SQLJBFDTW Chapter 91

Chapter 91: Facing Together, Eldest Brother Has Figured It Out

The sun beat down on Chao Jianxue’s back, making it burn. He hurried into the tea stall, not sitting back in his original spot, but squeezing onto the same long bench as Yu Wei.

Yu Wei tilted his head: “What did Senior Brother Li say to you?”

This slight tilt of his head, in Chao Jianxue’s eyes, had a kind of aloof and adorable quality, making him especially happy. Coupled with the fact that he learned Yu Wei had argued with the sect leader for his sake, he had an urge to hold Yu Wei’s face and kiss him hard.

Chao Jianxue’s gaze was too intense. Yu Wei blinked slowly: “Hmm?”

Chao Jianxue came back to his senses, grasped his hand, searched his mind, and said solemnly, “Yu Wei, thank you.”

Thank you for always believing in him, for always standing by his side. So unwavering, so steadfast.

Hearing his nonsensical words of thanks, Yu Wei was slightly surprised, but he took Chao Jianxue’s words and said, “To me, Senior Brother doesn’t need to say thank you.”

Chao Jianxue was moved. He smiled, his eyes crinkling, and said, “Li Zhenzhen didn’t say anything, just that you had plundered the things in Qingxue Residence and wanted to lock me up or something.”

A person without ulterior motives would hear this and not care, but a person with ulterior motives, like Yu Wei, would hear it and his ears would turn slightly red. He asked strangely, “Senior Brother isn’t unhappy?”

He thought this was a dirty thought, and if Senior Brother knew about it, it would greatly damage his image. Therefore, after that day when he spoke without thinking, he never took the initiative to mention it again, pretending he had never done it.

Chao Jianxue said, “I’m not unhappy, on the contrary, I’m very happy!”

Yu Wei was stunned, his gaze surprised.

Chao Jianxue was very sincere, and he was not embarrassed at all when he said what he thought: “I’m serious. If you want to lock me up, handcuff me, or tie me up, it’s all fine, because it’s you, I actually like it quite a bit. Doesn’t the book also say that this is a kind of fun? Acting out special scenarios to increase the excitement, or something like that. Besides, I’ve tied you up too, our ideas are simply identical!”

Chao Jianxue was no longer shy. Once he started talking, he seemed to have no taboos, and he could say anything. Yu Wei’s jade-white face flushed red, and he turned his head away, looking down, the tea in his bowl shimmering.

“Not identical,” he said.

Chao Jianxue teased, “What, you did it and you still don’t admit it!”

Yu Wei sat upright and said, “The iron chain I prepared for Senior Brother is soft, the one Senior Brother gave was hard.”

Huh?

There are soft iron chains in the Xuanzhen Realm? Chao Jianxue really didn’t know.

“But what’s the difference between soft and hard?” he asked, genuinely puzzled, earning a faint gaze from Yu Wei.

“I know Senior Brother likes soft things.” Qingxue Residence was always covered with soft carpets.

Chao Jianxue understood. He was saying that even if he was going to be locked up, he should choose a lock that suited the other person’s taste. Alas, he should have painted a few lotus flowers on the lock too.

“My bad, my bad!” he sighed, and pondered, “But why am I so fond of soft things? Ming Qianli isn’t, and…”

Ming Qianli issued a cheerful sword hum at the right time, and he shut his mouth. Yu Wei obviously understood the teasing in his eyes, and also heard the unspoken meaning in his words. He held his breath.

Chao Jianxue was amused by teasing him, and he laughed out loud. He reached out and took the teacup in front of Yu Wei and drank it all in one gulp.

Looking into the distance, there should be several more waves of Xuanzhen Realm people coming here to admire the true appearance of the immortal. The Kirin had to meet them one by one, and light was constantly flashing in the mountains and forests.

Taking this opportunity, the two of them returned the same way they came and went back to the Kirin Kingdom.

