Chapter 32

Chapter 31 The Great World 

In Tianling Pond, Lu Jiajing was half asleep and half awake, with a light layer of frost on her fair skin. The fine lines on the frost looked like silk cocoons, very beautiful. 

Three hours later, she finally woke up slowly. The heaviness of her body disappeared, and she felt as light as a feather. 

The frost clinging to her body also melted and evaporated as she woke up. 

Pei Yuhan watched her stand up in the pool, and felt a mysterious glow flickering through her skin, like the quietest fireflies in summer. 

The two of them looked at each other from a distance and smiled. 

Lu Jiajing walked out of the pool, Pei Yuhan picked up the blue long skirt beside her, walked towards Lu Jiajing, unfolded the skirt and put it on her. 

Lu Jiajing opened her arms and let her dress herself. 

Pei Yuhan stood behind her, lifted up her wet long hair, and put clothes on her. 

Then she walked over to Lu Jiajing and fastened the buttons on her skirt. 

Lu Jiajing smiled and said, "Miss Pei, you are so nice." 

Pei Yuhan said: "Palace Master Lu has gone through many disasters and rebuilt his body. After such a great disaster, he will surely have infinite blessings in the future." 

Lu Jiajing said: "Same." 

Pei Yuhan paused, and nodded gently. 

Lu Jiajing said, "I'm sorry. At that time, I often said that you were stupid, had no talent for cultivation, and held your master back. Sometimes I hid your sword, and sometimes I cast a little magic to make it impossible for you to lift it. One time, you couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to complain to the master, but you walked a distance and I carried you back. After repeating this several times, you almost cried." 

Thinking of that past event, Pei Yuhan also laughed. 

She looked into Lu Jiajing's eyes and said, "Although I often felt that I was such a nasty master at that time, I actually admired you in my heart. You had almost the best talent among your peers, and you were so good at cultivation even though you played around all day. You looked very cold in the eyes of outsiders, but to me you were like a girl who never grew up and only knew how to tease me. But at that time, Master didn't have many days to spend with me, and you helped me solve many problems in cultivation. I know how good you were to me." 

After saying that, Pei Yuhan lowered her head and helped her tie the last section of the belt of the skirt around her waist. 

"You are just stupid." 

Lu Jiajing looked at this grown-up girl, with a clear and sad smile in her eyes. 

Pei Yuhan then tied a deep blue belt around her waist. 

She has a plump figure and a slender waist, and the dress fits her figure even better after being tied with a belt. 

The dress on her lower body was crisscrossed and parted at the knees, revealing her smooth and delicate calves. She was still barefoot, which made her look even more delicate and pretty. 

Seeing that she didn't look up, Lu Jiajing asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Any other questions?" 

Pei Yuhan raised her head and tentatively poked her proud chest. 

... 

At a rocky place by a stream, Shao Shenyun and Lin Xuanyan met for the second time. 

The snow-white stream rushed down from the mountain stream and rushed down to the towering mountain. 

The snow on the mountains keeps melting, so the water is flowing fast. 

Lin Xuanyan sat on a rock in the stream, looking at his reflection in the water, thinking about many things. He could understand many things, but he couldn't understand many more. 

He roughly knew who was behind the plot and what they were planning. 

But I don't know how big this game is, and what kind of chess piece I am in it. 

He lowered his head, and suddenly a blood-red figure appeared in the stream. In the water, the dress she wore was more charming than a swaying flower bud. 

Lin Xuanyan didn't look up: "What's the matter?" 

Shao Shenyun said: "I met him by chance." 

Lin Xuanyan said: "I don't believe it." 

Shao Shenyun asked, "Did you see everything just now?" 

Lin Xuanyan asked: "Why?" 

Shao Shenyun asked: "Do you think I shouldn't be this kind of person, or something else?" 

Lin Xuanyan asked: "I don't understand why you treated me like this when his magic power is so low. I also don't understand why you, such a proud person, would beg for mercy after suffering such a thing. Are you begging for him to hear, or are you saying it on purpose for me to hear?" 

Shao Shenyun said: "We are allies now. I won't hide it from you. When I left the seal, I signed a master-slave life and death contract with that little monster. He can threaten me with death, but I dare not die, so I can only be controlled by him." 

Lin Xuanyan was still puzzled: "With your methods, it shouldn't be difficult to make him half dead and unable to commit suicide, right?" 

Shao Shenyun said: "Your realm has really fallen too far now. You can't even see the corpse fetus death soul curse clearly?" 

"The Curse of the Dead Souls?" 

Lin Xuanyan was slightly startled, and then many records about this came to his mind. 

This is an extremely unpopular spell, but it has a great origin. 

This spell was originally designed for those Deadpools who sneaked into the enemy during war. If they were unfortunately discovered, their whole body would be fixed by the spell. 

