After hearing such confident and visionary words from Jian Yi, Qi Jibai was left unable to respond. After quite a while, Qi Jibai sighed: “Gaining a disciple like you must be because of all the sins I’ve committed in my past life.”
“Why would shifu say that?” Jian Yi asked: “Are you afraid I wouldn’t be able to do what I promised you before?”
“I’m only afraid you’ll die first before you fulfill your promise!” Qi Jibai threw his long sleeve and said in a disgruntled tone.
Jian Yi smiled briefly, but didn’t continue to banter with him. Instead, he moved over next to the window and looked outside. From his angle, he could see a little road heading down the mountain. At this moment, Wen Xuan was just heading down this small road.
Jian Yi looked with rapt attention just like this.
During his travels, Wen Xuan looked so solitary, turning a blind eye to the gazes of bystanders. He didn’t interact with anyone and others didn’t go out of their way to interact with him either, as if they lived in two separate worlds. Jian Yi thought, now that Shixiong has encountered this situation inside the Sect, he must be very lonely. Thinking about Wen Xuan’s current loneliness, Jian Yi felt distressed for him. However at the same time, deep inside his heart, he couldn’t help but contain a secret joy.
Until Wen Xuan almost walked to the end of this road, a person suddenly appeared and blocked his path.
This sudden appearance was Luo Qingquan who just came from Wen Xuan’s place not long ago. Luo Qingquan, this person, could be described as rather bored. He blocked Wen Xuan’s path, yet didn’t plan to do anything. He just had to stand there and throw down some vicious words before leaving, as if something that simple was enough to complete his day.
This rather juvenile behavior from Luo Qingquan, however, made Wen Xuan a bit happier. Even the expression on his face eased quite a bit.
Jian Yi watched from above, fingers unconsciously digging into the edge of the window frame.
“Don’t scratch off the paint.” Qi Jibai tapped him on his fingers and warned him.
Fortunately, Luo Qingquan very quickly parted ways with Wen Xuan. Jian Yi also let go of his grip. In the end, the window frame’s paint was saved. But the gaze that Jian Yi used to look at Luo Qingquan was heavy and full of hostility.
Qi Jibai gave a moment of silence for that sudden walking disaster, Luo-shizhi. Moreover, he didn’t plan to stay here any longer as Jian Yi continued expressing his abnormal possessiveness.
Qi Jibai got up, said his goodbyes, and returned to his alchemy room.
Meanwhile, after Jian Yi’s expression remained gloomy for a moment, slowly, he recovered. Although he was displeased, he didn’t plan to do anything. In actuality, Jian Yi’s hostility towards Luo Qingquan didn’t last for too long. Because he knew, this was only temporary.
Then, a few more days passed. Jian Yi desperately deciphered the cultivation method he needed. Finally, he was starting to see success. However, if he wanted to appear before Wen Xuan again, he needed to recover his complexion first.
In these days, Wen Xuan completely became a hermit, not even leaving his place once. Luckily, Luo Qingquan came pretty much everyday to bicker with Wen Xuan, allowing him to relieve a bit of his stuffiness. However, on this day, when it was about time for Luo Qingquan to come searching for a fight, Wen Xuan impulsively stood at the doorway and took a look.
As expected, Luo Qingquan ran over again. But this time, he stopped at the foot of the mountain, conversing with someone blocking his way.
Wen Xuan focused his gaze and took a closer look. The person talking to Luo Qingquan, other than Zhang Xiaoqing, who else would it be? Thinking about how Zhang Xiaoqing ran away as soon as she saw him, Wen Xuan felt his heart drop.
Luo Qingquan always had a very favorable impression towards Zhang Xiaoqing. Now that he’s been stopped like this, his entire person was filled with a bit of excitement and nervousness. Then after Zhang Xiaoqing said some unknown things to him, Luo Qingquan’s face gained some astonishment.
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After Zhang Xiaoqing left, Luo Qingquan raised his head again. The gaze that he used to look at Wen Xuan became more complicated. He raised his foot and walked towards Wen Xuan two steps, raising his hand as if he had something to say. Then, he shook his head. In the end, he turned and returned to where he came from.
The reason Luo Qingquan bothered Wen Xuan before was completely because of his insuppressible ego.
