Before Ling Luo succumbed to her inner demons, her unparalleled talent in swordsmanship dominated the cultivation world.
That was until someone else emerged—a single strike of their sword sho...
Yun Shouxi was surprised for a moment, then he turned his head away and asked in a gentle voice, "Why would you ask such a thing?"
"Curiosity." Lingluo looked honest.
Yun Shouxi said: "It is forbidden for the two to exchange spiritual veins."
An ambiguous answer.
Yun Shouxi avoided the topic, and Lingluo did not pursue it.
Because they all received the obituary sent by Tianji: the Sixth Hall Master died in a battle with twenty-six demons in Dianhuazhou, and his spirit dissipated in heaven and earth at dusk.
Yun Shouxi frowned as he looked at the spirit bird that brought the message and crushed it.
The twenty-six demons that are currently known and have emerged are all in Dianhuazhou.
A master who wants to resurrect himself.
One chases after someone and snatches the sword.
"It seems that the twenty-six demons in Dianhuazhou are the source." Yun Shouxi said, leading her back, "The Tranquil Spirit Festival will be here in a few days, and the Sixth Hall Master left a little early."
During the Jingshen Festival, people will visit graves and offer sacrifices to the souls of the dead, and the requiem mantra will resound throughout the entire mountain gate all day long.
The Tianji disciples need to pay tribute to the sacrificed predecessors of the sect, and now there is one more Sixth Hall Master among these predecessors.
Ling Luo whispered, "Master, I am sorry for your loss."
Many people died this time, and all the major immortal sects suffered losses.
The two of them walked on the sea, and ripples spread out with every step they took.
Yun Shouxi said: "After the Tranquility Festival, I will teach you another spell."
Ling Luo was slightly startled: "What spell?"
Yun Shouxi smiled slightly: "A spell that has been lost for a long time."
After her master in her previous life said this, he taught her the forbidden technique of symbiotic spirits.
But didn’t this happen only after she defended the city? Now it’s ahead of schedule.
Ling Luo frowned, and Yun Shouxi saw it and asked, "Don't you want to learn?"
"No, I will learn if Master is willing to teach me." Ling Luo said nonsense. After realizing that Yun Shouxi was a little anxious, she whispered, "Master, do you still remember that Xiaoyao Sect found Tianji and said that I was the murderer of the elder's daughter?"
Yun Shouxi glanced at him and said calmly, "Remember."
When Lingluo said this, she lowered her head to look at the ripples under her feet. The sea water was deep blue. "Master, do you think I was the one who killed Jinyuan?"
"Isn't this matter over?" Yun Shouxi asked, "Are people from Xiaoyao Sect looking for you again?"
"No." Lingluo said, "Master, you haven't answered my question yet."
Yun Shouxi said, "You have reasons to kill her. It doesn't matter whether you did it or not. Even if you did, Xiaoyao Sect will not be able to hurt you from my hands."
"Master, you should have investigated me after that year." Lingluo said, "With Master's methods, you should have found out everything about me. You know that I escaped from Xiaoyao Sect, and you also know where I went before entering Xiaoyao Sect and what happened to me, right?"
"Lingluo." Yun Shouxi stopped and looked at her sideways, "What do you think I know?"
Ling Luo still lowered her head, not looking at him, but smiled and said, "Master is so powerful, of course he knows everything."
Yun Shouxi sighed softly, reached out and touched her head, comforting her gently.
"The dead are gone, the grudges are over, don't think about those things anymore, hatred can't make you happy, you already have a new life." Yun Shouxi said softly, looking at her eyes reflecting the moonlight, inadvertently reflecting the love hidden deep in his eyes, "I am here, I will protect you. I will block those who trouble you and leave a bad impression on you, and they will never hurt you again."
But the pain is unforgettable.
More memorable than happiness.
Ling Luo slowly raised her head and looked at him. Yun Shouxi thought he would see a pair of eyes that were moved or full of tenderness, but he did not expect that those beautiful black pupils were full of arrogance and scrutiny.
