Chapter 71 Immortal Lord 071%
Kunlun Stone...
Just as Chong'an had expected, Xie Qingxun actually asked her for the Kunlun Stone!
Qu Yaoyao subconsciously glanced to her right. Not far behind Xie Qingxun, Chong'an, dressed in a luxurious red robe, fell to the ground and shook his head at her. Xie Qingxun followed her gaze and glanced over. Behind him, there was nothing.
"What are you looking at?" he asked.
Qu Yaoyao quickly replied that it was nothing. She swallowed her saliva and pretended not to understand, asking, "What is Kunlun Stone?"
It's normal for her not to know.
Xie Qingxun didn't intend to explain to her, but simply reminded her: "It's the red stone you picked up from the Viper's forehead."
"So it's called Kunlun Stone," Qu Yaoyao asked. "Didn't you say it was rubbish at first? Why are you asking me for it now?"
"Xie Qingxun, is it... important to you?"
"Very important." Xie Qingxun looked at her, his dark pupils like a deep pool, filled with emotions that Qu Yaoyao could not understand.
He seemed to want to say something to her, but after a moment's hesitation, he closed his eyelashes and said, "As long as you give it to me, I can tell you everything you want to know."
Although Xie Qingxun didn't want to admit it, every word Qu Yaoyao just said had been engraved in his heart, and he cared.
It turns out that the person he thought was dispensable had already occupied his heart unknowingly. Xie Qingxun was reluctant to tell Qu Yaoyao his secrets because those secrets were too heavy and dark. If he told them to a little girl who was not well-versed in the world, she would not only not understand, but would even feel afraid.
More importantly, telling these secrets would be tantamount to revealing Xie Qingxun's heart to her, and he didn't want to do that.
Qu Yaoyao had no idea what Xie Qingxun's words of letting go meant. She didn't understand, but Chong'an did. Staring blankly at the figure in white before him, he felt for a moment that he had somehow changed something, and that his efforts hadn't been in vain.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Chong'an glanced at the snow-white hair in front of him, came back to his senses and said, "Don't give it to him!"
"Yaoyao, no matter what he says, the Kunlun Stone cannot be given to him."
Qu Yaoyao couldn't help but look in the direction of Chong'an again, but quickly looked away for fear that Xie Qingxun would notice.
Her heart was moved.
If Chong'an had not repeatedly warned her not to hand over the Kunlun Stone, Qu Yaoyao would have definitely given it to him by now. It must be said that the conditions proposed by Xie Qingxun were very tempting, so tempting that she was already thinking about what to ask him.
"If I don't give you the stone, will you not tell me your secret?" Qu Yaoyao asked tentatively.
Xie Qingxun curled his lips, his brows cold and without much tenderness. Without thinking, he directly answered Qu Yaoyao, "If you can't find the Kunlun Stone, there's no point in sharing these secrets with you."
Qu Yaoyao sighed, "I really want to know your secrets. It's not because I'm curious, but because I want to understand you better and figure out whether you're worthy of love."
If Xie Qingxun was just a devil who killed people without blinking an eye, then no matter how much she liked him, she would try to restrain herself. If not, he would have to give an explanation for those who died, otherwise she would feel uneasy.
It's just a pity that she is destined to continue to be so conflicted.
"I'm sorry." Qu Yaoyao said with difficulty under Xie Qingxun's gaze: "The stone is not on me."
"Where is it?" Xie Qingxun's eyelashes began to tremble.
In order to hide the Kunlun Stone, Qu Yaoyao had to lie to him, "It fell into the desolate sea."
"You fainted at the time, and the protective barrier shattered. When I was pulling you upstream, it and the dragon pearl fell out of my clothes at the same time. I only caught the dragon pearl, but not it..."
"It fell into the desolate sea?" The light in Xie Qingxun's eyes went out.
The desolate sea was huge, and he knew it best. A stone not even the size of a palm falling into it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, even more difficult than when he first collected sea soil.
"Not bad." Xie Qingxun suddenly laughed. Although he was in a desperate situation, he said, "It's enough to know where it is."
Better than no trace at all.
Qu Yaoyao felt that Xie Qingxun was getting sad, and couldn't bear to look at him any longer. She turned her head away and said, "Didn't you say there's more than one Kunlun Stone? The Desolate Sea is so vast, if you can't find this one, then don't look for it. I can accompany you to find other stones."
But she didn't know that all five Kunlun stones were indispensable. If one of them was missing, the other Kunlun stones would be nothing but rubbish in Xie Qingxun's eyes.
Xie Qingxun didn't explain anything to her anymore. When he stood up, he waved his sleeves to remove the chains on Qu Yaoyao's feet.
