After journeying to the Little Valley, it gave Wen Xuan the determination to transform himself. However, what exactly was the cocoon that restrained him? The bloodline of the heavenly beast? Once Wen Xuan thought like this, since that bloodline brought him really too much pain. However, right now he wanted to continue living as himself. There was already no way of escaping his bloodline. It was something he had to accept.
Then what exactly was that layer of cocoon that he had to break through? In actuality, it was Wen Xuan’s former human identity.
Or perhaps the better way of saying it was, his obstinate ‘I must live as a human’ attitude.
Now that Wen Xuan exited the Little Valley. He traveled along that mountain range that was called Luofeng Peak. This mountain range extended several thousands of miles from north to south. The eastern side of the mountain traversed through North Ning, Central Sheng, and South Feng, the three big continents. The western side had a vast land that was only given the name of — West Ming.
The paradise of demonic beasts, West Ming.
Wen Xuan stood on top of Luofeng Peak, facing the west, gazing at it for a long time. Then, he turned his head to look at the eastern lands that belonged to the cultivators. Shaking his head, he bid his farewells with a smile.
Wen Xuan waved his tail and jumped directly over Luofeng Peak, stepping straight into the territory of demonic beasts.
Before him was a road that he’s never taken before, full of many terrifying unknowns. However, his gaze was firm and steady.
What’s the point of being apprehensive all the time? What’s the point of causing self harm and being self deprecating all the time?
At least he had a gold core cultivation. At least he had the strength to fight for a place where he can belong. More importantly, no matter if he was human or a beast, he knew he was Wen Xuan. His true essence wouldn’t change because of that.
That’s right. Since it was already ordained that he can no longer be purely human, why not attempt to live as a demonic beast?
Holding this kind of notion, Wen Xuan stepped resolutely into West Ming. As soon as he passed Luofeng Peak, many demonic beasts that lived in West Ming already noticed this outsider. There were even large beasts that let out menacing roars in order to chase Wen Xuan out of their territory. However, Wen Xuan wasn’t intimidated.
Since he came, he wouldn’t leave so easily. Perhaps some demonic beasts didn’t view him pleasantly, but that was something that can be settled with a battle.
At the beginning, Wen Xuan only wanted to find a place where he could stay in West Ming. However, after defeating two who wanted to contest territories with him one day, and chasing away two who wanted to devour him into their stomachs the next day, gradually, he made a reputation for himself through all the fighting.
Unconsciously, an entire mountain became Wen Xuan’s property, along with a group of weaker demonic beast followers.
Then after that, those human cultivators to the east of Luofeng Peak started causing trouble again.
The Danxin Sect made an alliance with the powerful demon that occupied North Ning and caught the Penglai Sect and Violet Feathers Sect off guard. The Dasheng cultivator in Penglai Sect died as a result. The entire sect immediately collapsed and broke apart. The Violet Feathers was slightly better. The Dasheng cultivator in that sect managed to make a narrow escape. However, he still suffered quite the damage, even his teeth ached in hatred.
In a flash, the big Sects began to rip each other apart. North Ning and Central Sheng started to engage in warfare. Not long after, the flames also reached South Feng. The ordinary cultivators all lived in trepidation, pretty much unable to cultivate. Many people escaped to the territories off shores again. Even more cultivators started to enter West Ming.
However, the demonic beasts of West Ming weren’t actually easier to handle than those cultivators who had entered killing frenzies. Many people who wanted to use West Ming to avoid the battlefield ended up in the stomachs of demonic beasts.
So in this kind of situation, a pair of brothers snuck into West Ming, but ran into hardship every step of the way under the presence of demonic beasts all over.
“Little brother, don’t be scared.” The elder brother held the handle of his sword with clenched teeth: “You and I are at least yuan gathering cultivators. Normal demonic beasts can’t do anything to us.”
Despite saying this, they’ve already been injured in a previous fight. Currently, the elder brother had a wound that bled nonstop on his side. His little brother only had one leg that could stand.
“Big brother,” That little brother said with a tearful face: “If there’s really no other choice, you can just leave me behind. Just save yourself.”
When that older brother heard these words, he immediately became furious. He was just about to scold vehemently when he saw a flash of green before his eyes and hastily held his breath.
