39 Chapter 38

Remembering things that happened in the past, a burst of emotion surged in my heart. There were too many things that happened, I could not discuss it meticulously with Zhi Yan. So I simply went up to the guest house and said to her:

"Right now, I want to go save someone, so I don't know what's going to happen later. It's best for you to carefully hide in the room. I will use all of my strength to protect your body." After entering the room, Zhi Yan's body was still lying peacefully on the bed. I stood by the bed, turned around, stared into her eyes, and said, "I promise that tomorrow morning when you return to your body, a slice of peace will be returned to you."

Zhi Yan's eyes shuddered and before I could enter her body, she grabbed my hand. She knew that time was running out, so she did not say useless words and bluntly said: "From the day that I entered the demonic path, I have accepted everything that happened to this life of mine. You help me get revenge, so you don't need to protect my body. It's better for you to protect yourself! Even… Even if this body no longer exist! I will still be your disciple!"

Her eyes were extremely serious and as I gazed at her, my heart wavered somewhat. It was not because no one had ever entrusted their lives to me, but it was just that other people's eyes were not as pure as this young lady's eyes…

No, maybe there was.

That year, I had just arrived to Chen Ji Mountain. When I saved Mo Qing, I faced the stifling encirclement of the Ten Great Celestial Sects and underwent many dangers, and yet, that young boy had stared at me in the exact same way.

He did not fear hardship or pain or death, the only thing that he was afraid of was me letting go of his hand.

However, also in that year, I was only thinking of Luo Ming Xuan, so I did not pay much attention to Mo Qing. After I saved him and ensured his safety, I waited with him until the Ten Great Celestial Sects turned their attention to other matters, and then dropped him off at Chen Ji Mountain.

Could it be then? At that time, I was looking for Luo Ming Xuan and disliked the inconvenience of bringing him with me, so I left him at Chen Ji Mountain, did that cause him to resent me?

I shook my head and told myself that now was not the time to think of Mo Qing. I raised my hand and stroked Zhi Yan's head: "Don't act like we are about to be separated forever. I will be okay; nor will I let your body encounter any mishap. Otherwise, why do you think that I dragged that guy in the room next door to this place for? Putting his life on the line is his business."

I said it in such a way that I was no longer listening to her blunt words and immediately entered her body.

As I stepped outside, I thought of Mo Qing's currently injured body. Last time we went to Ling Ting Mountain to wreak havoc, I feared that his wounds had recurred again. Now this time, in Jin Zhou City, we are in the celestial sect's sphere of influence, Jian Xin Sect's gateway. We had arrived at their territory to cause trouble with the intention to break into the tiger's cave. This evening, Jin Zhou City had set up the prohibition magic again, just in case when things go wrong and they were unable to Instant Travel out.

As I thought about that, I arrived at Mo Qing's door and halted my footsteps again.

[Do I really want to let him… Go get revenge for me and be killed in the process?]

[But why not?]

[Obviously, my original goal was to kill Mo Qing, let him and Jian Xin Sect perish together, and make Luo Ming Xuan unable to reawaken; is this not the best outcome? I will effortlessly eradicate two enemies in one fell swoop…]

[Why am I hesitating?]

During this moment in Jian Xin Sect, Liu Su Ruo and Liu Wei were harming Shen Qian Jin. Even as a malicious spirit, Qin Yu was risking his life to prevent their plan, while I stood in front of Mo Qing's door losing my firm decisiveness.

As I was still hesitating, suddenly a "creak" sounded and the door opened from the inside.

A black robe appeared in the doorway and I raised my head to look up at his unparalleled face. I was momentarily rendered helpless; like yesterday when I kissed Mo Qing's lips and it stunned me on the spot.

I stared at him distractedly, which allowed for him and I to stand at the room's doorway quietly looking at each other's faces.

Mo Qing said: "There's something abnormal at Jian Xin Sect."

His clear, cold voice awoken a little bit of my mind. However, all of my rationality was screaming that I should hurry up and seize the moment to seduce him! So that he would go save Shen Qian Jin and kill Liu Su Ruo and Liu Wei!

My gaze fell on his chest, as if I could see through his clothes, pass his skin and flesh, and view his back, riddled with scars.

"Ah… Oh, that's right. Master, how'd you know?"

"Recently, I've studied a little bit about supernatural beings."

As he said that, I suddenly turned my gaze to look into his pitch-black pupils. He did a little research about supernatural beings… Even separated by such a distance from outside Jian Xin Sect's gate, I could still sense the malicious spirit's aura haunting Jian Xin Sect; could it be possible that… Last night, when I touched his lips, he opened his eyes…

[Was it because his lips have felt something to some extent?]

[How did it feel, was it slightly cool and chilly?]

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I was confused by my innermost thoughts and forced myself to calm down. I suppressed my embarrassment with a cough and said: "Master, I just had a dream."

"What dream?"

I said: "My father came to me in my dream. He told me that it really was Liu Wei of Jian Xin Sect who had killed him because they wanted to use his blood to resurrect someone."

Mo Qing frowned slightly and bluntly said three words: "Luo Ming Xuan?"