"Let's go." Xie Qingxun turned and walked out. "I won't punish you for now, but you must continue to reflect on your mistakes in the palace."
Qu Yaoyao patted her skirt and hurried to catch up with him. When they left the underground palace, she saw that Xie Qingxun did not return to the bedroom with her, so she casually asked, "Where are you going?"
"Desolate sea."
Xie Qingxun narrowed his eyes and looked at the sky filled with dark clouds in the distance. He curled the corners of his lips and said sarcastically, "The evil fate between Huang Hai and me is truly unbreakable."
He remembered that he had told Qu Yaoyao not long ago that he would never go to that damn place again, but in the blink of an eye, he didn't know how long he would have to sink and float in it for a piece of stone.
Qu Yaoyao stood still.
Seeing Xie Qingxun's figure disappearing from the spot, she felt a tightness in her chest and suddenly lost for words, an inexplicable emotion surged in her heart.
It was a long time before she found her voice again. Seeing Chong'an still beside her, she asked him sullenly, "Did I do something wrong?"
"You're not wrong." Chong'an stood where Xie Qingxun had just stood, his eyes fixed on the dark clouds in the distance. He said calmly, "You answered very well. He can't find anything that fell into the desolate sea."
Before looking for the Kunlun Stone, he must first overcome his shadow over the desolate sea.
Qu Yaoyao wasn't comforted by his words. Her mind was filled with Xie Qingxun's expression as he'd just spoken to her about the Kunlun Stone. Just as readily had Chong'an agreed, so too had she felt the pain now. It turned out that saying and doing were two different things. She'd softened her heart, and she wondered how much longer she could hold out.
"Really... can't I give it to him?"
The weak whisper drifted away with the wind, and Chong'an's reply was received very quickly: "If you give it to him, one day you will pay the price for your softness at this moment."
And that price is life.
She will regret it.
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Xie Qingxun did not doubt Qu Yaoyao's words, or he never thought that Qu Yaoyao would lie to him, so he searched for the Kunlun Stone in the desolate sea for several days. Later, Di Shu was worried that something might happen to Xie Qingxun, so he hurriedly found an excuse to trick him up.
"The Immortal Sword Conference is about to end, Master cannot be absent again."
Di Shu tried to find him something else to do. "Huang Ying said she'd been searching for Qu Yingsi for days, but it was as if she'd vanished without a trace. But she'd done well in other areas. The main sect has already determined that Qu Yingsi was colluding with the demon world, and the people sent by the main sect to investigate the extermination of the clan were also deliberately misled by her, believing it was Shura's doing."
"It's just that..." Di Shu said in embarrassment, "With Qu Yingsi's incident, the Xingyang Sect has become the target of public criticism, and Qu Yushu has also suffered. He has a close relationship with Madam Yao. Should we intervene?"
"This is not something you should worry about." Xie Qingxun was soaked, with water droplets dripping down his clothes and hair onto the ground.
After several days of soaking in the desolate sea, he looked pale and unwell, his whole body cold and devoid of warmth. Wiping his face with a handkerchief, he said indifferently, "Qu Yushu is far more capable than you think. He doesn't need our help."
That day in the back mountain, Xie Qingxun knew where Qu Yushu was hiding. He didn't bother him because he still had some use for him.
The water from the desolate sea soaked through his clothes, making it difficult to dry. Before going to Chengyu Palace to handle government affairs, Xie Qingxun went back to his room to change his clothes. When he pushed the door open, Qu Yaoyao was sitting in his golden chair, lost in thought. The sound of the door opening jolted her back to reality, her eyes flickering for a moment before fading.
"You, you're back?" Qu Yaoyao sat up.
Xie Qingxun hummed, his eyelashes drooping, casting a dark shadow on his pale face, and his lips were an unusually red. Qu Yaoyao hadn't seen him for a few days, and seeing him soaking wet upon his return, she glanced out the window and said, "It's not raining outside, is it? Why are you so wet?"
Before she even got close, she could sense the chill emanating from Xie Qingxun. This chill was definitely not the scent of ordinary rain. She suddenly realized, "You just came back from the Desolate Sea?"
Qu Yaoyao knew that he might have gone to the desolate sea, but she didn't expect that he had stayed there until now before coming back.
She tentatively grabbed Xie Qingxun's sleeve, and the coldness of the sea water penetrated into her bones through her fingertips, making her fingertips tremble.
Xie Qingxun didn't respond to Qu Yaoyao, perhaps because he was too exhausted to say anything. Seeing Qu Yaoyao approaching him, he leaned towards her, closed his eyes and said, "Help me change my clothes."
