Chapter 60 Northern Yong - Demon-Subduing Sword (Part 7) You always treat your master like this...
Following the map's directions, they avoided the dangerous areas where snow beasts roamed and soon arrived at the mountainside.
But the Demon-Subduing Sword still needs to go higher, to the summit of the snow-capped mountain, the place with the harshest and coldest environment.
Concerned that Shi Xianxue and Zhou Zheyue's cultivation was too shallow and they might freeze to death before reaching the mountaintop, but she had no choice but to obey Zhou Xianzun's order, Song Qingshu gave him a Tide Mirror that could record their whereabouts in real time, so that he would not be considered to have broken his promise.
The group found a cave to rest temporarily.
Zhou Zheyue's teeth chattered from the cold, and his eyelashes were covered with a layer of snow. He was already weak, and now he was almost too cold to speak: "Then thank you very much, Miss Song. Xiaoxue and I will wait for you here."
If he had known this would happen, he would have stayed at the foot of the mountain.
He glanced at Shi Xianxue, who seemed completely unaffected, and asked in surprise, "Xiaoxue, how come you're alright? Don't you feel cold?"
After speaking, he seemed to realize something and felt extremely ashamed: "I didn't expect your cultivation to have improved so rapidly. I must have been lax in my cultivation these days, allowing you to surpass me. After I go down the mountain, I will definitely work harder."
Wu Xiutang was continuously channeling magic into the divination diagram. Upon hearing this, he first glanced at him, then tilted his head slightly, looking at Shi Xianxue with a half-smile.
Shi Xianxue felt no psychological burden whatsoever, and instead said shamelessly, "Hey! Some things require talent, how can you compare to me? I'm still too well-rounded."
Someone beside me gave a disrespectful sneer.
Shi Xianxue glared at him and coughed lightly, "But the root cause should be that he was transmitting magic to me."
Zhou Zheyue: "..."
After entering the cave, Song Qingshu set up a temperature-insulating barrier at the entrance, and the flamingo was miserably spewing fire to light the firewood.
As the temperature rose, Zhou Zheyue finally recovered, but his hands and feet were still cold and numb. Perhaps his brain had been damaged by the cold, he thought he could smell the aroma of meat.
Smelling that scent, I looked around.
The firelight illuminated most of the cave, eliminating all potential dangers inside. Wu Xiutang then knelt down in front of Shi Xianxue.
She sat on a soft blanket woven from bird feathers. Wu Xiutang first placed a box of delicate flower-shaped pastries on her left, then opened a food box containing rouge goose breast and steamed duck with fermented rice wine.
It looks freshly made, steaming hot and fragrant.
Zhou Zheyue's stomach started rumbling, and he felt extremely impolite, so he blushed and sat further away.
At the same time, I felt a surge of emotion.
Young Master Wu has changed so much. If someone had told him before that Young Master Wu would treat Xiaoxue so gently one day, he would never have believed it.
However, things are unpredictable. What I saw today, while surprising, also felt so harmonious.
"Don't eat it all, or you'll feel unwell." Perhaps realizing that this wouldn't work on Shi Xianxue, who had never been one for restraint or discipline, Wu Xiutang offered an even greater temptation: "If you listen to me, I'll give you the Boundless Bag when I get back."
"The Boundless Bag?" Shi Xianxue was initially pleasantly surprised, but then became suspiciously suspicious. "You're not playing word games with me, saying that the Boundless Bag is just a bag, are you? What about the contents inside?"
The bag contained countless treasures, an inexhaustible supply. It was unknown how many years and how many mountains Wu Xiutang had looted and burned to accumulate so many treasures.
That is the most precious thing.
She had asked him so many times before, and what was his answer each time?
Oh, giving her a few copper coins to buy a bronze mirror so she can take a good look at herself, isn't that giving her too much credit?
However, at this moment, Wu Xiutang simply opened the lid of the bamboo tube, which contained fresh pomegranate juice, and inserted a straw made of flower stems before handing it to her, saying, "It's all for you."
Wu Ying sat quietly without saying a word, while the fire ibis squawked loudly, expressing its dissatisfaction with its master's favoritism.
"Yay!" Shi Xianxue cheered, picked up a piece of pastry and held it to his mouth, "Ah~ I'll give you a bite."
Wu Ying stared intently with her deep blue eyes.
Flamingo: "My master doesn't like it, so you give it to me..."
Before it could even finish speaking, Wu Xiutang had already gently bitten the pastry between Shi Xianxue's fingers.
