Chapter 70 Chapter 70 She had never used such a tone before...
"I can't do the other one either."
Meng Yuci hugged Ji Chu, feeling the presence of the person in his arms, and felt an indescribable joy in his heart.
But after a moment, he couldn't help but lower his eyes and sigh.
He realized that his emotions were growing uncontrollably, starting as a tiny little thing and then becoming an unstoppable torrent.
He stopped resisting and let it grow and spread until he could no longer pretend nothing happened.
Venerable Asanga was right. He hid his fear and cowardice in the temple. Anyone who fell into the illusion would be dragged into it by him.
The "Meng Yuci" in the illusion is the embodiment of his fear.
Three hundred years ago, the Wushu people were ultimately doomed to extinction. As a "survivor" and an "executor", he was destined to be misunderstood by no one.
Perhaps one day, he will be defeated by the Last God and become the last member of the witch tribe who will have to die.
But he met Ji Chu.
No one knew how much he cared about Ji Chu, not only for the sake of the Last God, but also for his own selfish reasons.
——He wanted Ji Chu to stay with him.
During the thunder tribulation, Ji Chu's figure in the illusion suddenly appeared before him.
"Brother, whether immortal or demon, in the end, it's just a title. How can it bind people's hearts?"
…
Yes, it’s just a name, how can it trap people’s hearts?
In an instant, it was as if the clouds had parted and the sun appeared, the thunder and lightning suddenly dissipated, and the dark clouds disappeared.
His heart felt relieved, and the fear that had plagued him for three hundred years suddenly dissipated.
He had never felt so light.
He had never felt so impatient, so impatient to see Ji Chu, to see her really standing in front of him, not just some fragments that escaped through illusion.
Meng Yuci thought.
He wanted to see her, he needed her, he couldn't bear to be without her.
From the moment he heard that Shen Gu was going to attack Ji Chu, he knew very well:
He absolutely could not bear to see Ji Chu in any danger or being taken away by someone.
No one can take Ji Chu away from him.
The phantoms in the illusion are not allowed, and the last god and Asanga are even more not allowed.
…
This idea quickly took root in his mind and then expanded until it occupied all his thoughts.
Only when he felt Ji Chu in his arms could he suppress the anger in his heart, and his eyes became darker as he looked at Fengshen Temple.
The Shaowei sword was suddenly drawn out, and invisible sword energy surged, instantly engulfing the entire Fengshen Temple.
As the statue was chopped into four or five pieces by the sword energy, the "divine bones" hidden in the statue were also destroyed, and the temple that had stood here for hundreds of years collapsed.
The witches and shamans no longer worshipped gods.
While doing all this, he never let go of Ji Chu, still maintaining the posture of holding her, and protecting her completely by his side, without being swept by the sword wind and debris at all.
Zhongli Bai was not so lucky.
Meng Yuci looked calm and indifferent, but when he took action, there was no warning at all, and he even seemed extremely violent, tearing down the house as easily as tearing paper.
The sword energy swept across his face almost instantly, and Zhongli Bai didn't even have the chance to react. The side of his clothes close to the statue was torn into countless tiny holes.
He was frightened by Meng Yuci's brutal and cold sword energy and jumped back a step. He hurriedly ran out after him, but still failed to defend himself and his head and face were covered with dust.
Fortunately, Senior Brother Ji Chu was not a cruel and bloodthirsty person. He knew to spare his life and only destroyed everything in the temple.
Zhongli Bai was secretly complaining in his heart, but when he saw the scene of the divine bone being destroyed, he couldn't help but get excited. All his dissatisfaction disappeared, and he only felt that Senior Brother Ji Chu was indeed a kind person who understood the righteousness of the matter:
"Great! Now that this is the case, the Last God can no longer use the divine bones as a tool to harm people!"
After saying that, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Ji Chu:
"Ji Chu! Tell me, is that right?!"
Ji Chu hadn't spoken or moved since the beginning. She let her senior brother block her eyes and then held her waist and took her away from the Fengshen Temple.
Through her senior brother's fingers, she vaguely saw the scene of the collapse of the Fengshen Temple, but because her senior brother protected her very well, not even a strand of her hair was stained with dust.
She didn't know what she was thinking, her eyelashes swept over his palm again and again, and she was unspeakably well-behaved and quiet.
Until Zhongli Bai called her.
It was like pushing open a stagnant door, the air suddenly began to flow, and Ji Chu finally reacted.
She finally made up her mind. First, she raised her hand and took away her brother's hand that was covering her eyes.