He is too tired.
But as soon as he closed his eyes, all those dark memories emerged from the darkness, rushing towards him like a tide, leaving him breathless for several times. The water of the desolate sea was indeed cold, but what made him even more afraid of the cold was that those memories were all related to the desolate sea.
Xie Qingxun was a tall man, and it was extremely difficult for Qu Yaoyao to change his clothes. Before she could take off his wet clothes, Gu Tianci, who was unaware of the situation, came over to urge her.
He knocked on the door and said, "Master, Sect Leader Huang and the others have been waiting for half an hour, and Immortal Zi Cang has also arrived."
Pei Ziyi was a man who cared deeply about his reputation. Since he couldn't compete with Xie Qingxun in terms of strength, he always enjoyed making small, chaotic moves. In the past, to show that he was more noble and important than Xie Qingxun, Pei Ziyi would always deliberately be late and show up last. But recently, he'd been so preoccupied with Qu Yingsi's situation that he no longer had the energy to do such things.
Slowly standing up straight, Xie Qingxun brushed Qu Yaoyao's hand away and said, "Let me do it."
Qu Yaoyao stood beside him, her eyes fixed on him, hesitant to speak. Xie Qingxun slowly adjusted his sleeves, and when he noticed, he asked her, "Do you have something to say?"
Qu Yaoyao said, "I heard the Fairy Sword Conference is about to end."
Xie Qingxun sneered and turned to look at her, "Who told you that?"
She couldn't leave the palace, and no one could enter. There was no one who would be idle to talk to her about these things. Seeing Xie Qingxun getting ready to leave, Qu Yaoyao was worried that he would not return for several days, so she said directly, "I want to watch the last match of the Fairy Sword Conference."
"Xie Qingxun, you've locked me up long enough. When will you let me out?"
Xie Qingxun stopped, his figure in the sunlight not adding much warmth. He asked, "When did you start caring about the Fairy Sword Conference?"
Qu Yaoyao: "The last match is between my brother and Mo Xuanxiao, I don't want to miss it."
I see.
In the past few months, Xie Qingxun has been concentrating on finding the Phoenix treasure, and he has even ignored Qu Yaoyao, let alone the Fairy Sword Conference.
"Mo Xuanxiao actually made it to the last competition?" Xie Qingxun didn't know whether to say that all the participants in this Fairy Sword Conference were trash, or whether to say that Mo Xuanxiao had become stronger.
Qu Yaoyao sensed a hint of surprise in his words. She muttered, "He's your own disciple after all. Don't you care about him?"
Xie Qingxun raised the corner of his lip, "So, do you hope that our Wangxu will take first place, or do you hope that your brother will take first place?"
Qu Yaoyao married into Wangxu, and Wangxu was her home, but this question really left her with no answer. Fortunately, Xie Qingxun didn't embarrass her and said indifferently, "You can go and watch the final match of the Fairy Sword Conference, but I have a request."
"What do you want?"
"You must stay close to me and cannot leave my sight." To put it bluntly, he was worried that she would talk nonsense with others outside and reveal his secrets.
Time quickly arrived at the final session of the Fairy Sword Conference, and the scene was as lively as the opening session.
Qu Yaoyao also learned that day that, as the wife of the Immortal Lord, she was supposed to attend the final competition. Donning a solemn and luxurious ceremonial robe, Huang Ying, who was guarding the door, looked at her and praised, "Yaoyao is so beautiful."
Qu Yaoyao could also see that Huang Ying was a two-faced person. She called her Xie Qingxun and Yaoyao in front of her, but in fact she was very well-behaved in front of Xie Qingxun, saying different things to different people.
"Why are you ignoring me?" Huang Ying raised an eyebrow. Seeing that Qu Yaoyao was just staring at her, she tutted, "You're not still mad at me, are you?"
She said, "After all, I am Xie Qingxun's apprentice. You can betray him, but I can't."
The tassels on Qu Yaoyao's hairpin kept clashing against each other. She listened quietly to Huang Ying's explanation, shook her head and said, "You have your position, and I have my reasons. I have no right to blame you, but I can't be so generous as to not care."
If it weren't for her, Chong'an would have been able to successfully destroy the Phoenix Blood and Tears, and Xie Qingxun would not be so persistent in searching for the Kunlun Stone.
Huang Ying didn't get angry after hearing this. Instead, she smiled and came over to support her. "Okay, let's go out."
“…”
After many days, Mo Xuanxiao finally met Qu Yaoyao.
She sat on a high jade platform, her snow-white robe embroidered with pink lotus flowers, her eyes bright, her teeth white, her skin fair and soft. When she noticed his gaze, she followed his line of sight and smiled at him.
