Chapter 97: Threesome
Chi Yu opened his eyes drowsily, only to feel a severe headache.
Just as he was struggling to sit up, he heard a cold voice beside him say, "Junior Brother Long, you're awake."
Chi Yu paused, then looked over to find the voice. It was Qingxuan. He had a handsome, cool face, and was looking at him with a slightly concerned expression. He extended a handkerchief dampened with spiritual spring water and said, "Wipe your face."
Chi Yu didn't answer, but turned around to look around.
Qingxuan was ignored by him, his expression changed slightly, but he calmly restrained his emotions and put the wet handkerchief back.
Lianchi walked back quickly from the other side, his whole body surging with energy, showing that he had just been in battle. He said, "Junior Brother Qingxuan, you are right. There were several monsters over there, and I have killed them."
Qingxuan said calmly: "In that case, we can rest here for a while."
Lian Chi saw Chi Yu wake up and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Long, you're awake! It seems the secret realm has changed this year. Before, we had to enter in groups, but now they've disrupted the teams. I don't know what the intention is."
Chi Yu sat up, rubbed his temples, and frowned slightly.
Lian Chi asked with concern, "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Because the secret realm is another dimension, it will take some time to adjust when you enter."
Chi Yu slowed down and said, "Much better."
Lianchi looked at Qingxuan and said, "Junior Brother Qingxuan, we are going to meet up with Senior Brother Jingguan. What about you?"
Qingxuan said: "I will go with you."
Lian Chi said, "That's good. This way we can look after each other."
The Tiangang Secret Realm was vast, so vast that one couldn't see the edge at a glance. The ground was covered with spiritual plants, some valuable, some worthless. They all had their own goals, so they didn't look at these spiritual herbs.
Lianchi took out a map, examined it carefully, and said, "We should be here now."
He pointed to a spot.
Chi Yu leaned over to take a look and asked, "Brother Lianchi, how did you know?"
Lian Chi smiled and said, "Look, there's a canyon over there. This should be the nest of the Blue Luan bird. The Blue Luan monster has reached the fusion stage of cultivation. We can't defeat it, but fortunately, it has a gentle nature and won't attack people."
"Oh, I see."
Qingxuan looked at him leaning against the lotus pond, and his eyebrows twitched slightly - before, in Paradise City, Junior Brother Long had spoken to him in the same way.
Ever since coming out of Paradise City, his attitude towards him has changed.
Qingxuan felt a little restless, and his aversion to Xuanji deepened.
The soul bead in the storage bag moved slightly. Qingxuan calmed his mind and knew that Fuze was reminding him to find a body for him to possess.
But he had more important things to do.
Qingxuan glanced at Lianchi - this person was an eyesore.
Chi Yu didn't know what Qing Xuan was thinking. He discussed with Lian Chi, "Should we go find the magic grass first or go find Senior Brother Jing Guan first?"
Lian Chi said, "It would be better to go find Senior Brother Jingguan. After all, the guardian monster of the Wuding Divine Grass I want is in the Nascent Soul stage, and only Senior Brother Jingguan can help me kill it."
Chi Yu said, "Then let's go find Senior Brother Jingguan first. Can the jade talisman be used?"
Lian Chi smiled and said, "It can be used, Junior Brother Long. This jade talisman you made is really well made and very convenient. I have already contacted Senior Brother Jingguan. He is in the southwest, quite far away from us, and is already heading towards us. However, we cannot move, so let's go in this direction and see if there is anything useful we can grab."
Chi Yu: "OK."
Chi Yu didn't greet Qing Xuan, so Lian Chi had no choice but to take over this important task. He turned around and asked Qing Xuan, "Junior Brother Qing Xuan, aren't you teamed up with Junior Brother Ming Xin? Aren't you going to go find Ming Xin?"
Qingxuan was not only with Mingxin, but also with another Jindan realm disciple from the Miedi class. However, that Jindan realm disciple was rather arrogant, and Qingxuan did not get along with him, and Mingxin did not get along with him even more. After entering the Tiangang Secret Realm, neither of them thought of looking for each other.
As for Mingxin, Qingxuan realized that with Mingxin around, it would be even more difficult for him to get close to Junior Brother Long, so he had no plans to reunite with him for the time being.
Qingxuan replied, "I'm with you."
Lianchi: "Oh, that's great. Junior Brother Qingxuan is an excellent swordsman and a very strong fighter. Welcome."
After that, the atmosphere turned cold.
Lian Chi scratched his head, looked at Chi Yu, and asked in a voice transmission, "Junior Brother Long, is there any conflict between you and Junior Brother Qingxuan?"
Chi Yu replied, "No, it's just that Senior Brother Xuan Ji told me to ignore him."
Lianchi: “…”
He thought that it was most likely that Senior Brother Xuan Ji was jealous.
