Villainous Master (13)
The distance between the two was extremely close. Song Xuyi was still blindfolded and could vaguely sense that the opponent was using a dirty trick. It was too late to take off the blindfold.
At that critical moment, a surge of powerful spiritual energy suddenly came from behind Song Xuyi. Her body was uncontrollably pushed to the side, falling into a slightly cool embrace. Immediately afterward, Song Xuyi heard Zhao Wuyou’s painful cry.
Song Xuyi couldn’t help but pull down her blindfold.
The scene was silent.
In her sight was Ning Jingyu’s beautifully shaped jawline and tightly pressed red lips.
Following Ning Jingyu’s gaze, Song Xuyi looked at Zhao Wuyou. She was curled up in a corner, continuously crying out in pain, while Zhao Lin anxiously squatted beside her, feeding her pills…
“Is everyone dead?” Zhao Lin could no longer maintain her composure and shouted at the disciples of the Xu Sect: “Why aren’t you calling the healers? If my daughter’s spiritual roots are damaged, you will all be buried with her!”
This shout was like a stone thrown into water, breaking the silence on the scene, and countless whispers began.
What happened?
Ning Jingyu didn’t seem to have any intention of explaining. In the midst of the topic, Song Xuyi wasn’t quite clear about the situation either, but fortunately, a disciple from the Xuanshu Sect handed Song Xuyi a recording stone.
On the recording stone, Song Xuyi saw the previous competition:
At the moment when Zhao Wuyou took out a hidden weapon, no one knew how Ning Jingyu moved. In an instant, she was on the stage, using her spiritual power to push Song Xuyi aside, catching her, and even pushing out a palm that sent all the fine needles back, piercing Zhao Wuyou herself.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Looking at Zhao Wuyou across the stage, who was howling loudly, her face pale as a ghost, Song Xuyi felt a chill down her spine: there must be something on those needles!
Her own spiritual power wasn’t as strong as Zhao Wuyou’s, and without spiritual pills to sustain life, if it weren’t for Ning Jingyu’s presence, she would likely have died from those needles.
For a moment, Song Xuyi was increasingly grateful to Ning Jingyu, deciding to respect Ning Jingyu as if she were her own parent.
Ning Jingyu seemed indifferent but was secretly observing Song Xuyi’s movements. Seeing Song Xuyi looking at her again with those moist eyes filled with gratitude and reverence, the corners of Ning Jingyu’s tightly pressed lips relaxed a bit.
Ning Jingyu was incredibly sensitive to others’ emotions.
After her display of skill, many people looked at her with newfound admiration. Ning Jingyu slightly lowered her eyes, bowed her head, and awkwardly but naturally patted Song Xuyi’s head. Her voice wasn’t loud, but due to the special array on the martial stage, it clearly reached everyone’s ears.
“You are my only disciple in this life. I will do my utmost to protect you.”
There was no second Song Xuyi in the world, and no one else could just place any random person under her tutelage!
Because Zhao Wuyou was injured, the martial arts competition had to be halted. The organizing sects began to handle the aftermath in a panic. After all, this matter involved the two largest sects in the cultivation world, with extensive interests at stake, requiring the utmost caution.
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People then realized that the title of the world’s number one sword cultivator was truly well-deserved. Ning Jingyu’s strength was indeed unfathomable, making them even more envious of her only beloved disciple, Song Xuyi, who thus gained the reputation of “the world’s number one lucky star.”
These are all later stories.
After three days of discussion, the organizing sects finally decided on how to handle the incident: despite Zhao Lin’s insistence on severe punishment for Song Xuyi, everyone saw that it was Zhao Wuyou who first broke the competition rules by using hidden weapons. Furthermore, Song Xuyi didn’t injure Zhao Wuyou, so severely punishing Song Xuyi would be unreasonable.
However, Song Xuyi did have outside help during the competition, which was a violation of the rules. To appease the enraged Zhao Lin, the organizing sects agreed to disqualify Song Xuyi from the victory.
Song Xuyi accepted the result calmly. She originally participated for her sect, and since Ning Jingyu indeed helped her in this match, she didn’t mind not winning.
Ning Jingyu, on the other hand, scoffed and left with Song Xuyi.
No one expected the most talked-about event of the Grand Immortal Sect Competition to occur during the Foundation Establishment round, the lowest cultivation level.
The next day, the results of the Foundation Establishment group’s competition were announced: Zhao Wuyou was injured, Song Xuyi was banned, so the victor had to be chosen from the third and fourth places.
Song Xuyi’s supposed opponent at that time graciously said, “The opponent’s soul is damaged; it would be dishonorable to compete with him,” and voluntarily forfeited, thus the title of victor fell to the young man whose soul was injured by Zhao Wuyou’s mirror.
The young man, with his soul damaged, would need many years to heal in seclusion. Now as the victor of the Foundation Establishment group, he could enter the Secret Realm to obtain a divine weapon, which was a form of compensation.
On the day the Grand Immortal Sect Competition ended, Song Xuyi saw Zhao Wuyou once again.
The originally bright and arrogant woman sat in a tightly sealed sedan, her face pale, eyes filled with venom, glaring at Ning Jingyu and her disciple like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows…
Song Xuyi glanced at her and then calmly looked away, while Ning Jingyu didn’t even bother to spare a glance.
Looking again, Xu Sect had already disappeared.
The Grand Immortal Sect Competition had ended, most people had left the arena, and only a few curious ones stayed to watch the victors enter the Secret Realm to see what kind of divine weapons they could obtain.