In order to prevent them from revealing secrets when their minds are seized, as long as the main body's soul has a major change, the spell will be triggered and the main body will die directly. 

Once this curse is cast, a dark seed is planted in the heart. 

This kind of seed is almost impossible for outsiders to break. 

This curse can also be said to be a kind of inner demon. Since it is an inner demon, you need to remove it yourself. 

But why would a little monster from the Northern Territory be cursed like this? Could it be... 

Lin Xuanyan raised his head and looked at Shao Shenyun in shock. 

Shao Shenyun could probably guess what he was thinking, and she said, "You're right, but this little monster may not even know that he has been cursed, or he may still have the same thoughts as you, secretly cursing my stupidity in his heart. But I also want to thank him. In the world, life and death are the most important. It's just a curse, there must be a way to break it." 

Lin Xuanyan asked again: "Is this part of the trap set by the people on the floating island?" 

Shao Shenyun nodded and said, "Of course. But since they have schemed against me, I naturally have to give them something back. But I also want to thank them for scheming against me." 

Lin Xuanyan pondered over it, only to find that things were becoming more and more complicated. 

Shao Shenyun continued: "And you asked me why I showed that attitude?" 

Lin Xuanyan nodded. 

Shao Shenyun asked back: "What kind of person do you think I am? Or do you think I can't do such a thing?" 

Lin Xuanyan didn't know how to answer, "I just think you don't need to do this." 

Shao Shenyun said: "In those 30,000 years, I broke down countless times and wanted to surrender. But in a world like that, who could hear my cry for mercy? Now it's just a show, I don't feel any shame, and it won't leave any shadow on my heart. If you can defeat me one day, I might also beg for mercy from you." 

At the last sentence, although Lin Xuanyan knew that the other party was deliberately teasing him, his heart still couldn't help but skip a beat. 

He said: "Then when can we leave the Demon Palace?" 

Shao Shenyun said: "You can leave at any time. I have said everything I want to tell you. Your lover should have rebuilt his bones. From now on, no one will stop you until you reach the border of the kingdom." 

After saying that, Shao Shenyun stretched her body lazily, turned around and walked towards the main hall: "That little guy is really tireless, I have to go back, if I go too late I will be spanked again." 

Lin Xuanyan asked: "As the Lord of the Northern Territory, are you afraid of this method of punishing a little girl?" 

Shao Shenyun didn't look back, but said quietly: "I am afraid, of course I am afraid. Because many, many years ago, there was a person who often treated me like this, and later that person made me suffer 30,000 years of punishment. Do you think I am afraid?" 

... 

Lin Xuanyan returned to the main hall, and Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing just came back. Lu Jiajing was wearing a brand new green dress, her body was clean and her temperament was refreshed, like the new grass and trees in early spring, which only made people think of beauty. 

Lin Xuanyan looked at her, smiled and said congratulations. 

After descending Jiewang Mountain, they continued to head south. The journey was smooth and no one stopped them. 

But after Pei Yuhan arrived, Lin Xuanyan and Lu Jiajing could no longer indulge themselves as before. Pei Yuhan was not like Su Lingshu, and would not be considerate enough to go out and come back after an hour or two. 

So the two of them could only busy themselves with their own affairs. In addition to accompanying the two women, Lin Xuanyan was more busy with his deductions. 

After Lu Jiajing rebuilt his bones, his practice became more fluent and his progress was so fast that it was amazing. 

The borders of the Xuanyuan Dynasty were many small countries. 

Those small countries were vassal states of the dynasty and paid tribute regularly, so the dynasty would naturally be responsible for their safety. 

Some countries are really small, most of them have been assimilated by the dynasty and turned into a city, but there is a small country called Xialiang on the border that is very famous. It is famous for its "one clan, one country". 

There is a Mingxu Sect in Xialiang country, whose Taoism is outstanding, and even among the dynasties, it is still not inferior. 

On a flower field near Xialiang Country, the three met a beautiful female crown girl. 

The young nun stood beside a sika deer, which lowered its head to drink water. The beautiful nun had red lips and white teeth, and two strands of hair hung down over her chin. She wore a silver-gilt Taoist crown on her head, and a silver hairpin was pressed under the crown. The tassel hanging down was like half a butterfly. 

The nun's long black skirt was outlined with gold edges and painted with pine trees, cranes and flowing clouds. It reached all the way down to her ankles. Her snow-white sleeves were very wide, torn apart halfway up the back and tied up at the bottom. When she walked slowly, the wind that entered would leak out from the gaps, and her sleeves would tremble slightly, as if they were tied to the wind. 

The moment she appeared by the stream, Lin Xuanyan and Pei Yuhan's eyes fell on her. 

It's not because of the girl's beauty, but because she has a pair of swords on her back. 

Two Taoist swords, one long and one short, one large and one small, were inserted into a huge blue lacquered scabbard. 

