Chapter 416 - What Is Natural Law?

Xiao Chen drove the Devil Qi out of his body and heard the Great Devil Heaven’s Bane talk about the cultivation method of the first generation. He thought, “Was this Mystic Diabolic Enchantment created by Heaven Exterminator, the first Apostate of Heaven?”

“However, I only accidentally saw the Mystic Diabolic Enchantment in the Xiao family’s ancient tomb. Why would it appear in the Xiao family? Xiao Ning founded the Xiao family in the Human World, so he must have brought in this cultivation method from the Xiao Family in the Violet Manor, which also seemed to be one of the Heaven-exterminating families at that time.”

The Great Devil Heaven’s Bane yelled at Xiao Chen again. “Who the hell are you? Are you a descendant of a Heaven-exterminating family?”

“But I don’t have enough time to think more about this!” Xiao Chen came back to his senses. Once against, the Great Devil Heaven’s Bane burst into anger. “You are a traitor! Then I will never let you go out alive!” Finishing shouting, he raised his large hand. A huge black palm abruptly appeared in the sky and went straight to cover Xiao Chen.

With a chill, Xiao Chen was startled. What a horrifying attack! He could withstand it even by using his Devil’s Three Turns. With a bang, the palm crashed down on him. Suddenly, Xiao Chen felt that his internal organs were all shattered.

The Great Devil Heaven’s Bane raised his palm and exclaimed in anger again. “Junior! I ask you the last time! To inherit the will of the first generation, or to bury yourself among these stars in this universe and become a speck of dust, make your choice!”

Gritting his teeth, Xiao Chen sneered. “You are so ridiculous… You alone vainly attempt to fight against the laws of heaven and earth. Also, you even want to replace the laws and rule everything. Weren’t you telling some fantastic tales?”

Being unable to restrain his fury, the Great Devil Heaven’s Bane finally pressed down on Xiao Chen with his palm. Xiao Chen could not hold anymore. Everything in his eyes gradually dimmed. He thought he was going to blackout soon and groaned inwardly, “Su Lianyue! Su Lianyue! Where are you? Wake me up quickly!”

…

“Master Xiao! Wake up! Wake up!”

Xiao Chen opened his eyes. At this moment, he seemed to have got a completely new outlook. Every inch of skin on his body looked like new. But such a scene shocked the hell out of Su Lianyue. She hurriedly released his shoulders and said in surprise. “Master Xiao! You!” Su Lianyue could not understand. Just now, Xiao Chen had no signs of life. But why could he suddenly come alive just like what happened that night?

Xiao Chen turned around to look at her and said with a smile, “Thank you, Fairy Suyue! You just saved my life.”

“What?” Su Lianyue was still a little confused. Xiao Chen smiled. But suddenly, he saw the rims of her eyes went red. He asked, “Did you cry?”

Turning her head aside, Su Lianyue said, “Impossible! I thought that you were dead. And if Ye Wuxin broke in at that time, how could I deal with him? I just… became a little anxious.”

Xiao Chen smiled and looked outside. It was already twilight. Even the sun in the mystic domain would rise in the morning and go down at night. It was the law of all things. He turned his head. “Right, Fairy Suyue, I want to ask you one thing.”

“You can ask me anything you’d like to know.” Wiping her eyes, Su Lianyue whispered.

Xiao Chen smiled. “In your opinion, what is the Natural Law?”

“Natural Law?” Su Lianyue had never expected that he would ask such a strange question. Slowly walking to the entrance of the cave, she looked at the mountains in the distance and replied as if she were talking to herself. “My sister once told me that the Natural Law is an inviolability god that controls all beings. But I believe that the true Natural Law should be everything in the world. It can be mountains and rivers in the distance. Also, it can be the flowers and trees nearby…”

Xiao Chen was stunned a little. He did not expect that she would hold such a view of the Natural Law. On this point, she happened to coincide with him. Then, he remembered Fengxi and others. Perfected Immortal Fengxi and others all thought that the Natural Law was the supreme existence that could dominate the life and death of all living creatures. But they hardly realized that a little woman’s views could be more profound than theirs. It seemed that the idea of fighting against Natural Law had greatly tormented countless people in this world.

