenly Will is so unchangeable? She should have been aware of Li Xiuchen¡¯s filthy thoughts that night, what is she doing here?! Is she crazy? No, no, I¡¯m not going to allow this to happen even if she doese here for Li Xiuchen. He doesn¡¯t deserve her at all!

    Keeping that in mind, Luo Jianqing agreed to help Xie Zizhuo, ¡°Alright, let¡¯s go. I¡¯ming with you!¡±

    ¡°Really? You are such an excellent, wonderful, brilliant, magnificent Great Senior Brother! Your face is a perfect beguiling factor which even sometimes distracts me, not to mention these little girls. Do me a favor, go tell her that Hao Ming Peak is the number one peak among the Tai Hua Mountain range. She would be honored to join us!¡±

    Kicking Xie Zizhuo in the butt, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Number one? You are truly a liar.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo chuckled.

    However..., Luo Jianqing thought, asking Mu Ruorong to join Hao Ming Peak? It was still a possibility until he knew who the girl truly is, then that possibility was totally erased out. Well, Mu Ruorong could join any peak if she wanted to except Hao Ming Peak and made Li Xiuchen¡¯s daydream a reality!

    Xie Zizhuo who still thought he had his Great Senior Brother holding his back, ¡°Hahahah~¡±

 Chapter 108: Jianqing, Return the Blood Spirit Fruit to the Fiend Exalt (I)

    <h4>Chapter 108: Jianqing, Return the Blood Spirit Fruit to the Fiend Exalt (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Soon, Luo Jianqing and Xie zizhuo came to the arena where the new cultivatorspeted.

    This year, Tai Hua mountain enrolled three new cultivators, among whom Mu Ruorong had already finished the Foundation Establishment, so she would notpete with other two disciples. Instead, with her outstanding talent, she was directly epted as the disciple of Tai Hua mountain, while the other two cultivators had topete with each other.

    Now, those two cultivators had decided their target peaks, but Mu Ruorong hesitated. Of course, it was not her fault, as disciples in all the six peaks were striving for this beautiful new disciple.

    She was 28 years old, more mature than the girls who were in their teens. Besides, she had great talent! Any man could not control their appetite for her, especial those in Hao Ming peak where all disciples were men.

    Although there were many female disciples in Qing Lan peak, Mu Tianxin was also striving for that girl, not for her appearance and talent. She was just disgusted by those men, ¡°Such a nice girl cannot fall into a stinky ce with you awful guys. I know exactly what you are thinking about! She will join our Qing Lan peak. If you don¡¯t take that, send Xie zizhuo to me!¡±

    To be honest, Mu Tianxin¡¯s power could only rank third or fourth in Hao Ming peak, much weaker than Xie zizhuo. However, everyone knew that if they hurt her, Sir Yu Qingzi would definitely ignore his identity and teach them a lesson!

    They were not afraid of a willful princess, but a willful princess spoiled by a big shot...

    Suddenly, they didn¡¯t know what to do.

    When Luo Jianqing saw Mu Tianxin in the distance, he immediately gave Xie Zizhuo a sharp look and said, ¡°So you are not bringing me here to persuade that new fellow younger sister, but your fellow younger sister Mu Tianxin.¡±

    Although Xie Zizhuo was quite handsome, his ttering smile destroyed that all. He moved closer to Luo Jianqing and rubbed against him intimately, ¡°My good brother, just help me. See? Even the second fellow brother and third fellow sister couldn¡¯t win Mu Tianxin. You are the only one who can ¡®take her down¡¯!¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at Xie Zizhuo with dislike and flew down.

    A lot of disciples of Tai Hua mountain surrounded the arena and waited for the final decision. As they saw Luo Jianqinging, they cleared a path for him. Xie Zizhuo was walking ahead with great panache as if others were showing respect to him, but when he came in front of Mu Tianxin, he abruptly smiled brightly, ¡°Oh, isn¡¯t this my fellow younger sister! What are you doing here?¡±

    Mu Tiaxin stared at Xie Zizhuo who was in scarlet and sneered, ¡°If I don¡¯te here, are you going to lure our new younger sister into your peak?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo exined innocently, ¡°We have promised topete fairly! I¡¯m not that kind of tricky person! Anyway, we disciples of Hao Ming peak will respect her own choice. She can choose any peak she likes and we won¡¯t stop her. Don¡¯t you trust your big brother¡¯s integrity?¡±

    Mu Tianxin pretended to reply with great astonishment, ¡°Oh, you have integrity?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo mped his hand against his heart, ¡°My heart is hurt.¡±

    Mu Tianxin said with a hint of sarcasm, ¡°Yeah, yeah, I bet you must havee up with some bad idea and attempted to trap her... Brother Luo?!¡±

    As she saw Luo Jianqing, Mu Tianxin coughed slightly and stood with great manners. Even if she had given up all thought of Luo Jianqing, her years of love for him still haunted her.

    Mu Tianxin blushed slightly with lowered head, saying nothing. After a while, she suddenly realized something, ¡°Xie Zizhuo! I have known your trick now! You try to use brother Luo to stop me! No way!

    Xie zizhuo was totally stunned.

    Wait, that was different from the expectation! She should have been as docile as a cat in front of Luo Jianqing, but why did she be so bold? That was abnormal!

    Luo Jianqing still felt very sorry when he saw Mu Tianxin, but her response today reassured him a lot.

    She had digested his words.

    Although she was still a little bit shy, Luo Jianqing saw something different in her.

    He couldn¡¯t waste any time now. He looked around and found Li Xiuchen in the crowd. Li Xiuchen was staring at Mu Tianxin and Mu Ruorong. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t tell what he was thinking about, but he knew that Li Xiuchen was nning something evil.

    Slightly frowning, Luo Jianqing stepped forward and said, ¡°Why so bothering? Let our new fellow sister make her own choice.¡±

    Mu Tianxin shook her head immediately, ¡°Brother Luo, those men are all boasters! The disciples of Hao Ming peak said nothing but empty ttery. Hearing their words, I even felt embarrassed for them!¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned to Zuo Yunmo and Wei Qiongyin. Zuo Yunmo beamed and nodded to him slightly, confirming the im of Mu Tianxin, while Wei Qiongyin held his sword and also nodded coldly.

    Seeing that, Xie Zizhuo said unpleasantly, ¡°You three all pick on me! That¡¯s not fair!

    Mu Tianxinughed out, ¡°You bastard, Xie Zizhuo! Stop quibbling, or I will kick your ass.¡±

    ¡°You!¡± Xie Zizhuo was about to go mad, but after a quick thought, he hided behind of Luo Jianqing and said innocently, ¡°Brother Luo, you see? They are all bullying your poor fellow brother. I¡¯m integrate, honest, caring, warm and helpful. I¡¯m literally the moral model of Tai Hua mountain, but they treat me unfairly...¡±

    Luo Jianqing pulled him away impatiently and said, ¡°Enough, shut up!¡±

    Xie Zizhuo murmured and stopped his nonsense.

    Then, Luo Jianqing turned around and looked at Mu Ruorong, who was surrounded by the crowd.

    It had been several years since their farewell in Wan Shou Mountain. It seemed that she had grown taller with better figure. Her nice face was finally tinted with unique heroic spirit after years of battles. Her bright eyes were now fixed on Luo Jianqing.

    Her eyes made Luo Jianqing slightly baffled. He thought: At that time, he had worn a mask, and now his voice had changed a little, so she couldn¡¯t have remembered him after these years.

    The handsome cultivator beamed and approached Mu Ruorong.

    Xie Zizhuo said in a low voice, ¡°I knew it! This new fellow sister will definitely be attracted by brother Luo¡¯s appearance.¡±

    Mu Tianxin stepped hard on his foot, ¡°Shut up! Don¡¯t talk about brother Luo behind his back!¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored their words. His long, thin eyes were so profound as if they were caressed by spring water, giving out warmth and brightness.

    Mu Ruorong¡¯s eyes followed Luo Jianqing. She gazed at him and nodded slightly.

 Chapter 109: Jianqing, Return the Blood Spirit Fruit to the Fiend Exalt (II)

    <h4>Chapter 109: Jianqing, Return the Blood Spirit Fruit to the Fiend Exalt (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing was confused about her gaze but didn¡¯t think too much, ¡°Tai Hua mountain is divided into seven peaks, Cang Shuang peak, Bi Can peak, Lie Huo peak, Hao Ming peak, Qing Lan peak, Yu Shou peak and Yu Xiao peak. Cang Shuang peak, Bi Can peak and Hao Ming peak focus on martial art cultivation; disciples of Lie Huo peak are keen on implement refining; Qing Lan peak concentrates on making pills; and Yu Shou peak, as its name indicates, tames beasts. Most of our female disciples gather in Qing Lan peak, while Cang Shuang peak and Hao Ming peak are desperate for female disciples.¡± After a pause, Luo Jianqing looked down at Mu Ruorong and beamed, ¡°Now, you can make your choice.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo opened his eyes wide, ¡°Brother Luo, you are embarrassing me! What do you mean by saying ¡®Hao Ming peak are desperate for female disciples¡¯?¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrow, ¡°Am I wrong?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo: ¡°You!¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned to Zuo Yunmo and asked, ¡°Yunmo, Am I wrong? Don¡¯t Hao Ming peak and your Cang Shuang peak have the least female disciples?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo gave a wry smile and nodded slightly, ¡°You are right. We Cang Shuang peak only has fifteen female disciples, and Hao Ming peak, seven.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo said angrily, ¡°Second fellow brother, you shouldn¡¯t have exposed this in public!!!¡±

    The people around allughed out.

    Then, Luo Jianqing turned to Mu Ruorong and asked, ¡°My fellow younger sister, you final decision?¡±

    Mu Ruorong was dressed in a light-green long skirt, not as unrestrained as several years ago. She looked at Luo Jianqing with sincere eyes, which surprised Luo Jianqing. Before he could figure out anything, she asked, ¡°Brother Luo, I heard that Yu Xiao peak never epted new disciples, is that true?¡±

    He was quite familiar with this question. Luo Jianqing raised his eyes and stole a quick look at Li Xiuchen in the distance, nodding, ¡°That¡¯s true.¡±

    Mu Ruorong bowed with great respect and said, ¡°Then I want to join Bi Can peak.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin stood aside, holding her sword and watching. Hearing that, she was shocked, ¡°Bi Can peak?¡±

    Mu Ruorong came to her and lowered her head with a smile, ¡°It¡¯s my honor, my third fellow sister.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s lips were convulsed with rage and upset, while Mu Tianxin burst intoughs and left. Zuo Yunmo and other people also left speechlessly. Soon, the noisy arena fell into coldness.

    Luo Jianqing was still there. He advised those three new disciples on some dos and don¡¯ts, then flew away.

    Although Mu Ruorong made this unexpected decision in an exceedingly resolute manner, it was a good result since she didn¡¯t choose Hao Ming peak.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t keep an eye on Hao Ming peak all the time, and besides, thew of nature favored more on Li Xiuchen. If Liu Xiuchen took opportunity to stay with Mu Ruorong all day, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t imagine what thew of nature would do to set these two up.

    Seeing Luo Jianqing¡¯s figure fading away, Mu Ruorong hurriedly looked away.

    Despite that, Wei Qiongyin still noticed Mu Ruorong¡¯s gaze on Luo Jianqing. Wei Qiongyin held his sword and said without any expression, ¡°He is the Great Senior disciple of Tai Hua mountain and our big fellow brother Luo Jianqing. If you feel something about him, give it up. My younger fellow sister has been fond of him for many years, but recently she heard that bother Luo already had his beloved one, so she gave up.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin¡¯s voice was cold and her words were sharp, which, however, made Mu Ruorong felt warm.

    As a rouge cultivator, Mu Ruorong had struggled in this world alone for many years, so she had experienced much more than the disciples of big sect like Wei Qiongyin. Although she was not as powerful as Wei Qiongyin, Mu Ruorong could tell that Wei Qiongyin, not an expressive one, was for her good.

    So, Mu Ruorong felt lucky that her casual decision out of discouragement was right.

    Mu Ruorong shook her head and said, ¡°Sister Wei, I will not fall in love with a man I just met once, briefly.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin looked at Mu Ruorong, seeming to understand what thetter said and stayed silent for a while. Before she left, she told Mu Ruorong, ¡°Don¡¯t hurry to deny that. There are piles of female disciples falling in love with him at the first sight. For decades, girls that have pursed brother Luo can even circle the whole Tai Hua mountain. But if you can put your feeling aside in time, that will be the best. At least, you will not be as crazy as those female cultivators and...¡±

    Wei Qiongyin stopped here and then continued expressionlessly, ¡°And some male cultivators who have hung up on him and always chant that baffling folk song.¡±

    Mu Ruorong, ¡°...¡±

    Wei Qiongyin left soon and continued her closed-door practice. Mu Ruorong followed other disciples to Bi Can peak.

    Before she left, she couldn¡¯t help looking towards the direction where the cultivator in white walked away. A confused look appeared on her beautiful face, then it was reced by a firm belief.

    ¡°Brother Luo, you are the great senior brother of Tai Hua mountain. I thought I was extremely talented when I finished the Foundation Establishment, but here on Tai Hua mountain, I can only rank twentieth or even lower. But you are standing on the top of them. I will practice hard and catch up with you. By then, I will tell you my bted thanks and... my true feelings, regardless of your response.¡±

    She snapped back her deep gaze and followed other disciples, leaving the arena.

    What¡¯s the most unforgettable thing in the world? Love somebody to the bones.

    Over these years, each time Mu Ruorong wanted to give up, she would think of that figure in light-green in the cave. That night, she suffered from spider venom and couldn¡¯t move, so she could only watch him fading into the dark. That figure was stuck in her head.

    Even if he wore a mask and changed his voice, she would not get it wrong!

    It was the man that enabled her, a female cultivator naturally weaker than male, to survive in dangerous Wan Shou Mountain for years. And it was he that inspired her to ovee difficulties and be who she was today.

    It was not necessary to win his heart, but Mu Ruorong must let him know that she was grateful to him and... she liked him.

    Currently, Luo Jianqing had returned to Xu Xiao peak anxiously.

    It was important to beat Li Xiuchen and helped his new fellow sister, but what mattered most was to give his master a lesson so that he could realize that it was awful to confine his disciple in a dark house. He had to prevent his master from doing that again!

    Luo Jianqing strode towards Xuan Lingzi¡¯s house, attempted to open the door but was bounced off by a ward.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    After a while, he said furiously, ¡°Wu Yin, why did you enchant this boundary!¡±

    Inside the house, Xuan Lingzi said seriously, ¡°Now I need to close the door to forge the Floating Frost Sword for you. This sword have established connection with you, so I don¡¯t want to rece it with another one. I need to improve its quality as soon as possible so that you can use it morefortably.¡±

    The Floating Frost Sword moaned to show its consent.

    Luo Jianqing stood outside the house, ¡°...¡± What could I do? He was justified...

    Luo Jianqing paced to and for outside the house and came up with something, ¡°Why can¡¯t I enter your house? I won¡¯t disturb you from forging my sword!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing, whose words hit home, opened his eyes wide and shouted angrily, ¡°Wu! Yin!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi blushed a little bit and ignored his words, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqingined in front of the door. However, no matter what he said, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t respond. Now Luo Jianqing could confirm that forging the sword was just an excuse! Xuan Lingzi just didn¡¯t want to admit his mistake!

    Without any other choices, Luo Jian returned to his house and practiced himself. He nned to settle ounts with him after Xuan Lingzi finished forging, but that happened thirty dayster.

 Chapter 110: Jianqing, Return the Blood Spirit Fruit to the Fiend Exalt (III)

    <h4>Chapter 110: Jianqing, Return the Blood Spirit Fruit to the Fiend Exalt (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Over these days, Luo Jianqing kept practicing Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, and thus obtained a better insight into seizing the karma. Now he could perceive some deeper karma lines, for example, there was a bright and dazzling karma line between him and Xuan Lingzi. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know the specific content embodied in this karma line, but he still felt delighted.

    Besides, on all the cultivators surpassing Gold Core, like Tai Hua¡¯s seven children, the masters and exalts, Luo Jianqing could see a line of karma connecting their bodies with the earth.

    However, when Luo Jianqing looked over Xuan Lingzi¡¯s bamboo house, he saw nothing. It was empty and colorless.

    Luo Jianqing felt baffled. He carefully practiced Nine Heavenly Seizure Record again and looked through it again.

    But still nothing.

    There was no line under Xuan Lingzi¡¯s feet, the line leading to the earth that everyone had, except Xuan Lingzi.

    Luo Jianqing frowned. He thought hard and came up with a conclusion, ¡°Maybe when he reached Deity Transformation Period, that karma line had changed. I can see the karma line of cultivators surpassing Gold Core, but I may not be powerful enough to see the line of cultivators reaching Deity Transformation Period. So, I have to practice harder!¡±

    As Luo Jianqing was delved into Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, Sir Hao Xingzi came to Yu Xiao peak. As the only one who didn¡¯t do the closed-door practice, Luo Jianqing had to receive him.

    Sir Hao Xingzi didn¡¯t show much interest in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s practice. He told Luo Jianqing, ¡°You¡¯re going to the Fiend Pce in three days. Prepare well, your third fellow sister will go with you. The Fiend Pce is not somewhere ordinary, as it¡¯s not in the territory of thirty-six states, so you have to be very cautious and follow the advice of Sir Yu Qingzi.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was confused and surprised, ¡°Sir, why am I going to the Fiend Pce?¡±

    Sir Hao Xingzi looked at him with astonishment, ¡°Several months ago, Xuan Lingzi told me that he would like to send you there to gain more experience.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Of Course, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t tell Sir Hao Xingzi about what happened between he and Xuan Lingzi, so he saw Sir Hao Xingzi off with great respect and assented to the travel three dayster. When Hao Xingzi left, Luo Jianqing came to the door of Xuan Lingzi with rage and was about to hammer the ward set up by Xuan Lingzi, ¡°You send me away only to avoid seeing me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t going to withdraw his palm. Actually, he was much less powerful than Xuan Lingzi, so if he really hammered the ward, he would be hurt seriously by the backfire. As his hand was about to touch the ward, the door opened and Xuan Lingzi clutched Luo Jianqing¡¯s thin wrist.

    Xuan Lingzi frowned and said: ¡°Jianqing, stop messing about!¡±

    Luo Jianqing gripped Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand, palm against palm and said, ¡°You never wanted me to leave here and told me to focus on practice. Why do you now send me to the Fiend Pce? It¡¯s far away from here!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi sighed slightly and wrapped his arm around Luo Jianqing¡¯s waist, leading him to the house, ¡°I have adequate reason to send you there. The Blood Spirit Fruit you gained in Liu Yan Valley belongs to the Fiend Pce. Since you have established a pact with the fruit, there must be a bond between you two. Although it is now only one third of its original size, I can terminate the pact for you. When you reach the pce, give it back to the Fiend Exalt.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing was shocked, ¡°The Fiend Exalt?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded and told Luo Jianqing the whole story.

    ¡°Oh, I see!¡± Luo Jianqing sighed, but he still felt a little bit confused, ¡°Although this fruit belongs to the Fiend Exalt, I own it now. You have also said that there is a bond between us, so why do I have to give it back? We cultivators always cherish bond, and I¡¯ve never heard that a cultivator would cut the bond himself.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi turned to Luo Jianqing and said, ¡°Yes, this fruit should belong to you now, and it can improve your power, but I would rather use it to help the Fiend Exalt reach Deity Transformation Period, so that we can leave this mountain and travel around the world together.¡±

    His words made Luo Jianqing even more confused. Xuan Lingzi continued to exin, ¡°Mo Qianqiu has reached thete stage of Da Sheng Period, so his Blood Spirit Skill is different from other Fiend Cultivators. If I¡¯m right, he is too powerful, so the Blood Spirit Fruit has been divided into seven small fruits, and you have one of them. Althoughcking one small fruit will not necessarily lead to the failure of Blood Spirit Skill, the harm is still obvious-the failure rate will reach ny percent. I don¡¯t know why the Fiend Exalt hasn¡¯te after you yet, but it¡¯s wise to give it back. Even if the fruit only remains one third of its original size, it is still made up with his blood force.¡±

    Since this fruit was critical to the prosperity and peace of humans and demons, Luo Jianqing had to agree to give it back, but he still had some confusion, ¡°Why me? You can send Sir Yu Qingzi to bring it there.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi replied, ¡°The less people know the Fiend Exalt uses Blood Spirit Skill, the better things will be. In this world, except those that the Fiend Exalt had told, only you, I and the Demon Exalt know it. I don¡¯t know the exact difference between Fiend Exalt¡¯s Blood Spirit Skill and that of ordinary Fiend Cultivators and why he didn¡¯t take all the nine fruits once, so we must be cautious. Besides, I used the power of Deity Transformation to seal the fruit into your body, and I am the only one that can unleash this seal, which will consume much of my energy. Since you have established a connection with the fruit, the longer it leaves your body, the less vitality it will have. So you can only take it out when you arrive at the pce, before that, don¡¯t take it out. The Demon Exalt might have noticed Mo Qianqiu¡¯s attempt to reach Deity Transformation Period, once you take the fruit out, he may find you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing listened carefully and agreed.

    Then, Luo Jinaqing and Xuan Lingzi sat face to face on couch, closed their eyes and meditated. Xuan Lingzi¡¯s palm ng to Luo Jianqing¡¯s belly and began to unleash theplicated seal, which took him three days.

    As Xuan Lingzipletely unleashed the seal, the message of Sir Yu Qingzi hade, which ordered Luo Jianqing to go to the gate of Tai Hua mountain now.

    Luo Jianqing packed up quickly, took his newly-forged Floating Frost Sword and left. Just two step forwards, Luo Jianqing turned around abruptly and stood in front of Xuan Lingzi.

    They gazed at each other for a while, and then Luo Jianqing pulled Xuan Lingzi over, giving him a soul kiss. Xuan Lingzi was a little bit surprised, but soon he held Luo Jianqing¡¯s waist and kissed back with more passion.

    For three days, they were devoted to meditating and unleashing the seal, so there was no time left for them to say goodbye.

    This kiss was long and sweet. They didn¡¯t stop until Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips became swollen and his face blushed.

    A glimmer of sadness appeared in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes, but he restrained it. He just grabbed the hand of Luo Jianqing who was about to leave, and kissed him gently, ¡°Be careful. Your life is the most important thing in the world. Even if you can¡¯t meet the Fiend Exalt and can¡¯t return the Blood Fruit, you have toe back.¡± he said.

    Luo Jianqing smiled brightly, ¡°Master, you have given me so many instruments and a jade tablet to contact the Fiend Exalt. Besides, Sir Yu Qingzi will take care of us this time, don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi frowned. He didn¡¯t let Luo Jianqing go.

    Luo Jianqing was astonished. He saw Xuan Lingzi taking out a white round pearl, which was as clear as white jade. It should be an ordinary message-delivery pearl, but on the hand of Xuan Lingzi, it seemed like a supreme instrument.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°I fought on the battleground of human and demons over a hundred years ago, when I saved the life of the Fiend Exalt. If you are in danger, just crumb this pearl, and the Fiend Exalt will feel it. He will help you out if he can make it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing took the pearl and beamed, ¡°Master, you are fussing now.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi suddenly hugged Luo Jianqing and sighed, ¡°Jianqing, I really hope that I can go with you...¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°When the Fiend Exalt reach Deity Transformation Period, you can apany me to anywhere.¡±

    After bidding farewell, Luo Jianqing flew away. Soon, he found Sir Yu Qingzi and dozens of other cultivators were heading to the Fiend Pce. In this team, Wei Qiongyin was the least powerful one, who reached the middle stage of Gold Core, while Sir Yu Qingzi was the most powerful one, finishing the Tribtion Passage.

    They sat on the supreme flying instrument of Yu Qingzi and arrived at the meeting point three dayster. Now, they were waiting for the representatives from Four Sects and Eight ns.

 Chapter 111: Jiu Lian and Mo Qing (I)

    <h4>Chapter 111: Jiu Lian and Mo Qing (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Yong State located at the north of Tai Hua Mountain, right next to Yun State and Cen State. The cultivators reached an agreement to meet at Yong State, discussing how they should enter the Fiend Pce before they took any action.

    Three dayster, everyone was gathered here.

    The four sects all sent Elders and some of their most talented disciples, and the childes of Eight Families¡¯s direct line of descent hade as well. Among them, the leaders from Duan Hun Sect, Gui Yuan Sect, Bai Family and Yun Family were all Da Sheng Period Elders, while other sects¡¯ leaders were at least Tribtion Passage Period cultivators.

    Yu Qingzi wasn¡¯t the one with the highest level of cultivation, but surely a cultivator with great renown.

    As the Peak Master of Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Qing Lan Peak, Yu Qingzi never pursued great Cultivation Period. Her real interest was Pill Forging. Only Yu Qingzi ¨C the best Pill Forger in the world ¨C had the ability to forge a Heaven Level Eighth Grade God-like Pill!

    After everyone had arrived at Yong State, the thirteen leaders gathered together and held a discussion. The rest of the elders and disciples went to prepare the items they might need in the Fiend Realm. Luo Jianqing, along with Wei Qiong Yin, stayed with the elders and listened to what they needed to be aware of.

    ¡°Though the Fiend Realm is under the Fiend Pce¡¯s management, the Fiend Cultivators rarely follow the rules. Therefore, many Rogue Fiend Cultivators live within the Fiend Realm but never listen to the Fiend Pce¡¯smand. The Fiend Exalt is not good at handling things like this. In addition, a Fiend Cultivator with higher Cultivation Base is more prone to ignore the rules set by the Fiend Pce, so, after we enter the Fiend Realm, we need to be cautious to those Rogue Fiend Cultivators.¡±

    Another Elder agreed with it. ¡°That¡¯s true. These Rogue Cultivators usually hate righteous cultivators. Even if we are the guest of the Fiend Exalt, they still won¡¯t treat us politely. This time, given that there are many Elders with high¨Clevel cultivation base,mon Rogue Cultivators won¡¯t be a problem, but we still need to pay attention to those reckless and fearless blockheads. Jianqing, you are powerful enough to protect yourself, but, Qiongyin, you only achieved middle-stage Gold Core Period so far, be careful.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin nodded.

    The discussion went on. Half an hourter, a page came in and brought a message to Luo Jianqing, saying that someone¡¯s waiting by the door.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t expect this and was slightly confused. He excused himself and went out.

    An elegant monk in white frock was standing outside with folded hands, giving him a bright smile as soon as he saw him, ¡°Amitabha, it¡¯s been one year since thest time we meet. Your cultivation is enhanced. Congrattions.¡±

    It was always a delight thing for Luo Jianqing to meet Fo Zi. He invited Xuan Lingzi to his lodge in Tai Hua Mountian. On their way, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Fo Zi, your cultivation base has skyrocketed. If my assumption is correct, it won¡¯t be long before you achieve the next level.¡±

    Beaming winsomely, Fo Zi replied, ¡°You¡¯re right. I¡¯ve reached the rim ofte-stage Nascent Soul Period, thanks to the Grand Zen debate. However, it¡¯s nothing ifpared to you who has almost reached Out-of-Body Period within one year.¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head, ¡°It¡¯s just a fluke.¡±

    ¡°There is no fluke in terms of what happened in the past. You are destined to own the luck.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t make anyment. Well, what else could he do? He couldn¡¯t just tell Fo Zi he managed to snatch opportunities which belonged to Li Xiuchen, nor he could tell him that he¡¯s been benefiting from the couple cultivation with his Master ¨C a Deity Transformation Period Cultivator!¡±

    They arrived at Luo Jianqing¡¯s assigned room, then chatted about what happened since they partedst year.

    Fo Zi reported the Fiend Cultivator who killed a hundred thousand people to his sect, then Gui Yuan Sect immediately sent Tribtion Passage Period Elder to the mountain range for investigation. After confirming the death of that Fiend Cultivator, Gui Yuan Sect sent hundreds of monks to chant the sutra for the innocent, helping them enter the samsara.

    Fo Zi learned a lot from what they experienced, then attended the Grand Zen Debate. During the debate, a young monk from Jing Tu Sect amazed all the audience. Though he was only an Early-stage Gold Core Period cultivator, the newer had every in-depth understanding on Buddhism.

    Fo Zi debated with him for seven days and seven nights, and finally, the younger one¡¯s thoughts were drained out. However, suddenly enlightened, the younger monk reached middle-stage Gold Core Period. Fo Zi had benefited a lot as well. After a half-year seclusion, his middle-stage Nascent Soul Period cultivation base was consolidated and even reached the rim ofte-stage Nascent Soul Period.

    Listening to Fo Zi¡¯s story, Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°I never expected such exciting things at this year¡¯s Grand Zen Debate. Looks like it was a wrong decision to leave you early. I should havee with you to Gui Yuan Sect and appreciate the amazing seven-days debate.¡±

    Fo Zi said reluctantly, ¡°Well, you didn¡¯t meet that Younger Brother from Jing Tu Sect. He¡¯s got a powerful mind. I didn¡¯t win him with no sweat.¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head in disagreement, ¡°I believe in you.¡±

    Eyes meeting in the air, they smiled.

    Noticing the time, Fo Zi felt it was time to leave. Luo Jianqing walked him to the gate. In the yard, they unexpectedly met Wei Qiongyin who was dressed in total ck. Wei Qiongyin stared at them with a slightly surprised look but just for an instant. She greeted Fo Zi with a cold face and then left without saying a word.

    Luo Jianqing exined to Fo Zi, ¡°My Third Younger Sister has been acting this way since she was little. There is only one thing she cares ¨C cultivating. Everything that other than this was not in her concern. So she is not very talktive.¡±

    Fo Zi beamed, ¡°Well, I am interested in her instead.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was astonished. ¡°What?¡±, ncing at Fo Zi all over, Luo Jianqing tilted his head aside, pretending to be extremely confused, ¡°Fo Zi! Are you nning to answer the call of love, finally? I remember that you said you had a tribtion waiting ahead. Could it be the tribtion of love?¡±

    Immediately, Fo Zi blushed. He shook his head, ¡°My Master has no idea what the tribtion really is, but I¡¯m not... I¡¯m not having a crush on Cultivator Wei. It¡¯s just, when I saw her, I sensed tremendous amount of Buddhism karma. If she decides to cultivate in Buddhism, she could certainly have a great achievement.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Put aside the gender issue, even if my Younger Sister wants to be a Buddhist Cultivator, her Master will confine her at Bi Can Peak and won¡¯t allow her to step out for just a millisecond.¡±

    Fo Zi smiled, ¡°Owning a Buddhism karma doesn¡¯t mean that she has to be a Buddhist Cultivator.¡±

    Chatting for little longer, Fo Zi returned to the lodge that Gui Yuan Sect¡¯s representatives were resting at.

    Before closing the door, Luo Jianqing suddenly sensed several streams of tremendous Spiritual Coercion dashing toward himself. Immediately fixing his eyes to the edge of sky vigntly, he saw four beams of light crossing the firmament andnded before him.

    The man who looked like the leader was an intimidating old Elder. Seeing Luo Jianqing, the Elder frowned at first, then slightly eased the coercion. ¡°Are you the Great Senior Disciple of Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing?¡±

    Among the four, the cultivator with lowest cultivation base was an Out-of-Body Period cultivator. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t even tell the exact cultivation base of the cultivators with higher level. However, he faced them with no fear in his heart. Greeting them politely, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Yes, I am. What can I do to help you?¡±

    ¡°I am the Ninth Elder of the Mo Family, Mo Feng. I heard that you are a close friend of Mo Qiu ¨C the descendant of the Mo Family¡¯s lineage which was exiled to the Northern Waste Land. There are rumors about him achieving Nascent Soul Period already, but he never came back to us in order to add his name on the Descendant Record. A very impolite thing to do, I have to say.¡±

    Luo Jianqing finally figured out why they came here.

    This was what it called ¡°The poor always lives as a nobody in the crowd, while the rich will be well-known even if he is in the desert¡±. These cultivators of Mo Family only knew that Mo Qiu already ownedte-stage Nascent Soul Period cultivation during the Grand Competition of Tai Hua Mountain, but they had no idea that Mo Qiu reached the rim of Out-of-Body Period one year ago. Even without the fact that Out-of-Body Period was in Mo Qiu¡¯s pocket, a descendant who reachedte-stage Nascent Soul Period was one that these hypocrites would take pains to get.

 Chapter 112: Jiu Lian and Mo Qing (II)

    <h4>Chapter 112: Jiu Lian and Mo Qing (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing still rememberedst time how Mo Qiu was pushed by these Mo Family¡¯s Elders who even considered forcing him to marry a direct descendant. They chased after Mo Qiu for days till the talented Fiend Cultivator finally had enough and then left Tai Hua Mountain.

    Recalling this, Luo Jianqing said with politeness, ¡°With all my respect, sir, I have no idea where Mo Qiu is. We haven¡¯t seen each other for a year.¡±

    Boom! Immediately, a powerful coercion pressed on Luo Jianqing¡¯s shoulder.

    Resisting tremendous amount of forces, the young cultivator was pushed down by the coercion. The floor was broken and his feet were buried into ground.

    The Elder said, ¡°Luo Jianqing, people are saying that you are Mo Qiu¡¯s friend-of-life-and-death. Howe you don¡¯t know how to get in touch with him?!¡±

    Erasing all the polite smile from his face, Luo Jianqing sneered, ¡°Sir,I need to remind you that you are stepping on Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s territory. Think it over before you do anything.¡±

    The Elder took a nce at Luo Jianqing with scorn, then he released more coercion, forcing Luo Jianqing to stoop. Nevertheless, it was the one and only disciple of the most powerful cultivator they were messing with. With his back straightening up like a pine and bleakness in his eyes, Luo Jianqing stared at the four Elders, ¡°How dare you treat Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple like this? Do you really want to see your family being exiled from the Xuan Tian Continent?!¡±

    Mo Feng¡¯s arrogance loosened, ¡°Kid, watch your mouth!¡±

    Right hand clenched into a fist, the Elder was ready to hit Luo Jianqing in order to teach him a lesson. However, thetter still stood straight, having no intention to avoid the punch. He stared at Mo Feng quietly, as if he was saying ¡°kill me if you dare¡±.

    Under the vast firmament, Luo Jianqing raised his voice intentionally, ¡°Is it so that the Ninth Elder of Mo Family ¨C who has been cultivating for more than a thousand years ¨C wants to bully a much younger cultivator who only cultivated for less than fifty years? My master only spent three hundred years on cultivating and has already reached a much higher cultivation level than you. If you couldn¡¯t care less about your reputation, then finish me with your fists!¡±

    His tone was still steady and calm, but was dyed with a touch of determination.

    Mo Feng was stunned. He hesitated and then loosened his fists eventually. Still, he red at Luo Jianqing, ¡°Mo Qiu is very important to the Mo Family. If I find out that you are lying, concealing him from Mo Family, next time I will show no mercy.¡±

    ¡°Show no mercy to whom?!¡± A cold voice sounded from the edge of the sky.

    Yu Qingzinded in front of Luo Jianqing while pping Mo Feng in the chest. Thetter reeled several steps back and shouted in great anger, ¡°Yu Qingzi!¡±

    Yu Qingzi said coldly, ¡°Mo Feng, how dare you mess with a Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple here?! Are you really this eager to give us a good reason to finish you off? Well, that¡¯s understandable. You¡¯ve been cultivating for one thousand and seven hundred years and yet you only reached a middle-stage Tribtion Passage Period. Today, I¡¯ll spare your life since there¡¯s little time left for you anyway. Now, piss off!¡±

    Enraged, Mo Feng shouted, ¡°Yu Qingzi! Shut your mouth up!¡±

    In a blink, Mo Feng clenched his fists, about to punch Yu Qingzi. The trace of his fists generated a shadow of beast which had a boar¡¯s brown body, a long ming tail and a human¡¯s face. The beast pounced, aiming at its enemy.

    Immediately, Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrank, ¡°The Vile Beast Shadow!¡±

    Nheless, facing the unexpected attack, Yu Qingzi responded with a sneer. She didn¡¯t even dodge, just held the ground calmly and took out a jade fly-whisk. While the item left a faint pale trace in the air, a golden phoenix flew out of the fly-whisk, fighting with the Vile Beast Shadow.

    Its sharp ws tore the ugly beast apart. Then the phoenix spat out fire, eliminating any chance of survival of the beast.

    Blood was seeping out of Mo Feng¡¯s mouth.

    As a talented cultivator who had fulfilledte-stage Tribtion Passage Period , Yu Qingzi could break Da Sheng Period a long time ago if she wasn¡¯t that obsessed with Pill Forging. Dealing with this Elder of Mo Family was just a piece of cake for her. Summoning the fly-whisk into her interspatial ring, Yu Qingzi questioned Mo Feng with a bleak tone, ¡°This time, we will visit the Fiend Realm together as allies, not enemies. We should learn how to get along even if there¡¯s a feud between us. We made this agreement a few minutes ago. Forgetting it so quickly?¡±

    Wiping out the blood, Mo Feng turned his head, ring at Luo Jianqing. ¡°I WILL know where Mo Qiu is!¡±

    Yu Qingzi sneered, ¡°Ready to force your family¡¯s young descendant to go back, huh? Tens of thousands of years ago, it was your family who exiled the lineage of the direct descendant to the Northern Waste Land. Do you really believe that no one knows this scandal? A sordid usurpation happened right after the death of the Great Elder of Mo Family. You guys are nothing but a bunch of despicable hypocrites. Now, the real direct descendant disdains you guys and does not want to go back. What makes you think you have the right to force him?¡±

    Mo Feng was furious, ¡°You!¡±

    Yu Qingzi dismissed him, ¡°Just leave. Your presence is ruining my day,¡±

    Having higher cultivation level, Yu Qingzi was way stronger than Mo Feng. Though the Mo Family were eager to know where Mo Qiu was, they wouldn¡¯t dare to offend Yu Qingzi. They left unwillingly.

    Following Yu Qingzi, Luo Jianqing entered the yard and heard the Pill Master said, ¡°It is possible that Mo Qiu¡¯s lineage is already awakened, plus his Body of Spiritual God, eventually thed¡¯s cultivation is improving at an astonishing speed. Jianqing, do not tell anyone where he is, ever. Perhaps in this way you canplete the forging of a karma that has run tens of thousands of years.¡±

    ¡°What do you mean by ¡®lineage awakened¡¯?¡±

    ¡°I was not a fan of cultivating when I was young. Mastering pill forging is my real pursuit, and because of that I¡¯ve read every ancient record that kept in Tai Hua Mountain. I remember reading some rarely-known history. Tens of thousands of years ago, Mo Family was ranked at the top of the Eight Families... no, that is not the perfect way to put it. Actually, back at that time, there was no such thing of ¡®Eight Families¡¯ or ¡®Four Sects¡¯. Tai Hua Mountain and Mo Family were two equally powerful forces standing on the Xuan Tian Continent. Back then, Mo Family¡¯s direct descendants ¨C exclusively ¨C were all born with a special lineage called Moism.¡±

    Luo Jianqing never heard of this, not even from Xuan Lingzi. He kept listening curiously.

    ¡°During their best time, Mo Family had achieved grandeur no less than Tai Hua Mountain, not to mention the Great Master of Mo Family and Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Sir Jiu Lian were friends-of-life-and-death. They were both fulfilledte-stage Deity Transformation Period cultivators. However, nobody knew what happened to them, nor did the history record mention about it; several hundred yearster the Great Master of Mo Family suddenly disappeared. Then, as I just said, the offspring of concubines exiled the direct descendant to the Northern Waste Land. Ten yearster, the Great Grand Master of Tai Hua Mountain ¨C also the third Peak Master of Yu Xiao Peak ¨C Sir Jiu Lian, was gone as well.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned and grasped the point, ¡°Several hundred yearster?¡±

    Yu Qingzi nodded, ¡°Yep, no one ever knows what happened during that period of time. All in all, Mo Family went downhill. Treasure, fame, reputation...what their ancestors had worked for tens of thousands of years were all ruined in a blink. Nowadays, Mo Family is only ranked at the fourth among the Eight Families. Tai Hua Mountain went through a tough time as well. Sir Jiu Lian¡¯s Life Lantern was broken to half but it keeps shimmering with scintition. However, it is already impossible for thentern to kindle again. Your Master will tell you all of these after you reached Out of Body Period because you are Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s disciple. Since you¡¯ve almost reached the early-stage Out of Body Period, it wouldn¡¯t be a big deal if I tell you this ahead of schedule.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was astonished, ¡°How is this even possible? Tens of thousands of years had passed. If Sir Jiu Lian transformed into deity sessfully, his Life Lantern would be brokenpletely; if he failed it, given that the life-span of a Deity Transformation Period Cultivator is only five-thousand years, he should be...¡±

    Yu Qingzi shook her head in resignation, ¡°Things just happen, Jianqing. Sir Jiu Lian is the most talented cultivator in history, and I am not exaggerating. Maybe he found a way to prolong his life¡±, Yu Qingzi beamed, ¡°Oh, there¡¯s one more thing. The record you are cultivating on ¨C True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record ¨C is a heritage Sir Jiu Lian left to the disciples of Yu Xiao Peak. He created this record.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was stupefied.

 Chapter 113: Jiu Lian and Mo Qing (III)

    <h4>Chapter 113: Jiu Lian and Mo Qing (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    After Yu Qingzi left, Luo Jianqing went back to his room. Sitting with his legs crossed on the bed, he tried to meditate but found himself couldn¡¯t calm down his mind.

    Sir Jiu Lian, the Mo Family, The True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, Mo Qiu...

    What on earth happened during that hundreds of years that caused the direct descendant of Mo Family who owned the powerful Moism being exiled to the Northern Waste Land? Moreover, what could cause the missing of Sir Jiu Lian whose Life Lantern was stilling shimmering even after tens of thousands of years?

    Opening his eyes abruptly, Luo Jianqing recalled, ¡°Wait, the Great Elder of Mo Family!?¡±

    At once, he sunk into hisst life¡¯s memory, going back to the day when he identally fell into a hidden cave.

    In that cave, there was nothing but a skeleton sitting cross-legged. Though it had gone through tens of thousands of years of gale, the skeleton was still sitting straight, remaining in a lustrous white-jade color. It contained tremendous amount of power that filled up all the Spiritual Power which the young cultivator had lost on the way.

    ¡°Is it possible...the owner of that skeleton was the Great Elder of Mo Family? If he was, then why he said in hisst words that he did something wrong, and why was he holding so many hatred toward the Heavenly Will? He had achieved the fulfilled Late-stage Deity Transformation Period, ibut he died ¨C no one knows how ¨C in a nameless cave in the Northern Waste Land... Who was powerful enough to injure the Great Elder of Mo Family so badly?¡±

    A hideous guess sparkled inside his mind.

    Yu Qingzi mentioned that there were two equally powerful cultivators in the world at that time. One was the Great Elder of Mo Family, the other was... Sir Jiu Lian. Is it possible that... Jiu Lian was the sordid guy who killed his friend of life and death?

    No! That didn¡¯t make any sense. If the murder truly happened, then how to exin Sir Jiu Lian¡¯s disappearance which caused his Life Lantern broken in half? Yu Qingzi said that Sir Jiu Lian was gone ten years after the missing of Great Elder of the Mo Family, which meant that Sir Jiu Lian was not wounded by the Great Elder of the Mo Family. Then who on earth could erase the Grand Master Jiu Lian from this world?! They were both fulfilledte-stage Deity Transformation Period cultivators!

    One question after another appeared in Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind. He took pains to figure out the missing history.

    It was a mystery tooplicated to crack, but he felt that himself was somehow connected to the truth.

    In hisst life, when he discovered and swallowed what left in the skeleton of the Great Elder of the Mo Family, he had forged a Cause; cultivating on Sir Jiu Lian¡¯s True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record since he was little, he forged another Cause; then, as Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s disciple, he became friends of life and death with Mo Qiu, a descendant of the Great Elder of the Mo Family, getting thest Cause!

    As if he was wandering in a forest overcast with thick mist, Luo Jianqing tried hard but couldn¡¯te up with a reasonable exnation. One day passed; an idea suddenly emerged in his head. Taking out a bice pill from his Interspatial Ring, Luo Jianqing called, ¡°Qing Jun, Qing Jun!¡±

    Immediately, an elegantely youth revealed himself from the pill, stood quietly beside the bed, looking at Luo Jianqing.

    Thetter asked subconsciously, ¡°You¡¯ve... recovered?¡±

    Surprisingly, Qing Jun gave Luo Jianqing a warm smile. He nodded, ¡°Yes. Since half of my power is restored, I can finally maintain my original look¡±, Qing Jun paused for a second and asked, ¡°So... you need me for something? It seems we¡¯re in Yong State right now... wait, is there a Pill Master lingering around?¡±

    Luo Jianqing finally realized, ¡°My respectful Sir Yu Qingzi is the number one Master of Pill Forging in the world, who has the ability to forge Eighth-grade Pill.¡±

    Qing Jun said in a serious tone, ¡°Then you shall not beckon me in the future while she¡¯s around. Her Spiritual Sense is powerful. It won¡¯t be long before she discovers me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, then bring the conversation back to the main subject, ¡°Qing Jun, the reason why you agreed to follow me back to Tai Hua Mountain is that you saw my bice lotus, and you knew from the moment you saw my Master that he is not the person you are looking for. You didn¡¯t find anything on Yu Xiao Peak which could guide you to your master. However, that lotus is exclusively belonged to cultivators who cultivate on True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, and, in this world, only Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s disciples ¨C the future Peak Masters ¨C have the privilege to cultivate on True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record.¡±

    Hearing this, Qing Jun wasn¡¯t impressed at all. His eyes darkened, ¡°I know, but you and your master never met the person I¡¯m looking for.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s true, but I heard something new ¨C The True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record was not a creation of the first Peak Master of Yu Xiao Peak but the third, whose name is Jiu Lian.¡±

    Boom!

    Suddenly, a pleasant aroma wafted in the room and fulfilled the whole space.

    Qing Jun transformed himself in to a golden light and rushed back to Luo Jianqing¡¯s Interspatial Ring. The next moment, Yu Qingzi broke the door and got inside, ¡°Jianqing! What happened? What kind of Pill Aroma is that? Howe the fragrance is so strong?¡±

    It happened so quickly that Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t prepared for the interrogation. He beamed, disguising his astonishment, ¡°Well, I was trying to activate an Eighth-grade Godlike Pill but identally released the Pill Aroma. I already concealed it before the fragrance went wild.¡± As he was speaking, Luo Jianqing took out a jade-colored pill from his Interspatial Ring, ¡°Here it is.¡±

    With slight suspicion in mind, Yu Qingzi looked at the pill, and was surprised the next second, ¡°Xuan Lingzi even gave you the Taixuan Soul Collecting Pill?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

    Yu Qingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Well, she thought that she was the one who spoiled her disciple too much, butpared to Xuan Lingzi... it was nothing!

    Probably she was too shocked seeing the Heaven-level Taixuan Soul Collecting Pill. Yu Qingzi left, without realizing that the aroma of this pill was different from the previous one. Making sure that Yu Qingzi had really left, Luo Jianqing sighed with a relief and then started to check if Qing Jun was all right.

    He was certainly unprepared to see this:

    The bice-colored pill was continuously shivering. Though it tried its best to conceal the leaking Pill Aroma, the lotus-like pattern started to emerge on the pill surface.

    Having known Qing Jun for several years, Luo Jianqing did care about this pill. Actually he already regarded him as a good friend. Three dayster, the shivering finally diminished. Immediately, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Qing Jun, what happened to you? Several days ago your Pill Aroma leaked out and Yu Qingzi almost discovered you. That was so close.¡±

    Qing Jun kept quiet, without giving him any reply.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to push him, so he closed his eyes and started cultivating.

    Hourster, when Luo Jianqing finished a Macro Cosmic Cycle, he heard Qing Jun¡¯s hoarse voice. ¡°I... recalled lots of things. My name is Nine-lotus Qing Mo Pill. My master invented an unique recipe and forged me in order to save someone¡¯s life. That ¡®someone¡¯, was named Mo Qing. He was badly wounded. When my master found him, the cultivator was already breathless, but my master forced his own Primordial Life into his body, and, though feebly, the moribund started to breathe again.¡±

    Qing Jun stopped. After a long silence, he said, ¡°However, my forging process required eighty-one days toplete, he couldn¡¯t wait that long anymore. On the seventieth day, master stayed in the forging room for a whole day, but when he returned to Mo Qing¡¯s side, the man was already gone. Though heart broken, my master still finished my forging. Nheless, the moment I was brought to this world, Mo Qing¡¯s Life Bead broke inside my master¡¯s palm.¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t utter a word, knowing that he had discovered some untold secrets.

    Qing Jun went on with sorrow, ¡°The broken of Life Bead signaled the final death of a cultivator. My forging became meaningless. That day, I condensed my Pill Spirit into a physical form, trying to escape at once like other Ninth-grade Godlike Pills in order to avoid being swallowed. When I opened my eyes, however, I saw my master sitting on the ground, crying desperately. He didn¡¯t even pay attention to my birth.¡±

    ¡°That day, I can¡¯t help but look at him for a long time. He was just sitting there, sobbing, crying, wailing, andmenting for ten days. When he finally set his eyes on me, I had no intention to escape, and then he said to me:

    ¡®Your birth brought immense bice cloud to the firmament. That¡¯s a rare scene. You can¡¯t save him... I shall give you another name ¨C Qing Jun.¡¯¡±

    Several sentences presented Luo Jianqing a great moving history. Fingertips slightly trembling, the young cultivator heard Qing Jun chuckling and saying reminiscently, ¡°My master is the world-renowned most talented cultivator in history; he is Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Great Elder, the third Peak Master of Yu Xiao Peak; his name is... Jiu Lian.¡±

 Chapter 114: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (I)

    <h4>Chapter 114: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Tai Hua Mountain had been erected on Xuan Tian Continent for tens of thousands of years, and thus countless secrets were forgotten with time passing.

    Who would remember the unknown talented cultivator that was once admired by the whole continent? He was such a brilliant cultivator that should never fade away in the long history and only be a drop in the ocean.

    However, when Luo Jianqing asked Qing Jun about this cultivator, he didn¡¯t know anything either.

    But why did no one except few people of Tai Hua mountain know Sir Jiu Lian ?

    Why were the direct descendants of of Mo¡¯s family who once dominated the whole continent exiled to the Cold Desert and suffered from pain?

    And what happened in those hundreds of years that made the two most powerful cultivators disappear-one had already died, and the other, although his Life Lantern hadn¡¯t gone out yet, also vanished on this huge continent without any trace.

    Qing Jun didn¡¯t talk much with Luo Jianqing and bagan to practice in-door training again. He only said that he wished Luo Jianqing could take him to the cold wastnd to visit the descendants of Mo¡¯s family. He wanted to know what they looked like and how things were going on.

    Luo Jianqing would do that anyway with or without Qing Jun¡¯s words. He had thought that they were just exiled and would not be persecuted, but it had never urred to him that they were the true blood of the Mos.

    Now, the coteral branch took the chair, like a dog in the manger.

    On Xuan Tian Continent, where traditions and hierarchy were strictly obeyed, such immoral thing should be a public nuisance, but no one had ever talked about it, so, the life of Mo Qiu and other Mo¡¯s descendants must be very hard.

    In his previous life, Luo Jianqing had received great benefits from ancestors of the Mo family, now it was the time to reciprocate their favor. Although he could not make them prosperous again, at least he could help them lead a better life.

    Now, Luo Jianqing had known a lot of secrets, so he also had many questions to ask Xuan Lingzi.

    *

    The team finally set out after their ten days¡¯ rest in Yong state.

    The Duan Hun Sect and the elder of Bai family took the lead. It should have been Tai Hua mountain¡¯s duty to lead the team, but since the Duan Hun Sect and the elder were so eager to shoulder the responsibility, Sir Yu Qingzi didn¡¯t want to argue with them anymore and just let them be. After all, she just wanted a quiet and leisure trip.

    The team of Tai Hua mountain sat on the Sir Yu Qingzi¡¯s magic pagoda, flying in the center of the whole team at the extremely high speed. They were all high-ranking cultivators, travelling over three thousand miles a day. Several dayster, they passed Yun state, and came to the border between the Fiend realm and the thirty-six states.

    Everyone put their instruments away here.

    The second elder of the Duan Hun Sect said, ¡°After we enter the Fiend realm, we are not permitted to used any flying instrument anymore, which is the Fiend Pce¡¯s rule for all Fiend Cultivators. Besides, we haven¡¯t contacted anyone in the pce this time. Fiend Cultivators are always treacherous and we can seldom get information from the pce. I¡¯ll keep contacting the pce on our way, but we have to be cautious with the Fiend Cultivators we meet.¡±

    The master of Gui Yuan Sect sped his hands together and said, ¡°Amitabha. Although Fiend Cultivators should be punished, we have an agreement with them, that we cannot kill their cultivators casually within their realm, so please do not kill them unless they attack us first.¡±

    Everyone agreed immediately.

    Wei Qiongyin watched them, swords in hands, while Luo Jianqing approached Yu Qingzi and asked, ¡°Sir, is the pce really that difficult to contact? Why haven¡¯t any elder been able to contact them so far?¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi didn¡¯t keep her voice low, ¡°Yes, Fiend Cultivators are pretty much of loners. They don¡¯t like to contact with outsiders.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at Fo Zi subconsciously, who was counting his beads and thinking about something.

    Soon, they entered the Fiend realm.

    The border between the Fiend realm and Yun state was a big river. After crossing the river, they saw a vast expanse of reddish-brownnd, which made them depressed. Wei Qiongyin, who was less powerful, held her sword tight with a serious face.

    Luo Jianqing took the chance to approach Fo Zi and asked, ¡°Fo Zi, I am wondering if you can contact anyone in the pce.¡±

    Fo Zi was baffled first, and then said ¡°Amitabha¡± in a low voice. Then he pulled Luo Jianqing aside and said cautiously, ¡°Yes, I... I know someone that can contact the pce. Last time after I bid farewell with Miss Yun Xiang, she appeared on my way back to the Gui Yuan Sect again and gave me a bell. She told me that if I had trouble, I could walk to that river and shake the bell, and she will hear it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips twitched slightly, ¡°...¡±

    After a while, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Why did she give you this bell?¡±

    Fo Zi felt confused and shook his head, ¡°Amitabha. I don¡¯t know, either.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Although Fo Zi could contact Yun Xiang this bell, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t let him use it right now.

    Everyone knew that thousands of years ago, the Gui Yuan Sect deliberately moved to Cen state to defend against Fiend Cultivators. The Gui Yuan Sect viewed ¡°Redeeming All¡± as their mission, so they hated those who practiced Demon Cultivation to the core. If others knew that Fo Zi had secret connection with a female fiend cultivator, that would be a big blow to his sect.

    Therefore, it was better not to use the bell unless it was urgent.

    The Fiend realm was extremely vast, even several timesrger than Yun state. Meanwhile, the soil here was strangely loose and soft. The air was thick and heavy, as if it was soaked with blood, making people feel stressful and depressed. Covered by ck clouds, the sky here was always gloomy and dark. Once they crossed the river, they couldn¡¯t see even a tiny ray of sunshine.

    Luo Jianqing felt particrly strange that the spiritual power in his body became slower.

    Currently, Luo Jianqing had mastered the fourth seizure, seizing the karma of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, so he had some deep insights into this skill. He often secretly ran the skill in his body and smoothly felt thews between the Earth and Heaven. However, in the Fiend realm, he felt the running of spiritual power became much slower.

    When Luo Jianqing asked Wei Qiongyin and Fo Zi, they also felt the same. Even Sir Yu Qingzi nodded slightly. ¡°After thousands of years of adjusting, the Fiend realm became more adapted to Fiend Cultivators, so our power would be crippled here and the running of our spiritual power would be much slower.¡±

    That was not good news, but no one were worried about it.

    Even if they were weakened, the team still had four Da Sheng Period masters and nearly ten Tribtion Passage masters. No one was able to hurt them unless the Fiend Pce decided to turn hostile.

 Chapter 115: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (II)

    <h4>Chapter 115: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Wei Qiongyin seldom talked much all the way, while Luo Jianqing flew to Fo Zi and discussed Buddhist doctrines with him.

    They were in high spirit, which drew the attention of many elders who gazed at them for long and signed, ¡°What talented and brilliant men they were!¡±

    One had finished the middle stage of Nascent Soul in his 70s, and the other, already halfway to Out-of-Body before he turned 50.

    These achievements deserved the admiration of these elders.

    The younger men had moremon topics, so the Senior Disciple of Shen Jian Sect also joined the conversation of Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi, so did the third son of Cang family and the third daughter of Yu family. Besides, another conversation was also ongoing, led by Bai Ji, the fourth son of Bai family.

    Dressed in white brocade robe, Bai Ji had a handsome face, dashing eyebrows, shining eyes and sharp nose, giving out a heroic sense. A white jade pendant was hung on his waist, swing with his movements. He was undoubtedly the most powerful person in his family and also, one of Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends.

    Apart from Yan Su, who was still in custody of Duan Huan Sect, hard to tell whether he was alive, Fo Zi had stood on the top of Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends. However, it was said that Bai Ji had also made some breakthroughs, reaching the middle stage of Nascent Soul.

    There was also a hearsay that Yun Rong, the eldest son of Yun family and one of Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends, had challenged Bai Ji before, but Bai Ji soon broke Yun Rong¡¯s mirage and beat him with three strikes.

    Therefore, Bai Ji was anked just rbelow Fo Zi among Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends.

    However, nowadays, the glory of Xuan Tian¡¯s Four Legends had gone. As the appearance of Luo River Thousand Autumn, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu overshadowed them with outstanding talent, so of course, Bai Ji¡¯s glory had irrevocably gone..

    However, that didn¡¯t mean Bai Ji was a weak man. Instead, Fo Zi always wore a guard against him, ¡°The spear that Cultivator Bai uses carries the strongest perversity I have ever seen, even stronger than Cultivator Yan.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing was a little bit baffled and looked towards Bai Ji. Bai Ji felt his gaze and also turned to Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s handsome face wore no expression. Bai Jing looked at him for a long time and nodded slightly, and Luo Jianqing also replied with a smile.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°How strong is it?¡±

    Fo Zi replied, ¡°It was towering perversity as high as ten feet.¡±

    Luo Jianqing fell into silence. He gazed at Bai Ji for long and then looked away.

    No one could expect that such a handsome, heroic-looked cultivator could carry so much perversity, but it was not necessarily a bad thing. It could only demonstrate that Bai Ji had a lot of confusion and his spear was full of aggressive atmosphere, but these didn¡¯t mean that he was a vicious person.

    After another day of trip, the team arrived at a small city of the Fiend Realm, Chen City.

    In the vast realm, they didn¡¯t see even one Fiend Cultivator in these days. Here in Chen city, they could see a dozen of them. When Luo Jianqing and other people entered the city, all the Fiend Cultivators were shocked. They stared at the team with strong alert, and some even took out their instruments or gathered ck Fiend Qi.

    Seeing that, the second elder of Duan Hun Sect sneered. He stamped his foot and produced loud sound, ¡°We have important things to discuss with the lord of the city!¡±

    The powerful atmosphere of middle-stage Da Sheng Period cultivator overwhelmed the whole city as a mountain. Instantly, all the Fiend Cultivators in Chen city fled in disarray with fear and gave up the idea to fight. Then, a middle age cultivator in ck flew to the team, totally shocked by them.

    The team consisted of four Da Sheng Period cultivators, nine transcending tribtion cultivators and over ten Body Fusion and Out-of-Body cultivators.

    They were too powerful. In the whole Fiend realm, only the Fiend Pce could evenly match them.

    The male cultivator had intended to argue with them, but now he was about to run away subconsciously. Before he turned around, the second elder of Duan Hun Sect caught him back with the Ghost w.

    The cultivator hurried knelt down and begged, ¡°Sorry, sorry, I am the lord of Chen city, Chen Tian, just reached thete stage of Out-of-Body. Chen city is just a small city on the border of the Fiend Realm without any treasures, so we don¡¯t have any gifts for you, but if you have anything in need, I will spare no efforts to help you!¡±

    The second elder of Duan Hun Sect didn¡¯t expect that tthe lord of this city could be so tame. He waved and said, ¡°I called you out to discuss something with you. You can stand up.¡±

    Chen Tian was baffled. He examined the team carefully and didn¡¯t stand up after the elder sneered unsatisfactorily, ¡°If I can be of service, I am at your disposal.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing beamed.

    This lord was a smart guy. He directly said ¡°service¡± instead of ¡°discuss¡±, showing great respect to the team. As amon saying went, ¡°The smiling one will not be beat.¡± Even if this lord had killed countess people, they didn¡¯t have the excuse to kill him now.

    The second elder asked, ¡°Are you one of the pce members?¡±

    Chen Xian shook his head first, and then nodded, ¡°I am not literally one of them. There are too many rules in the pce, while I don¡¯t want to give up my freedom, so I didn¡¯t join them. But one of my friends is a captain of the pce, and he gave me this job, so I am kind of working for the pce.¡±

    The second elder wasn¡¯t interested in his past and asked directly, ¡°Can you contact the pce?¡±

    Chen Tian replied awkwardly, ¡°The pce will send someone here to collect taxes each year, but I cannot contact them. They wille here three monthster, and you can meet the messenger from the pce by then.¡±

    The second elder was obviously not satisfied with this answer and frowned. Chen Tian noticed that and added immediately, ¡°However, I know that thousands of miles to the west from here is Libidinal city, one of the nine greater cities of the Fiend Realm. Chen city is nothingpared with Libidinal city. The lord of that city serves the pce and isone of the nine great captains of the Fiend Pce!¡± The second elder was more satisfied with this answer.

    Chen Tian continued, ¡°If you decide to go there, I can send a guide for you. One of my concubines was born in Libidinal city and she can lead you there, but she must stay with you after your trip.¡±

    Soon, a graceful female Fiend Cultivator in red came out. She wore a red veil and seemed to have cried, as her eyes were a little puffy and reddish. Chen Tian reprimand angrily, ¡°It¡¯s your great honor to guide for these honorable cultivators! How dare you to cry! Smile!¡±

    The female cultivator was frightened by him and smiled reluctantly.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing frowned with displeasure, and Fo Zi even turned around, unwilling to see this scene.

 Chapter 116: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (III)

    <h4>Chapter 116: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The second elder didn¡¯t say anything about it. They turned around and left, with that female cultivator following closely. Chen Tian apanied the team to the gate of Chen city. While she was walking away, the female cultivator couldn¡¯t help looking back at two blood-red characters, ¡°Chen City¡±written, on the gate tower.

    Luo Jianqing sighed with bitterness. Suddenly, he heard a furious cry from Wei Qiongyin, ¡°How dare you to molest me! I will kill you!¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned back hurriedly and saw Wei Qiongyin¡¯s clothes on her right shoulder torn and her white skin exposed. She took out her sword and furiously attacked Cheng Tian, who defended against her subconsciously.

    Wei Qiongyin only reached the middle stage of Gold Core, while Cheng Tian had finished Out-of-Body cultivation. The gap of power between them was so obvious, and the ck Fiend Qi was about to attack Wei Qiongyin. Suddenly, Sir Yu Qingzi sneered.

    Boom!

    Chen Tian was blown out and his body hit on the gate tower. With blood gushing from his mouth, Chen Tian stared at these Dao Cultivators unbelievably and said with great difficulty, ¡°Why...In the Fiend Realm, Dao Cultivators cannot kill Fiend Cultivators casually...Why do you kill me...¡±

    Wei Qiongyin said indifferently, ¡°You have molested me, so you must be killed.¡±

    Then, Chen Tian died.

    The second elder of Duan Hun Sect and the elder of Bai family looked at Sir Yu Qingzi with great dissatisfaction and said, ¡°I¡¯m afraid that the cultivators from Tai Hua mountain are a little bit presumptuous. Killing a Fiend Cultivator in their own realm is a breach of the agreement.¡±

    However, Sir Yu Qingzi just raised his eyebrows, ¡°I remember that over one thousand years ago, it was Tai Hua mountain that repressed Fiend Cultivators, forced them to move here and sign the agreement with us, right?¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    Yu Qingzi flicked his sleeves, ¡°I don¡¯t need any reason to kill that Fiend Cultivator. I don¡¯t like him, so I killd him!¡± Then he turned to Wei Qiongyin unpleasantly and said, ¡°You don¡¯t need such an excuse to kill him. The female cultivator of Tai Hua mountain can do whatever they want, understand?¡±

    Wei Qiongyin lowered her head and said yes softly.

    The team continued their trip. Fo Zi told Luo Jianqing, ¡°Amitabha. Sir Yu Qingzi always speaks her mind. She does have a deep connection with Buddhism!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was quite speechless, ¡°Fo Zi, What¡¯s your standard for this connection? You¡¯ve just met few people of Tai Hua mountain, but you said that many times. You said I had a deep connection with Buddhism, that my third fellow younger sister had a deep connection, and now so does Sir Yu Qingzi.¡±

    Fo Zi beamed and counted his beads, ¡°Anyone who I think I can get along with has a deep connection with Buddha.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    The death of Chen Tian shocked the female Fiend Cultivator. She dared not to say anything casually, only answered their questions and guided them. Some Fiend Cultivators also encountered the team asionally, who had intended to intercept them, but gave up when they perceived the team¡¯s power.

    It took their four days to reach the Libidinal City.

    They could hear the seedy sounds of songs and dances even far away from the gate. The whole city was brilliantly illuminated throughout the night, and the acrid fragrance from the city made them feel disgusted.

    However, the female Fiend Cultivator said, ¡°That is the Libidinal City. The city lord has reached thete stage of Body Fusion, and his two close servants are at middle stage and early stage of Body Fusion respectively. The Libidinal city is the notorious red light district in the Realm, and I... I don¡¯t want to go there. I can lead you to the city gate, but then, please let me go.¡±

    Hearing that, an elder asked her, ¡°Were you born here? Why don¡¯t you dare to go in?¡±

    The female Fiend Cultivator was about to tear up. She said hoarsely, ¡°I have just finished the Foundation Establishment. In the Libidinal City, all the female cultivators below Gold Core are treated as tools for couple cultivation. Some handsome male cultivators will be no exception. It¡¯s up to you whether enter this city or not, you can gamble, battle, be out on tiles every day. If you are powerful enough, it is your paradise, but if you are weak...¡±

    ¡°Even male cultivators are no exception?¡±

    The female Fiend Cultivator nodded, ¡°Yes, they will seize anyone weak and attractive. Before I left here, I heard that ate-stage Foundation Establishment male cultivator in red was very handsome, but unfortunately, he didn¡¯t know the rule here and entered the city. That night, he was beset by several high-level Fiend Cultivators in an alley and...got raped. He struggled in the Libidinal city for months but finally left. It is said that he was as gorgeous as a woman, even the city lord couldn¡¯t help viting him. When he left, he had also absorbed many men¡¯s energy and reached the middle stage of Gold Core at a young age.¡±

    The team gulped, especially many male cultivators.

    He struggled for several months and directly jumped to the middle stage of Gold Core merely by absorbing men¡¯s energy.

    That was a terrible humiliation! This pain might drive any ordinary person to suicide, but he was determined anyway.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t think too much. He just felt that it was a terrible ce and Fiend Cultivators were uncivilized, self-indulgent.

    However, Fo Zi¡¯s face turned bleak and pale. He hesitated for a while and told Luo Jianqing in a low voice, ¡°Cultivator Luo, the Fiend Cultivator in red, handsome, reaching the middle stage of Gold Core at a young age...¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s lips twinkled and he wanted tosh Fo Zi¡¯s face with his sheath.

    However, he saw Fo Zi¡¯s caring face and finally gave up. Luo Jianqing sighed, ¡°Fo Zi... I thought you were a decent person and wouldn¡¯t imagine that scene. Listen, Mo Qiu is not a doormat. He has a lofty position in the Pce and even Yun Xiang dares not to act against him. If he is that Fiend Cultivator in red, will he let the Libidinal City and those who had humiliated him get away with it?¡±

    Hearing that, Fo Zi felt relieved and wiped the sweat on his forehead, ¡°Good. Fiend Cultivators are horrible.¡± Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to respond to him, but he noticed the female cultivator¡¯s pale face and couldn¡¯t help echoing, ¡°Fiend Cultivators are horrible...¡±

    Although they were prepared for anything in this city, when they arrived at the gate, they were still shocked.

    At the gate, they heard various obscene moans from both foul-mouthed men and women. Even men were moaning loudly without feeling embarrassed. Luo Jianqing swallowed hard and was frightened by this scene, unwilling to enter the city,

    Obviously, the majority of team members thought the same.

 Chapter 117: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (VI)

    <h4>Chapter 117: The Libidinal City in the Fiend Realm (VI)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The second elder of Duan Hun Sect stopped at the gate and ignored the guards who were questioning him. He stamped his foot hard and snapped, ¡°Where is the city lord? Get out now!¡±

    This time, he didn¡¯t milden him tone at all.

    No matter how well the elder prepared in mind, he couldn¡¯t have imagined such a scene where people did this obscene thing right on the street! Seeing Luo Jianqing and other handsome cultivators in the team, a male Fiend Cultivators seduced them with winks, while kept speaking dirty words with the one on top of himself.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face clouded. He reached out to cover the eyes of his third fellow younger sister.

    Before he warned Wei Qiongyin, a hand shaded his eyes. Luo Jianqing turned around and heard Sir Yu Qingzi saying furiously, ¡°You shouldn¡¯t see it either! If your master knows that you have seen such a filthy thing, he will mop up this city.¡± After a pause, Yu Qingzi added, ¡°It¡¯ a good thing that Tianxin is not here. If shees, I will mop up this city too!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    As this scene was too degenerating and immoral, the female cultivators of Fei Hua Sect couldn¡¯t tolerate it anymore and turned back. The elder of Fei Hua Sect hurriedly threw out the Cloud Sleeves and knocked away those filthy Fiend Cultivators who were having sex on the street.

    Now, the team felt better.

    Although Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t see anything, he could still hear those horrible voices. He had never expected that someone could say so many...so many filthy words when they were doing that kind of thing! When he was copting with Xuan Lingzi, they just panting softly. Sometimes, Luo Jianqing would even bite his hand to not make any sound.

    But what he saw here really blew his mind...

    Soon, ate-stage Body Fusion Fiend Cultivator came, who was nearly half undressed with his neck covered with deep hickeys. Obviously, he just got out of bed. As he approached the team, he instantly knew that they were much more powerful than him, so he said respectfully, ¡°I have never expected the presence of such honorable guests. My name is He Xiao, the eighth great captain of the Fiend Pce and the lord of the Libidinal City. If I can be of service, your word is mymand.¡±

    His modest attitude made the team feel better. The second elder of Duan Hun Sect said, ¡°Let¡¯s skip the empty formality. We are cultivators from various sects and ns of the thirty-six states. Wee here with the Order of Tai Hua Mountain and have something to discuss with the Fiend Exalt, yet we¡¯ve failed to contact the Pce. Since you are one of the great captains of the pce, lead the way for us, please.¡±

    Hearing that, He Xiao relieved and raised his head, and his eyes were immediately captured by Luo Jianqing and Bai Ji. He Xiao was surprised by their handsome appearance. He glimpsed at Luo Jianqing for a second and soon looked away, but his lecherous eyes made Luo Jianqing frown, and Bai Ji¡¯s face also darkened.

    Well, He Xiao preferred thepany of men.

    The elder of Bai family was angry about it, but he didn¡¯t say anything. He couldn¡¯t stop that men from looking at these cultivators, could he? After all, it seemed that He Xiao was more interested in Luo Jianqing. With that in mind, the elder of Bai Family looked at Luo Jianqing sarcastically.

    The whole Tai Hua mountain always boasted that their unmatched talent Luo Jianqing was not only handsome, but also brilliant. The elder wondered that if Luo Jianqing entered this Libidinal City before he reached Gold Core, what would happen to him. Perhaps he might have suffered more than that Fiend Cultivator in red.

    However, as they were picturing the fictional tragedy for Luo Jianqing, Sir Yu Qingzi suddenly took out her Hossu and attacked He Xiao.

    This was almost an attack from another world, which made He Xiao¡¯s chest torn. He vomited blood, and before he could condemn, Yu Qingzi rebuked angrily, ¡°What are you looking at? Don¡¯t stain my disciples of Tai Hua mountain with your dirty eyes! Maybe I should gouge out your eyes, or just confront the Fiend Exalt!¡±

    He Xiao had never expected those Dao Cultivators were more peremptory than him. He said with surprise, ¡°You hurt me first! You¡¯re slinging mud at me!¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi sneered, ¡°My younger fellow brother Xuan Lingzi had saved your Fiend Exalt¡¯s life. Why don¡¯t you ask the Exalt who is more important, an insignificantte-stage Body Fusion Fiend Cultivator or thest disciple of Tai Hua mountain?

    His words silenced He Xiao.

    Sir Yu Qingzi sneered and was going to give him another lesson, but Luo Jianqing stopped her and beamed, ¡°Sir, I think nothing of this shameless Fiend Cultivator. However, since you are defending me, I cannot stand by. This Fiend Cultivator disrespects Tai Hua mountain, so I¡¯m willing to battle him. When we reach the Pce, if he represses his power to my realm, we can battle fairly under the witness of the Fiend Exalt!¡±

    His ambitious words shocked everyone.

    Fo Zi frowned, while Wei Qiongyin looked at Luo Jianqing worriedly. Bai Ji gave him a light glimpse, and the elder of Duan Hun sect sniggered.

    He Xiao was baffled, and then became overjoyed.

    This young man was talented but silly. Even if He Xiao repressed his power to Luo Jianqing¡¯s realm, it wouldn¡¯t be a fair battle. He Xiao had practiced for hundreds of years, so his realm and understanding on skills had far surpassed that of Luo Jianqing. Repressing to the same realm? Even if he repressed his power to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, he could beat Luo Jianqing easily.

    But... that young man was really good-looking, not as feminine and tender as that Fiend Cultivator in red a hundred years ago, instead, he was more refined and cleaner. If he could touch Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands during the battle or touch his...

    ¡°Ouch!¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi kicked He Xiao away and said, ¡°Didn¡¯t you hear that my disciple of Tai Hua mountain want to battle you? Now lead us to the Pce and I will permit your mortalbat in front of your Exalt!¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned to Sir Yu Qingzi with surprise, ¡°Sir, mortalbat?¡±¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi nodded and asked, ¡°Are you afraid?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled and then beamed. His eyebrows were arched gracefully and eyes narrowed. He coldly looked at blood-gushing He Xiao and said casually, ¡°It¡¯s never difficult to kill a shameless person! When we reach the Pce, I will finish this viinous Fiend Cultivator in front of the Fiend Exalt!¡±

 Chapter 118: Welcome to The Fiend Palace (I)

    <h4>Chapter 118: Wee to The Fiend Pce (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    They didn¡¯t step into the Libidinal City at all. The city lord He Xiao led them on the way to the Fiend Pce.

    While guiding them, He Xiao introduced the Fiend Realm to the righteous cultivators. ¡°The Fiend Realm isposed by nine cities, governed by nine captains, respectively. Though I am one of these captains, my status in Fiend Pce is only ranked in the middle .¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know how powerful the Fiend Pce was until He Xiao told them theposition of the members.

    Despite the Fiend Exalt, Mo Qianqiu, who had already reached fulfilledte-stage Da Sheng Period cultivation, there were three other Da Sheng Period cultivators serving as his right-hand men: the minister of the Fiend Pce and two Dharmaps.

    Fiend cultivators were quite careless. He Xiao told them everything he knew about the Fiend Pce, with no fear that the ¡°righteous cultivators¡± might know their secret and use it against them. Of course, everyone in the team knew that none of the Four Sects nor the Eight Families could defeat the Fiend Pce; even Tai Hua Mountain wouldn¡¯t be one hundred percent confident whether they would win Fiend Pce or not if confronted.

    Hearing He Xiao speaking of the two Dharmaps of the Fiend Pce, Luo Jianqing suddenly recalled what Mo Qiu told him before. He remembered that Mo Qiu insisted visiting Tai Hua Mountain and that led to his discover of the unusual rtionship between him and his Master. What did he say that day...? ¡°The two Dharmaps of Fiend Pce were siblings, and lovers, at the same time.¡±

    This gleam of memory made Luo Jianqing chuckled. The young cultivator just realized that his best friend had already joined the Fiend Pce even before that day.

    Fo Zi noticed Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile. Curiously, he asked, ¡°Amitabha, Cultivator Luo, do I have the honor to know what makes you so happy?¡±

    They had known each other for a decent amount of time, and Luo Jianqing already found that Fo Zi was not a sedate monk as he thought he would be.

    ¡®There is no way to ferry over the ocean when your boat is not even touching the sea.¡¯

    Fo Zi once told him this, and Luo Jianqing kept that sentence in mind. Fo Zi wasn¡¯t a fusty monk. After all, this guy once even said that ¡®Whom I like are all deeply bonded with Buddhism¡¯.

    Thinking about this, Luo Jianqing whispered to Fo Zi through Spiritual Telepath, ¡°Somebody once told me that the two Dharmaps of Fiend Pce are a couple.¡±

    Fo Zi smiled, ¡°I see.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Minutester, Luo Jianqing finally broke the silence, ¡°Fo Zi, aren¡¯t you surprised? They are brothers of flesh and blood, but they still chose to be couple cultivators.¡±

    ¡°Life is a circting river. They chose to be couples, then there is definitely a destined karma between them. Their lineage should never be a burden. This is a Cause, but sometimes a Consequence as well.¡±

    This time, even Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t understand Fo Zi.

    Without using Spiritual Telepath, Fo Zi spoke his thoughts out loud, then the other monks from Gui Yuan Sect heard it as well. These eminent Buddhism masters all put their palms together devoutly and saluted, ¡°Amitabha, Yu Chen has broken into another level of Zen insight.¡±

    Amazed, Luo jianqing looked at Fo Zi but saw thetter fumble his bald head and simper, ¡°Just a fluke.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Frequently inspired and leveled-up, the young cultivator once thought that himself was so favored by fortune that his cultivating speed was indeed a rare one, but today he changed his mind. He never thought that Fo Zi could break through next level by a single sentence. Well, cultivating on karma, Buddhism Cultivators were just cheating, and if I was given a chance to choose again, Luo Jianiqng thought, it wouldn¡¯t be a bad idea to be a Buddhism Cultivator at all!

    They kept marching on.

    Having He Xiao as their guide, they never encountered any trouble. He Xiao stayed with the Elders of Duan Hun Sect all the time, and didn¡¯t dare getting close to Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s cultivators.

    He Xiao still remembered how Yu Qingzi punished him with the fly-whisk, so he didn¡¯t have the gut to harass Luo Jianqing. However, when night fell, under the cover of darkness, He Xiao would still peek at Luo Jianqing, swallowing saliva.

    Wei Qiongyin had no feeling for Fiend Cultivators except hatred, given that her parents were ughtered by a fiend cultivator when she was little. Seeing He Xiao¡¯s seedy behavior, she put her hand on the hilt, about to draw her sword, but was stopped by Luo Jianqing.

    ¡°Great Senior Brother, that nasty Fiend Cultivator has been looking at you with filthy stare. Howe you are still so calm? His dirty thoughts are all written on his face. He must have imagined you as the male Fiend Cultivator we saw at the gate of Libidinal City, a lewd young man. He is such a disgusting rat, let me finish him for you!¡±

    The night of Fiend Realm was full of danger. Connected to the Demon Realm, the Fiend Realm was frequently raided by some Demon Beasts. For that reason, the team decided to camp and rest, vigntly guarding themselves.

    Hearing Wei Qiongyin¡¯s words, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t bother at all. He kept cultivating quietly.

    Wei Qiongyin wasn¡¯t an impressively good-looking female cultivator, but surely an elegant one. Holding an expressionless face all the time, Wei Qiongyin kept a distance with all the others. This time, her mask broke. Rage dyed her face a touch of vivid beauty, but nobody noticed it in a dark night like this.

    Noticing that Wei Qiongyin was about to draw her sword again, Luo Jianqing finally said something to calm her. ¡°Sister, even our candid Sir Yu Qingzi can tolerate the dirty thoughts of that Fiend Cultivator, you don¡¯t need to be this angry at all. He is portraying me in his filthy fantasy, not you. Just ignore him.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin was enraged, ¡°Great Senior Brother, how could you spare...¡±

    ¡°Sister, there is no need to be mad because of a moribund.¡± Hearing this, Wei Qiongyin was stunned. She saw Luo Jianqing slowly opened his eyes. Scarlet moonbeam stroked her brother¡¯s elegant visage, making the cultivator an ethereal youth. Luo Jianqing went on, ¡°I treat him as he is a nothing but a bug. Why are you still considering him as a human?¡±

    Eyes widely open, Wei Qiongyin was speechless. After a while, she suddenly chuckled.

    Luo Jianqing was shocked by her reaction. They had known each other for dozens of years, but this was the first time Luo Jianqing saw his Third Younger Sister smile. The girl¡¯s only pursuit was cultivating, bing a powerful cultivator, and then revenge for her parents, but now she smiled, surprisingly, given that they were in the Fiend Realm.

    ¡°Great Senior Brother, now I finally understand why there are so many cultivators falling in love with you. Like the folk song said, wait, what¡¯s the lyrics? Ah, I recall, it¡¯s something like ¡®immortal lives on the mountain, I yearn for his attention...¡¯¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face darkened, ¡°Sister!¡±

    Wei Qiongyin didn¡¯t went on and returned to her usual indifference look.

    Luo Jianqing had no idea when and who started it; a folk song suddenly went popr among Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s young generation. This song perplexed him a lot because its lyrics... the lyrics was uneptably bold. It¡¯s totally a love song! Luo Jianqing remembered that Xie Zizhuo once had sung it right in front of him and, well, his brother was beaten so badly by him that the poordy on the bed for three days.

    To be honest, Luo Jianqing wondered, why would a normal cultivator sing a folk song like this?

    Even though Wei Qiongyin only had time to say two lines of the lyrics, Fo Zi still heard it. Fiddling his Buddha Beads, the young monk reached Luo Jianiqng and sat right next to him. Before Luo Jianqing could greet Fo Zi, thetter said, ¡°Amitabha, I also heard that Tai Hua Mountain has a very famous folk song, but I never had the chance to hear it. Cultivator Luo, can you recite the song for me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    From then on, Luo Jianqing never respond to Fo Zi¡¯s any question. He kept his mouth tight no matter how hard Fo Zi tried to persuade him to let the cat out of the box. When they finally got near to the Fiend Pce, Fo Zi still didn¡¯t get the answer. Staring at Luo Jianqing¡¯s back, Fo Zi sighed, ¡°I¡¯m surprised how determined Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s disciple is, in terms of keeping the sect secret.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin was passing him. Hearing his words, she stopped, ¡°Because that folk song is addressing the Great Senior Brother.¡±

    Excited, Fo Zi bowed with a smile, ¡°Amitabha, seems like Cultivator Wei knew this song so well. Could you please reveal it to me?¡±

    Pondering for a while, Wei Qiongyin said, ¡°Well, I wouldn¡¯t sing it out loud, but I can surely tell you the lyrics. It says...¡±

    A long timeter, Fo Zi¡¯sughter broke the silence.

    Surprised, Luo Jianqing turned his head to see what was going on with Fo Zi and had totally no idea what¡¯s wrong with his friend, but when they arrived at the Fiend Mountain range, Fo Zi got close to Luo Jianqing and whispered, ¡°I like that they praise Yu Xiao Peak as the ¡®Immortal Mountain¡¯ on the Xuan Tian Continent. Cultivator Luo indeed owns ethereal visage that everyone would fall for. However, my friend, I never thought that you¡¯ve been living a life like this. Surviving from it, you¡¯ve earned all of my respect.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth twitched when he heard ¡°Immortal Mountain¡± then his face gradually darkened.

    Who on earth revealed that stupid folk song to Fo Zi?!!

    Expressionlessly, Wei Qiongyin passed them, pretending not knowing anything.

 Chapter 119: Welcome to the Fiend Palace (II)

    <h4>Chapter 119: Wee to the Fiend Pce (II)</h4>

    Surrounded by menacing cliffs, the Fiend Pce was located at the top of the mountain, pointing straight to the firmament like a sword. The grand pce was built by scarlet bricks, as if it was forged by blood.

    The team met the mountain guard of the Fiend Pce when they arrived at the foothill.

    The guard was a middle-stage Body Fusion Period cultivator. He frowned in reprimand when he saw He Xiao, but still delivered the message to the Fiend Pce.

    Soon, permission was given, allowing them to climb up, but, to their surprise, nobody came down to wee them, given that they were all important figures of their sects. Duan Hun Sect¡¯s second Elder couldn¡¯t bear to be treated like this, so he took out the flying item, intending to fly to the destination. Nevertheless, he only made one meter before he was knocked down by a ck de shadow.

    Though holding Da Sheng Period cultivation base, the Elder was stopped solely by a de shadow. A quite embarrassing thing.

    Looking up, they saw a Fiend Cultivator dressed in pearl-while sitting on a branch of an already dead tree, carrying a gigantic de even bigger than himself. He was looking at them with a winsome beam. He was a gorgeous guy, owning a kind of beauty different from Luo Jianqing¡¯s elegance, nor like Bai Ji¡¯s handsomeness. This Fiend Cultivator was almost asely as a woman. There was no doubt that he would be mistaken as one, if only his chest wasn¡¯t that t.

    Staring at him, Luo Jianqing frowned and thought, ¡®He is quite good-looking, but still not as beautiful as Mo Qiu. However... are all Fiend Cultivators this gorgeous?¡¯

    Luo Jianqing moved his gaze to that tall, muscr man, He Xiao, and immediately shook his head, discarding the guess. ¡®Maybe not, a living counter-example is right in front of me.¡¯

    Before He Xiao could introduce the arriver for them, the Second Elder of Duan Hun Sect shouted at that Fiend Cultivator, ¡°Qin Guihe! What do you mean by that?! Wee here to greet the Fiend Exalt, how dare you stop us!¡±

    Hearing this, Luo Jianqing was slightly stunned, and then raised his eyes to look at the Fiend Cultivator who was called ¡°Qin Guihe¡±. Thetter smiled and nced over the Second Elder of Duan Hun Sect, ¡°What do I mean? Ask yourself! Old fart Gui Yi, I just don¡¯t like you from the first ce. Are you deaf or what? I told you to climb up to the top. CLIMB! Piss off if you think you are not gonna make it to the mountain top!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Howe this guy... with such a charming voice and beauty, spoke in a manner that was so...straight forward?

    Elder Gui Yi was irritated, ¡°You!¡±

    Qin Guihe just ignored him. Sitting on the tree, he took out a bottle of liqueur and even toasted to him.

    After all, they were stepping on the Fiend Realm, and the Fiend Pce was no pushover. They had no choice but to climb.

    However, before he could take more steps, Luo Jianqing was stopped by Qin Guihe, who asked, ¡°Hey, you! Thatd dressed in bice, are you Luo Jianqing of Tai Hua Mountain?¡±

    Luo Jianqing halted, and the whole team stopped as well, all looked at him, even Yu Qingzi was staring at him in surprise. Luo Jianqing, however, looked towards Qin Guihe in confusion, ¡°I am Luo Jianqing, disciple of Tai Hua Mountain. Can I help you with anything?¡±

    Qin Guihe waved his wrist, and the liqueur disappeared in a blink. He brandished the giant de at Luo Jianqing and dashed it forward. Yu Qingzi was alerted and stepped in front of Luo Jianqing immediately. Nheless, she knew very well that Qin Guihe was a much powerful cultivator than her, but she still said, ¡°Is this a deration of war from Fiend Pce?!¡±

    Qin Guihe stopped, smiling in a strange way, ¡°I am... offering him a ride to the mountain top, because I like him.¡±

    Everyone was speechless.

    Luo Jianqing had no idea what was going on, ¡°...¡±

    Without being given any timeto think it over, Luo Jianqing was forced to reel back by the colossal coercion dispersed from the de, andnded on the edge of the de. The de carried him to the top of the mountain at a lightning speed. However, Qin Guihe was still sitting on the branch, looking at them with a charming smile, ¡°Who is that Fo Zi Yu Chen of Gui Yuan Sect?¡±

    Fo Zi was surprised, then answered the call with a smile, ¡°I am.¡±

    The Elders of Duan Hun Sect and Bai Family weren¡¯t expecting these two cultivators who were a lot younger than them got to the peak before them, so they all pulled a long face.

    After Fo Zi stepped up, Qin Guihe seized him up and unexpectedly struck by a de gust. The Elder of Gui Yuan Sect immediately rushed in front of Fo Zi, keeping him away from the attack, but the young monk was still hit by a wisp of it.

    Groaning, Fo Zi felt something was wrong with his body.

    Bursting out aughter, Qin Guihe said, ¡°I dislike you. Now that I¡¯ve sealed your Spiritual Power, you¡¯d better climb the hill without it!¡±

    Fo Zi, ¡°...¡±

    Fifteen minutes passed, and the whole team finally reached the top of the mountain. Luo Jianqing¡¯s been waiting for them for a while.

    Climbing hills was no hard thing for cultivators. Fo Zi was the only one who sweated a little because his Spiritual Power was sealed, but he didn¡¯t take it as a big deal. As soon as he arrived at the peak, the Fiend Seal in his vein disappeared automatically, which didn¡¯t hurt him at all. Like Qin Guihe said, there was no other particr reason, just because he ¡®disliked¡¯ Fo Zi.

    Tremendous amount of coercion was wafting among the mountain top. Qin Guihe was leaning against the gate, smiling, looking at them, while talking with Luo Jianqing at the same time.

    Actually, Luo Jianqing had been badgered by Qin Guihe for a long time before they arrived. The Dharma Protector asked a ton of questions, such as Luo Jianqing¡¯s age, favorite snack, etc. If he didn¡¯t know that Qin Guihe had already got a couple cultivator, Luo Jianqing almost considered him as another pursuer.

    Atst, they all made it to the gate. Relieved, Luo Jianqing hurried back to the team.

    Smiling, Qin Guihe fixed his eyes on Luo Jianqing for a while till he looked elsewhere. ¡°So, since youe here for his birthday, drop your presents here and you are free to leave.¡±

    His words totally irritated Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Elder, who flicked his sleeves and said, ¡°Qin Guihe! Show some respect!¡±

    Qin Junhe couldn¡¯t care less about the warning, so he just ignored the Elder, ¡°What? You are reluctant to give present? Fine, the exit is right there. You can leave right now.¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s enough, Guihe. Stop your naughty tricks.¡± A husky voice reached their ears from the Fiend Pce. Looking up, Luo Jianqing saw a tall, handsome guy walking toward them. The man dressed in total ck, who said, ¡°Since youe here for the Exalt¡¯s birthday, thene on in. I will arrange chambers for you so that you can have a rest.¡±

    Gui Yi, the Duan Hun Sect¡¯s Elder, nodded in satisfaction, ¡°That¡¯s more like it.¡±

    Qin Guihe sneered, ¡°What else do you want? Private massage service? Go find yourself a ce on the street.¡±

    Gui Yi, ¡°Shut up!¡±

    Anyway, they finally got into the Fiend Pce. That Fiend Cultivator who dressed in ck arranged rooms for every one of them respectively but left Luo Jianqing alone for thest one. He led Luo Jianqing to the inner Pce. They walked for a long time and there seemed like no destination. When Luo Jianqing was about to ask questions, his guide stopped beside a door and turned to face him, ¡°There it is. Please take a rest.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned in suspicion, ¡°It seems to be far away from mypanions¡¯.¡±

    The man replied, ¡°Your assigned room is here.¡±

    Smiling, Qin Guihe repeated the sentence, ¡°Yep, your room is right here.¡±

    Luo Jianqing kept quiet for a while before he finally asked, ¡°Sir, may I ask, are you treating me differently because I am Mo Qiu¡¯s friend?¡±

    Qin Guihe widened his eyes, pretending to be surprised, ¡°Who is Mo Qiu? What are you talking about? I don¡¯t know this guy.¡±

    Seeinghis reaction, Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth-tip twitched, finally understood what was going on.

    It seemed that Mo Qiu held a quite prominent position at the Fiend Pce, Luo Jianqing thought, not to mention that day he reprimanded the disciple of the Fiend Exalt, he could even give orders to the Dharma Ps. Thinking about this, Luo Jianqing finally relieved.

    Even though he strongly disagreed with Fo Zi¡¯s guess, there was a voice inside him telling him that the possibility was notpletely zero.

    A male Fiend Cultivator dressed in scarlet, reaching the middle-stage Gold Core Period at a very young age and owning a breathtaking visage...

    What should he do if it really was Mo Qiu?

    Nevertheless, now, that tiny possibility was eliminated. That couldn¡¯t be Mo Qiu at all. Having the Fiend Pce holding his back, even if Mo Qiu had been through a terrible thing like that, he would definitely erase the Libidinal City from the Fiend Realm and tear He Xiao into pieces mercilessly. That¡¯s more like him.

    Luo Jianqing stopped thinking, then he said to the two, ¡°Sir, could you please lead me to see my friend? We haven¡¯t seen each other for a year. Now I¡¯ve got here. There¡¯s no reason that I don¡¯t want to meet my friend.¡±

    The man refused directly, ¡°My order is to arrange rooms for you. Other things are not my business.¡±

    After saying these words to Luo Jianqing, he left immediately, dragging Qin Guihe beside him. Luo Jianqing was surprised by his words, stilling standing where he was. He heard fragments of Qin Guihe¡¯sints, ¡°Aren¡¯t you fear that you¡¯ll be punished because of treating Luo Jianqing like that? If he gets mad and punishes you, I won¡¯t help you. I¡¯m gonna stand aside andugh at you.¡±

    Having no idea what they were talking about, Luo Jianqing was totally confused.