Although the monarch was dead, the kingdom was not in chaos. It was said that Her Majesty the Queen was in charge of the overall situation, saying that the Kirin had ascended and was appeasing the people.

As for the national teacher who escaped during the fire, it was said that he accidentally fell into the moat while fleeing the palace, and when the guards fished him out, he was like a bloated sack, full of water, and he had already lost his breath.

For the people, such a major event happened in their sleep, unknowingly. When they woke up in the morning, they only suddenly heard the bad news. Life continued as usual, and after a few days, it returned to its former calm.

It would be a few more years before they realized that the prosperity and wealth they had once enjoyed had gone far away.

Chao Jianxue heard someone discussing the national teacher who died tragically, and he snorted unhappily.

Yu Wei asked, “Senior Brother is still angry about this?”

Chao Jianxue’s mood was naturally still unhappy: “I just think that with this person’s greed, it’s a bit too good for him to die like this.”

Yu Wei said peacefully, “Has Senior Brother heard of the Yin-Yang Realm judging people’s lives?”

Chao Jianxue raised an eyebrow, asking about the judges of the underworld. He understood: “You haven’t seen it with your own eyes, how do you know if it’s true or false?”

Yu Wei shook his head: “This is a rule left by the Dao of Heaven. Although people in the Xuanzhen Realm do not enter the Yin-Yang Realm, they can enter and exit the Yin-Yang Realm after ascending to immortality and know these things. People in the human realm need to pass through the Yin-Yang Realm for reincarnation, judging their good and evil deeds in this life one by one. According to the records left by the True Immortals, this national teacher will suffer the pain of the Avici Hell for eight hundred years, with no reincarnation.”

“Ah,” Chao Jianxue was slightly surprised, “How do you know so much?”

“I just studied more books in my early years.” Yu Wei was still peaceful, he really didn’t mention the hardships he had endured while studying.

“What if people in the Xuanzhen Realm do evil?”

“They fall into the demon path, and their bodies enter demonic energy, and they are also in as much pain and cannot be freed as if they were in Avici Hell.”

This was also fair.

Chao Jianxue lowered his head and fell into thought. His mind was in a mess, and he couldn’t be interested in anything for a while. Yu Wei asked him where he wanted to go and what he wanted to eat, but he was not interested.

The sky suddenly darkened, and the two returned to the inn where they were staying.

Yu Wei went downstairs to ask the innkeeper for water, and Chao Jianxue stayed in the room alone. He looked at the setting sun behind the mountains in the distance and couldn’t make up his mind.

“Jianxue.”

Chao Jianxue stiffened and turned his head in disbelief. The person who came was a little more weathered than he remembered, and there were already patches of white hair on his temples.

He stood up in a panic: “Lord Qishan…”

Qishan smiled slightly: “Why don’t you call me Father?”

“…” Chao Jianxue hesitated for a moment before calling out “Father”, “Why are you here?”

“Li Zhenzhen told me,” Qishan said. “I rushed over as soon as I heard the news. I didn’t expect to see you.”

Li Zhenzhen is really a big mouth!

“Don’t worry, he only told me,” Qishan added, and Chao Jianxue breathed a sigh of relief.

“I…” Chao Jianxue, when facing Qishan, completely lacked the frankness and composure he had when facing other people, and hesitated as he pinched his fingers.

“You don’t need to explain anything to me.” Qishan sighed and walked closer, patting him on the shoulder. Chao Jianxue only felt a cool breeze brushing over his shoulder, and he couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Are you in the demon realm? Are you doing well?”

Chao Jianxue smiled genuinely: “Yes, better than in the Wuwu Sect. Father, don’t worry.”

Qishan looked at him, his resolute face full of tenderness: “That’s good.”

He then asked Chao Jianxue about some things about his cultivation, and his words were concerned, and he did not blame him at all. He also asked him if he needed anything, and he would send it to him.

