Jian Xiuyun sat on the high platform and looked at the Void Mirror.
The entire mirror was divided into eight sections, each showing the figures of different disciples.
His eyes naturally fell on Kan Wenxiao.
He watched as Kan Wenxiao walked out of the dark gray fog and entered the woods, then stopped, a silver-haired young man in white clothes appearing in front of him.
Jian Xiuyun saw his true form at a glance; a Phantom Fox.
He was vaguely worried. The Phantom Fox clan was the most cunning, able to look into people’s hearts and use illusions to evoke their deepest, most secret desires.
Jian Xiuyun slightly frowned, his feathery eyelashes half drooped, and silently prayed in his heart that Kan Wenxiao would be of a purer heart at a young age and not desire anything inappropriate.
After all, there was a precedent. During the Immortal Sword Conference, a young disciple who entered the Void Mirror was deceived by the Phantom Fox and actually acted according to his desires even in public, muttering “shimei” and so on.
Finally, his master had personally dragged him out of the Void Mirror.
Good things didn’t spread far, but bad deeds spread thousands of miles like wildfire. That incident soon spread in the cultivation world.
In the end, the disciple couldn’t bear it anymore and destroyed his true essence. Although he had been rescued, he became stupid from then on, and disappeared after.
Jian Xiuyun’s anxiety increased the more he thought about this incident.
It was unlikely. Kan Wenxiao wasn’t even fifteen yet, how could he have any inappropriate thoughts as a young boy?
Jian Xiuyun comforted himself.
Then he saw the Phantom Fox take off Kan Wenxiao’s mask and gently caress his face with his slender fingers.
Jian Xiuyun, “…”
He might just desire for someone to ignore the scar on his cheek and treat him normally.
Jian Xiuyun kept using excuses for this ambiguous scene.
Then he saw the Phantom Fox’s lips falling on Kan Wenxiao’s left cheek, eyes, and nose.
Their bodies got closer and closer, their lips only an inch away.
Jian Xiuyun’s right hand clenched tightly and he leaned forward. The people next to him seemed to have taken notice of the scene, and several eyes fell on Kan Wenxiao’s portion on the mirror.
Jian Xiuyun’s heart leapt in his throat, fearing that if Kan Wenxiao couldn’t hold back and called out “Shijie”, his reputation along with Xuyu Peak would be ruined.
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Fortunately, at the last moment, Kan Wenxiao seemed to regain his clarity.
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He only heard bits and pieces of the Phantom Fox’s words, “….turn into the person you want and do what you desire. Wasn’t everything I just said and did what you wanted? ….oh, I remembered, you just called him….”
“It goes against human ethics and will not end well…”
Before he could finish his words, his throat was slashed ruthlessly by a sword.
Blood sprayed out and splashed on Kan Wenxiao’s clothes, leaving deep crimson stains.
But Kan Wenxiao didn’t seem to care, an aura of coldness permeating around him. He didn’t pull out the sword, but pressed it further and detached the Phantom Fox’s neck.
It was a bloody scene. Just now, Jian Xiuyun was looking at the leaders, and turned his head away with discomfort. His eyes fell on Kan Wenxiao again.
A few hushed voices drifted over.
Everyone was sitting with some distance between them, so Jian Xiuyun could only hear a few words.
Young age…
Ruthless…
…
Jian Xiuyun remained silent. He sat up straight and schooled his expression back to indifference, but he was much stiffer.
Cold and cruel, he seemed to see their figures overlapping.
His eyes were still fixed on Kan Wenxiao, but his disciple’s gaze was somewhat vacant, and he couldn’t seem to discern his thoughts.
Kan Wenxiao leaned over and took out the golden core from the ripped belly of the Phantom Fox.
The moment the golden core exited the body, the Phantom Fox suddenly began to shrink, and soon turned into a small silver fox, lying quietly in a pile of white clothes.
Kan Wenxiao picked up the torn clothes from the ground, wiped the blood off the sword, and threw the clothes back to the fox again. He put away his sword, turning around and continuing on his way forward.