 Chapter 120: Welcome to the Fiend Palace (III)

    <h4>Chapter 120: Wee to the Fiend Pce (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Nevertheless, people of the Fiend Pce never showed any interest in those cultivators from thirty-six states since then.

    Fabulous dishes and liqueur were served every single day. They all got assigned bedroom respectively. The Fiend Pce stood on the ce that owned the most abundant Spiritual Power in the whole Fiend Realm, and these righteous cultivators were not prohibited from cultivating. Days at the Fiend Pce could be describedfortable, but the only blemish was that they hadn¡¯t got any chance to meet the Fiend Exalt.

    This day, Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi decided to y chess in the yard.

    Fo Zi took each step quite slowly, while Luo Jianqing took strike with every piece he put down. They yed for a whole day and a whole night. Finally, Fo Ziughed, ¡°Amitabha, I will never y chess with you again. You are so good at this. I¡¯m not a matching opponent.¡±

    Luo Jianqing answered, ¡°If you don¡¯t y chess with me, well, what else could we do at the Fiend Pce?¡±

    Fo Zi was stunned slightly. Eyes meeting in the air, they burst intoughter.

    Luo Jianqing was right. In the Fiend Pce, the Elders were constantly asking to see the Fiend Exalt, but the youth were left to do nothing. Though no one prohibited them from cultivating, they wouldn¡¯t dare to cultivate here. After all, this is the headquarters of the Fiend Cultivators. Nobody knew whether this was a trap or not. Giving in to their Internal Demons was quite likely to happen at a ce like this.

    While chatting, they started a new game.

    Fo Zi was still a slow yer, who thought over and over again before putting down each piece. There was one time he even spent a whole hour on the move. Luo Jianqing gave him a wry smile, ¡°Fo Zi, how long do you need? Can I take a walk right now? Hope to see your piece down after Ie back.¡±

    Fiddling with his Buddha Beads, Fo Zi said, ¡°Take it easy, Cultivator Luo. I¡¯m doing it right now.¡±

    Hesitating no more, Fo Zi made the decision. At the moment he put down the piece, a pleasant voice came above them, ¡°Hey monk! Are you silly or what? You can¡¯t take that move. If you do, you¡¯ll lose seven pieces to him!¡±

    Looking up, Fo Zi and Luo Jianqing saw the cuteely girl dressed in ck lying on a branch, resting her chin in her hands, looking back at them.

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°It¡¯s already been one year, Cultivator Yun. I wasn¡¯t expecting you to reach Nascent Soul Period so quickly. Congrattions.¡±

    However, Fo Zi moved away his eyes, ¡°Amitabha, Cultivator Yun.¡±

    Squatting on the branch and then tapping the bark with her feet, Yun Xiang got down from the tree. Walking straight toward Fo Zi, sheined, ¡°I heard Uncle Qin said that you¡¯ve been in the Fiend Realm for days, and you spent a long time finding the Fiend Pce. Well, why don¡¯t you shake that bell I gave you? I coulde to find you guys at the border and lead you here.¡±

    Fo Zi shook his head and smiled, ¡°I wouldn¡¯t want to bother you with stuff like this.¡±

    ¡°This is no ¡®bother¡¯ to me, alright? Don¡¯t you want to save some time on your way?¡±

    Fo Zi smiled with embarrassment, but didn¡¯t answer the question. Luo Jianqing went on, ¡°Then, Yun Xiang, could you please lead us to the Fiend Exalt? For ten days, the Elders of our sects were requesting to see him, but he was nowhere to be found. We are here to celebrate his birthday, not to enjoy idle days.¡±

    Hearing this, Yun Xiang frowned slightly. She minced her words, ¡°You want to meet my Master?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

    Yun Xiang said, ¡°My Master is in seclusion right now, which, he¡¯s been practicing for years. It was unlikely for you guys to meet him, not even I could.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was astonished, ¡°But I remember that you told me one year ago that the reason why you went to the Yun State was that you wanted to find a proper gift for your Master¡¯s birthday. Now are you telling me that he¡¯s not going to end the seclusion at all?¡± Then whom did you prepare the gift for?

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t speak thest sentence out, while Yun Xiang got what he meant. She pondered for a while and then said, ¡°Well, I just want to prepare the gift in advance and give it to him after he ends the seclusion. What¡¯s wrong with that?¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°Of course you can.¡±

    Yun Xiang finally felt relieved, then she looked at Fo Zi. Thetter trembled a little when he noticed her stare, and then he heard Yun Xiang speaking, ¡°Even if you were worried about being discovered by others so you didn¡¯t call me by the bell, since you¡¯ve arrived at the Fiend Pce, why don¡¯t you try to contact me then?¡±

    That¡¯s right!

    Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi eximed together, ¡°Oh, right! We could contact her at the Fiend Pce!¡±

    Seeing their goofy reactions, Yun Xiang chuckled, but before the girl could say something, she felt a gust driving down from her back. She turned back to resist the attack swiftly. However, her Fiend w was destroyed in a blink. Somebody clenched her throat.

    Yun Xiang groaned in pain, ¡°Who is it... how dare you... constrain me?!¡±

    Fo Zi and Luo Jianqing stood up at once. The former¡¯s face darkened, ¡°Sir Gui Yi, why are you doing this?¡±

    The Elder Gui Yi sneered, ¡°Kids, why don¡¯t you report that you¡¯ve found this fiend girl? With her in our hands, the Fiend Exalt will surely reveal himself!¡±. Gui Yi tightened his ws on Yun Xiang¡¯s neck, and condensed Spiritual Power into his voice, ¡°Fiend Exalt! I have got your disciple! You¡¯ve been ying us as your puppets for ten days, and I¡¯ve had enough. Show yourself! Otherwise I¡¯m sure if you can have your disciple back in one piece!¡±

    In a blink, Yu Qingzi arrived at the yard, followed by the others.

    Qin Guihe was the first Fiend Cultivator who got here. Seeing Yun Xiang was caught by her throat and couldn¡¯t utter a word, the man was enraged, ¡°Gui Yi! You are such a coward who only had the gut to bully a young girl! Do you dare to fight with me instead?!¡±

    However, Gui Yi replied, ¡°It was you guys who forced me to do this! Fooling us around for days, now it¡¯s time to end this!¡±

    Summoning his giant de, Qin Guihe warned the Elder in a cold voice, ¡°This is thest chance you get to release her voluntarily, otherwise I will cut off your cock!¡±

    Though he can¡¯t help closing his legs tightly, Gui Yi still sneered, ¡°Well, you could try. Let¡¯s see which one is faster ¨C me, who break up her neck in my hand, or you, who touch me with that stupid de!¡±

    ¡°How dare you!¡±

    They¡¯ve reached a stalemate. Not long after this, the other Dharma P arrived as well. Seeing Yun Xiang was caught as a hostage, he looked ashen immediately. However, not like Qin Guihe, the man tried his best to stay calm, and then he said, ¡°We treated you as guests, and we are not expecting to be repaid in this way. May I ask you guys a question? Do you reallye here for greeting sincerely?¡±

    Hearing this, Yu Qingzi frowned with sorry, but before she could exin, Gui Yi questioned the Fiend Cultivators, ¡°We¡¯ve already been here for ten damn days. Was he aware of that or he wants to let us linger around forever doing nothing? Why should we greet him if he doesn¡¯t even show up!? Except... he CANNOT reveal himself at all!¡±

    The Righteous cultivators all stayed silent.

    This was the only possible exnation that they could find through days of discussion.

    They aligned as a team and came here because they were worried about the Fiend Exalt in the first ce. However, even though they had made it to the pce, the Fiend Exalt was still nowhere to be found. All signs were indicating that something had happened to him.

    Eyes aze, Qin Guihe shouted back, ¡°What do you mean by that, huh? Watch your mouth. You are not allowed to nder our master!¡±

    ¡°Go ahead to prove me wrong. Ask him to show himself!¡±

    Gui Yi tightened his fingers on Yun Xiang¡¯s neck.

    Though being one of the most talented cultivators in the young generation, and only half-yearter than Luo Jianqing to reach the Nascent Soul Period, Yun Xiang was still no match to ate-stage Da Sheng Period cultivator. Gui Yi was serious on this. Face flushing, the girl was groaning in pain. Watching this, Luo Jianqing was clearly irritated, and Fo Zi was ring at Gui Yi in anger as well.

    It seemed that a fight was unavoidable. However, suddenly a tremendous amount of fierce coercion struck them like thunder. The room was filled with clouds of blood, and the coercion devoured them like flood.

    Gui Yi was attacked by the coercion and couldn¡¯t utter a word. Face bing redden, he was suffering from the pressure. A trace of blood oozed from his mouth. The man finally released Yun Xiang. Qin Guihe caught the girl before she fell on the floor, while Gui Yi was still shivering constantly, eyes dyed red, as if he saw something terrifying.

    The coercion had no sign to stop, but was all aiming solely at Gui Yi.

    Time was passing slowly, finally a cold sneer sounded out of nowhere. It was a husky voice, but was backed with colossal Spiritual Power. Little by little, Gui Yi was forced to kneel on the ground, and couldn¡¯t move a little.

    ¡°I know it has been ages since thest time Xuan Lingzi and I ever showed what we are capable of, but this doesn¡¯t mean that you can do whatever you want with your PROUDLY ACHIEVED Da Sheng Period cultivation! I heard that you want to meet me desperately. Well, then, three dayster I shall meet you guys in the Grand Pce. That kid of Duan Hun Sect, heed my words, I want the hand that you used to clench Yun Xiang¡¯s throat. Three dayster, kneel on the floor and present it to me!¡±

 Chapter 121: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (I)

    <h4>Chapter 121: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Three dayster, under the guidance of Qin Guihe, they finally arrived at the Main Hall of the Fiend Pce.

    The hall was constructed with ten-thousand-year blood wood, as if it was a huge jade coagted with blood, giving out a pressing atmosphere. The Main Hall was asrge as a square with ny-nine columns all round supporting a giant dome. People¡¯s figures were silhouetted in jade bricks, and in the center of this room erected a blood-bone throne, hanging in the air.

    Luo Jianqing had felt a bit breathless the moment they entered this hall.

    The smell of blood was strong and pervasive in this hall, driving people breathless. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know that no human had ever died here for over a thousand years, yet the blood of those who had been killed before that was still in this hall, demonstrating their anger and grudge.

    They didn¡¯t see the Fiend Exalt there.

    Gui Yi, the elder of Duan Huan Sect asked with dissatisfaction, ¡°Qin Guihe, the Fiend Exalt is not here. How can you exin it?¡±

    Qin Guihe who was dressed in white waved around his broad sword and sneered, ¡°I can exin a shit for you.¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    The stand-off between the two sidessted for one hour, but the Exalt still didn¡¯t show up. Qin Guihe was not so worried, while cultivators of Duan Hun Sect, Bai family and Yun family, especially Gui Yi, became impatient.

    Another half an hourter, they were still waiting.

    Gui Yi gritted his teeth, ¡°Qin Guihe, are you trying to mess with us again?¡±

    Qin Guihe snorted. ¡°So what, you shameless old man? I even want to cut you into 180 pieces to feed dog as soon as you leave the Pce!¡±

    Gui Yi saw the chance. He suddenly formed a dazzling green Ghost Qi on his hand and rushed towards Qin Guihe, who barely had time to respond to the sneak attack. Qin Guihe hurriedly raised his sword to block the attack, yet was still sted off for dozens of meters. He knocked on a column and spitted blood.

    Gui Yi said, ¡°There is something wrong with the Fiend Exalt!¡±

    Hearing that, Qin Guihe swore furiously, ¡°Don¡¯t pull that shit on the Grand Master of the Fiend Pce!¡±

    The two grappled with each other in the next second.

    Qin Guihe had reached thete stage of Da Sheng Period hundreds of years ago, yet Gui Yi just reached this stage for some hundred year. On the battleground of humans and demons, Qin Guihe, as a Dharmap of the Fiend Pce, was the general of a Human Cultivation army, who killed millions of demons, while Gui Zi was just one of his subordinate generals.

    Therefore, Qin gained the edge over Gui Yi in this battle.

    Gui Yi was the most powerful cultivator in this team, so no one was able to stop them. However, Luo Jianqing heard Sir Yu Qingzi saying loudly, ¡°Duan Huan Sect really has something special. From now on, cultivators of Duan Hun Sect are forbidden to step into Tai Hua mountain!¡±

    Hearing that, cultivators of Duan Hun Sectined, ¡°Yu Qingzi, Why the hell should you forbid us from going to Tai Hua mountain?¡±

    Yu Qingzi sneered, ¡°Because I would like to!¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    Although Yu Qingzi hadn¡¯t reached Da Sheng Period yet, cultivators from Duan Hun Sect dared not to argue with her. Instead, they murmured, ¡°We don¡¯t care about Tai Hua mountain anyway! Except Xuan Lingzi, you have nothing to be proud of! Had Xuan Lingzi not been transformed to deity luckily three hundred years ago, Tai Hua mountain would have not been the leader of Dao Cultivators...¡±

    Sir Yu Qingziughed out, ¡°You garrulous wussy.¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    It seemed that a fight was about to break out among Dao Cultivators, while the battle between Qin Guihe and Gui Yi was also going to end. After all, it was not appropriate to kill Gui Yi in the Fiend Pce-they imed they wereing here to celebrate the Exalt¡¯s birthday.

    So the first around of the battle came to an end. Qin Guihe had the sword at Gui Yi¡¯s neck and said coldly, ¡°I¡¯ll spare your pathetic life today. If you cannot behave yourself in the Pce, I will cut you into pieces and feed pigs!¡± Then, Qin Guihe pulled his sword back.

    However, he didn¡¯t expect that Gui Yi suddenly took out a green pearl from his Pearl Interspatial Ring.

    Yu Qingzi shouted with surprise: ¡°Pearl of the Ghost King!¡±

    As soon as he said that, all the Dao Cultivators took out their instruments. They ran away from Gui Yi as they protected their disciples.

    Pearl of the Ghost King was made with the soul of thousands-years ghost king. Not every ghost could be the ghost king. First, they had to suffer from great grievances when they were alive. Then, they had to die on the strictly chosen date. Besides, when they became a ghost, they had to restore their memory in an hour and went for revenge, which must fail.

    If a ghost met with these three conditions, it would be the ghost king after 81 days.

    If the ghost king was eliminated, it would form into the Pearl of the Ghost King. Once it exploded, it could kill the middle-stage Tribtion Passage cultivators easily and badly wound the early-stage Da Sheng Period cultivators.

    It had never urred to Qin Guihe that Gui Yi would use such a valuable instrument just because of a small quarrel.

    He raised his sword, frightened, and Gui Yi shouted furiously, ¡°You¡¯re such a degrading Fiend Cultivator, two Hundred years ago, I was led by you in the army and suffered great humiliation! Qin Guihe, today I¡¯ll kill you!¡±

    Now, Luo Jianqing finally realize that the second elder of Duan Hun Sect had long nned toe here and kill Qin Guihe! It was just his excuse to unite the Dao Cultivators and find the Fiend Cultivator, while his real purpose was to revenge for himself.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t figure out why Gui Yi would have this abnormal idea. During the battle between humans and demons, Fiend Cultivators were Dao Cultivator¡¯s ally, so it was normal for him to be led by Qin Guihe. Anyway, men¡¯s hearts were hard to fathom. Qin Guihe used his whole spiritual power to block the attack as he stepped back quickly.

    However, the pearl was about to explode.

    The fire suddenly illuminated the whole Main Hall as if a green sun rose in the air, bursting out horrible power.

    Abruptly, a blood-red figure entered the room. He seemed to walk slowly, but in a second, his reached the pearl. He raised his white hand and grabbed the green pearl which was going to explode.

    Boom!

    The pearl exploded in his palm, yet it seemed to be restrained by something, not causing any damage.

    His hand was bleeding, with blood dripping down on those jade bricks. Luo Jianqing was shocked by this scene. He gazed at the slim figure of this man, which was a little bit familiar. However, before he could remember something, Qin Guihe rushed to the man and kneelt, ¡°Master! I failed to perform my duty, please punish me!

    A name in Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind briefly panicked him.

 Chapter 122: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (II)

    <h4>Chapter 122: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Mo Qianqiu!

    Theing man easily limited the explosion of the pearl that could kill a Tribtion Passage cultivator within his palm and just got a little bruise! Only Xuan Lingzi and the Fiend Exalt had such horrible power.

    Sir Yu Qingzi also relieved, ¡°Luckily, the Fiend Exalt came here, or I would have not been able to protect you.¡± After a pause, Yu Qingzi frowned and continued, ¡°However, it seems that he has be more powerful. It¡¯s normal for Xuan Lingzi to destroy this pearl without being hurt, but the Fiend Exalt should have suffered more than bruise.¡±

    Standing with his back to the Dao Cultivators, Mo Qianqiu looked down at Qin Quihe who knelled in front of him and said coldly, ¡°Go get your punishment.¡±

    Qin Guihe breathed a sigh of relief and left quickly.

    Then, Mo Qianqiu raised his eyes and turned to frightened Gui Yi. After a long gaze, Mo Qianqiu asked him, ¡°Where is your hand?¡±

    Before Gui Yi could say anything, he uttered a heartrending cry. His left hand had been cut off; only a clean cut was left on his shoulder.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing was terrified. He murmured subconsciously, ¡°I remember...he held Yun Xiang by his right hand.¡±

    In the next moment, Gui Yi cried again, falling on the ground. Mo Qianqiu said indifferently: ¡°Sorry, I cut the wrong hand; it should be your right hand, now I get it right.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Mo Qianqiu¡¯s figure shocked many younger Dao Cultivators who had never seen the Fiend Exalt before. Luo Jianqing and Wei Qiongyin stood behind Sir Yu Qingzi vigntly; Fo Zi was counting his beads fast and chanting scriptures; while Bai Ji had taken out his spear, giving out a sense of belligerency.

    However, his belligerency was no match for that of the Fiend Exalt.

    The Fiend Exalt turned around slowly, which seemed to take a thousand years. When he fixed his cold, bloody eyes on them, Luo Jianqing felt all the blood in his body coagted. Wei Qiongyin also lost her usual calmness and stepped back chillingly.

    A look terrified everyone!

    Luo Jianqing had never seen anyone as powerful as him.

    His master was mild to him. Although people thought Xuan Lingzi cold and indifferent, he would never give pressure on others on purpose. In Tai Hua mountain, Sir Hao Xingzi, Guang Lingzi had also reached thete stage of Da Sheng Period, but they were gentle, never showing condescending attitude to their disciples.

    Now, Luo Jianqing finally understood why Xuan Lingzi had viewed the Fiend Exalt as a respectable rival.

    The Fiend Exalt was less powerful than Xuan Lingzi, yet thetter hadn¡¯t killed millions of people!

    The Fiend Exalt was a pure devil. When he showed up, the Heaven and Earth would be enraged, the ghosts would cry.

    Mo Qianqiu¡¯s eyes ncing through the team without stopping on anyone. Then he disappeared. When they saw him again, he had sat on his throne in the air.

    His beautiful and alluring face expressed nothing but indifference. The blood red clothes stood out against his ck hair. He was so gorgeous that people could hardly tell his gender, yet everyone in the team knew clearly that he was the Fiend Exalt. His face reminded Luo Jianqing of Mo Qiu-they somewhat looked simr, but when he looked more carefully, there was still a huge difference. Mo Qiu was also good-looking, yet he was less horrible and pressing than the Fiend Exalt.

    Anyway, they were both good-looking. If Xie Zizhuo came here and saw the Fiend Exalt, he might say something that had offended Mo Qiu.

    Now, Luo Jianqing was less stressful. He looked up at the Fiend Exalt in red, who was sitting on the throne.

    The Fiend Exalt didn¡¯t notice him and just asked, ¡°I heard that youe here to celebrate my birthday?¡±

    Gui Yi, who had lost his hands, was taken away for treatment by the cultivators of Duan Hun Sect, while other people dare not answer the Exalt¡¯s question. The elder of Bai family and Gui Yi had originally grabbed the leadership from Sir Yu Qingzi, but now, Gui Yi had gone, and the elder could only look at Yu Qingzi, too cowardly to say anything.

    Yu Qingzi sneered and stepped forward, ¡°Yes, to celebrate your birthday!¡±

    As the chief master of Qing Lan Peak, she didn¡¯t have any intention to please the Fiend Exalt!

    However, Mo Qianqiu was not angry about Sir Yu Qingzi¡¯s attitude. Instead, heughed, ¡°Are you from Tai Hua mountain?¡±

    Yu Qingzi raised his eyes, ¡°Tai Hua mountain, Qing Lan Peak.¡±

    The Fiend Exalt continued, ¡°Why hasn¡¯t Yu Xiao Peak sent people here? I haven¡¯t seen Xuan Lingzi for a hundred of years. Oh, thatd is still under 400 years old. Has his power backslidden?¡±

    His words were tricky. Cultivators ranked seniority ording to their power. That was why although Luo Jianqing was much younger than Zuo Yunmo and other people, he was still their senior fellow brother. But now, the Fiend Exalt only mentioned Xuan Lingzi¡¯s age instead of his power, it was obvious that he wanted to put on airs.

    Before Sir Yu Qing responded, Luo Jianqing ignored the Fiend Exalt¡¯s overwhelming pressure and stepped forward, saying seriously, ¡°I¡¯m Luo Jianqing from Tai Hua mountain, the disciple of Yu Xiao Peak. My master is in good health. Thanks for your concern!¡±

    This time, the Fiend Exalt finally noticed Luo Jianqing. His bloody, peach-blossom eyes fixed on this young cultivator who dressed in bice. After a careful gaze, a momentary smile shed on his face, and then he restored indifference, ¡°Young man, do not interrupt me!¡±

    Then, the Fiend Exalt flicked his sleeves, indicating that Luo Jianqing should step back.

    However, Luo Jianqing raised his head, ¡°I¡¯m the future sessor of Yu Xiao Peak and the disciple of Sir Xuan Lingzi! Since my master is the Exalt¡¯s senior, then I can interrupt you on behalf of my master! My master is in great health, no need to worry about him!¡±

    As he finished, Sir Yu Qingzi was pleased and satisfactory, yet she raised her arm to protect Luo Jianqing. Although Tai Hua mountain never bowed to the Fiend Pce, and Luo Jianqing made a good point, the Fiend Exalt Mo Qianqiu always wanted to suppress Xuan Lingzi, and was not a reasonable or good-natured man.

    Hearing Luo Jianqing¡¯s extremely disrespectful words, the Fiend Exalt¡¯s nice face woreplicated expressions, with his eyes locked on Luo Jianqing, while thetter was not afraid and looked at him coldly. After a long ¡°confrontation¡±, anger appeared in the Fiend Exalt¡¯s eyes. He gritted his teeth, ¡°Luo Jianqing, I don¡¯t want to make a fuss with a junior cultivator, step back!¡±

    Yet Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t follow his order. He stood next to Sir Yu Qingzi, which put other people in a cold sweat. The Fiend Exalt seemed to ignore Luo Jianqing again and continued the topic of his birthday.

    The elders of Four Sects and Eight ns sent up their gifts subsequently, and Tai Hua mountain was thest one.

    After a thought, Yu Qingzi gave Luo Jianqing a Interspatial Ring. Luo Jianqing understood his meaning, took the ring and mounted the jade-stairs up slowly. He said, ¡°Tai Hua mountain sincerely congrattes and celebrates the 2700th birthday of the Fiend Exalt. Please kindly ept our gift.¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing put the ring into a jade te. Before he left, he heard a cold voice in his mind: ¡°Luo Jianqing from Tai Hua mountain, you are so rude. Aren¡¯t you afraid that I may kill you?¡±

 Chapter 123: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (III)

    <h4>Chapter 123: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing was a little bit baffled when he heard the Fiend Exalt calling him ¡°Luo Jianqing from Tai Hua mountain¡±. He remembered that someone had called him like that before. He told the Exalt indifferently, ¡°The Exalt is liberal, and my master is your old friend, so I don¡¯t think you will stump a junior anyway.¡±

    The Fiend Exalt sneered, ¡°I¡¯ve always wanted to kill your master.¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied calmly, ¡°Do as you please. He is waiting for you in Tai Hua mountain.¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    Their conversation ended instantly. Luo Jianqing was about to leave, while a voice came into his mind, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter if you are not afraid of me. I can kill Mo Qiu as a consequence of you offending me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing immediately stopped and turned around with cold eyes, ¡°Mo Qiu is your disciple!¡±

    The Fiend Exaltughed, ¡°So what? I will not show any mercy.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stared at him for a long time and said, ¡°If you kill my best friend, I¡¯ll hunt you forever!¡±

    Then, he went straight back to stand beside Yu Qingzi. Although he looked totally fine, he had clenched his fists. Fiend Cultivators were cruel and presumptuous, so the Fiend Exalt...

    The Fiend Exalt might not just intimidate him. If his behavior today really got Mo Qiu killed by the Fiend Exalt...

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes zed with hate and he gritted his teeth.

    The Fiend Exalt was powerful enough to threaten Luo Jianqing. Power was everything.

    The Fiend Exalt didn¡¯t perceive what Luo Jianqing was thinking about. After giving the Fiend Exalt birthday gifts, Yu Qingzi asked him about the Blood Spirit Fruit. Mo Qianqiu told him that he killed nine Fiend Cultivators and grabbed this fruit from them, which was quite insignificant, just to elerate his practice.

    Yu Qingzi thought it shameful for the Fiend Exalt to kill nine Fiend Cultivators, but he didn¡¯t use him. After all, it was his own business to kill his cultivators. Everyone knew how many people the Fiend Exalt had killed. If he couldn¡¯t finish Da Sheng Period, he would reincarnate as animals for his next three millions lives and would taste his retribution.

    So far, this contrived birthday celebration finally ended. Just as everyone was about to go back, Yu Qingzi said coldly, ¡°The first disciple of Tai Hua mountain is going to have a mortal battle here with the lord of the Libidinal City. Can the Fiend Exalt witness their battle?¡±

    Hearing that, the Fiend Exalt was a little baffled. He turned to Luo Jianqing and asked, ¡°What is it this time?¡±

    Yu Qingzi felt quite confused about the words ¡°this time¡±, but she didn¡¯t think too much. She told the Fiend Exalt everything they went through in the Libidinal City. When the Fiend Exalt heard that he hand been to the Libidinal City, a beam shed through his eyes. He glimpsed at Luo Jianqing casually. However, when he knew the dirty idea of the city lord, his face turned grave.

    The Fiend Exalt flicked his sleeves. After a big bang, the fat city lord He Xiao hurried into the room in panic.

    The Fiend Exalt had intended to directly kill He Xiao so as to defend the honor of Tai Hua mountain, yet Luo Jianqing held him back, made an obeisance and said, ¡°Sir, I would like to battle him!¡±

    The Fiend Exalt frowned a little bit. After a while, he nodded and permitted this battle.

    He Xiao hadn¡¯t expected that the Fiend Exalt was going to kill him. He had been so frightened that he almost wetted himself, but now, he chuckled to himself and became thrilled. This young man was so attractive yet so stupid. Now he could enjoy the battle and touched wherever he wanted...

    Soon, a mortal battle began.

    He Xiao said unflinchingly, ¡°Since you are less powerful, I allow you to attack first.¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed out. He took out a sharp sword from the pattern between his eyebrows. As the Floating Frost Sword came out, time also became slower. Luo Jianqing examined this lecherous fat pig and asked, ¡°Are you serious?¡±

    He Xiao nodded, ¡°Go ahead.¡±

    Luo Jianqing beamed, which made his already-beautiful face more gorgeous and thus made He Xiao run at the mouth. They were ten meters apart. He Xiao gazed at Luo Jianqing calmly, who was making the hand gesture quickly. Suddenly, Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead shined green light, and the sword was transformed into a green lotus, attacking He Xiao.

    At the same time, He Xiao was thinking: thed¡¯s sword is as beautiful as him, soft like a flower.

    However, as the lotus approached him, He Xiao¡¯s body stiffened. Years of battling experience enabled him to perceive critical danger! He immediately mobilized all the spiritual power in his body, forgetting the requirement to restrain his power. He raised his sword, ready to block it.

    Suddenly, the Fiend Exalt said in a low voice, ¡°Your power has exceeded halfway to Out-of-Body, restrain it!¡±

    Then, the spiritual power in He Xiao¡¯s body was suppressed by a horrible pressure. He helplessly watched the lotus impaling his body from the chest to his heart. The green lotus was still cold and graceful. When Luo Jianqing took back the Floating Frost Sword, the beauty of him and the sword perfectly suited each other.

    He Xiao fell onto his knees and began to spit blood.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing ignored this shameless person. He used Blossom Lotus Sword and the Seizure of Karma in Nine Heavenly Seizure Record to destroy the meridians of He Xiao¡¯s mouth and heart. The power of Seizure of Karma was really wired. Those male cultivators¡¯ souls who had been humiliated by He Xiao would encroach his meridians constantly. Although he would not die, he would became a disabled person forever.

    Luo Jianqing made an obeisance and said, ¡°I have seeded in my mission.¡±

    Yu Qingzi nodded with a smile. Before he could say anything, a red light prated He Xiao¡¯s forehead.

    Luo Jianqing turned around with shock, only to hear the cold voice of the Fiend Exalt, ¡°Your life is such a waste of blood, so I finish it as an apology to Tai Hua Mountain.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    He had intended to take He Xiao back to the Libidinal city and let this disabled person enjoy being raped and humiliated by male cultivators... Anyway, the Fiend Exalt was not good at torturing.

    Finally, the birthday celebration had ended, the Blood Spirit Fruit had been settled and the mortal battle had also finished.

    Everyone nned to stay in the Pce this night and left tomorrow.

    Tonight, Luo Jianqing returned to his room, but he didn¡¯t practice as ordered by Yu Qingzi. He took out a green jade tablet from his Interspatial Ring and added his spiritual power into it. Soon, a figure in blood-red appeared in his room.

    He hadn¡¯t expected that the Fiend Exalt woulde so quickly. He made an obeisance and said, ¡°Nice to see you, sir.¡±

    The Fiend Exalt looked down at Luo Jianqing, who was lowering his head and couldn¡¯t see the Exalt¡¯s smile and sly humor. When he raised his head, the Fiend Exalt had restored his indifferent face. He asked, ¡°So, What¡¯s Xuan Lingzi¡¯s real purpose to send you here?¡±

 Chapter 124: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (VI)

    <h4>Chapter 124: The Freaking Fiend Exalt (VI)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing pressed his abdomen, making the Fiend Exalt confused. The next moment, a blood fruit suddenly appeared from his abdomen, during which he felt painful as if his soul was being torn. With beads of sweat rolling down from his forehead, Luo Jianqing¡¯s face turned pale. He gritted his teeth and finally separated the fruit from his body.

    Blood oozed from his mouth. Now, Luo Jianqing understood why his master asked him to returned the fruit only when he arrived at the Fiend Pce. He was extremely weak and needed someone powerful to heal him. Besides, no one could stop the spiritual powers of the fruit from escaping from Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    Seeing that, the Fiend Exalt was wide-eyed with astonishment. He subconsciously forgot his status and grabbed Luo Jianqing hurriedly, ¡°Luo Jianqing, what are you doing?¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked pale and weak. He held the Blood Spirit Fruit with both hands and said respectfully, ¡°I¡¯m returning it to its rightful owner.¡±

    The Fiend Exalt felt speechless.

    After a while, the Fiend Exalt took back the Fruit. He pressed his hand against Luo Jianqing¡¯s back to heal him. Fifteen minutester, Luo Jianqing waspletely healed, yet the Fiend Exalt didn¡¯t leave. He asked seriously, ¡°Do you understand that once you lose this fruit, your practice process will slow down?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded slightly, ¡°I understand.¡±

    ¡°Then why do you return it? Since I didn¡¯t kill you, I don¡¯t have the intention to take it back.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked up at the Fiend Exalt and replied seriously, ¡°Sir, I¡¯ve heard from my master that you¡¯re trying to reach Deity Transformation Period, and the fewer you know it, the better it is for you, so I didn¡¯t talk about it in the Main Hall. Although Dao Cultivators have always been irreconcble with Fiend Cultivators, it will be a good fortune for human beings if you really make it. It will take me at least one or two hundred years to reach Deity Transformation Period no matter how talented I am, but you are a Fiend Cultivator, much more powerful than those at the same level. Therefore, if you can reach that period, humans can secure real and evesting peace.¡±

    The Fiend Exalt fell into silence.

    After a long time, he asked, ¡°If humans gain peace, then the agreement we made hundreds of years ago will be invalid, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was a little bit baffled, but he still nodded after a thought, ¡°Yes.¡±

    ¡°Interesting. That¡¯s what Xuan Lingzi really aims for.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t understand his words, yet the Fiend Exalt still stayed in his room. They gazed at each other. Luo Jianqing felt that he had been through this scene for many times, but he couldn¡¯t recall any details.

    When the Fiend Exalt intended to leave, Luo Jianqing walked him to the door. Before he left, the Fiend Exalt grabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s left hand and pressed the center of his palm, leaving a mark there.

    After the Fiend Exalt left, Luo Jianqing saw a character ¡°Qiu¡± glowing with red light on his palm. He was totally confused and didn¡¯t figure out anything about it.

    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with him? When did he imprint his name on my hand? It¡¯s inappropriate anyway. I have to erase it before I return to Tai Hua mountain. Maybe I can show it to Sir Yu Qingzi, she might know something about it.¡±

    Mo Qianqiu was eavesdropping not far from him, ¡°...¡±

    ¡°Damn it! I will kill you idiot!!!¡±

    The next day, Luo Jianqing left with the elders of Tai Hua mountain. The Fiend Exalt didn¡¯t show up again, nor did Qin Guihe, who was being punished. Instead, the right Dharmap Qin Siyi came to see them off, who apanied them to the foot of the Fiend Mountain and left, without saying anything.

    Those Dao Cultivators were dissatisfied with his indifferent attitude, yet they didn¡¯t say anything. After all, ¡°thanks to¡± Gui Yi of the Duan Hun Sect, Qin Siyi¡¯s innocent younger brother and lover was being punished. He had exercised great restraint and done his best not to give them bad attitude.

    The team headed to the border of the Fiend Realm. Since they had been familiar with the way, they came back directly without any guide.

    There was something interesting. Although Gui Yi¡¯s hands were cut off by the Fiend Exalt, the panacea of Duan Hun Sect should have cured him already, but he hadn¡¯t hadhis new hands back yet. It seemed that each time the panacea was about to cure the cuts, a blood- red Fiend Power would swallow itpletely.

    Gui Yi kept cursing the Fiend Exalt all the way.

    When he was still in the Pce, he barely dared to take a deep breath and cried like a coward, but the moment he left the Pce, he could throw any badnguages he liked. His dirty words made Luo Jianqing frown. He told his younger fellow sister, ¡°Don¡¯t listen to these pestilential words.¡±

    Wei Qiongyin nodded and told her considerate senior brother, ¡°Nor do you.¡±

    Dozens of dayster, the team finally saw the big river that divided Yun state and Fiend Realm. Sir Yu Qingzi took out her flying pagoda and invited the elders of Tai Hua mountain on. Luo Jianqing was thest one to get on-he kept looking back at the Fiend Pce as he felt that he had neglected something, but failed to recall anyway.

    Yu Qingzi stood under the pagoda and said, ¡°Jianqing, get on.¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned around. Just as he raised his leg and was about to get on, a ck Fiend Qi billowed towards him and took him away!

    Yu Qingzi¡¯s eyes widened. She quickly took out her whisk and overtook it, yet the powerful Fiend Qi knocked him away, which then disappeared in the sky with Luo Jianqing.

    Yu Qingzi¡¯s eyes went red, ¡°Jianqing!¡±

    The master of Gui Yuan sect also clutched his beads with eyes wide open, ¡°The early-stage Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivator!¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi was furious and wanted to go back to the Fiend Pce for an exnation, but the master of Gui Yuan Sect said, ¡°Don¡¯t go! There are altogether eleven Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivators, five in the Pce, while the other six are not under themand of Fiend Pce. I think that one doesn¡¯t serve the Fiend Pce, otherwise he wouldn¡¯t have waited until now.¡±

    Hearing that, Yu Qingzi gradually calmed down. She gripped her whisk and said with guilt, ¡°It¡¯s all my fault. I¡¯ve failed to protect my disciple. My fellow masters, please take care of the rest of the cultivators of Tai Hua mountain. Just take them to Gui Yuan Sect to settle down temporarily. I will head back to Tai Hua mountain as soon as possible and report it to Sir Hao Xingzi and...Xuan Lingzi.¡±

 Chapter 125: Nine-Petaled Heavenly Seizure Record! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 125: Nine-Petaled Heavenly Seizure Record! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The Fiend Pce quieted down after Luo Jianqing and the other righteous cultivators left. Silence haunted the whole ce. All servants and maids were minding their own business, and didn¡¯t dare to gossip what had happened. Dharmap Qin Guihe was grounded for introspection, while the other Dharmap, Qin Siyi, stayed quietly by his side. Yun Xiang was punished by her Master for a period of seclusion because she let down her guard and was even caught by the Second Elder of the Duan Huan Sect.

    However, at the deepest inner pce that only the Fiend Exalt had ess to, the fourth Da Sheng Period cultivator of the Fiend Pce ¨C the Manager Qi Luo ¨C sealed an imprable ward. No one could find out what was going on in this pce, not to mention to know that there were two stone beds set at the center of the hall.

    The Fiend Exalt, Mo Qianqiu, was lying on one of the stone beds, eyes closed tight. Gradually,plicated scarlet patterns started to emerge on his face, which gave his already-gorgeous visage a touch of mystery, as well as a sense of bizarre.

    As if they had consciousness, the patterns grew out from the corner of Fiend Exalt¡¯s eyes and crept to his chest along through the pale elegant neck, then to the arms and fingertips, finally conquered the whole body!

    This wasn¡¯t a pleasant look indeed. Anyone would faint out with only one nce at him. However, Qi Luo was standing quietly by his side, as if she didn¡¯t see the horrible scene.

    When the Fiend Exalt was totally covered by the scarlet patterns, blood suddenly oozed from his mouth. Groaning, he trembled drastically. Hearing the painful moaning, though sweat wet her forehead, Qi Luo still kept her head hanging low.

    The desperate groansted for a total of two hours. Countless blood drops gradually oozed from every pore of the Fiend Exalt¡¯s body, floating in the air. In an instant, his face was pale white, leaving no trace of vigor.

    Blood droplets crossed the gap and started to form a figure on the other stone bed, sketching aely visage, and then the neck, the body. Finally, there he was ¨C a young Fiend Cultivator who owned breathtaking beauty.

    When thest wisp of hair became tangible, Mo Qiu suddenly opened his eyes. Face darkened, he operated Spiritual Power and took his clothes from the shelf to cover his body. Dressed up quickly, Mo Qiu walked toward Qi Luo and asked, ¡°They¡¯ve gone already?¡±

    ¡°Yes, Exalt.¡±

    Frowning, Mo Qiu sighed in frustration, ¡°I need to practice in seclusion for one more time. I will leave the duty of running Fiend Pce to you and Siyi. Keep an eye on Yun Xiang. She¡¯s already achieved Nascent Soul Period, so don¡¯t let her get out of the Fiend Realm anymore. As for Qin Guihe, he asked for it, howe those hypocritical righteous bastards...¡±

    Pausing for a second, Mo Qiu looked stiff , as if he suddenly recalled something, ¡°I still can¡¯t believe that Qin Guihe was fooled by those Duan Hun Sect¡¯s bastards. So stupid. Ground him for another three days and then just turn the page.¡±

    Qi Luo nodded in obedience.

    ¡°I will be in seclusion from now on. Don¡¯t disturb me unless there is something urgent.¡±

    Qi Luo nodded and saluted to him.

    Mo Qiu walked toward the door, but before he stepped into the hall, he turned back and asked, ¡°Are you sure Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t ask anything about Mo Qiu? About me? Did he leave any message?¡±

    Qi Luo was slightly shocked to hear these questions. After thinking it over, she answered, ¡°Yes, I am sure.¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°...¡±

    Irritated, the Fiend Cultivator dressed in scarlet flicked his sleeves and practiced seclusion.

    In the meantime, Luo Jianqing wasplete unconscious. Of course, he didn¡¯t know his friend of life and death was ming him.

    He was attacked by that cloud of ck Fiend Qi so suddenly that he fainted immediately. The stranger was a cultivator much more powerful than Luo Jianqing, and even Yu Qingzi couldn¡¯t protect him. When he finally woke up, he was already brought to a ce where darkness covered his eyes.

    It was too dark, not even a wisp of light could be seen.

    Almost reaching Out-Of-Body Period, plus his Supreme Spiritual Bone, Luo Jianqing had an eyesight good enough to see everything with a sparkle of light. However, no matter how hard he tried to kindle a me by using his Spiritual Power, there was nothing but darkness. It seemed like something in this ce could absorb light.

    Fishing around his waist, not to his surprise, Luo Jianqing found his Jade Tablet was gone.

    The man took away the Disiple Jade Tablet of Yu Xiao Peak!

    The tablet was made by fine pure jade that would glow in the darkness.

    The dripping sound of water drops filled the whole unknown space. After pondering for a while, Luo Jianqing decided to walk around. There¡¯s still the possibility that he became blind, but when he tried to observe his surroundings using his Spiritual Power, Luo Jianqing realized that his Spiritual Power was trapped inside him, which couldn¡¯t go out and ¡°see¡± anything.

    Therefore, there¡¯s no way to check things out no matter what. Eyesight couldn¡¯t see anything, while Spiritual Power couldn¡¯t reach out.

    ¡°I still need to figure out if my eyes are blind or not.¡±

    Searching aimlessly in the darkness, Luo Jianqing then walked toward the sound of dripping water. However, this ce seemed like edgeless. He encountered no blocks on his way. Made by unknown material, the ground under his feet was smooth and in.

    Approximately one hour after wandering around, Luo Jianqing noticed someone approaching him from behind. He stopped immediately, and heard the stranger rasping, ¡°You whelp! Where do you think you are going? Get back, now!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was dragged toward the man by a vigorous invisible power and dumped brutally on the ground.

    Moaning, Luo Jianqing felt the pain of a fractured finger. At least I figured out one thing, he thought, the ground is made by a solid material.

    After a long silence, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Sir, I wonder why did you take me here? Did I do something wrong? I am the Great Senior Disciple of Tai Hua Mountain, the disciple of Yu Xiao Peak. If you imprison me for no reason, then I fear that you are in big trouble, because they will...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m simply going to kill you and forge you into a Human Pill!¡±

    Luo Jianqing kept quiet.

    Darkness was the only thing surrounding Luo Jianqing, who could do nothing but sat quietly and cultivated. However, Luo Jianqing soon found out that there was no trace of Spiritual Power around him. The Nine Heavenly Seizure Record was operating constantly, hoping to capture some Spiritual Power but it never worked.

    Luo Jianqing was counting time in his mind. It has been ten days since he was caught.

    He had no idea whether the man was a righteous cultivator or a Fiend Cultivator, nor he knew what this ce was. So far, the only thing he knew was that the person who imprisoned him woulde and check out his condition every two hours and infuse some burning energy in him through his temple.

    These energy was nothing like Spiritual Power, and it was not attacking him. It felt like pouring boiling water into amoner¡¯s body. If Luo Jianqing¡¯s body wasn¡¯t that strong, he would be long dead.

    ¡°He should be a cultivator owning cultivation base that¡¯s higher than Tribtion Passage Period, probably a Da Sheng Period cultivator, otherwise there is no way that he can kidnap me right in front of Yu Qingzi¡¯s. He told me before that he¡¯s gonna forge me into a Human Pill and I have a feeling that he meant it. Then, he might be a Pill Master as well.¡±

    This was all the information Luo Jinqing collected for ten days.

    Nheless, this was useless to him so far. He was still confined, not even know where he was.

 Chapter 126: Nine-Petaled Heavenly Seizure Record! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 126: Nine-Petaled Heavenly Seizure Record! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    On the eleventh day, the burning energy was almost unbearable. This time, Luo Jianqing fell into a dead faint because of the pain. He could feel his Primordial Life being gnawed by the heat, Spiritual Vines cut asunder and bones cracked in pieces.

    Blood started to ooze all over his body, from his eyes, his nose, his ears, his mouth...from his every single pore, as if there wouldn¡¯t be a drop of blood left inside him. Luo Jianqing was lying on the ground, lifelessly. These fierce energy was likeva, burning his flesh. The young cultivator was out of consciousness already. He could do nothing but barely endure the suffering.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know that, right now, in Ling Yun Pce of Tai Hua Mountain, his Life Lantern which was carefully preserved on the second row of the shelf was dimming quickly.

    Xuan Lingzi had been here staring at thentern day after night for ten days after Yu Qingzi reported Luo Jianqing¡¯s missing. During these days, there were times that thentern kindled bright and calm, but this was the first time the me was constantly shrinking and dimming. Xuan Lingzi was gazing at thentern without a blink, eyes aze.

    ¡°Jianqing!¡±

    Wailing out his disciple¡¯s name, Xuan Lingzi was desperate, as if this word costed all of his strength. The next moment, he transformed himself into a beam of light and flew toward the gate of Tai Hua Mountain.

    Hao Xingzi stepped in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s way right before he reached the gate, ¡°Brother, Calm down! We¡¯ve already sent people to the Fiend Realm in search of Luo Jianqing. You are not supposed to leave Tai Hua Mountain! The Demon Beasts have been keeping eyes on us for hundreds of years. Now is not the time for you to act on impulse!¡±

    Tears almost welled up in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s bloodshot eyes, ¡°Senior Brother, Jianqing¡¯s Life Lantern is almost extinguished!¡±

    Already knowing what had happened, Hao Xingzi was trembling, feeling pity for the talented disciple of Tai Hua Mountain, but he still insisted, ¡°Brother, if you step out of Tai Hua Mountain, the Demon n will have a rightful reason to start a war. Think about others, think about thosemoners, how could you...¡±

    ¡°They are of no concern to me if he died!¡±

    Without giving time to even let his sentence sink in, Xuan Lingzi generated a golden sword light and knocked Hao Xingzi into the air. The next moment, he was gone like a shooting star, breaking through Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s protection ward and dashing toward the North, leaving Hao Xingzi where he was.

    Hao Xingzi was shocked, ¡°Brother!¡±

    In a deep cave located in the Demon Realm.

    Someone eximed, using his ancient voice, ¡°The Human n broke the contract!¡±

    A hoarse voice replied, ¡°I heard that the Fiend Exalt is trying to break through Deity Transformation Period. Since Xuan Lingzi broke the contract, it is our perfect timing to leave here and prevent the Fiend Exalt from breaking through! Heaven bless Demon n! This is the Heaven-given will! The demon n will prosper!¡±

    Someone else asked, ¡°Will we win the war this time? We need a precise n.¡±

    A luring and attractive voice joined the discussion, ¡°That sweet cute little Qianqiu never let down his guard. We need to make a n before we take any action. He shouldn¡¯t have the chance to even touch the rim of Deity Transformation Period. Thus, the first thing we need to figure out is why and how he is able to do this. We shall start the war after we destroy him.¡±

    The Elder who spoke first stayed quiet for a while and then said, ¡°Yin Ji, I will leave you to it.¡±

    Yin Ji smiled, ¡°Sure, it¡¯s been a long time since thest time I saw Qianqiu the cutie and little Wu Yin who¡¯s always expressionless.¡±

    One of the Demon Exaltsughed hoarsely, ¡°Yin Ji, you were disfigured by Xuan Lingzi, don¡¯t you remember? Still dreaming for him now?¡±

    Yin Ji¡¯s voice suddenly turned ice cold, ¡°Piss off!¡±

    Theughter echoed for a while, then the Demon Exalt said in a serious tone, ¡°Xuan Lingzi broke through the Deity Transformation Period hundred years ago, and that Mo Qianqiu is indeed an equally powerful cultivator. Yin Ji, don¡¯t let your haughtiness cover your eyes.¡±

    Yin Ji giggled, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I got this.¡±

    Something hidden in the deep Demon Realm gradually changed. At the same time, in the Fiend Realm which was neighboring the Demon Realm, the Fiend Exalt hadn¡¯t stepped out of the pce for ten days since he operated the Spiritual Blood Maneuver.

    Mo Qiu¡¯s face was pale. If Luo Jianqing was here, the young cultivator would be shocked since Mo Qiu had reached the fullte-stage Out of Body Period! How impressive his cultivating speed was! Mo Qiu¡¯s cultivation base boosted for another level within a year. Compared to him, Xuan Lingzi could even be described as amoner!

    Terrifying scarlet Fiend Qi was hovering around Mo Qiu, who was operating Spiritual Power, absorbing energy from the world. His cultivation base was growing constantly. There was no doubt that he could reach Body Fusion Period within a month!

    A scarlet fruity before him. Wisps of Blood Qi was generated out of the fruit and dashed into his body.

    Though his cultivation base was skyrocketing, Mo Qiu¡¯s expression wasn¡¯t at ease. The more Spiritual Power he generated, the paler his cheeks, as if he¡¯s going to faint next moment. Sealing hand signs, Mo Qiu tried his best to tame the roaring power inside him and then...

    He heard a series of quick repetitive bell sound!

    ¡°Humph...¡±

    Spitting out a mouthful blood, Mo Qiu copsed on the stone bed and couldn¡¯t even move a little, while the Blood Spiritual Fruit dulled immediately. However, he struggled to open his eyes in anxiety, fingertips slightly trembling.

    ¡°Devil-sounded Bell!¡±

    The one and only Devil-sounded Bell in the whole world.

    Though the greatest Pill Master was Qing Lan Peak¡¯s Peak Master Yu Qingzi, while the greatest Item Master was Huo Mingzi, the Peak Master of Lie Huo Peak, they only mastered on one aspect of forging. Ranked slightly lower than them on forging skills, Xuan Lingzi mastered the essence of forging pills while being good at forging items as well; on the other hand, every item Mo Qianqiu forged was a masterpiece, and he was also good at forging pills.

    The Devil-sounded Bell was an item forged by Fiend Exalt for nothing but fun. He had no idea what he was thinking about that he forged a drop of his Blood Essence on the bell. From then on, the bell was connected to his Spiritual Sense.

    That day, he entrusted this bell to Luo Jianqing and promised him:

    ¡°If you encountered any life-threatening danger, this bell will ring and I am on my way to save you, unless I¡¯m ten thousand miles away.¡±

    There was no time to waste. Pupils shrinking, Mo Qiu was transformed into a scarlet beam and dashed out of the Fiend Pce. However, once he got to the open field, he stopped, floating on the Fiend Mountain Range abstractedly, couldn¡¯t figure out where to go!

    The ringing of Devil Sounded Bell continued, but it never pointed out a precise direction.

    ¡°This is impossible! Howe the Devil-sounded Bell isn¡¯t indicating its location?!¡±

    Face turning pale, Mo Qiu closed his eyes to feel the bell, but the sound came right beside his ear hither and yon. He tried everything, but the direction still remained a mystery.

    Qi Luo followed up and asked him in astonishment, ¡°Exalt... Mo Qiu, what happened?¡±

    Several Fiend Cultivators already saw Mo Qiu from the Fiend Mountain; all gazed at him in confusion.

    Nevertheless, Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t pay less attention to them. Frowning, he tried once again listening carefully to the ringing of the bell for a quarter hour. Still, he failed to find out where Luo Jianqing was. Droplets of sweat started to ooze from Mo Qiu¡¯s forehead while he realized the tempo of the ringing was getting faster and faster, as if this was the final moment.

    Without a warning, Mo Qiu spat out a mouthful of blood. What happened concurrently was that his cultivation base dropped abruptly to thete-stage Out-of-Body Period.

    Eyes opening wide, Qi Luo eximed, ¡°Mo Qiu!¡±

    Facing the Manager of Fiend Pce, Mo Qiumanded, ¡°Go on and figure out what is going on within ten thousand miles of radius with the Fiend Pce as the center, where on earth could shield Spiritual Sense! Let Qin Siyi visit Tai Hua Mountain and ask them what is going on. I want every single cultivator of Fiend Pce to go out and search for abnormality!¡±

 Chapter 127: Nine-Petaled Heavenly Seizure Record! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 127: Nine-Petaled Heavenly Seizure Record! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    On Tai Hua Mountain, Xuan Lingzi vited the contract, hurrying his way to the Fiend Realm; at the inner Demon Realm, the four Demon Exalts were awakening after all these years; inside the Fiend Pce, the Fiend Cultivator dressed in scarlet wasmanding an urgent search... However, Luo Jianqing knew none of these.

    The past forty years were shing inside his mind.

    Luo Jianqing had no idea that he even remembered what was happening when he was born. Crying, the couple, a tough man and a pretty woman, pushed him into the turbulent river and watched him floating away. They couldn¡¯t held back the whining; on Luo River, an immortal revealed himself and held the infant in his arms. That day, he was given a name.

    He grew up on Tai Hua Mountain along with many other sisters and brothers, and was head over heels in love with his Master. He knew he shouldn¡¯t expect to be his one-and-only. At least, heforted himself, he would be his one-and-only disciple. Nheless, that day, his Master granted another guy to be his disciple. Jealousy took the better of his heart. He started to secretly inflict his Younger Brother and was then kicked out of Tai Hua Mountain. He was hunted by hundreds of others. Finally, his Master found him. Pushing him to the edge of the cliff, his Master pierced through his chest, using Xuan Ling Sword.

    He heard him saying, ¡°I, Xuan Lingzi, will not admit that you were my disciple!¡±

    Hopes, wonders, what he¡¯s been living up to, were all extinguished by these several words.

    Luo Jiangqing could no longer lift his arm. He felt his body gradually turning cold and stiff. He was just lying there, watching me burning his Primordial Life, bearingva devouring his Spiritual Vines, losing all of his intention to fight back.

    Death seemed like a pain-relief pill. If he died, he would have all rightful reasons to discard the troubles; if he died, he might be able to forget the suffering caused by his unrequited love; if he died, wouldn¡¯t it be...

    ¡°Jianqing, please don¡¯t leave me... don¡¯t die. What should I do without you...¡±

    Opening his eyes immediately, Luo Jianqing got away from the luring Internal Demon.

    It was like a terrible nightmare. The Internal Demon let him into a mirage of hisst life and exaggerated his hatred and jealousy, making him believe hemitted some crime he never did before. Above all, it tampered his memory ¨C his Master was portrayed as the person who ended his life.

    The Internal Demon was hidden deep down in his heart all the time.

    Although Luo Jianqing already knew that, in theirst life, Xuan Lingzi never thought about killing him, instead, his Master never denied him as his disciple even till thest moment.

    However, Xuan Lingzi did grant Li Xiuchen a spot on Yu Xiao Peak and put all his effort on teaching his new disciple.

    Assuming Xuan Lingzi had a proper reason, Luo Jianqing never asked Xuan Lingzi for an exnation. Nheless, he cared about this much more than he thought.

    Gazing at the darkness surrounding him, Luo Jianqing forced a smile, ¡°It happened in ourst life. He never did such things in this life. Even if I want to know the truth... from whom I can get an answer?¡±

    Scorchingva was still flooding through his vines, but now, Luo Jianqing was determined to fight back.

    Sitting up, Luo Jianqing begun to operate Nine Heavenly Seizure Record regardless the pain.

    The power was right there, sleeping in his Dan Tian, lying still. The Burning Energy never dare to get close to the Power while thetter ignored itpletely. Now, however, Luo Jianqing managed to take rein of the power of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. Under his control, the Power pounced on the Burning Energy.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    Blood tear was dripping down from his tightly shut eyes. Gritting his teeth, he didn¡¯t stop.

    The two forces burst into a dogfight. They once managed to share Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, but after the Power started the war, the Burning Energy fought back as well. Every single bump of the two forced Luo Jianqing to tremble with a badly injured Dan Tian.

    The young cultivator didn¡¯t know what the burning energy was, nor did he know whether it would work if using Nine Heavenly Seizure Record¡¯s power to attack, but this was his only way out. Even his Primordial Life was extinguished by the Burning Energy, what else could he do?

    The fightsted for one hour. Theva of Burning Energy was destroyed a little, but the Power was weakened as well. His Dan Tian was shattered like broken ss. Luo Jianqing was still pushing his limits, but it wouldn¡¯t be long before he copsed.

    Atst, another bump between the two forces became thest straw ¨C Luo Jianqing fainted, unable to operate Nine Heavenly Seizure Record anymore. The Power came to a stop at once. Having sensed the weakening of its opponent, the Burning Energy pounced toward it like roaring waves, as if it¡¯s going to seize its moment to fully destroy the Power.

    Suddenly, Luo Jianqing¡¯s Dan Tian started to glow incandescently in bice.

    The Fiend Cultivator who was waiting aside heard the rumbling of thunder. Getting outside to take a look at what was going on, he saw, unexpectedly, a firmament overcast by darkness. The clouds were thick and the wind was fierce, all marching toward the center like a parade of galloping mustangs. Getting closer and closer, the clouds started to twist and formed a terrifying whirlwind, exposing a gigantic wind-eye connecting the earth to the sky.

    The whirlwind was coiling one hundred miles away from the Fiend Cultivator, as if it could devour everything and anything.

    The ugly Fiend Elder frowned, ¡°What the hell is happening?!¡±

    In the darkened space, fainted Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know that, under the power of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, a bice lotus blossomed on his Dan Tian. The lotus gradually stretched out its nine petals, and each one of the petals was glittering in light bice. Each angle of blossoming petal was perfectly depicted; the contour of the flower was so impressive that it could be described as the most brilliant work of the Heavenly Will.

    After the lotus fully revealed itself, the Burning Energy inside Luo Jianqing¡¯s body immediately started to back up in terror.

    A hoarse voice said, ¡°Disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, this is your given opportunity. Are you capable of surviving from the tribtion this time?¡±

    What answered him was Luo Jianqing¡¯s tightly-shut eyes ¨C he didn¡¯t wake up.

    Waiting for several minutes but only getting silence answering him, the mysterious person sighed, ¡°Well, since you are a disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, who is cultivating on Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, I shall give you a hand toe over this tribtion. However, I cannot guarantee a happy ending this time. Your fate is all depending on the Heavenly Will. The Heaven has changed for thirty thousand years, and I¡¯ve been waiting for the same length of time. Disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, are you capable of taking over the Heavenly Will... are you capable of setting me free... are you capable of... are you...¡±

    A beam of scarlet light was generated by the bice lotus and trapped the Burning Energy which was trying to sneak away.

    Once the energy was exposed under the light, it calmed down immediately as if all of its aggression was taken away. Tamed like amb, the Burning Energy was converted into pure Spiritual Power and started to irrigate Luo Jianqing¡¯s arid Spiritual Vines, healing and mending the damaged.

    The moment the young cultivator was fully recovered, the bice lotus withered little by little and disappeared in the end.

    At the same time, outside the unknown space, the whirlwind was gone in a blink. The old Fiend Cultivator vigntly stared at the direction where the twist vanished and then hurried back into the cave. Since he couldn¡¯t summon the gigantic ck furnace back into his Interspatial Ring, the Fiend Cultivator carried it on his back and fled from the site.

    In the Fiend Realm, every Fiend Cultivator noticed this whirlwind. Low-level Fiend Cultivators were scared by the immense power dispersed from the phenomenon, so they started to running away from it. However, some bold Fiend Cultivators flew toward the whirlwind instead, hoping they could reap some opportunities.

    In front of the Fiend Pce, a Fiend Cultivator dressed in scarlet gazed at the scene in shock. Toes lightly tapping the ground, he rushed toward the whirlwind.

    ¡°Luo Jianqing! You are not allowed to die! You are not... you are not allowed to die in my realm!¡±

    Above the river at the border of Yun State and the Fiend Realm, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s pupil shrank. He fixed his eyes on the whirlwind which was gradually vanishing. Without any hesitation, the Master changed direction straight away, heading to the eye of the wind.

    ¡°Jianqing, wait for me... hold on! I¡¯ming!¡±

 Chapter 128: Out-of-Body & The Visit of Xuan Lingzi

    <h4>Chapter 128: Out-of-Body & The Visit of Xuan Lingzi</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    When Luo Jianqing woke up, he didn¡¯t know that the elder Fiend cultivator had taken him away.

    There were altogether eleven Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivators. The Fiend Exalt Mo Qianqiu had finished thete stage, of Da Sheng Period, which meant he was the most powerful one. After him, there were five Fiend Cultivators at thete stage of Da Sheng Period, three at the middle stage and two at the early stage.

    Fiend Cultivators could improve their power quickly at the early stage, so they could easily elevate from Qi Condensation to Out-of-Body in a short time and were much powerful than other cultivators at the same level. They were the exceptions of thew of nature. However, once they finished Body Fusion, things would be totally different as they were punished by thew of nature. Compared with other cultivators, it was much harder for Fiend Cultivators to make any further breakthrough when they reached Body Fusion. That was the punishment from thew of nature, which made it even difficult for them to finish Body Fusion.

    One out of a hundred Out-of-Body Fiend Cultivators could finish Body Fusion, while a Tribtion Passage Fiend Cultivator was even the one in a hundred of Body Fusion.

    Therefore, in the current cultivation world, each Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivator was well-known. Five of them served the Fiend Pce. As for the other six, two of them were twin sisters who upied a mountain in the Fiend Realm and became the chiefs, and thest four were all independent cultivators.

    The old Fiend Cultivator who grabbed Luo Jianqing was He Lianmin. Over one thousand years ago, he had been notorious on the Xuan Tian Continent for killing tens of thousands of people. Meanwhile, he was also anarchistic pill maker, especially good at making ¡°human pill¡± by using man as raw material! People called him ¡°Blood Pill Master¡±.

    Although he just reached the early stage of Da Sheng Period, his pill-making skill was among the top. He had been to Long State five hundred years ago, killing a powerful cultivation family and using over one thousand people of that family to make pills. Then, he disappeared, so people never heard about him.

    He had lived for two thousand and nine hundred years so far, so he must have been very cautious to avoid being hunted by his foes.

    When he saw the ck eddy whirling in the sky, he immediately realized that he had to take his Towering Fiend Tripod and leave as soon as possible.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know what that ck eddy is, but as long as it is in the sky, the Fiend Pce will notice it, so will the cultivators of Tai Hua mountain in the Realm who are searching for thisd. They wille here to figure it out, which may put my in danger.¡±

    The Blood Pill Master released all of his spiritual power and ran at full speed. However, he had to stop each hour and hide somewhere so that he could slide into the Tripod and pour Reincarnation me on Luo Jianqing to polish his body, making him a more suitable material for ¡°human pill¡±.

    When the Tripod contained a human, it couldn¡¯t be put into the Interspatial Ring. So he had to carried a huge Tripod and ran cautiously. After thirty miles, he could already see some Fiend Cultivators and Dao Cultivators running to the opposite direction.

    With the huge Tripod on his shoulder, the Blood Pill Master hesitated for a while and thought firmly: ¡°It¡¯s myst chance! There are only two Extraordinary Spiritual Bones in the world. I have been following Luo Jianqing since he arrived in the Realm and it has taken me a lot of effort to grab him. In forty nine days, his consciousness will be erased. By then, he and other eighty human pills can be made into a supreme human pill! I can¡¯t give up now! It¡¯s my only chance!¡±

    me burnt in his eyes and he ran faster.

    Each dying cultivator was extremely crazy. The Blood Pill Master clearly knew that if he took Luo Jianqing away, he would be hunted by Tai Hua mountain, even by Xuan Lingzi who had reached Deity Transformation Period.

    But he had no other options!

    He could only live for another eighty years or so. If he didn¡¯t rece his bones to prolong his life, he would die!

    He had killed countless people in his life, not as many as the three million killed by the Fiend Exalt, but he killed a million at least. That meant that he had to spend his next lives for millions of generations as an animal and paid back what he had done! He couldn¡¯t tolerate it, so he had to jump to the next level; he had to transform into deity!

    ¡°The Supreme Human Pill is myst chance. I had intended to use an Extraordinary Bone as a substitute, but since you¡¯re here, I¡¯ve got the favor of the Heaven! Once I use this Supreme Human Pill, I can rece my bones and use half of your total life to extend mine! I still have chance to reach Deity Transformation Period!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know what happened outside the Tripod. Inside, it was a different and endless world.

    Luo Jianqing woke up gradually. When he was in aa, the Blood Pill Master had poured the Reincarnation me into his body for several times, but once the me entered his body, it would be swallowed by the invisible power in Luo Jianqing¡¯s Dantian.

    Currently, all the wounds on his body had scabbed. Although he looked wretched, Luo Jianqing knew that every inch of his broken meridians was recovering quickly. If he had been strong before, now he was ten times stronger!

    The burning energy trickled through his meridians, giving out red lights. It was strange that those red lights ultimately fused into his body.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t shook off the scabs on his body. Instead, he even pretended to be asleep when the Blood Pill Master entered the Tripod again. He just let the Blood Pill Master pour energy into his body.

    Three hourster, Luo Jianqing¡¯s meridians had all recovered. However, the primordial life in his Dantian that had been swallowed by the me hadn¡¯t recovered yet. In his empty Dantian, there were only his spiritual power and the rest of some me energy.

    Luo Jianqing examined his body through spiritual consciousness but didn¡¯t find his primordial life. He was baffled and then smiled bitterly.

    He had been half way to Out-of-Body, yet now without primordial life, what was his position?

    For all the cultivators, once their primordial life died, their power would be significantly impaired and could never reach Nascent Soul. Some cultivators even died directly.

    But now Luo Jianqing¡¯s primordial life had gone and he was still halfway to Out-of-Body.

    When he was thinking hopelessly, a powerful beam of green light was projected from his invisible spiritual power. He obtained this power when he began to practice Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. Until now, Luo Jianqing still didn¡¯t know what this magic power was, but it gave him infinite possibility to practice.

    The green light was as bright as sunlight, shining with boundless radiance and swallowing all the me energy. The me energy wanted to block it, but after a short struggle, it was painfully overwhelmed by the green light.

    Luo Jianqing looked at the green light with astonishment, which rolled with satisfaction. After a long time, a small bud came out from it. It hadn¡¯t blossomed yet. Luo Jianqing touched the green bud subconsciously with his spiritual power, and the bud moved, as if it was expressing dissatisfaction.

    They were just doing the ¡°You touch, I move¡± game.

    Then, the bud seemed to be impatient and bounced off Luo Jianqing¡¯s spiritual power. As Luo Jianqing felt shocked, the bud was blossoming gracefully.

    The beauty of this scene was unforgettable, even though it was the first time Luo Jianqing had seen it.

    When the first petal expanded, green light shined;

    When the second petal expanded, strong fragrance spread;

    When the third petal expanded, spiritual power froze;

    When the fourth petal expanded, tens of thousands of beams gathered on the flower and presented a perfectly blossoming lotus.

    When the fifth petal expanded, it stopped gradually halfway through.

 Chapter 129: Out-of-Body & The Visit of Xuan Lingzi (II)

    <h4>Chapter 129: Out-of-Body & The Visit of Xuan Lingzi (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing was thrilled. He somehow began to mobilize all the spiritual power in his body, which all flowed into this half-blossomed lotus. He felt that it was a great chance, and thus he needed this flower to fully blossom! Not only one petal, not two or three... even not nine like the nine-petal gold lotus pattern on the forehead of Xuan Lingzi.

    He wanted this green lotus to fully expand its ten petals!

    In the Towering Fiend Tripod, a trickle of spiritual power began to form into an eddy. Outside, the Blood Pill Master was running away cautiously, not noticing anything unusual. However, the power eddy in the Tripod became more and more horrible.

    With Luo Jianqing at its center, the tremendous spiritual power was transformed into a tornado, sweeping over the endless space of the Tripod.

    The spiritual power gushed into Luo Jianqing¡¯s Dantian, directly heading towards to the fifth petal. Since the flower refused to blossom, then the spiritual power attempted to drive the petal to expand.

    The petal was giving out surging green light. Once the light spilled from Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, it would be swallowed by the Tripod. However, the light ultimately became too bright and too much to be swallowed up by the Tripod, it was lit up all around by the stunning light.

    Boom!

    The fifth petal expanded slowly!

    Instantly, Luo Jianqing¡¯s power soared and he finally made the breakthrough!

    He hadpletely reached Out-of-Body!

    From halfway of Out-of-Body to totally reaching Out-of-Body, it might take many cultivators hundreds of years to aplish this process; some might even never be able to aplish it.

    Luo Jianqing suddenly felt that he was exhausted. As his cultivation skyrocketed, his body was filled with spiritual power. The me energy hidden in his meridians began to overflow and turn into pure spiritual power, nourishing his Dantian.

    The green lotus danced gently. Although only five petals expanded, it still gave out strong floral fragrance.

    Luo Jianqingy on the ground and looked around the ce that confined him. He finally saw clearly that it was not asrge as he had thought. It was just a small room with a dome and smooth ck floor. At the center of the dome opened a small hole, with four other holes on each direction for venttion.

    Although Luo Jianqing was not good at making pills, he still knew the something about it. He immediately realized that he was in a huge tripod.

    Before he could think deeper, he heard the rattling from the top of the dome. He pulled his spiritual power back and the Tripod turned dark again. Luo Jianqing heard an old, hoarse sound, ¡°You¡¯re still sleeping? I¡¯m afraid the Reincarnation me has burnt out your senses. But that¡¯s better for me. After all, I just want your spiritual bone, so it will spare me a lot of efforts.¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing felt that something burning flowed into his temple. He had been wondering why this Da Sheng Period cultivator hadn¡¯t noticed that he had reached Out of Body, but now he heard that the burning substance was Reincarnation me!

    There were three kinds of magic mes in this world, Frostbolt me, Reincarnation me and Nirvana me!

    Luo Jianqing had seen Frostbolt me before. Sir Yu Qingzi was fond of making pills, so she was fascinating about collecting various mes in the world. She had obtained a tiny Frostbolt me before, which unfortunately had only kept burning for thirteen years and extinguished quietly while she was making pills.

    However, thanks to this tiny Frostbolt me, Sir Yu Qingzi made the most powerful pill in her life-the Eighth Heaven-Level Godlike Pill!

    This Da Sheng Period cultivator should possess Reincarnation me and extravagantly pour the me into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. That was the Reincarnation me, the rare material that could make Eighth or even Ninth Heaven-Level Godlike Pill! It could burn up the Ninth-Level Spiritual Herbs in an instant!

    Luo Jianqing suddenly felt achy all over, especially his temple where the me flowed in.

    When the Blood Pill Master left, Luo Jianqing mobilized his spiritual power to swallow all the Reincarnation me as his own power. He felt confused that there was no primordial life in his Dantian, only a perfect green lotus.

    However, Luo Jianqing found that he could take this lotus out of his body.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°So... ordinary cultivators can separate their primordial life from their body, while I can only separate this lotus from my body? My primordial life is a green lotus, then I am... also a lotus?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t think too much and put the lotus back into his body hurriedly.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know that as soon as he took the lotus out of his body, a thunder stroke right towards the Blood Pill Master! It was totally unexpected, so the Blood Pill Master subconsciously raised the Tripod to block it, yet he suddenly realized that thest material for the Supreme Human Pill was still in the Tripod!

    So, the Blood Pill Master used his body to protect the Tripod and was stricken by the thunder.

    Boom!

    The thunder burnt his hair and clothes. The Blood Pill Master was ckened all over as if he had just gotten out from sewage.

    He had never been so embarrassed before. Although he wanted to curse the Heaven, he had something more important to do, so he carried his Tripod and kept running.

    Luo Jianqing was sitting in the Tripod, absorbing all the Reincarnation me flowing into his body. When he established a firm foothold in the new realm, he found with surprise that he could open his Interspatial Ring through spiritual power.

    Then, he took out a white jade pearl and crumbled it.

    *

    At the same time, in the ce where the ck eddy was formed several hours ago.

    It was a broad basin, where thousands of Fiend Cultivators came here and guarded against each other. They were here to find treasures and bonds, among whom there was a handsome Fiend Cultivator in red. He felt his body stiffened and abruptly turned to the north.

    ¡°This is the message from the jade pearl! I gave it to Xuan Lingzi a hundred years ago to requite his life-saving favor.¡±

    Mo Qiu narrowed his eyes and suddenly realized something, flying to the north hurriedly.

    Just as he left the ck eddy, a gold light shed through and stopped at the center of the basin.

    When the person with gold light showed up, the noise of these Fiend Cultivators stopped. An extremely strong pressure overwhelmed them, as if they were pressed down by huge mountain and ocean! Even a middle stage Tribtion Passage Fiend Cultivator was unable to raise his head. They saw a man in white came out. His face bathed in sweat, travel-worn and weary.

 Chapter 130: Out-of-Body & The Visit of Xuan Lingzi (III)

    <h4>Chapter 130: Out-of-Body & The Visit of Xuan Lingzi (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s nce flicked round everyone here, but he didn¡¯t find his disciple. He held his Xuan Ling Sword tight. After another nce, his eyes were fixed on the most powerful Fiend Cultivator on site, a middle stage Tribtion Passage cultivator.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s gaze made that Fiend Cultivator feel doomed.

    However, Xuan Lingzi looked away soon. He closed his eyes and felt the fluctuation of spiritual power between the Heaven and Earth. The power of his primordial life covered three miles, thirty miles, three hundred miles and even...three thousand miles!

    Xuan Lingzi opened his eyes abruptly as if he saw something and flew to the north. He wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth and flew as quick as possible.

    Mo Qiu, who was thirty miles ahead of Xuan Lingzi, also felt the horrible pressure of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s primordial life. He turned around with widened eyes and astonishment. Soon, a gold light shed through him and flew away.

    ¡°You should extend the power of primordial to such wide areas. Aren¡¯t you afraid of being backfired?¡±

    There was no time for him to think, so he also speeded up and flew ahead. As ate stage Out-of-Body cultivator, it was strong enough for him that was just slightly slower than Xuan Lingzi. As Mo Qiu was about to lose sight of Xuan Lingzi, he took out a white bell and crumbled it.

    Suddenly, he speeded up again and caught up with Xuan Lingzi.

    Of course, Xuan Lingzi had known that Mo Qiu was after him, but all he cared about was his disciple.

    As for Mo Qiu, the jade pearl had enabled him to have a rough idea of where Luo Jianqing was, but he didn¡¯t know the exact location, neither did he know why Xuan Lingzi directly flew to that direction. Anyway, Mo Qiu was sure that Xuan Lingzi knew how to find Luo Jianqing.

    Xuan Lingzi was powerful enough to keep Luo Jianqing safe. At the very least, if Luo Jianqing was in danger and Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t save him, then neither could Mo Qiu, so what was the use of him?

    The very thought made Mo Qiu jealous, but he gritted his teeth and kept flying.

    Inside the Towering Fiend Tripod.

    After Luo Jianqing crumbled the jade pearl, he didn¡¯t just sat still and waited for help. He was thinking about how to escape this Tripod and save himself. It was unrealistic to put all his trust on someone else. Since he was a child, Xuan Lingzi had taught him that a real powerful man held strong power on his own hands.

    After a long thought, he tried many methods yet all failed to destroy the Tripod.

    Outside the Tripod, the Blood Spill Master was running furiously. Ahead of himy a huge river. Just as he stepped forward, a gold sword light stopped him. He was baffled and hurriedly ran in the other direction. However, the sword light attacked him again and left a terrible cut on his face!

    ¡°Who is it!¡± The Blood Pill Master shouted angrily, or let¡¯s say seemingly angrily, as he didn¡¯t have any confidence at all. He had known that who it was, yet he wasn¡¯t very worried-even the Deity Transformation Period cultivator couldn¡¯t see right through his Fiend Tripod!

    Instantly, under the clear sky and bright sun, a white figure befell gracefully.

    With his fine eyebrows frowning, Xuan Lingzi narrowed his beautiful eyes and looked coldly at that ugly, vulgar Fiend Cultivator. He held the Xuan Ling sword on his right hand. The sword light flickered as his wrist moved. He clutched the hilt with his gold spiritual power constantly wandering around the sword.

    ¡°Give him to me!¡±

    The Blood Pill Master recognized him at the very first sight-

    the peak master of Yu Xiao Peak and the only Deity Transformation Period in the world, the most powerful human cultivator Xuan Lingzi!

    The power gap between them made the Blood Pill Master trembling. It had never urred to him that Xuan Lingzi could find him in such a short time. However, the Blood Pill master had been living for over two thousand and nine hundred years after all, so he was quite good at pretending. Currently, Xuan Lingzi could only see nothing but anger on his face.

    The Blood Pill Master shouted angrily: ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi, you are a respectable, powerful human cultivator. Hundreds of years ago, we also fought together. Now, why do you block and attack me!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi just repeated coldly and indifferently: ¡°Give him to me!¡±

    The Blood Pill Master said: ¡°Who is he!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi slightly moved his wrist and another horrible gold sword light prated the Blood Pill Master¡¯s shoulder, forcing him to release the Fiend Tripod. Boom! The Tripod fell on the ground with dust rising in clouds. When Xuan Lingzi saw the Tripod, he was a little bit apprehensive. He immediately came in front of the Tripod.

    He ignored the rune on the Tripod and directly put his hand on the lid of the Tripod.

    Suddenly, furiously ck Fiend Qi sliced his hands like knifes. Frowning, he didn¡¯t care about it and opened the Tripod.

    His body gradually began to tremble. Xuan Lingzi lowered his head and looked into the Tripod.

    Nothing but empty space. Xuan Lingzi opened his eyes wide and his face suddenly turned pale, with a trickle of gold-tinted blood streaming down.

    Empty? How was that possible!

    Xuan Lingzi threw the lid away and had the sword at the Blood Pill Master¡¯s neck. Xuan Lingzi¡¯s voice was as cold as tens-of-thousands-of-years ice, ¡°Where is he! Where do you hide him!¡±

    The Blood Pill Master wore a sad face and said awkwardly: ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re talking about. Are you going to bully a Fiend Cultivator like this? You Tai Hua mountain has an agreement with Mo Qianqiu, so you can¡¯t kill Fiend Cultivators casually in the Fiend Realm. What am I doing wrong that deserves your terrible threat?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi moved forward, while a trickle of blood upwelled from his chest. He restrained it and had the sword closer at the Blood Pill Master¡¯s neck, asking in a hoarse voice: ¡°Where do you hide him? Where is he...where!¡±

    In the meantime, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know what was going on outside.

    Inside the Tripod, there was still endless darkness. Luo Jianqing estimated that it was time for the Fiend Cultivator toe in again. He dare not to day more things, just closed his eyes and waited. However, the Fiend Cultivator didn¡¯t show up after long.

    ¡°That¡¯s wired. Maybe I don¡¯t need the Reincarnation me anymore? Or the interval change?¡±

    While Luo Jianqing was thinking, a burning drip fell on his face.

    The liquid was as hot as me, burning on his face. It was not me, but still made Luo Jianqing tremble. It was a drip of blood full of spiritual power and a smell he was familiar with!

    ¡°Master!¡±

    His voice didn¡¯t prate the Tripod.

 Chapter 131: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 131: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Outside the tripod, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s sword already slit a wound on Blood Pill Master¡¯s throat. Blood oozed out, but the Blood Pill Master still insisted, ¡°Look, Xuan Lingzi, I don¡¯t know what you are talking about. Though I respect you, but you are indeed younger than me. To me, you¡¯re just like a kid! I¡¯ve been cultivating for more than two thousand and nine hundred years, and that¡¯s quite enough. If you insist on killing me by some ridiculous reason, I could do nothing but let you. However, it would be impossible for me to turn in something that I don¡¯t even know what that is!¡±

    Blood seeping out from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips, but he kept the sword where it was, having no intention of letting go of the Blood Pill Master.

    They were stuck in a stalemate, but suddenly, a husky voice sounded behind the Pill Master¡¯s back, ¡°Is this the legendary Blood Pill Master? Oh no, my bad, I believe Blood Pill Monster would be a more proper name. Blood Pill Monster, do you really have no idea what Xuan Lingzi... Sir Xuan Lingzi is asking for?¡±

    ¡°Kid, watch your mouth!¡± The Blood Pill Master put all of his attention on Xuan Lingzi, without noticing there was someone approaching him from his back.

    Lifting his eyes, Xuan Lingzi recognized Mo Qiu, but he didn¡¯t say anything to him.

    Mo Qiu continued, ¡°Well, I believe you already saw that gigantic ck vortex eight thousand three hundred miles away. In the area from here to the center of the vortex, you are the only Da Sheng Period cultivator who is still lingering around. All of the Fiend Cultivators in the world knew that you are already reaching your limit. Why are you running while carrying the Towering Fiend Tripod right now instead of staying at somewhere idly enjoying yourst few years? Do you really think we are stupid enough to believe you are simply doing your daily exercise?¡±

    The Blood Pill Master was so mad that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood, but Mo Qiu went on saying, ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi, I am the disciple of the Fiend Exalt. My Master once told me that though the Blood Pill Monster wasn¡¯t a talented cultivator, his Fiend tripod is a high-grade item. This furnace could devour heaven and earth. It contains a space inside which only the Blood Pill Monster could get in.¡±

    Blood finally came out from the Blood Pill Master¡¯s mouth, ¡°Nonsense!¡±

    Mo Qiu showed him little tolerance, ¡°Shut your mouth up!¡±

    Tilting his head to look at Mo Qiu, Xuan Lingzi asked with no expression on his face, ¡°How can we get ess to the space?¡±

    Thinking it over, Mo Qiu replied, ¡°Ask him to give us an ess. The ward of this Fiend Furnace is constructed based on the Spiritual Power of his Primordial Life. Therefore, he is the only one who can draw back the Spiritual Power and release...¡±

    Mo Qiu came to an abrupt halt.

    Astonishingly, he saw Xuan Lingzi pierced through Blood Pill Monster¡¯s heart with no hesitation. With blood billowing from his mouth, thetter stared at Xuan Lingzi in disbelief, ¡°Why... why are you doing this to me! If I didn¡¯t kidnap your disciple, aren¡¯t you ughtering me for nothing...¡±

    Hearing his words, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ice-froze face melted a little. A trace of surprise and relief emerged from his visage, the Master didn¡¯t answer Blood Pill Master¡¯s question. Instead, he drew out Xuan Ling Sword and turned back to examine the tripod.

    This time, when he looked down, he saw the person he¡¯s been desperately looking for.

    Luo Jianqing was standing in the deep bottom of the tripod, gazing at Xuan Lingzi, while his Master was looking back at him as well.

    The moment their eyes met in the air, time froze. They looked at each other for a long time. Suddenly, Xuan Lingzi reached out to Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand. The disciple tapped the floor with his foot and got out of the furnace.

    Lips moving, Xuan Lingzi was about to say something, but he noticed the blood scabs covering Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. He frowned immediately, fingertips trembling, ¡°You... are you hurt? Is it serious? I¡¯ll bring you back to Tai Hua Mountain at once. I¡¯ll take you to Yu Qingzi, right, I¡¯ll take you to her and ask her to heal your injuries...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi mumbled nervously, losing all of his calm manner. Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart melted.

    ¡°It¡¯s okay, Master. I¡¯ve got no wound on my body right now. I¡¯m all right.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi stared at him abstractedly, not believing his words. ¡°Jianqing, don¡¯t treat me like a fool. You are covered with blood right now and you must be badly wounded. Let¡¯s go back to Tai Hua Mountain now, I¡¯ll take you to...¡±

    ¡°Wu Yin!¡± Luo Jianqing embraced the man dressed in white standing in front of him. Lowering his voice, Luo Jianqing whispered beside his Master¡¯s ear, ¡°Hey, calm down, I said that I¡¯m okay, and I mean it. You came here just in time. It wasn¡¯tte at all. Nothing devastating happened to me.¡±

    Feeling the warmth of his disciple, Xuan Lingzi was stunned for a while and then hugged him back.

    The Master and disciple stood beside the roaring river for a long time, holding each other in their arms. Then a cough interrupted them. Luo Jianqing tilted his head in surprise and finally found there was someone else staying around!

    Luo Jianqing released his Master from his arms immediately, ¡°Mo Qiu? What are you doing here?¡±

    Mo Qiu replied expressionlessly, ¡°Well, why can¡¯t I just pass by?¡±

    Mouth twitching, Luo Jianqing almost lost his manner but immediately realized that his Master was still around. He coughed, and said in a serious tone, ¡°Why is it so hard for you to say the truth? Anyway, today I managed to steal my life back from the death and even you are here to rescue me. A blessing in disguise, I guess. A good thing indeed...¡±

    Suddenly, Luo Jianqing found his hand was gripped tightly by Xuan Lingzi. Looking at his Master in surprise, he saw Xuan Lingzi frown and heard him asking, ¡°Why do you think it¡¯s a good thing to see this Fiend Cultivator?¡±

    Luo Jianqing widened his eyes, ¡°Master, you know that he is a Fiend Cultivator?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°Yes, but why do you think it¡¯s a good thing?¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°How did you know that he is a Fiend Cultivator?¡±

    Before Xuan Lingzi answered him, Mo Qiu sneered, ¡°I told your Master that I am the Fiend Exalt¡¯s disciple who knows how to destroy the ward covering the Towering Fiend Tripod. What else could I be as Fiend Exalt¡¯s disciple?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was speechless.

    Then, Mo Qiu told Luo Jianqing about Blood Pill Master who kidnapped and imprisoned him.

    Though breaking though Periods at an incredible speed, Luo Jianqing was just a young cultivator who had only cultivated for fifty years, while Blood Pill Master was living incognito for hundreds of years and his name was known by fewer and fewer cultivators. What he knew about Blood Pill Master was just the fact that he was a Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivator who was very good at Pill Forging and that¡¯s all.

    Recalling something, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°That Blood Pill Monster imed that he¡¯s going to forge me alive into a Human Pill.¡±

    Mo Qiu was shocked.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s gaze turned ice-cold, ¡°He wanted to destroy your soul, end your samsara, and erase youpletely from the world in order to forge you into a Human Pill?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was incredibly talented on Pill Forging. Neither Luo Jianqing nor Mo Qiu knew what it meant to be forged into a Human Pill. The former literally knew nothing, while thetter only heard a little about it. However, Xuan Lingzi knew clearly. Massacring viges after viges in order to absorb the Spiritual Power and Life Energy out of the victims, the Fiend Cultivators were already acting against the Heavenly Will, and forging human into pills was the most viinous way of cultivating among Fiend Cultivators.

    Condensing every bit of Spiritual Power and Life Energy into a pill and then consuming it could skyrocket a Fiend Cultivator¡¯s power. If a person was only ughtered by a Fiend Cultivator and lost all of his or her Spiritual Power to the murderer, the victim could still enter samsara, but once being forged into Human Pill, the person would lose his or her soul forever,pletely eliminated from the world.

    Hearing this from his Master, Luo Jianqing was shocked in a cold sweat.

 Chapter 132: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 132: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Quit lingering around any longer, they left the riverside together. Mo Qiu needed to return to the Fiend Pce, while the Master and the disciple had to go back Tai Hua Mountain. Sharing the same direction, Mo Qiu took the role of a guide in the Fiend Realm for them.

    As the most powerful cultivator in the world, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t have to take a rest and watch out for Demon Beasts, however, when night fell, he still slowed down and eventually stopped moving forward. Luo Jianqing looked at him in confusion, while his Master looked back in tender stare and whispered, ¡°leavingTai Hua Mountain regardless of the contract that day, I was slightly harassed by my Internal Demon.¡±

    Eyes widened, Luo Jianqing suddenly recalled there¡¯s a contract restricting his Master¡¯s freedom!

    ¡°Master, are you...¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m all right.¡± Since Mo Qiu was staying around, Xuan Lingzi held back the idea of embracing his disciple, instead, he looked at Luo Jianqing with vast softness filling his eyes and lowered his voice, ¡°For me, that Internal Demon is easy to handle. I¡¯ll recover in a short time. Don¡¯t worry about me, Jianqing, I¡¯m okay.¡±

    His words didn¡¯t ease Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind.

    Just like Xuan Lingzi was worried about him, Luo Jianqing was concerned about his Master as well. He had made his mind that he would ask Yu Qingzi toe by and check Xuan Lingzi out as soon as they went back to Tai Hua Mountain. Only in this way he could finally relieve.

    When they took a rest at night, Xuan Lingzi sat down and meditated, leaving Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu chatting casually.

    ¡°Mo Qiu, I once thought that I am already indeed very talented and lucky to earn opportunities. Twelve years ago when we met for the first time we shared nearly equal-level cultivation base, nevertheless, now you¡¯ve reachedte-stage of the Out Of Body Period while I just touched the rim of Out Of Body Period. Come on, Mo Qiu, tell me the truth. You are actually an impressive Demon Beast, right? Just like Dragons who are all born as Seventh Grade Demon Beasts ¨C an equivalent to our Out Of Body Period, so are you.¡±

    Mo Qiu rolled his eyes at Luo Jianqing, ¡°Have you ever saw a dragon who is as breathtaking as me?¡±

    Mouth twitched, Luo Jianqign said, ¡°My Master is right there, so don¡¯t force me to p you.¡±

    ncing at Luo Jianqing quietly, Mo Qiu then moved his eyes away and taunted, ¡°Such a Master¡¯s sweet good boy.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    After a long silence, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°As the disciple of Fiend Exalt, you don¡¯t listen to your Master?¡±

    ¡°Why should I? I am his disciple but not his servant. It was him who begged me to be his disciple, and it is HIS fortune to have me as his disciple, okay?¡±

    ¡°But when I was in the Fiend Pce, Yun Xiang told me that you weren¡¯t here because your Master ordered you to deal with something. Well, she might be lying but... hum.¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°...¡±

    Time passed quickly. At dawn, Xuan Lingzi took the two young men along to the South by his Flying Sword and they soon got near the Fiend Pce. This time, Xuan Lingzi stopped 10 miles away from the pce. He said aloofly, ¡°I¡¯ve never get along with the Fiend Exalt. Jianqing, say goodbye to your friend here.¡±

    Nodding, Luo Jianqing turned to Mo Qiu and beamed, ¡°I have a feeling that you would achieve the Body Fusion Period next time I meet you.¡±

    Mo Qiu replied casually, ¡°Not ¡®would¡¯, I WILL.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was speechless, ¡°Why are you such a... narcissist?¡±

    ¡°Well, you have no idea that once, if I were given one more month, I would almost have broken through...¡± Mo Qiu suddenly shut up. Luo Jianqing waited a long time for him to keep going but thetter kept his mouth tight until he changed the subject, ¡°Anyway, I will definitely achieve the next level very soon. Luo Jianqing, can you just try to catch up with my pace? I can¡¯t ept the fact that my friend of life and death owns such a low-level cultivation.¡±

    Summoning Floating Frost in a blink, Luo Jianqing was about to p Mo Qiu in the face, using the scabbard, but he realized that his Master was standing behind him. Coughingawkwardly, he put back his sword and missed the fact that Mo Qiu didn¡¯t even try to dodge from his strike. Just one inch further, he could surely hit that gorgeous face.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°My Master suffered from his Internal Demons because he left Tai Hua Mountain in order to find me. I have to go back with him now.¡±

    Eyes fixed on Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu suddenly started to operate a hand seal.

    Shocked, Luo Jianqing watched him sealing. Pupils shrinking, Xuan Lingzi stared Mo Qiu¡¯s hand and didn¡¯t move his eyes away for a second.

    It was a simple seal. Luo Jianqing noticed little change after Mo Qiu finished it. However, their voice couldn¡¯t transmit out of the ward any more. Mo Qiu asked Luo Jianqing, ¡°My Master told me that there is a contract between Human and Demon Beasts. Your Master left Tai Hua Moutain for you and was indeed hurt badly on his Primordial Life, but, have you ever thought that maybe... there is someone else who got hurt for you as well?¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned slightly and asked in concern, ¡°Whom are you talking about?¡±

    Mo Qiu said nothing, justy his eyes on him, while Luo jianqing watched back.

    They stared at each other for a while till Mo Qiu burst out aughter and sneered, ¡°Believing everything I told you? Why, Luo Jianqing of Tai Hua Mountain, you are such a naive kid. Alright, I have to hurry my way back to the Fiend Pce. My Master is waiting for me. After all, I am a genius whose cultivation base is growing every second!¡±

    Mouth twitched, Luo Jianqing held back the thought of pping him with the scabbard and watched him left.

    When Mo Qiu was almost out of his sight, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help to chuckle anymore, ¡°Be careful, do you hear me?¡±

    Lifting his arm and waving, Mo Qiu didn¡¯t even turn back.

    Luo Jianqing went back to his Master after Mo Qiu¡¯s figure disappeared into the vast forest. Without given the time to open his mouth, Luo Jianqing was dragged into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s chest.

    Astonished, Luo Jianqing heard his Master whispering beside his ear, ¡°Jianqing, that guy is your... friend?¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t expect to hear this, so he just said, ¡°Yes, Master. I told you before that I met Mo Qiu in the Liu Yan Valley and together we survived from many life-threatening dangers. He is my friend of life and death and saved my life several times. Although he is a Fiend Cultivator, Master, he told me that he never killed anyone, and I believe him.¡±

    Lifting his eyes, Luo Jianqing watched his Master with sincere kindling in his eyes, as if he was worried about Mo Qiu¡¯s safety since now Xuan Lingzi knew that he was a Fiend Cultivator.

