101 Truth (XI)
◎Don’t lie to her again (End of text)◎
"Brother, brother, please wake up..."
When she opened her eyes, she found herself in a dark and narrow environment. She was frightened and wanted to wake Qu Lingfei up quickly, but when she swung her hand to the side, she touched something hard.
She quickly forced herself to calm down, not daring to fumble around anymore. She lowered her voice and asked, "Brother, what are you doing here?"
After calling out several times, I finally heard a faint voice respond, "Don't be afraid, Junior Sister. I'm right beside you."
When she heard the voice, she felt relieved immediately. However, before she could figure out where they were, she caught a glimpse of the faint light coming in from above her head. She raised her hand, exerted a little force, and found that the thing could be pried open.
"Brother, come here quickly," she said, turning and waving at the person behind her in the dim light. "We should be able to get out from here."
Upon hearing this, Qu Lingfei immediately came over, pushed her hand away, and said, "Let me do it. I don't know the situation outside. Junior Sister, stay away and don't get hurt."
Before he could finish his words, the lid above him opened a tiny crack, and a powerful palm wind swept over him. He dropped his hand in pain, his eyes filled with shock. "What's going on out there? Where are Master and the others? Why does it seem like... there's a fight going on?"
Xie Changyan no longer had the heart to fight. His eyes drooped slightly, and his gaze slanted from the corners of his eyes, sweeping across the other man's face, twisted with fear, as if he were looking at an ant. He seemed calm in the face of danger, but in fact, the few times the Tongsheng Bell shook had already caused him to be in great turmoil.
Seeing that he was still unharmed after such a blow, everyone present was shocked and their hands holding the weapons tightened.
"Junior brother, I didn't expect this devil to have some skills." Yun Ya retreated continuously, and after stabilizing himself, he gritted his teeth and said, "But I'm afraid we can't escape now. It wouldn't be a pity if we died, but it would be a pity for this child."
Xuande turned to look at him, and suddenly gave him an ambiguous smile: "Brother, if that's the case, you don't want to watch them all die, do you?"
"Of course I don't want that," Yun Ya frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean by that?"
The disciples gripped their swords tightly and bowed in unison, saying, "You two Immortal Lords, there is no need for this. We are willing to follow you to death."
"Good, very good." Xuande narrowed his eyes and smiled, "You are indeed worthy of being my good disciples. Your death today will bring peace to the Three Realms in the future!"
Qu Lingfei heard this clearly from below, his pupils constricted immediately, and he raised his hand and was about to rush out: "No——"
Qiuyan was stunned when she saw this, and quickly covered her mouth and pushed him down.
"We can't wait any longer," Qu Lingfei pushed her hand away, his emotions slightly agitated, but he submissively lowered his voice. "If Master and all his fellow disciples were to die in battle here, how could we possibly survive in humiliation?"
"If that time really comes, I'll naturally go and fight alongside them," Qiu Yan peeked out through the crack, appearing much calmer than him. "But right now, we don't know what the situation is like outside, so it's best not to act rashly."
The young man in white smiled slightly, a hint of annoyance flashing in his eyes: "You are all plotting so loudly, aren't you too disrespectful to me?"
As soon as he spoke, everyone immediately took a fighting stance. Then, a white light flashed before their eyes, and before they could react, three disciples in the crowd fell straight down, their eyelids rolled up, and they were obviously dead. But when they turned around, they saw the culprit standing there motionless, as if it was not him who had just killed people in public.
“Senior Brother!”
The disciples immediately surrounded him and lifted up the unconscious person.
"you……"
Yun Ya's eyes widened, the tip of his sword trembling as he pointed at him angrily: "I'm the one who wants to kill you, why would you attack them?!"
"What a joke," he sneered, herding his sword carelessly. "Weren't they the ones who just said they'd live and die together? What difference does it make who dies first?"
"You devil, I will put an end to you now!"
He drew his sword and was about to step forward, but suddenly a hand shot out from out of nowhere and stopped his momentum.
"Junior brother, what are you doing?!" he shouted angrily, "If you are afraid of death, get away from me."
"What's the hurry?" Xuande looked at him with a forced smile. "You deserve to die, but not like this."
Yunya frowned: "What do you mean?"
He didn't answer any more, but just raised his hand, and a huge furnace tripod immediately floated in the air, just like that, inserted between the crowd.
Yun Ya's expression suddenly changed, and he rushed to stand between him and the cauldron. "What do you want to do?"
"Brother, didn't you say that dying here wouldn't be a pity?" He narrowed his eyes slightly, suddenly raised his hand and slapped the other man's chest, "Then go to hell!"
Yun Ya did not expect that his attack would be so sudden and fast that he had no time to react. He leaned back and fell into the furnace.
In an instant, golden light shone from the furnace, and several streams of spiritual power were continuously injected into his body from all directions.
"Uncle Master!"
The disciples behind him were terrified, and their shouts tore through the deathly silence. They all retreated together, and for a moment no one dared to step forward.
"Not enough, not enough... just a little bit..."
