What a coincidence. You’re also the first person in 3 thousand years, who dares to crush my spirit butterfly into pieces right in front of this Venerable One’s face.
Feng Ci thought expressionlessly.
The moonlight penetrated through the layer of clouds. The wind within the forest ceased quietly, leaving only dead leaves to fly and scatter on the ground next to the two of them.
The spirit butterfly shattered into pieces on Pei QianYue’s fingertips, transforming into specks of gold and slipping between the cracks of his fingers.
Pei QianYue’s hand was actually very beautiful. His fingers were long and slender, but not boneless and delicate like that of a woman. When he exerted force, the blue veins on the back of his hand bulged; pale-white but powerful.
But right now, Feng Ci only wanted to chop this hand off.
It’s rare he managed to mold such a pretty spirit butterfly today!
Stinking brat!
Feng Ci’s arm was still pulled behind his back. The youth’s skeletal structure was small. Pei QianYue only needed one hand to clamp down on his arm. With a slight increase in strength from Pei QianYue, Feng Ci could hear his joints let out a creaking sound from being unable to bear the force.
“City Master.” Feng Ci reminded him, saying: “If you keep twisting, my arm will break.”
Although with the cultivation world’s current medical knowledge and skills, treating a broken bone shouldn’t waste too much effort, it’s better to avoid unnecessary troubles.
He definitely didn’t want to follow behind Pei QianYue the entire time holding a broken arm.
Not only did Pei QianYue not loosen, he gripped even tighter.
“But you’re not afraid.” Pei QianYue turned his head to the side, voice ice-cold: “You seem to fear nothing.”
Regardless of LingWu Mountain, LinXian Terrace, or right now, Pei QianYue has never felt the slightest fear or terror from him.
Feng Ci laughed: “How can there be someone who fears nothing.”
“Then, is this Venerable One unworthy of making you feel fear?” Grabbing Feng Ci’s wrist bone, Pei QianYue slowly exerted force. The strength was so heavy that he was practically about to shatter bone. However, his tone continued to remain cold and indifferent: “Do you feel like this Venerable One won’t kill you, or……. are you not afraid of death?”
Pei QianYue seemed extremely committed to asking others these kinds of fate-determining questions.
Feng Ci said: “I’m still worth something to you, City Master. You won’t kill me.”
“You’re not the only orphan from TianXuan Sect.” Pei QianYue said: “And this Venerable one has heard, after you fortunately escaped from LingWu Mountain’s Disorientation Array, you lost your memories.”
Feng Ci: “…….”
Meng ChangQing, that big mouth!
Feng Ci said sincerely: “It’s only temporary.”
Pei QianYue: “You can remember?”
Feng Ci: “I’ll do my best.”
The suppressive force on his arm loosened. Pei QianYue released him.
Feng Ci rubbed his wrist. He suspected heavily that perhaps Pei QianYue had some sadistic tendencies and liked to seek pleasure from other people’s pain.
In the last world he went to, this seemed to be a kind of psychological illness, the kind that required doctor’s visits and treatment.
When the opportunity arises in the future, he definitely needs to persuade the other to get treatment promptly, lest he end up harming others and hurting himself.
Feng Ci thought silently in his heart. Pei QianYue ignored him and continued to walk forward.
Feng Ci gave chase: “City Master, just where exactly is this place? Why did you come here? There doesn’t seem to be anyone living around here?”
He chased after Pei QianYue and asked a series of questions. Pei QianYue suddenly stopped. Feng Ci couldn’t brake in time and smacked his head right into the other’s back.
With an ‘ow’, Feng Ci rubbed his forehead: “Is your body made of stone? It’s so hard.”
When he was younger, he was clearly both soft and cool to touch, and very comfortable to hold.
Pei QianYue turned around, frost practically gathering on that handsome and peerless face.
“Why are you following me?” Pei QianYue asked.
Feng Ci didn’t hold back: “This disciple wants to know details about the cultivation sects’ incidents. City Master refuses to tell me, so I can only figure it out myself.”
Pei QianYue: “Why do you want to know this?”
Feng CI: “To avenge my sect.”
Pei QianYue fell silent.
