SQLJBFDTW Chapter 101

“This is…” Chao Jianxue was dumbfounded.

It was clearly the skeleton of some enormous demon beast, its ossified long tail curled around its body like an embrace. The two landed and gazed up at it, as tall as a mountain.

Such large bones were similar to what they had seen in the secret realm of True Immortal Fuheng, but the difference was that the previous secret realm was only filled with yellow sand and bleakness, desolate and silent to the point of being chilling.

But upon closer inspection, this place was peaceful.

In the red light of the setting sun, most of the skeleton was covered by thick snow. Brown vines coiled around the exposed, pale white tail bones, and white flowers grew, their petals swirling down onto their shoulders as the two landed.

“Shixiong, look there.” Yu Wei pointed to the very center of the skeleton’s embrace.

Getting closer, they could see a long sword in the middle of the accumulated snow. Its spiritual energy was gone, and its surface was eroded by rust. The long sword was inserted diagonally into the snow, with a dark-colored sword tassel tied to its hilt.

Chao Jianxue didn’t touch it, only felt that the aura on it was gentle and ancient: “I wonder which senior left this sword behind. It’s such a pity.”

Yu Wei pondered for a long time, then called out “Shixiong” but said nothing more.

Chao Jianxue looked at him in confusion.

Yu Wei shook his head: “It’s nothing, let’s continue forward.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud fighting sound came from inside the giant skeleton’s abdominal cavity.

The two exchanged a glance and strode inside.

Sure enough, it was Lord Ziwei they saw, but Chao Jianxue’s heart tightened. She was fighting with Lord Qishan.

Hearing the movement, she turned her head coldly and scolded: “How did you get in here too?”

On the opposite side, Lord Qishan’s cultivation was gradually dissipating. Seeing Chao Jianxue, his eyes widened slightly, and he shouted: “Yu Wei, take him away!”

Chao Jianxue couldn’t stand by and watch Lord Qishan be hurt again by Lord Ziwei, so he immediately drew his sword and blocked in front of Lord Qishan.

He asked: “Why does Yuanjun want to kill my father!”

“Father?” Lord Ziwei’s face stiffened slightly, and she said in a very disdainful tone, “You let him call you father? You’re disgusting.”

She was speaking to Lord Qishan.

Lord Qishan’s face turned pale instantly upon hearing this, and even the hand holding his sword became unsteady. Chao Jianxue heard his voice suddenly become so dejected, and he said weakly: “Jianxue, you don’t need to protect me. Everything is because of my momentary impulse.”

Lord Ziwei said angrily: “Since you know, why are you still hiding! Give me your life!”

She sent her sword flying towards Lord Qishan’s face. Before Chao Jianxue could exert any strength, Lord Qishan grabbed his collar and pulled him back, blocking the sword.

Even though his cultivation was about to dissipate, the strength of a Mahayana Stage sword cultivator still blocked this angry sword attack. Lord Qishan coughed up blood, and Chao Jianxue was at a loss, so he helped him cover the bleeding wound and used his spiritual power to help him recover.

Yu Wei attacked from the other side, blocking Lord Ziwei: “Yuanjun, what exactly is going on? Please tell us!”

“I want to say it, but does he dare to listen!” Lord Ziwei glared coldly, “Get out of the way!”

Lord Qishan said in a deep voice: “I know you want to kill me, but let me first kill that great demon, and it won’t be too late for you to kill me…”

Chao Jianxue was completely confused. The meaning in their words made him extremely uneasy. Finally, he couldn’t stand this severe atmosphere of constantly playing charades anymore.

He also spoke with anger, shouting loudly: “What are you talking about! Since this matter is related to me, why won’t you let me know!”

Lord Ziwei laughed, and put down her sword unhurriedly, saying: “You should ask your ‘father’ how he alienated the demon lord back then, causing the complete split between demons and humans. Yet he continues to be the righteous leader of the sword sect with peace of mind.”

Her meaning was…

Chao Jianxue turned his head to look at Lord Qishan, who had a heavy expression and did not refute or struggle. He opened his mouth, but couldn’t bring himself to say “Father” again.