    However, Xuan Lingzi was just looking at him. Eyes scintiting like shining stars, the Master gazed at his disciple for a long time and then hold his beloved closer to his chest, ¡°Alright, he is your friend of life and death. You¡¯ve only cultivated for fifty years, and it is very lucky of you to find a trustworthy friend. That guy reminds me of your Little Sister. You can introduce him to her if possible.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    It waster that Luo Jianqing finally figured out, ¡°Are you... asking me to bring them together?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded slightly.

    Luo Jianqing was speechless, ¡°Why, Master? They share little inmon.¡±

    Pondering for a while, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°They all like to dress in scarlet.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Ohe on Master! Lou Jianqing thought. Seriously, red clothes? Then Little Sister would be a good match with countless people in the world!

 Chapter 133: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (III)

    <h4>Chapter 133: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    They continued toward the South. Along the way, Luo Jianqing saw a lot of Fiend Cultivators who all fled away as soon as they sensed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s coercion.

    Luo Jianqing recalled something, ¡°Master, you are not getting along well with the Fiend Exalt?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi answered lightly, ¡°If I¡¯m given the chance, I will definitely kill him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was puzzled. He knew that his Master had once fight back to back with the Fiend Exalt, not to mention they were both the representatives of the Human n who signed the Peace Contract with the Demon n. Why on earth their rtionship became so tense?

    As if he heard Luo Jianqing¡¯s internal monologue, Xuan Lingzi exined, ¡°Dao and Fiend are always enemies. Jianqing, I want the Fiend Exalt dead, and it is true the other way around. Now that I¡¯ve broken the contract, the peace between two ns won¡¯tst long. Therefore, I cannot kill him now, and he cannot kill me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing understood, ¡°We must show solidarity since there is a war awaits.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded and then kept quiet. Tilting his head, he was gazing at the grand sunset at the edge of the sky. The effulgent afterglow sprawled over every creature in the world and covered them with a touch of golden voile.

    Light and ice-cold, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s voice reached Luo Jianqing¡¯s ears, ¡°The Fiend Exalt only had three hundred years left. No one knows when he will breakthrough Deity Transformation Period. Jianqing, you and Mo Qianqiu will be the primary targets of the Demon n. You have the chance to reach Deity Transformation Period within two hundred years, while Mo Qianqiu has the opportunity to be the first Deity-Transformation-Period Fiend Cultivator in history. Do you have any idea... how dangerous the situation is?¡±

    Hearing this, Luo Jianqing¡¯s face darkened, and he didn¡¯t respond.

    Fixing his eyes on Luo Jianqing, Xuan Lingzi reached to a wisp of his hair andforted him, ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid. I will never, ever, let you be alone.¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°What makes you think I¡¯m afraid?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was puzzled, then he saw Luo Jianqing remain cool and calm, ¡°I was just wondering, Master, what you were thinking about when you broke the contract. There will be so much trouble after we go back. I have a feeling that the cultivators of the Four Sects and the Eight Families never thought about the possibility that the contract would be broken in this way.¡± Pausing for a few seconds, Luo Jianqing went on, ¡°The Fiend Exalt might be cursing you right now.¡±

    ¡°Why?¡± Xuan Lingzi asked indifferently.

    Luo Jianqing recalled, ¡°The Fiend Exalt felt like a moody guy to me. He must be so mad at you since you broke the contract. It would be better if we get out of this realm as quick as possible. The Fiend Exalt is vicious enough to kill his own disciple!¡±

    Luo Jianqing took Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand and hurried up, while his Master gripped his hand as well. Warmth wafted around them.

    Standing on Xuan Ling Sword, they flew higher and higher, and it was not long before they couldn¡¯t see thendscape anymore, even the mountain ranges turned into small earthworms, covered byyers andyers of clouds. They turned into two beam of lights. By the end of the day, they had reached the river located at the border of Fiend Realm and Yun State.

    The river was ten miles wide. Squinting, Luo Jianqing still couldn¡¯t clearly see the mountain range on the other side of the river.

    The river was roaring and running, leaving crystal-like sshes on the bank. Holding Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand, Luo Jianqing was standing by the riverside with nobody around except his Master. After a long silence, Luo Jianqing asked in whisper, ¡°...Mo Qiu told me that you¡¯ve killed the Blood Pill Master. Master, how could you be so sure that it was him who kidnapped me?¡±

    Of course, the seal on the Fiend Tripod would automatically disappear if the Blood Pill Master was killed, so Xuan Lingzi made his mind before Mo Qiu even finished telling him the way to eliminate the seal.

    However, just like what Blood Pill Master said before he died: how could Xuan Lingzi be sure that he is the one who caught Luo Jianqing? If it wasn¡¯t him, then Xuan Lingzi would be killing an innocent person!

    Nheless, Xuan Lingzi was gazing at the running stream, ¡°If it wasn¡¯t him, what¡¯s the matter?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked, ¡°If it wasn¡¯t the Blood Pill Master, then weren¡¯t you killing the wrong...¡±

    ¡°Just let it be.¡± Xuan Lingzi said in a steady tone, ¡°If it wasn¡¯t the Blood Pill Master, I could kill the Blood de Master or Blood Sword Master. Even if it means that I need to kill everyone in the Fiend Pce and eventually fight with Mo Qianqiu, I will find you and keep you safe.¡±

    He said it slowly and casually. He wasn¡¯t exited or enraged. However, Luo Jianqing kept quiet and swallowed back what he was going to say.

    Fixing his eyes on the ethereal cultivator in white robe, Luo Jianqing was gazing at his beloved one. Finally, the corner of his mouth raised and he chuckled, ¡°But you already knew that Yu Qingzi had sent people to the Fiend Pce and found the five Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivators never left the pce. The Fiend Pce is clean.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said lightly, ¡°Then I shall kill all the Da Sheng Period Fiend Cultivators in the world to find you.¡±

    The river roared intensely.

    On this vast abundantnd, a river was sprawling toward the edge of horizon like a stream of silver satin. The two cultivators held each other tight and shared a lingering kiss. Lacking a touch of drastic senses, it was a gentle, soft kiss, expressing their love, their worries, their fear of losing each other.

    After this kiss, they crossed the river and put on the mask of a pair of prim Master and disciple.

    They couldn¡¯t afford to lose the rein of their desires anymore, so they headed to the West, crossed the border of Yun State and arrived at Cen State.

    With vast forest and winding river, Cen State was just like Luo Jianqing remembered one and a half years ago. Countless rivers cut thend into verdant oasis like a giant spider web.

    Xuan Lingzi maximized their speed. Three dayster, they arrived at the gate of Gui Yuan Sect.

    The delighting smell of sandalwood along with the sound of mantra was wafting among the mountain range. Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were standing by the foothill, waiting for Gui Yuan Sect¡¯s monks. Not long after the novice monk went back to the main temple to deliver the message, dozens of cultivators arrived at the gate.

    Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t expecting to see so many people.

    Yu Qingzi was the first one to step up, looking over Luo Jianqing from head to toe for a total of three times. Eyes redden, she kept nodding slightly and finally felt relieved, ¡°No injury. He is alright.¡±

 Chapter 134: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (VI)

    <h4>Chapter 134: I Will Find You, No Matter What It Takes! (VI)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing saluted and said in respect, ¡°Sir, I¡¯m okay.¡±

    Words got to the tip of Yu Qingzi¡¯s tongue but she swallowed them back, stepping away in sorry.

    Luo Jianqing turned to Wei Qiongyin and Fo Zi.

    As soon as Tai Hua Mountain heard the news that Luo Jianqing was kidnapped, all the Peak Masters left the Mountain in search of Luo Jianqing except Sir Hao Xingzi and Huo Mingzi who had been in seclusion for years.

    Almost every Elders and disciples joined the mission of searching for Luo Jianqing, only a handful of them stayed on the Mountain in case it was under attack.

    Totally aware of these, Xuan Lingzi still left Tai Hua Mountain. Thanks to him, Luo Jianqing was found and brought back sessfully. All the other cultivators of Tai Hua Mountain who were secretly searching Luo Jianqing in the Fiend Realm finally felt relieved. They headed to Gui Yuan Sect, ready to meet with others.

    Gripping the sword in her hand, Wei Qiongyin greeted, ¡°Senior Brother.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°Why are you still here?¡±

    Wei Qiongyin wasn¡¯t a cultivator who achieved high-level cultivation, so she couldn¡¯t go on and search for Luo Jianqing in the Fiend Realm, given that the cultivators who were sent to the Fiend Realm for this mission all achieved at least Out-of-Body Period. None of the Nascent-Soul-Period cultivators was granted the permission.

    Wei Qiongyin replied, ¡°I stayed here, waiting for you toe back safe and sound.¡±

    Though she said expressionlessly, Luo Jianqing was still touched.

    His care and solicitude for his Younger Brothers and Sisters wasn¡¯t wasted at all!

    After Wei Qiongyin stepped away, Fo Zi approached Luo Jianqing and saluted. From his sleeve, Fo Zi took out a Buddha Beads Bracelet made by sandalwood and presented it to Luo Jianqing.

    Beaming brightly, Fo Zi said, ¡°Amitabha, congrattions, Cultivator Luo, for your improved cultivation base. I really admire that. Nheless, things like breaking through Period in danger are always the less the better. I¡¯ve been wearing this before I reached the Gold Core Period. It could at least be considered as a blessed item since this Buddha Beads Bracelet has stayed by my side for more than fifty years. Now that I give this to you as a gift of celebrating...¡± Fo Zi paused for a moment and then continued with a smile, ¡°As a gift of blessing you breaking through the next level sessfully.¡±

    Luo Jianqing epted the gift right away and asked, ¡°What¡¯s your original toast?¡±

    ¡°I was going to say ¡®hope you break through Out-of-Body Period safely and sessfully¡¯.¡±

    ¡°Haven¡¯t met you for only several days, you are making a great deal of progress as well, aren¡¯t you? Late-stage Nascent Soul Period already, huh?¡±

    Eyes meeting in the air, they smiled.

    What happenedter was not Luo Jianqing¡¯s concern.

    One hourter, Guang Lingzi and the others arrived at the gate. Scanning Luo Jianqing all over as soon as they saw him, they finally let out a sigh of relief and started to ask Luo Jianqing what happened to him after they assured that Luo Jianqing was unharmed.

    Hearing the name ¡°Blood Pill Master¡±, Yu Qingzi frowned, ¡°That Blood Pill Monster?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°Right.¡±

    Suinted in detest, Yu Qingzi told them what she knew about the man.

    Yu Qingzi had cultivated for almost a thousand years. Though only ate-stage Tribtion Passage Period cultivator, she knew much more tales than Xuan Lingzi did, given that thetter put all his attention on cultivating. Moreover, just like the Blood Pill Master, Yu Qingzi was a Master of Pill Forging. Mentioning a little bit of Blood Pill Master¡¯s evil n of forging Human Pills, Yu Qingzi summarized, ¡°I remember hearing the rumors three hundred years ago that the Blood Pill Master created a receipt for a Ninth Grade Godlike Pill. I once thought it was just nonsense because, you know, creating a pill receipt is such a difficult task, not to mention it was a receipt for a Godlike Pill. Now, looking back, the rumor might actually be true.¡±

    Crowding together, the Peak Masters of Tai Hua Mountain let out of a sigh.

    This was such a weird scene. A Deity Transformation Period cultivator, three Da Sheng Period cultivators and five Tribtion Passage cultivators plus many other Body Fusion Period cultivators and Out-of-Body Period cultivators all gathered together at the gate of another sect, chatting, discussing and gossiping. Anyone would have a feeling that they were here to... make troubles for Gui Yuan Sect.

    The Great Elder of Gui Yuan Sect was practicing seclusion, so Master Zhi Shan came to wee them, ¡°Amitabha. Arriving at our sect, you are our guests. Do you minding in? I prepared some chambers for you. It might be a good idea if you take a rest first and then decide whates next.¡±

    Hearing the invitation, Yu Qingzi was going to say yes, but Xuan Lingzi rejected it before she could say anything, ¡°That is very kind of you, but thanks. We are going back right now.¡±

    Master Zhi Shan was still smiling kindly, ¡°No problem. Indeed, you should head back as early as possible.¡±

    Nodding at Master Zhi Shan, Xuan Lingzi summoned Xuan Ling Sword and took Luo Jianqing with him. The other cultivators of Tai Hua Mountains were confused at first, but quickly recalled something serious. Their faces fell and they hurried their way back to the Tai Hau Mountain and soon went out of the monks¡¯ sight.

    The novice monk who was guarding the Mountain Gate stroke his head in confusion, ¡°Why do they have to leave this early?¡±

    Hearing this, Fo Zi smiled. He didn¡¯t move away his gaze which followed the direction where Luo Jianqing and the others went for. Time passed; smile gradually vanished from Fo Zi¡¯s visage. Fiddling the Buddha Beads Bracelet with his left hand, Fo Zi stretched out the right hand and caught a drop of rain which was falling from the sky.

    ¡°I once heard the untold tale, that we mantra at the first night of transiency. There is no edge of the sea of vexation, nor there is an end of the circle of samsara. Jingxin, you are still too young to understand the reason behind this. I wish a care-free cultivation path for you. The sea of vexation is so deep and full of danger. Ferrying, you must not try. The war is inevitable. The war... is approaching.¡±

    Confused, the novice monk looked at Fo Zi and then saluted with respect, ¡°Amitabha.¡±

    Fo Zi beamed and replied, ¡°Amitabha.¡±

    Gui Yuan Sect was still standing on thend of Cen State as a dam ready to resist the flood of armying from the Demon Realm and, perhaps, from the Fiend Realm. The aroma of sandalwood was wafting in the forest, granting every creature a sense of relief. The bell echoed among the mountain range, harmonizing with the sound of mantra.

    Now, since Luo Jianqing was brought back in one piece, they had to shift their focus on another important thing.

    They got back to Tai Hua Mountain as quickly as they could. Nheless, when they finally arrived, they noticed a bunch of Ghost Cultivators and some mboyant cultivators gathered together at the Mountain Gate.

    A Ghost Cultivator who looked like the leader of the crowd stepped forward, infusing Spiritual Power into his voice and making it hearable for miles, ¡°The contract between two ns were broken! Today, wee here to ask for a reasonable exnation!¡±

 Chapter 135: Thirty Thousand Years Ago- Nascent Soul Was everywhere, Gold Core Was Nobody (I)

    <h4>Chapter 135: Thirty Thousand Years Ago- Nascent Soul Was everywhere, Gold Core Was Nobody (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    ¡°Tai Hua mountain, you have to exin it. Why did you tear up the agreement?¡±

    ¡°You put the lives of tens of millions of people and cultivators at risk! You have to exin it!¡±

    ¡°Why did you tear up the agreement! Why!¡±

    Hundreds of cultivators blocked the gate of Tai Hua mountain, roaring and condemning furiously.

    Luo Jianqing saw the scene in the sky and frowned. On his way back to Tai Hua mountain, he had reckoned this scene, but when he really saw it now, he still felt angry.

    Among the Four Sects, except Gui Yuan Sect and Shen Jian Sect, Duan Hun Sect sent an early-stage Da Sheng Period third elder as well as four other Tribtion Passage elders, while Fei Hua Sect also sent four Tribtion Passage elders.

    Most cultivators were the ghost cultivators from Duan Hun Sect. Of course, almost all the Eight ns sent people here, not to mention those from small sects and ns. The lowest-ranked cultivator here at least reached Eight ns.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°My master left the mountain for me. Sirs, my master has nothing to do with it. I was captured due to my own carelessness, but the cultivators here have gone too far. If they need an exnation, I would like to shoulder the responsibility!¡±

    Then, Yu Qingzi beside him also frowned and said, ¡°Jianqing, it¡¯s my fault. I failed to protect you well.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Sir, it¡¯s not your own fault. I should also be med.¡±

    Yu Qingzi shook her head and was going to bear all the responsibility, while Luo Jianqing refused again and admitted his own fault.

    The ¡°who was to me¡± argument went back and forth, and the hot-temper Sir Guang Lingzi sneered and shouted angrily, ¡°Xuan Lingzi has stayed in the mountain for hundreds of years to protect the people in the world. Now, he just left here to save his own disciple, what did he do wrong? Is there any need to exin to those shameless cultivators? Let me drive them away!¡±

    As he stopped speaking, Sir Guang Lingzi turned into a beam of light, flying to the gate of Tai Hua mountain.

    Now, the dissatisfying cultivators who were about to go up the mountain were blocked by Sir Guang Lingzi. Seeing that strong, burly chap, the cultivators below Tribtion Passage all stepped back. When he fixed his big, round eyes on them, even the Tribtion Passage cultivators were terrified and retreated.

    The third elder of Duan Hun Sect stepped forward and reproached, ¡°Guang Lingzi! Why do you block our way up?¡±

    Sir Guang Lingzi responded by asking, ¡°This is our territory. Do you think you can go up whenever you want? And who the hell are you, huh?¡±

    The elder of Duan Hun Sect flicked his sleeve, ¡°It¡¯s Hao Xingzi that invites us here!¡±

    Sir Guang Lingzi was baffled, but soon he smiled, ¡°It seems that my fellow brother has been a little bit addled recently, otherwise, he wouldn¡¯t have let you shameless bastards step on ournd. He must be very addled, I¡¯m afraid.¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    The elder of Duan Hun Sect was so mad that he couldn¡¯t say anything. The third master of Mo Family stepped forward and made an obeisance, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Guang Lingzi, we¡¯vee here to discuss how to deal with the mess caused by breach of the agreement. The Four Sects and Eight ns all know what that agreement means. But now, it has been breached, so there is no barrier and constraint between human and demon anymore. We have to be very cautious now!¡±

    Hearing that, Sir Guang Lingzi also hesitated, yet Sir Yu Qingzi suddenly arrived there and sneered, ¡°Besides the discussion, I¡¯m afraid you are more anxious to condemn Xuan Lingzi for leaving the mountain and viting the agreement, aren¡¯t you?¡±

    Before the third master of Mo Family could say anything, another elder beside him said, ¡°Shouldn¡¯t we condemn him? Hadn¡¯t he left Tai Hua mountain and breached the agreement, we could have maintained peace with demons.¡±

    Guang Lingzi rebutted angrily, ¡°Bullshit!¡±

    The shout ofte stage Da Sheng Period cultivator frightened all the cultivators below Tribtion Passage, whose faces turned pale.

    The two sides came to a deadlock. The cultivators of Tai Hua mountain had returned to their own peaks with Luo Jianqing, while Sir Guang Lingzi and Yu Qingzi was still blocking the way of these trouble makers.

    Soon, Zuo Yunmo rushed to the gate from Cang Shuang Peak. Seeing the stand-off, he sighed and said, ¡°Sir Guang Lingzi, Yu Qingzi, my master sent me here to led those cultivators in.¡±

    That made Sir Guang Lingzi so furious that he stamped, while Sir Yu Qingzi also wore a grave face.

    However, the chief master of Tai Hua mountain was Sir Hao Xingzi after all, so no matter how unsatisfied they were, they couldn¡¯t defy Sir Hao Xingzi¡¯s will. Those cultivators were pleased by Zuo Yunmo¡¯s words and went up to the mountain like they owned the ce.

    A cultivator began to taunt in low voice, ¡°Finally, the masters at Da Sheng Period and Tribtion Passage have to let us pass. That¡¯s...so funny!¡±

    Suddenly, a gold sword light prated and impaled through his mouth, with blood gushing and his mouth mangled.

    The one who had taunted cried painfully now. The elder of Mo Family was enraged, but before he could condemn, a figure in white appeared at the gate abruptly.

    The cultivators were shocked. Xuan Lingzi nced through them with cold eyes and raised his sword, saying indifferently, ¡°Whoever takes one more step will be killed by my sword. And there is no difference for me to kill one of you, or ten thousand of you!¡±

    The horrible pressure overwhelmed all the cultivators at present.

    The third elder of Duan Hun Sect was so angry that he kept shivering, ¡°Xuan Lingzi! What are you doing! Your chief master invites us in, why do you stand in the way and even threaten to kill us? I don¡¯t believe that you will do such immoral thing!¡±

    Then, the third elder began to go up. However, just as he crossed that line, a gold sword light cut his toes off! Blood was welling from the gash in his foot, and the third elder wailed with great pain. He pointed at Xuan Lingzi and swore, ¡°Xuan Lingzi, how dare you do this to him! You¡¯ve gone too far this time!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t even give him a look. Instead, he just raised his hand, and another sword light fell towards the third elder.

    ¡°Ah!¡±

    The third elder¡¯s two fingers that unintentionally crossed the line were cut off.

    The cultivators of Duan Hun Sect immediately took him back for treatment.

 Chapter 136: Thirty Thousand Years Ago-Nascent Soul Was everywhere, Gold Core Was Nobody (II)

    <h4>Chapter 136: Thirty Thousand Years Ago-Nascent Soul Was everywhere, Gold Core Was Nobody (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Blood was dripping down from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s sword. Xuan Lingzi wore a white robe, with his ck hair flowing loose. He held Xuan Ling sword and blocked hundreds of powerful cultivators. Although he was alone with nothing but a sword, no one dared to move. Some cultivators even sneaked backwards, hiding behind the team.

    Those who had been full of themselves and kept cursing him just now were all intimidated and feared to provoke him now.

    After a long time, the fourth master of Bai Family stepped forward with a white jade spear in his hand. He approached Xuan Lingzi, keeping a distance from that line cautiously and reproaching, ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi, although you¡¯ve reached a high realm, you are still a junior in terms of seniority. It is you who vites the agreement, but now you are abusing your power here without even a tiny repentance. Don¡¯t you feel it inappropriate?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked up at the fourth master.

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t rebut this white-haired old man, and this made the fourth master snigger. He pretended to sound reasonable and said, ¡°However, since your disciple was in danger, you can be forgiven for going to save him. But, if such things happen in the future, you need to consult with us rather than make decisions by yourself.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing was enraged and was about to question the fourth master, but Xuan Lingzi pulled him over.

    Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°Why should I consult with you?¡±

    The fourth master replied rightfully, ¡°Because your leaving Tai Hua Mountain may not only affect yourself, but also all the people in the world.¡±

    ¡°I see,¡± Xuan Lingzi said indifferently, ¡°This is your concern.¡±

    The fourth master¡¯s voice got smugger, ¡°It¡¯s good for you to admit the mistake and correct it. Do not act boldly next time, be aware of maintaining the rtions between human beings and demons.¡±

    Xuan Lingdi nodded slightly, ¡°Of course, but it¡¯s not necessary anymore.¡±

    The fourth master was baffled and confused, ¡°Not necessary?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi held his sword and moved his wrist, saying with a calm voice, ¡°Yes, from now on, there will be no more agreement.¡±

    Everyone was shocked and didn¡¯t understand what that meant.

    However, Guang Lingzi burst intough and swore, ¡°My fellow brother, you are too mild. You don¡¯t have to save your foulnguage in face of these shameless people! My fellow brother traps himself in Tai Hua mountain for all the ordinary people, not for you cold fish! This time, he left to save his own disciple, and you all med him. I want to ask you who signed the agreement with demons, you or him?¡±

    The cultivators were speechless.

    Guang Lingzi continued, ¡°Are demons afraid of your power or his?¡±

    They could say nothing in defense.

    Guang Lingzi sneered. Before he proceeded, Yu Qingzi made a crack, ¡°The Field Exalt is the only cultivator who can me Xuan Lingzi. You have always been sitting idle and enjoying his fruits. And now you¡¯re ming him? Hadn¡¯t he confined himself in this mountain for hundreds of years, you couldn¡¯t have enjoyed such peace for so long!¡±

    The elder of Duan Hun Sect was unsatisfactory, ¡°He did so for all the people and human...¡±

    ¡°Bullshit!¡± Guang Lingzi opened his eyes wide, ¡°Xuan Lingzi gave up freedom, and even the Fiend Exalt has voluntarily guarded the border. But you take all of their efforts for granted. When Xuan Lingzi makes contribution for human, that¡¯s his own business. Now, when he breaches the agreement that he signed, you bastards who have never given your buck all jump out and condemn him, shame for you!¡±

    An elder of Bai Family defended, ¡°We also made contribution to the battle against demons...¡±

    Guang Lingzi stepped forward with anger. He was about to rebut, yet Xuan Lingzi stopped him.

    Xuan Lingzi nced at him quickly. Guang Lingzi thought that Xuan Lingzi softened his heart again, so he said furiously, ¡°Xuan Lingzi, how can you make concession time and time again? These parasites enjoy the peace that you and Mo Qianqiu have bring to them at the expense of your freedom, yet now theye here to condemn you. Their avarice knows no bounds; you can never satisfy them!¡±

    However, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Don¡¯t be mad, fellow brother. Since they believe they are capable men, then just let them sign a new agreement with demons.¡±

    Then, Xuan Lingzi grabbed Luo Jianqing and left. After a few paces, Xuan Lingzi told Luo Jianqing in a ¡°low¡± voice, ¡°Don¡¯t bother yourself with their words. There are a lot of shameless and rude people in the world. You will burden yourself if you are mad at them.¡±

    His voice was not that low, and all of them could hear what he said.

    Luo Jianqing never knew that his always-calm master could have such a strong determination and resolution. He couldn¡¯t help smiling and nodding to Xuan Lingzi.

    When they were really about to leave, Luo Jianqing suddenly came up with something and turned around hurriedly, ¡°My master has a message for you. Don¡¯t step on the territory of Tai Hua mountain again, or else!¡± Then, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi pleasantly disappeared, leaving those cultivators shocked.

    As soon as they returned to Yu Xiao Peak, what would happenter was none of their business.

    On Yu Xiao Peak, the ocean of bamboos was billowing in the wind, looking like carpets of fresh green. It was still the same ce in his memory, but Luo Jianqing felt that he had left for years and everything here was so familiar and intimate.

    Just as Fo Zi told him, extremis would drive breakthroughs, but also bring about critical danger. No one would like to put his life at extreme risk and bet on his luck, so it was wise after all to avoid seeking breakthrough in extremis. Luo Jianqing still remembered the torture of Reincarnation me in the Fiend Tripod, which made him painful even now. He didn¡¯t want to experience this pain again.

    When he returned to the house, Luo Jianqing saw a book open on the table.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°I heard the message of Yu Qingzi that day and hurriedly rushed to Cang Shuang Peak, with no time cleaning up. Jian Qing, since I knew you were missing, I had stayed in Cang Shuang Peak for ten days. Will you me me for... not searching for you instantly?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head and said, ¡°Of course not. Those cultivators said you ignored the safety of the people in the world, but I think you have done too much for them.¡± After a pause, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°But why did you stay in Cang Shuang Peak? For what?¡±

    Hearing Luo Jianqing¡¯sfort, Xuan Lingzi felt warm in his heart. He couldn¡¯t help grabbing Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand and said mildly, ¡°To protect your life candle. I could be... reassured only if it kept burning.¡±

 Chapter 137: Thirty Thousand Years Ago- Nascent Soul Was everywhere, Gold Core Was Nobody (III)

    <h4>Chapter 137: Thirty Thousand Years Ago- Nascent Soul Was everywhere, Gold Core Was Nobody (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s voice was quite calm, yet what he said reminded Luo Jianqing of something else.

    For ten days, almost half of the cultivators in Tai Hua mountain went to the Fiend Realm in search of Luo Jianqing, but his master was trapped in the mountain and wasn¡¯t able to search for him. In Ling Yun Hall, his master stood in front of Luo Jianqing¡¯s lifentern for ten days. Finally, when thentern was about to extinguish, Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t contain himself and left the mountain, which vited the agreement.

    Other people didn¡¯t know Xuan Lingzi¡¯s extraordinary self-discipline and selflessness, yet Luo Jianqing knew it. There wouldn¡¯t be another Xuan Lingzi in this world who was willing to stay in Tai Hua mountain for a hundred years just to protect the people he had never met. A hundred years ago, Sir Xuan Lingzi impressed the whole world with his talent and brilliance, venerated by everyone.

    Now, a hundred yearster, people merely knew Sir Xuan Lingzi as the only Deity Transformation Period cultivator in the world, instead of respecting him as a powerful and unconventional man.

    Xuan Lingzi was just over three hundred years old, but he gave up everything, and just stayed in Tai Hua mountain as an old man. Even Sir Hao Xingzi would go down the hill now and then, but Xuan Lingzi never made a step out of Tai Hua Mountain.

    Xuan Lingzi sacrificed his youth for human, and also reduced ny percent of his chance topletely reach deity.

    But how did those shameless cultivators treat him?

    They took Xuan Lingzi¡¯s sacrifice for granted, like that was something he should do-since he was so powerful, he should give up his hope to transform as deity. They believed that Xuan Lingzi should follow the agreement, stay in Tai Hua mountain forever and never seek for a chance to finish Deity Transformation Period.

    Xuan Lingzi had reached the realm of Deity Transformation Period a hundred years ago. Now, he was still at the early stage of Deity Transformation Period.

    It could demonstrate everything.

    The mere thought of that had touched a very raw nerve of Luo Jianqing. He hugged his master. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t know what happened but also hugged Luo Jianqing. He heard Luo Jianqing saying, ¡°You have to transform as deity. You are capable of that. You reached the Deity Transformation Period a hundred years ago, so you still have chance to finish it.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t know why his disciple suddenly mentioned that, but he replied hopelessly, ¡°That¡¯s not easy.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Why? You have over four thousand years to live. You can make it.¡±

    However, Xuan Lingzi shook his head, ¡°For tens of thousands of years, transforming as deity is just an illusion. No one has ever made it.¡±

    That sounded familiar to Luo Jianqing. After a thought, Luo Jianqing suddenly recall something, ¡°Master, I have heard from the spirit in Ninth Level Godlike Pill that no one in Buddha Cultivation has ever transformed as Buddha. So, maybe it¡¯s real that no one has ever transformed as deity?¡± After a pause, Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°No, no, I heard that two thousand years ago someone made it. A grand master of Bai Family as I remember?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°It¡¯s just an unfounded rumor.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know how to reply. After a deliberation, he recalled something else, ¡°Mater, do you know Sir Jiu Lian?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was staring nkly with his arms around his disciple¡¯s waist. However, when he suddenly heard ¡°Jiu Lian¡±, his body stiffened and his face turned grave. He immediately turned around, afraid to show any expressions to Luo Jianqing.

    Xuan Lingzi asked with a calm face, ¡°Why do you ask about him?¡±

    Luo Jianqing told him everything that Sir Yu Qingzi had said to him.¡±

    After a thought, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°The grand founder of Tai Hua mountain did transform as deity. At that time, Yu Xiao Peak was just an ordinary ce among all seven peaks, until the third chief master of Yu Xiao Peak, grand master Jiu Lian, took the chair. He created a new cultivating method for Yu Xiao Peak, but anyone practiced it must possess stringent spiritual bones. About this method, he left a book, True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing was a little bit confused and baffled.

    In his memory, Yu Xiao Peak was always unique and superior to other six peaks.

    Xuan Lingzi continued, ¡°True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record contains boundless power, which cannot be managed bymon spiritual bones, so it requires cultivators to possess Supreme Spiritual Bones to practice it. Besides that, Extraordinary Spiritual Bones may sometimes scrape the requirement, like my master.¡±

    Luo Jianqing knew that and nodded, ¡°The grand master Jiu Lian is really that awesome? He put an end to a passive state of Yu Xiao Peak and made it prosperous.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi beamed and looked at the curious face of Lou Jianqing, saying softly, ¡°No... he is even more awesome than that. Jianqing, for tens of thousands of years, we can get talents all the time. I have reached Deity Transformation Period for two hundred years, so people call me the best of the best in ten thousand years, but you are faster than me. Jiu Lian, on the other hand, is still the most powerful talent since the founding of Tai Hua mountain. He was good at making pills, forging instruments, arraying and even understood incantations. Do you know how long it took him to reach Deity Transformation Period?¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°Two hundred years?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi beamed, ¡°One hundred and eighty-nine years.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing hugged his master more tightly and said with dissatisfaction, ¡°So what? You are far better than him in my heart.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi ears went red. He changed the subject hurriedly, ¡°What do you really want to know?¡±

    After a hesitation, Luo Jianqing hold Xuan Lingzi what he knew about Qing Jun and Jiu Lian. When he heard that Qing Jun once said ¡°The rule of Heaven has changed¡±, Xuan Lingzi was baffled, with alert and confusion shing through his eyes. However, he shook his head, ¡°Yun Qingzi likes reading ancient works, so she is much more knowledgeable than me. What I know must have already rested in her mind.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°So you don¡¯t know what happened during these hundreds of years either?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi shook his head, ¡°I only know that Jiu Lian and the grand master of Mo Family were not the only cultivators that were missing in those years. There were nine Da Sheng Period cultivators in the direct line of descents in Mo Family, all of whom went missing at that time. In Tai Hua mountain, besides Jiu Lian, the chief masters of Qing Lan Peak, Lie Huo Peak and Yu Shou Peak also disappeared subsequently. And the best cultivators of some major sects that didn¡¯t exist anymore had all lost trace or died.¡±

    After a pause, Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°Jianqing, do you know that human cultivators are no longer as prosperous as before?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°Yes, due to the wars demons for tens of thousands of years, both sides have suffered from great loss. Especially in the war thousands of years ago, a lot of great masters of human cultivation were killed, and many talents also died, so did the demons, who lost all their Deity Transformation Period exalts.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°That¡¯s right. A hundred years ago, when I reached Deity Transformation Period, demons dared not to promote a war easily, as wars had greatly sapped both sides¡¯ strength. However, thirty thousand years ago, when Jiu Lian was still alive, Nascent Soul cultivators were everywhere, and the number of Deity Transformation Period cultivators had nearly reached a hundred.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled and said with disbelief, ¡°A hundred?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Yes, that¡¯s the number recorded by each chief master of Yu Xiao Peak, ny-six. However, hundreds of yearster, only thirteen Deity Transformation Period cultivators left, while the most powerful seventy-two Demon Beasts were also reduced to nine. Those mysterious hundreds of years were a taboo for demons, for Mo Family and most importantly... for Tai Hua mountain.

 Chapter 138: Pill as the Wick (I)

    <h4>Chapter 138: Pill as the Wick (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    What happened thirty thousand years ago had long gone with the passing time.

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t tell Luo Jianqing much. However, the massive amount of Deity Transformation Period cultivators who lost their lives in vain was enough to clutch Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart. The disciple felt that he had touched the rim of an untold secret.

    The abundance of Spiritual Power nowadays wasn¡¯t that prosperouspared with tens of thousands of years ago, so the number of high-level cultivators declined drastically. Those once so-called genius cultivators probably weren¡¯t as talented as Luo Jianqing, but they, after all, had achieved Deity Transformation Period. Howe...they all died abruptly?

    Of course, question like this was out of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s knowledge.

    Though he never heard of the Mo Dao Lineage of the direct descendants of Mo Family, Xuan Lingzi pondered for a while and then told Luo Jianqing, ¡°Are you saying that your friend of life and death¡¯s Mo Dao Lineage is awakened? I don¡¯t know much, but, he doesn¡¯t seem like a person who carries the lineage ording to essence of his Spiritual Power.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Then how to exin his incredible cultivation speed, given that he is not a Fiend Cultivator who massacred vige after vige?¡±

    ¡°Maybe... everything is possible no matter how strange it is?¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled. For the first time, he was dazzled by how cute his Master was.

    They chatted for a while. Unable to resist Luo Jianqing¡¯s begging, Xuan Lingzi took Luo Jianqing to a Forbidden ce located at the back of Yu Xiao Peak. Luo Jianqing remembered that when he was little, there was one time that he almost stepped in the Forbidden ce while horsing around in the forest. The result of his carelessness was that he was punished by his Master for one day of famishing. Back then Luo Jianqing hadn¡¯t practiced Bi Gu yet; he remembered clearly that he was so hungry that his stomach kept grunting. However, that day, as soon as the clock hit midnight, his Master gave him two steamed buns.

    Recalling this, Luo Jianqing had a feeling that his Master was always trying hard to put on a mask of indifference even though he had a heart full of solicitude.

    Xuan Lingzi led Luo Jianqing into the Forbidden ce, flitting among differentyers of ward. About fifteen minutester, he frowned and turned back to face Luo Jianqing, ¡°The following ward is tooplicated to get through and requires swift speed, otherwise the protective ward will be triggered. Jianqing... do you mind if I carry you in my arms for the rest of the way?¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t expect his Master would offer this option, so he thought about it in an odd expression, ¡°Why don¡¯t you carry me around just as you used to when I was little?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded. He stooped and let Luo Jianqing climb on his back.

    Circling his Master¡¯s neck with his arms, Luo Jianqing put his chest against Xuan Lingzi¡¯s back. Though his height was almost catching up with Xuan Lingzi¡¯s,ying on his Master¡¯s back like this still made him feel like he was a kid again. Forty years ago, one of his favorite things was falling asleep while his Master was carrying him on his back.

    As the disciple of the most power cultivator in the world, Luo Jianqing¡¯s daily routine sounded like impossible tasks ¨C brandishing sword for a thousand times or riving a hundred stones by hand. Luo Jianqing¡¯s pride made begging for a lighter training impossible for him. Therefore, almost every day, he wouldplete the training without a singleint and then copse because of tiredness.

    At first, his Master still insisted that he should go back to his Bamboo House on his own so that he could take a rest and have dinner. However, there was one time that Luo Jianqing ¨C a novice cultivator back then ¨C lost the strength to even open his eyes. Having no other option, Xuan Lingzi had to carry his disciple on his back, brought him to the Bamboo House, and put the kid on bed as carefully as possible.

    The Master did the same thing several times since then.

    Nothing really changed then though forty years had passed.

    Burying his cheeks among his Master¡¯s lustrous hair, Luo Jianqing circled his arms around Xuan Lingzi¡¯s neck firmly and tightly, entrusting him his safety. Carrying Luo Jianqing was even less disturbing than carrying a feather; Xuan Lingzi passedyers of protection ward. Soon, they got through the Bamboo forest and entered a cave.

    Xuan Lingzi whispered, ¡°You can get down now, Jianqing.¡±

    What replied him was Luo Jianqing¡¯s chuckle.

    Confused, Xuan Lingzi tilted his head, but before he could open his mouth, Luo Jianqing gently stroked his lips by his own.

    Cheeks blushing all of a sudden, Xuan Lingzi threw off Luo Jianqing right away. Thetter reeled back and approached his Master again once he managed to kept the bnce, ¡°Master, why is that your face always blushes so easily? It was nothing but an idental touch. We¡¯ve already done things that are much more dissolute.¡±

    All right, now Luo Jianqing had sessfully made his Master so bashful that his face was red like a ruby. Xuan Lingzi wanted to teach his bold disciple a lesson, but discarded that idea when he recalled Luo Jianqing had just experienced life-threatening danger. Failing to persuade himself to behave like a strict Master, Xuan Lingzi closed his eyes and questioned himself, ¡°What did I do wrong regarding teaching manners to Jianqing? How could he behave so... bold?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s introspectionsted for the rest of the road. They got deeper and deeper into the cave and finally reached a vast stone chamber.

    The chamber was at least a thousand feet wide and had a massive dome. Luo Jianqing had no idea that a ce like this existed on Yu Xiao Peak all the time. A crescent-shaped river surrounded the center of the chamber. There was no need to take a closer look. Luo Jianqing distinguished it solely by its aroma, ¡°Am I crazy? These are Fifth-Grade Jade Liquid?!¡±

    Jade Liquid was a fifth-grade Spiritual Ingredient. If it was added into the furnace, there would be sixty percent chance that the grade of the pill would be raised.

    The Jade Liquid here was so abundant that it formed a river! How luxurious! A single drop of the Jade Liquid could worth a hundred Spiritual Stone on the market, but here at the Yu Xiao Peak, theyposed of a Jade Liquid stream. There was nothing else on the river except nine bice lotuses.

    The lotuses were slightly withered, not blooming vibrantly. The petals were barely hanging on the calyx, as if it could fell down at any time. The river, using its Spiritual Power, saved the flowers from dying out.

    Transfixed, Luo Jianqing gazed at the scene. Reaching out to hold Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand, Xuan Lingzi took him flew across the river andnded on the round stone tform at the center of chamber. Luo Jianqing clearly felt a force of resistance when he entered it, but the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record inside him operated voluntarily, dispersing a familiar invisible power, letting Luo Jianqing enter the stone chamber.

    Xuan Lingzi exined, ¡°You cultivate on True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, and that¡¯s why you can enter this Grand Nine-Petal Lotus Ward without facing resistance.¡±

    Slightly nervous, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t let go his curiosity about the mysterious Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.

    Following Xuan Lingzi, Luo Jianqing approached the rostrum set at the center of the stone tform. There was nothing but amp that was barely kindling. Themp was made by a special kind of Life Jade that was unique on Tai Hua Mountain, so, even after thirty thousand years, the lotus-shapedmp was still shimmering lustrously. Despite of a gash which almost breaking it apart, themp looked like a brand new one.

    The me on the wick was long quenched, but if one looked closer enough, there were small sparks still scintiting.

    Gazing at thismp, Luo Jianqing already knew what Xuan Lingzi was going to tell him. Exchanging a look, Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°This is the Life Lantern of Yu Xiao Peak¡¯s Great Elder ¨C Sir Jiu Lian. It has been kept here since thirty thousand years ago when Sir Jiu Lian was suddenly nowhere to be found. Every generation of the Peak Master of Yu Xiao Peak carries on the duty of guarding this Life Lantern.¡±

    Yu Qingzi once told Luo Jianqing that the Life Lantern of Sir Jiu Lian wasn¡¯t died out yet. Today, Luo Jianqing finally saw it.

 Chapter 139: Pill as the Wick (II)

    <h4>Chapter 139: Pill as the Wick (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Gazing at thentern, Luo Jianqing was lost in thought. Suddenly, a voice echoed inside his head. Luo Jianqing hesitated and then turned to Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Master, do you still remember the Ninth Grade Godlike Pill who healed your Primordial Life? There is a fair possibility that the Great Master, Jiu Lian, was the guy who forged him. The Godlike Pill would like toe out and see thentern. Is that ok?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded.

    Luo Jianqing released Qing Jun at once.

    The moment Qing Jun revealed himself, the nine lotuses floating on the Jade Liquid Stream generated thousands of beams of light, aiming directly at him like a parade of arrows. Xuan Lingzi flicked his sleeve, set up a ward around Qing Jun, protecting him while concealing his presence.

    The elegant Pill Spirit stared at thentern. His face gradually turned wan; then he slowly reached out and stroke thentern. Luo Jianqing was about to stop him, but the ward surrounding thentern acquiesced the touch. Qin Jun¡¯s slender fingers gently touched the lotus patterns and every engraved line on the surface of thentern and then stopped at the gash.

    Fixing his eyes on the Life Lantern for a long time, atst, Qing Jun turned back and bowed, ¡°Thank you, Luo Jianqing.¡±

    ¡°I helped little on finding the man whom you are waiting for.¡±

    Qing Jun smiled, ethereally, ¡°He is my Master. I should have known. I¡¯ve waited for thirty thousand years, and finding him won¡¯t be that easy. I am already satisfied and overjoyed by seeing his Life Lantern today. I am willing to devote my life to kindling thisntern, as its wick.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked, ¡°Qing Jun, do you have any idea what it means? As a wick of Life Lantern, every minute, every millisecond, you will be burned and have to endure the scorching pain. Though Sir Jiu Lian¡¯s Life Lantern is almost extinguished, it¡¯s still...¡±

    ¡°I know, but I also know that if no one does it, maybe a hundred yearter the me will be gone forever.¡± Smiling, Qing Jun looked at the pair of Master and disciple. He fixed his eyes on Xuan Lingzi, and said something odd, ¡°This is already arranged by Heavenly Will, perhaps. The destiny of the Peak Master of Yu Xiao Peak shall be carried on by me. Nine-lotus Qing Mo Pill will ignite this wick, no matter what it takes.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was stunned. Atst, he asked, ¡°You know, even if you keep thentern kindling, that doesn¡¯t mean a resurrection of Sir Jiu Lian, right?¡±

    Qing Jun lowered his chin, ¡°I know.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi frowned, but Luo Jianqing was still trying to persuade Qing Jun to give up that idea, ¡°This is Tai Hua Mountain¡¯s Life Lantern, do you understand? You are a Pill Spirit, and if you really take this step, you might be trapped inside thentern forever, never going to take back your freedom! Qing Jun, think it over, please, this is not a joke...¡±

    The Pill Spirit replied Luo Jianqing with a kind smile, tender gaze fixed on the cultivator in bice who was nervous and worried about him.

    Qing Jun did nothing but smile, and then, gradually, Luo Jianqing lowered his voice and eventually kept silent.

    ¡°The day I was brought to this world, as a Pill Spirit of a Ninth-Grade Godlike Pill, I didn¡¯t run away from him, because I never thought that a cultivator as impressive and talented as him could even exist in this world. I stayed by his side for ten days, and I stayed on that mountain range for tens of thousands of years, waiting, hoping that he would return. He was, is, and always will be my master. His name is Jiu Lian, and I was named after him and his best friend. Nine-lotus Qing Mo Pill, I couldn¡¯t leave him, given that I already lost the chance to save Mo Qing.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was about to say something, but Xuan Lingzi held his hand.

    Quietly, both of them looked at the Godlike Pill, while thetter took a big bow to them. Straightening up, Qing Jun beamed, ¡°I guess today might be our farewell. Allow me to say goodbye through a song, putting an end to our forged destiny.¡±

    He paused, and then flicked his sleeves. An ancient Guqin was summoned. Qing Jun sat on the ground in a lotus position, put Guqin on hisp and stroked the instrument with all the tenderness in the world. Atst, he sighed, and plucked the strings.

    It was a breathtaking melody, with climax like the call of a red-crowned crane, while the refrain was peaceful, like the chirping ofrks. It was a sincere confess of one¡¯s inner world, asking for an answer but was deemed to be trapped by solitude.

    Qing Jun¡¯s fingers were slender and soft like fine white jade. Strings were plucked; the Guqin made a melody containing no sorrow, but Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind was weighed down.

    Surrounded by the song, Luo Jianqing¡¯s cultivation base was gradually stabled and even grew stronger. The aroma of pill was wafting among the stone chamber along with the melody, strengthening Luo Jianqing¡¯s Cultivation Period while healing the wounds concealed inside Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body.

    On the Jade Liquid Stream, the nine bice lotuses were brought back some vitality.

    Like the whispering of a lover, the song changed its emotion when the climax came. The longest distance was not that the two was separated by death; it was the fact that though I knew from the very beginning that there was no ce for me in your heart, I would still wait for thirty thousand years, dreaming that you would return, and I would still be your wick and keep yourntern ignited.

    A tear dropped on the Guqin, but Qing Jun continued ying.

    When the coda was yed, the Pill Spirit was already clutched by sorrow. Tear dripped down from the corner of his eyes, but he was still smiling gently, ¡°This is a song that my Master used to y, tens of thousands of years ago. The Great Elder of the Mo Family was his friend of life and death. He couldn¡¯t bear the loss of his best friend, so he improvised this song. It stillcks a name. You can name it if you want.¡±

    Standing up, Qing Jun presented this Guqin to Luo Jianqing, ¡°I made this Guqin twenty thousand years ago, using a piece of anthus wood. If you like it, you can keep it and y it anytime you want to. I doubt that I could y it after I be the wick.¡±

    The Guqin vibrated, but Qing Jun ignored itpletely. As if he had sensed nothing, he still presented the instrument to Luo Jianqing.

    Taking the Guqin, Luo Jianqing called his name hoarsely, ¡°Qing Jun!¡±

    Qing Jun beamed at him and plucked the air with his finger. A wisp of bice light dashed toward Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead and emerged into his bice Lotus Sword Pattern located between his eyebrows, brightening the seal. Without saying anything, Qing Jun then transformed himself into a beam of bice light and flew into the bice jadentern.

    Boom!

    Massive amount of Spiritual Power was released. Waves of fragrant Pill Aroma dispersed in the stone Chamber, reviving the withered lotuses and bringing back its vitality. At the center of the chamber, the Life Lantern suddenly generated a plume of light. The spark went aze, but the wick was still not fully ame.

    A bice-colored wick stood solemnly at the center of the jadentern.

    Elegant like a jade, the wick was generating colossal coercion, as if an invisible fire was ming inside thentern. Releasing Spiritual Power, the wick tried its best to ignite it, using its own energy to be the fuel. However, the spark was only lightened a little, and thentern had no other response.

    As the wick, lighting the jadentern forever; as the wick, suffering from the scorching pain and a future in confinement!

    Holding the Guqin in his hand, Luo Jianqing left the stone chamber. He was not expecting today to be the day to say farewell to Qingjun. Closing his eyes, he could easily recall the words that Qing Jun said in Wan Shou Mountain Range.

    Graceful, calm, ethereal, the Godlike Pill said:

    ¡°What is transform? What is origin?¡±

    ¡°Why give in to lust? Why desire for something that doesn¡¯t belong to you?¡±

    ...

    ¡°You are not whom I am waiting for.¡±

    Right, we are not whom you are waiting for, but you know the truth all the time ¨C he will nevere back.

 Chapter 140: My Disciple Refused to Do the Couple Cultivation with Meâ€¦ (I)

    <h4>Chapter 140: My Disciple Refused to Do the Couple Cultivation with Me... (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    It was the first time for Luo Jianqing to enter the forbidden area of Yu Xiao Peak, and to see thatntern.

    He couldn¡¯t stay here for long. After all, that couldn¡¯t change the fact that Qing Jun had transformed himself into the wick.

    Each cultivator on Tai Hua mountain had their own Lifentern. Somenterns of ordinary disciples were stored in the major hall of each peak, while thenterns of significant people were all safeguarded in the Ling Yun Hall of Cang Shuang Peak by the Chief Master of Tai Hua mountain.

    In the deepest part of Ling Yun Hall, there was a shelf with severalyers ofnterns. The one burning on the top of the shelf belonged to Xuan Lingzi. Two on the secondyer belonged to Luo Jianqing and the Chief Master of Tai Hua mountain Hao Xingzi. The status of Yu Xiao Peak was fully demonstrated by that.

    The Life Lantern was made by the secret method of Tai Hua mountain. Each cultivator had to drip a drop of blood from his heart into the candle, then it would keep burning until he died. All thenterns would extinguish one way or another unless the cultivator transformed as deity, under which circumstances, hisntern would burst due to his tremendous power.

    The was one of the most significant secret methods of Tai Hua mountain, and even Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know how it was conducted. However, he clearly understood that once Qing Jun transformed as a wick, he would be... trapped in it forever.

    Xuan Lingzi seemed to gain an insight into Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind. He grabbed him out of the forbidden area quickly and said, ¡°That¡¯s the choice of Nh Level Godlike Pill, so you have to respect his choice. And technically, he hasn¡¯t died, just transformed as the wick. If he can leave thentern one day, you still can meet with him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded and left with him.

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t mention how tiny the chance was, but Luo Jianqing understood.

    If Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t guarantee that Qing Jun could be separated from Jiu Lian¡¯s Life Lantern, then no one in this world could. Besides, Qing Jun was burning his own energy as the fuel for thentern. No one knew how long he couldst, maybe a hundred years, or one thousand years... But when he was exhausted, Qing Jun would really die.

    When they returned to the house, Luo Jianqing decided to visit Sir Hao Xingzi to exin what happened today.

    Hearing that, Xuan Lingzi still wore a calm face and said, ¡°It¡¯s gettingte. Hurry up ande back as soon as possible.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was surprised, ¡°You don¡¯t go with?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked up at him and asked, ¡°Why should I go?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Today when we came back to Tai Hua mountain, the Chief Master invited the cultivators of other sects into the mountain, while you stopped them. Don¡¯t you think...you need to exin that?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was reading books at the table, his gold sword pattern sparkling in the setting sun. Hearing that, he turned to Luo Jianqing. After a long gaze, even the cheeky Luo Jianqing felt a little bit awkward. Then he heard Xuan Lingzi saying seriously, ¡°Then you don¡¯t go either.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled.

    Xuan Lingzi was quite indifferent and said rightfully, ¡°Brother Hao Xingzi has taken charge of Tai Hua mountain for many years, but still too polite sometimes. I haven¡¯t asked him to exin the mess today to me, so as my disciple, you shouldn¡¯t go to visit him either.¡± After a pause, he continued, ¡°Come here, Jianqing. We haven¡¯t named that melody yet.¡±

    Luo Jianqing failed to catch up with Xuan Lingzi¡¯s mind, ¡°...?¡±

    Seeing Luo Jianqing standing still, Xuan Lingzi stood up and frowned, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled and then couldn¡¯t help curling up his lips. He raised his hand and stroked a wisp of hair of Xuan Lingzi over his chest. Xuan Lingzi looked at his disciple with astonishment. Luo Jianqing was fumbling his hair while saying seriously, ¡°I¡¯ve never seen my master being so tough. Aren¡¯t you always open to persuasion? I thought you were rigid and rigorous, but...Wu Yin, you also have a willful side.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi suddenly blushed. He wanted to pull out his hand from Luo Jianqing, but that would seem too deliberate and could worsen the situation.

    After awkward pause, Xuan Lingzi coughed loudly. Luo Jianqing looked up at him, yet before he could see Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face, he was cuddled by Xuan Lingzi.

    They clung close to each other and could feel the temperature of their bodies. Luo Jianqing opened his eyes wide and heard a deep voice. The voice sounded like a sigh, blowing hot breath to his ear. Xian Lingzi said, ¡°If I have to make a choice between you and the world, then, Jianqing... that would be a choice with clear answer.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was a slightly touched and embraced the man in front of him.

    The chilly Yu Xiao Peak was painted white by the moonshine. In the bamboo house, the master and his disciple were obsessed with loving kiss. After all, they finished a deadly journey and almost separated by death. Luo Jianqing pressed Xuan Lingzi down, his white body catching the light of the moon just like jade.

    A light of desire shed through Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes. He turned over and pressed Luo Jianqing down, eagerly entering him.

    The starlight was their fig leaf. No one in Tai Hua mountain knew that they were doing such an immoral thing. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t restrain his desire as he had before, as if he was urgent to give vent to all the fear and worries umted in these days. Xuan Lingzi was prating his disciple vigorously, feeling the tapping of their bodies.

    Only this feeling could tell Xuan Lingzi that he was still alive.

    From now on, no one could separate them.

    It had never urred to Luo Jianqing that his reserved and rigid master could be so bold and unrestrained. Tremendous pressure overwhelmed his brain, making him keep moaning. When he was close to climax, the dirtynguages he heard in the Libidinal City echoed in his ears. Luo Jianqing¡¯s body stiffened and he felt hotter and more pleasant.

    Luo Jianqing tried to lower his voice and forgot those dirty words, but they kept ringing in his mind. When Xuan Lingzi began to mobilize his power and ready to send his primordial life into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, Luo Jianqing felt too nervous and finally gave out a soft moan.

    Xuan Lingzi was suddenly baffled. They were bathed in sweats and gazing at each other.

    Xuan Lingzi asked in a slightly hoarse voice, ¡°Jianqing...What...What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    With his body quivering, Luo Jianqing said with some reluctancy, ¡°Master, Can you... skip the double cultivation tonight?¡±

 Chapter 141: My Disciple Refused to Do the Couple Cultivation with Meâ€¦ (II)

    <h4>Chapter 141: My Disciple Refused to Do the Couple Cultivation with Me... (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing recalled the weird change in his Dantian: his primordial life had transformed into a lotus!

    Xuan Lingzi might not have noticed so far, yet if his primordial life entered Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, the secret would be exposed. How could Luo Jianqing exin then? A man¡¯s primordial life had transformed into a lotus? He was not a demon beast! Besides, he had never heard that a lotus demon could reach Out-of-Body!

    Hearing that, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face turned grave. He gazed at his gorgeous disciple under his body for long and then asked, ¡°...Why?¡±

    Luo Jianqing came up with an excuse and replied seriously, ¡°Frequent double cultivation is not appropriate. We should be devoted to real practice.¡±

    A light of disappointment shed through Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes. He asked in a low voice, ¡°So you don¡¯t want to do the couple cultivation and make progress with me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t hear that, ¡°What?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi shook his head and stopped talking. Luo Jianqing was about to ask again, but Xuan Lingzi suddenly prated fiercely, making Luo Jianqing drowned in his sweet mourns. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t control his body anymore. When he almost reached orgasm, he couldn¡¯t help spitting out dirty words, which shocked his master. Xuan Lingzi stared at his disciple with astonishment.

    Xuan Lingzi just finished, but those dirty words turned him on again.

    Luo Jianqing was still savoring the pleasure he had tasted, and now Xuan Lingzi already began the second round. At first, Luo Jianqing was delirious, so he justy there and epted the ¡°fierce attack¡± of Xuan Lingzi. Later, he put his arms around Xuan Lingzi¡¯s waist and made low and deep moans.

    Now Luo Jianqing had nothing in mind butint-

    Why did my primordial life transform into a lotus?

    Xuan Lingzi might worry that Luo Jianqing would be whacked, so he stopped when he finished their third round. They cuddled and slept.

    Luo Jianqing fell asleep quickly, while his body was mobilizing the power and absorbing the spiritual power between the Earth and Heaven automatically. However, Xuan Lingzi was gazing at him with aplicated look. One minute he gazed at Luo Jianqing face, and then the next minute he turned his eyes to Luo Jianqing¡¯s belly...

    It was a beautiful night for Luo Jianqing, yet a sleepless night for his master.

    Xuan Lingzi was staring up at the ceiling. He hugged Luo Jianqing and thought: He doesn¡¯t want to do the couple cultivation with me...why?¡±

    The next day, Xuan Lingzi got up early and practiced swordy in bamboo forest.

    Cultivators as powerful as Xuan Lingzi or even Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t need to practice swordy. However, the cultivators of Yu Xiao Peak attached great importance to basic skills. Luo Jianqing never dared to ck on his practice-his master didn¡¯t stop yet, so of course he had to double his efforts.

    Xuan Lingzi had known that Luo Jianqing woke up, but he kept practicing, pretending not to notice it.

    The tremendous sword Qi torn everything ahead like a sharp knife, yet precisely avoided each new leaf. After practicing, Xuan Lingzi guided Luo Jianqing to practice Sky Soaring Sword, a skill in Nine Heavenly Seizure Record for Out-of-Body cultivators.

    Sky Soaring Sword was an extremely powerful skill in Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, somewhat simr to Qing Yun Sword of Cang Shuang Peak, but much more powerful.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Your cultivation is far beyond your fellow brothers and sisters. Or you can say that you have no equal in Tai Hua mountain. Among all the young human cultivators, only your Fiend Cultivator friend may be slightly upon you, while Fo Zi from Gui Yuan Sect and Bai Ji from Bai Family can be your matchedpetitor. However, don¡¯t becent. In this world, you are just outstanding among your peers. For tens of thousands of years, there are countless outstanding talents, but the real masters are rare. Your potential can only serve you when it is turned into your power.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded and began to practice conscientiously.

    When he fenced with his sword, his sword Qi attracted spiritual power between the Earth and Heaven, which gently flowed with his sword.

    Floating Frost Sword originally belonged to Earth-Level. After being forged by Xuan Lingzi, the sword had be an instrument that could level up. Luo Jianqing could mobilize the spiritual power between the Earth and Heaven to forge the sword and make it more powerful. If Luo Jianqing could reach a higher realm, the sword might even jump to the Heaven-Level!

    They spent the whole day practicing. At night, Zuo Yunmo came to Yu Xiao Peak and invited Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing to Cang Shuang Peak. However, Xuan Lingzi just replied coldly, ¡°That¡¯s not necessary.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi could be cold and relentless, yet Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t keep his second fellow brother waiting here for a whole night. So, Luo Jianqing told his master that he would go to see Zuo Yunmo. Although Xuan Lingzi gave him an unsatisfied look, Luo Jianqing still flew to foot of Yu Xiao Peak and met with Zuo Yunmo.

    Seeing Luo Jianqing, Zuo Yunmo said, ¡°Brother Luo, you know the purpose of my visit. There is no need for you to meet with me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled bitterly, ¡°That¡¯s too embarrassing for you, isn¡¯t it?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo beamed and gently looked at this handsome cultivator in green, ¡°I just need to stay here for one night, and can go back tomorrow morning. The master will not me me for this minor thing.¡±

    Luo Jianqing went to Cang Shuang Peak with Zuo Yunmo with no more words.

    Tai Hua mountain consisted of seven peaks, while Yu Xiao Peak was always distinctive from the other six and thus remained independent.

    However, the Chief Master of Tai Hua mountain was the master of Cang Shuang Peak, Sir Hao Xingzi. For the past hundreds of years, Hao Xingzi was in charge of almost everything in the mountain, and Xuan Lingzi never acted against him. Although Xuan Lingzi had the jade tablet of Supreme Lord, he always treated Hao Xingzi as his fellow senior brother.

    But this time, Xuan Lingzi was really mad.

    ¡°If I have to make a choice between you and the world, then that will be a choice with clear answers.¡±

    That sentence softened Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart, yet he didn¡¯t want to surpass the people in this world. The fact that Xuan Lingzi could say it had already satisfied him. Just like the moment when he was trapped in the Fiend Tripod. As he saw Xuan Lingzi¡¯s blood dripping on his face, Luo Jianqing had already convinced that Xuan Lingzi had given his heart to him.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo smiled secretly, ¡°What? You seem to be very happy.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Am I?¡±

    Zuo Yunmo smiled, ¡°Yep. Every time you are in a good mood, you will smile with curling eyebrows. But brother Luo, what you are going thorough soon is not easy. You need to prepare for that.¡±

    Luo Jianqing gazed at Zuo Yunmo with profound eyes, but Zuo Yunmo didn¡¯t understand his meaning, until they reached the Ling Yun Hall of Cang Shuang Peak. Luo Jianqing delivered a short speech calmly, which shocked Zuo Yunmo.

    ¡°Sir, my master is totally wrong to have breached the agreement, but that doesn¡¯t mean he can be casually condemned by those shameless people. Everyone in this world believes that, as the only Deity Transformation Period cultivator, Xuan Lingzi should bear the responsibility to protect human. However, he reached the Deity Transformation Period hundreds of years ago, now, he is still at the early stage of Deity Transformation Period. The unassable Xuan Lingzi has done enough for human, but they just keep asking him to continue.¡±

    ¡°Three dayster, I will leave Tai Hua mountain with my master.¡±

    ¡°Since he cannot find the chance to finish the Deity Transformation Period in the mountain, we will find other chances outside.¡±

 Chapter 142: Twitterpated Couple (I)

    <h4>Chapter 142: Twitterpated Couple (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing had been acting as a well-mannered disciple who always treated his Elders with respect, but, this time, he showed no intention of following the etiquette. Letting his words sink in, Luo Jianqing bowed, immediately turned back, and walked out of Ling Yun Pce.

    Astonished, Hao Xingzi still couldn¡¯t believe what he heard, while Luo Jianqing already left Cang Shuang Peak.

    Though he had got back to Yu Xiao Peak already, Luo Jianqing was still a little bit nervous. After all, it was the Sect Master whom he was talking with. Breaking every etiquette, he showed no respect to Hao Xingzi and even decided by himself that he would leave Tai Hua Mountain with his Master for gaining experiences. However, after he got back from Cang Shuang Peak, Luo Jianqing found that Xuan Lingzi already knew his n.

    ¡°You want to go out?¡± Xuan Lingzi asked.

    Luo Jianqing got nervous all of a sudden, but somehow plucked up his courage, ¡°Yep, and you areing with me.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi frowned, ¡°Why do I need to leave as well?¡±

    Chuckling, Luo Jianqing suddenly shortened their distance. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t expect this and reeled back a little.

    Under the sickle moon, a young man with breathtaking visage slightly curved the corner of his mouth, fixing his eyes on the love of his life. His gaze was limpid and ethereal like an immortal¡¯s, but his words were nothing like so, ¡°You areing with me because I want you to apany me. So, Wu Yin... are youing or not?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was gazing at his disciple, moved. His heart even skipped a beat.

    He finally nodded, showing a faint smile, ¡°Alright, we are leaving together.¡±

    Three dayster, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi left Yu Xiao Peak together.

    The contract between Human and Demon ns was broken by Xuan Lingzi. The Fiend Exalt didn¡¯t send any message to Tai Hua Mountain regarding this ident, as if he heard nothing about it, and, oddly, the Demon n showed no sign of intrusion as well. Duan Hun Sect, as the representatives for all the cultivators who med Xuan Lingzi for his action, was nning to embarrass the genius that day, but were shocked by Xuan Lingzi¡¯s power. Thus, the sect decided that now was not the best time to bother Tai Hua Mountain.

    During the three days when the Master and the disciple were still staying at Yu Xiao Peak, Hao Xingzi came to visit them, worried about Luo Jianqing¡¯s health.

    After all, as a cultivator who has been cultivating for two thousand years, Hao Xingzi couldn¡¯t and wouldn¡¯t fully express his apology. Nheless, he tried his best by visiting the young disciple. When he was about to leave Yu Xiao Peak, Xuan Lingzi ¨C wearing a set of white robe ¨C apanied him to the end of the bamboo forest, ¡°Brother, as the leader of all the righteous cultivators, cultivators of Tai Hua Mountain have paid all of their efforts on protecting all the human beings on this continent for countless years. However, that doesn¡¯t mean that we ¨C the Masters and disciples of Tai Hua Mountain ¨C are their servants. Thirty thousand years ago, Tai Hua Mountain represented thorough authority and power, a sect which no one ever dared to mess with; nowadays, I believe, Tai Hua Mountain still does.¡±

    Remaining quiet for a while, Hao Xingzi sighed, ¡°Actually, it might be a good thing ¨C breaking the contract.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded.

    They chatted for a while till Hao Xingzi left.

    Just like Luo Jaiqing said in Ling Yun Pce, the Master and the disciple was ready to leave Tai Hua Mountain on the fourth day. When they departed, Luo Jianqing asked Zuo Yunmo to do him a favor ¨C to deliver a message to Fo Zi, asking the monk to find Mo Qiu.

    Given Mo Qiu¡¯s identity, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t stay contact with him, so he asked Fo Zi for help. Thetter was living in Cen State which was neighboring the Fiend Pce. If he couldn¡¯t get in touch with Mo Qiu, then, perhaps, there wouldn¡¯t be any other who could.

    The reason why Luo Jianqing trying so hard to find his friend of life and death was that he was nning to visit the Northern Land of Arctic, in order to find what was remained of the Great Elder of Mo Family ¨C Mo Qiu¡¯s ancestor.

    Among the Eight Zones of Risk, the Northern Land of Arctic was definitely the most dangerous one. If a cultivator stepped into the realm without reaching Gold Core Period, the possibility of his or her survival was little. A Gold-Core-Period cultivator might still have one third of chance to get out of there if the cultivator was only at the edge of the Zone of Risk. However, if one got to the heart of the Northern Land of Arctic, even Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t be one hundred percent confident that they wouldn¡¯t encounter any serious danger.

    Nheless, Luo Jianqing had to visit this Zone of Risk.

    During these days resting at Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing spent half of a day on Hao Ming Peak. He gathered some information from the disciples of Hao Ming Peak and managed to knew what Li Xiuchen was doing these years. Thed was cultivating on Hao Ming Peak, rarely went out. The only thing that could be said as abnormal was that he went to Bi Can Peak to visit Mu Ruorong very often. The girl failed toe up with a proper reason to refuse his constant intrusion, given that they had met each other before Mu Ruorong came to Tai Hua Mountain.

    Thus, Mu Ruorong epted twice out of countless requests of Li Xiuchen¡¯svisiting, and that became the ¡®solid evidence¡¯ ¨C in Li Xiuchen¡¯s point of view ¨C that Mu Ruorong still had feelings for him, so he visited her even more often. When Wei Qiongyin came back and heard the rumors, she went to Mu Ruorong¡¯s lodge at once and saw the annoying man badger with her Young Sister.

    Without saying a word, Wei Qiongyin unsheathed her sword immediately, pointing at Li Xiuchen¡¯s throat.

    The female cultivator in a ck robe was expressionless. She warned the misbehaving man in an ice-cold tone, ¡°If you dare toe to Bi Can Peak again, I won¡¯t stop my sword until it pierces your throat!¡±

    Scared, Li Xiuchen made himself scarce immediately.

    Though Wei Qiongyin had no good impression of Li Xiuchen, other disciples of Bi Can Peak had different thought.

    ¡°I heard that Brother Li was one of the most well-known disciples of Hao Ming Peak recently. Almost reaching the Gold Core Period, Brother Li has such an astonishing cultivating speed, especially in the recent years. I heard from another Hao Ming Peak¡¯s disciple that Brother Li doesn¡¯t even have a Spiritual Bone! Can you believe that? Maintaining such a quick, constant pace of improvement, he really has something.¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s right. Though he is acting slightly abnormal, I feel like he is not a bad guy.¡±

    Yes, Li Xiuchen¡¯s cultivation base was growing at a crazy speed.

    Well, that speed was only ¡®crazy¡¯ if taking Li Xiuchen¡¯s Spiritual Bone into consideration. Compared with Luo Jianqing, Li Xiuchen¡¯s cultivation could be described as zero improvement. Luo Jianqing noticed that Li Xiuchen¡¯s cultivating speed was even faster than that in Li Xiuchen¡¯sst life. This, unavoidably, reminded Luo Jianqing of the Heavenly Will which always kept Li Xiuchen safe from all the dangers.

    Could this be a sign that the Heavenly Will was about to give Li Xiuchen even more conveniences?

    No one had an answer to his question. Luo Jianqing spent some time chatting with Xie Zizhuo on Hao Ming Peak. Before he left, Luo Jianqing said something casually, ¡°Entering the gate of Tai Hua Mountain, we became fellow brothers. However, Fourth Younger Brother, if someone dares to pester any female disciple, we shall teach him a lesson.¡±

    Confused, Xie Zizhuo didn¡¯t get what Luo Jianqing meant by that. However, when Luo Jianqing came to visit Guang Lingzi before his departure, Xie Zizhuo found that his Senior Brother brought that up again. ¡°Martial Uncle, my Master and I shall leave Tai Hua Mountain for a while. There will be months that I can¡¯t fulfill my duty as the Great Senior Brother of all the disciples of Tai Hua Mountain. My apologies, Sir.¡±

    Guang Lingziughed. He didn¡¯t me Luo Jianqing at all, ¡°Why, Jianqing, you already done an excellent job as the Great Senior Disciple.¡±

    Luo Jianqing insisted, ¡°But I still feel sorry for my negligence.¡±

    Though bold and sometimes careless, Guang Lingzi wasn¡¯t a fool. Immediately realizing that Luo Jianqing had something to tell him, Guang Lingziughed, ¡°Jianqing, just say it. Are you worried that I won¡¯t listen?¡±

    Luo Jianqing cupped his hands in respect and went on, ¡°Then I will be frank. Yesterday, my Third Younger Sister told me that there is one disciple of Hao Ming Peak constantlying to Bi Can Peak to harass...¡± Pausing for a second, Luo Jianqing continued expressionlessly, ¡°...to visit a Younger Sister.¡±

    Widening his eyes, Xie Zizhuo stared at Luo Jianqing in astonishment, feeling that he respected his Great Senior Disciple even more.

    See, this is the art of speech!

    My Great Senior Brother had a silver tongue! Without unpacking any detail, he told Li Xiuchen on Master Xie Zizhuo while leaving him to imagine what really happened.

    Recalling what Luo Jianqing told him, Xie Zizhuo stepped up and said, ¡°Master, Great Senior Brother has his point. Things like this really happen. I¡¯m about to ask for your permission to punish that misbehaving disciple.¡±

    Though he always treated Xie Zizhuo like a...hum, sand bag, Guang Lingzi actually really adored him. Hearing their words, Guang Lingzi already knew whom they were referring to. However, he didn¡¯t stop them.

    One was his favorite Senior Disciple, while the other was Xuan Lingzi¡¯s Closed-Door Disciple ¨C the future Master of Yu Xiao Peak, if what they said was true, a punishment for thatd was necessary. Well, they didn¡¯t have the guts to lie to him either. Thinking about this, Guang Lingzi granted it, ¡°Alright then, I believe you know how to deal with a thing like this, right?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo chuckled, ¡°Sure I do, Master.¡±

 Chapter 143: Twitterpated Couple (II)

    <h4>Chapter 143: Twitterpated Couple (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing left as if he had nothing to do with the punishment that would fall on Li Xiuchen, while Xie Zizhuo was ready to let out his ¡®anger¡¯. That night, Li Xiuchen had to reflect on his mistakes at the Penalty Gate under escort after he was interrogated by Xie Zizhuo, ¡°How many times have you been harassing a sister on Bi Can Peak, huh? Even the Third Senior Sister warned you herself! And yet, you still didn¡¯t learn your lesson?¡±

    Li Xiuchen talked back, ¡°Sister Mu and I already knew each other before she became a disciple of Tai Hua Mountain. I didn¡¯t harass her!¡±

    pping his own thigh, Xie Zizhuo reproached, ¡°Still believing you did nothing wrong, aren¡¯t you?¡±

    Li Xiuchen tried everything he could to exin, but Xie Zizhuo just nced over at him and said, ¡°Undoubtedly, your cultivation speed could be said as ¡®fast¡¯ during these recent years, and because of that Master started to pay attention to you. However, Li Xiuchen, that doesn¡¯t mean you can go after Younger Sister and harass her. That¡¯s it. Now, piss off.¡±

    When Guang Lingzi heard about the punishment that Xie Zizhuo sentenced to Li Xiuchen, he widened his eyes and asked in astonishment, ¡°Why do you dislike him so much?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was annoyed, ¡°No reason. I just don¡¯t like him by nature!¡±

    Words of reproach were right at the tip of his tongue, but Sir Guang Lingzi swallowed them when he recalled the aloofness Xie Zizhuo had showed him for these years. Heart softened, the Master said, ¡°Alright, alright, just don¡¯t bully him that much. He is your Younger Brother after all.¡±

    Xie Zizhuo scoffed and left with satisfaction, leaving Guang Lingzi who smiled wryly behind.

    Luo Jianqing knew nothing about what happened on Hao Ming Peak, but he was sure that the Fourth Younger Brother of his wouldn¡¯t let Li Xiuchen go easily.

    Xie Zizhuo never liked Li Xiuchen in thest life, and that detest remained the same in this life as well. Before his death inst life, Luo Jianqing heard the rumor about how Li Xiuchen made himself a well-known-and-respected disciple among all the other disciples on Tai Hua Mountain.

    At that time, Luo Jianqing¡¯s Second Younger Brother, Zuo Yunmo, and Sixth Younger Brother, Xiu Hen, already passed away; his Third Younger Sister, Wei Qiongyin, practiced seclusion and refused to meet anyone; the Fifth Younger Brother, Huo Yuchong, put all of his attention on taming Spiritual Beasts; Little Sister, Mu Tianxin, had married Li Xiuchen already. Luo Jianqing never heard anything about Xie Zizhuo, but, he could be sure... his Fourth Younger Brother never managed to leave the past in the past.

    After all, in thest life, Xie Zizhuo never had any doubt that Luo Jianqing was innocent and tried everything he could to fight the injustice.

    It could be sure that Li Xiuchen disliked Xie Zizhuo.

    Before he left Tai Hua Mountain with his Master, Luo Jianqing went to the Forbidden ce of Yu Xiao Peak.

    The Life Lantern of Sir Jiu Lian was still barely lighted, sparkling faintly. Nheless, the nine bice lotuses on the Jade Liquid Stream were slightly brought back to vitality, one step away from perishing.

    Though Luo Jianqing knew that Qing Jun couldn¡¯t hear him, he still approached the rostrum and spoke delightedly, ¡°I have no idea whether or not I will find the remains of Sir Mo Qing, but if I do, I will take him back here. You have my words.¡±

    The wick of the bice-lotus Life Lantern was still barely scintiting, as if it heard nothing.

    Without thinking too much about it, Luo Jianqing stepped out of the chamber with Xuan Lingzi. Together, they left Tai Hua Mountain.

    Starting their journey at the center of Xuan Tian Continent ¨C where the Tai Hua Mountain was located ¨C Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi headed to the Northern Land of Arctic. As soon as they got out of the mountain range, the pair of Master and disciple flew all the way to the north. They didn¡¯t stop until they spotted a prosperous town.

    As Xuan Lingzi stroked Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead, the five-petal-bice-lotus Sword Pattern was concealed. The Master said, ¡°The reason why the Northern Land of Arctic was one of the Zone of the Risk was that, every ten years, there will be a devastating sand storm whichsts for a whole year. Jianqing, the storm hit thend half a year ago. No rush to go there.¡±

    Of course Luo Jianqing knew the power of the sand storm of the Northern Land of Arctic. As a storm which contained a wisp of Heavenly Will, it was nomon tornado. Every single grain of sand had the same power of a strike of a Gold-Core-Period cultivator, and sometimes the power could be elevated to the same level of a Body-Fusion-Period cultivator!

    A single grain of sand!

    Even Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t be sure that they wouldn¡¯t encounter any danger if they encountered the sand storm.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Well, I guess we could slow down our pace then. Master, Fo Zi once told me ¡®there is no way to ferry over the ocean when your boat is not even touching the sea.¡¯ Living in a world of mortals is indeed a rare experience for me. Now that we are given the chance to be a pair ofmon...¡± Luo Jianqing paused and lifted the corner of his mouth, ¡°...a pair ofmon couple.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    After a few moments of silence, Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°Did I... mishear something?¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied calmly, ¡°I said, ¡®we could be a pair ofmon couple¡¯.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°Right, mishearing it is.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    When they approached the entrance of the town, Luo Jianqing snorted and took the Disguise Pill from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand.

    Though acting flirty, Luo Jianqing had no guts to actually ask his Master to dress like a woman, which he himself had no intention to do as well. Therefore, they ended up ying the roles of brothers. As two cultivators who owned breathtaking visage, Xuan Lingzi asked Luo Jianqing to change his appearance, iming that they would encounter so much more trouble if he refused to do so.

    Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°Master, there is one thing that I don¡¯t understand ¨C why do I have to have this Disguise Pill?¡±

    The next moment, Luo Jianqing intentionally shortened their distance, staring at his Master with his puppy eyes.

    Boom! Xuan Lingzi blushed till the tips of his ears went red. Shoving Luo Jianqing away from him, he said, ¡°Just eat the pill!¡±

    Smiling, Luo Jianqing swallowed the Disguise Pill. Assuring that his disciple really had the pill in his stomach, Xuan Lingzi had his own pill.

    Not long after this, a pair of elegant young men arrived at a small town located a hundred miles away from Tai Hua Mountain. The Disguise Pill helped little on changing their ethereal disposition. Many had been peeking at them along the way. When they entered the one and only hotel in this town, the owner weed them and asked, ¡°Are you guys... cultivators?¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t expect this question and was slightly shocked, ¡°You¡¯ve heard about cultivators?¡±

    For most of themoners, ¡°cultivator¡± was an interchangeable word for ¡°immortal¡±. They believed that even the Qi-Condensation-Period cultivator was an immortal as well. Only some of the royal and noble people and their direct subordinates knew the fact that cultivators were just a bunch of powerful mortals.

    The owner of the hotel answered, ¡°Yep, our town is located in the district of Ding Hai Sect. I saw a cultivator from Ding Hai Sectst year. Triennially, Ding Hai Sect woulde here to collect tax as protection money. That¡¯s why we know something about cultivators.¡±

    Hearing his words, Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°Protection money?¡±

    ¡°Right, protection money.¡± The owner said as if it was such amon phenomenon.

    Before Luo Jianqing asked him ¡°why do they have to pay protection money¡±, Xuan Lingzi interrupted them, ¡°Could we have a premium room please?¡±

    Nodding, the owner presented them a set of keys.

    Luo Jianqing brought up the question again once they got to their room, ¡°I never heard such thing about collecting protection money. Have you heard about that, Master? There is an invisible border between cultivators andmoners. For cultivators, money is just a sheaf of useless paper. Why do we need them?¡±

    Flicking his sleeve, Xuan Lingzi set a protection ward covering the room. ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±

    ¡°Then why did you stop me from asking him?¡±

    Lifting his gaze, Xuan Lingzi put his eyes on his disciple with an amicable look. ¡°You noticed it right? He didn¡¯t treat it as an abnormal thing. I might even use the word ¡°willingly¡± to describe his attitude towards the protection money. There must be a reason behind this. Jianqing, you need to act after you have a nid out.¡±

    Though the town was only a hundred miles away from Tai Hua Mountain, it was nothing but an ordinary town, given that there were countless towns built close to Tai Hua Mountain. The name of ¡®Ding Hai Sect¡¯ was an unfamiliar one to Luo Jianqing. It might well be a small sect with no fame.

 Chapter 144: Twitterpated Couple (III)

    <h4>Chapter 144: Twitterpated Couple (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    At night, Luo Jianqing decided to gather some information about that Ding Hai Sect. Xuan Lingzi wanted to go with him. The disciple chuckled, ¡°Master, it¡¯s just a tiny little sect. There¡¯s no need of your escort. I got this.¡±

    Tilting his head, Xuan Lingzi faced his disciple, ¡°Are you sure? Just a kind reminder that you don¡¯t have any cultivation base right now.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s smile froze, ¡°When did I ever lose my cultivation base?¡±

    Lifting the corner of his mouth, Xuan Lingzi fixed his eyes on Luo Jianqing. ¡°Right now.¡±

    Trying to operate his Spiritual Power to prove him wrong, Luo Jianqing immediately realized that the Spiritual Power inside his body was locked at every single acupoint. They were unable to be operated, not to mention to use them for defense. The power which locked up his Spiritual Power wasn¡¯t hurting him either, given the fact that it allowed Luo Jianqing to cultivate in order to gain Spiritual Power from the nature, as long as he was not trying to use these Spiritual Power.

    Finally, Lou Jianqing figured out what was going on. Face darkening, he heard his Master saying, ¡°Since you want to experience the life of amoner, go ahead, try to really be like one. Jianqing, on this journey to the Northern Land of Arctic, I will constrain your Spiritual Power unless we are facing some serious danger. There is no way to ferry over the ocean when your boat is not even touching the sea. Now, here¡¯s your boat.¡±

    Hearing this, Luo Jianqing swallowed back his words of refutation.

    Xuan Lingzi was right. The Northern Land of Arctic was a hundred thousand miles away from them. They had to cross the whole Fei Hua Sect and four or fivemoner¡¯s countries to get there. Using Spiritual Power could be counted as ¡°cheating¡±. Now that his Master was here to constrain his cultivation base, Luo Jianqing actually had an advantage that others didn¡¯t have.

    Pondering for a while, Luo Jianqing nodded, and agreed with his Master¡¯s decision.

    Seeing his reaction, Xuan Lingzi relieved and then held Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand. Fingers intertwined with his Master¡¯s, Luo Jianqing looked back at Xuan Lingzi, slightly abstracted. Moonlight fell on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s visage. Smiling, his Master never lost his charisma even after having the Disguise Pill.

    ¡°I will do it as well, constrain my Spiritual Power. Now we are just twomoners.¡±

    Under the cover of a murky night, two dark figures were fliting in the town quietly. Feet gently tapping the ground, they were like two spirits, moving at a lightning speed like a waft of wind. No one could catch their figures.

    Even though their Spiritual Power was constrained, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi¡¯s strength was still out of reach of amoner. Soon, they left the town which already fell asleep in serenity. Having gathered enough information in the day time, Luo Jianqing led his Master to the southeast.

    They kept that speed for about thirty miles. Suddenly, Xuan Lingzi stopped Luo Jianqing, ¡°There are some wards.¡±

    Vigntly, Luo Jianqing slowed down and concealed his presence.

    Normally, cultivators at their level of cultivation would pay no attention to such small wards like these. The person who set up the wards wouldn¡¯t notice anything even if they step right into the ward. This time, however, Xuan Lingzi bent down and picked up several pieces of stone.

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Jianqing, you are not good at dissembling ward nor forging pills or items. Now that you have me to back you up, but I can¡¯t stay by your side every single second. Today, whaty in front of us are a set of the simplest First-Level Ward. Try to dissemble it, to gain some experience on ward setting.¡±

    Smiling, Luo Jianqing said yes.

    The disciple would seldom wear ck, but he did so today for their mission in the darkness. The garment inplete ck gave Luo Jianqing¡¯s skin a more pale-like lustrous color. Though after having the Disguise Pill, Luo Jianqing¡¯s appearance was already worn down, he was still dazzling like a shining star, sparkling and elegant as always.

    Under the moonlight, Luo Jianqing took steps carefully while putting down the peddles. Standing aside, Xuan Lingzi was watching him with a dreamy and distant gaze which was fulfilled with adoration.

    What Luo Jianqing was doing was way more difficult than just dysfunctioning the ward. He needed to create an entrance for his Master and himself without notifying the change to the ward owner.

    Xuan Lingzi was right. Luo Jianqing was not a very talented student speaking of Pill/Item forging or ward setting. In fact, however, nearly all of the famous cultivators in history had at least one specialty. For instance, Xuan Lingzi was very good at pill forging while the Fiend Exalt was a pro-item forger. Though they were not one of the best Pill Forger or Item Forger, they made their names a famous one in the forging field.

    Moreover, there was one more thing Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t point out but Luo Jianqing knew all the time, shamefacedly: every single Peak Master of Yu Xiao Peak mastered all the skills a cultivator was capable of!

    Pill forging, item forging, ward setting, talisman drawing...

    They were good at anything you could ever think of! Compared with his Master who was a representative of perfection, Luo Jianqing still had so much more to learn...

    45 minutester, Luo Jianqing put thest piece of stone at the right ce and heard a small tinkling sound of ordance. Beaming brightly, Luo Jianqing turned back to look at his Master, ¡°I made it!¡±

    Stepping into the ward, Xuan Lingzimented, ¡°Spent longer than I thought. Continue.¡±

    Surprised, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Continue to do what?¡±

    Holding his disciple¡¯s hand, Xuan Lingzi led Luo Jianqing to move forward. One mileter, the Master stopped and picked some stone from the ground. Turning back to face his disciple, he smiled, ¡°Jianqing, get back to work.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Therefore, Luo Jianqing spent the whole night bending down to dissemble wards, assiduously. Although he was not very good at it, the wards that were set by Ding Hai Sect was way too simple. Calling them as ¡°First-Level Ward¡± would be humiliating this elementary level. Eight wards were dissembled by Luo Jianqing without using a trace of Spiritual Power. Stone was enough.

    Finishing off thest ward, Luo Jianqing looked askance at Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Master, you are fooling me around.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked back in astonishment, ¡°...?¡±

    Luo Jianqing snorted, ¡°I will have you pay for tonight.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Wait, something went wrong with my disciple...

    They moved forward. A few milester, they saw a small hill on which several houses were built. Sensingsomething, Luo Jianqing tilted his head and met Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes in the air, ¡°Howe not even a Foundation-Establishment-Period cultivator is here?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi gradually became serious, ¡°Three Ninth-level Qi Condensation Period, one Sixth-level, and... nine low-level Qi Condensation Period cultivators.¡±

    Though Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi concealed their cultivation base, noticing their presence was still impossible for these elementary-level cultivators. On the contrary, the Master and disciple detected their level of cultivation at once. Luo Jianqing asked Xuan Lingzi quizzically, ¡°I never heard of such thing as a cultivator with lower than Gold Core Period cultivation could upy a peak and initiate a sect. Why were they not merged by other sects?¡±

    Frowning, Xuan Lingzi pondered for a moment, without answering his question.

    Secretly, they climbed on the peak that Ding Hai Sect located. Walking right through the gate, they were surprised that nobody even noticed their entrance. Followed by Xuan Lingzi, Luo Jianqing got to the house closest to the gate. Before they took any action, the pair of Master and disciple heard a lewd moan.

    ¡°Master, hah... harder... Ngh... Master... Master, I can¡¯t... Aah... Stop... Aaah!¡±

    ¡°Cutie little slut, tonight, I will have you cry and beg for me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

 Chapter 145: Ding Hai Sect (I)

    <h4>Chapter 145: Ding Hai Sect (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing had thought that the so-called Ding Hai Sect might just be a group of heretical cultivators or even Fiend Cultivators. However, it had never urred to him that cultivators of Ding Hai Sect could do such... such a shameful thing here!

    In the house, a male cultivator and female cultivator were copting, with their dirtynguages flying out of the window. Those words were no better than what Luo Jianqing had heard in the Libidinal City! Moreover, they were master and disciple, and they tried many different positions!

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s first reaction was to take Xuan Lingzi away from here, while the first thing Xuan Lingzi did was to block Luo Jianqing¡¯s vision and hearing.

    ¡°Why do you block my vision and hearing!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing shouted loudly, not worrying about being heard. After all, Xuan Lingzi blocked his vision and hearing immediately, so Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t see anything or hear anything in a short term!

    That was quite a tough measure,pared to what Sir Yu Qingzi did back then, who just covered Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes gently.

    Luo Jianqing grabbed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s sleeves angrily.

    He couldn¡¯t see anything right now, nor did he know what Xuan Lingzi was doing, so he warned, ¡°Wuyin, don¡¯t do that again, or I will kill you even if you are my master.¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing regained his senses.

    When Luo Jianqing raised his head, he saw Xuan Lingzi was blushing and looking somewhere else.

    Luo Jianqing just ignored him and wanted to take out his Floating Frost Sword in case Xuan Lingzi bullied him again. However, Luo Jianqing found that his spiritual power had been suppressed by Xuan Lingzi and thus he couldn¡¯t use his sword. After a short silence, Luo Jianqing said coldly, ¡°So, you have seen that dirty scene and now you don¡¯t allow me to see that?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...No.¡±

    Luo Jianqing curled up his lips, ¡°Of course you do. You just want to see it alone.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi got a guilty conscience. He suddenly recalled the book on his shelf and didn¡¯t reply immediately.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing assumed that he acknowledged. Luo Jianqing felt upset, while he thought Xuan Lingzi a little bit lovely. He had never seen his master having such an expression. Wired as it was, Luo Jianqing remembered that, since he met Xuan Lingzi, his master had changed a lot. Xuan Lingzi was much different from who he had been, and that made Luo Jianqing soft-hearted.

    Forgot it. Xuan Lingzi just liked bullying Luo Jianqing with his ¡°master¡± title. Luo Jianqing swore that when he reached higher realm, he would make Xuan Lingzi pay back. But then again, he felt strange when his vision and hearing were blocked. What would it be like if his senses were blocked during their couple cultivation...?

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s handsome face was burning, filled with shyness. He said, ¡°Wuyin, now I have apletely new appraisal of you!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...?¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing kicked the door open and denounced, ¡°Are you cultivators of Ding Hai Sect?¡±

    Two cultivators who were copting just now were shocked by Luo Jianqing¡¯s breaking in. The elder male cultivator got impotent, while the female cultivator remained speechless for a while, and then grabbed a quilt to cover her body. When she saw Luo Jianqing¡¯s face, her desire was aroused. She was ogling him and even lowering the quilt to expose more of her body.

    While Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice her seduction, Xuan Lingzi who followed his disciple to go inside the room saw it clearly.

    A shred of anger shed through his cold face. He raised his hand and threw a tiny stone towards to bed. The male cultivator urgently mobilized his spiritual power to break the stone, which, however, was a failed attempt, and the stone flew to the female cultivator behind him.

    ¡°Ouch!¡±

    The stone left a cut on her face, not deep, but she bled anyway.

    The male cultivator had a rough face. He banged the bed and stood up, asking furiously, ¡°My name is Zhong Heng. Why do you break into the Ding Hai Sect?!¡±

    The female cultivator sobbed and grabbed the other one¡¯s sleeves, ¡°Master... They bully me.¡±

    Zhong Heng¡¯s face suddenly turned grave. He examined Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi. Zhong Heng was at the nh level of Qi Condensation, which made him the top in this small sect, while the female cultivator was at the third level of Qi Condensation, so she was one of the ¡°nine lower-level Qi Condensation cultivators.¡±

    Zhong Heng asked Xuan Lingzi with an angry voice, ¡°Why did you hurt my disciple!¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing felt weird. He looked at Zhong Heng and asked, ¡°Is she... your disciple?¡±

    ¡°So what? It¡¯s none of your business.¡± Zhong Heng grabbed that beautiful female cultivator into his arms and began to rub her body inside the quilt, making her groaning.

    Luo Jianqing had been a little bit awkward as he didn¡¯t know why Xuan Lingzi attacked her, but now, seeing what Zhong Heng did to his disciple, Luo Jianqing was unpleasant. He asked directly, ¡°I¡¯ve heard that a vige ten miles away from here has to hand in their wealth to you every three years, is that true?¡±

    Hearing that, Zhong Hengughed out with his hands still doing the filthy thing, ¡°I thought you¡¯vee here for something really important. Well, that¡¯s not a big deal, and I have my reasons. Please follow me to the main hall, you can find the answer there.¡±

    Then, Zhong Heng stood up and began to wear clothes, leaving the female cultivator alone on the bed.

    Zhong Heng¡¯s body was not well-built, just strong. When he stood up, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi immediately looked away.

    Led by Zhong Heng, they left the house. Before Xuan Lingzi left, he stared at the female cultivator and lowered his voice, ¡°One more eye on him, you¡¯ll die.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t hear that. Ding Hai Sect was so small that they could only see several shabby houses. Zhong Heng called other cultivators out, who were also weird. They were all somewhat rumpled. An ugly old man was examining Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi secretly,ughing wretchedly.

    Luo Jianqing was about to give him a lesson, yet Xuan Lingzi stopped him, ¡°Don¡¯t make a rash act. This sect is quite suspicious.¡± Luo Jianqing was baffled and asked, ¡°Which part is suspicious?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Before we entered here, I sensed that there should be at least a dozen of Qi Condensation cultivators. However, when these cultivators came out, some people stayed in houses, who were all ordinary people and doing...¡± After a pause, Xuan Lingzi wore a cold face, ¡°doing whatever Zhong Huan and his disciple did just now.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t have mood to joke around. He asked seriously, ¡°These people were doing such things?¡± Xuan Lingzi nodded.

