Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 068 Past Events And Former Happenings, Are Inevitably Filled With Puzzles

Yan Ling handed the ashes he brought to Qingnu, informing her that his body had turned into ashes in the end, and the other didn’t have any doubts.

Qingnu just took the box and said that it would be buried in the back of the mountain. The cemetery there was also where a pile of ashes whose identities could not be distinguished from each other were buried. The ashes of Qingnu’s parents were also there.

From Qingnu’s point of view, this was how he would choose to die.

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Yan Ling turned around and left, he didn’t want to spend more time with this woman, all kinds of feelings of jealousy towards her in his memory made him extremely uncomfortable.

Returning to his residence, he raised his hand and looked at the sword mark that was still there printed on the palm of his hand.

Instantly, he felt extremely angry. At that time, Bai Liu was already so weak that he couldn’t even call for help, but he would rather destroy his body than let him absorb his cultivation essence!

Truly, he was indeed a useless piece of trash!

As for sending him back to the Central Continent—hmph, how could he go back!

Yan Ling recalled all kinds of things in the Central Continent. Although it was the origin land of humanity and its area was six times larger than that of the Western Continent, there were many sects that had established and gained power over the years, especially after the destruction of the Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty, so the resources had already reached the brink of exhaustion. His previous sect was the Central Continent’s Ziyun Dao, one of the three major sects with a ten thousand year old Human Immortal, forming a balanced triangle of power with the other two Human Immortals.

He himself was from the direct line of the first elder of Ziyun Dao. He had outstanding spiritual roots and many of the sect’s resources were supplied to him. He entered the Nascent Soul Stage when he was less than a century old. He had always been the number one disciple in the sect, but because of a mere unaffiliated cultivator he tripped up so majorly, his flesh and soul were almost completely destroyed. Fortunately the heavens did not cut off all his paths, and his remnant soul wandered all the way to find an ancient stele containing a peerless cultivation method which allowed one to devour flesh and spiritual energy to turn into a cultivation base. By chance, he merged with this body and arrived at Kun-Lai.

During these days, he tried his best to absorb all the spiritual resources that Bai Liu had provided him, while observing various details of Kun-Lai.

But in the end, he had to admit that Kun-Lai was not at all lacking in comparison to Ziyun Dao, in fact it was even superior.

As the leader of his generation of Ziyun Dao disciples back then, the spiritual resources he received per month were only 30 Essence Gathering Pills, 10 drops of Soul Purifying Dew, and 300 high-grade spiritual stones. If he wanted more he would have to rely on rewards from the elders and if lucky, he might get a high-grade spiritual artifact, a little more high-grade alchemical pills, or go out to gain practical experience—to put it bluntly, searching for ancient relic sites and other spiritual resources. After tens of thousands of years, no matter how many ancient relic sites and spiritual resources on the Central Continent, by now almost all had been found and exhausted, so it was not unusual for cultivators to fight and rob each other on the road.

If one won the battle, the opponent’s things were now their own. At that time, he had wanted to force the news of an ancient relic site from an unaffiliated cultivator, only to be hit by the other’s secret technique. The whole time he pursued the other he never once got the upper hand.

In the end, he even lost his hundred years worth of cultivation!

However, where there is misfortune, fortune also follows. After arriving in Kun-Lai, he felt as if he had arrived at a place so rich it was not of the mortal plane.

The disciples here did not have to hand over their earnings to the elders, they could buy all kinds of spiritual items and resources at will. The spiritual herbs and alchemical pills that cultivators in the Central Continent killed for were actually sold so casually at street stalls here!

The Qingyuan Orchid that cost several hundred spiritual stones in the Central Continent were so abundant here that they were sold by boxes! Sold by boxes! In boxes that were over a foot long!

His monthly thirty pills could be easily bought by an ordinary Golden Core Formation cultivator here, and the Soul Purification Dew was actually divided into large bottles and small bottles, as well as ordinary bottles and concentrated bottles!

The seventh-level spiritual beasts like the firebird were nearly extinct in the Central Continent. If one managed to even catch one for a mount then that cultivator was considered quite impressive and had a lot of face, but here you could sit on one so long as you paid money, moreover they were actually used for transport and delivery of goods!

Those untamed birds who fought desperately against the cultivators in the Central Continent were as obedient as chicks here. When he sat on one, he was even given its name on the Net Charm so that he could make an appointment with the bird under this post, and the speed was absolutely guaranteed!

It was a pity that other than the useless gossip forum on the Net Charm, every time you wanted to read various cultivation methods, you had to pay money. But it doesn’t matter. What cultivation methods were comparable to his own ancient cultivation method? So long as there was flesh and blood, he could grow his cultivation base endlessly!

Although the amount of flesh and blood essence to be consumed every time was double that of the last time, thinking of the fact that so long as he cultivated to the forty-ninth level, he could directly become a Human Immortal, and when he cultivated to the eighty-first level, he could instantly ascend to the realm of the gods!

Thinking of this, the fire in Yan Ling’s heart flared, a Human Immortal!

Even if he had to swallow up the world, he didn’t give a damn!

Bai Liu actually said that his cultivation method was not good, and that on the last level he would be forced to swallow every day for 10,000 years…

Hah!

No matter how much more, it was just some more flesh and blood. This was just an excuse to convince him to practice the Kun-Lai Cultivation Method, how could he be fooled?

Flesh and blood could be found everywhere in Kun-Lai, but though Kun-Lai’s protective measures looked loose it was actually quite tight. When he had tried to grab a seriously injured black snake last time, he met an ordinary Golden Core Formation boy, yet the other could even possess that kind of terrifying spiritual artifact.

Brushing lightly over all the vital points of his body, so long as the other exerted a little more force, he would have died immediately.

It was simply horrifying!

However, now that Bai Liu was dead, although he had gained a lot of the other’s savings, after all, he could not sit around without any way to replenish his supply. Currently, Kun-Lai was preparing to go on an expedition, and it was better to go along as well, and then take advantage of the conflict between those spirit demons and Kun-Lai disciples to eat both sides. In any case, every time during an expedition, Kun-Lai would always suffer a lot of casualties. He heard from his grandfather who was a high-ranking elder in the Central Continent that a hundred years ago, their Central Continent Human Immortals worked together to deceive the heavens, causing Kun-Lai to suffer a big and heavy loss.

It was a pity that in the end, the Sect Leader still managed to gain sight of the heavenly secrets, and as the two sides secretly exchanged strikes, the three Central Continent Human Immortals retreated in fear of a certain card the Xing Dao Master had up his sleeve.

Otherwise, Kun-Lai would have already been divided up by the three major Central Continent sects a hundred years ago, how could Kun-Lai be so arrogant and wasteful now!

Now that a hundred years have passed, many people in the Central Continent would definitely not sit back and watch Kun-Lai continue to be so arrogant, and there would definitely be a fight at that time. So long as he was careful, he could definitely take advantage of the chaos, rise up and dominate the world!

***

Back at the flying peak, Feng Qingxiu recalled Bai Liu’s final appearance, and was a little scared by the horror of the Celestial Demon Tribulation, and was even more in awe of the Sect Leader who could use great celestial demons to refine his sword.

But he was a little puzzled, and asked his master: “How did you survive the Great Celestial Demon Tribulation back then?”

The sky was red with sunset, and the clouds were all dyed in reds and oranges. After a while, a voice replied leisurely: “If one has no heart, then naturally there are no heart demons. As for my cultivation method, others are unable to use it.”

Feng Qingxiu nodded, suddenly feeling a little curious: “Then Master, you got your heart back now?”

“That is correct.” The voice from the sky calmly replied.

Feng Qingxiu thought of how easily Peak Master Bai had been controlled by heart demons earlier, and he was a little anxious for a while: “Then Master, will the celestial demons come to you again?”

The sky was silent for a while, then suddenly there was a chuckle: “In a certain way, he has already come back to me again.”

Feng Qingxiu felt his heart sink, and he was very uneasy. Although he believed in his master, he couldn’t hold back: “Then what will you do? Is he powerful?”

“Very powerful, often acting mean towards me.” The voice in the sky was gentle, but when he said this, he also sounded a little disappointed, “Never putting me first, always disappearing, and even telling me what I should and shouldn’t do.”

“…It actually dares to do this.” Feng Qingxiu was indignant, “Master, when I have mastered talisman seals in the future, I will definitely make a powerful ward that will trap it, and catch it for you to vent on!”

The voice of the sky sounded amused: “It’s a deal. Your master, I, will wait for the day when Xiao Qing can do just that.”

Feng Qingxiu was encouraged by his master and nodded vigorously.

Ji Yunlai chuckled, and discovered that he could actually imagine Xiao Qing’s pitiful appearance after locking himself in a cage. He shook his head slightly, and continued to study the seals in his hand.

Bai Liu’s incident had reminded him. He looked through the files about that year and found a lot of problems.

The first was the spirit demon who was the original cause of the incident. According to the later records, this spirit demon called Hai Gongzi was encountered by Qingdi Peak during an expedition to the Fire Domain. At that time, he was being pursued by other spirit demons and in his panic he hid in their flying peak, and after injuring three Qingdi Peak disciples who wanted to capture him, he took Bai Liu’s sister as a hostage and fled the flying peak.

The people from Qingdi Peak searched everywhere for a month, and just as they were at the height of their anxiety, Bai Liu’s sister brought the seriously injured spirit demon back to the flying peak, claiming that when they left the flying peak at that time, the spirit demon immediately released her, but the spirit demon’s pursuers mistakenly believed that she was with him, and the both of them were attacked. It was the spirit demon who protected her all the way back, and even suffered serious injuries from saving her, thus she begged Qingdi Peak to save the dying Hai Gongzi.

Qingdi Peak had a strange feeling at the time. They had practically turned over the soil in that month of searching. How could they have not come across the two?

But they still treated the spirit demon first, and then, Bai Liu’s sister took care of him during his recovery. The spirit demon was very eloquent and during this time he endeared himself to Bai Liu’s sister, and soon won her heart.

Bai Liu sternly refused, pointing out that the spirit demon’s words were obscenely vulgar and his actions suspicious, but Bai Liu’s younger sister felt that he only spoke flippantly but his character was actually good. And besides, his protection this whole time was definitely not a pretense, she was able to distinguish that.

It was not clear what happened later, but the spirit demon was ambushed by Yimeng Ruge and almost killed. Bai Liu’s sister was willing to marry Yimeng Ruge to fulfill the contract of marriage, in return for him to not hunt down that spirit demon, otherwise she would die in front of them. After the expedition ended, the two gave birth to Yimeng Qingnu, and it was not until the second expedition to Yuntian Domain did the two sides meet again in Fuhai City, where the tragedy took place.

Almost all the senior cultivators of Qingdi Peak were killed. At that time, other flying peaks wanted to support them, but they were all prevented from doing so, until he himself went to save them.

He sensed his speed and discovered that he shouldn’t have arrived so late.

He could travel ten thousand miles with just a thought. If the communication was timely, he should have been able to save those disciples who sacrificed themselves in the end.

But the delay in the middle meant countless lives.

There must have been something that had gone wrong.