Lord Qishan looked at him sadly: “She’s right. But I haven’t been at peace. My heart has often been tormented these years. If it weren’t for Ying Ge entrusting you to me in the first place, I wouldn’t have survived until today. I volunteered to guard Fumo Pass precisely because I felt uneasy. Jianxue, you hate me, don’t you? I am indeed despicable.”

“I loved Ying Ge. Who knew that after she returned from the demon realm, she would mess around with Qi Wu, even… even disregarding the differences between humans and demons, disregarding the rules of the Ying family and the immortal sects, and elope with him.”

“So I hate Qi Wu, hate that he is a demon, hate that he is loved by the one I love. A thought gave rise to hatred, a thought became a heart demon. I took advantage of Ying Ge’s return to the manor and drugged her, wanting to take her away, take her back to Wuwu Sect and let the immortal sects take care of her. But I was discovered by the envoy beside Qi Wu, I…”

He took a deep breath, almost unable to continue.

“I killed that envoy, and then I thought, taking this opportunity, I could send a farewell letter in Ying Ge’s tone, so that Qi Wu would give up completely.”

“Who knew I would fall into a trap. The great demon had long been waiting for an opportunity to invade Qi Wu’s mind. It used me to make Qi Wu become a demon, controlled him to slaughter Mengdie Manor, and also harmed Ying Ge…”

Raising his head again, Lord Qishan was already in tears.

“Jianxue, you should hate me. I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I don’t deserve to be a sword cultivator, let alone love her…”

He let out a low sob of remorse, completely unlike the carefree Zhenjun he usually was.

“Ha!” Lord Ziwei sneered, “Clearly you yourself had evil thoughts, why do you call it ‘love’ or ‘hate’? You really don’t deserve it. You want to know who I am, right?”

She said gleefully: “I am the envoy you thought you had killed that day.”

Lord Qishan was incredulous, and supported himself weakly with his sword: “Why? You are…”

“I was originally a demon,” she said sarcastically.

Lord Ziwei’s words made Yu Wei frown in confusion as well. He saw that Chao Jianxue’s face was pale, walked to his side, supported his waist, and whispered in his ear: “Shixiong, I’m by your side.”

He wanted Chao Jianxue to know that no matter what, he was with him.

Chao Jianxue felt as if struck by lightning after hearing the truth. On one side were his biological parents, blood thicker than water, and on the other side was Lord Qishan, his adoptive father, who had protected him for so many years.

Lord Ziwei looked at Chao Jianxue, revealing a sinister smile that was completely different from before: “Have you been to Youmin Casino? Did Elder Qing tell you that there is a strange medicine in the casino called Bone Washing?”

He had. Qing Tu Liu did say that a long time ago, another bottle of Bone Washing was taken away.

“Under Qi Wu’s command, there were envoys from the Qing clan, and also me. My name is Xu Wei. The Qing clan was in the open, and I acted in the dark. I was also Qi Wu’s brother since childhood.

At that time, Qi Wu was at a breakthrough bottleneck, and mistakenly thought that he had been betrayed by Ying Xian Ge. He also learned that I had been killed. In his rage, demonic energy took advantage of the situation and entered!

I am a cat demon, and I had already cultivated a second life at that time. But when I was resurrected and awakened, Qi Wu had already been killed in front of Fumo Pass! And here–”

He paused for a moment, his voice also stagnant: “Is the tomb of him and Ying Xian Ge.”

That year, Xu Wei took advantage of the chaos and snatched Qi Wu and the dead Ying Xian Ge, who was tightly held by him, at the last moment. Everyone thought that the two had fallen into Fumo Pass, not knowing that the corpses were actually collected by him into this pearl.

The people of the Xuanzhen Realm thought that Lord Qishan’s voluntary guarding of Fumo Pass was so noble, but in fact, it was only because he felt guilty and volunteered to guard Ying Xian Ge’s tomb.

Lord Qishan was greatly shocked, staggered to the entrance, and knelt down again, looking out at the broken sword standing quietly in the snow.

“It’s her sword… She’s here…” he murmured, “That sword tassel, I gave it to her…”

Lord Ziwei paced over, the sharp blade raised and placed against Lord Qishan’s neck: “From that day on, I wanted to avenge Qi Wu.

