Chapter 293 The Joy of Revenge
In the boundless darkness of the underworld, a woman held the girl in her arms, calling out her name repeatedly. Feeling the girl's body gradually warming up, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Pointy!"
"Ha—" Mu Jianjian slowly opened her eyes. Her tense body relaxed when she saw the person in front of her, and she smiled and softly called out, "Yueyue."
"Jianjian, what happened to you in the Upper Realm? Are you still feeling unwell? How are you feeling? Are you alright?" Sang Wanyue had never spoken so much in one breath before, her concern evident in her eyes and brows.
Mu Jianjian gazed at the dark horizon where the "eye" had disappeared before slowly coming back to her senses.
Although she really wanted to tell the other person about her experiences and feelings in detail, reason told her that this was not a good place to talk.
“I’m fine. We need to leave now that the ‘eye’ is gone.” Mu Jianjian looked around at the darkness. “We are in a spirit world created by a cultivator using a secret technique. If we want to leave, we must break it.”
"What happened?" Sang Wanyue keenly sensed that something was wrong with the girl's emotions.
"It's nothing." Mu Jianjian looked down at the scars on her body that had healed, smiled at the other person, and extended her hand, saying, "Let's do it together."
Without the obstruction of the "white mist" and the "eye," the two worked together to break through the dark realm. Although it was strenuous, it fortunately did not take too much time.
In the final moments before the Dark Realm vanished, Mu Jianjian briefly shared the information she had gathered with Sang Wanyue.
"Jianjian, I'll come find you after I've dealt with 'Panmen'. Wait for me, okay?"
"good."
As Mu Jianjian watched the blue-robed woman's figure gradually disappear, the dark realm shattered, and her vision regained its light. She didn't react immediately, but subconsciously blinked and saw the two people who had been waiting beside her.
She tried to turn her head, but found that her neck seemed to be fixed in place and she couldn't turn it properly.
"You scared me to death, Jianjian!" Ye Xuanzhi still held the yellowed divination paper in his hand. His solemn expression clearly eased upon seeing the girl regain consciousness. His eyes were bloodshot from lack of rest and the lingering poison in his body. "You've been unconscious for three whole days. I almost thought—"
“Sharp…” Pure White was clearly stunned by the series of words spoken by the man beside her, and could only utter a single word dryly.
As Mu Jianjian listened to the two voices, she was about to sit up when Ye Xuanzhi forcibly pressed her down.
"I didn't even know you were so badly injured until you told me! Now, just lie down and rest!" Ye Xuanzhi's words were somewhat reproachful, but his tone left no room for argument. "Ever since we caused such a ruckus in Niyu City, the entire city has been sealed off. Fortunately, I had those two celestial officials spread the word before the city was sealed off."
"We haven't exposed our identities, have we?" The black fog that filled Mu Jianjian's mind wouldn't go away, and she forcibly used her mental power to expel those things from her mind.
"No, but Venerable Yu Hui is dead," Ye Xuanzhi said calmly. "On that day, the only people who could fight Venerable Yu Hui were those few people. I guess it was their Xuan who took the initiative."
"Murong Yunyan?"
As long as this person isn't caught, it will be very difficult for Fairy Ni Chang to extract information from them.
"I haven't heard anything about her." Ye Xuanzhi sighed. "Now is not the time for you to worry about this, Jianjian, please get some rest."
Neither of them felt any joy from this brief respite; they were acutely aware of the urgency of the situation, not to mention—
"What about Bai Tuan?" Mu Jianjian looked up at the man. "We must go back to Ni Yu City and rescue Bai Tuan."
“It’s me, not us,” Ye Xuanzhi corrected her. “After I’ve cleared away the remaining poison, I can go on my own. As for you, you can rest well.”
"But without the Yellow Springs Water to pinpoint your location, how could your Qi be so accurate? If I'm not mistaken, when we escaped earlier, you summoned the Tai Chi phantom, which already damaged your body, didn't it?"
"Jianjian!" Ye Xuanzhi's tone became a little harsher, but when he saw the girl's anxious and uneasy appearance, he calmed down again, "Actually, you don't need to be so anxious. I can sense the aura of the white ball. Besides, it is a cunning gold-devouring beast. There won't be too much danger."
"If Fairy Ni Chang uses the white ball to plot against you, I can still intervene from the sidelines."
“Jianjian, you and I both know this is an unavoidable problem.”