After turning around, Su Lianyue found Xiao Chen looking at her with a strange look. She asked, “It is just my humble opinion. Did I say anything wrong?”

Xiao Chen smiled. “No, you are right. I used to think like your sister. But now, I don’t think so. Natural Law is the law of everything. If all the things in this world lose the law, they can no longer exist. At that time, the real Annihilation Time will be bound to come. There are always some people who try in vain to demolish the Natural Law. Moreover, they want to replace it and rule the world themselves. It is so ridiculous! They only indulge in their wishful thinking. Think about it. A person can reach the legendary Supreme Realm at most. But when compared with the profound Natural Law, even such a mighty person will look much weaker.”

After speaking, Xiao Chen got up and walked up to stand side by side with Su Lianyue. Looking at the mountains in the distance, he sighed. “If you are not from Fort Raksasa, I think we will be friends in the future.”

Su Lianyue also watched the mountains far away, and she said, “If you don’t have a clearcut stand on the Orthodox Path and the Devil’s Practice. Then, I think we can be friends now.”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath. “Like the Great Devil Heaven’s Bane, am I also too stubborn about the difference between the Orthodox Path and the Devil’s Practice?” He could not help but think about the fights against the Natural Law, the 17 Apostates of Heaven, and the six Heaven-exterminating families! “Why could they be so persistent at that time? What precisely was the Natural Law that all of them are fighting with? Just like Red Sleeve had deceived the Corpse Refinery Sect, did their beliefs also cheat them? Or, may I say that they were fooling others? Or, did the first Apostate of Heaven deceive all of them?!”

Anyway, these things seemed so far away for Xiao Chen. He didn’t need to trouble himself with such doubts. Well, at least there was no need now.

This night, under the bright moon, a refreshing breeze was blowing gently. It seemed that the moon in the mystic domain of this flower valley was always round. Su Lianyue stood at the entrance of the cave, her clothes fluttering. While Xiao Chen sat in the cave, poking the wood in the fire. But both of them remained silent. They knew that tonight was the last night that they would spend together in peace.

After this night, they would leave this mystic domain tomorrow. When they were in the outside world, they would stand on the side of the Orthodox Path and the Devil’s Practice, respectively. In the future, they would eventually become enemies when the war between the two sides began.

In the past, they would never think about the difference between them. After all, they were only strangers met by chance like patches of drifting duckweed. They were on opposite sides, but so what? Though they didn’t become a couple after the three months, the friendship between them was deeper. One day, they might fight with each other as enemies. At that time, every single move of their swords would hurt their hearts deeper than it would wound their bodies.

Suddenly, a cold blast rushed through. They felt it slightly cool. Looking up at the bright moon in the sky, Su Lianyue suddenly said, “My sister told me a story. Once upon a time, a woman stole the elixir. Finally, she managed to fly into the palace of the moon. Since then, she could live forever without getting old. But for thousands of years after that, she stayed alone in the Moon Palace (the mythical palace in the moon). Though called the Moon Fairy, she was actually a poor woman.”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and let out a long heavy sigh. “The Moon Fairy must regret stealing the pill of longevity. Now she mopes alone night after night in the sky blue.”

Su Lianyue smiled. “Let me play a song for you.”

“Okay.” Xiao Chen also smiled and looked at her.

With a light smile, Su Lianyue took out her Reed of Frosted Blue-Violet Jade. She put it gently on her lips. Then waves of the xiao (a vertical bamboo flute) came out. Sometimes, the flickering sound was very far away. Sometimes, it was drawn very close.

“When the moon shines on the Twenty-Four Bridge bright, where are you teaching xiao-blowing tonight?” Smiling slightly, Xiao Chen flicked his sleeves and took out his Nine-heaven Jade Pendant. In the sound of her xiao, he lightly pinched in the strings, slowly strumming and plucking them. Waves of his zither sound also came out and intertwined with her xiao sound. It sounded as if they were drifting toward the palace of the moon.

The zither and xiao were in harmony, the sound of which even attracted the birds perched on the nearby trees to fly here. After 30 minutes, the xiao stopped, and so did the zither. Xiao Chen said, “Leave Fort Raksasa.”

