Chapter 93
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Pei Yunshu’s move intimidated everyone.
The abrupt formation of the abyss-like depression caused some to try to peek into it. The area, more than three zhang in length, was shrouded in darkness, and the depth couldn’t be discerned.
Within the vicinity, it was the same.
The various hall masters who had been clamoring to teach Pei Yunshu a lesson and demonstrate their sincerity led their subordinates to retreat repeatedly. They didn’t believe that the righteous cultivators who possessed such means would spare their lives.
Their faces turned unsightly, and their eyes were fixed on Pei Yunshu’s hands, afraid that he would make another move with that sword.
This pair of slender and fair hands gently rested on the sword hilt. An evil wind roared up from the deep abyss, where he stood at the edge of the evil wind. His gaze swept over the people present one by one.
The Hall Master of the Execution Hall stared at Pei Yunshu and sarcastically said to the two disciples of Shanshui Sect, “Aren’t you his senior brothers?”
However, the cracks under the feet of the two disciples were even longer than those under the Lord of the Execution Hall’s feet.
Yuncheng lowered his head to look at his feet. The tiny stones couldn’t withstand the wind and were swept into the abyss, disappearing.
After watching for a while, he raised his head. There was no expression on his face, and his black eyes looked steadily at Pei Yunshu. “Junior Brother, do you want to kill me?”
Beside him, Eldest Senior Brother stood shoulder to shoulder. However, the cracks in the ground didn’t approach his feet, leaving a few inches of invisible separation.
He had done all the bad things, hidden them well, and even deceived Fourth Junior Brother.
This made Yuncheng extremely regretful. He wanted to ask seriously, “Fourth Junior Brother, are you killing me because I killed your fox? You should have remembered by now.”
Pei Yunshu raised his gaze, and it passed over Eldest Senior Brother, landing on Yuncheng.
This gaze made Yuncheng involuntarily frown. He stood straight, hands behind his back, with a calm and gentle aura. Even in the current situation, he was still elegant.
“From beginning to end, you haven’t changed,” Pei Yunshu said. “Even now, you still think I’m making a fuss over nothing.”
“Yuncheng, let me ask you something,” his voice was calm. “What do you mean by placing the Emotion Bound Gu on me? And if the Emotion Bound Gu triggers, what do you plan to do?”
Yuncheng raised an eyebrow. He laughed loudly, “Yunshu, you understand but dare not understand, or you really don’t understand?”
“The child gu is with you, and the mother gu is with me,” he smiled with profound meaning, “the closer you are to me, the more comfortable you will be. As long as you don’t run away and don’t break the chain I’ve given you, how can the child and mother gu be awakened? How can I be so straightforward and punish you directly when provoked?”
Eldest Senior Brother’s brow had already furrowed, and he turned his head to look at Yuncheng. Dark clouds loomed in his eyes. “Yuncheng, what else have you done?”
However, Yuncheng didn’t move away. He continued to look directly at Pei Yunshu. “You asked what I would do if it triggered. At that time, I was already waiting at the Ghost Doctor’s place. Yunshu, during those days, I was extremely uneasy, from sunrise to moonrise, my heart was always extremely anxious. But when I waited at the Ghost Doctor’s place that day, this anxiety slowly turned into anticipation.”
He gazed deeply, “I anticipated your outbreak. With both child and mother gu, we would become Dao companions. That would be truly satisfying.”
As soon as he finished speaking, two strong gusts of wind attacked his chest. Yuncheng was prepared, and the defensive magic weapon flashed, but it shattered into pieces.
These two attacks, one was from Zhuyou, who had been watching Pei Yunshu closely, and the other was from his Fourth Junior Brother.
Pei Yunshu felt it was ironic. Hearing Yuncheng’s words, he genuinely felt disgusted and repulsed. “Is this the reason you placed the Emotion Bound Gu on me?”
“Is this also your reason for killing Hua Yue?”
Yuncheng smiled bitterly, “Junior Brother, that fox hasn’t died yet, has it? I still have a chance to remedy it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a fox appeared in his hands. The fox was carrying a difficult-to-hold baby in its arms. The baby was sleeping deeply, and the fox panted heavily. When it saw Pei Yunshu, tears welled up in its eyes. “Yunshu, the baby is dead!”
The swaddling clothes slipped, revealing the baby’s face, which was pale and clearly suffocated.
Pei Yunshu’seyes fixed on the sky, which was now covered in an indelible yellow dust.
