Wen Xuan’s gaze has remained fixed on Jian Yi ever since he entered. This was a strange kind of feeling. Like his heart was hollow, and only by looking at the other can his heart finally feel somewhat fulfilled.
“Shixiong,” Jian Yi noticed his peculiarity: “Are you okay?”
Pressing his lips together, Wen Xuan didn’t know how to answer that exactly .
Actually as soon as those words escaped his mouth, Jian Yi discovered they were rather pointless. He just came in from outside. How those people in the Water Cloud Sect were discussing Wen Xuan, he at least heard a little here and there. However, he never imagined that this matter would give Wen Xuan such a big blow.
“Shixiong, don’t mind it too much.” Jian Yi sat in front of him and faced him: “You and I both know what kind of person you are. What’s the point of caring about what others say?”
Wen Xuan smiled: “Sounds reasonable.”
Jian Yi saw that he was only forcing himself to smile and was just about to console him some more. However, Wen Xuan shook his head.
“I’m not so inflexible.” Wen Xuan said: “It’s already to this point. The only thing I can do is look on the bright side.”
What kind of bright side is there? The corner of Jian Yi’s mouth twitched, yet he said in concord: “That’s right. What’s so hard to accept here? This is a good thing, a very good thing! The reason why they’re treating you like this now is completely because this is just the type of people they are. You misjudged them before. You shouldn’t have treated them so well before! This is a great opportunity for you to see clearly just how all of these people are!”
Just look at how Jian Yi was describing this situation. Wen Xuan couldn’t help but laugh in amusement.
With this laugh of his, Jian Yi instantly felt a little awkward. Dry laughing twice, he couldn’t continue any longer.
However, the next second, Wen Xuan suddenly reached out, grabbed Jian Yi’s elbow, and pulled the other into his arms. Hugging him with both hands, he rubbed his head against Jian Yi’s shoulder with a smile: “Jian shidi, what you said is correct.”
“Shi-shishishishishixiong……” Startled terribly, Jian Yi stuttered as soon as he opened his mouth.
Pretending not to hear, Wen Xuan continued to draw Jian Yi into his embrace. He even rubbed the other on the head: “Everything you say is correct.”
Jian Yi vaguely felt like he was being hugged like a body pillow. However, body pillows didn’t really exist in this world. Nevertheless, you know people, there’s always certain times in which they want to hug something in their arms. This kind of mood still remained the same.
Therefore, he settled down and quietly stayed in Wen Xuan’s arms, extremely cute and well-behaved, without moving at all.
When Wen Xuan lowered his head to take a look, Jian Yi had long flushed red with embarrassment, face scalding hot to touch.
“Oh you,” Wen Xuan finally released him, and even reached out a hand to squeeze his cheek: “How long have we known each other? How come you’re still so shy?”
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“Actually I…… am not being shy……” Jian Yi turned his face, saying in a feeble low voice.
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Daiyun Peak, where Wen Xuan lived, was already deserted without much human presence prior due to Chu Lian. Yet before, there would always be people walking nearby because of Wen Xuan. Now, even this little human presence was scarce.
“There will be a lot less things to be concerned about.” Wen Xuan said with a light smile: “I can focus all of my energy on cultivation.”
Cultivators should focus on cultivation mainly anyways. To say this was a good thing was really not wrong.
However, it was really impossible to see happiness from the smile on Wen Xuan’s face.
“Shixiong,” Jian Yi grabbed his hands: “Right now, you still need to endure.”
Wen Xuan looked at him.
“We’re still not strong enough yet. We still need the Sect for protection.” Jian Yi said: “But as long as we continue to cultivate, one day, we will be able to stand on our own.”
“Then break away from the Sect……?” Wen Xuan sighed.
Leave Water Cloud Sect? Not long ago, this was something Wen Xuan would have never thought of. But first, he lost all hope in the Sect Leader. Now, he’s been alienated by all of these fellow disciples’ suspicions. Unconsciously, when Jian Yi presented this notion again, Wen Xuan actually didn’t reject it intensely like before.
Nevertheless, this was the place where he grew up. Leaving was easier said than done.
“In any case, when that time comes, we can stay if we want to stay, go if we want to go. No one can stop us.” Jian Yi looked into Wen Xuan’s eyes and expressed extremely seriously: “There’s only one thing. No matter where you go, I will follow.”
Very good. That’s all that mattered. Wen Xuan lightly patted Jian Yi on the back of his hand.
“Of course, Shixiong, you’re well aware of my skills.” Jian Yi continued somewhat smugly: “When that time comes, even if you don’t want me to follow you, I will still follow you to the end of the world.”
“You little……” Wen Xuan didn’t know if he should laugh or cry. He didn’t know what to say, but he felt a warm and comfortable feeling in his heart.
“Therefore……” Jian Yi lowered his head again, as if saying with some hints of reluctance: “After this, I might go into seclusion to cultivate for a while.”
He couldn’t compare to Wen Xuan. This was the first time he reached foundation building, and right after reaching it, he’s been rushing about with Wen Xuan all over. It’s way past due for him to go into seclusion to steady his cultivation.
Wen Xuan nodded, very much in agreement internally. Then he asked him: “Is this what your shifu advised you after we returned to the Sect?”
“Shifu didn’t mention this at all. I had this planned before.” Jian Yi said: “If I don’t work hard, Shixiong will leave me further and further behind. When the time comes, how will I accompany you? However, shixiong, don’t worry. If you encounter any trouble when I’m in seclusion, you can come find me. I’ll come out immediately.”