Su Lianyue smiled a little. “Once I belong to Fort Raksasa, I will always be a member of it. The Empress of Fort Raksasa cannot tolerate the betrayal of anyone. I don’t want to end up like my sister.” After that, she walked toward Xiao Chen and continued, “Master Xiao, why do you insist on making a clear distinction between the Orthodox Path and the Devil’s Practice? In your opinion, what are they?”

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and said, “Cultivators should take the well-being of the whole world as their top priority and keep the peace of one area. But people of the Devil’s Practice, who cause disturbances everywhere, will always bring disasters to all beings and make common people suffer severely.”

“Then have I ever caused any disturbance, brought disasters to all beings, or made common people suffer severely?” Staring at him, Su Lianyue asked lightly.

Xiao Chen also swiveled his head to look at her. At this moment, they were so close to each other that they could breathe in what the other breathed out. But Xiao Chen tilted his heads away. “It’s true that you have never done these things. But it doesn’t mean that you won’t act like that in the future. If you bring disaster to others, I won’t show any mercy to you either. Likewise, you do not need to go easy on me either.”

“Master Xiao…”

Suddenly, a cold wind rushed through the cave. Both of them felt a little cold. Fixing her eyes on Xiao Chen, Su Lianyue asked softly, “What if I am not from Fort Raksasa…”

Once again, Xiao Chen turned his head back and looked at her quietly. At this moment, it looked as if layers upon layers of romance ripples emerged in her eyes, and she asked again, “What if I am not from Fort Raksasa…”

Su Lianyue looked at him, saying slightly. “If I’m not from Fort Raksasa, you… will you treat me…” Speaking of this, she seemed to feel too embarrassed to continue. Her voice became lower and lower. “Will you… treat me as well as the woman who you talked about that night?”

In Xiao Chen’s eyes, there seemed to appear layers and layers heavy mists. In the deep of the mists seemingly hidden a woman’s figure.

Suddenly, another cold wind blew in from outside. The flames of the fire waved violently, and the chill in the cave grew heavier. Both of them shivered. In July, it was supposed to be so cold. Xiao Chen’s heart was pounding faster and faster, and he slightly moved his lips. “I…”

Before he could finish speaking, Su Lianyue placed her fingertips on his lips, shaking her head. Her gaze met Xiao Chen’s. In their eyes was the image of the other.

“After we separate tomorrow, you should take good care of yourself…”

“Miss…” Xiao Chen suddenly felt great sorrow, as if someone had pinched his heart. A feeling of dreary sadness instantly filled every corner of his body.

Reaching his hand out slowly, he touched Su Lianyue’s face and felt somewhat ice-cold. Xiao Chen knew that he touched her tears. Rolling down from Su Lianyue’s eyes, the tears went past his palm center and gradually ran to his wrists.

Another cold wind came in. The air became colder and made people feel much sadder. They felt as if they were going to part from each other forever. Su Lianyue gently leaned against his shoulder, which was dripping wet by her tears.

“Miss…” Xiao Chen helped her up gently. Because of crying, her eyes were red. Gazing deeply into her red eyes, he suddenly felt a feeling of sadness that he had never experienced before rising from the bottom of his heart. Gently, he kissed her lips.

Su Lianyue didn’t resist. Tenderly, her hands gently grasped his shoulders, and she closed her eyes gently to feel the warmness brought by his lips. Her tears went down from her cheeks again, falling into the corners of Xiao Chen’s mouth. He felt a little salty. Xiao Chen knew these were her tears. The ice-cold feeling was also brought by the tears on her face.

Suddenly, another cold wind broke in. It came extremely fast. The two of them shivered at the same time. Then, they separated with lightning speed. Looking at each other, they both felt shocked in their hearts. “A chill! The same chill came at us again!”

At this moment, they came fully awake. The chill last time created endless tender affection in their hearts. This time, the chill made them feel endless sorrow. This chill was too weird!

Xiao Chen composed himself for a moment. Abruptly, his whole body shivered, and his face turned ghastly pale. “Red Sleeve. It was Red Sleeve! She also came in!”