Chapter 57 Talisman Paper (Part 2) “I don’t hate wood, and this sentence is also…
(Fifty-seven)
Night falls.
The two little cubs slept in their mother's arms for the first time since they grew up. Shen Changyi also lay beside them, making the soft couch seem a little crowded.
"So Mommy came back from heaven," Persimmon asked shyly, hugging her arm. "So, are you doing well in heaven? Is anyone bullying you?"
Li Shanglu didn't know how he'd convinced Shizi that she was an easy target. She chuckled softly and pinched the tip of his nose. "No one bullies me. Even if someone did, what could you do?"
"I, I..." Persimmon racked his brains for a long time and stammered, "I can ask my sister to help beat him. Orange is very strong."
Li Shanglu held the little orange in his arms and looked at it carefully. "Really? Orange is so powerful?"
Juzi clenched her fists in a serious manner and waved them in the air twice. "I will protect Mom, Brother, and Dad."
"You're so powerful, let me see you punch your dad twice." She said with a smile.
"Um!"
Chen Changyi rested his chin on his hand, watching her teasing the two cubs quietly. He was caught off guard by two punches from Ju Zibang Bang. He clutched his chest in pain and said aggrievedly, "Shanglu..."
Li Shanglu couldn't stop laughing and hugged the two cubs in his arms. "Don't bully him in the future, or he will cry to me again."
Persimmon blinked curiously and looked at Shen Changyi, "Can you cry too?"
He had never seen Shen Changyi cry.
In his eyes, Shen Changyi was always cold, as if he was carrying a very heavy stone on his back, and he could never be happy. Persimmon couldn't imagine how a person who usually had no expression could shed tears.
Shen Changyi looked away awkwardly, "Mother, you're just talking nonsense."
Li Shanglu reached out and rubbed Shizi's head, whispering, "I'm not kidding. Your father is very fragile. Even a fish could scare him half to death."
The two little guys looked at Shen Changyi in surprise, making him feel ashamed.
"Is Dad afraid of fish?"
"Such a tiny little goldfish is also scared?"
Shen Changyi pursed his lips shyly and refused to speak again.
Persimmon patted his shoulder like a little adult and comforted him softly, "I really can't do anything about you. From now on, I'll protect you. I'm really good at catching fish."
Shen Changyi: "...Thank you."
Li Shanglu burst out laughing again. Why didn't she find Shen Changyi so funny before? Being stupid and funny can be considered a kind of humor.
The two little cubs snuggled up to each other and fell asleep sweetly. Chen Changyi stayed by their side and tucked in the corners of their quilts.
Li Shanglu patted them gently until they fell asleep.
Shen Changyi stared at her gentle expression quietly, and lifted the hair beside Li Shanglu's ear, "Shanglu, it's great to have you back."
With Shanglu around, their little family is finally complete.
"You've been saying this all day, aren't you tired of it?" Li Shanglu glanced at him and signaled with his eyes that Shen Changyi should take the children away.
Shen Changyi understood what he meant and carefully carried the cubs to the attic, then returned and crawled into the soft quilt.
With their fingertips interlocked, Shen Changyi transferred his spiritual energy into her palm bit by bit.
Li Shanglu felt the warmth of his palm and whispered, "I've been to the heavens and the scenery is really beautiful."
Shen Changyi didn't know what she was going to say, so he just looked up at her.
"After you ascend, your life span will be as long as the heavens. You can live for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. What if I get tired of you by then?"
Hearing this, Shen Changyi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he whispered, "No, I will never bother you."
Li Shanglu suddenly choked and lowered his voice, "I didn't say anything about you."
"You won't bother me." Shen Changyi said softly, "Even if that day really comes, I won't give up easily."
He had already known that Shang Lu liked to speak in a sarcastic way, and what he thought in his heart was different from what he said.
She was worried that this feeling would fade over time, but that was impossible.
Even if Li Shanglu wanted to push him away and hated him so much that he wanted to kill him, he would still relent in the end.
Even if Shen Changyi wanted to let her go countless times and help her find a more suitable person, he would eventually find that he was unwilling to let anyone get close to her except himself.
Because they became a family before they became husband and wife, this friendship is hard to break and has lingering connections.
No one in the world knows each other better than they do. Even if someone new appears occasionally, it will never be able to match the position each other holds in their hearts.
Li Shanglu stared at him in astonishment, then chuckled softly, "Do you still have the divorce letter you wrote earlier?"
"It was burned a long time ago." Shen Changyi looked at her dissatisfiedly, "Shang Lu, don't mention this matter again."
Li Shanglu leaned on his shoulder, his smile undiminished. "You wrote it yourself, so why can't I mention it? After I ascend, I will kick you out and find a more powerful immortal to play with."
