Chapter 1 - God Burial Abyss
The rain in the God Burial Abyss wasn't water; it was ice knives shrouded in the abyss's deathly aura, hissing as it struck the exposed black rock. A few withered trees groaned intermittently in the strong wind, chilling the bones to the bone.
The leader of Guixu Sect, the only sect in the central area of the Burial God Abyss, has disappeared, leaving behind only five disciples and a sweeping uncle.
But such a sect hides countless secrets, including people... and the sect itself.
In the center of the storm, a dark figure stood as steady as a rock.
Rain rolled down his cold, hard jaw, soaking into the damp clothes clinging to his back. Every slash of his Frost Silence longsword tore through the rain, its icy light slicing through the falling raindrops with pinpoint precision. But beneath that gleam, a dark crimson aura surged like a living being—the backlash of the Supreme Forgetful Sword Technique, which had powerfully drawn upon the subterranean dragon veins, gnawed at his meridians like a venomous snake. With every swing of the sword, the dark crimson lines beneath the fabric of his left arm bulged and wriggled, searing and piercing.
A bright yellow talisman paper folded crookedly into the shape of a small swallow passed through the rain and "pa" stuck to Chu Linyuan's back.
Chu Linyuan slowly turned. Raindrops dripped down his drooping lashes, making his eyes look as chilly as a pool of ice. The tip of the Frost Silence sword scratched deep grooves in the mud. His gaze pierced through the rain curtain, fixed on a figure leaning against the broken doorframe of the temple a dozen steps away.
His washed-out moon-white robe was splattered with mud and ink, but he paid no mind. He held a new talisman between his fingers, a harmless smile on his face, a hint of amusement in his eyes. "Brother, heavy rain is bad for your health! Look at this new 'Warm Sun Talisman' I drew! It's specially formulated to treat chronic cold legs. Apply it to your body for better health!"
Chu Linyuan raised his hand without changing his expression, pinching the soaked talisman paper with two fingers. A dark red murderous aura flashed at his fingertips.
The talisman paper turned into burnt ashes and was washed away by the rain.
He moved. One step, two. The Frost Silence Sword dragged behind him, plowing through the muddy furrow with a creaking sound. An invisible pressure weighed down like a boulder.
Xie Zhao's smile became even brighter, but he shrank back towards the door frame: "Brother, what are you doing? I'm doing this for your own good! Look at you practicing swordplay in such a thin layer of clothing on this rainy day. I feel the coldness in your body and the pain in my heart! Look at the black spots on your forehead from practicing, it's a bad omen—"
"Practice, have you grown much in the past few days?" Chu Linyuan said in a cold voice. The Frost Silence Sword was about to be raised, but the murderous aura cut through the rain curtain!
"Chu Linyuan! You're an icy jerk! You're ungrateful—!" Xie Zhao's accusations were still lingering in the air when he was knocked flying by an invisible force, screaming and slamming into the muddy pond outside the hall! His face was half an inch from the mud, and a silver talisman burned on his fingertips: "Wind!" An invisible whirlwind lifted him up, and Yaozi stumbled to the ground, his moon-white robe splattered with mud.
Before Xie Zhao could stand firm in time, the biting sword wind was already at his face!
The Frost Silence Sword screamed and pierced the chest! The dark red murderous energy on the sword body surged, transforming into a ferocious dragon shadow!
"Are you serious?!" Xie Zhao screamed, his cynicism completely gone. His footwork was tricky and dangerous, his hands flying like butterflies!
"Golden Bell! Iron Shirt! Turtle Shell!"
The three colors of gold, gray and khaki talisman lights instantly formed a shield!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Frost Silence broke through two layers! The blood dragon roared and crashed into the earthy yellow "turtle shell"!
Boom! A muffled sound like a drum! The shield cracked like a spiderweb, and light flashed wildly! Xie Zhao was shocked and retreated, stepping out of a deep pit. His face turned pale, but his eyes were burning with excitement.
"The shell is quite hard." Chu Linyuan put away his sword and smiled.
