Chapter 73 Doesn't Senior Brother hate me? (15) Purple eyes narrowed...
The next day, Fu Li accepted Xiao Yue's invitation to go to the town at the foot of the mountain to buy the supplies they needed.
As they entered a magical artifact shop, the system finally couldn't help but speak up: "Host, I think it's necessary to tell you something."
Fu Li was startled by its sudden sound, "Huh?"
The system was preparing its message: "[It's just that... Chongjingge entered your room after you fell asleep last night.]"
Fu Li was even more confused after hearing this: "What? Chongjing Pavilion? Why did he come into my room?"
He took the teleportation token from under your pillow and seems to have modified the array that Xiao Yue drew on it.
Upon hearing this, Fu Li was immediately startled and quickly took out the token to examine it. He discovered that the incantation on it was indeed different from the golden seal that Xiao Yue had drawn before, and muttered to himself:
"Damn, he wouldn't have deliberately used this method to trick me, would he? Like teleporting me directly to the monster's lair? Even if he holds a grudge, he doesn't need to retaliate like this..."
Although it seems that Chongjingge's intentions differed from his stated "revenge," according to the normal plot, after entering the secret realm, Chongjingge encountered an uninvited villain. The two temporarily cooperated and entered a hidden fairyland within the secret realm. Inside, the protagonist gained many opportunities, and finally fought with the villain, ending in a bitter parting.
As for Yue Fuli, he has absolutely no connection with this storyline.
The system was concerned that any small change could affect the main storyline's direction. The previous two worlds served as cautionary tales. Therefore, it ultimately decided to inform Fu Li about this matter, just in case.
Fu Li frowned as he looked at the faint curse mark appearing above the token. He was about to ask Xiao Yue to help him erase it and draw a new one when the token in his hand seemed to vibrate and then emitted a soft spiritual light from within.
Fu Li's eyes paused for a moment, and before she could react, she disappeared from the spot.
In that instant, his vision was filled with a white light, his body felt as if it had been pulled by something, and in the blink of an eye, he was no longer in front of the shelves of the spirit weapon shop, but in an extremely open landscape.
Two green mountains rise one after another, and before you lies a wide canyon with a calm river flowing through the middle, like a silver ribbon spread across the center.
Fu Li was stunned. He took a step back, but his heel hit a rock, sending him tumbling down the cliff with a cheerful, crisp sound. Only then did he realize that he was on a precipice in the mountainside, with a lush, open valley below and a steep, towering mountain wall behind him.
"here it is……"
[Secret Realm.]
The system says.
Fu Li subconsciously looked at her palm, and sure enough, the token had disappeared.
His brows furrowed suddenly. "Was I teleported in prematurely?"
The incident happened suddenly, and the system was also unaware of what had occurred.
Just then, a deep voice came from not far away: "Junior brother!"
Fu Li turned around upon hearing the sound and saw a tall, handsome man with a cool and aloof demeanor standing on another boulder, with a familiar longsword at his waist.
Upon encountering Chongjing Pavilion again after half a year, Fu Li paused for a moment before loudly replying, "Senior Brother, I'm here!"
The latter nodded slightly to him and called out, "Come here first."
Fu Li leaped into the air and immediately felt a sense of lightness all over his body. The spiritual energy here was more abundant than outside, which was also very helpful for casting spells.
A few breaths later, he stood steadily on the platform of the suspended stone. He looked up at the young man.
After six months of seclusion, Chongjing Pavilion seemed to have changed little. His cultivation level remained unchanged, and his brows still carried the same aloof and unapproachable air as before. However, there seemed to be a hint of gloom in his expression, or perhaps it was just an illusion that was hard to discern.
However, Fu Li quickly put it out of her mind.
Although the experience of having a stroke of dragon blood poison in the hot spring six months ago was terrible, since everyone tacitly agreed to keep it a secret, we should be prepared to act as if it never happened, even when we are alone.
Fu Li then put on a gentle smile, just as before, and looked up, saying, "Luckily, Senior Brother is here. I was just in the shop in the town at the foot of the mountain with A-Yue, and then we were moved here in the blink of an eye. Does Senior Brother know what happened?"
