Arc 2
Flawless Sword (12)
Xie Wushuang’s words, combined with his “You don’t need to talk, I understand” look, Ye Chen inexplicably had a feeling of “My family’s child has grown up”.
She weighed Xie Wushuang’s proposition and decided he had a more important task, “I think it’s better for you to do another errand for me.”
“Shijie, just tell me.” Xie Wushuang responded sincerely.
Ye Chen motioned with her chin, “Starting now, take Shimei out to play more. Make her stop pestering Shifu, mn?”
Xie Wushuang was caught off guard, his eyelashes fluttered down, covering the bitterness in his eyes. He nodded, “Shijie, don’t worry, I can do it.”
“Do your best while you are at it.” Ye Chen patted his shoulder, appearing like an Auntie next door.
“I will.” Xie Wushuang responded.
After they had their dinner, Xie Wushuang went back to clean up the dishes and chopsticks. He then sat on the ground beside Ye Chen, chatting with her.
Not long after, the Peak Lord came hurriedly to Jun Yan’s place.
After a long time, Jun Yan came out. He was sweating profusely and looked tired as if he had consumed a lot of energy and hadn’t had a rest. He marched to Ye Chen, “Stand up.”
Ye Chen obeyed the order, Xie Wushuang gave her a hand to help her stand.
Jun Yan cast his gaze on their hand, his expression frosty.
“Go back,” He ordered coldly before going back to his place. Ye Chen saw him go in and instructed Xue Wushuang, “You go in. Listen to what they are talking about inside.”
Xie Wushuang agreed and went in.
He was a disciple chosen by the Sect Leader and most likely, he was also the one to inherit Tian Jian Sect. He stood behind Song Yi and no one was surprised by his presence. Everyone was busy discussing Dan Yan’s matter. Song Yi stated, “Dan Yan has been purifying Heart Demon for her father back then, so that his father can improve quickly. The evil spirit in her body is raging and although it has been suppressed today, this is by no means an end to it.”
Song Yi lamented, “It’s strange. The evil spirit she accumulated in the past should have gradually dissipated over time. It seems she is still purifying another person’s Heart Demon. But, Tian Jian Sect’s disciples all have a stable Dao Heart. For whom does she do this?”
Jun Yan’s fingers twitched slightly, it was not noticeable.
However, Xie Wushuang’s focus was completely on Jun Yan since the start. He was taking a careful look at him.
“Shixiong, there is no need to worry about it,” The Fifth Peak’s Lord spoke, “As long as Dan Yan doesn’t want to, no one can force her to. Let her stop this behavior in the future, when the Dao Heart that is being purified by her is stable, we will purify the evil spirits for her. Just let this one be.”
Everyone agreed to the proposal. They talked for some time before Song Yi suddenly asked, “A’Yan, I just remembered something. I had planned to discuss this with you, but both of us were busy all the time and didn’t have the chance to talk. I heard that Wushuang and Ye Chen have shuangying?”
Jun Yan’s movement of stirring his teacup stopped. He raised his gaze to Song Yi. His gaze was sharp and intense. Song Yi discerned something was wrong with it, but on second thought, as a Shifu, a female disciple’s marriage was more or less like a daughter’s marriage. If his female disciple were to marry, his complexion may not be much better than Jun Yan’s.
His scalp was numb but he still faced Jun Yan and proposed, “The matter is settled. The only thing left is to set a date for her to marry, right?”
Jun Yan’s grip on his teacup tightened. He slowly replied, “There is no need to hurry…”
“How come you are not in a hurry! “Song Yi was not dejected with Jun Yan’s answer, he happily remarked, “A man will marry in[1] and a woman will marry out[2]. Our Wushuang is a good person. He will treat Ye Chen well in the future.”
Jun Yan didn’t react. The surrounding Peak Lords began to persuade him. After a long time, Jun Yan finally expressed, “My disciple’s Dao is Ruthless Dao, Wushuang will be wronged…”
“What’s about it?” Song Yi laughed, “We cultivators are just looking for another person to cultivate together. They already have shuangying, they are the ones that take the initiative to cultivate together. Actually, as long as cultivators haven’t reached the last stage of Ruthless Dao, the cultivators who cultivate Ruthless Dao aren’t much different from ordinary people. Even if your disciple later reached the last level, it is estimated that they are nearing the time to ascend at that time. My disciple’s Dao is Xiaoyao Dao[3]. He can afford it now and he can let it go when it’s time to let it go. Be at ease.”
If Ruthless Dao was based on one’s ruthlessness, then Xiaoyao Dao was based on one’s desire or satisfaction. Cultivating Xiaoyao Dao, in simple terms, is to have a big heart.
Because they had big hearts, reconciling oneself to one’s situation was not hard, they could be free and unfettered.
“This is also related to their affection, it is better for them to be in love with each other. If not, I’m afraid Wushuang will be forced to endure一”
“I can endure it.” Xie Wushuang intercepted him. Everyone instantly glanced at him.
