Chapter 38
While Danxi Daojun was setting up the formation, Jiang Liuya quietly left Lingcui Peak. She possessed Danxi Daojun's natal magic weapon, and her aura was identical to his, allowing her to enter and exit the barrier smoothly.
She stepped out of the barrier, just as a yellow paper crane flew by and crashed into it. The moment it touched the barrier, it lost its spiritual power and fell to the ground.
Jiang Liuya tried to stop it, but the paper crane had already triggered the barrier.
The barrier vibrated extremely slightly upon contact with external spiritual energy. Daoist Danxi must have already noticed it.
Jiang Liuya gritted her teeth and looked at the owner of the paper crane.
"Yueqin, what are you doing here?"
Yue Qin is Yun Zheng's junior sister. The two met Jiang Liuya on the Western Continent. At that time, Yun Zheng accidentally lost his junior sister, who was kidnapped by members of the Devouring Spirit Sect. Jiang Liuya used a Gu worm to find her and eventually helped Yun Zheng rescue Yue Qin. In a sense, she saved Yue Qin's life.
"Sister Liu, what happened between you and your senior brother?"
Ever since Yun Zheng came to see her that day, he had been sullen and unhappy. Yue Qin was puzzled and couldn't get the answers out of him, so she had been wanting to see Jiang Liuya for a long time. These two were the people she trusted most, and she had been worried about them for a long time because of their unpleasantness.
However, Lingcui Peak was not a place one could come to casually. When her senior brother took over as sect leader, she had met the Supreme Elder once. The Supreme Elder's aura was so overwhelming that she didn't dare to even look up at this highly respected figure in the sect.
Today, I finally mustered up the courage to come, only to ruin Jiang Liuya's big plan as soon as I arrived.
Jiang Liuya thought to herself, "These two senior and junior siblings seem to have come to collect a debt."
In a short while, Daoist Danxi appeared before them.
"You're coming back with me," he said to Jiang Liuya in a deep voice. In just a short while, she tried to escape again; there wasn't a moment to let his guard down.
Jiang Liuya retorted with a smile, "Daojun, are you going to imprison me?"
As spiritual energy surged, the black-clad female cultivator had already traveled several miles in an instant, beyond the reach of sight, when a cyan figure instantly gave chase. The two afterimages overlapped.
When Yue Qin looked again, she saw Daoist Danxi carrying Sister Liu back in his arms.
"Let me go! Is this how your Tianxuan Sect treats its guests?" Jiang Liuya shouted.
Jiang Liuya struggled in Danxi Daojun's arms, but was firmly suppressed by Danxi Daojun.
The Daoist in green robes had a stern face and exuded an aura of unquestionable majesty.
The scene before him was too strange. Yue Qin mustered his courage and called out, "Supreme Elder."
Danxi Daojun walked past her as if she were nothing, offering no explanation, and entered the barrier. Yueqin anxiously followed, but was ruthlessly blocked outside by the barrier.
Despite Sister Liu's wishes, the Supreme Elder forcibly imprisoned her!
So Sister Liu didn't stay at Lingcui Peak with the Supreme Elder voluntarily; she was forced to.
Yue Qin was deeply shocked. He had to tell his senior brother about this immediately so they could work together to find a solution. Sister Liu had come to the Tianxuan Sect with them, and now she had suffered a great injustice there; they absolutely could not ignore it.
Back inside the barrier, Daoist Danxi was still holding Jiang Liuya in his arms.
Jiang Liuya thought to herself, "It's not like I don't have legs or can't walk."
"The dignified Danxi Daojun of the Tianxuan Sect used force to imprison a beautiful female cultivator; he is also an evil cultivator."
At this moment, Jiang Liuya did not forget to mock him.
"If this gets out, Daojun's reputation won't sound very good."
"I have never cared about these things," said Daoist Danxi. Indeed, he was a powerful cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, who cultivated in silence and kept a very low profile, and outsiders rarely heard of his deeds.
A green light shot out from Jiang Liuya's sleeve, quickly wrapping around Danxi Daojun's neck. He had no choice but to temporarily put down the person in his arms and engage in a fierce battle with the Azure Jade Vine.
This jade vine, once his natal weapon, though its binding contract severed, still recognized the aura of Daoist Danxi. Before long, it stopped and coiled around his hand.
"Daojun said that the Jade Vine only obeys me, but it seems that this is not the case."
Jiang Liuya shook her head and smiled, a look of disappointment on her face.
Daoist Danxi grabbed her hand and said firmly, "No matter what, I can't let you take any more risks."
"What are you talking about?" Jiang Liuya looked puzzled, not understanding why Daojun Danxi would suddenly say such a thing.
Daoist Danxi understood that Jiang Liuya had not accepted his proposal at all. She was unwilling to remove the Gu, yet she was maneuvering against him, trying to find an opportunity to escape. Jiang Liuya's restless nature meant she couldn't be neglected for even a moment. Rather than let it go, it was better to implement his original plan now.
"That Gu worm is about to fully awaken, let's remove it now."
Jiang Liuya felt a chill run down her spine and secretly circulated her spiritual power to catalyze Lin Yuan's advancement.
Yueqin arrived at Lingyun Peak and found Yunzheng.
These days, Yun Zheng is depressed and hides in Lingyun Peak, rarely going out or seeing anyone. Yue Qin had long since realized that her senior brother liked Sister Liu. She was raised by her senior brother and had long regarded him as family, and Sister Liu had also been kind to her. No one wanted a good outcome for the two of them more than she did.