Chongjingge remained calm and composed, showing no sign of panic except for initial surprise. In particular, his gaze remained fixed on Fu Li ever since he saw him.
He pondered for a moment and said, "I've never encountered this situation before. But it must be that the secret realm opened early, and the token teleported us in. This kind of thing isn't unprecedented. It happened suddenly, but it's good that everyone is alright."
Fu Li pondered for a moment and nodded to indicate that he understood.
But there was still one thing he didn't understand---
"Senior Brother, have you seen A-Yue? He said that as long as we draw the same array on our tokens, we'll be guaranteed to be teleported to the same place after entering the secret realm, but why haven't I seen him?"
The boy's brows furrowed slightly, revealing a naive confusion.
The cold, deep light in Chongjingge's eyes shifted almost imperceptibly. After a slightly strange pause, he said, "Perhaps the formation is malfunctioning."
He certainly wouldn't admit that he was the one who altered Fu Li's teleportation token.
She gave him a deep look before looking away.
Fortunately, the system alerted Fu Li, and he learned what had happened. He secretly cursed his bad luck, having been teleported just as he noticed the strange formation on the token.
The system sighed inwardly and said, "Since things have come to this, you have no choice but to act alongside him. I will give you a hint at the crucial moment."
Fu Li didn't have any communication talismans on him, so he could only shrug and express his regret to Xiao Yue.
On the other side of the secret realm, thousands of miles away, Xiao Yue searched the surrounding land but couldn't find Fu Li. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Fu Li raised her head, her beautiful face glowing like jade cream. She looked at the man with her clear, agate-like eyes and asked, "Senior Brother, where should we go now?"
Several similar hanging rocks are scattered on the mountainside, winding upwards like vines. After discussing it for a moment, the two decided to go up to the top first and observe the entire valley from a higher vantage point.
Chongjingge moved with light steps, his toes barely touching the ground as he leaped into the air, gently stepping onto a suspended rock, as if strolling freely in the sky. Fu Li followed behind him, huffing and puffing as they climbed upwards. A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at a wide cliff.
There is a large open space on the cliff, with the sound of rushing water. Before the mountain peak reaches its summit, a stream of water cascades down from the rocky break, forming a waterfall. The surrounding area is lush with vegetation and flowers, as if a small garden is nestled in the mountainside, a strange and magnificent sight.
The two stopped and prepared to rest for a while.
Fu Li walked curiously toward the waterfall, reached out and scooped up a handful of water cascading down from above. After a while, he exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Brother, the water here has spiritual energy, even more concentrated than the spiritual spring pool at Dragon Gate Mountain!"
Chongjingge looked over upon hearing the sound, but his gaze suddenly changed the moment it fell upon something.
"Of course, after all, the mountain spring you see is connected to the immortal's medicinal field." Then a warm and unrestrained voice rang out, accompanied by a figure walking out from behind a large rock next to the waterfall.
With violet eyes and vertical pupils, and flowing black hair, she appeared with a smile on her flawless face, like a painted mask. Her light-colored white robe had delicate patterns, unlike the flamboyant and gorgeous one she had worn the last time they met, giving her an impression of calm and refined elegance.
The two people present immediately became alert. Fu Li, like a startled cat, leaped back to Chongjing Pavilion's side, looking warily at the man who had suddenly appeared.
Without a word, Chongjingge drew his longsword halfway out, the blade gleaming coldly as it faced the other man's face.
Zhongli Qianye was not surprised by their reaction. He walked with a smile to a distance of five steps from the two of them and stopped at Chongjing Pavilion's warning.
"Don't be so nervous. We've become friends through a fight. Little one, I told you we'd meet again. So, have you thought about becoming my furnace cauldron these past few days?" The man smiled as he looked at the boy hiding behind Chongjing Pavilion, not at all realizing he was talking nonsense.
Upon hearing this, the veins on Chongjingge's forehead bulged immediately. He made a gesture to draw his sword, ready to unleash the Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique on the Four Seas Demon Lord again. However, the latter remained calm and said:
“If I were you, I wouldn’t make such a fuss here. This place happens to connect to the center of the secret realm, which is also a field of immortal herbs. That’s why the water contains spiritual energy. If we act rashly and destroy this connection point, at best we will forever cut off the way to the immortal field, and at worst we will cause the spiritual energy in the immortal field to overflow, destroying the entire secret realm.”
