(This was also the name of the chapter where Chen Xu met. To be honest, the contents of these chapters were out of the main outline. I was being presumptuous. Recently, I've been in a bad mood, so I wanted to let this pair of brothers meet. They're all going to die, so why can't they meet? I am too impudent now. Let me write as I like when I write.)
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In the northernmost part of the Icy Wind and Violent Sea, the strong wind whistled past, bringing up countless thunder-like rumbling sounds. The Empty Realm was compressed into a thin layer, and those terrifying whirlpools in the Thunder Region became enormous blocks of color. Now, they weren't as scary as before.
Even a swordsman in the Broken Sea State couldn't stay in such a place for too long.
Moreover, this place was only seven thousand miles away from the isolated ice peak of the Snow Country. No human cultivators dared to come here carelessly.
The seawater here had long been frozen, and the ice layer was unfathomably deep. It was no different from land.
In the whistling cold wind, the figure of a treasured ship was faintly discernible.
Rather than saying that the treasured ship was breaking through the ice, it would be better to say that it was being dragged on the ice by the powerful force of the crystal furnace.
Standing at the bow of the ship, the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect covered his head with his hands to block the blade-like Chaotic Wind. His line of sight fell on the slightly bulging snowfield on his right, and he remained silent.
It had been seven days, and he hadn't said a single word.
The treasured ship was moving too slowly. In the past few days, it had only traveled a few hundred miles to the north. In the eyes of a powerhouse like him, it didn't seem to be moving at all.
Even if the Daoist Master needed the crystal furnace in the treasured ship, he could completely dismantle it and fly away with it. Why did he have to trap himself on this ship?
Besides, the lotus flowers of Yimaozhai had been plucked, the scales of the Fire Carp had been taken, and everything else was ready. Why hadn't they started yet?
Was the Enlightened Master waiting for something?
This speculation made him a little uneasy.
"What are you afraid of?"
Standing on the top of the highest mast, the Dark Phoenix lowered his head and shot him a glance, full of disdain and arrogance.
Looking in the direction of the snowland, the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect sighed, "This place is too close to the Snowy Kingdom. Who wouldn't be frightened?"
The Dark Phoenix said proudly, "There is nothing to be afraid of. The Queen of the Snow Kingdom is the highest level of life. If you are destined to die, dying in her hands is the best ending. "
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect narrowed his eyes and smiled, saying, "But what if those people from the Aoyama Sect catch up to us?"
The Dark Phoenix turned his head around and looked at the dark front in the wind and snow, the expression in his eyes growing gloomy.
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect walked below the deck with his hands on his head. As he listened to the clearer sound of the ship's belly rubbing against the ice, he couldn't help but frown. Pushing open the door, he said to the young man inside, "I don't feel well."
Yin San was wiping his face with a wet towel. Hearing his words, he put down the towel and asked, "Why not?"
His eyebrows were still delicate, but there were many dark gray patches on his skin, especially on his body, which was covered by clothes. Bulges could be seen everywhere, like wood that was about to grow branches.
No matter how many sprouts there were in spring, it was a very refreshing and moving scene. However, if it was on a human body, it would be a very ugly and terrifying scene.
Now, he was no longer the young man who was full of life, enthusiasm, and kindness, but only a poor patient.
He had the most terrible disease in the world. That disease was called time.
Time could destroy everything. His body was rotting slowly as time went by. "Dying" was the best way to describe his current condition.
It was a miracle that he could hold on until now.
Of course, he was a miracle to begin with.
"I feel that Aoyama will show up all of a sudden. I know they can't find us, but … I just don't feel well."
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect rubbed his red nose; it was unclear if it was because his red nose had not recovered yet, or because he had been blown by the Chaotic Wind for too long.
"Jing Jiu will at most come here with Ada in his arms. If he wants to kill me, he has to be prepared to die."
Yin San said this with a faint smile while pressing down a bone under his ear that was about to pierce through his skin with a wet towel.
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect asked with furrowed brows, "Where is Yuan Qijing?"
"He is tired of what happened at the West Ocean. He won't tell the juniors on the mountain about it."
After a moment of silence, Yin San walked to the rootless lotus flower, and said lightly, "And this is ultimately a matter between us brothers." It was unclear if it was because he had recalled the tall figure standing in front of him that day.
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect asked with narrowed eyes, "Didn't you say he wasn't Jingyang?"
