Chapter 50 Listening to the Oracle (VI) Even the most rotten fish is afraid of the Soul Contract...
After Zhu Ciying and the other two left, only Xie Rangchen and Shi Xiangyue were left in the yard.
Shi Xiangyue picked a stone bench and sat on it, and placed the sword of Yansheng on the table.
"Tell me, what's the story behind the Sword of An Sheng? Why is it in her hands?"
"Also," she asked him doubtfully, "why did you form a spiritual bond with her?"
"It's a long story."
Xie Rangchen pinched the corners of his eyes, a trace of fatigue showing on his face.
Bound by the soul contract, at this moment, his soul is experiencing a kind of "torture" that ordinary people can hardly imagine.
Deep in his soul, he felt a strong sense of desire.
Longing for the sweet taste of candy.
The culprit behind the scenes who was eager to deliberately seduce him, was so bold and reckless as to not think about the consequences - his junior sister, Zhu Ciying.
But he had said that his original intention in forming a soul bond with her was to protect her, not to harbor romantic feelings. And now, his feelings for his junior sister had deteriorated, not only going beyond protection but also giving rise to inappropriate thoughts...
I want to listen to her obediently and indulge her unconditionally.
Xie Rangchen shook his head in distress, forcing himself to stay sane and silently endure the influence of the soul contract.
He told Shi Xiangyue what happened after the battle between immortals and demons, and briefly explained his relationship with Zhu Ciying.
Xie Rangchen of the Shaoyang Sect was originally Zhu Ciying's senior brother. He had taken her body, so there was no reason for him to disown her as his junior sister. Furthermore, she had saved him and had helped him sincerely.
"After Master passed away, Yansheng became an ownerless sword."
"The Sword of Disaster only recognizes those with high talent as its master. I already have my own spiritual sword, the Jade Phoenix. It can't possibly recognize me."
"Junior sister is originally a music cultivator, but she has an extremely high talent for swordsmanship. She taught herself the Sixteen Yaoyue Swords and is no less skilled than her fellow disciples and sisters from the Qingwei Sect. It is not surprising that Yansheng recognized her as his master."
He deliberately avoided answering the question about the soul bond. Fortunately, Master Xiangyue didn't pursue the matter further.
"He doesn't even want to practice witchcraft anymore." Shi Xiangyue looked lonely and sighed deeply. He lowered his arm and stroked the flowers growing around the stone table.
"He's really," she choked out a sob, "he's really dead."
Xie Rangchen lowered his head slightly, and heard her say again: "If I hadn't escaped from the Shixiang clan that year, and if the barrier hadn't been flawed after the ceremony, Jiang Zunyue wouldn't have died..."
She regretted it so much.
She regretted hurting him so cruelly when he woke up from his serious injury. If she had been willing to lie to him, to tell him that she liked him, perhaps there would have been a different ending.
Master Xiangyue picked a bright red flower and placed it next to the sword of Yansheng.
I said to myself, "Look at the beautiful flowers you planted."
"Master's Wife." Xie Rangchen's soul calmed down a little, and he was able to free his mind.
"I actually believe that it was you who came to my aid and saved my life when my master was on the verge of death while he was trying to quell the hidden dangers of the barrier. Without you, my master wouldn't have found me when I was abandoned by my parents, wouldn't have founded the Qingwei Sect, and wouldn't have defended the cultivation world during the war between immortals and demons."
"The world of cultivation is now safe and sound, and life continues uninterrupted. If we trace back to its roots and find its true origin, it is actually your credit."
"You see, the seeds you sowed are now bearing fruit."
Shi Xiangyue had never heard of such a statement before. Although she was shocked, she still did not forget to correct Xie Rangchen: "I am not your master's wife."
Xie Rangchen: "Master told me to call you."
"Heh." Shi Xiangyue thought back to that man and commented unceremoniously, "Still as smooth-talking as before."