Chao Jianxue’s nose tingled, and he said, “I don’t lack anything, really. I’m doing very well now.”

Qishan also looked into the distance at the mountains and forests, and said kindly, “I didn’t expect it to do this.”

Chao Jianxue didn’t understand what he meant. Qishan asked him to sit down and talked about an old event to himself.

That was a little over a thousand years ago in the human realm.

Qishan and Ying Feishang’s mother, the young family head Ying Xuange, traveled together in the mountains of the human realm.

The mountains and forests were silent. They were supposed to be watching the mountains and rivers together, but suddenly they heard a whimper in the forest.

As the chief disciple of the Wuwu Sect, Qishan immediately recognized that this was the sound of a demon. The two followed the sound and explored, and found a deer demon in the dense forest leaves.

The deer demon was obviously only a few days old, but it already had spiritual wisdom and made a human-like cry for help.

Keeping such a talented demon would be a disaster, and Qishan was about to recite the incantation to kill it, but Ying Xuange pressed down his hand.

The aura of the deer demon’s whole body was too pure, and the bright, clean light in its eyes was even brighter than that of ordinary children in the Xuanzhen Realm.

Its leg was shot by a hunter in the mountains, and the arrowhead remained in its flesh, which caused it to whimper in pain.

As soon as Qishan saw Ying Xuange’s movements, he knew what she was going to do, and said helplessly, “I know you are kind, but it is not a good thing to keep a demon in the human realm, especially since it was born with strong demonic energy.”

However, Ying Xuange said, “I always thought that demons should not be seen as so unbearable. It has never done anything wrong, and there is not a trace of turbidity on its body. It is purer than many people.”

Qishan had always found it difficult to change her mind about the things she insisted on. The two had known each other since they were young, and Qishan knew her temper well.

He had no choice but to compromise: “Okay, if you want to save it, then save it.”

Ying Xuange cleaned the wound on the deer demon’s leg and released it back into the mountains.

Qishan said, “Let’s come and see it again next year. If it’s different, I’ll still kill it.”

Ying Xuange smiled and said, “Do you want to make a bet?”

Qishan also smiled: “Sure, what do you want to bet?”

“If I win, you’re not allowed to stop me from going to the demon realm!”

Qishan frowned: “No.”

Ying Xuange frowned and said, “I’m only saying this because I regard you as a friend. If it were someone else, I wouldn’t care how others stopped me, I would go my own way.”

Qishan: “…”

He knew that what she said was true. If she wanted to do something, it would be useless even if he stopped her. It would only cause a quarrel between the two of them.

He compromised.

The following year, the two returned to the forest in front of Juling Kingdom as agreed.

To Qishan’s surprise, the deer demon still maintained the pure and spiritual energy it was born with. It even remembered them and took the initiative to approach, circling around Ying Xuange.

Ying Xuange was amused and proudly showed off her victory to Qishan.

The deer demon observed the hunters on the mountain and had already learned the language of humans. It obediently called Ying Xuange “Immortal” and said that it also wanted to be able to come and go as it pleased like them.

Before Qishan could stop her, Ying Xuange had already squatted down and smiled at it, “In that case, you can call me Master.”

Neither of them had taken disciples before. It was not a big deal to take a disciple, but even so, Ying Xuange was really outrageous to take a little demon from the human realm as her disciple.

But Ying Xuange was a woman of her word and did things as she pleased, so Qishan could only hide it for her.

This year, Qishan accompanied her to stay in the human realm and watched her carefully teach the deer demon how to breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and some basic spells.

Naturally, the two could not stay in the human realm for a long time. When it was time to say goodbye to the deer demon, the deer demon asked, “Master, when will I be able to see you again?”

Qishan watched with his arms folded, and only heard Ying Xuange say gently, “When you ascend one day and come to the Xuanzhen Realm, you will be able to see me.”

“How can I do that?”