Even though she was slightly shorter than him, the look in his eyes made her look superior.
"Long before I met Master, the human world taught me a truth. If you want others to remember you forever, you only need to crush that person's pride and arrogance, trample him in the mud, and humiliate him as much as you want. The pain and resentment that are difficult to erase will make him remember you firmly in his heart and never forget you."
Ling Luo spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, and took Yun Shouxi's wrist away, saying with a smile on her face: "Over the years, Master has always taught me to let go of grudges, not to be tied down by the past, and to live a better life."
"That's true, people can't live in the past forever, but I don't plan to forget the past either. Master, you don't want me to take revenge, are you worried that I will no longer be myself, or did you make an agreement with that person from the beginning that you only need to keep an eye on me?"
The gentleness in Yun Shouxi's eyes gradually faded away. He grabbed her hand that she wanted to shake off with such great force that he pulled Lingluo towards him. However, the hand turned her wrist and took out Yingxi and opened it with a swish. Red spiritual light shot straight into the sky from between the two of them.
Lingluo didn't move, and Yun Shouxi didn't let go.
The man looked at her with a dark and obscure gaze: "Do you think so?"
"What I think is not important at all. What is important is what you think, Master." Ling Luo smiled slightly. At this moment, she looked most like Yun Shouxi's disciple, a True Lord Sanxi who disguised himself with gentleness and a smile on his face. "You taught me all my spells and magic. You also gave me Yingxi, as well as my status and position. In these years since I entered the inner sect, Master, you have been the best person to me. You should also be the one who understands me the best."
Of course I know you best and I am the only person in the world who understands you.
But why do you seem so strange to me?
I have tamed you over the years, making you lose your wildness and become well-behaved and docile. I can give you edge and sharp sword, but all of this will be restrained when you are in front of me. What makes you dare to stand against me?
Yun Shouxi looked at her with a gloomy gaze.
This face was young and beautiful, overlapping the appearance in his memory. The eyes, which should have been charming and gentle, now were wild and arrogant, as if a high and mighty god was judging a lowly demon.
Since when did she become uncontrollable and wild again?
Was it in Beiting Moon Palace, or in Taichu of Xihai, or even earlier?
"I am the person who knows you best in this world, and you only have me." Yun Shouxi held her hand tightly, strong and domineering.
Lingluo raised her chin slightly, Yingxi planted spirits, and branches grew out of the sea. The flower tree that absorbed Yun Shouxi's spiritual power became extremely large, and bloomed briefly between the two of them before withering.
"Master, please take another good look at me." Lingluo said, "Do you really understand me?"
Ling Luo looked directly at Yun Shouxi with unprecedented seriousness.
She was giving Yun Shouxi a last chance.
The drizzle stopped at some point, and the cherry blossoms dancing under the moon passed through their sight. Ling Luo used the Sakura Spirit to force Yun Shouxi to let go, and Yun Shouxi also drew a barrier to block her retreat.
Yun Shouxi stretched out his hand towards her, and his spiritual power oppressed Yingxi so strongly that the petals that were flying between them were shattered: "Lingluo."
"You shouldn't become like that." He said in a deep voice. His pleasant voice was a little hoarse, so he seemed very imposing, and the intimidation he revealed made people want to retreat.
"Don't dwell on the past. I will give you better." Yun Shouxi stretched out his hand to her.
Ling Luo shook her head: "Master, you still haven't answered my question."
The spiritual powers of the two sides collided, one attacking and one defending. The sea water beneath their feet surged, as if it was about to create a huge wave.
Another messenger bird from the sky flew over, also with a death announcement: The master of Yaozhai, Hongyue, had his spirit scattered throughout the world in Yudianhuazhou.
Yu Xiu flew over the two men and said, "Master, the headmaster Yu Ting didn't respond to your call, so he asked me to come and ask you."
He looked at the two of them hesitantly: "Did you have a fight?"
Ling Luo put away Yingxi, stepped aside and said, "Master, please go and get busy first."