She had become thinner and no longer as lively as before. It seemed that the many days of rest did not help her recover from her illness.
"What are you looking at?" Qu Yushu noticed his gaze.
Although they were rivals in the competition, their relationship off stage could be considered friends. Looking up, he quickly noticed Qu Yaoyao and frowned slightly, saying, "You've lost weight again."
Mo Xuanxiao couldn't help but ask doubtfully, "Did Madam Yao really just have a problem during her training?"
How serious must the internal injuries be that they can’t be healed after such a long time?
Qu Yushu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Mo Xuanxiao. He asked in surprise, "Do you really not know, or are you just pretending?"
"What does this mean, Young Sect Master?"
Qu Yushu smiled coldly, his gentle face becoming even more indifferent. He said sarcastically, "You'll have to ask your good master about this."
"My sister is not sick at all, she is clearly under house arrest by him." The funny thing is that everyone outside is praising Xie Qingxun for protecting his wife.
Mo Xuanxiao opened his eyes wide.
He didn't know how much truth there was in Qu Yushu's words, nor did he know why he knew all this or why he told him. But during the competition, he was indeed affected by Qu Yushu's words. The consequence of his inability to concentrate was that he was almost pushed off the competition stage by Qu Yushu several times.
"Is what you just said true?" The long swords collided with each other, and Mo Xuanxiao struggled to withstand Qu Yushu's attack.
Qu Yushu laughed at him for still dwelling on what had just happened. Seeing that he was already in a state of confusion, he simply said, "How could you not know whether what I said was true or not? Mo Xuanxiao, don't you know what kind of person Xie Qingxun is?"
He pushed Mo Xuanxiao away with a palm, and when they engaged in close combat again, he was still saying, "Xie Qingxun previously slandered my sister and imprisoned her in the underground palace to torture her. Haven't you heard of all this?"
"My sister doesn't like him at all, let alone want to marry him! Now, in order to compete for power with Zi Cang Xianzun, he has caused our Xingyang Sect to be bullied and become a laughing stock in the cultivation world. When he attacked the Xingyang Sect, did he think about Yaoyao at all?"
Bang--
Fierce magic spells came crashing down on him. Qu Yushu looked at him coldly and said, "You might as well ask Xie Qingxun what he thinks of Yaoyao."
Mo Xuanxiao stepped half of his foot into empty air and his body leaned backward, almost falling off the competition stage.
The weather was beautiful today; after days of rain, the sun finally cleared up. As Mo Xuanxiao struggled to return to the competition stage, he saw the dense crowd of people on the platform. He worried about Qu Yaoyao, who was watching them, and Xie Qingxun, who was sitting beside her.
Everything slowed down, as if even the wind had stopped. He saw the blue sky again and the cold sword in his hand, on which his shadow was clearly reflected, just like that day in the courtyard.
"I've calculated that you have an extraordinary destiny. You're destined to achieve great things in the future. Heaven has its eyes. As long as you work hard, even Heaven will help you. You'll eventually become the person you most want to be."
[Mo Xuanxiao, do you know what kind of person you most want to be?] Mo Xuanxiao remembered what Qu Yaoyao had asked him.
What kind of person does he want to be?
The chaotic and unclear thoughts gradually became clear, and even the reasons for the hard fight for several days were found. When Qu Yushu pushed a fatal blow at him, a golden light lit up on Mo Xuanxiao's forehead, and he suddenly raised his hand to block his attack.
Wow——
A powerful golden light suddenly shone, sending tremors through the audience. This aura was so strong that many cultivators were unable to resist it. Xie Qingxun erected a barrier in front of Qu Yaoyao, protecting her from the impact.
"What, what is that?" She stared at the stage in a daze.
Xie Qingxun smelled a familiar breath, and accompanied by a dragon's roar, he saw a mighty golden dragon appear in the golden light, jump out of Mo Xuanxiao's body and quickly disappear.
"Am I seeing things? Was that a dragon that just appeared?"
"It's a dragon, a golden dragon! There are actually divine dragons in this world!"
"It turns out that the legend of the Mo family is true. Mo Xuanxiao is actually a descendant of the ancient dragon clan."
When the golden light faded, the winner on the stage was decided.
Qu Yaoyao's hand was held in Xie Qingxun's palm, and the knuckles turned pale from the force, pinching her so hard that it hurt.
The author has something to say: Mo Xuanxiao’s double buff bonus has been enhanced.
Force value: +100+100+100...
Prestige: +100+100+100...
Xie Qingxun's buff enters cooldown
Invincibility: -100-100-100...
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