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There was a grass demon here. Although it’s also yuan gathering, grass demons were not good at fighting and were much weaker than other yuan gathering demonic beasts. What’s more important was that grass demons were born from the gathering of spiritual energy from the heaven and earth. If they could obtain one and boil it into medicine, not only would it completely heal the injuries on the two brothers’ bodies, it would help them recover the spiritual energy they lost in the last few days and make their lives easier in the future.
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The grass demon ran for her life, her speed couldn’t be considered slow. However, that pair of brothers clearly had extraordinary skills in flying. Not only can the grass demon not throw them off, they even got closer as the time passed.
Very quickly, the grass demon became exhausted, speed clearly slowing down. The elder brother hastily boosted his speed. In a blink of an eye, he caught up a lot and was just about to act when he heard a cry of alarm behind him.
That was his little brother’s voice! This person swiftly turned his head. He saw a snake demon who had randomly appeared, currently holding his little brother in its hands!
This person became furious. He was just about to engage this snake demon in a big battle when he heard footsteps appearing all over.
Then, a few moments later, many demonic beasts came out from behind trees and rocks. Taking in the whole view, there were at least a dozen. Although some of them weren’t past foundation building level, there were also some who were yuan gathering. It was definitely not something the two brothers could deal with.
“You guys dare to bother people from our Tiger Tooth Mountain?” Those demonic beasts stood guard in front of the grass demon, each and every one of them ferocious looking fiends: “Do you not want to live!”
By now, the two brothers finally realized that they poked a hornet’s nest. Thinking about how they had arduously survived until now only to fall into the hands of a group of demonic beasts, their hearts felt cold and sorrowful. Not to mention, they already carried injuries. Forcibly flying during the chase also exhausted even more of their strength. At the moment, they were physically and mentally weakened. The little brother felt his view go black and promptly fainted then and there. The older brother was a little stronger. He still attempted one last desperate struggle. But the only response he got in return was to be knocked unconscious as well.
Before they fainted, they heard that group of demons converse.
“What good timing. Just in time to become a sumptuous meal for me.”
“Keep dreaming! Since we actually managed to catch some live ones, we should let the Big King have a look first?”
So they were going to be gifted to a big demon to fill the cracks between its teeth…… This thought flashed through the two brothers’ minds as their hearts turned to dust. They completely lost consciousness.
Some unknown time later, these two brothers slowly woke up again, actually opening their eyes once more.
They stared at each other’s faces, asking the same question inside: We’re actually still alive?
Then after that, the sound of the outside world slowly transmitted into their ears. They were placed in the middle of a pretty big hall. There were plenty of demonic beasts gathered all around. When the brothers lifted their heads, they could see a slightly raised position directly in front of them. An unknown species of demon was currently sitting above as the centerfold of this group of demons. This was presumably that so-called ‘Big King’.
Taking a careful look, this ‘Big King’ actually looked rather human-like. His appearance was even very handsome. It’s just that on top of his head was a pair of rather whitish-blue ears. Behind him was a fluffy tail. Both of his eyes were bright, bright blue.
Meanwhile, the grass demon who was chased by the brothers previously was standing to the side, glaring at them.
Seeing the two people awake, that “Big King’ pointed at that grass demon and asked them: “What did she do to offend you guys and make you chase her nonstop?”
His voice actually sounded pleasant as well. The two brothers were somewhat surprised. Although many of the demonic beasts of West Ming could speak the human language, they always carried a certain accent. The ‘Big King’ in front of them, however, didn’t have an accent at all, just like he grew up on the east side of Luofeng Peak.
Of course, this “Big King” really did grow up on the east side of Luofeng Peak– this was Wen Xuan.
This was a rather strange story. Recall back then, Wen Xuan only wanted to find a place where he could stay. Now after ten years has gone by, unwittingly, somewhere along the way, he became the Big King of a mountain. One can only say that life was full of surprises everywhere.
Yet after the initial surprise, the elder brother between the two immediately became angry. He stiffened his neck stubbornly and said: “If you’re going to kill us then kill us, if you’re going to hurt us then hurt us. What’s with all the pointless conversation?”
Wen Xuan wasn’t annoyed however, and just looked at them with a smile, gaze landing more so on the little brother in the back.
This elder brother was reminded by this gaze and felt his heartbeat jump. He remembered that he wasn’t some solitary hero right now. He still needed to think of a plan to save his little brother. Instantly he regretted his words.
Wen Xuan looked at him for a moment and knew that they couldn’t find an excuse. Therefore, he directly said to that grass demon: “Since they were the ones who offended you, Xiao Lu, you can decide what to do with them.”