The sword is not unsheathed, but its meaning is as deep as still water. 

The nun held a whisk in her arms and nodded to them. 

After leaving the flowerbed, Lu Jiajing asked, "Is Taoism so popular in the northern border areas?" 

"It shouldn't be, it's just because there is a famous sect of cultivation in Xialiang country. If it were any other remote small country, it wouldn't be like this." Pei Yuhan said. 

Lin Xuanyan smiled and said, "That Taoist nun is really pretty." 

Lu Jiajing showed a sarcastic look on his face. 

Pei Yuhan said: "Not only that, her cultivation is very high. She is about 18 or 19 years old today, but her cultivation has reached the ninth level." 

"Nine Realms?" Hearing this, Lin Xuanyan was also surprised and said: "Shouldn't Ji Chanxi be the only monster like this in the world?" 

Eighteen or nineteen-year-old ninth-level cultivators, looking at the world's thousand-year history, can be called true top talents. 

Why is this woman not well-known? 

Lin Xuanyan said: "Yuhan, maybe you saw it wrongly, maybe this is just a beautiful lady with profound Taoist skills." 

Pei Yuhan was also a little uncertain, she shook her head. 

Lu Jiajing suddenly said: "Could it be..." 

They both looked at her. 

Lu Jiajing's eyes flickered. "I once read a record in a book that there is a sect in the northern border, and this sect has an almost unwritten rule for thousands of years. That is, every hundred years, a female genius who practices Taoism will appear in the sect, and her talent is enough to make any of her peers feel ashamed. However, for thousands of years, every genius girl will collapse in Taoism at the age of twenty due to various reasons, and either die directly or never recover and never stand up again." 

Lin Xuanyan nodded, pondered for a moment, and speculated: "If this is true, then it should be that an old ancestor of the sect used a secret method to reincarnate his soul over and over again. It's a pity that the sins he committed before were too deep, and he still can't cleanse himself after paying them off for more than ten generations." 

Hearing the words "Dao Xin Collapsed", Pei Yuhan and Lu Jiajing both felt the same way. 

They can understand what kind of disaster these four words mean. 

Even those who were half-step to becoming a saint couldn't resist it, let alone a little girl who hadn't even reached the state of enlightenment? 

God is jealous of talents, nothing is more than this. 

In the territory of Xialiang, they met the beautiful young Taoist nun again. 

Pei Yuhan approached her and chatted with her for a while, only then did she know that she was walking in the world on behalf of the Mingxu Sect. In this land, she was like a living fairy. 

Pei Yuhan naturally understood the deep meaning of walking in this world. The sect had already given up on this girl and was unwilling to waste resources on her. Anyway, when she turned 20, her Taoism was destined to collapse. 

Over the past thousand years, the sect has made countless attempts, but none of them could change this outcome. 

If it can't be changed, then it's meaningless. 

But the young nun remained calm and gentle from beginning to end. 

Finally, Pei Yuhan asked her name, and she did not shy away from saying her name was Jiang Miaoxuan. 

... 

At the end of the Yellow Springs in the Northern Region, the fog that had enveloped the ancient city all year round finally thinned a little. 

A man lowered his body and stroked a stone tablet with his hand. The spirit on the stone tablet slowly passed into his body through his fingers. He gently raised his hand, and it seemed as if there were thousands of threads entangled between his five fingers and the stone tablet. 

He looked at the thin sword spirit wrapped around his fingers and sighed softly. 

The girl named An'er sat aside, looking at her father, and asked curiously: "What are these four words?" 

"Didn't Dad tell you last time that Dad didn't recognize him either?" the middle-aged man said. 

An'er said naively, "I know Dad lied to me." 

The middle-aged man was slightly stunned. 

She smiled and said, "These four words mean 1000 ways and 1 sword." 

An'er said: "Actually, I already knew it. I also know that the person who carved these four words was a very powerful swordsman five hundred years ago. But these four words cannot be spoken normally, it is a taboo." 

"How did you know that?" the middle-aged man asked. 

An Er said as a matter of course: "My mother told me." 

The middle-aged man was silent for a moment, then asked, "What else does An'er know?" 

The little girl continued, "My mother also told me many stories about the stone tablets. She said that the one who engraved the vastness of heaven and earth was an old monk who was indestructible. The one who engraved the character of Nanqin was a white-haired woman thousands of years ago. The one who engraved the question of peeping into the sky was the current master of a temple on an island. The one who engraved the moon hanging in the sky seemed to be named Nan, and it was said that she was the most beautiful woman in the world today." 

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and interrupted, "Xiao An'er, what else do you know?" 

The little girl said innocently: "I also know that my father is not a human." 

"Oh, by the way." The little girl added: "An'er is not a human either." 

... 

