SQLJBFDTW Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Return, Acting as the “Savior” Again

In the blink of an eye, decades have passed. The Wuwu Sect’s vitality has not yet recovered, and the demon realm’s incursions into the human cultivator territories have begun to become somewhat rampant.

The times are constantly changing, and the turmoil at Fumo Pass has become increasingly obvious. Demonic creatures are stirring more frequently, and the immortal sect disciples are powerless to resist. Under pressure, the immortal sects and the demon realm agreed on three rules: demon cultivators are allowed to enter human cultivator territories for trade, but they are forbidden from intermarrying. If discovered, they will be executed immediately.

In the past, it was rare to see demons within the human territories, but now demon cultivators are swaggering around in human cultivator markets. However, they sneer at each other, competing to see who can exhale more air from their nostrils and hold their noses higher.

It’s another year for the Immortal Sect Competition.

This year’s location is the Tianyao Sect. Although it’s not explicitly stated, when it comes to the most powerful sect, the Wuwu Sect has taken a backseat, and the Tianyao Sect has become the number one.

Within the Tianyao Sect, the disciples are dressed in black robes, their imposing manner overwhelming. They sit upright in the viewing stands, looking extremely organized. Envoys from various sects who have come to observe praise the Tianyao Sect’s teaching methods.

The leader of the Tianyao Sect is advanced in years, and his spiritual power is far from what it used to be. His eyes occasionally show signs of confusion. Hearing this flattery, he smiles with satisfaction and says, “It’s all thanks to Mo Tanzhou.”

Mo Tanzhou stands by his side, showing neither pride nor impatience in the face of the elders’ praise, returning their greetings one by one.

“Why hasn’t anyone from the Wuwu Sect arrived for this competition?”

Someone says, “Ever since the incident at the Wuwu Sect fifty years ago, they lost a large number of disciples. They’ve been pushing back the Dao discussion conferences whenever possible. The invitation was sent for this competition, but I don’t know if they’ll come.”

Someone shakes his head, “It’s understandable. Fortunately, the Wuwu Sect has a deep foundation, and they should be able to recover in another hundred years. But I heard that Lord Qishan has severed ties with the Wuwu Sect?”

“Isn’t it all because of that…” An insider marvels, “I didn’t expect Lord Qishan to be so sentimental. Not only is he willing to be a father, but he also caused a big scene with his sect for a half-demon who shouldn’t have been born. It’s really…”

“What about that Yu Wei?”

“I was just about to mention him! In just over a hundred years, he’s actually risen to the Great Ascension stage. He’s also a descendant of the Yu family, and the current owner of One Leaf Boat. The Wuwu Sect has this divine figure as a disciple, so they don’t have to worry about the future!”

Mentioning this name, which is now known to everyone in the Xuanzhen Realm, several elders are a little excited, regretting that Yu Wei didn’t join their sect in the first place, so they could benefit from it now.

“One Leaf Boat has also been opened, and he has several disciples. So, where does Yu Wei belong now?”

“It doesn’t matter where he belongs. Anyway, he’s mostly at One Leaf Boat now. When we’re outside, we all have to call him Lord Yu.”

“He didn’t stay in the Wuwu Sect to be an elder?”

“He has the One Leaf Boat celestial realm, so where else would he want to be? Besides, I heard that Yu Wei doesn’t really want to see people from the Wuwu Sect. It seems like he has some conflicts with the sect?”

“Where did you hear that?” The person asking is confused.

Just as they are talking, a disciple reports that the Wuwu Sect has accepted the invitation and arrived. The crowd exchanges glances, wondering if someone’s mouth has been blessed because they just mentioned the Wuwu sect and they arrived.

Stretching their necks to look, they actually see that the person leading the group has outstanding immortal bearing, displaying majesty in every movement. He wears a tall lotus crown, and his face is like cold jade. The whole person is like a sharp sword quenched with a cold light.

People who have seen Yu Wei before are shocked: “Is that Yu Wei?” They only remember that Yu Wei used to have a clear and cold personality, but he wasn’t this aloof. What has happened to this child in the last few decades?

But then they think of the tragedy that happened at One Leaf Boat, and they understand. It must be because of that reason.

“Fellow Daoist Yu, please take a seat.” A disciple leads Yu Wei to the viewing stand. After all, he represents the Wuwu Sect and is a Great Ascension cultivator, so he should occupy a high position in the viewing stand.

Yu Wei approaches, and the crowd is momentarily afraid to speak under his aura. How could so many seniors lose their nerve in front of a junior?