“Well…” Qishan saw Ying Xuange’s gaze turning towards him, with a sly smile, “When you have completed nine hundred and ninety-nine good deeds, you can come and see me.”

The two left the human realm, and Qishan said unhappily, “You didn’t need to lie to it.”

Ying Xuange said, “I didn’t lie to it. When it really completes nine hundred and ninety-nine good deeds, I will take it into the Xuanzhen Realm.”

“Regardless of whether you can take it out of the human realm,” Qishan rubbed his forehead with a headache, “It can’t complete the number you said.”

“Why?”

Qishan said, “It’s a demon.”

“But I won the bet last time.”

Qishan said helplessly, “The one-year time limit is completely incomparable to nine hundred and ninety-nine good deeds. When its demonic nature is completely stimulated, it will have desires. With desires, evil thoughts will arise. What’s more, doing good is not as simple as you said. Doing good will inevitably come into contact with others, and when desires meet desires, it will inevitably lead to self-destruction.”

Ying Xuange was silent for a long time, and said, “I understand what you said, but what if it can do it? Can you admit that there is a more pure existence in demons than in humans? I think it can do it.”

Qishan smiled bitterly, laughing at her naivety.

Ying Xuange said again, “Moreover, Qishan, when you say this, do you not believe in demons or do you not believe in people?”

Qishan was stunned and said nothing.

Ying Xuange said, “I believe that even if there is a moment of evil thought in their hearts, whether it is a demon or a human, there will always be an existence that can maintain its true color.”

“…”

After listening to Qishan’s story, Chao Jianxue was touched. So, his mother was such a person.

Qishan looked at him affectionately, as if he saw another person in him, and he said, “You look similar to your mother, and your temperament is also similar. She has won the bet now, and I also believe that you will make the right choice, and so does your teacher.”

Chao Jianxue wanted to say something more, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a spiritual butterfly flew past his eyes. He opened his eyes blankly, and Yu Wei was standing in front of him, but the hand he reached out to retracted.

He said, “Senior Brother fell asleep.”

Fell asleep? Chao Jianxue couldn’t distinguish between dream and reality. He stood up and looked around. The afterglow of the setting sun shone diagonally into the window, coating the room with a layer of twilight yellow.

The afterglow still had residual heat.

Yu Wei was also bathed in this afterglow with him, his outline clear but soft, making him seem even more like a dream.

Chao Jianxue couldn’t suppress the impulse, took a step forward, cupped his face, and kissed him hard.

He sincerely regretted not believing in Yu Wei. He knew best what Yu Wei’s true colors were. Yu Wei believed in him, so he should believe in him too. His previous fear of Yu Wei becoming a demon was still there, but he would face it with him.

If the deer demon completed these nine hundred and ninety-nine good deeds and ascended to immortality, it would become proof that there was no distinction between inferior and noble between demons and humans.

Desire had innate evil, so it was for all living beings, but some people and demons could give up their lives to kindness.

Even if he knew the possible outcome for Yu Wei in the future, Chao Jianxue was not afraid.

Because in this world, there were always people who were worth believing in, worth liking and loving with all your heart.

Yu Wei was shocked by his sudden dominance, but then he took the initiative, lowered his long eyelashes, deepened the kiss in passion, vaguely hearing several calls of his name, the connection between the spirit bracelet and his sea of consciousness was faintly hot.

Their lip peaks were like endless mountains, rising and falling.

The moonlight also climbed up, Chao Jianxue was moved and looked at him with wet eyes, and whispered, “I want to try that…”

The heat in Yu Wei’s palm on his waist deepened, but he thought for a moment, his breath intertwined with him: “I didn’t prepare anything, Senior Brother.”

He said vaguely, and Chao Jianxue knew he was talking about lubrication, but he didn’t have it last time, but he did it anyway?

“But Senior Brother said it was very painful last time, I don’t want you to be so uncomfortable,” Yu Wei said frankly.

So Chao Jianxue was a little happy and a little depressed.