Now that Xiao Qing was going to participate in the expedition, it must be guaranteed that communication would be smooth, otherwise, if there was another attack by a Great Sage, even if he flayed ten layers of skin from that Great Sage, it would not help.

If human communication was unreliable, wireless telephone was the only option.

But there were too many distractive forces in this world.

He looked at the pile of paper figures he had cut out, thinking that he could only bury a few more along the way.

He needed to make it so that the Net Charm’s signal could go back and forth…

My dear apprentice, you must be obedient, see how your master is so caring of you.

***

Warning: rape, explicit description of aftermath treatment. Read at your own risk.

On the flying peak, Hai Langqi caressed the pure white skin under his hands, with a warm and slightly frivolous smile.

Bai Liu just stared at him coldly: “Kill me if you want, I don’t believe you can walk out of this flying peak alive.”

“It can’t be too hard, how about we make a bet.” Hai Langqi smiled calmly, and carefully untied the layers of clothes on Bai Liu’s body, as if he was unpacking a delicate gift, feeling the slight trembling under his palms.

“In truth, the first time I saw you and your sister, I knew this sibling pair would be superb,” ​​he licked his chest erotically, “Believe it or not, I will make you lose your mind, crying and begging me to let you go.”

Bai Liu gasped slightly and wanted to struggle, but the Soul Locking Nail inserted in his spine had locked all his spiritual essence, and now he was no different from a mortal, how could he break free from the shackles of the other.

“Tsk, sure enough, this body is indeed really exquisite.” Hai Langqi stretched out his hand and dug into his buttocks hard, and immediately there were visible blood marks, and praised, “It’s really bouncy and pert, the feeling is even better than your sister’s.”

“You beast…” Bai Liu was so angry that he wanted to aim for his vitals.

“I am originally a beast, not a human being. Besides, I didn’t force her, she likes me very much.” Hai Gongzi chuckled, admiring his naked body, “Although beautiful, it still lacks a little something.”

Reaching out and picking up a piece of red rope, he skillfully tied the prey’s hands to the head of the bed, revealing the lovely armpits, and then stretched the red rope to tie Bai Liu’s slender legs and thighs together, leaving his exquisite body completely and unreservedly revealed in front of him, and even teased that little Bai in the nest of hair.

“Let go, what are you doing, you beast!” Bai Liu was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

“What am I doing?” Hai Gongzi smiled, put his index finger against that hole, and with some force inserted up to the knuckle, where the entire digit instantly squeezed tightly, “Oh, this little hole is quite tight, it’s been a long time since you’ve used it I’m guessing. Let me help you relax.”

As he spoke, he wiggled his finger and poked into the depths little by little, where it was warm and tight, and the further he went in, the more difficult it was. Bai Liu had already lost all color, silent but soaked in cold sweat, his hair crown had long been removed by him, and that black hair and snow skin together exuded a silent temptation.

“Why so silent,” Hai Gongzi smiled slightly, and added another finger, the fingers suddenly stretching and burrowing deeper.

Bai Liu finally let out a scream, and his slender body couldn’t help shrinking back, but was held in place by the other tightly, like a fish out of water.

“Can’t take it anymore?” The continuous whimpers from the other successfully pleased him. Looking at his struggling and pained expression, Hai Gongzi still smiled slightly, teasing the other in the most vulnerable insides, touching every inch of tender flesh, and finally, when he touched a certain place, the other’s body suddenly shook.

“So it’s here?” Hai Gongzi finally showed a pleased smile, and flexed his two fingers back and forth, poking that place fiercely.

The other screamed, sweat soaking his long hair, and the little Bai in the nest of hair raised its head tremblingly.

“I heard that you human cultivator’s original yang essence is very precious. Not even wasting a little bit even when cultivating with a mate.” Hai Gongzi finally retracted his fingers and stroked the very flushed and pink member. Just as the prey finally had a moment of rest, he picked up a phoenix hairpin and inserted it into the tiny slit opening.

His movements were extremely rough, and almost immediately blood overflowed from the opening. Bai Liu almost fainted from the pain, but his head was forcefully pressed down by the other.

“Look,” Hai Gongzi fiddled with the phoenix hairpin, the pain almost bringing him to tears, and said softly in his ear, “Do you see it, this is an engagement token I plan to give to your sister, though you got to wear it first. It looks quite pretty, doesn’t it?”

“Beast, bastard…” Bai Liu almost bit his lips into shreds, but he was usually kind and polite to people, and he couldn’t even think of more than these two words to curse people. He could only glare at him with tears in his eyes as if to firmly memorize his appearance in his mind.

“Heh, poor Peak Master Bai, what’s there to be angry about, just be willing to admit defeat,” he fiddled with the hole where he just pulled out his finger, kindly revealing his already upright erection, shaking it in front of his eyes, “Relax, the main course is coming.”

Aiming at the little hole, he inserted himself little by little as Bai Liu’s eyes became filled with despair.

The walls were extremely tight, and there was a lot of resistance, but for the monster, this just added to the fun. Hai Gongzi didn’t even go in directly, but made him feel that his deepest insides were stabbed open little by little. Looking at his humiliated and pained expression, listening to his desperate and miserable wails, he felt an unprecedented satisfaction.

He even leaned down and kissed him gently when he was almost out of breath, exhaling a breath into the other, before thrusting hard.

Conquering this man who was so hostile towards him, watching him faint and being woken up from the pain again and again.

Making him feel his hole gradually loosening and tasting an unprecedented pleasure, the look of both pain and pleasure filling his eyes.

“Get ready,” he stopped suddenly, leaned down, and whispered in his ear, “I’m going to cum.”

“No—don’t—” the man under him suddenly yelled, struggling to buck him off, the strength forcing him to pinch his waist with his hands, but that bit of resistance was too laughable and he did not hesitate to shoot all that hot semen into that pleasurable place, watching him struggle as if being scalded by boiling water, watching his stomach swell a little bit, like he had swallowed a small balloon.

He waited for the man to come back to himself, watching him gasp like a dying fish as he accepted the reality of being creampied, and then said in a malicious tone in his ear: “Do you know, our dragon clan can make both men and women conceive, your little belly is now impregnated by me, at that time, both you and your sister will give birth to my children and it will be a beautiful thing indeed.”

“No,” Bai Liu shook his head blankly, “I’ll let you go, don’t stay here anymore, I’ll let you go…”

“Isn’t it too late?” Hai Gongzi smiled maliciously, stretched out his hand to pull the phoenix hairpin out, and immediately, semen mixed with blood flowed out. He swiped a little, let him taste it, and then untied the restraints on his body, taking him in his arms.

“That just now was just an ordinary side dish, Liu’er, now, you will be able to taste the double penetration particular to our dragon and sea snake clan, but don’t cry too much.” His lower body slowly turned into a snake form, coiling around him tightly. Under the fearful gaze of the other, he released the second penis and began to squeeze that inwards as well.

Hearing the screams in his ears, Hai Gongzi only became more excited, revealing his fangs and biting down on the other’s neck fiercely as he thrusted unrestrainedly. Hearing the other’s painful moans, he felt that his lower half was even more energized.

………….

When he finally stopped, the person in front of him had already been tossed about like a worn ragdoll, the small hole turning out, the intestinal walls even almost visible, and blood mixed with white fluid flowed out like a river. The other’s pink member was already no longer able to release anything and even forced to urinate several times, numerous bruises and finger prints colored his limbs, and the two points on his chest were also obscenely swollen.

There were also visible rope marks on the wrists and legs, letting people know what he had encountered.

He had quite the fun this time. Only human cultivators could allow him to have this much fun. Looking at the abused state of the other, Hai Langqi’s arousal was stoked again, and he was ready to go for another round.

Suddenly, his heart tightened and he immediately jumped out of the window.

Almost at the same time, a handsome man entered through the door, and was instantly stunned by the sight in front of him.

“Ah Liu!” He quickly closed the door, grabbed his friend’s wrist to feel the pulse, and transferred his own spiritual energy into the other. At the same time, he examined his injuries, and the anger in his heart almost burned his senses.

“Ruge,” Bai Liu took a breath, glanced at him weakly, and then fainted completely.

Yimeng Ruge was horrified, he immediately lifted him up carefully, and saw the black nails as thick as fingertips inserted along his spine.

“Hai Langqi!”

When Bai Liu woke up, he looked at the ceiling, and for a moment couldn’t come back to his senses.

But when he moved instinctively, the severe pain in his lower half hit his mind like a tidal tsunami, along with his previous memories, making him instantly swallowed up in despair.

“Ah Liu, don’t move.” Ruge’s voice sounded in his ear, and the other gently pressed him down, “You’re injured very badly.”

Bai Liu’s lips trembled slightly, her eyes that were originally a gentle brown were now dim, but he didn’t say anything in the end.

Yimeng Ruge’s palm had already been stabbed bloody by his own finger nails, but he still tried to keep his tone as steady as possible, “I have taken out the Soul Locking Nails for you, but the holes they left on your back are quite severe. Before it heals completely, I have locked your spiritual energy, otherwise if your spiritual energy leaks out through the holes and goes astray, your life will be in danger.”

Bai Liu’s expression remained bleak, and one didn’t know if he even heard anything.

Yimeng Ruge approached him carefully, but was suddenly pushed away when he was about to touch him. Bai Liu’s instinctive reaction tugged at his wound, causing him to tremble with pain.

“Ah Liu, I want to treat your injury.” Yimeng Ruge didn’t let go of his hand, but told him in a steady voice, “The injury is very serious, and if it remains untreated, your cultivation base will be abolished, you know this.”

“I can do it myself, you go out!” Bai Liu finally spoke up, his voice was extremely hoarse, shutting his mouth tight after saying just these few words.

“Ah Liu, I can promise you anything, but I can’t this time! You are burning up very badly, without spiritual energy, you are no different from an ordinary person. If you’re not careful, you will die.” Yimeng Ruge softly begged him, “Don’t be afraid. I’ll help you, okay?”

“Then let me die.” Bai Liu said, just saying these words caused him to cough hard. The blood he coughed up was mixed with white fluid, and it vexed him to cough even more.

Yimeng Ruge was shocked and didn’t say anything more. He performed the water incantation, then controlled the stream of water to reach into Bai Liu’s throat and wash out any foreign substance along with the blood. However, this would inevitably stimulate the throat, causing Bai Liu to vomit fiercely.

So fiercely it seemed that he wanted to vomit out all his internal organs.

After vomiting until he could no longer vomit, he finally stopped, and unable to hold it any longer, fainted on the head of the bed.

Yimeng Ruge carefully laid him down, stretched out his hand to condense a ball of clear water in the air, wiped the corners of his mouth, and rinsed the inside of his mouth, and then washed away the vomit on the floor, before discarding the dirty water.

What was left was…

He hesitated for a moment, but eventually firmed his resolution.

Lighting a pillar of soothing incense candle, seeing that Bai Liu was in a deep sleep, he gently lifted the thin quilt, revealing the shockingly tortured body underneath.

And those slender legs that were unable to close together, with bruises and rope marks from the ankles to the roots of the legs. But it did not damage the beauty of the body at all, but instead aroused even more sadistic desires in people.

Yimeng Ruge gently propped up his legs, revealing that pitiful hole.