Yu Wei speaks first, “I, Yu, represent the Wuwu Sect, bringing eleven disciples to participate in the competition.”

Sect Leader Mo says “good” three times in a row. Yu Wei then sits down, no longer speaking, and waits quietly for the competition to begin.

Mo Tanzhou signals to him, and Yu Wei only nods lightly in response.

The others are embarrassed. They were just saying that Yu Wei’s relationship with the Wuwu Sect was not good, but if it wasn’t good, how could he represent the sect? The rumors are naturally dispelled.

The Immortal Sect Competition is lively, with cheers and jeers filling the arena.

Amidst the noise, Yu Wei sits upright with his eyes closed. The jade pendant in his sleeve vibrates slightly, and Li Zhenzhen’s voice of thanks comes from his sea of consciousness: “Junior Brother Yu, things happened suddenly. Thank you for being willing to lead the team, otherwise various speculations would arise, and everyone would think that the Wuwu Sect has completely declined.”

Yu Wei: “It’s nothing.”

Li Zhenzhen is silent for a moment, then says, “Are you really not planning to return to the sect?”

Hearing that Yu Wei doesn’t respond, he continues, “I know that you are angry at the leader because Chao… because of his death, but Master Mu Yuan hasn’t woken up yet, and there are only a few of you inner disciples of Fuxian Mountain. There are many affairs, and Qiu Shui and the others can’t handle them all…”

Yu Wei: “Is Senior Brother Li acting as a lobbyist for someone?”

Li Zhenzhen: “Oh dear…”

Yu Wei: “It’s not just the leader that I resent.”

Li Zhenzhen: “…” Oh no, he said “just,” which means he’s angry at more than just the leader.

“I hate myself even more. I hate being bound by etiquette and rules, I hate not being firm enough, I hate not being strong enough… I hate not jumping down with him back then, so I wouldn’t have completely lost track of him.”

Li Zhenzhen wants to rub his forehead, feeling that Yu Wei’s thoughts are becoming more and more extreme.

He can only say, “You went down to look for him back then, and it was confirmed that there were no remains.”

Yu Wei says slowly, “Is that so.”

Is that so? Is that so! Li Zhenzhen thinks, does he still have hope that Chao Jianxue is still alive? Although he also hopes that he is still alive, is that possible! Chao Jianxue is not invulnerable, falling from such a height, he must have been crushed instantly.

But Li Zhenzhen, facing Yu Wei, still doesn’t dare to say such cruel words, so he says, “Okay then, I’ll go be busy first. If you don’t want to return to the sect, just bring the people to the front of the Wuwu Sect when you return, and I’ll come out to receive them.”

Yu Wei: “Mm.”

He cuts off the jade pendant, clenching it in his palm, leaving half a broken jade pendant. The broken part was originally sharp, but after years of rubbing, the edges have become much smoother.

The pattern on it can almost be felt with a touch, it is the character “Snow.”

The stagnant air around Yu Wei becomes much calmer when he touches the character “Snow.”

He lowers his eyes and looks down at the stage.

It just so happens that it is a match between a Wuwu Sect disciple and a Tianyao Sect disciple. Amidst the cheers, the Tianyao Sect disciple wins a great victory. Yu Wei remains unperturbed, sliding his fingertips across the jade pendant.

But in the dark crowd opposite, suddenly one person attracts his attention. That person is squeezed in the crowd, smiling as he watches the competition, his palm supporting his chin, his eyes bright and cunning.

Yu Wei suddenly stands up.

The other elders on the viewing platform notice the movement and look over in surprise, only to see Yu Wei flying down to the viewing seats opposite. The disciples exclaim in surprise, but Yu Wei leaps a few steps, as if searching for something.

One face after another is turned over.

No… None!

Yu Wei feels a lump in his throat, and his back feels a chill.

Is it another illusion…

Amid the commotion, a person crouches down and hides under the stage, his movements strange and easily avoiding the spiritual power released by the Great Ascension cultivator for investigation.

He leaves the noise behind, weaves through the crowd, and quickly arrives at the mountain spring outside the Tianyao Sect, takes a long breath, and squats down to wash his hands.

The water flows gurgling, clear to the bottom, reflecting a beautiful face, a touch of vermillion demon markings between his eyebrows, and a flowing light seems to flash in his dark pupils.

It is Chao Jianxue.

The slender little green snake coiled around his wrist pokes its head out of his sleeve and says lazily, “Are there any gains?”

