Chapter 138 Recounting the Past This way, they'll owe me a debt for life, and...
"Are you stupid? At a time like this, who expects you to get first place? The most important thing is to keep your life and take good care of your master in the future."
Chu Jue was never usually so calm when speaking to Lian Quesheng. Both of them laughed as memories of the past flashed through their minds, filled with reluctance and nostalgia. The unspeakable emotions made everyone fall silent.
"West Window, come here, let me take a good look at you again."
Lian Quesheng had promised Xiang Zhanyi that he would do something, but that wasn't the real reason he wanted to talk to Xichuang. Lian Quesheng genuinely wanted to see Xichuang again.
He wanted to know how much suffering Xi Chuang had endured to develop such a personality, and to know about Xi Chuang's past that he had never participated in or witnessed, but only pieced together from other people's words.
No matter what he did, Lian Quesheng didn't care anymore.
Lian Chisu wanted to say something, but Lu Buwen stopped her. Jiang Yu stood to the side, looking at the west window. When he heard Lian Quesheng's words, his eyes suddenly lit up. He was indeed completely captivated by Lian Quesheng.
Jiang Yu was hesitant to comment on the matter between Xichuang and Lian Quesheng. The most pressing issues now were Lian Quesheng's life and the symbiotic relationship between Shen Jiuxu and Xichuang.
"What else does Master want to say to me? All those actions just now were just to deceive me. If Master doesn't want to be with me, why come looking for me now?" Xi Chuang was so aggressive that Xiang Zhanyi, who was watching from the side, almost wanted to hit him. How could this kid talk so rudely?
He's stubborn, but once Lian Quesheng doesn't want him anymore, he'll show a completely different face.
“Xichuang, I saved you before, but I didn’t bring you to Bailuzhou myself, causing you to suffer so much on the way. It’s my fault.”
Lian Quesheng leaned against the pillar, recalling the day he met Xichuang. "I never expected that such a big mistake would happen on a journey that only takes half a day. If I could do it again, I would definitely keep you by my side forever."
"I will keep you by my side every day and teach you well, and I will never let you do anything wrong."
When Lian Quesheng met Xichuang, it had been a short time since he ran away from Bailuzhou. Although Lian Chisu and Lu Buwen were worried about his health, they never told Lian Quesheng about this.
He lacked nothing in terms of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, but even Chi Su wouldn't allow him to go out. Even though Lu Buwen personally promised to take him with him, he still couldn't take him away from Bailuzhou.
Each time, Lian Quesheng could only stand on the shore, watching Lu Buwen's large ship slowly sail away, white waves crashing against the reefs. His longing was replaced by dejection, and he could only slink back to his room.
That day, Lian Quesheng had just seen Lu Buwen off when he went out again that morning. He practiced his sword in the courtyard for half a day. The birds in the trees flew away and then flew back, but he was the only one who stayed there all alone.
Lian Quesheng finally couldn't hold back any longer.
That night, while Lian Chisu was asleep, he secretly took the token, disguised himself, and managed to slip past the disciples in charge of the inspection with great difficulty before sneaking out.
Of course, the next morning, he received a letter from Lian Chisu, who scolded him. Lian Quesheng was uneasy for a long time. In the letter, Lian Chisu kept urging him to go back, but he pretended not to see it.
The west window was where he encountered it when he arrived at the old friend's village.
A disheveled child, dressed in tattered clothes, was found. It was late autumn, and the cold was astonishing. Even Que Sheng, who had cultivated since childhood, was wearing several layers of clothing. Yet, seeing that the child was dressed very thinly and had a pale face, Que Sheng thought he was freezing and took pity on him, rescuing him and finding him an inn to stay at.
Lian Quesheng gave the waiter some silver and told him to go find a doctor.
He then bathed and wiped the child he had just found. The young master had never done such work before, and Lian Quesheng was exhausted in front of a room full of water. In the end, it took him a lot of effort to clean the child.
"Really, remember to repay me properly in the future, you know?" He said to the boy who had been silent all along. Thinking that the boy was probably shy, he didn't force him to talk to him. He generously booked another room and finally got everything settled. He started serving the boy food.
"Try it, look how skinny you are, like a bamboo pole."
Lian Quesheng touched the still slightly damp hair of the person, "Eat first, then wipe yourself down. Don't go hungry."
Later, the doctor came to examine him and prescribed some medicine. Lian Quesheng, adhering to the idea of "helping people to the end and seeing them through to the end", took care of him until he recovered before he began to consider his final destination.
He was going to travel around, and it was impossible for him to take a child with him. But after spending so much time together, even Quesheng knew that a person without parents or even a name would be hard to find a suitable person to take care of.
“Here’s a name for you.” Lian Quesheng deliberately squatted down to be at eye level with the child, looked into his dark eyes, and pinched his cheek. “Let’s call you Xichuang.”
What does "west window" mean?
"When shall we trim the candle by the west window together, so that you won't grow up heartless and forget your savior?" Lian Quesheng joked. "I'll send you to Egret Island, that's my home. When you grow up in a few years, you can come and find me."
Lian Quesheng thought he had arranged everything, but when he was about to reach Bailuzhou, a sense of guilt arose in his heart. He was afraid that if he went back, he would never be able to come out again, so he gave Xichuang a map and said, "Just follow this road to the end, and you will arrive."