Xie Wushuang stood straight, full of respect. He was facing Jun Yan quietly. With a gentle smile, he spoke, word by word, “I like her. I always hope for her to live well. Whether she cultivates the Ruthless Dao or not, it doesn’t matter. I want to guard her and watch over her.”
His gaze was gentle and firm, he confronted Jun Yan directly. His determination, his sincerity, and his courage were things that seemed to belong to a young man alone.
Previously, when Jun Yan compared himself with Xie Wushuang, he never felt he had any disadvantages over him. But, at this moment, he understood, there was.
Xie Wushuang was like the rising sun in the early spring. Jun Yan, whose frame of mind and edges has been smoothed out, was like an old man. He was like the setting sun in the late autumn, lacking vitality.
He didn’t dare to love; He didn’t dare to hate. Always carefully restraining all his emotions, for fear of that person knowing his thoughts.
Xie Wushuang was very worthy of Ye Chen, way worthier than him.
Such cognition gnawed at his heart, causing him to lose the strength to even hold his teacup. The other party was still smiling at him, vaguely, there was a kind of provocation in his eyes.
Jun Yan pretended not to notice and gently said, “They are still young…”
“They are not!” Song Yi interrupted him, a little impatient, “Forget it, forget it. Why don’t you just ask Ye Chen? After all, she’s the one who will marry, the decisions should be left to her. Why are we, a group of old men, making the decision for her?”
His words obstructed all the words in Jun Yan’s mouth. He was left with nothing and could only nod his head.
After the discussion, Jun Yan went to Ye Chen.
Ye Chen was reading a book in her room, and when she saw Jun Yan, she only raised her eyebrows and did not greet him.
Jun Yan perceived that she was angry with him. He pursed his lips and didn’t speak.
They were in a stalemate. Ye Chen didn’t intend to embarrass Jun Yan and addressed, “Shifu, please sit down.”
“No. “Jun Yan lowered his eyes and asked, “I just came to ask, the Sect Leader is here to help Xie Wushuang propose a marriage, will you accept it?”
Then Jun Yan added, “Although you have a shuangying with him, there is still another way and there is no need for you to get married一”
“Accept ah.” Ye Chen approved.
Jun Yan’s words halted. He secretly clenched his fists. There was a moment of silence before Jun Yan asked the question from his heart, “Do you like him?”
“He’s very nice.” Ye Chen nonchalantly replied. Then, she seriously supplemented, “If he wants it, I don’t have any objection to marrying him.”
Jun Yan didn’t want to listen anymore. He hummed and turned to leave.
Ye Chen tossed her book to the table. She leaned back on the chair and stopped Jun Yan, “Shifu.”
Jun Yan paused. Ye Chen’s expression was icy, “Won’t you apologize to me?”
Jun Yan didn’t reply. Ye Chen reminded him, “Dan Yan was the one who provoked me first. I only taught her a lesson, I didn’t know she had a special physique. Because of it, something happened. Even though it’s unintentional, it’s still my fault. So when Shifu punished me without asking the reason, I still accepted the punishment and knelt. Shifu, as the Peak Lord of Wen Jian Peak and my Shifu, I gave you a face, but this doesn’t mean I admitted my mistake.”
With that said, Ye Chen aggravated her voice, “Apologize!”
Jun Yan was silent. It took a long time before he inclined his head and asked with a flat expression, “Are you upset?”
Ye Chen was dumbstruck, Jun Yan pronounced word by word slowly, “I punished you. I prefer her. Everything I have done, does it upset you?”
“Ye Chen,” he smiled bitterly, “People are very sensitive. Deep down, I know whether you are sad or not. Everything I have done has never disturbed your heart. I understand it.”
Ye Chen didn’t agree nor did she disagree. She dropped her gaze and played with the pen in her hand, listening to the words from the other person, “You asked me to apologize because you have a clear view on kindness and grievances, you can’t tolerate others bullying you for even half a minute. If you want my apology, then I’ll give it to you. I’m sorry. But, if I don’t let you kneel today, the Sect Leader and other Peak Lords won’t spare you because of the trouble you caused today. Even if it was unintentional, the result is the result. No one will care about what happened at the beginning of this matter. Xiao Chen, you can’t be like this in the future. ”
Ye Chen chuckled when she heard his reprimand and Jun Yan frowned.
Ye Chen said softly, “Shifu, it’s been a long time since you openly show me that you treated me so well. If I hadn’t forced you today, you wouldn’t tell me your thoughts. It’s all up to me to misunderstand you, is it not?”
Then, Ye Chen stood up and advanced to Jun Yan, “Others don’t care about the beginning, but I care. Shifu, can you tell me? The evil spirit in Dan Yan’s body, whose is it?”
Jun Yan’s complexion changed, Ye Chen continued to approach him until they were close at hand. She stared closely at him and questioned coldly, “Shifu, your evil thoughts, what is it?”
Jun Yan abruptly raised his head to gaze at Ye Chen’s eyes.
She knows.
Everything. She may know it.
He didn’t dare to look at Ye Chen’s eyes anymore. This time, he turned around to leave without looking back.
Behind him, Ye Chen didn’t follow. She only laughed with a faint voice.
