The Forbidden Path to Immortality - Chapter 67

Chapter 8: Fall

With Li Xun’s current level of cultivation, reaching the summit of Zuwang Peak would normally take five days, even if he fought tooth and nail.

However, Li Xun was undoubtedly abnormal right now.

He was mad! So he recklessly summoned Youyi and Youer, demanding these two peerless puppets carry him straight to the summit of Zuwang Peak. This way, he could reach the summit in one night!

Just a few breaths ago, Li Xun brushed past the vast group of cultivators from the Mingxin Sword Sect, the straight-line distance between them no more than ten miles!

If it weren’t for Youer’s supreme magical power, warning him ahead, issuing a warning a minute in advance; if it weren’t for the Youxuan puppets’ unparalleled ability to hide and conceal themselves; if it weren’t for the deep night and the thick clouds, Li Xun would have died this time.

Yet, he cared nothing more. In this life-or-death situation, his expression didn’t even waver! Once he had gained distance from Qingming and the others, Li Xun commanded Youyi and Youer to soar towards the peak.

His first destination wasn’t the summit of Zuowang Peak, but Qingyin’s lakeside cottage, though it was deserted.

He’d barely left when Youer’s warning signal instantly returned. The two puppets froze simultaneously, then instantly extinguished all aura, plunging into the nearby hot spring lake.

Just as he was hiding, a familiar green figure streaked across the night sky, its arrogance undeniable.

“Qingluan?”

Li Xun’s eyes nearly popped out. Qingluan, whom he hadn’t even seen in the Arctic, was now here.

The situation in the Arctic was burgeoning, and the Loose Cultivator Alliance was in the midst of a major overhaul. Under these circumstances, Yu Sanren and the others were likely worried about a shortage of manpower, so why would they allow the intimidating Qingluan to come?

Li Xun was already anxious, and this unexpected turn of events only further spun his mind.

He tried to cool his cheeks with his hands, forcing himself to calm down. He ordered Youyi and Youer to each hold one of his arms and lower him to the lakebed.

Below, two puppets were each deflecting several strands of Qi, almost perfectly negating the three people’s vital energy fluctuations. Qingluan’s awe-inspiring presence swept over them.

It seemed as if the injuries sustained earlier hadn’t affected her significantly.

Had she been more careful, Li Xun might not have been able to evade them.

Fortunately, Qingluan seemed to be just passing through. More accurately, she was patrolling the summit. With her unseen flight speed and far-reaching human perception, she was the perfect choice for this kind of mission, and Li Xun was merely an accident.

Who could possibly use Qingluan as a sentinel?

With that, Li Xun was almost certain of the newcomers.

That’s right! Gu Yin and Yu Sanren! It had to be them!

What were they doing here?

Li Xun’s mind immediately turned to Qingyin. His heart tightened as he recalled the suspicion indirectly confirmed by Zhong Yin. At that moment, he felt so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

He was whirling in circles underground, “Yes, they saw Immortal Master Zhong Yin ascend, and they wanted to steal her away…

” A faint voice echoed in his heart: “Can they?”

Li Xun slapped himself hard, banishing all distracting thoughts.

There was no time for reflection now. He gritted his teeth and dived deeper underground, carefully suppressing his breath as he descended towards the summit.

Only when he reached the summit and met those people would he understand the truth.

Halfway down, he had an idea and removed the phoenix feather needle from his head.

This way, even if there were a demonic phoenix on the peak, it wouldn’t be able to detect his presence through the needle.

It was easier than he had imagined. Qingluan had clearly not expected someone to use the earth escape technique to climb to the summit like a thief.

Although it took some time, Li Xun finally reached the summit.

In the deep stillness of the night, the summit of Zuowang Peak was as quiet as ever, with the occasional chirping of night insects emanating from far away.

The quieter it got, the more Li Xun could sense the eerie aura behind the stillness.

He barely poked his head out of the dirt, glanced around, and then retreated back down.

In this environment, Li Xun experienced the enormity of the peak for the first time. In the past, hundreds of miles could be reached in an instant by flying a sword, but for him to move step by step like this, who knows how long it would take. What

he lacked most now was time!

The night was drawing to a close, the sky had entered its darkest period, and who knew what would happen after dawn? Li Xun truly wondered if something had happened on the peak!

Qingyin, was she okay?

Just then, he seemed to hear a low ringing sound in his ears.

The sound was unintentional, having long since dissipated under the disturbance of the night wind. Li Xun had only sensed it.

But this direction was… the Green Smoke Barrier! It was the bamboo hut of Master Zhong Yin!

Li Xun quickly understood. His first thought was to sneak over, but who knew who might be there? What if Yu Sanren was there? Who could guarantee that You Yi and You Er’s stealth wouldn’t be detected?

Seven or eight relatively safe ideas flashed through his mind, but only relatively. In the eyes of true first-class masters like Yu Sanren and Gu Yin, ordinary tricks were truly unremarkable.

But what if this trick was extraordinary?

As if possessed by a spirit, Zhong Yin’s face flashed through Li Xun’s mind. His heart raced, and he bolted for the “Linyuan Terrace.”

