CH 41

Chapter 41.1: Soft-Hearted

Su Tingyun had no idea all the thoughts that were flashing through Liu Feizhou’s head. Once she entered the courtyard, she told Li Xinmei that Master Liu was worried about her internal injury and had given her a high rank pill.

Li Xinmei had no suspicions as she took the pill. After just a few moments, she became very drowsy.

Li Xinmei’s eyes were currently very blank like she had been hypnotized. She moved to do whatever she was told.

Her large eyes were hazy, causing her usual sharp and cold aura to lessen. She seemed so sweet and soft that she was like a bunny.

When Su Tingyun stroked her head, she reflexively rubbed her head against Su Tingyun’s hand. When Su Tingyun saw this, her facial color got a little better and she even smiled a little.

“Master Liu, I’ll have to trouble you.”

Liu Feizhou had been absent-minded this entire time. When he heard this, he finally snapped out of it and looked towards her seriously. “You. I don’t know what relationship you have with Spiritual Master Lingwu, but be careful.”

He wasn’t worried about Spiritual Master Lingwu, but more about that exalted figure. Liu Feizhou didn’t even dare to mention his name because that person was extremely sensitive to mentions of himself.

Liu Feizhou left at night with Li Xinmei and didn’t encounter any obstructions. Su Tingyun was extremely nervous and wasn’t able to calm down at all, so she left her room and walked towards the stone stairs that led to the other palaces in Heaven Firmament Peak.

Heaven Firmament Peak was filled with spiritual energy since the mountain had a spring filled with spiritual energy. The road down the mountain was made with plain limestone, but due to the splashes of water, it was decorated with some delicate moss.

Su Tingyun hadn’t left Heaven Firmament Peak since coming here. The one place that she went which was a little further away was Ten Thousand Treasures House, but it was also on Heaven Firmament Peak. Now though, she was walking down on the limestone road. However, just as she was about to leave Heaven Firmament Peak, a figure appeared and blocked her way.

“Old Madame Wei, it’s dangerous outside this late at night.” The person that blocked the way was Chu Yu. She was dressed in a black outfit and in the night, her eyes were strangely bright.

“I can’t sleep and I can’t calm down to meditate, so I decided to take a walk,” explained Su Tingyun. Then she asked curiously, “Chu Yu, why are you here?”

Chu Yu turned around and started walking. Her right foot landed on a stone and the stone sunk down a little, causing spring water to bubble out. There was only a little of it, but it filled the air with dense spiritual energy.

“Cultivating.” After saying that, Chu Yu sat down with her sword and didn’t say anything else. Su Tingyun knew that she wouldn’t be able to leave Heaven Firmament Peak, so she started walking back slowly.

She walked very slowly while pondering what exactly the Supreme Elder was trying to do and what she would face. However, all her questions led to no answers and just caused her heart to beat even harder until it felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest.

However, no matter how slow she was, the stairs still had an end. She slowly walked back towards the pond. Since she couldn’t calm down, she wandered back to where the orchid tongue grass was by habit and sat down.

She had been too nervous earlier so the only thought on her mind was getting Xiao Mei out. She forgot to think about the orchid tongue grass, but handing the orchid tongue grass over to Liu Feizhou for him to bring out also wasn’t realistic.

It was a weed after all.

“I feel like I’ve probably gotten into trouble.” She gently stroked the orchid tongue grass’s chubby leaves. “What are you going to do in the future without anyone to take care of you?”

In the past, every time Su Tingyun stroked it, it would laugh happily, but this time, it didn’t move. It just sat there silently without making a sound.

Su Tingyun stayed by the pond until dawn. Early the next morning, Chu Yu arrived expressionlessly and reluctantly bowed towards her. “Spiritual Master Lingwu invites Madame over to the great hall.”

It was here!

She hadn’t expected it to come so soon. She followed Chu Yu over nervously, but after entering, the first person she saw wasn’t Su Lijiang but an old man with white hair.

All cultivators were able to maintain young appearances. The only people that would exhibit signs of age were people near the end of their lifespans.

