Chapter 20: Tears Hard to Part at the Reunion of Senior Sister and Junior Brother
The two people in the room shared the same dream but had different thoughts.
Suddenly, a familiar female voice came from outside the door, the tone slightly irritableā
“Five days is long enough. If Fourth Junior Brother doesn’t wake up soon, his soul will scatter. When exactly will they wake up?”
Another clear male voice came from outside: “Don’t worry, Chi Jing said it would be these few days…”
While Su Huan was dying of shame, he recognized Feng Jiangyue’s voice, and his eyes lit up instantly.
So when Feng Jiangyue walked in quickly, she was tackled into a full embrace by the youth. The youth shouted heartbreakingly, “Senior Sister, Senior Sister! I missed you so much!”
Feng Jiangyue couldn’t help but tear up too. She hugged her Junior Brother whom she had watched grow up tightly and comforted him, “Don’t cry, Junior Brother. It was Senior Sister who didn’t protect you well…”
As they spoke, a frail youth in green walked in slowly. After looking him up and down and seeing no major issues, he breathed a sigh of relief, murmuring as if surviving a disaster, “Great, now I won’t be torn into eight pieces by Feng Jiangyue, and Chi Jing’s head is saved too…”
Su Huan: “?” Who is this? And who is Chi Jing?
Unexpectedly, after Feng Jiangyue finished a set of actions checking his pulse, observing his spiritual consciousness, and checking his Dantian, a Lion’s Roar was directed at him: “Liu Zhejun! Didn’t you say that whatever illusion dream could cure my Junior Brother?! Why is his Golden Core still broken!!!”
Liu Zhejun turned pale with fright. He stepped forward quickly and personally placed his fingers on the youth’s wrist. He was shocked to find the pulse deep, stagnant, and weak. Checking the Dantian againāempty!
His face turned white instantly, and he shook his head subconsciously like a rattle-drum. “Th-th-this shouldn’t be… Logically speaking, after breaking the Heart Tribulation, one should receive the Heavenly Opportunity Blessing. How could the blessing bestowed by the Heavenly Dao not repair this Golden Core…”
Heavenly Opportunity Blessing?
Su Huan blinked. It seemed… something was a little different.
Feng Jiangyue became even more furious seeing Liu Zhejun’s scholarly manner. Just as she was about to punch him, she suddenly glimpsed another person in the room out of the corner of her eye. She immediately remembered that it was this person who caused her Junior Brother to almost lose his life. She turned her steps immediately, drew her sword, and rushed straight at Xiao Jianming: “It’s all because of you that Fourth Junior Brother is like this. Heartless man, pay with your life!”
Xiao Jianming fought back instinctively, but his gaze went past Feng Jiangyue and met Su Huan behind her. Those clear light eyes had no joy of surviving a disaster, yet they also seemed unaffected by the illusion. There was no love or hate in the look he gave him, and even his tone was terrifyingly flat: “Senior Sister, attack three fingers below his left ribs.”
Feng Jiangyue did as told without hesitation. A trace of surprise flashed through Xiao Jianming’s dark eyes. How did Su Huan know where his Prime Soul was?
Su Huan saw Xiao Jianming’s disordered steps and knew he was right. This Black Lotus’s vital point was indeed there.
He turned his head to look at Liu Zhejun again, and at a glance, he saw his vital point at the Baihui acupoint, unusually conspicuous like starlight.
Su Huan stroked his chin and pondered. In his heart, it seems this is the so-called Heavenly Blessing, my Golden Finger!
Hahaha, he finally had a Golden Finger!
…
At the same time, thousands of miles away in Cangxuan Continent, Myriad Manifestations Sect.
A blind girl sitting cross-legged under an ancient giant tree seemed to sense something. She suddenly woke up from meditation and walked down the jade platform barefoot.
“Hua Wuyou.”
“Senior Sister, I’m here!”
A youth gnawing on a fruit in the tree responded. He finished eating in a few bites, threw the pit away casually, jumped to the girl’s side, and responded with a grin, “What’s wrong, Senior Sister? Want to hear me play a tune? I just learned a new…”
“Silence.”