She returned to her obedient apprentice self.
Yun Shouxi looked a little cold. He took the jade earring handed to him by Yu Xiu and left.
After he walked away, Yu Xiu landed beside Ling Luo and sighed, but Ling Luo smiled and said, "Second Senior Brother, you came just in time."
Yu Xiu walked back with her and asked again, "Master cares about you very much, and this is all for our own good. Don't be angry for too long after the quarrel. Let's make peace after tonight."
"Master is angry with me." Lingluo said nonchalantly, and asked while picking up the jade earphone, "Master Hongyue also died in Dianhuazhou. Who else is there?"
"Nanshan Xuehe found the lair of the White Bone Demon in Dianhuazhou. Today, he captured dozens of young women and took them into the demon's lair. Sect Leader Feng believes that the place where he resurrected Zuo Bai Zhenjun is in the demon's lair. Several hall masters entered the demon's lair but unfortunately died." Yu Xiu said, "Big Brother also arrived in Dianhuazhou tonight. The Sixth Hall Master died, but some Tianji disciples are still trapped in the demon's lair. The eldest young master of Nanshan Xuehe is also trapped inside. Everyone in Xuehe is very anxious."
Ling Luo looked down at the message Yue Liangze had sent earlier. It said, "Yuan Yuan is trapped in the demon's nest. I'm going to save him first."
Tin Huazhou Magic Nest.
Ling Luo stared at the message in a daze.
Did Yue Liangze arrive at the Demon's Nest before her?
She still remembered that before she was injured and fell unconscious in the Demon's Nest, she vaguely saw a figure passing by, who looked very similar to Yue Liangze. Later she learned that he entered the Demon's Nest two days later than her, so it was impossible for him to be there.
But in the Soul-confusing Cave of the Demon's Nest, Yue Liangze suddenly took the initiative to challenge her to a sword fight.
That was when they met in front of the Lost Cave. There was a sky full of stars above the open-air cave, and the ground was planted with small red and white flowers. Slender green vines climbed up the wall, with a rich fragrance that could captivate the mind.
There were many caves on the mountain wall. She came out from different caves. Before she went down the stairs, she saw Yue Liangze standing at the opposite cave. The man was dressed in black. When their eyes met, he pulled out the Wusheng which was tucked behind his waist.
Yue Liangze walked down the stairs step by step and said to her, "Lingluo, let's have a competition."
Ling Luo was slightly startled and looked at him suspiciously: "Now? Master Danshui, it's just a mere Enchantment Flower, you won't fall for it, right?"
Yue Liangze walked towards her calmly, "Compete with me, and if you win I'll let you go."
Ling Luo narrowed her eyes slightly, a little displeased by his words: "You let me go just because you win? You are so arrogant."
Yue Liangze walked down the stairs and went down to the flower field. He even opened a scroll of Duanyi and looked very serious.
Ling Luo: "Do you really want to compete with me?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wusheng's sword swept over and she had to draw her sword.
Lingluo might be confused, but she would not retreat. The pale white mist quietly spread out, embellishing this world.
Come to think of it, this seemed to be her first time fighting swords with Yue Liangze.
From teasing at the beginning to seriousness later.
Each of Yue Liangze's swords was clean and neat, without too many tricks, yet extremely powerful.
Lingluo was also somewhat curious during the competition and tried to get a glimpse of what he saw through the mist. However, Yue Liangze was very careful and kept resisting the mist from reflecting the scene in his mind.
But the old fog is not so easy to fight against. Although Yue Liangze has been very careful, Lingluo still gets a glimpse of it through the old fog.
But Lingluo was sure that the scene reflected by the winter mist was definitely not the beauty that Yue Liangze longed for.
It was a black evil aura that filled every corner of the world. In the thick darkness, faces and figures with exaggerated and hideous lines were distorted. What they saw made people feel fear, despair, and there was no beauty at all.
The fog of time will seduce and reflect the other person's truest inner desires and beautiful fantasies about this earthly world.
