Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Give me your life, how...
She said this many times.
Two hundred years was too long, and she had tried almost every possible means to get closer to Shen Yuqing.
This includes saying harsh words.
Often after a heated argument, she would demand to terminate the contract and leave.
He said he was leaving, but in fact he just wanted Shen Yuqing to keep him and prove his status.
Unfortunately, Shen Yuqing never bought into this and would just look at her quietly every time. And in the end, after a few days when she had calmed down and was no longer angry, she would go back and reconcile under the pretext of a heart-to-heart agreement.
Of course, thinking about it now, her "separation" and "reconciliation" were basically her own one-man show, and Shen Yuqing never responded.
At most, sometimes she would make too much trouble - for example, when she returned to Penglai with great fanfare and everyone knew about it, and when he was forced by the Old Ancestor Gu Jun to come to Penglai to pick her up, he would scold her a few words.
There is always something good in making a fuss, so she used to use this method to threaten him.
But saying goodbye is to seek to keep the other person, so when saying these words, one can hear obvious reluctance and uneasiness in the tone, like a person who values a beloved thing and tries to bargain, saying "I don't want it anymore", but then looking back every few steps and shouting loudly "I really don't want it anymore".
But this time it's different.
This time when she spoke, she was clearly smiling, as if joking, but Shen Yuqing no longer saw any reluctance in her eyes.
Shen Yuqing suddenly felt uneasy, but quickly suppressed it, thinking it was just her increasingly sophisticated tricks. She calmly asked, "Have you had enough?"
Jiang Zhaoxue was stunned, thinking that her tone should be pretty good, so how could she be angry about this?
"If you have the energy to get so angry, you must have nothing to do." Shen Yuqing was obviously too lazy to talk to her anymore. He stood up and spoke quickly and coldly, full of impatience, as if he was dealing with her begging. He magnanimously agreed, "I will come on time next month and help you channel your spiritual power before leaving. Have a good rest."
Having said that, Shen Yuqing flicked his sleeves and left.
Jiang Zhaoxue was a little confused watching his actions. What kind of language comprehension ability is this?
Pei Zichen was talking at cross purposes last night.
Now Shen Yuqing is also talking at cross purposes.
Both the master and the disciple cannot understand human language. Is it so difficult to communicate?
She stared blankly at Shen Yuqing as she left. When she reached the door, Shen Yuqing suddenly remembered something, paused, and turned back: "One more thing."
Jiang Zhaoxue became nervous when she heard this, but she remained expressionless and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Last night when the Nine Netherworld Realm barrier was opened, Pei Zichen was trapped alone in the Wuyue Forest." Shen Yuqing spoke, but was talking about Pei Zichen.
Jiang Zhaoxue's heartbeat suddenly quickened. Although he knew that Shen Yuqing couldn't possibly know anything, he still felt a little guilty.
She feigned composure, a look of doubt in her eyes. Shen Yuqing thoughtfully continued, "Last night's situation was such that a Jindan disciple wouldn't have survived. Yet, not only did he survive, he was unharmed, showing signs of a potential breakthrough. When I saw him, he was stained with the scent of the dark orchid, unique to your Penglai Island. I asked him if he had met anyone else, and he lied."
"so?"
Jiang Zhaoxue became more and more nervous as she listened, and was a little unsure whether Shen Yuqing was testing her.
Shen Yuqing didn't notice her unusual behavior. He just thought, "He's extremely abnormal. I've detained him in the Punishment Hall and handed him over to Xiao'an for personal trial. Send someone to investigate whether anyone from Yunfu Mountain went to Wuyue Forest last night. I'll also write to my father-in-law and ask him to give me a list of the demon cultivators from Penglai who are currently in Zhongzhou and whose whereabouts are unknown."
"Oh." After hearing this request, Jiang Zhaoxue understood what Shen Yuqing meant and couldn't help but roll his eyes secretly.
When doing things, she remembered that her father was her father-in-law.
