Wen Xuan sighed: “Just as I suspect. I’m thinking the same. That’s the only place…ai.”
“What place?” Jian Yi asked in confusion.
“You actually didn’t think of it?” Qi Jibai teased him with an ambiguous smile: “Didn’t you stay there for half a day? Forgot it so quickly?”
Stunned, Wen Xuan said: “Did that really happen?”
Jian Yi was still confused at first. Seeing Wen Xuan’s puzzlement, and then thinking for a moment, his face color instantly turned white. He finally remembered. What kind of place did he stay at that Wen Xuan wasn’t aware of? Naturally it was that time when Wen Xuan was unconscious from falling back down into foundation building, and Jian Yi was captured by Jizi Ang to be locked away in the Cold Wind Tunnel for half a day.
That’s right, that cursed Cold Wind Tunnel.
Although at that time, Jian Yi brazenly found a way to cultivate inside that tunnel and spent it better than others who had been locked inside that cave, he still got quite a chill. Even now when he thought about those three words, he had goosebumps all over that won’t go away.
“The Cold Wind Tunnel is a very vast area. Most of it is also buried underground, with many intersecting routes. Hiding all of these people shouldn’t be a problem.” Wen Xuan said: “but the cold air inside actually really isn’t something normal people could stand.”
When the crowd behind him heard these words, they finally realized that the place Wen Xuan wanted to go was that Cold Wind Tunnel. There was a wave of commotion instantly. After the commotion, people continuously stepped forward to express that, in comparison to their lives, they were willing to endure mere coldness.
“Okay.” Wen Xuan then nodded and decisively brought them towards the entrance of the Cold Wind Tunnel.
As soon as they entered, the crowd felt a gust of cold air and all shivered uncontrollably. However, in comparison to inside, this entrance’s temperature was already very warm. As they walked further in, many people’s faces turned purple from the cold.
Good thing Wen Xuan and Qi Jibai took out some protection equipment and gave it to them to protect themselves. However, a few protection equipment definitely couldn’t protect this many people. They can only combine efforts, everyone taking out what they have, and work together to resist against the freezing wind inside the cave.
The moment when they were abandoned by the Sect, logically speaking, they were no longer fellow sect disciples. Nevertheless, right now, they were even more unified than before.
Some people even said reluctantly: “From now on…… are we really not Water Cloud Sect disciples anymore?”
These words triggered many people’s sorrows, making them gain tears to their eyes.
Wen Xuan, however, only looked at the back of Qi Jibai who was walking in the front and said indifferently: “My sect has forsaken me, so why shouldn’t I forsake my sect?”
The crowd was all stunned.
These were the famous words that Qi Jibai left behind back then when he revolted against the Danxin Sect. Wen Xuan actually brought it up at a time like this.
Then, after careful consideration, bringing Qi Jibai’s famous words up here, actually was really rather suitable.
“That’s right.” Immediately someone ground their teeth and casted away their recent sorrow: “ My sect has forsaken me, so why shouldn’t I forsake my sect?”
These words spread outwards like a ripple. Many people couldn’t resist mouthing it quietly, expression gradually turning staunch. To them, there was no Sect anymore. In the future, they can only rely on themselves.
“Wen shixiong,” A girl with a frozen red face asked: “As long as we can endure this, we will live, right?”
Wen Xuan turned his head and gave her a look, and then looked at all of those people behind her. Smiling, he only said: “This Cold Wind Tunnel actually has many exits.”
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Saying this, Wen Xuan searched around in his storage pouch and finally found a jade slip. Taking it out, he handed it over to the people behind him: “You guys should remember this.”
What was recorded in this jade slip was naturally the roads that Wen Xuan scouted out back then.
As someone accepted this jade slip dumbfoundedly, a violent wave of earthquake traveled in from outside, shaking the inside of the cave so hard, the crowd’s faces all turned white. They all knew, the demon had arrived.
However, Wen Xuan calmly pacified them.
The person who accepted the jade slip swallowed his saliva, calmed down, then took out a jade slip of their own and transferred the information over. Then, they passed on the jade slip to the next person beside them. Passing it around one by one, they circulated this jade slip around. Everyone was serious and focused. They all know that the information inside the jade slip could save their lives.
When the last person returned the jade slip back into Wen Xuan’s hand, everyone looked at Wen Xuan with somewhat reddened eyes.
They all know why Wen Xuan would tell them all of these exits.
As expected, when Wen Xuan retrieved that jade slip back, he gave them one last smile and brought Jian Yi with him. He found an intersection and left them.