Jun Yan stumbled back to his place. Song Yi was at the door, nervously urging him “Have you asked her? What did your disciple say?”
Jun Yan didn’t answer immediately. He only stared at Song Yi, restraining his emotions that were currently swinging upside down.
“Why are you looking at me like that? Shidi, I tell you, our Wushuang is really a very good child…”
“Okay.”
“Since he was young, he actually liked Ye Chen…”
“Okay.”
“Ai?? Shidi…”
“Enough! Haven’t I already said ‘okay’?!” Jun Yan roared out, “They may. They can. They will get married! Can you stop talking about it?!”
As soon as his voice fell, both of them were stunned.
Song Yi had known Jun Yan for 300 years. For 300 years, he had never seen him lose his temper.
When Jun Yan arrived at Tian Jian Sect, he was already someone who was estranged and cold. Strangers dared not approach him and he was indifferent about it. He rarely showed his emotions, even if he was angry, he would use his sword to deal with it.
For the first time, after so many years, he lost his temper, raising his voice and roaring loudly. Song Yi was truly shocked by it. Jun Yan also realized he has lost his temper. He averted his gaze and apologized with a dull voice, “I’m sorry, I don’t feel well. I’ll go back first, you’ll be responsible for their marriage. As for Ye Chen, she is willing.”
After speaking, Jun Yan raced straight to his room and put layers of barriers around it. He wandered inside the cold bedroom, calming himself.
He stood alone in the darkness. Somehow, he remembered the words of the little girl from ten years ago. The little girl comforted him when everyone else blamed him for Hong Luan’s death.
“I know that although Shifu cultivated the Ruthless Dao, he is actually more gentle than anyone else.”
“I know that Shifu is good to me, so I will repay Shifu’s kindness.”
At that time, she declared it so seriously. A small person like her gave him an infinite warmth in his heart, she even gave him a vague obscure illusion. This child could comprehend him, understand him, and warm him. Throughout his life, she could be the one to accompany him.
It was only today that he understood. In this world, people would always separate.
He didn’t know why, but he remembered the world of a young man named Gu Jianan. The world he had seen in the illusion.
The Ye Chen in the illusion told that person, when people grow up, they all always go their own way and separate, they have to learn to say goodbye.
But.
He didn’t want to say goodbye.
Gu Jianan didn’t want to, and neither did he. He craved to be with this person for the rest of his life and in the next life. Life after life, forever.
Demonic Aura gradually emerged from him. Jun Yan felt a little tired. He didn’t want to struggle anymore. Whether it’s his Heart Demon or his persistence, neither mattered. He didn’t want to fight anymore.
He leaned against the wall in the dark room without saying a word.
After a long time, Dan Yan’s voice came from outside, “Shifu?”
Jun Yan didn’t reply. He also felt tired of covering up. He didn’t suppress the Demonic Aura from himself. Standing at the door, Dan Yan’s breath hitched. She didn’t waste time and sat cross-legged on the ground, absorbing all the Demonic Aura into her body.
As the Demonic Aura dissipated from him, Jun Yan’s consciousness became clearer. He shortly apprehended what had happened and unlocked the door. There, he saw Dan Yan lay weakly. He fed her a few pills, and scolded her, “The evil thoughts in your body have just been cleared, doing this again, are you seeking death?!”
Dan Yan bit her lower lip and couldn’t talk back.
Jun Yan carried her to the Sixth Peak and summoned Dan Shi to check on her. After stabilizing her with the medicine, Dan Yan eventually whispered, “Shifu, since you like her so much, why don’t you tell her?”
“Even if I tell her, I can’t get her,” Jun Yan forced out a smile, “Why bother?”
People always have a little dignity, the last dignity.
Still, there was always a thought in his heart, worriedly longing to speak out his feelings.
Dan Yan observed him and didn’t say much. When Jun Yan saw that her condition was getting better, he settled her back to Wen Jian Peak. He himself went to Siguo cliff.
He removed all the spells protecting him from the cold and sat on the cliff covered by snow and ice.
The wind was mixed with snowflakes. It chilled both his heart and his body.
His mind was full of Ye Chen.
He couldn’t calm down.
*******
After Song Yi heard Ye Chen was willing, he gladly prepared for the wedding. The whole Tian Jian Sect was decorated. Xie Wushuang and Ye Chen were inseparable.
The two people rely on feeding each other when eating, making the whole single dog[4] in Tian Jian Sect sick.
“Come on, Wushuang, eat eggs.” Ye Chen was full of care, her voice as sweet as honey. On her chopsticks was the egg that Xie Wushuang hated the most.
Xie Wushuang smiled back fondly, on his chopsticks was the leek that Ye Chen hated the most. His voice was also as sweet as Ye Chen’s, “Shijie, I know you like leeks, come, open up.”
“I really thank you so much, Wushuang.” Ye Chen opened her mouth and put the leek in her mouth. Xie Wushuang also bit the egg. He endured his grievance and ate it. He addressed affectionately, “This is what I should do. Who makes me love you so much, higher than the sky and deeper than the sea?”
