Chapter 445 - The Millennium Pact

The monks were already a little flustered. The sound came from deep underground, more like from ancient times. Suddenly, dark clouds covered the moon, and dark clouds in all directions quickly enveloped the sky of Karmaless Mountain. The sky in that instant was black as ink, like a bottomless deep hole.

The sound of devilish whistling under the ground was getting scarier and scarier, and the Devil Repressed Tower was shaking more and more. The monks were even more panicked, and Zen Master Quechen could not care more about Xiao Ning, Gu Feng, etc. He said hurriedly, “Don’t panic! Set the formation!”

The monks immediately took their magic tools and went to the Devil Repressed Tower. Xuanji and others immediately set up a large Buddha formation, and the entire Karmaless Mountain was shrouded under golden lights that burst into the clouds in that instant.

At the same time, five thousand kilometers away, in the east of East Continent, in a deserted barren mountain range, seven closely packed peaks seemed to be packed together because of the sinking of the mountain.

At this moment, the seven peaks were shaking as well, and there was the same scary delish howling from the bottom of the ground, “Heaven abandoned me, Heaven betrayed me, with my Devil soul I cast my Devil body…”

The sound was so low and terrifying that beasts within the dozen kilometers radius were frightened and fled. It took a long time for the clouds in the sky to disperse. Then the sound gradually disappeared and the mountain stopped shaking.

On the side of Wuyin Monastery, under the control of countless high ranking monks and Master Xuanji, as well as Zen Master Quechen, the Devil Repressed Tower finally stopped shaking, and the devilish sound from the ground gradually disappeared.

Xiao Ning and Gu Feng were still confronting each other with their eyes. Xiao Ning said, “There were a lot of things that I couldn’t explain to you in a short time. Let’s leave first.”

Gu Feng said, “Okay!” He leapt and immediately turned into a roll of dark clouds and went away. Xiao Ning turned to look at Xiao Chen. “Little brother, let’s go!” After speaking, his hand stretched out, and a soft force rolled towards Xiao Chen. The nearby monks, including Master Xuanji, and others, could not resist it, as if they were blocked by a force.

When Xiao Chen reacted, he was already 3,000 meters away. The Hidden Fragrance Wafting Under the Moon chased after him together with Koo-chee beast. The crowd flew hundreds of miles and landed onto the ground. Gu Feng continued to look at Xiao Ning coldly, saying, “I don’t wish to speak about what happened before. I’ll be waiting for you at Wind Floating Platform of Wuyue Peak on August 15th!”

“Okay, I’ll be there!” Xiao Ning’s eyes were firmed, as if it was a battle pact that was a thousand years late.

Gu Feng looked up and smiled, then he looked at Xiao Chen. “Boy! You must come too! I’ll let you see who is the strongest in the world!”

Xiao Chen had yet to recover from the incident at Wuyin Monastery, and smiling bitterly, he said, “Okay, I will come.”

Gu Feng flipped his sleeves, and then looked at Ziyun’er once more before he leaped and immediately turned into a roll of dark clouds. Only a sentence was heard from the distance, “I’m the enemy of the world, and I’ll live up to this 800 years’ reputation!” The sound eventually drifted away, lingering in the night.

Xiao Ning looked at the sky where he went and finally sighed. Su Xiaomei grabbed his arm and whispered, “Brother Ning, do you really have to fight him this time?”

“This was an unfinished battle a thousand years ago. I have to go.” Xiao Ning said softly, then he turned around and looked at Xiao Chen. “This brother, are you from the Xiao family of Human World?”

Xiao Chen also looked back. There were many things that he wanted to ask Xiao Ning before, but now his thoughts were a little unorganized and did not know where to start. He said, “Exactly, I want to ask you about some stuff that happened that year.”

Qingluan suddenly said, “Lord, we’ll go to the woods in front to find a place to rest first.” Then she took the other eleven forward immediately.

After they walked away, Xiao Chen took a deep breath and took out some things out of his pocket. It was now midnight, and the moon in the sky was hanging high. Under the moonlight, things in his hands were clearly visible. It was four Blood Jade fragments of Samsara Jade. The three fragments in the back were handed over to him by Xiao Yifan when he returned to the Xiao family previously.