“Yuan gathering cultivators don’t need to be concerned with the cold air inside the cave. Foundation gathering cultivators can withstand it pretty much. Only for qi gathering cultivators, it’s somewhat dangerous. Since you guys are able to journey together, it can be considered fate. Seeing that there are people of lower cultivations beside you, you should try to assist each other as much as you can.”
In the end, these were the only words Wen Xuan left behind.
It wasn’t until they couldn’t see the people behind them that Jian Yi finally asked him: “Shixiong, is it really okay like this?”
Wen Xuan said: “I can help for one moment, but I can’t help for a lifetime.”
Hearing this answer, Jian Yi was very satisfied: “Shixiong, you finally accepted it.”
Wen Xuan didn’t know if he should laugh or cry. Don’t just look at how quiet and accepting Jian Yi has been all this time, seeming like he didn’t express any discontent. In actuality, the strength that he used to grasp at Wen Xuan’s elbow was really quite terrifying. Wen Xuan’s heart was clear like a mirror. He knew how dissatisfied Jian Yi was towards his decision to bring all of those people.
“Let’s not talk about this.” Wen Xuan then asked: “Shouldn’t you tell me just what had happened?”
Jian Yi’s pleased face just now stiffened again. After a long time, he finally told Wen Xuan exactly what happened that night.
“Back then, you said that the Sect leader made you do these things?” Wen Xuan gave him a sideways glance.
“That was purposely dragging him in the water.” Jian Yi said weakly: “Shixiong, it’s not like you don’t know. If I didn’t say it like that, I probably would have been killed by him already.”
Wen Xuan, however, didn’t blame him for this little scheme. Instead, he rubbed Jian Yi on the head: “That’s good then.”
Jian Yi looked at him.
“At first, when I heard you say that the Sect Leader told you to do it, I almost spat blood out of anger.” Wen Xuan continued to say: “If it’s your own plans, then alright. I trust your judgment.”
Finally, Jian Yi understood his meaning. Instantly he felt warm and cozy inside. He couldn’t resist rubbing against Wen Xuan’s shoulder, lowered voice brushing past Wen Xuan’s ear: “Shixiong, I won’t betray your trust.”
Ear feeling somewhat ticklish from being rubbed against, Wen Xuan unconsciously felt heat in his cheeks. He turned his face, moving his ear away, and then asked: “What is that Immortal Master Tuo Yue’s magic gourd all about? Is it related to why the demon is in a frenzy right now?”
“Shouldn’t be related. There’s no rhythm to its insanity.” Jian Yi said: “That magic gourd was just an old item between him and Immortal Master Tuo Yue back then.”
Wen Xuan still wanted to ask more but he saw Qi Jibai’s figure appear at an intersection ahead. As it turned out, Qi Jibai left a step before them, but was currently waiting for them here.
“After this parting, who knows when we will meet again.” Qi Jibai said as he extended a hand in Jian Yi’s direction: “There’s something you should give me.”
Jian Yi then handed him a jade slip: “I was only able to decipher a general idea at this point, perhaps it’s not perfect enough.”
“It’s enough.” Qi Jibai took the jade slip in his hand, looked at it for a little while and smiled with a complicated expression. Then, he looked at Jian Yi and said: “Since we were teacher disciple once, please take care of yourself!”
Jian Yi nodded.
Then Qi Jibai waved and separated from them.
Wen Xuan was somewhat astonished. In his heart, Qi Jibai was Jian Yi’s shifu. He never imagined the other would leave so straightforwardly.
However, Jian Yi told Wen Xuan that actually, he proposed a while ago that he wanted to use this exchange to break off their teacher disciple relationship. At that time, Qi Jibai still considered Jian Yi his disciple. Hearing this request, he was naturally furious. However, the trade that Jian Yi proposed really was too attractive to Qi Jibai. In the end, Qi Jibai finally agreed.
“I told him I could decipher a plan to help him recover completely.” Jian Yi said.
Ever since he was plotted against by the people of Danxin Sect many years ago and suffered damage to his cultivation foundation, Qi Jibai could only halt at yuan gathering, incapable of forming a gold core. This was probably the most irreconcilable thing in Qi Jibai’s life. That’s why when Jian Yi proposed this trade, he wasn’t worried that the other wouldn’t agree.
From then onward, they only had a business deal between them, completely lacking the sentiments between a teacher and disciple.
After listening to Jian Yi’s narration, Wen Xuan can only feel incredulous: “Didn’t Elder Qi treat you very well? Why did you have to do this?”
To this, Jian Yi only smiled.
