Chapter 89
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Yes, regardless of whether he had returned to the body of Li Fuyue, the soul was already that of the reborn Li Fenglan.
At this moment, Ling Buyan hugged Li Fenglan tightly, and Li Fenglan hesitated for a moment before slowly reaching out and returning the embrace of the man in front of him.
Somehow, at this moment, Li Fenglan felt a bit wronged.
He grew up in a prestigious family in the mortal world, and later in Tianmian Palace, he completely suppressed his true nature.
In theory, people like Li Fenglan do not like to have too much physical contact with others.
But now, Li Fenglan knew that there were many people around him, and he knew that they were all watching him, yet he still held onto Ling Buyan tightly.
Just then, Ling Buyan placed one hand under Li Fenglan’s shoulder and the other hand under his knee, and lifted him up.
Just as Li Fenglan felt weightless, the jade petals of the heavy flower just now disappeared.
At this moment, Li Fenglan finally had a clear concept in his mind:
My master is holding me!!!
He is holding me in front of so many people from the sect!!!
Li Fenglan, in his two lifetimes combined, had never experienced anything like this before.
Not only was Li Fenglan shocked, but everyone around him was also stunned.
Tianmian Palace was the number one sect in the cultivation world, with numerous disciples. The several cultivators responsible for guarding Tanyi Pagoda in the vicinity had not seen Li Fenglan and Ling Buyan before, so their biggest impression of the two was “Xuanchu Patriarch” and “Li Fuyue”.
And these two names were both glittering and well-known throughout the cultivation world.
For them, it was not surprising that Ling Buyan became Li Fenglan’s master, even though Li Fuyue’s cultivation was just as high. After all, the reputation of a first-stage Xuanchu Immortal Ancestor was greater, not to mention the factor of age.
But… now Ling Buyan was actually holding Li Fenglan?
What exactly was the relationship between the two of them?
They had come to guard the tower, but they never expected to witness such a shocking scene.
The young disciples around them were all shocked, and Lin Chaochen, who was standing not far away, gritted his teeth and lowered his head at this moment.
He realized that since returning to his past body, his senior brother had not even glanced at him once.
A thousand years ago, Lin Chaochen had already gotten used to his senior brother’s attention always being on him. It was precisely because of this that Lin Chaochen had developed an inappropriate idea.
He had thought that he would always be the most special one in his senior brother’s heart. But now, Li Fenglan didn’t even spare him a glance. Lin Chaochen knew that he was wrong…
His senior brother’s true feelings had been trampled by himself, and could never be regained.
At this moment, Lin Chaochen’s demonic possession became even more severe, and his killing intent grew stronger. But even Lin Chaochen, who had never suppressed his inner demons, was struggling to fight it at this moment.
“Senior brother…” Lin Chaochen’s voice was low and hoarse, sounding extremely terrifying.
After he spoke, the cultivators around them finally remembered that there was such a dangerous person here.
Those who were just gossiping silently before immediately turned around and drew their swords towards Lin Chaochen.
And at this moment, Li Fenglan finally looked over at Lin Chaochen.
This time, his gaze towards Lin Chaochen was especially cold, almost devoid of any emotions.
“Master, please let me down,” Li Fenglan softly said to Ling Buyan.
“Okay.”
When facing Mo Shenyu earlier, Li Fenglan had no intention of showing any fear or retreat. But now, seeing this devil-possessed Lin Chaochen, Li Fenglan didn’t know what to say.
He even wanted to escape.
The cultivator not far away was his junior brother, someone who had been with him for thousands of years and was once his most trusted person…
But it was him, who shattered Li Fenglan’s soul with a single sword strike.
Although he knew that fate played tricks on people, Li Fenglan felt that he might never be able to say words of forgiveness to Lin Chaochen. At the same time, he could not kill this devil-possessed person like he did years ago.
Just then, Lin Chaochen knelt on the ground not far away, and then held his hands flat at his eyebrows, respectfully bowing three times to Li Fenglan.
This…
In the world of cultivation, such behavior was rare.
These three bows not only shocked Li Fenglan, but also scared other cultivators.
Li Fenglan couldn’t help but clench his fists, and after a moment of silence, he decided not to say anything more to Lin Chaochen.
However, just as Li Fenglan was about to call Ling Buyan to leave together, he heard Lin Chaochen call out to him again.
“Senior Brother,” Lin Chaochen, who was already possessed by a devil, looked deeply at Li Fenglan. He paused for a moment, and suddenly smiled, “I’m going to the place where I should go.”
Lin Chaochen was referring to the Soul Condensation Tower, a place of no return.
This time, it was Ling Buyan who smiled ambiguously at Lin Chaochen.
But Lin Chaochen, as if he hadn’t seen Ling Buyan at all, laughed at himself once again.
“Senior Brother… Maybe I will never see you again,” Lin Chaochen pleaded, “Let me take one last look at you.”
Lin Chaochen couldn’t remember when he started having the inappropriate thoughts about his senior brother. He only knew that his desire had been growing with time.
However, in the end, all he could beg for was one last look at his senior brother.
He stared fixedly at where Li Fenglan was standing, but the white-clothed cultivator didn’t say a word.