Because of his unique perspective, the pressure that had been accumulating in her heart for a long time was reduced by half.
She smiled with relief, a beauty in her twilight years, yet still stunning. "I don't want to see something he's worked so hard to protect destroyed."
She has very little time left to live.
Let her help him one more time in her last days and guard the home he had built with great difficulty in Changning Mountain.
"The master chosen by the Sword of Disaster must be exceptionally powerful. Bring your junior sister here tomorrow, and I will tell you what the oracle said."
"Thank you, Master's Wife."
"Junior sister is waiting for me." Xie Rangchen bowed to her with both hands, "I won't disturb Master's wife's rest. I'll take my leave."
"No wonder I formed a pact with her." Shi Xiangyue said carelessly, just as she usually complained about Shi Xiangwen, "It turns out that my heart and eyes are filled with her."
Xie Rangchen didn't bother to explain the misunderstanding. His original intention had wavered, so how could he continue to say things like, "It has nothing to do with romance?" He simply said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
After talking with Master Xiangyue, it was already noon.
Xie Rangchen did not stay in the courtyard for dinner and hurried back to his residence.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard of the guest room, he saw a person sitting on the stone table in the center of the courtyard.
"Brother, you're back."
Zhu Ciying greeted him and motioned him to come over. There was food on the table that she had left for him, warming it with her spiritual power.
Xie Rangchen walked over quickly.
"Did the conversation go well?" Zhu Ciying used a spoon to serve him vegetable porridge.
"It's OK. The clan leader has agreed to listen to the oracle." He took the porridge naturally and began to drink. "Tomorrow, you must go with me to the clan leader's residence. She will tell us the details."
Xie Tiantian did not disappoint her expectations!
Even the worst loser is afraid of the Soul Contract!
Zhu Ciying's eyebrows lit up with joy, and he praised sincerely: "Brother, you are really amazing."
"What does it have to do with me? Wasn't it all planned by Junior Sister?"
"That requires your cooperation."
When he had almost finished eating, Zhu Ciying asked, "Where is the Sword of Victory?"
"It's still in the hands of the patriarch."
After he finished speaking, Zhu Ciying was silent for a while before continuing to ask, "Brother, I want to know what kind of relationship the previous owner of the Yansheng Sword had with the Shixiang Clan leader. Is it convenient for you to tell me?"
"I only know the general idea, not the details," Xie Rangchen replied. "The previous owner of the Sword of Victory was Jiang Zunyue, the leader of the Qingwei Sect."
The leader of Qingwei Sect!
Yansheng turned out to be Master’s sword!
Zhu Ciying's hands hung under the table, tightly pinching the flesh on her legs to prevent her emotions from showing.
"The clan leader told me everything." Xie Rangchen recounted the whole story, not forgetting to find a suitable excuse to cover up. After all, Xie Rangchen of the Shaoyang Sect wouldn't know such a secret.
"What happened next?" Zhu Ciying asked.
"later?"
Xie Rangchen said: "Later, one of them led his people to Changning Mountain, and the other went to Xiangzhou to establish a sect."
"That's not right." Zhu Ciying asked, "Did they never meet again?"
Xie Rangchen paused as he picked up the food, and slowly stopped chewing. After two breaths, he whispered, "I've seen it."
When he was thirteen years old, he once followed his master to Changning Mountain and met Master Xiangyue.
When leaving the Shixiang clan, Xie Rangchen asked Jiang Zunyue, "Are Master and the Shixiang clan leader old acquaintances with a good relationship?"
Jiang Zunyue: "What master clan leader? She is your master's wife!"
The young Xie Rangchen's eyes widened slightly, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his usually gentle and calm face. "Master, please be careful with your words. You must not tarnish a woman's reputation."
Jiang Zunyue: “…” This kid has grown up and it’s hard to fool him anymore.