However in comparison, the on-going affection that he had for Zhang Xiaoqing all this time was far more important than his ego.
From then onward, Luo Qingquan didn’t come over to Wen Xuan’s place again and became estranged to him just like the other disciples in the sect.
Wen Xuan sat inside his home, laughing deprecatingly at himself. On the table, there was a pile of paper, all letters that Jian Yi sent over in the last few days. Sometimes, there’d be several letters in one day. Occasionally, Wen Xuan would feel like Jian Yi was too sticky, but now, these letters became his only comfort.
However, the next morning, even Jian Yi’s letter didn’t arrive.
Wen Xuan waited all the way until after lunchtime, looking outside again and again. He was just thinking it was odd when he saw a figure bouncing in from outside, high spirited, coming to a stop right beside him. Jian Yi finally left from Qi Jibai’s place.
“Shixiong!” Jian Yi already took the opportunity to fully recover all of his energy in the last few days. As soon as he saw Wen Xuan, he started to cling: “Long time no see, did you miss me?”
Wen Xuan asked him with a smile: “Long time no see?”
Jian Yi held up his fingers and counted, dry laughing twice: “Looks like…… it’s been five days.”
Five days. So it’s only been merely five days. This was really a very short time when counted, yet Wen Xuan felt as if a long time had passed. Seeing Jian Yi again, he was really extremely happy.
Smiling, he rubbed Jian Yi’s head and said earnestly: “I missed you a lot.”
Jian Yi just started feeling elated when he saw Wen Xuan sigh and hastily asked him what happened.
Wen Xuan explained that thing with Luo Qingquan. Although Jian Yi already predicted this to happen, hearing Wen Xuan talk about it right now, he still listened very closely.
“Shixiong,” Done listening, he asked Wen Xuan: “Do you want to know why this happened?”
Wen Xuan thought for a second and nodded his head.
“Zhang Xiaoqing…… that Zhang shijie,” Jian Yi told him: “actually had some affection towards you before.”
Wen Xuan was faintly surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, this fact wasn’t really that unexpected.
“But she is the Sect Leader’s disciple. When the Sect Leader had plans for you before, he let it go. Later when you and the Sect Leader pretty much broke off all relations, how could the Sect Leader allow her to keep that kind of intentions?” Jian Yi continued to say: “In order to dispel those intentions she had towards you, the method was very simple.”
Hearing this, Wen Xuan actually already understood. Sighing, he leaned against the table, eyes lowered: “In other words, the Sect Leader told her the truth, right?”
Jian Yi pressed his lips together, not replying. However, his eyes already answered everything.
“So it’s like that.” Wen Xuan sighed repeatedly: “So it’s like that. Ultimately, it’s still because of my birth history.”
No wonder Zhang Xiaoqing used to treat him so well, yet was going out of her way to avoid him now. So what changed her wasn’t those rumors but the actual truth.
Then Zhang Xiaoqing stopped Luo Qingquan. It was probably only because she was worried that Luo Qingquan would end up in some terrible situation getting too involved with Wen Xuan. As for whether she told Luo Qingquan the truth as well or if she just used their relationship as a threat to dissuade Luo Qingquan, Wen Xuan didn’t know.
“Shixiong, don’t be upset. Didn’t I say before already? The way that they are right now is only proof that there’s no reason for you to care so much about them.” Jian Yi held Wen Xuan’s hand and lightly patted the back of it: “And plus,” Jian Yi then lowered his head and suppressed his voice so quiet it couldn’t go any lower: “To be honest, when I saw others spending time with you in the past, I always felt very jealous.”
Wen Xuan rapped him on the head: “Oh you.”
Jian Yi covered his head and flinched back, pursing his lips.
Yet Wen Xuan’s mood strangely became much better. To use the current situation in exchange for a little peace of mind for Jian Yi, after careful consideration, Wen Xuan decided that it was probably worth it.
“You were talking about cultivating in seclusion before,” Wen Xuan then asked him: “How’s the preparations?”
“Probably in the next few days.” Jian Yi answered: “Shifu already found a suitable cultivation method for me.”
“Then you should go into seclusion soon. Stop worrying about what’s happening with me over here.”
“I was just about to talk to you about this.” Jian Yi said: “Since your place is pretty empty, how about I go into seclusion over here?”