He remained silent for a very long time, almost like he wanted to say something. Ultimately, he didn’t say anything.
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As a result, cultivation sects would often choose areas abundant in spiritual energy to establish their sects.
However, this area was uninhabited with scarce spiritual energy. No matter how small the cultivation sect, they wouldn’t choose this place.
Feng Ci asked again: “So what is this place?”
Pei QianYue didn’t answer and quietly raised his hand.
A navy blue spirit light started glowing within his palm. In the empty spot in front of where they were standing, the ground abruptly split open.
That crack slowly grew larger. Tree vines, soft buds, and roots propagated nonstop from the rift, spiraling upwards.
Finally, a huge banyan appeared before them.
At the bottom of the banyan tree, thick roots intertwined together and caved in at the middle, forming what looked to be the shape of a strange ‘door’.
This was the entrance of a secret realm.
Secret realms were completely independent spaces. Their contents were infinite in variety, unique and completely different from each other.
Some secret realms were formed naturally; here spiritual energy gathers and stagnates. Every single piece of grass and wood, tree and stone, were brimming with rich spiritual energy. This kind of secret realm was called “Spirit Deposits” by the cultivation world.
However some were created artificially.
Artificially created secret realms were mostly used to store certain items. These can be mystic texts from unique sects or rare and precious magic items. Of course, simultaneously, the secret realms often contained layers of traps prepared by the creator. A moment of carelessness could result in death.
Three thousand years ago, Feng Ci once instructed his disciples sincerely not to recklessly explore unfamiliar and strange realms. Otherwise, you might die without even knowing how you died.
Of course, if your cultivation was high enough to clean sweep all dangers and didn’t fear any secret realms, you can give it a try.
However, after passing through the heavy fortification of challenges, and reaching the deepest part of the secret realm, what awaits you might not be some precious or rare item. Instead, it could be a room of children’s picture books stored away by some high level cultivator.
— Feng Ci really did know someone who was this bored previously.
And so, what’s inside the secret realm before him right now?
Feng Ci could tell this was an artificially created secret realm. Furthermore, the creator had a high cultivation level. It was pretty much impossible to see the state of the realm from the outside……
Pei QianYue walked in directly.
“Hey!” Feng Ci grabbed him by the sleeve: “What is inside this place? Is it safe? You’re entering just like this……”
Pei QianYue: “Let go.”
Feng Ci: “Ah?”
Pei QianYue yanked his sleeve out of Feng Ci’s hand and said in disgust: “Don’t touch me.”
Feng Ci: “……”
Ha ha. In the past, you always begged me to hold you.
So what if I’m tugging your sleeve?
You almost broke my arm just now too!
“If you don’t want to enter, then get lost.” After saying these last words coldly, Pei QianYue stepped inside the secret realm.
After following him to this point, how could Feng Ci not enter? He took one step forward; however, the bottom of his foot encountered air and he started to fall straight downwards.
Feng Ci leaped reflexively and used the momentum of his body to slam into Pei QianYue who was in front of him.
Immediately afterwards, he closed both arms around Pei QianYue and hugged him tightly.
The two people dropped downwards rapidly.
This seemed to be an extremely deep cave, without any light at all. Feng Ci couldn’t see anything. While falling, Pei QianYue even attempted to pry open Feng Ci’s hands. However, Feng Ci was determined to disgust him, and screamed “I’m so scared, City Master, save me” then continued to hug and cling onto the other again even after being pried off.
After repeating the process several times, their positions ultimately became Feng Ci burying himself into Pei QianYue’s arms.
Immediately afterwards, he felt his back slamming into something. Like congenital twins, the two people rolled down the stone wall.
At last, they landed on a pile of soft vines.
Taking advantage of his currently petite stature, Feng Ci laid in Pei QianYue’s arms and didn’t receive any damage from the impact. Raising his head to take a look, he noticed that Pei QianYue wasn’t so lucky.
Pei QianYue usually wore large, loose robes everyday. Only by hugging him did Feng Ci notice that the other’s waist was actually slimmer than ordinary. The only reason Pei QianYue didn’t look too frail was because his height was relatively tall.