"Brother's sword is still sharper!" Xie Zhao wiped his face and laughed, "It's just that the evil spirit is harmful to the body. Why don't you draw a 'Qingxin Xiaoxue Talisman'——"
"No need." The torrential rain had stopped at some point, but the thick, dark clouds hadn't dispersed. Shuang Ji pointed at Xie Zhao again, his murderous aura erupting once more. "It just so happens the rain has stopped too. Come, let's try another sword fight."
Xie Zhao laughed twice, his fingertips clasping the purple lightning talisman: "I'm not afraid of you!"
Just when the situation was tense, a heart-wrenching scream was heard.
The two men, who were about to compete, suddenly changed their expressions. This voice was incredibly familiar to them. It was Luo Hongyi, the Third Senior Sister of Guixu Sect. She was at the top of the sect's food chain in every way. After all, this was someone who would actually put some bizarre things in your food to test for poison.
"Wa ...
A shrill cry shattered the dead silence! The charming feeling was icy and chilling, making people's hair stand on end.
The kitchen window was smashed open, and a tall figure with an afro poked out. Tie Niu, a nine-foot-tall man, wept like a child as he emerged carrying a broken clay pot. Inside, the seemingly battered pot was a smattering of unidentified, multicolored, bubbling liquid. "I... I stomped my foot and blew on the fire... The stove collapsed... The soup's gone..." A strange, bubbling slime at the bottom of the pot announced its presence.
"Iron Ox! Looks like I'll teach you a lesson!" she yelled, her voice venomous. Luo Hongyi leaned against the door, her skirt as red as blood, her fingertips playing with a scorpion jade hairpin, her smile as beautiful as a flower, her eyes cold.
Tie Niu trembled like a sieve, remembering the fear he felt when he was trying the food before.
The standoff between Chu Linyuan and Xie Zhao was interrupted by this chaotic scene. The Frost Silence Sword, still brimming with murderous intent, dropped a few inches, and the purple lightning talisman between Xie Zhao's fingers quietly disappeared into his sleeve. Their eyes briefly met, one cold and impatient, the other shrugging helplessly. But neither dared to provoke them. After all, you couldn't mess with the cook.
"Fourth Brother, you really need to control your arrogance! If the stove collapses, we won't have any food to eat today, and our already limited sect funds will be even more strained!"
A girl holding a white rabbit walked in. She was fifteen or sixteen years old but she was unusually steady. The rabbit in her arms also seemed to have a spirit. It raised its head and looked around, then with a look of disgust, it nestled back into its owner's arms and went back to sleep.
"Fifth Junior Sister, I will build another stove, it will be quick. Third Junior Sister, don't be angry, I really didn't mean it!" Tie Niu said with a look of grievance. Xie Zhao, who was watching the show on the side, shuddered. The aggrieved look of this burly Fourth Junior Brother was really not a pretty sight.
"Hmph! I won't let you off that easily, big guy. Come and help me try out some dishes for a week. But be sure to reflect on them. You'll have to write a report and submit it."
Luo Hongyi said as she stared at Tie Niu with a creepy smile on her beautiful face.
"Okay..." Tie Niu felt helpless. He felt wronged as the lowest-status person in the sect. Even the rabbits raised by his fifth junior sister Bai Xiaolu were of higher status than him. Tie Niu could no longer be happy.
In this chaotic moment, Chu Linyuan, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up. "Now that the rain has stopped, let's go do what we need to do. How has training been going recently?"
"Um... I'll go build the stove first." After saying that, Tie Niu left in a hurry. If you say that you are afraid of Tie Niu, you are more afraid of the eldest brother, who always has a cold face, than Luo Hongyi.
"Oh, senior brother, don't have such a gloomy face. Look how scared you made fourth junior brother. Come on and smile." As he said that, Xie Zhao put two fingers on Chu Linyuan's cheeks and tried to force a smile on him.
But Chu Linyuan knocked his hand away and left immediately. Xie Zhao on the other side was still muttering, "Ugly Ice Cube, you are so strong and don't care about the friendship between fellow disciples."
Luo Hongyi watched their interaction speechlessly, then turned around, put her arm around Bai Xiaolu's shoulder and said, "Let's go! Don't worry about the other three Fifth Junior Sisters. I'll take you to a restaurant on the edge of the city!"
After saying that, he pulled Bai Xiaolu away without waiting for Bai Xiaolu to say whether she agreed or not.
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