Ye Chen, “……” Have mercy on me, Sir.
Xie Wushuang’s gentle smile was just like 38’s standard smile expression.
They fed each other and strolled back together while spouting honeyed words. They reached their destination and Ye Chen ultimately complained, “Can you stop hurting me like this in the future?”
“You are the one who hurt me first!” Xie Wushuang hugged himself, feeling aggrieved, “As your spare tire, I’m at risk of being murdered silently by Shishu. And while at it, you actually stole my favorite hibiscus pastry in the morning!”
Ye Chen was exposed. She coughed and skirted the topic, “By the way, Shifu doesn’t show up at all. Say, do you think he doesn’t like me?”
“No one will not like you,” Xie Wushuang smiled, with a bit of sourness in his eyes, “Shijie, you should have more confidence in yourself. ”
“What you said is right.” So Ye Chen decided to inquire 38 about Jun Yan’s Heart Demon.
Though, 38 reported to her that Jun Yan’s Heart Demon was in stable condition. He sat silently on Siguo Cliff.
Ye Chen was a little anxious. She was about to marry Xie Wushuang and there was no fluctuation with Jun Yan’s Heart Demon? Could it be, in Jun Yan’s heart, she was really not important and she could be discarded just like this?
This anxiety of her made her take Xie Wushuang everywhere to spread dog food. She did it with the hope that if Jun Yan suddenly arrived, his Heart Demon would be strengthened and would manifest as soon as possible
She waited and kept waiting. She waited until the night before her marriage. Ye Chen waited for Jun Yan to come over.
She had high hopes that Jun Yan would come tonight. So she specially summoned Xie Wushuang to accompany her in her room. She also ordered 38 to warn her as soon as Jun Yan was near and 38 had agreed.
In the evening, Ye Chen prepared the wine and wore the wedding dress. She conversed with Xie Wushuang.
Xie Wushuang was a little doubtful, and spoke uneasily, “Shijie, our marriage is set for tomorrow. Wearing the wedding clothes tonight, don’t you also think it’s not okay?”
“Shh. Don’t talk.” Ye Chen glared at him, “Shifu is definitely coming tonight. Let’s act well!”
Xie Wushuang was confused for a while. Then, he grinned, “Okay, okay, okay. Let us act well.”
The two of them bickered and fought, waiting for Jun Yan to come. Xie Wushuang drank a good amount of wine. Ye Chen became a little drunk after a while. She propped her chin and studied Xie Wushuang’s handsome face from the side, “Wushuang, you are very good-looking.”
“I know. I’m good-looking. So Shijie really likes it, my face.” Xie Wushuang was also a little tipsy, he followed Ye Chen to prop his chin.
In his life, he had learned many things from Ye Chen. For example, cheap mouth. Another example, these small moves such as propping the chin.
They wore similar wedding clothes and made the same movements. Unconciosuly, it created a sense of intimacy that made it difficult for outsiders to intervene.
Drunkards wouldn’t realize they had drunk too much alcohol and were prone to talk nonsense. Ye Chen formerly intended not to say much, but with her drunkness, she couldn’t resist saying, “Wushuang, don’t worry, when this is over… you don’t have to worry about our shuangying, you will be together with Dan Yan! ”
Xie Wushuang was bewildered, then smirked, “Why will I be together with her?”
“You will definitely be together with her!” Ye Chen argued, “Fate, it’s all destined by Heaven!”
Fate had written out Xie Wushuang’s destiny, he would fall in love with Dan Yan, just like fate had destined Jun Yan to be affectionate to her.
Xie Wushuang picked up his cup, closed his eyes, and took a sip of his wine. This time, the wine felt very bitter.
He thought, for a lifetime, there were truths that he wouldn’t understand nor would he need to understand.
The night breeze blew gently, making Ye Chen more drowsy. At this time, Xie Wushuang pricked his eyes.
He had many treasures of Heaven and Earth on his body, so he noticed the moment Jun Yan appeared. Ye Chen also noticed it because 38 was blowing up sirens in her mind. She lazily tilted her head to convey a message to Xie Wushuang. Xie Wushuang understood what she meant and his face changed in an instant.
It was naked pampering and admiration. Just like the tender and protective cherished feeling of a groom towards his newly-wed wife.
“The current me has nothing,” Xie Wushuang gently stroked Ye Chen’s face, lifting her hair and setting it behind her ears. He muttered, “Shijie will follow me, I’m afraid Shijie will be wronged.”
So shameless……
In her heart, Ye Chen ground her teeth, she felt that this man was really seizing the opportunity to get praised. She may ground her teeth in her heart, but on the outside, her expression was loving, “I like you so much, why will I feel wronged?”
“Where do you like me?” Xie Wushuang shifted his body and his face was close to Ye Chen’s as if he wanted to kiss her at any time.
Ye Chen retained her smile while scolding him in her heart. Son of a bitch……
Such a shame at this moment she couldn’t beat or scold him. At this moment, he was still useful, she needed to keep him alive.