Shen Changyi lowered his eyes to look at her and said coldly, "No."
"Why not?"
His tone was calm, not joking, "I will be the best."
Li Shanglu scoffed, "I was just teasing you, but you took it seriously. Boring."
Shen Changyi's expression froze for a moment, then he suddenly leaned over and bit the tip of her ear.
"Hiss," Li Shanglu gasped softly, looking up at him, "What are you doing?"
"You said I was interesting." He said solemnly.
“…”
Li Shanglu bit back without hesitation and pushed him into the soft couch. "You are just so boring, Shen Changyi. You are like a piece of wood, and you won't let me say anything?"
"I can make you laugh occasionally." Shen Changyi argued unconvincedly.
Li Shanglu pressed down on him, leaving a noticeable bite mark on his neck. "I was just fooled by your foolish laughter, Chen Changyi. You are just a piece of wood. Even if you have carvings on it, it's still wood. Remember that?"
Shen Changyi put his hand to his lips, and was slightly moved by her action. His arrogance suddenly subsided, and sweat broke out on his forehead. "Remember, Shang Lu, come down quickly..."
"I don't hate wood. Keep this in mind."
He was stunned for a long time, then a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"Um."
However, Shen Changyi's joy didn't last long before he heard Li Shanglu say thoughtfully, "I also like Xiao Huang's piece of wood."
Shen Changyi seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water and could no longer laugh.
Li Shanglu asked in a low voice, "Did you see Xiao Huang at the foot of the mountain when you came back today?"
"Xiao Huang?"
Shen Changyi frowned, his eyes darkening a little, "The puppet made of spirit?"
"Well, isn't that Xiao Huang?" Li Shanglu took a bite of the cold cake and said calmly, "He sent me back to the sect."
Judging from his tone, Xiao Huang had indeed left. If I had known earlier, I should have given him an order and asked him to wait obediently.
She had originally planned to take Shen Changyi with her to pick up Xiao Huang, but Shen Changyi's condition looked really bad at the time, so Li Shanglu could only coax him first.
As soon as the words fell, the room seemed to suddenly become cold.
Li Shanglu looked up with a sense of awareness. Chen Changyi's face was as dark as ink, and his lips were pursed until they turned pale.
"He didn't do anything to me, he just sent me back," Li Shanglu frowned and said, "What happened between you and Xiao Huang? Isn't that your soul? Can't you take it back into your body?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Changyi said coldly, "That is no longer an ordinary spirit, but a demon nurtured by the imbalance of good and evil."
Li Shanglu was stunned for a moment before he continued, "When the balance between good and evil is lost, a more powerful demon will emerge from the evil path. That demon is my spirit."
Tiandao took Shanglu away five years ago so that they could ascend to heaven as soon as possible and leave the mortal world before Xiao Huang caused more serious consequences.
Those evil cultivators used spells to make that divine soul stronger and stronger.
The purpose of the spirit is to kill Shen Changyi and replace him.
Therefore, as long as he ascends to heaven, his soul will lose a target to replace, and the catastrophe will no longer exist.
Over the years, he and the sect leader had carefully investigated who was controlling that soul, but the evil cultivator hiding behind it was very cautious and almost never revealed his true identity.
Shen Changyi only knew one thing so far, that the demon cultivator had lived for at least several thousand years, and other than that, he could not even trace any trace of him.
Li Shanglu listened in amazement. "So, it will disappear only after ascending?"
Chen Changyi said calmly, "Well, after I give you enough cultivation to ascend, we will take the child to the heaven together. By then, the soul will be free from control and return to my body."
Hearing this, Li Shanglu was stunned. "Persimmons and oranges can also go to heaven?"
“After you and I ascend, they will be immortal children and will not need to practice,” Shen Changyi said softly.
As long as one becomes an immortal, the children of the immortal are all fairy children.
That’s right, it’s impossible that the children born by immortals have to come down to earth to practice and ascend to heaven before they can come back.
That would save trouble. Li Shanglu had originally planned to stay in the human world for twenty years to raise the cubs before leaving.
Shen Changyi cast his gaze towards her again and whispered, "Did I really not do anything to you?"
"Nonsense." Li Shanglu's mouth twitched slightly, and he knocked him on the head with his chopsticks. "Have you really forgotten who Xiao Huang is?"
He pursed his lips, clearly resentful towards Xiao Huang. "Xiao Huang is just a dumb wooden figure. That puppet isn't Xiao Huang, it's my renegade spirit."
Li Shanglu was amused by his expression, "Xiao Huang is my dog."