But she didn't want to say more, so she just nodded and said with a look of deep understanding: "Don't worry, this is about the Nine Netherworld Realm, I won't be vague."
Shen Yuqing was relieved about this. He responded, said "Have a good rest", and walked out.
As he walked out of the door, the disciples who heard the news came forward and saluted: "Master."
Shen Yuqing nodded and was about to leave when she suddenly remembered the scene she had just seen in Jiang Zhaoxue's room.
He had never noticed it before, but today he discovered that Jiang Zhaoxue's room was extremely plain, and even the gold powder seemed to be mottled. It looked like a "bare house" and very desolate.
When did her room become so shabby?
Shen Yuqing frowned slightly.
If it weren't for business, he wasn't one to pay attention to these details. Furthermore, every time he came to Yunfu Mountain, dealing with Jiang Zhaoxue consumed all his energy, leaving him with little time to spare for anything else. Now that he was thinking about it, he found he couldn't recall what her daily circumstances were like.
Recalling her complaints about him sending spiritual energy in the past, he hesitated for a moment and finally said, "Tell Zi Lu to go to the warehouse to get the jade bottle and gold utensils and send them to Yunfu Mountain. Then have the craftsmen repair Yunfu Mountain."
The disciple was nervous when he heard this. He had never expected Shen Yuqing to suddenly pay attention to this matter, so he quickly agreed.
"Also," Shen Yuqing continued unconsciously, "Check for the water-type spiritual root disciples who came to Yunfu Mountain last night..."
Shen Yuqing stopped talking halfway.
Why is he checking this?
The past is the past. It’s just that Qiao is trying to provoke him with these things. It’s not like the past has not happened yet, so why bother?
Don't give her any sweetness, or she will become more outrageous in the future and become a laughing stock.
Shen Yuqing slowly calmed down.
The disciple waited for a long time, and finally heard Shen Yuqing stop talking: "Nothing happened."
After Shen Yuqing finished speaking, he walked away, confirmed the situation, and then returned to Wu Yuelin.
He was used to coming and going in a hurry, and Jiang Zhaoxue had long been accustomed to it.
After sending the giant Buddha away, Jiang Zhaoxue immediately exhaled a breath of foul air and collapsed onto the bed. He raised his hand to cover his frantic heartbeat and patted his chest to comfort himself: "What a close call! I finally got rid of it."
Anan listened and poked his head out from under the quilt: "Why are you panicking? It's not like you're having an affair."
Jiang Zhaoxue was choked by these words, glared at Anan, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and immediately saw the trumpet creeper on the bedside.
She took the trumpet creeper, walked to the table, looked at it, and thought about the current situation.
According to the plot of the original book, Pei Zichen encountered the black snake in Wuyue Forest. When the black snake was born near the boundary marker, it destroyed the surrounding trumpet creepers, so he was unable to bring back the trumpet creepers. That's why Shen Yuqing took her spiritual roots and gave them to Mu Jinyue.
Now that Lingxiaohua was brought back intact, Shen Yuqing would not take her spiritual roots immediately, so she did not have to leave Lingjian Xian Pavilion in a hurry.
But last night, she killed the black snake in advance, and Shen Yuqing was not injured, so he had no chance to get along with Mu Jinyue, and the love line between Shen Yuqing and Mu Jinyue was temporarily broken.
As for the Nine Netherworld Realm, Shen Yuqing is in charge, so she doesn't have to worry about it.
Although we didn't get the best result of getting the Tianji Lingyu as originally planned, it wasn't too bad.
The only problem is that it seems like a big change from the original plot, but when you think about it carefully, it doesn't make sense.
Major events—at least Pei Zichen’s major events—are all the same.
In the original book, for Pei Zichen, the key plot in the early stage was first obtaining the Tianji Lingyu in the Wuyue Forest, and then being falsely accused of colluding with the devil to open the Nine Netherworld Realm. Although it is a mess now, these two plots happened smoothly.
In other words, no matter how she disrupts the situation, the major events in Pei Zichen's life will most likely not change.
Her death was actually a major turning point.
