This corpse was still left inside the cave in the end and once again silently buried by Wen Xuan.
However, some days later, Jian Yi brought him a third corpse, telling him as before that this was a person who deserved death. Once again, Wen Xuan disputed with Jian Yi. And once again, he attempted to tell Jian Yi, he really didn’t need this kind of thing. He can endure it. However, no matter what, he was unsuccessful in his attempts.
“Shixiong, what are you worried about?” Jian Yi even asked him in a righteous tone: “Are you saying you don’t believe my words? Don’t believe that this person really deserved death? Is this kind of person really worth such reluctance from you?”
Right. To be honest, this was really a rather ironic thing. Wen Xuan finally managed to preserve his self over his instinct and hold onto matters that he should hold onto. But in Jian Yi’s eyes, this was only meaningless stubbornness.
And if the argument continued further, the words that Jian Yi would say next would be: “Shixiong, I’m doing this for your own good.”
Jian Yi has said these words countless times within this period of time.
These were also words that Wen Xuan was incapable of arguing against.
Therefore, ultimately in the end of every dispute, Wen Xuan was always the first to capitulate and comply. Perhaps what Jian Yi said was correct. With how matters stood, there was really nothing to hold onto anymore. Wen Xuan already practically lost everything. Only Jian Yi was the one thing that he couldn’t lose.
Wen Xuan didn’t object to Jian Yi’s actions anymore, only hoping that Jian Yi wouldn’t harm the innocent. Jian Yi also gladly promised.
But those dead bodies continued to be silently buried by Wen Xuan. Sometimes Wen Xuan didn’t even know himself, why was it that he clearly already decided to comply, yet in the end, he still continued to hold on. Perhaps it’s only because ultimately, he still couldn’t step over that boundary in his heart.
How many days of this has he passed together with Jian Yi? Wen Xuan couldn’t remember very well.
Staying in the cave for too long, he slowly lost the sense of time. There wasn’t even sunlight in the cave after all. The only thing that allowed him to feel the passage of time was the change in temperature, as well as Jian Yi’s return every night. Especially in the long arduous winter days, every time Jian Yi walked in the cave entrance, it was like he brought along all of the light and warmth in the world, making Wen Xuan unable to resist getting up and moving close. He actively guarded Jian Yi’s side and carefully expressed his affections, as if he was guarding the only light he could see.
Because he clung to this radiance too much, even though he knew that Jian Yi’s thoughts and methods have already gradually moved away from Wen Xuan’s original desires, ultimately, he couldn’t abandon Jian Yi. He couldn’t even resist.
If this kind of day continued onward, perhaps one day in the future Wen Xuan would feel that in this world, other than Jian Yi, nothing else mattered?
However, before that happened, Wen Xuan encountered a person.
That day, Wen Xuan was curled up in the corner resting. Suddenly, something fell from above and hit him on the head. Instantly startled, Wen Xuan opened his eyes to look. He only saw a round bead that was filled with spiritual energy rolling beside his foot.
The bead was already covered by a layer of frost because when it fell, it just happened to hit the horn on Wen Xuan’s head. That horn also just happened to be where Wen Xuan’s demonic beast energy gathered.
Wen Xuan nudged the bead with his paw. As he was feeling baffled, he heard a sound above his head.
This was the sound of a rock being moved. When the stone was completely removed, a beam of light suddenly fell down. At this time, Wen Xuan finally recalled that, before it was blocked by Jian Yi, there was an opening here where the daylight passed through.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Wen Xuan narrowed his eyes and carefully examined her.
Though the sunlight above his head, he can clearly see, this little girl’s eyes were milky white. She was a blind person who couldn’t see anything.
“I was looking for someone ahead of here. However, when I walked by above, I accidentally dropped something down here.” The girl hastily explained: “That’s why I moved the stone and came down. Oh right, can I ask if you’ve seen a……”
Not waiting for her to finish speaking, Wen Xuan roared, wanting to chase her away.
For some unknown reason, Wen Xuan didn’t feel happy to be mistaken as a human. Probably because he couldn’t communicate with her like a real human.
After hearing this beast roar, the little girl was only a bit more surprised: “Ah? Sorry. So it’s actually Mr. Demonic Beast?” After learning that Wen Xuan was a demonic beast, she actually continued to attempt to converse with him: “Mr. Demonic Beast, I really didn’t mean to mistake you for a human.”
The little girl’s voice sounded very cute and well-behaved. Just hearing it made people unable to feel angry. Wen Xuan instantly forgave her for suddenly barging in and interrupting his resting time. He only rumbled a bit to make her leave quickly.
However, he forgot. The other wasn’t Jian Yi. How could she know what every one of his rumbling meant?
The little girl thought he was only greeting her and very happily continued to ask: “A round bead fell down just now. Did you see it?”
Wen Xuan lowered his head and looked at the thing that fell next to his paw just now and pushed it over.
The little girl picked up the bead and very happily instilled her spiritual energy inside. Then, a ball of spiritual energy rose out of the bead and covered over her eyes.
Wen Xuan finally realized that this was the magic tool she used in order to see.
But because the magic tool was frozen briefly by Wen Xuan’s demonic beast energy, the bead was covered by a layer of frost right now, causing the little girl to not see very clearly even with the bead. She bit her lips, obviously looking very distressed because of this. Yet, she still said to Wen Xuan first: “Mr. Demonic Beast, thank you.”
Wen Xuan extended his paw and pointed to the outside of the cave.
The little girl still couldn’t see clearly but she can at least make out a general silhouette. This time she didn’t mistake Wen Xuan’s meaning. Discovering that she was unwelcomed, she was somewhat disappointed. Then, she nodded and obediently said her goodbyes before walking outside holding the bead in her hands.