Xuande muttered to himself as he gazed at the cauldron. Suddenly, he turned around, his scarlet eyes fixed on the group of helpless disciples. The tense muscles at the corners of his mouth suddenly relaxed, and he forced a smile: "Good disciples, come here, let the master take a good look at you."
Of course, they didn't dare move forward. The air seemed to freeze. A moment later, a female disciple took two unsteady steps forward and cried, "Master, are you still our Master? Why...why did you kill my uncle?"
Before she could finish her words, a hand shot out from out of nowhere and grabbed her throat, cutting off the rest of her words.
"Senior Sister!"
The disciple behind her quickly grabbed her arm and tried to pull her back, but he didn't expect that the strength was so extraordinary. He tilted his body and watched himself being sucked in.
"stop!"
The floor was lifted up with a "bang", and Qu Lingfei stepped forward with the sword, stabbing straight at the throat of Immortal Xuande.
Xuande withdrew his hand to deflect his attack, and the two disciples were thrown out. Qiuyan immediately ran over to help them up: "Are you okay?"
"It's you?" Xuande glanced at him, seeming very disappointed with his performance.
Qu Lingfei put away his sword and jumped out. He had no intention of harming his master's life, but when he saw the furnace and thought about how many people had died in it, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.
"Master, please stop now," he shook his head, his voice filled with indignation. "Why do you have to sacrifice one group to protect another? Besides, this won't save anyone at all!"
"It seems you overheard what we said back then," Immortal Xuande sighed, his tone suddenly softening. "You are, after all, my eldest disciple. I have devoted all these years to your training. How have I ever wronged you? And now you are actually trying to help that devil and stand against me!"
"Your Excellency, that's not right," Xie Changyan calmly held down his sword, which was about to be unsheathed. He glanced at them with disdain. "You don't want a foolish disciple, so do I want a foolish teammate?"
Qu Lingfei's face paled. At this moment, he had no time to settle personal grudges. He looked at his master, hoping that he could change him in the end. "Master, I have never considered drawing my sword against you, but this matter..."
"So, that black jade you gave me was fake, too?" Xuande interrupted him bluntly, sighing, "Fortunately, I didn't completely trust you, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous... Alas, your master didn't want to take action against you, but now that you know the truth, I can't let you go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he touched the ground with his toes and leaped forward. Qu Lingfei hurriedly raised his sword to block, but before the sword blade touched the opponent, it was bounced away by a force.
He covered his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes widening in shock: "How come Master's spiritual power is so strong?"
"Senior Brother——"
Qiuyan ran to block him, raised the fallen sword, and pointed it tremblingly at the approaching man. "No matter what, he is your disciple who has respected you for many years. If you still have any conscience, stop immediately!"
"Are you teaching me a lesson?"
Xuande seemed to have lost his mind. He raised his hand and shot out several streams of spiritual power, knocking almost all of the disciples around him unconscious on the ground.
Suddenly, a beam of sword light came from behind him. He turned around quickly and waved his hand to block the attack, but at the same time the back of his hand was slightly injured.
The young man glanced at them and said simply: "If you don't want to die, get out."
Qiu Yan didn't stay for long. After knowing that the other party didn't want to hurt them, she immediately helped Qu Lingfei move away.
"Do you think you can still be my opponent?" Xuande laughed loudly, his eyes filled with the pride of impending victory. "That sword strike just now cost you a lot of spiritual energy, didn't it? But I only spent 10% to break it apart. Naturally, dealing with you will be a piece of cake."
Xie Changyan was too lazy to answer. While he was talking, he lowered his eyes and silently suppressed the backlash caused by the vibration of the Tongsheng Bell.
Seeing he didn't answer, Xuande spoke even more excitedly: "Yes, I deliberately tricked them here. You must be very curious, how can a furnace alone make me stronger than all of you? Why don't you go back and take a good look to see if your Xuanyu and Jindan are still there - oh yes, I almost forgot, you won't have the chance to go back."
After saying that, he jumped onto the cauldron and slowly pressed down his palm. The strange gust of wind he created actually broke all the surrounding trees.
Xie Changyan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and his fingertips quickly gathered spiritual energy. He calmly adjusted his position so that his back was facing the door. He knew that he couldn't withstand the palm strike. If he could use the palm wind to flip out, even if he was injured, he could still seize the opportunity to escape.
The scene in front of him was gradually covered by a huge white area. He wanted to raise his hands to block it, but suddenly found that his body could not move. However, the expected death did not come. He did not even feel the pain, and had no time to think. When the surroundings returned to light, a hard object fell and hit the ground with a crisp sound.
"Uncle Master, Uncle Master——"
The young man's pupils trembled when he heard the voice. He looked up at the person who came in disbelief. He did not expect that the person he was thinking about would appear again before he died.
He withdrew his gaze and stared at the person standing in front of him, still feeling dazed: "Why are you here?"
Li Jintang ignored him. She bent down to pick up the copper bell that had fallen on the ground, hung it in her hand and shook it. A series of rings made the face of the person in front of her gradually distorted.
"Uncle Master, do you still remember it?" She raised her face and smiled. "My father snatched it from the hands of a villain. At that time, he said that you were his most beloved junior apprentice, and he would take back what belonged to you, no matter how great the danger, and would not let you suffer any injustice. But later you gave it to me and my elder sister. Since then, my father has been infusing it with spiritual power every day, saying that it would serve as a talisman for us."