Sure enough, once you are addicted to love, even a future Buddhist will inevitably become petty.
Junior Brother Long, who is good at livening up the atmosphere, is not responsible for livening up the atmosphere, and Lian Chi is unable to continue. He has to go against his conscience and put Qingxuan into play with Chi Yu.
Not long after, they passed by a very beautiful lake with a large area of lotus leaves and lotus flowers. The lotus fragrance was strong and the air became very fresh and refreshing.
Lianchi pulled out the map, saw the markings, and said, "Here are five-colored lotuses, which can be used to refine protective magical tools and are worth nine hundred medium-grade spirit stones. Do you see the center of the lake? There's divine light emanating from it. We've just caught up with the five-colored lotus when it matures. Junior Brother Long, Junior Brother Qingxuan, get ready."
Lianchi had the highest level of cultivation, so he naturally obtained the right to lead.
Chi Yu had no objection, and Qingxuan also drew his sword silently.
Both of them looked tall and slender, but the only real teenager was Chi Yu. Qingxuan was already over a hundred years old, while Chi Yu was only eighteen years old. Among the Foundation Establishment cultivators with a lifespan of five hundred years, he was considered very, very young.
Qingxuan stepped forward, protecting Chi Yu, and whispered, "Junior Brother Long, stand behind me."
"?" Chi Yu said, "Brother Qingxuan, I am very strong now and don't need your protection."
He lifted up his wide sleeves, revealing his arms, and struck a bodybuilder's pose. "See? My biceps."
Seeing that he finally spoke to him, Qingxuan couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips. His eyes fell on his slender white arms and he said in a light tone: "Is there?"
Chi Yu pointed with his other hand at the thin muscles bulging on his arm, "Here, here, I am no longer the Amon of yesterday. Please don't look down on me, Senior Brother Qingxuan."
Qingxuan's tone softened a bit, "Okay."
Lian Chi suddenly said, "Oh no! Someone is coming."
Chi Yu collected his thoughts and looked in the direction of the sound. Sure enough, he saw several other Zen disciples rushing over. Seeing them, he immediately said to them, "We were here first. Please go somewhere else."
Chi Yu was surprised by the other party's shamelessness and retorted, "This colorful lotus is destined for us and should be ours. Please go somewhere else, brothers."
"It seems like reasoning won't make any sense." The other party drew his sword.
Chi Yu: "..."
So, is it the style of people outside to fight as soon as they have a disagreement?
Lian Chi also drew his sword and said, "Come on, let's speak with strength."
Soon, sword lights flew across, and Lianchi started fighting with the leading disciple of the other side.
After a few moves, the disciple was defeated and fell to the ground injured. He covered his wound and said, "I'll leave this opportunity to you, Junior Brother. You are worthy of being Luo Per's disciple. Let's go."
Chi Yu: "..."
Well, it can be considered as martial ethics.
After the Zen disciples left, Lianchi instructed Chiyu and Qingxuan, "The guardian monsters of the Five-Colored Lotus are usually water-type monsters. You should pay attention to the underwater. We will attack from this direction together. Once we get the Five-Colored Lotus, we will leave. Don't linger."
Chi Yu responded.
Although Chi Yu always remembered Senior Brother Xuan Ji's warning and didn't want to pay attention to Qing Xuan, Qing Xuan's strength was indeed very high.
The three of them cooperated very well. They worked together to kill a Jindan realm koi monster that ambushed them underwater and soon picked the colorful lotus.
Qingxuan even picked an extra lotus pod made of multicolored lotus flowers and handed it to Chi Yu, saying in a cold voice, "Junior Brother Long, this is for you."
Chi Yu: "..."
He was stunned, not knowing whether to accept it or not. After all, they had just cooperated very well, and it seemed very unkind to refuse now.
At this moment, Lianchi came to his rescue. He snatched the lotus pod from Qingxuan's hand and said, "The five-colored lotus pod is a good thing. Eating it can also increase the chance of enlightenment. Junior Brother Qingxuan, give it to me. I'll trade it with you for the Qingyuan Pill."
Qingxuan: "..."
His tone turned a little colder, "Brother Lianchi, this is a gift from me to Brother Long."
Lian Chi asked Chi Yu, "Junior Brother Long, can you give me this lotus pod?"
Chi Yu breathed a sigh of relief, laughed, and said to Qing Xuan, "Senior Brother Qing Xuan, please give it to Senior Brother Lian Chi. He needs it more than I do."
Qingxuan was silent, and the lotus pod fell into Lianchi's hands.
"Oh no, we can't stay here for long. Let's go quickly. A Nascent Soul monster is coming." Lianchi collected the lotus pod and threw a bottle of Qingyuan Pill to Qingxuan. He sensed something strange in the depths of the lake and spoke in a serious tone.