It was because of her killing that Penglai and Pei Zichen became completely hostile to each other and would fight to the death. Pei Zichen ascended to become a god only after destroying the entire Penglai.
If obtaining the Heavenly Secret Jade will not change the plot, then the core plot written in the outline will not change either.
This means that unless something major happens, she will die at Pei Zichen's hands sooner or later.
She has to get the Tianji Lingyu.
Jiang Zhaoxue's mind flashed back to the moment when Shen Yuqing tried to touch her. She couldn't control her regret at all, and her hair stood on end. She couldn't hold it back for a moment.
She could no longer let the bond remain with Shen Yuqing.
She couldn't accept that her life was in the hands of another person, and even more so, she couldn't accept that person was Shen Yuqing.
Whether it was the author's forced arrangement or Shen Yuqing's own will, after she was freed from the author's restrictions and gradually calmed down, she thought about what Shen Yuqing had done in the past and the way he pointed his sword at her, and she had only one thought -
Fuck him!!
When she reaches the ninth level of destiny master in the future, she must come back and settle all the debts owed to Penglai with Lingjian Xian Pavilion over the years, and then pin Shen Yuqing to the ground and beat her into a pig's head!
But all this is based on obtaining the Tianji Lingyu.
Only by getting the Heavenly Secret Jade can she possibly break the bond of unity and leave the Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion.
Only by obtaining the Heavenly Jade can she prove that fate can be reversed and she will not be killed by Pei Zichen.
If you can’t even get the Heavenly Jade, what future can you talk about?
She had to rescue Pei Zichen first, take him away, and then get the Tianji Lingyu.
She pondered in her mind, and instantly her fighting spirit was high. She called out loudly: "Qingye!"
"Nujunnujun."
Qingye listened to Jiang Zhaoxue's words, trotted in, looked around, and asked in a low voice: "Are you leaving?"
"We can't leave now." Jiang Zhaoxue spoke truthfully. Before Qingye could show his disappointment, he said seriously, "But it will be soon. I've changed my plan now. Let's not leave yet. Go to the Punishment Hall and keep an eye on it today. If Pei Zichen returns from Wuyuelin, notify me immediately."
"Pei Zichen?" Qing Ye was puzzled. After thinking for a moment, he realized, "Oh, the eldest disciple of Junxu?"
"That's right." Jiang Zhaoxue confirmed, "It's him!" Jiang Zhaoxue was afraid Qingye didn't recognize him, so she added, "He's the best-looking one, the one who said something about the sect's white wall and the number one golden elixir."
Hearing this, Qingye turned around with some caution and looked at Jiang Zhaoxue.
Jiang Zhaoxue was puzzled by her gaze: "What's wrong?"
"You..." Qingye asked tentatively, "You are not disgusted by your husband's age and are attracted to me, right?"
"Why do you miss me so much?" Jiang Zhaoxue was shocked.
Qingye blinked: "You are such a person. If it weren't for the face, would you have decided on your son-in-law at first sight?"
Jiang Zhaoxue was speechless. She suddenly felt that she was surrounded by talented people, and one or two of them could talk to death.
She was too lazy to chat with Qingye. After opening four formations in a row in one night, she felt a pain in her veins.
She waved her hand, urging Qingye to do his job: "Go and keep an eye on it. I have to meditate. Tell me when someone comes."
Qingye saw that Jiang Zhaoxue was chasing people away, so he replied, "Okay," and then quickly retreated.
Jiang Zhaoxue arranged everything, got up to change his clothes, washed up briefly, and then began to meditate.
She had consumed too much spiritual energy yesterday, and Shen Yuqing was stimulated by her and didn't look closely. But if he had reached out and carefully examined her body, he would have found something unusual.
She had to clean up all traces as quickly as possible, not letting Shen Yuqing find anything unusual, and then quietly take Pei Zichen away. This was the fastest solution.
The trumpet creeper has been found. Shen Yuqing will probably need to reinforce the barrier in the next two days. This is the best opportunity.
