Chapter 68: Xihuang Hongri Si Junjian's hand actually touched his...
"Si Junjian?!"
Gu Congxing looked at Si Junjian in surprise as he jumped into the spiritual spring with a "plop" and couldn't help but take a step back.
But at this moment, Si Junjian moved closer and directly raised his hand to grab Gu Congxing's arm.
The swordsman who had been teased repeatedly had his jaw clenched, but his eyes were blazing.
The pair of red phoenix eyes stared straight at Gu Congxing's face, and after a moment they gradually moved downwards.
The slender neck covered with black hair, the delicate collarbone, and even the two dark spots among the white skin...
Si Junjian's throat rolled.
"Si Junjian, how long do you want to see me?"
Gu Congxing felt Si Junjian's silent gaze and swung his captured arm vigorously: "Enough, let me go first... huh?!"
"thump--"
As Gu Congxing moved, both of them moved their feet. No one knew who slipped first, but they fell into the water one after another!
The warm spiritual spring enveloped his senses, and Gu Congxing's eyes suddenly widened.
At the moment of falling, Si Junjian's hand actually went straight to his waist!
The pair of slender hands with distinct joints covered the skin only through a thin layer of inner clothing. The two looked at each other in the water, and a trace of panic appeared on Si Junjian's face.
“Puha——”
Gu Congxing stood up straight with a slight struggle, breathing in the fresh air.
His eyes moved and shot towards Si Junjian who was standing not far away.
"Si Junjian, you bastard..."
Si Junjian was staring blankly at his hands, but when he called out to him, he immediately raised his head and looked into his eyes.
But after looking at those glassy black eyes for just a moment, he looked away again and said stiffly:
"I, I'm done."
Gu Congxing:?
But before he could ask, Si Junjian had already stepped out very quickly and headed straight for the outside of Kefeng.
He even stumbled, barely managed to steady himself, and then sped away.
Gu Congxing: "..."
He looked at the red figure disappearing from his sight, his eyes, which originally had a hint of anger, blinked and looked at the mung bean pastry that fell to the ground.
His eyes moved slightly, and he slowly stepped out and picked up the broken cake.
“…Really, it hasn’t changed at all.”
A soft sigh mixed with laughter was heard, then dissipated in the misty white fog.
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The next day, Gu Congxing came to the outside of the main peak and saw the red figure as expected.
Si Junjian was originally standing with his sword in his arms, leaning against a tree. When he saw him coming, his eyes shifted to the side, and a shadow was cast on his eyelashes.
"Let's go, it's time to go find Elder Hua Yi."
Gu Congxing nodded slightly, walked side by side with him, and headed towards the hall on the north side.
"Yesterday——"
"last night--"
They both spoke at the same time. When their eyes met, Si Junjian stopped talking and motioned for Gu Congxing to speak first.
Gu Congxing: "...I've already eaten the mung bean pastry you placed on the stone table yesterday. It tastes good."
Si Junjian nodded slightly, his face showing his usual arrogant expression.
"The spiritual food of the Tianlin Sect is always delicious." He paused and then said, "How did you sleep last night?"
Gu Congxing thought he was going to say something important, but unexpectedly he heard a very ordinary greeting.
But Si Junjian is not the eldest senior brother, and he never exchanges such pleasantries.
Gu Congxing looked up at him, and indeed found a hint of deep worry in those red eyes.
Since when did Si Junjian start looking at him with a worried look?
Was it since my brother passed away?
No, it seems to have been like this since earlier.
"...Not bad." Gu Congxing felt something strange in his heart for some reason. He looked away and changed the subject, "Is Fairy Huayi near that palace?"
"That's right." Si Junjian nodded. "The five main halls of the Tianlin Sect correspond to the five major demons, and a special supervisory department has been set up. Ever since Elder Hua Yi was trapped in a dream demon illusion due to a heart disease and was judged to be derelict in her duty, she has been hiding in the small peak next to the North Hall."
Gu Congxing: "So that's how it is. It's actually related to the dream demon."
Thinking of the dream demon Zhili, his eyes darkened slightly. "That great demon is indeed highly advanced and powerful. If it hadn't had a weak spot, I'm afraid my eldest brother and I would have been defeated by it."
Si Junjian's eyes moved slightly, and he asked in detail about the details of the dream demon illusion.