Half-way, she was tripped by a tree root. Getting up and rubbing her knee, she said feebly: “Sorry, Mr. Big Tree.”
For some reason, Wen Xuan felt his heart soften instantly.
The reason why this girl couldn’t see the road clearly was partially because of Wen Xuan, no?
Thinking this, Wen Xuan couldn’t help but quietly follow behind her until he saw the little girl walk out of the cave, going further and further away. Wen Xuan stood at the entrance of the cave for a moment. Since he entered this cave, he’s always had a certain fear towards the outside world. However, ever since Jian Yi went out that one time, even though this kind of terror still remained carved into his bone, it wasn’t that capable of trapping him anymore.
Just as he deliberated, Wen Xuan suddenly discovered that the direction the girl was heading towards was the residence that Jian Yi had built nearby.
Jian Yi always left early in the morning and then came back at nightfall. Seeing the time, it was about time for him to return.
The little girl waited at that residence for a moment, then heard the sound of footsteps. She raised her head and was just about to say her greetings; Jian Yi already spoke first: “Miss Ye, why are you here?”
“I don’t know when you’ll go to the market place next time. I heard others say you live here so I came searching.” As the little girl talked, she took out a wooden box from her storage bag and opened it. There was a green fresh leaf inside.
“This is the Water Moon Bodhi Leaf. My cultivation is low so I can only stop it from decomposing for a day after picking it. That’s why I needed to give this to you as soon as possible.”
Hearing this, Jian Yi hastily accepted this wooden box. Using his own gold core spiritual energy to protect it, he let out a breath of relief: “So it’s like that, Miss Ye, you’re very considerate.”
“In exchange for 5 thousand spiritual stones.” Miss Ye said, extending her hands.
Jian Yi counted 5 thousand spiritual stones and gave them to her. The little girl checked the weight and then smiled in satisfaction. Saying goodbye sweetly, she turned and got ready to go.
Jian Yi raised his head to look at her figure, then lowered his head again to look carefully at that wooden box before storing it carefully inside his own bag. This Water Moon Bodhi Leaf was one of the materials needed for the ancient Shape Shifting Pill. Extremely hard to find. He didn’t know how long he had searched until he discovered that this Miss Ye had some. Good thing this girl was easy to talk to. He only pleaded twice before she agreed to do this trade with him.
What Jian Yi forgot at that time -merely because he was very busy running around- was to ask one important question. Where did that girl find this thing?
“Miss Ye, what’s the hurry?” Jian Yi said: “Since you came all the way here, why not sit for a while and have some tea?”
The little girl halted, somewhat hesitant: “…… No need? It’s already getting late. I should head back.”
“Then even more reason to stay.” Jian Yi said: “The mountain is deserted with hardly anyone. Wouldn’t it be dangerous for you to go alone? Why don’t you sit for a moment. Let me tidy up and then send you back.”
The little girl thought briefly, holding the spiritual bead that still had frost on it, and then finally nodded.
Jian Yi led her into the house and pretended to ask carelessly: “When you came here, did you encounter anything special?”
“No.” The little girl answered.
Jian Yi let out a breath of relief: “Really nothing at all?”
“If you must ask. In the cave over there, there is a Mr. Demonic Beast.”
Jian Yi abruptly froze. When he opened his mouth again, his voice lowered by two degrees: “You saw?”
“Yea. Although Mr. Demonic Beast looks a bit fearsome, he’s actually very friendly.” Still completely unaware, the little girl pointed at the cave and asked with a smile: “It’s so close to here. Could Mr. Demonic Beast be your friend?”
“You can say that,” Jian Yi answered vaguely.
However, as he answered these words, his expression already became exceptionally dark.
“Miss Ye, come walk this way.” Jian Yi pointed ahead of him with his left hand, his right already slipping to his waist.
Just as the little girl turned around, a cold light suddenly appeared. Jian Yi pulled out the sharp blade at his waist and abruptly swung at her.
With the full strength of a gold core cultivator and difference of two cultivation levels, he was determined to take her life.
This thing happened too fast, the little girl didn’t even have time to respond. However, at the very last moment, a jade amulet on her waist flashed and helped her block this blow. Then the jade amulet broke, unable to be used again. The little girl had a mouthful of blood from being hit with the shock of this blow and finally realized that Jian Yi was actually trying to kill her. She hastily escaped outside.
But how could Jian Yi allow her to escape. The second killing blow was already following close behind.
This time, there was no second jade amulet to help her block it. Jian Yi’s killing blow reached her in a blink of an eye. A huge rumble sounded. She was thrown away by the shockwave. Finally spitting out the mouthful of blood, she fell unconscious to the floor. However, Jian Yi’s killing blow actually didn’t land on her. Instead, it collided with another force that suddenly appeared.
The two sides clashed, blowing up dust and debris all over.
Discovering he had once again been blocked, Jian Yi was first surprised and then furious. When the dust and debris finally settled, however, his face color turned white in an instant.
The thing that blocked him this time was an icy surface formed from demonic spiritual energy.
Behind the icy surface stood Wen Xuan.
“Roar……” Wen Xuan called quietly, voice full of sorrow and grief.
This sorrow and grief seemed to be asking— So this is what you promised, to never harm the innocent?
Jian Yi kinda deserved that ngl.
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Mmmh. No way. This bitch is out of line.
We all saw his behavior decline, and I knew as soon as I read about the little girl her fate was cannon folder, this was OUT OF LINE.
Only 7 chapters left but this is so hard to read…
Yeah, Jian Yi is absolutely out of control crazy.
Nooooo 😭
Honestly. The two of them should be heading to different paths, crossed and intertwined yeah, but different paths at the end.