“Yes, the Translucent Water Mirror! Immortal Master Zhong Yin installed it in the house!”

Li Xun suppressed his ragged breaths, looking down at the swirling clouds beneath him.

He wasn’t tired, but in his still-clear mind, he absolutely refused to believe that Zhong Yin’s “trick” was just some impulsive pastime.

None of this mattered now. He summoned a cloud from the sky according to the incantation, and with a gentle touch, vapor condensed, and a faint image gradually became clear.

Afraid the sounds coming from the water mirror might be overheard, Li Xun simply jumped off the “Linyuan Terrace” and disappeared into the thick cloud. He then ordered Youyi to push back some of the clouds, while he sat on Youer, biting his lip as he switched images.

Alchemy room, study, living room… all the way to the bedroom, and then he saw a hand that had left a lasting impression on him.

Slender, white, and elegant, it was so beautiful that Li Xun almost called out its name.

“Gu Yin!”

He frantically switched images, but before the full view of the room came into view, a clear voice echoed from the water mirror: “What? Can’t we touch each other, old friend?”

It was indeed Gu Yin! But he had never heard her speak in such a playful tone.

Li Xun’s heart pounded, and his hands grew increasingly clumsy. Countless fleeting images flashed across the water mirror, but he couldn’t make out any of them clearly.

He had to close his eyes temporarily, regulate his breathing, and steady his mind… The voice in the water mirror continued to reach his ears.

“Don’t let your dirty deeds get to me!”

As soon as the voice reached his ears, Li Xun was shocked.

“Master Qingyin! It’s her, she is here!”

The image in the water mirror gradually became clearer. Li Xun carefully suspended the water mirror in mid-air, clasped his hands, and stared straight at it.

In the water mirror, Gu Yin was dressed in snow-white, with a bun on her head. Her eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, spotless, and she looked like a fairy, but there was no such tone in her words.

“Yes, you are not dirty, but you have bewitched this child and didn’t give him a taste of sweetness?”

Li Xun’s heart was pounding when he heard it. He looked up and saw Qingyin sitting cross-legged on the bamboo couch in the bedroom. It was hard to tell whether she was restrained or not, and her face showed no joy or anger.

She simply responded coldly, “Is this all you came here to say?”

Gu Yin smiled at the words, but her eyes were looking away from the screen.

Li Xun hurriedly adjusted himself, finally taking in the full view of the room. At the same time, he also saw that the person Gu Yin was looking at was none other than the familiar figure, Tian Yao Fenghuang!

She was still dressed in the same red dress, but in her hand, she was playing with a bamboo cup carved by Zhong Yin.

Li Xun closed his eyes, then opened them again.

Gu Yin, Yao Feng, and Qing Luan, all the masters of Yu Sanren’s faction, except Yu Sanren himself, had all come here. Why?

Before he could figure it out, Yao Feng laughed and said, “You don’t know, she’s actually very interested in that boy named Li Xun. It’s not that she’s intentionally trying to embarrass you.”

There was actually some sarcasm in Yao Feng’s voice, but Gu Yin ignored it and nodded, “It’s rare to meet a boy with such an interesting face and personality, how can I let him go so easily! But Qing Yin, how do you feel about being with him for such a long time?”

Qing Yin sneered and didn’t answer.

Seeing this, Gu Yin clapped her hands and said, “Yes, our Fairy Qing Yin is really the most pure-hearted! Apart from my lecherous uncle, she doesn’t care about anyone else…”

“Bullshit, bullshit!”

Li Xun cursed softly, but afraid that his voice was too loud, he bent his fingers and pressed them against his mouth, grinding his teeth and knuckles, breaking the skin and drawing blood, without realizing it.

However, Qing Yin’s face showed a faint smile. Li Xun knew how familiar she was with her, and he knew it at a glance. Although she didn’t say anything, it was clearly an admission of the truth.

With a snap, Li Xun bit off a finger bone. He stared intently at the scene in the water mirror, not a muscle moving.

Gu Yin had finally had enough fun. She pulled a chair and sat down next to Qing Yin, chuckling, “Well, let’s not talk about that brat. We’re here tonight to celebrate your success.

” “Zhong Yin has been rampant in the world for nearly a thousand years, countless people have paid a heavy price, but he can’t be defeated. You can single-handedly eliminate this great trouble for us. When he succeeds, Fairy Qing Yin will take the credit!”

She flipped her hand, and two cups appeared as if by magic. She also produced a flat-bellied jade bottle of wine, filled each cup, and handed one over. Yao Feng also poured a cup and gestured from afar.

Qing Yin’s eyes swept over the slightly green wine in the cup, and she was slightly moved. “This is ‘Sanghebi’!” “That’s

right!” Gu Yin smiled and raised her glass.

“My uncle hasn’t brewed the wine himself in over a hundred years. ‘Hebi’ is getting less and less every day.” This time, my uncle specially asked me to bring a bottle to celebrate my sister’s success!”

After that, Gu Yin suddenly smiled and said, “Maybe in the near future, I will have to call you ‘Aunt’!”