Wu Ying turned her head away.
Look how worthless the owner is; they clearly hate eating these sweet and greasy snacks.
After killing the man, they began a long period of wandering.
At first, the master was very weak and did not know how to use the power in his body. Every time he used it up, he would be weak for a long time. During this time, he was always bullied and beaten until he was covered in bruises. It was common for him to go hungry.
And since the master was handsome, those pampered nobles often had some twisted tastes. They would look down at him with excited, greedy, and lewd eyes, offering him exquisite snacks to trick him into doing disgusting things.
Unable to discern the disguised expression, the master caught the petite Wu Ying in his arms and carried her into the room, bewildered.
The man revealed his true colors as soon as he entered the room, lunging at him menacingly. The young boy was pinned down by the obese man, and the cakes were trampled to pieces.
Wu Ying rushed forward and bit the man's ankle, but was kicked and his internal organs were ruptured, causing him to fall to the ground vomiting blood.
The young boy stared blankly at the pile of rubble, as if what was being crushed was not pastries, but his own body.
He slowly raised his hand, which had been hanging by his side, and the blood in his body began to surge with a burning heat, which broke through his skin.
A golden-red line of fire pierced through the man's body.
The man's eyes were wide open as the spiritual fire burned away his internal organs.
The next day, the boy sat in the corner of the street, still holding a white kitten, when someone brought him some pastries.
He looked up, and the man's feigned kindness was almost overwhelmed by aggression and desire.
The young boy smiled, his eyes shining with even more excitement than the other man's.
So even though it's something that would make you feel extremely disgusted just by looking at it, look at how the owner is doing it now.
Not only did I pretend to eat it without any qualms, but I also listened to what he had to say.
"Delicious." Wu Xiutang already had perfectly shaped peach blossom eyes, with the corners slightly upturned. When she looked at someone with affection, her eyes were like a seductive hook, and her voice was incredibly soft and tender. "More."
The kitten sneered.
It's disgusting, absolutely disgusting for a cat!
The flamingo wanted some birdseed, but ended up being fed dog food instead. The two creatures completely ignored the lives of those around them, and the flamingo, still in a bad mood, continued to breathe fire.
After setting up the barrier at the cave entrance, Song Qingshu turned around and saw this scene, then silently turned her back.
As soon as I turned my back, a violent, pounding heart surged up again in my chest.
She frowned uncomfortably, biting her lip tightly, the demonic aura in her eyes almost uncontrollable.
Zhou Zheyue glanced over here unintentionally.
Song Qingshu's body was trembling. In order to avoid letting them notice anything unusual, she said that she needed to check the situation first and then walked out of the barrier.
Seeing her leave, Shi Xianxue hurriedly urged Wu Xiutang: "Go quickly, Xiaoyue and I will definitely save some for you if we can't finish eating. Remember to take care of Sister Qingshu and don't do anything bad."
In the past, Wu Xiutang would have sneered and retorted, but now he just nodded obediently, "When I come back, there's something I need to tell you."
"Can't we say it now?"
"No, there are too many people now."
Wu Xiutang stood up, and Wu Ying jumped down and snuggled into Shi Xianxue's arms. Because Wu Ying never got close to her, Shi Xianxue was quite flattered to be suddenly pressed against this soft, big bun.
Wu Xiutang frowned slightly: "Wu Ying."
Wu Ying buried her face in Shi Xianxue's arms, turning her back to him.
Shi Xianxue hugged it too and spoke up for it: "Alright, Wu Xiutang, it's so cold there, even the fire ibises won't go. Let Wu Ying warm up here too."
Wu Xiutang had no choice but to compromise. He looked at the bundle in Shi Xianxue's arms and lowered his voice as if to warn, "Wu Ying, don't cause trouble."
Wu Ying's snow-white bottom wiggled slightly to indicate that she understood, and only then did Wu Xiutang leave.
Watching his departing figure, Shi Xianxue touched Wu Ying's bottom. Wu Ying angrily turned his head to glare at her and jumped down.
Shi Xianxue had no choice but to speak to Zhou Zheyue, who was eight feet away from her: "Why has Wu Xiutang become so fussy? What do you think he wants to say to me?"
Before Zhou Zheyue could speak, the system that hadn't appeared in her mind for a long time suddenly came online. "Heh, judging from his expression, he's probably coming back to confess to you."
Shi Xianxue: "?"
Zhou Zheyue touched the back of her neck sheepishly: "How could I possibly say that?"
Shi Xianxue: "...Alright, stop talking. Come and have some snacks."