His tone was light, as if he didn't care about the consequences, but he was very confident, which sounded genuine.
Upon hearing this, Fu Li couldn't help but tug at Chong Jingge's sleeve and whisper, "Senior Brother, let's not stoop to his level. Let's hurry up and leave."
Upon hearing this, Zhongli Qianye's pupils deepened, and he said, "You are lucky to have been teleported here. This canyon and the mountains on both sides were designed to hide the immortal's medicinal fields. If you go down from here, you will have to spend the next month in the canyon and won't be able to go anywhere else. Why don't you come with me to find the location of the immortal fields? There are many good things inside."
His eyes were smiling, and his voice was seductive.
Chongjing Pavilion maintained a vigilant posture, a cold glint in his eyes, showing no sign of being moved.
"No need. We don't care."
Seeing his resolute attitude, the Four Seas Demon Lord's expression also turned sour.
His purple eyes flashed with a dark light as he said, "Young man from the Chong family, don't think you can really do anything to me just because you know the Dragon-Slaying Sword Technique. I am already a half-step Nascent Soul cultivator. If I really wanted to do something to you, you two little brats have no ability to fight against me. I am sincerely trying to cooperate with you."
The implication is, "Don't push your luck!"
But Chongjing Pavilion remained unmoved, its expression cold and stern as it watched him. A tense atmosphere descended, as if war were imminent.
At that moment, the system said in Fu Li's mind: "[Agree to cooperate with the villain. This part is in the plot.]"
So Fu Li immediately grabbed Chong Jingge and tugged at his sleeve again. Chong Jingge turned around and saw a thin blush on his junior brother's face. He spoke slightly:
"Senior Brother, why don't we agree to cooperate with him? I've heard that this secret realm is actually the cave dwelling of a cultivator who has attained immortality. Maybe we really can find something belonging to an immortal?"
Seeing the mixture of nervousness and anticipation in the boy's eyes, Chongjingge remained silent for a moment. Just when Fu Li thought he wouldn't agree, he sheathed Qintian, turned to Zhongli Qianye, and said in an icy voice, "How did you know there would be immortal spiritual fields in the secret realm?"
Zhongli Qianye smiled slightly and replied, "Of course I have my own connections. In short, I'm certain it's here, otherwise I wouldn't have forcibly opened the secret realm barrier to get in ahead of time. But I can't go in alone, so I have to bring the two of you along, which is a good deal for you."
After he explained, Fu Li finally understood why the teleportation token had suddenly activated. It was all because of that giant snake!
"He really is a troublemaker," Fu Li thought to herself, turning her head away.
Chongjing Pavilion coldly faced the man in white and said, "Words are not enough; we cannot trust you. Unless you swear by your inner demons that the spirit field exists and that you are not lying to us."
His words were forceful and resolute.
Zhongli Qianye wasn't annoyed at all. He obediently did as he was told, lazily raising one hand and swearing:
"I, Zhongli Qianye, the Demon Lord of the Four Seas, swear by my inner demons that I have indeed received intelligence that there is a herb field of immortals in the secret realm, and as long as you cooperate with me, I will absolutely not have the slightest thought of harming you throughout the entire process."
The Oath of the Inner Demon is the most solemn oath in the cultivation world, because the inner demon is deeply bound to the cultivator's will and state of mind, so it will definitely have an effect. No one would joke about the Oath of the Inner Demon so casually.
After making the oath, Zhongli Qianye spread his hands and said, "The oath to the inner demons is finished. I've been sincere enough, haven't I? What are your opinions?"
Chongjingge looked at him intently for a while, making sure that the other party had not used any tricks to make a false oath, before nodding slightly.
“We can go with you to find the herb field. But if we do go in, you do your thing and we go our own way, and we’ll have nothing to do with each other.”
Zhongli Qianye nodded: "Okay."
Thus, the cooperation between the two parties was temporarily agreed upon.
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