Xuande's hands were shaking violently, and he seemed ready to attack her at any moment. He roared, "I don't know this broken thing. Take it away from me, or I will send you to die with them!"
Li Jintang didn't respond. She took a step forward, holding the bronze bell that shattered into pieces in the next second, without showing any fear. "It's just a pity that my father is gone, and this bell... was also shattered by your own hands today, Uncle."
She raised her eyes and smiled, her voice very soft: "But my father won't blame you, and neither will I."
The next moment, she opened her mouth under the other person's gradually relaxing gaze: "But I will kill you, so that my parents and sister can rest in peace in their graves."
As she spoke, she had already extended her fingers, and several bell fragments pierced into the other person's body, and warm liquid flowed onto her hands.
Xuande's pupils gradually widened, and after a roar, a burst of extremely powerful spiritual energy immediately erupted around him. Li Jintang closed his eyes, thinking that if he could see them in the afterlife today, wouldn't it be a wonderful thing?
But before she could die, she fell into an embrace. Almost at the same time, the young man turned around and hugged her, then swung his sword back and stabbed the other man.
He didn't look back to see if the man was dead or not. He just lowered his eyes to look at the girl with her eyes closed in his arms. His face gradually became ashen: "Atang, Atang..."
"Don't bother me, I'm waiting to die..."
Li Jintang pushed his hand away, pressed his shoulder rudely and sat up, and saw blood all over the floor.
She was stunned for a moment: "He... is he dead? Was I the one who killed him?"
Another loud bang followed, and Qu Lingfei struggled to his feet, his eyes bloodshot. He swung his sword several times, and the cauldron cracked, instantly disintegrating into countless fragments that scattered to the ground.
"Well," the boy smiled and tidied her messy hair, "You are the best."
She turned around, slapped his hand away, and looked at him angrily with eyes under her beautiful eyebrows: "You lied to me again! Didn't you agree that you wouldn't hide anything from me?"
Xie Changyan froze, momentarily confused: "From now on... I won't do that again."
"real?"
"real."
"Tell me, how much spiritual energy have you wasted these days doing those useless things?" Her voice was a little dissatisfied.
He lowered his eyes, blinking unnaturally, like a child who had made a mistake: "Atang, I..."
Before he could finish, he suddenly fell silent, and the girl gently held his cheek.
Li Jintang stood up and looked down at him, two shallow dimples appearing on both sides of her cheeks: "Let's go home."
At that time, the wind blew petals off, as if afraid of dirtying her clothes, and only brushed past her carefully. He raised his head, and the girl's spotless appearance was reflected in his eyes.
Those were the most touching words he had ever heard.
【Author’s words】
The main text ends here. There will be some extra chapters in the next few days (mainly some daily interactions, sprinkle some sweets)
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Transfer Student, Don't Come Over Here
There was a handsome transfer student in our class. On the first day of his transfer, all the girls in the class had their eyes fixed on him.
I was the only one lying on the table, without even raising my head.
This isn't some Mary Sue novel plot, I just don't dare to look up——
Because that guy looks exactly like the male ghost who wanted to take my life in my dream!
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Female protagonist's perspective
I don't know when it started, but I have nightmares every night.
In my dream, there was a male ghost with long hair who always wanted to catch me. I ran around desperately for my life, and every time I woke up from the dream when I was about to die, with cold sweat on my forehead.
The doctor said that all the dreams were caused by too much mental stress. After taking the medicine, I didn’t have any more dreams that night. I thought my life would return to normal.
But the good times didn't last long. A few days later, I dreamed of him again.
This time, he didn't chase me like usual. Instead, he gently wiped the tears from my face and whispered in my ear:
"Just wait patiently, you will see the real me soon."
Before I could figure out what this meant, a new student came to our class the next day. Although he was stunningly handsome, he was clearly the ghost in my dream!
Why was he walking towards me? Why did he want to sit at the same table with me? How could he have the nerve to tell me not to be afraid?
The transfer student had a gentle smile on his face and waved to me, but I couldn't hold back my tears and my shoulders were shaking.
Woo woo woo woo, I'm really scared, please stay away from me!
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Male protagonist's perspective
The lifespan of a ghost is endless. I have lived for many, many years, but I still find it boring.
But she is very interesting.
As soon as I saw her, I burst into tears, looking so pitiful. I really wanted to hug her, her face must be very soft...
It's a pity that she ran away when she saw me? Does she hate me?
Suddenly one day, she stopped coming.
I couldn't stand the days without her - it was so boring, so I made a bold decision.
I want to give up the freedom and longevity of being a ghost and go to the human world to find her.
As expected, on the first day we met, I scared her to tears again.
I was very close to her and wanted to comfort her, but she raised her head with tears on both sides of her cheeks and looked at me with resentful eyes.
…
Then she must be afraid of me. There's nothing I can do about it. She looks so scared...
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Wen Zhao's diary entry: "I held her hand today (actually, we just bumped into each other accidentally). I was so happy."
“She’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute she’s so cute…”
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