Yin San said with a faint smile, "Of course he isn't Jingyang, but he thinks he is. Who can do anything about it?"
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect said, "If he really thinks he is Jingyang, how could he come here alone?"
The Immortal Jingyang was very lazy, and the Immortal Jingyang was afraid of death; so Jing Jiu should be the same.
"He will come. It's because he has a question that he can't find the answer to."
Yin San said calmly while stroking the lotus flower, "If I fail to achieve total transformation, I will die. If he doesn't come here before that happens, he won't be able to ask me anything."
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After flying northward for a long time, the surface of the Sword of the Universe was covered with a thin layer of frost, as was the case with Jing Jiu.
The flying sword suddenly stopped, and the frost turned into thousands of snowflakes and left Jing Jiu's clothes.
It was extremely cold here, and the heat mark left by the crystal furnace had vanished without a trace. The wind and snow were endless, making it impossible to distinguish the icy sea from the land. If it weren't for the notch on the surface of the ice, it would be impossible to imagine that there was a godly boat up ahead.
The Snowy Kingdom was on the land to the right. Under the high and distant sky, one could vaguely see a transparent line, which should be the transparent icy peak.
Ada poked his head out from Jing Jiu's chest and shook off the frost. He meowed in confusion, wondering why they stopped.
Jing Jiu suddenly said, "Monk Huiyuan killed Chen Wen. Even if it was Bulao Lin's scheme, it was too shallow to be his doing."
Ah Da thought, So?
Looking at the icy sea in front of them, Jing Jiu said, "He knew that I could find these clues and that I would come to find him. He has been waiting for me."
Ada was startled, thinking that he wouldn't agree to let Jing Jiu come, but Jing Jiu didn't listen to him!
Now, if the Immortal had been prepared for this, we would all be dead!
Jing Jiu said, "No one has ever attempted the total transformation, and he doesn't have the Vermilion Bird, so the chances of success are less than one in ten. Don't worry."
Ada thought that according to Jing Jiu's calculation, if Taiping Zhenren took the risk of the total transformation, the chances of him surviving would be almost zero; so why did Jing Jiu take such a great risk to hunt him down?
Jing Jiu said, "I have a question to ask him. If he had failed the total transformation and died, who would I ask?"
Ada wondered if Jing Jiu was going to ask him why he wanted to harm him. This was a plot that could only be found in an underrated novel.
Jing Jiu said in the end, "He knew my plan, so he wouldn't start the total transformation before I showed up."
Why did the two of you have to do this?
Ada sighed, thinking that Jing Jiu wasn't a person who was obsessed with the answer before.
"Yes, I wasn't such a person before."
Jing Jiu looked at the icy sea in front of him, the snowland by his side, and the sky above him and those flattened whirlpools of thunder and lightning, remaining silent for a long time.
A gust of wind suddenly arrived with the snowflakes, which hit the Sword of the Universe, making "pah" sounds, like a piece of music.
Jing Jiu closed his eyes, recalling the purest things he had seen in his life.
The snow in December.
The spring field in the small village.
The question at the Sword-Washing Stream.
The girl in the snowland.
The girl in the Three-Thousand Nunnery.
The girl in the Green Sky Mirror.
Then, he heard a zither music.
The zither music sounded like the tinkling of the spring water. The name of the music was called "The Beautiful Cloud", but it was not a festive tune, but rather a clean one.
It was probably because the Young Master Li in Dayuan City was too cold in the snowland.
As if it had been washed by spring water, his Dao heart became even more tranquil. He saw a shadow hidden in the deepest part of his mind.
Many years ago, he and Tian Jingren had a Spiritual Awareness fight in the old Plum Garden Nunnery in Zhaoge City, and he defeated his opponent.
Unexpectedly, Tian Jingren had left an extremely faint shadow on him. As time went by and his Cultivation state increased, the shadow gradually showed a tendency to materialize.
With a brightly lit Sword Heart, his Dao Heart would naturally be brightly lit. This shadow couldn't harm him at all; it only caused a slight change in his temperament.
It was precisely because the shadow did not cause him any harm that he usually did not notice it. Now that he had discovered it, he could erase it with just a thought, so there was no need to pay it any heed.
But … how did that person know?
"Congratulations on getting rid of a hidden worry."
Ada asked sincerely, "Can we go back now?"