After a moment of silence, Li Fenglan softly called out “Finished Karma” before disappearing from Lin Chaochen’s sight on his flying sword.
He was Li Fenglan, and he had no more connection with Lin Chaochen.
At this moment of parting with Lin Chaochen, memories of a thousand years ago flooded Li Fenglan’s heart. He felt a little choked up but never shed a tear.
…
The recent incident caused by Mo Shenyu was perhaps the biggest calamity in the history of the cultivation world.
Now that Mo Shenyu had finally returned to the heavens, the entire cultivation world felt like it had been reborn.
With the appearance of Ling Buyan and Li Fenglan’s return, Tianmian Palace, the largest sect in the cultivation world, had gained even greater prestige. Countless cultivators came to Tianmian Palace for various reasons, just to have a chance encounter with the first celestial ancestor or Li Fenglan. However, to their disappointment, these two people stayed in Miguang Mountain and seemed to have no intention of leaving.
After Li Fenglan returned to Miguang Mountain, he remained silent for a while.
Seeing him like this, Ling Buyan didn’t dare to disturb him.
After almost a day, Li Fenglan finally recovered.
He seemed to have completely put the past behind him.
As the sun was about to set, Ling Buyan sat by the window of the main hall of Tianmian Palace, reading a book. Li Fenglan walked over slowly.
“Fenglan?” Ling Buyan was surprised to see Li Fenglan.
“Yes, Master,” Li Fenglan smiled and did not bring up the previous topic. He sat on the other side of the desk and said, “Master, I’ve been thinking about a lot of things lately. There are things from my past life, as well as what you said to me when I was unconscious before.”
Hearing this, Ling Buyan put down the book in his hand and smiled, “I told you everything that happened in the past. I don’t know how much you actually heard.”
Seeing that Li Fenglan was no longer preoccupied with the events of a thousand years ago or Lin Chaochen, Ling Buyan couldn’t help but feel relieved.
“I heard… it was all a bit vague,” Li Fenglan thought for a moment and said.
After saying this, Li Fenglan paused and suddenly put his hand gently on his chest.
“There was a strange immortal bone buried in this place I used to live,” Li Fenglan said in a declarative tone, “It belonged to you, Master.”
Every time he touched the spot where the strange immortal bone was, Li Fenglan would feel a response. Although he had returned to his own body now, he felt a bit uncomfortable after sensing the calmness in his chest.
“Yes,” Ling Buyan nodded gently.
Li Fenglan put his hand down and said, “I want to know how you revived me, Master. Please tell me from the beginning!”
As he spoke, there was a hint of amusement in Li Fenglan’s tone, and his expression was relaxed, which Ling Buyan rarely saw.
Actually, Li Fenglan had already understood most of these things, but he inexplicably wanted to hear Ling Buyan tell the story in person.
Ling Buyan, who understood Li Fenglan’s intentions, smiled and took a sip of tea. He thought about it and decided to tell the whole story from beginning to end, just as Li Fenglan had wished.
At this moment, the sun was setting and the warm light was shining on Li Fenglan. He was actually feeling a bit tired.
Li Fenglan leaned his hand on the table and listened to Ling Buyan telling the story while looking at him.
Just as Ling Buyan was about to finish the story, Li Fenglan suddenly asked, “By the way, Master, I have another question.”
“Hmm? What question?”
“How did my previous body and the name ‘Li Fenglan’ come about?”
“Well… ” Ling Buyan paused and said, “Your soul was too powerful and could only be supported by a body with spiritual roots. When I took you on as my disciple, it was precisely because of your spiritual roots and lifespan.”
“Lifespan?”
It turned out that Ling Buyan’s previous disciple, although he had spiritual roots, was born with a short lifespan.
According to common sense, he was supposed to die before he turned eighteen.
After Ling Buyan discovered that he had spiritual roots, he took him in as a disciple and made a deal with him: after he died, his body would be handed over to Ling Buyan, and Ling Buyan would find his reincarnation and help him cleanse his body and remove impurities.
This way, he could ascend to the immortal realm with a healthy body.
However, unexpected things happened in the world. Before he died of illness, he encountered the savage beast incident…
“Ah, I see…” Although Li Fenglan didn’t expect that his previous body came about in this way, what Ling Buyan said was not surprising.
Just as Li Fenglan was about to move on, he suddenly came up with a new question.
“Master, you’ve been using ‘he’ to refer to him all this time? Wasn’t his original name ‘Li Fenglan’?”
“No, it wasn’t,” Ling Buyan shook his head lightly and looked at Li Fenglan’s eyes. “I named you that.”
The sun was about to set, and it was emitting its final rays of light into the sky. Li Fenglan was leaning on the desk and looked up at Ling Buyan. The sunset poured into his eyes.
The atmosphere became somewhat strange.
Li Fenglan and Ling Buyan’s clothes were all dyed red by the sun’s afterglow.
Before he gave the answer, Ling Buyan, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, lowered his head uncontrollably and lightly kissed Li Fenglan’s temple…
“Master…Master?” Li Fenglan couldn’t help but call out those two words, and after a blank moment, his mind suddenly couldn’t help but think – the person that Master kissed was me, not the previous body.
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