“This!” Xiao Ning’s expression changed slightly, and he said, “This is… I see.”

Xiao Chen nodded his head, his face had become a little bitter, and he said, “The person who entrusted Senior Xiao to pass on this jade is my teacher…”

Hearing this, Su Xiaomei and Xiao Ning’s faces changed slightly. Xiao Chen continued, “Senior Xiao had lived up to the teacher’s entrustment, and I would like to thank you for my teacher first.” Then he bowed.

Xiao Ning lifted him and said, “Fairy Ling Yin was kind to me and if you didn’t help me this time, I’ll still be trapped under the Devil Repressed Tower and could never reunite with Xiaomei. You don’t have to be so polite and call me Senior Xiao. If you don’t mind, you can just regard me as your big brother.”

Xiao Ning was the man of the moment previously. He returned to the world after thousands of years and was still the top man in Violet Manor. Xiao Chen smiled and said, “Okay! Big Brother Xiao Ning!”

Xiao Ning grinned and said, “Let’s talk as we walk.”

The moonlight was bright, and the three walked side by side. Xiao Ning said, “That year, Fairy Ling Yin made me pass on this jade, and there was a person called Wentian with her that time.”

Xiao Chen was then in thoughts. “It was indeed Devil King Wentian, but master hated the people of the Devil’s Practice in her whole life, why would she be with the Devil King?” He asked, “Well, does Big Brother know where they went after?” Were they going to Kunlun Mystic Land to find a fairy treasure called Immortal Wood?”

Xiao Ning focused and said, “I don’t know what happened later, but I know that your master had a strong enemy at that time. It was the patriarch of Thousand Feathers Sect, Qianyu Nishang.”

Xiao Chen trembled, and he pinched his phalanx loudly. “So, it was indeed Qianyu Nishang…” He said, “That’s why Ye Yuexuan tried everything to stop Big Brother and even frame you?”

Upon hearing the words, “Ye Yuexuan”, Xiao Ning’s eyes seemed to have a slight change. He took a deep breath, and shaking his head, said, “My bad blood with her did not happen overnight. At first…” At this point, Su Xiaomei suddenly gave him a slight glare and said, “It has been a thousand years, and you remember her!”

Xiao Ning shook his head and smiled. “I’ll say no more.” Then he looked at Xiao Chen and said, “How’s Human World’s Xiao family now?” Xiao Chen said, “It’s very good. It is already the first of the four great families in martial arts.”

Xiao Ning nodded and had a long sigh. Looking at the bright moon in the sky, he sighed. “In those days, Qingping and Zhengyuan followed me to Human World, but I went back to Violet Manor myself. Now, it has been a thousand years apart. I should also go back and see them during the Double Ninth Festival.”

Xiao Chen kept quiet and understood how he felt at the moment. After thousands of years, the vicissitudes of life, the old friends, and brothers who were like family, had become a pile of bones in the grave, and within heaven and earth, there was only one person left.

As the three of them spoke, they have come to the woods in front of them. Qingluan and others had set up a fire. Tonight the moon was as bright as the day. By the time the moon set and the stars sank, Su Xiaomei had fallen asleep on Xiao Ning’s shoulders, while Xiao Chen set up a fire at another place. Although there were still many things he wanted to ask Xiao Ning, Xiao Ning and Su Xiaomei had gone through so much before they reunited a thousand years later, and he decided to give them time alone.

The flame was dancing slowly, and there was a squeaking noise in the fire. Koo-chee beast had fallen asleep beside Xiao Chen, Ziyun’er was injured, and had also fallen asleep against a big tree, and the rest went away to night watch outside the woods. Xiao Chen suddenly felt a little lonely.

At this moment, his mind was still a little confused. On that day, it was learned from the Patriarch Guanshan that Master was severely damaged by Qianyu Nishang, but how could Master not beat Qianyu Nishang?

Suddenly, it struck him. “The skeleton of the Immortal King that he saw at Xianyong Sect that had the aura of Master, but it definitely did not belong to Master, was it…”

He finally understood it. After seven thousand years had passed, Master should have already entered the realm of Great Immortality. Ling Yin, who appeared thousands of years ago, was her avatar, or a person separated from her divinity!

