Chapter 439: Chapter 251: The First
Lan Shuyi looked at the porcelain bottle before him, a trace of struggle appearing on his face.
But he soon became calm:
"Alright, I’ll take it."
Chu Qing took a pill from the bottle and placed it in Lan Shuyi’s hand.
Lan Shuyi swallowed it without even looking:
"Now, can the Third Young Master rest assured?"
"Barely."
Chu Qing’s words were true, because the so-called ’Three-nine Soul-breaking Pill’ was fake, it was naturally impossible to be truly assured.
But the words that came out of his mouth were:
"In the Martial World, the human heart is treacherous, if someone truly intends to set a trap, staking everything on a gamble is not uncommon.
"This is merely the first step in you showing your sincerity, speaking of completely trusting you... Even if I really said so, would you truly believe it?"
"The Third Young Master’s vigilance is rather unexpected to me."
Lan Shuyi chuckled bitterly:
"But you can rest assured, what I say is absolutely without a single word of falsehood."
Chu Qing waved his hand:
"We’ll stop here for tonight and see each other again in the morning."
"Alright."
Lan Shuyi nodded, clasped his fists in salute, and Chu Qing flicked his sleeve, his figure abruptly soaring into the air.
It was only after Chu Qing departed that Lan Shuyi let out a long breath.
Feeling as though he had just retrieved his life from the Ghost Gate.
Just surveying the surroundings, his face turned ugly for a moment:
"Where is this?"
After discerning direction for quite a while, he finally found the direction of Taiheng Sect, and halfway there, was met by the Broken Army Swordsman searching for him.
Seeing Lan Shuyi unharmed, only then did several swordsmen breathe a sigh of relief.
When the group finally hurried back near Taiheng Sect, it was already past midnight.
Yet this night, many at Taiheng Sect could not sleep, even the guests visiting Taiheng Sect found it difficult to rest.
Lan Shuyi had just seen the walls of Taiheng Sect when he ran into someone who couldn’t sleep and decided to wander aimlessly.
Lingjue!
If it were only Lingjue, it would still be fine, but Lingjue happened to be following behind someone else.
That person’s face was somewhat pale, features solemnly dignified, wearing a Five Buddha Crown, draped in a Kasaya, and compassion did not appear in his eyes, instead the edges froze over, looking extremely unbearable.
Lan Shuyi secretly thought to himself, this is not good... bullied the young ones, and now the older ones have come.
Judging by Vajra Sect’s actions in front of Taiheng Sect today, having frightened Lingjue, Enlightenment must be purposely here to block him now.
This place is deserted, if anything really happens, the situation would be dire.
"Amitabha."
Enlightenment slowly spoke:
"Benefactor Lan, long time no see."
As one of the top powers in the South Ridge, Enlightenment and Lan Shuyi always have the opportunity to meet through various occasions.
But they had never exchanged words in the past, nor did Lan Shuyi want to feign politeness with him:
"Abbot Enlightenment is now seriously injured, not recuperating properly in your room, out here in the middle of the night, planning to subdue what demon ghost or evil god?"
Upon hearing the words ’seriously injured’, a shade of gloom flashed in Enlightenment’s eyes.
Today in front of Taiheng Sect, he had truly lost face.
The dignified Sect Leader of Vajra Sect, could not withstand a single punch from Mad Saber.
Everyone knows Mad Saber’s expertise is Saber Technique, followed by Palm Technique.
Fist Technique, it was rare to see him use.
Yet he couldn’t even withstand a punch, as the Sect Leader of one of the five sects, Vajra Sect, he completely lost face on this matter.
If only it were a matter of losing face, perhaps he might reluctantly endure it.
The problem was, the opponent’s Inner Strength took the cold aura path, Inner Breath entered the body, lingering in the meridians, despite having mobilized Divine Skill throughout the afternoon, it hadn’t completely resolved the cold aura within.
Now even a slight water mark in his eyes would, under the influence of the cold aura, condense into frost.
The cold aura in the meridians caused him immense suffering.
Lan Shuyi’s words had truly hit the sore spot.
But Enlightenment soon smiled:
"Mad Saber acts recklessly, Benefactor Lan seems to have suffered its harm as well..."
With just that sentence, Lan Shuyi understood that Enlightenment came here in the middle of the night not only to relieve his disciple’s grievances.
"You want to join forces with me?"
Lan Shuyi squinted his eyes at Enlightenment.
Enlightenment joined his palms in prayer, uttered ’Amitabha’, then solemnly said:
"The Martial World is always plagued by treacherous villains, dreaming of subjugating the benevolent under the force of Martial Arts.
"Both you and I have fallen victim to this, does Benefactor Lan intend to let this matter pass, Benefactor Lan may endure such grievance, but can Ding’an Hall also accept such humiliation?
"If this matter cannot be rectified, what face does Ding’an Hall have in front of fellow comrades in the Martial World?"
Lan Shuyi gave Enlightenment a somewhat surprised glance.
He had always held little regard for this monk.
Since ascending as Sect Leader of Vajra Sect, many changes had occurred within the Vajra Sect’s sphere of influence.
Although he did not dare act openly, there was a vague sense that he intended to transform everything within his domain towards the Buddha Country’s direction.
Even Wang Fang had mentioned that Enlightenment, if not limited by his own abilities, with his ambition would surely incite great chaos.
It now appears the monk’s ambitions are not merely large... his desire for revenge is even stronger.
He couldn’t even wait a moment, hearing of his capture by the Third Young Master, he directly came here to block him.
He truly thinks highly of him, confident that he could survive the Third Young Master’s grasp...
Thinking of this, Lan Shuyi asked with a faint smile:
"Abbot Enlightenment’s words resonate with me, that young Mad Saber, full of youthful arrogance, truly overbearing."
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