He had cleaned up a little around the entrance before, and when he felt that Ah Liu was about to wake up he didn’t dare to set him off again, so he had put the task aside.

The tender flesh of that entrance had long been turned out, and it was forced open to the size of a fist, unable to close. At this time, because of the other’s movements just now, there were strains of blood mixed with white fluid oozing out, and Yimeng Ruge scolded that beast fiercely in his heart, before controlling the water incantation to carefully clean up the interior for him.

After washing out a large amount of turbid liquid, he controlled the water a step further and encountered a hard object.

If he used the water incantation forcibly, of course he could get it out, but it would definitely hurt Ah Liu even more…

After hesitating for a moment, he eventually washed his hands with water and stretched one inside, the intestinal walls naturally squeezed his hand, and as sweat beaded on his forehead, he only dared to push in little by little, taking almost an hour.

Finally, he touched the hard object again, sucked it with a sticking incantation, only to see that it was a pearl the size of a walnut, warm from the body temperature and covered in blood, which made him shiver in distress.

Just a single moment of negligence, and the person he had been protecting preciously in his palm for hundreds of years had been injured like this…

He continued to clean up, but found that there were still hard objects inside.

That bastard! Yimeng Ruge searched with the water incantation, only to find that it was actually a spiny fish bone stuck in the intestines.

Just using the water to explore, he already touched the bone, causing Bai Liu to let out a low groan, waking up from the pain.

“Ah Liu, don’t move.” Afraid that he would be embarrassed, Ruge gently covered his belly with a thin quilt, and said softly, “The fish bone is stuck inside, I know it hurts, I’ll take it out for you soon…”

Bai Liu looked at him blankly, and suddenly laughed lowly.

“Ah Liu…” Yimeng Ruge held his hand with his left hand. “Don’t be afraid, really, I’ll accompany you by your side, and no one will hurt you again.”

“Five.” Bai Liu whispered, he looked at the ceiling and said calmly, “There are five fish bones, originally one, he broke it into five pieces and stuffed it in, and said that he had been playing with it for a long time, so it’s not as sharp as it used to be. You can take it out.”

Yimeng Ruge fell silent, returned to his task, continued to stretch out his hand, and entered the warm interior.

The moment his fingers entered, Bai Liu’s entire body froze, and cold sweat soaked his body almost instantly, but Yimeng Ruge didn’t stop. He knew that, compared to the physical body, ending the treatment as soon as possible would be the best thing for Ah Liu.

When the bone was clasped, his fingertips wrapped in spiritual energy had to turn into a fist shape. Bai Liu let out a scream, tearing the bed sheets into pieces.

Without hesitation, Yimeng Ruge continued to penetrate deeper, and took out the remaining several broken bones at one time.

When he raised his head, he felt a pain in his heart, because Ah Liu had already fainted from the pain again, his complexion ashen, barely almost breathing.

Blood flowed out of the hole again.

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He quickly sutured the open wound, then dipped a piece of cotton with elixir, stuffed it into the intestines, and sealed the hole with medicinal wax. Only then did he let out a breath.

Gently putting Ah Liu’s legs down, he helped him change into a pair of clean underwear.

He stayed by his side, smoothing out his messy hair.

Keeping watch until he woke up again.

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 177 End Of Filming Party

TN: bonus chapter!💕

The end of filming party was arranged on the night the filming officially ended. The location was set on the yacht in which the mafia boss and Zhou Yuanting smuggled to Southeast Asia as seen in the film. A buffet was ordered directly from the five-star hotel and delivered to the yacht. Everyone could eat whatever they wanted. Director Xu was also preparing to host a swimsuit party on the yacht.

The reason for this inspiration was mainly because the weather was too hot during this time of the year, and everyone had gotten sweaty when filming outdoors. Especially in the last scene of the pier shootout, running around in the sun every day and having to endure the heat of the lights. The whole person was like a roast duck jumping in the oven. In Zhou Yanqing’s words, he just wanted to jump into the sea to cool off while filming.

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“I think the most comfortable part of the whole filming was the scene on the yacht. The sea breeze was blowing, and even the lights were not so hot.”

The last scene was over. When removing makeup, Zhou Yanqing leaned against the railing of the yacht, squinting and letting the wind blow——he didn’t even want to go back to the dressing room to remove makeup, he just did it on the deck, then undressed himself until only boxers remained, and while holding a lifebuoy, jumped into the sea and paddled around like a husky.

And with Zhou Yanqing’s lead, several other Hong Kong actors also happily undressed and jumped down, looking like a bunch of dumplings being dropped into the pot.

In contrast, Tao Mu, who finally remembered his idol baggage after filming, was more reserved. Although he was also very hot, Tao Mu still sat obediently and waited for his makeup to be removed. After removing his makeup, he went to the bathroom for a shower, then changed into beach shorts and a purple shirt.

Zhou Yanqing paddled in the sea, and when he looked up he saw Tao Mu in flower shorts and a rather gay purple shirt standing on the deck. On others it could only be a fashion faux-pas, but on Tao Mu it looked extraordinarily sunny and handsome. The very picky purple shirt made Tao Mu’s complexion even fairer and smoother. It even glowed a dazzling sheen under the sunlight. Tao Mu had big sunglasses on his face, his arms rested on the railing, and his upper half leaned forward to look at the sea. Wide shoulders, narrow back, slender waist and long legs, six-pack abs faintly visible. Behind him was the blue water and the sky, with the occasional seabird flying by. All the bright colors combined to make it seem like a shot for a fashion magazine cover.

“Wow, do you have to be so handsome!” A Hong Kong actor, who was swimming next to Zhou Yanqing, couldn’t help but sigh at Tao’s good looks.

“He wears purple, and I also wear purple. Tao Mu looks as handsome as a model on a runway show, but why do I look more like a walking purple potato that has become sentient?” The Hong Kong actor hugged his lifebuoy in depression, swearing to himself that he would never wear clothes that matched Tao Mu’s on any occasion in the future.

Zhou Yanqing also silently sighed that Tao Mu was really handsome. And it was the kind of handsome with fine facial features that did not appear feminine at all.

Good acting, handsome, and high EQ, and the most important thing was that he also had the capital and strength himself, without relying on a management company, Tao Mu could create resources to support himself into stardom. In addition, FlyNews.com was a publicity weapon. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Tao Mu’s future development was at least an A-list superstar. After all, Tao Mu was only nineteen years old this year.

There was never a lack of rich second-generation players in the entertainment industry who were young and had a lot of money, but there were not many investors like Tao Mu who invested in film and television dramas while filming in them himself. Not to mention Tao Mu’s ability and character were worthy of being befriended, and even if it was just for the sake of Tao Mu’s status as the investor, everyone was willing to befriend this kind of person.

Director Xu even proposed to Tao Mu that he could bring his family along when he was arranging the end of filming party. The reason why he said that was because Director Xu also knew that Tao Mu’s family was still in Hong Kong so he was happy to do a favor. One must know that Tao Mu’s family was also part of the senior management of FlyNews.com. The news that Meng Qi signed a film source broadcasting rights agreement with Hong Kong TV and several major film and television companies during his stay in Hong Kong had long spread.

So Director Xu also wanted to get to know Tao Mu’s family. Perhaps there was even a chance it might lead to investment in any future movies he made.

But what Director Xu didn’t expect was that that night, the family members Tao Mu brought with him were not only his Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad, and Grandpa Song, but also an uninvited CEO Li.

Don’t mention Director Xu, even the rest of the crew were shocked. What was this, openly coming out?

Fortunately, Tao Mu didn’t have any such high-profile intentions. Although his relationship with Li Xiaoheng was already a tacit secret in the industry, Tao Mu was still reluctant to expose his feelings and sexuality under the camera considering his acting career and screen image.

So Tao Mu’s explanation was: “Mr. Li was bored staying in the hotel alone. He came over after knowing that we were holding a party tonight.”

Everyone suddenly understood and pretended to believe what Tao Mu said.

Standing on the side, Shen Yu took a sip of beer unhappily. He also wanted to bring his family to the party. It was a pity that his father and older brother were not in Hong Kong, and Shen Yan was taken back to Shanghai by their father as well. So no one could accompany him.

Shen Yu felt a little lonely. He stood on the deck, the cool night wind blowing, and watched the entire crew gather around Tao Mu and flatter him. And Tao Mu also changed from the indifferent and eccentric image he had in H Town back then, chatting and laughing with everyone, and seeming to enjoy the taste of being sought after by others.

The most uncomfortable thing for Shen Yu was that his big brother Yan was also dragged by his agent to toast Tao Mu.

Zeng Yiheng dragged Yan Sheng to Tao Mu, and actually felt quite emotional. Before filming this movie, he also discussed with Yan Sheng how to strike a good relationship with Tao Mu, preferably to rub off on the popularity of FlyNews.com. It was a pity that the world was always changing, and Zeng Yiheng never thought that Yan Sheng would suddenly begin acting like he was possessed by evil spirits as soon as he entered the crew. Every day, he just focused on trailing behind Shen Yu, cleaning up troubles for Shen Yu. And even go up against Tao Mu for Shen Yu.

But asking a master to exorcise evil spirits turned out to be useless.

Although the ultimate goal was not achieved at all, Zeng Yiheng didn’t want Yan Sheng to offend Tao Mu. So taking advantage of the opportunity the end of filming party provided, he pulled Yan Sheng to toast Tao Mu with a glass of wine. He didn’t dare to expect that the two of them would be able to get along like best friends, but at least they should maintain an amicable colleague relationship. Whatever happened to Yan Sheng in the future, he didn’t expect Tao Mu to be the icing on the cake. It was fine so long as he didn’t kick him if he ever fell down on his luck.

As part of the entertainment industry, Zeng Yiheng knew too well about the power of FkyNews.com. To put it simply, FlyNews.com in Tao Mu’s hand was practically equal to an atomic bomb. So long as the artists in the circle wanted to film and make money peacefully, it was best not to offend Tao Mu.

Otherwise, Tao Mu only needed to instruct FlyNews Entertainment to expose the black material of whoever to the Internet.

Just like the conspiracy theory that Shen Yu staged a fake car accident to guide public opinion to scold Tao Mu’s family, in fact, everyone who was familiar with Shen Yu knew that even if this person was jealous and petty, he had no IQ to pull off such a scheme. But netizens didn’t know. They could only see the news and gossip reported by FlyNews Entertainment with pictures, facts and video interviews, and then under the subtle and deliberate guidance of FlyNews Entertainment, Shen Yu’s image of a scheming green tea b*tch had taken root in the hearts of most netizens.

If Shen Yu was not the young master of the Shen family, without the support of the Shen Group, to put it unpleasantly, it would even be possible for him to be blacklisted out of the entertainment circle from now on.

The sister and brother sibling pair of the Shen family were the first to provoke trouble yet were not as smart as others. In the end, Shen Yu was nailed to the green tea b*tch pole by FlyNews Entertainment. Zeng Yiheng did not feel sorry for Shen Yu. But Yan Sheng and Shen Yu were too close. Zeng Yiheng was worried that Tao Mu would spread his anger towards Shen Yu to his own childhood friend. So he had to find a way to show goodwill towards Tao Mu.