Ye Chen slowly uttered, “Everything about you, I like it. I like your sunny personality, your warm smile, your sweet lips, and your hands that can cook delicious meals. You are so perfect, there is no part of you that I don’t like!”
Xie Wushuang,“……”
His heart couldn’t take it anymore. He could only smile and guided tenderly, “Close your eyes.”
Ye Chen obediently closed her eyes. Xie Wushuang’s arms wrapped her, covering her from Jun Yan’s sight.
Immediately, Jun Yan’s aura disappeared.
The two of them moved stiffly. Xie Wushuang furthered himself from her. Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief after listening to 38’s report.
Seeing Ye Chen’s relief, Xie Wushuang promptly burned the bridge, “You can say such disgusting things with a straight face, please accept my admiration.”
“They were all forced out by you, please also accept my admiration.” Ye Chen motioned with her hand.
She was looking in the direction where Jun Yan was.
Xie Wushuang sipped his tea. He belatedly told, “Go.”
He, too, should go.
For Ye Chen, in the territory of affection, when there was no Jun Yan, there was no need for Xie Wushuang.
Jun Yan returned to Siguo Cliff hastily. He was in a panic, desperately restraining the disordered emotions in his body and trying to suppress the Heart Demon in his heart over and over again.
He originally just wanted to talk to Ye Chen.
He originally just wanted to apologize to his little disciple.
He originally just wanted to ask her if she had really decided to marry Xie Wushuang.
Yet, when she put on her wedding dress; when she said to another person that she liked him, he realized, he didn’t go there for that.
He went there to tell her, don’t marry Xie Wushuang, you don’t like Xie Wushuang.
But.
She liked Xie Wushuang.
The person she liked, it was never him. Now, he understood clearly.
It’s just, he never thought about this.
Never thought that, one day, she would like someone else.
What’s more, the person that she liked, he watched her bring back that person with his own eyes. He watched that man grow up together with her with his own eyes.
He should have killed that person a long time ago… He should have killed that person when he saw him for the first time, when Ye Chen insisted on bringing him back to Tian Jian Sect!
Countless murderous thoughts rolled up. The dark and unspeakable thoughts hidden in his heart were out of control.
“What are you hesitating about?”
A voice enticed him, “She is yours ah. You raised her with your own hand, she does belong to you. Why should you hand her over to someone else?”
“Ruthless Dao? The person you are now, what kind of Ruthless Dao are you still cultivating? Just possess her, own her.”
“She doesn’t love you? It doesn’t matter. As long as she is by your side, won’t it be enough? Kill all the men around her. Let her be alone with you for the rest of her life. She will definitely fall in love with you.”
“She said that she wanted to repay you. It was she who provoked you first. How could you just let her go like this? ”
“She can’t go…”
“Kill Xie Wushuang. Kill all the men around her. The Heavenly Dao? Cultivation? There is nothing more important than her.”
“Jun Yan, you hypocrite! She likes others! She likes others!”
The words ‘she likes others’ kept repeating like a broken record in his mind. Countless fragments of memories played. When she was young, she followed him all the time; When she was 13 years old, she called him Shifu with a wine gourd hanging from her waist; On the night of the Qixi Festival, she knelt in front of him and obediently accepted his kisses; The warmth that belonged to him and only him alone all those years……
In the end, the memories ended at the illusion.
The young man named Gu Jianan was on his bed, lying lifelessly. The sun fell on the bed inch by inch. He curled up on the bed, holding his mobile phone tightly and howling.
That young man, he lost her forever. He never even possesses her.
He had already watched her marry someone else once, would he still need to watch her marry another person for the second time?!
Jun Yan’s eyes widened abruptly and the powerful Spiritual Power burst out from around him. His eyes turned scarlet, his black clothes turned into glamorous red. A trace of red flame lines appeared from between his eyebrows. His long black hair was scattered behind him, dancing with the wind and snow.
With a calm expression, he returned directly to his cave. He quickly drew some arrays and then remained in the cave without saying a word.
The sky lit up and firecrackers sounded outside. Following the custom of Tian Jian Sect, as Ye Chen’s Shifu, Ye Chen and Xie Wushuang would come to visit him first.
Jun Yan was in the deepest part of the cave, there was no light there, only darkness. He quietly listened to the lively voice outside.
After waiting for a long time, he eventually heard Ye Chen’s hearty voice coming from outside, “Shifu, we are here to visit you! ”
“Come in.”
He sat on his chair, voice cold.
Ye Chen dragged Xie Wushuang and entered the cave with joy. As soon as they entered, the door to the cave was shut firm. Xie Wushuang instinctively felt something was amiss. Ye Chen clasped his hand and silently put a Tied-Soul Seal into Xie Wushuang’s body. Xie Wushuang rapidly guessed that today was by no means as simple as getting married. Ye Chen had done so many things to Jun Yan for so long…
He may not tolerate them.
Xie Wushuang grimaced. Ye Chen stepped forward and held his hand tightly. He didn’t dare to make too much movement for fear of disturbing Ye Chen. He could only follow Ye Chen to the deepest part of the cave, listening to Ye Chen respectfully announcing, “Shifu, we have arrived.”