I was stunned: "Master… How'd you know?"

Mo Qing's complexion suddenly darkened and the heavy bone-chilling coldness and murderous aura in his eyes made me feel a bit intimidated. Why did this situation look like… Mo Qing actually had some grudge against Luo Ming Xuan, too?

"They must be dreaming."

As Mo Qing said these four words heavily, I told myself that Luo Ming Xuan had a body of a golden immortal; when he was alive, he had beaten down many demonic cultivators, therefore, the demonic path had become weak. Although the Ten Great Celestial Sects still exist since Luo Ming Xuan's "death," but they were like a dragon without its head. I abruptly led Wan Lu Sect to rise up among thousands of demonic cultivators and for a while the demonic path had strengthened. Up until now, Mo Qing had been managing Wan Lu Sect during all these years, making the demonic cultivators and demonic path more orderly. Obviously, he almost unified everything and wanted to continue the demon king's powerful reign from millions of years ago.

At this time, he did not want Luo Ming Xuan to wake up and give himself an additional formidable opponent which was understandable.

"You stay here."

As Mo Qing instructed me to do so, he immediately turned around, flicked his sleeve, and opened the upstairs window of the guest house. While the night breeze swept in, I knew that he wanted to leave and hurriedly chased after him: "Master! Guan Yu Tower's Shen Qian Jin is there, too! She needs to be saved!"

"Okay."

He resolutely answered without any hesitation. He did not even stop to ask me how I knew or why did I want to save her. He simply was willing to tread into the tiger's den because of my one single phrase.

I stood by the window and watched Mo Qing's black robe disappear into the dark night. After a moment of silence, I ultimately did not stay as he instructed.

I told myself that I did not like the feeling of entrusting all of my hopes onto others. Even if it was this kid, Mo Qing, who nowadays was already causing someone's peace of mind to feel danger.

I jumped out of the window and leaped into the dark night. Given the current restriction on the use of the Instant Travel Technique, I could only move forward against the wind. Just when I was about to enter Jian Xin Sect, I suddenly saw a beam of demonic aura sweeping pass. Immediately after, a flash of golden light exploded in the middle of that black demonic aura. The two opposing violent forces produced rumbling sounds, like lightning strikes on the flat ground, which tore directly through the tranquil night in Jin Zhou City.

I knew that it was Mo Qing fighting against the people in Jian Xin Sect .

Judging by the intensity level, if it was not Liu Su Ruo, then it was Liu Wei.

At the same time, an intense golden light appeared in the sky above Jin Zhou City and enveloped the entire city within it. It was Jin Zhou City's Demon Defensive Array that had sensed Mo Qing's demonic aura, so it immediately activated.

I drifted in the air and turned back to look, but saw the large Jin Zhou City that was just peaceful a moment ago, now had candlelight lit up in every household.

This was the enemy camp. In here, it felt like even the air was against you, not even a single friend was around, and everywhere the atmosphere made people feel lonely and full of hostility.

I dragged Mo Qing into a situation like this and made him fight with others.

Until this moment, I finally acknowledge the thought that had taken over my innermost corner–

In this situation, I could not leave Mo Qing to fight alone. I could not abandon my companion.

In my heart, I had subconsciously classified him as my own people.

I plunged headlong into Jian Xin Sect.

Outside the eastern wing of the main hall, Mo Qing and Liu Wei were fighting fiercely. Liu Wei could not gain the upper hand, but inside Jian Xin Sect there were supporting arrays and also inexhaustible celestial swords. These swords were hidden in every single place in Jian Xin Sect. Liu Wei manipulated these swords, sometimes to activate the arrays and sometimes to borrow the celestial swords' power to counteract against Mo Qing's pressure.

I created a defensive barrier around myself, hid off to the side to watch for a while, and uncovered Liu Wei's fighting techniques. He absolutely did not have the intention to fully fight with Mo Qing. He was merely stalling for time. He was drawing Mo Qing farther and farther away from the east wing!

Earlier Mo Qing left in a rush, so I did not clearly explained to him the in-betweens of the whole situation. He only knew that I told him to save Shen Qian Jin, but he did not know where Shen Qian Jin was, nor did he know what these people in Jian Xin Sect wanted to make Shen Qian Jin do.

While Mo Qing was suppressing Liu Wei, I looked for an opportunity and leapt into the east wing.

I kicked open the door with one foot and inside the room was Shen Qian Jin covered in blood dripping endlessly from her neck. Her complexion was pale and she was weakly standing in the corner of the room. Liu Su Ruo stood in front of Shen Qian Jin holding her sword, preparing to stab and end her life in one stroke. I randomly grabbed the asparagus fern bonsai pot that was beside me and threw it in an arch. The bonsai pot circled in the air and a "boom" sounded as it smashed against the back of Liu Su Ruo's hand. It caused her to thrust the long sword into the wall next to Shen Qian Jin's ear.

The tip of the sword pierced the wall for more than three inches, it was clear to see how much force she had used.

The commotion from me kicking the door was too loud and the skill that I used to throw the bonsai pot was too hasty, Liu Su Ruo immediately turned her head and ruthlessly glared at me: "Who dares to ruin my big event again!"