Fortunately, although Yan Sheng’s mind was not clear under the influence of Shen Yu, he could still understand at critical moments, not to offend people who shouldn’t be offended. Besides, Yan Sheng’s behavior had always been to be amiable and polite to others. Although he wanted to suppress Tao Mu’s screen presence before, he didn’t manage to do so in the end. Instead, he was suppressed by Tao Mu. Although he was not reconciled in his heart, it also inspired appreciation for Tao Mu’s acting skills.

So from Yan Sheng’s heart, he was willing to befriend Tao Mu. At least, he was willing to discuss with Tao Mu on matters related with acting.

It was a pity that Tao Mu really didn’t care about Yan Sheng. Always sneering and being sarcastic when they met before, expressing his dissatisfaction straight to the point. This led to the fact that whenever they filmed scenes together, the two opponents’ scenes were particularly tense and full of gunpowder. As for off-screen, Tao Mu was too lazy to say even a word to Yan Sheng.

The gossip that the two were incompatible with each other was even brought to the entertainment headlines by the Hong Kong paparazzi.

This time Zeng Yiheng dragged Yan Sheng to make a toast, Tao Mu did not refuse because of the happy atmosphere at the party. But that was about it. After drinking and seeing Shen Yu who was holding a glass of wine and approaching hesitantly, Tao Mu didn’t say a word, just turned around and listened to Mr. Song discussing tea ceremony with Luo Daming.

Finally getting a chance to communicate, only to be disturbed by Shen Yu. Zeng Yiheng felt that Shen Yu was becoming more and more of an eyesore, and he couldn’t help frowning and ask, “Why did you come here?”

Shen Yu also felt aggrieved: “I only came here when I saw big brother Yan was here. No one paid any attention to me during the whole end of filming party.”

Yan Sheng immediately held Shen Yu’s hand and said distressedly, “It’s okay, I’ll accompany you.”

Zeng Yiheng rolled his eyes with disgust, and he could only pinch his nose and walk away.

Li Xiaoheng was held up by Director Xu to discuss investing in movies. Xiaoheng Capital was in venture capitalism, and their investment objectives did not exclude certain industries over another, but only looked at potential. However, Li Xiaoheng had always believed in specialization. Their VC staff were only familiar with financial markets and commodities plus the Internet, so Xiaoheng Capital’s investment projects generally fell into these categories.

Now listening to Director Xu’s efforts, Li Xiaoheng said calmly, “I’m not very familiar with the film and television industry. However, the chief investment advisor of Xiaoheng Capital is Mr. Tao, and his vision has always been sharp. What Director Xu said about that movie, please wait for me to go back and ask our CEO Tao’s opinion first.”

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Xu Musen’s expression was suddenly a little strange——not because he was curious that Li Xiaoheng needed to consider Tao Mu’s suggestion. Tao Mu, as Li Xiaoheng’s investment consultant, proposed Xiaoheng Capital to short international oil as early as last July, when international crude oil futures were still skyrocketing. It prompted Xiaoheng Capital to earn tens of billions of dollars, and later became a partner of Xiaoheng Capital. It had long been known to everyone that the two of them had fiercely shorted the international financial market. No one would doubt Tao Mu’s investment vision.

Xu Musen just felt that Li Xiaoheng publicly calling Tao Mu ‘our CEO Tao’, disregarding everyone’s eyes and ears, in such a lovey-dovey manner without any intention of hiding his henpecked nature. Such self-righteously shameless behavior, it was no wonder that he was already a capital tycoon worth nearly 100 billion dollars at such a young age.

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After The Vicious Cannon Fodder Was Reborn CH 176 Putting The Final Touches

There was an old saying that ten years of work off stage, one minute on stage. It was used to describe the need for an actor to persist and hone their skills for a long time in order to win the audience’s standing ovation in the few minutes on stage.

When Tao Mu accepted his role in the film “Black and White”, although he didn’t take ten years to prepare, but a few months of targeted training coupled with ten years of martial arts skills foundation still counted, and at this moment, it was all brought into full play.

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Because this scene was practically a one-man show of Zhou Yuanting gunfighting at the dock, about forty seconds in length. Director Xu originally wanted to shoot according to the conventional method, that is, to use various close-up shots to highlight Zhou Yuanting’s combat effectiveness.

However, after Tao Mu showed amazing action talent, Director Xu’s mind changed. He wanted to change the previous shooting method and use a long lens with one shot to the end. To best let the audience feel that kind of hearty, refreshing, blood-pumping adrenaline at its peak.

Director Xu’s idea was very cool. However, the one-shot shooting method had very high requirements on Tao Mu. There was also scene scheduling and group performance coordination. All required great levels of cooperation.

It could take more than half an hour for just the rehearsal before any shooting even began. Fortunately, the summer daylight was long, and Tao Mu still had a few hours to shoot.

In this scene, Zhou Yuanting followed the mafia boss to prepare to smuggle to Southeast Asia. As a result, on the pier, the mafia boss received news that their group was surrounded by the police. The two sides had no choice but to fight at the pier. The various large containers on the dock were the best shelter.

The fight scene Tao Mu needed to complete in front of the camera mainly involved him dodging into the dock immediately upon discovering the police, and using various large containers as bunkers to snipe the police.

Director Xu directed the camera to face Tao Mu, and kept following Tao Mu’s various tactical movements, advancing the camera for close-ups from time to time, and then pulling the camera back to take a full shot of Tao Mu’s whole body.

In the screen, Tao Mu held a Glock 17, hid behind a container with a blank expression, and shot a policeman in the head.

The sound of gunfire attracted the attention of other police officers. They quickly followed the sound and shot in the direction of Zhou Yuanting. Zhou Yuanting flipped onto the container, still expressionless, his movements very standard and sleek like he was a parkour master. And then with a gun in each hand, he stood on the container and sniped several police officers from high up. After a few shots, this police team was wiped out.

Zhou Yuanting jumped off of the container, rolled over to relieve the pressure, raised his right hand while getting up on one knee, and quickly hit the two special-op police officers who came to help. He did not forget to pick up their rifle gear and spare magazines. Then he hid behind another container once again.

What followed was a series of textbook-level individual combat performances that stimulated the adrenaline rush of anyone watching. All tactical actions were very standard and very handsome, from single shots to shooting consecutively without pause to changing magazines with one hand, dodging with his gun, looking for shelter, all kinds of running, jumping and flipping movements were neat and decisive, but the most important thing was that no matter what Tao Mu did, his arm holding the gun was as steady as a rock, as if he couldn’t feel the strong recoil of the gun at all.

Seeing this, the instructor standing on the side couldn’t help shaking his head and sighing, thinking that even if Tao Mu was not an actor one day, if he changed career as a policeman, there was at least a half chance of joining the Flying Tigers.

Director Xu, who was sitting in front of the monitor, also felt a surge of adrenaline in his veins. His perfectionist streak striked again. Calling several NGs in a row, he planned to choose the best one to cut into the later stage of the film editing. He even prepared to invite the music production team to create a passionate soundtrack for this scene that echoed the atmosphere and style.

But these thoughts have nothing to do with Tao Mu. When Director Xu truly shouted “pass”, Tao Mu only felt that his shoulders were already too numb to feel.

In order to make the effect realistic, the “Black and White” crew used real guns when filming, but the bullets had no warheads, and only sparks and sounds were fired. Even though Tao Mu had been training at the police academy with a group of police officers for several months, he was not a real police officer after all. Without special training, such a tender flesh wouldn’t be able to stand it after so many shots!

“Ssss, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts.” Tao Mu frowned and cried out in pain, a bottle of rubbing alcohol was sent by a martial artist extra who got along well with Tao Mu, and while massaging it into his shoulders, Tao Mu laughed and teased himself: “This afternoon spent entirely shooting gun, I think I am almost empty by now.”

Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this, and Director Xu also walked over with a pleased face. He wanted to pat Tao Mu on the shoulder to show encouragement, but when he looked at Tao Mu’s red and swollen arm, he didn’t dare to do it. All he could say was: “You did a great job. You can now take a few days off.”

The shootout at the dock was the final climax of the film, and it was also the most grand scene in the whole film. After all, the protagonists were Yan Sheng and Zhou Yanqing. Tao Mu didn’t have many scenes as a supporting role, so he could rest for a few days after filming his scenes. Then all he had to do was wait for the supplementary shots of Zhou Yuanting and the mafia boss leaving by boat. Then the whole crew would finally be able to finish up for good.

Although Yan Sheng and Zhou Yanqing’s acting skills were good, they were not trained in martial arts after all. In this film, there were many shooting scenes that required actors to personally shoot and hold guns. Director Xu was also one to strive for perfection, and plus the challenge of scheduling group performances. It was estimated that this scene would take at least two or three days to shoot.

In other words, Tao Mu could rest for two to three days and did not need to come to the crew.

This was definitely good news.

Tao Mu would be able to take his Yao Dad, Xiao Qi Dad, and Grandpa Song to tour Hong Kong.

——That’s right, after Liu Yao and the others flew to Hong Kong to celebrate Tao Mu’s birthday, they hadn’t gone back since.

Originally, Liu Yao was thinking about Night’s business and wanted to go back after Tao Mu’s birthday. But then Meng Qi inadvertently met a certain higher up of a Hong Kong TV station while eating out. When the two were chatting, they inadvertently mentioned the current situation of Hong Kong film and television dramas——basically, they were critically acclaimed but did not do so well in sales. The other mentioned that TV dramas filmed by TV stations could only be broadcast a few times before collecting dust at the bottom of the storage box, unlike video websites that could broadcast their videos repeatedly. In addition, many video websites in the mainland do not pay attention to copyright at all, and directly uploaded all kinds of pirated discs. There were many Hong Kong movies and TV series that were popular in the mainland, but Hong Kong received no income from it at all.

The person speaking did not think much deeper but the listener did. Tao Mu handed over the management of FlyNews.com and BulletScreen.com to Meng Qi. In order to live up to the trust of his little cub, Meng Qi had been thinking about how to develop these two websites. The most old-fashioned and easiest way he thought of was to buy the broadcasting rights of various classic TV series, so as to attract netizens to watch and cultivate netizens’ loyalty to the site. Then use the method of interstitial advertisements to make profits and maintain the normal operation of the website.

Before this, Tao Mu had already come forward and signed a round of agreements with mainland film and television companies and TV stations for the rights to broadcast their films and dramas. The classic works in the mainland have basically been swept away by BulletScreen.com. Now that he was in Hong Kong, Meng Qi planned to use this opportunity to get in touch with Hong Kong TV stations and several film and television companies. See if he could get the rights to some Hong Kong TV series and movies. At that time, Hong Kong could get some profits, and BulletScreen.com could also enrich their video source.

The two sides hit it off. In the next few days, Meng Qi stayed in Hong Kong and continued discussing the specific matters of cooperation. He also called over FlyNews.com’s investment promotion department and purchasing department staff.

After more than a week of negotiation, the two parties finally decided that BulletScreen.com would invest 30 million yuan to purchase the five-year broadcasting rights of all the TV series of Hong Kong TV, and invest another 50 million yuan to cooperate with several other film and television companies to purchase five years of film broadcasting rights to their films. However, most of the films and dramas were from before 2004.