Hearing this, Wen Xuan put on a serious face: “How outrageous? Jian Shidi, do you plan to focus and go into quiet seclusion at all?”
Being reprimanded, Jian Yi lowered his head and sulked.
Fortunately, Wen Xuan knew deep down that Jian Yi suggested this because he was only worried. Very quickly, Wen Xuan smoothed out his expression and persuaded him with a warm tone: “I know what you’re worried about me but you can relax. I’m not as devastated and inconsolable as you think. And plus, after you go into seclusion, I’ll be going into seclusion myself.”
Speaking of which, Wen Xuan often went into 3-5 years of seclusion before. He passed life fine without seeing anyone every once in a while, without feeling any hints of loneliness. This was enough to prove that everything he felt currently was only a mental thing.
Since the discussion has progressed to this point, Jian Yi can only dispel his original plan and obediently return to Qi Jibai’s place to cultivate in seclusion.
Actually from a certain point of view, going into seclusion at Qi Jibai’s place was more convenient for Jian Yi to do what he needed.
Nevertheless, when leaving Wen Xuan’s abode, Jian Yi still turned his head to look back after every other step, extremely reluctant. Wen Xuan watched his leaving figure, completely not knowing if he should laugh and cry.
After Jian Yi left, Wen Xuan took a deep breath, patted himself on the face, and completely shifted his focus onto his own cultivation.
Therefore, time flew past. In a blink of an eye, half a year came and went. In this half a year, Wen Xuan was pretty much completely in seclusion, only occasionally heading out for fresh air. His reputation in the Water Cloud Sect still didn’t improve for the better. Good thing he no longer cared about that and the disciples in the Sect also became used to his hermit behavior. The Sect Leader, Jizi Ang, also didn’t do anything more, only pretending this person didn’t exist in the sect, that’s all.
Jizi Ang had even bigger things to worry about nowadays– the demon that was completely released.
Originally everyone thought, no matter how powerful that demon was, under the combined effort of all of these Nascent Soul cultivators, it definitely won’t be able to gain any advantages. However, the real development of the situation was completely out of everyone’s expectations.
The demon continued to hide its presence, making all of those Nascent Soul cultivators unable to find it. Yet every once in a while, the demon would reveal its claws from its hiding spot and take the lives of a few or even a dozen cultivators. What really made people terrified was that as the time elapsed, that demon’s strength seemed to increase more and more. In the last few months, it even started to attack some smaller sects.
As they continued to hunt down the demon, the nascent soul cultivators gradually discovered that at first the demon was acting on its own, however later on, it seemed to have gained some followers. Those lesser demons who were hiding amongst humans were gathered together by that demon. When these nascent soul cultivators finally realized what was happening and started to search for these overlooked little demons, all of the little demons in the world had already been collected by this demon.
In the very end, the only small demon that those nascent soul cultivators could find was actually the shadow attachment demon in Chu Lian’s hands.
“How about we set a trap? And lure it out?”
“Would it take the bait?”
“Can give it a try. The shadow attachment demon still counts as its follower at least.”
Therefore, the nascent soul cultivators decided to do it. However, Chu Lian was prideful. He was unwilling to attack a demon together with all of these nascent soul cultivators. In the end, Chu Lian returned to the Water Cloud Sect. After discussing with Jizi Ang, he used the Sect’s strength to set up a magic array.
This magic array was deployed in a desolate and uninhabited mountain. According to Jizi Ang, although this array wasn’t as good as the Sect’s protection array, it wasn’t far off. Chu Lian placed that shadow attachment demon inside the array and patiently waited for that demon to take the bait.
The other nascent soul cultivators wouldn’t really hand over this matter to Chu Lian alone, so they all got ready to provide support from the outside.
This looked like a perfect set up. They didn’t believe the demon could really flip out and escape. The only thing they were worried about was probably what to do if the demon didn’t take the bait.
However, the demon really did appear.
But the development of what followed was completely out of everyone’s expectations.
In between Wen Xuan’s seclusion this time, he heard an extremely shocking piece of news.
The demon broke through the magic array. Not only did it bring away the shadow attachment demon, it dealt heavy injuries to both Chu Lian, as well as Jizi Ang, who was guarding the array.
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Chocada
They deserved that..now wen xuan and jian yi can use the death contract to their advantage