    Originally, Luo Jianqing just intended to investigate the case of ¡°protection fee¡±, and stopped these cultivators from doing that. However, things seemed to be moreplicated here, so, Luo Jianqing became serious. Although the cultivators here were just at low levels, Luo Jianqing was currently an ordinary person without any spiritual power.

    Zhong Heng asked, ¡°My fellow cultivators, it must be fate that leads us together. May I ask your surname?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°My surname is Wu.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Luo.¡±

    Zhong Heng nodded, ¡°My pleasure to meet you, Cultivator Wu and Cultivator Luo. I¡¯m Zhong Heng, currently at the nh-level Qi Condensation. Our first meeting is quite embarrassing, my apology. In such a remote ce, my disciple and I have fallen in love with each other, so we just ignore the incest thing between master and disciple. My disciple offended you two just now. It¡¯s her fault. I apologize to you on her behalf. The attack from Cultivator Luo just now was quite amazing, you must have reached Foundation Establishment.¡±

 Chapter 146: Ding Hai Sect (II)

    <h4>Chapter 146: Ding Hai Sect (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    That Cultivator Luo was actually Xuan Lingzi. Since Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to use his own surname, Xuan Lingzi just borrowed it. ¡°Eighth-Level Qi Condensation¡±, Xuan Lingzi said calmly and released some of his power.

    There were altogether nine levels of Qi Condensation, with little differences, so cultivators could hardly know each other¡¯s level.

    Zhong Heng had thought that Xuan Lingzi was at Foundation Establishment as he hadn¡¯t sensed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s realm and failed to block his attack. Now, Zhong Heng guessed that Xuan Lingzi was just a little bit more powerful than him, and Xuan Lingzi could hide his power just due to some fortuitous experiences.

    A light shed through Zhong Heng¡¯s eyes. Heughed and said, ¡°Cultivator Luo is indeed young and talented.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded slightly.

    However, Luo Jianqing frowned. The ¡°Cultivator Luo¡± in their conversation made him ufortable.

    Zhong Heng asked, ¡°What about our Cultivator Wu? You look quite young, must be another talent.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said coldly, ¡°He doesn¡¯t have any cultivation yet.¡± Luo Jianqing was baffled. Before he could say anything, Xuan Lingzi continued, ¡°He is my disciple, just enters our sect, so he hasn¡¯t begun cultivation.¡±

    Hearing that, Zhong Heng smiled and said, ¡°I see.¡±

    They continued to walk ahead with Zhong Heng taking the lead. These three men were followed by a dozen of cultivators of Ding Hai Sect. The atmosphere was quite weird, yet Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi seemed not to feel that they were ¡°surrounded¡± and kept moving forward.

    When they reached thest house, Zhong Heng said, ¡°Are you willing to join the Ding Hai Sect?¡±

    Luo Jianqing felt surprised, ¡°We have already joined one sect, can we join another one?¡±

    Zhong Heng waved his hand, ¡°We don¡¯t care about those rules.¡±

    Luo Jianqing beamed, ¡°So if we join your sect, what can we get?¡±

    Zhong Heng said, ¡°The viges and towns for ten miles around have to pay taxes to us. Here, you can have a better life than kings... Besides, you can experience the secret joy of our sect.¡±

    Luo Jianqing pretended to be curious, ¡°What secret joy?¡±

    Zhong Heng said proudly, ¡°It will make you super happy! When you join us, you will know. So now, what¡¯s your decision?¡±

    Luo Jianqing waved, ¡°Thanks for your invitation, but our sect takes a lot of efforts to cultivate my master and I, so we can¡¯t join you. And, it¡¯s widely known that cultivators are forbidden from grabbing ordinary people¡¯s money. I¡¯m afraid you have broken the rules, haven¡¯t you?¡±

    Zhong Hengughed out and suddenly pped his hands and they were surrounded by the cultivators following them.

    Seeing that, Xuan Lingzi slightly raised his eyebrows, letting Luo Jianqing pretend to be afraid and asked, ¡°Cultivator Zhong, what¡¯re you doing?!¡±

    Zhong Heng sneered and took out his sword, pointing it to Luo Jianqing, ¡°Since you don¡¯t appreciate my kindness and refuse to join us, I can¡¯t let you get out of here alive! An Eighth-Level Qi Condensation cultivator doesn¡¯t deserve a ce in Ding Hai Sect. This time, I¡¯ll show you the power of our Grand Master.¡±

    As he finished, he sliced his palm and left a bloody cut.

    As blood dripped off and tinted the ground red, Zhong Heng shouted crazily, ¡°Respect to you, Grand Master!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled and turned around subconsciously. He heard strange rustling sound in thatst house, as if leaves were growing, crawling up. Delicate fragrance spilled over from the crack of the door and windows. Pink gas quickly pervaded the area and was still expanding.

    Everyone, no matter men or women inhaling this gas blushed and shouted excitedly. Then they ran into their houses. Soon, waves of moans and dirty words came out.

    Here, two male cultivators of Ding Hai Sect were too anxious to get back to their houses, so they began to copte in wild, andter another man joined them. Luo Jianqing was deeply shocked. He didn¡¯t know he should first cover his ears or eyes.

    Now heined in his heart: Why doesn¡¯t Xuan Lingzi block my vision and hearing now?!

    Those cultivators were too... homely and overweight, with their fat swinging along with their movements. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to take one more look.

    Instantly, all the cultivators of Ding Hai Sect were obsessed with coption. It seemed that the gas had a huge impact on them. Zhong Heng was quite normal, except his red eyes. He was swallowing, saying in a hoarse voice, ¡°When the Hehuan Aphrodisiac of our Grand Master get you, you will understand how fortunate you are to join Ding Hai Sect. If you still refuse my invitation then, I will...¡±

    Zhong Heng wore a wretched smile and leered at Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi, ¡°I will absorb all of your energy. The energy of an Eighth-Level Qi Condensation cultivator must be very delicious. And you, Cultivator Wu, you are even more good-looking than my seductive disciple. Even though you are man, I will shag you!¡±

    As he stopped speaking, he bounced on Luo Jianqing.

    It was strange that even Luo Jianqing felt hot when he inhaled the gas. Although his power was restrained, he was still at Out-of-Body. The gas was really strong enough to have an impact on Luo Jianqing.

    Even Luo Jianqing could barely tolerate it, not to mention those Qi Condensation cultivators and ordinary people.

    This time, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t hesitate. When Zhong Heng bounced on Luo Jianqing, Xuan Lingzi narrowed his eyes, and a gold sword light shot from the sky, prating Zhong Heng¡¯s head. Just one second ago, Zhong Ling was wearing a licentious smile, yet now his body was split in sunder, with blood gushing.

    The three male cultivators copting beside weren¡¯t scared by this scene. Instead, they became more thrilled. They were spitting foulnguages and leering at Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi. Before Xuan Lingzi took care of these mad monsters, Luo Jianqing took out three tiny stones and shot at them.

    ¡°Ouch!¡±

    After three cries, the stones empowered by the Realm of Rules prated their heads, leaving three blood holes.

    Currently, Luo Jianqing felt that the gas was eroding his consciousness. His knees felt feeble. Xuan Lingzi flicked his sleeves and lifted the restraint on Luo Jianqing¡¯s power. Suddenly, Luo Jianqing felt strong spiritual power flooding into his body, and he reached Gold Core.

    Now, the gas couldn¡¯t impact Luo Jianqing anymore.

    He and Xuan Lingzi split up and killed every cultivator absorbing the energy from ordinary people. But those people would grab Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand when they saw him. They all had bloodshot eyes as if they were spellbound. No matter men or women, they were all wearing licentious faces, obsessed with lure.

    Luo Jianqing got rid of their hands, but they had totally lost their heads and tried to get him. As Luo Jianqing was embattled, Xuan Lingzi broke in and dragged him out.

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Master, have they all been poisoned by that gas?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi replied, ¡°Exactly. There is only little energy left in their bodies, most of which has been absorbed by those cultivators. What they cultivate is Vessel Skill. These ordinary people are their vessels, from which they can absorb energy for cultivation.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing baffled. After a long pause, he asked, ¡°So there is no way to save them?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi took him to thest house and stared at this locked room. He said coldly, ¡°The only way is to kill the mastermind.¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned to the house. Although the sky was brighter, the house looked grim and weird under a mantle of shadow. Frowning, Xuan Lingzi stamped and shouted, ¡°No need for hiding, get out now!¡±

    The next moment, bang!

 Chapter 147: Ding Hai Sect (III)

    <h4>Chapter 147: Ding Hai Sect (III)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The ground began to shake furiously and cracks crawled out. Soon, several wide grooves appeared on the territory of Ding Hai Sect. The houses and trees were all copsing. The low hill was ttened in an instant. Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi felt that the whole world was shaking and sensed strong power!

    Luo Jianqing reacted quickly. He took those ordinary people indulged in lust to the foot of the mountain.

    A ck shadow surrounded by pink gas rushed towards the sky. A gold light shined between Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyebrows, as he shouted, ¡°There is no way out!¡±

    Then, a golden sword light towered and illuminated the sky at dawn. The gold light transformed into a golden web, capturing that ck shadow.

    When the ck shadow fell on the ground, Luo Jianqing finally saw its face.

    It was a vine with strange appearance and ten thick and long tentacles. On each tentacle grew countless suckers, from which the pink gas diffused. Sticky liquid was gurgling from suckers, like disgusting sewage. Even if shackled by Xuan Lingzi¡¯s golden web, the vine was still trying to get rid of it, yet its tentacles were cut off by sword Qi once and once again.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing said seriously, ¡°It¡¯s a fifth-level demon!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked down at the demon and asked coldly, ¡°Who sent you here?¡±

    The fifth-level demon was equal to a Gold Core cultivator. Although it couldn¡¯t talk, it could send messages between minds. Yet it didn¡¯t give any response, just struggling. Ultimately, after a terrible roar, its ugly, sticky body started to swell and then exploded! Bang, the pink gas filled each corner of the territory.

    Xuan Lingzi flickered his sleeve and all the gas disappeared. It couldn¡¯t hurt others anymore.

    After the explosion of that demon, the crazy ordinary people at the foot of the mountain finally calmed down. Most of them fell into sleep, except two, who were hopelessly gazing at the sky with half-opened eyes.

    Sun was about to rise, and the tranquil, oriental horizon was tinted in cyan. Light was breaking through darkness, as if it was desperate to get rid of the constraint of the dark night so that all the secrets in darkness could be exposed.

    Watching the dawn approaching, the two lying on the ground held each other¡¯s hands. Before the sunrise, they closed their eyes for good.

    Luo Jianqing witness this scene when he reached here.

    It was a man and a woman, with some resemnces in their looks. Both of them were delicate and pretty, but their skinny bodies were teemed with injuries. They had been worn out from coption. Seeing their bodies, it was even hard to tell that were human. They didn¡¯t know who killed them to thest minute of their life.

    Luo Jianqing gave out a deep sigh and burned their bodies.

    Some people woke up after two hours, yet some remained in aa for six hours. When they knew that Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi saved them, they just nodded numbly and walked away. Only two young girls trembled, put on their clothes and walked to Luo Jianqing. The shorter girl asked, ¡°Sir... Have you seen Sister Yu?¡±

    The taller one also asked, ¡°Sir, have you seen a man and woman who look alike?¡±

    Luo Jianqing hesitated. He recalled the scene of the woman and man dying hand in hand, who stopped breathing before they could see the sunrise. After a silence, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Yes, they woke up early and have left.¡±

    The two girls beamed. They thanked Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi again. They intended to kowtow, but Luo Jianqing stopped them. Lots of energy had been taken from them. It was already a miracle for them to survive, although their lives would be shortened. Before the girls left, Luo Jianqing transferred some spiritual power to them as nutrition to their lives.

    As they walked away, Luo Jianqing could still hear them, ¡°Sister Yu and Brother Liu were trapped there for the longest time. It¡¯s so good to hear that they¡¯re still alive. Hadn¡¯t been sister Yu, I would have killed myself the first time I was raped by the bustard, and I wouldn¡¯t have had the chance to see him punished.¡±

    ¡°Exactly. Sister Yu and brother Liu are good people. It¡¯s a pity that they have left, or I will thank them for their care and concern. Brother Liu stole the bustard¡¯s pills for me, which kept me alive, but he was tortured by the bastard for that for three days.¡±

    ¡°Forget it. The nightmare is over. When we return home, we have to find them and thank them in person.¡±

    ...

    Their figures faded away. Unlike other people, the two girls didn¡¯t look like the walking dead, but what they said made Luo Jianqing upset.

    After a long gaze, Luo Jianqing sighed deeply and asked in a hoarse voice, ¡°Master, we are no more than thirty miles away from Tai Hua mountain, why...why can such things exist here? If we hadn¡¯t heard that someone was taking money from ordinary people ande for a check, or if the ones came here had been some weaker cultivators, this ce... this ce would have never been found and those people would have dead!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi held his hand silently.

    Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°There are more than a dozen of ordinary people. They are human, just like those cultivators. How can they use the spells of a demon to torment theirpatriots?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi clutched his fist and grabbed Luo Jianqing away.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°Master!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi sighed and turned to him, ¡°There is not, and will not be a true peace between human and demon. Xuan Tian Continent is not boundless, but both human and demon have to live on it, so demons will always harbor unkind thoughts on us. They are extremely good at covering their tracks, so even I have to concentrate my mind to spot them. The demon you just saw must have been deployed here for hundreds of years to spy my Tai Hua mountain. I¡¯ve never seen any demon like it, but...you have to know that there are considerable demons more horrible that it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing lowered his head and asked, ¡°So...there is no kind demon?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi first shook his head but then nodded, ¡°There is, but on the battleground, it is a war between two races. There are also vicious cultivators among human. Even in the Fiend Cultivators, you have told me that one of your friends have never killed anyone, while you have also met the Fiend Cultivator that has killed hundreds of thousands. The creatures in this world cannot simply be divided into good ones and bad ones, yet once you are in a war, you can only see enemies.¡±

    Their trip to Ding Hai Sect was a shock to Luo Jianqing. He had intended to deal with the cultivators that bullied ordinary people, but never expected that things would end up like this.

    Xuan Lingzi wrote a letter to Tai Hua mountain to detail what happened, and asked Sir Hao Xingzi to thoroughly check whether there were other demons around Tai Hua mountain. He also rmended Sir Hao Xingzi to discuss with other sects tob out all the demons hidden in thirty-six states.

    The next day, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi packed up and continued their journey.

    When they checked out, the manager smiled, ¡°Sirs, why don¡¯t you stay in town for another couple of days? The cultivators of Ding Hai Sect wille here to collect taxes in a month, maybe you can meet them then.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing said calmly, ¡°You don¡¯t have to pay taxes anymore.¡±

    The manager was shocked, ¡°What?¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled rigidly, ¡°I¡¯ve heard that Ding Hai Sect decided to move out.¡±

    After repeated confirmation, the manager was crowing with delight. Luo Jianqing never knew that a man in his 50s could be so happy. He told the news to everyone in the town. Some said that they didn¡¯t believe it, but after they saw sage-like Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi, they were convinced in heart.

    The manager held his wife¡¯s hand with tears in eyes, ¡°That¡¯s so good. That¡¯s so good! We don¡¯t have to work like a horse to pay them taxes. Bao and Yu can alsoe home. They don¡¯t need to do the toil in city anymore.¡±

    Hearing that, a customerughed out, ¡°Manger Liu, your daughter is 18 this year, right in her youth! I heard that lots of people came here to propose marriagest year, but she followed her brother to the city to make money. If she cane back this year, she can marry a good man.¡±

    Manager Liu burst into tears and keptughing, ¡°It¡¯s good for everyone! The Ding Hai Sect have extorted us for so many years, but we finally make it. Now that they have gone, it¡¯s a blessing!¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at them withplicated feelings. Then he turned to Xuan Lingzi.

    Xuan Lingzi also looked down at him.

    They left quietly amidst the cheering of people.

    Outside the inn, the serene sky was so clear. A slight breeze rose, wafting the leaves of trees.

    An hourter, people in town found that Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi had left. The manager and his wife returned to the inn as they wiped tears. When they reached the inn, they found two cinerary caskets on the table.

    One was anonymous, while the other one was stuck with a slip, on which wrote: Yu.

    After a long silence, the couple were chocked with hopeless tears. Even the Heaven would be touched by their sadness.

    Half a yearter, two beautiful girls came to the town. After they heard what happened, they voluntarily supported the couple and became their adopted daughters. But that was what happened afterwards. Before that, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi had entered another prosperous city.

 Chapter 148: Demon Realm & Fiend Realm & The Ying Feng City (I)

    <h4>Chapter 148: Demon Realm & Fiend Realm & The Ying Feng City (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The Demon Realm.

    The Thirteen Realms of Sea were what separated the Demon Realm from the Thirty-Six States. After crossing the vast thirteen seas, one could reach the border of the Fiend Realm. Most of the Demon Beasts were living in the Demon Realm, and there were many Demon Beasts roaming and lurking in the Thirteen Realms of Sea as well.

    Though Xuan Lingzi broke the contract that day, there wasn¡¯t much change in the Demon Realm.

    Just like the Human n, only high-level Demon Beasts knew the existence of this contract, and, among them, only the Four Demon Exalts were able to sense the termination of the contract. Most of the Demon Beasts didn¡¯t know that the contract was already turned into a piece of useless paper, given that the Four Demon Exalts didn¡¯t say anything about it. However, the weakest among the four ¨C Yin Ji ¨C stopped her seclusion recently, and started to take charge in ruling the Realm of Demon.

    In a grand pce decorated in pure ck, a coquettish girl was lying on a throne, chuckling, and watching her subordinates standing servilely beneath. Her body was as soft as a snake, curling up in a luring position, and her eyes had the power to make men crazy and even willingly give up his life for her.

    Yin Ji wore an emerald dress made of gauzy, and had a small anklet around her ankle. Along with her movement, the anklet tinkled pleasantly, attracting eyes to be fixed on her jade-like slender ankle.

    ¡°So, little Qianqiu hasn¡¯t left the Fiend Pce for years?¡±

    Yin Ji¡¯s lustful voice echoed in the grand pce.

    Lured by her voice, a Demon Beast in the pce was aroused, and then he answered with a bow, ¡°Yes, Exalt. I am the Twelfth Master of the Thirteen Realms of Seas, and my territory was connected with the Fiend Realm, so I¡¯ve been keeping an eye on him. He hasn¡¯t showed up in the Fiend Realm for dozens of years. Half a year ago, several representatives of the righteous cultivators of the Thirty-six States visited him by the name of celebrating his birthday, but I don¡¯t know whether they met the Fiend Exalt or not.¡±

    Yin Ji whispered an ¡°Oh¡± and raised her hand to cover her rubicund lips, ¡°He doesn¡¯t look like a cutie who likes to y hide-and-seek.¡± After pausing for a moment, Yin Ji asked, ¡°Anything else about him?¡±

    The Master of the Twelfth Realm of Sea recalled, ¡°I heard that the Fiend Exalt had a new disciple.¡±

    Hearing an unexpected answer, Yin Ji was surprised and sat up straight, ¡°Howe he got another disciple?¡±

    The Master of the Twelfth Realm of Sea answered, ¡°His newly recruited disciple is named Mo Qiu, who came out of nowhere and suddenly showed up in Fiend Pce. The Fiend Exalt epted him as his disciple. However, thatd was a vignt one. No one could catch his whereabouts. My agent in the Fiend Pce couldn¡¯t get near him, but we do know that Mo Qiu¡¯s status in the Fiend Pce is incredibly high.¡±

    Intrigued, Yin Jiughed, ¡°That¡¯s quite interesting. There is not much time left for our little Qianqiu. What do a moribund need disciples for? Keep a close eye on his two disciples. We might be able to find his weakness.¡±

    epting the mission immediately, the Master of the Twelfth Realm of Sea still stood in the pce as if he was waiting for something.

    Noticing it, Yin Ji smiled and asked, ¡°Why are you still here?¡±

    Taking a nce at her, the Master of the Twelfth Realm of Sea didn¡¯t say anything.

    Looking at him, Yin Ji was amused. Her attractive eyes were glowing like ignis fatuus. Time seemed to have been frozen. When the Master of the Twelfth Realm of Sea plucked up enough courage to say something, Yin Ji¡¯s pair of slender legs suddenly transformed into a serpent tail, knocking the bold male in the air.

    Blood belched out from his mouth. Before he coulde to his senses, the Master of the Twelfth Realm of Sea heard Yin Ji¡¯s remorselessly voice, ¡°I¡¯ve been practicing seclusion for a hundred years, and I can see that you¡¯ve grown much bolder, huh? Now, get lost before I tear you apart!¡±

    Scared, the Master of the Twelfth Realm of Sea got up on his feet and fled out of the pce as quickly as possible.

    He was bewildered about why Yin Ji¡¯s temperament had changed drastically. Yin Ji¡¯s reaction didn¡¯t make any sense to him at all, given that it was amon knowledge shared by all the Demons that a serpent was lustful in nature. Though Yin Ji was not amon snake, as a serpent sharing the lineage of one of the ancient Divine Beasts, she still kept dozens of toy-boys around to fulfill her desire. Years ago, he even had a rtionship with her, but today... he just couldn¡¯t understand.

    Inside the grand pce, the tip of that emerald serpent tail drew a casual curve in the air and then turned back into a pair of fair and slender legs. Leaning on the throne, Yin Ji was fiddling a wisp of her hair. She pondered while squinting her eyes:

    ¡°It has been years since Mo Qianqiu went for seclusion, but now he bes a Master of two disciples.¡±

    ¡°The reason why Xuan Lingzi left Tai Hua Mountain and broke the contract was that he was desperate to save his disciple in the Fiend Realm.¡±

    ¡°Well, that¡¯s quite intriguing. I haven¡¯t met them for a hundred years, and they¡¯ve all got disciples.¡±

    At this acute period of time when the contract was broken and the two ns were all getting ready for the uing war, Yin Ji acted like an experienced leader. The characteristic of a desire-driven serpent was nowhere to be found in her. As one of the Four Demon Exalts, she was well-known by her ir for scheming. Thousand years ago, she rose to fame by arranging dozens of talented stratagems during the war. The Demon Army Force was greatly enhanced solely because of her ¨C a true strategist.

    It was the reason why Yin Ji was the only Demon Exalt who ceased seclusion and took charge in investigating the Fiend Exalt¡¯s breakthrough.

    Emerald pupils gradually shrunk into a needle-like shape, Yin Ji¡¯s serpent eyes were overcast by coldness and cruelty. Resting her chin on one hand, Yin Ji chuckled. Her forked tongue flicking across her lips, ¡°Are your disciples... rted to all of these?¡±

    The Demon Realm was haunted by a bizarre tranquility, while only her bleakugh swirling in the air.

    However, in the Fiend Realm which was located tens of thousands of miles away, the Fiend Pce was not as peaceful as it had been when Luo Jianqing visited it.

    Mo Qiu was still cultivating in seclusion and already broke through Out-of-Body Period. It was time for him to give a try to thete-stage Out-of-Body Period. His cultivating speed was incredibly faster than anyone could ever imagine. Colossal amount of Spiritual Power flooded out of the Blood Spirit Fruit and emerged into his body.

    Outside his cultivating chamber, the two Dharmaps and the Manager of the Fiend Pce were busy dealing with the sudden change of the situation. Their faces darkened.

    Mo Qiu knew the fact that Xuan Lingzi had broken the contract when he noticed his presence in the Fiend Realm. When the Left Dharmap Qin Guihe learned the news, he was immediately enraged and unsheathed his sword. A voice in his head was urging him to dash to the Tai Hua Mountain and give that selfish Xuan Lingzi a lesson.

    Guarding the border separating Thirty-Six States and the Demon Realm, the Fiend Pce had kept the states from the intrusion of countless Demon Beasts. They had all the reason to be mad with Xuan Lingzi who suddenly broke the contract.

    Just like what Guang Lingzi said ¨C the Fiend Exalt was the only person who had the right to reprimand Xuan Lingzi.

    However, that day, Mo Qiu sneered after he averted his gaze from Qin Guihe, ¡°Why? The Human n is not and will never fear the Demon n even if the contract exists no more. For a hundred years, we forced them to stop the war and constrained their filthy ws within the Demon Realm, and we, if necessary, will do it again!¡±

    Qin Guihe wasn¡¯t convinced, ¡°But, Exalt! You already reached Out-of-Body Period. A few more years will be enough for you to breakthrough Tribtion Passage Period and even Da Sheng Period. When you finally merge the two bodies into one and achieve Deity Transformation Period, we will have all the confidence in the world to defeat the Demon n. Now, however, if a war bursts out, your Blood Spirit Maneuver will be greatly influenced.¡±

    Mo Qiu chuckled in a hoarse voice, ¡°Am I afraid of them?¡±

    Qin Guihe insisted, ¡°Exalt!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t me Xuan Lingzi too much. During these years, I at least got a chance to leave the Fiend Realm in secret, but Xuan Lingzi literally stayed at Tai Hua Mountain for more than a hundred years. I don¡¯t give a damn about that infernal contract. Keep an eye on the border connecting the Fiend Realm with the Thirteen Realms of Sea, and be prepared for their attack.¡±

    Finishing these words, Mo Qiu left for seclusion, leaving the chores to Qin Guihe and others.

    In the Fiend Pce, only Qin Guihe, Qin Siyi, Qi Luo, and Yun Xiang knew the fact that Mo Qiu was actually Mo Qianqiu. Now that Mo Qiu started cultivating in seclusion, the responsibility of organizing and ruling the Fiend Realm was shifted to their shoulders. Even Yun Xiang was busy than ever.

    For months, they worked hard on proceeding themand of the Fiend Exalt and stayed vignt for the Thirteen Realms of Sea. Sullenly, Qin Guihe grimaced andined, ¡°Da Sheng Period is within his reach, if only we could buy him a few more years! Why, why now...¡±

    ncing at him, Qin Siyi said expressionlessly, ¡°The Heavenly Will has its own rule. Yourints can change nothing.¡±

    The corner of Qin Guihe¡¯s mouth twitched, ¡°Can¡¯t you just simply say something nice tofort me?!¡±

    Qin Siyi shook his head, ¡°I only tell the truth.¡±

    Qin Guihe, ¡°...¡±

 Chapter 149: Demon Realm & Fiend Realm & The Ying Feng City (II)

    <h4>Chapter 149: Demon Realm & Fiend Realm & The Ying Feng City (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    They paused for a second, and then Qin Guihe unsheathed his sword, aiming straight at Qin Siyi¡¯s head. Thetter never showed a slightest sign of retaliation, instead, he dodged and flitted around in the pce while his brother was chasing behind him. Atst, Qi Luo came up and stopped their childish behavior, ¡°If the Exalt knew that you are acting like this, he will surely punish you again.¡±

    Of course, Qin Guihe knew that Qi Luo was talking about him instead of his brother. The younger Dharmap pouted and remained quiet.

    Fiend Cultivators were busy minding their own business in the Fiend Pce, while on Tai Hua Mountain, Hao Xingzi received a letter from Xuan Lingzi. The leader of Tai Hua Mountain was aware that there was no time to waste, so he sent messages to the Four Sects and the Eight Families, asking them to send representatives to Tai Hua Mountain so that they could discussion how and when to eliminate the Demon Beasts foisted by their enemy in the Thirty-six States a hundred years ago.

    The meetingsted for three days and three nights. At the end of the discussion, Sir Hao Xingzi summarized, ¡°In thest one hundred years, these pawns were never a threat because peace was still kept between two ns. Now, however, the contract exists no more, and the Demon n might start the war at any moment, so we need to make sure the foisted Demon Beasts are rendered worthless by us. The Demon Beasts are very good at concealing their senses so that they are extremely hard to find. Even though, this would still be our priority for now. After you guys returned to your sects, sent out cultivators immediately in search of these hidden enemies. This must be solved within one year!¡±

    Everyone could tell Sir Hao Xingzi was serious about this matter.

    The Elder of Duan Hun Sect was about to ask for some extra benefits for his sect. The moment he opened his mouth, however, Sir Hao Xingzi¡¯s sword was unsheathed. Thetter questioned coldly, ¡°We must unite as one when we are facing the same enemy! Now what? Duan Hun Sect¡¯s personal benefit is even greater than the safety of all the human beings in the world?!¡±

    That was a strong criticism. The Elder of Duan Hun Sect shut up eventually.

    At the same time, a hundred miles away from Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi finally arrived at a city of some renown ¨C Ying Feng City.

    The city was under the government of Wu Sha Kingdom which was closest to Tai Hua Mountain. As a part of Liu State, Wu Sha was just onemon Kingdom of dozens of others in Liu State. In a city like Ying Feng, cultivators weren¡¯t rarely seen, and actually many would stop there for a rest. Therefore, when Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi entered the city, a guide soon approached them, at their service.

    Following their guide, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t spend much time on finding a hotel which served cultivators specifically. After paying the guide a Spiritual Stone and watching him leave, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi entered the hotel and rented a Premium Chamber.

    After settling down in the room, the two doffed their travel suit and changed a more casual outfit, and went out again.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Though I have been to a city ofmoners before, I never had time to really roam around the street and enjoy the exotic view. When I was still a Foundation-Establishment-Period cultivator, I¡¯ve taken novice disciples to Liu State so that they could gain experience, and Ying Feng City was exactly where we stopped and rested. They¡¯ve got a tasty dessert here, called the Wind Cake.¡±

    Having had Bi Gu for years, Xuan Lingzi never had any interest in snacks, but he noticed his disciple was delighted and seemed like excited about this dessert, so he asked, ¡°Why is it called the Wind Cake?¡±

    Beaming wittily, Luo Jianqing told him, ¡°That is because there is a special and unique ingredient in it ¨C the honey of Wind Resting Flower. Imagine that the cake gradually melts on your tongue and there is the sweetness of Wind Resting Flower lingering in your mouth like a breeze wafting around, sounds great, right?¡±

    Soon, Luo Jianqing found the one and only Wind Cake store in the city.

    Though the Wind Cake was extremely expensive since it contained a first-grade Spiritual Herb ¨C the Wind Resting Flower, many was still lining up, willing to pay the expense in exchange for the novel taste. Luo Jianqing took Xuan Lingzi to the end of the line, and started waiting.

    When it was their turn, there was only one piece left. Luo Jianqing paid three Low-grade Spiritual Stone for a piece of Wind Cake. The moment they stepped away from the store, a soft, weeping sound reached their ears ¨C these two talented cultivators had extremely good hearing.

    Tilting his head, Luo Jianqing saw a little girl who was about six-year-old wiping out tears by her chubby little hand. He could tell that the girl tried her best to lower her voice, but tears still streamed out from her eyes.

    Thedy who held the child seemed like her mother. Comforting the little one in her arms, the mother took her daughter away and left the store.

    On their way back, the girl¡¯s eyes were still lingering on the empty tray which the store used to ce all the Wind Cakes. Tears welling up in her eyes, she failed to hold them back, crying quietly.

    The mother and daughter were waiting behind Luo Jianqing a moment ago. Anyone could tell what was going on right now.

    Luo Jianqing stared at their backs nkly for a few seconds, and, eventually, he sighed and broke the cake in half. Putting one half into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s palm, Luo Jianqing caught the pair of mother and daughter, putting the other half in the little girl¡¯s hands.

    Suddenly getting a piece of Wind Cake from a stranger, the girl was surprised. Galzed, she looked at Luo Jianqing.

    Her mother realized what Luo Jianqing was doing, ¡°It¡¯s okay, it¡¯s okay! You¡¯ve waited for so long in the line for this piece of cake. We coulde earlier tomorrow. You don¡¯t need to do this.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°It¡¯s just a piece of Wind Cake. We were just wondering what it tastes like, that¡¯s all, but the little one is going to cry if she doesn¡¯t get one.¡±

    Thedy was insisting on giving it back to Luo Jianqing. Though the girl was staring at the Wind Cake and constantly swallowing saliva, she didn¡¯t say anything to stop her mother from returning the cake. Atst, realizing that Luo Jianqing really didn¡¯t want to take the Wind Cake away, the mother took out two piece of low-grade Spiritual Stone and said, ¡°At least I need to pay for it. The Wind Cake is no cheap thing.¡±

    Luo Jianqing seized this perfect moment and left when the mother was fumbling the Spiritual Stone in her purse.

    When Luo Jianqing and his Master left the Wind Cake Store, the disciple felt relieved and looked at Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Gosh, I just couldn¡¯t bear the crying of a little girl. I remember when I was little, I could do nothing about it every single time when Little Sister cried in front of me; I would literally do anything she asked. I just couldn¡¯t resist, especially to a girl as cute and delicate as this one. A single droplet of tear is enough for me to say ¡®yes¡¯ to their any request.¡±

    Xuan Lingzimented expressionlessly, ¡°You treat your Little Sister well, I can see.¡±

    Without thinking too much about it, Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°Of course, she is MY Little Sister. The seven of us grew up together. The Third Younger Sister was already a teenager when she joined Tai Hua Mountain, but Little Sister came to our mountain as a little chubby girl. Master, I¡¯ll tell you a secret ¨C Little Sister was actually a very naughty girl when she was young. Remember that you¡¯ve sentenced me to the Penalty Gate for a dozen of time? Nine out of ten times I was a scapegoat for Little Sister or the Fourth Younger Brother... eh...¡±

    Noticing an aloof look on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s visage, Luo Jianqing trembled, but he didn¡¯t know why he was suddenly caught by coldness. Without having much expression on his face, Xuan Lingzi was gazing at the ground. His lips puckered slightly, and he was indeed greatly upset.

    Listening to his heartbeat thumping loudly inside his own chest, Luo Jianqing pondered and still asked, ¡°Master, are you alright? What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi replied with a distant look.

    Suddenly, an answer struck Luo Jianqing, ¡°Wait, are you jealous of Little Sister? Seriously? Master, that¡¯s Little Sister! How could you be jealous of her? I only take her as my sister, and you knew it better than anyone that I made it clear with her a long time ago, you...¡±

    ¡°Did you introduce that friend of yours to your Little Sister?¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Speechless, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Are you talking about Mo Qiu?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded.

    ¡°Master, could you please give up that weird idea which doesn¡¯t make any sense at all? They¡¯ve met each other when Mo Qiu came to Tai Hua Mountain for the first time. The only word they said to each other was ¡®hello¡¯ and that¡¯s it! There was not and never will be any story between them! They do not match at all!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was calm and asserted, ¡°They have some simrities.¡±

    ¡°Wearing red clothes is the only so-called simrities, and that doesn¡¯t count, okay?¡± Not wanting to talk about this with his Master right now, Luo Jianqing changed the topic, ¡°I almost forgot, where is the half of that Wind Cake I gave you?¡±

    Showing his disciple a pair of empty hands, Xuan Lingzi said in a t tone, ¡°I ate it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Ohe on Master! Fine, you could be jealous of Little Sister, but you should have left some of the Wind Cake for me!

 Chapter 150: Wu Sha Kingdom and Mrs. Lin

    <h4>Chapter 150: Wu Sha Kingdom and Mrs. Lin</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing was about to condemn Xuan Lingzi, but he was amused by his master¡¯s pretended calmness. After all, he didn¡¯t know his master could be jealous, and he looked really cute when he got jealous. After a thought, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Well, since you have eat all of it yourself, you should sleep on the floor tonight.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°don¡¯t you meditate tonight?¡± Actually, he was asking Luo Jianqing whether he slept or not.

    Cultivators didn¡¯t need to sleep every night. Meditation was a sort of rest for them too. Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°Well, you can also do that on the floor.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Suddenly, Xuan Lingzi raised his hand and shove something white into Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth as he opened it. It was sweet, delicious, fresh and somewhat cold.

    Luo Jianqing looked up at Xuan Lingzi, who said in a t tone, ¡°Just eat it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing had known that his master wouldn¡¯t eat up all the Wind Cake himself. Now he knew that Xuan Lingzi had fooled him. He enjoyed the cake in his mouth and beamed. As Xuan Lingzi was distracted, Luo Jianqing kissed him.

    They were in a remote and quiet alley. Xuan Lingzi, with shocking eyes, was pressed against the wall, yet he didn¡¯t resist, just tasted the sweetness from Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth. Xuan Lingzi closed his eyes and pressed Luo Jianqing down, kissing him back.

    The cake was melting in their loving kiss, but he didn¡¯t stop. Their tongues were tangled with each other, giving out vague sounds. It was a long kiss. After they had enough, Xuan Lingzi looked down at his disciple.

    Xuan Lingzi said in a low voice, ¡°Your realm is more stable now, so maybe it¡¯s time for... couple cultivation.¡±

    Then, Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ears blushed. He squeezed these words because he had restrained his desire too long, and that was unusual. Luo Jianqing, on the other hand, had no mood to tease him. He was quite nervous about the small lotus in his Dantian.

    Luo Jianqing trembled and forged a smile, ¡°I think we¡¯d better focus on devoted cultivation.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi lowered his head with slightly upset eyes.

    At night, Xuan Lingzi sat cross-legged on bed in meditation. Luo Jianqing sat closely and gazed at Xuan Lingzi calmly, yet Xuan Lingzi was closing his eyes. Fifteen minutester, Luo Jianqing curled up his eyebrow and asked, ¡°Master?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked up at him, ¡°Since you don¡¯t want to sleep, let¡¯s meditate.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled and asked subconsciously, ¡°...We finally leave Tai Hua mountain, and we still have to cultivate each night?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded certainly, ¡°Yes.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    After a long time, Xuan Lingzi noticed Luo Jianqing¡¯s unpleasant face. He asked with confusion, ¡°Jian Qing, don¡¯t you want to focus on cultivation? Meditation can stabilize your power.¡±

    Now, Luo Jianqing finally knew the what was wrong with his master.

    But that didn¡¯t help, because what Xuan Lingzi said just made his lotus more excited! Could you stop it! Could you go back to a normal primordial life!

    He didn¡¯t dare to do the couple cultivation, but he didn¡¯t want to restrain his desire!

    He didn¡¯te up with a good idea anyway, so he had to sit cross-legged and began meditation. The night passed quickly. The second day, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi pretended to act like brothers again and sauntered in Ying Feng City.

    The city was not big, and the most powerful cultivator was just at thete stage of Foundation Establishment. Three dayster, they left the city. One hour after their journey, a coach approached them slowly.

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t use any spiritual power now. He just walked like an ordinary people. Walking wasn¡¯t a burden for them anyway, besides, they could appreciate the beautifulndscape all the way, yet the one sitting in the coach apparently didn¡¯t think so.

    The coach stopped three meters ahead of them. A little figure jumped out of the coach and rushed to Luo Jianqing, ¡°Mister, mister!¡±

    Luo Jianqing hurriedly embraced this little girl and another youngdy stepped out of the coach. She made a courtesy to them and said, ¡°It seems that you just left Ying Feng City. Where are you heading? We are going to the Sha Du City. If we are heading to the same direction, I can give you a ride.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°We will pass through the Sha Du City.¡±

    Thedy smiled, ¡°It¡¯s not near from here. You can get on our coach if you don¡¯t mind.¡±

    Luo Jianqing intended to refuse, but the little girl hugged him tight, so they epted her kindness and got on the coach.

    The coach was inly decorated, yet it felt quite warm and cozy. The carriage was wide with a table set inside. Thatdy opened the drawer, which was filled by all kinds of snacks. The little girl was thrilled and began to gobble. The woman looked at her daughter with a smile.

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi sat on the opposition to them.

    They didn¡¯t talk much all the way. They youngdy was well-spoken. She only said that her husband¡¯s surname was Lin, and only asked Xuan Ling and Luo Jianqing¡¯s surnames. It seemed that she didn¡¯t care about their identities.

    Friends agreed best at a distance. Luo Jianqing had never seen a woman as graceful as her. His fellow sisters were, on the other hand, tough and strong, almost equivalent to a man, or even two sometimes... His third fellow sister Wei Qiongyin, for example, almost never smiled; the youngest sister Mu Tianxin was even more capricious, winning the favor and love of the whole mountain.

    As for other women, Luo Jianqing was not quite familiar, but he could say something about Mu Ruorong anyway, a persistent and self-reliant young girl. Though she was not so fiery as Mu Tianxin, she was by no means anydy from cultured family.

    In private, Luo Jianqing sent a message to Xuan Lingzi in mind, ¡°The ordinary people have their own joys of life. Mrs. Lin is the most gentle and dignifieddy I have ever seen.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi raised his eyes and glimpsed at them, asking, ¡°Why?¡±

    Luo Jianqing exined, ¡°Mrs. Lin gives us a ride yet doesn¡¯t ask about our identities, our destination or purpose. She knows how to behave, so liberal and graceful. I bet that her fine dispositions are nurtured in some good family.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi sat closer to Luo Jianqing secretly and said, ¡°Well, she is married, must be a virtuous wife.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡± Xuan Lingzi¡¯s words were a little bit strange.

    It was a half of month¡¯s journey from Ying Feng City to Sha Du City. Luo Jianqing had intended to walk leisurely with his master, and they could reach the capital within twenty days. Nevertheless, Mrs. Lin¡¯s help indeed saved them a lot of energy. Besides, they could hear a lot of anecdotes about Wu Sha Kingdom from her.

    Mrs. Lin didn¡¯t say anything about her identity, but she knew that Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were not natives, their ents betrayed them, so she told them some costumes and traditions of Wu Sha State. Luo Jianqing was quite interested with those things, and Xuan Lingzi just let him be.

    This day, the coach left a town and headed to Sha Du City slowly.

    The scenery changed gradually, bing less inhabited. Surrounded by green rolling hills, Luo Jianqing felt fresh air and delicate smell of grass. Such a view was pleasing.

    When they reached the foot of a mountain, Mrs. Lin smiled, ¡°If you want to spend several days in the city, you can walk around. The Wan Hua Pavilion is worth a visit. Many literati gather there, writing songs and poems. It the most ¡°literary¡± ce in the capital.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded and asked, ¡°So Sha Du City is a literati-packed city?¡±

    Mrs. Lin shook her head gently, ¡°Not exactly. Wu Sha Kingdom worships martial arts. In the capital, the top warriors and cultivators are the most eye-catching group. The Grand Master of our kingdom is a Nascent Soul cultivator. He can gather the momentum of oceans and tten a range of mountains in an instant, so we all respect him.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing nodded.

    A Nascent Soul cultivator was indeed rare for an ordinary country.

    It must be noted that once a cultivator decided to go back to mortal world, he would be entangled by so many karmas, so it was extremely hard for him to make any further progress. Therefore, most of the cultivators were not willing to stay in the mortal world, even though they craved for power, they didn¡¯t want to do much for ordinary people. In most cases, cultivators would just stay with cultivators, so lessmunication happened between them and ordinary people.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know why the Grand Master decided to stay in the mortal world instead of cultivating realm, but that was his personal choice anyways, none of Luo Jianqing¡¯s business.

    Mrs. Lin continued, ¡°If you want to visit some cultivators, you can go to the biggest chamber ofmerce in the city, Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce, where you can meet a lot of cultivators, and you can also buy anything you like. But, a word of advice, the price there is a little bit high. You can buy necessities at the disciple¡¯s market in the east of the city. The price is fairer there.¡±

    Luo Jianqing beamed, ¡°Thank you.¡±

    Mrs. Lin shook her head with a smile.

    After some conversation, Luo Jianqing was about to ask more details about the capital, yet a re urred outside. Luo Jianqing hurried opened the curtains and took a look, while Xuan Lingzi sat still and closed his eyes as if nothing had happened.

    Mrs. Lin¡¯s face turned pale, ¡°Please stay in couch. I¡¯ll go check what happened. Rongrong, take care of our guests.¡±

    Since the coach belonged to Mrs. Lin, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t say anything.

    Mrs. Lin got off immediately. Luo Jianqing pulled the little girl to his side and sent a message to Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Although my power is restrained, I can sense that there are four Foundation Establishment cultivators and twelve Qi Condensation cultivators outside. The groom was only a middle stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, he can¡¯t handle it.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi turned to Luo Jianqing and asked, ¡°You wanna help?¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled and hugged the little girl, ¡°She has helped us a lot, and obviously she is not an insignificant person, given the things she knows about cultivators.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t continue, but just relieved some restraint of Luo Jianqing¡¯s power. Now Luo Jianqing was equivalent to early stage Foundation Establishment.

    Suddenly, they heard Mrs. Lin¡¯s scold outside, ¡°Whoever sends you here should know who I am. If my grandfather knows you block my way today, you know the consequences.¡±

    A manughed rudely, ¡°Zhao Yue, you still think yourself as the nobledy of Zhao Family, don¡¯t you? When you eloped with that vulgar tike Lin, you should know your consequences! Now that churl has died, how dare you return to Sha Du city? You really should have stayed in Ying Feng City and kept your life. But since you¡¯re courting death, I will give you a hand!¡±

    Mrs. Lin asked calmly, ¡°So who sends you here? My senior brother, third brother, fourth sister or nh sister?¡±

    ¡°You can ask them in the lower world then.¡±

 Chapter 151: As Guests to the State Ministerâ€™s Mansion (I)

    <h4>Chapter 151: As Guests to the State Minister¡¯s Mansion (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    At that very moment, the colliding sound of the des reached their ears.

    Operating his Spiritual Sense, Luo Jianqing saw the coachman sitting in the front unsheathed a sword and threw himself into the fight. The driver had long lost his youth. Unintentionally checking his Bone Age, Luo Jianqing realized that this man was already more than two hundred years old. The life-span of a Foundation Establishment Period cultivator was three hundred years. The man only achieved the middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period so far, so he had little time left.

    Nheless, the coachman was quite tough. He managed to fight with e-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator and three early-stage ones at the same time. Still, the rest twelve of Qi Condensation Period cultivators dashed to the carriage.

    Mrs. Lin drew out a soft sword from its scabbard and joined the scuffle, fighting against these Qi Condensation Period cultivators. Without a single trace of Spiritual Power, surprisingly, Mrs. Lin didn¡¯t let her opponents get too many advantages. Brandishing her sword with superior techniques, she attacked the cultivators¡¯ weak points with deadly uracy. Though gradually backing up, she clearly had the ability to resist them for a while.

    Suddenly, Mrs. Lin drew back to the carriage after sessfully dodging her rival¡¯s another attack. She lowered her voice and said, ¡°Mr. Luo, Mr. Wu, please leave this ce as quickly as possible. Mr. Wang and I can handle this. I only ask one favor ¨C please, please take Rongrong with you and take care of her in the future when... I am not by her side. Here are some Spiritual Stones. Everything she needs is in this Interspatial Ring. You have all of my gratitude!¡±

    With her words still wafting in the air, Mrs. Lin unsheathed her sword once again and joined the scuffle, leaving the Interspatial Ring to those in the carriage.

    Though still young, Rongrong immediately understood the meaning in her mother¡¯s words. Tears filled her eyes, but the girl bit her lips, trying everything she could to hold back the cry. She didn¡¯t let out a slightest sobbing sound. Sitting on the other side of the carriage, facing Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing, Rongrong didn¡¯t beg him to help her mother or anything; she just sat there, head hanging low, hands clenching the corner of her dress.

    Luo Jianqing never knew that a girl six years old could be this tough. Gazing at her red eyes for a long time, finally, he chuckled softly. Luo Jianqing reached out his hand to stroke the girl¡¯s head and patted her gently.

    That¡¯s the moment Rongrong gave it in. Tears flooded out, rushing down her chubby cheeks, but she still didn¡¯t make any sound.

    Standing up, Luo Jianqing tilted his head to look at Xuan Lingzi, then thetter nodded with consent.

    Luo Jianqing knew the reason why Xuan Lingzi restricted his Cultivation Base to the early-stage of Foundation Establishment Period ¨C his Master didn¡¯t want him to handle this easily. He needed to gain experience, especially that from fighting with a higher-level opponent. Though none of these cultivators had anything to do with ¡°high-level¡±, given that Luo Jianqing¡¯s Cultivation Base was set at a level much lower than theirs, they could be counted as challenging rivals.

    Raising the curtain of the carriage, Luo Jianqing flew out andnded at the edge of the battle field. ¡°A gang of rogues bullying a woman and her daughter? Can¡¯t believe you even call yourselves ¡®men¡¯.¡±

    The killers were shocked by the sudden presence of Luo Jianqing ¨C they didn¡¯t even realize there were others in the carriage for the whole time! The gang¡¯s leader stopped to size up Luo Jianqing suspiciously. He detected Luo Jianqing¡¯s early-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivation and scorned, ¡°If you still care about your life, bugger off, now!¡±

    Hearing this, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t even draw his sword. The elegant cultivator smiled, ¡°How to bugger? Would you demonstrate it with yourrades, please?¡±

    The man was provoked, raised his de and dashed toward Luo Jianqing. The carriage driver wanted to protect Luo Jianqing, but he was too far away from him. Mrs. Lin shouted in astonishment, ¡°Mr. Luo, why didn¡¯t you leave! Why waste your life on saving us! If you didn¡¯t stay here, there might still be a chance for you guys to survive!¡±

    In a blink, the gigantic de was right in front of Luo Jianqing, several inches away.

    With overwhelming coercion, the de Wind violently stirred up the air of the valley. Dispersing greyish Spiritual Power, the ck storm overcast the sky and devoured thest trace of sun light. The de itself wasn¡¯t that intimidating, but the coercion of ate-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator forced every cultivator in the valley to reel back at least a half step. Without any cultivation base, Mrs. Lin staggered four or five steps until she held the ground.

    The de pushed forward, about to chop Luo Jianqing¡¯s head in the next millisecond. Gritting her teeth tightly, Mrs. Lin took out a piece of jade from her pocket. Holding it in her palm, she clenched her fist tightly until the jade stone was broken.

    Boom!

    A white ray of light dashed out from the jade stone and collide with that colossal de Wind, creating a deafening sound. The next moment, both of them disappeared in the sky.

    Luo Jianqing was just curious about the power of thiste-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator, so he had no intention to dodge from his attack or anything. Nheless, he was shocked by the energy ray that Mrs. Lin released. Then he heard Mrs. Lin shouted to him, ¡°Mr. Luo, that jade stone is myst defending item. Take Rongrong with you and go! Go!¡±

    Her words reached the carriage, from which the girl rushed out and cried, ¡°No, Rongrong will not leave you behind! I¡¯m not leaving! No!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was stunned ¨C he never expected Mrs. Lin would use herst chance of survival to protect him. Watching the mother and daughter embracing each other and weeping together, he felt a warm spring streaming down his heart. Turning back, Luo Jianqing saw Xuan Lingzi stepping out of the carriage.

    After they exchanged a look, Luo Jianqing reproached, ¡°Master, you didn¡¯t keep a close eye on Rongrong.¡±

    Curling his mouth up, Xuan Lingzi replied, ¡°Yes, indeed, it¡¯s my fault. There won¡¯t be any danger after you clear the field.¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head at first, and then nodded, ¡°Though she cane out whenever she wants after I finish the enemies, you should still keep her close by your side in case of any danger. You failed the mission of taking care of her.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was intrigued by Luo Jianqing¡¯s words. He smiled and sighed, ¡°I admit it. That is my fault, letting her get off the carriage.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was finally content with this answer. ¡°We will talk about this after I finish them.¡±

    Chatting casually on the battle field, Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing paid little attention to all these killers, treating them like air. The leader shouted in anger, ¡°Now that you have no more magic item to protect you guys, why are you still pretending everything¡¯s alright? What for? Finished yourst words? Continue your chat in the hell!¡±

    Once again, the man raised his de, eyes fixed on Luo Jianqing. He roared and forged his Spiritual Power into the de, creating immense de Shadow, hacking toward Luo Jianqing¡¯s head.

    The ghost-like colossal de Shadow scared Rongrong. Face turning pale, the girl even stopped crying.

    However, the instant when that de Shadow about to sh Luo Jianqing¡¯s skin, a ray of bice sword light broke the air and pieced through the killer¡¯s forehead in a millisecond, not even a single droplet of blood sshed out. A clean shot. The man stopped moving immediately.

    Still holding that de up high in the air, he stood where he was, seized with terror. Panic was imprinted in his eyes permanently. Then, like a statue, the man fell on the ground.

    Everything happened so fast. None of the killers was prepared for this, and they never would be. Out of nowhere, the bice sword light revealed itself and then vanished in the air, ying a game of hide and seek with its enemies, reaping their lives with a certain degree of gentleness. One by one, they copsed and hit the ground. A few secondster, these once merciless killers were turned into lifeless corpses.

    Xuan Lingzi sighed, ¡°If your cultivation is lower than Eighth Grade Qi Condensation Period, maybe you could gain some experience today.¡±

    Luo Jianqing approached his Master and said, ¡°Are you saying that any battle without a life-threatening danger is meaningless to me?¡±

    Meeting his disciple¡¯s disgruntled gaze, Xuan Lingzi shut up his mouth and didn¡¯t say one more word.

    None of them realized how astonished Mrs. Lin and the coachman were. Bang, the coachman suddenly knelt before them and saluted, ¡°Thank you for saving our lives! Without you, youngdy and Mrs. Lin might not be able to get out of this trouble safe and sound. Thank you!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t have the heart to see an old man kneel down before him, so he immediately used his Spiritual Power to help the coachman stand up and smiled, ¡°Never mind. I¡¯m d to help. Mrs. Lin helped us a lot on the way, and we shall repay her kindness.¡±

    They got on the carriage, and the coachman marched the draft horses. They resumed their journey toward the Sha Du City.

 Chapter 152: As Guests to the State Ministerâ€™s Mansion (II)

    <h4>Chapter 152: As Guests to the State Minister¡¯s Mansion (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    This time, the little girl wasn¡¯t that unguarded anymore. No longer lying on Luo Jianqing¡¯s legs and chatting casually with him, she hid behind her mother, watching Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi secretly. The image of the two elegant cultivators were reflected in her limpid eyes. Most of the time, it was Luo Jianqing whom she spent more time observing.

    Finally, Mrs. Lin broke the silence. She sighed, ¡°In fact, I had it in my mind that you might be cultivators. However, Mr. Wang didn¡¯t sense any cultivation base on you, so I thought that I might be wrong, who knows, maybe you guys are simply practitioners of martial arts. Today you¡¯ve saved our lives. You have my deepest gratitude.¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied, ¡°It¡¯s nothing worth mentioning.¡±

    Madame Lin raised her head and said sincerely, ¡°It is something big to me. You¡¯ve saved Rongrong¡¯s life, and, to me, there¡¯s no such thing in this world that could be as significant as that.¡± Mrs. Lin paused a bit and finally told them the story. ¡°I am from the Zhao Family. Zhao Yue is my name. Ten years ago, I lived in the Sha Du City ¨C the capital of the kingdom. If you are citizens of Wu Sha Kingdom, you¡¯ve probably heard of my name. ¡®San Shui Hong Yue¡¯ ¨C that ¡®Yue¡¯ is referring to me.¡±

    Turning the clock back to ten years ago, ¡°San Shui Hong Yue¡± was a famous title well-known by the citizens of Wu Sha Kingdom.

    ¡°San¡± (TN: literally means ¡°three¡± or ¡°the third¡± in Chinese) was referring to the Third Prince, Wu Ao, who achieved Foundation Establishment Period after twenty-two years of cultivation.

    ¡°Shui¡± was referring to the son of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Qiu Shuifu, who achieved fully-developed ninth-level Qi Condensation Period after twenty-one years of cultivation.

    ¡°Hong¡± was referring to the Princess of Zhen Nan Territory, Xiao Hong, who achieved the ninth-level Qi Condensation Period after twenty years of cultivation.

    Following them was ¡°Yue¡±, Lady Zhao Yue ¨C the granddaughter of the State Minister Zhao. The girl reached eighth-level Qi Condensation Period at the age of seventeen, and had a great potential to establish the Foundation before twenty-two!

    ¡°Back then, my father arranged a marriage for me: to marry that Qiu Shuifu. Though we¡¯ve known each other since we were little, I never really liked him. He is an arrogant guy who often bosses others around and bullies the weak. His talents and handsome look are totally wasted, for he doesn¡¯t own a matching personality. That¡¯s why I escaped from my family before the wedding day. Then, I met my husband.¡±

    In a small kingdom like Wu Sha,moners who wanted to be a cultivator would go out and seek opportunities by attending the entrance examination set by cultivation sects. However, rarely descendants of the noble families would leave their hometown. They had got abundant cultivation resources provided by their families, so there was no need to make any effort.

    Though aplishment like ¡°achieving Foundation Establishment at the age of twenty-two¡± could be considered as a shame on Tai Hua Mountain ¨C given that even Li Xiuchen got it at the age of twenty ¨C for citizens of Wu Sha Kingdom, only one of the most talented people could make it.

    Mrs. Lin went on, ¡°My husband was a foreigner. His hometown was far away ¨C Qi Kingdom of the Chong State. He arrived at Wu Sha Kingdom as a refugee. That night, we met each other, and we fell in love with each other at the first sight. However, my family never agreed with my decision. They forbade me to marry a nobody.¡±

    Hearing this, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Mrs. Lin, you told me before that your husband reached early-stage Foundation Establishment Period when he was twenty-five. By Wu Sha Kingdom¡¯s standard, he was absolutely a talented guy in terms of cultivating. Your family didn¡¯t take that into consideration?¡±

    Mrs. Lin smiled wryly, ¡°No, talent means nothing to them since he had no powerful family behind him. My family always weigh power heavier than anything else.¡±

    Luo Jianqing listened to the rest of her story in patience.

    In a calm tone, Mrs. Lin told them how she was so determined to elope with the love of her life when she was eighteen years old. After they had done that, she was disowned by her family. To repay the efforts and resources her family had put into her all these years, she fused all of her cultivation base into a Spiritual Bead, giving up her identity of a cultivator.

    After she sent the Spiritual Bead back, her family finally stopped the efforts of catching them back. Her grandfather, who once loved her the most, crossed her name from the Family Pedigree and disowned her forever.

    Since then, the couple settled at Ying Feng City, and they got a daughter a few yearster. They named the baby ¡°Rongrong¡± and thought they could finally live happily forever. Nheless, all the wonderful ns for their future copsed when her husband¡¯s enemy found them.

    One year ago, her husband was murdered, so Mrs. Lin had to move away with her daughter. Mr. Wang was her husband¡¯s butler who once reached fully-developedte-stage Foundation Establishment Period, and after beingbadly wounded, his cultivation base was dropped to middle-stage.

    This time, Zhao Family heard about Zhao Yue¡¯s difficulties. Though still mad about her, the Head of the Zhao Family still saw Zhao Yue as his precious granddaughter. He sent messages to Zhao Yue, asking her toe back to her family and leave the past in the past.

    Zhao Yue smiled, ¡°My grandpa is always like this, strict man he seemed to be, but quite tender hearted. I made such a huge scandal, brought my family to the eye of gossiping hurricane and disgraced them so much. Now, he still opens his arms to me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Well, then why didn¡¯t he send any people to escort you back? Surely he knows that once youe back, some of your siblings¡¯ family status will be threatened. He should be wise enough to notice it.¡±

    Zhao Yue suddenly went quiet.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to depress her, so he added, ¡°Maybe he was too busy.¡±

    Smiling wryly, Zhao Yue nodded, ¡°That¡¯s true. It won¡¯t necessarily be a good thing for me to go back. Sha Du City is actually another dangerous ce for me to step in. I was going to invite you to stay at my family for somedays for a rest. Now, it doesn¡¯t seem like a good idea any more. It might expose you to danger. How about this? We travel together till we reach the countryside near the city tomorrow. It would be better if you guys are not seen entering the city with me.¡±

    Hearing her ns, Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°You wanted to invite us to visit your family as guests?¡±

    Zhao Yue wasn¡¯t expecting him to ask this, so she replied without thinking too much, ¡°Mr. Luo, my status in the family is now very weak, easily being attacked. If you reallye to my family, I won¡¯t be able to guarantee your safety. There are six Gold Core Period masters in my family, and lots ofte-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivators, you might be...¡±

    Although Zhao Yue had a feeling that Luo Jianqing and his travelpany were powerful cultivators and were certainly notmon Foundation Establishment Cultivators, still, she doubted that they could outmuscle the Gold Core cultivators and her grandfather ¨C State Minister Zhao, a Nascent Soul Period cultivator.

    Luo Jianqingforted her, ¡°We don¡¯t know anybody in the Sha Du City. If you do invite us, we certainly won¡¯t turn down your generosity. Besides, we haven¡¯t repaid your kindness to take us along with you all the way from Ying Feng City to this ce.¡±

    Zhao Yue was shocked to hear this, ¡°But you just saved our lives...¡±

    ¡°Mrs. Lin, you also saved my life by breaking that jade stone.¡±

    Stunned, Zhao Yue stared at this ethereal cultivator dressed in bice for a long time. Atst, she smiled and nodded with gratitude, ¡°Well, then, I invite you to visit State Minister Zhao¡¯s Mansion as my guests. I will be your guide and give you a tour of Sha Du City.¡±

    The next day, along with a warm breeze, amon carriage drove into the Sha Du City.

    Horse hooves tapping the ground in rhythm, they headed to the royal city and stopped at the gate of a grand mansion. Dressed in luxuriant garments, many had already gathered at the gate. Everyone seemed excited about Zhao Yue¡¯s arriving, sincerely expressing their wee.

    Slightly nervous, Zhao Yue clenched her fingers.

    Xuan Lingzi sent words to Luo Jianqing by using Spiritual Power. ¡°Why do you want to stay here for somedays?¡±

    Opening his eyes, Luo Jianqing chuckled and turned around to look at his Master. Eyes curved into pleasant crescent shapes, he answered, ¡°To fully experience the life ofmoners, that¡¯s what you said. Then why don¡¯t we take a good look of a mortal Kingdom? Master, aren¡¯t you curious about what it has in store for us?¡±

    Mouth curling up, Xuan Lingzi took Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand when Zhao Yue and Rongrong weren¡¯t paying attention to them, then he lowered his voice, ¡°Alright, whatever you want. I¡¯ll always stay by your side.¡±

 Chapter 153: Dumbstruck, I Dropped My Bun

    <h4>Chapter 153: Dumbstruck, I Dropped My Bun</h4>

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi lived in the mansion of the State Minister.

    It seemed that Zhao Yue¡¯s brothers and sisters missed her so much. They greeted her warmly once she got back. Zhao Yue told Mr. Wang not to mention the attack in their journey, so those in the Zhao Family appeared to know nothing. There was nothing but family togetherness.

    Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing were arranged to live in the quiet west yard, a good ce for cultivation. Luo Jianqing had noticed that the imperial pce in Sha Du City gathered most spiritual power in this kingdom.

    The imperial pce was protected by spiritual power and imperial majesty, while the mansion of the State Minister was just next to the pce, also enjoying vigorous spiritual power.

    The spiritual power here was of course, far weaker than that in Tai Hua mountain, yet by no means weak for an ordinary kingdom.

    When Zhao Yue just returned, many people cared about her. However, days after days, they were much less considerate, as they had confirmed that Zhao Yue had lost her cultivation, which meant that she had nothing to do with cultivators anymore.

    In a kingdom packed with martial energy, a person who couldn¡¯t be a cultivator was pretty much a total loser.

    But Zhao Yue didn¡¯t care about that. She took Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi out, showing them around the city and visiting each interesting ce she had told them.

    After they left the market of rogue cultivators in the east city, Luo Jianqing bought a bun.

    Luo Jianqing slighted the goods in this market. The instruments made by these rogue cultivators were nothingpared to those made by his sixth fellow brother, not to mention Xuan Lingzi. But the bun was quite interesting. The seller said this mushroom stuffing bun was not able to be eaten up!

    Luo Jianqing had a bite, and the bun indeed restored to aplete one quickly.

    Luo Jianqing was fascinated by this unique ¡°instrument¡±, while Xuan Lingzi just shook his head slightly.

    Then, Zhao Yue brought them to Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce ad said, ¡°As I told you, the chamber has everything here, but for a high price. And many eminent cultivators wille here to sell demon bodies they hunted in Wan Shou Mountain and some pills maybe. Some instrument artisan will also entrust the instruments they make to the chamber for auction.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing asked curiously, ¡°I saw many instruments in the rogue cultivators market. Why don¡¯t they entrust their instruments to the Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce?¡± As he asked, Luo Jianqing was still eating his ¡°endless¡± mushroom bun.

    Few people would have the heart to be angry with a handsome young man who was gazing at you seriously and biting a hot bun. Mrs. Lin was attracted by this adorable young man, but she didn¡¯t know that he was much older than her. She just felt that Mr. Luo was good-looking, willing to help and funny.

    Zhao Yue exined, ¡°Because only precious instruments can be sold and auctioned in the Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce. The instruments made by those cultivators cannot even reach the threshold of the chamber.

    Then, they entered the chamber.

    The four-story building looked very ordinary outside, but after they entered it, they found a different world.

    Zhao Yue said, ¡°An instrument master built this ce. Hundreds of years ago, he forged a Xuan Level instrument for Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce and left it in Sha Du City. So, it is now the headquarter of Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce. Small as this building seems, the internal space is quiterge. Usually, nine hundred and ny-nine goods are disced at the first floor, ny-nine at the second floor, and nine at the third floor. As for the fourth floor, I have never been there, but it is said that only one supreme instrument is stored there.¡±

    As they entered the chamber, a receptionist came and led the way for them. The receptionist examined Zhao Yue for a long time and asked with atonement, ¡°May I ask... are you Mrs. Zhao from the mansion of the Grand Master?¡±

    Zhao Yue beamed, which made the receptionist even more solicitous.

    As the saying went, A thin, dead camel was bigger than a horse. Even if Zhao Yue was in aedown, she was still the family of the State Minister Zhao. It took them half an hour to finished viewing all nine hundred and ny-nine goods at the first floor, which however, didn¡¯t arose the interest of Luo Jianqing. For him, these were just normal instruments and pills, nothing equal to the bun he was eating. Seeing that, Zhao Yue said, ¡°Let¡¯s move to the second floor.¡±

    However, the receptionist said awkwardly, ¡°Sorry... but I¡¯m afraid the second floor is not essible today.¡±

    Zhao Yue put on a grave face and asked, ¡°Now the family of the State Minister has lost the privilege to visit the second floor?¡± Her tone was a little pressing and cold.

    The receptionist was even more stumped, ¡°Of course not, Ms. Zhao. You are still the most weing guest to the second floor. Besides, if you buy something, I can getmission, that¡¯s a good thing. But... it is indeed inconvenient today.¡±

    Just as they talked, two guests went to the second floor.

    Zhao Yue¡¯s beautiful face turned cold. She said indifferently, ¡°I have the full ess to any of these three floors since I was a child, but now you tell me that I cannot even go to the second floor. Then why is it essible for those two people? I have never heard such a ridiculous excuse. You¡¯d better clearly exin why it is inconvenient for me to ascend today.¡±

    The receptionist was feeling a surge of embarrassment. He opened and shut his mouth, unspeaking. Zhao Yue was annoyed but also felt strange. When she was about to purse her question, a frivolous and casual voice came from the staircase, ¡°Isn¡¯t it sister Yue? I need to call you Mrs. Lin now. You haven¡¯t changed much after all these years, except that you have been a loser.¡±

    Luo Jianqing noticed that Zhao Yue¡¯s body got stiffened when she heard that voice.

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyebrows and looked towards that person. It was a young man dressed up in purple minks and jewelry belt. He was handsome that seemed to have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but his eyes had some trace of evil, quite unpleasant look.

    Luo Jianqing looked back to Mrs. Lin quietly.

    She said calmly, ¡°Well, I didn¡¯t expect that you would be here. I guess the second floor is indeed not convenient for me to ascend anyway. See you then.¡±

    Mrs. Lin was about to leave, yet that rich guy opened his folding fan, which flew towards Mrs. Lin at an extremely high speed, blocking her way. The folding fan left an elegant arc in the air and flew back to that guy. He said negligently, ¡°Sister Yue, after all we were so close to be a couple. It¡¯s so heartless for you to avoid me like that.¡±

    He was the ¡°Shui¡± of ¡°San Shui Hong Yue¡±, Qiu Shuifu, the son of the prime minister.

    Luo Jianqing examined that rich guy curiously, while Qiu Shuifu only give him a nce. After all, for Qiu Shuifu, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were just two good-looking people, nothing parallel to him.

    Zhao Yue said seriously, ¡°That¡¯s my fault, but my family have given you considerablepensation. Please don¡¯t embarrass me.¡±

    Qiu Shuifu wafted his fan casually and teased, ¡°I haven¡¯t even started to embarrass you yet.¡±

    Zhao Yue said, ¡°I take my friends out for a visit today, so I should leave now.¡±

    Zhao Yue was about to leave, but a fan wind again flew towards her and blocked her way.

    Zhao Yue said furiously, ¡°That¡¯s going too far! My family gave you all the dowry aspensation, and you epted it. And we were just engaged, not married. You took thepensation, and I went to apologize in your mansion personally. Why are you giving me a hard time now?¡±

    Qiu Shuifu¡¯s smile suddenly disappeared. His eyes were as cold as a snake. He sneered, ¡°Because you broke off our engagement for a vulgar viger!¡±

    As he finished, another fan wind rushed towards Zhao Yue. This time, it was to attack her.

    Zhao Yue had noticed her families changing attitudes these days, and she understood that she had lost her prominent identity. State Minister Zhao just called her back and then he went to closed-door cultivation, so she had to tolerate all these alone.

    Normally, any family member from the mansion of the State Minister would be apanied by several Foundation Establishment guards when they went out, but obviously Zhao Yue didn¡¯t have such privilege. Even Mr. Wang was banned from escorting her.

    As the fan shed towards her, Zhao Yue took out the sword and blocked. Qiu Shuifu didn¡¯t use much power to control the fan wind, yet it forced Zhao Yue to step back dozens of steps. She was breathing unsteadily.

    Seeing that, Qiu Shuifu¡¯s eyes were full of teasing.

    The bystanders dared not to offend any of them. Both the prime minister and the State Minister were from aristocratic family in Wu Sha Kingdom, so no one could rival them. On the other hand, Qiu Shuifu had reached the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. That was a remarkable achievement for a young man in his 30s, so it was hard to deny his promising future.

    ¡°You are really useless, aren¡¯t you?¡± Qiu Shuifuughed at Zhao Yue in disorder. He wafted his folding fan gently and another fan wind rushed towards her. However, the arc wind suddenly disappeared halfway in the air.

    Qiu shuifu was baffled. He looked around and said, ¡°I don¡¯t know there is another senior here, but this is something personal between me and Zhao Yue. She broke off our engagement and humiliated me, so please stay out of this matter!¡±

    As he spoke, his Gold Core guard stepped forward and watched around vigntly.

    It was obvious that the prime minister highly valued Qiu Shuifu. He even sent a Gold Core cultivator to protect his son, which was a cautious move.

    However, no one answered him.

    Luo Jianqing was standing by. He was lowering his head and biting his round, soft bun. He blinked, wearing a confusing look. Qiu Shuifu nced at him, yet didn¡¯t notice him at all. Qiu Shuifu looked at Xuan Lingzi for a longer time, who was calm, but also didn¡¯t see anything different.

    After a moment, he was still not answered by that so-called senior, so he raised his fan again.

    This time, he used seven percent of his spiritual power, and the van wind formed a huge hawk in the air. The hawk honked and rushed downwards. Just as it extended the wings, the hawk fell into pieces before it could touch the clothes of Zhao Yue.

    Qiu Shuifu shouted angrily, ¡°Who is it?!¡±

    The cultivator beside him also said coldly, ¡°Mr. Qiu is settling some personal affairs with Mrs. Lin. Who is hiding there and helping the woman? If you are notfortable with it, step forward and talk to me face to face. Only coward would hide!¡±

    As he finished, the Cold Core cultivator stamped his foot with fury, causing a number of waves.

    ¡°Damn!¡±

    Everyone turned to the shouting person.

    They saw a handsome young man in green opening his eyes wide with a shocking face. He was looking at a bun on the ground contaminated by dirt. His fine and delicate eyes were filled with astonishment. His skin was as white as snow, eye-brows as thick as ink, and he was gazing at the bun on the ground. After a long gaze, he raised his head and frowned, ¡°You just made too much noise and scared me. Now I have dropped my bun.¡±

 Chapter 154: Finishing His Enemy with Sheathed Sword

    <h4>Chapter 154: Finishing His Enemy with Sheathed Sword</h4>

    Frowning slightly, Luo Jianqing puckered his lips.

    What Qiu Shuifu saw was a young idiot who was about to take vengeance on him for a bun, not knowing who he was and what he was capable of. Waving his hands with an obvious scorn, Qiu Shuifu threw a piece of Low-grade Spiritual Stone toward Luo Jianqing, and said indifferently, ¡°Come on, it¡¯s just a bun. Get out of my sight with this stone.¡±

    The stone never reached Luo Jianqing. Several inches away from its target, the stone fell abruptly to the ground as if it was blocked by an invisible wall. Qiu Shuifu was totally stunned when he saw this scene.

    Moving his eyes off the Spiritual Stone, Qiu Shuifu lifted his head and saw that weird young man dressed in bice was looking at him with a calm and aloof gaze. That ethereal visage of his was expressionless, Luo Jianqing was simply looking back at him with a sense of casualness, as if he was nothing but a piece of dust.

    Without any reason, Qiu Shuifu felt a cultch at his heart. He said involuntarily, ¡°Is it you?!¡±

    Raising his eyebrows subtly, Luo Jianqing smiled softly, ¡°What?¡±

    A subtle change of facial expression made him apletely different person in Qiu Shuifu¡¯s perception.

    Luo Jianqing had made Qiu Shuifu believe that he was just a na?ve Childe who had nothing in his brain except stupidity, but a few seconds ago, he himself intentionally broke that impression. Luo Jianqing stood under the sun, like an ethereal high level cultivator, bearing the golden ray which lightened up his handsome visage. Wind stroked his lustrous hair. His bice robe was glimmering under the sunshine.

    Though suspicious, Qiu Shuifu still couldn¡¯t believe Luo Jianqing was that mysterious cultivator. Qiu Shuifu scanned Luo Jianqing all over again by using his Spiritual Sense, which didn¡¯t tell him a different result ¨C a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator, nothing special.

    But how could this be possible? Qiu Shuifu wondered, it is impossible for a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator to save Zhao Yue right in front of himself and Elder Li.

    Except...

    ¡°Who the heck is your aplice? Point him out for me and we shall have apetition!¡±

    Chuckling, Luo Jianqing was amused by his words, ¡°Aplice? Well, Childe Qiu, can you at least tell me what I did exactly? Your friend suddenly dispersed his coercion which freaked me out so that my bun was dropped on the ground. This is nomon bun, I tell you, and now you want topensate me with a low-grade Spiritual Stone? Seriously?¡±

    Qiu Shuifu was irritated, ¡°Come on, it¡¯s just a bun! One Spiritual Stone is enough for you to buy more buns than you could ever eat in your life!¡±

    Widening his eyes in shock, Luo Jianqing said in an obvious astonishment, ¡°Do you have some problem with your eyes?¡±

    In other words: Are you blind?!

    Qiu Shuifu reproached him, ¡°That¡¯s enough! If you say one more ndering word, I promise that you won¡¯t step out of this Chamber of Commerce in one piece.¡±

    ¡°Alright¡±, Luo Jianqing murmured, as if soliloquizing, ¡°I see that you are blind.¡±

    Qiu Shuifu, ¡°You!¡±

    Besides them, Xuan Lingzi was watching this prank in calmness. Luo Jianqing was clearly ying a naughty trick on Qiu Shuifu, but his Master didn¡¯t feel there was anything wrong with it. Instead, Xuan Lingzi thought, my disciple was so cute. Right, cultivators of Tai Hua Mountain should never be taken advantage of. Jianqing was such a role model as the Great Senior Disciple.

    Luo Jianqing had no idea that his Master was mumbling such interesting ideas in his head. Well, he could never know how biased Xuan Lingzi was. Luo Jianqing continued his little quarrel with Qiu Shuifu, ¡°As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, howe you missed the Spiritual Power dispersing out of this bun? Again, this is not amon Baozi. This is my Life Item!¡±

    Luo Jianqing paused to let his word sunk in. Every one was stunned and kept silent.

    Qiu Shuifu was now in real anger. He yelled, ¡°Who the heck would use a bun as his Life Item?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled innocently and pointed himself, ¡°Me.¡±

    Qiu Shuifu, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing gazed at the bun in sympathy, ¡°This bun had been apanying me day and night since the first day I decided to be a cultivator. I cannot bear it to be eaten, so it is still a wless bun all the time. Then, one day, I forged it to be my Life Item, and by any reason it deserves to be treated the same way as the other magical items received. Today, however, under the witness of many others, my bun fell on the ground and is now profaned by dirt, while the other magical items are enshrined in this chamber ofmerce, being cared for as precious.¡± Luo Jianqing paused, pursed his mouth and then let out a long sigh, ¡°Why, discrimination is everywhere.¡±

    Qiu Shuifu was so furious that her pointed his finger at Luo Jianqing andshed out, ¡°Nonsense!¡±

    Moving away his eyes from the bun, Luo Jianqing got rid of that sad look. He made a slight smile, and fixed his limpid eyes on Qiu Shuifu, ¡°Then, give my intact bun back to me.¡±

    Qiu Shuifu said, ¡°Alright, I see, how many stones is it worth? I¡¯llpensate you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said in coldness, ¡°One hundred high-grade Spiritual Stones.¡±

    Qiu Shuifu widened his eyes, ¡°Don¡¯t treat me like a fool!¡±

    Luo Jianqing chuckled, ¡°So you refuse topensate?¡±

    Hearing Luo Jianqing¡¯s words, Qiu Shuifu sized him up once again. In his eyes, Luo Jianqing was a bold and seemingly indifferent Foundation Establishment cultivator was just trying to ying a joke with him, nothing more. Folding his fan in rage, Qiu Shuifu said, ¡°This whole thing is a setup. However, you made a deadly mistake ¨C don¡¯t think you could take any advantage of the family of prime minister just because you got someone helping you in secret. Today, I shall teach you a lesson for your boldness.¡±

    The next instant, Qiu Shuifu dashed toward Luo Jianqing while forging Spiritual Power into his fan.

    Without even dodging, Luo Jianqing stood where he was, looking fearlessly at that Spiritual-Power-forged gigantic falcon flew right toward his eyes. When the beak of the falcon was about to peck his eyeball, Luo Jianqing stretched out his fingers and nipped Qiu Shuifu¡¯s fan effortlessly. Then, he flicked his wrist.

    Boom!

    Qiu Shuifu was knocked high up in the air and was then caught by his Gold Core Period bodyguard before he hit the ground.

    The crowd was shocked. Even Zhao Yue was staring at Luo Jianqing, unable to believe what she just saw.

    ¡°Is this... really the power of a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator?¡±

    ¡°Howe Childe Qiu was knocked off like that? This guy didn¡¯t even move! Why, it doesn¡¯t make any sense. Childe Qiu is also a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator. They are of the same cultivation base, but one is extremely better than another!¡±

    ¡°He is such a powerful cultivator! Does anyone know who he is?¡±

    Zhao Yue gazed at Luo Jianqing in astonishment. She knew that Luo Jianqing was no doubt a talented one, given that he easily finished the killers that were sent to murder her on the way back. Though the leader of that killer gang was ate-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator, he was noparison with Qiu Shuifu, even if thetter was only at middle-stage cultivator.

    Why? Because Qiu Shuifu got well-equipped and well-experienced. The fan he was fiddling all the time was actually a High-level Supreme Magic Item! Grown up in a cultivation family, Qiu Shuifu had abundant resources, and he umted his fighting experience throughbats with many high-level cultivators. Although Zhao Yue never really liked him, she had to admit that Qiu Shuifu was a powerful cultivator among his Foundation Establishment Period.

    However, no matter how impressive he appeared to be, this arrogant Childe was defeated by Luo Jianqing so easily!

    Carefully putting Qiu Shuifu on the ground, the Gold Core Period bodyguard checked his injury and found his Master was only slightly hurt on the skin. Assured of Qiu Shuifu¡¯s safety, the body guard drew a pair of scimitars out of his Interspatial Ring, staring at Luo Jianqing with ice-cold eyes. He sneered, ¡°I respect that guy whoever it is that helped you secretly, and I had no intention to bully a kid. However, now that you¡¯ve hurt Childe Qiu, then don¡¯t me me for this. You asked for it!¡±

    Thunder started rumbling in the sky.

    Suddenly, colossal thick clouds covered the firmament that hung over the Chamber of Commerce. Silver snakes were writhing among the clouds. des of lightning were shimmering, as if the next second they would strike the earth. The Gold Core Period cultivator was brandishing his scarlet-colored scimitars, which was glittering under the creepy lightning.

    The man hacked, and along with his action, thousands of silver snakes dived from the sky, covered by enormous de Shadow that was forged by Spiritual Power. The earth was shaken.

    ¡°The de of Thunder!¡±

    After all, the bodyguard was a Gold Core Period cultivator, and Luo Jianqing¡¯s cultivation base was constrained by his Master, but it was not a big deal. Luo Jianqing¡¯s middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivation base was not for a guy like Qiu Shuifu to challenge, given that thetter had little chance to win. For this Gold Core Period bodyguard, there was still a little possibility.

    Frowning, Luo Jianqing watched the herd of Thunder Snakes approaching him. Hesitating for a moment, atst, he drew out Floating Frost Sword but left it sheathed, just gently waved his sword in the air. A plume of gigantic thunder struck straight from the sky and shocked everyone.

    ¡°Man, that¡¯s a horrific thunder!¡±

    ¡°I¡¯ve never seen a thunder like this. What the heck is that?!¡±

    ¡°A thunder summoned by a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator? That¡¯s insane!¡±

    The rumbling thunder, mixed with wisps of bice Spiritual Power, collided with the de Shadow.

    Bang!

    Sound echoing in the Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce, the collision had shaken the floor, making all of the items move off their original positions. The four-story building started to gloom in a mustard color. The defense mechanisms had been triggered. As a magic item, the Chamber of Commerce surely needed to protect itself along with the magic items inside it.

    At the very beginning of Luo Jianqing and Qiu Shuifu¡¯s quarrel, the manager of Chamber of Commerce had hurried here to see what was going on. He didn¡¯t take it seriously. A quarrel between the Family of Prime Minister and the Family of State Minister was not a one he should interfere, for he could not afford to upset neither of them. The manager decided to leave it to themselves. Now, nheless, if he kept practicing that strategy for any longer, he feared that this building of his would soon be turned into a bunch of useless bricks!

    The manager of the Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce stood up and shouted, ¡°Please! Cultivators, please continue your fight outside this building!¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned back to look at the manager, but before he responded, he sensed a de Wind striking toward him. Tilting his head immediately, Luo Jianqing wasn¡¯t hit directly by the attack, but got cut a wisp of hair.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face darkened gradually. Next to him, Xuan Lingzi frowned as well, squinting at the Gold Core Period cultivator.

    Floating Frost Sword was roaring in anger, colliding the scabbard constantly, but Luo Jianqing still didn¡¯t draw it out.

    The graceful young cultivator flicked his sleeves and asked, ¡°As a man, bullying ady in public is already unforgivable. Mrs. Lin said that you already took thepensation and epted her apology, then you made another wrong move by humiliating her so many years after that event. Last but not least, you know better than anyone else that I am just a middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period cultivator, and you tried to take me down by secret attack. Excuse me, where is your manner?¡±

    Pausing, Luo Jianqing stroked the scabbard of Floating Frost, stating in a cold tone, ¡°People like you don¡¯t deserve me to draw out my sword.¡±

    Floating Frost Sword vibrated with agreement.

    Fixing his eyes on his opponent, Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°But you, deserve to take one of my Sword Maneuvers.¡±

    Pinching two fingers together, Luo Jianqing summoned a plume of bice-colored Sword Light which floated into the air and formed eight Sword Shadows.

    The Sword Qi dispersed by them was so thick that it was almost condensed into a tangible pir. Luo Jianqing casted the Floating Frost Sword in the air. Immediately, the sword started spinning, surrounded by the Sword Shadows.

    Within the scabbard, Floating Frost still dispersed tremendous Sword Qi.

    Tapping the ground with his right foot, Luo Jianqing pushed Floating Frost Sword forward. Suddenly, the hovering sword matrix turned into a bice lotus, attacking the Gold Core Period cultivator with intimidating Spiritual Power and coercion.

    ¡°One Sword Nine-Petal Lotus!¡±

    The bodyguard was no rookie. Responding quickly, he generated his most powerful maneuver.

    Two gigantic de Shadows appeared, while Luo Jianqing¡¯s bice lotus was tiny and cute. In the eyes of that Gold Core Period cultivator, however, this seemingly harmless lotus was dispersing dangerous power. In a blink, the de Shadows was torn asunder. Luo Jianqing¡¯s opponent reeled back a dozen of steps and finally spat out a mouthful of blood, with cultivation base dropping a great amount.

    One single Sword Maneuver with sheathed sword. Nobody was expecting a result like that.

 Chapter 155: You are Hired as the Alien Minister (I)

    <h4>Chapter 155: You are Hired as the Alien Minister (I)</h4>

    The whole chamber fell into silence. Luo Jianqing took back his Floating Frost Sword, and a lotus pattern appeared on his forehead. Xuan Lingzi pressed Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead, and the pattern disappeared suddenly. Luo Jianqing returned back to normal.

    By the time things were settled, Luo Jianqing and other people had gone.

    Before he left, Luo Jianqing picked up his mushroom bun that had been dropped on the ground and walked to Qiu Shuifu. He looked down at Qiu Shuifu and said emotionlessly, ¡°Since you won¡¯t forgive Mrs. Lin, you should return all the dowry you epted, then you will be justified to curse her as much as you like.¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing left, with everyone dumbstruck.

    ¡°Tell me my eyes haven¡¯t deceived me!¡±

    ¡°A middle-stage Foundation Establishment should overwhelm the early-stage Gold Core cultivator! That young man must be a genius, a peerless talent! He might not be the native of our kingdom. Maybe he is the elite from some big power, or even from a big sect.¡±

    ¡°My goodness, we¡¯ve just met an elite disciple from a big sect? That¡¯s awesome. Our kingdom is near to the Yu Dao Men Sect, may hee from there?¡±

    ¡°May well, he might even be the select disciple of Yu Dao Men Sect.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t hear these remarks, as he didn¡¯t care about what happened in the chamber at all.

    For him, it was indeed inappropriate for Mrs. Lin to break off the engagement and elope with her lover, which made Qiu Shuifu embarrassed. However, it was only an engagement, not true marriage. Besides, Mrs. Lin had apologized in person, and they epted that, and all the dowry shepensated.

    So, both sides reached an agreement on it, they owed nothing to each other.

    Now, Qiu Shuifu saw Mrs. Lin return to Sha Du City in a tight corner and thus humiliated her. That went too far.

    Zhao Yue apologized all the way, ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that I could encounter Qiu Shuifu in the chamber, and I cast a chill over your day in Wu Dao Chamber of Commerce. I will take you here again the other day.¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head with a smile, ¡°You can¡¯t predict that, and you didn¡¯t know he could be so offensive in the public area, so it¡¯s not your fault. We are content with the trip to the chamber, so as the Sha Du City. We are going to leave in several days.¡±

    Zhao Yue was baffled a little bit, ¡°You¡¯re leaving in several days?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°yes.¡± Then he turned to his master, ¡°We have some other things to deal with, so we cannot stay here for long.¡±

    Zhao Yue didn¡¯t persuade them to stay, and the three people returned to the mansion of the State Minister.

    The sky hadn¡¯t darkened yet. As soon as Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi got back to their yard, they heard morous noise.

    When there was no danger, Luo Jianqing would restrain his spiritual power himself to Qi Condensation, so he looked like an ordinary person. However, this time Luo Jianqing released his power when he heard the noise and recognized that person.

    Luo Jianqing filled his cup and sipped the tea, ¡°The message is spreading more quickly than I have imagined here.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t reply. He just looked up at Luo Jianqing and took the cup away.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice Xuan Lingzi¡¯s movement and continued, ¡°Mrs. Lin is not a useless person. She just transferred her spiritual power to the spiritual pearl and harmed her root of cultivation. She has helped in our journey to this kingdom, so why don¡¯t we help her out?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi still didn¡¯t say anything. He just pushed the cup forward.

    Luo Jianqing frowned. After a thought, he continued, ¡°But Mrs. Lin only has second-level B spiritual bones, which is even weaker than Rongrong with second-level A spiritual bones. How about this, we help Rongrong enter the cultivation realm. In this way we can repay the favor to Mrs. Lin.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi pushed his cup right in front of Luo Jianqing silently. The twilight shed the light on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s handsome and indifferent face, making him a little bit cold. Luo Jianqing finally noticed his master moving the cup. Luo Jianqing was speechless and filled the cup for Xuan Lingzi.

    Then Xuan Lingzi pulled the cup back satisfactorily and took a sip, saying in a low voice, ¡°Great.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Then we can set off tomorrow. This kingdom is literally not fun, but tonight can be sleepless, as the people of this mansion maye for us.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was tapping the red wood table with his long fingers. He asked casually, ¡°What does it have to do with us?¡±

    Luo Jianqing beamed, ¡°Nothing, actually.¡±

    That night, the news ¡°Luo Jianqing defeat the Gold Core guard with only one move¡± spread over the mansion of the State Minister and caused a great a great disturbance. Five of the six Gold Core cultivators in the mansion came to their yard, urgent to see that mysterious guy.

    Currently, Zhao Yue¡¯s father wore the trousers in this family. He told his daughter, ¡°Cultivator Luo has offended the people of the prime minister. Within the territory of the kingdom, only the royal family, King of the South Sovereignty and we can protect him. Yue, you made a huge mistake that year, now you can make it up. Persuade Cultivator Luo to join our family, be our alien minister, and we can protect him!¡±

    Zhao Yue stood in their way in the yard and said seriously, ¡°Father, uncles, Mr. Luo and Mr. Wu are not from our kingdom. I understand that you want them to join our family and even be your son-inw, but they are far beyond our reach. They will leave in several days, and they are my guests, so please don¡¯t force them.¡±

    Her father flickered his sleeve angrily, ¡°Ridiculous! How can I force a junior?¡±

    Zhao Yue still blocked them, ¡°Mr. Luo and Mr. Wu hurt Qiu Shuifu and his guard for me, so I will bear the responsibility. Let the people of the prime minister take revenge on me!¡±

    Zhao Tian was even angrier, ¡°Do you know that the grand master of the mansion of the prime minister has reached Nascent Soul? Why does your grandfather do the close-door cultivation? Because the royal family and the mansion of prime minister have their respective Nascent Soul cultivator, but we don¡¯t have any. Cultivator Luo muste from a big sect, the Yu Dao Men Sect maybe. As long as we establish a rtionship with Yu Dao Men sect, we don¡¯t have to fear the royal family and the mansion of prime minister anymore. You have to consider for your family!¡±

 Chapter 156: You are Hired as the Alien Minister (II)

    <h4>Chapter 156: You are Hired as the Alien Minister (II)</h4>

    Zhao Yue was hesitating. As Zhao Tian was about to force through and enter the yard, she was still blocking his way. Zhao Yue implored, ¡°Father, Mr. Luo and Mr. Wu have helped me a lot, and they are just visitors to our kingdom. You can¡¯t bring the troubles of our family to them; they have nothing to do with it. If you drag them into the quagmire of our kingdom, I will be humiliated.¡±

    Zhao Tian immediately ignored her. He shook her off and started walking into the yard. However, ... bang!

    An invisible ward spread around the yard and blocked him out.

    Zhao Tian was at the early stage of Gold Core, yet he couldn¡¯t break that small ward. After a long hesitation, he shouted, ¡°Mr. Luo, Mr. Wu, I¡¯m Zhao Tian from the mansion of State Minister. I¡¯m impressed by your swordsmanship ande here for a bit of advice. We would like to invite you as our alien aide for our mansion. As return, you can enjoy the cultivation recourses exclusive for our lineage.¡±

    No reply.

    Zhao Tian kept shouting for a while, getting nothing.

    He waited for a moment, but still silence, so heughed out and said, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. There must be a bond between us as we meet, so I would be very much pleased if you would ept a small present from me.¡±

    Zhao Tian left an Interspatial Ring in front of the yard gate and walked away. He gave Zhao Yue a stare and said coldly, ¡°What¡¯s the point of staying here if you can¡¯t serve your family? You are nothing but an ungraceful loser.¡±

    Zhao Yue was about to say something, but she restrained.

    The crowd left the yard quickly, leaving Zhao Yue alone. She forged a smile, which seemed to age her ten years. She made a courtesy towards the yard and said, ¡°Sorry to disturb you today. Although my father is quite arbitrary, he won¡¯t force you in front of the huge crowd, but the people of the prime minister are not so kind. I¡¯ve heard that the mansion of prime minister has frequent contacts with Yu Dao Men Sect recently. If you are really the disciples of Yu Dao Men Sect, you¡¯d better reconciliate with the prime minister. If you are not, then leave the realm of Yu Dao Men Sect as soon as possible. These are some farewell gifts. I will not apany you to the city gate, in case of being spotted.¡±

    Then, Zhao Yue also left an Interspatial Ring on the ground and walked away.

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi heard everything happened in the yard. When Zhao Tian shouted, they sipped and tasted tea. When Zhao Yue left, they still caroused.