With just two words from the girl, the youth couldn’t speak anymore. He had to shrug and listen quietly to his Senior Sister’s instructions.
The girl asked, “Is this year’s Immortal Sect Conference held at the Xuanji Sect in Huayao Central Continent?”
The youth nodded nonchalantly. He thought his Senior Sister was just asking casually. Unexpectedly, the girl nodded gently, and her next sentence wasā
“Go tell Master that for this Immortal Sect Conference, I want to go.”
What?! How could that be allowed?
Since coming to Cangxuan, Senior Sister had only recuperated for a few years. She hadn’t recovered yet. How could she go to such a faraway place to participate in suuuuch a dangerous trial competition?
The youth was extremely worried, but the things his Senior Sister decided would never change.
He had to pack his luggage and give up delicious food and beautiful scenery to accompany his Senior Sister.
Liu Fang City, basement.
Xiao Jianming held off Feng Jiangyue’s sword and seized every opportunity to defend (sophistry) himself: “Senior Sister Feng misunderstood. How could I kill Senior Brother Su? It’s all because I accidentally inhaled demonic energy…”
Feng Jiangyue grit her teeth in anger. “Bah! Who is your Senior Sister! Beast with a human face. When I found you two, there was no trace of demonic energy in your body! You tell lies one set after another. No wonder you could coax my Junior Brother into pledging his life to you privately. Wait until I sew that mouth of yours up and see who you can deceive in the future!”
Liu Zhejun was anxious and spinning around beside them. “Stop fighting, stop fighting. If you keep fighting, you’ll attract the demons…”
Su Huan listened in a daze. He was wondering how the demons in the illusion dream could come to reality. After a while, he searched in his mixed memories and found that before Xiao Jianming killed him, there was indeed a demon hiding in Liu Fang City. But now that Senior Sister had arrived, why would they be afraid of that demon?
He opened his mouth to comfort him, “Fellow Daoist… Liu, don’t be afraid! My Senior Sister is very powerful. With her here, we don’t need to be afraid of that demon!”
Liu Zhejun wiped the sweat from his forehead and held up three fingers. “Not one, but three hundred!”
Th-three hundred?!
Su Huan’s eyes widened. This was comparable to a demon vanguard squad, right?
Good heavens, why were there so many!
Here, every sword strike from Feng Jiangyue was aimed at where Xiao Jianming’s Prime Soul lay, causing him to be restricted at every step. Plus, reality was different from the illusion. Xiao Jianming was only at the early Nascent Soul stage while Feng Jiangyue was already at the Divinity Transformation stage. Soon he couldn’t hold his own and faintly showed signs of defeat.
Feng Jiangyue kicked him to the ground, threw out an Immortal-Binding Rope, and added another charge to Xiao Jianming: “You clearly already cultivated to Nascent Soul, yet you still disguised yourself as Qi Refining stage. Indeed, you harbor evil intentions!”
It was the same Immortal-Binding Rope, but the effects used by the Golden Core stage and Divinity Transformation stage were completely different. Xiao Jianming tried to struggle a bit, but he couldn’t move a muscle.
Xiao Jianming gave up resisting, lay on the ground, and smiled, “Senior Sister Feng is wrong. First, I didn’t harm the sect. Second, I’m not a person who commits crimes. How could I harbor evil intentions?” As he spoke, his smiling eyes looked at Su Huan, and he said, “Moreover, I really didn’t mean to hurt Junior Brother S… Senior Brother. Senior Brother Su can prove this for me…”
A voice transmission rang in Su Huan’s mind: Cooperate with me, and I won’t kill you in the future.
“Senior Brother Su, don’t you think so?”
Su Huan’s round eyes widened slightly. The Black Lotus… he meant to threaten him, right?
Was he crazy? With a sword stuck in his chest, he actually dared to threaten him?
Feng Jiangyue looked over suspiciously.
Su Huan glared at Xiao Jianming fiercely. He wanted to let him know why the flowers were so red!
Just as he was about to speak, in a flash of lightning, he remembered that the other party was the protagonist, and a classic “playing pig to eat tiger” cool text protagonist at that. This type of protagonist held grudges particularly well, especially Xiao Jianming…
Haha… it seemed he couldn’t afford to offend him.
