Long Aotian’s Beautiful Butler Has Run Away chapter 145

Chapter 145: The Other Side

The last time Rong Xie saw Elder Yunfeng was half a year ago. Back then, Rong Xie had just confessed to Shen Bingsi. After they finished that awful trip to the Southern Island and returned to the sect, Shen Bingsi went into seclusion. Rong Xie couldn’t find anyone to say goodbye to, so he had asked Elder Yunfeng for news.

Elder Yunfeng had always had a good relationship with Shen Bingsi and took care of him in the Council of Elders. Rong Xie respected him greatly.

Elder Yunfeng didn’t put on airs; if there was something to say, he said it. But this time, he stood by the cliff where clouds roiled, remaining silent for a long time.

“Young friend Rong, since you left, why did you have to come back?” Elder Yunfeng said. “This old Daoist doesn’t know where Shen Bingsi is either.”

Rong Xie could hear it; Elder Yunfeng was angry with him.

From Elder Yunfeng’s perspective, Rong Xie was disturbing Shen Bingsi’s state of mind. He had said he was leaving Huanxue Villa for his own sake, but now he was back, as if he were toying with people.

“Elder may have misunderstood. I didn’t return… It’s just that, because of the Mirror Palace case, I connected with Bingsi again… After this matter is resolved, I will still leave,” Rong Xie explained.

Elder Yunfeng turned his face and glanced at him.

“Stop coming and going. If you really want to leave, why not go to a place he can’t find? Out of sight, out of mind. Do you not know what kind of life he has lived this past half-year?”

Rong Xie’s heart sank. He knew Shen Bingsi must have gone a bit crazy this past half-year, but he hadn’t expected the usually good-tempered Elder Yunfeng to accuse him so bluntly. It showed that Shen Bingsi’s condition might be even more serious than what he had seen.

“What exactly happened to Bingsi… Did his Dao Heart really… waver?” Rong Xie asked tentatively.

Elder Yunfeng suddenly turned around to face Rong Xie. “You don’t know?”

Rong Xie was slightly stunned.

Elder Yunfeng walked forward a few steps in agitation, then turned back. “You actually don’t know? His Dao Heart has been wavering for a long time, and this old Daoist always thought it was wavering because of that Fairy Star Sprout from Cloud Mountain Sect. I never expected, sigh, that it was because of you!”

Rong Xie’s cheeks grew hot. He hadn’t expected Elder Yunfeng to say it so directly. bad matters between him and Shen Bingsi developed to the point where everyone knew?

Although in his dream, Rong Xie boldly announced to everyone that Shen Bingsi was his Dao companion, that didn’t mean he would do so in reality. While his reason remained, even thinking about it felt shameful.

In reality, he preferred to maintain the status quo.

But… it looked like the status quo could no longer be maintained.

“Shen Bingsi’s Dao Heart is like iron; how could it possibly waver? Elder, could you be mistaken?” Rong Xie frowned. “Although I haven’t seen what a wavering Dao Heart looks like, a cultivator with a wavering Dao Heart shouldn’t be able to use spells, right? But Shen Bingsi flew me back on his sword a few days ago, as steady as ever. No matter how you look at it, that shouldn’t be the appearance of a wavering Dao Heart.”

“Do you know the Heaven-Severing Blade?” Elder Yunfeng’s expression was grave. “When the Heaven-Severing Blade is practiced to a certain level, it can block all distracting thoughts that affect the Dao Heart. Thoughts one shouldn’t have, emotions one shouldn’t have, even memories one shouldn’t have—all can be severed. At the very least, it guarantees the Dao Heart remains stable for that period.”

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“I know, but… since the Heaven-Severing Blade can cut off those emotions and distracting thoughts, there shouldn’t be any threat, right?” Rong Xie asked.

“How is that possible?” Elder Yunfeng was about to say something but suddenly stopped, as if his mouth had been sealed by an invisible force.

Rong Xie noticed Elder Yunfeng’s strange attitude. A thought immediately flashed through his mind: Elder Yunfeng’s appearance looked just like he had been silenced by a Secrecy Oath.

“There is no cultivation method that fixes everything once and for all,” Elder Yunfeng sighed. “Shen Bingsi looks fine; he just doesn’t want you to know he has a problem.”

Rong Xie’s heart tightened.

Then, Elder Yunfeng recounted an incident he had personally witnessed. Shen Bingsi had returned from Blue Plains in a frenzy, unable to even control the Shengxie Sword. He had wandered aimlessly in the snow, his clothes tattered. Only when there was absolutely no other way did he send a message to Elder Yunfeng to come and pick him up.

“Later, it took the help of the two Adjudicators from Mirror Palace to stabilize Shen Bingsi’s realm. Otherwise, his Dao Heart would have shattered right there, and his cultivation level would have plummeted.”

Rong Xie’s heart sank to the bottom.

If he had held onto a shred of luck before, now that the facts were laid out before him, there was no room for luck to exist.

The night wind at the summit of Cloud Peak was exceptionally cold. Rong Xie felt the wind cut through the clothes at his chest. He subconsciously gripped his lapels tight, feeling a dense, pricking pain rise from his heart all the way to his throat.

Based on Elder Yunfeng’s description, he recognized the timing of that situation. Back then, Shen Bingsi had inexplicably turned into a woman to find him, not caring about the embarrassment at all, and forcefully tried to ruin his “blind date” with Ling Long. He had thought Shen Bingsi following him so shamelessly was just because he couldn’t swallow his pride, and that to leave Shen Bingsi, he had to be cruel and draw a clear line—he hadn’t known that after Shen Bingsi ran off alone, he had gone through all that.

Shen Bingsi, who was always powerful, determined, and never showed signs of defeat, had actually wavered in his Dao Heart to the point where he couldn’t control his flying sword because of him?

Rong Xie clenched his fists, nails digging into his palms, his mind a mess.

“What about the Grand Elder?” Rong Xie suddenly thought of him and looked up at Elder Yunfeng. “That Grand Elder on the Supreme Immortal Mountain, Shen Bingsi’s master—what does he say?”

Elder Yunfeng’s face changed slightly, looking like he wanted to speak but stopped.

“I remember when I left half a year ago, Shen Bingsi went to find the Grand Elder. I don’t know the result, but the Grand Elder has rich experience and surely has a way to help Shen Bingsi stabilize his Dao Heart. At the very least, he wouldn’t let him develop like this…” Rong Xie’s voice grew smaller as he spoke. He noticed Elder Yunfeng’s expression seemed extremely difficult, wanting to say something but unable to, exactly like someone silenced by a strict oath.

Something important happened regarding the Grand Elder, Rong Xie thought.

“By the way, since Shen Bingsi’s Dao Heart wavered, he must have gone to find the Grand Elder, right?” Rong Xie asked tentatively. “If I want to find him, I just have to go up the Supreme Immortal Mountain…”

“No, he’s not there,” Elder Yunfeng said categorically.

“Oh? Then Elder, you must know where he is?” Rong Xie’s eyes lit up, feeling he had found a breakthrough.