    When everything was settled, Luo Jianqing raised his finger, and those two Interspatial Rings appeared in his palm. He examined them carefully and smiled, ¡°Master, Mrs. Lin did give us avish gift, even morevish than her father¡¯s.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, hold the cup lid, gently scratched the tea fragments in the cup. The scent of the tea filled the room, ¡°Zhao Tian just tried to buy us over.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°He thought we were the disciples from some big sect, like... that Yu Dao Men Sect.¡± Luo Jianqing paused and then asked, ¡°Have you ever heard that sect?¡±

    After a thought, Xuan Lingzi replied, ¡°Maybe. Among some hundreds of small sects attached to Fei Hua Sect, I guess there is a Yu Dao... Men? I can hardly remember clearly.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t think much. He beamed and said, ¡°Then we leave tomorrow.¡±

    The crescent moon was rising in the inky sky, casting its velvety light on everything.

    The next day, as the sky is getting bright, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi had packed up and were ready to leave the mansion, and the kingdom. Before they left, Luo Jianqing insisted on visiting Rongrong and giving her some gifts. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t say anything, apanying him to the yard of Mrs. Lin.

    Meanwhile, in the distant Fiend Realm.

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Waves of fierce spiritual power storms swept over the whole Realm. It started from the Fiend Pce and quickly spread all around like ripples. From the center of the ripple, the overwhelming pressure began to wane, yet despite that, it could still cover all the Fiend Realm and even affected Yun State, Cen State and the Thirteen Seas.

    Gui Yuan Sect, in Cen State.

    Fo Zi was devoted to chanting the Buddhist scripture. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and turned to his master.

    In the recluse ce of the sect, Grand Abbot of Gui Yuan Sect who was doing closed-door cultivation also opened his eyes. His empty and profound eyes were fixed on the direction of the Fiend Pce.

    After a long gaze, the Grand Abbot counted the beads that had been untouched for hundreds of years. ¡°Amitabha.¡± He said in a low voice.

    In the Thirteen Seas.

    The lord of thirteenth, twelfth and eleventh sea were the closest to the Fiend Realm. When the spiritual power wave reached, they all found that three demons flew out of the sea to the Demon Realm.

    ¡°We must report it to the Demon Exalt!¡±

    At the same time, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi was about to walk into the yard of Mrs. Lin. Luo Jianqing was smiling and talking, while Xuan Lingzi stopped. He looked towards the direction of the Fiend Pce quietly. It was quite a normal look, but Luo Jianqing noticed it.¡±

    ¡°Master, what¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi had aplicated expression, but after a moment, he curled up his lips and smiled, ¡°The Fiend Exalt is closer to Deity Transformation Period.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was quite pleasant and he recalled the figure in bloody red in the Fiend Pce. After a year, he could barely recall the appearance of the Fiend Exalt, but he still remembered his pressure and power when he showed up that day.

    ¡°If he makes it, human will be undefeatable in the war with demons!¡±

    It was a good thing anyway, so Xuan Lingzi beamed and nodded. Before they continued this topic, they heard a noise from the distance.

    ¡°She is that foolish? Can¡¯t she figure out some other ways to detain those two men?¡±

    ¡°My sister is too selfish. Dad, you have to give her a lesson. She stays in our mansion all day with her little bastard but doesn¡¯t help us a little. Even if grandfather likes her, we have no space for a useless woman here!¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry. Yue is indeed foolish. Today, I will let her know nothing is more important than her family!¡±

 Chapter 157: Yu Xiao Sect (I)

    <h4>Chapter 157: Yu Xiao Sect (I)</h4>

    Far away, bustling sound pervaded the hall and grew louder and louder.

    Luo Jianqing stopped walking and turned back to see what¡¯s going on. He didn¡¯t wait for a long time till a muscr middle-age man approached them with a bunch of younger fellows behind him. They were surprised to see Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi here. Stunned for a few seconds, the man stepped forward and smiled, ¡°So, you are Yue¡¯s guests. I believe.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s mouth curved up. He showed him aely smile and nodded, ¡°That¡¯s right. You are...?¡±

    The man said, ¡°I am Zhao Yue¡¯s father, the master of State Minister¡¯s Maison, Zhao Tian. Your reputation proceeds you. I visited your yardst night. I¡¯m so busy managing the family these days. Please ept my apology for myck of hospitality.¡±

    It was the first time for Luo Jianqing to meet Zhao Tian in person. If he hadn¡¯t heard it himself, he wouldn¡¯t have believed that it was this man who called his own daughter a ¡°crap¡±. Thoughst night Zhao Tian kept his voice as low as possible, given that Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi was inside the house, the family head wasn¡¯t expecting them to hear that.

    However, they all did.

    Right now, Zhao Tian was standing in front of them, wearing a polite mask of proper manner. However, recalling what they heardst night, Luo Jianqing smiled even more brightly, ¡°It¡¯s totally alright. We are the one who need to apologize for our sudden visit. We are leaving today. Do you know where we can find Mrs. Lin? We want to say goodbye.¡±

    Hearing this, Zhao Tian¡¯s eyes glittered with wily ideaing up in his mind. He asked casually, ¡°Leaving so soon? You are more than wee to stay if you want.¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head.

    Zhao Tian fixed his eyes on Xuan Lingzi who stood there quietly, slightly behind Luo Jianqing. All the cultivator in white robe did was only staring at Luo Jianqing, nothing else. Zhao Tian was confused and then came up with an exnation which sounded reasonable to himself. ¡°Perhaps, Cultivator Luo is the leader among the two, while Cultivator Wu is the subordinate one.¡±

    Zhao Tian said, ¡°That¡¯s a pity. Few dayster the disciples of Yu Dao Sect are going to visit our city. If you are disciples of Yu Dao Sect, maybe you can rejoin your fellow brothers and sisters.¡±

    His words sounded like a simplement, but actually Zhao Tian was inquiring Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi¡¯s background.

    Though Luo Jianqing spent years on Tai Hua Mountain and paid little attention to theseplicated interpersonal things, he was no fool. He gave the answer to Zhao Tian directly, ¡°We are not disciples of Yu Dao Sect.¡±

    Stunned, Zhao Tian asked subconsciously, ¡°You are not? Is your sect far away from Wu Sha Kingdom?¡±

    ¡°Ma... my brother and Ie from Yu Xiao Sect.¡±

    ¡°Yu Xiao Sect?¡±

    Mumbling the sect name, Zhao Tian tried to find the corresponding cultivation sect in his mind but failed. Raising his head again, he saw this winsome young cultivator looking at him with a suave smile. The smile seemed gentle and kind but that touch of mystery made Zhao Tian ¨C an early-stage Gold Core Period cultivator ¨C fluster.

    On the other hand, Zhao Yue got the message and then hurried her way here with Mr. Wang. Taking Rongrong on her left hand, Zhao Yue arrived at the gate and saw the crowd. She stepped between Luo Jianqing and Zhao Tian and said, ¡°Father, Childe Luo and Childe Wu are leaving today. Are you here to say goodbye to them?¡±

    These words ruined Zhao Tian¡¯s n.

    Zhao Tian was going to find some excuses to ask Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi to stay here. Even though they are not disciples of Yu Dao Sect, he could tell that they are nomon cultivators. If the Maison of State Minister could somehow have them as part of the family, the status of the Zhao family would surely rise to an upper level.

    The only problem was that, Zhao Tian thought, my father was in seclusion right now. If the old State Minister were here, there were million ways to keep these two young cultivators for as long as the family needed. One day they might be his sons inw! With them in hand, one hundred yearster maybe the Zhao Family would have another Nascent Soul Period cultivator!

    However, now that Zhao Yue already said that Luo Jianqing and his brother were leaving, it would be insane if Zhao Tianmanded them ¡°You cannot leave without my permission¡±.

    Suddenly, Zhao Tian stopped pretending to be polite. Face turning dark, he shouted at his daughter, ¡°Yue, stand behind me! That¡¯s where you should be!¡±

    Zhao Yue sighed, hung her head low, and walked toward Zhao Tian with Rongrong.

    She had done what she was capable of. If she had known the family might take some action on Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi, she would have never invited them toe by. She knew what her father was up to. After all, she was her father¡¯s daughter. Whatever it was that made Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi unable to leave, one day, eventually, they would marry a daughter of the Zhao Family.

    If you ask why was that, well, if they deflowered a daughter of the Zhao Family, what else could they do except marry that girl? If they refused, they were setting themselves against the whole Zhao Family!

    Without saying a word, Zhao Yue approached his father and others, while Rongrong was also staring at the ground, and didn¡¯t dare to speak. The little girl held her mother¡¯s hand tight, as if in this way she could give her mother some support.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s expression changed when he saw this. Atst, he sighed. The next moment a piece of delicate dessert appeared in his palm. The aroma of the dessert attracted Rongrong¡¯s attention. Sniffing around, the girl raised her head in excitement and looked at Luo Jianqing, ¡°Wind Cake!¡±

    Beaming, Luo Jianqing stepped up and put this piece of Wind Cake into Rongrong¡¯s hands. ¡°Rongrong, the Sand City is far away from here. It would be a little bit difficult for you to have another Wind Cake in the future. This is thest piece of it in my Interspatial Ring and I want you to have it. Take it. It¡¯s my goodbye gift for you.¡±

    What a good girl she was. Though still at a very young age, hearing this, Rongrong immediately knew that she should give it back to Luo Jianqing, and she did so as well, but Luo Jianqing insisted. The girl swallowed her saliva ¨C she wanted it so much. Turning back to look at her mother, she saw Zhao Yue nodding at her with a smile.

    It¡¯s just a cake. There¡¯s nothing wrong for the little girl to ept that gift.

    Getting the permission from her mother, Rongrong quickly took a bite of the Wind Cake and, at that instant, a delighting, thick Pill Aroma dispersed from that missing part of the Wind Cake, wafting in the air. Everyone felt a sense of rity and relief.

    Zhao Tian and others didn¡¯t take that dessert seriously at first, but now they were all staring at the Wind Cake in shock. Eyes wide open, Zhao Tian yelled when Rong Rong couldn¡¯t wait to take another bite, ¡°Stop!¡±

    The early-stage Gold Core Period cultivator teleported in front of the girl and reached for that Wind Cake.

    Seeing this, Luo Jianqing curved his mouth grimly and tapped the ground with the tip of his foot.

    Boom!

    Massive powerful waves of Spiritual Power attacked Zhao Tian. The man was forced to reel back.

    So eager to get that Wind Cake, Zhao Tian didn¡¯t even realize he was kept away from the girl. He was in a rage, ¡°Stop! You are not allowed to have this! Keep that pill untouched! I won¡¯t be wrong. This type of aroma...it¡¯s at least a Fifth Grade Pill! If we save it for father, his cultivation base will definitely be boosted and might even breakthrough the next Period!¡±

    Rongrong was petrified to hear this. She just stood there and looked at her grandfather, having no idea what to do.

    Seeing this, Zhao Tian relieved. He softened his voice and said, ¡°This Wind Cake at least contains the power equivalent to a Fifth Grade Pill. If we give it to my father, we would make a huge contribution to our family. Yue, you did well today.¡± As he spoke, Zhao Tian reached for that Wind Cake once again.

    Frowning, Luo Jianqing still remained silent. He wanted to see what Zhao Yue was going to do.

    At thest millisecond when Zhao Tian was about to get the dessert in his hand, Zhao Yue suddenly opened her arms and blocked his way. Shocked to see his daughter disobeying his order in public, Zhao Tian heard Zhao Yue saying, ¡°Father! Wind Cake is Rongrong¡¯s favorite dessert, which I¡¯ve been telling you in the letters I sent you these years. Why are you taking that piece of cake away from her? It¡¯s just a piece of Wind Cake!¡±

    Stunned for a few seconds, Zhao Tian let out the anger, ¡°Stop that childish nonsense of yours! Rongrong is just a kid. What does she need the Fifth Grade Pill for? This thing must be given to father.¡±

    Expressionlessly, Zhao Yue questioned him, ¡°My grandfather is still in seclusion. Whom are you saving this pill for? Him? Or you?¡±

    ¡°A bunch of, a bunch of nonsense!¡±

    Zhao Yue closed her eyes and smiled wryly, ¡°Father, you haven¡¯t paid me any respect since the day I came back. Mother was no longer here, so I thought you, my senior brother, my younger sister and Rongrong are thest few families I have in this world. We came here all the way from Ying Feng City and were almost killed by a group of killers. I don¡¯t want to know who gave them the order to take our lives. I don¡¯t dare to know. Today, however, you are trying to snatch a dessert from the hand of your own granddaughter! How could you do that!?¡±

 Chapter 158: Yu Xiao Sect (II)

    <h4>Chapter 158: Yu Xiao Sect (II)</h4>

    Hearing his daughter¡¯s usation, Zhao Tian could not utter a word. Remaining silent for a long time, he finally said, ¡°Nonsense. I don¡¯t know you¡¯ve been chased by gangsters on the way back, and I don¡¯t know what on earth you are talking about. You¡¯re born to sacrifice everything for your family. Now, give me that pill!¡±

    Zhao Yue smiled, ¡°I know. You are not that ruthless to hire gangsters to kill me. As for who is the true employer of those men...¡± Zhao Yue gave a chilling look to the crowd standing behind Zhao Tian and said coldly, ¡°I have no interest to know.¡±

    Zhao Tian was in rage, ¡°The Fifth Grade Pill shall be a precious resource for the family. How dare you refuse to hand it over?!¡±

    The next moment, Zhao Tian dispersed his coercion as a Gold Core Period cultivator ¨C he decided to snatch the pill through brutal force!

    The coercion was pressing hard on Rongrong¡¯s body. Bones cracking under the pressure, the little girl cried because of the pain. Nheless, she still held tight on that piece of Wind Cake, refusing to hand it in.

    ¡°This is the goodbye present that Childe Luo gave me... it¡¯s mine...¡±

    Watching the whole scene in silence, Luo Jianqing finally spoke, ¡°It¡¯s yours. Go on and have it. It¡¯s alright.¡±

    Whileforting Rongrong, Luo Jianqing flicked his sleeves. The coercion that pressing on Rongrong was lifted immediately. Rongrong nodded nkly and took another bite of the Wind Cake, and suddenly there were lights shimmering on her body. Her grandfather, Zhao Tian, watched this in surging anger.

    ¡°Stop it!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing sneered, but before he could do anything, Xuan Lingzi lifted his finger and pointed at Zhao Tian, who was pinned to where he stood and couldn¡¯t move.

    Tilting his head, Luo Jianqing looked at his Master in surprise, ¡°I thought you won¡¯t interfere.¡±

    Looking down, Xuan Lingzi gave Luo Jianqing a subtle smile, ¡°Somebody ising, and he is not a man for you to deal with, given that right now your cultivation base is only at middle-stage Foundation Establishment Period.¡±

    Raising an eyebrow in astonishment, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t have time to ask for further exnation before he saw an old man flew toward them from the edge of sky. Along with hisnding, the coercion belonging to a Nascent Soul Period cultivator overcast the air. It was so overwhelming that the crowd could not even breathe, but Luo Jianqing, Xuan Lingzi, and Rongrong who was protected by them were not influenced at all.

    State Minister Zhao was a dignified man. Looking around slowly, he said in a chilling tone, ¡°Zhao Tian, what is going on here?!¡±

    Bowing to show his respect, Zhao Tian answered, ¡°Father, today I saw a Fifth Grade Pill, which is a gift that someone gave to Rongrong. I fear that this precious pill would be too much for Rongrong, after all she is just a little girl who hasn¡¯t even start cultivating. Therefore, I tried to preserve it for you, but they refused to hand it over.¡±

    Hearing this, State Minister Zhao stayed quiet for a while. He rested his eyes on Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi and they looked at each other for a long time. Stepping forward, State Minister Zhao asked, ¡°Fellow cultivators, does that Fifth Grade Pill belong to you?

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°Right, but I already gave it to Rongrong.¡±

    And so State Minister Zhaoughed, ¡°Alright! I can see a bright future for my great granddaughter because of this blessed opportunity! I have a small gift for you in return for your generosity. Zhao Family would never owe anyone a favor. Today, the opportunity is deemed to be my great granddaughter¡¯s, and I will not snatch it away from her!¡±

    Zhao Tian was petrified by his father¡¯s words.

    On the other hand, tears started to fill Zhao Yue¡¯s red-rimmed eyes.

    Luo Jianqing thought State Minister Zhao would be a man with different personality, so he let his eyes linger on him a little longer, believing that the man was just pretending to be generous. However, State Minister Zhao kept his words and did let Rongrong have the dessert. Enjoying the wafting aroma of the Wind Cake, State Minister Zhao said, ¡°Well, it has been so many years since thest time I had a piece of Wind Cake of Ying Feng City. Delicious indeed. I should visit the City next week.¡±

    It was the first time Rongrong met her great grandfather. A little bit frightened, the little girl hid behind her mother.

    In fact, State Minister Zhao had a close guess on what was going on as soon as he arrived and saw the parties involved. He knew his first born was a man who would give up everything for power. In the past, when Zhao Yue was still being worshiped as a genius young cultivator, Zhao Tian treated her with all the love and attention in the world, but now that her daughter was only a inmoner, in his father¡¯s eyes she was no different than a piece of dirt.

    State Minister Zhao wanted to ask Zhao Yue how it was going, but Rongrong suddenly moaned in pain and copsed on the ground.

    Rushing toward her daughter, Zhao Yue sought help from her grandfather, but before State Minister Zhao could act, Luo Jianqing spoke, ¡°Blood regenerated, flesh reforged, bones reced, then rebirth shall she have. No pains. No gains.¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing approached Zhao Yue who waspletely stunned. The young cultivator bowed, ¡°Mrs. Lin, I once thought that the Yu Qing Spirit Rebuilding Pill which I gave Rongrong is enough to repay your kindness, but since your grandfather has given me something, now, once again, I owe you a favor. Thus, there is onest thing I want to give you.¡±

    This time, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t take any action, instead, he turned back and looked at his Master.

    Meeting Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes in the air, Xuan Lingzi shook his head wryly. Raising his hand and drawing a Fulu in the air, the Master tapped the delicate pattern and, by this gentle touching, the Fulu merged into Zhao Yue¡¯s body. The next instant, to everyone¡¯s surprise, the Spiritual Power started to stream in Zhao Yue¡¯s withered Spiritual Veins!

    Under the moistening of Spiritual Power, her once damaged Spiritual Veins started to repair.

    Fifteen minutester, Zhao Yue¡¯s Spiritual Power recovered to the Second-level Qi Condensation Period while her Cultivation Base was at the Eighth-level Qi Condensation Period. Undoubtedly, she would restore her power in the next few days!

    There was something even State Minister Zhao missed noticing ¨C a touch of gold was glittering inside Zhao Yue¡¯s Spiritual Veins.

    Petrified, the family witnessed Zhao Yue restoring her power, and when they finally recalled that they still had guests, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were nowhere to be found. No one, not even the Nascent Soul Period State Minister Zhao ever noticed their leaving.

    It was until then Zhao Tian finally realized what kind of cultivators he was treating brusquely with.

    Gazing at his palm, Zhao Tian mumbled hoarsely, ¡°I got lucky... so lucky, that I didn¡¯t try to use force to keep them here.¡±

    ring at his son, State Minister Zhao tilted his head to ask his granddaughter, ¡°Yue, do you know who they are indeed?¡±

    Stunned, Zhao Yue murmured, ¡°I only knew their family names. One is ¡®Wu¡¯ and the other is ¡®Luo¡¯¡±, though hesitating, Zhao Yue still told her grandfather who loved her most, ¡°On our way back here, I once heard Cultivator Luo calling Cultivator Wu... Master.¡±

    This caused an uproar in the crowd!

    The third sister of Zhao Yue eximed, ¡°Cultivator Luo is already a skilled cultivator with ir, and now you are telling me that Cultivator Wu who did nothing but standing by is actually his Master?¡±

    Zhao Yue¡¯s eldest brother said in disbelief, ¡°What... is their true cultivation base?!¡±

    Pondering for a while, Zhao Tian recalled, ¡°They said that they are disciple of Yu Xiao Sect.¡±

    Hearing this, State Minister Zhao thought it over, ¡°Yu Xiao Sect? It is impossible for a nameless sect to have such talented cultivators. Not even Yu Dao Sect has an equally powerful cultivator. Cultivator Luo is merely at an age close to fifty while Cultivator Wu¡¯s age... I cannot even tell. Yu Xiao Sect...Yu Xiao...¡±

    Eyes suddenly opening wide, State Minister Zhao stared at Rongrong in shock.

    Everyone else looked at him, curious about what was going on. State Minister Zhao¡¯s body started to tremble, and finally, he flicked his sleeves and burst out aughter, ¡°If what I thought is true, our family is given a superior opportunity. This is our chance! Rongrong has an Upper Grade Second Level Spiritual Bone and who knows what level she¡¯s going to end up with when she wakes up. There is a bright future for Zhao Family, indeed! From now on, I will impart Rongrong with cultivation myself and turn her into an immortal!¡±

    While the Zhao Family was celebrating their fortune, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were roaming on the street. Slowly walking they seemed to be, but actually at a much faster speed. Covering a dozen meters in a blink, they weren¡¯t worried about themoners for there was none. Soon, they left the city.

    Turning back and seeing that the Sand City was further behind, Luo Jianqing smiled and walked alongside his Master.

    At the same time in the Demon Realm, Yin Ji was rxing herself on the throne and that¡¯s when she heard the news. Days before, when the Fiend Exalt tried to breakthrough for the first time, the Heaven Demon Exalt who was in seclusion already noticed it and told Yin Ji about this.

    Impassively, Yin Ji stared at three of the Masters of the Thirteen Realms of Seas who were kneeling in front of the throne. The viper-like pupils of hers were glittering with dangerous light.

    Finally, she broke the tranquil with a luring smile, ¡°If our Little Qianqiu wouldn¡¯t leave the Fiend Pce, then you shall force him to do so! I don¡¯t believe that he can stay there forever like a dumb turtle.¡± Pausing for a second, Yin Ji recalled something. ¡°Wait, which one of you mentioned that Little Qianqiu¡¯s newly-had disciple reachedte-stage Nascent Soul Period before sixty years old?¡±

    The Thirteenth Master lifted his head, ¡°It was me. I heard the rumor that five or six years ago his disciple had been seen in the Thirty-six States. By then, he had already reached thete-stage Nascent Soul Period.¡±

    Rubbing her chin with her fingers, Yin Ji let out aughter from her throat, ¡°While the Master is one more step closer to higher Cultivation Period, the disciple is cultivating at an astonishing speed? Well, if Little Qianqiu won¡¯te out, his disciple will. Keep a close eye on the Fiend Pce. Within a year, I want to know why Little Qianqiu is able to breakthrough!¡±

    Fiend Realm.

    Ending the seclusion, Mo Qiu calmed down his wildly turbulent Spiritual Power. He took a bath and changed in a crimson-colored robe, then walked out of his pce. Opening the gate, he saw the Manager of the Fiend Pce, Qi Luo, waiting aside.

    Raising an eyebrow, Mo Qiu looked at Qi Luo, with a touch of delight in his eyes. He asked, ¡°What is it? Anything significant happened during my seclusion?¡±

    Hung her head low in respect, Qi Luo reported every big event happened in these days.

    Mo Qiu listened to her report quietly, and when the repot was finished, Qi Luo took out a jade tablet and presented it to Mo Qiu. ¡°Someone delivered this jade tablet here and imed that it was under the arrangement of Fo Zi. Exalt, Fo Zi sent message that somebody asked him to give this jade tablet to you.¡±

 Chapter 159: Throw the Instrument to Choose a Husband & the Fei Hua Sect (I)

    <h4>Chapter 159: Throw the Instrument to Choose a Husband & the Fei Hua Sect (I)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Receiving Fo Zi¡¯s jade tablet, Mo Qiu immediately thought of Luo Jianqing. Except Luo Jianqing, no one would ask Fo Zi to send the message to him.

    After opening the tablet, Mo Qiu listened to Luo Jianqing¡¯s message as his beautiful eyes narrowed.

    ¡°Something in the Northern Land of Arctic? Something important in that ce and I need to go there now?¡±

    In the tablet, Luo Jianqing asked Mo Qiu to go the Northern Land of Arctic as soon as possible, and that he had something important to give Mo Qiu. He didn¡¯t understand that why Luo Jianqing had to give him that important thing in the Northern Land of Arctic. But in this world, some instruments or pills were indeed very weird, so they could not work or exist once they leave a certain environment.

    ¡°Maybe it is some instrument that can only be effective in the Northern Land of Arctic or it cannot leave that ce.¡±

    Mo Qiu summoned Qi Luo in a minute and told her to take care of some matters in the Fiend Pce as the Pce Steward.

    ¡°It has been half a year since Xuan Lingzi broke up the contract, yet the Demon Realm hasn¡¯t taken any actions, but I¡¯ve heard some news that the Demon Exalt Yin Ji has finished her closed-door cultivation, so you must keep an eye on them.¡±

    Qi Luo nodded, ¡°Consider it done. But since the news was spread in the Demon Realm, I think it¡¯s true.¡±

    Mo Qiu wore a cold, murderous look, totally different from the man Luo Jianqing was familiar with. He curled up his lips and forged an evil smile, ¡°I have been eager to kill her since hundreds of years ago. Now shees out first, giving me a chance to take her life, I have no reason to refuse it anyway.¡±

    ¡°Of course.¡±

    Even if Mo Qiu was at thete stage of Da Sheng Period and Luo Qi was half way to Body Fusion, he dared not to offend Mo Qiu.

    Mo Qiu left the Pce the next day and headed to Northern Land of Arctic. Everything in the Pce had been entrusted to the Grand Steward and Grand Exalt Guards.

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t waste much time in ordinary countries after they left the Wu Sha Kingdom.

    They ate face-changing pills and disguised as ordinary people, heading to the north. They tasted some delicious food and strolled in the Temple Fair, but they just passed through without a lot interest.

    But they did encounter something interesting. When they passed by a cultivator¡¯s town, they saw someone was choosing husband by throwing an instrument.

    It actually borrowed the tradition of ¡°Throwing Embroidered Ball¡± in the mortal world. In cultivator¡¯s world, female cultivators were not ubiquitous yet by no means rare. Each brilliant female cultivator would have a bunch of suitors and admirers. If they were deeply attracted and attached to each other, that would be a happy story. However, if the female cultivator just wanted to find a partner for couple cultivation, and it had nothing to do with love, then they would throw an instrument to choose a husband randomly.

    The female cultivators would make an instrument containing the nature of their spiritual power. The instrument could find a male cultivator that matched this nature so that when they conducted couple cultivation, they could obtain better results.

    Normally, cultivators didn¡¯t care about love or affection. They just needed a practice partner to improve each other¡¯s spiritual power. Hundreds or even thousands of years ago, the bond between men and women was fragile, so many female cultivators threw an instrument to find the best match.

    However, what Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi encountered was different and interesting.

    The ball-like instrument was lingering around Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi, sometimes nearer to Luo Jianqing, while the next moment closer to Xuan Lingzi. Seeing that, Luo Jianqing chuckled, but Xuan Lingzi was wearing a cold face. He took Luo Jianqing away from that ce, not noticing the disappointed face of that female cultivator.

    An instrument, of course, could match the cultivator for its owner autonomously, but the owner could also manipte it. After all, it was made by the female cultivator. If a cultivator couldn¡¯t control the instrument she made, that would be a humiliation proof that her cultivation was too bad.

    After they left the crowded town, Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing wandered in an alley. Luo Jianqing was calm and care-free. He was smiling with his fine eyebrows unbending slightly, as if he was absorbing all luster between the Earth and Heaven, while Xuan Lingzi was wearing a grave, cold face. He was quite unpleasant, but didn¡¯t say anything.

    After a long walk, Luo Jianqing decided to stop teasing his master, ¡°Master, which one will she choose, you or me?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked down, refusing to reply.

    Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°I think she is going to choose you. That instrument stayed longer at your side, so she must have wanted to choose you as her partner.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi still said nothing.

    After a thought, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°But she fixed her eyes on me when we left, maybe she was more interested in me. That youngdy is beautiful and has reached thete stage of Foundation Establishment. She is a brilliant cultivator. If I conduct the couple cultivation with her, we can benefit a lot...¡±

    ¡°Do you think that can benefit you?¡± Xuan Lingzi asked in a cold voice.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t think that much, ¡°Yes. Since there is no love or affection, it is fine to find a suitable and good-looking cultivator to conduct the couple cultivation.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi suddenly stopped, and Luo Jianqing looked back with astonishment.

    Luo Jianqing saw his master with cold eyes standing under the blue sky, with breeze swaying his long sleeves. Xuan Lingzi pursed his lips and enunciated each word seriously, ¡°She is only a Foundation Establishment cultivator. My... my realm is much higher than hers.

    Luo Jianqing was slightly baffled. They continued the journey for a while, and Luo Jianqing looked at Xuan Lingzi with rounded eyes. After a long gaze, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help but beam.

    He finally understood what Luo Jianqing meant. That female cultivator was a good partner for couple cultivation, yet she could not parallel Xuan Lingzi even a little bit. If Luo Jianqing could get some benefits with her, then Xuan Lingzi could offer him numberless benefits!

    That night, Xuan Lingzi looked at Luo Jianqing with hesitation and silence, which seemed to prove Luo Jianqing¡¯s assumption.

    And Luo Jianqing was on pins and needles.

    He had been struggling all the way whether to tell Xuan Lingzi that his primordial life had turned into a lotus. But once he confessed, Xuan Lingzi would know that his disciple hadn¡¯t practiced True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record. Xuan Lingzi was the most aplished cultivator of True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record who had even been praised by his master as the most talented cultivator in Yu Xiao Peak second only to Grand Master Jiu Lian. So Xuan Lingzi would immediately know the truth if he saw the lotus.

    For disciples in Yu Xiao Peak, True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record was their essential andpulsory practice. Only True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record could give them the identification of disciples in Yu Xiao Peak.

 Chapter 160: Throw the Instrument to Choose a Husband & the Fei Hua Sect (II)

    <h4>Chapter 160: Throw the Instrument to Choose a Husband & the Fei Hua Sect (II)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing abandoned True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, and that was no difference from betraying his master. Xuan Lingzi certainly wouldn¡¯t kick him out of Yu Xiao Peak for this, but it might be a problem for both.

    It was True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record that enabled Yu Xiao Peak to stand top among others in Tai Hua mountain.

    After few days¡¯ consideration, Luo Jianqing decided to confess to Xuan Lingzi. However, just as Luo Jianqing made up his mind, they felt a horrible spiritual wave rolling up from the distant west, sweeping over hills. Mountains were shaking and earth was cracking.

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi looked at each other for some moments and released their full power. They transformed themselves into two bright lights, flying to the exploding site. Fifteen minutester, they had travelled for almost thirty miles, and they finally saw a ck re of explosion.

    The re could be seen rising to the sky, as if the hellfire were searing the Heaven and Earth. Even the air was being scorched by the re, and the dimension was twisted. The ck re was just like a huge ming mountain, and Luo Jianqing had been overwhelmed by the scorching heat even if he was miles away from it.

    He stared at the ck re from distance and fell into great shock, ¡°Is that a demon?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi frowned, ¡°It¡¯s not Fiend Qi, maybe a demon.¡±

    They didn¡¯te closer to prevent it, as they had seen several high-ranking cultivators werebating the re. It was not easy to sense the realm of a demon, but Xuan Lingzi could sense the realms of those cultivators.

    ¡°Five Body Fusion Cultivators, three Tribtion Passage Cultivators and... the third master of Fei Hua Sect, the early-stage Da Sheng Period Cultivator-Lady Yun Xian.¡±

    Luo Jianqing felt a little reassured when he heard the realms of these cultivators, yet thest name made him confused, ¡°They are the cultivators of Fei Hua Sect?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°Hundreds of years ago, I saw that Yun Xian on the battleground. She is indeed one of the masters in Fei Hua Sect.¡±

    After a thought, Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°I think they can handle it. Should we help them?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi first shook his head and then nodded, ¡°Well. Let¡¯s see.¡±

    Then, they witnessed an earthshaking battle.

    A Da Sheng Period Cultivator, three Tribtion Passage Cultivators and five Body Fusion Cultivators!¡±

    They forged a power that was even formidable in cultivation world. However, in face of this ck re, they never let down the guard and all stayed alert. They even set the famous Hundred Flowers Formation of Fei Hua Sect.

    The Fei Hua Sect was the only one that exclusively recruited female cultivators among One Mountain, Four Sects, Eight ns and Sixteen Schools.

    As one of the four sects, Fei Hua Sect was brilliant. Although not so powerful as Tai Hua Mountain or Duan Hun Sect, these tough female cultivators overshadowed Gui Yuan Sect and Shen Jian Sect with amazing power. There were no talents in younger generation of Fei Hua Sect, so none of them could parallel Fo Zi of Gui Yuan Sect, but the average power of Fei Hua Sect was quite remarkable.

    The battle between men and demons hundreds of years ago took a heavy toll on Tai Hua Mountain, yet Fei Hua Sect was spared from that suffering. The Hundred Flowers Formation helped them a lot in that battle. Each time, they appeared in group of ten or even hundreds, so the horrible formation had killed countless demons. The Hundred Flowers Formation was as hard as turtle shell, and as sharp as a sword.

    ¡°Although there are nine high-ranking cultivators, their Hundred Flowers Formation is lesspelling than expected,¡± Luo Jianqing murmured, ¡°I¡¯ve heard that the power of this formation will umte with more cultivators. If a hundred Da Sheng Period Cultivators gather and use this formation, it can kill ate-stage Deity Transformation Period master!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi echoed slightly.

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°Master, is that true?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°The number of Exalts in this worldbined is less than fifty.¡±

    Luo Jianqingughed, ¡°Then it¡¯s true. If a hundred of Deity Transformation Period cultivators use Hundred Flowers Formation, they probably can kill a Deity!¡±

    On the other side, the battle had raged on.

    The masters of Fei Hua Sect in light yellow looked serious. They joined hands and formed the Hundred Flowers Formation. When the formation extended, the scent of flowers was pervasive in the air, as if hundreds of flowers blossomed together, petal following petal. These petals with spiritual power dancing in the air briskly. They seemed harmless, yet when they flew to the ck re, these petals cut it like a sharp knife quickly and forged into the re.

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    The formation shed with the ck re, giving out loud crashing noise.

    Meanwhile, cultivators of Fei Hua Sect still gained the upper hand in this tense battle.

    The ck re howled painfully, with its monster-like roars attacking the cultivators, but it had no chance to break down the formation as strong as iron. The huge noise echoed across mountains, yet this was unpopted wilderness, so no one would hear it.

    After numerous attacks from the formation, that demon finally showed his true form. Exposure to sun drove the demon mad. After a loud roar, its massive and huge body exploded!

    That was indeed a fight-to-death battle.

    Lady Yun Xian and other cultivators immediately stepped back. Luo Jianqing heard a sign from Xuan Lingzi, but in the next second, Xuan Lingzi had already stood in front of the explosive demon.

    In an instant, the gold Xuan Lingzi Sword shined brightly, overwhelming the ck re. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t underestimate this powerful and explosive demon. He fixed his eyes on it and tapped his sword quickly to transfer his spiritual power onto the sword. Then he raised his sword and approached the demon.

    In a sudden, the gold sword light rose from the ground and rushed to the ugly demon.

    The power of its explosion and gold sword light shed, giving out loud noise.

    Then, the crowd saw Xuan Lingzi hanging in the air, sword in hand. He was coldly looking at that demon which had been burnt to ashes. Luo Jianqing flew to him immediately and saw Xuan Lingzi putting his sword back. The gold nine-petal lotus was shining and stretching mildly, falling back to his forehead. That scene added some softness to his cold face.

    The skill he had used was thest sword skill in True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record-Nine Lotus Rising to the Sky.

    Seeing this skill, other cultivators from Fei Hua Sect from the distance recognized Xuan Lingzi, despite the effect of his face-changing pill and the absence of robe of Tai Hua Mountain.

    Lady Yun Xian led others to greet Xuan Lingzi and told him what all these was about.

    It turned out that each sect decided to search the traces of hidden demons within their territory after Xuan Lingzi told Sir Hao Xingzi what they encountered in Ding Hai Sect. Fei Hua Sect suspected that a Tribtion Passage demon might hide in four possible ces. So, four teams were sent to investigate.

    And the team led by Lady Yun Xian found that Tribtion Passage demon.

    Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t say much after they knew the whole story.

    Although her realm was lower than Luo Jianqing, Lady Yun Xian was still his senior, so she didn¡¯t use honorific form, ¡°Since fellow cultivator Xuan Lingzi and your disciplee to our territory, we should entertain you as our guests. Please return to Fei Hua Sect with me so that I can borate this ck ring demon with you.¡±

 Chapter 161: Primordial Life and Lotus (I)

    <h4>Chapter 161: Primordial Life and Lotus (I)</h4>

    The sky was clear and cloudless, under which were the rolling hills. The mountains and the sky were of one color, just like a beautiful scene depicted by the best painter. The whole flowery Fei Hua Sect was seemingly in the middle of spring-green hills dotted by flowers blooming in a riot of color.

    When Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi arrived at Fei Hua Sect, the Grand Masters and Chief Master of the sect, who had obviously got the message, were waiting for them.

    As the Supreme Master of Tai Hua Mountain, Xuan Lingzi deserved such formal reception.

    It was the first time for Luo Jianqing to visit Fei Hua Sect. After all, it was quite far from Tai Hua Mountain while close to Northern Land of Arctic. But he had heard much hearsay about Fei Hua Sect.

    It was said that the founder of Fei Hua Sect was a female cultivator unlucky in love. Therefore, she hated all the male cultivators and only epted female disciples. In another story, the founder was a powerful female emperor who had thousands of male pets. One day, she got tired of this life, so she sent these men away and founded Fei Hua Sect.

    Anyway, Fei Hua Sect was the unique one among all sects and also the wondend for many male cultivators. However, male cultivators were normally forbidden to enter Fei Hua Sect. If a female woman passed through Fei Hua Sect and needed a ce to have a rest, she would be received as a guest. However, if it was a male cultivator, he would be driven out!

    When Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi reached Fei Hua Sect, and soon an amodation was arranged for them.

    Although that ck re demon had been eliminated by Xuan Lingzi and didn¡¯t cause any aftermath, it still revealed an important thing: it was obvious that the Demon Realm had deployed numerous demons in thirty-six states, and they were by no means weak.

    Lady Liu Yu, the Chief Master of Fei Hua Sect said, ¡°Sir Xuan Lingzi, as you have seen, that ck re demon is at thete stage of Tribtion Passage. And demon has inborn skills, which make them far more powerful than their human counterparts. The ck re demon is the most powerful one that we have found so far, but I¡¯ve heard that Duan Hun Sect has spotted another early-stage Tribtion Passage demon in their territory.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded slightly, ¡°We need to eliminate all the spy demons in thirty-six states. It¡¯s the top priority now.¡±

    Lady Liu Yu said, ¡°True indeed, but they are good at hiding traces, making it harder for us to find them.¡±

    After a pause, Lady Liu Yu, who were dressed in purple, looked towards Luo Jianqing. She gazed at them, but before she said anything, Xuan Lingzi said calmly, ¡°Jianqing is not an outsider.¡±

    Lady Liu Yu was baffled at first, then continued, ¡°Thirty-six states and the Fiend Realm have also deployed spies in the Demon Realm, but the number may be far less than the spies of demon.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was shocked.

    Human had also deployed spies in the Demon Realm!

    But there was no ground for me. Even though human and demon had signed that agreement and maintained peace for hundreds of years, neither of them knew when the next war would break out. However, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t understand that unlike demons, who were good at hiding and thus able to lie low in the thirty-six states, human was not good at it, so how did they hide in the Demon Realm?

    After a short conversation with Xuan Lingzi, Lady Liu Yu decided to double their efforts to search all the demons in their territory. After Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi left, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help expressing his confusion.

    Xuan Lingzi looked at his disciple and said, ¡°Jianqing, you are not specialized in pill making.¡±

    That was undeniable, so Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I¡¯ve only practiced it for a few years.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi shrugged and said, ¡°It¡¯s my negligence. You only learned pill making for two decades.¡± Then he changed the subject and exined, ¡°In order to deploy our men into the Demon Realm, 150 years ago, Sir Yu Qingzi, the Fiend Exalt Mo Qianqiu, the Supreme Master of Fei Hua Sect and I made a special pill. It is a Seven-Level Pill with unique effect.¡±

    Luo Jianqing immediately understood, ¡°It can hide our traces?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi lowered his eyes and said with a m face, ¡°Not exactly.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was surprised, ¡°Then what¡¯s the effect?¡±

    They walked to the yard. Xuan Lingzi fell in a long silence, and Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t pursue this topic. They passed through the yard with the babbling of the stream, and then Xuan Lingzi¡¯s voice came from the distant sky, prated the water curtain and reached Luo Jianqing¡¯s ears, ¡°It is... Demonized Pill.¡±

    Luo Jianqing suddenly stopped.

    Demons could hide their traces and thus lurk in the thirty-six states for hundreds of years, while human could hardly find them. However, it was extremely difficult for human to hide themselves from demons. Cultivators below Tribtion Passage could never make it, and any cultivator couldn¡¯t escape from the eyes of the demons at the same realm or even higher.¡±

    In this world, even if Mo Qianqiu went to the Demon Realm, he might also be spotted by the four Demon Exalts. Only Xuan Lingzi could hide his traces.

    Therefore, hundreds of years ago, Xuan Lingzi and other three cultivators refined an ancient ingredient and made this Seven-Level pill. These pills were distributed to 361 cultivators, among whom the lowest realm was Gold Core, and the highest was ate-stage Tribtion Passage grand master of Tai Hua Mountain.

    By then, Luo Jianqing hadn¡¯t been born yet, but he could imagine the scene through Xuan Lingzi¡¯s calm voice.

    Once they swallowed the Demonized Pill, their body would be ripped open and disemboweled. All their meridians would be broken until thest drop of their blood was drained. The pill would relentlessly ram their primordial life, and ultimately, their spiritual power would be transformed as demonized power.

    The Demonized Pill couldn¡¯tpletely transform a cultivator into a demon. They were still human, yet they had lost human appearance. Their power was not true demon power, just demonized power transformed from spiritual power. That meant their power and realm could not improve anymore, but in turn, no demon could know their true identities.

    To prevent traitorous action, all selected cultivators were loyal and determined.

    After all, when you had the demon appearance, gained demonized power and lived with demons all day, years after years, it was even hard for yourself to tell whether you were a human being or a demon.

    However, all the 361 cultivators hated demons for freaking ever, as each of them had vendetta with demons. The grand master of Tai Hua Mountain, for example, lost her daughter who was killed by a demon. She was desperate to take them apart, so she volunteered for this project.

    ¡°Can shee back?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi opened the door of the yard, ¡°Since she has be a semi-demon, she is not allowed toe back anymore.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stopped asking.

    They entered the yard. Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi hadn¡¯t intended to stay for a night here, but since this ¡°man-forbidden¡± sect specially arranged an amodation for them, they felt awkward to refuse, and thus decided to rest for a night and go to the Northern Land of Arctic the next day.

 Chapter 162: Primordial Life and Lotus (II)

    <h4>Chapter 162: Primordial Life and Lotus (II)</h4>

    The yard was deep and serene. A meandering path stretched through flowers and trees, with its end fading in the grass. As they entered the yard, Xuan Lingzi paused for a second, yet Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice that. His attention was drawn by a master in blue standing at the end of the path.

    That female cultivator looked dignified and beautiful. She wore a pale bluish-white dress with a delicate jadentern in her hand. Standing among flowers, she was by no means garish, but more elegant and reserved as a fairy.

    Luo Jianqing suddenly recalled something: It was said that the Supreme Master of Fei Hua Sect seemed...

    It was a huge blow to Luo Jianqing. His mouth twitched and he was desperate to take his master away from here.

    However, as the chief disciple of Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing had to show good manners, even if he had secretly examined thatdy for many times. He and Xuan Lingzi approached her, and Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Feng Si.¡±

    Lady Feng Si also nodded, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Xuan Lingzi.¡±

    Then, Feng Si and Xuan Lingzi sat on the stone bench in the yard. Across a round stone table, they began to discuss how to deal with demons after the contract was torn up. Both demonstrated delicate manners. Theyposed themselves with great courtesy and dignity.

    Luo Jianqing sat beside Xuan Lingzi and his eyes fell on Lady Feng Si from time to time.

    To be honest, Lady Feng Si had reached thete stage of Da Sheng Period, and she had been cultivating for... over 1900 years.

    ording to the seniority of ordinary people, she was at the same age with the grand-grand-grand-grand-grandmother of Xuan Lingzi. But in the cultivation world, Lady Feng Xian was one of few who had the potential to reach Deity Transformation Period, so her status was paralleled to Xuan Lingzi.

    Before Luo Jianqing met her, he had thought that the Supreme Master might be as peremptory as his junior fellow sister. After all, for a woman who dared to publicly express her love to Xuan Lingzi and her hope to be his couple cultivation partner, everyone might expect that she was an extrovert person.

    Yet the truth was far from that.

    In front of Xuan Lingzi, Lady Feng Si was as cold as a stranger!

    When she was about to leave, Luo Jianqing found something strange. Her good-looking face turned upset. She asked in a low voice, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Xuan Lingzi, will youe back to Fei Hua Sect?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi lowered his eyes, ¡°I will, if it¡¯s necessary.¡±

    You would onlye when it was necessary.

    A trace of disappointment shed through her eyes. She turned around and walked away.

    As soon as she left, the temperature in the yard suddenly dropped several degrees. Xuan Lingzi turned to his disciple and saw his cold face. Luo Jianqing asked in a weird tone, ¡°I thought Miss Feng Si liked you, but she didn¡¯t show that feeling in front of you.¡±

    That was a sort of normal question, but his tone... had a sense of jealousy.

    Luo Jianqing rarely got jealous, so Xuan Lingzi fixed his clear and tender eyes on his jealous disciple and beamed. After a long gaze, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t say anything, which made Luo Jianqing angrier.

    He knew what he said was not true. Although Lady Feng Si didn¡¯t express her love directly, she had allowed a junior to sit beside Xuan Lingzi and didn¡¯t mind him ncing at her secretly now and then. This privilege had demonstrated her special feeling to Xuan Lingzi.

    If Luo Jianqing had not been the disciple of Xuan Lingzi, she would have taught him a lesson when Luo Jianqing stole the first nce at her.

    She just expressed her love in a veiled and subtle manner.

    However, Luo Jianqing could feel that she was a powerful and beautiful cultivator. Moreover, she was the Supreme Master of Fei Hua Sect. If it really worked between her and Xuan Lingzi, they would be the perfect couple int this world and won the best wishes from everyone.

    With that in mind, Luo Jianqing was even more distressed. He couldn¡¯t go public with his rtionship with Xuan Lingzi, but Lady Feng Si could express her love freely and if everything went well, they could be a blessed couple. The gap was so wide.

    Luo Jianqing tried hard to restrain his bitterness and made a cup of tea for Xuan Lingzi. As he served the tea, Xuan Lingzi pulled his hand. Xuan Lingzi entwined his long fingers with Luo Jianqing¡¯s and looked up at him, ¡°There is nothing between her and me, don¡¯t worry.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled and then said in a strange tone, ¡°Of course, nothing.¡±

    Then, he got rid of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand and continued to serve the tea.

    Seeing that, Xuan Lingzi was also baffled. Although he had been fond of his disciple for many years, he had never experienced romantic rtionship for almost 400 years. Therefore, he knew there was something wrong with Luo Jianqing, but he didn¡¯t know what to do.

    As Luo Jianqing was jealous, Xuan Lingzi at first could stand it and even felt his disciple lovely, yet as time passed, Xuan Lingzi felt ufortable and anxious, starting to shuffle around .

    After a long thought, Xuan Lingzi grabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand as he sat down and said seriously, ¡°I will not be mad at your little fellow sister and your ¡®friend forever¡¯. And I¡¯m also OK with all the cultivators that love you. So please don¡¯t mind Lady Feng Si.¡± His tone was a little bit haste-he was really worried.

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing twitched his mouth, ¡°Put my little fellow sister aside, what does Mo Qiu have anything to do with it?!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi felt upset and said in a low voice, ¡°...Anyway, I will not be mad at you, so please don¡¯t be mad at me.¡±

    Those words immediately dispelled Luo Jianqing¡¯s jealousy. He never expected that his master would be so worried. He liked to see Xuan Lingzi get jealous for him, as that was a rare scene where Xuan Lingzi wouldpletely lose his coldness and elegance.

    However, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t like that. Luo Jianqing had just been jealousy for a while and Xuan Lingzi was driven so worried. That was...

    ¡°Well¡±, after a deep sigh, Luo Jianqing drew a ward.

    Xuan Lingzi immediately flickered his sleeve and enhanced it.

    No one could see what happened inside the ward. Luo Jianqing softly broke free from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand which was holding his tight. That made Xuan Lingzi surprised and somewhat panicked. But Luo Jianqing suddenly moved forward and give him a gentle peck.

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°Master, don¡¯t you want to see me jealous for a while?¡±

    In bafflement, Xuan Lingzi heard the hoarse and low voice of Luo Jianqing, ¡°We... haven¡¯t conducted couple cultivation for a long time.¡±

    What happened next was swift.

    In the wide, open yard, they tenderly kissed each other, showing their full love. Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands fondled into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s clothes. Xuan Lingzi froze for a second and took Luo Jianqing back to room hurriedly.

    Luo Jianqing looked at him with atonement. Xuan Lingzi frowned and said, ¡°We... we can¡¯t do it in public.¡±

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t helpughing out. He ripped Xuan Lingzi¡¯s clothes and pressed him down, giving him a deep kiss. The sound of their entwining tongues were seductive and alluring. They stripped off all the clothes and soon sweet and low moans rose gradually.

 Chapter 163: Primordial Life and Lotus (III)

    <h4>Chapter 163: Primordial Life and Lotus (III)</h4>

    When Xuan Lingzi entered Luo Jianqing, they both gave a deep moan uncontrobly. They hadn¡¯t done this for a long time, so Luo Jianqing was not ustomed to it at first. However, vaporizing pleasure spread from his tailbone to the whole body, making him moan in ecstacy.

    As they were both carried away by the pleasure, Xuan Lingzi subconsciously wanted to put his primordial life into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. However, just as he was about to do that, Luo Jianqing resisted the overwhelming pleasure and held Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand. He lowered his eyes, ¡°Master...¡±

    His hoarse voice and lowered, vulnerable eyes made Xuan Lingzi hold his breath.

    He saw Luo Jianqing¡¯s face blushed and he was overwhelmed by lust, but he restrained the strong desire for Xuan Lingzi¡¯s primordial life and coption, ¡°Master, I... I have something to tell you...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi asked in a low voice, ¡°What is it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°... My primordial life has been transformed into a lotus.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Before Luo Jianqing could stop him, Xuan Lingzi put his Deity Transformation Period primordial life into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body. Tremendous pleasure made his toes curl up and he got his first organism that night. On the other hand, Xuan Lingzi had seen that lotus in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    The teal five-pedal lotus rotated slowly. Xuan Lingzi restrained his lust and hugged Luo Jianqing tightly. He approached the lotus and examined it carefully.

    Xuan Lingzi had never heard that primordial life could be transformed into a lotus. Now he had no mood to continue their couple cultivation. He was more anxious to know whether there was something wrong with Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    However, as Xuan Lingzi¡¯s primordial life moved closer to that lotus, it suddenly jumped into the hand of Xuan Lingzi¡¯s primordial life excitedly. Seeing that, Xuan Lingzi was surprised, and that lotus was dancing and circling on his primordial life¡¯s hand.

    Xuan Lingzi pulled out from Luo Jianqing¡¯s body subconsciously and said, ¡°Jianqing, we need to go back to Tai Hua mountain immediately. I have never seen anything like that. Maybe Yu Qingzi can...¡±

    Luo Jianqing stopped Xuan Lingzi and rode on top of him.

    When Xuan Lingzi entered Luo Jianqing again, they both gave satisfied moan. Before Xuan Lingzi could do anything, he found with astonishment that the lotus in his primordial life¡¯s hand suddenly shined with all its splendor. When he looked at it again, the lotus had transformed itself into a primordial life!

    After the initial shock, Xuan Lingzi heard Luo Jianqing¡¯s hoarse and flirting voice, ¡°Master, you are distracted. Don¡¯t you like to copte with me?¡±

    Right now, all rationality had gone without any traces.

    They had six rounds that night, as if they wanted to make up all they had missed in the past few months. Xuan Lingzi held Luo Jianqing in his arms. Luo Jianqing fell asleep quickly, yet Xuan Lingzi could not. He was using his spiritual sense to examine Luo Jianqing¡¯s body, and he dared not to put his primordial life into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body again.

    Because... he had never seen such a ¡°terrible¡± primordial life!

    When they conducted couple coption before, their primordial lives just ng their hands together and transferred power, but this time, the primordial life of Luo Jianqing was incredibly fierce. It rushed up and hugged Xuan Lingzi¡¯s primordial life immediately.

    If it had been someone else, Xuan Lingzi would have kicked him off.

    However, it was Luo Jianqing.

    Xuan Lingzi could resist with his great power, yet he couldn¡¯t have the heart to do that to ¡°little¡± Luo Jianqing. He just let Luo Jianqing¡¯s primordial life fondle and kiss him. As he recalled the scene now, that rascal¡¯s behavior would still make Xuan Lingzi blush.

    But he had to admit that such couple cultivation... was more thrilled.

    Both Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were addicted to the coption of their primordial lives.

    The next day, when Luo Jianqing woke up, he saw that Luo Jianqing had put on his clothes and was meditating. Luo Jianqing also put his teal dress on, and he gradually recalled the couple cultivationst night. Although he was a little bit semiconscious, he still knew what his primordial life had done to his master¡¯s.

    He coughed lightly and asked tentatively, ¡°Master?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t open his eyes, but his ears went red.

    Luo Jianqing asked again, ¡°Master?¡±

    This time, his voice was louder and Xuan Lingzi opened his eyes. Before he could ask anything, Luo Jianqing confessed himself, ¡°Master, I have stopped practicing True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record for a long time. It¡¯splicated, and I will tell you the whole story now.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was baffled, and Luo Jianqing began to tell everything a couple of decades. He didn¡¯t want Xuan Lingzi to know hisst life, so he didn¡¯t mention his rebirth, yet he still told Xuan Lingzi everything about Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.

    Atst, Luo Jianqing turned to Xuan Lingzi cautiously and asked, ¡°Master, will you... be mad at me?¡±

 Chapter 164: Glorious Generation! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 164: Glorious Generation! (I)</h4>

    Since Luo Jianqing informed Tai Hua Mountain of what happened in Ding Hai Sect three months ago, Sir Hao Xingzi had cooperated with other Dao Cultivators to develop a n to wipe out all demons lurking in the thirty-six states. Hao Xingzi had also sent messengers to the Fiend Realm and invited cultivators from the Fiend Pce, which however, all went unanswered.

    During these three months, each sect made some gains.

    In the four states around Tai Hua Mountain, they found more than fifty demons-thirty Fifth-Level demons equivalent to Gold Core cultivators, twenty Sixth-Level demons, four Seventh-Level demons, two Eighth-Level demons, one Ninth-Level demon and one Earth-Level demon exalt!

    Situations in the territory of other sects were no better than Tai Hua Mountain. Although the number of demons might be less, the high level demons still existed. The Tribtion Passage demon exalt found by Duan Hun Sect was the first Earth-Level exalt found by human cultivators. The demon exalt found by Tai Hua Mountain was the second one. The Earth-Level ck re demon exalt found by Fei Hua Sect was the third one.

    Ling Yun Hall, Tai Hua Mountain.

    ¡°Within just three months, we have found so many demons. I¡¯d never expect that Demon has nted so many spies in our thirty-six states.¡± Sir Hao Xingzi wore a grave face and said seriously, ¡°Sirs, you have to visit the Fiend Pce immediately. Please persuade the Fiend Pce to eliminate the demon spies within the Fiend Realm. If a great battle breaks out, these demons hidden in the thirty-six states and the Fiend Realm will be huge threats!¡±

    ¡°Yes, Chief!¡±

    Tai Hua Mountain had sent several grand masters to the Fiend Pce. Even if the Pce was quite defiant, it should look to therger picture now.

    Meanwhile, Duan Hun Sect, Fei Hua Sect, Gui Yuan Sect and Shen Jian Sect had also sent cultivators to the Fiend Realm. The territory of Eight ns was much smaller than that of Tai Hua Mountain and Four Sects, so they shouldered less burden in this clearing operation. The Eight ns altogether only found three Ninth-Level demons.

    Hearing the messages from those sects and ns, Sir Hao Xingzi pondered for a long time with a solemn face. He dismissed other people and only left Zuo Yunmo in the Ling Yun Hall.

    The limestone bricks were reflecting the light in the vast Ling Yun Hall, which was supported by eighty-one immense pirs. Grey-haired Sir Hao Xingzi were sitting high, still frowning. After a long thought, he sighed deeply and looked at his chief disciple withplicated feelings.

    Zuo Yunmo was wearing pale yellow clothes and turned to his master calmly.

    Sir Hao Xingzi said, ¡°Yun Mo, you are just fifty-eight years old and have reached the early stage of Nascent Soul, so your realm is very close to Xuan Lingzi. However, you must know that the world you are living in is much different from the one three hundred years ago. I don¡¯t know why brilliant talent has kept emerging in the past decades. From time immemorial there has been the belief that the heaven-sent bonds to each era is different.¡±

    Speaking of that, Sir Hao Xingzi paused. He looked at Zuo Yunmo seriously, ¡°And you are living in an era much better than the one Xuan Lingzi experienced.¡±

    What he said was not ungrounded.

    If you reviewed the ten-thousand-years history of the cultivation world, you might find that some eras would witness numerous talents, yet some might see fewer brilliant talents. There was no exnation for this phenomenon. Maybe it was the intention of nature-some eras were bound to prosper while some were doomed to fall.

    Hao Xingzi continued, ¡°It is now a most prosperous era in tens of thousands of years. Luo Jianqing has made full use of this favorable time, and you are much behind him. No one can exactly predict when the battle between human and demon will break out, but Yunmo, with your current power, you will only be a fighter of no glory on the battleground. ¡°

    Zuo Yunmo made a courtesy and said, ¡°I don¡¯t have the intention to go out in a ze of glory. I only wish human can win the battle so that people can stay safe.¡±

    Hao Xingzi shook his head, ¡°I can see my prospect of imminent death and you will be the Chief Master of Tai Hua Mountain someday.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo lowered his head silently.

    After a long silence, Hao Xingzi flickered his sleeve and said, ¡°Go to Wan Shou Mountain and find your bond.¡±

    Zuo Yunmo nodded.

    Each peak of Tai Hua Mountain was making such preparation.

    On Bi Can Peak, the third fellow sister Wei Qiongyin had started her decade-long closed-door cultivation to finish Nascent Soul Period.

    On Yu Shou Peak, the fifth fellow brother Huo Yuchong left Tai Hua Mountain for Wan Shou Mountain to hunt demons.

    On Lie Huo Peak, the sixth fellow brother Xiu Hen forged an Earth-Level sword and fell into Insight Realm, starting to reach Nascent Soul Period.

    ¡±

    On Qing Lan Peak, the junior fellow sister Mu Tianxin was eager to practice outside Tai Hua Mountain, yet Sir Yu Qingzi felt worried about that and said, ¡°Can you wait until I finish the Heaven-Level Seventh Grade Jade Pill? You can take it with you. No, that¡¯s not enough. I will visit Huo Mingzi tomorrow to make several supreme Earth-Level instruments for you!¡±

    On Hao Ming Peak, which had most of cultivators on the mountain, Sir Guang Lingzi gathered all the cultivators and exhorted them one by one. He told them to devote themselves to cultivation. At least, they should be able to protect themselves when the battle broke out. Meanwhile, he also coached his valued disciples in person.

    When Guang Lingzi walked to Li Xiuchen, he paused for a while and took a glimpse at Xie Zizhuo.

    Xie Zizhuo was wearing a ck outfit. With his towering figure and young, handsome face, he was more solid and mature than dozens of years ago. Despite that, Sir Guang Lingzi still sighed. He directly got past Li Xiuchen and went to the next one.

    Li Xiuchen had reached thete stage of Foundation Establishment. In Hao Ming Peak, he would be the top disciple. However, here, Guang Lingzi even didn¡¯t give him personal coaching, which made Li Xiuchen baffled. When he came back, he had been pulled out of the hall by his fellow brothers.

    The upset look could be seen on his pale face. However, after a long thought, he realized, ¡°Even if the plot goes wrong, my power will still improve. Maybe the battle will really happen earlier, then with my Goldfinger, I can definitely benefit from it!¡±

 Chapter 165: Glorious Generation! (II)

    <h4>Chapter 165: Glorious Generation! (II)</h4>

    With that in mind, Li Xiuchen turned around and left. He decided to find a time to visit Mu Ruorong in Bi Can Peak and improve his cultivation.

    In the Hall of Hao Ming Peak behind him, Sir Guang Lingzi gazed at Xie Zizhuo seriously, ¡°Little turd, you haven¡¯t reached Nascent Soul so far. If the battle starts within a decade, you are doomed and even don¡¯t deserve a chance to escape!¡±

    Xie Zizhuo¡¯s lips curled into a sneer, ¡°You don¡¯t give a damn to thete-stage Gold Core anyway.¡±

    Guang Lingzi¡¯s fierce face was full of awkwardness. He said angrily, ¡°Is that how you talk to your master?¡±

    Xie Zizhuoughed, ¡°Master, then can you give me some advice on how to make breakthroughs more quickly?¡±

    Sir Guangzi just rolled his eyes at Xie Zizhuo and said, ¡°Why don¡¯t you go to Wan Li Frozen Lake and find your bloody bond?¡±

    Xie Zizhuo was baffled at first, with his brain pondering fast. Then he grinned and epted this order quickly.

    Therefore, among all seven chief disciples of Tai Hua Mountain, Luo Jianqing had been on his way to Northern Land of Arctic; Wei Qiongyin and Xiu Hen were conducting closed-door cultivation; Zuo Yunmo and Huo Yuchong were heading to Wan Shou Mountain respectively; Xie Zizhuo was going to Wan Li Frozen Lake. Only Mu Tianxin was still trapped in Qing Lan Peak.

    Four sects and eight ns were making simr preparations.

    If the younger generation wanted to survive or even benefit from the battle, they needed to improve their power significantly before it.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know these things yet. When he told his little secret to his master, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t me him, and he even didn¡¯t ask about Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. Instead, Xuan Lingzi held Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands and tenderly transferred his spiritual power into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    The warm power wandered in his body. Xuan Lingzi carefully examined his disciple¡¯s body for fifteen minutes and didn¡¯t find anything wrong.

    His primordial life had gone back to an indigo lotus instantly after the couple cultivation, which surprised Xuan Lingzi. The primordial life had nothing unusual, except that it liked fondling and kissing in a rogue manner.

    After a long thought, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Lady Feng Si is more skilled at pill making. Let her examine your body more carefully.¡±

    Luo Jianqing had been pleasant that his master was quite worried about him and didn¡¯t me him at all. However, as he heard ¡°Lady Feng Si¡±, his face immediately turned grave. Luo Jianqing clutched the bedpost and said, ¡°Nooooo!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Of course, the bedpost couldn¡¯t stop Xuan Lingzi. Luo Jianqing just clutched it to express his protest. However, Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t force him. After another discreet examination. Xuan Lingzi lowered his pampering eyes, ¡°You really don¡¯t want to visit her?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°I don¡¯t.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said slightly, ¡°OK, just forget it.¡±

    Then, Xuan Lingzi sat down again.

    Luo Jianqing wouldn¡¯t expect that his master could be such a pushover. He looked at Xuan Lingzi with his surprising, clear and twinkling eyes. Xuan Lingzi also looked down at his eyes silently. After a long time, Xuan Lingzi turned around.

    He coughed slightly and said, ¡°Jianqing, we... should leave Fei Hua Sect now.¡±

    The long gaze just now had turned Luo Jianqing on. He grasped the sleeve of Xuan Lingzi, who turned back and got baffled by Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes. Luo Jianqing moved forward and kissed him.

    A kiss could trigger everything.

    The tender kiss at very beginning had gone wild.

    Months of restraint had made both vigorous. Outside the house was brilliant sunshine, and here inside was another luring scene. This time, Luo Jianqing tried to constrain the pleasure so that he could control his little ¡°rascal¡±. However, he soon got addicted with the overwhelming sensuality and let his primordial life paw at Xuan Lingzi¡¯s.

    Seductive and sweet moans went on one after another. Isted by twoyers of ward, they couldn¡¯t even be noticed by Lady Feng Si.

    They were indulged in coption all day.

    At night, Luo Jianqing began to pack up energetically and left with Xuan Lingzi.

    Under the cover of the shades, they left a message jade tablet and went down the mountain. Luo Jianqing enjoyed the mountain scene enthusiastically all the way and said, ¡°I met the second senior disciple of Fei Hua Sect, Lady Ming Hua in Liu Yan Valley. And that¡¯s almost ten years ago.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi responded in a low voice.

    Luo Jianqing continued to talk intermittently.

    Soon, they had left Fei Hua Sect, a ce with lovely flower everywhere.

    As they reached a mountain trail, Xuan Lingzi suddenly stopped. After two faltering steps, Luo Jianqing turned back and looked at him. An elegant, handsome master dressed in white was standing under the cold moonlight, with his eyebrows slightly furrowed. Xuan Lingzi looked up at Luo Jianqing and said, ¡°Jianqing, why don¡¯t we move faster and find an inn to have some rest?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Work for me.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi immediately grasped Luo Jianqing¡¯s hands and flew to the sky together.

    A gold light travelled over three miles in a blink, fading away in the distant sky. When they left, a figure in light color showed up at where they disappeared. The beautifuldy was baffled and looked at the direction they flew. After a long gaze, she looked away and forged a bitter smile, walking away.

    Even the moon would wane, so not everything could be perfect. Lady Feng Si had been waiting at the end of this mountain trail for an hour, yet just as Xuan Lingzi sensed her existence, he immediately left.

    Xuan Lingzi had clearly conveyed his refusal. Lady Feng Si didn¡¯t fly back. Instead, she walked among the flower and grass of Fei Hua Sect step by step. Gradually, she closed her eyes to hide the tears that were about to well up.

    ¡°It has been one hundred and twenty-three years. Maybe...It¡¯s time for me to give up.¡±

    Three dayster, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi had left the territory of Fei Hua Sect. They passed through Chao State and Ming State quickly, and stopped in Chong State, which bordered on the Northern Land of Arctic. They could reach the destination once they crossed Chong State.

 Chapter 166: The Cliff of Lost Love

    <h4>Chapter 166: The Cliff of Lost Love</h4>

    As the state bordered on Northern Land of Arctic, Chong State was sparsely popted with few towns.

    Unlike other states where greenery could shut out the sun, or Cen State surrounded by clear water, Chong State was featured by sands. Anyone could easily notice the dry and cracked-upnd as well as distant bare hills.

    It was a barren wastend marked by bleakness and destion.

    Walking on such a desert, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to stop at all. He flew quickly in the sky with Xuan Lingzi as two shing lights. They would only stop and rest when they saw inhabited towns.

    ¡°The astral wind in the Northern Land of Arctic willst for another month.¡± Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Master, we can stay longer in Peng State and stop at each town so that we make it to the Northern Land of Arctic just as the astral wind passes.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded slightly, ¡°OK.¡±

    Few ordinary people would settle down in this bleak state. The terrible environment was unfriendly to any lives, so only some cultivators mighte here to practice from time to time. Some of them just rested here, preparing to enter the Northern Land of Arctic, while some just came here to cultivate.

    Because in the north of Chong State erected the Cliff of Lost Love.

    It was said that eighty thousand years ago, two supreme masters of the human race had a critical battle here. The battle shocked the Earth and Heaven and made the devils and gods wail. One master had the sword pointed to the Heaven, and the other possessed a broadsword that could split the sky. They fought neck and neck of intense sparring.

    The battlested for ten years with the oue being undecided. One day, one master suddenly further broke through his realm and transformed into deity. Before he left, he raised his sword and struck down his rival, leaving an immeasurable gulley-

    The Cliff of Lost Love (also known as Duan Qing Cliff).

    Behind the edge of the cliff was an abyss, a bottomless pit. Even a Da Sheng Period cultivator had no chance to escape from it.

    However, the cultivation world believed that danger meant bond. Although Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t understand why human could possess such striking power eighty thousand years ago, he knew that at the bottom of this abyssy some thumping bond. He didn¡¯t know what it was, or no one knew about it, yet everyone was clear that some bond was waiting to be unveiled.

    After a short stay in a remote small town, they continued their journey.

    The more northward they headed, the more prosperous the state was. Just like them, many cultivators prepared to enter the Northern Land of Arctic for their bonds, so they rested in Chong State until the astral wind passed. Anyone who dared to find their bonds in the Northern Land of Arctic or the Cliff of Lost Love must be extraordinary. Among them, even the weakest was the early-stage Gold Core cultivator, and even some Tribtion Passage cultivators also came here!

    That night, Luo Jianqing came to another town, where a lot of cultivators gathered. They didn¡¯t pay much attention to the visit of Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi. Only few of them looked at these two people vigntly and reached for their weapons aside.

    Luo Jianqing nced at them casually and released a little pressure on them. They screwed up their faces and left hurriedly.

    Luo Jianqing curled up his lips and said, ¡°The physical danger in this state may be much smaller than that in Northern Land of Arctic, but here, everyone¡¯s mind is a mirk, unpredictable mirror. If I hadn¡¯t pressed those people with my power, we would have big troubles in the next few days.¡±

    Although Xuan Lingzi had stayed in Tai Hua Mountain for hundreds of years, he hadn¡¯t shut his ears to what went on outside the mountain. He looked at the direction those people left for and said, ¡°You cannot let your guard down on human cultivators when you practice outside the mountain.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°I understand. But I have you to get my back, don¡¯t I?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked down at his disciple with doting eyes. He curled up his lips, as if saying that ¡°You know you can count on me.¡±.

    They soon found an inn and settled down.

    Small as the town was, a dozen of inns clustered here, yet the demands were far beyond that. Luo Jianqing asked over seven inns and finally found an avable room. Many cultivators were waiting here for the passing of the astral wind, and moreover, the town was very near to the Cliff of Lost Love.

    Luo Jianqing opened the window in his room.

    After a creaky sound, refreshing night breeze gently came in through the window, with a smell of fresh soil.

    The bright moonlight poured in through the windows on the indigo clothes of this young man, putting on a silver halo for him. Luo Jianqing knitted his beautiful brows, aplicated expression appeared on his wless face. He gazed at the distant shadow, pursing his lips silently.

    When one overlooked from the room, the shadow was like a monster, swallowing half of the sky.

    The monster was towering and sharp, soaring higher into the sky. It looked more horrible and brutal at night, as if a teau on a vast in, demonstrating endless ipatibility and disproportion. However, most of people in this town came for the cliff.

    It was the Cliff of Lost Love, where Luo Jianqing¡¯sst life ended.

    That day, Luo Jianqing was cornered by hundreds of Dao Cultivators. Behind him was the bottomless abyss, while in front of him were furious cultivators. After days of running, his spiritual power had exhausted. He was nothing but a spent bullet, yet he still clutched his Zhui Yin Sword, striving for a glimmer of hope.

    Atst, the order of Li Xiuchen put out that glimmer. Luo Jianqing stopped fighting on the edge of the cliff and was prated by heart.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know what happened after his death. Maybe he was taken back to Tai Hua Mountain by the disciples led by Li Xiuchen, or cut into pieces by angry Dao Cultivators, or even he fell into the abyss, with nothing left to bury.

    Luo Jianqing gazed at the cliff into the distance, which struck a chill to his heart. This biting chill,ing from Xuan Lingzi Sword, soon spread all over his body through his vessels. By then, the sword froze his blood and made him die with desperation. And his life was...

    ¡°Jianqing.¡±

    Luo Jianqing felt a warm hug from behind. Xuan Lingzi gently held Luo Jianqing¡¯s waist.

    Suddenly, all of the chill in Luo Jianqing¡¯s body disappeared.

    He turned around and beamed, ¡°What happened, master?¡±

    A light of blood red shed across Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes. He closed his eyes to hide this unusual color and said calmly, ¡°It¡¯s windier at night, why don¡¯t you close the window?¡± Then, before Luo Jianqing could react, Xuan Lingzi raised his head and closed the window instantly.

    The Cliff of Lost Love disappeared in sight.

    Luo Jianqing felt it funny and turned back again, ¡°We head to north tomorrow? Or...we go visit the Cliff of Lost Love?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°Why do you want to visit the cliff?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said lightly and rightfully, ¡°The Cliff of Lost Love is the most dangerous ce in Chong State. Since we are here, it¡¯s unworthy of missing it.¡± After a pause, Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°Sir Yu Qingzi told me that you had practiced on that cliff once.¡±

    Although even a Da Sheng Period cultivator couldn¡¯t escape from the abyss behind the Cliff of Lost Love, the trial of the cliff was divided into nine levels. The first eight levels had time limit. Once the time was up, the cultivator could either leave immediately or be forced to enter the next level.

    The level was closest to the cliff; the second level was three miles deeper; the third level was six miles deeper... the eighth level was over two hundred and ten miles deeper. As for the ninth level, it was just a mysterious conception. No one knew how it was, and no one had evere back.

    The bottomless abyss was not a metaphor or exaggeration. Some master had estimated that the bottom of this abyss actually contained a small world, and that was why it had such arge space.

    With his Out-of-Body power, Luo Jianqing could enter the first five levels easily, yet thest four levels were beyond his capability.

    Xuan Lingzi, on the other hand, could pass the first eight levels, but the ninth level... was even too risky for him, and he could not be sure that he could get out of there.

    However, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°That¡¯s a long time ago. Jianqing, if you don¡¯t reach the ninth level, you won¡¯t benefit a lot.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked with astonishment, ¡°The benefits of the first eight levels are not significant for me?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi replied, ¡°For you, the first eight levels are by no means attractive. Only the nh level may have some stunning bond. However, your current power is not enough to support you to get there. The Cliff of Lost Love doesn¡¯t have many bonds as you have imagined. We will head to the Northern Land of Arctic directly tomorrow.¡±

    The quick decision of Xuan Lingzi baffled Luo Jianqing, ¡°Master, we can just visit there on the way to...¡±

    A warm kiss suddenly interrupted Luo Jianqing.

    They were fatigued with the journey all day and sometimes were even forced to sleep in the open. Now they lived in an inn with decent environment, so the vibe was also better. Xuan Lingzi removed Luo Jianqing¡¯s jade hairpin tenderly, loosing his ck hair, which spread on the sheet.

    His thick hair was raven; his beautiful eyes were beckoning with a smile.

    They gazed at each other for a while, and then moved closer. Finally, a kiss started tonight¡¯s couple cultivation.

    The couple cultivation was just an excuse. Luo Jianqing felt uneasy anyway for being so close to the Cliff of Lost Love. He held tight on his master so that he could feel the existence of him. Addicted to sensual pleasure, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice that Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes had been red. He strained every sinew to press Luo Jianqing down.

    It was the Cliff of Lost Love, where Xuan Lingzi lost his beloved in thest life.

    That day, the cliff was stained with blood. The sky was blood red, so was everything.

    He saw his life sword prating Luo Jianqing, he felt Luo Jianqing gradually stopping breathing.

    They were both fiercer in this coption. The bed kept shaking for a whole night. Xuan Lingzi could only restrain the Blood Qi boiling up in his body when he felt the warmth of Luo Jianqing. And only the warmth of Luo Jianqing could reassure him.

    The next day, Luo Jianqing was somewhat limping. Despite his strong resilience, his body almost fell apart after all night coption, which was quite overwhelming.

    However, Luo Jianqing was an Out-of-Body cultivator after all. He was back to normal soon. Xuan Lingzi, on the other hand, was still baffled and dreamy. He didn¡¯t recover until they left the town and went far from the cliff.

    Another three miles northward, they saw another town, where the Cliff of Lost Love was totally out of sight.

    They kept flying northward and passed three small towns, in each of which they rested for a while. Such small towns were ubiquitous in Chong State, as cultivators needed to rest in these ces. Besides, there might be some rtively busy fairs for cultivators to sell and purchase goods. But none of these attracted Luo Jianqing.

    When a month passed, Luo Jianqing packed up quickly without any hesitation. They entered Sand Buried Forest. This is thest ce bordering both Chong State and the Northern Land of Arctic. Once they walked through the forest, they stepped on the territory of the Northern Land of Arctic!

 Chapter 167: Enter the Northern Land of Arctic! (I)

    <h4>Chapter 167: Enter the Northern Land of Arctic! (I)</h4>

    The vast Sand Buried Forest bordered Chong State and the Northern Land of Arctic.

    Countless towering trees grew close together and were so leafy that one could get no glimpse of the sky. And only one species could survive here-the Tree of Parting Sorrows (Li Hen Tree).

    The tree rooted in sands, which could grow a hundred meters high. The naked trunk had aged bark yet seemed vigorous and lofty. Looking up along the trunk, you could see thick and boundless shade, which covered the whole sky.

    The Sand Buried Forest was a strategic point for human cultivators. Each year, some Tribtion Passage or even Da Sheng Period cultivators woulde here to check the situation of the forest, as it could block the sand blown by the wind from the Northern Land of Arctic. Moreover, the Tree of Parting Sorrows could absorb the nutrients from those sand and stones to grow more lushly.

    The trees here were extremely close to each other. You could see another Tree of Parting Sorrows within three meters.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help slowing down in this forest. Although there was no obvious danger, the Tree of Parting Sorrows itself was a demon that could seduce people. Any weak-will cultivators in this forest would be seduced by the fragrance of this tree, fell into fantasy, and ultimately indulged in it.

    A Tree of Parting Sorrows could cause an instant indulgence, which was not so dangerous. However, this was a forest with tens of thousands of them.

    So many Trees of Parting Sorrows could totally erode the conscience of a cultivator.

    ¡°Master, Sir Yu Qingzi told me that when you came to the Northern Land of Arctic, you just reached Gold Core.¡± Luo Jianqing said as he strode in this forest, ¡°When you past through the forest, did you notice something unusual?¡±

    Even though Luo Jianqing¡¯s power was restrained, his realm and mind hadn¡¯t been affected by those trees at all. In the Sand Buried Forest, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t feel anything unusual. He just smelt some light fragrance, yet that didn¡¯t pull him into fantasy.

    Xuan Lingzi was calmer. He replied, ¡°I heard the roars of demons.¡±

    That interested Luo Jianqing, ¡°What?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi continued, ¡°At first, I just heard the roars of a demon, and I knew it was approaching me, but I didn¡¯t see anything. So, I ignored it and moved on. Then, I heard more and more demons. When I left the forest, they had formed an army with thousands of demons, but still, I could only hear them, nothing else.¡±

    Luo Jianqing smiled, ¡°If you showed even a little bit fear, those ¡°roaring demons¡± might materialize.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi just beamed nomittally.

    They had marched in the forest for ten days and ten nights.

    They had seen cultivators from other towns heading to Northern Land of Arctic. Even the weakest of them was Nascent Soul cultivator. When they met, those cultivators just looked at Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi vigntly and left with great care.

    The decennial astral wind in the Northern Land of Arctic had past, so there were a lot of cultivatorsing here for bonds. Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t care about them. After all, those ubiquitous bonds were not attractive to Luo Jianqing at all. His goal was very clear: found the relics of Mo Qing and gave it to Mo Qiu.

    Half a year ago, Luo Jianqing had sent Mo Qiu a message by Fo Zi. Luo Jianqing said that he had something to give Mo Qiu, and told Mo Qiu not to go far or just to tell Luo Jianqing how to contact him.

    The relics of Mo Qing undoubtedly belonged to the descendants of Mo¡¯s Family. Currently, Mo Qiu was the most brilliant descendant in his family, so Luo Jianqing had to give it to him. Then, when they met, they could go to Northern Waste Land together to meet other descendants.

    Luo Jianqing believed that with the protection of Xuan Lingzi, his life would not be threatened in the Northern Land of Arctic, so he didn¡¯t call Mo Qiu here. Moreover, it was his first time to travel with his master, and he didn¡¯t want to be bothered by others.

    After they passed through the Buried Sand Forest, they saw the scene of extreme bleakness.

    If Chong State was full of withered nts and scarce in greenness, the Sand Buried Forest was covered by sand with dry, soughing wind, then the Northern Land of Arctic was and packed with cracks, where thest drop of water had been wiped out! Cobweb-like gullies sprawled across thend, and as they walked on it, their shoes creaked with sand and stones.

    This was one of the four most dangerous ces in thirty-six states!

    This was the Northern Land of Arctic!

    In Luo Jianqing¡¯sst life, he was often in flight due to the Order from Tai Hua Mountain. He had no choice but to enter the Northern Land of Arctic. When he first saw this dangerous and bleak ce, he was shocked. However, now, he could only feel bitterness and helplessness.

    Two of his junior fellow brothers died here.

    They were not killed by the astral wind, but innocently implicated by Li Xiuchen.

    Xuan Lingzi seemed to feel the upset of Luo Jianqing, so he held his disciple¡¯s hands, ¡°Since we have entered the Northern Land of Arctic, I don¡¯t have to restrain your power anymore. However, Jianqing, I won¡¯t help you here. Or you can say I am invisible to you. This is your cultivation, alone.¡±

    Luo Jianqing understood his meaning, ¡°Of course.¡±

    With his Deity Transformation Period cultivation, Luo Jianqing could be counted as a powerful cultivator outside here, who could even found his own sect. Yet, in the Northern Land of Arctic, everyone was high level cultivator, fully confident with their power. It wouldn¡¯t be a strange thing if they see a Body Fusion cultivator here.

    Then, they entered the territory of the Northern Land of Arctic.

    As they stepped on thend, a breeze came towards Luo Jianqing. The wind seemed soft and gentle, but Luo Jianqing narrowed his eyes and maintained sharp vignce against it.

    A few of his hairs were cut as the breeze stroked his face!

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°How horrible the astral wind it is. Even the fiercest storm has passed, the remaining breeze is still powerful.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked down and said, ¡°Don¡¯t let down your guard.¡±

    Luo Jianqing beamed, ¡°Of course I won¡¯t.¡±

 Chapter 168: Enter the Northern Land of Arctic! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 168: Enter the Northern Land of Arctic! (2)</h4>

    Luo Jianqing immediately drew a ward around himself to impair the power of the remaining astral wind. They continued to fly northwest from the exit of the Sand Buried Forest. They didn¡¯t see many cultivators all the way, yet the ongoing astral wind blew towards them fiercely.

    Xuan Lingzi, who was dressed in white, was calm andposed. The astral wind, which would be warded off ten meters away, couldn¡¯t even get close to him, but he didn¡¯t choose to help Luo Jianqing.

    Slight winds were not a threat for Luo Jianqing. However, this time, a dozen of blustery winds blew towards him from different directions. Although he managed to block them with difficulty, his indigo sleeve was cut by the astral wind.

    Xuan Lingzi looked at Luo Jianqing with seemingly cold eyes, through which a light of heartache shed, but he still didn¡¯t say anything.

    They continued to fly ahead and finally saw a middle-age cultivator in ck. That cultivator was terrified when he saw Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi flying on the sky.

    He was just ate-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, so he dared not act rashly against them, but he shouted, ¡°My fellow cultivators, flying on the sky is very dangerous in the Northern Land of Arctic. How about we walk ahead together? It¡¯s much safer!¡±

    He was right, particrly in a sky full of forceful astral wind.

    However, as he was saying that, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi had flown farther away, with no time to respond.

    The middle-age cultivator twitched his mouth and said sulkily, ¡°They are definitely pampered and spoiled disciples who have always turned a blind eye to hardships and sufferings. Maybe they are just attracted here by the legends about the Northern Land of Arctic, but they don¡¯t know that the astral wind in the sky is the most fatal danger. Anyway, since they court death, no one can stop them. Just let me follow the direction they fly. Perhaps I can spot their bodies, and... make some fortune!¡±

    With that in mind, the middle-age cultivator stepped up, running ahead.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know what that cultivator was thinking about. He just continued the journey with Xuan Lingzi. They saw nothing but barren hills and crackednd all the way, and they couldn¡¯t get water at all. Those hills, which were not high, almost the same as in, were bleak and deste, while the depth of the gullies on thend varied-some were as shallow as below one meter, but some were as deep as over three hundred meters!

    If some low-realm cultivators fell into those deep gullies, they probably couldn¡¯t find a way out.

    ¡°Master, there are four extremely dangerous ces in the Northern Land of Arctic, and we will encounter three of them.¡± Luo Jianqing had been well-prepared and said, ¡°We will get to the Yin Ze Gully and Wu Di Cave soon. They are just ahead of us, and the relics we are looking for is around the Feng Shen Sea.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi nodded, ¡°I¡¯ll follow you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing curled up his lips and said, ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid that I have some plots and take you to some parlous ces?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked up at him and smiled, ¡°Well, are you going to deceive and murder your master?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I bet I could make a fortune if I sold you.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t get angry to his disciple¡¯s naughty jokes as he used to do easily anymore. He glimpsed at Luo Jianqing and pretended to hear nothing. Except that Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ears turned red naturally, there were not many changes in him.

    Luo Jianqing also understood that joking couldn¡¯t go too far, so he casually changed his topic, ¡°We can circumvent the Ku Mountain this time. It¡¯s said to be very dangerous, where many Da Sheng Period cultivators cannot survive. Have you ever been there?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°I visited here just as a Gold Core cultivator, so I didn¡¯t enter that mountain. You want to go there?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head, ¡°I hope we¡¯d better not.¡±

    Compared with some ces with horrible names, such as Yin Ze Gully (Gulley of the Hell), Wu Di Cave (Bottomless Cave) and Feng Shen Sea (Sea of the Wind God), the Ku Mountain sounded quite ordinary. However, every cultivator knew it was by no means ordinary, and none of them dared overlook its danger.

    The Ku Mountain erected right in the center of the Northern Land of Arctic. Long time ago, although all the people knew that the astral wind originated from the Feng Shen Sea, no one saw anything unusual in the Ku Mountain. For them, it was just an ordinary hill a little higher than the in.

    However, five thousand years ago, a Da Sheng Period master of Shen Jian Sect entered the mountain and... never made it out.

    Before he died, he sent a few words back to his Life Stone: ¡°The Ku Mountain is a forbidden area!¡±

    This short sentence made that ordinary mountain the most horrible ce in the Northern Land of Arctic.

    No one knew the exact danger in that mountain, but so far, each cultivator who entered that mountain with hope to unveil its secret had nevere out. Therefore, even Da Sheng Period cultivators would not give it a shot there indiscriminately, and the horror of that mountain had be a myth, terrifying cultivators all over the world.

    The steep and rugged Ku Mountain rose as the northeast end of a mountain range originating from a low mountain in the southwest of the Northern Land of Arctic. The Ku Mountain was a natural barrier in the center of the Northern Land of Arctic, splitting thend into two parts. The Ku Mountain was lofty and majestic, surrounded by thick miasma. Even the spiritual insight would be blocked by the miasma two hundred meter away, so it was impossible to see its true face.

    This time, Luo Jianqing entered the Northern Land of Arctic from the south, so geographically, they were supposed to walk through the Ku Mountain. However, they could take a detour to keep distance with the Ku Mountain and even the whole range, and pass by Yin Ze Gully and Wu Di Cave, where had been in hisst life.

    They couldn¡¯t wait, so they flied there at once.

    After half a day, they could hear gurgling of water. As the sound got louder, it was more abrupt against the sound of the wind. Soon, the gloomy and cold vibe besieged them from all directions, and they could see more and more cultivators nearby. They sky was darker from three miles away, where the clouds were thick. And even the soils turned dark, cool and damp.

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi had a short eye contract, and Xuan Lingzi nodded slightly. After a thought, Luo Jianqing descended from the air and stepped on the fluffy soils. As Xuan Lingzi had said, he just followed Luo Jianqing and flew down after him.

    Just as theynded, those cultivators who had started to move towards Yin Ze Gully earlier looked at them vigntly. A dozen of high-ranking cultivators walked forward silently. They were gradually approaching the ¡°safest¡± dangerous ce in the Northern Land of Arctic, that is, Yin Ze Gulley. They were alling here for bonds!

 Chapter 169: Master, You Sneak up on Me! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 169: Master, You Sneak up on Me! (1)</h4>

    Yin Ze Gully was a bottomless valley.

    The Northern Land of Arctic was dry and hot, yet there was vast expense of waters in both Yin Ze Gully and Feng Shen Sea. The Feng Shen Sea itself was a boundless sea, while in valley of Yin Ze Gully ran a gurgling river.

    However, you didn¡¯t have to jump into the valley and swim across the river to get through the Yin Ze Gully.

    Over three thousand years ago, Fei Hua Sect sent a Da Sheng Period master to build a chain bridge across the gully. The chain as thick as a barrel spanned the steep cliffs, with fierce astral wind whistling through.

    There were three methods for a cultivator to find his bond here.

    The first one was the easiest. The cultivator was only required to stand on the chain bridge and withstood the blowing of the astral wind. Anyone managing to do that could improve his power.

    The second one was rtively easy. The cultivator had to walk through the bridge to reach the opposite side of cliff, where the Yin Ze Mountain stood. Many relics of the ancient cultivators were left on the mountain, which could be found if that cultivator was lucky enough.

    The third one was a little bitplicated, that was to say, to directly walk through the Yin Ze Gully instead of crossing the bridge.

    Many evil lives and negative energy gathered in the Yin Ze Gully. It was said that a ghost cultivator came here was like a duck to water-they could get huge benefits and significantly improve their power. However, other cultivators might be eroded by those evil lives. In some senses, those evil lives were good things, as they could polish the primordial life, making it morepact and powerful.

    On the other hand, many cultivators died here. Since they had the courage to enter the gully, they must be far from brave and powerful than ordinary ones. Even if the Yin Ze Gully was the ¡°safest¡± dangerous ce in the Northern Land of Arctic, countless cultivators lost their lives here over the past tens of thousands of years. Of course, you could snatch the relics of them, if you were capable enough.

    As Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi entered the territory of Yin Ze Gully, Xuan Lingzi stepped back and just followed his disciple as if he were not here. Xuan Lingzi just gazed at the back of Luo Jianqing quietly, watching each of his step. He followed Luo Jianqing towards any direction, yet he didn¡¯t interfere or talk.

    When they reached the edge of the cliff, they saw that thick chain bridge.

    Down the bridge was bottomless abyss, and it seemed that the bridge was the only way out. To walk through the bridge or jump into the gully was just a split-second decision

    Without any hesitation, Luo Jianqing stepped on the bridge.

    Xuan Lingzi looked at him in astonishment. Luo Jianqing had walked three meters away in a blink.

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t get to think too much but caught up with him hurriedly.

    They walked swiftly on the bridge amidst the astral wind blowing from all directions. The wind was like a sharp and cold knife, cutting Luo Jianqing¡¯s face bit by bit. Although a Gold Core cultivator could fly in the sky, walking through this bridge was difficult enough under the attack of the astral wind coupling with evil lives.

    As Luo Jianqing worked hard to forge ahead, he heard a cry from behind. As soon as he raised his head, he saw a ck figure flying across the bridge and appeared on the opposite in a second.

    ¡°I can¡¯t believe he is so fast. He must be a Body Fusion or even Tribtion Passage senior!¡±

    ¡°That senior could pass the Yin Ze Gully without looking around. He must aim at the Wu Di Cave or even Feng Shen Sea!¡±

    ¡°We need to keep up with him. The earlier we arrive at the next hill, the more bonds we can get.¡±

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    Those words made Luo Jianqing baffled. He turned back to Xuan Lingzi, who just stood behind him with a calm face. Seeing his disciple looking at him, Xuan Lingzi curled up his lips calmly and remained silent.

    Getting through the Yin Ze Gully in a striking speed could win others¡¯ attention and recognition, but Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to stand out.

    Two hourster, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi had crossed the gully and reached the Yin Ze Mountain.

    Hardly had Luo Jianqing left that chain bridge when he saw the mountain shining in all its splendor as if it were a finest jade! The brilliancy spang up to the heaven, all of which came from the relics of ancient cultivators. Each cultivator visiting the mountain would search the perfectly matched relics and inherited one.

    ¡°Jesus, there must be at least twenty relics waiting for new owners!¡±

    ¡°No, there is definitely a lot more than that, at least fifty!¡±

    ¡°I think it¡¯s a hundred!!!¡±

    Those relics shined constantly, giving out overwhelming power. Each cultivator could only choose one to inherit, and these relics also spared no efforts to show the power of their original owners so as to attract the new one

    And this new owner couldn¡¯t be Xuan Lingzi, whose power was far beyond those relics. Their target was Luo Jianqing with Supreme Spiritual Bones.

    Suddenly, Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind was awash with thousands of messages. He found that as long as he wanted, he could evenmunicate with those relics. He turned around and looked at his master with a smile, ¡°Master, even the weakest owners of those relics were Out-of-Body cultivators, and some were even Tribtion Passage...¡±

    After a patter,

    Luo Jianqing suddenly stopped talking.

    He suddenly felt that those relics all fell into silence. When he turned back, he saw the Yin Ze Mountain was eclipsed and had lost all its brilliancy. Those relics, which had shined brightly just now, didn¡¯t even dare to tell Luo Jianqing where they were, let alone invite him.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    After a long time, Luo Jianqing said slowly, ¡°Master, they are my bonds.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi flickered his long sleeve and said, ¡°Just some relics once belonging to Tribtion Passage cultivators. Jianqing, I can give you far better than that.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Inheritance of a relic was actually an awkward thing in cultivation world.

    If a cultivator inherited the relic of someone else, he admitted the one as half of his master. If he didn¡¯t have a master before, everything would be fine. Otherwise, he¡¯d better hide it from his master. Luo Jianqing certainly knew that Xuan Lingzi was being jealousy. If he inherited a relic under the nose of his master today, that would be a serious defiance of Xuan Lingzi.

    Unlike those thrilling cultivators who came to the mountain after innumerable hardships just for their bonds, Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing made their way through them and left the Yin Ze Mountain at their own pace. Behind them were bustling and hectic cultivators, while ahead them was a longer journey.

 Chapter 170: Master, You Sneak up on Me! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 170: Master, You Sneak up on Me! (2)</h4>

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Indeed, the relics of Tribtion Passage cultivators can only bring minor benefit to me. But master, what if it¡¯s the relic of a Da Sheng Period cultivator, Deity Transformation Period cultivator... or even a deity...¡± After a pause, Luo Jianqing smilingly turned to his master in white, ¡°Master, what should I do?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    After a long time, Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°If it¡¯s really a relic of a Deity Transformation Period cultivator or a deity, you... can just inherit it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°But if I inherit his relic, I have to carry on his legacy, and he would be half of my master,¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t respond until they left the territory of Yin Ze Mountain. He asked in a low voice, ¡°Then what do you want me to do?¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned around and curled up his lips. His smile was as gentle as spring breeze, and he said seriously, stressing each of syble, ¡°You were supposed to say, ¡®No, I won¡¯t allow you to inherit anyone¡¯s relic, as I belong to you, and you... only belong to me.¡¯¡±

    Boom!

    Xuan Lingzi blushes in an instant, as a hillock nearby burst into ashes.

    Luv Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    That was a little bit overreacted...

    Luo Jianqing clearly knew that Xuan Lingzi was an observant, stoic and respectable man of integrity, so flirting with his master was Luo Jianqing¡¯s biggest hobby. He had been devoted to changing that stuffy and stubborn man, but now, it still seemed to have a long way to go.

    Since Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t seek for any relics, they quickly passed through the Bottomless Cave, the second dangerous ce in the Northern Land of Arctic after the Yin Ze Gully.

    The Bottomless Cave was a little bit more perilous than the Yin Ze Gully, with fewer cultivatorsing. This ce actually consisted of numerous bottomless caves, where cultivators could fall easily. At the bottom of each cavey a horrible demon.

    It was said that in the ancient times, when the Northern Land of Arctic had not been viewed as a dangerous ce, a fierce battle broke out between human and demon. Demons suffered a tremendous defeat, and tens of thousands of them crashed here. Each of their body ripped a deep cave on the ground. Years after years, their grievances and grudges made these caves bottomless.

    But they were not literally bottomless. As long as you killed the evil spirits of those died demons, you could make it out.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know how powerful the ancient demons were, nor did he care. Currently, he only wanted to travel as quickly as possible. He avoided each cave discreetly, while other cultivators jumped into those abysses with great terror. As long as they killed the demons, they could obtain their bodies, inner pills and even some relics!

    Luo Jianqing walked in the Bottomless Cave for thirty days.

    However, the caves here were excessively dense, so it was impossible to shun away from all of them. At the edge of the Bottomless Cave, Luo Jianqing finally fell into a cave.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s falling shocked Xuan Lingzi. He rushed to the mouth of the cave and was about to jump in, yet he stopped. After a sigh, Xuan Lingzi chose to sit cross-legged beside the cave and waited Luo Jianqing out.

    The next day, Luo Jianqing flew out of the cave in a mess.

    He was getting all stained with blood on his hair, but his eyes were clearer and even a little bit shing, like a naked sword gleamed by the sun.

    As Luo Jianqing flew out, his raised his Floating Frost Sword and was about to stab Xuan Lingzi.

    Xuan Lingzi was baffled by his move, and he mped the sword with only two fingers. Before he could ask anything, Luo Jianqing narrowed his eyes, examined Xuan Lingzi carefully and said in a cold voice, ¡°Wuyin, you mean everything to me.¡±

    Boom!

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s ears went red, and he looked away subconsciously.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing finally relieved. He went limp and almost fell on the ground. He forged a bitter smile, ¡°I finally see the real you, master. You don¡¯t know how viinous and shrewd the demon I encountered this time was. I thought it was a me demon, and it also pretended to fight with me. And I used the ultimate skill to put it down, taking its inner pill and relic. As I flew out of the cave, I saw you with a worried face, asking me whether I had encountered any danger, so I let down all my guard and told ¡®you¡¯ everything. But... you should raid me!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was baffled and gazed at Luo Jianqing with innocent eyes.

    Speaking of which, Luo Jianqing was a little bit angry. He clutched his Floating Frost Sword and said, ¡°I didn¡¯t feel anything wrong at first. Then, when I found that you couldn¡¯t kill me with one blow, I realized that... such a weak man couldn¡¯t be you. It must be the phantom made by that demon.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    ¡°I made great efforts to kill ¡®you¡¯...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t help reminding him, ¡°That was not me.¡±

    Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°After I killed you, I flew out of that cave again, and I saw another ¡®you¡¯! This time you yed better...¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°... I didn¡¯t y.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°When we left that bottomless cave, you finally betrayed yourself.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing said furiously, ¡°Altogether, I went through that circle for some eighteen times! And I even drew a conclusion. First, if you could block my attack easily, then it might be you. Next, I had tested you with that sentence. If you didn¡¯t go blushed, you were a fake one. Otherwise, it was you for sure!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi, ¡°...¡±

    They stepped up and left the Bottomless Cave. Luo Jianqing still had lingering fear of that nightmare, while Xuan Lingzi was too angry to give this ce another look. Just as they left this ce, a figure in blood red was flying through the Feng Shen Sea.

    The sea was vast with surging and powerful waves. The astral wind blotted out the sky, blowing towards him like sharp knives. It seemed that the wind was about to drag him into the sea and tear him into pieces. However, the wind was blocked three meters away by his blood ward, which could not be prated even by the astral wind.

    If anyone else saw him, he would be struck dumb.

    ¡®Someone was flying in the sky above the Feng Shen Sea and trying to get through it? That wasmitting suicide!¡¯

    The ward would break after all, yet at this time, the handsome cultivator in red would take out a blood bell and draw another ward.

    Looking at the boundless sea, Mo Qiu snorted, ¡°I have made tremendous effort to get through the Feng Shen Sea. Luo Jianqing, you¡¯d better have something important to show me!¡±

 Chapter 171: The Collapse of Ku Mountain! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 171: The Copse of Ku Mountain! (1)</h4>

    There were hundreds of miles to go from the Bottomless Cave to the Feng Shen Sea.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t remember the exact location of the relic of Mo¡¯s ancestor, so he could only search for it out of his vague memory and meanwhile, shun away from the Ku Mountain. As the mountain was quite near to his destination, Luo Jianqing had to be very cautious to stay away from it.

    They saw few cultivators all the way.

    Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t rest and just sped up. Twelve consecutive dayster, they finally saw that vast sea in the distance.

    They could feel the fierce astral wind even five kilometers away from the Feng Shen Sea. The wind, as sharp as a sword that could kill a man in an instant, blew towards Luo Jianqing forcefully. Although the wind could not prate his ward, it still made Luo Jianqing frown.

    Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°Is the relic close by?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head first, and then nodded, ¡°It¡¯s indeed in the nearby sea, but master, the sea is almost two thousand and five hundred wide, and I don¡¯t know its exact location, so we may have to search carefully.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Then let¡¯s do it. If anything happens in Tai Hua Mountain, Yu Qingzi will crumb the Message Stone to inform us.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

    So, they began to look for the relic around the Feng Shen Sea. Over the next ten days, Luo Jianqing had looked through one third of the sea, with nothing found. He had been extremely careful, as he might easily step into the nearby Ku Mountain, which was an uncertain threat to him and his master.

    Luo Jianqing had asked Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Master, are you really not sure to be able to walk out of the Ku Mountain?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi thought for a while and replied, ¡°I¡¯ve heard from your grand master that three thousand years ago, a master of Fei Hua Sect just stayed in that mountain for three days and lost his soul. Before he dead, even his primordial life failed to escape. I have never been there, so I don¡¯t know how dangerous it is. We¡¯d better stay away from it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing understood and nodded.

    In the tenth day, Luo Jianqing had exhausted every method, yet he still didn¡¯t know the location. He even began to consider two bold ways. The first way was to secretly follow Li Xiuchen to the Northern Land of Arctic at the end of the year, but that would make this journey in vain. The second one was to literally search every corner of the Feng Shen Sea, and no result could be guaranteed.

    As they searched for the relic, they had been very close to step into the mountain for several times, but Xuan Lingzi reacted quickly and prevented that.

    However, the danger of the Ku Mountain was far beyond Xuan Lingzi¡¯s expectation.

    In the morning of the eleventh day, they walked fast along the mountain range between the Feng Shen Sea and Ku Mountain. Suddenly, they heard a huge noise and an overwhelming shake came between the Heaven and Earth! The horrible shock wave seemed to materialize. Itpressed the air and rush towards them with the irresistible momentum!

    At this moment, even Xuan Lingzi was looking at the range of Ku Shan Mountain with eyes opened wide, let alone Luo Jianqing.

    They just witnessed a medium-height mountain copse in a second among the long, central range! It happened in a blink without any sign. It seemed that the mountain was determined to copse into crushed stones and produced tremendous power attacking Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi.

    Luo Jianqing was shocked, ¡°Master!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi immediately shouted, ¡°Move!¡±

    Right after that, Xuan Lingzi grasped Luo Jianqing¡¯s hand at once. Then, a golden light shed out from his forehead, and the Xuan Ling Sword carried them to fly forward at an incredible speed, yet not quick enough to escape from the remaining waves of the copse.

    They were really unlucky this time.

    Before that, ordinary people would not get close to the Ku Mountain, and were less likely to linger around there. However, today, Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi just happened to walk close to it and a little bit far from the Feng Shen Sea. Moreover, they were near to where the copse urred.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s throat was dry and he could clearly feel the horrible power behind him, which he wasn¡¯t able to resist at all. As he was baffled, he heard Xuan Lingzi saying something, ¡°It seems that the disaster in the Northern Land of Arctic is caused by the copse of the Ku Mountain, but why does ite earlier, why does ite earlier... Jianqing, the whole mess willst for a whole month. You mustn¡¯t get close to the Ku Mountain.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was confused by these words and he couldn¡¯t really catch on.

    Xuan Lingzi sped up again, and they surpassed three or four cultivators. Although these cultivators had been quite far from the range when the copse happened, they would still be affected. When they saw Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi, they cried for help to give them a ride, yet Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t stop at all, leaving them swallowed by the shock waves.

    In face of such a catastrophe, he couldn¡¯t even be sure of his own safety, how could he save others?!

    Luo Jianqing saw those cultivators engulfed by the waves.

    Xuan Lingzi said in a low voice, ¡°This power is at least equivalent to the ultimate blow of an early-stage Deity Transformation Period cultivator.¡±

    Luo Jianqing suddenly realized, ¡°Master, can you fight against it?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi said, ¡°Jianqing, there are too many of them. I can¡¯t do it by myself, so prepare for the worst.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing looked up at Xuan Lingzi with baffled eyes. He felt that something was wrong, but before he could figure it out, Xuan Lingzi gave him a smack on his chest, and Luo Jianqing surprisingly gazed at him with widened eyes.

    Xuan Lingzi shouted, ¡°Tell Yu Qingzi! The copse of the Ku Mountain is just a beginning! In the following month, if you can leave the territory of the Feng Shen Sea, by all means ask everyone to pull out of the Northern Land of Arctic. You cane back to me half a yearter!¡±

    The smack did no harm to Luo Jianqing, but he was thrown far away.

    The power of the copse was just like a tsunami, gobbling up every piece of Xuan Lingzi.

    Luo Jianqing could only hear the deafening noise in his brain. He saw everything, while he could do nothing but be thrown away by Xuan Lingzi¡¯s smack to a ce beyond the reach of those waves.

    ¡°Master!!!¡±

 Chapter 172: The Collapse of Ku Mountain! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 172: The Copse of Ku Mountain! (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Meanwhile, on the shore of the Feng Shen Sea.

    The copse of the Ku Mountain gave out tremendous shook waves. As the waves were overwhelmingly approaching, the Fiend Cultivator in red, who had been casually roasting meat, stood up quickly and ran away without any hesitation.

    ¡°What¡¯s happening? What¡¯s the cause of such a horrible power?¡±

    Fei Hua Sect, the nearest sect to the Northern Land of Arctic.

    Lady Fengsi smashed the gleaming jade table and looked towards the Northern Land of Arctic. She said with great astonishment, ¡°The Northern Land of Arctic... What a horrible blow! Xuan Lingzi, is that you... No! Even you are not able to do that!!!¡±

    The Fiend Realm, merely separated from the Northern Land of Arctic by Chong State.

    Qi Luo, the Chief Steward of the Fiend Pce, was tasting tea peacefully. In the instant the waves swept over the territory, a ck figure and a white one shed into the yard, The Left Chief Guardian Qin Guihe said hurriedly, ¡°Something happened in the Northern Land of Arctic? What is it?¡±

    Qi Luo clutched the cup until she smashed it into pieces. She stood up with pale face, ¡°Our master... is there!¡±

    Ling Yun Hall, Tai Hua Mountain.

    Sir Hao Xingzi quietly stood in front of the shelf of Life Lanterns. Suddenly, the goldenntern on the top flickered and dimmed. The speed was so fast that no one got to think, and it seemed that thentern was about to go off in a blink, but then it resumed burning gradually.

    Hao Xingzi was terrified, ¡°Xuan Lingzi... is badly wounded.¡± As he stopped speaking, he felt a horrible wave. Hao Xingzi turned to the direction of the Northern Land of Arctic with a shocking face, ¡°The Northern Land of Arctic!¡±

    In the cultivation world, apart from Xuan Lingzi and the Fiend Exalt Mo Qian Qiu who had already known what happened in the Northern Land of Arctic as they were there, the Grand Masters of Duan Hun Sect, Gui Yuan Sect, Shen Jian Sect, Bai¡¯s family and Yun¡¯s family also sensed something. They opened their eyes from the trance of convalescence and looked at the direction of the Northern Land of Arctic with shock.

    The Grand Master Gui Yan of Duan Hun Sect said in a hoarse voice, ¡°The Northern Land of Arctic...¡±

    The Grand Master Ling Shang of Gui Yuan Sect sighed, ¡°Amitabha. A great many of people will lose their souls in the Northern Land of Arctic.¡±

    The Grand Master Jian Xiao of Shen Jian Sect stood up, ¡°What caused that horrible power wave in the Northern Land of Arctic?¡±¡±

    The Grand Master of Bai¡¯s family narrowed his eyes, ¡°Did the astral wind whip up the Feng Shen Sea?¡±

    The Grand Master of Yun¡¯s family made a prediction by hand knack, and then he should spit blood! He looked towards the Northern Land of Arctic, ¡°The Ku Mountain!¡±

    The Demon Realm was totally immune from those powerful waves, as it was separated from Northern Land of Arctic by Chong State, Ming State, Fiend Realm, and the Thirteen Seas asrge as seven states. However, the Supreme Demon Exalt in the deep cave opened his eyes suddenly, and his old face as wrinkled as bark showed astonishment. He hadn¡¯t had such expression for at least tens of thousands of years.

    In the hall, the seductive and fascinating Demon Exalt Yin Ji was sitting in the arms of a strong and handsome man. She was enjoying the fruit with a pleasant face. However, as she heard an old man¡¯s voice in the hall, her smile was gone in an instant.

    She stood upright and waved her hand tenderly. Then the man who was fondling her behind stopped breathing. He still fixed his eyes filled with confusion on her graceful figure as he was dying.

    The Supreme Demon Exalt said in a low voice, ¡°Enormous turbulence has happened in the Northern Land of Arctic.¡±

    Yin Ji¡¯s face fell and asked, ¡°What turbulence?¡±

    The Supreme Demon Exalt said, ¡°One that can seriously injure both of us, or even kill us.¡±

    Yin Ji opened her beautiful eyes wide. After a thought, she said, ¡°My spy in the Fiend Pce has tricked the disciple of Mo Qianqiu to the Northern Land of Arctic. And my demon in Fei Hua Sect also sent me a message that the disciple of Xuan Lingzi has been also there recently.¡±

    The Supreme Demon Exalt asked quickly, ¡°Are Xuan Lingzi and Mo Qianqiu there?¡±

    Yin Ji shook her head, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±

    After a pause, the Supreme Demon Exalt resumed his calm voice, ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter even if they are not there. You have done a great job this time, Yin Ji. If we can seize the disciples of Xuan Lingzi and Mo Qianqiu amid the turbulence, we can have a valuable chip in the uing battle.¡±

    Yin Ji said, ¡°I will send my man to the Northern Land of Arctic and find them out!¡±

    An unexpected copse put the thirty-six states, the Fiend Realm and the Demon Realm in tense immediately.

    Xuan Lingzi used his early-stage Deity Transformation Period spiritual power and even a drop of his golden blood to smack Luo Jianqing away so that he could fly away from the shock waves in fifteen minutes and finally... fell into the Feng Shen Sea!

    Suddenly, the fierce astral wind whirled in the sea, causing a huge waterspout which attacked Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing took out his Floating Frost Sword quickly and used ¡°One Sword Turns Nine-pedaled Lotus¡±. He blocked that waterspout with great difficulty, yet countless astral wind rushed towards Luo Jianqing. He racked his brains and drew a ward to save his spiritual power. At the same time, he immediately flew to the opposite direction.

    Tears welled in Luo Jianqing¡¯s red eyes!

    However, he didn¡¯t return to find Xuan Lingzi. His priority was to leave the Feng Shen Sea, and he could only save Xuan Lingzi by keeping himself alive!

    He flew through the boundless sea for three days.

    Ultimately, he even lost his way and didn¡¯t know whether he was circling. He could only focus on one direction. The spiritual power was not bottomless, and the pills and instruments would run out. As Luo Jianqing swallowed the one hundredth spiritual pill, his spiritual power was exhausted, and a wind swiftly prated the ward, leaving a bloody cut on his face.

    The next moment, overwhelming astral wind formed three waterspouts rushing towards Luo Jianqing!

    Luo Jianqing smacked his own chest with his left hand and spit a drop of spiritual blood. As the drop of the blood fell on his Floating Frost Sword, it shined brightly with indigo light.

    ¡°Blossom Lotus Sword!¡±

    The indigo lotus crushed with waterspouts, giving out a huge noise.

    The next day, the Fiend Cultivator in red, who was heading to Chong State, suddenly stopped. He stood among the fleeing cultivators and turned around, looking towards the Feng Shen Sea with shock. The intensive tinkles of a bell were ringing in his ears. For a moment, he flew against the crowd to the inner ce of the Northern Land of Arctic!

    In the mass of fleeing cultivators, a figure flying to the opposite direction was quite conspicuous, yet no one cared about that.

    After a while, Mo Qiu stopped. He looked down with a serious face and took out a white jade tablet. The moment he crumbed the tablet, he curled up his red lips and sneered, ¡°Luo Jianqing, you¡¯d better pray that this shitty tablet can work. Otherwise, if you really die...¡±

    Mo Qiu stopped and let out a sign, ¡°No, you won¡¯t, as long as I am here!¡±

 Chapter 173: The Fifth Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record (1)

    <h4>Chapter 173: The Fifth Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record (1)</h4>

    The Feng Shen Sea was vast and mighty.

    The twelve roaring waterspouts whirled fiercely in the boundless sea, with their irresistible force striking the cultivator in indigo. At that moment, it was much darker beneath the canopy of ck clouds. Were those twelve waterspouts horrible and perilous enough?

    Not really!

    It was the sharp astral wind surrounding the waterspouts that brought about the mortal danger!

    Luo Jianqing was almost exhausted, with only a trickle of spiritual power flowing within his body. He waved his sword, splitting towards the waterspouts, while flying backwards, leveraging the power of the crush. However, the expanse of the Feng Shen Sea drove him desperate. Even if he continuously used the skills in Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, he spent more spiritual power than he absorbed.

    It was not once-for-all desperation. Instead, Luo Jianqing had to feel the lengthy desperation in which he was cornered step by step.

    The Feng Shen Sea had long been the most dangerous ce in the Northern Land of Arctic before the unveiling of the Ku Mountain. The decennial astral storm exactly originated from here. No sane cultivators woulde here to cast away his life. Moreover, Luo Jianqing had just reached thete stage of Out-of-Body!

    The astral wind wouldn¡¯t kill him fast. Instead, it would greedily deplete his spiritual power. By the time his power ran out, he was doomed! In the midst of this boundless sea, Luo Jianqing had no chance to escape!

    ¡°I must get out of here!¡±

    With red eyes, Luo Jianqing smacked his elixir field and spitted a mouthful of blood. As the golden blood fell, an indigo lotus gracefully flew out of his body and swayed in an enchanting manner above the turbulent sea.

    As the lotus came out, those twelve waterspouts retracted a little bit. The small lotus was dwarfed in front of the powerful and giant waterspouts. However, its five petals that opened gradually were giving out overwhelming pressure.

    Luo Jianqing wiped the blood off his lips and held the lotus on his hands, flying back quickly.

    An Out-of-Body cultivator should have the ability to pull his primordial life out of his body!

    It was Luo Jianqing¡¯s first time to pull out his primordial life since he had reached Out-of-Body; his primordial life embodied his most refined power and the remaining power at this moment, which he used to draw a thick ward as a shield against the waterspouts so that he could keep running.

    The waterspouts suddenly roared!

    They gradually recovered from the pressure and stared at that lotus vigntly. The waterspouts seemed to be a little hesitant, but they still pursued Luo Jianqing relentlessly, giving him no time to loosen up.

    Then, a strange scene appeared above the vast Feng Sheng Sea: A handsome cultivator in indigo was flying backwards with a pale face and blood-stained clothes, and a delicate, shining lotus was floating over his palm, while in front of him, twelve towering and powerful waterspouts were chasing after him yet not getting any closer!

    The lotus whirled increasingly slowly, but he had no more pills or instruments with him. He even chose to pull out his primordial life, so no matter he died or survived, his primordial life would definitely be hurt, without any other options left for him after all.

    Would he die here?

    Hell no! He hadn¡¯t told others that he master was trapped in the Ku Mountain!

    He had to go for him, he had to!

    With that unwavering determination, the indigo lotus shed its rays in all directions. Seeing that, Luo Jianqing dripped a drop of spiritual blood on it. The lotus blossomed even more gracefully, while Luo Jianqing¡¯s face turned paler.

    Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, First Seizure, Seizing the nts and Seasons! Second Seizure, Seizing Lives! Third Seizure, Seizing Right and Wrong! Fourth Seizure, Seizing Karma!

    Fouryers of great brilliancy extended from the lotus.

    What was the Fifth Seizure?

    ¡°Why were you born? And why will you die?¡±

    ¡°Deathes with birth, and rebirthes after death.¡±

    ¡°What are you obsessed with? What are you dying for?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s beautiful face was covered with blood, but his eyes were still clear, in which were the reflections of the twelve waterspouts, the delicate indigo lotus, the mighty sea as well as the boundless sky.

    The voice rang a bell, which was totally different from what it used to be without any feelings.

    Time was almost frozen at the time. Luo Jianqing could feel the drips spattering on his face, and they slowly form a nice curve in the air. He recognized the voice; it was Qing Jun. His gentle, elegant voice rang in Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind. He didn¡¯t know whether it was real Qing Jun, nor did he know why Qing Jun was talking to him. He couldn¡¯t afford any distraction by these minor questions!

    Luo Jianqing cleared his mind, and he became so determined like never before.

    ¡°What are you obsessed with? What are you dying for?¡±

    ¡°Because I have to survive! I must save him!¡±

    After long defense, the waterspouts finally rushed towards him. The lotus suddenly came out in all its splendor and repelled the waterspouts easily. However, the waterspouts had regained their boldness and began to attack thick and fast.

    Luo Jianqing was not sure whether that man was Qing Jun or not, but he heard a profound sigh from that man, ¡°You haven¡¯t found the correct path, and you haven¡¯t perceived the nature. Your birth and death are not only about YOU, and thus, to save one¡¯s life is not only about saving HIM.¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes got red and he shouted subconsciously, ¡°Sir Qing Jun!¡±

    ¡°My descendent of Yu Xiao Peak, I shall do you a favor by endowing you the Fifth Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record.¡±

    ¡°Where there are births, there are deaths.¡±

    ¡°The Fifth of Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, Seizing of Birth and Death!¡±

    ¡°Seizing of Birth and Death!¡±

    Boom!

    Great power sprang up from the little lotus over Luo Jianqing¡¯s palm. That power was as towering as oceans and mountains, as vast as the sky and the earth. As the tremendous power spread and attacked those waterspouts, itpressed the air and exploded on the twelve waterspouts!

    Bang! Bang! Bang!

    The fierce and brutal waterspouts exploded one after another, forming huge water sprays in the sky.

    The extremely cold water sshed on Luo Jianqing¡¯s face and fell on the whirling lotus. A new, exquisite lotus took into shape as Luo Jianqing used the Blossom Lotus Sword of Seizing Birth and Death. The power of this lotus was far beyond the previous one, and it easily exterminated the twelve waterspouts.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing was baffled but more exhausted. He seemed to notice something different, but he couldn¡¯t think anymore. Suddenly, he copsed.

    The strong and handsome cultivator fell into the sea, flowing with waves. The lotus hade back to his elixir field, leaving an indigo ward to protect him from the remaining astral wind.

    Currently, Luo Jianqing¡¯s breath was very weak. Some more powerful wind was not interested in him, yet weaker wind couldn¡¯t hurt him. In the case, Luo Jianqing just kept flowing on the sea with the shield of the ward.

    Half a dayter, a Fiend Cultivator in red came and pulled Luo Jianqing out of the sea.

    Mo Qiu¡¯s face looked grave. He put his left arm around Luo jianqing¡¯s waist and used his right hand to pressed Luo Jianqing¡¯s major acupoints quickly. In the end, he tapped Luo Jianqing¡¯s be with his fingers. The indigo pattern on Luo Jianqing¡¯s forehead started to burn, seeming to burn Mo Qiu¡¯s fingers, but he didn¡¯t take it seriously and continued pressing.

    ¡°Luo Jianqing, you are still alive. What a lucky guy!¡±

    The blood ward shielded both and took them out of the Feng Shen Sea. As Mo Qiu showed up, the astral wind began to crazily attack him, yet all of them were blocked by Mo Qiu¡¯s little blood bell. Although he had to carry Luo Jianqing, who was seriously wounded, he didn¡¯t intend to stop to help him heal.

    No one would try to help a wounded man heal in the middle of the Feng Sheng Sea.

    That was courting death!

 Chapter 174: The Fifth Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record (2)

    <h4>Chapter 174: The Fifth Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record (2)</h4>

    An indigo figure and a red figure rapidly shed across the Feng Shen Sea.

    Meanwhile, Fei Hua Sect had sent a team to the Northern Land of Arctic. Lady Feng Si, the Supreme Master of Fei Hua Sect, wore a grave face with one hand behind her back. Her eagle eye was fixed on groups of cultivators escaping from the Northern Land of Arctic.

    The Chief Master of Fei Hua Sect Lady Liu Yu said, ¡°Split up into twenty teams to evacuate those cultivators. Maintain order!¡±

    ¡°Yes, ma¡¯am!¡±

    After the arrangement, Lady Liu Yu turned around and said, ¡°Ma¡¯am, I have asked our disciples who has sessfully fled from the Northern Land of Arctic. They told me that they hadn¡¯t seen Xuan Lingzi and his disciple.¡±

    Lady Feng Si furrowed her brow, ¡°They are still in the Northern Land of Arctic.¡±

    Lady Liu Yu was baffled. Before she asked any questions, Lady Feng Si had taken off a delicate Jade Lantern from her waist and said quickly, ¡°Liu Yin, Liu Xi, Luo Zheng and Ming Hua, you follow me to the Northern Land of Arctic. Liu Yu, you stay here to maintain the order of those cultivators. When other fellow cultivatorse to help, you can confer with them on important issues.¡±

    Lady Liu Yu hurriedly asked, ¡°Ma¡¯am, what are you...¡±

    Lady Feng Si said, ¡°We cannot help anyone unless figuring out what happened in the Northern Land of Arctic!¡±

    As she finished, thentern in her hand shined brightly and took other four cultivators away. They turned into a light ray and shed towards the Northern Land of Arctic. Lady Liu Yu gazed at Feng Si¡¯s fading figure for a long time and murmured, ¡°Ma¡¯am, are you really just to explore what happened in the Northern Land of Arctic...¡±

    Except them, everyone was panicked.

    The mortal countries close to the Northern Land of Arctic had felt the disaster. All the people kneeled towards the Northern Land of Arctic and kowtowed for blessings. Emperors began to hold sacrificial rites and civilians were praying. The world was going into tremendous disorder.

    In the Fiend Realm not far from those countries, the whole Fiend Pce was gearing up to the Northern Land of Arctic. Except the Fiend Exalt who was still in dormancy, the Chief Steward Luo Qi, the Left Grand Guard Qin Gui He and the Right Grand Guard Qin Si Yi were all ready to go. The elite cultivators of the pce had all sallied forth in full strength, and even Yun Xiang strongly asked to follow them!

    Before they set out, Qin Siyi frowned and said, ¡°I¡¯ll stay in the pce in case that the demon attacks us.¡±

    After a hesitation, Qi Luo said, ¡°OK, then you stay here to defend against demons!¡±

    Gui Yuan Sect.

    The Supreme Master Kong Le led personally led a team to the Northern Land of Arctic.

    Fo Zi and other team members stood at the food of the mountain and bade the Chief Master.

    Master Zhi Shan said, ¡°Yu Chen, you should be very careful on your journey to the Northern Land of Arctic.¡±

    Fo Zi nodded, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, master, I won¡¯t let down my guard.¡±

    Master Zhi Shan sped his hands and bowed, ¡°Amitabha.¡±

    Fo Zi also showed respect, ¡°Amitabha.¡±

    Duan Hun Sect.

    The Second Senior Master Gui Yi said, ¡°Master, I¡¯d like go to the Northern Land of Arctic.!¡±

    The Chief Disciple Yan Su, who had just been awakened from Possession two years ago, also said, ¡°Master, I¡¯d like to tag along!¡±

    Bai¡¯s Family.

    With spear on his back, Bai Ji followed his Supreme Master to the Northern Land of Arctic.

    Yun¡¯s Family.

    The Supreme Master of Yun¡¯s family hesitated for a long time and finally sighed, looking at the sky, ¡°The copse of the Ku Mountain should be informed to every cultivator.¡±

    ...

    Tai Hua Mountain.

    Zuo Yunmo came back from the Wan Shou Mountain right after the disturbance. Before he entered the gate of the mountain, he had seen Sir Guang Lingzi, Huo Mingzi and Yu Qingzi leading hundreds of masters and cultivators, ready to go.

    Seeing that, Zuo Yunmo rushed to Sir Hao Xingzi and said, ¡°I¡¯d like to go to the Northern Land of Arctic!¡±

    Sir Hao Xingzi was surprised, ¡°Yunmo, you know your cultivation is not qualified, but why do you...¡±

    Zuo Yunmo said, ¡°I have reached the middle stage of Nascent Soul, and I¡¯m not afraid of this ce. Moreover, our senior fellow brother is there. I grow up with him, so how can I leave him alone in that horrible ce!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t know what was happening outside.

    When he came to himself, he didn¡¯t feel much pain, yet the heavy deficit of the spiritual power was obvious. Even if ina, Luo Jianqing had been using the Nine Heavenly Seizure Record to resume his spiritual power. However, up to now, he just resumed thirty percent of it.

    Luo Jianqing found that he was no longer in the territory of Feng Shen Sea.

    He looked around vigntly and found that he was lying in a narrow cave. Trickles of water flowed down along the cracks of stone, making the air cold and damp. Luo Jianqing noticed a huge luminous pearl beside him, which lit up the whole cave.

    Luo Jianqing tried to stand up, yet he got limb and almost fell.

    Suddenly, he heard footsteps outside. Luo Jianqing took out the Floating Frost Sword from his be and clutched it tightly. He was ready to prate that person just as he showed up, and he did so exactly, yet that man dodged his attack easily.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s beautiful and bright face was full of shock. The Fiend Cultivator in red said furiously, ¡°Luo Jianqing! Is that how you treat your lifesaver?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was dumbstruck- he had no idea why Mo Qiu was here.

    Mo Qiu looked Luo Jianqing up and down and found him unable to sit up, so he forged a strange smile and said, ¡°Don¡¯t you think the current situation is quite simr to our experience in Liu Yan Valley? But this time, we just exchange our roles. Luo Jianqing, now it¡¯s you who cannot move and I can do anything to you. Do you like it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored his stupid question and felt speechless, ¡°What are you here?¡±

    Mo Qiu was not angry at all. He naturally sat down and said calmly, ¡°Of course, to save you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°I mean, why did youe to the Northern Land of Arctic.¡±

    Mo Qiu got stiffened. He turned around to Luo Jianqing slowly and narrowed his eyes, ¡°I remember... it was you who asked mee here.¡±

    Luo Jianqing looked at Mo Qiu with eyes wide opened.

    After an eye contact, Mo Qiu¡¯s face turned grave. He suddenly grabbed Luo Jianqing and said, ¡°Let¡¯s move. We need to leave this ce now!¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°My power has not been resumed yet, and my primordial life is badly wounded. I¡¯m afraid I can¡¯t...¡±

    ¡°Swallow it!¡± Mo Qiu immediately took out a blood-red pill from his Interspatial Ring, ¡°This is the Seventh-Level Liu Fang Pill, maybe not as good as that made by Xuan Lingzi, but it¡¯s enough for you to heal.¡±

    The Seventh-Level Pill was rare. Mo Qiu didn¡¯t take it out until now, so the value of this pill was conspicuous!

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t hesitate but swallowed the pill hurriedly.

    Quicker than he could imagine, Luo Jianqing immediately felt some power flowing in his body.

    After another eye contact, they spoke simultaneously, ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡±

 Chapter 175: Master Hoodoo! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 175: Master Hoodoo! (1)</h4>

    Sometimes, a problem could be self-evident without much conversation.

    Luo Jianqing knew that he hadn¡¯t asked Mo Qiu toe to the Northern Land of Arctic, and he believed that Mo Qiu wouldn¡¯t cheat him on it. A year ago, when Luo Jianqing had left the Tai Hua Mountain, he had given Fo Zi two message tablets. One was to tell Fo Zi that he was setting out for the Northern Land of Arctic, and thus asked Fo Zi to send a message to Mo Qiu, while the other tablet was the one that needed to be transferred to Mo Qiu.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I¡¯m sure that the disciple of the Tai Hua Mountain has given those tablets to Fo Zi, and he could not send the wrong message.¡±

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°Something must have happened during the transferring.¡±

    They turned into two lights and tried to fly out of the Northern Land of Arctic as quickly as possible. They didn¡¯t know who sent this wrong message, but since he tricked Mo Qiu into this ce, he must have some purpose.

    Luo Jianqing was running Nine Heavenly Seizure Record in his body rapidly. Spurts of spiritual power formed countless small whirlpools and flowed into his body. Nevertheless, Mo Qiu didn¡¯t think Luo Jianqing was quick enough. He grabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s wrist and flew ahead.

    After they left the territory of the Feng Shen Sea, Mo Qiu found a secluded ce as their shelter.

    Luo Jianqing breathed lightly in the dark cave. He gazed at that serious-face Fiend Cultivator in red and said, ¡°We cannot keep running forever. If we want to leave this ce, given my current power and your help, we still need at least three days. We have to do something.¡±

    Mo Qiu was drawing Hand Knack and a red ward instantly covered the narrow mouth of the cave. If any cultivator wanted to search this ce, he could find nothing but a huge stone.

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°So, what¡¯s your proposal?¡±

    After a thought, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°We both have a lot of enemies in this world, and they are not friendly to us. During the battle in Liu Yan Valley, we offended Duan Hun Sect and Bai¡¯s Family and incurred their hatred.

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°I don¡¯t think Duan Hun Sect and Bai¡¯s Family have the capability to nt spies in the Fiend Pce, nor can these two ants shake the Tai Hua Mountain. Moreover, Gui Yuan Sect never goes along with them in these dirty things, thus above suspicion.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing¡¯s face fell all of a sudden, ¡°Demons.¡±

    Mo Qiu looked up at him, ¡°Exactly. I guess demons did that, but... I¡¯ve never expected that they can install spies in the Tai Hua Mountain, Gui Yuan Seng or even Fiend Pce.¡±

    It was not a pleasant news that the enemy had nted their spies in many territories, including the Tai Hua Mountain. But Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t get panicked, and his beautiful face was so grave. After deliberation, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Since demons can change the content of my message tablet that has the ward of primordial life, they must have known that I am in the Northern Land of Arctic. But what¡¯s their purpose to trick you here?¡±

    Mo Qiu suddenly sneered, ¡°Maybe they want to seize me as I¡¯m important?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was in no mood to joke, ¡°Whatever, Mo Qiu, I believe that you have been tailed the moment you entered the Northern Land of Arctic. So, what¡¯s our next move?¡±

    Yeah, what was their next move?

    Mo Qiu¡¯s smile gradually disappeared.

    Fifteen minutester, a red light shed out of the cave, followed by an indigo light in a trice.

    They flew towards the opposite directions quickly, one to the east and one to the west.

    As they flew out of the cave, an old man in ck far from them was baffled and shocked. After a second of hesitation, he started to chase that red figure and ordered hurriedly, ¡°I will go after the disciple of the Fiend Exalt, and you chase the disciple of Xuan Lingzi. Remember! I want him alive!¡±

    ¡°Yes, master!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was right.

    Mo Qiu had long been tailed by demons. Even before he entered the Northern Land of Arctic, just as he had left the Fiend Exalt, an old man with other five men in ck had followed him.

    Xuan Lingzi said that demons were extremely good at hiding themselves. Most of the demons who were able to disguise their looks were ninth-level demons, the equivalent to a Tribtion Passage cultivator! Of course, there were also many demons who were born with talent and could disguise themselves at a young age, but ordingly, they had difficulty in improving their power.

    The old man in ck chased Mo Qiu relentlessly, while the other five men went after Luo Jianqing. They were highly skilled at tailing and could hide their traces even three miles away from the target. Even Xuan Lingzi would struggle to spot them.

    The next day, Luo Jianqing slowed down. He entered a cave and sat cross-legged.

    Two hourster, Mo Qiu stopped at the same ce and stepped into the cave.

    For a whole day, they just made the circle at the middle area between the Feng Shen Sea and Ku Mountain, and then returned to their starting point.

    As they entered the cave, Mo Qiu removed his mask and began to take off the indigo clothes. Luo Jianqing also took off the blood-red dress and gave it back to Mo Qiu.

    They had an eye contact and Luo Jianqing spoke first, ¡°They want both of us, but you are more valuable for them.¡±

    Mo Qiu sneered, ¡°So, I am more important than you after all.¡±

    Luo Jianqing ignored his stupid joke and continued, ¡°Your instrument works quite well. It indeed can detect the trace of demons, but it also has limitations. From now on, the instrument is rendered useless, and we have to rely on our intuitions to tell their locations.¡±

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°I¡¯ve got five demons to follow me yet you have only one. Are you sure they didn¡¯t see through our trick?¡±

    Luo Jianqing put on his clothes and said as he was tying the belt, ¡°We are nervous, and so are they. Power is not always the silver bullet. Some high-realm talent has their own ace cards. I¡¯ve been cultivating for forty years, having reached the middle stage of Out-of-Body, and you are half way to Body Fusion in fifty years. Mo Qiu, even if they are much more powerful than us, they cannot afford to underestimate our capabilities. That¡¯s way they haven¡¯t taken any actions yet.¡±

    Mo Qiu was enjoying how Luo Jianqing putting on his clothes. After a long gaze, he said, ¡°Then, let¡¯s get down to making a n.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded.

 Chapter 176: Master Hoodoo! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 176: Master Hoodoo! (2)</h4>

    There was a hill five kilometers away from the cave.

    The old man in ck had green demon eyes glittering with darkness. He stared at the cave where Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were and wore an insidious smile, ¡°Well, it seems that they have spotted us.¡±

    Someone asked, ¡°Master, how can they spot us?¡±

    Master Hoodoo turned around and said coldly, ¡°Are you in the position to question me?¡±

    That man stepped back timidly and apologized repeatedly, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, master.¡±

    The five men following the Master Hoodoo were all elite soldiers in his army. He got fed up as the Demon Exalt Yin Ji had sent him to kidnap two juniors, and he hadn¡¯t found a chance to vent his anger.

    As a ninth-level demon, hemanded the Hoodoo Army, which was great prestige for him. However, now he had to tail two juniors personally with five helpers. He couldn¡¯t understand that.

    ¡°Since they have noticed us, we don¡¯t have to keep our heads down. You get ready to disperse around the cave. At dawn tomorrow, we will take them down. Leave that little buster with higher cultivation to me, and you handle the other one at the middle stage of Out-of-Body. No matter how talented they are, they haven¡¯t fully grown yet, and thus are two pieces of crap!¡±

    ¡°Yes, master!¡±

    ¡®It seems that the vignce against those two losers that hasn¡¯t finished Out-of-Body is totally unnecessary and they are not even worth worrying about!¡¯

    As night fell, the shockwaves caused by the copse of the Ku Mountain were weakening and not as horrible as before. This ce was far from the copsed mountain, so it was not badly impacted. However, those powerful waves had raised clouds of sands and the whole Northern Land of Arctic was overshadowed by milky smog.

    Hundreds of meters away, some figures were still faintly visible, while thousands of meters away, anyone would lose his vision.

    Even the Master Hoodoo couldn¡¯t see anything five thousand meters away. Nevertheless, cultivators wouldn¡¯t only rely on their eyes, but also their spiritual insights. Master Hoodoo¡¯s spiritual insight was closely tracking Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu. Although it was difficult for demons to exactly distinguish the traces of human cultivators, those of Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were conspicuous enough for the Master Hoodoo.

    The night seemed to drag and sands swept over the whole Northern Land of Arctic.

    On the margin of the Northern Land of Arctic, many people had escaped from this ce in orderly manners with the help of the cultivators of Fei Hua Sect. Yet no one knew that deep in the Northern Land of Arctic, six demons had surrounded two brilliant talents. A battle was about to break out.

    After his spiritual insight located Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu, the Master Hoodoo rxed a little bit and closed his eyes for rest. He nned to capture those two young cultivators the next day immediately when the smog vanished and offered them to Yin Ji. Of course, in exchange, he wouldn¡¯t let go of the chance to demand an exorbitant price.

    The Master Hoodoo had already begun to think about what rewards he would get. Suddenly, he heard a weak sound of wind from his east.

    He opened his eyes instantly and used his spiritual insight to check that ce.

    Nothing unusual. His soldiers were holding on, waiting for the dawn.

    The Master Hoodoo closed his eyes again with satisfaction and wore a lewd smile, ¡°Since I was badly wounded by those bloody human cultivators a thousand years ago, my appearance had gotten more and more aged, and that old woman had never looked straight at me again. When can I upy her body once again?¡±

    Another weak sound of wind came from his west. It was too weak and ordinary among the all-the-year-around strong astral wind in the Northern Land of Arctic, but the Master Hoodoo didn¡¯t notice that.

    The night was long, but by no means that long.

    When the scorching sunlight gradually broke through the smog and spilled across thend, the Master Hoodoo swiftly rushed towards the cave, yet he didn¡¯t hear the movement of his soldiers-those five demons remained where they had been and didn¡¯t react at all.

    However, he had no time to attend to that matter.

    He rushed into that narrow cave with ck air surrounding him and wore a wretched smile, ¡°You little busters, just give up...¡± He stared at the empty cave with his green eyes wide open in disbelief and roared furiously, ¡°No!!!¡±

    Two little blood-red lotuses were hanging in the air with a drop of blood on each of the petal, giving out the fake smell of human cultivators.

    The Master Hoodoo hurried to his soldiers immediately, only to find five dead bodies on their positions. They had shown their true colors-five huge ck spiders. They were the eighth level demons equivalent to Body Fusion cultivators, yet they died here without even a little noise!

    A little stone lotus stood in front of each of them.

    And those lotuses gave out the smell that the Master Hoodoo was familiar with, making him set suspicions aside.

    ¡°You cunning busters! I will hunt you down!!!¡±

    In an instant, tens of thousands of small ck spiders crawled out of his body and spread on the ground. With eight legs moving simultaneously, they headed towards different directions to search Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu, who had fled away long time ago.

    ¡°I will strip your skins and tear you into pieces! I will give you the ignominious death!!!¡±

 Chapter 177: Falling (1)

    <h4>Chapter 177: Falling (1)</h4>

    A tint light passed the Yin Ze Valley and shed ahead.

    Led by the Supreme Master Lady Feng Si, the five cultivators of Fei Hua Sect reached the deep of the Northern Land of Arctic. They could still feel the overwhelming power remaining in the air.

    Along the way, they had seen some fleeing cultivators. Lady Feng Si sent Ming Hua and Liu Yin to help them while she continued the journey with another two cultivators.

    ¡°We didn¡¯t find them in the Yin Ze Gully, the Bottomless Cave, the Feng Shen Sea and... the Ku Mountain.¡± With a grave face, Lady Feng Si furrowed her fine eyebrows and turned to the two cultivators beside her, ¡°The Bottomless Cave and the Yin Ze Gully could by no means release so much power. We split here, you go to the Feng Shen Sea, and I... head to the Ku Mountain.¡±

    Lady Luo Zheng said worriedly, ¡°Master, that mountain is too dangerous. Three thousand years ago, Grand Master Qi Yu entered that ce and failed to make it out. She had given us a warning. Although you are two realms higher than the Grand Master, it¡¯s still...¡±

    ¡°We can¡¯t afford the responsibility to neglect anything wrong in the Ku Mountain!¡±

    Luo Zheng fell into silence immediately.

    Lady Liu Xi said, ¡°Master is right. If anything happens in the Ku Mountain, the impact may spread to Chong State, the Fiend Realm and even our Fei Hua Sect! We need to take the lives of countless cultivators into ount, so we cannot afford any negligence!¡± Then, she made her obeisance to Lady Feng Si and continued, ¡°Master, pleasee back safely.¡±

    Lady Feng Si nodded slightly and flickered her sleeves, flying away.

    Lady Liu Xi and Lady Luo Zheng gazed at her dauntless and detached figure fading away until they totally lost sight of her. Then they turned around abruptly and flew to the Feng Shen Sea.

    Currently, on a small ind on the margin of the Feng Shen Sea.

    Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu hid behind a sand dune. They felt weak all over and leaned against the dune, breathing heavily. After the raid and escapest night, Luo Jianqing exhausted his spiritual power that he had just resumed, while Mo Qiu consumed much more power. Those five ck spiders were all at the Body Fusion, and demons were naturally more powerful that their human counterparts.

    Therefore, under the cover of night and thick sand smog, Luo Jianqing used his spiritual blood to create two blood-red lotuses, which could give out their smells. When he was creating those two lotuses, Luo Jianqing added some his unique sights about rules and lives.

    Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, Second Seizure, Seizing Lives!

    Luo Jianqing had practiced the Second Seizure for over a decade, so he had mastered it. Although he couldn¡¯t seize all of the abstruse rules from the Nature, he could easily deceive a Tribtion Passage demon.

    Indeed, Luo Jianqing was not so powerful as the Master Hoodoo, but he possessed deeper insights about rules and lives.

    After some rest, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I guess the demons after us are all spiders. Since your instrument can tell that the mastermind is a Tribtion Passage demon, then he must be the rare Spider Exalt among demons.¡±

    Mo Qiu narrowed his eyes and said with a vignt tone, ¡°Don¡¯t bother. I guess he is most probably the old loser, Hoodoo. Luo Jianqing, you didn¡¯t go through the Grand Battle between human and demons, so you don¡¯t know that a thousand years ago, Hoodoo was ate-stage Tribtion Passage demon, close to reaching the Earth Level. However, he was beaten by the Chief Master of Tai Hua Mountain and dropped to the middle stage of Tribtion Passage.

    A question shed through Luo Jianqing¡¯s mind, ¡°Why are so familiar with these things a thousand years ago?¡±, yet this was not the right time to ask. After a thought, he said, ¡°Well, since you have recognized him, how can we cope with him?¡±

    ¡°We have run away, haven¡¯t we?¡± Mo Qiu curled up his eyebrows.

    ¡°... Be serious.¡±

    Mo Qiuughed out sand said, ¡°Hoodoo does have a skill to track others, called Boundless Cobweb. He raises tens of thousands of ugly spiders on his body. These spiders are not so powerful, but they are extremely good at tracking, so he will find us sooner orter.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°Do you know his weak point?¡±

    Mo Qiu sat upright and said seriously, ¡°Fire.¡±

    The next day, a ck figure shed through the Feng Shen Sea. He ignored the astral wind that attacked him. He suspended above and stared at the vast sea furiously. He instilled his spiritual power into his voice and shouted, ¡°You little busters, if youe out right now, I can leave your corpses intact!¡±

    Five kilometers under the sea, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu held their breath and looked at the surface. They had an eye contact without saying anything.

    Master Hoodoo¡¯s face was wrinkled like bark. As he stamped his foot, the sea split, yet still no trace of Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu. He roared, ¡°Little busters, you really think I can¡¯t find you? You should kill my soldiers right under my nose. I will cut you two into pieces to vent my hatred!¡±

    As he stopped talking, thick ck air overflowed from the Master Hoodoo¡¯s body.

    The ck air spread quickly, and it turned into liquid and permeated quickly when mixed with seawater. It was just like ink, contaminating the Feng Shen Sea and flooding the air.

    The astral wind blew towards the Master Hoodoo continuously, yet it was not so fierce. After all, he was on the margin of the Feng Shen Sea, and for a Tribtion Passage master, such wind was just like tickling.

    The ink permeated so quickly that the whole sea was about to be contaminated.

    Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were still five kilometers under the sea andmunicated through eye contact.

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°Hold on?¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°Wait a little longer.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°Take actions immediately when the chance arrives!¡±

    The Master Hoodoo hung above the sea. His cold and horrible eyes swept over the sea in search for Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu. However, fifteen minutester, he still found nothing, but his little spiders kept reminding him that Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were just here.

    The Hoodoo Master sneered and said, ¡°Since you court death, let me do you a favor!¡±

    Boom!

    The ck air became even thicker, flooding the sky and the earth. The ck air swallowed all sunlight and seawater, and even the astral wind couldn¡¯t escape from the horrible toxic air. The Master Hoodooughed recklessly. He smacked with great force and even the air waspressed and copsed-he wanted to destroy the whole area!

    ¡°It¡¯s now!¡±

    Two figures sprang out of the ck sea, with a red whip shadowshing hard and an indigo sword light thrusting quietly.

 Chapter 178: Falling (2)

    <h4>Chapter 178: Falling (2)</h4>

    The Master Hoodoo was not surprised at all. Heughed out and said, ¡°There you are, you little bastards.¡± He raised his hands to their sword and whip.

    His arrogant smile stopped as his hands touched the sword and whip. The Master Hoodoo looked at his hands with disbelief-one of the hands was prated by Luo Jianqing¡¯s sword, while a finger of the other hand was smashed by Mo Qiu¡¯s long whip.

    The Master Hoodoo stared at Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu with astonishment, suddenly realizing the gap between an ordinary person and a talent.

    Now, he was desperately jealousy. The Master Hoodoo was by no means a talent. Demons had longer life expectancies than human. It took him six thousand years to reach the current realm, and what was more humiliated, he was badly wounded by the cultivators of Tai Hua Mountain a thousand years ago. But these two little bastards, they had reached such amazing realms so young.

    ¡°I¡¯m gonna kill you!!!¡±

    Boom!

    The ck toxic air spread like a thunder bolt and rushed towards Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu. The toxic air transformed into tow evil dragons that were wheeling and roaring in the air. The dragons opened their mouths as if they were to swallow Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu.

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°Ward Spreads!¡±

    Instantly, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were surrounded by light halo, sheltering them from the toxic air.

    With the indigo lotus hovering on the point of his sword, Luo Jianqing slid his left hand across the sword until his finger touched the little lotus. Then he looked up at the approaching dragon. Luo Jianqing tapped the lotus and it swiftly flew at the dragon along with the Floating Frost Sword.

    ¡°Blossom Lotus Sword!¡±

    Filled with the power of karma, the tiny lotus aimed at the dragon and prated its belly.

    Luo Jianqing had practiced the Fourth Seizure of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record for many years, yet he hadn¡¯t mastered the Fifth Seizure. On the Feng Shen Sea, near the jaws of death, he had released his potential power and finally reached the threshold of the Fifth Seizure, but that was far from sess.

    Nevertheless, Luo Jianqing had mastered the former four Seizures of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record, and that was enough to deal with the current threat.

    On the other side, a long blood-red whip fiercely flogged the ck dragon, as if a red lightning darted away on all sides within its body. After a roar, the ck dragon dposed into toxic air and disappeared.

    In a moment, they killed one dragon and seriously wounded another.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s realm was a little bit lower than Mo Qiu, and he had sustained a serious wound. The prated dragon was crying and rushing towards Luo Jianqing. Just as he raised the Floating Frost Sword and was about to block, a blood-red whip shed across his eyes and smashed the dragon¡¯s neck.

    The seemingly long battle was actually ephemeral. The two evil dragons were eliminated with few blows.

    Seeing that, the Master Hoodoo roared furiously, ¡°Go to the hell!¡±

    As he stopped talking, the Master Hoodoo shed the ck rays in all directions, and he transformed into an ugly huge ck spider. It was three hundred meters high and one hundred meters long, with eight pairs of eyes rolling madly, which were all fixed on Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu ultimately.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    The Master Hoodoo moved its eight legs and rushed towards Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu.

    Without any hesitation, they ran away to the opposite directions. However, the Master Hoodoo saw through their trick and just chased Luo Jianqing, who was wounded and weaker. When Mo Qiu hurriedly turned around to save Luo Jianqing, the Master Hoodoo was even satisfied with his wisdom.

    So, now, Luo Jianqing was running fast ahead; the huge ck spider was in the middle chasing Luo Jianqing; and Mo Qiu hotly pursued both.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s body began to sway. He fled in panic on the surface of the sea, almost cornered.

    The Master Hoodoo ran much faster than Luo Jianqing. Thetter had no choice but start to use the power of his primordial life. Having taken great pain, Luo Jianqing could only keep a short distance with the Master Hoodoo. The huge spider kept spitting its venom, which sizzled on Luo Jianqing¡¯s ward.

    Mo Qiu spluttered, ¡°Dare youe after me, you old fart!¡±

    The Master Hoodoo ignored Mo Qiu. He kind of enjoyed this catch-up game. His attack put these two little bastards into a flutter-the front one almost exhausted his energy, and the back one couldn¡¯t catch up with him.

    He would eat the front one first and then the back one.

    Mo Qiu was terrified, ¡°Hoodoo, I can¡¯t believe that you are a Ninth-Level demon. You are just capable of bullying the weak?¡±

    When he heard that, the Master Hoodoo was even more thrilled to see them screwed.

    The Master Hoodoo sped up a little bit with his eight legs moving faster. When he was about to catch up with Luo Jianqing, thetter suddenly turned around and looked at him with a smile.

    The Master Hoodoo was shocked. He lifted his front feet and nned to kill Luo Jianqing immediately before he could react.

    However, hardly had he moved his front feet when he got tangled up by a ming wire.

    ¡°Ouch! That hurts!¡±

    The Master Hoodoo cried out as the pain struck him, yet the ming wire hadn¡¯t loosened at all. Suddenly, he realized that he had been tightly bound by tens of thousands of thin ming wires! The me was more scorching than the normal one. One thin wire might cause little pain, but what about ten thousand of them? They were enough to shackle the Master Hoodoo and rendered him paralyzed.

    ¡°You little bastards!!!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face was pale, but he curled his lips and said, ¡°I¡¯ve heard that you were subdued by this Dragon Shackled ming Array by the Grand Master of Tai Hua Mountain one thousand years ago. After all these years, you haven¡¯t learned the lesson. Although you are far from a dragon, it¡¯s still stupid enough to fall into the same old trap. You totally loaf away your thousands of years, don¡¯t you?¡±

    The me sizzled on the Master Hoodoo¡¯s body, making him roar painfully.

    Of course, Luo Jianqing knew he was the weakest and got wounded. If the Master Hoodoo was dedicated to chasing him, Luo Jianqing would be doomed. But he still separated with Mo Qiu and ran oppositely to let the Master Hoodoo¡¯s guard down.

    He thought he had manipted them, but never realized the array under the sea!

    The Master Hoodoo followed them and stepped on each kernel of the array. When he entered the center the array, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu could finally strike back.

    All the arrangement must be nned meticulously.

    First, they had to find the weakness of the Master Hoodoo-he was afraid of fire. Then, they needed a powerful array. Luo Jianqing stayed in Tai Hua Mountain for many years, but he wasn¡¯t good at array. He only had a vague memory of Dragon Shackled ming Array. Ultimately, he and Mo Qiu did a lot of improvements and arranged a simr one with difficulty.

    The final step was to induce the Master Hoodoo into the array.

    Every step was hard and extremely perilous. A tiny mistake could lead to a fatal result.

    The Master Hoodoo struggled constantly and cried, ¡°Let me out, and I will not kill you little bastards!¡±

    Luo Jianqing gazed at this huge ugly spider with a light smile, while Mo Qiu didn¡¯t care about this demon. His pretendedly panicked appearance had gone, and now he curled his lips coldly. He fixed his eyes with coldness on this huge spider and sneered, ¡°You just... call me little bastard?¡±

    The Master Hoodoo rolled his eyes, ¡°Fellow cultivator! Fellow cultivator! Just let me go, and I¡¯ll leave immediately. I will never hurt... Ouch!!¡±

    The blood-red whip flogged him, leaving a cut on his ugly face, and then the second whip, third whip... The Master Hoodoo was whipped once and once again, but his eight legs were shackled by the array, making him unable to resist.

    After the whipping, the Master Hoodoo¡¯s eyes were full of hatred. As Mo Qiu cracked the whip, the Master Hoodoo spitted a mouthful of ck venom furiously. Mo Qiu narrowed his eyes and responded with a sneer. He threw out a blood-red bead, which collided with the venom, causing a deafening noise.

    ¡°You little bastards! I¡¯m gonna kill you!¡±

 Chapter 179: Falling (3)

    <h4>Chapter 179: Falling (3)</h4>

    Luo Jianqing held Mo Qiu¡¯s whip and said, ¡°Make it Quick. We have to inform the cultivators outside and save my master.¡±

    Mo Qiu was baffled and looked at Luo Jianqing with a strange expression. Then he turned around with a sneer.

    Unlike Mo Qiu, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t care about the ¡°little bastard¡± and other mors of the Master Hoodoo. The Floating Frost Sword slowly floated up to his right hand, while the Master Hoodoo finally stopped yelling. He fixed his eight pairs of small eyes on Luo Jianqing as well as his sword andughed out, ¡°I will kill you!¡±

    Suddenly, his body radiated ck rays, which sprang up to the sky!

    Horrible power rapidly spread from his body to all directions. Luo Jianqing looked with wide-open eyes, and Mo Qiu was also shocked. He hurriedly grabbed Luo Jianqing to leave this ce. However, the self-explosion of the Master Hoodoo was too sudden. As a demon once close to the Earth Level, when he exploded, his spiritual venom also forcefully sprayed out.

    The self-explosion of demon meant no rebirth nor afterlife.

    They didn¡¯t expect that the Master Hoodoo would fight to thest gasp and die in such an indecent way,

    Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu flew back fast, yet the Master Hoodoo was determined to die with them. Luo Jianqing hurried to pull out his primordial life and decided to take a shot with the magical power of Nine Heavenly Seizure Record. However, before he could use any skills, Mo Qiu tucked him behind and exerted more force on his feet. Then they shed ahead like a meteor.

    Luo Jianqing raised his head and gazed at Mo Qiu¡¯s fair face. That constantly handsome and unstrained face was tinted with aplex expression. Mo Qiu looked down at Luo Jianqing, while Luo Jianqing also looked at him nkly. The ck venom exploded wildly right behind them, but they seemed to have escaped from that.

    Mo Qiu flew much faster than Luo Jianqing expected.

    He even had a strange feeling-if Mo Qiu left him and fled alone, he didn¡¯t have to fear the Master Hoodoo at all.

    The horrible explosion reverberated in the whole Northern Land of Arctic.

    Lady Liu Xi and Lady Luo Zheng who had just reached the Feng Shen Sea saw the explosion from the distance. They exchanged an eye contact and flew towards that ce quickly. On the other hand, Lady Feng Si who was heading to the Ku Mountain also saw that ck explosion. She looked at that ce with surprise and muttered, ¡°So you are there.¡± However, the next second, she continued her journey to the Ku Mountain without any hesitation.

    Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were at the center of the affected area. After flying for a long time, Luo Jianqing crashed on a hill, and Mo Qiu hit on his body, giving a grunt. They consecutively smashed three hills and finally stopped. That demonstrated how much power Mo Qiu had used to fly at such an amazing speed.

    When theynded, Luo Jianqing ached all over, but he had no mood to care about himself, saying hurriedly, ¡°Mo Qiu, are you OK? Are you hurt by that explosion?¡±

    Mo Qiu stood up and said with an indifferent look, ¡°Luo Jianqing, don¡¯t look down upon me! A Ninth-Level spider cannot even touch my finger. I just have some minor problemstely, otherwise I could have killed him with one whip.¡±

    Luo Jianqing still worried about him. After all, Mo Qiu got in front of him right in face of the explosion. However, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t see anything unusual from Mo Qiu¡¯s face. It seemed that he was really fine, and given his past adventurous stories, Luo Jianqing finally relieved his tightened nerves.

    They sat cross-legged among the crushed stones to resume their spiritual power.

    The battle with the Master Hoodoo consumed too much energy. Moreover, Luo Jianqing had been wounded before, so currently he was even weaker. He closed his eyes and ran Nine Heavenly Seizure Record quickly. He would leave the Northern Land of Arctic with Mo Qiu when he resumed a little bit more power and told other cultivators where his master was as well as his instruction.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice that the Fiend Cultivator in red beside him went pale in face when he began to resume his power. A trickle of dark blood oozed out of his lips. Mo Qiu wiped the blood but more oozed out. Atst, a red light shed across his eyes and he forced the blood back.

    Half a dayter, before they set out, they saw twodies from the sky.

    Lady Liu Xi and Lady Luo Zheng were astonished when they saw Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu. They hurriedlynded.

    After having known what happened, Lady Liu Xi gave each of them a bottle of pill, ¡°It¡¯s the saint pill of our Fei Hua Sect, Hundred Flower Pill. Once you eat it, your power can be resumed.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded slightly and ate it. Mo Qiu followed suit reluctantly.

    The Hundred Flower Pill indeed made Luo Jianqing feel much better. Trickles of spiritual power flowed into his elixir field.

    Lady Luo Zheng asked, ¡°Where is Fellow Cultivator Xuan Lingzi?¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face turned distressed. He closed eyes and said in a hoarse voice, ¡°Ma¡¯am, my master... he has been trapped in the Ku Mountain. In the wake of the copse, he pushed me away and told me to help everyone out of the Northern Land of Arctic and that I could onlye back half a yearter. He said that the copse of the Ku Mountain was just a beginning. More terrible disasters would follow.¡±

    With their eyes wide open, Lady Liu Xi and Lady Luo Zheng began to tremble.

    They exchanged an eye contact and said with panic, ¡°Master Feng Si!¡±

    Right now, a Life Pagoda erected in the Central Hall of the Fei Hua Sect, on which a light golden flower suddenly sprang a crack. The guardian of the pagoda was shocked and terrified. However, nothing else happened except this crack.

    The guardian gazed at the flower with a stiffened body. After a long time, he shouted, ¡°Someone! The Life Flower of Lady Feng...¡±

    He ceased abruptly.

    Crack!

    In a trice, the light golden life flower broke into pieces!

    Countless fragments spread all over the hall, giving out towering light, illuminating the whole Fei Hua Sect. A hurried woman voice echoed sharply, as if she used up all her energy to say it, ¡°The Ku Mountain has copsed. Do not enter!¡±

    As the voice ended, all the lights disappeared at once.

    Three thousand years ago, Lady Qi Yu of the Fei Hua Sect informed the world of the danger of the Ku Mountain before her death.

    Three thousand yearster, Lady Feng Si of the Fei Hua Sect informed the world of the copse of the Ku Mountain before her death.

    In the rolling mountain range, a mountain over 2 kilometers high copsed quietly. Ady in light dress spread a ward and used her own body as the kernel of the ward to block the power of a fiercer copse.

    Overwhelming power constantly crashed her body, with blood trickling down. Nevertheless, no power could break her ward after all. Neither was there any astral wind as fierce as before that swept over all the Northern Land of Arctic and killed numerous people.

    Yet the power never stopped crashing her body.

    The beautifuldy who held fast to the kernel of the ward had passed away, but a jadentern on her waist kept shining, maintaining the whole ward.

    Lady Feng Si had finished theter stage of Da Sheng Period. Therefore, although she was not so potent in power, she was extremely good at warding and pilling.

    The whole ward gave out light rays, blocking the power caused by the copse of the second mountain. The ward gradually covered the whole mountain range, suppressing the remaining mountains that seemed calm yet actually close to copse.

    Outside the Northern Land of Arctic, the cultivators of the Shen Jian Sect arrived first. When Sir Guang Lingzi who led the cultivators of the Tai Hua Mountain came, Lady Liu Yu told them with slightly red eyes, ¡°I¡¯ m here to announce that the Supreme Master of Fei Hua Sect, Lady Feng Si, has fallen.¡±

 Chapter 180: Let the Battle Start (1)

    <h4>Chapter 180: Let the Battle Start (1)</h4>

    Lady Liu Xi and Lady Luo Zheng didn¡¯t stay long in the Feng Shen Sea. They showed Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu the way to join the major team of Fei Hua Sect and then left for the Ku Mountain immediately. The twodies had lost their minds and would risk anything to grasp a glimmer of hope of getting Lady Feng Si back.

    The saint pill of the Fei Hua Sect enabled Luo Jianqing to resume his power rapidly.

    He wasn¡¯t able to stop the copse of the Ku Mountain. Even if he was anxious now, he clearly knew that he couldn¡¯t save Xuan Lingzi with his own power. Therefore, Luo Jianqing went straight to the major team of cultivators outside the Northern Land of Arctic.

    The copse of the Ku Mountain; the encounter with demons.

    These two idents were extremely vital. If Lady Liu Xi and Lady Luo Zheng had retained even a little bit reasons, they wouldn¡¯t have gone after Lady Feng Si. Instead, they would have led Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi out of the Northern Land of Arctic and told others what happened.

    However, there was no ¡°if¡±. Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu flew along the fringe of the Feng Shen Sea cautiously. They kept looking around and sped up, flying out of the Northern Land of Arctic.

    Currently, Four Sects had gathered in the Sand Buried Forest outside the Northern Land of Arctic. Except Cang Family and Wei Family that were rtively far from the Northern Land of Arctic, other six ns had joined the major team.

    The phantasm aroma of the Parting Sorrow Trees didn¡¯t have much impact on those masters. They gathered here to discuss the world-shaking ident- the copse of the Ku Mountain.

    Given the warning of Lady Feng Si, no one dared to enter the Northern Land of Arctic rashly. They all exercised the highest vignce.

    All due to the falling of Lady Feng Si.

    There were altogether tente-stage Da Sheng Period cultivators, and now one of them had fallen.

    Although Lady Feng Si was the weakest among them, she was still one of the most powerful cultivators. No one could imagine what a tremendous power could kill such an outstanding master and render her unable to escape.

    Not knowing the answer, even the most powerful Sir Guang Lingzi and Supreme Master Gui Yan dared not act. They knew that, besides the falling of Lady Feng Si, even Xuan Lingzi had failed to prevent the copse of the Ku Mountain, and his Life Lantern was much dimmer.

    Therefore, they all fell into impasse.

    After three days¡¯ anxiety, Sir Yu Qingzi ultimately came to Guang Lingzi and said, ¡°Xuan Lingzi was just in the Northern Land of Arctic, hovering between life and death. Aren¡¯t you worried about him?¡±

    Although Sir Guang Lingzi was a rugged and earthy man, he also possessed sensitivity. Heforted with a doleful frown, ¡°Worry doesn¡¯t help at the moment. Even you and I together are notparable with him. If he couldn¡¯t handle that, what can we do? You are just throwing yourself into panic. Just wait for other news. The Fei Hua Sect has sent messenger to the Fiend Pce. The Fiend Exalt will definitelye unless he is insane.

    The team of the Fiend Pce didn¡¯te until the next day.

    The Chief Steward Qi Luo stepped forward and came to the point, ¡°So what the hell happened in the Northern Land of Arctic?¡±

    Her attitude offended some Dao Cultivators. However, Sir Yu Qingzi ignored that and said, ¡°Ten days ago, the Ku Mountain of the Northern Land of Arctic copsed. Lady Feng Si of the Fei Hua Sect informed us of this ident before her falling.¡± After a pause, Yu Qingzi asked straightly, ¡°The Fiend Exalt doesn¡¯t join us?¡±

    When she heard about the ident, Qi Luo was extremely shocked. However, when asked about the Fiend Exalt, she pretended a calm face and said, ¡°The Exalt is conducting close-door cultivation, so any bother is forbidden. That said, the Pce will not stand aside on this matter.¡±

    Her answer extinguished the hope of Sir Yu Qingzi.

    In the following days, the team began to discuss how to cope with the catastrophe. Many sects and ns had sent their cultivators to search for other trapped cultivators in the Northern Land of Arctic. Sir Huo Mingzi of Tai Hua Mountain even entered there himself, with a single purpose: searching for Xuan Lingzi and Luo Jianqing!

    After the copse, the vibe of the Northern Land of Arctic was disordered and thus, messages couldn¡¯t be sent in or out. So, the team couldn¡¯t contact others inside.

    It was quite strange that besides Tai Hua Mountain, the Fiend Pce also sent cultivators into the Northern Land of Arctic. Of course, no one would ask about the affairs of the Pce, but they all noticed this unusual arrangement and had their own guesses.

    Three dayster, the team made the final decision.

    Evacuate all the cultivators in Chong State and all the ordinary people in Chao State.

    If the copse of the Ku Mountain was inevitable, then they had to minimize the costs and casualties.

    Some people might not understand why cultivators that didn¡¯t belong to the ordinary world cared about these ordinary people. That was because cultivators originated from the ordinary world, and thus the ordinary people were the foundation of the cultivation world. For any cultivators, saving so many people was a great service to humans.

    From the ancient times, there were some cultivators transforming to deities due to their boundless kindness. If they overlooked the death of hundreds of millions of ordinary people, they would suffer from bacsh. Even if they survived, they would spend the rest of life in sorrows and guilts.

    After the discussion, the Four Sects led by Tai Hua Mountain went deep into the Northern Land of Arctic in search for other survivors. Meanwhile, they needed to find out the truth of this copse. The Fiend Pce and the Eight ns were responsible for evacuating other cultivators and ordinary people in case of another copse and further disasters.

    Everything seemed to be arranged in good order, yet they were ridden with potential crisis, which no one wanted to touch.

 Chapter 181: Let the Battle Start (2)

    <h4>Chapter 181: Let the Battle Start (2)</h4>

    The Demon Realm.

    Since the Exalt Yin Ji heard about the disaster in the Northern Land of Arctic, she had been overjoyed and just waited the Master Hoodoo to bring back Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu. However, ten days passed, and she hadn¡¯t got any message from him. Her seductively charming face was full of fury. She clenched the jade cup tightly and crumbed it into ashes. The Exalt gnashed her teeth in anger, ¡°That piece of useless shit!¡±

    After all, the Master Hoodoo had been out of contact for so many days. It was not hard for the Exalt Yin Ji to guess what had happened to him.

    Unlike the Master Hoodoo, Yi Ji had been cultivating for nine thousand years. She was one of the four great Demon Exalts, yet she never underestimated any human cultivators, otherwise she would have been split into two pieces by Xuan Lingzi a hundred years ago. Countless demons had once been counted as more promising than Yin Ji, but the fact was that they all had fallen, and Yin Ji made it to where she was now and became one of the four great Demon Exalts.

    When the Master Hoodoo initially headed for the Northern Land of Arctic, Yin Ji had ordered him to go with more soldiers and never to underestimate his enemies. However, he died there anyway, killed by two juniors who had just cultivated for some decades!

    Yin Ji flickered her sleeves and the ashes between her fingers went with wind.

    She pondered in the Hall for a long time and stood up gracefully. In the next second, she had disappeared from the Hall and showed up in the deep of the forbidden area in the Demon Realm.

    In boundless darkness, Yin Ji moved ahead slowly. As she walked, her pair of bare, slim and long legs transformed into thick snake tail, crawling into the deepest of the forbidden area. Then she smiled lightly and shouted, ¡°God blesses demon, battle shall start.¡±

    Her low, soft voice resounded in the forbidden area ghostly and spread around.

    A man gave out hoarse, insidious smile and said, ¡°I¡¯ve heard that something happened in one of the four most dangerous ces of humans, the Northern Land of Arctic?¡±

    Yin Ji smiled with her lips covered, ¡°Yes, and it¡¯s a big one.¡±

    Another rugged voice asked, ¡°Yin Ji, do you know what¡¯s the big thing?¡±

    Yin Ji shrugged unconcernedly and said, ¡°Big enough to make that ugly Feng Si fall.¡±

    The whole area fell into silence.

    Suddenly, a tall, cruel and baldheaded man walked out of the darkness and asked with astonishment, ¡°What? Feng Si is dead? That Feng Si of Fei Hua Sect? How did she die? What happened!¡±

    Yin Ji¡¯s eyes flickered towards him with scorn, ¡°She is nothing but an ugly old woman.¡±

    The baldheaded man stared at her with ferocious eyes and said, ¡°You are seven thousand years older than her!¡±

    Yin Ji swiftly raised her snack tail and attacked the baldheaded man, yet thetter captured her tail with no difficulty. Yin Ji had intended to continue the quarrel, but the man said with a regretful face, ¡°What a pity. I have nned to keep her as my concubine and use her to conduct the couple cultivation. Now she has dead. What a pity, such a great pity!¡±

    Yin Ji sneered and retracted her tail. Then she wore a serious face and said, ¡°Let¡¯s start the battle.¡±

    The baldheaded man said after a pause, ¡°Let¡¯s start the battle.¡±

    After a while, the hoarse-voiced man gave out a loud, wicked smile, ¡°Let¡¯s start the battle.¡±

    As they finished, they didn¡¯t talk anymore. Obviously, they were waiting for thest decisive voice.

    However, after a long silence, the Supreme Demon Exalt sighed slightly. His old voice was just like the funeral bells, tolling gravely, ¡°The opportunity has not yet arrived. Yin Ji, have you found out why Mo Qianqiu gained the chance to finish Da Sheng Period?¡±

    Yin Ji was instantly stunned.

    Then, her face turned pale, ¡°I¡¯ll send more demons. I swear to get to the bottom of it and bring back his disciple!¡±

    On the vast, rough Feng Shen Sea, the billows were running high.

    A light figure and a red figure flew fast along the coastline of the Feng Shen Sea. They were flying at their highest speed with utmost power. Each time their spiritual power was close to run out, they would swallow a Hundred Flower Pill. Even if the pill was precious, they didn¡¯t want to stay there any longer.

    Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu kept flying for three days without a break. They even didn¡¯t have time tomunicate. Luo Jianqing flew ahead, and Mo Qiu followed him behind.

    Right now, all Luo Jianqing thought about was Xuan Lingzi. He was afraid that if he came even a little bitte, Xuan Lingzi would be killed. Therefore, he dared not get ck. Mo Qiu, on the other hand, didn¡¯t care much about that man. He just followed Luo Jianqing and flew with ease.

    Whiz!

    Whiz!

    Their speed surpassed the limit of an Out-of-Body cultivator, and even much faster than a normal Body-Fusion cultivator!

    They flew across a sand hill, a basin and then a valley. When they reached a in, Luo Jianqing suddenly stopped and looked towards the west with shock.

    Mo Qiu approached him and asked with curled eyebrows, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡±

    Luo Jianqing trembled. He turned back to Mo Qiu slowly and looked at him with aplex expression. After a long gaze, Luo Jianqing let out a deep sigh, ¡°Mo Qiu, Sir Qing Jun left something in my body. I thought that he did it to help me consolidate my realm, enabling me to understand the essence of my skills. But just now... I felt something.¡±

    Mo Qiu frowned, ¡°Then what¡¯s it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head and said, ¡°I don¡¯t know. But I can guess what it is. It¡¯s the thing that I need to find and give to you. It¡¯ something belonging to you, and it¡¯s why I came to the Northern Land of Arctic.¡±

 Chapter 182: The Journey with Mo Qiu (1)

    <h4>Chapter 182: The Journey with Mo Qiu (1)</h4>

    When Qing Jun was transformed into the wick, he gave Luo Jianqing some warm pill power.

    The pill power of a Ninth-Level Pill was just to consolidate the realm of Luo Jianqing who had just reached Out-of-Body. Besides that, Luo Jianiqng didn¡¯t feel anything else. Now, as he came to the Northern Land of Arctic, he finally felt something different.

    The not-much-left pill power of Qing Jun directed Luo Jianqing to this ce.

    When Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi were searching around the Feng Shen Sea, the Ku Mountain copsed before they could finish. Luo Jianqing had never been here, so maybe the relic of the Mo¡¯s ancestor was just in this ce.

    Qing Jun was a pill made by Supreme Master Jiu Lian to cure the serious wound of Mo Qing and save his life. Therefore, Qing Jun had deep connections with Mo Qing. If Luo Jianqing could feel it around the Feng Shen Sea, then he could onlye up with one theory-

    Mo Qing¡¯s relic was around here!

    After a short hesitation, Luo Jianqing decided to fly to that ce with Mo Qiu.

    The clock was ticking, but Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hide the truth from Mo Qiu and leave with nothing. After all, they had met each other. No one knew when they woulde here again or what they would encounter next time.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Ie here for the remains of your family¡¯s ancestor. When the remains open, it will give out a powerful attack, so we must handle it meticulously. Then, you can get the relic in the remains.¡±

    Hearing that, Mo Qiu slightly frowned and asked, ¡°How do you know that so well?¡±

    Although he didn¡¯t tell Mo Qiu everything in the remains, Luo Jianqing provided enough details, as if he had been there before.

    Then, Luo Jianqing replied calmly, ¡°Well, that¡¯s a long story. The ancestor of your family is an intimate friend of the third Chief Master of Yu Xiao Peak, Sir Jiu Lian. I read about it in an old book in Yu Xiao Peak, so I came here to search for your ancestor¡¯s remains.¡±

    A strange expression appeared on Mo Qiu¡¯s face, but he concealed it quickly before Luo Jianqing could notice it. Mo Qiu nodded with a calm face and asked, ¡°I see, then should I thank you?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Yes, but don¡¯t mind, just see it as my repay for your saving my life.¡±

    Mo Qiu said angrily, ¡°Luo Jianqing! Is my life-saving favor so valueless?¡±

    Luo Jianqing made a bow with hands folded and said, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Mo, the relic in that remains is worth life-saving favors for quite a few times.

    Mo Qiu, ¡°... You will stop at nothing to piss me off.¡±

    Seeing Mo Qiu¡¯s speechless face, Luo Jianqing curled his lips. Similing was a rare thing for him these days. Since Mo Qiu saved him on the Feng Shen Sea, he had worn a serious face and furrowed his brow tightly for several days.

    His journey in the Northern Land of Arctic started with joy and happiness, yet ended with sorrows and parting. Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart broke into pieces. He was not a man dedicated to the righteous cause, so he didn¡¯t care about the well-being of other people. All he worried about was Xuan Lingzi.

    In this life, Luo Jianqing had experienced so many different things.

    Luo Jianqing had never heard the copse of the Ku Mountain. In hisst incarnation, in the equivalent year, Luo Jianqing would be hunted down in the Northern Land of Arctic half a yearter, yet even at that time, the Northern Land of Arctic didn¡¯t suffer from this disaster, and everything was fine. The story was totally different.

    However, now the fact was that the Ku Mountain had copsed, and Xuan Lingzi had been trapped in it. The demons were also going to start something.

    So many burdens fell on Luo Jianqing, and any one of them was heavy enough to make him anxious, especially Xuan Lingzi.

    Hearing the smile of Luo Jianqing, Mo Qiu was baffled at first and then also curled his fine lips, beaming.

    They continued to fly fast. After one more kilometer, Luo Jianqing stopped at a cliff. They approached the edge of the cliff and looked down, nothing but bottomless abyss. The mountains and cliffs around them were also steep, as if they wanted to surround the abyss.

    Such a terrain was unusual in the rtively t Northern Land of Arctic.

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°These cliffs were too close to each other, as if they formed a circle to hide something. Luo Jianqing, I could see the things five kilometers away even in smog, but... I can¡¯t see the bottom of this abyss. Are you sure we¡¯re going to jump into it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned around and said, ¡°That¡¯s the ce. We¡¯re jumping in.¡±

    As he finished, Luo Jianqing jumped into the abyss, and Mo Qiu followed in without any hesitation.

    The mountain here was only three kilometers high, yet plus the abyss, the depth was at least five kilometers. However, Mo Qiu underestimated it. The abyss was far deeper than five kilometers, but doubled.

    They had made full preparation when theynded, yet still struck the ground heavily, getting some bruises.

    The bottom was pitch-dark. Judging from the air velocity, it was quite narrow.

    As a super-rich cultivator, Mo Qiu took out a luminous pearl. Instantly, bright rays lit up the whole bottom. Until now, Mo Qiu found that this ce was not just narrow, but even tiny!

    Luo Jianqing looked around at the familiar scene and said, ¡°Yes, here it is.¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°...¡±

    The bottom of the cave is a circle with a radius of ten meters. The cave wall stretched all the way from the cliff, and to the bottom, it was smooth and cold. They had seen four or five mountains on the cliff, but now in the bottom, these mountains all fused into one, as if they had once been a single huge mountain and then prated by something from the top to the bottom. After years of withering and erosion, an eerie cave finally came into shape.

    There was nothing here in the bottom but some small stones and the smooth cave wall.

    Luo Jianqing walked to the wall and began to knock it. It seemed that he was quite familiar with this action, as if he had done it for countless times. Luo Jianqing carefully knocked along the all until he heard something different. Then he turned to Mo Qiu, and Mo Qiu also looked at him.

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°I¡¯ve told that a dreadful attack wille. I guess it¡¯s at least equivalent to the attack of a Da Sheng Period cultivator. My Master said he would block the attack for me, but now...¡± Luo Jianqing paused for a while and then continued, ¡°Anyway, our cultivation is good enough, so if we can dodge the attack surface, I can manage to block it. Mo Qiu, what about you?¡±

    Mo Qiu had leaned against the wall and gazed at Luo Jianqing. Hearing what he had said, Mo Qiu said casually, ¡°Well, even you can block it, why can¡¯t I?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Save your bravado. You can¡¯t underestimate it.¡±

    Mo Qiu waved his hand, ¡°Such a minor thing can¡¯t bother me. Just rest assured...¡±

    Boom!!!

    A green light sprang up to the sky, giving out horrible power and pressure. Mo Qiu and Luo Jianqing were overwhelmed as if they were suffocated in the deep ocean. Mo Qiu¡¯s face turned serious. He quickly took out a blood-red bell from his Interspatial Ring, and a red ward shaped around him, shielding him.

    Luo Jianqing on the other hand, handled it with ease. He avoided the main attack surface of the green light and blocked it with his Floating Frost Sword.

    After about a quarter, the sword light began to dim, and then the cave went back to normal. Although the light was horrible and powerful, it didn¡¯t hurt the cave wall at all, which was still smooth. Only the remaining power in the air was still reminding them what had happened.

    Mo Qiu clutched his fist and said furiously, ¡°Luo Jianqing, are you gonna kill me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing pretended to be astonished and said, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Mo, haven¡¯t you said you are ready and let me rest assured?¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°You!¡±

    They couldn¡¯t afford to waste more time, so they stopped quarreling. They could just hear some small noise rang in the center of the cave. Mo Qiu looked around vigntly, while Luo Jianqing was relieved and looked at the center of the bottom.

 Chapter 183: The Journey with Mo Qiu (2)

    <h4>Chapter 183: The Journey with Mo Qiu (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    A green light was flowing on the center of the cave bottom like a swimming fish.

    Then, one came after another.

    Ultimately, numerous ¡°fishes¡± converged at the center, giving out dazzling re. When Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu opened their eyes again, an old skeletal figure was standing right in front of them.

    Mo Qiu was shocked by this scene, yet Luo Jianqing seemed to be enlightened. He walked to that skeletal cultivator and suddenly knelt, kowtowing three times.

    In hisst incarnation, he had kowtowed before Mo Qing, and then absorbed the remaining power of his body. Now he did that again, still three kowtows, just to express his gratitude for the lifesaver of thest life.

    Before Luo Jianqing stood up, he heard a low, deep sigh tinted with a bit of pleasure.

    That voice was slow, gentle and graceful, with a rising tone towards the end, like a fine jade. Luo Jianqing raised his head with astonishment, while Mo Qiu also narrowed his eyes and gazed at this abrupt figure.

    Before they could realize it, a handsome and elegant man in green had shown up beside that skeletal figure, with an indigo jade hairpin in his thick ck hair. Words could not express his beauty, not like that of Mo Qiu, whose beauty was the bestbination of the characteristics of man and woman, or like that of Luo Jianqing, whose beauty was almost perfect. His beauty was noble, detached, and ethereal.

    He lowered his tender eyes and looked at Luo Jianqing.

    Thetter was gazing at him in shock without any words for a long time.

    Atst, the man smiled first and asked, ¡°Why did you kowtow three times in front of me?¡± The dreamlike voice was ringing like the music from heaven.

    Luo Jianqing was still kneeling on the ground in surprise. Hearing that, he asked subconsciously, ¡°... Sir Mo Qing?¡±

    The man in green didn¡¯t answer but asked again.

    Luo Jianqing stood up and paid respect, ¡°Sir, there is something tooplicated to exin, but as my senior, you deserve my prostration. I didn¡¯t expect that I would meet you here. I¡¯m the disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, Tai Hua Mountain, and this is...¡± After a pause, Luo Jianqing turned sideways to introduce Mo Qiu, ¡°This is my best friend, Mo Qiu.¡±

    That man was a little baffled and furrowed his slim eyebrows. He looked up at Mo Qiu, while Mo Qiu was also gazing at him. They didn¡¯t speak at first, yet before the man started, Mo Qiu said, ¡°My ancestor.¡±

    Exactly, just as that man showed up in the cave bottom, Luo Jianqing had already known who he was-

    Mo Qing.

    Who could have such a graceful and ethereal bearing except Mo Qing? The man in front of them was just a consciousness, not even a ghost, but powerful enough to give pressure on Luo Jianqing¡¯s primordial life. Only a person like him could forge an unwavering friendship with Supreme Master Jiu Lian thirty thousand years ago. They cultivated hand in hand and travelled through the Xuan Tian Continent together. They stood at the top among all talents!

    Luo Jianqing hadn¡¯t met the consciousness of Mo Qing in hisst life. So, it was likely that Li Xiuchen met it. Unfortunately, the book Seeking Immortality didn¡¯t borate it.

    Mo Qing looked at Mo Qiu silently with a smile.

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t notice anything unusual between them. He said with great respect, ¡°Sir, I¡¯ve learned something about you by chance. Now I bring him here to so that you can meet your descendent. Currently, there is widespread disorder in the world. The copse of the Ku Mountain caused great casualties, and the battle between humans and demons may break out at any moment. I hope you can help him.¡±

    Mo Qing¡¯s light-colored eyes turned to Luo Jianqing, but he was still smiling without a word.

    That made Luo Jianqing a little bit anxious. The clock was ticking. Although Luo Jianqing would like to appreciate him and he knew well the rtionship between him and Sir Jiu Lian, he couldn¡¯t afford more time to talk about old times.

    ording to Seeking Immortality, Li Xiuchen got the relic of Mo Qing effortlessly, but why did it be so difficult when Mo Qing met his descendant?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was confused. Just before he repeated what he had said, Mo Qing opened his mouth with a smile, ¡°I could smell him on you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing raised his eyes with astonishment.

    Mo Qing closed his beautiful eyes and seemed to smell the air with affection. No one knew what he was feeling. Mo Qing curled his lips and wore a tender but also bitter smile. Then he fixed his clear, light green eyes on Luo Jianqing. Mo Qiu said with a soft voice, ¡°I expected that, you must have practiced True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record as his disciple.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing was terrified and hurriedly exined, ¡°Sir, there is good reason for it. I once practiced True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, and I am the disciple of Yu Xiao Peak indeed!¡±

    Mo Qing ignored what he had said and smiled, ¡°Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record, there must be a bond to guide you to practice it.¡±

    Boom!

    Luo Jianqing was stunned by his words. ¡°Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record¡±, those five words resounded in his mind for a long time.

    What was Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record?

    What he practiced was Nine Heavenly Seizure...

    Mo Qing flickered his sleeve, which arced gracefully in the air, and then a simple Interspatial Ring appeared in front of Luo Jianqing. Just an Interspatial Ring, and nothing else. Nevertheless, the ring was giving out bright rays and vague pressure.

    Mo Qing¡¯s voice became fading.

    ¡°I just lived for four thousand two hundred and twenty-seven years. I spent my first one thousand year defying all kinds of perils for Mo¡¯s Family and reached the Deity Transformation Period. On my celebration feast, I got acquainted with your Supreme Master, and since then, we had practiced and traveled jointly.¡±

    ¡°Your supreme master was an unconventional man, a real peerless talent. He perceived thew of nature at the age of three thousand, and thus started his journey towards deity transformation.

    ¡°The disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, since you practice Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record, you have forged your first bond with the nine-petaled lotus; today, you have met me and forge your second bond with me. I don¡¯t know the Ku Mountain, nor the Northern Land of Arctic, but I know that if you have witnessed the copse of that range, you have forged the third bond with me as well as the nine-petaled lotus.¡±

    ¡°Since you have obtained three bonds, I will give you this Interspatial Ring. When you open it, you will know everything. However... I hope that you won¡¯t use it in your whole life.¡±

    Mo Qing raised his hand and the ring fell into the palm of Luo Jianqing. Then, he turned to Mo Qiu, who had been on high alert and even held his blood whip. If Mo Qing said anything inappropriate, Mo Qiu would attack him.

    Seeing that, another warm smile appeared on Mo Qing¡¯s fair face, ¡°My young friend, since we meet here, I would like give you a bond too so as to help you achieve breakthrough soon and end the million-times reincarnation.

    As he finished, a white light appeared on the forehead of Mo Qiu. The light was like a bolt of lightning, plunging into his be within a blink, while Mo Qiu had no time to stop it. That made him stupefied.

    After all these, Mo Qing¡¯s figure further faded.

    Luo Jianqing asked immediately, ¡°Sir, I don¡¯t understand what you just said. Why do you mean by referring to that range? Have you anticipated the copse of the Ku Mountain? My master has been trapped there, can you...¡±

    ¡°Shush!¡± Mo Qing lifted his finger and put it on his lips which seemed to have been drained of blood. His slim fingers were like white jade, too clear to see any veins, as if they were illusions.

    He gazed at Luo Jianqing gently. Seeing that, Luo Jianqing was loath to say anything; he bit his tongue.

    His eyes were full of deep attachment.

    They were like a clear blueke. The sun, glinting on theke, decorated the shimmering waves; the spring breeze, blowing from the distance, rippled the surface of theke. His eyes were so profound, yet by no means gloomy. Instead, they rendered othersfort and happiness, unwilling to break it.

    Luo Jianqing felt a little bit dizzy, and his eyesight was blurry. Before he lost consciousness, Luo Jianqing stretched out his hand despite himself and said in a low voice, ¡°You...¡±

 Chapter 184: The Journey with Mo Qiu (3)

    <h4>Chapter 184: The Journey with Mo Qiu (3)</h4>

    Seeing that, Mo Qiu flung his arm out in time to stop Luo Jianqing from falling, and meanwhile cracked his whip.

    The blood-red whip prated Mo Qing¡¯s body. Mo Qiu shouted, ¡°If you have any evil intents, I will kill you!¡±

    However, Mo Qing just gazed at him with a smile, and then shifted his eyes to Luo Jianqing. This was a long gaze without any words. The air around seemed to be frozen. Mo Qiu¡¯s serious face was in deep contrast with Mo Qing¡¯s beam.

    When Mo Qing¡¯s figure got more faded, he finally sighed and asked, ¡°If you are noting out, you don¡¯t have to give out your breath.¡±

    Then, a white figure came out from Luo Jianqing¡¯s Interspatial Ring, which shocked Mo Qiu.

    That figure was clearer and bolder than Mo Qing. The former turned to Mo Qiu and gave him a glimpse. As the man narrowed his eyes, Mo Qiu felt a headache. Before he fainted, he bore grudges of these two men and swore to revenge in the future.

    In this narrow cave, the man in green was standing beside a skeleton. He raised his head slightly and looked at the man in white with a smile.

    After a long eye contact, the man in white said, ¡°Mo Qing, do you resent me? I betrayed all of you, and I am not that Jiu Lian I used to be. As you see, I am now just a consciousness attached to Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record. I was sunk in sleep all day long, and I wouldn¡¯t have woken up if I hadn¡¯t sensed you. Do you resent... the real me?¡±

    Mo Qing said with a beam, ¡°You are still alive. It¡¯s enough tofort me.¡±

    Jiu Qing furrowed his eyebrows. His handsome face was full of nervousness and panic. He thought, pondered and hesitated for a long time. Finally, Jiu Lian asked with a hoarse voice, ¡°You really... don¡¯t resent me? Among all the eighty-one human cultivators and sixty-four demon exalts, only I survived ultimately. You really... really don¡¯t hate me?¡±

    Mo Qing raised his hand and gently tapped Jiu Lian¡¯s sword pattern on his be. He said helplessly, ¡°I am about to vanish into nothingness, so you really should say something happy now. I really miss our days thirty thousand years ago when you disguised as an ordinary knight to help the weak, and I pretended to be a young schr apanying you.¡±

    Jiu Lian was suddenly struck dumb by the words ¡°vanish into nothingness¡±.

    However, Mo Qing said, ¡°I feel lucky enough to meet you here. Before I vanish, do you have anything to tell me?¡±

    Jiu Lian raised his head. He was not that all-powerful Supreme Master thirty thousand years ago, nor was he the superior Chief Master of Yu Xiao Peak. From his face, you could read countless memories and endless thoughts. Jiu Lian asked, ¡°Does the Mo Qing Flower in Qin State really bloom in winter and wither in spring?¡±

    Hearing that, the graceful man was a little baffled. After a long silence, heughed out, ¡°It will bloom whenever you want. If you are Heaven, the rules of Heaven will be written at your will; If you are the rule itself, then the rule will govern the whole Heaven. Supreme Master Jiu Lian, you must have that grandeur that dwarfs everything, as you are the only Heaven in this world!¡±

    Thirty thousand years ago, they first met in Mo¡¯s family at Qin State.

    -You are the legendary Supreme Master Jiu Lian? I¡¯ve heard that you know everything, from Earth to Heaven; you master every skill, from making pills to making instruments. Then let me quiz you, do you know when the Mo Qing Flower in our Qin State blooms and withers?

    -Of course it blooms in spring and withers in autumn.

    -They say you are the most brilliant talent in the world, but it seems that your knowledge hasn¡¯t covered everything after all. The Mo Qing Flower always blooms in winter and withers in spring. It never contends in beauty with other flowers or begs for the caress of spring breeze.

    -Hahaha, such an insignificant thing. Why must I bother to remember when a flower blooms and withers. If I be Heaven, the rules of Heaven will be written at my will; If I be the rule itself, then the rule will govern the whole Heaven. I, the Supreme Master Jiu Lian, am the only Heaven in this world!

    -What an arrogant man, but I think you are interesting.

    -Me too, may I ask your name?

    -You can call me Mo Qing. I¡¯m the seventh descendant in Mo¡¯s family.

    Thirty thousand years ago, they hadn¡¯t experienced any difficulties. One was arrogant and impulsive, and the other was unrestrained and spirited.

    However, when Mo Qing began to vanish gradually, he just smiled and asked, ¡°Will you be that Heaven?¡± His tone was rxing, not affected by his vanishing body, and he didn¡¯t feel any pain either.

    Jiu Lian fixed his eyes on Mo Qing as if he wanted the scene to be imprinted on his memory.

    ¡°I have failed. Maybe no one can rece Heaven in this world.¡±

    Mo Qing beamed, ¡°Or maybe your descendant can fulfill our unfinished dream.¡±

    Jiu Lian knew clearly who he referred to, but he didn¡¯t turn to Luo Jianqing who was lying on the ground. Instead, he just gazed at his friend who was about to vanish. In this moment, any words would be redundant. Mo Qing started to turn into tiny specks of light, flying into sky. His smile was still gentle, and his eyes were sillforting.

    Suddenly, Jiu Lian stepped forward and grasped Mo Qing¡¯s vanishing hands.

    Mo Qing was a little baffled. Jiu Lian asked, ¡°Are we... just friends?¡±

    Mo Qing smiled without any hesitation, ¡°Maybe we should have been more than that...¡±

    As he finished thest word, a brilliant light shined out. When Jiu Lian opened his eyes again, that gentle, beaming man had gone. Now, any regrets or bonds had gone with his consciousness. His soul had vanished between Earth and Heaven. There was no reincarnation, no rebirth. The world lost Mo Qing forever.

    Jiu Lian looked at his hands nkly, not recovering from what had happened. A drop of tear fell into his palm and spread. He could still feel the warmth of Mo Qing¡¯s hands, yet he could do nothing for him now.

    Time passed quickly.

    When Luo Jianqing woke up, everything had gone back to normal. Mo Qiu was sitting against the cave wall with closed eyes. It seemed that he hadn¡¯t awakened.

    Luo Jianqing looked around but couldn¡¯t find Mo Qing. He didn¡¯t think too much, yet when he turned back, the skeleton had disappeared from the center without a trace!

    ¡°Sir?¡± Luo Jianqing called with a hoarse voice.

    No one replied him except the echoes of the wall.

    ¡°Sir?¡±

    He tried several times but got nothing, but Mo Qiu was awakened by him. Frowning, Mo Qiu wore an unpleasant face and said, ¡°Why does a consciousness hide in your Interspatial Ring? It¡¯s not weak. A mere consciousness should make me faint.¡±

    Luo Jianqing got stiffened and suddenly recalled that ¡°Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record¡±.

    But it was not a good time to dive into that. Luo Jianqing bowed towards the center to pay his respect and turned to Mo Qiu, ¡°Since your ancestor is not here anymore, we need to leave this ce now and join the major team.¡±

 Chapter 185: Fortune or Misfortune? (1)

    <h4>Chapter 185: Fortune or Misfortune? (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    It was by no means an easy cause to save all the trapped cultivators out of the vast Northern Land of Arctic.

    Human cultivators established the base camp in the Sand Buried Forest so that they could lead cultivators to Chong State and then send them out. It was a dreadful rush-they had to evacuate ordinary people and fleeing cultivators, and meanwhile enter the Northern Land of Arctic in search for the wounded.

    The Northern Land of Arctic was adjacent to Chong State and neighbored on the Fiend Realm, that was known to all. On the next side of the Fiend Realm was the boundless Thirteen Oceans of the Demon Realm.

    The dazzling sunlight spread on the shimmering oceans. Everything seemed peaceful.

    The sweeping Thirteenth Ocean connected the Demon Realm and the Fiend Realm, under which numerous brutal and fierce demons lurked. The ocean was in light blue, and the seawater surged with breeze until ripples quivered slowly from the center to the edge of the ocean.

    Those ripples were so subtle that no one could notice them.

    When the ripples reached the border between the Thirteenth Ocean and the Fiend Realm, the ssh of water came. On the shore, the fine sand suddenly sank a little bit, and a vague footprint appeared silently. When ¡°it¡± made the second move, there was no trace anymore.

    It seemed that an invisible man went ashore from the ocean and walked across the beach step by step, passing the Fiend guard who was sitting cross-legged for cultivating. It stepped on the blood-red, earthy soil, and ultimately prated a thin ward. The whole process was so smooth and inconspicuous, just like a trickle flowed into ocean.

    No one, not a single cultivator in the Fiend Realm noticed this unexpected guest!

    Stepping on the territory of the Fiend Realm, ¡°it¡± finally showed its true color.

    Therge and thick ck cloak covered most of his face, only revealing a defined jaw. His lips were extremely thin without any color. His whole body was shrouded in the cloak, and he didn¡¯t stop for anything. He just stepped forward and went deeper into the Fiend Realm.

    He seemingly walked slowly, yet came and went spectrally in quick session. Every time he showed up, he was hundreds of meters ahead.

    In the Demon Realm, the seductive and fascinating Demon Exalt Yin Ji was sitting on her throne. Her fair fingers were gently stroking her lips. She looked down at humanlike demon who was kneeling in front her. She giggled with a hoarse and sexy voice, ¡°He really goes there?¡±

    The kneeling demon still lowered his head. Actually, he would rather bury his head into the ground if possible. He dared not even glimpse at Yin Ji, but his eyes were tinted with hatred. He said with a bitter voice, ¡°Yes, my Exalt, the Ocean Master has set out.¡±

    Yin Ji pursued, ¡°How long will it take him to bring back those two little bastards?¡±

    The demon said firmly, ¡°The Ocean Master said it would take him one day from the First Ocean to the Northern Land of Arctic, three days utmost to find those two humans, and just an instant toe back. He promises to finish the mission in five days.¡±

    Beside the Feng Shen Sea in the Northern Land of Arctic, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu didn¡¯t know that one of the top Demon Exalts had crossed the Thirteen Oceans and was about to enter the Northern Land of Arctic. After searching around in the cave bottom, they flew out of the bottomless cave easily.

    Luo Jianqing had reached the middle stage of Out-of-Body long ago, much more powerful than the middle stage of Gold Core in hisst incarnation. Besides, he wasn¡¯t badly wounded like that time, so flying out was a breeze.

    As they came out, Luo Jianqing put away the Interspatial Ring that Mo Qing had given him. He turned to Mo Qiu and saw him keeping straightening his blood-red clothes. Mo Qiu noticed that and raised his head, saying sulkily, ¡°What, you want to go down there again? Luo Jianqing, you¡¯d better not. We have agreed to leave the Northern Land of Arctic as soon as possible.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Then, let¡¯s go.¡±

    They moved quickly without more words.

    Luo Jianqing recalled that ording to Seeking Immortality III, Li Xiuchen obtained a lot of relics and instruments in the remaining of Mo Qing.

    When the book used ¡°a lot of¡±, it actually meant ¡°countless¡±, and this was how the book described: These instruments were distributed in four storeys. The bottom storey stored hundreds of instruments, the third storey stored ten, the second storey store ten, yet when it came to the top storey, it only had three instruments. However, all the three instruments gave out overwhelming pressure and had dazzling halo around them. No one dared to underestimate them.

    Four-storey instrument mountain? Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t see it at all.

    Mo Qing just gave him an Interspatial Ring, and the ring had a restriction, which made Luo Jianqing unable to open it. On the other hand, although Mo Qiu was Mo Qing¡¯s direct line of descendant, Mo Qing didn¡¯t mention it at all, nor did he give many instruments to Mo Qiu.

    These doubts really puzzled Luo Jianqing. Just as he thought about these things, he heard Mo Qiu¡¯s soft voice, ¡°Luo Jianqing, I like the thing you¡¯ve given me this time.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked with astonishment, ¡°What thing?¡±

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°You really don¡¯t know what that consciousness... also my ancestor gave me?¡±

    Luo Jianqing certainly had no idea, yet Mo Qiu sneered and said calmly, ¡°It¡¯s his insights of cultivation.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled all of a sudden.

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°He had touched the ceiling towards Deity Transformation, so his insights are very important for me, which can help me a lot. I¡¯ll take it as your repaying of my life-saving favor. But don¡¯t forget, I have saved you many times; this is only one repaying!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Luo Jianqing suddenly sped up and flew out of the Feng Sen Sea. He was quite desperate to get rid of Mo Qiu. Seeing that, Mo Qiu also picked up speed and said, ¡°Why are you suddenly flying so fast without informing me!¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t want to respond, ¡°...¡±

    So, following the direction shown by Lady Liu Xi and Lady Luo Zheng, they two finally left the territory of the Feng Shen Sea after another day. When they passed a hill, a continuous mountain range greeted their eyes. They both stopped at it.

    Luo Jianqing looked down at the winding range and pursed his lips quietly.

    The range was like a giant ck dragon in dead sleep. The hill in the northwest was its tail, and the steep peak in the northwest was its bridling head. The peak there was the origin of the whole mountain range-the Ku Mountain.

    The scenes of the copse of the Ku Mountain leaped before Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes. Everything seemed to have happened yesterday. However, currently, the Ku Mountain looked peaceful and calm from distance, as if there were no danger at all.

    Anyway... It was still the Ku Mountain!

 Chapter 186: Fortune or Misfortune? (2)

    <h4>Chapter 186: Fortune or Misfortune? (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing clutched his fists with his beautiful eyes bloodshot and the whole body stiffened.

    After a long gaze, Luo Jianqing turned around and said, ¡°Still too close to the mountain. We have to take another detour to keep distance from it.¡±

    Mo Qiu didn¡¯t say anything, totally at Luo Jianqing¡¯s discretion. So, they took another detour so as to stay far from the mountain range. Their n was to leave the Northern Land of Arctic by way of the Bottomless Cave.

    As they reached the Bottomless Cave, Luo Jianqing had calmed down and recovered from the anxiety brought by the Ku Mountain. He had been to the Bottomless Cave with Xuan Lingzi before, so he was quite familiar with this ce and led Mo Qiu to fly through it quickly.

    This time, their purpose was not to cultivate or go for a walk, but to hurry on with their journey. Therefore, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu didn¡¯t take a break all the way until thick smog surged one night and shrouded the whole cave. They could see nothing in the cave but a world of sand, so they decided to take a rest and back on the journey tomorrow.

    Luo Jianqing snuggled down on a thick trunk, looking down at the glimmering luminous pearl on the ground.

    In the remaining of Mo Qing, Luo Jianqing learned a lot of things he had never heard before. For example, what he cultivated was actually Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record, or Mo Qing had known that a mountain range would copse and give him an Interspatial Ring, yet on the other hand, he hoped that Luo Jianqing would never use it.

    All of these were like dense mist in which Luo Jianqing was enveloped and lost himself.

    Luo Jianqing had never been more confused. What was Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record? Why did the Ku Mountain copse? What was stored in that Interspatial Ring? And most importantly... how could he save his master?!

    What if he failed to save Xuan Lingzi, what if the Ku Mountain copsed again, then master...!

    A soft and deep voice suddenly came, ¡°Yeah, go ahead, press it harder and crush it. Then you gotta buy me a new pearl.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing was a little bit baffled. He pulled himself out of the anxiety quickly, only to find that he was pressing his hand on that luminous pearl and had left a conspicuous handprint on it.

    He turned to Mo Qiu, who was also gazing at Luo Jianqing with his chin resting on his hand. Luo Jianqing could see his own figure in Mo Qiu¡¯s pretty, amorous eyes. Mo Qiu seldom looked at him with such an expression, which made Luo Jianqing feel strange. Luo Jianqing looked away subconsciously, but Mo Qiu asked in a low voice, ¡°Luo Jianqing, are you trying to hide something from me?¡±

    This short question made Luo Jianqing stun.

    It seemed that Mo Qiu didn¡¯t expect to get any answer from him anyway, and he continued, ¡°Take a guess, am I trying to hide anything from you?¡±

    Luo Jianqing gradually calmed down and moved his hand away from the luminous pearl. He lowered his eyes and said, ¡°Yes, you are.¡±

    Mo Qiu got stiffened and asked, ¡°Then what is it?¡±

    Luo Jianqing replied in a calm voice, ¡°You¡¯ve never told me why you can improve your cultivation so fast.¡± Just as he finished, Luo Jianqing look askance at Mo Qiu and said coldly, ¡°Save your ¡®brilliant and gifted¡¯ game. No matter how gifted you are, you cannot improve so fast.¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°... But it¡¯s really because I am incredibly gifted!¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°Then you just keep hiding it from it. I don¡¯t care anyway.¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°...¡±

    After a long silence, Mo Qiu asked again, ¡°Don¡¯t you really think I¡¯m not hiding anything from you? Not that cultivation or improvement thing.¡±

    Luo Jianqing thought for a while and asked, ¡°You have some sordid ideas on me?¡± Luo Jianqing moved aside a little bit, ncing at Mo Qiu up and down.

    Mo Qiu, ¡°...¡±

    Mo Qiu, ¡°Luo! Jian! Qing! Just tell me, what do you have that can allure me to have sordid ideas on you, what it is?¡±

    Seeing Mo Qiu getting angry, Luo Jianqing finally got rid of the stuck anxious feelings. He couldn¡¯t helpughing out, ¡°OK, just forget it. So, what¡¯s wrong with you today? You¡¯ve really hidden something from me but now want to tell me? It won¡¯t be a problem for me. Everyone has their own secrets, and I believe that you will never do harm to me, so it¡¯s OK you keep it from me.¡±

    Mo Qiu fell into a hush, discreetly gazing at Luo Jianqing.

    They just looked at each other for a while, and Luo Jianqing curled up his eyebrow, ¡°What?¡±

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°You really don¡¯t want to know?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°If you want to tell me, I¡¯ll listen, but if you don¡¯t, it doesn¡¯t matter either.¡±

    Mo Qiu sneered, ¡°Then I must tell you.¡±

    The night had turned to a deep ckness with sand obscuring the sky, making everything seemed withered and yellow. At night, they could see nothing out of the Bottomless Cave, not a sky, not a peak, nothing. They were enveloped in the world of yellow sand. Anywhere in the dark interstices between the pearl lights was deste and bleak.

    Luo Jianqing said casually, ¡°If you must tell me, I¡¯ll listen... Mo Qiu!¡±

    Luo Jianqing suddenly raised his voice and goggled at Mo Qiu.

    A thin hand stretched out from the world of sand and instantly grabbed Mo Qiu¡¯s neck! There was no space for resistance, not time for response. The hand seized Mo Qiu¡¯s neck tightly, making him unable to struggle.

    ¡°Rustle, rustle¡±

    They heard weak footsteps, just like someone walking on the sand.

    Luo Jianqing had taken out his Floating Frost Sword and clutched it, staring vigntly at the man walking out from the darkness. Mo Qiu, on the other hand, was still stiffened. He pursed his lips with eyes full of anger and shame. The blood red rays glimmered on his palm, yet just at the same time, a ck power prated his hand, and blood gushed out from his palm.

    Mo Qiu gave a grunt out of pain, with his prated hand trembling uncontrobly.

    Before this man showed up, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t even perceive his approaching at all, yet when he finally appeared, Luo Jianqing felt he was nothing but a prey of this man. He dared not move, even if his intuition was telling him to run away right now. However, Mo Qiu was still on his hand. Luo Jianqing gritted his teeth and asked, ¡°Sir, may I ask who are you?¡±

    With a tiny glimmer of hope, Luo Jianqing finally asked this question.

    However, he didn¡¯t get any response from the other side.

    Mo Qiu felt the freezing coldness on his neck. He narrowed his beautiful eyes and glimpsed at the hand that was grabbing him. ncing though that thin wrist, Mo Qiu fixed his eyes on a dark red pattern on the back of that man¡¯s hand.

    He curled his red lips and wore a sneer. With calm eyes, Mo Qiu said with a wry tone, ¡°It seems that we are troublesome enough. They even send the Ocean Master of the First Ocean in the Demon Realm to hunt us. Luo Jianqing, is it a fortune or misfortune for us?¡±

 Chapter 187: Somehow, I Owe You (1)

    <h4>Chapter 187: Somehow, I Owe You (1)</h4>

    Thick miasma shrouded Earth and Heaven like an ocean of white fog, which isted the Ku Mountain from the outside world.

    The rolling mountain range erected at the center of the Northern Land of Arctic for tens of thousands of years, yet no one knew what it was like inside. Everyone who entered the Ku Mountain had never made it out. They were doomed to fall.

    Xuan Lingzi walked between two hills with a calm yet cold face.

    He looked quite sedate, yet the blood on his sleeves betrayed his predicament.

    Since he was swallowed by the Ku Mountain, Xuan Lingzi had been walking within the range for ten days. It was a vast yet isted world. Each time Xuan Lingzi perceived the periphery of the world and tried to go out, a strange power would block him from moving ahead.

    Was it possible to go for the gloves and tear down the ward of this mountain by force?

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t try that.

    After he entered the mountain, he had noticed that the range was extremely unstable. Any great shake might well trigger another copse. Therefore, he must be very cautious.

    The master in white walked slowly between these hills. Suddenly, he came to a fork and stopped. He turned to the other direction with gleaming eyes as if he felt something. The next moment, he had disappeared and rushed towards that direction.

    At the same time, out of the Ku Mountain, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu had returned to the Feng Shen Sea.

    They sat on a deserted ind on the sea, looking at each other in dismay. Beside them sat anky man in a huge ck cloak, which covered his face. He sat cross-legged, not forcing any constraint on Luo Jianqing. Instead, he just let them look at each other face to face.

    Luo Jianqing sent a mind message, ¡°Mo Qiu, you know this man?¡±

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°I¡¯ve heard of him from my master. He is Jin Li, the Ocean Master of the First Ocean in the Demon Realm,pleting thete stage of Da Sheng Period. It¡¯s said that he isparable to the Four Demon Exalts, but he is quite reclusive, much a loner who seldom contacts with other exalts. As such, he often covers himself with that ck cloak.¡± Mo Qiu continued after a pause, ¡°So, shall we flee?¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned, ¡°He haspleted thete stage of Da Sheng Period. Can we flee from him?¡±

    Mo Qiu curled his lips, ¡°You never know it unless you try.¡±

    After a silence, Mo Jianqing said, ¡°We tried, and we failed, even unable to resist.¡±

    When this strange man in ck abruptly showed up, he immediately grabbed Mo Qiu. Luo Jianqing definitely had tried to save him, and Mo Qiu also prepared to attack that man, but his palm was immediately prated by the ck demon power. Mo Qiu had failed before he could move.

    As for Luo Jianqing, he even used ¡°Blossom Lotus Sword¡±, yet the tremendous power of the ¡°Seizure of Karma¡± was easily counteracted by that man¡¯s fist, with only one blow. Then, a ¡°soft¡± tap of that man immediately sentenced the defeat of Luo Jianqing, and that was why Luo Jianqing was so worried now.

    Those who could clearly recognize the current realities were real heroes.

    At this moment, a sophisticated strategy was needed to either resist orpletely turn over the situation.

    The great disparity between their power was conspicuous enough. If Luo Jianqing acted arbitrarily and persisted in resisting, he would be too foolish.

    Speaking of that, Luo Jianqing suddenly realized, ¡°Wait, if he is so powerful, does he know we aremunicating even though he doesn¡¯t have Message Detecting Stone?¡±

    Mo Qiu said naturally, ¡°Of course he knows it.¡±

    Luo Jianqing, ¡°...¡±

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°In my opinion, he is always proud and aloof. Since he doesn¡¯t bind us with Deity Bound Rope, he knows that we won¡¯t flee, or he totally holds us cheap, so he won¡¯t interrupt us. However, Luo Jianqing, I know a fatal weakness of him that we can exploit.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned slightly, ¡°What weakness?¡±

    ¡°A thousand years ago, your Supreme Master and I... my master confined Jin Li in a small world. They made time pass faster and ultimately Jin Li stayed in darkness alone for altogether a hundred and eighty million years.¡± Mo Qiu curled his red lips, ¡°Since then, Jin Lin has started to fear the nights!¡±

    On the deserted ind, two brilliant peerless human talents and a top demon master were sitting silently, waiting for the dawn.

    Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu sat cross-legged to resume power, while Jin Li didn¡¯t stop them. He didn¡¯t even give any response when Luo Jianqing cautiously took out thest Hundred Flower Pill and let Mo Qiu swallow it.

    As Mo Qiu swallowed to pill, the horrible and bloody hole on his palm began to mend gradually.

    The spiritual power between Earth and Heaven poured into their bodies. Meanwhile, the fierce astral wind was also attacking them, but as long as they blocked the attack, the power of the astral wind would turn into tremendous spiritual power, strengthening their bodies.

    They had resumed all the power before the dawn.

    However, they didn¡¯t take any actions, as if they hadn¡¯t nned to flee.

    Luo Jianqing was biding the time. He nced at the demon exalt in ck cloak quickly and suddenly heard the voice of Mo Qiu in mind, ¡°Luo Jianqing, I must tell you something.¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned to him with surprise.

    Under the deepening shades of the night, the handsome Fiend Cultivator in red was gazing at Luo Jianqing. The ck waves were rolling and foaming in the boundless Feng Shen Sea, sending up pearly sprays behind Mo Qiu. The darkness threw the radiantly white Mo Qiu into a striking beauty.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s heart sank. Somehow, he felt kind of strange and ufortable.

 Chapter 188: Somehow, I Owe You (ii)

    <h4>Chapter 188: Somehow, I Owe You (ii)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Mo Qiu said, ¡°You are far from cosmopolitan. In the whole Demon Realm, Jin Li is even as powerful as Exalt Yin Ji and Exalt Hao Ming. Among the Four Grand Exalts, only the Heaven Demon Exalt can manipte him, but that exalt is not good at mapping out strategies and tactics. If there is anyone that has realized the death of the Master Hoodoo and then immediately sends another one toe after one, he can only be Yin Ji.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°So what¡¯s the point?¡±

    Mo Qiu wore a serious face, ¡°Since Jin Li is here, I can say the ambition of the demon is not only to catch us. They¡¯re nning something bigger. Anyway, you need to understand that in the Demon Realm, Yin Ji is the one really in charge, and the one behind her is the Heaven Demon Exalt Du Jue Tian Lao.

    ¡°Why are you telling me these?¡± Luo Jianqing felt a surge of panic. Now, he was not interested in why Mo Qiu knew so many things. Instead, he just felt Mo Qiu was quite weird, making him sort of... flustered.

    Mo Qiu curved up his thin lips and suddenly said, ¡°Because I would like to. Do you have a problem with that?¡±

    His voice echoed on this small ind, while the Demon Exalt just sat aside, as if he didn¡¯t hear anything. Yet Luo Jianqing narrowed his eyes. He was about to send another message to Mo Qiu¡¯s mind and pursed this question, but suddenly, he saw a sh of brilliant lightening streaking across the sky, then falling on the dark Feng Shen Sea.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s pupils shrank, and Mo Qiu even moved faster.

    ¡°Spam Sun Blocks the Sky!¡±

    Instantly, the shining sunlight vanished without any trace, and darkness shrouded the Feng Shen Sea again!

    This time, the darkness was much purer, with nothing could reflect light. They all lost their vision at the moment. When Mo Qiu pulled his primordial life out and used its power to release this bizarre skill, Luo Jianqing raised his sword without any hesitation, thrusting at the direction that he remembered.

    This thrust was full of the power of karma, yet Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t expect it to harm Jin Li even a tiny bit. He grabbed Mo Qiu and ran away immediately. They were so fast that they directly jumped into the water with two plops.

    As they fell into the water, sunlight resumed and the darkness went away again.

    On the small ind, the Demon Exalt in the ck cloak raised his left hand, on which the Floating Frost Sword was mped by his two fingers. Countless tiny silver snakes wriggling on the sword, with the great power of Heavenly Seizure Record fiercely flowing on it. However, the sword couldn¡¯t hurt him at all.

    Jin Li raised his head, exposing his azure blue eyes. He was sweating profusely-even an instant darkness was frightful enough to make him look pale and his mouth trembling.

    He moved his finger, and the sword gave a painful grunt, losing all its brilliancy. Jin Li chucked it into the sea and then walked to the ce where they had jumped in. He narrowed his eyes and blue light shed across his eyes.

    Boom!

    The vast sea was split into two parts, as if some magic power separated them. The seawater rose and transformed into two water walls, paving a path for him to walk through. Countless astral wind surged over the water and madly rushed towards him. However, with a light wave, all the wind was dispelled and he just kept walking slowly.

    Meanwhile, the seawater that covered Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu had disappeared. He didn¡¯t have any time to surprise at these two huge water walls. Luo Jianqing grabbed Mo Qiu and began to run. Later, he even picked up Mo Qiu and sped up with all of his spiritual power.

    The Fiend Cultivator in Luo Jianqing¡¯s arms kept coughing blood, and his face had turned pale.

    The major premise of Luo Jianqing¡¯s n was to create an expansive pure darkness, which could remind Jin Li of his greatest fear. Mo Qiu could do it. His cultivation contained a skill called ¡°Spam Sun Blocks the Sky¡± in Tribtion Passage. A thousand years ago, the Fiend Exalt used this skill to strip light from Jin Li, and now, Mo Qiu used it again.

    However, it was after all a Tribtion Passage skill. Even if Mo Qiu was a brilliant talent, he was just half way to Body Fusion. In order to use this skill, Mo Qiu ran out of all the power of his primordial life, and he made it with great difficulties.

    After the darkness, Luo Jianqing needed toe to the y. He had to ensure that they could escape from this ce, from the control of Jin Li.

    Mo Qiu wiped the blood at the corner of his mouth, yet more blood gushed out continuously, soaking his red clothes. Mo Qiu raised his eyes and looked at the handsome cultivator, giving out a light smile, ¡°Luo Jianqing, I suddenly recall that you invited me to sleep in your room when we first met. That night, you slept on the floor, while I slept on the bed.¡±

    Luo Jianqing had no mood to respond to him.

    However, Mo Qiu continued, ¡°I thought you were so interesting, so I deliberately teased you. But Luo Jianqing, you ignored me. I was so annoyed...Cough...¡± He broke into a paroxysm of coughing.

    ¡°Shut up! You can tell me whatever you want when we are safe. Now just focus on escaping!¡±

    Mo Qiu covered his mouth with hands, yet blood never stopped spurting out, oozing from between his fingers. Luo Jianqing clearly felt that Mo Qiu¡¯s breath was weakening. He would not die, just became insanely weak.

    Luo Jianqing said hurriedly, ¡°Stop talking nonsense. Just use this time to heal your wound!¡±

    Mo Qiu asked, ¡°Where is your sword?¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°No time to worry about it.¡±

    Obviously, Luo Jianqing was even strenuous enough to escape, not mentioning taking back the sword.

    However, Mo Qiu frowned, ¡°As a cultivator, you sword is your life. I remember that you have been using that sword since I first met you. It has been integrated with you. Luo Jianqing, you shouldn¡¯t...¡± Another paroxysm of coughing.

    Another gulp of blood was about to gush out, yet Mo Qiu frowned again and swallowed it suddenly.

    Luo Jianqing just focused on escaping, not noticing the details on the face of Mo Qiu. Some blood still trickled down from the corner of Mo Qiu¡¯s lips. The blood was pitch-dark tinted with dark green. The gloomy coldness made Mo Qiu more pallid in the face.

    At this moment, Luo Jianqing heard the footstep from behind.

 Chapter 189: Somehow, I Owe You (iii)

    <h4>Chapter 189: Somehow, I Owe You (iii)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Rattle¡ª

    The demon exalt in arge ck cloak walked towards them with seemingly slow pace, yet he came and went like a shadow in quick session. With several steps, he almost caught up with them, only about five kilometers away!

    Mo Qiu looked over the shoulder of Luo Jianqing, gradually calming down.

    Luo Jianqing had his spiritual power run at the highest speed in his body, and he even wielded some weak rules of nature between Heaven and Earth. However, the gap as wide as three realms made Luo Jianqing feel it impossible to escape. Nevertheless, he kept running.

    Luo Jianqing clearly knew that his n wouldn¡¯t sess easily, but they had no other options!

    Luo Jianqing smacked on his elixir field and forced out his indigo lotus. Just as the lotus came out, Mo Qiu goggled at it with astonishment. Even Jin Li suddenly stopped and looked up at that lotus with his mouth slightly open.

    While he was running, Luo Jianqing ordered his primordial life to attack Jin Li.

    However, the lotus continuously attempted to go back to his elixir field, letting Luo Jianqing know its fear.

    As the footstep was getting closer, Luo Jianqing felt that his power and blood were rolling in his body. He watched the lotus that was trying to winced back and shouted with bloodshot eyes, ¡°Even if I die here and stop at Gold Core, I won¡¯t allow you to flinch!¡±

    The lotus seemed to stop instantly and flew to the front of Luo Jianqing.

    At this moment, Luo Jianqing had a strange feeling, as if the lotus had a pair eyes and were seriously watching him. That was peculiar indeed, as no one¡¯s primordial life could have its own mind, but Luo Jianqing had no time to think about it.

    He gritted his teeth and forced a bitter smile, ¡°Even if you broke into pieces, I will not... regret!¡±

    Just as he finished, the lotus rushed back and directly floated in the way of Jin Li.

    Jin Li should stop. He gazed at the little lotus quietly.

    The lotus was just as big as a palm, but it was delicate and adorable. However, no one dared to underestimate it, as overwhelming and vigorous power surged out from it. Jin Li narrowed his blue eyes and looked at it silently.

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Huge noise came from the behind of Luo Jianqing, shaking Earth and Heaven.

    The third noise marked the end of the battle. Luo Jianqing instantly spat a mouthful of blood, and his breath was immediately weakened. An indigo light shed from behind and went into his body, which was followed by the demon exalt in ck, whose cloak had been crushed.

    His ck hair was flying in the air, and his delicate face was exposed in the sunlight. No one could imagine that the Ocean Master of the First Ocean in the Demon Realm had such a young and innocent face with his blue eyes shining like a sapphire.

    The bad wound of the primordial life made Luo Jianqing much weaker and he was forced to slow down.

    So many scenes and stories shed across his mind, from his rebirth to the current escape, and everything ended at the copse of the Ku Mountain, where he was smacked away by Xuan Lingzi, yet thetter had been swallowed by overwhelming power, with present whereabouts unknown.

    Luo Jianqing closed his eyes and put Mo Qiu down. He grabbed Mo Qiu¡¯s hand and continued flying.

    Mo Qiu frowned and looked at Luo Jianqing without any words. Jin Li was right after them, and they got closer and closer. When Jin Li was less than 500 meters away from them, Luo Jianqing turned to Mo Qiu and said seriously, ¡°My master is still being trapped in the Ku Mountain. Promise me you will lead people to save him!¡±

    Then he smacked Mo Qiu, yet thetter quickly grabbed Luo Jianqing¡¯s wrist.

    Luo Jianqing looked at Mo Qiu with shock. Mo Qiu smiled and asked, ¡°What, you¡¯re gonna cover me and let me go first?¡± Before Luo Jianqing could reply, Mo Qiu had smoothed his knitted brow and said with a bitter smile, ¡°If I escape and let a junior sacrifice himself, it will be a huge shame on me!¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled, ¡°Mo Qiu, what are you talking about...¡±

    A red light shed across his amorous eyes and Mo Qiu chuckled, ¡°Luo Jianqing, I have felt that I owe you something since you pulled out of your primordial life. Somehow, predetermined by karma, I owe you some very important thing, so I have to make it up to you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was even more confused, but he didn¡¯t have time to ask. He said hurriedly, ¡°Mo Qiu, just go first. You are more talented than me, so you are more valuable right now. Jin Lin doesn¡¯t intend to kill us, don¡¯t worry...¡±

    ¡°Luo Jianqing, it seems that you have already given me a chance.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was stunned.

    Mo Qiu¡¯s hair flying against the rolling waves and fierce wind. His red clothes were like a me. Mo Qiu curved up his red lips and gave an extremely beautiful smile. Luo Jianqing almost fell into a trance, as if he travelled back to a dozen years ago, when he first met his best friend in the inn out of the Liu Yan Valley.

    He remembered that Mo Qiu was gorgeous but arrogant, brilliant but despotic. He was so haughty as if nobody on earth could beat him.

    Now, they had gone through so many changes and be best friends, tiding over the difficulties together.

    Mo Qiu was smiling slightly. His smile was clear and melodious, but soon he stopped. He fixed hisplicated and profound eyes on the handsome cultivator in front of him and suddenly smacked Luo Jianqing away.

    Luo Jianqing looked at him with disbelief. He felt a pang of heart-wrenching pain and shouted, ¡°Mo Qiu!¡±

 Chapter 190: Somehow, I Owe You (iv)

    <h4>Chapter 190: Somehow, I Owe You (iv)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The Fiend Cultivator in red beamed and put his finger on his lips, ¡°Shush.¡±

    The next moment, the demon exalt had stood behind Mo Qiu. Mo Qiu turned around and looked at the exalt. He wiped the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth and tittered, ¡°Why does Yin Ji send you here? It would be such a huge waste to just catch Luo Jianqing and me. She is nning something bigger.¡±

    Jin Li ignored him and raised his hand. It seemed that he intended to knock Mo Qiu out directly.

    However, just as he was about to hit Mo Qiu, thetter gave out a lightughter, ¡°After so many years, Jin Li, you finally make some progress. Have you ever aspired to ascend to the Heaven Level and transform into the Divine Dragon of Highest Heavens?¡±

    When he heard that,plex feelings attacked Jin Li, shock, panic, disarray, fear and confusion, all of which shed across his blue eyes one after another.

    With a hoarse voice, he finally spoke, ¡°Who are you!¡±

    Mo Qiu wiped the dark blood trickling down from his mouth and looked up at the demon exalt who was trembling out of fear. He narrowed his eyes and said with a perplexing tone, chuckling, ¡°Don¡¯t you want to know where your... demon pill is?¡±

    ¡°Who are you!!!¡±

    The immense roaring echoed in the Feng Shen Sea. Luo Jianqing finally got stable, so he turned to hurry back subconsciously. However, before he moved, he saw a ck dragon asrge as a mountain rose high into the sky, roaring angrily and flying madly in the air.

    Luo Jianqing looked at the dragon with astonishment and said with a hoarse voice, ¡°The Profane Dragon of ck Chaos...¡±

    The horrible ck dragon was like a pure monster. It shed with something in the Feng Shen Sea, giving out a huge sound.¡±

    It was a real dragon!

    An Innate-Seventh-Level evil dragon that could overshadow the vault of Heaven.

    Each time the ck dragon shed with the Feng Shen Sea, Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes would get redder. After eight shes, Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes had already been moist with tears. He clearly knew that he had to run away now, otherwise Mo Qiu¡¯s efforts would be wasted, but he just couldn¡¯t.

    When Xuan Lingzi was swallowed by the Ku Mountain, Luo Jianqing had been worrying about him, but he believed that Xuan Lingzi had survived. When they separated, he saw confidence and firmness in Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes, as if it would just be a temporary parting, and nothing bad would happen.

    However, now, Luo Jianqing was facing a situation where his best friend was doomed!

    With eyes brimmed with tears, Luo Jianqing froze and looked at the distant intense battle. Suddenly, he made up his mind to give up the kindness of Mo Qiu. He had to fly to him, but just as he stepped out, the immense noise began to fade away.

    This battle didn¡¯tst for a long time.

    It ended within fifteen minutes, and then the ck dragon scurried into the cloud and disappeared. Luo Jianqing headed back without hesitation. He didn¡¯t care about whether Jin Li was tricking him into going back. He just had to do it.

    Because Mo Qiu was his best friend.

    They had long been intimate with each other for over a decade, during which they had gone through fire and water together. So, how could Luo Jianqing discard him here!

    When the ck dragon disappeared, Feng Shen Sea returned to normal, where the seawater of two water walls gradually gathered again. Luo Jianqing broke through the water and flew ahead fast. When he came to the area where they had parted, he caught rank scent of blood. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t find any words to describe the scene here.

    Blood painted the seawater dark red, as if someone¡¯s blood were drained. Red filled Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes, and each nce made him torn with grief and panic.

    The scene was dreadful to his mind!

    Without any hesitation, Luo Jianqing jumped into the sea, searching aimlessly.

    Vast as the sea expanded, deep as the sea stretched, Luo Jianqing kept searching for the whole day and night. Ultimately, he found the man floating down the sea. Luo Jianqing instantly got to him anxiously, but just as he touched Mo Qiu¡¯s body, he was ¡°burnt¡± by the frozen temperature of that body, giving a little shudder.

    ¡°Mo Qiu...¡± Luo Jianqing put his friend into his arms and called him in a low voice, ¡°Mo Qiu?¡±

    In the sea tinged by blood, Luo Jianqing called him once and once again, but there was no response. His eyes were quivering, and fingers shaking. He no longer needed to hold back his tears anymore. Drops of tears fell into the sea, integrating with the sea.

    Luo Jianqing called him repeatedly as if he never knew fatigue, but he was just calling a dead body without breath, who would never respond him.

    After a long time, an indigo light flew to him, transforming into a delicate lotus. The lotus brought back a long sword and danced dly beside Luo Jianqing, as if it was calling for credit.

    However, Luo Jianqing neglected it. He just hugged the cold body, gazing at the seawater lifelessly.

    The indigo lotus scurried around angrily, sttering water on Luo Jianqing¡¯s face, but he still gave no response. Atst, the lotus twitched with upset and got back into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body reluctantly, while the Floating Frost Sword transformed into an indigo light, getting into his be.

    Within a day, it seemed that nothing has changed, but Luo Jianqing had lost his best friend.

    Luo Jianqing held Mo Qiu¡¯s body and walked ashore step by step. He found a small ind, where he put Mo Qiu¡¯s body on the beach and took out the little lotus.

    Staring at the indigo lotus, he opened and shut his mouth, unspeaking.

    When he opened his mouth again, he said word by word with a hoarse voice as if it were rubbed down with sandpaper. Each word was full of desperation, ¡°I know you are rted with Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record. You can seize the nts and seasons, lives, right and wrong, and even karma. Then... can you wake him up? You can make sand flow upward in the hour ss. You can give him one more life. You...¡±

    The little lotus immediately got back into his body, not giving him any answer.

    That was the end of all his hopes.

    He didn¡¯t know how to describe the pain and desperation he was suffering. He just felt that his own body was torn up into countless pieces, smashed into ashes.

    If only he were the one lying here...

 Chapter 191: Somehow, I Owe You (v)

    <h4>Chapter 191: Somehow, I Owe You (v)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Luo Jianqing lowered his eyes and gazed at the Fiend Cultivator in red. After a long time, Mo Qiu¡¯s be shed a blood-red light. Luo Jianqing goggled at it with shock. Suddenly, he saw Mo Qiu¡¯s eyshes move a little bit, and then... Mo Qiu opened his eyes!

    Lu Jianqing watched him with disbelief.

    Theely Fiend Cultivator also looked up at Luo Jianqing. After a hum, Mo Qiu asked, ¡°You thought I was dead?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was rendered dumbfounded, just nodding so hard without any words.

    Mo Qiu chuckled and said, ¡°How ridiculous! How can I fall so easily?¡±

    Luo Jianqing hurriedly nodded. Mo Qiu sat up slowly and said, ¡°Don¡¯t stand there gawking, we should leave now. If Jin Li changes his mind andes back, we cannot hold him off.¡±

    Then, Mo Qiu stood up, and Luo Jianqing followed him.

    They walked to the edge of the ind. Far off to the west the sun was sinking. The rosy clouds painted the whole sky brilliantly purple and red, as if colorful mes zing in the air, presenting a magnificent natural scenery.

    The beautiful scene reminded Luo Jianqing of what he saw on the Feng Shen Sea. He carefully examined Mo Qiu and convinced that it was not his delusion. Then, he finally asked, ¡°Mo Qiu, what happened? I thought you have... Why do you wake up?¡±

    Mo Qiu didn¡¯t respond. He just gazed at that splendid sunset glow. After a long silence, he said, ¡°I haven¡¯t appreciated the sunset glow with such a peaceful heart for many years. Luo Jianqing, for ordinary people, their world is small, their lives are short, but sometimes, they are much, much happier than us.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned and asked with confusion, ¡°Mo Qiu?¡±

    Mo Qiu continued, ¡°Seventeen years ago, I never expected that I could get that chance. I had failed for thousands of times, and I thought the rule of nature just wouldn¡¯t bless me with a chance, or maybe those people wouldn¡¯t give me a chance. Then, at that night, an instant chaos momentarily disrupted the rule of nature, and somehow I seeded.¡±

    ¡°Mo Qiu, what chance?¡±

    Mo Qiu turned to Luo Jianqing, still not answering him. He curled his red lips and smiled, ¡°I should have realized that our encounter cannot be a coincidence. You¡¯ve given me a chance, and I owe you a life. That¡¯s why I have saved you once and once again, and that¡¯s what shapes today¡¯s Mo Qiu.¡±

    Luo Jianqing felt unfamiliar with those unusual words and he didn¡¯t understand what that meant. However, he felt another gush of panic. He approached Mo Qiu and said, ¡°Just leave here with me. You can tell me theseter!¡±

    Just as he finished, Luo Jianqing was about to fly away, yet suddenly he heard a low and soft voice from his behind, ¡°Luo Jianqing.¡±

    Luo Jianqing turned around subconsciously. When he saw Mo Qiu, he was totally stunned.

    The evening sun warmed Mo Qiu to a radiant glow, against which his smile looked much brighter. It seemed that he had exhausted all the colors in the world, which made him so beautiful that one can hardly tell he was a handsome man or gorgeous woman. He curved his red lips slightly, forging a smile that touched the soul of Luo Jianqing. However, countless tears trickled down from his enchanting eyes. His tears dropped on the beach, causing a number of pits.

    Trembling, Luo Jianqing took a step back.

    Luo Jianqing had never seen Mo Qiu shedding tears.

    No matter what dangerous situations they had gone through, no matter how severely they were wounded, Mo Qiu never shed tears.

    Until today.

    He was smiling, yet the smile was tinted with tears. He cried grievously as if he had been heartbroken, as if he had lost the most important thing.

    ¡°Mo Qiu...¡±

    With trembling fingers, Luo Jianqing wanted to extend his hand to pull Mo Qiu over, yet his smile became brighter. Mo Qiu suddenly said, ¡°Luo Jianqing, until now, you still don¡¯t know who I am. Until now, you stilldon¡¯t know what I have done for you...¡±

    Just as he finished, a red light shined out with great brilliancy. The red figure transformed into light spots, scattering into the air.

    Luo Jianqing looked at him with wide-opened eyes, yet there was nothing he could do. Suddenly, he stepped forward and followed those light spots, but the fierce astral wind on the Feng Shen Sea blew towards him, blocking him away.

    ¡°Mo Qiu!¡±

    Luo Jianqing cried out, but those spot lights flew to the west without hesitation.

    Crack¡ª

    Luo Jianqing heard something in his heart broken. He lowered his eyes, only to find a small blood red bell falling onto the ground, breaking into four pieces. The bell ultimately fell into pieces, never able to tinkle again.

    Luo Jianqing clenched the pieces of the bell and repelled the astral wind madly, but those red-light spots still faded away, not going to turn back. They disappeared on the boundless horizon.

    ¨C May I ask you name?

    ¨C Mo Qiu from the Mo¡¯s Family.

    ...

    ¨C I¡¯m the Fiend Cultivator.

    ¨C I know.

    ¨C Then why are you willing to be my best friend?

    ¨C Your best friend is me, Luo Jianqing, not that chief disciple of the Tai Hua Mountain, neither the Dao Cultivator.

    ...

    ¨C Your master has left the Tai Hua Mountain for you, and his primordial life was indeed badly wounded. But have you ever thought that someone else, another person might also get hurt for your sake?

    ¨C Then who is it?

    ¨C You do believe everything I tell you? Luo Jianqing from the Tai Hua Mountain, you are too na?ve.

    ...

    ¨C Somehow predetermined by karma, I owe you a very important thing, and that¡¯s why I have to make it up for you.

    ¨C I should have realized that our encounter was not a coincidence.

    ¨C You¡¯ve given me a chance, and I owe you a life. That¡¯s why I have saved you once and once again, and that¡¯s what shapes today¡¯s Mo Qiu.

    ...

    ¨C Luo Jianqing, until now, you still don¡¯t know who I am.

    ¨C Until now, you still don¡¯t know what I have done for you...

    ...

    ¡°Mo Qiu!!!¡±

    No one could respond to that call anymore.

 Chapter 192: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (i)

    <h4>Chapter 192: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (i)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The waves became rougher, sending up a fountain of spray.

    On the small, deste ind, the cultivator with indigo, blood-stained clothes was sitting on the ground. He gazed at the boundless sea, clutching the bell which had broken into four pieces with his left hand. His face and clothes were full of flecks of blood, but he just sat there quietly, gazing at the sea with unblinking eyes.

    The sun rose and set; the moon came and went.

    Luo Jianqing spent three days looking at the sea nkly. Suddenly, he saw a snowy seabird flying to him, settling on the ind. It was by no means an ordinary bird, but the Second-Level demon unique in the Feng Shen Sea. It was called Feng Yu Bird, somewhat simr to the seagull. It was not so powerful, but had the skin as hard as the darksteel, enabling it to stand the astral wind in the Feng Shen Sea.

    When the birdnded, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t take a look at it at all.

    The white seabird vigntly examined this zombie-like human from the distance. The bird was carefully looking at the man, while thetter neglected it silently. After the long stand-off, the Feng Yu Bird cried and rushed towards Luo Jianqing quickly, aiming at his eyes!

    When the bird was thirty meters away from him, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t move; fifteen meters, he still turned a blind eye to it; three meters, one foot, one inch...

    Suddenly! Luo Jianqing raised his hand and nipped the beak of the bird with two fingers.

    ¡°Ow!¡±

    Luo Jianqing tightened his fingers, and its beak broke in half. The Feng Yu Bird pped its wings with painful cries, fleeing away.

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s clear eyes resumed liveliness. He raised his eyes slowly and looked at the bright, scorching sun in the sky. He stood up and walked to the edge of the ind, bending over to scoop up a handful of seawater.

    No one could imagine that the clean, lucid water was from the Feng Shen Sea. It seemed pure and harmless, yet it bred the fearsome astral wind that frightened countless cultivators. And right in this vast sea... Luo Jianqing lost his best friend.

    Luo Jianqing looked at the water in his cupped hand for a long time.

    It was strange that the seawater didn¡¯t ooze through his fingers. Luo Jianqing watched it silently, and then raised his left hand, putting one piece of the blood-red bell into it. Atst, he bent over again and cast the water and the piece into the sea, seeing them sinking under the water.

    Luo Jianqing took out his Floating Frost Sword and instilled his spiritual power into it, making a hole on each of the remaining three pieces. Then he took out a string of Supetive Darkened-Gold Silk from his Interspatial Ring to thread these three pieces into a ne, looping around his neck.

    When he finished, he leaned on his sword and appreciated the descending sun in the far west.

    Just as Mo Qiu said, the sunset on the Feng Shen Sea was enchanting. Mo Qiu hadn¡¯t seen this beautiful scenery for many years; neither had Luo Jianqing. For any cultivator, pursuit went hand in hand with sacrifice. You couldn¡¯t enjoy all the good things in this world. Instead, undesirable things would pop up from time to time, and you got to learn how to ept them.

    However, Luo Jianqing never expected that the undesirable thing was the death of his best friend.

    Actually, unlikemon friendship in the cultivation world, Luo Jianqing and Mo Qiu were not that harmonious. They often mocked at each other or talked over one another. On the early years of their acquittance, Luo Jianqing even repeatedly pped Mo Qiu¡¯s carefully-protected face with his sheath.

    Now, all of these memories were much sweeter than parting forever.

    Luo Jianqing sat down slowly on the soft beach, enjoying the setting sun. He carefully appreciated the beautiful scenery that Mo Qiu couldn¡¯t any more. As thest glimmer of light disappeared on the horizon, Luo Jianqing still gazed at the dark blue sky, never looking away.

    ¡°You cannot understand life and death unless you experience it.¡± A clear but bitter sound came to Luo Jianqing, ¡°I¡¯ve never expected that you attach so much importance and loyalty to this friendship. It¡¯s been three days. Aren¡¯t you going to leave?¡±

    Luo Jianqing slowly turned around and saw vague figure gradually materialized.

    That man wore an elegant indigo rope with a delicate face and refined temperament.

    Luo Jianqing looked at him without saying anything, yet that man noticed his expression and said, ¡°Luo Jianqing, you should go now.¡±

    After three days, Luo Jianqing finally opened his mouth, ¡°Qing Jun.¡±

    Qing Jun said, ¡°Are you wondering why I am here?¡±

    A hush descended on Luo Jianqing and he didn¡¯t know how to reply.

    Qing Jun said, ¡°When I transformed into a wick, I left a consciousness on you. I had intended to help you to finish thest two Seizures of the Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record. When I went into thatntern, I restored all my memories, everything I experienced thirty thousand years ago. My master had failed at the eighth Seizure, but Luo Jianqing, it is our bond that let us meet, so I don¡¯t want you to fail. But If you really fail, your end will be more miserable and painful than death.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked, ¡°What is the Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record? What happened thirty thousand years ago?¡±

 Chapter 193: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (ii)

    <h4>Chapter 193: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (ii)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Qing Jun nodded slightly and looked up to the sky, ¡°I can¡¯t tell you what happened thirty thousand years ago. It¡¯s forbidden. But the Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record was adapted from True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record by my master. The former seven Seizers seem dangerous, but still offer a glimpse of hope. Yet thest two Seizures are can hardly be mastered. Even if my master is a brilliant talent, he still failed to correct path towards the Eighth Seizure. He just grasped some vague awareness of where to find the Ninth Seizure.¡±

    Luo Jianqing stroked his bell ne and stood up. He looked at Qing Jun, with sadness and grieve slowly hidden in his eyes. He made an obeisance to Qing Jun and said, ¡°Several days ago, I met Sir Mo Qing, and he told me a lot of secrets.¡±

    After a short silence, Qing Junughed out, ¡°I know, I saw him too, and that was my first time... to see him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Sir, if you n to help me when I cultivate thest Two Seizures, why do you show up now?¡±

    ¡°I will disappear soon.¡± Qing Jun said calmly, ¡°My consciousness can only show up once and doesn¡¯t have any power. I can only help you with my understanding of my own realm and my master, nothing more. But now, you are giving up cultivating the Seizure of Life and Death, so I have to show up and encourage you.¡±

    Luo Jianqing sneered, ¡°What are life and death? Right on the Feng Sheng Sea, you told me that neither the life and death of an individual nor of all the people in this world were the true life and death. Then what are life and death? My mind is not liberal enough to concern everyone in the world, and there are only few people in my mind. As long as my master is alive, my friends are alive, everyone I know keeps alive, then I don¡¯t care about other people¡¯s fate.¡±

    Qing Jun turned around and looked up at the sky, ¡°If Mo Qiues back to life now, do you think he really gets another life?¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned with aplex expression, ¡°What do you mean?¡±

    ¡°You are the only one who can keep him alive. It¡¯s on you, not on him. You really believe that if he had escaped the disaster three days ago, if he hadn¡¯t died for saving you, he could have been alive now?¡± Qing Jun flickered his sleeves, ¡°Luo Jianqing, since you started to cultivate the Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record, you have no longer been bound by thew of nature. The path you¡¯ve chosen is unique. For tens of thousands of years, no one, not a single person in this world has seeded in transforming into deity. So, even if Mo Qiu reaches Da Sheng Period and prolongs five thousand years life, his fate will not change. Death will still descend on him five thousand yearster.¡±

    ¡°Neither the life and death of an individual nor of all the people in this world are the true life and death.¡±

    ¡°The true life and death are to change the predestined fate of falling decreed by the nature ofw! The true life and death are to reopen the path towards deity.¡±

    ¡°When you cultivate thest Seizure of Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record, you will understand that falling into emptiness and parting forever are not the same as you think.¡±

    ¡°The Fifth Seizure, Seizing Life and Death.¡±

    ¡°This is thest Seizure of thew of nature to mortal lives!¡±

    ¡°You cannot be afraid of it, and giving up is even more uneptable!¡±

    ¡°Luo Jianqing, let me ask you again, now do you understand what skills you are cultivating?¡±

    At this moment, Qing Jun¡¯s elegant and delicate face was tinted with a trace of pressure. With stern eyes, he looked at that panicky, handsome cultivator. Those burning eyes seemed be to testing Luo Jianqing.

    After a long time, Luo Jianqing raised his eyes, ¡°I¡¯m cultivating the Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record. Sir Jiu Lian failed, but he paved a new path for me. From now on, I will carry forward his aspiration and seize the Heaven!¡±

    Instantly, towering power spread out from him, pressing the seawater for three thousand meters!

    Qing Jun¡¯s eyes gradually softened. He gazed at Luo Jianqing with tender eyes, as if he was watching someone else inside Luo Jianqing. Then he raised his finger and tapped Luo Jianqing¡¯s be.

    As he touched Luo Jianqing¡¯s be, an indigo lotus jadentern in the forbidden area of Yu Xiao Peak on the Tai Hua Mountain suddenly shined brightly. Thentern shed rays in all directions, and the scent of pill started to perfume the air. The forbidden area, isted by a ward, was just like a wondend.

    Luo Jianqing closed his eyes couldn¡¯t help closing his eyes, while Qing Jun¡¯s face got paler.

    The Fifth Seizure of Nine-Petaled Lotus Heavenly Seizure Record, Seizing Life and Death!

    This was thest Seizure of thew of nature to mortal lives. From now on, life would not be bound by thew of nature, flourishing freely.

    The overwhelming pill power poured into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body from his be. His meridians were nourished by the warm power. It was not the power for strength or healing, but Luo Jianqing felt himself surrounded by warm water. His body was getting lighter, as if he were floating in the air, with a lot of rules between Earth and Heaven revolving around him.

    The night was pressing up against the dark Feng Shen Sea.

    On the small deste ind, a blood-stained young cultivator restored some color on his face, and the power in his body was surging. However, the graceful man in front of him became weaker, whose already vague figure seemed even more obscure.

    After a whole night, the first ray of sunshine shone on the seawater, glinting from the sea. Qing Jun withdrew his hand, while Luo Jianqing immediately sat down cross-legged, starting to cultivate. Now, Luo Jianqing was like a sword hiding its light, less sharp, but storing tremendous power.

    With hands on his back, Qing Jun walked to the seaside, and his body was about to disappear.

    He gazed at the rising sun in the distance for a long time. Then he turned around, looking at Luo Jianqing who was cultivating with closed eyes.

    ¡°I bet he will make it; don¡¯t you think so?¡±

    Only thepping waves responded him.

 Chapter 194: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (iii)

    <h4>Chapter 194: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (iii)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Without any regrets, Qing Jun smiled lightly, then his indigo figure permanently disappeared in this world. In the forbidden area of Yu Xiao Peak, the light of indigo lotus jadentern gradually dimmed, but the warm and nourishing pill power still emitted from the small wick, keeping the flickeringntern on.

    Luo Jianqing opened his eyes a dayter. He looked around, but didn¡¯t find Qing Jun.

    After a silence, Luo Jianqing stood up and prepared to leave. Before he set out, he looked back at the Feng Shen Sea one more time, then with an indigo light shing away, the small ind became deserted again without a soul to be seen.

    At the same time, in the Mountain Range of the Ku Mountain, a white figure walked slowly into a long and narrow canyon. He was calm and poised. The narrow canyon could only hold one person, with precipitous rock faces and sheer cliffs almost erecting vertically on its two sides.

    There were a lot of spots and strip-like marks on the cliff wall, as if it had witnessed numerous vicissitudes.

    Sunlight couldn¡¯t reach here, making this ce mysterious and full of uncertainties. However, the poised and graceful master went deeper step by step. With rustling sleeves and flying hair, he was calm and sedate. After two hundred meters, he paused for a while, and then continued his journey.

    Xuan Lingzi gazed at a chink of light at the end of the canyon. He approached to it step by step as though treading the water.

    However, only the almost frozen air indicated how horrible this ce was.

    Within thirty meters, a Qi Condensation cultivate could be easily killed;

    Within sixty meters, a Foundation Establishment cultivator would die with little resistance;

    With a hundred meters, even a Gold Core cultivator was not able to escape...

    When Xuan Lingzi went deeper of two hundred and thirty meters, the frozen and materialized pressure was even equivalent to the power of a Da Sheng Period Master!

    However, the canyon was three hundred and thirty meters long. If the pressure of two hundred meters to two hundred and thirty meters was equivalent to the power of Tribtion Passage cultivator, two hundred and thirty meters to two hundred and sixty meters equivalent to Da Sheng Period Master, then when it reached three hundred meters, the pressure should be as powerful as a Deity Transformation Period cultivator, and beyond that...

    Could it be the power of a deity?

    Step by step, Xuan Lingzi hade to two hundred and sixty meters deep. With a poised face, he took another step, yet the frozen air suddenly became fierce! The space was squeezed and almost copsed. Countless ferocious astral wind that could kill a Tribtion Passage master in an instant rushed towards Xuan Lingzi. The winds were blustering and was about to tear him up.

    Xuan Lingzi narrowed his eyes and raised his hand with two fingers held together. Formidable arrays of sword power sprayed out, crashing the astral wind.

    Then, Xuan Lingzi quickened his paces, directly moving to two hundred and eighty meters, where the disorderly astral wind disappeared, yet suddenly a dazzling light shed. The powerful astral wind formed into a beast, roaring and rushing towards Xuan Lingzi.

    Brilliant lights shone out on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s be. He took out the Xuan Ling sword and stabbed at the beast.

    ¡°Roar!¡±

    With one blow, the beast dissipated into whirling lights and disappeared quickly.

    Xuan Lingzi took another step, and a giant, ferocious bird cropped up. After a cry, the bird swooped towards Xuan Lingzi.

    It took Xuan Lingzi an hour to finish the mere twenty meters. When he reached three hundred meters, the rampant astral wind scattered and disappeared instantly.

    Xuan Lingzi frowned slightly and looked at thest thirty miles. By now, he could clearly see what that light was at the end of the canyon.

    It was a mellow and smooth pill, notrger than the size of a nail, but it gave out tremendous light.

    Throughout his life, he had never seen such a powerful pill, which possessed far more enormous momentum even than the Ninth-Level Godlike Pill (Qing Jun). But this pill didn¡¯t transform into a human, nor did it have any consciousness. It just quietly floated on a high tform, as if anyone made it to here could have it.

    Xuan Lingzi held his sword and looked at that pill from distance.

    After a short consideration, Xuan Lingzi moved forward.

    Abruptly, the environment around him totally changed. Xuan Lingzi found himself back in Yu Xiao Peak.

    It was Yu Xiao Peak, but not that one in his memory. He didn¡¯t see his medicine field or Luo Jianqing¡¯s bamboo house. Xuan Lingzi nced at the surroundings carefully. Suddenly, he heard an old man¡¯s voice, ¡°Wu Yin, why haven¡¯t you cultivated today? You are so sluggish!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi was shocked. He slowly turned around and saw a white-haired old man.

    The old man stepped forward and reprimanded, ¡°You are the disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, but you are not dedicated to your cultivation in the wake of such a huge crisis between human and demon. How can you shoulder the responsibility to lead the Tai Hua mountain and all the Dao cultivators to resist demons?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi looked down at his smaller hands silently.

    The old man continued, ¡°One year ago, your sixteenth fellow senior fell. Ten years after that, ny-six cultivators of our Tai Hua Mountain sacrificed themselves. As the disciple of Yu Xiao Peak, you have to take your responsibility, spare no efforts in cultivating, reach Da Sheng Period as soon as possible, and ultimately serve us human cultivators! Wu Yin, do you realize your mistake?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi slowly raised his head, gazing at this strange but familiar old man.

 Chapter 195: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (iv)

    <h4>Chapter 195: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (iv)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    With a wrinkly face, the old man fixed his stern eyes on Xuan Lingzi, deeply hiding his care and affection. The old man¡¯s stare almost winded Xuan Lingzi, but he just closed his eyes and said lightly, ¡°Master.¡±

    The old man sighed, ¡°I know I am a little hard on you, but you have to understand that you are the only one who possesses Supreme Bones in this world. If you can reach Da Sheng Period or even Deity Transformation Period as soon as possible, we can turn the battle and end the suppression from demons.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi interrupted, ¡°Master.¡±

    The old man noticed something wrong with his disciple. He frowned with confusion and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Wu Yin?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi gazed at his master seriously for a long time, and then he stepped backwards, falling onto his knees, making a kowtow to this old man.

    The old man goggled at him with shock, while Xuan Lingzi gave him another three kowtows. As he stood up, Xuan Lingzi said with respect, ¡°Master, we haven¡¯t met for so many years. I miss you so much.¡±

    ¡°You!¡± A gold sword light prated the heart of the old man, thetter stared at his disciple with disbelief, but Xuan Lingzi just pulled out his sword gently.

    Suddenly, the environment changed again, and Xuan Lingzi returned to that canyon. He narrowed his eyes unpleasantly and looked down at his sword, no trace, no blood stain. However, he still pursed his lips and clenched the sword tight.

    Then, he took another step.

    This time, Xu Qingzi and other people died in front of him. He broke the illusive vision and returned to the canyon again.

    Then, the third step!

    Xuan Lingzi went back to the Grand Battle two hundred years ago, when he hadn¡¯t finished the Deity Transformation Period. The Supreme Demon Exalt led millions of demons rushing towards them, while behind Xuan Lingzi just stood less then ten thousand cultivators. He brandished his sword, killing tens of thousands of demons alone.

    And the fourth step, fifth step, sixth step...

    Ultimately, Xuan Lingzi came to that pill. Without any hesitation, he raised his hand to grab that pill, yet a horrible ck wind blew in front of him, forcing him to step back. Xuan Lingzi looked up at that ck figure.

    The ck wind whirled and transformed into a vortex, blocking in front of the pill.

    Xuan Lingzi vigntly raised the sword in front of him. The ck wind kept whirling and grewrger. Waves of pressure surged around the canyon, shaking the mountains, as if it were to swallow the whole world. However, just as the ck wind touched the light of that pill, it stopped growing.

    Xuan Lingzi maintained sharp vignce while he looked at the wind, and then he heard a dry voice.

    ¡°Human...You are the human!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi gazed at that ck wind without saying anything.

    ¡°Why human again, why it¡¯s not a demon? Human, yes, you¡¯re a human. Let me ask you, do you want to get this pill? Of course, you definitely want, but why will I give it to you? No, I won¡¯t. Humans are treacherous, you always break your words.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi had instilled his spiritual power into the sword, ready to attack.

    The ck wind was still muttering to itself, ¡°You must be the some as that man, you are liars. Yes, you will lie to me too. We have agreed to break the confinement together, we have agreed to transform into deity together, but he made it alone and left us...left us...No! He killed us! He killed us! Human! Human!!!¡±

    As its harsh voice stopped, the ck vortex rushed towards Xuan Lingzi!

    The vortex contained tremendous demon power-the ck air was horrible venom, while the wind was its sharp attack. With these two weapons, the ck vortex left a number of scratches on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s arms, exposing his white bones.

    The venom permeated into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s wounds, making them unable to heal. Xuan Lingzi smacked those wounds and cut them off. The flesh fell onto the ground, melting into a puddle of ck water after sizzling.

    It seemed that Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t felt much pain. He watched the ck water and narrowed his eyes, and then he raised his sword, fighting with the vortex. Gold lights surrounded the Xuan Lingzi sword, giving out overwhelming power. Then lights formed into a sharp knife, stabbing towards the vortex with unsurmountable momentum, but only scattered one tenth of the ck vortex.

    The ck wind roared, ¡°Human!!!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi stamped and dashed forward.

    The nine-pedaled golden lotus shed with the ck vortex in this narrow canyon. Each sh could tremble the earth and sway the mountains, and each blow could easily smash a Tribtion Passage cultivator into ashes.

    The ck vortex was the most horrible rival that Xuan Lingzi had ever encountered, which embedded thete-stage Deity Transformation Period power! If it had any tactics or wits, Xuan Lingzi would have been beaten long time ago.

    Strangely, in the canyon any tree or stone was not hurt at all despite the intense fight. Their battle even left no scratch on the cliff wall. It seemed that they were fighting in a isted area, not gonna affect anything out of the area.

    The two sides were well-matched so to speak.

 Chapter 196: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (v)

    <h4>Chapter 196: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (v)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    As time passed, the ck vortex got even more furious. This time, it absorbed the spiritual power between Earth and Heaven, and rushed towards Xuan Lingzi again. However, Xuan Lingzi just sighed lightly, fingers stroking the sword, and then a gold spell gradually appeared on his sword.

    The intricate figures were shining, whose lights slowly converged and ultimately formed a delicate gold little lotus. Small and seemingly ordinary as it was, the gold lotus crushed violently with that ck vortex, making thetter cry painfully.

    The ck vortex shouted incoherently, ¡°You are the disciple of Jiu Lian! I¡¯m gonna kill this treacherous bastard. I¡¯m gonna kill you, Jiu Lian!¡±

    When Xuan Lingzi heard it, he paused shortly, but still seized the chance to grasp that pill.

    Just as he held that pill, the ck vortex abruptly disappeared, only its grieving sounds echoing in the canyon. The murderous sounds were mingled with hatred, especially when it shouted ¡°Jiu Lian¡±, as if it wanted to slice him into pieces.

    Its hatred was deep down to the bones; its fury was towering up to the sky!

    Luo Jianqing gravely looked at the ce where it disappeared, and then shifted to that pill. Suddenly, he saw a pair of hands on the back of his hand. The fingers were long and slim, as white as the finest jade. Xuan Lingzi was so familiar with the warmth of those hands that he was totally shocked. He raised his head stiffly.

    In the narrow canyon, a handsome cultivator was gazing at Xuan Lingzi with wet eyes. Xuan Lingzi had seen that eyes for thousands of times. He seldom slept, but all of his rare dreams were soaked with this pair of eyes.

    In the earlier years, those eyes would hit out at him in his dream, ¡°What a shame, you should have this filthy feeling towards your disciple!¡± Sometimes, the eyes would look down upon him, all the way down to the ashes on the ground. Only in some rare cases would the eyes ept him and told him, ¡°Master, I like you too.¡±

    Somewhat, Xuan Lingzi was once again ovee with the bitter memories over the past decades.

    His throat was like an unsmooth axle, but before he could say anything, Luo Jianqing had put his fingers on Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips, ¡°Master, I finally find you. Do you know how anxious and worried I am? What if I cannot see you anymore in this life¡­¡±

    ¡°Jianqing¡­¡±

    Luo Jianqing shook his head slightly and stepped forward, stumbling into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s arms. The warmth spread to all of their bodies from the part they contacted. After a snort, Luo Jianqing continued, ¡°Master, I am still mad at you pushing me away that day. You cannot day that anymore. If you are dead¡­¡± after a pause, he continued, ¡°if you are dead, what¡¯s the point of my life?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t help but throwing his arms around Luo Jianqing¡¯s waist, ¡°Jianqing¡­¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Yes, I¡¯m here. Master, let¡¯s get out of this dangerous ce first.¡±

    Then, Luo Jianqing held Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hand and flew out of the canyon.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s right hand clenched the spiritual pill, and the left hand was tightly held by Luo Jianqing. He was almost tugged by Luo Jianqing. Staying behind of his disciple, Xuan Lingzi nced at Luo Jianqing, from his face, to his bold corbone and ultimately to his hand.

    Luo Jianqing turned back with a spoiling smile, ¡°Master, why are you gazing at me? If you keep doing that, you will get a real problem.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi asked, ¡°What problem?¡±

    As usual, Luo Jianqing wiped his smile off his face and a sense of banter shed across his eyes. He replied quickly, ¡°A real big problem¡±, and then abruptly moved to Xuan Lingzi, aiming at his lips.

    However, he only kissed Xuan Lingzi¡¯s palm.

    Luo Jianqing looked at Xuan Lingzi with great astonishment.

    Xuan Lingzi looked at him with pampering eyes.

    ¡°Although I am loath to kill you, you shouldn¡¯t cheat me like that. No matter how well you pretend, you are not him.¡±

    That ¡°Luo Jianqing¡± was baffled. Smile gradually disappeared on his face, which was then overshadowed by grieve. Finally, he lowered his head and smiled weirdly, ¡°You just say you are loath to kill me? Then in the previous incarnation, who prated my heart with his sword, who failed to save me? Do you really believe that getting yourself demonized and killing Dao Cultivators can make it up for me? You failed to save me. It was not Li Xiuchen, but you that killed me!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s body got stiffened.

    ¡°Xuan Lingzi, you have kept on pleading that you love me, but don¡¯t forget that you, the man contended for righteousness, finally failed to save me. You had had so many choices. You could have refused to take Li Xiuchen as your disciple, or not teach him any skills, you could have even professed your love to me. But you did nothing. You thought you were saving me, but after all, it was you that pushed me into the corner!¡±

    ¡°No! I am saving you. I epted him as my disciple for your sake¡­¡±

    ¡°Xuan Lingzi, you are still lying to yourself!¡±

    The environment suddenly changed again.

    On the Cliff of Lost Love in Chong State, Xuan Lingzi was standing right in front of Dao Cultivators, seeing what was happening with wide-opened eyes.

 Chapter 197: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (vi)

    <h4>Chapter 197: Luo Jianqing, You Got to Make It (vi)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Xuan Lingzi saw his beloved Luo Jianqing, who was staring at him in disbelief. His face was stained by blood, and a long sword prated his heart. Luo Jianqing pinched the de with his fingers, staggering towards Xuan Lingzi step by step.

    Each step was followed by a gush of blood.

    Tears dropped from Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes, but he was smiling and asking repeatedly, ¡°Why...why you don¡¯t save me?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s eyes were bloodshot and body continuously trembling. He had felt his spiritual had gone out of control, breaking each meridian in his body. Blood trickled down from his mouth, but he didn¡¯t act, just gazing at the man who was approaching him.

    ¡°Why did you ept him as your disciple?¡±

    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you tell me you love me?¡±

    ¡°Why did you sit by and watch I betrayed by others?¡±

    ¡°Wuyin, di you really...love me?¡±

    Boom!

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s world abruptly copsed. He spat a mouthful of gold blood, but he went all out to rush forward and hugged that man. He took his beloved into his arms, holding him tightly. He put his hand to Luo Jianqing¡¯s wound, trying to stem the bleeding. Xuan Lingzi repeated, ¡°Jianqing, don¡¯t die, don¡¯t die...just don¡¯t leave me alone...¡±

    However, the blood just kept spurting out. The man in his arms got paler and weaker.

    Luo Jianqing raised his hand and stroked Xuan Lingzi¡¯s face, saying in a hoarse voice, ¡°Master, do you really...love me?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi replied immediately, ¡°Yes, I love you.¡±

    But Luo Jianqing just smiled, ¡°Sure, you love me, but that didn¡¯t stop you epting another disciple, and you didn¡¯t stop him framing me. When I was expelled from the Tai Hua Mountain, where were you? When I was hunted down by all the Dao Cultivators in the world, where were you!¡±

    Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t know how to react. After a long silence, he said, ¡°Thew of nature told me that was the best for you. It was also prophetic that only under such circumstances could you...¡±

    ¡°Wu Yin, you don¡¯t love me at all.¡±

    Xuan Lingzi opened his eyes wide, ¡°Jianqing...¡±

    ¡°Yes, maybe you love me, but you only love my body, not me. If you really love me, you wouldn¡¯t have allowed me to be wronged, you wouldn¡¯t have stood in my opposition and let him kill me!¡±

    ¡°Jianqing!¡±

    ¡°Wuyin, why don¡¯t you...die with me?¡±

    Xuan Lingzi lowered his head and gazed at this sneering young man. The cold smile was full of hatred, making his handsome face tinted with ferociousness. Yet Xuan Lingzi looked at him, full of tender affection. His eyes were bloodshot, but he didn¡¯t want to look away even for a second.

    His voice exuded tenderness and love, ¡°Jianqing...¡±

    Luo Jianqing also softened his voice as if he was enthralling Xuan Lingzi, ¡°Wuyin, just die with me...¡±

    Just as he finished, Luo Jianqing suddenly widened his eyes. He goggled at the master in white with disbelief. A knife had been held in his hand and stabbed into Xuan Lingzi¡¯s heart. However, it just went one inch into his heart and was stopped by Xuan Lingzi.

    Xuan Lingzi¡¯s bloodshot eyes gradually returned to normal. With tender and amiable eyes, Xuan Lingzi said with a spoiling voice, ¡°Even if you are just another man under his skin, I don¡¯t want to hurt you.¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes trembled.

    He lowered his head quietly and gave out a light smile, suddenly disappearing.

    The environment changed again. Xuan Lingzi returned to that narrow canyon and his chest was damp with blood. He suddenly copsed, with a trickle of blood oozed from his mouth, while he still clenched the pill in his right hand.

    Half a dayter, Xuan Lingzi finally recovered. The wound had basically healed, leaving a hole on his clothes. The knife-prated hole was quite conspicuous, but he just ignored it. When he stood up again, he felt refreshed.

    It seemed that the shadow that blighted him for a long time had been driven away. He felt that he had extricated himself from a predicament or got rid of spiritual shackles.

    Xuan Lingzi looked m with clear eyes. He started walking out of the canyon.

    When he left, he finally relieved, as even for Xuan Lingzi, this was a scary experience. Only by then did he begin to examine the pill in his palm. He used his spiritual insight to perceive the pill, yet he was totally shocked with wide-opened eyes.

    ¡°It¡¯s not a pill...it¡¯s spiritual power?!¡±

    The Fiend Realm.

    The sky shed variegated lights, as if it were soaked with rosy clouds.

    Suddenly, countless red lights shed across the sky from the east, making a lot of Fiend Cultivators fly out of their homes and watch this unusual scene. In the Fiend Pce, the Right Great Guardian Qin Siyi teleported to the outside and vigntly stared at the sky, half of which had been covered by those red lights.

    When the red lights shed to the top of the Pce, Qin Siyi was greatly frightened and hurried back to the Pce.

    The red lights stopped over the top of the Grand Hall. Suddenly, they fell down quickly, all squeezing into the majestic hall, stirring up tremendous waves of spiritual power.

    Qin Siyi, who had reached the outside of the hall, narrowed his eyes as he saw it.

    After a long silence, he knelt over, with a tint of sadness appeared on his poised face.

    ¡°Your Exalt!¡±

 Chapter 198. The Bond of Xuan Lingzi (i)

    <h4>Chapter 198. The Bond of Xuan Lingzi (i)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    ¡°What? Jin Li hasn¡¯te back?!¡±

    In the Majestic Hall of the Demon Realm, the seductive Yin Ji was staring at that messenger with great fury. She suddenly smacked him with her tail, and the poor demon was smashed into jam. But that was just a start. Yin Ji kept beating the floor madly with her tail, string up waves of pressure, and her eyes had turned into dark green.

    ¡°The First Ocean, justify yourself!¡±

    There were two messengers from the First Ocean, one had dead, even with no time to beg, while the other one was trembling. He kept kowtowing and repeating, ¡°Your Exalt, I beg for your mercy, please don¡¯t kill me! The Ocean Master has nevere back, and we don¡¯t know what happened. Please keep your hair on!¡±

    For a demon as vicious as Yin Ji, fury was transitory.

    She restrained her anger, and her tail turned back to two legs. Yin Ji was sitting cross-legged gorgeously. The amorous scene would have rendered anyone pumped, yet now no one dared to appreciate her beauty.

    She was rattling her snake tongue and curling up her red lips, ¡°Then how can you let me keep my hair on?¡±

    The demon kowtowed again and begged for her mercy.

    Anger couldn¡¯t solve the problem after all. Some demons soon came into the hall and swept up that jammed demon. The hall was clean and neat as before again. Yin Ji lowered her eyes with a poised face, but it was dangerous attempt to guess her mood, so the demon dared not to raise his head.

    After a long silence, Yin Jin said indifferently, ¡°Take him away and put him in the Eighteen Burning Prison. You can only be released when Jin Lies back.¡±

    ¡°Please do not punish me! Please do not punish me!¡±

    The demon was dragged away quickly. Half lying in the hall, Yin Ji pursed her red kips delectably with cold eyes. Suddenly, an old voice echoed in the hall, which made her whole expression change. She lifted her body slightly and disappeared in the next second.

    There was still assuring peace in the Demon Realm.

    It seemed that demons had no intention to start a war, yet a belligerent force was eager for action.

    The Northern Land of Arctic, Ku Mountain.

    The Ku Mountain had stayed dormant since its copse one month ago. There was no another copse, but some insignificant shaking still mingled, making the cultivators out of the Northern Land of Arctic vignt and jumpy.

    The invisible power surrounded the Ku Mountain and spread out from here. The power raised countless clouds of dust, forming a world of sand in which nothing could be seen. The outsiders dared to enter it and didn¡¯t know what happened inside.

    The master in white of delicate beauty was sitting in a cave, examining the small pill in his hand.

    Any pill in this world was made from spiritual or live things between Earth and Heaven, more specifically, the raw material including spiritual medicine, demons, and human bodies. The Blood for example, frequently used human to make pills and even Luo Jianqing had once been his target.

    Xuan Lingzi was skilled at making pills. Although he was not specialized in it, among all the pill makers, Xuan Lingzi could easily be ranked as top 20. However, he had never heard of the pill purely made from spiritual power.

    Exactly, he couldn¡¯t feel any pulse from spiritual instruments or live things. All it had was purest spiritual power!

    How powerful it was? Even Xuan Lingzi couldn¡¯t tell, but he knew that the surging spiritual power contained in this pill was muchrger and stronger than his. It was impossible to know its upper limit until he swallowed this pill.

    He lowered his long beautiful eyes and gazed at this pill withplex expression. He didn¡¯t immediately swallow it.

    The spiritual power in this pill was undetectably tremendous. If anything went wrong, his body might explode as it couldn¡¯t bear some much power. It had been a supreme bond for Xuan Lingzi, and also an unparalleled opportunity since he left Tai Hua Mountain. Yet in face of this bond, he hesitated, not for the self-explosion, but...¡±

    ¡°If I remake the spiritual pill, maybe I can give Luo Jianqing some of its power.¡±

    After a long hesitation, Xuan Lingzi finally sighed and gave up this unrealistic thought.

    Even Sir Yu Qingzi, the best of the best, couldn¡¯t promise that she was capable of dividing the power in it into two. For such an unprecedented pill, a tiny mistake could lead to the devastation of both the owner and the pill.

    Xuan Lingzi narrowed his eyes, tapping the pill and immediately swallowing it.

    All of a sudden!

    The fierce spiritual power began scurrying around in his body, as if shes of swift and forceful lightening were rolling over his meridians-they were about to split him into pieces!

    If it were Luo Jianqing in such a situation, he might have been a little bit panicky, yet Xuan Lingzi hade through countless fights and various dangers, so he was quite calm poised. He started to run True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, and the power of his primordial life was quickly mobilized, fighting against the invading spiritual power in his body.

    The fight started.

    His body as the battleground, Xuan Lingzi was tussling for the true winner of this fight.

    The spiritual power in the pill was much more formidable than his own, but Xuan Lingzi¡¯s primordial life remained perfectly calm and collected. As it moved slightly, a gold lotus slowly blossomed, and numerous flying gold lotuses rushed towards the overwhelming spiritual power.

    They shed fiercely, like surging waves breaking against the shore!

    In this narrow cave, stone and even the hills around began to shake, which were almost smashed by those two horrible powers. However, it was the Ku Mountain after all. Except minor shaking, those hills were not literally broken down by waves of attacks from the Deity Transformation Period master.

    With eyes closed, Xuan Lingzi was highly concentrated, leading his primordial life to fight against the spiritual power.

    Starting from his body, ripples of nihility power gradually diffused around. When they were about to reach the hill of the Ku Mountain, those ripples would quietly dodge. However, as they drew nearer to the mountain in the farthest northeast, all of the power spilled towards to.

    Suddenly, a white light shined brightly on the peak of the Ku Mountain.

    Just in a trice, the light dimmed, yet followed by hundreds of old and fatigue sounds. They were like reminiscing, or recounting, or just sighing.

    ¡°How many years have passed?¡±

    ¡°Thirty thousand years I guess.¡±

    ¡°Is a there a human?!¡±

    ¡°Not over demons.¡±

    ¡°We have been sunk in sleep here for thirty thousand years, but finally a human takes advantage of us.¡±

    ¡°Anyway, the humans we know have all reincarnated or fallen into nothingness. Several days ago, I detected that even Mo Qing...had fallen into nothingness. He was thest one among all eighty-one humans.¡±

    ¡°Isn¡¯t he the friend of Jiu Lian?¡±

    ¡°Jiu Lian? The cruel and unscrupulous liar!¡±

    ¡°Hahaha, Jiu Lian! You cheated us for thirty thousand years! You cheated us for thirty thousand years! I will kill you! I will kill you!¡±

    ......

    ¡°Thanks for yourpanion for thirty thousand years. Qiong Hua had copsedst month, today I will follow her.¡±

    ¡°Humans have set powerful wards here to prevent our copse.¡±

    ¡°We were such powerful ones when alive. If we copse, we will cause devastating disasters to Xuan Tian Continent.¡±

    ¡°So what? It¡¯s just another end. So, I¡¯ll go now!¡±

    ¡°So do I.¡±

    ¡°And I.¡±

    ¡°We are not that non-conscience Jiu Lian. Since most of those humans have fallen into nothingness, we cannot lose our rightness either!¡±

    In deep silence, hills in the mountain range shook slightly, and then the peace restored.

 Chapter 199. The Bond of Xuan Lingzi (ii)

    <h4>Chapter 199. The Bond of Xuan Lingzi (ii)</h4>

    There were altogether sixty-four hills, but they all looked normal. If they had not erected in the Ku Mountain, no one would have noticed them. However, after the minor shake, something seemed to have disappeared.

    Waves of feeble power drifted down from the peak, vanishing between Heaven and Earth.

    The shake started from the low hill in the farthest northwest and gradually spread to the northwest.

    When the shake reached Xuan Lingzi¡¯s hill, he sensed it. He wanted to open his eyes and found out what happened, yet the battle in his body had be white-hot, making him unable to distract. After a slight shake, a gust of mountain air swept by, leaving a sound of profound smile.

    -Human, if you can hear me, remember my name-Luan Feng. Since thirty thousand years ago, I have been admiring and even liking your Supreme Master. If you can meet him one day, please pass my message to him, that even if he cheated sixty-four of us into nothingness...Luan Feng has never hated him, not even a second.

    The breeze sailed by Xuan Lingzi, yet he didn¡¯t hear that message.

    The shakes were continuing.

    They went all the way along the mountain range and finally stretched to the highest one-the Ku Mountain.

    Beside it, a low hill shook lightly.

    ¡°Brother, is it...our only option?¡±

    Only the sound of wind in the mountain range responded him.

    After a good while, the low hill shook heavily and its marrow dissipated.

    From now on, in the mountain range, only that towering Ku Mountain remained stable, just like in a dead sleep. It neither participated in the buzzing conversation just now, nor was affected by the shaking.

    Between sunrise and sun set, one month had passed since the disaster in the Northern Land of Arctic.

    Luo Jianqing speeded up and got through the Bottomless Cave quickly. After days of travel, he finally saw the Sand Buried Forest from distance. The wide stretch of luxuriant Parting Sorrow Trees towered into the clouds and were giving out mild scent just as they did over thousands of years. It seemed that those trees had not noticed the dramatic change in the Northern Land of Arctic.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing felt unease and his eyes got moist.

    When he finally got out of the Northern Land of Arctic, he was stopped by some cultivators. Luo Jianqing showed them the token of Tai Hua Mountain, and they let him pass, directing him to the base of Tai Hua Mountain.

    However, when he reached, he heard something bad.

    ¡°What? Sir Huo Mingzi has entered the Northern Land of Arctic to search my master and me?¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi nodded, ¡°Yes, he has been there for half a month.¡±

    Luo Jianqing had extremelyplicated feelings towards Sir Huo Mingzi.

    Huo Mingzi was intensely fond of making instruments, taking no heed of all the affairs in Tai Hua Mountain. He just closed his door and remained dedicated to making instruments. His disciple was Luo Jianqing¡¯s sixth junior fellow brother, Xiu Hen.

    In thest incarnation, Xiu Hen was an innocent victim who died distressingly. Sir Huo Mingzi was so furious that he immediately issued the Tai Hua Order, making all the Dao Cultivators to hunt Luo Jianqing. Luo Jianqing was forced into a tight corner on the Cliff of Lost Love and lost his life there.

    In both incarnations, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t have much conversation with Sir Huo Mingzi, but thetter did give him some gifts. However, Luo Jianqing still felt more intimate with Sir Yu Qingzi.

    Anyway, these were all the mess in thest incarnation.

    Luo Jianqing did some bold imagination. If all the evidence pointed to the crime resting on Huo Mingzi, if it was him that killed Xuan Lingzi, Luo Jianqing would kill Huo Mingzi at nothing as a revenge for Xuan Lingzi!

    Sir Yu Qingzi said, ¡°I will send cultivators into the Northern Land of Arctic to find Huo Mingzi. Jianqing, you can take some rest now. When cultivators of other ns and sectors get there, you tell them whatever you know, do not conceal anything.¡±

    ¡°Yes, mam.¡±

    The representatives of Four Sects and Eight ns all arrived soon. Some small sects sent their supreme masters, and even some independent cultivators at higher realms also gathered here. They came for one thing: to know what really had happened in the Northern Land of Arctic.

    ording to the order of Sir Yu Qingzi, Luo Jianqing told them the copse of the Ku Mountain.

    That was a major disaster.

    Luo Jianqing dared not to conceal it. He detailed what he saw on that day and also the fact that Xuan Lingzi had been swallowed by the Ku Mountain.

    That caused a great disturbance among the crowd.

    They didn¡¯t believe that even Xuan Lingzi could be trapped in the Ku Mountain, unable to get out. But that was the fact, which made those masters attach more importance to this disaster.

    Then, Luo Jianqing raised his head and looked towards the cultivators of Mo¡¯s family in the center of the crowd. He looked calm, yet his eyes were full of sadness. Luo Jianqing stepped forward and amidst the shocking eyes of those cultivators, he paid a tribute to them. In a solemn and stirring tone, he said, ¡°Under the attack of demons, it was my friend that helped me out. My friend, best friend...cannot leave the Northern Land of Arctic anymore. He sacrifices for human, so I ask for the permission of all the seniors here, to bring the bloodline of Mo¡¯s family in the Northern Waste Land back to the Qin State!¡±

    Cultivators of Mo¡¯s family were all stunned and confused.

    At this moment, the representative of the Fiend Pce also joined them. They traveled all the way from the Chong State, and when theynded, they heard what Luo Jianqing said. The Grand Steward of the Fiend Pce Qi Luo, who had always been calm, was dumbstruck, with his pupils trembling; the Left Grand Guardian Qin Guihe was even jaw dropped and goggled at Luo Jianqing.

    The Fiend Lady Yun Xiang imminently came forward and grasped the cor of Luo Jianqing. She pulled him over, regardless of her image and shouted angrily, ¡°What are you talking about? Why Mo Qiu cannot leave the Northern Waste Land anymore? What are you talking about? What happened to him? What happened?!¡±

    Luo Jianqing closed his eyes and restrained the flood of grieve. He said in a hoarse voice, ¡°Mo Qiu...has fallen.¡±

    Yun Xiang opened her eyes wide, while Qi Luo and Qin Guihe also turned a grave face.

    However, the cultivators of MO ¡®family just looked at him with strange expressions. A white-hair elder stepped forward and said with a little anger, ¡°I¡¯m just gonna ask you about it. Luo Jianqing, you told me that your best friend Mo Qiu was the Mo Qiu of our family, so I have never doubted it. However, half a month ago, our Mo Qiu had returned to our family and was enshrined into the pedigree! How can you fool us by putting the glory of our family on a fake one!

 Chapter 200. Slaughter the Residents in the Yun State! (i)

    <h4>Chapter 200. ughter the Residents in the Yun State! (i)</h4>

    That was a sensational news indeed, which reminded Luo Jianqing of a lot of strange things.

    For example, why was Mo Qiu always reluctant to go back to Mo¡¯s Family? Luo Jianqing had thought that Mo Qiu became estranged from the Mo¡¯s Family because they urged him to marry the girl of the direct line, and he had repeated refused.

    However, Mo Qiu had been halfway up to the Body Fusion at the young age. For such a brilliant talent, Mo¡¯s Family should have treated him as a treasure, but why did they push him so hard instead?

    Because of the bad experience of his third fellow junior sister, Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t like any of these ns at all. After the death of Wei Qiongyin¡¯s parents, her aunts and uncles quickly snatched all the resources of her parents, forcing her out of the Wei¡¯s Family. That was why she came to Tai Hua Mountain and learnt cultivation here.

    However, even if Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t like the ns, he still knew what Mo Qiu meant to the Mo¡¯s Family. Besides, what confused him most was the scene where Mo Qiu fell.

    Although Luo Jianqing was desperately sad at that time, he couldn¡¯t mistake ¡°whether he was dead or not¡±. When he pulled Mo Qiu out of the Feng Shen Sea, he was one hundred percent sure that Mo Qiu was no breathing or pulse. However, fifteen minutester, Mo Qiu just magically woke up and atst transformed into brilliant red lights, disappearing into the sky. It didn¡¯t make any sense!

    How could a cultivator die without any traces and even transform into lights, flying into the sky?

    This was so weird, almost unheard of. Over the past few days Luo Jianqing had been overwhelmed with sadness, so he didn¡¯t have any mood to think about it, but now, all these just seemed peculiar.

    In confusion and astonishment, Luo Jianqing gazed at the angry Supreme Master of the Mo¡¯s Family. He swallowed hard, not knowing how to say it, ¡°Mo Qiu...fell right in front of me. He wanted to save me, so he resisted Jin Li, the Ocean Master of the First Ocean in the Demon Realm alone. Mo Qiu is my best friend, and also a powerful cultivator, why did I make up such a person in your family? You said Mo Qiu returned to the Mo¡¯s Family, I don¡¯t understand what you mean.¡±

    The Supreme Master of the Mo¡¯s Family just sneered. His wrinkled face was packed with anger over cheating. He raised his left hand and then anky man came into the sight of Luo Jianqing.

    You couldn¡¯t deny he had a pretty face, but he was skinny, even so skinny that his face was degraded from ¡°pretty¡± to ¡°normal¡±. He was cautiously looking at Luo Jianqing up and down, holding his breath.

    He was just an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator. Luo Jianqing gave him a nce and then looked away casually.