Then she turned around, stepped out of his arms, and said to him from a distance of one step:
"Thank you for saving me, brother. Luckily you came in time, otherwise I might have been in big trouble!"
His arms felt empty, Meng Yuci slowly put down his hands, and heard her say:
"This is my friend, Zhongli Bai."
Without waiting for his reply, she turned around and jumped in front of Zhongli Bai, jumping for joy with him:
"That's great! We really succeeded in solving the divine bone!"
Zhongli Bai also cheered:
“That’s great, that’s great!”
As he said this, he let out an "Eh", and then realized that he was so excited that he almost forgot to thank his senior.
This is so rude!
So he quickly turned around and said to Meng Yuci:
"My name is Zhongli Bai. Thank you, Senior Brother Meng, for saving my life."
Meng Yuci lowered his eyes and said "hmm" without any emotion, as if he didn't care who he was. He only looked at Ji Chu:
"Are you hurt?"
"Of course not."
Ji Chu looked normal, as if he didn't care at all about what happened in the illusion:
"It's just an illusion. It can't hurt me."
Zhongli Bai became nervous again when he heard this:
"What do you mean it's just an illusion? You have no idea how terrifying it was just now! The statue's eyes were spinning like crazy, and water was bubbling up from the ground..."
"And you, you disappeared in a flash! I was so anxious that I almost went crazy!"
Ji Chu's efforts to pretend nothing happened were made a little unnatural by the noisy voices beside him.
She glanced at her senior brother and said hurriedly:
"Brother, don't listen to his nonsense. I'm really fine in there!"
As she spoke, she glanced at Zhongli Bai and said with disdain:
"Besides, what do you have to be afraid of... Is it any use just to be afraid? Huihui can't count on you..."
Although he seemed to be disgusted, his tone was actually very intimate, almost like he was flirting.
Meng Yuci looked at her profile, but what he was thinking was:
She had never spoken to him in such a tone before.
He naturally knew that Ji Chu was not injured.
The moment he saw her, he had used his spiritual power to investigate her situation.
The reason I asked was because I was puzzled by her reaction.
According to Ji Chu's previous personality, since he saw him in the illusion and knew about the things that happened to the witch tribe in the past, the first thing he would do after coming out was to pull him aside and talk to him non-stop and ask him everything clearly.
But now, not only did she keep silent about the illusion, she even refused to say a few more words to him, and turned around to jump and dance towards others.
He couldn't help but feel surprised and couldn't help asking, trying to attract her attention.
But Ji Chu still refused to say more, preferring to cover it up with a few words, and soon attracted the attention of others again.
Zhongli Bai felt a little embarrassed because of Ji Chu's complaint, and immediately threw the illusion aside and explained for himself:
"I was careless this time, but I'm not completely useless..."
Didn’t I successfully use the “Yin Yang Transformation” in my previous life?
Because Meng Yuci was present, he couldn't speak too directly about his rebirth and could only make eyes at Ji Chu.
However, speaking of the Yin-Yang rotation, Ji Chu couldn't help but think of "Kong Yu Fu Hua" who was reborn with her, and the "senior brother" who saw at a glance in the illusion and bluntly said that she was "his Taoist partner", and his mood became worse.
The "senior brother" in the illusion could see it, so how could the senior brother standing in front of her now not see it?
Rebirth, a fresh start, harmonious and friendly brothers and sisters...
Haha, that’s really funny.
It was all wishful thinking from the beginning, and it was wrong from the beginning...
She is simply a joke of the entire Fu Yu Xian Sect!
Ji Chu snorted, laughed at himself, and shut up.
Zhongli Bai thought she was angry and quickly expressed his loyalty:
"Honestly, that was a close call. If anything had happened to you, I would have died with you!"
What he meant to say was: If Ji Chu, the savior of the cultivation world, died like this, he would definitely be doomed as well.
But when Meng Yuci heard it, it was completely different.
What does "die together" mean? It's like a pledge to live and die together.
Who would say such disgusting words to a "friend"?
He finally took his eyes off Ji Chu's face and looked at this guy who came out of nowhere.
His face is not very good looking, but unfortunately he is too thin, his body is like a bamboo pole, and his spiritual power is mediocre, not even half as good as Ji Chu's.
Because he had just been swept by his sword energy, Zhongli Bai's sleeves were half untied, revealing his thin but fair shoulders. He didn't even know how to cover it up, and shamelessly moved closer to Ji Chu. It was obvious that he had no good intentions.
In addition, he is smooth-talking and can only use words to please others. He is absolutely useless!
He looked at Zhongli Bai coldly, and the latter felt an inexplicable chill on his back and shivered.