When Tao Mu got this news, he was dumbfounded. On the one hand, he admired Meng Qi’s negotiating skills, actually able to keep the price so low. On the other hand, he had to thank this era that had not yet entered inflation. Money was still worth something. Of course, thanks to the economic crisis in 2008, the entire Hong Kong economy was affected.

The economic downturn, coupled with the mainland’s restrictions on Hong Kong film and television dramas, made life difficult for TV stations and film and television companies in Hong Kong. Everyone wanted to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but among the Internet companies in the mainland——to be precise, video websites, who had demand and the strength to negotiate with Hong Kong TV and major film and television companies about cooperation in the broadcasting rights of film sources, only BulletScreen.com checked the boxes.

Either don’t agree to BulletScreen.com’s proposal, and endure the mainland pirates making a lot of money from pirated DVDs, while they couldn’t even make a penny. Or agree to the cooperation proposal of BulletScreen.com.

When the buyer had an absolute advantage and the right to speak, even if Hong Kong TV and the several film and television companies were not satisfied with this condition there was nothing to be done about it.

“It’s good enough to make money. That is to say, BulletScreen.com is quite kind, upholding copyrights, and encouraging copyrighted works. Many video sites and small social platforms simply upload pirated DVDs to gain popularity. We have to put up with those pirated websites trying to rob us of registered users. But if we were to sue them for this, it’s really not worth it.”

So even if they spend money, they have to endure others infringing on their rights. Another way to think about it was to spend 80 million to find a source of anger for yourself. But this was Tao Mu, their little brat. With another person, Liu Yao could only describe them as an idiot.

Brother Yao back then, was also a man who had secretly opened a video room to broaden his subordinates’ horizons.

Because of the relationship between the times and limited resources, Liu Yao and Meng Qi’s generation had watched all kinds of pirated discs and pirated books since childhood. They had no so-called copyright consciousness at all. Only Tao Mu, a reborn person, would insist on doing a good job in terms of copyright, otherwise Meng Qi would definitely have no qualms about playing pirated discs to attract traffic.

Tao Mu smiled and hugged his Xiao Qi Dad, while attentively massaging his Xiao Qi Dad’s shoulders, he praised his Xiao Qi Dad’s awareness of copyright works.

“Don’t try fooling me.” Meng Qi didn’t miss Tao Mu’s handicapped appearance as soon as he entered the door: “What’s wrong with you?

“Nothing, it’s because the recoil of the gun is too great. After shooting for an afternoon, my shoulders are swollen. I’ll just rest for two days.” Tao Mu said, and slowly moved his shoulders: “Look, there’s nothing wrong. “

Liu Yao snorted, got up, walked forward, and patted Tao Mu on the shoulder: “Come here, I’ll massage it for you.”

Tao Mu froze all over, and said in a particularly anxious way, “It’s not necessary, is it?”

“Stop wasting time.” Liu Yao slapped Tao Mu directly down on the sofa. It was soon followed up by a horrific screech like a pig being butchered.

However, his Ya Dad’s craftsmanship was indeed pretty good. After his muscles were pressed and rubbed a bit, Tao Mu was indeed much more relaxed. When he woke up the next morning, his shoulder pain was completely gone.

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Tao Mu had three days to rest, and Meng Qi’s work was just finished as well. So the family of four enjoyed themselves happily. Accompanied by the driver, Li Xiaoheng, they spent three full days touring Hong Kong. The five grown men also went to Disney for a day. Under the various looks and staring by the tourists, they tried all the rides contentedly.

On the fourth day, Tao Mu returned to the crew again, and after making up the scene with Zhou Yanqing’s mafia boss character escaping, the film was officially finished.

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Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 067 Turning Away From The Sea Of Bitterness, Is Never Too Late To Do

When listening to Bai Liu’s narration of his sufferings over these many years, Bai Shuixian also inevitably felt sorrow.

This disciple was one of Kun-Lai’s most talented disciples over these many centuries and had made countless contributions to Kun-Lai, but he was both too gentle and too stubborn in temperament.

In that incident, all parties were at fault, but in the end, he was the only one who was alive to bear the consequences.

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It was not that she didn’t reprimand him for his actions over the years, but after reprimanding, he only continued to repeat the same thing. After dozens of times, she was also helpless to do anything more.

But the Great Celestial Demon Tribulation… Bai Shuixian never thought that Bai Liu would take such a risk.

Unlike other cultivators in the cultivation realm who strive to raise their cultivation base, cultivators in the Synthesis Stage tried their best to suppress their cultivation base so as not to increase their cultivation too fast.

There was no reason for it. The later you enter the peak level of the Synthesis Stage, the more confident you would be to survive the tribulation.

This was the most terrifying tribulation facing all cultivators in their cultivation path.

Outside the cultivation realm, there was the domain where celestial demons dwelled, which was connected to the sea of ​​consciousness. These alien spirits called celestial demons could sneak into the bottom of people’s hearts and turn people into demons.

No human heart is exempted from weaknesses. Strong people are prone to stubbornness, cowardly people are prone to fear, vicious people are prone to betrayal, and compassionate people are prone to being too soft-hearted… and celestial demons can understand all the weaknesses of the human heart, and amplify them little by little.

Without you being any the wiser, they could change your nature and temperament, and even if you committed a big mistake, you would only feel that it is others that do not understand you.

The Great Celestial Demon Tribulation was different from ordinary heart demons that took root in a cultivator’s heart. When the tribulation descended, a Celestial Demon Lord would appear.

Even the cultivators of the Synthesis Stage could not detect any abnormality, just like Bai Liu before, he used a secret technique to raise his cultivation base, with the hopes of overcoming the tribulation and becoming a Human Immortal, but as the tribulation was invisible and intangible, he was completely unaware that it had already arrived, so unknowingly grave mistakes were made.

She then thought of how she tried to approach quietly and take the disciples away from Bai Liu, but he was able to easily notice her presence.

For a while, her expression couldn’t help but become ugly, her hands were essentially tied.

If she were to use force, the little disciple named Guan would inevitably be hurt.

Yimeng Qingnu also faced the same dilemma.

“She doesn’t have to choose, no one can force my Kun-Lai disciples to choose.” When the voice sounded, it was so clear as if it was spoken right next to their ears.

Feng Qingxiu was overjoyed: “Master!”

There was no familiar figure to be seen, so Feng Qingxiu understood that his master was still on Zhaoyue Peak and did not come over personally.

Bai Liu raised his head and looked around. He didn’t speak. He only tightened his fingers on Guan Yuli’s pulse, and his body naturally emitted spiritual energy, defending against all possible attacks.

“There is no need to be nervous, I haven’t come over yet.” The voice drifted and sounded distant, but at the same time also seemed to be close to the ear, “Did you use beast blood to devour your body in an attempt to stimulate your own cultivation base to reach the peak?”

“Sect Leader is wise, this was exactly the technique I used.” Bai Liu whispered, “I heard that you practiced the sect’s cultivation method in reverse, so I wanted to retrace your path.”

“A worthy pursuit.” Ji Yunlai’s divination of heavenly secrets in his own room had reached a key juncture, so he multitasked, “But you won’t be able to succeed.”

Bai Liu let out a low laugh, and seemingly unable to hold back, the laughter grew louder and louder: “I worship and feel grateful for everything you have done for Kun-Lai, even if you have never spare us so much as a glance, but if you can, why can’t I?”

“Why do you have feelings of worship and gratitude, isn’t it because you can’t do the same as what I have accomplished?” The voice in the void was soft and ethereal, with a rare trace of pity, “Give in now, and you will be granted another chance.”

A bitter smile appeared on Bai Liu’s handsome face: “Sect Leader, I can’t turn back, my lifespan is nearing its end, if I can’t overcome the tribulation, I won’t be willing to die in peace, I just want a promise, to use these years of credit in exchange for a promise.”

“Do you know who you are talking to?” Bai Shuixian was furious.

“Don’t force me!” A dark light flashed across Bai Liu’s eyes, and his aura became stronger and stronger, almost overwhelming the group of young disciples, “What did I do wrong back then? My sister already had a marriage contract with Yimeng Ruge, and Ruge waited for her for three hundred years. At that time, that bastard not only spoke obscenities to my sister and I, but also injured my three apprentices, snatched my sister, and later did such despicable things… What’s wrong with killing him!”

“If I hadn’t forcibly elevated my cultivation base back then, I wouldn’t be like this today!” He screamed, the anger rising in his heart almost burned his mind, and he instinctively wanted to kill all the people around him. They were humiliating him, accusing him, and hurting him, but they never understood the suffering in his heart over these years, they only knew how to restrain his hands and feet again and again, preventing him from being able to move even an inch!

Die, they all deserve to die—

Now, he had the power to overwhelm them, this feeling of no longer restraining himself, without a care for anything…

This should be the real me!

Only in this way, there is no need to be afraid of anything!

“These years, I’ve already had enough, let’s end it like this!”

“You unfilial thing!” Bai Shuixian instinctively protected the juniors around her. Just as she was about to try and save the child held captive beside him, she found that it was difficult for her to move even a finger, and was extremely shocked. How could he…

However, on the opposite side, Peak Master Bai, who had obviously lost his senses to the demons, was also trembling slightly, as if trying to break free from invisible shackles around his body.

The whole world seemed to have come to a standstill, and even the light and shadow seemed to be motionless.

It was almost a kind of imprisonment that could even affect the soul, but one’s spiritual senses were incomparably enlarged, and every beat of the heart could be clearly heard.

On Zhaoyue Peak, Ji Yunlai’s fingers drawing the seals paused.

He knew that he didn’t need to waste time talking with him, but it was still a pity.

After half an hour of calculation, it was still the same ending.

The demons in his heart were rooted too deep, and if he cut off the possession of the Celestial Demon Lord, the soul would inevitably be seriously injured and unable to recover. This was his ending.

Unable to be saved.

It was too easy to kill him, but too difficult to save him.

Ai!

He got up and walked into the void, appearing in front of Bai Liu. Reaching out his slender fingertips, he tapped the other on his brow.

The formless sword energy pierced into his sea of ​​consciousness almost instantly, and when he saw the soul that was mired deep in the black quagmire, the sword energy instantly turned into countless threads, scraping all the black substance away.

Leaving only a soul so weak that it could barely be visible to the eye.

He seemed to suddenly wake up from a dream and bowed three times to him in the sea of ​​consciousness.

“Apologies, Senior Uncle Sect Leader, Bai Liu has disappointed you.”

“Regarding matters relating to one’s heart demons, only you can save yourself, outsiders are unable to be of any help, so make use of your remaining time.” Ji Yunlai retracted his hand, turned and left, invisible and silent, without a trace, his coming and going unseen by all eyes.

Not enacting punishment was to give him the last respect.

With the confinement lifted, Bai Liu slowly let go of Guan Yuli’s hand, and whispered apologetically.

“No need, as long as you don’t bother us anymore.” Guan Yuli calmly returned to Qingnu’s side.

Bai Liu walked up to Qingnu and gave her a white jade talisman: “What happened before was my fault, this should be yours.”