From the very start, he only wanted to become Qi Jibai’s disciple because he wanted Qi Jibai’s divine tool and his knowledge. He never thought this would be so troublesome. It wasn’t until after he became Qi Jibai’s disciple and saw his every word and action, as well as the concern and aid Qi Jibai offered him that he realized there was actually something called sentiments between teacher and student.
Therefore, Jian Yi broke off this relationship.
If he didn’t break it off and let it persist, sooner or later he would place Qi Jibai, this shifu, in his heart. However, in this world, he only needed to care about one person in his heart and that was enough.
Thinking here, Jian Yi held onto Wen Xuan’s elbow a little tighter.
Luckily. Luckily, from today onward, the only person left for Wen Xuan to care about was also only him.
Yet, just at this time, the two people heard footsteps from behind them.
Wen Xuan turned his head to look and saw a portion of the disciples from before. Many of those previous disciples stayed behind. Perhaps, they wanted to stay inside the cave until that demon left. Or perhaps, they went to find some other exit with the roads Wen Xuan pointed out. The portion before them, only about 25%, persisted in chasing Wen Xuan down.
“Wen shixiong!” The person in the front called.
Wen Xuan faintly furrowed his brows.
That person very quickly responded and immediately corrected himself: “Wen-ge!”
What kind of messed up address was this? Wen Xuan instantly didn’t know if he should laugh or cry.
However, the other didn’t seem to think this address was wrong and felt it sounded very great, so kept saying loudly: “Wen-ge! We discussed briefly just now. Everyone here still wants to follow you!”
Stunned, Wen Xuan unconsciously stopped moving.
Those people finally caught up behind him, standing in a row, a total of 20 or so people.
“You guys……” Wen Xuan swept his gaze across these twenty people, surprised.
“Wen-ge. I already thought about it. If I want to live well in the future, it’s still better to follow you!”
“Wen-ge, this time you saved our lives, I must follow you to the end!”
“Wen-ge, actually I’ve always admired you very much! I only entered the Water Cloud Sect because of you!”
“Wen-ge!” “Wen-ge……”
Wen Xuan listened in surprise to their words coming in rapid succession. Gradually a hint of a smile emerged on his face. The originally already cold and hardened heart also gradually softened and burned.
“Wen-ge! Let us follow you please!”
“Okay.” Wen Xuan finally said this word with a smile.
The twenty people first froze. When they finally recovered, they couldn’t help but cheer excitedly.
In this instant however, Wen Xuan felt a pain on his wrist. Lowering his head to look, he saw Jian Yi was actually clutching onto his wrist firmly, digging in with his fingertips, completely without mercy. It was actually quite painful.
Then he looked at Jian Yi’s face. His face was already deathly white. Jian Yi was biting himself so hard his lips were about to bleed.
“Jian shidi?” Wen Xuan was extremely surprised.
He guessed that Jian Yi might be unhappy because of this, but never thought that Jian Yi’s response would be this major.
“Shixiong,” When Jian Yi said this, he was practically gnashing his teeth: “Just how many more times do you plan to get hurt before you learn to behave?”
Before Jian Yi had always thought there’s no need to mind these people following Wen Xuan, because Wen Xuan would eventually learn that actually, he only had him.
Right now Jian Yi felt– No problem. Eventually, he will let Wen Xuan know: You really only have me.
Really WX is so trusting that it makes me wanna cry.
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Jian Yi really scared me this time. I don’t know how to feel about him pushing Qi Jibai away either….like you can’t only live for only one person, babe. It’s not healthy…but it is also fantasy book lol
Also maybe it’s because we still don’t know the full extent of betrayal that Wen Xuan experienced in the original « novel » but ehhh….his possessiveness felt a bit weird here.
Agreed… I hope he gets better rather than worse. 😓
Considering he knows how much wen xuan suffered after being betrayed by everyone in the sect, I understand his possessive desire to remove connections from anyone in the sect as his yandere flares most around them.
Thank You for the chapter ♡〜٩( ╹▿╹ )۶〜♡
baby jian… noooor…. you’re kinda obsessed… right, but obsessed.
No
Fiquei até com medo, começando a pensar que Jian precisa de tratamento urgente…
JY has a lot of red flags but too bad I love yanderes too much to care
Calm down you terrifying brat
“Wen-ge!”
I can very clearly see Jian Yi vomitiming three liter of blood.
Possessiveness without limits is such a turn off. However I do understand him sinc he read the book and saw the end, however with all these changes there is room for people to actually change, he should consider that.
…and the sad part is JY is most likely right and those people are probably going to betray again. Sigh…
Ugh y accept this group of people? I’m pretty sure they would run away screaming and cursing once WX’s bloodline is revealed. Imo they’re not worth the trouble.