Mu Jianjian knew perfectly well, and she reached out to rub her forehead.
This is similar to Schrödinger's cat; if you don't open the sealed container, you'll never know whether the cat inside is dead or alive.
"I know... I just—"
She simply felt guilty and worried about her inability to do anything about it.
“Jianjian, you don’t need to put too much pressure on yourself often,” Ye Xuanzhi said seriously. “You entered the Nascent Soul stage before you were even thirty. Such talent would be the envy of everyone in our Upper Realm. You are already amazing enough and hardworking enough.”
After hearing the comforting words, Mu Jianjian gradually broke free from the shadow left by her previous experience in the "Dark Realm".
Chunbai looked up and listened to the two of them say one sentence at a time. His mind went blank for a moment, but he knew that the girl was feeling down, so he obediently put his hands on her arms.
After Ye Xuanzhi left, Mu Jianjian reached out and ruffled his hair.
"Thank you."
If he hadn't intervened and stopped Fairy Ni Chang, she probably wouldn't have even had time to use her pupil-changing technique.
"You and they never say thank you," Pure White blinked her delicate eyelashes, gazing into her eyes as gentle as the sea. "Sharp, why are you telling me this?"
Mu Jianjian looked back at him, then suddenly smiled softly, "Do you really want to know?"
"Um."
This feeling of being treated differently made him uncomfortable, so he asked that question.
"Because your first thought before losing your memory was to kill me."
Mu Jianjian hadn't told him about her past because she was afraid he would suddenly regain his memories and become an enemy, while also losing a valuable ally in the Upper Realm.
But now that the other person was able to step forward without hesitation in a moment of crisis, she realized that she shouldn't use her old stereotypes to constrain such a completely new person.
Upon hearing this, Chunbai's pupils contracted and her brows furrowed, clearly indicating that she did not want to believe the answer.
"I...I never...wanted to hurt you." The other person's expression told him they weren't lying, and he uttered these words, his face pale. "If I regain my memories, I definitely—"
“I know,” Mu Jianjian quickly interrupted him, her eyes smiling, “but let’s not jump to conclusions about the future, okay? Let’s just consider it… leaving each other with a little tenderness?”
No one would doubt the sincerity of a promise made in a moment, but preserving that sincerity is destined to be difficult and short-lived.
"No!" Chunbai looked up at her again, her cheeks flushed with emotion. "If that day ever comes, I'd rather not regain my memories!"
After saying that, he turned and ran out the door, leaving Mu Jianjian with only his back to him.
"Children have such good hearts..."
She withdrew her gaze and sighed after a long while.
——
As night fell, white silk and ever-burning lamps hung on the walls of the Jade Pavilion in Niyu City, casting a somber and quiet atmosphere over the pavilions. A shadowy figure rushed toward the West Pavilion, his steps uninterrupted, and skillfully entered a room, but he did not see any living creature.
“I knew you would come.” The Fairy in Red Dress was still dressed in red, her makeup adorned with delicate pollen and crimson lips, making her appearance vivid and radiant. “It’s just a little later than I expected.”
Ye Xuanzhi looked at her bright red outfit and didn't want to waste words with her. "Where's Bai Tuan?"
The fairy in the rainbow-colored dress curled her lips and said, "I still like your personality. When we met in the mortal realm back then, apart from your attitude towards me getting worse and worse, you never seemed to have changed at all."
"A madman." Ye Xuanzhi frowned.
Yu Hui Shangzun died, but he did not see the other party show any sadness in this matter.
“Xuanzhi, you are destined to be mine in this life,” Fairy Ni Chang said with unwavering expression. “You are mine in life and in death.”
"Do you think I'll fall into your trap again after the first time?" Ye Xuanzhi sneered, his black hair slowly turning into white strands that hung down to his waist. He pressed his right index and ring fingers together to the right, and an invisible layer of Qi spread out.
"How did you recover so quickly?" Fairy Ni Chang was startled when she sensed the immense true energy emanating from the other person's body. A sense of panic welled up in her heart, as if things were about to spiral out of control.
Ye Xuanzhi recalled the illusory butterflies that had surrounded him during Mu Jianjian's secret technique, but he did not answer the question. Instead, he placed a wisp of Qi directly across Fairy Ni Chang's neck!
"I'll ask you one more time, where is Bai Tuan?"