Qing Yin glanced at her, raised the glass and drank it all. Two red clouds appeared on her snow-white face, and she was so beautiful.

Gu Yin and Yao Feng smiled at each other and drank it all.

After drinking, Qing Yin was obviously more approachable than before. She took the initiative to say, “Actually, you are right!”

Gu Yin and Yao Feng looked at her at the same time. Qing Yin threw away the wine glass and got up from the bed.

Facing the gazes of the two women, Qing Yin laughed and said, “If it weren’t for that Li Xun, how could Zhong Yin leave with peace of mind? Without him, even if I had a thousand acting skills, how could I hide it from Zhong Yin’s eyes? He did a pretty good job! “

In the distance, beneath the Linyuan Terrace, Li Xun’s body trembled violently, and the voice from the other side continued to reach him.

This time it was Yao Feng. She smiled lazily and said, “Such a spineless little thing, it’s a pity you value him so much…”

“Not including me!” Qing Yin smiled, “If you kill him now, I’ll be counted as one!”

Li Xun’s eyes widened. He suddenly reached out and grabbed the edge of the water mirror, wanting to confirm who had said that.

Then, he saw Qing Yin’s red lips parted slightly, and said, “I don’t want another face like his in this world, that’s it!”

As you can imagine, the previous sentence had a completely different meaning.

It was just this sentence that defeated Li Xun in one fell swoop!

In a daze, he heard Yao Feng’s smile and sigh: “You are such a person…”

He didn’t listen any further. For him, knowing this was enough.

You Yi and You Er disappeared into the void one after another. Li Xun floated in the clouds, up and down, his mind blank.

“I see, I see, what about changing your appearance and reducing troubles…”

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he wanted to force a smile to prove his open-mindedness, but the muscles on his face were no longer under his control.

He obviously wanted to laugh, but he didn’t know why, and his tear glands were affected, and something was choked in his throat. Finally, he covered his face and didn’t want to let go.

When he knew that he was not the only one in Qingyin’s heart, he could accept it. When he knew that he was not the most important in Qingyin’s heart

, he could endure it. When he knew that he was

When he was just occupying the role of a “substitute”, he could still hold on to a glimmer of hope, laugh at himself, and reposition himself.

But when he found out that he was nothing in Qing Yin’s heart…

what kind of face should he use to face it?

This is really a nightmare!

Why did he come back? He gave up his increasingly stable position in the Ghost Devouring Shadow Sect; he risked being exposed and losing everything; he did childish, stupid, and meaningless things… Is it just to hear Qing Yin say these words today, at this moment? “

If this is retribution…” Yes

, it is retribution!

Retribution for him deceiving everyone in the Mingxin Sword Sect, retribution for him personally humiliating his master, retribution for him killing the disciples of the Tianxing Jian Sect, retribution for him and the two vagrants destroying an entire city, retribution for everything he did in the Ghost Devouring Shadow Sect, retribution for his ever-changing and self-righteous manipulation of other people’s emotions…

If this is retribution, he will accept it! Isn’t it enough for him to accept it?

His figure gradually sank deeper into the mist.

He opened his eyes wide, watching the mist sway before him, its various shapes swirling in the mountain breeze, flashing before his eyes like a kaleidoscope.

This was Qing Yin, this was Gu Yin, this was Yao Feng, this was Yu San Ren…

What were they doing?

What were they looking at?

And who were those smiles directed at?

Li Xun closed his eyes; only the thick darkness could bring him peace. But it was also in the darkness that a flash of light flashed before his eyes, and he sat up abruptly.

Retribution?

Yu San Ren had roamed the world, committing countless evil deeds…

Yao Feng defied fate by giving birth to a daughter, Gu Yin aided and abetted the evil…

Qing Yin… Qing Yin had deceived his feelings, deceived Zhong Yin, betrayed the Mingxin Sword Sect, and willingly served as Yu San Ren’s pawn!

Where was their retribution?

Where was their retribution!

… That’s right, it’s with me, it’s with me!

No one knew more than he did. He had mastered the secret, and he had the means for revenge!

In time, let the whole world see you…

bitches!

The moment those last two words left his mouth, a thick, turbid venom seemed to burst forth from his heart, causing his entire innards to squirm unnaturally.

He felt as if he had never felt so comfortable in his entire twenty years!

But after that comfort, his entire internal organs withered.

From that moment on, his breath was scalding hot. He felt as if all the blood in his body had evaporated, leaving only excitement, excitement, excitement!

He unscrupulously projected his most despicable, shameless, and foulest thoughts, the pleasure unmatched!

He wanted to laugh wildly, but the laughter turned into a series of coughs and tears.

Qingyin, Qingyin, you have betrayed me!

In the vast mist, he seemed to see that beautiful face again, saw her eyes cast into the piercing clouds, and heard a voice he seemed to have heard before.

Jumping from here, what would that long period of falling be like…

The despair of finding no hope…

unforgettable!

Li Xun closed his eyes again, his body relaxed, and fell like a meteor.

Sinking into the deepest part of the clouds

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