“If you give it to us, they will make a big fuss.” Yimeng Qingnu sneered.

“No, with me dead, they won’t be able to make much impact, from now on you don’t have to worry about hiding a small treasury on the side.” Bai Liu no longer had that melancholy and sad air about him, but a relaxed and carefree one instead, just like how he had been many years ago.

Yimeng Qingnu felt lament in her heart. Before that incident happened, her uncle was just like this, the uncle she liked the most.

“It’s a pity I won’t be able to see you getting married. Be gentle, or you’ll scare him away.” Bai Liu felt slight regret, “I’ll be leaving first, as for the income from my cultivation experience/tips on the Net Charm, help me give it to those still alive apprentices of mine.”

“They won’t want it.” Yimeng Qingnu said coldly, “Shouldn’t you apologize in person?”

“I’m running out of time, Qing’er, please think of it as doing me a last favor.” Bai Liu patted her head, “I made the tiger money pouch you wanted back then, and it’s been in the old house all this time, I forgot to give it to you. There are a lot of things in there that can still be used, think of it as payment for the favor.”

He walked up to Bai Shuixian, did not speak, just kowtowed three times.

“This apprentice has shamed you,” Bai Liu said softly, “my fault.”

“You…” Bai Shuixian didn’t know what to say, so she could only shake her head.

“Then Master, I will go deal with the last matter now.” Bai Liu smiled and said, “There should always be a beginning and an end in everything. Although I have no face to go down to see them, I still have to try and make it up a little.”

“Get out of my sight!” Bai Shuixian snapped angrily.

Bai Liu turned and left.

***

He calculated it in his heart, there were more than a hundred orphaned children that year, and half of them left when the pill and poison veins ascended a mountain. Among the remaining, thirteen people had cultivation potential, and had all left with Qingnu. There were a few that simply had no spiritual roots and passed away from old age, so now there were only thirty-one left.

They didn’t ever officially enter Kun-Lai, so he quickly wrote more than 30 letters for each of them, telling them that his lifespan had come to its end and that Qingdi Peak could no longer allow them to stay. He listed several people in the letter who could temporarily take them in.

From now on, it was all up to them.

The expressions of those children were as if the sky had fallen down.

Bai Liu comforted them helplessly, thinking that he could only hope they could make improvements after experiencing the world without his protection.

After all, the more than thirty people he wrote to came from the Mountain Patrol Bureau. They had received a lot of favors from him back then, and he only asked them to take in these children for a month, and the rest was up to them.

If he still had some years left to live, he could try the methods he used to teach his apprentices to try and improve them one by one, but unfortunately there was no time left.

When Bai Yue asked him while trembling what to do, Bai Liu couldn’t help but grieve.

His daughter, what had he done all these years?

He transferred the last bit of divine consciousness into the necklace on his daughter’s neck, so that his last trace of obsession could protect his daughter one more time. He couldn’t do much more.

Don’t rely on any senior brother anymore… He originally wanted to say this, but Bai Liu knew that as long as he died, no senior brother would let her rely on them.

He sent his daughter to an old friend, and asked him to bring her to her mother in Yuntian Domain. After knocking her unconscious when she began to struggle, Bai Liu went to tie up the final loose end.

Yan Ling had been waiting for him at Shuixie Cliff for a long time.

“I’ll take you back to the Central Continent, the Western Continent is not a place you can stay.” Bai Liu said slowly, “Someone from your original sect has already cleared your grievances for you. Don’t use spirit demon blood anymore, it’s a heretic way after all—”

A hand had already pierced through his chest to the other side, grasping the last of his heart’s blood, which seeped into the skin of his fingers, like a monster greedily swallowing everything up.

“Peak Master Bai, please help me one last time.” The person beside him whispered.

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“Ai.” Bai Liu simply sighed, “Don’t take it all, you will develop heart demons. My heart’s blood holds a trace of the Calamity Sword intent left by the Sect Leader. Perhaps it might pull you from the demonic path.”

He whispered, “Yan Ling, take care.”

After speaking, the heart fire ignited, and the energy from his wood spiritual root left in his body fueled the fire. Yan Ling instantly pulled his hand away, and saw the man with the warm smile, little by little in the fire, turn into ashes.

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Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 066 One Wrong Step And, Every Step Is Lost

In less than a quarter of an hour, all kinds of headlines on Kun-Lai Net Charm were swiped once.

The life gossip forum was even more bloody.

“You Jia’s Headline Live – Making The Headlines Again”

Guess what happened? I just received the news about the arrest of Madam Guan by Qingdi Peak. Qingnu flew into a rage for the male beauty. I am currently acting as the backup for Qingnu as she goes back to rescue her man. Oh my god, I am so excited!

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    ·Is it true, You Jia, how many of you guys went as backup, Peak Master Bai is a Synthesis Stage cultivator, isn’t he? -Golden Core Formation/Zhang…..-

    ·Definitely, I went with Qingnu, besides Huang Wei, Ying An and me, Feng Qingxiu, our “eldest senior brother” also went. -Nascent Soul/You…..-

    ·Eh, and here I was worrying about you. – Nascent Soul/Wang…..-

    ·Qingnu is not impulsive either. With Senior Brother Feng there’s really nothing to worry about. -Nascent Soul/Meng…..-

    ·There is a protest on the main page. See “Protest: Qingnu and Qingdi Peak has been in the headlines for several days. Do you know how many activities are there today?” Might as well change the name of the forum from Life Gossip Forum to Qingnu Forum!”. -Golden Core Formation/Li…..-

    ·Don’t worry about this minor thing, Senior Brother You Jia, please continue, when will you guys arrive at Qingdi Peak? -Golden Core Formation/Li…..-

    ·We have already arrived, and Qingnu is now facing off against the peak master. I’ll broadcast it live later. -Nascent Soul/You…..-

    ·Watching the live broadcast now, Master You Jia, you are really the conscience of the gossip forum, the king of the information world. -Nascent Soul/An…..-

    ·From the audience, rewarding 100 spiritual stone points. -Nascent Soul/Su…..-

    ·Support You Jia, a cultivator with integrity like him is rare! Here’s a thousand spiritual stone points reward. -Demigod/Qiu Yuan…..-

    ·……

    ·Wow, You Jia has already received a reward of 70,000 spiritual stone points today, right? I really envy the wealthy people upstairs. I’m still a new disciple who just entered the Foundation Establishment Stage, but in order to support Master You Jia, I will give what I can squeeze out, I hope you don’t mind! -Foundation Establishment/…..-

   ·Don’t worry, You Jia won’t mind at all, he has more than enough hands to pick up the rewards. -Nascent Soul/An…..-

    ·Speaking of which, the amount of rewards he received is comparable to the cultivation experience/tips of a Synthesis Stage cultivator, right? -Demigod/Qiu Yuan…..-

    ·Comparable in the short term, not in the long term. After all, this is just a single wave. In addition, I would like to ask, just what is the use of the Mountain Patrol Bureau? -Synthesis/Bai Shuixan…..-

    ·I am also very curious. -Synthesis/Yan Zhao…..-

    ·There is such a commotion on the Net, yet no one in the Mountain Patrol Bureau has reported to us about this. -Synthesis/Bai Shuixian…..-

    ·Don’t blame everything on my Mountain Patrol Bureau. The messenger is still on the way. Kun-Lai Immortal Mountain is not your backyard. It’s quite normal for any peak to be separated by thousands of miles. What messenger can fly faster than the news on the Gossip Forum? Besides, don’t say you haven’t already seen the news that is refreshed every moment in the News Forum! -Synthesis/Yue Wanci…..-

    ·Isn’t it normal if I didn’t see it? It’s noon now, and the allocated 8-hour internet time has long been used up. -Synthesis/Shui Wugou…..-

    ·Why do we also have to prevent internet addiction? The Sect Leader is too much! -Synthesis/Bai Shuixian……-

    ·It must be because it is such an eyesore to see that some women, despite being powerful Synthesis Stage cultivators, spend all their days on the Gossip Forum. -Synthesis/Yan Zhao…..-

    ·Hehe, speaking as if you didn’t give spiritual stone points reward to You Jia’s gossip posts back then. -Synthesis/Bai Shuixian…..-

    ·At least I don’t go to the Relationship Forum every day to tell others about the bad influence falling in love has on cultivation. -Synthesis/Yan Zhao…..-

    ·Could you guys please stop arguing, Senior Sister Bai, Bai Liu is your apprentice, go and clean up this mess already. -Synthesis/Yue Wanci…..-

    ·I’ve already arrived. I’m currently hiding and watching the situation unfold. I want to see just what mess he can make. -Synthesis/Bai Shuixian-…..

    ·Omg, I just saw the bigwigs, didn’t I? -Foundation Establishment/…..-

    ·Newbie, eh? This hasn’t been novel for a long time. -Nascent Soul/An…..-

***

Qingdi Peak.

The prosperity of the past had drifted away like a cloud of smoke. Now this place was quiet and desolate, and even the occasional passers-by did not want to stay longer for even a moment.

The things in Qingnu’s tower had long been removed, but in the room next to Qingnu’s old room, there were still people working hard.

“My good boss, we have been detained now. How are you still in the mood to read!” A young disciple next to him stomped in anxiety.

“I’m verifying a conjecture.” The elegant man who was interrupted calmly said, “Don’t worry, he will eventually be dealt with.”

“That’s a Peak Master of the Synthesis Stage. He still has the authority to punish you for hurting people at will, not to mention that you are part of his direct line of apprentices, and even the Mountain Patrol Bureau cannot find a good reason to come here. Lord Qingnu will raise the roof on this!” The disciple was practically begging, “Madam Guan, please think of a solution!”

The middle-aged cultivator next to them couldn’t help chuckling lightly.

The disciple was immediately stabbed by countless bamboo needles, unable to move.

“Madam Guan” was the nickname given to this second-in-command from everyone on Qingdi Peak. So long as you didn’t call it out in front of him, he usually wouldn’t stab people with needles.

“Before ascending the mountain, Qingnu said to me, ‘If I go and fight Bai Liu, would he dare to kill me?’ I didn’t answer her at that time.” Guan Yuli raised his head from looking at the meridian map in front of him, “But now I have proved that he does dare to do so.”

The middle-aged cultivator next to him looked stunned, and quickly drove out the idle people around them.

Only the two of them were left in the room.

“Yu Li, tell me honestly, what did you find?” The middle-aged cultivator asked in a low voice with a solemn expression.

Qingdi Peak had two veins, medicine and acupuncture, and Qingnu was extremely proficient in treating trauma injuries while also possessing an excellent talent for medicine. His own apprentice was skilled in meridian and other internal injuries, as well as soul damage, and was better at post-injury treatment. But Qingnu was extremely commanding, while his apprentice had a gentle temperament so his name was not as known to ordinary people.

“I have carefully analyzed the performance of Peak Master Bai’s spiritual essence over the years. This is from a few years ago, this is the last few years, and this is the pupil color I saw yesterday.” Guan Yuli’s expression was determined, and he quickly painted each eye color, “Look, these hair-like, black broken threads, aren’t they…?”

“This, how is this possible.” The middle-aged cultivator couldn’t believe his eyes, “His cultivation base couldn’t have reached that level!”

