Chapter 6, The Nemesis
Qingjue lowered his hands and placed them on the back of Ruan Linglai's hands. The cool spiritual energy covered the back of her hands and worked very well. The pain subsided in no time.
“Tell us one by one what happened just now. If there’s a problem, we need to solve it together, you know? If you don’t keep your mouth shut, you’ll easily get kidnapped by bad guys.”
"..."
Then Qingjue understood: it was when the two children were practicing swordsmanship that Jie Zhoujian lost control of his strength and made Ruan Linglai cry.
"Ling Lai, as a cultivator, is enduring hardship a common occurrence?"
Ruan Linglai had stopped crying, but she was still sobbing: "Yes..."
Who would have thought that she wasn't a haughty young lady, but a fragile little crybaby?
Qingjue's professional habit is that whenever he talks to children, he can't help but turn into a pincher: "So, who is the brave baby?"
"...Yes! It's me! I'm the brave baby, I'm not in pain!"
Qingjue also patted Jie Zhoujian's head, maintaining a balanced approach: "Zhoujian, having strength is a good thing, but you also need to know how to restrain yourself. A real man knows when to yield and when to stand firm. What would a big brother do if he hurt his little junior sister?"
“Master is right,” Jie Zhoujian understood quickly and turned to say, “I’m sorry—I shouldn’t have hurt you. I will know next time. Can you forgive me?”
Ruan Linglai put her hands behind her back and said, "Okay, Master is right. It didn't really hurt that much. I forgive you."
Oh, it's actually quite cute.
Qingjue, having calmed down, planned to go back to her room for a nap: "Since that's the case..."
"So!" Ruan Linglai raised her hand: "I'm the best-behaved baby today!"
"No, no," Jie Zhoujian said, looking at Qingjue with a pitiful expression as they started arguing. "I apologized first. I was the best."
"It's me! It's me!"
"It's me, Master likes me."
"My master likes me! He likes me the most!"
"You like me the most."
"You like me the most!"
Jie said expressionlessly during the day: "You like me the most, the most, the most, the most, the period."
Ruan Linglai didn't know how to refute for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Uh... Waaah."
Qingjue never expected that having just two children would create such a massive crowd.
That's enough.
Can't I just like myself the most?
Love yourself before you love others!
Qingjue covered her ears again.
However, because of the addition of Ruan Linglai, who is the same age as him, Jie Zhoujian is almost like a child.
The farce finally ended with Jie going to take medicine during the day.
Now--
"I didn't say anything wrong..."
Ruan Linglai hugged Qingjue's leg and whimpered, turning around to say, "You still dare to talk back to me!"
Jie Zhoujian, being very righteous, said, "This is unacceptable; you must apologize."
The wild goose, trapped inside the child's body, felt incredibly stifled: "You... I'm not going to apologize to a little brat..."
The usually quiet child reached out and patted Yan Shiqun on the shoulder: "It has joints even before it emerges from the soil, and remains humble even when it soars to the clouds. It was written in the book that Master read to me."
He was different from the others just by his appearance. His eyes were black and white, and staring at them for a long time would feel eerie. Compared to the other children, he had a more refined and noble air about him, and he looked more like an inner member of the Qing family.
His name, "Tianyu," sounds a bit too conventional and out of place among others, but his surname makes up for it perfectly—the child's name is Wen Tianyu.
This name, these heterochromatic eyes, this taciturn personality—it's like his importance is written all over his face.
Unsurprisingly, he became the only one who snatched Qingjue from someone else to be his disciple.
——
For a while after bringing Ruan Linglai back, the two children played and fought, but no special plot events were triggered.
Even during the daytime, Jie still needed to take medicine to regulate her body. It was truly pitiful for such a young child to have to take bitter medicine with every meal.
The herbs have always been collected by Qingfeng, who is an expert in this field, but she returned a little late today.
Looking at the changing sky, Qingjue sensed that something was about to happen.
A short while later, Qinghuan returned to report that Qingfeng had returned with several disciples who had helped, but in addition to the herbs, she also brought a message.
A monster has appeared in a small village at the border of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Liuzhou, and Chunxian, disturbing the peace of the people. Please, Immortal Lord, intervene to quell it.
The Qing family stood on the banks of the Quanzhou-Zhangzhou River, and all the people within their territory were protected by the Qing family, so no one would easily offend them.
However, the cultivation world is not dominated by any single power. During the time Qingjue has been here, he has naturally learned about the situation of other great masters. However, they usually do not meet and each manages their own affairs.
The only family comparable to the Qing family is Liu Chun's Yun family; it's normal for them to be in competition with each other, given their different power structures.
Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Liuchun are adjacent to each other. When Qingfeng returned, she said that the border area between Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Liuchun...
Generally speaking, one should decisively exert effort to quell the monster-devouring foe, but after all, that is the border between Quanliu and Yun family... if they clash, a conflict is inevitable.
After Qinghuan finished explaining, she asked, "Immortal Lord, what do you think?"
“We can’t just leave it like this,” Qingjue said, shaking the tea in his cup and supporting himself with his hand. “Have you found out the situation? What is the size and cultivation level of that monster?”
"Reporting to Immortal Lord, he is sixteen feet tall and has less than a hundred years of cultivation. He is not actually very strong. Sending a few inner disciples will suffice."