Demons cannot walk in the human realm, so I became human. The previous exercises were difficult to cultivate to a higher cultivation level than you, so I cultivated the Joyous Union Dao.

Ever since I ascended to the Tribulation Transcending Stage, I knew that you would definitely die in my hands.”

“I want you to die in this place, so that they can see you die with their own eyes, so that they can rest in peace!”

The long sword was raised, and the sword light flashed with cold light. Lord Qishan seemed to have lost his mind, neither dodging nor avoiding, still staring straight at the broken sword, obviously with the will to die.

At the moment when the cold light was about to strike, a demonic aura flashed. Yu Wei was alert and immediately used the Yu Yi Sword to deflect Lord Ziwei’s falling sword tip.

“What are you doing! What’s it to you!” Lord Ziwei said dissatisfied.

“Yuanjun,” Yu Wei reminded, “The demonic energy is nearby. If you kill Zhenjun now, it is very likely that you will be taken as a container by that great demon.”

Here, if Lord Qishan dies, his body is the best container.

“Giggle–”

The demonic shadow approached and appeared on the other side.

Mo Tanzhou and Mo Zezhi appeared together, but both had become puppets, controlled by the great demon.

“Smells good–this is the smell, this hatred, this remorse…” The two spoke in unison, their scarlet eyeballs trembling.

“Tsk.” Lord Ziwei’s face was full of ferocity.

Lord Qishan swayed, and finally stood up.

He said: “I deserve to die, but before I die, I will kill it, I will atone for my sins. Yu Wei, take Chao Jianxue away.”

White bones, sword light.

Yu Wei protected Chao Jianxue and ran out. Just as he stepped out of the skeleton, Chao Jianxue, who had been stunned for a long time, suddenly reacted and stopped.

Yu Wei urged: “Shixiong, hurry up, it’s too dangerous here!”

Chao Jianxue said dazedly, “I want to stay here,” and then, his eyes suddenly cleared, and he had completely awakened from the shock just now. He said seriously: “I want to stay here, I want to kill the demon with them.”

He didn’t want to be protected all the time anymore.

Everything originated from Lord Qishan, but Lord Qishan had indeed raised and protected Chao Jianxue for many years, which was gratitude.

Kindness and hatred are very complicated things, not black and white. Chao Jianxue couldn’t achieve impartial fairness, and he couldn’t hate Lord Qishan.

He only knew that he had to do something, he couldn’t escape.

Even if Lord Qishan would die, whether he died under Lord Ziwei’s sword or something else, Chao Jianxue realized that he had to face it and couldn’t change it, because this was Lord Qishan’s path, and he could only be a witness.

In order to witness it, he had to fight to the last moment with the people he cared about.

Chao Jianxue’s eyes were very firm, and Yu Wei pursed his lips.

Then the two turned around at the same time, drew their swords, and ran towards the surging demon mist.

Explosions rose and fell, and the skeleton continued to crack. Lord Ziwei did not want to see Qi Wu’s bones destroyed, and her anger burst out.

“Get out of here!”

She swept away the four directions with a sword, completely driving back the demon mist. Lord Qishan’s sword formation chased after Mo Tanzhou and Mo Zezhi, while Chao Jianxue and Yu Wei tacitly drew their swords separately.

White light flashed, and the roaring continued.

Mo Zezhi’s body was dead, and the great demon dragged him listlessly, carrying heavy demonic energy, and simply broke away from his body.

At the same time, Chao Jianxue heard the bewitching of its eerie voice:

Lord Qishan harmed your parents, don’t you hate him?

I don’t hate him.

Demihumans suffer so much injustice, don’t you resent it?

I don’t resent it.

Yu Wei will become a demon, aren’t you afraid?

I’m not afraid–

Because he will walk to the last moment with him, he will no longer escape, he will face it!

The demonic energy roared chaotically, and all returned to Mo Tanzhou’s body. Mo Zezhi’s body was abandoned on the ground, and could no longer be inhabited.

Its eyeballs looked around at the approaching four people, but it could not find a body to invade.