SQLJBFDTW Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Heart Sutra, Glug Glug Glug Glug

Coming to his senses, Chao Jianxue had already reached out with difficulty, and the moment he snapped the thread, the bells of the Thousand Silk Array rang in unison.

The silk threads snapped, and the firelight went out.

While Chao Jianxue stared blankly at the silk thread in his hand, Yu Wei had already grasped the hilt of the Thousand League Sword.

The light of the Thousand League Sword blazed brightly, like sparkling starlight, like silver flowers in full bloom.

Everyone’s sleeves moved without wind, and amid gazes of unwillingness or envy, Yu Wei drew the Thousand League Sword.

The blood pool began to shake.

Lord Fuheng smiled, his eyes curved: “This realm is about to shatter, please return, everyone.”

The fox’s figure also dissipated into spots of light.

Remembering the Qi Condensation Technique that Yu Wei had mentioned at the beginning, Chao Jianxue steadied himself and quickly stepped forward to look at the Thousand League Sword in Yu Wei’s hand.

The broken sword had already repaired itself, and at this time it looked like nothing more than a slightly sharper sword, with no special spiritual energy flowing.

“It looks… ordinary…” he said.

Yu Wei nodded, “Let’s take it back and show it to our teacher and the sect leader.”

A senior brother from Miaoxuan Mountain also came over, weighed the Thousand League Sword a few times, and said with emotion: “Just this sword, a True Immortal used so many illusions? It doesn’t seem anything special.”

“Many thanks to Senior Brother Li for helping me out just now.”

“Not at all, we are fellow disciples, no need to be so polite.”

While the two were saying meaningless words, Chao Jianxue turned his head and glanced at the round platform, where a broken bell was stuck in the crack of a stone where Lord Fuheng the fox had been sitting.

He suddenly remembered the nonsensical words that Lord Fuheng had said just now, and a thoughtStormed into his heart.

Could this be, the legendary, bargain?

He bent down and pried the bell out.

“What are you doing?” Yu Wei asked.

Chao Jianxue didn’t hide anything, shaking it as if it were unimportant, “I found it on the ground, a broken bell.”

Senior Brother Li from Miaoxuan Mountain took a look and said, “It’s the starting mechanism of the Thousand Silk Array, it’s useless now. The secret realm is about to break, let’s go!”

Yu Wei thought for a while and instructed Chao Jianxue: “Keep it safe.”

The three waded through the blood pool and walked into the black hole leading out of the secret realm.

The light ahead was still some distance away, and a fox phantom led the way for them.

As they walked, Yu Wei suddenly said, “Just now, thank you for trusting me.”

The tips of Chao Jianxue’s ears heated up: “Senior Brother Yu is wise and powerful, of course I trust you!”

“But listening to me is entrusting your life to me.”

Why did those words sound so serious? Chao Jianxue was not good at dealing with such sincere things, so he could only change the subject:

“…Senior Brother Yu also listened to senior brother’s…”

Yu Wei chuckled lightly, “It’s different, Senior Brother Li and I have fought side by side many times, and we already have a tacit understanding. With your talent, it’s a bit of a waste to be an outer disciple…”

Chao Jianxue quickly said, “No need! I just want to be an outer disciple.”

Yu Wei didn’t force it, “Alright.”

He had originally wanted to say that if Chao Jianxue was willing, he would be willing to vouch for him, so that he would not have to go through the trials and could directly participate in the inner disciple assessment.

However, Chao Jianxue was an outer disciple of Miaoxuan Mountain, and it was appropriate for Senior Brother Li, also a disciple of Miaoxuan Mountain, to persuade him. After all, his Foundation Establishment cultivation could last until now, which showed that he had extraordinary abilities.

He should not interfere with matters of another sect.

The fox phantom walked and stopped in front, looking back at them from time to time, as if urging them to hurry up and follow.

Suddenly, a rapid ringing sounded from Yu Wei’s body, similar to the sound of the bells in the Thousand Silk Array. Chao Jianxue’s stress response was triggered, and he looked at him nervously.

Yu Wei said, “It’s nothing, just a message from the sect’s jade token…”

Looking left and right, Chao Jianxue understood.

Wasn’t this just a mobile phone sending a message? In simple terms, they were cut off from the signal while in the secret realm, and now they were gradually recovering as they walked in the passage connecting the secret realm and reality.

Senior Brother Li from Miaoxuan Mountain saw that Yu Wei was holding a sword in one hand and a jade token in the other, making it difficult to use spells, so he took the initiative to say, “I’ll help you hold the sword.”

“Thank you for your trouble.”

Finally, they reached a place where the “signal” was clear. Yu Wei performed a hand seal, and as soon as the jade token lit up, the shouts of various people rang out from it: “Junior Brother Yu! Be careful of ‘Li Zhenzhen’, he’s fake—

Junior Brother Li didn’t even enter the secret realm!”

Before Chao Jianxue could react to who Li Zhenzhen was, he was knocked down by a sudden gust of wind. Yu Wei drew his sword.

They only heard the kind Senior Brother Li from Miaoxuan Mountain laugh heartily, and he flashed to near the exit.

The “senior brother” weighed the Thousand League Sword in his hand and raised a wanton and successful smile: “You human cultivators are not that great after all! The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, thank you!”

He was actually a demon cultivator!

No one had noticed when he had replaced Li Zhenzhen.

Seeing that he was about to escape, Yu Wei pursued him with his sword.

Chao Jianxue also quickly got up and chased after him.

Running out of the cave, he stepped into the air, and the feeling of weightlessness made his heart jump to his throat, but he didn’t have time to jump out and was blown back by the oncoming wind.

As Chao Jianxue fell, he saw the two fighting in mid-air.