Having recovered most of his true energy in three days, his strength had long since reached the Nascent Soul stage, and he easily subdued the woman.
"Impossible... How is this possible? Your strength—" Fairy Ni Chang craned her neck, her eyes fixed on the man before her.
"If it weren't for the poisoning and facing Venerable Yu Hui, do you really think I would have fallen into your trap? Use your brain," Ye Xuanzhi said with a mocking smile. "This is the last time."
The Qi penetrated deeper into the woman's neck, and drops of blood gradually flowed down, soaking into her bright red wedding dress.
“You can’t kill me,” Fairy Ni Chang clenched her fists, then softened her voice, “Xuan Zhi, given your character, you wouldn’t kill me. Put down your Qi, let’s talk this out—”
"Pfft—"
A sound of true energy entering the body echoed in the silent palace. Ye Xuanzhi glanced expressionlessly at the fallen woman and slowly uttered two words, "Noisy."
He once said that he would never hit a woman, but that was on the condition that no one crossed his bottom line.
——
Mu Jianjian slowly regulated her body indoors. After an afternoon of effort, her limbs were finally less stiff and she could move again.
In the quiet space, she suddenly heard a faint meow.
She thought she had misheard, but as the sound grew closer, she saw a white ball leaping in through the window. Its purple pupils shone like jewels in the moonlight, and she realized that it was not an illusion.
"White ball!"
Mu Jianjian opened her arms and caught the white ball that pounced on her. After carefully checking it over and finding no injuries, she was relieved. "Where did you go? Do you know Ye Xuanzhi was looking for you? We were so worried about you..."
The white ball rolled into the girl's arms, burying its face in its chest, seemingly feeling extremely wronged.
Just then, a clear female voice rang out from the surroundings.
The other person mimicked Mu Jianjian's words, but with a teasing tone, "We were so worried about you~"
Mu Jianjian was startled and looked towards the window. "Who?"
She couldn't sense any aura; clearly, the opponent's cultivation level was far above hers.
"Clang—"
The woman, backlit by the light and shadow, slowly descended into the room from the window. Her robes were very tight, perfectly outlining her curvaceous figure. She leaned leisurely against the window, her hands clasped around her chest, looking at the wary girl in front of her.
The scent was completely unfamiliar, yet there was no hostility in her. She even personally returned the white ball to her, indicating that she knew about what was happening here and her relationship with Ye Xuanzhi.
"No need to be so nervous, it's an old acquaintance." The tall woman slowly moved away from the window and walked towards Mu Jianjian. At this moment, the moonlight finally illuminated her face clearly—
Except for a deep red scar running from her forehead to her neck, it looked exactly like her.
A sense of absurdity welled up in Mu Jianjian's heart, and a thought popped into her mind. She tentatively asked, "Mu... Jianjian?"
The original owner of this body!
The soul that was sent to the underworld for reincarnation after she fell into the Yellow Springs!
"Ah, no, no, no, I haven't been called that name for a long time, and please don't call me that anymore, it sounds disgusting." The woman's face twisted for a moment. "Everyone calls me Fairy Hibiscus, so just call me Hibiscus."
Since paying the price to "climb out" of the Underworld and come to the Upper Realm to study under a master, she has been afraid that she has not completely severed ties with her former identity.
"It really is you," Mu Jianjian said, lost in a daze. "How did you get here, and how did you know—"
"Thank you," Furong pointed to the white ball in her arms, nonchalantly, "the news of Venerable Yu Hui's death here has long spread throughout the entire Upper Realm. The Immortal Palace wants to find out the mastermind behind all this, mentioning the news that Ni Yu City has been shrouded in the Third Realm Yellow Springs."
She looked at Mu Jianjian with great interest, "I guessed it was you right away, so I rushed over overnight, and also to return a favor."
"But how did you get here—"
“Mu Jianjian,” Furong leaned closer to the girl and grinned, “I have no interest in being friends with you, so I’m not going to answer your stupid questions. I’m only here so that we can even things out, okay?”
"Oh." Mu Jianjian drawled out the sound, lowering her head as if somewhat disappointed.
Furong stared at her intently, then suddenly spoke up as if she had just thought of something, “Perhaps we can become friends, but that will have to wait until soon.”
"Why?"
Furong looked at her with a playful smile, her tone rising in a flippant tone, "Because soon, you'll be able to wish me 'happy revenge'."
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