The grass demon named Xiao Lu said: “Wouldn’t that be too inappropriate?”
“Don’t give me all that,” Wen Xuan didn’t know if he should laugh or cry: “If you didn’t impart wisdom on me back then, I wouldn’t even know how long it’d take me to learn how to shape shift. You don’t need to be courteous with me.”
Hearing this, Xiao Lu finally put away her fears. In a blink of an eye, she turned to glare at the brothers and said viciously: “Then let’s burn them into ashes and feed them to the plants on the mountain.”
Aiyo, how cruel. Wen Xuan couldn’t help but pat himself on the chest. Yet, he didn’t raise any objections and only raised a hand to let the group of demonic beasts drag these two people off.
“Wait!” The elder brother saw that his little brother was about to die with him as well and instantly forgot his stubbornness. With reddened eyes, he yelled: “Don’t kill us! I’m begging you guys, don’t kill us! We’re very useful! We can be a big help!”
However, he also knew that demonic beasts were savage. This kind of vague plea for mercy wasn’t enough to persuade them.
In order to save his little brother’s life, he racked his brains. Both eyes staring at Wen Xuan unblinkingly, he looked and looked and really managed to remember something suddenly. Although this person felt incredulous, but under pressure, he didn’t have time to think too much about it. Instantly he yelled loudly: “Cultivator Wen! You’re Cultivator Wen from the Water Cloud Sect, right!?
Upon hearing these words, the originally rather calm and collected Wen Xuan instantly changed his expression.
This person promptly knew that he guessed right. Nevertheless he became even more nervous, terrified he’d say something wrong: “Someone on the east side is urgently searching for you right now!”
Wen Xuan couldn’t help but stand up from his chair.
His first response was thinking that Jian Yi finally found him. But thinking about it for a moment, he immediately knew that this wasn’t right. If it were Jian Yi, he definitely wouldn’t say ‘Cultivator Wen from the Water Cloud Sect.’
“Who?” Wen Xuan asked.
That person let out a breath of relief: “Let go of my little brother……”
“Take them away,” Wen Xuan waved a hand, expressing that he didn’t plan to haggle.
That person panicked and immediately abandoned everything. In quick-fire succession, he explained everything.
The person currently searching for Wen Xuan indeed wasn’t Jian Yi. To be honest, this person was quite unexpected. It was actually that Qin Shiyu. Back then, after the Penglai Sect collapsed, Qin Shiyu grabbed a bunch of people and established his own sect and even ended up gathering a rather formidable force. Under that kind of situation, one couldn’t help but admit that this person had extraordinary ability.
A few months ago, Qin Shiyu suddenly started searching for Wen Xuan’s trail frantically. He even drew Wen Xuan’s image and posted it everywhere. That elder brother was someone who had seen the image of Wen Xuan before. That’s why he ultimately managed to recognize Wen Xuan.
Hearing everything, Wen Xuan fell silent for a long time.
Then, he sighed and apologized to Xiao Lu to the side. He had to keep these two people alive. Because he decided to leave West Ming and head back to visit the east side. Bringing two live cultivators by his side can make this trip of his a lot easier.
And the reason he decided to take this trip, naturally, wasn’t because of Qin Shiyu. Rather, it’s because he remembered Jian Yi again.
Currently even Qin Shiyu could find him in such a manner that everyone used, what the heck was Jian Yi doing?
Recalling back then, when Wen Xuan first arrived in West Ming, he constantly made sure that he couldn’t be found by Jian Yi. He constantly felt like Jian Yi would appear before his eyes any second. This made Wen Xuan feel pressured. He did everything urgently, making every moment count. He needed to get used to his demonic beast identity as soon as possible and learned how a demonic beast protected itself. Even more so, he needed to believe in himself once more. When Jian Yi found him, he definitely couldn’t still rely on Jian Yi for everything like before…… However, unwittingly, he had already done everything. Yet Jian Yi still didn’t appear.
Of course Wen Xuan had once thought, perhaps Jian Yi had already abandoned him– but he subconsciously told himself that it wasn’t possible.
Therefore, as the matter stood, the Jian Yi who had once vehemently promised that he’d find Wen Xuan even if Wen Xuan went to the ends of the world, now actually needed Wen Xuan to go find him instead? How outrageous.
Although outrageous, Wen Xuan still got ready in the shortest time possible, brought those two cultivators and a few small demonic beasts, and flipped over Luofeng Peak majestically, heading towards the east.