The word "again" could be said to have been used in an ingenious way. In this place, there were only two of them women. Shen Qian Jin was the victim, so she could not be the one to ruin her event. While I was the one "who came to ruin the event again." Therefore, the person who had previously ruined her event could very well not be human.

I chuckled coldly at Liu Su Ruo: "Old witch, you harmed my father and still forbid my father to not come find you to settle your debts?"

I was in Zhi Yan's body, so I had every right to call her old and saying this word was also reasonable. Liu Su Ruo heard that, so her expression was of course dumbfounded. However, in the end, she proved herself to be an old witch, she simply snorted coldly: "So it turns out to be Qin Yu's daughter. I was still worried about not being able to find you, but since you offered yourself up to the door, this is even better. So I don't need this replacement anymore…"

She withdrew the long sword embedded within the wall, and in that same moment, Shen Qian Jin, who was slumped in the corner, suddenly summoned a magical technique in the palm of her hand, moved her body, and quickly landed in front of me. She reached out to stop me and placed me protectively behind her. Her complexion was pale and her voice was hoarse, but her spine was ramrod straight. She said: "Leave quickly and go find your uncle for help."

Oh, so they knew each other.

In fact, it was not unusual at all, since the Ten Great Celestial Sects were really close. Based on Zhi Yan's status, she would naturally meet the Sect Leaders of the Ten Great Celestial Sects on occasion; so knowing them was normal.

However, I was not that little chicken.

I intercepted Shen Qian Jin's hand and stepped in front to block her: "Stop trying to be brave, you're already injured in such a way that you are not her opponent." My hand grabbed the sword hilt at my waist. As I looked straight into Liu Su Ruo's watchful gaze, I pulled the glinting lightning sword out of its sheath.

The pupils of Shen Qian Jin's eyes constricted and on the opposite side, Liu Su Ruo also narrowed her eyes: "Liu He Tian Yi Sword." She smiled, "Little girl, do you think that having this heavenly sword allows you to run amuck among the celestial sect and oppose me?"

I also smiled: "It's a bit difficult to run amuck through the celestial sect, but it is more than enough to oppose you."

Liu Su Ruo stared at me, her eyes became cruel and fierce: "A little girl like you, who went to Wan Lu Sect to learn and brought back some of the intonations and expressions that I hate the most, it makes people feel disgusted."

When her words ended, she suddenly attacked. The Bai Shui Jian Xin Sword in her hand was extremely beautiful, it made a stab towards the center of my heart. Behind me, I pushed Shen Qian Jin to the side and tilted my body to dodge Liu Su Ruo's incoming sword. When my body fell towards the side, Liu Su Ruo laughed and her other not-wielding-a-sword hand moved slightly.

Immediately from behind, there was an aura of a deadly attack!

I knew her tricks, this was Liu Su Ruo's frequently used special technique that killed people unexpectedly. She actually possessed two swords; the male sword which she hung at her side and the female sword which she suspended it up high in the sky. On any given day, wherever she went, the female sword would follow her anywhere in the sky. Therefore, people on the ground were unaware of this point. So when she moved her hand with just a light wave, the female sword in the sky would immediately be attracted, descend from the sky, and kill people unexpectedly.

Such a sinister and secretive trick; this was her favorite.

But she could not kill me.

Even if I was currently in Zhi Yan's body. I moved Liu He Tian Yi Sword behind my back to block and only heard a "ding." Even without looking, I knew it was the sound of the sword blade colliding with Liu Su Ruo's female sword.

I stared at her, moved my wrist slightly in a quick flick, and took the opportunity to leverage her strength. I immediately twisted around towards my back, turned Liu Su Ruo's female sword around in an arch, and just like her, I threw it back: "Returning it back to you."

This time, Liu Su Ruo was caught off guard by surprise. Her eyes widened and with much difficulty, she took two steps back to avoid the sharp edge of the female sword. However, the blade of the female sword still sliced through her arm. As fresh blood flowed out, she could only grasp the hilt of the female sword.

My heart was filled with disdain. Many years ago, when I went to her wedding to kill Luo Ming Xuan, she had also used this move. I had also dealt with her in the same way. However at that time, my cultivation was much higher and my speed was much faster, so I threw that female sword of hers directly into her chest. Now, after all these years, I have changed into a new body, but she still has not made any progress in her cultivation.

She was so stupid.

I stood carrying Liu He Tian Yi Sword and stared at her coldly. In the courtyard outside, Mo Qing and Liu Wei were still fighting fiercely. The golden light in the sky was getting stronger as many cultivators of Jian Xin Sect were joining in on the battle. And as the outside became more lively and clamorous, the calm murderous aura inside this small courtyard would surge even more.

Liu Su Ruo's face flickered light and dark under the golden light outside and her eyes became somewhat dim and gloomy. She clenched the male and female swords in her hands and her voice was low as if she was carrying a poisonous resentment hidden deep inside of her for many years.

"Little girl, you really made me… Remember something that was extremely unhappy."

"Oh." I said, "Then you should regulate yourself for a bit."

Translated by Sonrisa t.n.t