The man in front of her was balding, his figure was abnormally scrawny and his eyes were muddy and dull. His hand was like a withered branch as it rested on the handle of the engraved seat and his nails were faintly turning black.

This person was the Supreme Elder of the Wuliang Sect. His entire body seemed to emit a decaying air. Su Tingyun never expected for the legendary figure to be this deteriorate with age.

“Lingwu.” Gu Fengyang suddenly spoke. His voice was very weak and as he spoke, his fingers trembled slightly. It was a pitiful sight.

“Master, this disciple is here.” Spiritual Master Lingwu was standing behind a jade pillar and at this time, stepped out and finally appeared in Su Tingyun’s sight.

“The rest I’ll leave to you.” After Gu Fengyang said that, he closed his eyes. Meanwhile, Spiritual Master Lingwu turned to look towards Su Tingyun. His usually calm and cold aura had completely disappeared. At this time, his brows were furrowed and he seemed to be struggling with something.

When he broke through to the Golden Core Stage, he had condensed a golden core with seven stripes so his strength was much greater than that of the other Golden Core Stage cultivators. In the following years, his cultivation level continued to advance with leaps and bounds and the experience he gained from training outside was bountiful, so he managed to enter the late stages of Golden Core in just a few years.

Su Lijiang had faith in himself.

He was certain that he’d be able to tackle the Nascent Soul Stage within ten years, but Master said that he couldn’t wait for ten years. Just like the young girl by Wei Yun’s side who was born with an arcane ice physique, Su Lijiang’s physique was also very special. He had a radiant yang physique. If he had maintained his chastity and cultivated, he would’ve already broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage by now.

The person in Luminous Moon School that had ascended to being a celestial back then had also been born with a radiant yang physique.

The person that had ruined all of this was Wei Yun.

Originally, Wei Yun had no talent in cultivation at all. If it weren’t for the fact that she had once had contact with his physique, she wouldn’t have been able to even sense spiritual energy, much less cultivate.

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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira

Chapter 41.2: Soft-Hearted

Su Tingyun felt her scalp turn numb from Su Lijiang’s stare. That feeling caused her to panic even more and sweat covered her palms.

Right at this moment, Gu Fengyang slammed his hand down on the seat. “You’re still wasting time?”

“Lingwu, you’re just too indecisive. With this personality, how are you supposed to fend off those other sects that covet our power?”

After Gu Fengyang bellowed this, he had a severe coughing fit. “Since you have no way of defeating your internal demon, then just use your blade to cut the demon away. Someone this soft-hearted has no right to be my disciple.”

In reality, Su Lijiang felt that he had pretty much made peace with the past these last couple of years. Even with Wei Yun standing right in front of him, his heart was still as the water in a well. However, Master didn’t believe him.

Su Lijiang’s sword left his sheath. The whisper of the steel caused Su Tingyun’s legs to go weak and she fell back half a step.

The Supreme Elder wanted Spiritual Master Lingwu to kill Wei Yun!

Su Tingyun wanted to speak, but that Supreme Elder suddenly looked up at her sharply. The force of that gaze made her breath catch in her throat at if someone was choking her.

The pressure that simultaneously hit was like the weight of a mountain, causing her to be unable to breathe.

She couldn’t say anything and could only stare at Su Lijiang with her eyes wide. Why? Would killing someone deal with the person’s internal demon? It was clearly not possible!

Tears glittered brightly in her eyes, then slid down her cheeks relentlessly. Her face wasn’t pretty from the start, so this made it appear even more strange.

Su Lijiang sheathed his sword again, then bowed towards the Supreme Elder. “Master, this disciple will be haunted by the internal demon forever if this disciple kills her.”

Su Lijiang wasn’t a vicious person from the start. If he was, he wouldn’t have been troubled over this for so many years. Although he looked cold, in reality, he couldn’t bring himself to be ruthless towards anyone.

“Disgraceful thing!” bellowed Gu Fengyang angrily. You want to anger this master to death, don’t you?”