She pondered in her heart, meditating and sorting out her spiritual energy. At night, Qingye finally came back excitedly and said happily, "Lady, I have inquired about it. Taoist Pei Xiao has returned from Wuyuelin!"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhaoxue immediately opened his eyes and turned to look at Qingye: "Did you find out where the person is being held?"
"He's locked up in the water dungeon at the Punishment Hall," Qingye said, acting with extreme caution. She walked over to Jiang Zhaoxue, squatted down, and lowered her voice. "Wen Xiaoan will be brought in for questioning tomorrow. What do you plan to do, my lady?"
The trial will be tomorrow, so it’s just right for her to take her people away tonight.
Jiang Zhaoxue thought for a moment, then asked, "Do you know the way?"
"I know him." Qingye answered seriously and took out a map. "I bought it with spirit stones and disciples from the Punishment Hall."
Jiang Zhaoxue opened the map and thought for a moment before standing up and saying, "Take your invisibility robes and follow me."
Pei Zichen was not in the cell where the serious criminals were kept. The guards were just disciples below the Jindan stage. The invisibility robe was enough to deal with them. The most difficult thing was not to disturb the barrier set up by the ancestor Gu Jun.
It just so happened that as the wife of the Pavilion Master, her Pavilion Master's Wife Seal allowed her to enter all places unimpeded, and the barrier could not stop her.
She put on her invisibility robes and set off quickly with Qingye and Anan under the cover of night. After arriving at the Punishment Hall, Jiang Zhaoxue took out the Pavilion Master's Wife Seal and quietly opened the barrier. Then the two of them and the bird walked directly into the dungeon, walked up layer after layer of stairs, passed through tunnel after tunnel, and finally arrived at the place where Pei Zichen was imprisoned.
Perhaps he was afraid of collusion, but of course it was more likely that Wen Xiaoan was afraid that Pei Zichen would tell something to others, so Wen Xiaoan detained Pei Zichen alone in a large room.
It was late at night and the room was quiet. The young men guarding the cell seemed bored and were sitting there drinking. Jiang Zhaoxue and Qingye walked in through the iron gate. Jiang Zhaoxue gave Qingye a look, and Qingye walked to the table, knocked him unconscious with two palms, sealed his five senses and tied him up, then took out the key, locked the large iron door, and then threw the cell key to Jiang Zhaoxue.
"Madam, this is the key to the water dungeon. The person is in the last room. I will go out to keep watch."
"Go ahead."
Jiang Zhaoxue took the key, then turned around, walked to the end of the corridor, and saw the water dungeon at the innermost part.
Jiang Zhaoxue led Anan inside. Anan looked around curiously, "Master, what are you going to do?"
"Get him out first." Jiang Zhaoxue said calmly, "It's not convenient to take action here. If he struggles, he might call for help at any time. It's best to coax him out."
"Are you still planning to dissect him?"
Anan was shocked and couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it a bit too much that I just saved you?"
Jiang Zhaoxue arrived at the water dungeon without saying a word.
She stood silently outside the wooden fence, looking down at the dungeon.
The dungeon is lower than the normal ground and is filled with sewage that reaches people's chests.
Pei Zichen was trapped in the middle, his scapula pierced by two large hooks and hung on the wall. Blood and sweat dripped into the water, turning into invisible black and spreading in the water along with his clothes.
Jiang Zhaoxue looked at him like this and recalled the silhouette of a young man that she had vaguely seen through the bed curtains this morning.
Compared to the morning, he was in such a mess now that she couldn't help but sneer and asked directly, "Do you regret it now?"
The sound echoed in the cell.
Pei Zichen heard the sound and looked up in a daze.
There was no one around. Pei Zichen paused for a moment, then slowly realized who was coming. He was a little bit incredulous and asked tentatively, "Girl?"
Seeing that he recognized her, Jiang Zhaoxue no longer concealed herself. She raised her hand to take off the hood of her cloak, and her figure emerged from the light and shadow.