"Senior brother, Sister Liu did not do this willingly; we must save her."
What are you talking about?
"Sister Liu was accompanying the Supreme Elder at Lingcui Peak, not voluntarily, but I saw it with my own eyes."
Yueqin told Yunzheng everything she had seen at Lingcui Peak.
Yun Zheng was secretly alarmed. So, she said so many harsh words that day because she didn't want to implicate him? She suddenly went to Lingcui Peak, a secluded place of cultivation where there wasn't a soul in sight, and stayed there for months. That makes perfect sense.
Yun Zheng instantly cheered up from the gloom of heartbreak.
“I brought him back to the Tianxuan Sect. Now that she is in such a predicament, I have to save her.”
Yun Zheng summoned his natal weapon, the Nebula Sword, which emitted a sword cry.
"Senior brother, how do you plan to rescue him?" Yue Qin asked, prompting Yun Zheng to back down.
The Supreme Elder's cultivation is far superior to mine; if I go directly to Lingcui Peak, I probably won't even be able to see him.
Within the Tianxuan Sect, the only one who could speak to the Supreme Elder was probably Master. Master was the Supreme Elder's senior brother, and although his cultivation was no longer on par with the Supreme Elder's, he was still his senior brother. However, Master had failed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, causing his cultivation to regress, and he was now in seclusion, detached from worldly affairs.
Oh, right, before his master went into seclusion, he left him something else.
Yun Zheng took out the treasure left by his master from his Qiankun bag. It was a black box, with nothing special about its appearance and an ordinary aura. Under Yue Qin's watchful gaze, Yun Zheng gently opened the box.
Is this a talisman?
Jiang Liuya was bound by the spiritual power of Daoist Danxi and lay in the center of the formation.
Her body was wrapped in tiny green threads, which were formed from the spiritual power of Daoist Danxi, tightly binding her.
Danxi Daojun stood to the side, staring intently at her.
Jiang Liuya's eyes blazed with fury.
"If you want to remove my natal Gu and cripple me, you might as well kill me now!"
"After the Gu is removed, we will rebuild our cultivation together. With me here, I will definitely not let you suffer again."
"Suffering is the real suffering, especially when the Gu is removed!"
While secretly urging Lin Yuan to change things, Jiang Liuya did her best to stall for time.
"Do you know what it feels like to have your dantian destroyed? Do you know how painful it is to be cut open? Do you know the helplessness and despair of losing your spiritual power and having nothing to rely on?"
“My core was once severely damaged! I lost my spiritual power and became a useless piece of trash with no ability to resist. Do you know what I went through? I never want to go through that again.”
Seeing her sorrowful eyes, Daoist Danxi felt a pang of pity, but he did not want to stop what he was about to do.
"Throughout history, those who cultivate the Gu path have never had a good ending. Moreover, the Gu within you has already awakened its consciousness; how can one body accommodate two souls?"
Daoist Danxi patiently tried to persuade her to come to her senses.
Jiang Liuya looked at her own dantian, a thin mist rising in her eyes.
"Look here! This isn't a Gu worm; it's my flesh and blood, it's part of my body!"
In his entire life, Daoist Danxi had never hesitated like this. However, faced with the person he loved and such a gaze, he could not bring himself to cast the hand seals to activate the formation.
Jiang Liuya stared intently at him and said, "I will live and die with Lin Yuan. If Dao Lord insists on removing my natal Gu..."
She suddenly slowed her voice and said slowly and deliberately, "I will then activate my true energy and immediately self-destruct."
Upon hearing the words "self-destruction," Danxi Daojun's mind went blank.
She has always been like this; once she sets her mind on something, she will definitely accomplish it, and nothing can force her to do something she doesn't want to do.
Daoist Danxi closed his eyes tightly.
He slowly walked up to Jiang Liuya and looked into her eyes.
She gently changed her voice: "Willow bud..."
Jiang Liuya watched his actions quietly, initially not paying much attention, but upon hearing the shout, her pupils trembled violently.
Willow Bud? Everyone with that name is dead. Unless, it's that person.
Jiang Liuya's spiritual power surged violently, binding Danxi Daojun to her body. The already loose green threads snapped completely, making a slight cracking sound.
Once, someone made a vow to spend his life with her, but easily broke his promise and left.
The person I've silently recited countless times in my heart, the back of that person who turned and left.
Now, this person is right in front of her.
She stared intently at the Daoist Master in blue before her, her eyes brimming with hatred, and her body trembled slightly uncontrollably.
"Daojun, is it fun?" Jiang Liuya shook her head slightly, a self-deprecating smile on her lips.
Danxi Daojun tried to grab her hand, but Jiang Liuya pushed him away.
"I never expected that after so many years, I would be tricked by the same person again."
Danxi Daojun removed all his defenses and opened his sea of consciousness.
"It's not what you think. Why don't you take a look at my memories first?"
As he spoke, he closed his eyes, sealed off his spiritual power, and laid bare his most vulnerable side to her.
The sea of consciousness is a cultivator's most vulnerable place. For him to open his sea of consciousness so openly, allowing me to enter, is an extremely dangerous thing. If I were to do something slightly to his sea of consciousness, I could damage his mind and turn him into a fool.
Jiang Liuya was bewildered. If it was just a game and a toy, why would he do it?
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