After Gu Congxing explained it to him, Si Junjian was silent for a moment and said softly:
"I knew Elder Huayi wasn't such a weak person. When I was little, she and Sister Qiao often took me on trips together."
"Once this matter is over, I will take her to find the Yuan clan and teach her how to no longer be troubled by her heart disease."
Gu Congxing saw that he looked gloomy and couldn't help asking, "Has it been a long time since you last met?"
Si Junjian: "It's been two years. I went to look for her, but she didn't want to leave."
The two men kept walking while talking, and soon they arrived at the vicinity of the North Hall.
"After Elder Hua Yi stepped down, this place was taken over by Elder Zuo." Si Junjian glanced at the magnificent hall, turned around and walked towards it, "Come this way."
Gu Congxing followed him into the small peak, but found that the place was overgrown with weeds and the spiritual plants were withered.
Si Junjian frowned and his pace suddenly quickened.
The two of them stepped onto the peak, and as they approached, they both looked solemn.
It's too quiet.
Si Junjian frowned and approached the bamboo building deep in the peak. His expression suddenly changed as his spiritual power moved slightly.
——The protective barrier has disappeared!
“Click—”
He jumped up without hesitation and immediately broke open the door!
Gu Congxing also followed closely behind, holding the Whale-Slaying Sword!
"Sister Hua Yi!"
Si Junjian shouted, but heard no response.
He frowned and looked around, and the spiritual power in his body immediately stretched out into the bamboo building.
"No, how could there be no one here..." Si Junjian exclaimed in surprise.
Gu Congxing also released all his spiritual power. He concentrated his mind for a moment and looked towards the attic above.
"There is residual spiritual energy there!"
The two immediately followed the trail, but still couldn't find any figure. Gu Congxing looked at the simply furnished room, and his expression suddenly changed when his spiritual power detected something.
"This pear blossom..." He picked up a pure white pear blossom by the window, and golden spiritual energy slowly surged through it. "It's not pure spiritual energy, it seems to be demonic energy?!"
"What?!" Si Junjian immediately snatched the flower away, concentrated his mind for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, it's demonic power! Damn it, could it be that a demon tribe has sneaked in and abducted Sister Hua Yi——"
"Hey, don't talk nonsense."
A familiar voice suddenly sounded. Si Junjian and Gu Congxing turned around and saw Qiao Anan with a leisurely look!
"Sister Qiao?!"
Si Junjian immediately exclaimed, Qiao Anan shook his head and walked into the room.
“Swish——”
As soon as she entered, she immediately set up an isolation barrier to completely block out any outside inquiries.
Gu Congxing frowned slightly, took a step back silently, and the whale-slaying sword in his hand made a low buzzing sound.
"Little Daoist Fellow Gu is very alert, not bad, not bad."
Qiao Anan saw through Gu Congxing's movements at a glance and said with a smile: "Xiao Si, you have to learn more."
Gu Congxing looked at her in surprise, but Si Junjian could no longer contain his excitement and asked anxiously, "Sister Qiao, why did you follow us here? And what happened to Sister Huayi?"
Qiao Anan glanced at them, raised his hand and took the pear blossom from the air.
She held a snow-white pear in her hand, her eyelids slightly drooping.
"Hua Yi has gone to the demon world."
"What?!" Gu Congxing and Si Junjian both exclaimed in surprise.
Qiao Anan continued, "I heard that you came back to look for her, so I followed you all the way here."
She turned her gaze to Si Junjian, her smile faded, her pretty face displaying the dignity befitting an elder. "Little Si, you and I both know that with Hua Yi's character, she would never betray the sect or collude with the demon race. But others may not believe it, so I have never spread this matter, and I hope you won't spread it either."
Gu Congxing didn't say anything, but just looked at Si Junjian.
"...I understand." Si Junjian was silent for a moment before he nodded solemnly and nodded slightly to Gu Congxing.
Qiao Anan looked at their actions and narrowed his eyes.
"Elder Qiao, can you tell us why Fairy Huayi went to the Western Wilderness Demon Realm?" Gu Congxing asked.
Qiao Anan thought for a moment, then raised his lips and said, "You came here to seek information, and Hua Yi also left to seek the truth."
the truth?
Gu Congxing wanted to ask more questions, but Qiao Anan was no longer willing to continue the topic. He just took out a compass magic weapon from the storage ring and flew it into Si Junjian's arms.