She still wore a veil, but had changed into a long, aquamarine dress inlaid with pearls.
It was exceptionally bright in the dim cell.
Seeing that it was Jiang Zhaoxue, Pei Zichen looked at her carefully and attentively. Only then did he seem relieved. He spoke with a look of relief and said with a smile, "Miss, are you okay?"
"With Pei Xiaodaojun risking his life to help me, I will naturally be fine."
Jiang Zhaoxue looked down at Pei Zichen in the water and said sarcastically, "I wonder if Little Daoist Pei has any regrets for ignoring our advice and insisting on returning to the sect, ending up in the Pipa Bone Locking Water Prison?"
Pei Zichen listened to her words and smiled weakly: "Miss, are you here to ask for punishment?"
Jiang Zhaoxue paused, feeling for no reason that his anger was inferior to that of this young man.
She restrained her emotions, squatted on one knee, and ordered expressionlessly: "Open your mouth."
Pei Zichen opened his mouth in confusion, and Jiang Zhaoxue flicked her finger and put the pill in accurately.
Pei Zichen almost choked and coughed lightly as he digested it.
Jiang Zhaoxue watched silently. After Pei Zichen recovered his breath and looked a little better, she raised her hands and placed them on her knees, impatiently saying, "Tell me, why did you lie to me and run away?"
"Miss," Pei Zichen's breath slowed down, and he reminded her helplessly, "From the beginning, I only agreed to accompany you down the mountain."
Jiang Zhaoxue frowned slightly, and then she realized that he seemed to have never agreed to go with her?
But after realizing this, she was confused again: "If you don't plan to go with me, why do you accompany me down the mountain?"
He just rushed out when he met Shen Yuqing. His master was a top cultivator in the Mahayana stage, and he could immediately discover any movement.
"The girl is a fortune teller." Pei Zichen began to say something that Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't understand, and answered seriously, "Fate tellers are not good at close combat, and the girl has an old grudge against her master. She is being hunted by the Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion. I have to take her to a safe place."
This made Jiang Zhaoxue laugh. She looked at the young man who was struggling to protect himself and said sarcastically, "You really have a kind heart. You don't even know my true identity, but you want to protect me. And..." Jiang Zhaoxue glanced at the blood on his shoulder. In addition to the wound caused by the Pipa Lock, there was obviously another wound. The location was exactly where her talisman had blocked the tendons and meridians. She saw what he had done at a glance. She felt a mixture of emotions and softened her tone. "You even forced your tendons and meridians open to transfer spiritual energy to me. Do you know who I am?"
"I don't know." Pei Zichen said calmly.
"Then why are you still trying to save him?" Jiang Zhaoxue raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you afraid that I, a bad guy, will implicate you?"
"The girl is a good person." Pei Zichen said affirmatively.
"That may not be the case." Jiang Zhaoxue said with a smile.
Pei Zichen thought about it and said seriously: "If the girl is a bad person, why would she repair the Nine Nether Realm barrier, and why would she save me?"
"When will I save you..."
"The young lady's formation was originally supposed to have other uses." Pei Zichen interrupted her, speaking slowly and calmly about what he had observed. "But when the Nine Netherworld Realm barrier was damaged, the young lady still used her own strength to repair it, giving up her own interests for the sake of the people of the world. This is a great kindness and a favor to the people of the world."
"Go on, I like what you say."
"And then, when I was being devoured by that evil snake, the young lady could have stayed away and hidden away, drawing a formation that would have been much safer. But she still came to me, as a life master, carrying hundreds of talismans, and saved me without hesitation. She was very kind to Zichen. How could I not protect someone who has done such a favor to the world and to herself?"
Jiang Zhaoxue felt heartbroken when he heard this.
The talismans were rare and were her magical treasures for protection. She had a sudden impulse at that time and threw them all at him. In the end, he repaid her with ingratitude and stole her Tianji Lingyu!
And that would be fine, but now that he said it, it's even more embarrassing.
She felt very uncomfortable and said vaguely, "I just happened to be there."