The door of the room was opened and cold wind swept out from the inside. Jun Yan was sitting in the deepest part of the room, there was no light in the room and nothing could be clearly seen. Only the outline of Jun Yan’s body could be seen vaguely. Even so, Xie Wushuang could notice the Demonic Aura that was rising inside. Xie Wushuang tugged Ye Chen back quickly, but he was too late, there was an array activated below them, it emitted a dazzling light.
The light illuminated the man on the edge of the array. He wore red clothes with his dark hair scattered, sitting in his seat, with an indifferent expression.
He viewed them calmly. Ye Chen took a step forward and hid Xie Wushuang behind her. She asked with a smile, “Shifu, what are you doing?”
“You don’t seem surprised at all. “Jun Yan examined her reaction. He affirmed quietly, “You seem to have known that I became like this from a long time ago.” ”
Ye Chen smiled and approached Jun Yan, “So, Shifu, right now, what do you want to do?”
Jun Yan’s gaze was not on her, “What I want to do, don’t you know it?”
Ye Chen strolled up to him, she knelt down on one knee and looked at his eyes.
She was wearing a fiery red wedding dress, her dress flowed together on the ground with the red robe on his body, as if echoing each other. Her eyes and smile were gentle, “I don’t know. Your disciple is getting married, shouldn’t Shifu be happy?”
Jun Yan laughed mockingly. More than a dozen swords appeared in the array and flew towards Xie Wushuang. Xie Wushuang’s complexion blanched, he swiftly drew his sword to resist.
Ye Chen remained motionless, Jun Yan lifted his hand to caress her face, he softly stated, “I’m not happy.”
“My Xiao A’Chen,” He leaned towards her with doting eyes, “Shifu loves you so much, how can you marry someone else? You don’t like him, right?”
Ye Chen’s smile was still there, she said nothing. Around them, the sound of swords were loud. Jun Yan squeezed her jaw tightly and forcefully demanded, “Answer me, you don’t like him, right?”
At that moment, a sword cut Xie Wushuang’s cheek, yet the wound appeared on Ye Chen’s face.
Jun Yan froze. Xie Wushuang, who was exhausted after being chased by a dozen swords, was having a hard time dodging the swords and another sword pierced his abdomen.
All this happened in a blink of an eye, Jun Yan didn’t have time to stop it.
Bright red oozed from Ye Chen’s abdomen.
Jun Yan swayed. His eyes were full of disbelief.
“Back then, when Shifu gave Ye Chen a Tied-Soul Seal, Ye Chen guessed. Shifu must love Ye Chen very much.”
Ye Chen opened her mouth and blood trickled out. Jun Yan dazedly stared at it. Ye Chen grinned, she raised her hand to touch Jun Yan’s cheek, she whispered, “Shifu loves me, doesn’t he?”
Jun Yan didn’t answer, but Ye Chen could feel the tears falling on her palm.
Xie Wushuang saw that Ye Chen was injured and scooted to Ye Chen. It’s a pity that the sword attack around him became stronger and fiercer. Xie Wushuang was afraid of adding more wounds to Ye Chen, so he had to stop his movement. With the swords besieging him, he was separated from Ye Chen. From the other side, he shouted, “Jun Yan, don’t do anything to her! Just come to me if you have grievances with me!”
Jun Yan was numb to anything else, his gaze was only focused at Ye Chen, at her too bright and transparent eyes, as if she had already understood everything.
Turns out, for so many years, his mind that other people could see through had long been seen through by her.
He burst out laughing, his voice trembling, accompanied by sobbing, as if he was mad.
“I taught you the Tied-Soul Seal and you used it on Xie Wushuang…”
His body shook and he seized her wrist, he gawked at her, “Why…”
His voice was hoarse, “Why… Do you want to fall in love with him? Why do you treat me like this? Xiao Chen, am I not good enough for you? Do I not love you enough? Is there anything that he can give but I can’t? Why do you want to leave me? Why can’t you promise to cultivate the Dao with me and ascend together, accompanying each other for a lifetime? Why?”
Ye Chen was still wordlessly smiling. Blood dripped from her wound.
Jun Yan’s demonic aura became denser. A dark figure manifested behind him, enticing him with words. What he said what also roared out by the dark figure.
Ye Chen watched the dark figure, monitoring 38’s counting carefully.
“95%，96%……”
“99%, Host, prepare yourself!”
“100%! Devouring, start!”
Ye Chen was as fast as lightning, she had grabbed the Heart Demon by the neck and began to recite a spell that the System had taught her a long time ago.
The more she recited, the more Demonic Aura poured into her. Xie Wushuang’s complexion was not good. Right now, what else did he not understand?
Ye Chen marrying him was not only to make Jun Yan jealous but also to strengthen his Heart Demon. After making the Heart Demon strong enough to manifest itself, she would absorb the Heart Demon, using her body as the vessel.
This was a more thorough and also more decisive way than Dan Yan’s purification.