The two of them munched on pastries, and the saliva from the flamingo extinguished the fire. Shi Xianxue pushed the box of pastries over to them.
Wu Ying refused to eat, but the fire ibis's eyes were shining as it looked at her. Forget about saying any nice words, it buried its head in its food and started eating like crazy.
As Zhou Zheyue was eating, she suddenly looked up and said, "Xiaoxue, there's something I've been forgetting to tell you."
Shi Xianxue looked up from among the cakes and pastries: "What is it?"
"On July 16th, I was ordered to guard the statue of the goddess, but I did not expect that the statue would actually show a strange movement and reveal its facial features, but it was only for a moment."
July 16th, Shi Xianxue silently counted the days in her mind.
That day was extremely chaotic, with Zhang Qingxuan, Wu Xiutang who was on the verge of madness, and Song Qingshu who almost exposed her demonic bones.
"So, it's my face?"
Zhou Zheyue swallowed the food in her mouth before solemnly saying, "I was also shocked, but it is expected that you were able to repair the seal in Mount No Return, and your repairing power is very strong. Although we don't know why it only appeared for a moment, in our hearts, you are undoubtedly a goddess."
After Zhou Zheyue finished speaking, she added, "Master and the others were very happy to learn that the Goddess had appeared in the world. As you know, our Nine Heavens Immortal Mansion attaches great importance to people of the Wushan bloodline."
"Then why did you come down the mountain alone this time?"
Zhou Zheyue paused for a moment, "My senior brothers and the others are on a secret mission and have no time to leave. In the Nine Heavens Immortal Mansion, I am the only one who is on good terms with you. Moreover, the Trial Conference is approaching, and Master said that I should go down the mountain to recruit you and see if you are interested in becoming a disciple of our Nine Heavens Immortal Mansion."
Shi Xianxue rested her chin on her hand and said half-jokingly, "Yes, there is, but could you expel your senior sister from the sect first?"
Don't think she doesn't know that it was Fu Liuwan who pushed her into the seal back then. She could never coexist peacefully with that vicious and despicable woman.
Feeling dejected after all the twists and turns, and suddenly a little sleepy: "Fine. I knew you wouldn't agree."
After he finished speaking, he yawned, and sleepiness came over him like an irresistible beast. When Shi Xianxue looked over, he was already sitting upright with his eyes open, fast asleep.
One second they were chatting and laughing, the next they were sitting still.
Shi Xianxue waved her hand in shock in front of him, "Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue? Zhou Zheyue!!"
Zhou Zheyue let out a soft snore.
Shi Xianxue was utterly shocked: "This is too abstract. It's the first time I've ever seen someone fall asleep instantly with their eyes open."
“Perfect timing.” Wu Ying jumped onto her lap. “I have something to tell you.”
Shi Xianxue was shocked again: "Wu Ying, you can talk?"
Wu Ying: "That stupid bird can talk, why can't I?"
He tossed her the ice core, which he had crafted into a dagger, with an arrogant air: "This is the ice core. Find an opportunity to pierce your master's heart."
Even through the diagram of divination, Shi Xianxue could feel the chill of the Ice Core. She gripped the hilt of her knife, puzzled: "Why? This is the heart of the Snow Maiden. If it's injected into Wu Xiutang's body, won't he become the Snow Maiden?"
Wu Ying was too lazy to explain: "No, Master is different from ordinary people. The Ice Core will unlock the Pure Fox Charm Technique within Master's body. Do you want to expend repair power to suppress it every time?"
Shi Xianxue paused for a few seconds: "Why did you give it to me? You could have just given it to him directly."
"If he listens to me, why would I waste my breath arguing with you?" The kitten jumped down and paced back and forth in front of her irritably, its tail swishing wildly back and forth in frustration.
"Today I will tell you the truth: what is inside you and your master is not a love potion, but a parasitic curse. It is the most vicious curse set up by the Wushan God Clan to control and enslave those who do not submit. If you continue to do this, you will eventually drag your master down with you and die together."
Seeing that she only showed slight surprise before lowering her eyelashes as if she knew perfectly well, Wu Ying asked in confusion, "You already knew?"
Shi Xianxue shook her head: "I just feel that what we have in our bodies is not an ordinary love curse. I don't know what kind of parasitic curse it is, but judging from the situation that day, it should indeed be the magic of the Wushan tribe."
Her calm demeanor made it impossible for Wu Ying to issue forceful orders.