He wrote a letter to Fushu in advance, and guessed that Lian Chisu was also a kind-hearted person who would not make things difficult for an innocent child, so he left with peace of mind.
I never expected what happened next.
"Will you blame me?" Lian Quesheng asked him. "I often think, if I hadn't abandoned you, hadn't let you meet Luo Ding, and hadn't exchanged lives with Luo Ping'an, would you still be the way you are now?"
"Does Master think I'm like this because of the Luo family?" Xi Chuang chuckled a few times, sounding sinister. Chu Jue glared at him, thinking that he had been smart for most of his life, how could he be blinded by this person?
I never realized all these years that he was such a wicked person.
"Actually, no. I never cared about the Luo family at all. Master said so much, but in the end, he just wanted me to admit that I am not inherently bad. It was my mistakes that made me this way." Xi Chuang's face was shockingly pale. Life for life and symbiosis are both forbidden techniques. No matter how powerful he is, he cannot avoid the backlash of forbidden techniques.
“Master wants to take the blame upon himself, saying that you didn’t teach me well, that you were a bad master, which is why your disciple has become like this. But that’s not true. I was born this way. I’ve been rotten since birth.”
Xi Chuang continued talking to himself, his body aching terribly from the backlash, a sweet, metallic taste of blood rising in his throat. Yet, as if deliberately trying to make Lian Quesheng see and feel sorry for him, he made no attempt to conceal his wounds.
He wasn't afraid to let Lian Quesheng know what kind of person he was. "My master knows that I escaped from Gurenzhuang, but how could everyone in such a big village be dead? Actually, I killed everyone in there."
“The dead naturally become the deceased. I renamed the village and erected a monument, so these dead people can no longer find a place to live. Of course, they will no longer bother me and can only wander around, becoming lonely ghosts.”
“I was only six years old when I killed everyone in the village. I escaped from the village and met two people who saved me, but I poisoned them. Because they were so bright and beautiful, I looked like a piece of mud in comparison. I was jealous, so they had to die. Master didn’t expect that your well-behaved disciple was just a facade from beginning to end.”
"I was responsible for so many villagers in Shenwuke falling into a coma. I was jealous that Jiang Yu had such a close relationship with you and spent all his time with you, neglecting me. So I drugged Zhou Qingnu's child and gave that quack doctor Wang Liang a bag of silver, and he willingly did things for me. All those talismans that troubled Young Master Jiang for so long were drawn by me. I never intended for those people to live."
“Only when they are all dead will your gaze be solely on me, Master. I found Xiang Zhanyi. I had him take you to Lotus Town, drug you, and erase your memories, all so that you would no longer have to go to such lengths to save Jiang Yu and Shen Jiuxu.”
The scene was very quiet. Apart from Xi Chuang speaking, everyone else looked at Jiang Yu. After Jiang Yu became famous in the sect competition, he was always surrounded by troubles. Unexpectedly, it was all caused by Xi Chuang.
Chu Jue has a fiery temper, and even though Jiang Yu isn't reacting right now, he's already thinking of taking action for him.
"I also orchestrated the ascension. I wanted Jiang Yu to die so that my master would stop worrying about him. But I never expected that Young Master Jiang was so lucky and always managed to escape danger. So, I killed Shen Jiuxu, thinking that the death of my lover would break Young Master Jiang. But I never expected that Sect Master Shen was not a human being and had the extraordinary ability to bring the dead back to life."
"The villagers on my grandfather's side suddenly fell ill. Was it your doing?" Lian Quesheng asked him. Xichuang confessed without hesitation and nodded. "Yes, it seems Master had already guessed it."
"Why? They didn't offend you."
"Do you need a reason to do bad things?" Xi Chuang asked him back, tilting his head toward Lian Quesheng, but his eyes were downcast. "A born bad seed, I've long since mastered these kinds of things. There's no reason, I just do what I want. I want to cause some trouble for Young Master Jiang and Sect Leader Shen. This kind of mundane and boring life always needs some excitement to watch."
"Master, do you still think I'm so bad because you didn't teach me well?"
Lian Quesheng coughed violently. He stared out the west window, and the other person seemed afraid to see the disappointment in his eyes, refusing to meet Lian Quesheng's gaze. "I'm sorry, I neglected your feelings."
"When I saved you, I promised to take care of you for the rest of my life, so I will take responsibility for the mistakes you made."
“Who asked you to take responsibility? What right do you have to take responsibility for me? Did I agree to that? Who asked you to take care of me for the rest of my life? I have hands and feet, I don’t need you to take care of me.” Xi Chuang seemed to be provoked by these words, and large tears streamed down his face. “Lian Quesheng, you have no right to take responsibility for everything I’ve done, because you did nothing wrong.”
He suddenly picked up the sword from the ground and stabbed it heavily into his chest. Only then did everyone realize that the red thread had already taken root inside Xi Chuang's body. He ripped out his flesh, and the red thread lost its restraint, fluttering and falling to the ground.
"If you won't use Jiang Yu and Shen Jiuxu's lives, then use mine. That way you'll owe me for life and remember me forever." A burst of golden light erupted from Xi Chuang's body, shielding everyone except him and Lian Quesheng from the outside world. His sharp cry resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
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Author's note: This was written while I was taking a break during my night shift.
Everyone should go to bed early! [milk tea][milk tea][milk tea]
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