Chapter 91

A light snowfall has fallen on Fenglin Continent. A patch of fluffy hair that looks like silver sprinkled from the heavens. They look light, but gradually cover up the messy footprints on the shores of Fengming Lake. All the recent excitement will be erased. How would the traces of past events leave a few markings on the world?

There is only one small world that snow cannot enter, and that is the Demon Binding Formation that imprisons the demon foal Wuya.

This Demon Binding Formation is different from the Big Dipper Zhengji Demon Binding Formation at Diancang Peak. It is not as sinister and is used by cultivators to deal with evil spirits. The difference is that this formation is controlled by an ice crystal.

On the pure white snow, in the shimmering blue Demon Binding Formation, a skeletal warhorse with a deadly aura was nailed to the ground motionlessly, like a black flame burning in silence.

When one looks at it, it is as if one can see through it to the momentous days of a hundred years ago. Seeing Zong Zi Xiao riding alone, standing alone in front of the mountain gate, dressed in black with his black horse. His deadly aura like a raven cloud of attachment. In the blink of an eye, Yin soldiers filled the mountains and the fields, as if the black air of death had cut through the earth and swallowed up the light, and everything that the Supreme Demon's sword pointed at fell, dominating the entire Jiuzhou with a devastating force.

Zong Zi Xiao was a legend in his lifetime. Formed a core at the age of 9, won first place in the Jiaolong assembly at the age of 13, and fled around the world at the age of 14. When he returned to the immortal world at the age of 24, he had already broken through to the eighth Chongtian of the Zongxuan Sword. Holding two god-grade magical weapons in his hands, and was invincible. However, he was so ambitious that he could have swallowed the sun and the moon. He was not satisfied with a mere human realm, and he arrogantly tore through the Fengdu barrier to invade Jiuyou. Had the Great Emperor Beiyin not spent a thousand years of cultivation to stop him, he would have united the mortal and ghost realms and pointed his sword at the heaven.

After the annihilation of the era of Emperor Zong, there will probably never be another great and powerful Supreme Demon like Zong Zi Xiao in the immortal world.

No matter what the future generations may judge or speak ill of, there will be no more such a figure in the world.

A hundred years later, the Supreme Demon's mount has reappeared, and no one isn’t worried about the return of the black death aura to the world.

Fan Wu She stood by the window, looking at the black horse on the shore of Fengming Lake, his heart surging.

"Have you seen enough?" Zhong Kui said without good humor.

Fan Wu She came back to his senses and closed the window.

"Where the hell have you been tonight?" Zhong Kui stared straight into Fan Wu She's eyes.

Fan Wu She knew that he could hardly escape blame for anything if he explained now. He had gone down to the bottom of Fengming Lake but had seen something unexpected, causing him to fail to control Wuya. With his current cultivation level, he could not retrieve Wuya for the time being, but he had to tell Zhong Kui what had happened at the bottom of the lake.

"Speak up ah." Zhong Kui struck the case with his palm.

"I went to the bottom of Fengming Lake." Fan Wu She said calmly.

All three people in the room held their breath.

In fact, Xie Bi An had just seen the hair behind Fan Wu She's back, which had been hastily dried with his spiritual power. It’s just that he could not believe that his junior brother would be so bold.

Zhong Kui's eyes glared straight and his beard shook with anger as he pointed at Fan Wu She: "You ... kneel down!"

Fan Wu She looked at Xie Bi An, thinking: I’m doing this because of you. Only then did he kneel down reluctantly.

"Are you also trying to steal the ice crystals?!" Zhong Kui said in a stern voice.

Fengming Lake was not a natural cave, but a place created by the celestials back then. Although it had previously been a treasure trove for the people and spirits, the real caves were a place gathered with boundless spiritual energy formed during the time when earth was first separated from heaven. None of the great sects in the immortal cultivation world today had their ancestors compete for caves in order to develop and grow. With the passage of time, the spiritual energy in heaven and earth has become very thin, and caves have become increasingly important.

