39 Holy Dragon's lake

Meanwhile...

"Uhm... Are you okay?"

"" I-I'm fine... Haa~haa~ just a little short on breath from all the walking." Lu Qing answered as she took in deep short breaths from time to time. And by her side, Lu Chong had a worried look over his face. He looked at this girl who was escorting him somewhere.

Although he didn't understand much what was going on, he figured that all the answers of his questions were with that young man whom he met just hours ago.

Having trouble with his amnesia problem, Lu Chong compromised a bit of his time to get his answers. And at the same time, he found out that his life was somehow involved with Immortals.

Aa for this girl who was escorting him, although vague, she seemed very familiar to him. But because his head hurt trying to remember who this girl really was, he prioritized it later.

He didn't know where they were going. They had been walking a long deep valley for some time and started climbing a mountain. It's been at least 3 hours and the sun in the afternoon showed no mercy to them even though it's the middle of spring. And it seems this girl beside him has was having trouble with the heat.

Confounded and worried. He was letting both these emotions cloud his mind for a girl who might as well be a stranger to him.

Lu Qing was also perplexed by her current condition.

According to the lectures of her young master, cultivators like her only get exhausted if she ran out of Qi in her Dantian. And the results from her own scanning showed that she had too much energy to spare right now.

So, what was the problem?

Why was she so out of breath?

The mystery laid on the temperature of her body. Right now, she felt like she was melting from the sun... No, that probably wasn't an exaggeration.

She felt the sun was scorching her body and her vision was hazing from the heat. Even though she knew it was spring time, she suddenly felt like she was in the middle of the desert in the middle of summer.

She exhaled loudly as she couldn't help it. And all this walking is making her even more tired.

Although, what she didn't know was the mystery of her condition laid on her Yin rich cultivation foundation.

To make up for the lack of talent, Ben Li had decided to force a yin-based foundation so that she'll achieve easier breakthroughs in the next Gate unlocking. However, there were drawbacks to having cultivated such Yin rich foundation. One of which would be her abnormal sensitivity to heat.

If such a person like her is exposed to heat for too long, the drawbacks will kick in and the little Yang she has left on her body will rile up in a frenzy and attack her Yin foundation.

If her condition is left untreated for too long, she may collapse from exhaustion like a frail girl suffering from a fever.

Although the problem could have been resolved if she cultivated a Yin-type cultivation manual, she didn't know that. And neither did Ben Li.

But despite bearing such condition, she had an important job to do given by her young master. Also, she wanted to have chat with her big brother for some time now. Although, she could talk and walk with him, in her condition, she felt like that would be overdoing herself.

But luckily, the residence was just up ahead. Just short mile away and she can take a break. Then she'll have a talk with her big brother.

But unfortunately, she had underestimated her limit.

Thud!

"O-oy?! Are you okay?!"

'What? I collapsed?'

Lu Qing couldn't fathom why her strength felt so fleeting. She tried to circulate her Qi but pain struck her when she did. Her meridians were cold as ice and when her hot Qi suddenly traveled through, she felt like something was sizzling inside of her.

She couldn't get up no matter how she tried. And though her senses were numb, she felt that her big brother had picked her up from the ground.

She looked with her eyes and the remaining energy she has left. Her body felt so hot and even her head was overheating. And through her eyes, she saw Lu Chong gazing down on her with a frantic look on his face.

Ever since she knew, her big brother had always been worried for her. And this time she really had him worried. He was trying to say something too, but she was too tired to make out the words he said.

She suddenly felt sleepy now. She wanted to rest. But the sun over her still showed no mercy. She was dying from the heat.

Her eyelids started to get heavy. And before she knew it, she was out cold.

I'm sorry... Young master... Big brother...

...

"Fu~ finally... I can move now." Wang Xie heaved an exasperated sigh as he stood in the middle of his mindscape. Before him was a glyph that was being grinded by an invisible force and was screaming in agony.

"Pleeeeaaassssee sssstoooop!!!

STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP!!!"

How many times has it been for this glyph to scream in agony like that?

Days? Probably. Well, not like Wang Xie cared how long. After all, for what it did to Lu Qing, this thing needed to die 20 million times over.

Speaking of who did whatever to Lu Qing, this bastard, how dare he lays his hands on her.

Killing intent flashed in his eyes as he turned deaf ears to the screaming glyph.

It's been more than week since I've been stuck in this vegetable state.

Unable to control my own body and watch powerlessly as an idiot takes it over and does the most useless things...

Dammit, I wanna kick the living shit out of that bastard!

Ahh. But then suddenly things aren't going easy anymore.

How long until I can fight control over my body?

But then that bastard probably won't surrender my body so willingly.

Think... How do I get him out of my life?

Wang Xie contemplated desperately for a way how. Eventually, his eyes landed on the string attached to his chest. The string extended outwards and reached inside the portal to hell.

Even without doing anything, he knew that the bastard he was talking about was inside hell for the moment.

What was he doing there? Wang Xie didn't care. For all he knew, he might be doing something worthless again.

All his attention was on the string latched onto his chest. Him and that bastard were both connected to it seemingly like fate.

Yet, it is fate for them that they shared the burdens of both their destinies.