He also felt that breathing was becoming difficult. Pei Yunshu took a deep breath, and when he spoke again, his voice was transmitted thousands of miles away through his spiritual awareness.
“Yuncheng,” he pulled out Qingyue Sword from the soil, “you’ve always been like this.”
Pei Yunshu swung his sword, and a sword wind deeply penetrated to the left of Yuncheng. As the Qingyue Sword was swung again, the sword wind cut off strands of Yuncheng’s hair, falling right to his right side.
The two sword winds separated the people beside him. Yuncheng grabbed the fox and looked at the baby in his arms with a solemn face.
The baby’s chest was no longer rising, having ceased breathing. There was still some warmth on the skin, indicating that it had just been suffocated.
“You always think I’m making a fuss over nothing,” Pei Yunshu lifted the sword, leaped out of the range of spiritual sense, crossed more than three zhang, and landed before the sword wind. “For a fox and the Emotion Bound Gu, I wanted to leave the sect. Now, for an ordinary baby from an ordinary family, I bring the sword to you.” Pei Yunshu locked eyes with Yuncheng. “I consider you family, but your thoughts are so filthy. Do you know how much I despise your feelings?”
His concealed thoughts, kept deep in his heart, made Pei Yunshu feel repulsed.
Yuncheng’s face turned ugly. He held the fox in his hand, and Hua Yue let out a painful cry.
Pei Yunshu’s palm, filled with heavy spiritual power, struck Yuncheng. Yuncheng fell to the ground, and a heavy crashing sound followed the rising dust. In the next moment, the tip of the Qingyue Sword was at Yuncheng’s neck.
Eldest Senior Brother, intimidated by spiritual sense, couldn’t move a step. He whispered, “Junior Brother Yunshu!”
Pei Yunshu closed his eyes and, upon opening them, the corners were already red. However, his eyes were exceptionally clear, devoid of any trace of moisture. Yet, the weight of pain and sorrow was so overwhelming that it made people think he had already cried.
A part of the sorrow stemmed from the baby who knew nothing, while another part originated from the current situation where blades were drawn against each other.
“I grew up in Shanshui Sect since childhood, but I didn’t understand the meaning of ‘strength rules’ until now,” Pei Yunshu lowered his eyes, looking at Yun Cheng beneath his sword. “What I thought and what I saw were always two different things.”
Yuncheng’s wrist stung, and Hua Yue, holding the baby, instantly leaped away from his grasp.
“In this vast world, just Shanshui Sect can control my life and death, as if I were a puppet,” Pei Yunshu said, “You all neglected my wishes. I said no, but no one listened to my refusal. Just because you like me, does that mean I can’t go against your wishes?”
Yuncheng laid on the ground, staring directly at Pei Yunshu, a contented expression between his eyebrows. “If Junior Brother wants to kill, then go ahead. I believe if Junior Brother kills me, you won’t be able to forget me.”
“Yuncheng!” Eldest Senior Brother sternly said from the side, “Stop talking nonsense.”
He looked at Pei Yunshu again, with a trace of worry in his eyes. His lips moved a few times, hesitatingly saying, “Junior Brother…”
“Senior Brother, are you still pretending?” Yuncheng laughed, “Junior Brother Yunshu might not know. Despite the calm appearance of Eldest Senior Brother, his heart is not much different from mine. Junior Brother Yunshu, why not ask what he has done to you in private?”
While they were talking, Pei Yunshu felt a dull pain in his head.
The sealed memories began to loosen, what did Venerable Wuwang want to achieve?
No time for more thoughts, scenes flashed before his eyes.
Yuncheng felt the sword against his neck suddenly trembling. He flashed a look of surprise, subconsciously wanting to pull Junior Brother over to check his pulse. “Junior Brother, do you feel something wrong?”
Pei Yunshu, in a hoarse voice, stopped him. “Don’t move.”
The redness in the corners of his eyes and on his lips deepened.
After a few breaths, Pei Yunshu finally spoke, “I won’t kill you.”
A softness appeared in Yuncheng’s eyes. “Junior Brother…”
“Yuncheng,” Pei Yunshu turned his head, “do you really find joy in me?”
Yuncheng’s eyes showed joy, and he looked intently at Pei Yunshu. Despite being an elegant gentleman, he seemed a bit flustered now, saying each word slowly, “Even Eldest Senior Brother can’t compare to my feelings for you.”