Jing Jiu asked, "Why? I haven't asked him yet. I didn't kill him. "
The Sword of the Universe cut through the wind and snow and kept moving forward.
Ada was very angry, he buried himself back into Chu Li's bosom and kept biting his clothes.
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The crystal furnace was still running, and half of the crystals were left in the cabin, glistening like frozen fish. The godly boat halted on the icy ocean.
Yin San came onto the boat with the help of the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect. The Dark Phoenix flew down from the top of the mast and lowered his proud head to show his respect.
"If I die, the Dark Phoenix will tell you how to get rid of the Sword Formation of Aoyama."
Yin San let go of the hand of the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect and moved to the railing of the boat slowly. He looked at the distant south and smoothed out the wrinkles on his new cloth.
"Thank you, Immortal," said the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect while rubbing his nose. "But I don't want you to die because of this."
Yin San felt surprised, asking with a faint smile, "Why?"
"Nobody is willing to be an old dog. I've thought of many ways to betray you, and I've also thought of how to humiliate and torture you if I succeeded. Of course, I've failed in my previous attempts, but I've always thought that I might succeed in the future. "
The sparse hair of the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect was tousling in the Chaotic Wind, looking quite cheerful. "But now I think it's quite interesting to be with you and watch you do all these things."
"Really? I also think it's quite interesting to live like this, "said Yin San with a smile.
His face was a bit distorted, and his smile was a bit dreadful; but his eyes were still as limpid as before, and his smile was still as warm as the spring breeze.
"He must have some ideas after he took your life board back then. You shouldn't do anything today and take a good rest."
Jing Jiu continued to say to the Dark Phoenix, "If something happens to me, you can go back to Aoyama. They won't do anything to you."
The Dark Phoenix said with a cold expression in his eyes, "If you're not in Aoyama, why should I go back?"
It was then that the wind and snow abruptly stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky vanished without a trace. The colored patches formed by the whirlpool of thunder and lightning had also disappeared, leaving only a patch of blue in the sky.
This patch of blue was so pure that it could strike fear into the onlookers. It looked extremely eerie.
A dark speck appeared one hundred miles away in the south.
"Has he become so powerful?"
The Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect looked at that spot with narrowed eyes while rubbing his sparse hair, his lethal intent growing stronger.
Yin San took out the bone flute and wiped it with his sleeve, getting ready to play a piece of music.
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The wind and snow abruptly stopped. The Sword of the Universe shone in the blue sky, looking like a patch of blue.
Ada drifted up and looked at the godly boat in the distance cautiously. There was no fear in his eyes, save for the desire to fight.
It was his nature to be timid. Under the circumstances where there was no way out, the powerful rationality of the Principal Guard of Aoyama told him that he could only survive by fighting with his life on the line.
Jing Jiu was also looking at the godly boat.
Yin San looked at the dark speck in the sky in Silence.
The two of them met each other's gazes.
It was the same as what had happened many years ago.
The icy sea suddenly quaked, and countless cracks appeared on its surface.
The waves formed on the snowland, as if thousands of soldiers and horses were rushing toward the shoreline.
"He is indeed the Immortal."
Looking at Yin San, the Dark Phoenix's eyes were full of admiration.
Then, he looked at the dark speck in the sky with awe in his eyes, saying, "The Immortal Jingyang is truly outstanding."
"Outstanding my ass!"
Looking in the direction of the snowland, the Great Grandmaster of the Mysterious Dark Sect had a terrible look on his face, as if his ancestor had just died.
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In the sky one hundred miles away, Ada looked in the direction of the snowland with a terrible look on his face.
A spiritual awareness came over from the distant Snowy Kingdom.
The cracks on the icy sea and the snowy dusts that looked like the galloping horses were all the energy that came with the spiritual awareness.
There was only one person in all of Chaotian who could cause such a commotion merely by relying on the spiritual awareness from a distance of one thousand miles.
The spiritual awareness was too far away to cause any harm, but … she was right here.
In other words, she was looking at this place from a distance of ten thousand miles.
The snowy dusts came to the icy sea after passing the shoreline, turning into the light snowflakes all over the sky.
The spiritual awareness was among the snowflakes.
Everybody sensed a hint of curiosity.
"It looks like you two won't be able to fight her."
Ada looked at Jing Jiu with a complicated expression in his eyes, "Do you two brothers want to fight her together first?"
(End of this chapter)
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