"You're lying!" Wang Xuzhi slightly narrowed his eyes. "According to what you said, then how did you get struck by that strange Mystic Art? And who was the one who did it? And, you're currently a Foundation Paragon, so it can be seen that you were a practitioner in the past. Then, before you were struck by the Mystic Art, where did you cultivate? "
Uh … Why did little wimp suddenly become so sharp?
"I can't tell you!"
"Why?"
"Because …" If she was going to put on an act, then she had to go all the way. Half truths and half lies were the true essence of lies. Zhu Yao blinked, and tried her best to put on a helpless and worried look. "I don't want you to get involved in this. If you know too much, I'm afraid you'll bring trouble upon yourself."
"…" As expected, Wang Xuzhi was startled, and his eyes instantly softened quite a bit. As though he suddenly recalled something, he reached out his hand and stroked her head. "As expected, the two of you are very similar!"
"Similar? Similar to who? That senior-martial sister you mentioned before? "Zhu Yao continued to act dumb.
However, Wang Xuzhi lightly sighed, as though he was unwilling to talk about this topic anymore. "Alright, even if the Mystic Art on your body has been dispelled, you shouldn't randomly run around. Especially that Xiao Yi, don't easily get involved with him, understand?"
"Why?"
"There's no why." Wang Xuzhi did not explain, instead, he pulled her hand and walked out. "I'll send you back to Jade Forest Mountain. Remember, don't easily leave the mountain in the future."
Zhu Yao could not help but roll her eyes at him. Didn't this old lady run out because of you, stinky brat? However, seeing that he was fine, she was relieved. However, even if he was fine this time, it did not mean that he would be this lucky in the future.
After returning to Jade Forest Mountain, she could not help but pull Wang Xuzhi who was about to turn and leave.
"Earlier, were you sparring with Xiao Yi at the martial arts field?"
Wang Xuzhi was silent for a moment, and then nodded.
Zhu Yao could not help but sigh. "Do you think your cultivation can defeat him?"
Wang Xuzhi clenched his fists, and bitterly gritted his teeth. "No!"
"So, when you sparred with him, was it purely because you were courting death?" This brat was so serious even when courting death?
"What do you know?" His expression instantly darkened, filled with embarrassment from having his thoughts exposed. His emotions suddenly became agitated. "Do you know the feeling of personally witnessing the most important person to you, die in front of you? Back then, if Xiao Yi did not hesitate, if he did not hesitate! "
"Then what about you?" Zhu Yao reminded herself not to be softhearted, and had to say something even colder. From the first time she saw Wang Xuzhi after she came back, she knew that her death was the biggest knot in his heart. That was why he had been stuck at the Foundation Building Great Circle, unable to make any progress. If he continued to brood over this, then this knot in his heart would definitely evolve into a demon in his heart and eventually destroy his path to immortality. And the best way to untie the knot in one's heart was to break it.
"You said that because of Xiao Yi's hesitation, it led to the death of the most important person to you. Since she's the most important person to you, why do you need to rely on others to save her? What are you doing? "
"I … I was maintaining the sword formation at that time!" His aura was a little chaotic, and his expression was blank.
"So you don't have the strength to save her?"
"I …"
"You can't even save him yourself, so why push it to others? Or do you not want to save her at all? "
"No, I want to save her. But I … "
"But you don't have the ability? You can't even save people! "
"I …"
"Xuzhi, in the end, do you hate Xiao Yi for not acting in time, or do you hate yourself for not being able to save her?"
"…" Wang Xuzhi was stunned on the spot. As though he had suddenly understood something, his face was clearly filled with despair.
However, she had no choice but to cut the Gordian knot. "The one you hate has always been yourself, right!?"
Wang Xuzhi's entire being became dispirited. The corner of his lips gently twitched, revealing an expression that was hard to tell if he was crying or laughing. "What else can I do? Other than regret, what else can I do?"
"Do you plan to regret like this for the rest of your life?"
"…"
"I don't care if you're willing to fall into depravity! However, how would she feel about the person who died for you? Do you think she would be willing to see you continue on like this? "
Wang Xuzhi fiercely raised his head.
Zhu Yao patted on his shoulders. "Although you feel that it's because your cultivation is insufficient that you can't save her. Then you should cultivate to the level where you can save people, bastard! "
"…" Wang Xuzhi did not reply, his eyes were still filled with an inextinguishable sense of confusion. However, he finally began to reflect on himself, and dragged his heavy steps back.
Zhu Yao sighed deeply. She had already said what she needed to say. She had to give him some time to think things through on his own. At the very least, during this period of time when he thought things through, she did not have to worry that he would run to Xiao Yi and court death.
The strange things happening to Xiao Yi were getting more and more frequent. She did not know why it was like this either. That strange bug on his face, and the clear exclamation mark on top of his head, no one else could see it. Were they hinting something to her?
She felt more and more that her transmigration and subsequent rebirth, were not as simple as they looked on the surface. Furthermore, they were closely related to Xiao Yi.
— — — —
Zhu Yao had a dream, yet, it did not feel like her own dream. Because, in the dream, she witnessed another person's life, and this person was even the person who gave her a huge headache – Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi was an orphan since he was young. He did not have a heaven-shaking complicated background, and was simply a child who was casually abandoned by his family due to a famine. He was like all the other little beggars. In order to survive, he would resort to any means necessary. He did all sorts of sneaky things, and had also suffered the cold eyes and disdain of others. For the sake of a single mouthful of rice, he would even snatch food from wild dogs. Until the year he was ten, when he was brought to Ancient Hill Sect by a disciple who had received him.
He was taken in as a disciple by the Sect Master, and in the beginning, he was highly regarded. However, because he offended little fatty Zhao, an Inner Sect disciple, his cultivation was completely crippled, and he was expelled from the Inner Sect. However, this instead made him stronger. In the Outer Sect, he was punished to guard the North Plain Pavilion.
The North Plain Pavilion was filled with the waste materials used to refine weapons in the sect over the years. By coincidence, he obtained a strange piece of waste material. Because he felt that it was fun, he brought it along with him. However, because of an accidental injury, his blood dripped onto that piece of waste material, and he realized that it was actually a "Metal Spirit". At the beginning of the creation of the world, the "Metal Spirit" was formed from the purest metal spiritual energy in the world. The Metal Spirit had just gained sentience, yet, because it came into contact with his blood, it immediately recognized him as its master.
And, he just so happened to possess the Metal Spirit Vein as well. The "Metal Spirit" that was formed from spiritual energy possessed the power to control all of the metal spiritual energy in the world. Hence, possessing the Metal Spirit was equivalent to possessing the entire world's metal spiritual energy. And, the Metal Spirit Vein was the toughest Spirit Vein out of the Five Elemental Spirit Veins. It had an extremely important effect when it came to handling weapons and wielding swords.
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