Chapter 53: A Shocking Change (V-Entry Announcement) Daoist friends, do you know... Forgetting love...
"Master?"
Gu Congxing was held in his arms and couldn't help but look up.
What caught his eye was the sharp jawline. Shen Mu lowered his eyes and looked at him. His silver-white eyelashes looked like they were covered with snow.
Gu Congxing could feel a trace of spiritual power flowing through his body, as if it was checking whether there was any poison in his spiritual veins.
"Master, I'm fine, just a little drunk."
As he said this, he moved his body and got out of Chen Mu's arms.
The arm that was holding him loosened, and Chen Mu's expression remained unchanged: "Well. Don't drink too much."
"Yes, Master."
Xiao Wangyou watched their conversation and frowned.
Would the legendary Zhuoguang Sword Master, who is cold, aloof and untainted by worldly desires, also snatch someone from someone else's arms?
But at this moment, a cold and indifferent voice interrupted his thoughts.
"It's you." Chen Mu said to Xiao Wangyou.
Xiao Wangyou was stunned and looked up at him.
Gu Congxing frowned and observed Xiao Wangyou's actions. He saw that there was no fiery hatred in his dark eyes like in his previous life, and his expression was calm.
"It's me. Thank you for your rescue before." Xiao Wangyou bowed his head and saluted.
"kindness."
Chen Mu nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Just then, a Jiang Clan disciple came running over and said to Shen Mu, "Sword Master, the Clan Leader invites you to come and have a chat. Are you available?"
Gu Congxing didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that his master's expression changed when he heard these words.
He looked intently, but saw that he had returned to his usual indifferent expression. He just responded and left with the disciple.
Since Master is a member of the Jiang clan, could it be that the clan leader is an old acquaintance of his?
Gu Congxing looked at the moon-white figure gradually moving away, but heard a burst of laughter coming from beside him.
"Gu Daoyou, I didn't realize you're so attached to Master."
Gu Congxing turned around immediately and saw Jiang Li with a mischievous smile on her face.
He was about to deny it, but Jiang Li curled her eyes and said, "Oh, it was just a joke. But Fellow Daoist Gu is so outstanding, standing next to my uncle, he is really eye-catching."
Gu Congxing raised his eyebrows: "Fellow Daoist Jiang, please stop teasing me... By the way, I have something I want to ask you. If you are not comfortable telling me, then I won't ask any more."
"What is it?"
"Forgetfulness Vine Pattern."
Jiang Li raised her eyebrows in surprise, her beautiful eyes swiveling as she said, "Then you've definitely asked the right person. Among all the Jiang Clan disciples, Xiao Zhou and I are the ones who understand this secret technique the best."
As she said this, she moved closer, smiling.
"But you should also know that this is the Jiang family's secret technique and should not be easily disclosed to outsiders. Fellow Daoist Gu, what do you want in exchange?"
"Whatever I have, I can offer it to you." Since it concerns his master, he naturally would not be stingy.
Jiang Li said "Oh~" with great interest, and after a moment's observation, she smiled and said, "Then I'll owe you the debt. Fellow Daoist Gu's promise is worth tens of millions of spirit stones."
She and Gu Congxing sat in a corner of Qianqiongyan and used her spiritual power to draw a vine pattern on the table.
Gu Congxing looked at the spiritual pattern that looked like grass and trees, but couldn't help but frown.
This didn't seem to be exactly the same as what he saw in his previous life.
Gu Congxing already knew Jiang Li's basic introduction. He pretended to know nothing and listened to her continue:
"...As a high-level formation, this vine pattern demands extremely high standards from the artist, requiring a profound mastery of formation techniques. A hundred years ago, the Jiang family had a brilliant formation genius who created this forgetfulness vine pattern. All we've done is a crude imitation."
"Honestly, I'm not as talented as Xiaozhou in formations. He's been away frequently these past few years, seemingly researching ways to mitigate the side effects of the overflowing vine patterns. I don't know how his progress is going." She propped up her head, gazing into the distance. "But he should be back soon."
Gu Congxing: "...What are the side effects?"
"If the vine pattern materializes, it will shatter the host's meridians and destroy their cultivation. If the overflowing emotions are despair and sorrow, it will also destroy their Dao heart."
Gu Congxing was startled and his hands hidden in his sleeves trembled.
So that's how it is. If there are no vine patterns, then the Dao heart must be gone. Then Master...
Gu Congxing closed his eyes, letting the emotions in his heart calm down.
When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to normal. "Thank you, Brother Jiang. If there's a chance, could I seek out Brother Jiang Zhou for advice?"