When the celestials built their caves at Fengming Lake, they sealed a large amount of spiritual energy into the ice crystals at the bottom of the lake, which gave them the name ice crystal. The whole Fenglin Continent is nourished by the ice crystals, and if one can go to the Spirit Palace at the bottom of the lake to cultivate, one can gain a lot of cultivation. The ice crystals are extremely precious, and even Yun Zhong Jun or Yun Xiang Yi can only obtain one or two small pieces of broken stones to refine weapons or magical weapons.

As Fengming Lake is extremely rich in spiritual energy and rejects foreign spiritual energy, it is impossible to set up a boundary. Every year, there are people who are not afraid to die, sneak into the bottom of the lake to steal the ice crystal. Once they succeed, they can use it for themselves to improve their cultivation, refine weapons and magical weapons, and sell it in Fumenghui to enjoy several lifetimes of glory and wealth. Even though there is only one in a hundred who can take the ice crystal alive, it does not stop people from being greedy.

Fan Wu She went to the bottom of the lake in the middle of the night, other than stealing ice crystals, no one can really think of any other reason.

Xie Bi An was so angry that his face turned white: "Fan Wu She, are you crazy? How could you do such a thing?"

Lan Chui Han stood by the wall with his hands folded, watching the show in silence.

"Disciple admits his mistake." When Fan Wu She said this, he looked clearly unrepentant.

Zhong Kui slapped Fan Wu She across the face, "Traitorous disciple! How dare you do something like that? When did I ever teach such a disciple?"

Xie Bi An had not seen Zhong Kui this angry for a long time, and he was a bit panicked, "Master, junior brother has indeed made a mistake, but he has not been disciplined since he was a child, and he’s too young. Since he made a mistake, just punishing him severely would do.”

Fan Wu She sucked his cheeks inwards slightly and looked at Zhong Kui with an expressionless face. In his mind, he thought about how he would return this slap with interest one day when he reclaimed the Xuanyuan Heavenly Secret Talisman.

"Do you see if he has any remorse?"

Xie Bi An kicked Fan Wu She and said angrily, "You still don’t admit your mistake?"

"I have already admitted my mistake."

"You ..."

"Master." Fan Wu She said, "Disciple is wrong. Master can punish me however you want, but now disciple has something important to report, so I hope Master will calm down your anger for now."

Lan Chui Han stood up straight: "Did you see something at the bottom of Fengming Lake?"

Fan Wu She said, "At the bottom of Fengming Lake, I saw a small transparent palace made of ice crystals, that should be the Spirit Palace, the true cave of the Cangyu Sect."

Zhong Kui nodded, "Tell me more."

Fan Wu She recalled what he had seen underwater, and his gaze became distant with a hint of confusion, "I was outside the Spirit Palace and could see inside it. Although it wasn't very clear, I could be sure that there was a man and a woman inside, as well as the Seven Star Life-Sustaining Lamp. It was hard to tell who's life was being prolonged by that Seven Star Life-Sustaining Lamp."

The room was suddenly silent.

"The female, was it Qi Meng Sheng?" Xie Bi An’s voice unconsciously became very small.

"I'm afraid there can't be anyone else but her." Fan Wu She said, "Although I couldn’t see both of their faces clearly.”

"Qi Meng Sheng, and a man, Seven Star Life-Sustaining Lamp ..." Lan Chui Han's sword brows knitted, "What the hell is going on here? Could it be that Qi Meng Sheng had her Flying Plume Ambassador steal the Seven Star Lamp, not to prolong her own life, but to give it to that man?"

Xie Bi An was stunned for a long time, "Then, then what about Wuya?"

"Wuya was found by me unintentionally, not far from the Ice Palace. I guess, it absorbed a lot of the ice crystal's energy over the past hundred years and its cultivation increased greatly, and I accidentally awakened it."

