Chapter 210

"Even if you get the soul-hooking chain, you will just throw your life away by barging into Jiuyou alone." Xie Bi An thought to himself that he’ll transfer troops to Yin Yang Monument. Fan Wu She doesn’t have the Heavenly Secret Talisman, would he really dare to come by force?

"Does big brother care about my life or death?" Fan Wu She said with a fake smile on his face. Looking at the defensiveness and hostility on Xie Bi An's face, he can't help but recall the gentle smile on this face over and over again, and all his internal organs seem to be twisted together. The two short years they were senior and junior brothers were really like a beautiful dream woven by him because only he could imagine their mutual love for each other, and in that dream, he got what he had never gotten in his previous life --- the willingness of his big brother. They said beautiful dreams are fragile, and this dream really shattered to pieces in the end. The moment Xie Bi An regained his memory, it was not a dream that woke him up, but a collapse. Any fragment he picked up randomly was engraved with his unresolved and hopeless love across two lives.

For the past three years, everyone thought he was hiding in some deep forest or hidden cave to go into seclusion in order to recover his previous life's cultivation, but in fact he had been following Xie Bi An. He was well aware of Xie Bi An's ability, so he did not dare to be too frequent nor did he dare to get too close. He only restrained his bone-eroding love and fierce desire, and looked at him from afar. He can only endure. He endured a hundred years of hell and endured dozens of years being a human again. He endured people that he could not endure, and he can no longer endure anymore. He was afraid that he would lose his mind, forcefully take him back to his side despite all odds, hide him in some place out of sight, and spend their lives with just the two of them.

But he knew he couldn't. If he hadn't seen Xie Bi An's tender eyes, if he hadn't been kissed and embraced by Xie Bi An's initiative, if there hadn't been that mutual promise of lifelong flesh and blood interaction, if he hadn't gotten the "willingness" that he had been begging for, maybe he could have been as crazy as he was in his previous life, but now ...

But now, how can he get back that "willingness"!?

“Do you care about your life or death? Hell has no doors, yet you insist on barging in.” Xie Bi An said heavily, "You escaped reincarnation to become a human again, and still want to repeat the mistakes of your previous life."

"Why am I repeating the same mistakes, isn’t it because of you?" Fan Wu She slightly showed his teeth, like a beast that was forced into a desperate situation.

"You are doing it for yourself, for your own selfish desires, and will not hesitate to stir up peace in both the human and ghost realms."

Fan Wu She gave a tragic laugh: "So what if it is? Even after a hundred years, you are not allowed to forget. I became like this because of you, so it is only right for you to compensate me with yourself.”

Junlan sword is filled with regal spiritual pressure. Xie Bi An endured the pain in his heart forcefully, and said in a cold voice: "I will no longer be at your mercy."

"It’s not up to you." Fan Wu She had an unusual thought, and he couldn't help but reach out his hand, wanting to touch Xie Bi An's face.

Xie Bi An's heart trembled. As if facing a great enemy, he swung his sword out, forcing Fan Wu She out some feet away.

Fan Wu She’s hand turned into a fist, which was secretly hidden behind him, like a defeated routing army. He glared at Xie Bi An with red eyes: "Jiang Qu Lian has allied with Qi Meng Sheng, you have to ... protect yourself well."

Seeing Fan Wu She turned around to leave, Xie Bi An asked, "Are you trying to enter Jiuyou while we are engaged in battle?"

Fan Wu She inclined his head to look at Xie Bi An: "Next time if you dare to walk around alone again, don't blame me for locking you up."

Xie Bi An looked at Fan Wu She's back as he left on his sword. Even when that figure gradually turned into a point in the sky and finally disappeared, he did not return to his senses for a long time.

The person who hasn't been in his mind for three years stood in front of him again so abruptly and forcefully, saying those heartbreaking words. In fact, he also wished he had never recovered the memory of his previous life. If there was no desolation after the disaster in his previous life, no love-hate relationship between them, and no subsequent tragedies, he would even did not dare to recall his affection and love for Fan Wu She. It was like a betrayal. He had unknowingly fallen in love with a person he should not have fallen in love with in this world. He betrayed himself without even knowing it.

Unfortunately, he can't erase the past, nor can he whitewash a heart that is full of holes.

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When he returned to Diancang Peak muddleheaded, Xie Bi An saw the Eight Trigrams Platform from afar.

The courtyard Song Chun Gui had arranged for them was very secluded. In fact, it was still far away from the Eight Trigrams Platform, but it was like an immortal platform hovering outside the mountain, so as long as they were not at the back of Diancang Peak, they could see it.

Xie Bi An looked at the Eight Trigrams Platform among the clouds and mist, and couldn't help but remember the first time he and Fan Wu She went up to Yunding. As soon as he stepped on the Eight Trigrams Platform, he fainted because he had awakened the memories of his past life. From that moment on, it had been destined that they would have to detour back to the road ahead and face the wretchedness of the past again.

He remembered the letter left by Huang Dao Zi. Is there really any hope of solving this seemingly insoluble situation in this life?

When he returned to the courtyard, Lan Chui Han had already returned from the banquet.

The pale face and the tight frown on Xie Bi An's face showed that something was wrong, so Lan Chui Han hurriedly asked, "Bi An, what's wrong? You're not in danger, are you?"

"Did the night banquet go well?" Xie Bi An asked indifferently.