The Demonic Aura frantically poured to Ye Chen’s body from Jun Yan’s. Such a powerful force, even if Jun Yan had set heavy barriers in his room, it would stir up the entire Tian Jian Sect. Clouds surged around the cave. The powerful aura made the entire Tian Jian Sect worried. Song Yi brought everyone to the place where the aura gathered, and exclaimed in shock, “This… Isn’t this Shidi’s cave?” ”
Song Yi’s face clouded. “Not good. Wushuang and Ye Chen are still inside!”
Everyone’s faces also shifted. Xie Wushuang and Ye Chen were the best disciples of Tian Jian Sect except for Dan Yan. Such a powerful Demonic Aura, it must come from a great demon that could shock the whole cultivation world. Ye Chen and Xie Wushuang were inside, the chance of them not coming out alive was high.
Song Yi wanted to rush inside to save them, but the people around him held him back.
“Shixiong, don’t be impulsive. Look at the intensity of this Demonic Aura. At this moment, if you go, you are just signing up for a swift death! I have sent a message to the all Sect Leader and opened a teleportation array, it won’t be too late to save them when everyone is here!”
Song Yi heard this and paused his movement. He was soundless.
Dan Yan was in the crowd, she bit her lips, her eyes were glazed with tears.
Nothing…
Shifu… Nothing else can be done…
When the outside world began to actively prepare for battle, Ye Chen had absorbed the Heart Demon.
The last Demonic Aura entered her body. Ye Chen opened her eyes, it had become scarlet. On the other hand, Jun Yan had fainted, but his hands were holding tightly to Ye Chen’s dress.
The wounds on Ye Chen’s body healed automatically. The red wedding dress turned into a red robe. There was a trace of red flame lines on her forehead. Her black hair swayed softly even without wind. Her scarlet eyes scanned the room, it fell on Xie Wushuang and she beamed.
“Are you Ye Chen?”
Xie Wushuang’s voice was obviously vibrating. Ye Chen grinned, “Fool, if I am not Ye Chen, then who am I?”
Xie Wushuang took a second to process her words and raced over to hug her in his arms, “Scared me to death…”
He trembled all over, “Shijie, you don’t know how scared I was just now, I…”
Before he could finish his words, he could feel her stick a talisman on his body. His body was frozen and he could not move, there was a spell cast on him that restricted his voice.
His pupil was shaky. His heart was dipped in fear.
He could not speak, he could only watch.
“Foolish Wushuang,” she scolded gently, “In the future, you must live well.”
Then, she put her hand on her abdomen.
Xie Wushuang realized what she was going to do.
She wanted to cut her Nascent Soul! She wanted to return the Nascent Soul back to him!
Xie Wushuang’s eyes were full of begging but he couldn’t beg with his voice. He could only watch the woman in front of him thrust her hand into her Dantian slowly.
The blood flowed out, and her complexion did not change, as if she was completely unaware of the pain. The only sign of pain she was experiencing was on her face. It was as pale as paper.
I don’t want it. Shijie, don’t do this. Don’t…
Xie Wushuang’s tears fell down and his world was blurred.
He didn’t want her to cut her Nascent Soul.
He didn’t want her to lose her cultivation base.
He struggled to open his mouth. He wanted to tell her,
He was joking.
He didn’t like any other girl.
He didn’t regret marrying her.
It was a blessing for him to be able to marry her.
He didn’t like Dan Yan, he only met her a few times. He did it so Ye Chen wouldn’t feel guilty. She didn’t need to be burdened with his feelings.
He knew she liked Jun Yan.
He was willing to be her good Shidi for the rest of her life. Guarding her. Following her.
She was the most important person in his life.
His life started from the moment he met her.
Everything that created him today was given by her.
When she was thirteen years old, with a wine gourd and a sword, she appeared in his wretched life, sowing a seed in his heart.
The seed had always been there. If she responds to it, then that is love; If she doesn’t respond to it, then that is affection.
And regardless of whether she responded or not, that seed had grown into a big tree covering the sky. When she stood in front of him again and again, he vowed that in this life, he must shield her from the wind and rain.
He didn’t want her Nascent Soul……
If this was the only ending for their shuangying, then it’s better not to end it.
Tears covered Xie Wushuang’s face. Ye Chen cut out the Nascent Soul from her Dantian. She supported one of her hands on his shoulder and pushed the bloody Nascent Soul to his Dantian with her Spiritual Power. “Take my Nascent Soul, okay? You are promising. I’m sure you will be the most powerful person in the cultivation world in the future. Be a good person, work hard, and contribute to world peace…”
The Nascent Soul was finally inserted into his Dantian, the two Nascent Soul intertwined and merged.
Ye Chen leaned her head on his shoulder and justified weakly, “Don’t think I’m taking advantage of you, I’ll just lean on you for a while, I’m a little tired.”
Xie Wushuang couldn’t answer her. The only answer was the tears that rained on Ye Chen’s neck.
“Don’t cry.” Ye Chen comforted, “This is the path that I choose. I have no regrets and no resentment.”
She smiled and steadied herself. She studied Xie Wushuang warmly, “I’m not even crying, why are you the one that cries ah?”