In the west of the Northern Territory, the territory that originally belonged to the Xiuyi Clan has long been sparsely populated, and the main city that once belonged to the Xiuyi Clan has also been occupied by other monsters, and many old and weak Xiuyi Clan members have even become slaves of other stronger monsters. 

This city, which was not a lively one after all, although there were monsters living there, suddenly became lively today. 

It was just because a beautiful girl in green suddenly came to the city today. The girl was very beautiful and her temperament was even more natural. She entered through the main gate without any disguise and ran straight to the main hall. 

Many monsters who were proud of their powerful demonic powers were ready to make a move. They could sense the faint demonic aura emanating from the girl, which was the aura of the Embroidered Clothes Clan. 

And that purple hair further revealed her identity. 

That long-deceased race had long since become slaves of other demon races, and the beautiful women of the Embroidered Clothes Tribe were even sold as prostitutes. 

Many great demons are proud to own women from the Embroidered Clothes Clan. 

I just never thought that there would be a fish that slipped through the net, and this fish that slipped through the net dared to come back so ignorant of the world. 

Judging from her appearance, she should be the most noble royal family member of the Xiuyi Clan. 

The number of royal prostitutes of the Xiuyi Clan was already rare, and now it is even harder to find one. Even if there are any, they are hidden in the palace by the powerful demon who dominates the area and are not shown to the public. 

And now there is another royal girl from the Xiuyi Clan falling into their trap, how can they not be excited? 

However, this "ignorant" girl from the Xiuyi tribe had no intention of returning home. 

She felt a little panicked and scared. 

This is not a fear of homesickness, but a fear of an unknown fate. 

At this moment, a powerful monster finally couldn't hold back any longer. 

Above the girl's head, a pair of axes whirled like a whirlwind and fell from the sky. 

The demonic power of the two axes was restrained, just a test, and the great demon certainly didn't want the little girl to be chopped into meat paste by him. 

The girl seemed not to hear. 

She waved her sleeves casually toward the sky. 

There was a loud bang. 

Amid screams, a huge figure crashed straight into the city wall, causing it to cave in deeply, revealing spider-web-like cracks. 

The two axes were still hanging on his hands, but the knuckles were covered in blood. 

This daring blow subdued many monsters that were preparing to make a move in the dark. 

Many more powerful monsters were unwilling to give up and attacked one after another. 

Along the way, dark figures would occasionally attack from all angles, some with heavy blows, some with sneak attacks from behind, and stabbing very quickly. 

Some have tricky angles, like snakes and scorpions lying on the ground. 

No matter which angle they attack from, the outcome is the same. 

More and more monsters appeared in the city, some seriously injured and some dead. 

She walked all the way to the end of the city. No demon dared to stop her. 

The hall at the end was covered with moss. 

The girl was not sad at all, but her eyes were inexplicably filled with tears. 

There is a shrine deep inside the main hall. 

The shrine sank into a spring, and inside it was a pale green jade lotus. 

The jade lotus was left behind by Xia Qianzhen before she became a Taoist. It was the root of her Tao. As long as she lit up the lotus, her Tao heart would be bright again and she would be able to escape from the nightmare of 30,000 years. 

The method to light up the Dao Heart Lotus is also very simple, that is to use your own blood. 

But after Xia Qianzhen wakes up, what should he do? 

Who am I, Su Lingshu, or just a young Xia Qianzhen? 

Or, have you really lived? 

She opened the blue lotus, which emitted a faint, invisible light, warm and cold. 

It had been a difficult journey, but now that her inner demons had been removed, her blood and essence were naturally clean enough, and the green lotus watered by her blood was naturally bright enough. 

She didn't know what she was hesitating about, she just felt lost. 

Finally, she made up her mind and used her hand as a knife to cut her palm. 

Just as she was about to swipe her hand, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by another hand. 

The girl was shocked. 

She turned around suddenly and saw a face as gentle as jade, but at this moment, this face looked like the biggest ghost in the world! 

"Why you? How could it be you?" 

... 

The Lost Day City at the end of the South China Sea is always peaceful and tranquil. 

The two icy moons in the sky still shine upon the world, quiet, lonely, and bright. 

The head of Shiri City, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, unexpectedly left Xuanyue Palace today. She came to Nan Lingyin's palace. Nan Lingyin looked at this reclusive sister unexpectedly and didn't understand why she came. 

She asked, "Sister, don't you need to practice meditation today?" 

Nangong said: "Of course there are more important things." 

Nan Lingyin was even more puzzled. She knew it must be something extremely important, but she just couldn't figure out the connection at the moment. 

The silver-haired headmaster had his sleeves hanging down by his side. The moonlight at the palace gate was like water, and she was right in the middle of the water. 

Her voice was so peaceful and clear, yet it seemed as if it had come from a thousand years ago. 

"Let's go pick up our second sister and take her home."