Published at 21st of November 2020 06:25:35 PM
Chapter 2.2: 2.2
“I wanted to take a look and see if he had passed or not,” Lin Jiu sighed .
Wei Liang’s lips twitched as if he was about to speak, when he saw Liu Qing Yin with her blade approaching them .
Lin Jiu was completely locked in Wei Liang’s embrace . Her face was pale, the side of her eyes turned slightly red, and her hand tightly gripped the broken metal chin . It was an indescribable scene, both pitiful and heated at the same time .
Liu Qing Yin’s face was even more pale . She couldn’t keep her usual manner anymore and immediately came . Under the moonlight, Wei Liang’s eyes flashed a chilly smile . He casually rode through the wind, bringing Lin Jiu to Crane Hill where the eldest apprentice, Qing Yun Xi, lived . The place where he lived was not only beautiful, but also full of aura .
Lin Jiu immediately relaxed as she was set down on the ground . When she inhaled, she could feel the cool and dense aura entering her . Cultivating in an area like this would be much more effective . Wei Liang’s peak, in comparison, lacked such potent aura .
Each of the seven swordsmen also took in their own apprentices, and each individual peak could already be considered a large sect of its own . Qing Yun Xi was now awake from his coma, and the apprentices from Crane Hill looked excited . All the apprentices backed away as they saw Wei Liang coming .
“Master . ”
Wei Liang brought Lin Jiu into Qing Yun Xi’s heavenly palace . Qing Yun Xi laid in his cold jade bed with a pale face and half-opened eyes . There were three people surrounding him—Liu Qing Yin, as well as the second and the fourth apprentice . After the epic battle of evil, three of the seven swordsmen didn’t make it, and now there were only four left .
“Master!” The three of them bowed politely and slightly backed away .
Wei Liang walked to the front, his cold eyes looking down on Qing Yun Xi on the jade bed . Lin Jiu didn’t know why, but it seemed like Wei Liang’s gaze wasn’t even really focused on Qing Yun Xi at all .
Lin Jiu observed the injured Qing Yun Xi with her own eyes . The man who should have been dead was miraculously still alive . His primordial spirit had been injured badly, and even though he was awake, his expression looked sluggish and he struggled to move his eyeballs .
Qing Yun Xin tried his best to turn his gaze towards Wei Liang and Lin Jiu as he heard the commotion . Lin Jiu felt that Qin Yun Xi resembled a lagging calculator, and every small gesture seemed delayed by ten seconds or more . While looking at him, Lin Jiu felt that she was also lagging .
Qin Yun Xi’s gaze finally fell on Wei Liang’s face . The injured man’s eyes slowly began to change, as if he had a million words that he wanted to say but couldn’t tell . His breathing started to become unusually fast, and it became a startling sight to see the heavy breathing strangely combined with the slow body .
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“Big Brother!” Liu Qing Yin cried . “Is there something you want to tell your master? Don’t rush, don’t rush!” She rushed forward and pressed Qin Yun Xi’s pulse, transferring her aura to him to help ease his emotions . “The few evil masters have already been defeated, now you just need to rest well! Don’t overthink!”
Qin Yun Xi struggled to turn his gaze towards Liu Qing Yin’s face . His expression creased in pain, but beneath that it also showed a slight admiration towards her .
Lin Jiu didn’t find this strange; she knew that all men would like Liu Qing Yin . Qing Yun Xi seemed to notice Lin Jiu’s stare, and he slowly shifted his gaze to the girl with the wedding robe .
Lin Jiu’s heart skipped a beat as she suddenly felt something strong come at her . She couldn’t avoid it, and she took a few steps back .
The bad aura followed in pursuit—then went in her body! It was hard to describe it, but it was like a sphere of ice had penetrated her . Lin Jiu’s eyes widened in shock, but when she looked up, everyone’s expression appeared normal, as if no one noticed that something was off about her .
The next moment, she heard a loud “Bang!” in her mind . Her brain was all jumbled up, and everything in front of her felt both real and surreal, and it was then that she “saw” a lotus bud floating around .
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She stretched out her hand to touch the black lotus bud, and as soon as her fingers came in contact with it, everything about the lotus rushed into her mind .
It was called a Red Lotus, and it came from ancient bloodlines . Under the Lin family, every thousand years, one person would be awoken to become one with “Red Lotus” . When the Red Lotus awoke, it had to constantly suck on the evil of others . Evil and crime were its nutrients .
If the Red Lotus didn’t get enough nutrients, it would suck the host dry .
That was the bad side of it, but naturally, it did have its advantages . For every petal that bloomed from the Red Lotus, the host would improve significantly in their cultivation skills . When the eight petals from the outer layer bloomed, it would release the ultimate power, to the point where killing every master would be easy! The Red Lotus had five layers, and it was hard to imagine what terrifying things would happen in full blossom .
Lin Jiu was dazed, and she couldn’t grasp what was happening for a long time .
After a while, she tried her best to pull herself out from this illusion . She glared at Qing Yun Xin lying on his bed, and she found that she couldn’t find the words to speak . To what extent did this person hate her, that he activated her talent in her bloodline?
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She stared at Qing Yun Xi with all her might . In her mind, the Red Lotus slowly bloomed its first petal, but midway through its blossom, it stopped . Lin Jiu raised her gaze and looked at everyone there .
Sadly, except for Qing Yun Xi, no one had any hate for her that she could fuel .
Lin Jiu looked down, surprised at the events that just happened . The villainess from the novel had awakened the Red Lotus too, which was why she had gone crazy and was eventually led to her death . It wasn’t because of the hatred that bloomed when she couldn’t get the love she craved for…
She calmed her mind and went through her memories again, then realized that she didn’t have any ties with Qing Yun Xi at all .
Then where did all this hatred towards her come from?
Lin Jiu raised her eyebrows, and a devilish smile surfaced .
Since he hated her so much for no apparent reason, don’t blame her for using him there and then!