Chapter 12 I'll stay with you even if the moon is out.
The moment Fu Yunyao's gaze met his, the Rangchen Sword in her hand was immediately drawn.
The chilling sword energy continued to approach, but the person in front of her showed no intention of dodging. Fu Yunyao frowned, and the sword in her hand finally stopped an inch away from him.
"We meet again." Fu Yusheng said, his eyes full of joy. He thought to himself, Liao Liao and he really were the most compatible.
Fu Yunyao had no intention of exchanging pleasantries with him. She spoke, her voice icy, "What are you doing here?"
"Why you're here is the same reason I am."
Even if they're different, I'll make them the same. Fu Yusheng added in his heart.
Fu Yunyao felt that the person in front of her was probably corrupted by demonic energy, otherwise, with her sword almost touching his neck, he could still be smiling smugly.
Once again, she saw the shadow of Fu Yusheng in him.
Fu Yusheng was not afraid of the sword energy on her blade. He said, "My body is now broken, and my spiritual veins are constantly being eroded and occupied by demonic energy. I must know who broke the seal of the demonic realm and made me like this."
"What does this have to do with you coming here?"
"Don't you also think that the person who broke the seal on the Demon Realm is one of the sect leaders?"
Fu Yunyao's originally gentle eyes were now filled with coldness. After another silent confrontation, she sheathed her sword.
Under the eerie red light, the white veil around her neck was also tinged with a dark red.
Fu Yusheng touched the white fox mask on his face. The red pendant on the side of the mask swayed slightly, and he sighed softly.
Neither she nor he was entirely honest with each other.
Fu Yunyao had no intention of arguing with him again. Her gaze returned to the hall, and her fingertips traced the forbidden patterns on the stone wall.
Having been trapped in the forbidden area for ten years, she was intimately familiar with every single pattern there. Therefore, she was absolutely certain that the restrictions here were exactly the same as those in the forbidden area of Yaotai Realm.
The forbidden land of Yaotai Realm was once said to be the burial place of the Demon God. The restrictions on those stone walls, including the Rangchen Restriction on her body, were left behind by the Demon God's curse. The secret chamber seen in the Linglang Secret Realm was built by the demons in imitation of the forbidden land of Yaotai Realm. It was originally intended to draw the souls of ten thousand demons to nourish the Rangchen Sword, turning it into a demonic sword.
What is the purpose of the restrictions painted on this forbidden area?
Fu Yunyao lowered her head in thought, something flashed through her mind, but it was too fast to grasp.
Her gaze fell upon the empty altar.
What was originally worshipped at this altar?
As she was thinking, she noticed the gaze that had been fixed on her from behind, and a thought struck her.
"Fu Yusheng".
The girl's soft voice rang out in the quiet, dark red ambiance. Her hair fell down, obscuring her expression. Her figure was slender beneath her plain white gauze dress. When she spoke, it seemed as if she were filled with endless longing.
The words "I'm here" caught in Fu Yusheng's throat, and his fingers, hidden under his sleeves, tightened.
The person she longed for day and night was right in front of her. She looked up and met his gaze. Her brows furrowed slightly, and his image was reflected in her beautiful eyes. Because of the Dust Restriction, she still looked like she was seventeen years old, the same appearance he remembered most deeply and longed for day and night.
He moved his throat slightly, swallowing the words "I'm here" with difficulty, and heard his own relaxed and languid voice.
"You've mistaken me for someone else again. I'm not calling Sword Master Chen."
His light-colored eyes still held an unchanging smile, but only he knew how much he wanted to answer that name.
A faint smell of blood emanated from his palm, and in an instant, the demonic energy that had been driven to a corner of the spiritual vein began to emanate again.
Fu Yunyao was taken aback, "You..."
He maintained an indifferent expression, even comforting the person beside him, "It's alright, they were probably lured out by these restrictions."
"Even with the presence of the Dust Sword Qi, it's still not acceptable?"
Fu Yusheng looked at her with a smile. He knew in his heart how much of this demonic energy was caused by the restrictions and how much was caused by emotional fluctuations.
Since he didn't say anything, Fu Yunyao wasn't in the mood to ask any more questions. After all, this was still a forbidden area of the Nanheng Sect, and staying here for too long might attract attention.
Fu Yusheng watched her leave without the slightest hesitation, but then she stopped at the entrance to the forbidden area, turning her head slightly to look at him, as if asking, "Aren't you leaving?"
In just one glance, Fu Yusheng understood her gaze, and let out a soft chuckle. Liao Liao was right... she still harbored goodwill towards even the most disliked people.
He said, "Let's go, together."
Fu Yunyao withdrew her gaze and left the forbidden area first.
She didn't understand his emotional turmoil. She just felt that if he stayed any longer and they found out, it would inevitably involve her, and she hated trouble.
Fu Yunyao never expected to run into Su Fuying at the entrance to the forbidden area.
She was dressed in the robes of a disciple of the Southern Heng Sect, her eyes filled with disbelief. "You entered the forbidden area?"
Fu Yunyao sighed inwardly, realizing she hadn't escaped trouble after all.
Su Fuying looked back and forth between Fu Yunyao and Fu Yusheng, and finally closed her eyes and spoke.
"Now, can we talk?"
In the evening breeze, the two former best friends finally looked at each other again.
...
Fu Yunyao returned to her residence, followed by two other people.
The rising star of the Nanheng Sect's young master and the once arrogant and unrestrained young sword master followed quietly behind her.