Suddenly, the demon cultivator threw the Thousand League Sword at him. Chao Jianxue subconsciously caught it, but he didn’t know that he had tampered with the sword. As soon as he touched it, it felt like being struck by lightning, and he had to throw the sword away again.

The demon cultivator struck Yu Wei’s chest with a palm, used the force to bounce away, and blew a whistle at Chao Jianxue in a flash: “Thanks, buddy!”

Then he flew quickly towards where the sword had fallen.

Chao Jianxue was furious, who was buddies with you!

His collar lightened, Yu Wei grabbed his collar in the air, and there was another round of spinning. The two fell from the air and landed in an unknown stream. Fortunately, both of them had some spiritual power to cushion the impact, so they were not crushed to pieces.

Chao Jianxue was extremely sore everywhere.

What was this, making wedding clothes for others, drawing water with a bamboo basket, a failed start and a premature death!

In short, if he ever met that demon cultivator again, he would write the word “tragic” on his face.

He wanted to sit up, but accidentally pressed on Yu Wei, who groaned.

Chao Jianxue was shocked: “Where are you injured? Can you still walk?”

Could they still find their way back?

Yu Wei’s eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings—Chao Jianxue couldn’t figure out how someone could be so ethereal even when injured.

Look, Yu Wei was spitting out blood slowly from the cracks of his lips, it was simply a Grammy slow-motion shot, unlike others who opened their mouths and blood splattered everywhere, but rather restrained, fragile like glass…

And it was wiped away by him calmly.

“It’s nothing…”

The jade token was still ringing.

“Junior Brother Yu! Junior Brother Yu! Are you out yet! It’s me, Li Zhenzhen!” On the other end, the real Senior Brother Li Zhenzhen from Miaoxuan Mountain shouted, “There’s another important thing, I checked the roster of outer disciples of Miaoxuan Mountain, and there’s no one called Lu Renyi in it!”

“…”

Chao Jianxue’s hand, which was holding his, suddenly retracted.

Yu Wei raised his eyes.

The gentle etherealness from just now suddenly changed, and his pupils were as cold as the snow of the Tianshan Mountains.

It was as if jade had shattered, and water hadCondensationed into ice in the shape of sharp cones.

Sensing a very dangerous aura, Chao Jianxue turned and ran.

He had originally wanted to take advantage of Yu Wei being injured, but he didn’t expect him to be just as powerful even when injured. Only then did he realize that he had been holding back against swords during the Immortal Sect Assembly, and he would not be soft on demons, let alone when he felt deceived and had anger.

The Thousand League Sword was still lying on the shore, and Chao Jianxue, afraid of becoming a ghost under the sword, kicked the Thousand League Sword away in a panic, and was immediately pressed into the water.

“I fxxk you glug glug…”

Yu Wei lifted him up with a cold face, his voice like frost and snow freezing people: “What demon! Are you also here for the secret realm immortal artifact? What is your relationship with that demon cultivator? What about the original owner of the wooden token?”

Chao Jianxue was exhausted and couldn’t utter a single fart, and was pressed back into the water again.

At least let him catch his breath and say something!

“Glug glug cough…”

His consciousness began to fade, and he saw white in front of his eyes.

He had survived in the secret realm, but was he going to be killed by this beloved junior brother…

His head was weightless, and he was pulled out of the water again, his hair all messed up, clinging wetly to his neck. Chao Jianxue’s vision was dizzy, and he could only hear his own thunderous heartbeat, and Yu Wei’s increasingly distant voice.

“Say, is it you and that demon cultivator… Eldest Brother? How is it you—Senior Brother!”

After who knows how many hours, the disguise fell off.

Fortunately, fortunately, there was still hope.

Before passing out, Chao Jianxue thought so.

“The younger generation is smart, knowing to keep this bell.”

Hearing the voice, Chao Jianxue wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids were as heavy as if they were hanging with lead, and he couldn’t lift them at all, but he recognized it as the voice of True Immortal Fuheng.

“You don’t have to look, this wisp of my remnant soul is just waiting for a destined person to find a legacy. Once the legacy is over, I will completely dissipate.”

“The world knows the reputation of the Thousand League Sword, but no one knows that this bell is the result of my life’s work. I chose you, and you also chose me, wonderful, wonderful.”

Where was it wonderful, he asked, wasn’t it because the predecessor let him hear it?

“You want to ask me why I didn’t choose others? I was going to choose the disciple next to you, but in comparison, I think this Thousand League Mind Sutra is the most suitable for you. I have already passed on the mind sutra to you, whether you can learn it or not depends on you.”

Was this such a forced sale?

“After cultivating for thousands of years, only when I am really about to die do I know my fear of death. Since you are alive, don’t betray it. I also have a sentence to give to you: be bold and act, what’s wrong with enjoying today to the fullest, and only treat tomorrow as impermanent!”

——Only treat tomorrow as impermanent!

Chao Jianxue coughed out a mouthful of stagnant water from his chest, the light was dazzling, and his ears were buzzing, and gradually weakened.

He laboriously blinked his sore eyes, and saw Yu Wei’s pale face clearly, too close to him, with no color, only his mouth was red, and his lips were clear and bright.

While looking at Yu Wei, Lord Fuheng’s mind sutra merged into his dantian, and he saw again the desolate desert under the red moon, which was originally the manifestation of Lord Fuheng’s fear of death.

For True Immortals, the process of ascension may be the process of watching themselves slowly dissipate into the heavens and the earth, and the years of thousands of years are like knives.

In just a blink of an eye, he saw the original appearance of the broken bell, shining with golden light, strung with a red rope, and did not know whose wrist it was originally worn on.

But the past had passed, and who could know?

He could only silently say “Thank you, senior” in his heart.

Then he dryly cursed at Yu Wei.

“You fxxking… hit really hard.”