Chapter 49: Goodbye, Senior Brother
After Zhuang Yusheng finished speaking.
The Sound Sect disciples stood up one after another, standing beside their Senior Brother with beaming smiles, making a “please” gesture toward the cave entrance.
They said, “We all believe Fellow Daoist Ning, and we believe our Senior Brother. We ask those who are unwilling to believe to please leave quickly now. It’ll make room for us.”
They rubbed their hands affectedly and combed their hair, saying, “Otherwise, having to sleep together with you unrefined people all day long is squeezing us to death.”
The Sword Sect disciples also stood beside Ning Xiaoxiao. They remained silent, but they made their stance clear.
They did so not necessarily because they believed in Lou Yunxiao, but because they absolutely were willing to believe in Ning Ke and Ning Xiaoxiao.
Miraculously, after being scolded by Zhuang Yusheng, those disciples instantly went mute.
Even the disciple who had just woken up from his injuries closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, determined to stay here.
After all, he still wanted to leave the secret realm alive. Here, there were people to take care of him and protect him. Once out of here, it was uncertain.
And in this quiet atmosphere, the little monk Wu Gou, who hadn’t spoken more than three sentences in two months, actually spoke up.
He said, “In a few months, Benefactor Lou will naturally return and give everyone an answer.”
After speaking, he put his palms together and began to finger his string of prayer beads again, closing his eyes to chant scriptures.
Ning Xiaoxiao glared at those people who were playing mute like quails, then turned and left the cave.
Zhuang Yusheng followed.
He found Ning Xiaoxiao stopping by the river, drawing the Jinglan Sword and practicing silently.
This scene had occurred frequently over the past two months.
Ever since Ning Ke disappeared, Ning Xiaoxiao had been cultivating desperately.
Regardless of day or night.
Her rest time was very scarce.
Today, she finally rested for a moment, only to be questioned by those people claiming her Senior Brothers were demons.
One could imagine she certainly wouldn’t feel comfortable in her heart.
Boom—
The river surface was exploded by Ning Xiaoxiao’s sword qi.
Fish flew out of the river and fell onto the bank.
Ning Xiaoxiao sheathed her sword.
Turning her head, she saw Zhuang Yusheng leaning against a tree with a blade of grass in his mouth, watching her.
Her mood had calmed down a bit, so she cupped her fists in thanks: “Fellow Daoist Zhuang, thank you for earlier.”
Zhuang Yusheng’s gaze fell on Ning Xiaoxiao’s face.
The little girl looked somewhat similar to Ning Ke. The beauty mark between her eyebrows was very pretty. When they first met, her smile was quirky and cute.
It was a pity she didn’t smile anymore.
Nor did she act coquettishly like she used to when facing Ning Ke.
“No thanks needed, no thanks needed.” Zhuang Yusheng got up, rolled up his sleeves, and caught all the flopping fish on the bank, saying, “Your swordsmanship is good; we have today’s dinner.”
“Come, I’ll make you fish soup.”
But Ning Xiaoxiao said, “I’m not hungry. I want to ask you for advice regarding talisman arts.”
“But I am hungry. Just consider it accompanying me, a starving ghost, for a meal. Once I’m full, I’ll be your sparring partner. How about it?”
Only then did Ning Xiaoxiao nod.
…
In the blink of an eye, another three months passed.
In the underground palace, Ning Ke had lost a whole circle of weight.
Don’t ask. Asking just means it’s from exhaustion.
Stabbing himself every few days, and continuously transferring all his cultivation to Lou Yunxiao… if his condition was good, that would be weird.
But at last, he had collected a small half-bottle of Heart’s Blood. Now he could summon the dragon… ah pui, he could help Lou Yunxiao break free from his status as a Living Dead!
Ning Ke was quite happy.
Today was the critical day to help restore Lou Yunxiao’s eyes and heart.
After this was done, the main storyline mission of the second stage would be largely completed.
He was one step closer to going home.
Gratifying and congratulatory.
[Mm-hmm, today is the key day for you to go to your death. Gratifying and congratulatory.]
“…” Ning Ke’s brow twitched as he replied to Xiao Yuan: If you don’t speak, no one will treat you as a mute.
[However, Host, have you thought about how to hide it from Lou Yunxiao so he doesn’t stay in the underground palace with you?]