So he transmitted: I don’t believe it unless you swear.
Xiao Jianming glanced at him. Su Huan almost bristled, thinking he disagreed and was about to erupt, but he saw Xiao Jianming transmit calmly with little emotion: Okay.
Senior Sister was still waiting for his answer. Su Huan gave a dry cough and said, “Big S… cough, Junior Brother, he indeed attacked me under the influence of demonic energy. It wasn’t his fault.”
After speaking, he added slyly, “If you don’t believe me, make him swear.”
As if afraid Xiao Jianming would go back on his word, Su Huan looked over with sparkling eyes after speaking.
Feng Jiangyue was skeptical and looked over as well.
Xiao Jianming gave Su Huan a meaningful look and opened his mouth to take the oath: “I, Xiao Jianming, swear to the Heavenly Dao that I absolutely did not intentionally harm Senior Brother Su, and I will not harm Senior Brother Su again in the future. If I violate this oath, my soul will scatter immediately, and my body and Dao will perish.”
As his voice fell, a Heavenly Dao connection was generated between the two. Su Huan was so happy he almost cried.
From now on, he didn’t have to live in fear anymore, hahaha!
Xiao Jianming only felt the joy in the youth’s eyes almost overflowing, and his gaze became even more meaningful.
Being so happy over such a small thing, Su Huan indeed liked him very much.
What a pity, he already had someone in his heart.
Thinking of the lotus petal water jade hidden deep in his heart, Xiao Jianming lowered his eyes to hide the trace of softness revealed in them.
He would definitely find that youth.
Seeing the Heavenly Dao restraint fall with her own eyes, Feng Jiangyue finally dispelled her doubts and snorted coldly, “Capital offense can be exempted, but living punishment cannot be escaped. He hurt you so badly. Even if he goes back, he can’t escape a trip to the Cold Pool Sin Prison.”
Cold Pool Sin Prison?
Su Huan remembered what Xiao Jianming had said:
“However, murdering a fellow disciple is a grave crime. Light punishment involves expulsion from the sect; heavy punishment involves crippling cultivation and being thrown into the Cold Pool Sin Prison to suffer cold torture forever…”
A brilliant idea suddenly occurred to him. “Hey, Senior Sister, I remember that those who harm fellow disciples are either expelled from the sect or locked into the Cold Pool Sin Prison. But that Sin Prison has always been a place of no return. Why don’t we report everything to the Sword Venerable after we go back, and let the Sword Venerable expel him from the Xuanji Sect and spare his life. How about that?”
This way, he could show his kindness to the Black Lotus and stay far away from him. He was truly a little genius!
“No.”
Before Feng Jiangyue could speak, Xiao Jianming looked over abruptly and spoke first coldly. He stared at Su Huan for a long while before compromising, “I volunteer to enter the Cold Pool Sin Prison… to atone for my sins.”
Su Huan felt a chill in his heart. Did I flatter him on the horse’s leg?
That’s not right. The novel clearly wrote that Xiao Jianming didn’t like the Xuanji Sect?
The matters of the three disciples were finally discussed.
Liu Zhejun heaved a long sigh. Looking at this one and then that one, after confirming everyone was fine, he walked toward Feng Jiangyue and bowed, “Fellow Daoist Feng, since your Junior Brother has been saved, can Fellow Daoist Feng fulfill your promise and help me avenge my father?”
Feng Jiangyue glared at him. “What do you mean already saved? My Junior Brother got his life back, true, but what about his Golden Core? It’s shattered like this; what’s the difference from being dead? If not for Chi Jing acting on its own, I would have taken Junior Brother back long ago!”
Liu Zhejun shrank back and couldn’t help muttering, “Without Chi Jing, whether your Junior Brother could live would be a problem…”
Feng Jiangyue swept her brows across him. “What did you say!”
Liu Zhejun shook his head hurriedly, shaking his head in a panic. “No, I didn’t say anything!”
Scolding him wasn’t enough for Feng Jiangyue. Turning her head to see the culprit lying immobile on the ground, she kicked him again in anger.