Pei Yunshu looked at Yuncheng, and for some reason, a sarcastic curve appeared at the corner of his heavily colored lips. “So, Senior Brother, do you also have such intentions?”
Eldest Senior Brother clenched his fists, speaking in a deep voice, “Junior Brother, Senior Brother has overstepped.”
Pei Yunshu found it extremely absurd and burst into laughter. “How can it be like this?”
In the previous life, they did things to him for the sake of the Fourth Junior Brother. In this life, when Pei Yunshu wanted to keep a distance from them, they claimed to have a genuine liking for him. How could it be like this?
Pei Yunshu’s breathing became hotter, his face showing a rosy tint. His eyes were extremely dark, and his lips and eye corners were red as if he had a fever.
But Pei Yunshu never felt so clear-headed.
He held Qingyue Sword tightly, and the sword trembled, like an angry tiger next to its master.
“You said killing you would make you unforgettable, and you were right,” Pei Yunshu said with a smile. “Thanks to Venerable Wuwang for releasing my spiritual awareness at this moment, allowing me to know what to do.”
Yuncheng was stunned, and then he felt a flash of white light. His soul was dragged into an illusion by Pei Yunshu, and his physical body fell into a deep sleep, lying quietly on the dirty ground.
Eldest Senior Brother, seeing this, had not spoken yet and also fell into darkness.
Pei Yunshu turned back to look. The Sect Master who fought with Zhuyou also ignited his anger, shattering mountains and rocks. He was completely surrounded by Pei Yunshu’s spiritual awareness.
Zhuyou became stronger as he fought. Pei Yunshu watched him and gradually became absent-minded.
The flower snake he saw during the trial of the Heart Demon was the same flower snake that made him cry in the previous life.
Pei Yunshu couldn’t help but wonder if this foolish snake was Zhuyou.
This stupid flood dragon, would it have reached the stage of almost transforming into a dragon in the previous life?
After a while of random thoughts, the complex emotions in his heart gradually calmed, and he returned to the state of being calm as water in the trial of the Heart Demon.
A demonic cultivator tried to attack him while he was lost in thought, but Pei Yunshu lightly flicked his fingers, and the cultivator was sent flying backward, then fell heavily to the ground.
“Zhuyou is about to win,” Pei Yunshu said. “Don’t disturb him.”
***
Hua Yue and the baby in his arms were lifted by the wind and sent to Bai Lige on the tree.
He stared blankly at Pei Yunshu, tugged at Bai Lige’s sleeve, and said, “Old Ancestor, when did Beauty Yunshu become so powerful?”
“He has become extremely powerful a long time ago. It’s just that no one knew,” Bai Lige sighed and looked at the two senior brothers of Pei Yunshu who were trapped in the illusion, “With Yunshu even mastering illusions, I’m afraid these two won’t break free from this secret realm.”
Hua Yue shook his head, pointing at Yuncheng. “Old Ancestor, this person is very strange. He is quite proficient in formations, illusions, and the like. When I took Yunshu to the Fox Clan’s secret realm, he was able to break the formation in front of the secret realm in just a short moment.”
Bai Lige’s expression became serious. “In that case, it’s not good.”
These senior brothers and sisters in the sect were like relatives to him. Pei Yunshu also regarded them as relatives. He couldn’t kill them, but not killing them also gave them some bold thoughts.
Bai Lige hoped that Yunshu could use illusions to punish them thoroughly, preferably making them confused forever, even if they got out of the illusion, they wouldn’t dare to provoke Yunshu again.
In this way, these people who coveted him could completely disappear from the shadows.
***
Yuncheng opened his eyes and found himself standing in the main hall of Wuzhi Peak.
The newly arrived junior brother followed the master into the hall, bowed to the three senior brothers with a smile, and offered a salute. Yuncheng couldn’t control himself. He took out a jade flute from his sleeve and gave it to the junior brother.
“Today, Junior Brother came suddenly, and I didn’t prepare anything good. I’ll give Junior Brother a Qing Flute.”
The words spoken were natural.
So, it’s an illusion.
Yuncheng thought in his heart.
This is Junior Brother Yunshu’s method, isn’t it? Junior Brother Yunshu is indeed the same as before. Even if he speaks coldly and indifferently, his heart is extremely soft.
He would just go through it all over again; how could it stop his feelings for Junior Brother?
Junior Brother was still too naive.
In his heart, Yuncheng chuckled, thinking that after going through this again, his feelings for Fourth Junior Brother might grow even deeper.
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