His hair and clothes completely became disheveled and scattered from the tumble. The black silk covering his eyes also loosened faintly, looking almost ready to fall.
Pei QianYue’s voice sounded somewhat annoyed, like he was grinding his teeth: “Let go.”
Feng Ci froze before finally realizing in the aftermath that during the struggle, he was the one who had accidentally yanked the silk ribbon that was tied behind Pei QianYue’s head.
Even now, if he just gave a tug, it’d be enough to pull the ribbon off.
If he pulls it off to take a brief look, does that mean he’ll know what’s up with Pei QianYue’s eyes? This thought flickered past Feng Ci’s head. However, he didn’t do that.
Feng Ci let go. The ribbon slid out of his palm.
Pei QianYue didn’t want others to see. He shouldn’t force him.
“Sorry.” Feng Ci straightened up and wanted to climb off of Pei QianYue. One of his legs just touched the ground when Pei QianYue suddenly said: “Don’t move!”
But ultimately, he was too late.
As soon as Feng Ci’s leg touched the ground, something wrapped around it, latching on tightly and immobilizing it.
Feng Ci originally thought they had landed in a pile of vines, but he only noticed just now that there seemed to be other things attached to the vine. Feng Ci touched a bit of it with his fingers and pulled out a thin thread, which still felt slightly cold and piercing.
Feng Ci: “Spider web?”
Pei QianYue: “Yes.”
“Then……” Feng Ci lowered his head and looked at Pei QianYue, who was crushed under him, practically laying flat on the vines, and four limbs already entangled completely within the spider webs. Feng Ci fell silent for a moment: “Can you still move?”
Pei QianYue: “…… what do you think?”
Feng Ci: “……”
What did he say about recklessly exploring unfamiliar and strange realms?!
The problematic issue about secret realms was that it’s impossible to ward off the sudden attacks. Sometimes, a lot of tricky, small traps couldn’t be breached by brute force alone. For example right now, Feng Ci could create a fire and burn these vines to escape, but the little black snake underneath him might become charcoal roasted snake meat.
…… that’s not going to work.
Feng Ci frowned and asked: “You came all this way to explore a secret realm. Didn’t you do any preparations ahead of time?”
Restrained so easily by a trap, was this really the Leader of the Immortal Alliance?
“If it weren’t for you causing trouble randomly…..”
Pei QianYue sounded like he was about to die from excessive anger towards Feng Ci. Feng Ci recalled that actually, it did seem like he had slammed into the other in midair; in fact, he even landed right on top of Pei QianYue, which caused the other to be trapped like this.
Hastily, he comforted: “No no no, don’t panic. Let me think—”
He didn’t even finish talking when the ground beneath the vines collapsed.
The surroundings lit up.
Feng Ci finally discovered that the pile of vines they were on wasn’t actually the bottom of this pitless cave. Instead, they were suspended in the middle of the cave.
Not even 100 meters below the vines was actually flowing lava.
Red hot lava boiled and turned turbulently beneath the two of them. The temperature within the cave rose swiftly. Broken pieces of rocks tumbled down and instantly melted under the high heat.
Very good. Now the two of them can get roasted together.
Feng Ci, exasperatedly: “Think…… think of a plan please, City Master.”
“This spider web can seal meridians.” Pei QianYue said coolly.
Even without him saying anything, Feng Ci can feel it.
This spider web carried spiritual energy, which can penetrate through the skin and block up meridians. His restrained right foot already felt like it was frozen inside ice and snow and was gradually turning numb.
Presumably, Pei QianYue wasn’t having a great time either.
What’s with his luck right now? No secret realms for over thousands of years, yet running into such a malicious trap immediately upon entering one?
The red hot lava scorched the stone walls. The vines and spider webs hanging from the stone walls started to melt slowly. However, this melting didn’t actually help them. The plant’s dark green juice dripped downwards along the edge of the wall. The vines could no longer bear the weight of two grown men and suddenly dropped by a few inches.
If it continued like this, all the meridians within their bodies would seal up and they’d tumble into the scorching lava, completely without any spiritual powers.
And melt into ashes and dust.