    The Supreme Master of Mo¡¯s Family suddenly sneered slightly and tried to restrain his anger, ¡°This is Mo Qiu!¡±

    Luo Jianqing opened his eyes wide, ¡°!¡±

    He rebutted subconsciously, ¡°That¡¯s impossible! If he is Mo Qiu, then who is the man I know? I met Mo Qiu outside of the Liu Yan Valley seventeen years ago, when he told that he was Mo Qiu of the Mo¡¯s Family. By then, the third son of Mo¡¯s family also acknowledged that there was a Mo Qiu in you family.¡± After a pause, Luo Jianqing turned around and continued, ¡°In Tai Hua Mountain, you also kept urging Mo Qiu to go back. Why does another Mo Qiue out now?¡±

    Hearing that, the Supreme Master of the Mo¡¯s Family was even madder, ¡°Tai Hua Mountain! You¡¯re talking about being humiliated! It¡¯s you that keep telling us the stranger is Mo Qiu of our family, and we believe you. Now our family has be theughingstock of the whole world, and you are still being aggressive!¡±

    Just as he finished, the Supreme Master started at Luo Jianqing furiously and stamped his right foot, stirring up a wave of pressure.

    Seeing that, Sir Guang Lingzi¡¯s face turned grave. He was about to stop the Supreme Master of the Mo¡¯s Family, yet Qi Luo, who was closer to them, moved first. He narrowed his eyes, and as a sh of ck light shined on his hand, the pressure wave rushing towards Luo Jianqing was blocked.

    Sir Guang Lingzi stepped forward, ¡°Mo¡¯s Family, there is obviously some misunderstanding, but if you dare to hurt our disciples right to my face, I will teach you a lesson and show you the power of Tai Hua Mountain!¡±

    The Supreme Master of Mo¡¯s Family, ¡°You!¡±

    A meeting parted in discord.

    The four sects and other seven ns were just pleasure-seekers, many of whom even got upset when he saw the confrontation was refrained. They just shook their heads and left.

    In the crowd, the chief disciple of the Duan Hun Sect Yan Su was the most delightful. When he heard ¡°Mo Qiu has fallen¡±, his happiness had appeared on his eyebrows. As he was leaving, he even couldn¡¯t helpughing out.

    ¡°Ouch!¡±

    Just as heughed out, Yan Su¡¯s mouth was cut off by a sword light! His bloody lips fell onto the ground, causing him great pain. He was crying and sniffling, while the Supreme Master of the Duan Hun Sect also shed furious eyes to the attacker, ¡°Qin Guihe! What are you doing! Why do you hurt my disciple? Does the Fiend Pce want to oppose our Duan Hun Sect!¡±

    ¡°So what?¡± The beautiful Left Great Guardian in white stepped forward, and a big sword suddenly appeared on his hand. He was staring at Yan Su, ¡°The falling of your rival can make you socent. You really think you get one lesspetitor who is much powerful than you, don¡¯t you? You are such a pathetic snob who can never be a truly powerful cultivator. Get your ass out of here!¡±

    The cultivators of the Duan Hun Sect were about to purse this matter, but Qin Guihe¡¯s eyes had gotten blood-shot, as if he would get mad the next second. Seeing that, they just swallowed insult silently and took Yan Su back for treatment.

    Currently, only the Tai Hua Mountain, the Fiend Pce and the Mo¡¯s Family stayed here.

    If the Mo¡¯s Family took a critical and meful attitude towards the death of ¡°Mo Qiu¡±, the cultivators of the Fiend Pce were much more grieving. Yun Xiang had been crying since Luo Jianqing was questioned by the Mo¡¯s Family. She was I was prostrate with grief, as if she lost the most important person.

    Yun Xiang was very close to desperation, so Luo Jianqing asked Fo Zi to take her away first. On the other hand, Qin Guihe also got red eyes. But Qi Luo was much more poised, except for the sweats on his colorless lips and forehead, demonstrating her extremely uneasy mood.

    With these three parties, Luo Jianqing could finally figure out the ins and outs of the matter.

 Chapter 201. Slaughter the Residents in the Yun State! (ii)

    <h4>Chapter 201. ughter the Residents in the Yun State! (ii)</h4>

    When the Supreme Master of the Mo¡¯s Family told him about the real Mo Qiu, Luo Jianqing¡¯s face turned pale. He chewed his lower lip hard as if it were going to bleed.

    How could the Mo¡¯s Family not recognize their own bloodline? As long as Mo Qiu went back to the family, he would immediately receive the bloodline test, which could testify himself.

    ording to the real Mo Qiu, he set off to the Northern Waste Land at thete stage of Gold Core, but he was poverty-stricken, so he decided to go to his rtives for help in the Qin State. However, when he reached the Yun State, the real Mo Qiu was trapped in a vast densely-fogged forest.

    The forest, more like a horrible ward, was so expansive that the real Mo Qiu was stuck in it for a decade.

    When he finally got out, twelve years had passed since he left the family. He was extremely impoverished, so he hunted demons to make money all the way to the Qin State, during which he had also met his bond once or twice. With the instruments he obtained in that forest, he ultimately reached Nascent Soul and got to the Qin State.

    Seeing the real Mo Qiu, Luo Jianqing held back all the questions he had wanted to ask.

    The real Mo Qiu was brilliant indeed, but also intimidated. He was some kind ofpliant to anyone.

    But that was understandable for a man who grew up in the Northern Waste Land, where he could only live the life of a savage and poverty. When he was brought to a broader world, he had every reason to be cautious, timid and less agile.

    Luo Jianqing had never doubted his best friend.

    However, even if the fact was standing right in front of him, Luo Jianqing still couldn¡¯t me Mo Qiu on lying to him.

    For him, Luo Jianqing only had endless sorrow and guilt. He had no position to me Mo Qiu.

    Having known the whole story, Luo Jianqing decided to make amends for the Mo¡¯s Family. After all, this mistake made them lose face and misled them for so many years. That was actually not necessary, but somehow Luo Jianqing just wanted to do something for Mo Qiu, like...exining what happened to the ones who cared about Mo Qiu.

    After the misunderstanding with the Mo¡¯s Family were solved, Luo Jianqing could finally talk with the cultivators of the Fiend Pce.

    The reaction of Qin Guihe and Qi Luo were so obvious, and the Mo¡¯s Family might have figured out that the fake Mo Qiu must have some kind of rtionship with the Fiend Pce, or put it more clearly, he might well be a Fiend Cultivator. But the Mo¡¯s Family didn¡¯t ask, and the amends offered by Luo Jianqing were some sort of ¡°hush money¡±.

    Mo Qiu had died, so what he had done during his lifetime had be the past. Even if he was a Fiend Cultivator, Luo Jianqing wouldn¡¯t see it as a shame. And he would show no leniency towards anyone who caught out on it and tried to stigmatize Mo Qiu.

    He approached the cultivators of the Fiend Pce and looked down to the ground, ¡°I failed to save him.¡±

    These short five words made Qin Guihe¡¯s eyes red. He stepped forward and asked, ¡°Is he really...¡±

    ¡°Yes.¡± Luo Jianqing gave his brief but clear answer.

    On the verge of tears, Qin Guihe closed his eyes and took a deep breath, holding back his choking voice. Then, Luo Jianqing began tomunicate with Qi Luo.

    Qi Luo calmly asked about the details of those critical moments. During this process, Qin Guihe had raised his sword and mored to kill Jin Li furiously, but Qi Luo stopped him. After the inquiry, Qi Luo looked at Luo Jianqing and asked in a poised voice, ¡°You feel sorry for him?¡±

    Luo Jianqing fell into silence.

    Qi Luo gazed at him for a long time and said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to. This is his own choice, and also his own will.¡±

    Qin Guihe shouted aside, ¡°It¡¯s OK if he only sacrifices one life, but it¡¯s about three million times of reincarnation...¡±

    ¡°Shut up!¡± Qi Luo yelled.

    Qin Guihe immediately stopped talking. He slowly looked away with his shoulders trembling. Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t hear his voice, but he could see Qin Guihe¡¯s trembling shoulders. Atst, Qin Guihe turned around and strode away. He didn¡¯t want other people to find him crying.

    Qi Luo made her obeisance to Luo Jianqing and then also left.

    Luo Jianqing asked with a loud, hoarse voice, ¡°Who is he!¡±

    Qi Luo stopped and turned to Luo Jianqing, asking with a strange look, ¡°You really don¡¯t know?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was baffled.

    Qi Luo carefully examined Luo Jianqing, whose beautiful face was full of upset. She gave a light sigh and said softly, ¡°Then you don¡¯t have to know anymore. It¡¯s better for you.¡±

    After that, She turned out and left with a tint of steely determination.

    Luo Jianqing stood there for a long time and finally dragged away by Yu Qingzi and other cultivators.

    Yu Qingzi didn¡¯t ask him anything about Mo Qiu all the way. Whether or not Mo Qiu was a liar or Fiend Cultivator didn¡¯t matter at all. He had died, and that couldn¡¯t not be changed.

    The death and identification of Mo Qiu were a huge blow to Luo Jianqing. However, he couldn¡¯t be indulged in it. Soon, he entered the Northern Land of Arctic with Sir Yu Qingzi. Their primary mission was to find Sir Huo Mingzi, and the second mission was trying to contact Xuan Lingzi who was trapped in the Ku Mountain.

    Luo Jianqing felt much more relieved with Sir Yu Qingzi, who had always cared for and loved him. Currently, despite the intense situation, Yu Qingzi still protected Luo Jianqing single-handedly. Luo Jianqing had witnessed the copse of the Ku Mountain, so without the protection of Sir Yu Qingzi, he might well have been besieged and constantly pursued by other ns or sects, which would remind his of that horrible disaster for tens of thousands of times.

    When they entered the Northern Land of Arctic, Yu Qingzi sighed with emotion, ¡°Even I may not have the determination as firm as Xuan Lingzi.¡±

    Luo Jianqing asked with confusion, ¡°Determination?¡±

    Yu Qingzi smiled and nodded, ¡°Exactly, determination. At the critical moment, Xuan Lingzi could smack you away, so he must deeply care about you. Jianqing, don¡¯t be worried. He is a powerful man who had left his footprints on three of the four dangerous ces on the Xuan Tian Continent, and he had been to the Northern Land of Arctic before, so he wouldn¡¯t get pinched this time.¡±

    Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t respond.

    Sir Yu Qingzi continued, ¡°Anyway, the most important message you bring back is not the copse of the Ku Mountain, but the ambition of demons. You are still very young, not aware of the true power of that Jin Li. That man is much more powerful than Guang Lingzi. No, maybe even Sir Hao Xingzi could be beaten by him.¡±

    Luo Jianqing was suddenly baffled.

    In the Tai Hua Mountain, Xuan Lingzi was certainly the top of the top, followed by Sir Hao Xingzi and Guang Lingzi. The former had cultivated for over two thousand years, mastering the unmatched skill of the Cang Shuang Peak, Qing Yun Sword. Thetter, on the other hand, was extraordinarily brilliant, who had eliminated two Earth-Level demon exalts equivalent to the middle stage of Da Sheng Period.

    Besides the fallen Lady Feng Si, among all the ten cultivators who had finished thete stage of Da Sheng Period, Hao Xingzi could rank top five, and Guang Lingzi could rank top seven.

    Was Jin Li really so powerful?

    Yu Qingzi said, ¡°Jin Li is thest dragon in the world. As the only mythical creature, he has been blessed with natural gift and great talent. It took him only six thousand years to reach the Earth Level, and very close to the Heaven Level. Over a thousand years ago, your Supreme Master and the Fiend Exalt set a trap and took away his demon pill. Since then, his power had waned dramatically. It¡¯s said that even his mentality and appearance were affected. Now he may be not as powerful as Yin Ji, one of the Four Grand Demon Exalts.

    Luo Jianqing felt shocked, ¡°I don¡¯t know he is such a powerful man.¡±

    Yu Qingzi said with profound resignation, ¡°So, it was quite incredible for you to escape from him. I¡¯m literally surprised. But Jianqing, you are lucky enough. If Jin Li¡¯s mind were not disordered, you wouldn¡¯t have had the chance to survive.¡±

    Luo Jianqing fell into silence. He didn¡¯t want talk about it anymore.

 Chapter 202. Slaughter the Residents in the Yun State! (iii)

    <h4>Chapter 202. ughter the Residents in the Yun State! (iii)</h4>

    After three days search, Luo Jianqing and Yu Qingzi finally found the travel-worn Huo Mingzi. He was crunching on a small ind, fixing his gaze on a blossoming flower. When he saw Luo Jianqing and Yu Qinging, he flickered his sleeve and said, ¡°I will go back when the its budspletely open!¡±

    Yu Qingzi said angrily, ¡°You told me you came here to search Xuan Lingzi and Jianqing, but you are loafing here!¡±

    Huo Mingzi was baffled. He rubbed his head and said, ¡°Oh, I was just so thrilled to see the Feng Hui Flower that I forgot about it. No, no, actually, I was thinking that if the flower blossomed, I could use it as the core to make a new instrument, which might help me to find Xuan Lingzi!¡±

    Yu Qingzi was surprised, ¡°What instrument are you making? You can use the flower to locate a person?¡±

    Huo Mingzi said, ¡°You¡¯ll see tomorrow. Shh! Don¡¯t talk, it¡¯s about to fully blossom. The flower is extremely timid, don¡¯t scare it. It¡¯s my first time to make an instrument with the Feng Hui Flower, I don¡¯t want to spoil this chance of a life-time...¡±

    ¡°You should go to search Xuan Lingzi now!¡±

    ¡°Yes, sure, I know! Just let me finish the stuff with this flower and I¡¯ll find him.¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi sneered andnded on the ind with Luo Jianqing. Both she and Luo Jianqing didn¡¯t believe that Sir Huo Mingzi could make the so-called ¡°locating¡± instrument with a flower, but the Feng Hui Flower was indeed rare. If Sir Huo Mingzi hadn¡¯t noticed it, maybe Sir Yu Qingzi would even covet it.

    Sir Yu Qingzi said, ¡°Jianqing, the Feng Hui Flower is extremely valuable. What a pity it was first found by Huo Mingzi.¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded, ¡°I see.¡±

    Sir Yu Qingzi turned to him with confusion and asked, ¡°Jian Qing, aren¡¯t you not even a little bit curious about it?¡±

    The handsome cultivator turned around and looked at Sir Yu Qingzi with a poised face. He didn¡¯t wear any smile, nor could he forge any smile, ¡°Sir, I am just anxious to find my master and know whether he is well. In my whole life, I have never been so regretted like now. Why did Ie to the Northern Land of Arctic? Why did I put my master and my best friend in great danger? Sir, how can I have curiosity about anything else?¡±

    Looking at fatigue Luo Jianqing, Sir Yu Qingzi slowly widened her eyes. She opened and shut her mouth, unspeaking.

    They just sat aside, and Luo Jianqing just lowered his head. After a long time, Sir Yu Qingzi said with a low voice, ¡°Jianqing, you seem to be...very intimate with your master?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded slightly, not thinking too much.

    Yet Sir Yu Qingzi frowned and gazed at him with confusion.

    At the same time, in the Ku Mountain Range, the battle between two spiritual powers continued. Waves of nihility power spread out from Xuan Lingzi andpped against the mountain walls, making the hills shake.

    A trickle of blood oozed from Xuan Lingzi¡¯s lips. He furrowed his brows with face getting paler.

    As the day darkened, the battle appeared to be endless.

    If Xuan Lingzi won, he could make significant breakthrough in adversity and gain new bond; if he lost, all of his efforts would be wasted and he would be devoured by his own power.

    In the mountain range, all hills fell into stillness, exhibiting no difference from any ordinary hills in the world. But the lofty Ku Mountain on the farthest east still erected in a majestic manner, overshadowing all the other hills, with horrible pressure constantly spilling over from it.

    The Fiend Realm, Fiend Pce.

    Qin Siyi had been kneeling on one knee for five days in face of a grand and magnificent hall. When the gate of the hall slowly opened, Qin Siyi immediately raised his head, but in the next second, he had strained his eyes in great shock. He hurriedly stood up and supported the man walking out of the hall.

    The Fiend Exalt had have no color in cheeks, and his red clothes seem to have been faded. The powerful and horrible Fiend Exalt that Luo Jianqing had seen three years ago was too weak to keep his feet now. A trickle of blood streamed down from his mouth, setting his skin off to paleness.

    Qin Siyi said in a low voice, ¡°Qi Luo and Guihe have reached the Northern Land of Arctic. Your Exalt, you are badly wounded, so you don¡¯t have to worry about those things. I am at your disposal if I can be of service.¡±

    The Fiend Exalt released Qin Siyi¡¯s hands and walked ahead. However, just after one step, he was about to fall again. Qin Siyi quickly supported him, and thetter didn¡¯t refuse the help of his subordinate this time.

    He slowly looked up at the blood-red sky of the Fiend Realm.

    It had no sunlight or clouds, just the vivid redness that had shrouded the sky for thousands of years, as if it were painted with the blood of countless people. The mottled and hideous color spread all over the sky, diffusing repressive vibe.

    After a long gaze, Mo Qianqiu asked in a hoarse voice, ¡°How much time that I have?¡±

    Qin Siyi lowered his head and replied, ¡°The Blood Spirit Skill consumed one hundred years of your life, and now you have one hundred and ny-seven years to go.¡± During the one hundred and ny-seven years, Mo Qianqiu couldn¡¯t use too much spiritual power, nor could he bear too much strain, as all his spiritual power could only be used at the expense of his own life.

    Qin Siyi didn¡¯t tell him that, but the Fiend Cultivator in red knew everything.

    They stood in front of the Grand Hall. After a long time, Mo Qianqiu flickered his sleeves and pushed Qin Siyi away, trying hard to walk alone.

    However, just as he entered the hall, he fell onto the ground. Qin Siyi wanted to help him, but Mo Qianqiu shouted weakly, ¡°Get away!¡± Qin Siyi stopped immediately, looking at the Fiend Exalt lying on the ground in a mess. The man who had been arrogant and rampant for thousands of years now was trapped on the ground, and his white face was stained by a cloud of dust. He began to spit blood, as if all the blood in his body was gushed out.

    A dayter, the Fiend Exalt closed the hall and began to cultivate.

    Qin Siyi sent his messenger to the Northern Land of Arctic to keep others updated. Meanwhile, he vigntly examined all the Fiend Cultivators in the Pce. He swore tob out traitors and tear them into pieces.

    However, no one knew that the Four Grand Demon Exalts gathered together again in the Demon Realm.

    The Exalt Hao Ming asked with a hoarse voice, ¡°Is Xuan Lingzi really trapped in the Northern Land of Arctic and unable to get out?¡±

    The Exalt Yin Ji replied with a soft and seductive voice, ¡°Of course, that¡¯s only too true.¡±

    The Exalt Xing Weiughed out vigorously, ¡°Then it¡¯s time for us tounch a counterattack to the Xuan Tian Continent!¡±

    Yin Ji echoed, ¡°We should start the battle without hesitation.¡±

    Hao Ming nodded, ¡°A grand battle is what we need now!¡±

    Xing Weiughed out again.

    Three of them turned to the depth of darkness, from which came a profound sigh.

    The Supreme Demon Exalt said calmly, ¡°Then let the battle start.¡±

    One dayter, Yin Ji sat on her exclusive seat in a seductive and fascinating manner, but the words she was going to said were cold and brutal, ¡°The armies from the Tenth Ocean to the Thirteenth Ocean directlynd at the Thirteenth Ocean and immediatelyunch an offensive against the Fiend Realm; the armies from the Fifth Ocean to the Ninth Ocean march straight to the Cen State, Ming State and Zhao State, warding the Towering Ocean Breaking Array; the armies from the First Ocean to the Fourth Ocean detour to the Yun State, and... ughter all the live things you see!¡±

 Chapter 203 - The Army of the Demon (1)

    <h4>Chapter 203 - The Army of the Demon (1)</h4>

    203. The Army of the Demon (1)

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The Feng Hui Flower blossomed once every hundred years, and would wither quickly right after ten seconds.

    The flower itself was rare on the Xuan Tian Continent as it had strict requirements for the growing conditions, where astral wind had to blow fiercely every day and night, while adequate and warm sunlight was also a must. As such, the Feng Shen Sea naturally became the ce. However, even in the Feng Shen Sea, it was still desperately difficult to find the trace of this flower.

    Sir Huo Mingzi carefully picked the flower and sat down with leg crossed, starting to make an instrument.

    He took out arge fiery red tripod which was covered by tiny me snakes. Sir Huo Mingzi put the Feng Hui Flower into the tripod, and then added thousand-year Dark Crystal, Quintessence of the Flower God as well as many other valuable materials.

    One dayter, Sir Huo Lingzi stroke the tripod hard. Suddenly, a red light swiftly shed out but was grasped by him.

    He burst into a high-pitchedugh, ¡°Hahaha, finally I make it! With this jade tablet, I can travel tens of thousands of miles within a second. Even Xuan Lingzi have to take great efforts to catch up with me.¡±

    A sneer came, ¡°Brother Huo Lingzi, I remember you told me that the instrument was made to find Xuan Lingzi.¡±

    Sir Huo Mingzi¡¯s smile froze.

    Sir Yu Qingzi flickered her horsetail whisk and Huo Mingzi was immediately drawn into it. After another sneer, she took away this unreliable brother and left with Luo Jianqing.

    Travelling with an early-stage Da Sheng Period master and ate-stage Tribtion Passage master, Luo Jianqing left the Northern Land of Arctic quickly and smoothly this time. They stopped at the border nearest to the Ku Mountain.

    Sir Huo Mingzi took out an instrument from his Interspatial Ring.

    That was a small and exquisite seven-stringed instrument, Guqin. The instrument was norger than a palm, yet it gave out the power of Earth and Heavenly as it was revealed. Sir Huo Mingzi looked down at it with a serious face. He raised his finger and swept over a string lightly.

    Buzz!

    The instrument didn¡¯t make any sound, but a tremendous wave of power rushed towards the Ku Moutnain!

    After a while, Huo Mingzi didn¡¯t receive any response, so he swept over the string again, yet still nothing. After a sigh, Huo MIngzi said, ¡°Two hundred years ago, my younger fellow brother made this instrument. But he set it aside as he only yed Yu Xiao Zither, so I took it from him and made a little modification to the one in your eyes now. If Xuan Lingzi heard its sound, he will definitely respond.¡±

    But Xuan Lingzi hadn¡¯t responded yet. Yu Qingzi¡¯s face turned grave, ¡°You sure its sound can spread all of the mountain?¡±

    Huo Mingzi said, ¡°I can¡¯t be surer. How can you challenge the instrument I make?¡±

    Yu Qing stopped talking.

    Since Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t respond to the instrument and they dared not to enter the Ku Mountain precipitately, they had to leave this ce for now. Before he left, Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help turning back to the mountain range. Looking down from the sky, he saw the majestic sixty-four hills firmly erecting in the world of the sand.

    In the Ku Mountain, a cultivator in white had been meditating with leg crossed for multiple hours.

    Layers of sand falling on his clothes, covering the snowy robe with a light yellow dust. The blood on corner of his mouth had clotted, but blood gradually oozed out from his graceful and elegant face. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t breath right now, and his heart had stopped beating. Only the intense battle in his body could tell others that he was still alive.

    Thickly blood was still oozing from his pores, but in a quicker manner.

    Before too long he had been dotted with blood all over his body.

    Every drop of his blood embodied tremendous spiritual power. If someone else lost so much spiritual power in such a short period, he might suffer from anxiety and heartache, but it was quite a good thing for Xuan Lingzi.

    Ten days had passed since he swallowed the spiritual pill!

    How much power that pill had? Xuan Lingzi hadn¡¯t known it as he swallowed it. By then he just guessed it embodied two or three times of his own power, yet after he absorbed that amount of power with great difficulties, he found that that the power in it was like inexhaustible and endless!

    Xuan Lingzi was good at warding, not at a level never known before as Lady Feng Xian, but still among one of the top warding masters in the world. Currently, he was drawing a ward in his own body, with his primordial life as the ward center and his meridians as the array. The spiritual power with endless power was constrained in thisrge ward, unable to fall out of control.

    This battle was much more dangerous than the first confrontation with the spiritual pill.

    One slight mistake could give the pill a chance to take over his body, which would make his bodypletely devoured by the tremendous power. Xuan Lingzi didn¡¯t remember how much spiritual power he had absorbed. He only knew that if he allowed the pill to keep releasing power outrageously, he would ultimately die.

    The blood on his body gradually formed ayer of clot. The weak astral wind blew towards him from the cave mouth, peeling off the clot gently.

    As the firstyer of clot peeled, the freshly oozing blood formed a new clot quickly.

    Peeling, clotting; peeling, clotting...

    The quiet battle continued deep in the Ku Mountain Range.

    At the first day of the copse of the Ku Mountain, or as early as Xuan Lingzi tore up the agreement, cultivators in the world had been fraying their nerves all over, preparing for the war that could start anytime. Of course, these cultivation affairs had nothing to do with ordinary people. They could just work hard on theirnds and live their ordinary but peaceful lives.

 Chapter 204. The Army of the Demon (2)

    <h4>Chapter 204. The Army of the Demon (2)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    There were altogether four nations in the Yun State, namely Cheng Chong Kingdom, Luo Xuan Kingdom, Ming Shen State and Zhao Ti Kingdom.

    Cheng Chong was the most powerful kingdom among the four, taking up half of thend in the Yun State. The other three would pay tribute to it for protection. There was no strong cultivation sect on thisnd, so a lot of minor sects sprang out here, who outlined the sphere of their influence and plundered resources from those kingdoms.

    Each sect would send a plenipotentiary to act as the Prime Minister of the kingdoms.

    As the strongest one, Cheng Chong Kingdom paid tribute to all four sects every year, so it had four Prime Ministers.

    However, ordinary people didn¡¯t care about those deity-level affairs. They just started work at day break and retired at sunset. For hundreds of years, they just lived in this peaceful circle with the elder, seldomly confronting big troubles.

    Right now, in a small town on the border of Cheng Chong kingdom, the annual temple fair was in full swing. A lot of young men and women wore their new clothes and came here. Ladies were wearing the finest jade hairpin, while the gentlemen were chanting poetry and painting pictures on teahouse, waving silk fans gracefully. Once ady¡¯s pleasure boat stopped, they would raise their voices, making everyoneugh out.

    The bring and clean moon was hanging on the sky, casting its velvety light on everything. The clear moonlight, the well-illuminated town, all of these seemed brilliant and pleasant. As the boats moved through the river, the faint sound of oars and elegant smalls ofdies made the night even more charming.

    A gentleman in white was quite drunk, staggering to the riverside. He lost his bnce, nearly fell into the water.

    Within a blink, a soft hand held him. He raised his head and saw a beautifuldy wearing a veil, who was gazing at him. Her eyes, as attractive as the crescent moon, indicated her smiling. She said gently, ¡°Be careful, gentleman. Don¡¯t fall into the water.¡±

    The gentleman felt a little bit nervous and hurried nodded.

    As her boat moved away, ripples quivered around it. He looked at the handkerchief in his hand, noticing a simple but elegant character ¡°Fang¡± on its corner. The character was embroidered on the handkerchief, making him quite happy.

    It was the custom of the town-if ady had a crash on a man in the temple fair, she could give him the handkerchief embroidered with her family name. If the man also fell in love with her, he could go to her home and propose a marriage with that handkerchief.

    The gentleman, holding the bridge and looking at the clear and dancing river.

    The moon was so bright today, and more and more stars began to shine like fireballs, which were gettingrger. The gentleman gazed at the seemingly falling stars and he already could imagine the day after when he came to her family and proposed.

    What sort of ady was she?

    Her voice was so soft, her behavior so demure and her eyes so beautiful.

    When countless horrible fireballs hit the ground, the gentleman was chased of by numerous hideous monsters. When he hid on a boat by the river, he saw her eyes again.

    Her eyes, used to be as attractive as the crescent moon when she was smiling, were now fixed on the bow frightenedly. She was impaled by a wood spike from the back, and her eyes were full of fear, desperation, regret and dread.

    Her soft, shy voice was still ringing in his ears-

    Be careful, gentleman. Don¡¯t fall into the water.¡±

    The drunk gentleman goggled at the scene. The handkerchief in his chest was ¡°burning¡±, making him angry and eager to revenge. He cried out and rushed out of the boat with red eyes. Before the wood stick in his hand touched the monster, the demon¡¯s sickle w had cut his head open.

    Before the temple fair ended, the small town had been devoured by me.

    Cheng Chong Kingdom was subjugated within a day.

    It was thergest kingdom in the Yun State, blessed by the ocean, protected by four Prime Ministers and guarded by the elite soldiers. However, just within a day, twelve of the thirty-seven sectors ran away, only twenty-five of them swore to fight until death. In this battle, tens of thousands of demons were killed. However, when one was down, ten of them would take his ce.

    All three thousand six hundred and eighteen cultivators in Cheng Chong Kingdom died. The battlefield flowed with rivers of blood, with no survival in the kingdom.

    Demons were madly ughtering the residents in the nation, where flesh, blood and bones could be seen everywhere.

    Before the demons broke through the capital, the emperor went to the ancestral shrine. He knelt down and wrote an Edict of Introspection, then stroke his head against the ground to death. The ministers also followed him and kept kowtowing, with seventy-right of them dead.

    That day, thirteen million one hundred and twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty-six people were killed.

    The message shocked the Gui Yuan Sect in the Cen State. They immediately sent cultivators to the Yun State. The Fiend Pce which was just separated by the Yun State by a river also heard this sensational tragedy. Countless Fiend Cultivators confirmed the toll repeatedly with disbelief. When they knew that no one survived in Cheng Chong Kingdom, even the Fiend Cultivator who had killed tens of thousands of people denounced, ¡°Demon, you go too far this time!¡±

    Just as the Fiend Cultivators prepared to go to the Yun State, demonsnded at the Thirteenth Ocean.

    Countless demons blotted out the sky and covered up the earth, while thousands of Fiend Cultivators hurried to the front, forming a strong tide. Some of them ran away against the tide, yet no one stopped them.

    In half of a day, the Fiend Cultivators blocked demons out of the Fiend Realm.

    Currently, there were nine hundred and twelve Fiend Cultivators, but tens of thousands of demons!

 Chapter 205. Intrigues and Conspiracy (1)

    <h4>Chapter 205. Intrigues and Conspiracy (1)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Thew of nature might be a little bit biased for Li Xiuchen, but it would remain absolute fairness on many other things.

    Among ten thousand ordinary people, there might not be a single one who had the talent for cultivation. So, on the Xuan Tian Continent, the number of cultivators was limited, notparable to countless demons that could blot out the sun. In terms of number, it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

    However, thew of nature knew how to kick a bnce.

    It was harder for demons to reach higher levels, and most of them had the upper limit of their cultivation. For example, the green horned demon, serving as an insignificant soldier before, had a upper limit of Third-Level, which meant he could never reached the Fourth-Level. There was even a wide-spread yet-proven hearsay on the continent,

    ¡°Except divine creatures, demons could never transform to deity.¡±

    Therefore, demons could only stop at the Heaven-Level, equivalent to the Deity Transformation Period of human cultivators. By then they would have no choice but wait for long years and ultimately dposed into sand.

    On the junction of the Fiend Realm and the Thirteenth Ocean erected a high, winding wall. On the Fiend side of the wall, there was no trace of any ordinary people- the Wang Du Capital had be a deserted city, only over nine hundred full-armed Fiend Cultivators defending there. The wall was built by Fiend Cultivators a hundred years ago when human and demon signed the agreement. It was as high as three hundred meters, from the top of which you could see one epassing vision of how tiny all things were.

    The Fiend Realm had altogether eight capitals. It used to seven, and the Wang Du Capital was built one hundred years ago. Wang in Chinese meant ¡°keep a lookout vigntly¡±. This capital was only five thousand meters away from the Thirteenth Ocean, and every year, the Fiend Pce would send cultivators here to patrol and inspect.

    And now, the enemy finally came.

    Nine hundred and twelve Fiend Cultivators versus ten thousand and three hundred demons.

    Tens of thousands of demonsnded slowly, from the sky, ocean ornd, roaring and rushing towards the wall.

    On the capital war, the leader Tribtion Passage Fiend Cultivators narrowed his eyes and raised his right hand. Then, the one hundred Fiend Cultivators behind him stretched their right hands and put in into the one hundred grooves on the wall. Instantly, ck light shined brilliantly, indicating the strong inflow of Fiend power into the wall, making the whole wall a ck, clear jade.

    Time seemed to freeze. ck lights kept appearing on the ck jade wall, reflecting subtle gradations of light and shade. ck Fiend power continuously flew down from the grooves and gathered on the wall, forming a huge round array.

    The Tribtion Passage Fiend Cultivator was the array center and the spiritual power of one hundred Fiend Cultivators were the one hundred array points.

    Therge array began to run lightly and slowly, yet the distant demons approached it at fast speed. Four thousand meters, three thousand meters, two thousand meters. When they were one thousand meters away, tremendous power abruptly gushed out from the array.

    Boom!

    The Heaven-Level Fiend Omen Array was fully activated!

    As a wave of hurricane swept over, the pioneering demons were smashed into ashes, with two thousand demons under the Third Level killed and one thousand Fourth-Level demons dead! Even the Fifth-Level demons suffered a toll of five hundred!

    As the ck array was activated, the attack of demons was blocked by its solid outer wall. All demons under the Sixth Level were resisted one thousand meters away from the wall, yet those above the Sixth Level still could break through the array and approach to the wall.

    ¡°The rest of my fellow cultivators, go and kill those bastards with me!¡±

    ¡°Ya!¡±

    The one hundred Fiend Cultivators remained on the wall to operate the array, and rest of the eight hundred cultivators flew down to the wall, starting the grand battle with demons.

    The vivid redness shrouded the sky, and blood gurgled from Friend Cultivators and demons down to the deep red soil, making it even darker. The breeze from the ocean was flickering away on the brutal battleground, mingled with the smell of blood, but stronger and more disgusting, like that of rotten food.

    Spiritual power and demon power were wrangling, and Fiend Cultivator¡¯s sharp instruments were shing with demons¡¯ solid bodies.

    Yells and roars reverberated between Earth and Heaven, and the nks of iron de shook the ground. The evil, merciless Fiend Cultivators now formed a wall with their own bodies to resist demons. They fought and sacrificed their lives, one stepping into the breach as another fell, splitting the head of demons!

    As demons¡¯ heads were cleaved, the blood sshed on the face and body of each Fiend Cultivator.

    Within a day, the Fiend Omen Array blocked the way of demons, forcing them temporarily withdrew.

    In the first battle of Wang Du Capital, eight thousand demons were killed, while seven hundred and sixty one Fiend Cultivators fell. Outside the capital was a hell of blood, with stinky smell spreading over the air. It was gettingte, yet no one let down their guard. The Fiend Cultivators on the wall wore grave faces and sat in meditation for healing expressionlessly.

    Five hundred kilometers away, all the sects in the Cen State had sent cultivators to the Yun State.

    The sects in the Northern Land of Arctic also ordered their cultivators to go through the Chong State and reach the Fiend Realm and Yun State as soon as possible. However, just as they got out of the Chong State, they saw army demons stood right in the way of human cultivators outside of their capital. The leading demon held a green jade tablet who directly blocked the way of human cultivators.

    The same for the Ming State and Zhao State.

    On the farthest north of the Cen State, Ming State and Zhao State stretched across Chong Teng Mountain range, who linked the three states into a line. On the junction of these three states, a horriblerge array had been drawn. The human cultivators who nned to go to the south from the Northern Land of Arctic were all barred by the array. They attempted to break through it for several times but all in vain.

    The next day, Sir Guang Lingzi of the Tai Hua mountain and Supreme Master Jian Xiao of the Shen Jian Sect had arrived at the Ming State, followed by the elite cultivators of their sects. Guang Lingzi and Jian Xiao saw the jade tablet and realized the identity of that demon exalt in gold who blocked their way. Both of them turned a grave face.

    Guang Lingzi stepped forward, ¡°Jin Can, I don¡¯t think you have the guts to fight with me!¡±

    In the array, the old, hideous demon exalt with white hair sneered, ¡°Don¡¯t try to taunt me. It won¡¯t work.¡±

    ¡°One hundred and thirty years ago, my victory hung in the bnce in that battle. Now you dare not to fight with me again, you are afraid of me!¡±

    ¡°Guang Lingzi, don¡¯t imagine you can break through my array. Within three days, human will be eliminated in the Yu State, so will the Fiend Realm! Hahaha!¡±

    ¡°Bullshit! I¡¯ll beat you until you beg for mercy!¡±

    Then, Guang Lingzi immediately took out his instrument and attacked the solid array. However, the Towering Ocean Breaking Array gained too much power and spanned three states, extremely difficult to destroy. Sir Guang Lingzi kept attacking it for an hour, but didn¡¯t cause any substantial damage to the array except for some minor shakes.

    Guang Lingzi narrowed his eyes and suddenly stopped, ¡°How many demons have you killed?¡±

    Exalt Jin Can trembled, ¡°What are you talking about?¡±

    Guang Lingziughed out, ¡°You must have sacrificed countless demons to draw such arge Towering Ocean Breaking Array. But it figures, after all, a leopard can¡¯t change its spots! You are nothing but an old miserable fool. I mean, look at you, fat and ugly, after ten thousand years you are just hanging at thete stage of Da Sheng Period. You only have five thousand years to go, but you still dare not to fight with me. What¡¯s your n then, hide your head in your turtle shell forever? Then you are literally the then-thousand-years turtle, hahaha!¡±

    ¡°Shut the fuck up!¡±

    Just as he finished, a gold figure shed out of the array and direct confronted Sir Guang Lingzi.

    Jin Can¡¯s subordinate reced him to operate the array center, and he went to fight with Guan Lingzi. Exalt Ji Can was the Ocean Master of the Seventh Ocean, Earth-Level demon, so he was quite powerful, equivalent ate-stage Da Sheng Period Cultivator.

    Their confrontation was like the sh of Earth of Heaven. The impact of two spiritual powers made the whole space tremble, and numerous hills around them had copsed. Their fight turned this area into horrible hell.

    Compared with Exalt Jin Can, Guang Lingzi seemed to be quite at home on handling him.

    Demon¡¯s life span was quite long, but ordingly their cultivation could easily hit a bottleneck. Over the one hundred years, Exalt Jin Can barely made any progress, but Sir Guang Lingzi was different. His sharp spiritual power formed into a eagle, rushing towards Jin Can. The eagle gave out overwhelming pressure as a mountain. When the Exalt Jin Can raised his hands to block it, he was directly pressed underground!

    Guang Lingzi stepped over him, ¡°Open the array, or I will kill you this ugly turtle!¡±

    Although Jin Can was now at the mercy of Sir Guang Lingzi, he was not panicky. He sneered again, ¡°Do you think I¡¯m afraid of you? Just try to kill me if you are capable of. Guang Lingzi, I¡¯m more than happy to see how you witness the ughter in the Yun State and the Fiend Exalt!¡±

    Another battle was about to start.

 Chapter 206. Intrigues and Conspiracy (2)

    <h4>Chapter 206. Intrigues and Conspiracy (2)</h4>

    Sir Guang Lingzi dragged down the Exalt Jin Can with his own strength, which made the Towering Ocean Breaking Array in the Ming State a little bit weaker. The Supreme Master Jian Xiao led all the cultivators to break through the array and gathered the spiritual power of thousands of them to resist with the demons in the array. The same happened in the Zhao State and Cen State.

    Most of the top human cultivators were trapped between the three states and the Northern Land of Arctic, unable to move southwards. The demon sent the armies of five oceans. The seventh, Eighth and Ninth Ocean forces were all used to maintain the Towering Ocean Breaking array, while the armies of the other two oceans were fighting against the cultivators who wanted to back the three states.

    The demon had only one purpose-hold the powerful masters of human.

    Human had never been so passive.

    Xuan Lingzi was trapped in the Northern Land of Arctic, and the majority of the most powerful cultivators were also there. Besides, the Northern Land of Arctic was not a safe ce either, as another disaster could ur anytime. On the other hand, the Fiend Exalt was conducting the closed-door cultivation, unable to go out.

    In such a critical situation, the demon carried out a rapid surprise attack almost out of their whole strength.

    Outside the Ming State, Exalt Jin Can was captured again. He got wounded all over and was strangled by Guang Lingzi. Suddenly, Jin Can showed his true color-he was transformed into a giant turtle with a length of a kilometer. It struggled to escape back to the array, yet Guang Lingzi stopped it by stepping on its shell.

    Guang Lingzi asked, ¡°You old bastard, open the array now!¡±

    The Exalt Jin Can suddenly changed his look as if he reminded something terrible, ¡°I would rather die then!¡±

    Guang Lingzi said coldly, ¡°What are you plotting!¡±

    The Exalt Jin Canughed out, ¡°You ignorant, stupid little bloke. How can you perceive the brilliant n of the Great Exalt Yin Ji?¡±

    When Luo Jianqing and Sir Yu Qingzi reached the Ming Sate, they saw the scene of Sir Guang Lingzi stepping on the giant turtle, which was quite arrogant and rampant. He shrank back to his shell, so even if the was captured, Sir Guang Lingzi had no way to kill him.

    Luo Jianqing couldn¡¯t help frowning as he listened to the turtle.

    currently, the demon drew thisrge array along the Chong Cheng Mountain Range in the Cen State, Ming State and Zhao State, which blocked the way of the top cultivators who wanted to go north. Meanwhile, they particrly sent two armies to prevent the human cultivators who nned to go north and directly attack the Demon Realm.

    Guang Lingzi said that the Towering Ocean Breaking Array was not simplyrge. Millions of demons must have sacrificed for it, as to draw such arge array spanning three states required tremendous resentment and countless flesh and blood, or more specifically, flesh and blood of their own n. That was the only way to form the power of karma.

    After all these sacrifices, they just wanted to block the assistance of top human cultivators?

    If so, why they chose these three states? Gui Yuan Sect was based in the Cen State, and Fei Hua Sect was based in the Ming State and Zhao state. If they drew the array in these three states, there was no possibility to avoid the confrontation with these two sects.

    The demon blocked the way to the south, ughtered the residents of the Yun State, attacked the Fiend Realm from the Thirteenth Ocean, and...

    Luo Jianqing abruptly stood up and looked at Sir Guang Lingzi with astonishment, ¡°Sir, what did you say just now?¡±

    Sir Guang Lingzi was stunned at first, and other great powers present also turned to Luo Jianqing with surprise. In fact, Luo Jianqing was not qualified to enter this ce in terms of his realm. However, he was the Chief Disciple of the Tai Hua Mountain and also the disciple of trapped Xuan Lingzi, so he gained this privilege.

    Guang Lingzi thought for a while and said, ¡°I just said that we might have another way out. Now it seems that the demon is blocking our way, but from another perspective, we have also sieged them. Currently, the frontline is divided into four sections. The area beyond the Thirteenth Ocean has always been the base of the demon, so we just set it aside for now. The current four sections, the Fiend Realm, Yun State, Cen State, Zhao State and Ming State are under our control, so the Fiend Pce, Gui Yuan Sect and Fei Hua Sect are fighting against the demon in these ces. Yin Ji gathered the strength of the five oceans to set up such arge array to block our way. However, in fact, we also hold back their pace.¡±

    Then, Sir Guang Lingzi pointed to the direction of the Cen State: ¡°If we can break through array in the Cen State with the help of the Gui Yuan Sect, we can break the deadlock at one stroke. Tomorrow, the cultivators of Duan Hun Sect will join us. We can let them fight in the Ming State and Zhao State as a cover for us.¡±

    Sir Guang Lingzi was rough in appearance but meticulous in mind.

    In any war in the world, if there was no overwhelming advantage that could control the whole situation, we should then paid more attention to strategy. Unless you could beat the enemy to death with one hand or absolutely powerful strength, strategy was a crucial factor in a war.

    However, Luo Jianqing shook his head slightly and looked at him with a serious face after hearing his words. Sir Guang Lingzi frowned slowly and asked, ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Jianqing? You think it¡¯s not feasible?¡±

    Luo Jianqing had furrowed his nice eyebrows tight. He pointed to a direction and said with a serious tone, ¡°Why does the demon stop us with so much cost? It seems that they don¡¯t want us to support the Yun State and try to trap our masters in the Chong State and Northern Land of Arctic. However, under such a enormous cost for this array, they cannot maintain it for long, so they clearly know that trapping us is not a permanent solution.¡±

    Guang Lingzi said, ¡°Then you mean...¡±

    ¡°They¡¯re buying time...and they trap those masters for only one reason. Why did they ughter the Yun State? Why did they upy the Yun State? Why did they set up thisrge array? Because they have to hinder the support of human cultivators. When the array copses, they will retreat to the Yun State and defend until death.¡±

    Guang Lingzi goggled at him with great shock, ¡°But why...¡±

    In the remote Demon Realm, the seductive Exalt Yin Ji was stroking her lips and smiling, ¡°You ask me why I did that?¡±

    The Exalt Hao Ming nodded and said, ¡°I will follow your n to go to the Fiend Realm, but you should tell me why I have to do that with so many troubles, even with that Towering Ocean Breaking Array. A lot of our demons sacrificed for it, and I have heard many resentments from our subordinates.¡±

    Yin Ji smiled gorgeously and looked up, ¡°Don¡¯t you want to kill the little Qianqiu?¡±

    Hao Ming curled up his eyebrows, ¡°If I could, I would have done that one hundred years ago.¡±

    Yin Jiughed out, ¡°Xuan Lingzi was trapped in the Northern Land of Arctic, giving us a wonderful opportunity. When my soldiers ughter the Yun State, it will be connected with the Thirteenth Ocean, and the Fiend Realm will be sieged in between. Under such circumstances, conquering the Fiend Realm will be as easy as falling off a log. You cannot kill him in one day, two days, what about I give you a year, a decade, or a century?¡±

    Hao Ming was suddenly baffled.

    As Yin Ji slowly rose, her light green gauze robe slid down, exposing her voluptuous body. She looked beautiful, but her words were cruel: ¡°As long as the grand battle between human and demon continues, the Fiend Realm will be forever besieged by us. Once Mo Qianqiu dies, even if Xuan Lingzi gets out of the Northern Land of Arctic, he is unable to stop the armies of us anymore! At that time, we, the four exalts can drag him down, and millions of our demon armies will easily eliminate human!¡±

    In the Demon Realm, Yin Ji smiled coldly; outside the Ming State, Luo Jianqing wore a grave face.

    They said unanimously-

    ¡°All of these is to upy the Yun State and besiege the Fiend Realm. We (they) will seize the opportunity to force into the Fiend Realm and kill the Fiend Exalt!¡±

 Chapter 207. Yu Chenâ€¦ (1)

    <h4>Chapter 207. Yu Chen... (1)</h4>

    Within three days, the demon had conquered most of the Yun State, where human could only retreat to the southmost capital of the state and defend it to thest. The cultivators of Gui Yuan Sect arrived first. Three hundred of them sat upright on the tower over the city gate, chanting the Diamond Sutra. The chanting of scriptures echoed between Earth and Heaven, forming a solid array that blocked a hundred thousand demon armies, making them unable to move forward.

    The war fell into a stalemate.

    Besides the frontline in the Yun State, outside the Chong Teng Mountain Range in the Cen State, Ming State and Zhao State, human and demon were about to start a major battle. The Towering Ocean Breaking was a strong demons¡¯ line. Even if five of the nine remainingte-stage Da Sheng Period cultivators hade here, they still couldn¡¯t break the array.

    As three days passed, the winding Chong Teng Mountain Range was not high enough to stem the strong smell of blood. Human cultivators witnessed demons killed their own members and threw their bodies into the array point to maintain the its operation. The bodies piled up into a mountain, and their resentments, flesh, blood and karma became the nourishment of the array.

    The Chief Master Fei Hua Sect gritted her teeth and said, ¡°If Lady Feng Si were there, they couldn¡¯t have made it!¡±

    The top array master in this world was not Yin Ji, nor Xuan Lingzi or Mo Qianqiu. The Supreme Master of the Fei Hua Sect, Lady Feng Si, was the best of the best. One hundred and twenty years ago, she sessfully broke the Towering Ocean Breaking Array set up by Yin Ji, who was thus captured and almost fell.

    However, there was no if in this world.

    Another two dayster, thest two masters of Tai Hua Mountain reached the Cen State, except Sir Hao Xingzi who remined behind to defend the Tai Hua Mountain. In front of them were the demon armies of the Fifth Ocean and Sixth Ocean, and then to the north was the Chong Cheng Mountain Range, where the Towering Ocean Breaking Array was set up.

    Human was divided into two parts by demon armies. They were separated by the huge mountain, unable to join each other.

    They could not afford so many considerations in such an emergency.

    Most of the Fiend Cultivators had left the Fiend Realm to investigate the copse of the Ku Mountain, while most of the human masters were also trapped there. If that situation continued, before the demon lost the Towering Ocean Breaking Array, human had already lost the Yun State and the Fiend Realm.

    As they were at a loss and stranded, Sir Huo Mingzi got a message. He called cultivators together and said, ¡°Although we are divided by the mountain range now and unable tomunicate with cultivators outside, I remember that I made an instrument for my disciple. The lifentern in our Tai Hua Mountain is quite different with the life flower in your Fei Hua Sect. A cultivator above the Tribtion Passage can leave thest message with her life flower before death, am I right?¡±

    The Chief Master of the Fei Hua Sect nodded, ¡°Exactly, that¡¯s our secret skill.¡±

    Sir Huo Mingzi hit the point directly, ¡°I made a jade tablet for my disciple once. When he encounters danger, the tablet will break itself and tell me who wants to do harm to my disciple. However, several days ago, my disciple crumbed it himself and sent me an important message.¡±

    Luo Jianqing hurriedly asked, ¡°Why did Xiu Hen say?¡±

    Sir Huo Mingzi said, ¡°When I heard the disaster of the Yun State, Sir Hao Xingzi allowed my fellow younger brothers to take a secret instrument of the Tai Hua Mountain here. My fellow cultivators, it¡¯s not an appropriate time now to tell you what this instrument is, but I an assure you that it might have the ability to break the Towering Ocean Break Array!¡±

    This message made everyone thrilled.

    ¡°Then you¡¯d better let the fellow cultivators in the south break the array immediately, what are you waiting for?¡±

    ¡°Yeah, since Wen Longzi and Zhao Xianzi of the Tai Hua Mountain have such a powerful instrument, you should let them break the array now!¡±

    Seeing the hesitating face of Huo Mingzi, the Supreme Master of the Jian Xiao Sect said, ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we were not that concerted in the past, that¡¯s true, but we still have a sense of proportion about all this. The Shen Jian Sect will never ver after the secret instrument of the Tai Hua mountain!¡±

    The Chief Master of the Fei Hua Sect also said, ¡°That¡¯s right. We Fei Hua Sect also swear that we will never encroach on the secret instrument of the Tai Hua Moutnain.¡±

    ¡°The Gui Yuan Sect can also swear.¡±

    ¡°So does the Yun¡¯s Family.¡±

    ...

    Atst, only the Supreme Master of Bai¡¯s Family finally agreed with a strange look, ¡°I can also assure you that¡±. Now only the Duan Hun Sect hadn¡¯t expressed taken his stand. The Supreme Master of the Duan Hun Sect lowered his head, and his wrinkled face was covered by shadow.

    Sir Huo Mingzi nced at the Supreme Master Gui Yan. He didn¡¯t think too much about it but made an obedience and said, ¡°I am not worrying about it, but...I¡¯m afraid that Wen Longzi and Zhao Xianzi might not be able to use it.¡±

    The crowd burst into an uproar.

    Since they couldn¡¯t use it, what was the point of that instrument?

    Huo Ming couldn¡¯t conceal it anymore, ¡°Only Xuan Lingzi used that instrument before, with which he badly wounded the Supreme Demon Exalt Du Jue Tian Lao. Now he is trapped in the Ku Mountain, so we have only one possible candidate.¡±

    Huo Mingzi turned around and fixed his serious eyes on the handsome cultivator in the corner.

    Luo Jianqing slightly baffled as everyone here shifted their eyes on him. He looked at Huo Mingzi with great shock, while thetter just sighed and said, ¡°Jianqing, only you can use that instrument by mobilizing the power of True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record!¡±

    That night, three ck figures shed through the sky into the Chong Teng Mountain Range.

    Surprisingly, when they entered the Towering Ocean Breaking Array, it just shook a little bit, without any other unusualness. They flew ahead fast in the narrow valleys or even among the body mountain of dead demons to hid themselves in the darkness and avoid the demon patrols.

    Entering the Towering Ocean Tower was the first step; avoiding the demon was the second step, and the final step was to leave the array.

    The human cultivators in the Chong State were almost top masters, yet even for them, getting through the array was almost impossible. However, the array had a little w, but by no means a w-in face of powerful rival, it got more powerful; in face of weak rival, it got weaker.

 Chapter 208. Yu Chenâ€¦ (2)

    <h4>Chapter 208. Yu Chen... (2)</h4>

    Luo Jianqing hadpleted the middle stage of Out-of-Body. If two Da Sheng Period masters were willing to use all of their spiritual power to help him, Luo Jianqing could conceal the Towering Ocean Breaking Array. Then, if he kept going north, he had an even chance to leave the array.

    In the same way, Fo Zi, who had just reached the early stage of Out-of-Body, and Yun Xiang, who was at thete stage of Nascent Soul, could also leave the array. So, the task fell onto the three of them. They had only one night toplete it. As soon as the day broke, the Concealing Buddha of Fo Zi would be invalid and they would be exposed to the demon. Two Da Sheng Period masters exhausted their spiritual power to set up a small array for Luo Jianqing; three other Da Sheng Period cultivators set up the same array for Fo Zi and Yun Xiang.

    The longer they took, the more the concealing array would be waned. Therefore, they had to finish the third step-leave to the Towering Ocean Breaking Array at their fastest speed.

    On the eastern horizon, a light gradually appeared. The three people travelled at a high speed. Each time they were about to encounter the patrol demons, they would stop vigntly and wait until demons left. It really took some time.

    Along the way, Luo Jianqing and the Fo Zi looked calm though they travelled in a hurry, except for Yunxiang who had been gritting her teeth. Even when she flew through the bloody corpse mountain of demons, she did not make any noise. Sometimes she even travelled faster than Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi.

    Another dozens of demons appeared ahead, forcing them to stop again.

    Even if she stopped, Yun Xiang fixed her eyes on those demons. Once they left, she would keep up quickly.

    Seeing that, Luo Jianqing lowered his head silently, while Fo Zi also counted his beads, gave out a sigh and shook his head. However, this time, those demons just hung over there, not preparing to leave.

    Luo Jianqing, Fo Zi and Yun Xiang was extremely close to the Chong Teng Mountain Range and to the Cen State. They were so close-with another thirty miles to go, they could leave this shitty array!

    Yun Xiang clenched the small, delicate bell in her hand, gritting her teeth and staring at the demons who just stuck at that ce. After a long time, she could not help but murmuring: ¡°The strongest of them is just at the Seventh Level, far weaker than you, Luo Jianqing. Let¡¯s kill them one by one and get out of here.¡±

    Luo Jianqing frowned: ¡°We don¡¯t know if they have any way to send message for help. We¡¯d better stay here and not provoke them, otherwise we may get Eighth or even Nh Level demons here, then we¡¯ll get real troubles.¡±

    The sky was turning bright in the east, which made Xun Xiang anxious with red eyes, ¡°What? We just wait here and waste more time?¡±

    Luo Jianqing was chocked and looked away.

    Yun Xiang¡¯s eyes got wet gradually. She was gazing at the silent cultivator in indigo. Obviously, she knew Luo Jianqing was right. If they did not leave before dawn, they might be spotted by demons, yet the chance was rtively small. But if they attacked demons but failed, the chance of being spotted would double!

    However, the brighter sky made Yun Xiang unable to calm down.

    She started at Luo Jianqing, but her eyes gradually became cold. Finally sheughed out, looking the spitting image of that arrogant Fiend Cultivator in red, ¡°Of course you don¡¯t worry, but I do. The Towering Ocean Breaking Array will be broken sooner orter, either by itself or by others, as the demon can¡¯t maintain such arge array for long. However, now the existence of the array doesn¡¯t threat the Tai Hua Mountain, nor the Gui Yuan Sect, but the Fiend Pce, even my master!¡±

    Fo Zi stopped counting the beads.

    Luo Jianqing looked up at Yun Xiang, pursing his lips.

    A tear from Yun Xiang¡¯s eyes trickled down her snowy face to her dry and coarse lips. She just gazed at Luo Jianqing, not saying anything, as if she was about to see through him.

    ¡°My master only gets less than three hundred years to live. Yes, he is doomed, even without a chance to break through his realm, but I just don¡¯t want him to die now, from demons. When you fall, you will enter reincarnation, but for my master, he will suffer from three hundred and sixty-one million times of animal circle! Yes, even death would not expiate all his crimes,¡± Yun Xiang turned to Fo Zi, ¡°You¡¯ve said that my master has killed so many people, so he deserves any retribution, but do you know how many people he has saved on the battleground over the past two thousand years?¡±

    ¡°Do you know why he killed so many people when he was young? Do you see how many contributions he has made to human?¡±

    As Fo Zi heard her words, the smile always on his lips gradually disappeared.

    Yun Xiang suddenly turned to Luo Jianqing, ¡°You are thest one who can stand by and let my master die! Luo Jianqing, you will regret for his death for all over your life! He cannot resist the demon armies, nor can hepete with the Supreme Demon Exalt. Luo Jianqing, you will regret it, you will definitely regret it!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s throat constricted. His voiceless lips opened and closed. Somehow, a blood-red figure shed across his mind.

    Three years ago, Luo Jianqing went to the Fiend Pce and met the Fiend Exalt in legend. Now everything was shrouded in veil-Luo Jianqing could not even recall the appearance of the Fiend Exalt. His face was obscure in Luo Jianqing¡¯s memory, as if it were hidden in thick fog. Luo Jianqing wanted to remember the face of the Fiend Exalt, yet somehow, he could only recall Mo Qiu.

    He felt a headache. He wanted to ask Yun Xiang why he would regret it, but before that, he heard the hoarse, quick voice of Yun Xiang, ¡°They¡¯re leaving!¡±

    The next moment, Yun Xiang had flown ahead, with Luo Jianqing and Fo Zi following close at her heels.

    They flew through the valley in a trice, but they didn¡¯t notice that just as they left, a wolf-head demon went to that rock they just hid behind to pee. Suddenly, the demon twitched his nose and carefully smelled, ¡°Damn! The smell of human! We get human here!¡±

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Three tremendous noises came from their behind, making the three of them frightened and shocked.

 Chapter 209. Yu Chenâ€¦ (3)

    <h4>Chapter 209. Yu Chen... (3)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The demon indeed had their unique way to contact each other. Luo Jianqing speeded up like an arrow, on the brink of leaving the array. The realm of Yun Xiang and Fo Zi was lower than him, so Luo Jianqing had to tug on them on each arm, rushing out of the array.

    The boundary of the array and the human cultivators blocked outside hade into view.

    Luo Jianqing did not let down guard, nevertheless. Just as they were several hundred meters away from the boundary, a huge Sphinx demon got in their way right in front of them.

    The Sphinx demon was one hundred meters high. When it lowered its head, they could saw its huge eyes asrge as a house. As it roared, it opened its big mouth and showed its fangs as sharp as knives. Luo Jianqing stared at the demon, feeling cold in his heart. He gently released the hands of Fo Zi and Yun Xiang.

    The Sphinx demonughed out, ¡°See? I get three humans here.¡±

    Outside the array, Sir Wen Longzi shouted furiously, ¡°Shi Rong, don¡¯t you dare touch them!¡±

    The Sphinx demon turned to the angry Wen Longzi outside the array andughed loudly, ¡°Wen Longzi, you are so nervous, but why? Oh, you know them, don¡¯t you? Let me see, ate-stage Nascent Soul girl, fifty years ago, an early-stage Out-of-Body boy, over seventy years ago, and...¡± It suddenly stopped, opening its eyes wide and said with surprise, ¡°Apleted middle-stage Out-of-Body boy, just a little bit above fifty years old! You are the talent of talent in human!¡±

    Luo Jianqing had already taken out his Floating Frost Sword. Fo Zi had also taken out his beads and Yun Xiang took out a string of ck bells.

    However, all of their instruments were nothing but toys for the Sphinx demon.

    He was the Ocean Master of the Ninth Ocean Shi Rong, the Earth-Level Iron Cutting Sphinx Demon, as powerful as apletedte-stage Da Sheng Period Cultivator!¡± He nced through the three of them. When his eyes settled upon Yun Xiang, he said, ¡°Oh my! Such a young Fiend talent, and a female. You are the disciple of Mo Qian Qiu?¡±

    When he turned to Fo Zi, he said, ¡°You monk muste from the Gui Yuan Sect.¡±

    Finally, he fixed his eyes on Luo Jianqing, ¡°I...have never seen such a brilliant talent. Even Jin Li, that dragon, can¡¯t progress so quickly as you. I¡¯ve heard from Exalt Jin Ji that there is a talent in human cultivators. Are you the disciple of Xuan Lingzi?¡±

    Luo Jianqing stepped forward, ¡°So what!¡±

    Shi Rong didn¡¯t expect that Xuan Ling would admit it without any hesitation. He was baffled at first, and then heughed out, ¡°Yes, yes you are!¡±

    Luo Jianqing said, ¡°Why don¡¯t you transform into human?¡±

    Shi Rong sneered, ¡°Why do I have to take a human shape? Thew of nature is partial to you humans, so any demon can transform into human when they reach the ultimate realm, but I just don¡¯t like it...¡±

    Hearing that, Luo Jianqing¡¯s handsome face was packed with vignce. His forehead glistened with tiny sweats and his lips got paler. He looked like a frightened young man but pretended to be calm, so Shi Rong didn¡¯t notice it. Luo Jianqing put his right hand behind himself, with his thumb tapping the index finger in constant rhythm.

    Outside the Towering Ocean Breaking, Sir Wen Longzi as well as other cultivators had begun to attack the array out of anxiety. However, in the array, Luo Jianqingmunicated with Exalt Shi Rong methodically. Shi Rong appeared gentle and refined, but he spoke in tones of disdain towards human. Each time Luo Jianqing was humiliated by his words and got flushed, Shi Rong wouldugh out.

    Luo Jianqingshed out, tapping his finger angrily as he was humiliated.

    Fo Zi and Yun Xiang gazed at his finger with a serious face. They clenched their instruments tight, waiting for a time to have a hard fight.

    Luo Jianqing was so mad. He said with a shaking voice, ¡°Don¡¯t you humiliate my master!¡± His words were full of fury, but obviouslycking confidence.

    Shi Rong was swaying his long tail, ¡°It¡¯s funny, an idiotd is moring in front. Even your master, Xuan Lingzi, is no more than a trash,¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes got blood-shot. He raised his sword and rushed towards the Sphinx Demon, totally losing his marbles. Indigo sword light began to gather on the his sword, and a five-petal indigo lotus appeared in the air, giving out strong pressure.

    However, all of these just a sideshow for the Sphinx demon. He raised his w casually and was about to trample Luo Jianqing. Suddenly, Yun Xiang and Fo Zi who had been standing aside took actions!

    They attacked the Iron Cutting Sphinx Demon from the left and right.

    Yun Xiang tinkled the bells and Fiend power abruptly sprang up. As the Fiend power spread from the bell, it transformed into a brutal beast. The beast rushed towards the Sphinx demon and aimed at its left leg. Yun Xiang smacked her chest and spitted a mouthful of refined blood on that beast. Her blood quickly creeped on its body, forming exotic patterns.

    Meanwhile, Fo Zi flicked his finger and a bead hit the right leg of the demon. He was chanting the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, and those Buddhist lines made the bead shine in gold brilliancy. A huge golden Buddha statue in the Face of Seven Rounded Characteristics appeared in the air with a solemn image and awe-inspiring Buddha light. Therge hand of the statue fell slowly towards the Sphinx demon, just like a punishment of justice.

    It had been a shocking movement for the Sphinx demon, not giving him anytime to respond. Luo Jianqing bent his body and stabbed towards the eyes of the demon, but it was a feint. He slipped away under the body of the demon and fled to the boundary of the array.

    Boom! Boom!

    The beast formed by the Fiend power did not cause any harm to the demon, and the hand of the Buddha statue only broke several hairs of him. But these had exhausted the spiritual power of Fo Zi and Yun Xiang. Thetter was wiping the blood on her lips, gazing at the Sphinx demon vigntly.

    On the other hand, Luo Jianqing had got out of the array!

    As he spoke to the demon, Luo Jianqing had been approaching to the boundary slowly. When he did the feint, he got only thirty meters to go. Luo Jianqing had stood at the feet of the Sphinx demon and looked up to speak to him, while the demon hadn¡¯t noticed anything wrong. Instead, he had been obsessed with the humiliated face of Luo Jianqing.

    In terms of power, the three of them were notparable to Shi Rong. As long as hie gave out the pressure of ate-stage Da Sheng Period cultivator, they would be defeat without any try.

    However, Shi Rong treated them lightly.

    Shi Rong was totally shocked by their swift movement, without anytime to stop Luo Jianqing. But he still stood in the way of Fo Zi and Yun Xiang.

    The Sphinx demon raised his head and roared, ¡°How dare you to cheat me!¡±

    Fo Zi stroked Yun Xiang, who was still spitting blood. He pressed her back and transferred his spiritual power to her.

    Outside the array, Luo Jianqing had been held by Sir Wen Longzi. He quickly turned around to see the situation in the array. The demon exalt was staring at him furiously, but after a while, he forged a vicious smile and turned back to Fo Zi and Yun Xiang.

    At the right moment, the sun slowly rose in the east, shedding its brilliancy towards the earth.

 Chapter 210. Yu Chenâ€¦ (4)

    <h4>Chapter 210. Yu Chen... (4)</h4>

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    The young monk in light robe looked at the demon calmly, with a poised, delicate face. He just gazed at the demon silently, while the beautiful Fiend girl in ck wiped the blood on the corner of her lips and slowly stood up.

    If only Luo Jianqing of the Yu Xiao Peak could mobilize the instrument, so why did they send Fo Zi and Yun Xiang into the array?

    Before he left the Chong State, Sir Huo Mingzi gazed at Luo Jianqing and told him, ¡°You know, in extremis, someone has to sacrifice for you, for the greater cause, as only you can mobilize that instrument, and that¡¯s the only way to break the Towering Ocean Breaking Array.¡±

    Hearing that, all cultivators were all looking at each other in dismay and at a loss for words.

    Who would be willing to court death? If they were spotted by demons, not only the doomed sacrificers, but also Luo Jianqing could be trapped in the array. Shi Rong was indeed arrogant and careless, but most demon exalts were cautious than him. It was lucky enough for Luo Jianqing to confront Shi Rong, yet the luck couldn¡¯t save Fo Zi and Yun Xiang.

    Yun Xiang was voluntary.

    Only cultivators below Out-of-Body could go with Luo Jianqing. Higher realm meant they needed more power to cover their trace and pass through the array. Moreover, if the spiritual bone ago was young, the cultivator would use less power to maintain longer time.

    Actually, there were three best candidates-

    The Chief Disciple of the Duan Hun Sect Yan Xiao, Fo Zi Yu Chen of the Gui Yuan Sect, and the fourth disciple of the Bai¡¯s Family Bai Ji.

    However, Yun Xiang was the first one to step forward.

    Qi Luo didn¡¯t stop her, while Qin Guihe was reluctant, with his eyes getting red.

    Yun Xiang threw his hand and choked him with only two sentences, ¡°Fifty years ago, my master found me in the Yun State and brought me back to the Fiend Pce. If I just stand by and see the Fiend Pce being trapped by demons, I would rather die in that heavy snow.¡±

    Hearing that, Fo Zi gave out a long sigh and stepped forward.

    Except him, others were all silent. Yan Xiao looked away, and Bai Ji just held his spear stilly.

    Then, the team of Luo Jianqing, Fo Zi and Yun Xiang was formed.

    The weak wind blew down from the Chong Teng Mountain Range, snatching at Yun Xiang¡¯s ck skirt. Behind them, more demons gathered as if demons intended to besiege them. In front of them, the furious Earth-Level Demon Exalt was staring at them.

    Between Fo Zi and Luo Jianqing, there was only a thin array. They looked at each other for a long time.

    Fo Zi beamed and put one¡¯s palms together devoutly, making an obeisance, ¡°Fellow Cultivator Luo, I have known you for years. Today I have chance to help you out, that¡¯s a sheer bliss.¡±

    Luo Jianqing became hoarse, unable to say anything.

    Fo Zi continued,

    ¡°Thew of what is created

    Is by nature non-eternal.

    Life ended, we leave the world;

    Extinction is bliss.

    You and I have forged a deep Buddhist bond, so you must understand that there is no eternalw in this world. Instead, all the rules are intricate and treacherous, not set for life, nor for death. Life is death and death is life, so Fellow Cultivator Luo...why shed tears now?¡±

    At this time, Luo Jianqing found himself crying unwittingly.

    Seeing that, Yun Xiangughed out, ¡°You are just talking about something moreplex-sounding. I am not afraid of death, but Luo Jianqing, I never expect that you should cry for me. I am interested that whether you cried for Mo Qiu on that day?¡±

    Luo Jianqing nodded slightly.

    Yun Xiang curled up her lips and smiled wildly, ¡°It¡¯s a pity that he couldn¡¯t see it anymore, but I will remember it for him. When he enters the reincarnation, I will find Mo Qiu and tell him that his little beauty is good-looking even when crying, justing next to him.¡±

    This joke couldn¡¯t make Luo Jianqing smile.

    He could not notice anything strange in Yun Xiang words. He hade to the boundary of the array and goggled at the them, sieged by numerous demons, with the furious Sphinx demon approaching them step by step.

    The Sphinx demon shouted, ¡°Don¡¯t expect a easy death!¡±

    Fo Zi raised his head a little bit. As he counted his jasper Buddha beads, Fo Zi stepped forward and protected Yun Xiang, ¡°The brave man¡¯s mind settles as still water, as his heart and body return to dust. My name is Yu Chen, meaning returning to dust. Flying with dust, I can perceive the essence of many things. With clearest eyes, I can seize all the truths in the world. Since you are so furious, please let me bear all your anger.¡±

    The Sphinx demon roared, ¡°I will kill you all! I will let you die in your boots!¡±

    Fo Zi smiled lightly, without anger or delight, ¡°Amitabha, if you are determined to do this, I have to sacrifice myself to save others. If I don¡¯t enter hell, who will?¡±

    Yun Xiang was protected behind Fo Zi, baffled as she heard Fo Zi¡¯s conversation with the Sphinx demon.

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t made a feint like Luo Jianqing. He didn¡¯t intend to cheat the Sphinx demon, as he knew that Shi Rong wouldn¡¯t give them another chance to escape. He just chanted the scripture as he always did in front of the Buddhist statue. He chanted each line with a smile, as if he were narrating the peace and harmony in his life.

    When the Sphinx demon treaded on him, Fo Zi didn¡¯t use hand to block. Just as the demon raised his foot, the pressure had already made Fo Zi unable to escape. He turned around and smacked Yun Xiang away, during which they exchanged a short ce. When Yun Xiang looked at him again, the demon¡¯s huge foot had treaded on him.

    Yun Xiang had already been all tears. She was recalling that genial, white face, not knowing what to do.

    At the very end, the monk smiled at her. It was an extremely light smile, but it seemed to have waited for a century, travelling through tine and space, just to present the smile to her.

    Fo Zi told her, ¡°I have repaid your kindness now.¡±

    Suddenly!

    Countess scenes shed across Yun Xiang¡¯s mind.

 Chapter 211 - Yu Chenâ€¦ (5)

    <h4>Chapter 211 - Yu Chen¡­ (5)</h4>

    211. Yu Chen... (5)

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    She saw herself trapped in a sea of corpses, with blood flooding the earth and water, and even the sky seemed to be stained by blood. There were too many demons, as if it were impossible to kill them were. Her team was tricked into a trap by demons, where they were sieged in a valley, unable to escape.

    In the end, she couldn¡¯t remember how many demons she had killed. She only knew that only she and a monk were still alive in a team of one hundred cultivators. The blood-stained monk, with a cut on his face, turned back to her.

    Yun Xiang asked loudly, ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡±

    Fo Zi didn¡¯t expect that she would ask such question. The fair-skinned baffled at first, and then lowered his head with a smile. He made an obeisance and said with a graceful, gentle manner, ¡°My name is Yu Chen.¡±

    Since then, she had joined hands with the monk and fought their way out of the valley. However, just when they were about to get out, they fell into an ambush again. Yun Xiang left the valley first, and suddenly she saw countless demons. For a split second she turned around and blocked an attack with her own body, pressing that lightplexioned monk down.

    The shocked young monk was gazing at her, ¡°Miss, you...¡±

    ¡°Shh.¡± Yun Xiang moved her finger, and several corpses flew towards the monk, covering his body. With blood gushing out, she said, ¡°Those demons haven¡¯t noticed you. Just have this pill in your mouth, and they won¡¯t detect your trace.¡±

    The monk goggled at her, ¡°Miss!¡±

    Yun Xiang smile, ¡°I am doomed anyway, but you still have chance to survive. It¡¯s fortunate enough to go this far with you, and I bet there¡¯s some special bond between us. My name is Yun Xiang, if you want to reciprocate, just burn incense for me every day.¡±

    After a long silence, the monk said, ¡°Do you have any dying wih?¡±

    Yun Xiang said, ¡°If you meet my master one day, please tell him that his disciple brings shame to him. My master is Mo Qianqiu, you certainly know him.¡±

    The monk continued, ¡°That¡¯s all?¡±

    Yun Xiang fell into silence and then forged a bereft smile, like a withering flower, ¡°There is a badass. He had married but cheated me. I was deliberately trying to annoy him, so I came here to kill those demons. Maybe everything is destined. If you meet him someday, can you bring him my message?¡±

    Some dim shock shed across the monk¡¯s eyes. He did not say anything, just pursing his lips.

    Yun Xiang didn¡¯t notice that and continued, ¡°His name is Li Xiuchen.¡±

    ...

    ¡°Yu Chen!¡±

    Yun Xiang cried out in grief and rushed forward recklessly. However, the Sphinx demon trampled its giant foot on the ground, with thick blood oozing from the bottom of its foot and soon spreading into a pool of blood, contaminating the soil into a dazzling crimson color.

    Yun Xiang, nearly mad, attacked the giant foot of the Sphinx demon with spiritual power. She cried bitterly, as if she wanted to cry out all the broken things in her body. She knew clearly that she could not hurt the Sphinx demon, but she used all her strength to attack it constantly.

    At the end, she had used the power of primordial life. After each attack, she would gush out blood, but the Sphinx demon had not made any move yet.

    The Sphinx demon enjoyed this scene with great interest andughed. Yun Xiang ignored it-she unflinchingly faced death and continued to attack it.

    Her attack was no more than tickling for the demon, but she repeated tirelessly.

    Her ck gauze skirt was soaked with blood, so was her beautiful face. She attacked with all her primordial life power, and murmured as if she were in a nightmare: ¡°Yu Chen, Yu Chen...¡±

    ¡°I don¡¯t know him, I don¡¯t like him, I don¡¯t really like him...¡±

    ¡°Yun Chen, where are you, Yu Chen...¡±

    ¡°Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Yu Chen...¡±

    She recalled the past few years spent with him-she sneaked into the Cen State and came to the Gui Yuan Sect, ringing the bell that she had once given the monk. But the young monk dared not to go down the hill, which made her angrier. She rang the bell harder for a whole night.

    When it¡¯s almost dawn, she finally saw the young monk.

    ¡°Why don¡¯t youe down to me?¡±

    ¡°Then why did youe here?¡±

    ¡°I...I juste for you.¡±

    ¡°I¡¯m deeply ttered.¡±

    ¡°Don¡¯t you think you should invite me to your house?¡±

    ¡°That¡¯s improper and immoral.¡±

    ¡°You!¡±

    Another bright-moon night, she slipped into the Gui Yuan Sect again. The young and gentle monk just looked at her speechlessly. He couldn¡¯t persuade her to give up, nor could he give her any answer.

    She finally got angry: ¡°Do you like me or not?¡±

    Under the moonlight, the fine-skinned monk gazed at her with aplicated look. He made an obeisance to her and said in a long, low voice, ¡°By loves living distress, by loves living terror. I have converted to Buddhism for a long time, why take the trouble to ask me.¡±

    The beautiful Fiend girl was overwhelmed by anger and beat him, while the tender young monk just bore it quietly.

    She never went to meet him every after until the copse of the Ku Mountain.

    Might I never see you again?

    Yun Xiang kept attacking the Sphinx demon numbly. With the exhaustion of her primordial life power, her body gradually became cold. Her hair started to turn white from the ends, and in a trice, all the ck hair turned into snowy color. The girl was still beautiful, yet her old friend was long gone. She sat in the pool of warm blood, gazing at the ce under the demon¡¯s foot. She even had no strength to cry anymore, just gazing with ssy-eyed, muttering that name, the simple two characters, which could burn her spirit. She just repeated the name unconsciously-

    ¡°Yu Chen...¡±

    Everyone said the world of mortals was full of affliction.

    They called it the inexorable doom, but after all, it was them that created this doom out of willingness.

    ¡°Yun Chen!¡±

 Chapter 212 - Break the Array and Save Them! (1)

    <h4>Chapter 212 - Break the Array and Save Them! (1)</h4>

    212. Break the Array and Save Them! (1)

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Separated by the array, Luo Jianqing slumped on the ground, looking at the pool of blood.

    He recalled the scene many years ago, when he met that young monk in the yard. At that time, he regretted that they hadn¡¯t met sooner. They had a very animated chat, which made Luo Jianqing believe that he was a graceful and eminent monk beyond the mortal world. Then, he found that the monk was quite interesting. On the auction, the monk was other-worldly, not familiar with anything in the ordinary world, while in the Fiend Pce, he showed more elegancy and humor.

    ¡°Fo Zi...¡±

    Luo Jianqing said with a hoarse and rough voice.

    He abruptly turned back to Sir Wen Longzi, who was shocked by Luo Jianqing¡¯s burning eyes. Luo Jianqing said firmly, ¡°Sir, show me that secret instrument!¡±

    Wen Longzi was baffled, not responding to him, so Luo Jianqing repeated.

    Wen Longzi immediately took out an indigo, white pearl, which was the size of Luo¡¯s palm. It was snow-white and covered with an indigo halo around. Wen Longzi said: ¡°This is the secret instrument handed down from generation to generation in the Tai Hua Mountain. We call it the Bright Sapphire Pearl. Kept in the Yu Xiao Peak, the Pearl is seldomly taken out, and it has absorbed the power of several Chief Masters of the Yu Xiao Peak. Although it¡¯s not so powerful as before, the Pearl is still one of the most precious instruments of the Tai Hua Mountain.¡±

    Luo Jianqing gritted his teeth and wiped away the tears on his face, asking directly, ¡°How to use it?¡±

    ¡°Your spiritual power is not enough to mobilize the Bright Sapphire Pearl, but I, Sir Zhao Xianzi and the Supreme Masters from the Fei Hua Sect as well as Gui Yuan Sect will help you. You can just focus on mobilizing it with True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record, and we will transfer our power to you. You only get one shot to break the Towering Ocean Breaking Array. Jianqing, you¡¯d better make some preparation and take some break before...¡±

    ¡°Sir!¡± Luo Jianqing said with a hoarse voice and shining eyes, ¡°Do it now, and maybe we can save him!¡±

    Sir Wen Longzi fell into silence.

    Saving Fo Zi? That was next to impossible.

    Sir Wen Longzi gazed at Luo Jianqing for a long time and said, ¡°You have to understand that if you fail, the Bright Sapphire Pearl have to be sealed for at least a month before it can be used again. We cannot afford that.¡±

    ¡°And I won¡¯t fail!¡±

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s firm tone made Wen Longzi touched. He gave out a long sigh and handed the pearl to Luo Jianqing. As other cultivators crowded around, Luo Jianqing turned to demons in the array. He nced through the sea of demons, theughing Demon Exalt Shi Rong, and ultimately fixed his eyes on the pool of blood and lifeless Yun Xiang.

    Luo Jianqing gritted his teeth and mobilized the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record in his body.

    However, what he cultivated had not been the True Nine-Petaled Lotus Record. If the Nine-Petaled Heavenly Seizure Record couldn¡¯t work, they would definitely fail. Fortunately, he felt the spiritual power entering the pearl smoothly and touching something hidden in the center of the pearl.

    Sir Wen Longzi and other masters were doing hand knack, transferring tremendous power into Luo Jianqing¡¯s body.

    In the array, the Sphinx Demon gave out a shocking voice and turned to Luo Jianqing. The young human cultivator slipped out of the array was holding a small pearl, which floated in the air slowly, and Wen Longzi as well as other cultivators were pouring power into him. Suddenly, the pearl gave out dazzling brilliancy!

    ¡°Damn it!¡±

    The Sphinx Demon subconsciously felt something wrong and turned around, hurriedly approaching Luo Jianqing.

    As soon as it lifted its foot, Yun Xiang seemed to suddenlye back to life. She crawled into the pool of blood and held the bloodstained man into her arms. His once white face was full of blood at the moment. He wasn¡¯t about to smile kindly, nor could he open his mouth and say any Buddhist lines that had always annoyed her. But Yun Xiang just held him tightly in her arms, calling his name with a trembling body.

    ¡°Yu Chen, Yu Chen, Yu Chen...¡±

    The Sphinx Demon roared and flew out of the array. It treaded towards Luo Jianqing but was stopped by the monks of the Gui Yuan Sect who had been preparing for it.

    The Demon Exalt Shi Rong roared: ¡°How dare you!¡±

    One of the monks was at the middle stage of Da Sheng Period, a realm lower than Shi Rong, and the other man was at thete stage of Da Sheng Period. The Sphinx Demon utmostpleted thete stage of Da Sheng Period, so in face of two rivals, it was not afraid at all.

    At the moment, however, the two monks were staring at the monster with bloodshot eyes and hatred. The younger monk had already gritted his teeth and shed tears, while the older one just calmly looked at the Demon Exalt with red eyes. It was this seemingly peaceful monk who made the Sphinx Demon nervous and feel a cold snap crawled onto him from his feet.

    The older monk was counting the Buddhist beads and asking, ¡°Shi Rong, when you treaded on my disciple, do you know that I was desperate to stop you?¡±

    The Sphinx Demon narrowed its eyes, ¡°You...¡±

    ¡°I have lived in seclusion for many years in the Cen State. I am not interested in any undeserved reputation; all I¡¯ve got is my disciple. Before he set out, I told him to be extremely careful. I know he followed my tip since he was always submissive since childhood. He was careful, but I could only stand here and watch him trampled by you.¡±

    The Demon Exalt Shi Rong trembled, ¡°Who the hell are you!¡±

    The gray-haired monk looked up at it. His prating eyes seemed to be able to see through its eyes. But Shi Rong didn¡¯t notice that. When he treaded on Fo Zi, the monk seemed to get much older in an instant and vomited a mouthful of blood.

    He said calmly: ¡°My Dharma name is Zhi Shan, and I¡¯m the Chief Master of the Gui Yuan Sect.¡±

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    The two monks were chanting Buddhist scriptures, which confined the crude demon. When the younger monk saw the demon trapped, he was so furious and wanted to kill it. However, Master Zhi Shan stopped him and said with a poised voice, ¡°Our task is to hold back Shi Rong. That¡¯s all we do, and don¡¯t let down your guard now.¡±

    The young monk said with a tone of disbelief, ¡°Fellow brother, it killed Fo Zi just now. Didn¡¯t you see it?¡±

    Master Zhi Shan closed his eyes and said hoarsely, ¡°I have seen it, and there is no need...to mention it again.¡± While talking, a tear finally fell from the corner of his eye, moistening his cheek.

    The younger monk fell into silence and stopped talking.

    On the other side, the army of human cultivators confronted demons. Thetter had got used to hiding in the array, but now, they had toe out one after another to stop Luo Jianqing from mobilizing the pearl and thus, directly encountered the furious human cultivators.

    No one could get closer to Luo Jianqing even a little bit. He was mobilizing the pearl, making it give out towering brilliancy.

    When the brilliancy reached the tipping point, they heard a weak buzz sound, and an indigo lotus rose from the pearl into the air slowly. The lotus was small and delicate, flying gracefully onto the Towering Ocean Breaking Array and tipped it gently.

    Boom!

    A terrible wave spread out from the point where the lotus and the array touched

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s face turned white. He was forced back by the wave but Sir Wen Longzi quickly held him.

    Sir Wen Longzi said worriedly, ¡°Jianqing, how are you hanging in there?¡±

    Luo Jianqing wiped the blood on his lips: ¡°I¡¯m OK! Sir, give me more spiritual power!¡±

    ¡°Great!¡±

    The Da Sheng Period masters began to transfer spiritual power again, which made the pearl shined more prosperously. Meanwhile, the little lotus absorbed more powerful, shing the Towering Ocean Breaking Array madly. Each sh would cause huge noise, shaking the Earth.

    Humans was trying to break the array with the Bright Sapphire Pearl, which consumed the spiritual power of masters, while demons were defending the Towering Ocean Breaking Array, sacrificing lives of tens of thousands of demons.

    A tug of war started.

    Luo Jianqing could saw humans and demons locked in cruel battle. Blood would ssh on him from time to time, and desperate cries from both humans and demons echoed in his ears. Every cultivator was protecting Luo Jianqing. Not a single demon could get close to him and spoil their n to break the array.

    Half an hourter, the demon armies from the Fifth Ocean arrived to assist.

    Another hourter, the armies from the Sixth Ocean also reached the battleground.

 Chapter 213 - Break the Array and Save Them! (2)

    <h4>Chapter 213 - Break the Array and Save Them! (2)</h4>

    213. Break the Array and Save Them! (2)

    Trantor: Storm in a Teacup

    Life had be the most worthless thing at the moment. With the battlefield flowing with rivers of blood, every second there were cultivators and demons falling. The Ocean Masters of the Fifth and Sixth Oceanunched an attack on Luo Jianqing together. Seeing this, a Da Sheng Period Supreme Master of the Fei Hua Sect left the team that was transferring spiritual power to Luo Jianqing and rushed to the two Demon Exalts.

    Wen Longzi said: ¡°Jianqing, how much longer do you need?¡±

    Luo Jianqing gritted teeth, starting at the ce besieged by demons, where Yun Xiang was struggling to kill those demons, protecting the man lying in the pool of blood who hardly looked human.

    ¡°Sir, at least one more hour! The Towering Ocean Breaking Array was toorge. Even if you and other masters pour all of your power into the Bright Sapphire Pearl, it still needs another hour.¡±

    Wen Longzi frowned, ¡°Fine, just go on!¡±

    At this time, the Supreme Master of the Fei Hua Sect was knocked up by the Ocean Master of the Fifth Ocean.

    Another Supreme Master of the Fei Hua Sect left the rear of the team left immediately with red eyes, ¡°Sister!¡±

    With another source of power gone, Luo Jianqing¡¯s face turned paler, and the indigo lotus slowed its pace to sh the array. However, it was just a beginning-another master of the Gui Yuan Sect had to leave the team and joined the two Supreme Masters of the Fei Hua Sect to resist the two Earth-Level Demon Exalts.

    Currently, only a master of the Gui Yuan Sect, a Da Sheng Period independent cultivator, a Supreme Master of the Cang¡¯s Family, Sir Zhao Xianzi and Sir Wen Longzi still stayed in the team, transferring spiritual power to Luo Jianqing.

    Luo Jianqing just fixed his eyes on the crowd near in the array, where Yun Xiang was straining every nerve to kill demons, and Fo Zi was lying on the ground. He had been clearly aware that Fo Zi had fallen, but Luo Jianqing ept the face. Instead, he just gazed at them, until...

    ¡°Fo Zi was alive!¡±

    Luo Jianqing shouted thrillingly as he noticed Fo Zi¡¯s finger twitched.

    Behind Luo Jianqing, Master Zhi Shan got stiffened. He turned around and asked, ¡°What!¡±

    Luo Jianqing answered loudly, ¡°Sir, Fo Zi is alive! He is alive!¡±

    Master Zhi Shan said immediately, ¡°Brother, you go to help them. I can manage here.¡±

    The younger monk was shocked, ¡°Sir, how can you single-handedly trap Shi Rong?¡±

    ¡°Go!¡±

    ¡°...OK!¡±

    As the younger monk left, the array that trapped Shi Rong got a little bit weaker, but Master Zhi Shan stabilized it soon. Shi Rong roared furiously, yet Master Zhi Shan was poised. He spitted a gush of refined blood, and with a few hand knacks, confined Shi Rong in the array again.

    The gush of refined blood made him pale and tremble.

    On the other side, as the younger monk joined the team, Luo Jianqing mobilized the pearl more quickly. However, suddenly he saw Yun Xiang¡¯s arm prated by a demon! She was smashed back, falling beside Fo Zi. Without a any hesitation, she stood up and fought again, killing the demons surrounded them.

    Another demon stepped ahead and chopped her left arm off.

    With blood sshing out from the cut, Yun Xiang suffered from extreme pain, but she still resisted demons, trembling.

    Then, her shin was prated, and palm crushed!

    Luo Jianqing¡¯s eyes got blood-shot. He just saw the encirclement around Yun Xiang and Fo Zi got smaller and smaller. After a short hesitation, he stamped his foot and an indigo lotus abruptly flew out from his elixir field, rushing towards the Towering Ocean Breaking Array!

    Sir Wen Longzi said with great shock, ¡°Jianqing, that¡¯s your primordial life!¡±

    Luo Jianqing had no time to respond. Just as his primordial life touched the pearl-transformed indigo lotus, the two lotuses merged into one. That was unexpected for Luo Jianqing. He just wanted to use his primordial life to speed up the pace of the pearl, but they should merge!Éñ£¬Ò»Æð

    Luo Jianqing saw his primordial life reced the nihility lotus, and the pearl supported the primordial life with tremendous power, driving it to sh the horrible Towering Ocean Breaking Array.

    Boom!

    The array began to shake under continuous shed.

    Luo Jianqing felt such an enormous power for the first time. The power in the Bright Sapphire Pearl came from five masters¡¯ spiritual power behind him, and generations of the Chief Masters of the Yu Xiao Peak. Right now, all of them poured into Luo Jianqing¡¯s primordial life, which made him surpass Out-of-Body, Body Fusion, Tribtion Passage, and even Da Sheng Period...

    Ultimately, his power seemed to surpass Deity Transformation Period and reached a horrible realm!

    How did that feel? Luo Jianqing just felt his realm kept ascending, yet still far from the ultimate one. He needed more power, much more power to make him stronger!

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Luo Jianqing waved his hand, and the indigo lotus shed the array hard again.

    This time, the whole array shook and crumbled, yet the lotus didn¡¯t allow it a breathing spell. The lotus attacked the array again, and then a voice of breaking ss came. Suddenly, the whole array copsed. Luo Jianqing wiped the blood on his lips and rushed towards Fo Zi and Yun Xiang, with no time to take back his primordial life.

    He was quick, yet someone is even quicker than him.

    Master Zhi Shan smacked away the demon that was about to prate Yun Xiang. He held Fo Zi in the pool of blood into his arms. After careful examination, he found Fo Zi¡¯s meridians and bones all broken and his blood almost drained. His elixir field was smashed into pieces by the Sphinx Demon¡¯s spiritual power!

    But...he was still breathing!

    Master Zhi Shan pressed the chest of Fo Zi, transferring spiritual power into him. However, Fo Zi¡¯s breath just got weaker gradually. Another master of the Gui Yuan Sect arrived soon. He put his finger on Fo Zi¡¯s be, transferring spiritual power again.

    Countless demons goggled at the copse of the Towering Ocean Breaking Array.

    The Ocean Masters of the Fifth and Sixth Ocean exchanged a nce and narrowed their eyes, immediately retreating.

    They gave up without a fight!

    On the other hand, Shi Rong got rid of the trap. He looked at the copsing array with disbelief. Its huge body kept shaking, but it did not escape. He clearly knew that even if he ran away, Yin Ji would definitely kill him. He must make up for his own mistake!

    Shi Rong turned his red eyes to Luo Jianqing in the crowd, but he didn¡¯t have chance after all. As a sword light shed, Sir Wen Longzi and Zhao Xianzi had stood in his way. They fixed their cold eyes on the Sphinx demon, as cold as iron that was going to smash him!

    Sir Wen Longzi¡¯s face was full of coldness, ¡°Your death is the onlyfort for our fallen cultivators!¡±

    A severe battle was inevitable.

    On the Xuan Tian Continent, human finally broke the Towering Ocean Breaking Array. On thend of the Cen State, Ming State and Zhao State, they immediatelyunched a counterattack. In the Chong State, in particr, the master cultivators who had been fed up with the mess killed demons madly. They repelled demons with overwhelming advantage and the Ocean Master of the Seventh Ocean directly fell that day!

    Meanwhile, no one expected that in the Fiend Realm, demons had broken the Heaven-Level Omen Fiend Array. They prated with sweeping force and conquered three capitals subsequently. When the demon army reached the Yu Capital City nearest to the Fiend Pce, the newly appointed city governor even escaped without any resistance.

    It took only three days for the demon army to reach the foot of the Fiend Mountain

    Themander was no longer the four Ocean Masters. Instead, a rough and strong man stepped on the scarlet soil of the Fiend Realm andughed out at food of the mountain, ¡°Mo Qianqiu! I aming to visit you now. Dare youe out and fight with me!¡±

    He was the third of the four Demon Exalts in the Demon Realm, Exalt Hao Ming!

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