Fan Wu She said without changing his expression, but his heart was still saddened when he remembered the memory of the time he had left Wuya at the bottom of Fengming Lake.

At that time, he had fought Qi Meng Sheng alone to force the Cangyu Sect to forge a sword for him with the Shen Nong Ding. He had not summoned the Yin soldiers because Qi Meng Sheng was a woman and had helped Zong Zi Heng before, but during the fight, Wuya had accidentally fallen into Fengming Lake.

Naturally, Qi Meng Sheng was later defeated. He dived into Fengming Lake to retrieve Wuya, but Wuya "told" him in his mind* that he had recovered some of his memories underwater. Remembering the sands he had ridden on, and the waters of the Wujiang River where he had been buried. Missing the King and hoping that he would bring him back to the Wujiang River to be with his old master forever.

He promised Wuya, and seeing the abundance of spiritual energy at the bottom of Fengming Lake, he simply left it there, intending to send Wuya back to Wujiang after Shen Nong Ding had forged the sword. But then something happened to Zong Zi Heng, and then later he was sent to the infernal hell and was tortured for a hundred years, almost about to fall into the hellish path and never see the light of day.

He broke the promise with Wuya and never forgot it. This time he wanted to use the Spirit Locking Talisman to retrieve Wuya, but to his surprise, he alerted the people in the Spirit Palace, who in turn alerted Wuya. For a hundred years, Wuya had been nourished by the ice crystals and its cultivation was extremely powerful. It was difficult for him to control it and he had to flee for fear of being recognized by the people in the Spirit Palace.

And that’s how the things later happened.

Only after listening to Fan Wu She's detailed account did Zhong Kui say in a deep voice, "Is what you’re saying true?"

"I am telling you the truth."

Zhong Kui's voice was stern: "If you dare to lie to me, I will not spare you!"

"I do not dare."

"Have the people in the Spirit Palace seen you?" Xie Bi An asked.

"No. Separated by the ice crystal, if I couldn't see their faces clearly, they shouldn't be able to see me clearly either, plus I escaped quickly."

"But Qi Meng Sheng already knew that someone had dived under the water and that someone had seen them." Confused, Zhong Kui said, "How could that be, how could that be?"

"Master." Xie Bi An said, "Before Immortal Lord Xu died, did he say something? This is too bizarre. Why did Qi Meng Sheng do this, and who was that man?"

Xie Bi An rubbed his brow, also looking like he had a headache.

"Master, why are you hesitant to tell us about Immortal Lord Xu's dying request?" Fan Wu She asked.

"Because ..." Zhong Kui ended up saying nothing, "I must see Qi Meng Sheng as soon as possible."

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, which seemed to be coming towards their direction. It was 3-5am. If there was no urgent matter, it was unlikely that such a commotion would have been made.

Sure enough, there was a knock on Zhong Kui's door, and outside the door was the voice of Yun Zhong Jun: "Is Heaven Master still not asleep?"

"Not yet."

"Junior has a request to see Heaven Master."

Zhong Kui looked askance at Fan Wu She for a moment and gave Xie Bi An an eye expression.

Xie Bi An went over and opened the door.

Yun Zhong Jun was not surprised to see all four of them there, and his gaze instantly fell on Fan Wu She.

"It is so late, what does Yun Zhong Jun want?"

"It’s so late, and Heaven Master plans to talk with Lord Lan and the Two Immortals all night long. What is so important?"

"Who can sleep tonight after seeing the demon foal?"

"That's just as well." Yun Zhong Jun said coldly, "My sect's disciples claim to have seen Black Immortal entering Fengming Lake, and junior has come to verify this."

 

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PS: ice spirit is a direct translation of 冰灵. But I think the proper term should be ice crystal. 

 

in his mind* [灵犀]---This can either mean a rhino horn or to speak telepathically. It is most likely referring to the latter

 

Edited on 7 Apr. 21 (Emzie)

 

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