Originally, he wanted to force this stubborn and foolish disciple of his to make the move, but from the looks of it, he had to do it personally. Right at this moment, he suddenly recalled something and used a transmission talisman to contact Master Dan. “Did you say before that the effect of a live one was better?”

After obtaining a definite answer, Gu Fengyang waved with an exhausted expression. “You’re a disgrace. Scram, I don’t want to see you.”

Su Lijiang glanced towards Wei Yun. “Then Wei Yun…”

Before he could even finish his words, Supreme Elder sent a palm strike towards him and shouted, “Scram!”

Su Lijiang was sent flying and crashed into a white jade pillar. However, the energy continue to send him flying out of the palace. When he got up, there was blood spilling out the corners of his lips.

Chu Ling had been standing guard outside the palace this entire time. She was extremely worried when she saw that the Spiritual Master had been sent flying out. Just as she walked over to help him up, he had already gotten up and was attempting to walk back into the palace.

However, there was now an array around the palace. He was sent flying every single time he approached. Chu Ling teared up from heartache, but before she could speak, a figure suddenly came over and asked lightly, “What need?”

This short question caused Su Lijiang’s figure to stiffen.

Chu Yu was expressionless and didn’t even look at Su Lijiang. “What relationship do you have?”

Chu Ling stared at Chu Yu in shock. The maid that she had always looked down on now seemed extremely profound and emitted a stern chilling aura.

Right at this moment, Dan Fengyang hurried over and quickly walked up the stairs. He didn’t encounter any obstructions as he entered the palace.

“Su Lijiang was born with a radiant yang physique. Back then, he lost some of his main yang energy to Wei Yun, which ended up nourishing Wei Yun’s flesh. This is why she’s an essential component of the radiant yang pill.”

“En, (younger) Brother Dan, you should also be aware that I can’t wait for much longer,” said the Supreme Elder weakly.

Once Su Lijiang took the radiant yang pill, he’d be able to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage and would be able to get to the middle level of Nascent Soul Stage quickly. At that time, his body will just barely be able to take Gu Fengyang’s Crossing Tribulation Stage primordial spirit. Gu Fengyang’s body was already decaying, so he was impatient to take over a talented and handsome young body!

Dan Fengyang sized Wei Yun up, then nodded. “The ingredients have already been prepared. Should I start right now? Didn’t you say before that you were going to make your disciple personally kill her and trick him into eating the human pill after he was consumed by his internal demon so that the possession process…”

Dan Fengyang’s words were interrupted when the Supreme Elder lifted his hand. “That kid’s too soft-hearted. So useless!”

“People that came from the mortal world haven’t seen much of the world and haven’t experienced much bloodshed, so that’s natural…” Dan Fengyang was able to understand Su Lijiang’s feelings.

The two didn’t bother to keep the contents of their conversation hidden from Su Tingyun at all. It was clear that they had already marked her as dead.

…

Su Tingyun wasn’t able to process Dan Fengyang’s words for a moment. Actually, it was more like she didn’t dare to believe it.

They actually wanted to refine her into a pill!

They were going to refine a living person into a pill!

Su Tingyun felt that this was a nightmare. She kept pinching her arm like her life depended on it in hopes that she could wake up from this nightmare, but all that happened was that numerous bruises appeared on her arm.

At this time, Dan Fengyang suddenly asked, annoyed, “Where did Liu Feizhou go?”

This pill was very important and difficult, so he needed a helper. Gu Fengyang hadn’t said earlier that they were going to make the pill right now, so he hadn’t notified Liu Feizhou ahead of time either. He was thinking that it’d be easy to call his star disciple over, but when he checked with his spiritual consciousness, he found that Liu Feizhou wasn’t in Heaven Firmament Peak.

Where did that guy run off to?

Master Dan pulled out a transmission talisman to contact Liu Feizhou. When the talisman lit up, he shouted, “Stupid disciple, where did you go? This master needs to refine an eighth rank radiant yang pill!”

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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira