Chapter 51 Worries
Xie Nanfeng cursed a lot, seemingly having satisfied himself with his own insults. He laughed twice and then looked at Xie Zhoujian, noticing the faint calm behind his smile.
Jie Nanfeng suddenly stopped laughing, and her expression returned to calm.
"...You still look like a dead person even after being talked to like that. You were faking it just now, weren't you?"
“Yes,” Jie said, “actually, I don’t remember you at all.”
Jie Nanfeng gritted his teeth: "You son of a bitch..."
"I can tell you were really angry with me just now. You really hate me. I want to know why."
“Jie Zhou,” Jie Nanfeng recalled Jie Zhoujian from his memories, and said, “Do you know why I said you shouldn’t have been born?”
"..."
"Your mother was forced to stay in the family, and she committed suicide after giving birth to you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Qingjue instantly appeared and grabbed Xie Nanfeng's mouth tightly with one hand.
Xie Zhoujian remained silent from behind, while Qingjue used all his strength to pin Xie Nanfeng against the wall, saying, "Dare to utter that word, and I'll cut your tongue out. Shut up."
Qingjue released Jie Nanfeng, and a flash of fear crossed Jie Nanfeng's eyes before he laughed and said, "So he's been here all along, Jie Zhou. You've really chosen a good master..."
Qingjue slapped Jie Nanfeng across the face, interrupting him again, and said, "Didn't you hear what I said? Shut up."
Blood trickled from the corner of Jie Nanfeng's mouth. He felt a powerful pressure, and his throat tightened, preventing him from making a sound.
Qingjue exhaled a breath of suffocating air and turned to look at Jiezhou.
His eyes were fixed ahead as if he were in a daze, but his expression showed that he was repeatedly pondering what he had just said, and his brows were slightly furrowed.
Qingjue always thought Jie Zhoujian was very handsome. Unlike other handsome men, Jie Zhoujian's good looks were all about his own perfect features.
Just like falling in love at first sight with a character in a game, or falling in love at first sight with a handsome guy in real life.
He didn't want to frown during the day.
"I'm fine," Jie Zhoujian said before Qingjue could speak, "Master, don't worry."
"..." He never had to worry about him.
But how could he not worry about him?
It doesn't matter whether he's a member of the Xie family or how miserable his childhood was, or how much filth he carried.
He was only Jie Zhoujian, and he was just his apprentice.
Unexpectedly, Xie Nanfeng harbored such great hostility towards Xie Zhoujian. From Xie Nanfeng's words, Qingjue could once again see how this child had endured those difficult years before meeting him.
Qingjue knew, of course, that Jie Nanfeng could say more without him intervening, but he couldn't help himself.
He was surprisingly less composed than his apprentice.
But he just wanted to give this guy a good slap.
Qingjue faced Jie Nanfeng again and said, "Answer his question, or I won't hesitate to forcibly intervene in your consciousness. At worst, I'll kill you first."
However, that would be very taxing on you, and since you've only just recovered a little from using the Cleansing Technique, it's best not to use it.
But he's very angry now, and it's written all over his face.
"..." Xie Nanfeng had investigated them for a long time and naturally knew that Qingjue's perception of spirits was stronger than that of ordinary people. He would probably pass on this secret technique to Xie Zhoujian in the future.
It seems the rumors are true; Qingjue has the ability to make the dead speak.
“There are always some people you just hate the first time you meet them,” Xie Nanfeng said with a laugh, unable to avoid it. “Hasn’t Immortal Lord Wu Qing ever done that? You and Young Master Yun are examples of that… uh!”
Qingjue grabbed his Adam's apple and twisted it hard, saying, "Answer what you're asked, and don't say anything unnecessary."
The key point: "Continue during the day."
Jie Zhoujian nodded and continued to ask, "Why did you choose to target the Yun family?"
Under Qing Jue's gaze, Jie Nanfeng said, "...The Qing family was wary of the presence of Immortal Lord Wu Qing, but I didn't expect the young master of the Yun family to take the initiative to ask for help."
This behavior certainly doesn't conform to the common perception of Yun Yuelin.
Compared to the original storyline, although the reason has changed, the overall plot remains the same.
The good news is that, as an outsider, he seems to actually be able to interfere with the characters' deaths.
Qingjue remained silent, and Jiezhou continued to ask, "How did you safely cross the Dead Sea?"
"..."
Qingjue glared at him: "Speak."
"...Many years ago, the Xie family looted many treasures from various places, including a water-repelling pearl that could travel without being touched by water."
Where is it?
Jie Nanfeng: "You'll find out when you interrogate Li Shuyu later."
Jie Zhoujian thought for a moment and then asked, "You really didn't know about the process of Senior Qing Jiujie's death?"
"have no idea."
"What other tricks do you have up your sleeve, or what will you do if you succeed this time?"
"I have no backup plan. I never thought about failing. As for what to do, it's natural to use the lives of the entire Liu Chun and Yun family to threaten other aristocratic families. Those who are willing to submit will live, and those who resist will die. After that, we will kill more people until the entire cultivation world is wary of us, and everyone will benefit."
He's being honest now; he knows how to tailor his approach to different people.
Qingjue said, "You were able to escape from under my nose; it must have been Li Shuyu who saved you."
"Indeed, his sleight of hand is superb."
Qingjue said, "But his name isn't Li Shuyu, it's Li Wei, right?"