His face was indifferent and calm, but his heart was in chaos.
His hands, hidden under his sleeves, were clenched tightly into fists to restrain his trembling.
The words spoken by the Phantom Fox swirled in his mind over and over again, wreaking havoc.
“Violates human ethics and will not end well.”
He chewed the words over and over again.
Why?
Just because he was his master?
But they were not blood-related, were they?
Shizun said as long as there was no blood relation, he can do it. What can he do?
Kan Wenxiao was a little confused.
He knew that he liked Jian Xiuyun.
But before this, what he thought he wanted was to always stay by his side.
“Become the person you want and do what you desire.”
What did he desire?
Jian Xiuyun no longer had any disgust in his eyes?
Jian Xiuyun’s fingers gently caressed his burn marks, looked at him and said, “You’re not ugly.”?
Jian Xiuyun, who kissed him gently…
When his thoughts steered in this direction, Kan Wenxiao’s originally smooth breathing suddenly became slightly disordered.
Along the way, Xue Rongxiang felt that its brother had gone crazy.
Although it had been hiding in his sleeves and could not see outside, it could roughly guess what was going on judging by Kan Wenxiao’s movements.
But within two hours, Kan Wenxiao had faced at least four dangers.
The smell of blood on Kan Wenxiao’s body kept getting thicker and thicker, but Xue Rongxiang couldn’t tell if it was his own blood or something else’s.
After an unknown amount of time, the outside seemed to finally calm down. Xue Rongxiang carefully peeked out, then leapt out.
It discovered that they had walked out of the woods at some point. The place was a flat plane, with a lake next to it. The water could barely be called clear.
Kan Wenxiao was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, apparently healing his wounds.
Only then did Xue Rongxiang realize that his face was as pale as a ghost and he appeared to have lost too much blood.
Kan Wenxiao’s clothes were dark, and it couldn’t detect where he was injured. Xue Rongxiang flew around him and found that his back had been torn open with three deep scratches, even his bones being visible.
His arms, shoulders, and other places were also littered with injuries, and the smell of blood was particularly strong among the wounds that were still bleeding.
Xue Rongxiang suddenly became anxious and decided to find some medicine to treat his injuries. After all, it was a medicinal plant itself, so there would be no problem finding similar plants
So it leapt to his ear and called him softly, but Kan Wenxiao seemed to be in deep concentration and showed no reactions.
Xue Rongxiang had no choice but to give up and look for it itself.
It first searched around the lake, but only managed to find some low-grade medicinal materials.
It was a little dissatisfied and took a deep breath, identifying the scents in the air.
A very subtle wisp of orchid fragrance mingled in the air.
Xue Rongxiang recognized it immediately, rushing in that direction.
After traveling for an unknown amount of time, it felt that its spiritual power was almost exhausted, and finally found the Ice Orchid.
Ice Orchid was the best healing plant. After consuming it, the injured area would heal itself and the skin would look as good as new within the time of a burning incense.
When it got closer, it discovered that the Ice Orchid was still intact, which was really fortunate.
Xue Rongxiang rolled happily, then used two petals to pull it out.
As a result, its strength was too weak, and the Ice Orchid remained unmoving.
Xue Rongxiang was so tired that it sat on the ground and panted.
After regaining some strength, it got up again. Just as it was about to continue pulling it out, it was suddenly lifted off the ground.
“Tsk, this Snow Banyan has gained consciousness.” A curious voice sounded from behind.
The man showed no mercy in his movements and directly grabbed one of its petals, causing it to tremble in pain.
Xue Rongxiang turned around tremblingly and saw a one-eyed White Snow Wolf, looking at it with greedy and longing eyes.
OMG! Kan Wenxiao, you’ve got to save the little Xue Rongxiang!
But will the Ice Orchid heal all of his scars as well? Thank you for the update.
Do not touch Xue Rongxiang or master will come and deal with you!
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