Ji Chu noticed it and said:
"You should change your clothes quickly, you look so stupid."
Zhongli Bai smiled sheepishly and reached out to pick up the cloth from his arm:
"No need, no need, it can still be worn after patching it up..."
Ji Chu was surprised:
"Have you Gua cultivators become so poor?"
Zhongli Bai emphasized:
“Frugality is frugality.”
…
Meng Yuci's gaze moved back and forth between the two of them, paying more attention to Ji Chu and less to Zhongli Bai.
He looked at Zhongli Bai standing beside Ji Chu, thanking him with her for saving his life, saying these ambiguous words and chatting about some random topics.
Ji Chu's words and attitude were straightforward and natural, as if he was facing a good friend he had known for many years and who he did not need to hide in front of at all. There was no sense of alienation or distance at all, and even his tone of disdain sounded like intimacy;
Zhongli Bai had no intention of avoiding suspicion and tacitly acknowledged his familiarity and closeness with Ji Chu.
They exchanged glances, and from time to time, she would suddenly stop talking in the middle of a conversation and glance at him secretly, and then the two of them would change the subject tacitly, as if they had many secrets that he, an "outsider", could not know.
This scene was particularly glaring in Meng Yuci's eyes.
He couldn't help but interrupt:
"Ji Chu, we should go back."
Hearing this, Ji Chu was stunned, while Zhongli Bai closed his mouth with a look of unsatisfied meaning.
He looked at Ji Chu, then at Meng Yuci:
"Are you leaving now? Well then..."
Indeed, the divine bone has been destroyed, and Venerable Wuzhu is dead. The crisis in the world of cultivation seems to have been resolved temporarily.
As for the Last God, they would not be able to find its trace in a short time.
It seems that there is really nothing that can be done.
Zhongli Bai felt a little sad.
Ever since he became a ghost in his previous life and was carried by Ji Chu, he has been accustomed to acting with Ji Chu.
Also carrying the secret of rebirth, Ji Chu is like his closest family member. He didn't expect to be separated from his "family" so soon.
If I had known this earlier, I would not have followed the "Unruly Taoist" to learn fortune-telling. I should have worked hard and been admitted to the Fu Yu Immortal Sect.
By now, he should have new clothes, can play with the sound transmission jade, can stand up straight when he goes out, and can continue to follow Ji Chu to bravely explore the world of cultivation...
well……
Zhongli Bai sighed deeply, feeling extremely regretful.
Seeing him like this, Ji Chu couldn't help but suggest:
"or……"
Zhongli Bai's eyes lit up.
Meng Yuci took the lead and said:
"It is true that disciples often visit and exchange with each other among sects. You are Ji Chu's friend, so the Fu Yu Xian Zong should treat you as an honored guest."
Zhongli Bai thought of his master, who was both good and evil and had a bad reputation, and the light in his eyes suddenly dimmed:
"No, I'm busy mending my clothes right now, so I won't be going to Fu Yu Xian Zong for now..."
Ji Chu: “…”
She thought for a moment and then said:
"So where are you going? If we're going the same way, I can even give you a ride on my sword."
Zhongli Bai's eyes lit up again.
However, before he could open his mouth, Meng Yuci said:
"You are Ji Chu's friend, and you have been in danger with her. As Ji Chu's senior brother, I should protect you."
Zhongli Bai glanced at the Shaowei Sword, which was still dripping with blood. His intuition told him that he couldn't agree to this, so he politely declined.
"Why not just forget it... I feel a little dizzy with swords..."
Even though Ji Chu was slow-witted, he realized something was wrong at this moment and couldn't help but glance at Meng Yuci.
Meng Yuci's expression was calm as he raised his hand and conjured up a cloud boat.
Although it was not as spacious as the seat Ji Chu had sat in before, it was still bright enough to blind Zhong Li Bai's eyes.
"Give it to fellow Daoist Zhongli."
Zhongli Bai's jaw dropped to the ground, stunned by his lavishness in giving away a cloud boat in one go.
He couldn't believe it was true. He took the Yunzhou with trembling hands, looked at it from left to right, and couldn't help asking:
"Brother Meng, do you still need a junior disciple? I suddenly feel like giving up divination and following the sword..."
In response to this, Meng Yuci said "goodbye" and flew away with Ji Chu on his sword.
Zhongli Bai waved behind him:
"Ji Chu! Remember to keep in touch--!!!"
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The author has something to say: Zhongli Bai: [bursts into tears]
Senior Brother: [rolls eyes]
Ji Chu: [clown][transformed]
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