Chapter 12 Senior Brother Penglai said, "I think I've seen you before."
In her memory, Pei Wenjing had two different colored eyes, one black and one white, both on Blind Mountain and when she first met him after mistakenly entering Kunlun.
When she first saw him, the color of his other eye was darker, more like gray than white. She thought she was seeing things and deliberately looked at it several times.
When they met again at Blind Mountain, his gray eye had gradually turned white, becoming a silvery white that shone brightly.
She had heard that Pei Wenjing had suddenly comprehended the Tai Chi Daoist method, so could his level of Yin-Yang vision be related to his level of enlightenment in the Daoist method?
"The name tag is torn off, the soul lamp is extinguished, and you ran away without a word, not even replying to messages," Pei Wenjing waved his hand, the paper talisman in his hand turning into powder and dissipating. His eyes were icy. "So you think you can run away now that your wings have hardened, Xu Qiubai?"
Xu Qiubai shrank back, not daring to speak. He was lying on the ground covered in wounds, looking utterly wretched. How could he possibly admit that he had severed ties with Kunlun in order to earn some merit on his own?
The eldest brother was usually easy to talk to, but Xu Qiubai also knew that he was terrifying when he got angry.
Pei Wenjing walked over and threw a name tag with his name on it in front of him: "Hang it up properly. If you dare to lose it again, I'll break your legs and make you crawl back to Kunlun."
This was the first time Shen Cangyu had seen Pei Wenjing like this; although he was angry, he was still vibrant.
The next second, the man's gaze met hers. He frowned, stared at her, and said in a deep voice, "You dare to use mental techniques before your inner core has even transformed? Are you tired of living? Didn't you listen to a single lesson from Fang Bushou?"
Shen Cangyu was suddenly scolded and shuddered.
“No…” Xu Qiubai tugged at Pei Wenjing’s clothes and whispered, “Senior brother, she is not a Kunlun disciple.”
Pei Wenjing paused, watching the wind ruffle Shen Cangyu's hair. He bowed his head in a simple apology and said, "I'm sorry, I offended you with my words just now. It was my fault. But..."
He looked up at Shen Cangyu and said, "I think I've seen you before."
Shen Cangyu could hear his heart pounding wildly.
“I suppose I’ve mistaken him for someone else,” Pei Wenjing quickly added.
Shen Cangyu opened his mouth, but it felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat.
What did he say? That they had indeed met a few times? But that was in his previous life... Why would Pei Wenjing say such a thing?
Could it be that he also has memories of his previous life? Has he been reborn as well?
“Senior brother, I’ve heard this excuse eight hundred times,” Xu Qiubai explained to Shen Cangyu. “He always makes this excuse when he realizes he’s insulted the wrong person. Don’t mind it.”
Pei Wenjing's sharp eyes swept over him: "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."
Upon hearing Xu Qiubai's words, Shen Cangyu's wildly beating heart gradually calmed down, but a strange, indescribable emotion also arose within her.
She thought, "If only my senior brother had the memories of his previous life like me."
Then she would no longer be alone, fighting against that time traveler by herself.
"Senior brother, why do I only see you? Where are the others?" Xu Qiubai asked.
"I don't know. I separated from them after your name tag went missing and came here specifically to find you."
Pei Wenjing bent down and picked up the copper coins from the ground, saying, "Luckily I arrived in time, otherwise, if you had been injured, I wouldn't have been able to explain it to the elders."
He examined the copper coin in his hand, stroking the patterns on it: "This is just an ordinary copper coin, the style of the previous dynasty... but the residual energy on this coin is very strange."
“This is the Taoist Magic: Copper Coin Eye,” Xu Qiubai said.
Pei Wenjing looked up at him: "How did you know?"
Xu Qiubai was somewhat surprised and pointed to Shen Cangyu beside him, saying, "She told me. So, Senior Brother couldn't see the magic on this copper coin? There are things you don't know."
In his mind, Pei Wenjing seemed to know everything. He was well-read and understood all kinds of schemes. He even thought that Pei Wenjing knew about the existence of the copper coin eye.
Unexpectedly, Shen Cangyu is even more knowledgeable than his senior brother!
Xu Qiubai thought to himself with emotion.
Pei Wenjing looked at Shen Cangyu beside him: "It's not written in the book, and the elders didn't explain it, so how would I know?"