Xiao Huang listens to her the most, no matter if it's a wooden man or a dog, even if it becomes a puppet.
When Shen Changyi learned that Xiao Huang would obey Shang Lu's orders, his expression eased a little, "We still have to keep our distance from him. The demon cultivator behind him is very powerful."
Li Shanglu pursed his lips and said nothing more.
He said that the demon cultivator was very powerful, so he must be really powerful.
It will take another half month to distribute enough spiritual energy to her for ascension. I hope she can get through this half month safely.
*
The next morning, Li Shanglu went to visit the sect leader and Elder Teng.
Everyone was very surprised to know that she was back.
"You don't know, ever since you left, Master Sword Immortal has returned to his old self. He seems incredibly difficult to approach, and he rarely speaks a word. All he does is exorcise demons and look for you, while also raising two children." Elder Teng described Shen Changyi's appearance to her in vivid detail. "I wanted to help him take care of the children, but I'd barely taken them away from him for half a minute when he came running back, wanting them back like a lost soul."
Li Shanglu pursed his lips and listened. What Shen Changyi had done in the past five years was far more pitiful than what he said.
The sect leader helped a lot. He found a wet nurse to help feed the two children and asked his disciples to find the whereabouts of Li Shanglu. Xie Du also ran around outside all year round to gather information.
"I'm glad Shanglu is safe and sound. Everyone has been waiting for your return." The sect leader wrote a letter to tell Xie Du the good news. "Du'er is out fighting demons now. He has grown a lot recently and is no longer as childish as before. He will be very happy to know you are back."
Li Shanglu watched her pick up the pen to write a letter and said softly, "Master, I'm afraid our family will have to leave here in a few days."
The clan leader paused and looked at her worriedly, "What's wrong? What happened?"
"We're going to ascend to heaven," Li Shanglu explained their plan honestly, "so we might not be able to come back."
Hearing this, the Sect Master breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "I thought it was nothing. In fact, I had a premonition that the Sword Immortal Master would not stay in the Ming Zhou Sect forever, and I was worried about what would happen to you and the child. Now that there is a solution, it's great."
Over the years, Shen Changyi has taught his disciples and suppressed the evil cultivators. He has done so much for the Mingzhou Sect and the people of this land.
The sect leader slowly leaned over and bowed deeply to Li Shanglu. "On behalf of all the disciples of the sect and the people whose lives were saved, thank you very much."
Li Shanglu did not accept the Sect Master's gift. She walked out of the hall, looked back and smiled, "The Sect Master's kindness to us has already been more than enough to offset it."
She should have come to Mingzhou Sect earlier in her previous life. She likes everyone here.
Coming out of the main hall, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was cloudless.
Li Shanglu thought about her friends in the world. Only Qiu Hanyu was left to say goodbye to. She remembered the road from Mingzhou Sect to Taiyin Mountain. She had been there during the last sect competition. With her current cultivation level, she would only need half a minute to get there.
Shen Changyi taught her the art of earth escape, and she learned it roughly, and took this opportunity to try it out.
Half a minute later, Taiyin Mountain.
Before Li Shanglu stepped into the mountain gate, he smelled an extremely strong smell of blood.
Her heart skipped a beat and she quickened her pace, only to see many disciples lying on the roadside, each spitting blood and covered in wounds.
"What's going on?" Li Shanglu grabbed one of the disciples who was still breathing and asked anxiously, "Where's the Saint?"
The disciple struggled to open his eyes and looked at her, "A demon cultivator has intruded... The Saint is in danger."
Hearing his words, Li Shanglu's heart sank. If even Qiu Hanyu was in danger, then it would be even more impossible for her to win. She had to find Shen Changyi.
But if she went back to call him now, it would be too late... Li Shanglu anxiously took out the things in the storage ring, trying to find some magic weapon that could help. Her eyes suddenly stopped and she took out a piece of talisman paper.
That was the talisman paper Xie Du gave her during the sect competition, worried that something might happen to her.
Li Shanglu hurriedly used his spiritual energy to light the talisman paper.
After a while, a confused voice came from the other end of the talisman paper.
"who?"
She hurriedly said, "Find a way to tell Shen Changyi to come to Taiyin Mountain as soon as possible. Han Yu is in danger!"
There was a brief silence on the other end, and then someone said in astonishment, "Master's Wife, you're still alive! Don't act rashly. I'll send a message to Master and rush over..."
He was still saying something on the other end of the talisman paper, but Li Shanglu could not hear anything.
A familiar figure appeared in front of her without her knowing when.
"Phytolacca."
Li Hanye sat on a rock not far away, staring at her quietly, his figure transparent and blurry, as if he would disappear at any moment.
"Run."
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