“Remember when you drew blood from a snake and a nightingale last time, and you found something strange?” Guan Yuli said softly, “At that time, you found that the snake’s blood had the scent of moonflowers. And I investigated the snake’s blood charts. The medical record was taken when he first came to Kun-Lai, he was tricked by Qingnu in the name of free treatment of the soul. Later, Peak Master Bai sent someone to contact him, but that person actually attacked Feng Qingxiu and was executed on the spot by the Sect Leader. Qingnu also had a big fight with him because of this, and the only people who could enter that snake’s treatment room at that time were the Peak Master, me, and Qingnu.”

The middle-aged cultivator fell silent.

“Using the blood of ancient spiritual beasts to increase the cultivation base has existed since ancient times. That snake had been cultivating for thousands of years, and his ancestral blood must be of extraordinary origin. So it is normal for him to use the moonflower to test whether his ancient blood could be activated, but contrary to his expectations that black snake is really just an ordinary black garden snake.” Guan Yuli had also figured out a lot of things now, “I had doubts before, his precious trash can’t use up so much resources no matter what is said and done, but now we have an answer to this puzzle.”

The middle-aged cultivator looked sad and did not respond.

“He went astray in order to increase his cultivation level. So it is only natural to imprison us now.” Guan Yuli concluded, “Therefore, you should also understand what those black crystals in the pupil are.”

“We must tell Qingnu!” The middle-aged cultivator opened the door and went out. This matter was too big.

“Currently we can’t get out of Qingdi Peak, so we can only wait for Qingnu to come before acting depending on the situation.” The young man shook his head and complained in a low voice, “Ai, just what the hell is this!”

Suddenly, an invisible force grabbed him and pulled him towards the peak summit.

In the next moment, he felt himself landing heavily on the ground.

The force was so strong that he stumbled before he could steady himself.

This was the Guanyun Cliff of Qingdi Peak, which was a very good viewing platform. In front of him was Qingnu and her friends, and in the middle was Peak Master Bai.

“You see, he’s fine.” Bai Liu said slowly, “But I need an explanation for the people who were hurt on Qingdi Peak.”

“What if I don’t give it?” Yimeng Qingnu sneered.

“As the price of him hurting others, I will abolish his cultivation base.” Bai Liu said.

“You want to hurt the only one who was willing to stand by your side in the end?” Yimeng Qingnu asked.

Bai Liu was silent for a few breaths before slowly saying: “I don’t want to hurt him, I just want a promise from you, a promise that you are willing to continue to protect Qingdi Peak.”

“By coercion?” Yimeng Qingnu asked.

Did he think there was no one in Kun-Lai who could call the shots?

“I have no choice, Qingnu, I believe in the promise you make, as long as you promise, you will keep your word, I know you too well, you will make this choice.” Bai Liu lowered his eyes and said softly, “Also, Master, you don’t need to keep trying, you can’t save these people from my hands without injury.”

“Don’t call me Master!” Bai Shuixian slowly walked out of the void and looked at him coldly, “How could you have such a cultivation base?”

How could he have the cultivation base of a Human Immortal?

“He’s not a Human Immortal,” Guan Yuli said suddenly, “he’s just undergoing the Great Celestial Demon Tribulation.”

“Yes,” Bai Liu chuckled and said, “It was only today that I now know that this is the Great Celestial Demon Tribulation… the Sect Leader, how was it possible that he managed to overcome it?”

The tragedy of that year left him both physically and mentally traumatized. He then encountered the split of the four veins, with two veins leaving. Personally witnessing Qingdi Peak declining by the day, he forcibly used a special technique in the hopes of improving his cultivation, but he did not know that at that time, the Great Celestial Demon Tribulation had already snuck upon him. The extraterrestrial celestial demons were invisible and intangible, only hiding in the depths of people’s hearts, gradually arousing negative emotions from within.

“I told you a long time ago that your heart demons are too deep and if you can’t overcome them, sooner or later you will harm others and yourself,” Bai Shuixian said coldly, “Follow me back to report to the Sect Leader, we’ll then think of a way.”

“How can I overcome it, Master?” Bai Liu looked up at her with a calm expression, “I watched them all turn to ashes because of me, and those who survived blamed me. They even preferred to leave rather than take over Qingdi Peak. I think back to that time day after day, year after year, the sword that started the conflict was not even by my hand, but by that monster. What was my mistake, not allowing my sister to get close to a man who was only using her? Oh what a mistake. And then paying this price with the lives of so many fellow sect disciples. “

“It’s all in the past!”

“I can’t get over it, I can’t forget it.” Bai Liu shook his head, “It’s not that I didn’t know it was wrong for me to spoil them and protect them like that, but when I think of their parents turning to ashes in front of me, I can’t ignore their pleas. Every time I would only see what it was like before their parents entrusted them to me before dying.”

“But my previous injury was too serious, and my lifespan would come to an end eventually,” he continued. “In the end, I thought, as long as my cultivation base soared and I managed to survive the Great Celestial Demon Tribulation, I will be a Human Immortal, and I will have ten thousand years lifespan and can continue to watch over them.”

“So you collected all kinds of ancient blood, and used secret techniques to mobilize the few life essences left in you to turn into your cultivation base, forcefully overcoming the tribulation required to become a Human Immortal?” Guan Yuli asked.

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“Yes, so Qingnu, what is your answer?” Bai Liu placed his fingers on Guan Yuli’s pulse, “Make your choice. Take advantage of the fact that I haven’t completely lost my senses to the demons.”

Qingnu was stunned for a moment.

“She doesn’t have to choose,” a calm voice suddenly said next to her, “No one can force my Kun-Lai disciples to choose.”

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His Majesty And Ministers CH 16 Thousand Autumn Festival

Soon, Ye Mao brought warm water and rose dew. Jing Ye took a spoon and mixed a small bowl, personally feeding the little guy spoon by spoon.

Little Jing Yun was obviously very fond of this sweet water with a fragrant scent, and he quickly drank it all.

Seeing his younger brother finally sleeping peacefully, Jing Le also couldn’t help but reveal his tiredness. He wiped his face with a towel and got in the bed, holding little Jing Yun in his arms before quickly falling asleep.

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The imperial physician had already retired. Jing Ye walked out of the room, closed the door, then turned to look at the handsome swordsman standing in the courtyard and said:

“Lin Gongzi. I want to take these two children with me and let them inherit the throne in the future. Zhen hope you will fulfill this request.”

“I don’t allow it.” The Sword Sage’s answer was succinct and powerful.

Jing Ye curved up the corner of his mouth: “What if the prince really had a fever? Do you know how to take care of a child?”

The man was silent for a while, and then a single word popped out, “Hunger.”

“What?”

The man frowned slightly, seemingly a little uncertain about his decision: “Hunger. When I got sick when I was young, I relied on that to get better.”

Jing Ye: “…”

Little Jing Yun was very happy today.

When he opened his eyes in the morning, he saw his “susu” who he hadn’t seen for two days, and “susu” smiled and fed him sweet red water.

Yiyah! Gotta get sick more often in the future!

The little guy sat on the bed, clapping his chubby paws with excitement. Jing Ye couldn’t help smiling when he saw it.

Although it was only teething, he still stayed in the small courtyard all night to avoid missing any sudden changes. After all, Jing Le was only a child, and as for that swordsman…hehe, let us not mention him.

Speaking of which, this should be the last time the little guy will experience teething, and then he could start learning to speak.

Thinking of this, Jing Ye couldn’t help reaching out and hugging the little baby to his lap, rubbed the tip of his nose and smiled, “Uncle didn’t sleep all night because of you, come, say uncle.”

Little Jing Yun looked at him with wide eyes, opened his mouth and spit out a bubble.

“…” En, perhaps he was too impatient. Jing Ye held the little guy with both hands to let him stand up, little Jing Yun immediately put his little arms around his neck, and the uncle and nephew pair just hugged together, “Ai, even if you can call out to people, it won’t be zhen you’ll call out to first.”

Little Jing Yun let out a “woo” sound.

“…But you are not allowed to call your teacher first.” Jing Ye stroked his back, “With his way of raising children, baby, it’s a miracle that you survived until now.”

“Haha.” The little guy opened his mouth and laughed in a silly manner.

Outside the room, Ye Gonggong called tremblingly, “Your Majesty…Your Majesty, it’s time to attend morning court…” He glanced at Lin Hangyu, who was standing like a statue outside the door, and after resisting it for a long time, he eventually lifted his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“Fine, your uncle has to go to court.” Jing Ye put his precious nephew back on the bed, “Be good, en?”

“Ah woo.” Little Jing Yun clenched his small fist, his grape-like black eyes watched Jing Ye get up and walk out, so he raised his chubby arms and kept “yiyah” non-stop.

Jing Ye turned around and looked at him.

So this…was what it’s like to be a father.

Jing Ye opened the door, and when he looked up, he saw Lin Hangyu holding a sword and standing in front of him, dressed in all white robes like a sculpture made of ice and snow, cold and expressionless.

“I promise you.”

“What?” Jing Ye was startled at first, then chuckled, and couldn’t help turning his head to look at the little baby in the room who was still peering his way, “Lin Gongzi, it is rumored that your word is worth nine sacred tripods.” (TN: expression for one’s word having enormous weight)

“It’s not a rumor.” Lin Hangyu’s eyes were as still as water, “You can take Yun’er to take care of, and when he reaches six years old, he will still come back here to become my student.”

“…”

Jing Ye looked him over carefully, black eyes, black hair, white robes, and suddenly felt that time seemed to stand still on this person, like the snow on the highest point of an icy mountain, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Gongzi was entrusted by your best friend to raise his two children, but now you entrust Jing Yun to me…Lin Gongzi, do you know the rumors about me?”

The man glanced at him and said slowly, “Seeing is believing.” His tone was firm.

And so arrogant that it was endearing.

Feng Manor.

The servant girl who received the words from Madam Feng stood outside the room, knocked on the door and said, “Young master, are you awake? Madam sent this slave to invite you over.”

There was a sound of footsteps in the room, and soon, Feng Ling came to open the door in person: “You all wait a minute.”

The servant girl looked into the room and said with a smile, “How come the young master is alone and didn’t call Song Yan and the others to come and serve you.”

“I have something to do, and so I told them to wait outside.” Feng Ling waved his hand and gestured that he was about to close the door.

The servant girl had sharp eyes, and saw the color on his hands at a glance: “Young master, it’s so early in the morning, but you’re not preparing to go to morning assembly, are you painting something in the room?”

Feng Ling suddenly stiffened: “No, I didn’t paint anything…”

Knowing that he was shy, the servant girls all backed away with a smile.

Feng Ling closed the door, turned around, walked to the desk, and gently lifted the gauze veil covering the painting.

The painting was suffused with hazy morning light, and there was a young man with a gentle and warm appearance, who was resting on a soft couch.

The sunlight by the window shone down softly on the young man looking at the painting, as if the years were quiet and the world was peaceful.

*

Northwest Khotan, Zhenbei General’s Manor.

The weather was perfect that day, and the Yang family invited a few officials and their wives whom they were on good terms with to drink tea in their garden. The conversation between women was nothing more than rouge, jewelry, in-laws, husbands, and occasionally also those concubines kept by their husbands back at home.

