Lin Liaoting looked at Jian Xiuyuns’ sudden solemn expression and felt puzzled.
Everyone had witnessed his master’s attitude towards Kan Wenxiao before. Once, Lin Liaoting had trapped him in Yama Cave and he did not attend morning classes for seven days. His master did not even ask about him. In the end, it was Song Qingru who was worried about him and found him, bringing him back.
Why did Shizun suddenly become concerned about that ugly boy today?
“…I don’t know.” Lin Liaoting replied, scratching his neck.
Seeing that he refused to yield, Jian Xiuyun was not annoyed. He just shifted his fingers from his shoulder to his neck and said calmly, “If you don’t tell the truth, you won’t have to speak anymore for the next seven days.”
When Lin Liaoting heard this, his eyes widened and he stared at Jian Xiuyun in disbelief.
Is Shizun going to cast a silencing spell on him?!
Jian Xiuyun had not even said a single harsh word to him from the time he became his disciple, and today he actually wanted to cast a silencing spell on him because of Kan Wenxiao.
Song Qingru on the side looked at this scene with a hint of surprise in her eyes.
A sense of absurdity arose in her heart, as if the sun had risen from the west.
Although Lin Liaoting and Kan Wenxiao are both her junior brothers, deep down she was more biased towards Kan Wenxiao. After all, compared to Lin Liaoting, this child was really pitiful.
So when she saw this scene, she also joined in. “Liaoting, Shizun may have some urgent work with Wenxiao, so don’t make trouble.”
Lin Liaoting had a straightforward personality and never hid his feelings. When pressed by the two of them, he couldn’t hang on to the façade anymore.
If others had treated him like this, he would have already unsheathed his sword. But Jian Xiuyun was his respected master, so he could only endure it.
His heart was in chaos for a while, feeling indecisive. Lin Liaoting lowered his head aggrievedly and said reluctantly, “Maybe…in the back mountain.”
“Where in the back mountain?”
“Five Poison Valley.”
Jian Xiuyun was silent after hearing this. After a moment, he patted his back gently with the fan in his hand and said, “Okay, you study by yourself first. I’ll be right back.”
After that, he walked out.
Five Poison Valley, as the name suggested, was a place where poisonous insects crawled in every nook and cranny.
Ordinary people wouldn’t survive more than an hour there.
But they were immortal cultivators, and ordinary poisonous insects could not get close to them.
Kan Wenxiao was most afraid of living creatures such as snakes and insects. It seemed that Lin Liaoting did not intend to hurt him by throwing him there, but just wanted to scare him.
Jian Xiuyun was aware of this, so he was not in a hurry. His steps were leisurely and unhurried, as if he was not there to save anyone at all. Instead, he seemed to be casually strolling.
On the other hand, he went to save Kan Wenxiao in person this time just to establish a good relationship with him. He still didn’t like him much in his heart, especially after what happened in his previous life. He would be glad to see Kan Wenxiao suffer a little more.
It was already a quarter of an hour later when he arrived at Five Poison Valley.
As soon as he entered the valley, Jian Xiuyun released some spiritual power to shield himself. The snakes and insects would instinctively avoid them as soon as they felt the energy, so his walk was unhindered and smooth.
He thought it would take some time, but he didn’t expect that he would be very lucky. After a while, he saw a black silhouette hanging upside down on the tree.
Looking more carefully, it was Kan Wenxiao.
Jian Xiuyun was a little surprised at first. Kan Wenxiao was in the Golden Core stage after all, so how could he be trapped by a rope?
After taking a closer look, he realized that what was binding him was the Immortal Binding Rope. The power of this rope could be deduced from the name alone.
Not only could immortals be bound, but all their spiritual power will be suppressed, making them unable to use it at all, just like ordinary mortals.
Due to its power and difficult making, the cost of making one was sky-high, and each Immortal Binding Rope could only be used once.
Lin Liaoting actually used such a precious treasure to punish Kan Wenxiao.
For a moment, Jian Xiuyun didn’t know whether he should scold his apprentice for being stupid or praise the Lin’s family for their great achievements.