Jiang Zunyue returned to Huaijiang Mountain and handed over all the affairs of the sect, big and small, to him, and hurriedly went into seclusion.
But the young man's life was not easy.
The second junior brother and the third junior sister were like firecrackers every day, and if they were not careful, they would start fighting.
The fourth and fifth junior brothers had been staring at each other with expressionless faces for half an hour! Look, the fourth junior sister finally couldn't help but draw her sword! She drew her sword!
And Sixth Junior Brother, why did he blow up the refining room again?
As the eldest brother of the Qingwei Sect, Xie Rangchen had to set an example by himself, so he had to restrain his lazy nature. After being tortured by his junior brothers and sisters for half a year, Jiang Zunyue came out of seclusion.
After testing the cultivation of several young disciples, he was very surprised: "What have you done to them in the past six months?"
"It's nothing, just put some pressure on them." He found that internal competition could solve 80% of the conflicts among his junior fellow students.
Jiang Zunyue gestured: "Have a drink?"
Xie Rangchen ran down the mountain and bought a jar of wine. He made tea for himself and used tea instead of wine.
Jiang Zunyue had just come out of confinement and changed his clothes. He had not had time to deal with the beard growing on his chin.
Therefore, Xie Rangchen, who was used to seeing his master's high-spirited and carefree appearance, saw his most embarrassed side.
When the jar was almost empty, Jiang Zunyue raised his glass to the moon in the sky and sighed, "Life is like a dream. I will pour a cup to the moon in the river."
He died at the age of seventeen, a man of true youthful vigor.
Seventeen-year-old Jiang Zunyue, who woke up from a serious injury, couldn't understand why Shi Xiangyue didn't love him anymore after he just walked through the gates of hell. Why didn't she love him anymore?
In his youth, when he was full of vigor and ambition, he lost his cultivation and his beloved. The master of Lingxiao Sect could not bear to see him becoming more and more decadent, so he showed him a way and told him to practice the Way of Ruthlessness.
Only by practicing the ruthless way can he recover his lost cultivation.
But he likes Shi Xiangyue.
How could he be willing to practice the ruthless Tao?
The master then told him that his divination had predicted a great catastrophe for the world of cultivation, destined to be destroyed by the demons. If he wanted to save the world, the master clan had given him divine instructions, and Heaven would send down two saviors.
He has an inexplicable bond with the two saviors, and he is the only one who can bring a glimmer of hope to the hopeless future.
Jiang Zunyue, who was also seventeen years old, took the initiative to remove his own emotional ties, was expelled from the sect by the leader of Lingxiao Sect, and went down the mountain with the Jade Phoenix Sword to save the world.
"Fuck this ruthless way, it's not for human beings to practice!"
Jiang Zunyue took a sip of wine, leaned back on the ground, and the warm yellow full moon was reflected in his dark eyes.
He recalled the scene he saw on Changning Mountain:
Shi Xiangyue, wearing a bright red dress, looked back and smiled at him amidst the sea of flowers covering the mountains.
The wind gently lifted her skirt, blowing away his heart that he thought was cold and hard.
Jiang Zunyue was almost going crazy.
He never expected that just the first time they met again, just one glance, would shatter his heart and destroy his ruthlessness.
He had no choice but to go into seclusion, once again removing his emotional ties and re-cultivating the path of ruthlessness.
Master Xiangyue didn’t know about these things.
Their story ended with this meeting, full of regrets and no follow-up.
Anyone who hears this will feel sorry for them.
Zhu Ciying is no exception.
She never knew that the man who saved her life when she was two years old and tricked her into going up the mountain when she was eleven had such a past.
Master and the clan leader Shixiang missed these three hundred years, which is really a very long time.
She made up her mind and said, "Brother, you said that no matter what decision I make, you will support me."
Xie Rangchen said: "I never said such a thing."
"But, any time you need to make a decision, you can assume that your senior brother supports you."
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The author has something to say: Qing Weizong
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