Only then did she remember she gave a spell that restricted his voice. She waved her hand and removed the spell. She scanned the outside with her Divine Consciousness and softly inquired, “Do you have anything to ask? I’m going out soon.”
“You’ve planned this for a long time, haven’t you?” Xie Wushuang hoarsely asserted, “Using me to provoke Shishu and nourish his Heart Demon, then using yourself as a vessel to trap his Heart Demon.”
“That’s right!” Ye Chen smiled and praised, “Wushuang is so smart!”
“What you will face because of this, don’t you know?”
“I know.”
“No one will believe you can trap such a powerful Heart Demon. Even if there is someone that believes it, they won’t dare to take a risk to defend you.”
“I am clear on that. But what else can I do?” Ye Chen’s smile turned bitter, “I can’t only watch him go down step by step, waiting for him to be swallowed and destroyed by his Heart Demon, can I?”
Ye Chen brushed his hair and softly continued, “I can’t, Wushuang. I can only do this.”
All the words in his mouth were stuffed back. There were noises on the outside, indicating their time was running out. Ye Chen sighed and patted his shoulder. “I have to go, if I have the chance in the future, I’ll ask you for a drink.”
She strolled to the door and emphasized, “Remember, the one who fell and became a Devil today was me. The one who was possessed and hurt Shifu and you was me. Nothing was related to Shifu.”
She halted on her track, she tilted her head. With uncertainty in her voice, she confirmed, “Wushuang, you’ll help me, won’t you?”
Xie Wushuang shut his eyes, and with difficulty, answered, “When have I not helped you with everything you want to do?”
“Thank you.” Ye Chen gave a bright smile and decisively marched out.
In the mist, Jun Yan hazily saw a woman with red clothes like blood and ink hair like a waterfall steadily drifting away under the light.
“Don’t go… Xiao Chen…”
He fought to make a sound, trying to move his body, but he couldn’t move at all. Even his voice couldn’t be heard.
He could only watch her walk to the end of the room, put her hands on the door, and opened the door harshly.
The light from the sun swept into the cave followed by the violent wind, so radiant that Ye Chen squinted. In front of the cave, the sky and the ground were densely packed with cultivators holding weapons. Some Ye Chen knew and some she didn’t.
The wind blew Ye Chen’s robe. The robe fluttered around her.
When they saw Ye Chen’s eyes, her fellow disciples were shocked, and so were the other Peak Lords.
“She has fallen!” A righteous and fierce cultivator yelled furiously, “Don’t let her go without a fight!”
Ye Chen’s grin broadened and she laughed.
“Greeting, I, a traitor from Tian Jian Sect, Ye Chen,” Her loud voice reverberated around the peak, “Have seen you here!”
Footnotes
婚 – hūn; the man will marry a woman to his house, to take a wife↵
嫁 – jià; the woman will marry to a man’s house, to marry off a daughter↵
逍遥道 – xiāoyáo dào. 逍遥 means free and unfettered, wandering infinitely without waiting. Xiaoyao Dao focuses on spiritual freedom and the unity of nature and man. Having no dependence on secular things, being one with naturalization, and being free from anything.↵
单身狗 – a slang term that specifically refers to people who have no romantic partner or are not married. Because of it, Public Display of Affection aka PDA is called dog food.↵
Ry’s Corner
First of all, I’m sorry for missing 2 (or is it 3?) updates! I will make it up next week. I and Lyre were busy being a nanny for a certain seafood-allergic friend of ours that decided secretly eating seafood would be fun!!! (P.s: it’s not.)
Secondly, I changed the web domain. So, ah, the previous links from NovelUpdates will not work. It still works, actually. Just change the domain from elysian243808057.wordpress to elysianpit.wordpress. As for why I changed it, well, I always wanted to do it but I kept forgetting to do it and only remember it now. Wuwuwu. I’m sorry.
(Also, sorry, I forgot to add this chapter to NovelUpdates for a week *cough*)
Just know that I won’t abandon any novels that I picked up.
Anyway,
My baby, Xie Wushuang!
Ye Chen, you scum!!!
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The chatting guest on the seat went, so the book slept.
Thank youuu!! Im afraid you’re gone. I will miss to discuss about this novel!! XD
I will always come back to finish this novel ᵕ꒳ᵕ
So glad the site didn’t actually disappear!!
Ahhh, after a shitty day this is a great comfort… only why is this so sad T_T
Xie Wushuang!!! Definitley prefer him rather than the male lead in this arc. That part about him loving Ye Chen all along, only making it seem like he didn’t so he wouldn’t burden her because he knew she loved Jun Yan…. Aww. He’s awesome, but we won’t see more of him will we?
“ The seed had always been there. If she responds to it, then that is love; If she doesn’t respond to it, then that is affection.” This line 😭😭😭 why can’t all male leads be this discerning?
Oh and saving chapters to binge didn’t go so well… it’s simply too addicting lol
Many thanks
Ah how tragic. The rouge YC!
WOOOOOOOOO
SHE LOOKS SO COOL IN MY MINDS EYE
FUCKKKK WHAT A GIRLBOSS