Despite facing this kind of perilous situation, Feng Ci still didn’t show any fear on his face.
Pei QianYue said quietly: “You really don’t fear death at all.”
Hair slightly disheveled and light reflecting off the side of his face, he looked especially handsome in the blaze.
Feng Ci lacked his usual languid appearance. His gaze searched the stone walls unceasingly for an escape route as he said nonchalantly: “Those with desires in life, fear death. Without desires, there’s nothing to fear.”
Pei QianYue asked him: “You have no desires?”
The vines continued to drop downwards. Feng Ci didn’t reply immediately. Instead he asked back: “You have lived so many years, there’s still something you desire?”
Pei QianYue said: “Yes.”
Feng Ci looked down at him, almost like he was judging if this answer was true or fake.
Half a moment later, he shifted his gaze away and said softly: “Then you should be careful, not to die here.”
The temperature within the cave very quickly reached an uncomfortable level. However, the body underneath Feng Ci was exceptionally cold.
That was from the spider web slowly sealing his meridians.
Feng Ci sat balanced on top of Pei QianYue and said quietly: “City Master sir, if you don’t come up with a plan now, we are going to die together.”
No answer.
Pei QianYue laid in the same spot quietly, faint white vapors visible with each breath, as if he had already lost consciousness.
His body was too cold.
Pei QianYue was a demon(妖). Spiritual energy was the source of his life. The sealed meridians made it impossible to circulate his spiritual energy. To him, this was a life-threatening situation.
Was there really no way out?
Not exactly.
But regardless of the method, it’s not something that an average teenage cultivator should know.
Feng Ci heaved a sigh silently. However, right at this moment, the vines hanging on the stone walls finally lost their strength.
And snapped.
“— Pei QianYue!” Amidst the swift descent, Feng Ci only had time to wrap his arms around Pei QianYue once again.
Putong—
The scorching hot lava surged, engulfing the two people instantly.
Everything fell back into silence.
A moment later, a partially transparent, golden energy shield slowly rose up from the lava.
One hand around Pei QianYue, Feng Ci held up his other hand in front of him. A steady stream of pale gold light flowed outward from his palm and transformed into the shield that’s wrapped around the two of them.
The spider web on Pei QianYue’s body has already melted under the high heat of the lava. Feng Ci raised his hand. He was just about to prompt the energy shield to float upward when he saw the view of the surroundings change again.
The turbulent hot lava, scorched stone walls, the falling vines, all suddenly stopped moving.
Immediately afterwards, they gradually turned to dust and blew away, ultimately transforming into a navy blue spiritual light that dissipated into the void.
Feng Ci’s feet touched the ground.
They were standing in the middle of a long, narrow passage. Feng Ci looked up. Pei QianYue was standing next to him, dressed meticulously, not one strand of hair out of place.
Still the same high and mighty, ice-cold, unapproachable City Master of LangFeng City.
Feng Ci was still positioned with one hand wrapped around Pei QianYue. The latter gave him a light shove and pushed him away.
Feng Ci instantly understood everything.
“You’re the creator of this secret realm?” Feng Ci put away the energy shield, practically laughing out of fury: “You were testing me?”
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Feng Ci: /clench fists
gasp The Audacity!
lmao—
In the future little snake will regret everything he has done to MC
Thanks to the chapter~
lol
*for the chapter
Thank You for the new chapter (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡
This little snake knows how to make someone steal his tofu.
Thank you very much for the translation
Xiao Hei’s wishlist:
To be carried by Master ✅
Next step:
To be bridal carried by Master 🔲
Ahahahah 😂 okay, that was very well done!! 👏 👏 😂
I hope PQY won’t regret it too much x)
I’m sure our Xiao Hei won’t regret it! More like he’ll think it was the punishment to his master who left him alooone~ Hahahahaha!
Thank you for the chapter! This chapter is so funny. Lolololol.
Am I allowed to +1 this? 😂
+1
The tIme is now to get all pissy! LMAO!
Thanks for the chapter
Feng Ci: clenches fist, veins pop on forehead this brat is asking for a beating!!
thanks for the chapter!
Does he know now??
xiaohei is too sneaky 😂😂