"It’s just a sham gesture of politeness." Lan Chui Han hummed coldly, "This Wu Si Hai is indeed very formidable. No wonder he’s the most popular in Wuliang Sect. However, Li Bu Yu letting him take the position of substitute sect leader made him a bit complacent. To be a sect leader, relatives, skills, and prestige are in fact not the most important. The most important is always cultivation. One force can defeat 10 people*. Even if Li Bu Yu does not have a son, I'm afraid it is not his turn for the position of sect leader."

"Yeah."

"But Song Chun Gui's challenges were also not small. He came from a poor background, is an incomplete person*, and his character is not accommodating enough. Other than having the highest cultivation, his qualifications can be said to be the worst of the four disciples of Li Bu Yu. But there are advantages to this. He will need more support from my Lan family." Lan Chui Han talked about himself for a long time. Seeing Xie Bi An’s vacant eyes and unusual look, he stopped and said with a serious face, "Bi An, what is up with you?"

Xie Bi An looked at Lan Chui Han and said calmly, "Big brother Lan, I saw Fan Wu She."

Lan Chui Han was shocked: "What? When? Where?!"

"Right in Lanxi Town. He took the initiative to appear in front of me. I suspect he had followed me for a long time to know that I was alone at that time."

"What did he find you for?"

"He wanted to get back the soul-hooking chain. As a living person, only the soul weapon can open the Yin Yang Monument and enter Jiuyou. He blackmailed me with Lanxi town, and I had no choice but to give it to him."

"So now he can go to the ghost realm!" Lan Chui Han's face was frighteningly gloomy.

Xie Bi An nodded: "I went to the Chenghuang Temple in Lanxi Town and asked the City God to bring a letter to Official Lord Cui to send large troops to guard the Yin Yang Monument."

Lan Chui Han gasped: "Why did he come to get the soul-hooking chain at this time? Could it be that he already has the certainty of retrieving the Heavenly Secret Talisman?"

"Maybe, that's exactly what I'm most worried about. Li Bu Yu wants us to be the oriole behind the praying mantis, but Fan Wu She also wants to enter Jiuyou when the Underworld is at war with Jiang Qu Lian. Now, on the contrary, no one dares to make a rash move."

"I don't believe he suddenly showed up just to get the soul-hooking chain, and in such a place as crowded as Lanxi Town." Lan Chui Han narrowed a pair of outstanding and beautiful eyes, "He is deliberately doing it for the eyes of Chidi City."

"I also thought about this possibility, but he has been hiding for three years, why would he expose himself at this time?"

Lan Chui Han looked at Xie Bi An, and suddenly sighed: "Maybe it's for ..."

"For what?" Xie Bi An frowned and asked.

"For protecting you, I guess."

Xie Bi An was stunned.

His mind reverberated with the words "I want to see you" from Fan Wu She, and his heart palpitated.

"Bi An, the only fatal weakness of the Supreme Demon is you." Lan Chui Han paused, and said with a bit of caution, "To defeat him, or use him against Qi Meng Sheng and Jiang Qu Lian, only you can do it."

Xie Bi An was silent for a long time and said, "Qi Meng Sheng will not leave Chidi City easily, and is even less likely to risk entering the Pass. I cannot go and throw myself into the net either, so I guess Jiang Qu Lian will personally come to get my core as a condition for his exchange with Qi Meng Sheng. That's our time to take them out one by one.”

"Do you have a plan?"

"If Fan Wu She is following me, then I can lure him out and set up a trap to kill Jiang Qu Lian first."

Lan Chui Han's gaze moved as he said hesitantly, "Jiang Qu Lian is originally a ghost, how are you going to ... kill him?"

Xie Bi An's eyes flashed with cold hatred: "I want to escort him back to the underworld and beat him into hell, so that he’ll pay the price for the evil he has done, or scatter his soul, so that he will never enter the cycle of reincarnation and disappear completely from heaven and earth."

Lan Chui Han pursed his lips slightly. His expression was complex and indistinguishable.

"Brother Lan, I'm going back to Fengdu first. After I've met with Official Lord Cui, I'll plan to lure out Jiang Qu Lian. This way, we can also test whether Fan Wu She is following me."

Lan Chui Han got up and went to the front of the window. His back was facing Xie Bi An and he looked at the moon in the sky, softly saying the word "okay".

"What's wrong?" Xie Bi An noticed that Lan Chui Han's mood was a bit unusual.

"... I'm just thinking, Wuliang Sect will probably have a storm soon."

"In any sect, there will be disputes from time to time regarding the change of sect leaders. Just hope that it’ll not affect the overall situation."

Lan Chui Han guessed correctly. Just when they left Wuliang Sect on the way back to Fengdu, the news of the murder of Wuliang Sect’s eldest senior brother Wu Si Hai spread throughout Jiuzhou, and the cause of his death, and his fellow disciple Meng Ke Fei, were the same – core digging.

 

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PS from Emzie: aah looks like someone doesn't want Xiao Hong to be scattered ( ❛ ᴗ ❛ )

 

One force can defeat 10 people*[一力降十会]--- Meaning: a person with great strength can overcome ten people who know martial arts. Metaphor: all schemes are useless in front of absolute strength.

incomplete person*[不全之人]---when we say someone is不全, that means the person has disability (recall: Song Chun Gui only has one arm)

 

Edited on 27 May 21 (Emzie)

 

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