"Oh? How did you know that?" Xie Nanfeng realized and said, "It really is that Wen Tianyu."
Jie said during the day: "Don't even think about messing with him."
“How could I dare?” Xie Nanfeng leaned against the wall, tilting his head, and said, “We’re all prisoners now…”
Besides, even knowing that Wen Tianyu is truly from the Heavenly Eye lineage is useless; he is the disciple of Immortal Lord Wuqing, and they can't defeat him.
Qingjue's storyline connects to the previous plot once again. It seems that the destruction of the Xie family by him was not in vain. Originally, the Xie family was targeting the Yun family because of their ambition. This time, it turned out that Xie Nanfeng was trying to win over others. He couldn't know Tianyu's identity on his own, and it does seem like he just confirmed this matter.
The storyline is indeed different now.
...But Qingjue was already starting to feel anxious about what would happen next.
However, judging from the current situation, they are able to have a proper talk with Xie Nanfeng.
According to Xie Nanfeng, Li Wei was kicked out of the Li family a long time ago. He always used his brother's name when he was away from home, and if he did anything bad, he would blame it on the Li family. No one could find out his real identity.
He's quite adept at sowing discord; he has a wicked sense of humor and enjoys watching these kinds of scenes.
It's not fair to say the three of them had a bad relationship; it's more accurate to say they each harbored their own ulterior motives.
However, since we share the same goal and can all share the benefits after it's accomplished, this aspect doesn't really matter.
“I really can’t stand the Li family’s ways,” Xie Nanfeng said, having no other choice but to speak his mind: “After doing so much dirty work, they want to retire now? There’s no such simple logic to it.”
There is some truth to this statement. The Li family is different from the Jie family. They did indeed benefit from the great gains of their predecessors. The reason they have some influence in the cultivation world and control so many magical treasures is because of their previous underhanded methods.
Jie Nanfeng shook his head and said casually, "If you don't want to be criticized and walk the right path openly, but you also cling to what you've stolen to elevate your sect's status, how can you have such a good deal?"
Qingjue said calmly, "You seem to know quite a bit."
Jie Nanfeng wasn't actually bad, because he genuinely didn't think he was bad.
He doesn't think he's a bad person.
Jie asked rhetorically, "Then why do you still call yourself a bad person, and why do you always know that you are doing bad things?"
“But that’s what you think. My casual remark only shows that I don’t care, not that I think so too,” Xie Nanfeng said, raising an eyebrow. “I just wanted to kill you all, what’s wrong with that? I just wanted to kill everyone, what’s wrong with that? I just lost, it’s a matter of winning or losing, no one can prove that I was wrong.”
...a bunch of fallacies.
Qingjue could never understand this kind of logic in his lifetime.
What a convenient excuse: I just lost, but I did nothing wrong.
Jie Nanfeng continued, "You don't need a reason to do bad things. I don't think I'm wrong. You could beat me a thousand times and I still wouldn't think it."
Qingjue was too lazy to argue with him about right and wrong; such a debate, which was neither macro nor subjective, was just a waste of time.
“It doesn’t matter,” Qingjue said. “Proving you failed is much easier than proving you were wrong.”
“…I’m really curious,” Jie Nanfeng stared intently at Qing Jue and said, “Immortal Lord, why are you so strong?”
Jie said during the day: "This is none of your business."
"As his disciple, don't you find it strange? He's incredibly strong," Xie Nanfeng said. "He was completely unknown a hundred years ago, but now he seems to have a thousand years of cultivation. If he has talent, then he should have been nurtured before. Yet, before he became the head of the Qing family, he wasn't killed by the Xie family out of fear."
Jie frowned slightly again during the day.
He couldn't stand any talk about Qingjue or death, not even hypothetical statements.
However, Jie Nanfeng's question was not entirely a provocation, because it did contain some merit.
Qingjue is so talented that he has climbed to the top of the cultivation world in just a few decades. Surprisingly, the Xie family never caused him any trouble when he was young.
In the world of cultivation, talent is the hardest thing to hide.
Jie Zhoujian was only slightly worried that once this incident was resolved, the world would realize just how powerful Qingjue was, which would attract even more people who were detrimental to him.
Qingjue himself had also thought about this issue, and later he figured it out.
Regardless, he just needs to use this power to protect those he wants to protect.
...Besides, he's already transmigrated, so what's wrong with him being a little stronger?
As Jie Nanfeng continued speaking, his words became increasingly rambling, and he seemed to be mentally unwell. Qingjue didn't want to judge whether he was acting or not; he just wanted to get some information out of him.
Staying in this dungeon for too long not only causes mental depression but also takes a toll on the body, so Jie advised Qingjue to go see the other two another day.
Qingjue agreed, but couldn't help coughing twice as he came out.
His rest time was still too short.
But he cannot.
Because if the plot were allowed to unfold unchecked, people would die, and he absolutely could not think about resting at a time like this.
Jie Nanfeng will stay for a while.
He already had a plan in mind. No matter what, he would go to the Li family first and retrieve all the treasures, whether they belonged to them or not. He would also go to the Zhao family and kill those who deserved it without hesitation. He also needed to think carefully about what Qing Jiujie had experienced before his death. And Jie Zhoujian probably wasn't very happy today...
As soon as Qingjue stepped out of the water curtain, his vision went black, and he collapsed due to exhaustion.
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