The three of them did not dare to delay and immediately moved away from the lake. Sure enough, not long after, they heard the angry roar of the monster coming from the direction of the lake. The sound waves were so powerful that they pierced the sky. Just by hearing it, they felt their blood shaking, dizziness and tinnitus.
Chi Yu said with lingering fear, "Is this a Nascent Soul stage demon beast? Its aura is even stronger than some Nascent Soul stage cultivators."
Lian Chi said, "The demon beast's Nascent Soul stage cultivation level, when converted into cultivators, should be at the Spiritual Transformation stage. Luckily, we ran fast, otherwise the three of us wouldn't be enough to fill the gap between their teeth." After a pause, he noticed that Qingxuan had been looking at him, so he asked, "Junior Brother Qingxuan, is there something wrong?"
Qingxuan lowered his eyes and said, "Nothing."
It's becoming more and more annoying, Brother Lianchi.
Lian Chi didn't care and took out the map and continued, "Senior Brother Jingguan certainly couldn't come here so quickly. He and Senior Brother Wuyou will definitely not give up the rare treasures along the way if they have the chance. Let's plunder cultivation resources while we go and reunite with them."
Chi Yu came over to watch with Lian Chi. The two of them were so close that Chi Yu even unconsciously put his arm around Lian Chi's arm and put his face against Lian Chi's shoulder to watch.
Qingxuan watched this scene from the side and lowered his eyes.
He took out his soul bead and asked Fuzawa via voice transmission, "Do you want this body?"
Fu Ze recognized Chi Yu who was standing next to him. He was startled, but he didn't show it on his face. He replied, "Are you talking about the Jindan realm?"
Qingxuan: "Yeah."
Fuze: "No, this Foundation Establishment cultivator has a close relationship with Xuan Ji. My friend and I were just about to kill him, but Xuan Ji hunted us down to this extent. If I take over the body of a Foundation Establishment cultivator's friend, Xuan Ji will find me even if I hide at the ends of the earth."
It was obvious that he had a deep psychological trauma towards Xuan Ji, which Qing Xuan found difficult to understand. He asked, "Don't you hate Xuan Ji at all?"
"Of course I hate it!" But that meditation was so strange! It didn't fit his stereotype of meditation at all!
Xuan Ji's inner cultivation was so profound that Fuzawa thought he should be quite compassionate and would not be so cruel. However, his actions were completely opposite to what Fuzawa expected.
He didn't dare to provoke Xuan Ji again - at least on the surface, he didn't dare to provoke Xuan Ji.
Qing Xuan said, "Xuan Ji is in seclusion right now. I've asked Lecturer Hong about it, and he's in a state of death, and he won't come out for years or even decades. If you don't even have the courage to possess his body, then I have to consider whether the secret you're telling me is valuable, and whether saving you is worthwhile for me."
Ukizawa: "..."
Qingxuan said: "Lianchi comes from a family of immortal cultivators in Wanqiongzhou. It will be very convenient for you to possess his body."
Ukisawa's heart was immediately moved.
Qingxuan's tone revealed a hint of impatience: "Do you want it or not?"
Ukisawa gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!"
Qing Xuan said, "Let's make a contract. You and I both know the risks of taking over another body. If you want this body, you must first tell me what the secret you mentioned earlier is."
Ukisawa hesitated for a moment and said, "Tell half of it."
Qingxuan said: "Okay."
Ukisawa said, "The family behind Xuan Ji has a secret."
Qingxuan said: "I remember Xuanji was born in the Mortal Dynasty."
"Yes, it's about his mortal family, and the secrets of cultivation—well, that's all I can say."
Qing Xuan said: "Okay, I will find a time for you to possess my body. Now, let's sign a soul contract."
*
They killed a few more monsters and seized a Twin Immortal Grass, a Frost Soul, and a Gu of Ten Thousand Years Stone Crystal Lotion. The three of them had exhausted all their spiritual energy, so they found a place to rest for a while.
Lian Chi was very fair. Even though Chi Yu had the lowest cultivation level and contributed the least, he still divided the treasures he obtained into three equal parts and gave them to the two of them.
Chi Yu accepted it without hesitation and said sweetly, "Thank you, Brother Lianchi."
He took out a precious pill and gave it to the two of them. "Peking Yuan Pill, it can replenish spiritual power very well. Brother, try one."
This is Ling Hezhou's treasure.
Lianchi: "How come I didn't know about the alchemist's new elixir?"
As he spoke, he took it and ate one. As soon as it entered his mouth, it turned into a cool liquid that flowed down his throat. Almost in an instant, spiritual power filled his entire meridians like a spring.
Lian Chi was surprised and said, "This pill is very effective! And I can feel that there is almost no poison in it."