Moonlight fell on the courtyard. Fu Yunyao turned around and sat down on a stone chair in the courtyard.
Su Fuying didn't mind her coldness at all. She asked, "Is the white veil around your neck meant to cover something?"
Fu Yunyao looked up at her, somewhat surprised that her first words were not a question about why she went to the forbidden area.
I was also a little confused as to why her first words weren't a question.
"Yun Yao, you're being too reckless. The forbidden area is dangerous. How could you go in alone, and with someone else..." Her gaze swept over Fu Yusheng, "...someone with damaged spiritual veins?"
Fuyuki: ?
He found it somewhat amusing. It was a common saying in the cultivation world that the young sect master of the Nanheng Sect was gentle, and it seemed to be true. At least no one had directly called him a cripple and a burden.
Fu Yunyao frowned. "He has nothing to do with me."
Su Fuying was slightly taken aback, her gaze falling on Fu Yusheng again. "Then who are you?"
"A wanderer of the four seas has no name."
Su Fuying: ?
She asked sincerely, "Do you have many enemies, which is why you dare not say their names?"
Fu Yusheng chuckled softly, but did not respond.
Su Fuying didn't want to hear his answer and looked at Fu Yunyao again, "Do you still want to go to the forbidden area? It's too dangerous there. If you have a reason to go, you can ask me to come with you."
She thought for a moment, then smiled.
"Yun Yao, we're still friends."
Even without the past, we have always been close friends who would entrust our lives to each other.
From beginning to end, Fu Yunyao didn't look at her again. Feeling helpless, she turned and left.
Fu Yusheng leaned against the tree, her gaze falling on the person below. She lowered her eyes, as if confused.
"Are we still friends...?"
Fu Yusheng sighed softly and asked, "Why not?"
Fu Yunyao was surprised that he hadn't left yet, and frowned as she looked at him, "Why aren't you leaving yet?"
I'll stay with you.
He raised an eyebrow and asked another question, "Why didn't you tell her why you were in the forbidden area?"
Fu Yunyao found his question strange. "On one side is her master who has taught her for many years, and on the other side is her former friend with whom she has been estranged for ten years. Isn't it obvious who she will choose?"
Fu Yusheng bent down slightly to meet her gaze, "Feelings aren't calculated like that."
"Does such useless emotion matter?"
"Is it unimportant?" Fu Yusheng countered. "But you clearly care about them quite a bit. If you really didn't care at all, you wouldn't keep telling yourself that feelings aren't important, nor would you feel the effort when they show concern for you. After all, what do unimportant people do have to do with us?"
"Yeah?"
She looked bewildered. Fu Yusheng felt a little soft-hearted. Being too emotional can lead to hurt. Like Shi Yubai, who was full of youthful spirit but became mature overnight. So during the seven years they spent together in Yaotai Realm, he never guided her on how to understand her own feelings.
However, she is just a little emotionally insensitive, not truly devoid of feelings. If she were allowed to drive away everyone around her, she would feel terrible when she finally realized it.
Fu Yusheng sighed softly; in the moonlight, his voice sounded exceptionally gentle.
"Don't rush to push people away. The path of cultivation is long, and it is a great blessing to have close friends by your side."
Fu Yunyao's eyelashes fluttered slightly as she looked at the illusory afterimage that had reappeared beside him at some unknown time.
Her image was reflected in the boy's shimmering eyes. "It's over."
Fu Yunyao lowered her eyes.
They really are so alike.
Aren't you leaving yet?
Fu Yusheng couldn't see the phantom, but upon hearing her question, he replied, "I'm with my future ally."
Fu Yunyao: ?
"There are only the two of us here."
"Yes, our kind and gentle young master of Yaotai Realm, will you accept my invitation to form an alliance?"
Fu Yunyao ignored him and got up to go back to her room.
He wasn't surprised and called out to her as she opened the door, "I'll be staying at Nanheng Sect for the next few days. If you change your mind, feel free to come find me anytime."
...
The room was dimly lit, with only the cold gleam of the dust-covered sword on the table.
Fu Yunyao removed the white veil wrapped around her neck, and the dark red patterns twisted and surged as if they were alive.
She reached out and touched the black jade pendant at her waist, her eyes flickering slightly.
The afterimage of the young man conjured by the Dust Sword sat at the table, carving jade in his hands with a serious expression.
Fu Yunyao tapped Rang Chenjian with her finger, "Have you been thinking about him too much lately?"
She let the spiritual energy of the Dust Sword linger around her fingertips, without retracting the phantom.
She didn't mention it, she just quietly looked out the window.
...
Fu Yunyao finally arrived at the courtyard where Fu Yusheng was temporarily staying.
She needs to make one thing clear.
Is this disciple of the Boundless Sect, whose meridians are all severed and who is entangled in demonic energy, actually Fu Yusheng?
Thinking of their striking resemblance, a smile played in her eyes hidden beneath the veil.
I hope it's not you. I really don't want to... kill you with my own hands.
"What are you doing here?" A clear, puzzled voice came, causing Fu Yunyao to suppress the smile in her eyes.
She turned around and saw the young man standing at the intersection, still dressed in fine clothes, but his once vibrant face was now full of vigilance.
A note from the author:
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Yu Yu got hooked again today.
One wrong move and your identity will be exposed!
Yu Yu: What should I do if Liao Liao keeps trying to get rid of me? Of course, I'll just keep pestering her!
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