Jiang Li wiped away the spiritual pattern on the table and said with a smile, "Of course."
She paused, then spoke softly, "You know that spiritual energy is increasingly scarce in the current world of cultivation. Aside from the first-rate aristocratic sects that possess spiritual veins, the number of cultivators in other sects is decreasing."
She stood up and looked down at the view of Fuyu Mountain, her peach-colored dress fluttering in the wind.
"If Xiaozhou can improve the vine patterns, perhaps it will be able to help many cultivators improve their cultivation and even achieve enlightenment and ascension..."
Gu Congxing looked at her with sparkling eyes, and could not help but stand up and said earnestly: "What Brother Jiang said, one day I will be able to -"
“Oh no!!!”
A sudden shout echoed throughout the hall, and Gu Congxing immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
A disheveled Jiang Clan disciple half-knelt on the ground, using his sword to support himself, and shouted to the crowd, "Quick! Go save Jiang Zhou! He's missing!"
"What?!"
Jiang Li's expression suddenly changed. She took a few steps forward, squatted in front of the disciple, and asked anxiously, "Xiao Zhou is missing? What on earth is going on?!"
"Senior Sister!" The disciple looked at her and immediately felt reassured. "I was fighting a demon with Jiang Zhou in an abandoned village at the foot of Fuyu Mountain. The demon escaped, and Jiang Zhou was injured. He said he wanted to recuperate there. I chased after the demon, but it escaped anyway..."
"But who knew that when I came back, I couldn't find Jiang Zhou anywhere! He wasn't in the village, nor in the cave at the foot of the mountain where he usually stayed! I couldn't even contact him with the jade talisman!"
Jiang Li's face turned pale in an instant.
She immediately took out her disciple jade talisman, but even after activating it several times, she still couldn't contact the young man.
Several Jiang Clan disciples also gathered around, looking at Jiang Li with worried expressions.
"You, go and report this matter to the clan leader and elders immediately." Jiang Li turned around and gave orders to several disciples around him.
"Yes! Senior Sister!"
She fed the half-kneeling boy some elixir and said solemnly, "This matter is of no small importance. Jiang Luo, can you take me to the village now?"
Jiang Luo nodded without hesitation.
"Then we will set off now." Jiang Li nodded slightly, then stood up and spoke loudly to the noisy and whispering cultivators, "Everyone, there is an urgent matter within the clan. Please return to the Spiritual Peak first. I hope you will not blame me for my poor hospitality."
"This... seems to be something important. Why don't we leave first?" a monk asked tentatively.
"No, please stay in the mountains. This is for your safety."
Although Jiang Li had a decent smile on his face, there was a coldness in his eyes.
The monk's shoulders trembled and he stopped talking.
He said it was for safety, but everyone knew that Jiang Li was afraid that there was someone behind the scenes hiding there and would take this opportunity to escape.
Jiang Li called a few disciples and gave them some instructions before setting off with Jiang Luo.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang!" Gu Congxing suddenly spoke.
Seeing Jiang Li frown and look back, Gu Congxing immediately said, "I'd like to lend a hand. Can you let me go with you?"
"This..." Jiang Li's eyes moved, but he nodded and said, "Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Gu."
The three of them set off immediately, and Gu Congxing followed them on his sword. After an incense stick of time, they arrived at the foot of the mountain.
"This is it."
The place where the three landed was a dilapidated village with no one living there.
Gu Congxing looked around and saw that the land was deserted, the gates were dilapidated, and even several roofs had collapsed. It was obvious that no one had lived there for several years.
"Although this place is not far from the Jiang family, an epidemic broke out a few years ago, killing many people and leaving those who survived." Jiang Luo said in a deep voice, "But Jiang Zhou always felt that the epidemic came strangely, so he always came back here to investigate. Unexpectedly, he actually encountered a monster this time..."
Jiang Li: "What kind of monster is that?"
Jiang Luo recalled: "It looked like a wolf-shaped monster. It looked ferocious, but its strength was not low. Jiang Zhou and I were both unable to subdue it."
Jiang Li frowned. "Demon beast? There are many sacred mountains here, but I've never seen any demon beasts causing trouble. Could it be that they came from another place?"
Jiang Luo's eyes turned and he added, "That might be the case. It's also my fault for being useless. I let it escape..."
As he said this, he lowered his head in annoyance.
Gu Congxing stood aside, watching the conversation between the two of them silently, his eyes narrowed.
He took a step back silently and released his spiritual power to the surroundings.