His words reminded Ning Ke.
After pondering for a while, Ning Ke said: I’ll knock him out and let the Blue Silver Sword send him out. That way, when the underground palace explodes, it won’t hurt him.
[Then you must say goodbye to him properly.] Xiao Yuan said, [After all, from now on, Junior Brother A-Ke is truly dead. You can never use this identity again.]
[I know.]
While they were speaking, Lou Yunxiao had successfully completed his cultivation advancement, his realm stabilizing at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
“A-Ke! I succeeded!” He hurriedly claimed credit from Ning Ke. If he had a tail behind him, it probably would have been wagged off by now.
“So good, so impressive.” Ning Ke patted his head.
For the last time, he tidied up his messy clothes and said, “Now close your eyes. You aren’t allowed to open them until I say so.”
“I promise, when you open them again, you will be able to see things. And your place here…”
He touched Lou Yunxiao’s heart: “Will also go thump, thump and beat.”
“Then, we will escape together.”
“Escape to a place where your Master can’t find us.”
“How about it?”
Lou Yunxiao nodded: “Mm-hmm, I’ll listen to A-Ke regarding everything!!”
As soon as the voice fell, he obediently closed his eyes tight.
Looking at such a pure and innocent young man, Ning Ke felt fortunate that Lou Yunxiao, who hadn’t broken free from the Living Dead state, had no memory.
And this was the last time he, as A-Ke, would lie to Lou Yunxiao.
When Lou Yunxiao opened his eyes again, he would regain his memory and see the light again.
He would have a better future.
“A-Ke.” Lou Yunxiao suddenly spoke up, calling back Ning Ke’s thoughts.
“Mm?”
“You aren’t going to lie to me, are you?”
Ning Ke was startled in his heart.
But then he heard Lou Yunxiao say, “I read in that book that the Master wanted to escape, so he lied to the disciple saying he wanted to kiss him and asked him to close his eyes.”
“And when he really closed his eyes and opened them again, the Master was already gone.”
“…”
“But I think A-Ke wouldn’t lie to me.” Lou Yunxiao revealed a smile and said, “A-Ke likes me, so he wouldn’t bear to run away by himself.”
Ning Ke lowered his eyes, suddenly feeling his heart ache terribly.
It took a long time to ease slightly.
He took this as a lingering effect of taking the Heart’s Blood.
Trying hard to hook up the corners of his mouth, he leaned in front of Lou Yunxiao, gently kissing the young man’s trembling eyelashes, and said, “The Master lied; he didn’t kiss the disciple.”
“But I kissed you, so I haven’t lied to you.”
Lou Yunxiao immediately smiled even more happily and nodded obediently: “Right!”
Ning Ke pursed his lips. He extended the index and middle fingers of his right hand. His nails slowly grew long and sharp, revealing the state of a Yao claw.
Yao power lingered around them, and then pierced into his eye sockets.
Pain…
Even wrapped in Yao power, it hurt.
No less than taking Heart’s Blood.
Ning Ke trembled all over as he finished all this.
Blue Fox Fire instantly surged out of his palm, wrapping around that pair of pupils.
Refine!
Refine into pure nourishment, turn his hand, and cover Lou Yunxiao’s tightly closed eyes!
At the same time, Ning Ke had Lou Yunxiao swallow the pill found in the Profound Sky Pavilion earlier.
Lou Yunxiao followed his instructions, circulating spiritual energy to absorb it.
Ning Ke took out the small porcelain bottle containing the Heart’s Blood again, poured it out, and used Fox Fire to refine it once more!
A quarter of an hour later, the flame pattern struck into Lou Yunxiao’s chest instantly wrapped around that rigid heart, slowly repairing it…
Time passed minute by minute, second by second.
Five hours later.
Thump—
Lou Yunxiao’s heart, which had been silent for half a year, welcomed its first beat.
Something forgotten was slowly reviving.
Disordered memories—the previous ones, the ones from these six months, the words A-Ke said, the things he did…
All poured out like a breach in a dam.
Lou Yunxiao opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But suddenly he felt a stabbing pain in his consciousness, and his whole body went limp, falling into Ning Ke’s arms.
Before falling into a coma, he heard Ning Ke say:
“Goodbye, Senior Brother.”
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