Because he had no trails, Wen Xuan first went to meet Qin Shiyu who was urgently searching for him.
Qin Shiyu currently also had a gold core for a while and was striving towards Nascent Soul. In Central Sheng, this was actually a cultivation level that wasn’t particularly impressive. However, Qin Shiyu had a rather vast circle of friends and could even give his opinion in front of many Dasheng cultivators. Therefore, he stubbornly survived in the cracks.
And the reason why Qin Shiyu needed to find Wen Xuan, speaking frankly, was because he needed to ask Wen Xuan to do something.
As for what he needed to ask Wen Xuan, one has to talk about that shimei, Xue BingEr, who’d been following him all this time……
“Hold on,” Wen Xuan held up his hand to express that he still had urgent business at the moment and didn’t want to hear all this: “Actually, I’m currently searching for Jian shidi who left Water Cloud Sect together with me back then. Don’t know if Cultivator Qin has any clues?”
Interrupted like this, Qin Shiyu naturally was unhappy. However, since he needed to ask Wen Xuan something, he had no other choice. Wen Xuan stubbornly wanted to establish this fact that if he couldn’t find Jian Yi, he wouldn’t hear Qin Shiyu at all. Qin Shiyu immediately saw that force wasn’t useful in this case. He could only obediently provide a trail so Wen Xuan can find that person quickly and come back asap so they could discuss what Qin Shiyu needed.
According to Qin Shiyu, the last time someone saw Jian Yi was around a mountain southmost of South Feng.
The southmost mountains of South Feng was also a very strange and wondrous place. It had mausoleums left by the ancients. However, after all of these years, the items in those mausoleums have already been plundered, leaving behind only empty shells.
Of course, there were exceptions. There were always some places that had heavy barriers set outside. However, because the things inside weren’t really worthy of making people expend the effort to break through these hindrances, they were left alone. Unless the items in these places were coincidentally something that was specifically needed, very few people would go searching for them.
Currently, Jian Yi was trapped in one of these places. Seven years ago, someone saw him enter a mausoleum. No one saw him exit.
When he first heard this information, Wen Xuan was extremely surprised. He couldn’t understand, just what kind of powerful place was this to be able to trap Jian Yi for this long?
Immediately, Wen Xuan journeyed over in search. He found that mausoleum. In an apprehensive mood, he passed the two obelisks at the entrance, walked down a path for a little while, turned and……
Immediately saw Jian Yi, who he had not seen for a long time.
Appearance clean and handsome, fine hair and black clothes. Jian Yi was currently sitting beside a rock with eyes closed. There was nothing peculiar about his expression, as if he was sleeping soundly.
Meeting once again after such a long time, Wen Xuan originally thought he’d have many sorrows and regrets. Ultimately, he only felt ‘long time no see’.
When he walked to take a closer look, he finally realized that there was an illusion array placed here. Jian Yi was currently trapped by this illusion.
But the question still remained. Just what kind of illusion array was this powerful to trap Jian Yi for seven years?
Jian Yi’s expression didn’t have any pain or suffering. It was even a bit satisfied.
With doubt in his heart, Wen Xuan placed his palm on Jian Yi’s forehead and sent a strand of his divine sense inside. Very quickly, the illusion that trapped Jian Yi for seven years appeared before his eyes.
He only saw a small stream and a wooden house. Inside the illusion, Jian Yi was practicing his sword in front of the house. The illusion also created a Wen Xuan, who was watching from the side with a smile.
This simple trick was what had trapped Jian Yi for a total of seven years.
Wen Xuan pulled his divine sense out and looked at the youth who was still unable to step out of the illusion. He couldn’t help but feel heartache and headache: Is this all you got?
I kinda want JY to suffer a little more but at the same time want them to get together alread….
He has suffered enough
ahhhh, the story is finally at this point
looking forward to their reunion again =3
Thank You for the chapter (๑╹ڡ╹)╭ ～ ♡
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This situation is kinda funny and sad at the same time lol
I am laughing with tearfull eyes, am I finally going crazy??
+1
He hid from jian to after all without rejncarnating. He was def too dependent b4
Finally!! (((o(°▽°)o)))
I am super proud of Wen Xuan growth
He left start afresh become his own person loved himself and accept all of himself i am super proud of that
I can’t help but feels a little bit sad. What happened to him to make him so obsessed with one of this character in the book?