He paused for a moment: "But you, have you seen this before?"
His gaze traced her features, as if trying to see right through her.
Having met many people in her past life, Shen Cangyu had long since mastered the art of speaking to people in a human language and to ghosts in a ghost language. Even under his gaze, she remained calm and said, "I have many ancient books in my family that have been lost for many years. They contain a lot of anecdotes and unofficial histories related to Taoist magic. The Copper Coin Eye is one of them. I am only guessing, but I cannot guarantee it."
"You know quite a lot. You say you're a cultivator, which sect or school do you come from?"
Hearing his words, Shen Cangyu knew that Pei Wenjing had not yet let his guard down around her.
He was not someone easily fooled; he was more difficult to deal with than many of the elders she had met in her previous life.
Her mind raced as she tried to figure out how to respond to his question.
At this moment, Xu Qiubai also remembered her identity and added, "Senior brother, she has been traveling with me all the way and saved me several times. She is definitely not a bad person. She comes from a reclusive family of cultivators, not a major sect. She is also out here to gain experience, just like us."
Pei Wenjing suddenly smiled: "Even an unknown cultivation family must have a location, right? Where are you from?"
He pursued relentlessly.
"Penglai".
Shen Cang said, slowly and deliberately, "I come from Penglai."
Suddenly, all around became quiet, with only the sound of the wind remaining.
After a long while, Xu Qiubai came to his senses: "Penglai? Is it the Penglai from the Penglai Immortal Island?"
Penglai has been secluded for many years and rarely communicates with the outside world, but countless immortals have emerged from Penglai Island, and their Taoist methods are ever-changing, which is why its fame has endured.
How could this seemingly innocent-looking girl be from Penglai?
Xu Qiubai's gaze toward Shen Cangyu suddenly became solemn. He had thought that she came from a family of cultivators, but he had not expected that her background was so great.
Pei Wenjing slowly said, "Penglai and Kunlun had a close relationship thousands of years ago. After Penglai went into seclusion, the two sides lost contact. I never imagined that we would meet again after hundreds of years. It can be considered fate. Since we are so destined, why don't you come back to Kunlun with us?"
"What?" Xu Qiubai exclaimed in surprise, "This happened so suddenly, elders..."
Pei Wenjing interrupted him, saying, "If the elders heard this news, they would be overjoyed. Those old fogies have long wanted to contact Penglai, and now that they've finally met someone from Penglai, they'd love to treat you as an honored guest."
He said this to Shen Cangyu: "It just so happens that Penglai sent you out to train. Training in Kunlun is also training, so let's exchange Dao techniques and learn from each other. What do you think?"
This was precisely Shen Cangyu's purpose in impersonating the Penglai envoy.
She dared to boldly claim that she came from Penglai because she had calculated that the real Penglai envoy was still at sea.
In the story, Shen Qingyan, the envoy of Penglai, accepted the entrustment of his family elders and left Penglai to go to the mainland for training, but unfortunately died in a shipwreck on the way.
At this moment, the transmigrator traveled to this world, took over Shen Qingyan's body, and became the new Shen Qingyan.
Unfortunately, this transmigrator did not inherit Shen Qingyan's memories and was unaware of the original owner's identity, thus remaining ignorant of being the Penglai envoy.
He spent many years in the outer sect of Kunlun, and it was only after entering the inner sect that his true identity was unexpectedly revealed by an elder, after which his status rose rapidly.
Shen Cangyu was certain that the time traveler had no memory and could not expose her lie, which is why she dared to take his place as the Penglai envoy.
She needed to give herself a reason to enter Kunlun.
Moreover, this time, she didn't want to risk her life like she did in her previous life to gather herbs for the people of Kunlun, hoping to gain their favor and a chance to enter Kunlun.
This time, she wanted to go in with great fanfare; she wanted to step onto the threshold of the inner gate with her very first step.
Even if it's forced, she will replace Shen Qingyan and take everything he has.
“Great! I was just thinking of going to Kunlun to broaden my horizons,” Shen Cangyu said, a smile playing at the corners of his eyes.
She told a colossal lie, forcibly suppressing her racing heartbeat and putting on a nonchalant expression.
But she didn't notice that when she said she was from Penglai, Pei Wenjing's gaze darkened as he looked at her.
"You will die because of a person from Penglai."
A note from the author:
The plot points aren't quite right; there will be another chapter tomorrow.
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