Although he was a bit far away, Jian Xiuyun could still see Kan Wenxiao’s expression. His eyes were tightly shut, and he bit his lips, obviously filled with fear and fright.
Due to his spiritual power being suppressed, his spiritual consciousness could not sense his surroundings. He couldn’t tell that Jian Xiuyun was standing behind a tree not far from him.
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He vividly heard Kan Wenxiao’s cold laughter, “Shizun, guess what wonderful things your disciple has prepared for you today?”
It was followed by a whistling sound.
It seemed like there were millions of living creatures crawling around him.
He didn’t know what they were, and that only served to increase his fear.
Those sounds were densely packed, layered one on top of another, never getting close but never stopping either.
That day, Jian Xiuyun was almost driven to insanity.
“Pah!” Jian Xiuyun shut the fan in his hand and hung it at his waistband.
Lin Liaoting didn’t want to actually hurt him. Knowing that Kan Wenxiao couldn’t use his spiritual power, he hung him on a tall, towering ancient tree, and specially tied the immortal rope to the middle branch.
Normally, no creatures could get close to him.
He definitely wanted to save Kan Wenxiao, but this familiar setting brought back bad memories, and he felt he couldn’t let him off so easily.
So after thinking about it, he took the fine powder ground from Trapping Grass from his Qiankun pouch, and then used his spiritual power to blow it towards Kan Wenxiao.
Trapping Grass was a kind of spiritual grass that emitted a special scent. All creatures found it attractive, and couldn’t help but want to approach it.
It would then select its favorite prey and devour it.
Soon, waves of snakes, toads, centipedes, lizards, and many more creatures were crawling towards him.
When Kan Wenxiao saw this, his blood ran cold and he trembled even more violently.
Jian Xiuyun stood nearby and spectated the scene before him, feeling a twisted sense of joy in his heart.
He was in a good mood and took out the pine nut and lily pastries that he hadn’t finished in the morning from his Qiankun pouch.
However, when he opened the paper package, he found that the pastries were no longer warm and even stuck to the oil paper. They didn’t look good at all. All appetite instantly left his body and he threw them away.
After admiring Kan Wenxiao’s trembling, pitiful little appearance for a while, Jian Xiuyun felt satisfied and released his spiritual power to disperse the insects and snakes around him.
Then he feigned a look of surprise, walked out from behind a tree, and strode towards Kan Wenxiao.
Unexpectedly, when he was only a few steps away from Kan Wenxiao, a black shadow suddenly fell from the tree and landed directly on Kan Wenxiao’s body.
Before Jian Xiuyun could make out what that creature was, he heard a very low, suppressed cry of pain.
Filled with a sense of foreboding, he flew up and used his spiritual power to shatter the Immortal Binding Rope. He stepped forward and caught Kan Wenxiao, who was falling from mid-air.
The black shadow fell on the ground almost at the same time as them. Jian Xiuyun took a closer look and saw that it was a hideous snake.
Its whole body was a dark shade of gray, and its skin was covered with raised bumps, with dense black spots on top.
Jian Xiuyun felt that he was almost blinded by the sight, and hurriedly waved his hand. The snake was immediately thrown thousands of miles away.
He paused for a moment, then lowered his head and looked at Kan Wenxiao.
Kan Wenxiao was huddled in his arms, his dark eyes fixated on him, momentarily stunned.
Due to the fright he received just now, his fingers unconsciously grasped the hem of his robes, and his body was trembling slightly. All blood had drained from his face, leaving it as pale as paper, with his lips turned an abnormal grayish purple.
Jian Xiuyun immediately realized that he was poisoned.
He did not dare waste any more time and put him down, wanting to reach out and untie his robes to inspect his wounds.
Unexpectedly, before he could touch Kan Wenxiao, he suddenly backed up and retreated, his eyes full of vigilance.
Rage nearly drove Jian Xiuyun to laughter. “What are you hiding from? Do you think I can still eat you? You’re poisoned.”
“I know.” Kan Wenxiao’s tone was lukewarm, and he reached out and unbuttoned his shirt himself, revealing his bare left shoulder.
His left shoulder, just like the left side of his face, was covered with ferocious scars in shades of dark red, with two sharp tooth marks in the middle, left by the venomous snake just now.