Entering and leaving secluded cultivation was no joke, but when Jian Yi said these words, he still remained firm and resolute.
Wen Xuan understood his good intentions and didn’t bother correcting him here. He said instead: “Since it’s like that, before you go into seclusion, let’s deal with this empathy parasite business first. My place just happens to be quiet and out of the way so we don’t need to go searching for other places.”
This was something they agreed on a while ago. Jian Yi naturally didn’t have any objections. He only asked: “Is there anything else we need to prepare?”
“We already gathered all the materials from Murong-xianzi. Nothing is missing.” Wen Xian said as he took out the storage bag and dumped the stuff outside. Then he split the materials in half, one portion for each person.
Jian Yi held his portion in his hand and started to grind it into powder using his spiritual energy according to the directions on the jade slip. Wen Xuan naturally had his own portion to grind. But since he’s yuan gathering, his spiritual energy was stronger so he was much faster than Jian Yi in terms of speed.
“Shixiong,” Jian Yi said as he grounded: “Although we need to resolve this, the difficulty level of this method is pretty high. Even if we’re not successful, it’s pretty normal.”
“Why are you giving up when we haven’t even started yet?” Wen Xuan said with a smile: “This isn’t like you.”
“I’m not giving up.” Jian Yi looked at the crushed materials in his hand like he was looking at some rare treasure, exceptionally serious: “I’m only afraid you’ll be disappointed.”
During these words, Jian Yi finally finished his work. Looking at the fine powder in his hand, Jian Yi let out a breath as he handed it over to Wen Xuan.
At the same time, Wen Xuan exchanged his grounded portion to Jian Yi.
Then, they mixed them into hot water and drank them separately into their stomachs.
This process was to let the two people’s thoughts become even more harmonious. Adding in the empathy parasite, with all these prepared, it built a bridge that allowed them to peek into each other’s inner hearts.
When these materials that carried the other’s spiritual energy dissolved in their stomach, the two people both felt a warm comfortable feeling spreading throughout their bodies. For a moment, they even became somewhat drowsy.
“Shixiong,” Jian Yi sat up proper and straight in front of Wen Xuan, clearly somewhat nervous: “It’s almost time to start.”
Wen Xuan nodded, actually pretty nervous as well. Yet at the same time, that strange tiny feeling of anticipation sprouted in his heart, making him even more excited.
Then the two people leaned close and pressed foreheads together, looking into each other’s eyes at a close proximity.
This was an excessively intimate posture. Jian Yi started to flush red again.
“Shixiong,” However at this time, Jian Yi said again: “It’s okay if we’re not successful. Even partial success is an ideal situation.”
The so-called partial success describes a situation, where one person successfully reaches the deepest part of the other person’s heart while the other person fails. Under this kind of situation, neither party’s empathy parasite would die, however one side– the side who’s heart was seen completely and thoroughly, yet was unable to reach the opposite side’s heart– the empathy parasite inside them would enter a suspended state of inactivity and lose the ability to harm its host.
In normal situations, the empathy parasites would cause the two people to share life and death because this pair of parasites were a mated pair. If the host died, the parasite in their body would be unable to survive either. At the same time, in response to feeling its mate’s death, the other empathy parasite would also die immediately as well. In this process, it would let out a large amount of poison and kill off its own host.
Yet under a situation where one of the parasites became inactive, the link that shared life and death would enter an unequal state. The inactive parasite would no longer be capable of feeling its mate’s death, yet the death of the inactive parasite would still be felt by the mate.
In other words, if I succeeded and you failed, your death would result in my death, but my death would not do anything to you. That’s the inequality.
However, Wen Xuan didn’t have any concept of partial success in his heart. To him, this situation was also a kind of failure. He only thought that Jian Yi was really kind of strange today. Why would a brash kid that always charged around recklessly repeatedly express such pessimism on this matter?
He was just about to tease Jian Yi a bit, yet in the mere blink of an eye, he felt his vision turn fuzzy and Jian Yi’s figure completely disappeared from sight.
Wen Xuan very quickly discovered that he was currently stepping into Jian Yi’s heart.
It was really a strange feeling. Clearly he was just looking into the other’s eyes at a close distance and between their exchange of breaths, he thought about wanting to see into the other’s heart. Then, he actually entered.
At the same time, Wen Xuan also felt surprised. Because after the fuzziness retreated, only pitch black remained. So this was the inside of Jian Yi’s heart? Wen Xuan felt like this didn’t seem likely. He thought perhaps he hasn’t reached it yet.
He steadied himself, somewhat excited yet apprehensive as he continued to walk forward.
After walking for a while, Wen Xuan gradually made a discovery.
This was a road. A road that was dark and narrow. By just extending his hands, Wen Xuan can touch the walls on this narrow road. When he touched the walls, there seemed to be patterns carved on it. However, in this darkness, he couldn’t see clearly at all.
Therefore, Wen Xuan lit up a ball of fire in this darkness and used the fire to light up the view before him. He finally saw the things carved on the stone walls clearly.
The stone walls were carved with lines. These lines created images after images.
When Wen Xuan saw them clearly, his heart violently jumped and thump thump thump’d loudly, incapable of stopping at all. The carvings on the wall really exceeded his expectations.
I really wonder what our Shidi has on the walls of his heart eheheheheheh
Thank you for sharing your hard work !
I suddenly thought of Hua chengs’ murals of taizi dianxia for some reason
Same…
Same
Same!
Thank You for the chapter (๑•͈ᴗ•͈) ♡♡♡
Tenho pra mim que Jian era doente antes de morrer…