"Then, the young lady saw me dying and stopped in front of me for three breaths." Pei Zichen heard her awkwardness and pretended not to know. "In those three breaths, I knew the young lady wanted to save me. Later, the young lady did return. Although I don't know what price the young lady paid, I know that she saved my life."
No, she didn't.
Jiang Zhaoxue secretly hated him when she heard it. She stared at his chest and could vaguely see the Tianji Lingyu beating with his heartbeat.
But since he misunderstood, she didn't explain much. Instead, she smiled and said, "So you are doing this to repay a favor. I thought you were so kind to everyone."
"Not everyone in this world is worth saving." Pei Zichen shook his head. "Right and wrong are up to me."
"You're so young, but you think a lot." Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't help but tease him when she saw his solemn look. "I thought you only knew how to play with cats."
Hearing this, Pei Zichen instantly realized what he had done. His face flushed slightly, and his tone lost its composure, becoming somewhat erratic: "Sorry, I didn't know it was you at that time..."
"You can touch and hug me without knowing anything?"
Jiang Zhaoxue raised an eyebrow, thinking of how high-spirited he was when he appeared, and comparing it with his honest and steady appearance now, she couldn't help but find it funny.
Pei Zichen froze. He knew Jiang Zhaoxue was right. Regardless of whether Jiang Zhaoxue was a human or a tiger, he had indeed touched her forcibly. There was no point in apologizing.
He stood there at a loss, looking down at Jiang Zhaoxue's reflection in the water. After thinking for a long time, he finally organized his words and said through gritted teeth, "I have acted inappropriately. Please punish me, young lady."
"As for punishment, I don't want it."
Jiang Zhaoxue realized that it was a bit too much to say any more, so he stood up, patted his wrinkled clothes on his knees, and started to talk business, half-truthfully coaxing: "But think about it, you feel guilty about me, and I owe you a favor. After all, I saved your life, and the little you paid back last night wasn't enough, was it? How about this——"
Jiang Zhaoxue said this, shaking the key in his hand.
The sound of keys jingling rang out in the cell. Pei Zichen looked up and saw Jiang Zhaoxue squatting in front of the cell. Her face was covered by a veil. Although her complete face could not be seen, her smiling eyes could be seen.
"I'll rescue you, and you give me your life, how about that?"
The author has something to say:
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[Small Theater·1·Pei Zichen's Double Standards]
Facing Jiang Zhaoxue:
Pei Zichen: "Senior."
Jiang Zhaoxue: "Am I old? Call me senior?"
Pei Zichen: "Miss...Miss."
To other people:
Pei Zichen: "Senior."
Others: "Am I old? Call me senior?"
Pei Zichen: "There is order in terms of seniority, and we must not lose our manners. Senior."
Others: “…Why don’t you call me girl?!”
Pei Zichen: "The girl feels like she's of the same generation as me. That's inappropriate, senior."
Others: "...You are quite thoughtful."
【Small Theater 2】
Shen Yuqing: "Oh, you're trying to attract my attention again, woman, I'm waiting for you to admit your mistake."
Anan: "Oh my, this line is so familiar."
Shen Yuqing: "What do you mean?"
Anan: "Those old-fashioned domineering men who chase their wives to death are all like you. Usually after saying 'she must have caught my attention', their wives will disappear without a trace."
Shen Yuqing: "Didn't they get it back in the end?"
Anan: "That's a wife-chasing crematorium HERE story, this isn't the kind of story."
Shen Yuqing: "What kind of text is this?"
Anan: "The story of the unethical cultivation to save Fengchen sister is a piece of shit. For the sake of the plot, I won't mention anything else."
Shen Yuqing: "No, does he have so many elements?"
Anan: "That's right, and one factor is enough to defeat you!"
Shen Yuqing: "What?"
Anan: "He is young."
Shen Yuqing: "..."
Anan: "Really, uncle, he's a tall boy."
Shen Yuqing: "What's the point of talking about age when writing about immortality? Get lost!"
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