At this moment, the skin around the bite marks had turned black and green, and was continuing to spread to the surrounding skin. The poisoned blood had to be sucked out immediately.
However, Kan Wenxiao made it clear that he did not want his help. He stretched out his hand in order to press the surrounding acupuncture points to prevent the spread of toxins, but his left hand was obviously inconvenient to use after trying several times in vain.
If this continues, Jian Xiuyun felt the poison just might kill him.
Jian Xiuyun did not forget his purpose of coming to the forest. He was too lazy to argue with him, so he simply cast a restraining spell on him.
“What are you planning to do?” Kan Wenxiao frowned and stared at him coldly.
Jian Xiuyun ignored him and quickly pressed the surrounding acupuncture points.
But he had a hard time taking the next step.
Staring at the unsightly burn marks on Kan Wenxiao’s shoulder, he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
But after noticing that the skin around the tooth marks kept getting darker and darker, Jian Xiuyun really wanted to just stab himself to death right now.
What was meant by stealing the chicken but losing the rice? This was it.
Jian Xiuyun bitterly closed his eyes, and thought about the paintings of the beauties he had drawn before slowly leaning down. He placed his lips on Kan Wenxiao’s shoulder, and began to suck out the poisoned blood.
When Jian Xiuyun’s lips came in contact with Kan Wenxiao’s shoulder, his body trembled violently and then froze.
How could it be? How could someone like Jian Xiuyun be willing to touch the scar on his shoulder?
But such a dreamlike incident actually happened.
Kan Wenxiao shut his eyes tightly. Maybe the poison had invaded his body completely and was causing hallucinations, even though the touch of his skin felt too real.
When he opened his eyes again, the image displayed before him was still the same.
Clad in white, pristine robes, with an appearance of purity and nobility, Jian Xiuyun was like an immortal banished from heaven who did not partake in the world’s mundane affairs.
But looking like this, half-kneeling on the ground, sucking out the poisoned blood from his shoulders…
Kan Wenxiao bit his lower lips, and soon streaks of blood appeared under the pressure of his teeth.
It wasn’t until the blood sucked out turned pure red that Jian Xiuyun stopped.
Then he tore off a piece of fabric from Kan Wenxiao’s robes and bandaged his wound.
After doing all this, Jian Xiuyun took out two bottles of snow mountain water from his Qiankun pouch and rinsed his mouth, and then released the restraining spell on him.
“The poisoned blood has basically been sucked out. When you get back, go to Qihuang Yuan and ask them to help you thoroughly extract the remaining poison.”
Kan Wenxiao did not answer, the look in his eyes changing from surprise to complexity, and then became darker and ambiguous.
“…Okay.” After a while, Kan Wenxiao replied.
As he spoke, he held on to the tree trunk and tried to stand up. However, due to the residual poison in his body, his legs were extremely weak. It was particularly difficult to stand up.
Jian Xiuyun on the side: “…”
This was another good opportunity to improve their relationship, although he didn’t want it at all.
Jian Xiuyun looked at the way he struggled but refused to ask for help. Seeing him willing to suffer in order to save face, Jian Xiuyun sneered in his heart.
But he feigned a worried look and reached out to hold his shoulders, making him stop. He then turned around and squatted on the ground with his back to him.
“Climb up.”
Kan Wenxiao almost fell back to the ground because of his words.
“No need.” Kan Wenxiao immediately rejected.
Thinking of last night, Jian Xiuyun suppressed his impatience, turned to him and urged, “Climb up quickly, do you want me to carry you back?”
Kan Wenxiao felt his throat go dry and astringent, and after a while, he struggled to call out, “Shizun?”
“Hm?” Jian Xiuyun’s confused response also came.
“You…” Is he really Jian Xiuyun?
In the end, he didn’t ask the next few words. The question was too stupid after all.
Just when Jian Xiuyun’s last bit of patience was about to disappear and he was about to turn around to directly carry him back, a hand gently placed on his shoulder.
As if he had finally determined something, Kan Wenxiao’s other hand also followed suit and he climbed up, gently hugging his neck.
Jian Xiuyun wanted to put an end to the situation as soon as possible, so he immediately got up and left with Kan Wenxiao on his back.