After Qingxuan took the pill, he couldn't help but look at Chi Yu a few more times——
The price of a pill of this strength must be very high, yet he just took it out casually.
Chi Yu raised his chin, curling the corners of his lips with a hint of pride, "Hehe, Senior Brother, you've got a great advantage."
Of course, there is no question of who is taking advantage of whom, but it does not stop Chi Yu from showing off.
Lian Chi was amused by him, "Yes, I have taken advantage of you greatly. In that case, Junior Brother Long, please let me take advantage of you even more."
After saying that, he snatched the jade bottle from Chi Yu's hand, poured a few more pills into his palm, and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Brother Lianchi!!! You are chewing a peony like a cow!" Chi Yu screamed and reached out to grab it.
Lian Chi laughed heartily and spat out two Pei Yuan Dan pills wrapped in spiritual energy from his mouth. "I kid you, I hid them."
Chi Yu gave the entire jade bottle to Lian Chi, "Brother Lian Chi, take it. I have several more bottles."
Lian Chi accepted it with a smile, "Thank you, Junior Brother Long."
Qingxuan's eyebrows twitched slightly when he saw this. He clenched his fists, then slowly unclenched them. Suddenly, he said, "Brother Lianchi, did you hear anything?"
Lian Chi was stunned. He raised his hand and gestured to stop Chi Yu who was about to speak. He felt it carefully, his face changed and he said, "Something is coming!"
He flew into the air and saw thousands of monsters rushing towards them.
"Run!" Lian Chi sent a message to Chi Yu and Qing Xuan.
The three of them immediately fled, but many of the running monsters were Swift Wolves, which were famous for their speed, so it wasn't long before all three of them were caught up.
Lian Chi shouted, "We have no choice but to take action! Junior Brother Long, be careful!"
Chi Yu replied in a deep voice, "I know, you too, Brother Lianchi."
The three of them killed several monsters one after another, but the monsters became more and more. When Chi Yu came to his senses, Senior Brother Lianchi and Qingxuan were gone.
Chi Yu had no choice but to kill a few more monsters and run in another direction, circling here and there, and finally got rid of the few wind wolves that followed him.
He took out the jade talisman, found Lian Chi's chat box, and used his spiritual sense to input a voice message: "Brother Lian Chi, where are you now? I've gotten rid of those monsters. Let's find a place to reunite."
Lian Chi did not reply to him, and Chi Yu was not anxious. At this time, Lian Chi should still be fighting hard, so he found a cave, set up restrictions, and waited for Lian Chi to reply to him.
On the other side, Lian Chi finally noticed something was wrong. Why were they all attacking him?
Qing Xuan killed a monster behind him and said, "Brother, let's find a chance to hide."
Lian Chi quickly took out a Pei Yuan Dan and consumed it. His spiritual power instantly increased. He said, "Something is wrong. It's very wrong."
He plunged his sword into the ground, and the sword energy penetrated the surface, shocking the ant monsters in the ground to death. He then drew his sword and killed a Foundation Establishment stage monster that pounced on him. "Junior Brother Qingxuan, there must be something wrong."
He said this to Qingxuan.
Qingxuan said with an unclear emotion: "Let's get out of the way, Brother. If we continue like this, we will be exhausted to death by them."
Lianchi: “Yeah.”
He pointed his sword in a direction, "Go there."
The two immediately changed direction and went to the lake where they had just picked the five-colored lotus. There was the aura of Yuanying stage monsters there, which was enough to scare away these crazy monsters.
A quarter of an hour later, they finally arrived at the edge of the lake. The Nascent Soul stage monster had returned to the deep lake, but its breath was still there. Sure enough, the monsters that were chasing it stopped, hesitated, and wandered around.
"Oh no." Lian Chi finally remembered Chi Yu, "Junior Brother Long is missing."
Qingxuan said, "Junior Brother Long should be fine."
Lian Chi took another Pei Yuan Dan and said, "We'll go and reunite with Junior Brother Long after they retreat."
Qingxuan hummed softly.
He took out the soul bead, his voice slightly hoarse, "Senior Brother Lianchi..."
Lian Chi was thinking, "Those monsters just now were very strange. I felt like they seemed to be attacking me all the time."
Qingxuan thought that it was because he had put powder that could induce female monsters to become estrus, so the monsters were not attacking him, but simply mistook him for a female monster in estrus.
However, there is no need to explain, after all, there is still the risk of failure in taking over the body.
Qingxuan interrupted his thoughts: "Brother Lianchi, what do you think this is?"
Lian Chi came back to his senses and saw the beads in his hand. He hesitated for a moment and moved closer. "This seems to be..."
Before he could finish his words, a white light flashed, and Lianchi suddenly felt a sharp pain in his spiritual realm.
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