"The Western Wilderness Demon Clan is quite vast. If you want to find her, use this."
Si Junjian held the compass, his brows furrowed as he asked, "How long has she been gone?"
"Only ten days." Qiao Anan shrugged, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face as he glanced at Si Junjian. "It was just after the Sect Master and the Right Elder went out."
Si Junjian's expression grew even more gloomy upon hearing this, and his hand, which was tightly gripping the compass, turned a little pale.
Gu Congxing was also shocked.
Ten days ago, wasn’t that when the chaos in the Gu family ended and I was brought back to the Qingxuan Sword Sect by my master?
Could it be that Sect Leader Sima’s trip this time is also related to the Gu family?
Qiao Anan glanced at their faces and clapped his hands vigorously to attract their attention.
She tilted her head and said, "Why do you have such a gloomy expression? This is just the beginning."
She carefully placed the pear blossoms in a hollow celadon vase by the window, and spiritual power surged slightly through her fingertips, keeping the pear blossoms vibrant.
"Go quickly, my little Taoist friends. Go after what you want while the chess player isn't paying attention."
Gu Congxing and Si Junjian both looked at her and nodded solemnly.
"Sister Qiao, we'll take our leave now."
Si Junjian was about to fly out with Gu Congxing, but he heard a faint whisper behind him.
"Once you enter the demon realm, don't come back."
Si Junjian paused for a moment, then listened to her continue, "Remember, no matter who comes looking for you, don't come back."
Gu Congxing listened to these words and suddenly remembered what his brother said in the letter -
"Once you enter the Western Wilderness Demon Realm, remember, never let Si Junjian return to the Tianlin Sect."
Could it be that Qiao Anan knows something just like his brother?
Gu Congxing turned around to look, but Qiao Anan had already taken out the wine gourd, tilted his head back and took a few sips, looking unruly.
She waved her hands, not responding to their inquiring gazes, and only said, "Go quickly, go quickly~"
Gu Congxing saluted her and jumped down.
Si Junjian turned around and was about to leave, but paused.
He left Qiao Anan with his back and spoke in a very low voice.
"Sister Qiao, am I really never going to be able to come back?"
Qiao Anan put down the wine gourd and wiped the corner of his lips.
"When the dust settles, maybe." She chuckled, "Don't worry, home is always home."
Si Junjian's body shook, and the next moment, he disappeared into the bamboo building.
Qiao Anan looked at the pear tree again.
"Hua Yi, you have to wait for them."
Qiao Anan raised his lips and smiled, and with a slight movement of his wrist he retracted the isolation barrier.
The late autumn wind blew, bringing rustling sounds.
The fallen leaves in the forest flew and landed between the slender knuckles.
"Gu Congxing." Si Junjian stepped out of the cave, accompanied by the majestic silver wolf monster. "Let's go, we're ready."
Gu Congxing let go of the leaf in his hand and said, "Aren't you going to say goodbye to them?"
Si Junjian was silent for a moment, still shaking his head.
"I'm going to the demon realm, so don't let anyone in the sect know. I've received a travel mission, so they should just treat it as me going on a long journey to carry out a mission."
He stroked the head, and his voice suddenly became gentle.
"Although no one knows why I'm going this way, at least you and Tiaotiao are with me."
Gu Congxing looked at Si Junjian, who was wearing the uniform of a Tianlin sect disciple, and at that moment he suddenly wanted to ask him:
Is it worth it? Disregarding the position of Tianlin's first disciple to seek a vague truth?
But he opened his mouth and swallowed the question.
After all, isn't he the same?
Knowing it is impossible, still doing it resolutely.
"Then let's get going."
Gu Congxing responded and sat on Tiaotiao's back with him.
“Ouch—”
The silver wolf monster let out a long howl and flew into the air.
At dawn, a strong wind blew.
Gu Congxing leaned against Si Junjian and looked behind him.
In Luoxi Continent, the vast desert looks like a flowing golden ocean, with Xiaoming Lake as isolated islands dotted in between.
“Wow—”
The whistling wind blew by, and Gu Congxing's eyes were filled with sparkling light.
In the distance, a huge red sun is rising from the sky, its bright light is endless and its long path is immortal.
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Author's Note: A small preview: A hundred demons are in the capital, a thousand spirits are feasting. Demons roam the night, bright lights are shining, and in the dim light, a beautiful woman appears by the bonfire.
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