Xiao Jianming let out a muffled groan.
Su Huan sucked in a breath of cold air. Good heavens, this was the underaged God of Death!
He hurriedly comforted his Senior Sister, “Senior Sister, don’t be angry. If not for that… Fellow Daoist Chi, I’m afraid I would have died long ago. I have to thank that Fellow Daoist…”
Liu Zhejun burst out laughing. He hurriedly covered his mouth, but his shoulders were shrugging.
Su Huan was confused. “Why is Fellow Daoist Liu laughing?”
It wasn’t until Liu Zhejun took him to see this legendary “savior” that Su Huan knew why he laughed.
It was a huge beast head, three meters high, embedded in a blue-white stone wall. Seeing him, it snorted a puff of air from its rough nostrils, blowing its messy mane. Its voice was ancient and deep:
“How about it, crazy girl? I said he could live, right?”
Feng Jiangyue rolled her eyes and didn’t want to pay attention to it at all.
Liu Zhejun touched his head sheepishly and introduced it to Su Huan: “This is the divine beast Chi Jing worshipped by my Liu family for generations. It can send cultivators into Heart Tribulation Illusion Dreams. After waking up, one can receive Heavenly Opportunity Blessings, break through realms, and temper cultivation. Those with better luck can even receive special opportunities bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. As for what makes them special, I only know it varies from person to person.”
“After you were heavily injured, you shouldn’t have been allowed to enter the Heart Tribulation Illusion Dream. But Chi Jing acted on its own, wanting to use Xiao Jianming’s opportunity to make up for the mistake he committed against you. That’s why you entered Xiao Jianming’s dream.”
Su Huan suddenly realized. Thinking back to the experiences in the dream, he couldn’t help feeling a chill, especially the part where he faced the Demon Sovereign directly at the end. Worthy of the future God of Death, the content in this dream was also terrifyingly bloody!
Speaking of which, the opportunity he obtained wasn’t just these eyes. The spiritual seals and arrays learned in the illusion were also imprinted in his brain, as if he had really experienced them.
Exchanging a Golden Core for these was not a loss, not a loss!
Feng Jiangyue’s face still looked bad. Su Huan thought for a moment and told his Senior Sister all these things. Those eyebrows that were almost knotted finally relaxed, and a trace of surprise flashed in her bright almond eyes.
A moment later, Su Huan received a transmission from his Senior Sister: This Chi Jing finally did something good. But don’t tell anyone else about these things easily. This is your trump card.
Su Huan transmitted back: Senior Sister isn’t anyone else. Of course, I won’t hide it from Senior Sister! Senior Sister will keep the secret for me, right?
Feng Jiangyue felt warm in her heart and responded: Of course, Senior Sister will always protect you.
Su Huan smiled sweetly. One should know that in the novel, the disciples of Lichen Mountain treated the original host the best. They even died one after another at Xiao Jianming’s hands to avenge the original host. Now that he had become the original host, of course, he had to be grateful and repay the kindness!
The two disciples fell silent. Liu Zhejun watched Feng Jiangyue’s expression gradually relax and guessed that although Su Huan failed to repair his Golden Core, he must have obtained other opportunities, so it wasn’t a wasted trip.
Golden Cores could be cultivated again in the future, but this opportunity came only once.
Liu Zhejun breathed a sigh of relief. He finally stabilized Feng Jiangyue’s violent temper.
So he cautiously, tentatively mentioned the matter of eliminating demons to avenge his father again.
Feng Jiangyue snorted lightly and finally stopped scolding him.
Su Huan was puzzled and asked, “May I ask who your father is?”
Liu Zhejun raised his head proudly: “Though untalented, my father is exactly the Lord of Liu Fang City, Liu Mingsheng!”
After speaking, his straight back slumped again instantly, and he said resentfully, “It’s all my fault. If I hadn’t slacked off in cultivation, I wouldn’t have been hiding for more than a month and unable to avenge my father.”
Su Huan: “?”
Based on his words, City Lord Liu had been dead for more than a month. But before he fell unconscious, he had seen City Lord Liu at the reception banquet?
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