Wu Ying had no choice but to say indirectly, "In the barrier that Zhang Qing set up with the Chaos Pearl that day, the master originally only wanted to rescue you. He didn't care about your soul or spiritual power. As long as you were alive and could not feel pain, the master would be fine. But he still transferred the tree heart to you, which alleviated your pain and made your spiritual power more abundant. But do you know that the tree heart can also suppress the great pain brought by burning the soul?"
“Master is clearly most afraid of pain.” Shi Xianxue frowned upon hearing this, and after a long silence, she asked again, “So you cooperated with Zhou Xianghan in the act from the beginning just to obtain the Ice Core to suppress the Parasitic Curse.”
“That’s right. As long as the Ice Core is inside your master’s body, whether you live or die is none of your master’s business.” Wu Ying’s words were like sharp blades. “But if you don’t use the Ice Core, you will be a burden to your master, the sharpest blade in the hands of those who want to kill your master.”
Shi Xianxue couldn't help but retort, "I'm not that useless, am I? Besides, no one knows there's a parasitic curse between us. I'll protect myself and won't drag him down with me..."
"How do you know no one knows about this? You just like to gamble with your master's life, don't you?"
"You are always so cruel to your master."
"You are good to Song Qingshu, good to your fiancé, good to everyone, but you bully the master. No matter what the master does, you think he has ulterior motives. Since you hate the master so much, you might as well break off the relationship and have nothing to do with him anymore. Stay far away from the master."
"Everyone says you are a goddess, and goddesses love the world, but you never share even a fraction of your compassion with your master."
Wu Ying now loathed her. Seeing the leftover pastries in her hand, she deliberately made sarcastic remarks: "Also, those disgusting adult men with strange fetishes love to give their masters pastries and then lure them into the room."
Wu Ying looked at her increasingly astonished eyes and said, word by word, "Master, I hate eating pastries the most."
At the entrance to the snow-capped mountain, the four divine beasts have not been activated for a long time, and their surfaces are covered with a thick layer of white snow.
Several figures appeared silently at the entrance.
Zhou Xiangzhu looked reluctant and questioned his father's decision for the first time: "Father, Xiaoyue is still inside. If we activate it now, Xiaoyue will surely die."
Zhou Xun's hair was now completely white, and his expression was very unfamiliar. There was only endless hatred in his heart. "I tried to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen. Since that's the case, let him be buried in this snow mountain with them."
The moment the words fell, the mechanic behind him flew into the air. As the spiritual energy entered the divine beast's body, the control valve was completely destroyed, and the previously dormant Xuan Tie divine beast suddenly opened its eyes.
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The barrier set up by Song Qingshu was cracked when it was struck by some enormous object.
Outside, a fierce snowstorm raged, and as darkness fell, roars echoed from the road where snow beasts should have been absent.
Shi Xianxue was lost in thought when she heard the loud noise and stood up in shock. Her heart was pounding. Just as she was about to go forward to check, her wrist was suddenly grabbed.
Zhou Zheyue's eyes darted around, and he came to his senses. The fire was extinguished by snow falling from the top, and his eyelashes slowly curled upwards, blurring his facial features.
The situation outside the cave was urgent; the snow beast could burst in at any moment. A calm and unhurried smile curved his lips.
"Come with me."
Zhou Zheyue led her deeper into the cave. Holding her hand, he explained calmly, "Before I got sick, I always came to the snow mountain to play. I remember this cave and know where the other exit is."
As the sound of the impact behind her gradually subsided, Shi Xianxue looked at the two clasped hands and suddenly felt a little uneasy.
However, Zhou Zheyue walked leisurely, her expression unchanged, as if she were guiding a younger person, and gently reminded her to watch her step.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, their view suddenly opened up.
This is a circular space, with a round sky and a square earth, encompassing everything. The surrounding walls are covered with strange symbols, and below the walls are twelve stone chamber doors. A few white bones are scattered in the corners, and a black coffin is placed in the very center of the square stone wall.
The coffin lid had been opened, but the contents that should have been inside had vanished.
Shi Xianxue felt a chill run through her body, sensing that the place was eerie and that zombies might appear at any moment. Yet, her gaze seemed to be drawn uncontrollably to the murals on the stone wall.
It's called a mural, but it's actually just a few little figures dressed in ancient costumes holding some kind of activity. One of them, who is clearly dressed as a woman, is pulling a little boy who is a head shorter than her.
The two were receiving the worship of those people.
There was no color filling or any skill involved; it was simply crudely carved into the stone wall with sharp stones, and it wasn't even as refined as the surrounding symbols.