Chao Jianxue pinches its seven inches and pulls it down, displeased, “I told you not to hang on me casually!”

Qing Tu Liu is soft and boneless, softly winding around again, opening its mouth to bite his finger: “Demon Lord, don’t be so fierce.”

Chao Jianxue is sick of seeing this dead-beat appearance.

Ever since Qing Tu Liu took him to the demon realm that day, Chao Jianxue learned that his biological father, Qi Wu, has a prominent position in the demon realm and was also a hegemon of the demon realm hundreds of years ago.

His originally dead heart immediately revived.

It’s like that feeling of “finding a biological father after being adopted by a millionaire, only to discover that the biological father is an even richer billionaire.”

Coincidentally, the clan to which Qing Tu Liu belongs was once a vassal of Qi Wu, which is why Qing Tu Liu discovered his bloodline and let him go back that day.

If he were not Qi Wu’s child, according to Qing Tu Liu, half of the underground ghost market is filled with gambling houses, and he would never have escaped alive that day.

It’s hard to be a half-demon, but Chao Jianxue has immortal heritage. After arduous efforts, his cultivation has leaped to the early stage of Great Ascension among human cultivators, which is already comparable to Yu Wei. He has greatly defeated several demons who were unconvinced.

The demon realm is a place where strength speaks, coupled with Qing Tu Liu’s assistance, he has become a demon lord in Qi Wu’s original territory in the demon realm.

Qing Tu Liu asks cheaply again: “Was that person just now your lover?”

It hid inside and saw it really. The other person’s eyes almost locked over at once, and its scales almost exploded. Then it heard people around discussing that the one on the stage was Yu Wei.

Their Demon Lord’s former junior brother and lover.

“Why haven’t I ever heard you call this name? When you came to report on the movements of human cultivators before, you also deliberately used ‘that person’ ‘this person’ instead. What exactly is the story? Love turned to hate? Do you have a grudge? Even if you have a grudge, with your current cultivation, you can beat him up, right?”

Chao Jianxue wants to knock it unconscious: “Shut up.”

He raises his wrist. The bracelet that Yu Wei gave him in the past is still firmly worn on his wrist. He has tried many methods, but he can’t take it off no matter what. He doesn’t know what secret technique of the Yu family was used.

With the bracelet there, he certainly doesn’t dare to call out “Yu Wei’s” name, otherwise if Yu Wei knows that he is not dead, he is not ready to face him. If he lies the first time, there will be a second time, and he will definitely be cut down with a sword.

He probably suddenly came over just now because he sensed the aura of a demon.

He came today only because Nan Island is close to the demon realm, and Chao Jianxue was a little bored in the demon realm, so he came out to see the excitement.

Who knew that Yu Wei would come.

According to the intelligence in recent years, Yu Wei’s attitude towards demons is still not good. Whenever he catches a demon who has made a mistake, he doesn’t even inform the demon realm and they definitely become a dead soul under his sword.

He has returned to Dongyuan and become the lord of One Leaf Boat. Coupled with the fact that he is young and already at the Great Ascension stage, he already has the title of “Leader of the Immortal Dao” among human cultivators.

Chao Jianxue remembers what he said to him on the roof in the past. At that time, he said that he didn’t want to stay at One Leaf Boat, but in the end, he still took on the burden of One Leaf Boat, and couldn’t help but sigh.

His youthful ideals and reality have run counter to each other.

However, Chao Jianxue deeply observed just now that his little junior brother’s temperament is very different from before. Could it be that he is really cultivating the path of ruthlessnes as the information says?

Thinking of the distant glance in the crowd of tens of thousands of people just now, Chao Jianxue’s heart beat heavily.

The joy of the past when the two were together, like an overturned cup, spilled out in his chest.

He hasn’t seen him for so long, how can he not be nervous, his palms are a little sweaty.

If Yu Wei has cultivated the path of ruthlessnes, there is a clue as to why he will destroy the Xuanzhen Realm in the future! It must be the saying of proving the Dao with ruthlessnes.

Chao Jianxue thinks that he still needs to prevent Yu Wei from continuing to level up as soon as possible. The roundabout way has failed, so let’s face it head-on.

In any case, he has accepted the fate of being a half-demon, and he doesn’t dare to betray the kindness of his master who protected him back then. He wants to live well.

The future of the Xuanzhen Realm is actually tied to him!

He has cultivated so hard, and now his cultivation is comparable to Yu Wei. Even if he forcibly ties him back to the demon realm and raises him, it’s not like he has no chance of winning!