“No need, I’ll go there myself. If I encounter any members of the Yun family, I’ll talk to them,” Qingjue said, putting down his teacup after finishing his tea. “I’ll also show your junior brothers and sisters around.”
How could he not participate in such an obvious plot? He didn't want to miss any important intelligence. Besides, he hadn't seen his old friend for a while, and no one in the Qing family dared to argue with him. It was rather boring.
Qingjue also planned to divert the two little devils' attention, so they wouldn't always focus on him. He thought the male and female leads would keep each other in check, but unexpectedly they started vying for his favor instead.
Children are children after all; Qingjue currently finds all of this understandable.
Play more dungeons and level up; who knows, you might be able to mold your child into a male protagonist or a female protagonist from a popular TV series.
With Immortal Lord Wu Qing personally taking part, he didn't need many people following him. Qing Feng and Qing Huan on either side were enough. Both of them were inner disciples who had been with him for many years and spent more time with him than the elders, so their loyalty was beyond question.
Qingjue stepped onto his sword, picked up the two children, one in each arm. The two children were still too young to hold wooden swords, and they clung to Qingjue's collar, showing no fear of heights.
The main problem is that if you hug either one, the other one will be unhappy, so you can only hug both.
An hour later, they landed at the village entrance.
The village, named "Huai Village," is situated along the river. The village chief was already waiting at the entrance, and Qingjue and the others quickly went to greet him after landing.
"Immortal! Immortal! Over here!"
Qingjue gave Qingfeng and Qinghuan a look, and the two understood each other and went about their business.
Qingjue stayed behind with his two children and listened to the old village chief tell a long story about the monster-devouring creature.
The Devouring Monster is a nocturnal beast that feeds on human blood.
It's just a giant mosquito, why make it sound so sophisticated?
“Old man, don’t worry,” Qingjue said. “Your two disciples have already set up the formation. By tonight, we will be able to subdue the monster.”
The people on the border had never seen him in person, but they felt that he had an extraordinary bearing and was obviously a leader.
They originally intended to send someone to the immortal sect for help, but as mortals cannot fly on swords, their speed is predictably slow. Fortunately, they encountered several Qing family disciples who were gathering herbs along the border on the mountain, and thus the message was passed on to Qingfeng.
Qingfeng was a woman with a somewhat fierce personality. Upon hearing this news, she naturally could not sit idly by. However, as an inner disciple from a family with a good tradition, she did not act rashly but quickly brought the news back to the Qing family to hear further arrangements.
Qingjue politely declined the villagers' invitation to enter the village, and stood at the village entrance with Jie Zhoujian and Ruan Linglai.
I did it for no other reason than to see how the story unfolds.
This is the number one viewing spot.
"Master," Jie Zhoujian squeezed Qingjue's hand and asked, "Why are we standing here?"
Qingjue laughed and said, "Let's watch the show."
Ruan Linglai was also curious, so she pulled Qingjue's hand and looked into the distance.
As Qingjue had guessed from reading countless texts, before long, a graceful white-clad figure riding a sword from the horizon captured the attention of the villagers on the ground.
They led a large group of more than a dozen people. The man in the lead was imposing and dignified. With the eyesight of a cultivator of the Pure Technique, one could see his exquisite features and serious expression. His white robes fluttered in the wind. He had his hair tied in a high ponytail and looked extremely young and handsome. At his waist was the Yun family's signature cloud-patterned jade pendant.
A group of people, resembling cranes, came to a steady stop. When they saw Qingjue with the child, the man at the head of the group twitched the corner of his mouth.
Yun Yuelin, the young master of the Yun family, is Qingjue's nemesis who formed a feud five years ago.
"What brings you here, darling? What are you doing here?"
“Let me correct you,” Qingjue said, not giving him any leeway, “This is the border between Quanliu and Yunliu, and strictly speaking, it’s not a place under your Yun family’s jurisdiction.”
"You..." The leader blushed, not wanting to argue with him any further. Seeing that the others showed some respect for Qing Jue, he said to the others, "What do you care about him? Just do it!"
"Immortal Lord," Qingfeng had finished setting up the formation in no time and was about to report when she saw a conspicuous group of white-robed immortals: "I... um?"
Qingfeng was stunned when she saw the young master of the Yun family not far away, and knew that things were bound to develop in that direction.
She still remembers the first time Qingjue and Yun Yuelin met five years ago.
"Such a bad temper," Qingjue glanced at the man's back, then turned to Qingfeng and asked, "Have you offended him before?"
—In Immortal Lord Wuqing's memory, there was no impression of that person.
— Rather, it would be more accurate to say that Immortal Lord Wuqing was originally quite arrogant. He couldn't even remember Qinghuan and Qingfeng's names; Qingjue had to ask them himself when he first arrived.
—Qingfeng whispered, “Well…we haven’t had much interaction with the Yun family. I guess he’s always considered you his rival.”
"An opponent? Heh."
—But he didn't expect that everything he heard was overheard: "Does Immortal Lord Wuqing have any objections to this young master?"
The two people disliked each other at first sight, and they ended up fighting over just a few words. Looking back now, it was really childish of them.
At this moment, Ruan Linglai tugged at Qingfeng's hand, looked up, and asked, "Who is that big brother? Doesn't he like us?"
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