It's so abstract that it's like recording life.
The boy beside her suddenly released her hand, stepped forward and touched the stone wall. He turned around, his eyes clear, "Do you want to know what this mural is about?"
Shi Xianxue thought he was acting strangely.
Why tell a story at a time like this? Shouldn't we be thinking about how to escape?
But she still politely asked, "You know?"
Zhou Zheyue stood with his hands behind his back, his aura calming down. He nodded with a slight smile, raising his chin: "This is Chongli, the first emperor of the human race in ancient times. This is his sister, the goddess Kongsang."
"Who carved this? Could it be Chongli himself?" Shi Xianxue rushed forward and touched it. The marks weren't new, but they couldn't be tens of thousands of years old.
"However, I've never heard of Chongli being Kongsang's younger brother. Isn't Chongli a human?"
Zhou Zheyue was much taller than her, her eyelashes drooping slightly, concealing the brilliance in her eyes: "It was she who raised Chongli, step by step educating him from a lowly slave into an emperor who unified the two races. Before Chongli became emperor, it was also she who gave him the name Chuji."
Zhou Zheyue's eyes were filled with nostalgia: "So they are not siblings, but they are closer than siblings."
"The clouds have dispersed and the rain has stopped, revealing a bright and clear sky." Shi Xianxue gave a thumbs up, squinting as she observed his expression. "The goddess is quite cultured."
Zhou Zheyue couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes softening. "You're unlike any goddess of the past, Xiaoxue. You're so adorable that it's impossible not to touch you."
Shi Xianxue already harbored doubts and found him strange. Upon hearing these words, she immediately became furious, especially given the eerie atmosphere at the moment.
The girl shouted angrily, jumped up, and slapped a yellow talisman on his forehead.
"Whether you're Zhou Zheyue or a stinky zombie, take this talisman first!"
At the summit of the snow-capped mountain, a snow beast, brimming with icy poison, split its head in two, turning into snowflakes and dissipating.
Unlike the Corpse Beasts, the Snow Beasts were intelligent. Seeing that the young man had easily killed ten of their kind, they all retreated ten meters away, staring at them menacingly.
"Go and draw your sword."
Song Qingshu agreed and leaped up.
The snow beast responded and moved.
However, just as Song Qingshu was about to touch the Demon-Subduing Sword, a sudden tremor occurred at the foot of the mountain. The snow mountain seemed to be collapsing, and the control valves of the four sleeping Xuan Tie divine beasts were pulled. Countless snow beasts leaped out of the snow and actually flew past the two of them towards the mountainside.
The snow beasts that had been fighting them also changed direction.
Wu Xiutang's expression changed drastically.
That was the location of Shi Xianxue and the others.
The Demon-Subduing Sword is within reach, easily obtainable.
Without the slightest hesitation, he decisively sheathed his sword and charged towards the mountainside at a speed ten times faster than the snow beast.
Song Qingshu only glanced at it for two seconds before coldly turning her head away. The closer she got to the Demon-Subduing Sword, the more rampant the demonic energy within her became, and now it surged up excitedly, devouring her reason.
As if sensing a familiar scent, the Demon-Subduing Sword emitted a resonant tremor as she reached out to grasp it.
Nothing happened inside the cave.
Zhou Zheyue felt no discomfort whatsoever, and even tore off the talisman stuck to her forehead with her bare hands.
"An exorcism spell?" Zhou Zheyue chuckled. "Xiaoxue, do you think I'm possessed by a demon?"
Shi Xianxue was extremely embarrassed. That talisman was given to her by Wu Xiutang. If Xiaoyue really had a problem, the talisman would have reacted.
Moreover, the flamingo and Wu Ying were fast asleep in their hidden pockets, completely unaware of what was happening, so perhaps this place was safe.
She was overthinking it.
Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, the twelve stone doors that had been tightly closed were suddenly blasted open by a powerful force.
Zhou Zheyue reacted quickly and pulled her into his arms.
Dust billowed as twelve snow-white beasts blocked their path, their fur spiky purple spines protruding out like mutated giant hedgehogs.
Both of them froze for a moment before quickly getting into battle mode.
What followed was quite chaotic.
She saw Xiaoyue being knocked away, vomiting blood and fainting. Then they used their claws to pin her down, and a poisonous thorn that looked like an organ pierced her skin.
She couldn't struggle.
As the dark purple liquid poured into her body, Shi Xianxue was completely plunged into darkness.
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Author's Note: Nutrient solution for my little crab babies, love you babies!
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