Yue Liangze, however, had no expectations for this world.
Ling Luo was startled by the scene for a moment. Wusheng and Suiwu collided, making crisp sword-hitting sounds. Yue Liangze changed his moves so quickly that it was dizzying. She responded seriously and received every move just right.
Yue Liangze's sword approached her, his narrow eyes lowered, and a cold voice fell into her ears: "Is this all your sword skills?"
Ling Luo was so angry that she drew her sword and slashed him back: "Master Danshui, do you call this behavior of rushing forward without caring about anything a duel? It's good enough that I didn't use a killing move on you."
Yue Liangze said: "I asked, you can also use a killing move."
You are sick!
Ling Luo cursed in her heart, but her sword became even more fierce.
The two were originally equally strong, but when it came to swordsmanship, Yue Liangze was always a little better than her.
Sui Wu's form was dispersed and cut open by Wusheng, and the sword force repelled Lingluo, but Yue Liangze rushed forward in an instant and put Wusheng behind his waist and did not use the sword during the close combat.
Ling Luo didn't bother to be polite with him. She used the sword's power to suppress Yue Liangze in close combat, forcing him back to the ground with flowers. She bent her knees and pressed against his lower abdomen, with one hand on her shoulder, and kept the long sword across his throat.
Yue Liangze looked up at her, and Lingluo cursed, "Yue Liangze!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw her jade spirit bead fall on Yue Liangze's clothes.
Ling Luo's brows darkened for a moment and she picked up the Jade Spirit Pearl.
Yue Liangze said: "You win."
"What do you mean?" Ling Luo didn't put away her sword, staring at him and asked, "You suddenly challenged me to a duel and then let me win, who are you looking down on?"
There was a hint of annoyance in his words.
Yue Liangze tilted his head and said calmly: "I didn't let you win. Didn't you use your killing move? I don't want to die."
Ling Luo: “…”
"Who used a killing move!" She thrust the sword forward in anger, "Believe it or not, I will really kill you!"
"I believe it." Yue Liangze blinked at her, his long black eyelashes trembling slightly, and the deep and quiet black pupils under his eyelashes only reflected the woman's face when he opened and closed his eyelashes. "I do believe it. You should be able to feel that the result is that I am not as skilled as others."
Lingluo stared at him without answering.
Yue Liangze let her look at him at first, but finally turned his face away and broke off the eye contact, feeling embarrassed for a moment.
"The fencing competition is over." He reminded calmly.
"Remember?" Ling Luo leaned forward and whispered, "Then tell me, where does the demonic aura in your body come from?"
Yue Liangze lowered his eyes and did not answer.
Ling Luo waited patiently for a while and listened to him: "Do I have a demonic aura?"
Yue Liangze raised his eyes to look at her again, his calm features showing no sign of panic or anger: "This is a demon's nest, there are demons everywhere, fighting with them will inevitably infect you with the demon's aura."
"I'm not talking about the outside—" Lingluo's left hand, which was supporting his shoulder, gently pressed on his heart, "but here."
Yue Liangze's heart beat faster.
Before Lingluo could mock him, he grabbed the wrist that was pressing on his heart and pulled the person away. However, Lingluo did not expect him to attack suddenly, and was afraid that Suiwu would really hurt him. When he put away his sword, he had no support and his body collapsed. Instead, someone held his shoulders to steady him.
But it didn't hold steady.
When Lingluo fell, she touched the corner of Yue Liangze's mouth.
Both of them were stunned.
Ling Luo blinked her eyes, screaming inwardly that one day she would fall into such a clichéd trap!
She half stood up and gently brushed her lips with one hand. She looked calm but lowered her head and asked Yue Liangze with gritted teeth: "You did this on purpose!"
Yue Liangze: “No.”
Ling Luo: “You are!”
Yue Liangze was silent.
Ling Luo said angrily: "Refute it!"
Yue Liangze pursed his lips and turned away.
No more rebuttal.
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