“Hui Yin, that concubine surnamed Bai had been living in your manor for three years now, right? How can you be so magnanimous and let her run wild in your General’s Manor.”

Hui Yin was Madam Yang’s boudoir name.

Madam Yang’s hand holding the tea cup paused, she gritted her teeth and said, “The general dotes on her, what can I do? How many times have I persuaded him in the past three years, don’t let those shameful things get too complacent, but was it of any use?”

“Ai, you have to say it softly, don’t speak accusingly.” Madam Chen, her best friend, said, “Don’t think you are not in a hurry now, if you wait until she gives birth to a child in the future, then who knows if the family’s inheritance will be snatched by that mother and son pair!”

This remark could be said to be a direct hit on the head. Madam Yang no longer had interest in drinking tea, she put the tea cup on the table: “Tell me, do you have any useful solutions?”

The several women exchanged looks and all of them shook their fans and began talking about the way they used to deal with those concubines.

*

Dong Ling was wearing only the inner layer of robes and was adjusting the clothes for the man in front of her who was around forty years old.

She was born with a beautiful face like a hibiscus, and her figure was also perfectly curved and exquisite. What was even more rare was her knowledge or etiquette and courtesy that ordinary concubines did not possess. Xu Ming was hooked at first sight. In the past three years, Madam Yang had complained a lot about her, but how could he be willing to let go of such a rare beauty.

Thinking of this, Xu Ming couldn’t help but pull the beauty in front of him into his arms only for Dong Ling to put up a hand in resistance and say, “General.”

Xu Ming secretly swallowed his saliva and let go of his hands: “Fine, fine.” Then he turned around and strode out.

The little servant girl took this opportunity to walk in with a copper basin: “My lady, please wash up.”

Dong Ling stood there silently for a while, and then nodded: “Bring it over.”

“Ai.” The little servant girl came over with the basin of water and a face towel, and whispered while serving her mistress, “It’s all according to your wishes, all secretly done, the guards in Hongqin House are now replaced with ours.”

Dong Ling raised her head: “All done?”

The little servant girl smiled and said, “Yes.”

She couldn’t help smiling too, but as he smiled, tears began welling up in her eyes.

“My lady…”

“It’s nothing.” Dong Ling wiped the corners of her eyes and covered her face with the wet face towel, “I’m just…happy.”

“Is the Thousand Autumn Festival coming soon?”

“Yes, my lady, the day after tomorrow.”

“En, good, really good.”

*

Taihe Hall.

Jing Ye sat on the dragon throne and said slowly: “The day after tomorrow will be my imperial grandmother’s Thousand Autumn Festival. In previous years, it was celebrated extravagantly, but now with the devastation left by the severe drought in the southwest still not having passed, it is not appropriate to hold an extravagant palace banquet. What do you all think of spending the festival with your wife and children instead?”

The officials all knelt down one after another: “Your Majesty is wise, this subject respectfully follows the imperial word.”

Jing Ye didn’t sleep all night last night, and didn’t want to force himself any longer. He yawned secretly and said, “Are there still memorials?”

There was silence below.

“No? Then you are all dismissed.”

After Jing Ye left the Taihe Hall, he did not return to his palace residence, but went straight to Qingyu Pavilion.

When he arrived at the lake, Gu Hong had already prepared a boat and was waiting on the shore. Jing Ye leaned over and stepped onto the boat, sat down in the cabin, raised his head and asked Gu Hong, who followed him, “The Jiang family’s only daughter?”

“Yes.” Gu Hong helped him smooth the folds on his sleeves, “She is now a concubine living in the Zhenbei General’s Manor, her surname is Bai, and she is very favored by Xu Ming.”

Bai Dongling, formerly known as Jiang Zhitao, was the daughter of a sixth-rank civil official in the northwest.

Four years ago, Qi Lan, the eldest son of the Qi family in the northwest, was snatched into the Xu family by Xu Huang, the son of Xu Ming. Qi Lan was handsome in appearance and possessed brilliant literary talent. Although he was not a noble son of an aristocratic family, his appearance, demeanor and character was at the same level as Gu and Li. He was engaged since young, and his fiancée was the daughter of the Jiang family who grew up with him as his childhood sweetheart.

Qi Lan was originally a withdrawn person and also had little affluent background. After being targeted by a local tyrant like Xu Huang, even if he used his death to resist, he was still snatched into the Xu residence in the end.

After entering the Xu residence, he refused to submit to Xu Huang, and was fed all kinds of unspeakable strange medicines. After two months, he was driven insane.

The Jiang family was also implicated, and Jiang Zhitao disappeared from the Jiang family after confirming that Qi Lan had gone insane, and was never seen since.

Looking at the narration on the dossier in the pavilion, every word literally dripped blood and tears.

Gu Hong said: “She is the spy that my father put at Xu Ming’s side, so the information she sent is all kept in a more hidden place in the pavilion. This subject will go to find them for Your Majesty later.”

Jing Ye was silent for a while and asked him, “What about Qi Lan?”

Gu Hong let out a light laugh: “Just a lunatic now, but he’s still alive.”

Jing Ye fell silent.

On the night of the Thousand Autumn Festival every year, the lantern market in the capital would set off various lanterns all night, sometimes even more than 10,000. Looking out from the bedroom of Ping’an Palace, he could see that the lights lit up the night sky in red for most of the night, and could also vaguely hear the lively celebrations and laughter of the people.

Jing Ye sat at a small table by the window looking through the memorials, and Ye Mao stood quietly behind him.

A bright light suddenly appeared in the distance, lighting Jing Ye’s profile. Ye Mao thought about it and said, “Your Majesty, why don’t we…also light some candles?”

Jing Ye stopped writing, looked at the red dotted sky in the distance, and shook his head: “What’s the point, it’s cold and quiet, and it’s not like zhen is one of the common people, the whole family lively and together.”

Ye Mao fell silent.

Feng Manor.

The Feng family sat in the waterside pavilion in the manor, enjoying the coolness and company. As they chatted, Madam Feng somehow began talking about the first time she met old Lord Feng when she was a young lady.

“Your father and I, the first time we met was during the Thousand Autumn Festival.” Madam Feng took Feng Ling’s hand and smiled, “There were so many lanterns that year, it was rare for me to be allowed to go out once by your grandfather, and I was so happy that I ran around everywhere and ended up getting lost. Later, I ran into your father. He and his sisters who were also out to play sent me back to the manor. At that time he was silent and did not say anything. But after a month, the matchmaker came knocking at our door. Say, don’t you think your father is quite impatient…”

Feng Ling was stunned, and thought of Jing Ye.

Did he have someone to accompany him in the palace? Come to think of it…he did.

Not mentioning others, but Gu Gongzi would definitely accompany him.

Thinking about this, he suddenly no longer had any interest in the festivities. Feng Ling got up and said, “Father, mother, this son plans to step out of the manor for a while.”

Madam Feng: “Ai? Are you tired of listening?”

Old Lord Feng also looked at him and said, “Where are you going?”

Feng Ling lowered his head: “This son…this son remembered borrowing an ancient book from the son of the Yang family. Yesterday he asked me for it. As this son is free today, this son decided to return it to him now.”

There was some hesitation and stuttering in his words. A gleam of light flashed in old Lord Feng’s eyes, but he still nodded and said, “Fine, go.”

Madam Feng: “Come home early, don’t play too long.”

“Yes.” Feng Ling bowed and stepped back. Immediately, he asked the little servant boy to wrap the ancient book in cloth and took it with him out of the manor.

Ping’an Palace.

The unfinished memorials were put aside, and the master and servant were surrounded by a five-colored lamp that had just been brought in.

Ye Mao looked at the lantern and sighed: “Your Majesty, just now Lu Gongzi came to accompany you, why did you refuse it?”

And then accompany him to the bed? As if. Jing Ye snorted coldly, “He didn’t bring Lu Huihui.”

Ye Mao: “?”

Jing Ye pouted and drew an outline on the lantern.

“…” Ye Gonggong blinked, “Your Majesty, what are you drawing?”

“Mickey Mouse.”

“?” Ye Mao’s eyes widened, “How could this be a mouse?”

“How isn’t this a mouse?” Jing Ye switched to a red pen and added a cool pair of little red pants to Mickey Mouse. “Look, how cute, my painting skills are better than Gu Gongzi, don’t you think?”

“…”

Speaking of Gu Hong, Jing Ye also stopped writing. If he wasn’t so busy with Qingyu Pavilion, he could come and have a chat with him.

Suddenly, the other man’s deep pool-like eyes appeared in his mind.

“Your Majesty doesn’t need to say any more, this subject just asks Your Majesty to understand, Gu Hong is not the kind of person who is willing to do things against his heart.”

What was this man thinking, he wondered.

Some people’s thoughts could not be expressed with their words, but their actions could reveal it clearly. When Jing Ye came back to his senses, he saw the smiling Mickey Mouse on the palace lantern with his hands behind his back and a little cinnabar red beauty mark on his forehead that was painted by a certain someone.

Ye Gonggong looked over and said, “Ai, isn’t this Gu Gongzi? He looks quite playful now…”

Jing Ye: “Go go go go! What Gu Gongzi, this is a lady!” After speaking, he drew a huge bow on Mickey Mouse’s ear.

Ye Mao: “…”

Then why does he wear pants?

The master and servant pair whittled the time by chatting with each other. Suddenly a little eunuch slipped into the hall and said, “Your Majesty, Lord Feng asks to see you.”

“Feng Ling?” Jing Ye and Ye Mao looked at each other, “On such a big holiday, yet he is not accompanying his parents at home. What is he doing here in the palace?”

Jing Ye couldn’t help but smile and said, “Invite him in quickly.”

“Yes.”

After a while, the handsome young man with an aura of an orchid entered the hall with the little eunuch and bowed down.

“Paying respect to Your Majesty.”

Qing, please rise quickly.” Jing Ye put down his red pen and stepped forward to help him with a smile, “Zhen hasn’t seen you for a few days, how is qing?”

“This subject is very well, thanking Your Majesty.” Feng Ling raised his head slightly and looked at the rather deserted palace, “Why aren’t the few gongzi accompanying Your Majesty during such a lively holiday?”

Jing Ye smiled: “You also called it a holiday, why isn’t qing accompanying your parents, wife and children at home?”

“This subject hasn’t married yet.”

This answer was uttered so quickly that both of them were taken aback.

Jing Ye was stunned for a while, then chuckled: “Qing answered so quickly, you wouldn’t happen to want zhen to be a matchmaker for qing?”

“No. This subject, doesn’t mean that.” Feng Ling blushed and turned away. And just happened to see the fireworks igniting instantaneously outside the window, and hurriedly looked for another topic.

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Jing Ye pulled him to sit on both sides of the small table, and had Ye Mao serve tea. It was already improper for the ruler and the official to sit face to face.

Feng Ling wanted to get down and sit below the emperor, but when he looked up and saw Jing Ye’s smile, he also couldn’t bear giving up the intimacy. After struggling with himself for a while, he lowered his head slightly and only clenched the corner of the small table.

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