Song Xuyi originally thought Ning Jingyu wouldn’t join the excitement but was surprised when she stayed, watching each victor of the Foundation Establishment group come out of the Secret Realm with their divine weapons, lost in thought…
When the last person came out of the Secret Realm, Ning Jingyu turned to Song Xuyi: “I caused you to miss the victory this time; I owe you a weapon.”
Song Xuyi opened her mouth, unable to explain her indifference, when Ning Jingyu continued.
“When you successfully form a Golden Core,” Ning Jingyu looked down at Song Xuyi, whose hair was slightly messy and big eyes looked at her under the setting sun, and couldn’t help but feel anticipation for Song Xuyi’s future Golden Core Stage appearance. She gently rubbed Song Xuyi’s soft hair again: “I will take you to a place then to find a weapon ten times better than these!”
After returning to the Xuanshu Sect, Song Xuyi suddenly noticed that the Sect Leader’s complexion had inexplicably become much more haggard.
The Sect Leader was also aware of the competition’s events.
Originally, the Sect Leader wanted to compensate Song Xuyi with a weapon, but Ning Jingyu refused, saying she had other plans, and took Song Xuyi back to Luoyun Peak.
Life began to slowly return to normal, seemingly no different from before.
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Upon closer thought, there was something different. Ning Jingyu felt that her disciple had become increasingly clingy lately: her disciple would occasionally look at her with eyes that made her blush and heart race, inventing all kinds of strange foods to please her, no longer trying to get her to practice cultivation, buying many storybooks for her…
Overall, Ning Jingyu was extremely satisfied with this life.
Growing vegetables, cooking, the sun rising and setting, more importantly, having a filial disciple accompany her. Whenever she saw her disciple, Ning Jingyu felt an inner peace and joy, as if even the vexing and ugly human world had become beautiful and pleasing.
Time passed quickly.
When Song Xuyi realized she was about to reach the threshold of the Golden Core Stage, she discovered that she had unknowingly been in the Xuanshu Sect for ten years!
According to the rules of the Xuanshu Sect, as long as one successfully establishes their foundation within ten years, they can descend the mountain to train.
Descending the mountain means entering the world.
The Xuanshu Sect believes in not entering the world unless necessary. If they do, it is to strive for the welfare of the people.
In the past two years, for some reason, the Demon Clan’s disturbances have increased significantly, leading to more missions for the Xuanshu Sect to descend the mountain to exorcise demons.
Although Song Xuyi had lost contact with the system for ten years, she still remembered her mission. Now that the Demon Clan was causing trouble again, it vaguely aligned with the storyline of the original plot. Song Xuyi was worried and planned to take the opportunity of a mission to go down the mountain and visit the Song family again.
Ning Jingyu did not descend the mountain.
Lately, her complexion had been getting paler. Song Xuyi feared that the old injury Ning Jingyu sustained when fighting the Demon Lord had relapsed, so she persuaded her to seclude for cultivation, promising Ning Jingyu that she would return to the sect by the time Ning Jingyu finished her seclusion.
Only after hearing this did Ning Jingyu reluctantly agree to retreat, coughing lightly before entering the room, and casually telling Song Xuyi, “This seclusion will only take half a month.”
Song Xuyi thus knew the exact time Ning Jingyu had set for herself.
However, even if Ning Jingyu hadn’t mentioned it, Song Xuyi had intended to return as soon as possible: Ning Jingyu had recently been obsessed with growing flowers and cooking, rarely secluding, and now she was secluding for such a long time. Song Xuyi feared that something was really wrong with Ning Jingyu’s health.
Song Xuyi took on a mission near the Song family, agreed to meet the other two sect members not far from the mission site, and then returned to the Song family.
The Song family, strictly following Song Xuyi’s arrangements, had already purchased several properties as fallback options. The female lead, Song Xi, had grown into a graceful young girl.
Song Xuyi was relieved, gave her family some protective magical artifacts, stayed overnight, and then set off to the agreed meeting place with the sect members.
It was a remote town where several young girls had mysteriously disappeared recently, causing panic. No traces were left.
The scouts from the Xuanshu Sect suspected it was the work of the Demon Clan, so they sent a letter back to the sect requesting someone to come and investigate.
What was originally thought to be a simple exorcism problem turned out to be more complicated when Song Xuyi arrived and found the sect members looking troubled. One of them glanced at Song Xuyi and said softly, “Zhao Wuyou is also here and has brought several highly skilled cultivators.”
Song Xuyi was stunned.
Although she had not left Luoyun Peak in recent years, she still heard some news about Zhao Wuyou. For instance, after Zhao Wuyou’s spiritual roots were damaged, her Dao heart also fell, and she began trying some unorthodox cultivation methods, becoming extremely lustful, even forcibly taking mortal women… She had become a scourge in the entire cultivation world.
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However, Zhao Lin protected Zhao Wuyou at all costs, so despite Zhao Wuyou’s numerous evil deeds, she remained unharmed and continued wreaking havoc in the Immortal Realm.
Zhao Wuyou came to this town because she had her eyes on a woman taken into the Xu Sect. Somehow, this woman escaped and fled to the nearby area.
Zhao Wuyou was searching everywhere, and if encountered, it would likely lead to a fierce battle.
Not wanting to cause a dispute, Song Xuyi heeded the sect member’s advice and hid, letting the other two members handle the demonic disturbances.
They thought the issue would be resolved quickly, but unexpectedly, Zhao Wuyou suddenly disappeared. At the scene, bodies were found everywhere, including the corpses of the two sect members who were with Song Xuyi…
The author has something to say:
Xuyi is finally eighteen years old!
Hehe~
LP: Re-translated on June 02, 2024
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