For a long time, neither uttered a word.
It wasn’t until halfway through the journey that a voice finally came from behind, “How did Shizun know I was here?”
Jian Xiuyun replied formulaically, “You didn’t come to morning class. I was afraid something might’ve happened to you, so I came out to look for you.”
Jian Xiuyun tried his best to sound sincere.
The person behind him was silent for a long time, and then he seemed to hear a soft laugh.
“This is not the first time…”
Kan Wenxiao didn’t finish his words, but both of them understood what he meant.
This was not the first time he had skipped morning classes, but it was the first time Jian Xiuyun cared about why he didn’t come, and even came out to look for him in person.
Jian Xiuyun didn’t know how to answer that, so he abruptly changed the subject, “Does the wound still hurt?”
Without the restraints of the Immortal Binding Rope, the spiritual energy in Kan Wenxiao’s body began to circulate, healing his injuries bit by bit.
It still hurt.
But naturally he would not admit to weakness in front of Jian Xiuyun.
“It doesn’t hurt.” Kan Wenxiao denied.
“That’s good.”
And they both fell into silence again.
Kan Wenxiao’s head was right next to Jian Xiuyun’s shoulder. Looking up, he could see his handsome side profile. His skin was white and smooth, like fine porcelain. His breath kept drifting in his nose, and it was the same cool and pleasant scent that he knew.
Kan Wenxiao felt that Jian Xiuyun was going to drive him crazy.
Jian Xiuyun clearly regarded him as good as a pair of worn-out shoes and felt bored even if he looked at him for a second too long. He was indifferent to everything about him and looked at him coldly, like he was a dispensable joke. Kan Wenxiao allowed him to bully and humiliate him, trampling on his admiration and sincerity at will.
In this case, why would he occasionally show him a fragment of the tenderness he had longed for for a long time?
Kan Wenxiao was unable to comprehend his hot and cold attitude, not even knowing how to deal with it.
Kan Wenxiao closed his eyes, feeling annoyed at himself. Jian Xiuyun’s past behavior was still vivid in his mind, but he was still moved by this inexplicable, tiny bit of favor that was given on a whim.
Daring to have unrealistic and bold fantasies, could it be that Jian Xiuyun didn’t hate him anymore?
Several times, Kan Wenxiao couldn’t help but want to tighten his arms around Jian Xiuyun’s neck and ask him what all this meant.
But when he thought back to his behavior in the morning, his open mouth was tightly pursed again.
In the end, he didn’t ask anything. But when they were approaching Wu Yu Hall, he buried his head in Jian Xiuyun’s back, and cursed himself in a very low voice, “What a disappointment.”
…Shizun, if you didn’t dilly dally you won’t have to kiss your discipline’s shoulder so this is on you lol.
Agreed.
JX is a horrible Shizun. It will be interesting to see how he changes.
It’s not everyday you see such a red flag shou
First protagonist ive read whose soooo delulu lmaoo. Sir you ripped out his Golden Elixir(?) When he was 14, neglected and let him get bullied cause hes… ugly?? 😭😭 I still like how hes still an asshole this time and not immediately kissing Wenxiaos ass like most mc’s lol, but i genuinely hope his redemption isnt half assed and actually satisfying to make up for all this . Thank you for your work translator ♡!♡!
I actually hope Kan Wenxiao will tourture his master in this life too. He kinda deserves it.
Fr. I want Jian Xiuyun to be poisoned or something so his skin ruptures and rots just so he can’t ever look at himself without feeling disgust. He genuinely needs a beating
I agree. I don’t remember such a scum shou in any novel, I can’t stand him.
Agreed. It is really hard to continue this novel. 😡
JXY is such a lost cause 😩 i wanna give him a beating myself. That little torture he added wasn’t cute at all ☹
Im finna punch this shou if he doesnt get his head out of his ass💀 his character development better be good
right??? like ew, get yourself together already dude
kind of looking forward to their relationship dynamic but the ML deserves better 😭 😭 😭
This chapter was really hard to read. An innocent child who didn’t do you anything wrong but still has to suffer because of others. My heart is bleeding 😭😭😭
Thank you for translating!