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen was a little excited. “Is it really what he had guessed? Has Master really reached the legendary supremacy? But she did everything possible to resurrect me, and now why didn’t she come to see me, even if it was just an avatar or a Divine Consciousness would be good. Why…”

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen’s excited heart gradually cooled down. After four hours, the sky had lit up, the fire was long gone, birds in the woods sang, and the air in the mountains was particularly fresh. Xiao Ning and Su Xiaomei came over. “Morning, Little Brother Chen.”

Xiao Chen smiled and said, “Oh right, Big Brother Xiao Ning, this is for you. I forgot about it last night.” Then he removed the Frigid Jade Pendant from his chest. This was Xiao Ning’s gift to Su Xiaomei back then. Xiao Ning took the jade pendant and said to Su Xiaomei, “Xiaomei, please go back to Jade, lest the sun gets bigger and hurt you.”

Su Xiaomei took his hand and shook her head. “No, I’m not afraid!”

The 11 people of Levitating Dark Fragrance also returned, and the group left the woods. Xiao Chen asked again, “Oh right, Big Brother Xiao Ning, there’s something I don’t quite understand. Why do the Xiao family and Su family oppose interaction with each other?”

As soon as this remark came out, Su Xiaomei and Xiao Ning frowned deeply. Xiao Ning shook his head and said, “I don’t know about this either; it seems that it had been like this since a long time ago.”

“Is that because of the Heaven-exterminating family?” Xiao Chen continued to ask.

Xiao Ning stopped suddenly and turned to look at him. “Little Brother Chen also believed the saying of Heaven-exterminating?”

Before Xiao Chen replied, Su Xiaomei rushed to say, “Heaven-exterminating? Thinking that he was a bit capable, then called himself a Devil God and lead the sentient beings to conquer the heavens and exterminate Heaven? Deceive the world and harm others. It’s ridiculous!”

Xiao Chen saw that her words were a bit fierce, and even with some resentment. It seemed that the two families were not allowed to communicate with each other might have something to do with this Heaven-exterminating. After all, the Xiao family and Su family a long time ago were the Heaven-exterminating families.

Xiao Ning said, “Everything in the world, a flower and a tree, all given life by heavens. In a snap, there’re sixty moments, and in one moment, nine hundred lives born and die. No matter how powerful a person is, whether it is God or Devil, after all, it was just one of these nine hundred lives, and it may be a bit of an exaggeration to conquer and exterminate the heavens, or maybe it is the superstition of the world.”

Xiao Chen nodded his head. “But why did that Great Devil Heaven’s Bane believe it so firmly? Then what was that Natural Law they want to exterminate from generation to generation? Were they also deceived like the Corpse Refinery Sect?”

However, at this moment, all these seemed to be too much to think about now. The group set off again and reached a fork in the road. Xiao Ning said, “What are you planning to do next?”

Xiao Chen smiled and said, “Isn’t Big Brother going to Wuyue Peak to fight against Gu Feng on August 15? I will be coming too.” He thought he and Su Xiaomei had a hard time reuniting, so it was better to leave more space for them.

“Okay, then on August 15th, we will meet again in Wuyue Peak.”

Then they greeted each other and went separately. Looking at the back view of them as they went away, Xiao Chen was somewhat envious. “These two were able to meet again after a thousand years. What about himself?”

At this time, Qingluan came up, frowned and said, “Does the Lord really plan to go to Wuyue Peak next month? I’m just afraid that the Immortals’ League will… ”

Ziyun’er smiled and said, “Of course he’s going! At that time, the heroes will gather in Wuyue Peak, and the Sect Leaders of the major factions will be there as well. Senior Xiao Ning was the man of the moment a thousand years ago. He is so talented that when those people see the Lord and him regarded each other as brothers, who else will dare to find trouble with the Lord again? Even if it is Immortals’ League, they have to show a little respect, isn’t it?”

Xiao Chen shook his head and smiled. This little girl was even more scheming than him. “Today, Xiao Ning is indeed one of the best masters. In the future, I am afraid that there are still things to trouble him, but now I am constantly losing my skills. I can’t even beat people like Mo Yu. It may not be good when the Wind and Cloud Meeting happens.”

“We’re definitely going, but I can’t shame Big Brother Xiao Ning, so before that, let’s see if I can find the Senior Gui Xian.”