"Now is not the time to blame myself." Jiang Li circulated his spiritual power and summoned the two rings of green water.
"Ling——"
The two rings of green water made a sharp sound and spun rapidly in the air, actually beginning to form a large-scale formation.
Soon, a spiritual power tracking array appeared in the air, emitting a faint glow.
Jiang Li took off a sword tassel shaped like a peach branch from her sword. She held it in her hand, lowered her eyes and stared at it for a moment, then placed it in the center of the formation.
“Swish——”
A flash of light suddenly appeared above the magic circle, and then the light flowed and fell to the ground, condensing into two traces.
One spiritual mark was thick and led into the dense forest on the east side, while the other was much thinner and led to the hill behind the village.
"There are actually two traces of spiritual power?" Jiang Li frowned and thought for a moment, then fixed his eyes on the thicker one.
"Friend Gu, may I ask you for the other one?"
Gu Congxing nodded: "Leave it to me."
Jiang Li's brows relaxed, revealing a genuine smile.
"Thank you very much. An elder will be here with his disciples soon. Until then, Fellow Daoist Gu, please take care of yourself."
Gu Congxing looked at the backs of Jiang Li and Jiang Luo as they were about to leave, and suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist Jiang Li."
Jiang Li turned around and saw a pure golden spiritual power suddenly flying towards her. Before she could react, it fell into her sword like a meteor.
"This sword intent contains my full-strength attack. Although it is only the sword intent of the Golden Core Stage, it may be able to help you defend yourself."
"Gu Daoyou..." Jiang Li's expression shifted, and then he said resolutely, "Thank you very much! I'll remember this favor!"
Gu Congxing said goodbye to them and followed the guidance of the sparse spiritual marks forward.
Jiang Zhou had left a deep impression on him during the Immortal Sect Competition and was definitely not a weakling.
According to what Jiang Luo said, it is very likely that the escaped monster has returned again and abducted the injured Jiang Zhou.
But, was it really the work of a monster?
Although he could sense the remaining magic power by releasing his spiritual power, he always felt that something was wrong.
Jiang Zhou has a deep understanding of the Forgetfulness Vine Pattern, and he is an indispensable person if this system task is to be completed.
Even if it was not necessary for the mission, he could not let this talented comrade disappear.
Gu Congxing's emotions were surging, and before he knew it, he had followed the direction of the spiritual mark and arrived at a small hill behind the village.
The top of the mountain was not high. After exploring for a while, Gu Congxing discovered a cave behind it.
The spiritual mark here has expanded, which must be what Jiang Luo mentioned, that Jiang Zhou usually lives in the cave.
Gu Congxing stepped in and saw a small couch and a table with simple furnishings. Several bottles of elixirs were neatly arranged on the table, and next to them was a pile of ancient books.
This place is elegant and simple, which is indeed the style of that young man.
Gu Congxing's eyes moved around and fell on the table.
Are there any clues here?
He was about to move forward, but his left foot accidentally touched the books on the ground, and they fell to the ground with a "crash".
Gu Congxing hurried to pick it up, but when his eyes fell on a piece of paper, his body suddenly froze in place.
On that piece of paper were a few lines of clear and elegant handwriting:
"...I understand. The Forgetfulness Vine Pattern that Senior Jiang Huai left behind was incomplete. No wonder I always felt my spiritual power sluggish when I was drawing it! But why? It's clearly such an unprecedented and astonishing method..."
"There is probably only one complete Forgetfulness Vine Pattern in the world today!"
"That's on his biological son - Shen Mu!"
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Author's words: Wow!! I've reached the inverted V line and can enter the V chapter from chapter 23! Super grateful to the little angels! Michu [kiss][kiss]
At the time, I really wanted to express this story about redemption and love, so I published it without giving it much thought. As a result, I made a lot of mistakes because I didn't understand the rules well enough, such as missing out on charts and making mistakes with pre-collections. I also had moments of anxiety, but every time I saw little angels silently reading along, and seeing little angels commenting and giving me feedback, I was full of motivation again! [Starry eyes]
So really, thank you so much everyone!! (Bow)
I can't absolutely guarantee that this story will get more exciting, but it already has a complete outline, and with the recovery of foreshadowing, the expansion of new maps, and the appearance of new characters, the reading experience should not deteriorate. I will also continue to work hard and constantly hone my writing skills to ensure that I don't let it down!
Finally, I really love you all! There will be a lucky draw and red envelopes will be dropped in the v-chapter comment area later, everyone is welcome to come and play! [Hug][Hug]
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