Wang Xie's destiny was to become an artificial devil with the powers of Demons. Fueled with hatred for Ling Xiufeng, he dedicated his insanity to destroy Ling Xiufeng and everything he ever loved. And in the final chapter of his saga, he dies horribly under the rage of the Protagonist. Such was the fate bestowed to him by the wicked author.

Also, although vague, it seems Ben Li's destiny was to become a God in this world.

Huh, god?

Who knew we've been living under the whims and moods of an idiot who claims to be God?

I pity the people of this world he had written.

Wang Xie closed his eyes as fell into deeper contemplation. After a brief moment, his eyes shone with the glimmer of insight.

He fell into thought once again and his lips curved into a wicked smile.

"It's not as if my situation is hopeless. Even though my prospects are low, I can still turn this bleak moment around.

"When the times comes, I must persuade him to hog all the resources of the world to cultivate. I must put some pressure in his head from time just to make sure he doesn't mature with his mental state.

"And in the meantime, I must get stronger in both mind and soul to fight for the control of my body. Even though the 10 Commandments of the Demonic Hades Imperial Gospel is too much for my weak state, it's still a suitable mind and soul tempering available. I had already caught a glimpse of what it's like to cultivate such profoundness after touching that weird-looking thing. Now I have batter idea how to cultivate myself to get stronger.

"And when the time comes, I'll crush Ben Li. Then Ling Xiufeng and end this farce of destinies once and for all!"

He burst out with a wicked laughter and he was amused with himself. Then he sighed for a moment later and said. "Even though I have a chance, it may not work if I don't plan enough. I should lay my plans with layers after layers and make it look like we will both be if it from it so that that idiot will cooperate nicely well."

A smile broke from him mouth and he looked up at the dark veils of his mindscape.

"Lu Qing, bear with that idiot for a little longer, please. Until then, I'll be with you forever.

"Forever..."

...

"I told you, we should have just cut his arm off right from the start. Look, it's already spreading like plague!"

"Like hell I'm letting you cut my son's arm off. Put that sword cane down, you lunatic! If push comes to shove, I can just hold back the encroaching myself!"

"Come on, it won't hurt. It's just like circumcision. He'll get used to the pain. Besides, once he reached Power Core realm, he'll be able to regenerate his lost limbs easily..."

"Why are you so hung up on cutting his arm off, you psychopath..." Wang Liu heaved an exasperated sigh for the umpteenth time now. He was protecting his defenseless son behind his back and fending off from a senile old man who was waving his sword cane dangerously in the room.

But even though it was ridiculous, Xingjian's proposal might be feasible right now.

Right now, the Demonic encroaching had almost reached up to his son's shoulder. Any more than that and there were probably no solutions left but to cut his entire arm from his body. Which is not exactly what he wanted.

He wanted his son to be physically intact without the slightest blemish otherwise, he feared that he may suffer handicaps from his cultivation progress.

But he didn't know what to do. He tried all kinds of logical methods he could think of.

He tried to push back the encroachment, but he realized he couldn't because it was too strong. He tried to pull the sword from the grip but that didn't work anymore. He tried to attack the sword and weaken it severely but he realized that the sword was sucking the energy from his son in order to resist his attacks. And that only strengthened the encroachment faster. Thus, he quickly gave up on that.

Now, he was in a dilemma. He didn't know what to do and this lunatic would not stop until he cut that arm off.

Meanwhile, Xingjian tried his best to persuade Wang Liu to give it up. Although, it only looked like he was squabbling around like a psychopath. But he had his reasons for doing so.

'No good. 2nd brat and Wang brat are too incompatible for each other. If this goes on, both of them will lose their sanity from the Demonic influence. I need to cut the link off from him and imprison her soul to calm her down.'

He looked at Ben Li was lying on the bed. The sword gripped on his hand was constantly roaring. Seemingly having a life of its own.

His mind was instantly filled with worry. He stuck in a dilemma. And gaze back at this idiot who still hesitates to act with the solution right now.

"Out of my way then. If you won't do it, I will!"

"Just try it, old man. Go ahead, I dare you..." the both of them stared in a Mexican standoff.

Xingjian set his cane aside, but that didn't mean he was giving up, instead, he was getting ready to attack.

Wang Liu also made his stance. Standing straight up like a spear in a lax manner. His hands behind his back wrote letters after letters filled with his brilliant power.

"Uhm... Have I come in a bad time?" just when both of them were so it to make a move, someone suddenly spoke which drew their attention from each other.

"Sect leader."

"At ease, gentlemen."

Wang Liu and Xingjian then withdrew themselves from each other. Both of them maybe tyrannical figure of their peers, but none of them dared to be too audacious in front of the sect leader. However, Wang Liu still remained where he stood and protected him from Xingjian. Sect leader then stepped forward and swept his Spiritual Awareness all over Ben Li's body.

After which, a frown loomed over just face and gaze down on the sword.

Even with his power, it may prove to be difficult for him to subdue Demonic sword from Ben Li.

He fell into thought for a brief moment, but then suddenly, an idea struck his head.

"Wouldn't this be a good time for Wang Xie to cultivate in the Holy Dragon's lake right now?"

""The Holy Dragon's lake?!""

Both Xingjian Wang Liu were taken aback and stared at the sect leader with eyes wide open.