Chapter 125 - 125 125 Day 10

125: Chapter 125: Day 10 125: Chapter 125: Day 10 Seeing this scene, Ye Lian couldn’t help but sigh. “The Young Sect Master has been too murderous these past few days. Being trapped in this confined space and cultivating a calm heart is not necessarily a bad thing. The young girl from Lihe Sect is also severely injured. Li Xuan is quite old, and it was not easy to have a child at his age. He has been managing the Lihe Sect carefully and arduously for so many years. Why must the Young Master insist on completely annihilating them?” A breeze rustled the leaves into whisper. The full might of the Thousand Mechanisms Mace was limited to targeting only the woman within the formation, unable to block the cold wind from the outside. The night wind gently moved her snow-white dress, exposing her straight, slender legs intermittently through the fabric, sketching out a remarkably aesthetic curve. She slowly lowered her arms, gazing at the night sky with a calm voice, “Seven more days.” She had set a ten-day promise because she had the confidence that within these brief ten days, she could break the formation and emerge! Ye Lian, feeling helpless, put down the melon seeds in her hand and massaged her temples with a headache. “Although you, Young Master, mainly cultivate the path of slaughter, such deep-seated murderous intent is not favorable. Look at Tianxi’s Thirteenth Sword. Now plagued by negative energy, he is ultimately unable to break through to the next realm. The heavier the murderous intent, the more severe the divine punishment and the Heavenly Tribulation will be when you are attempting to transcend. You continue like this…” “Heavenly Tribulation?” Su Jing’s delicate eyebrows twitched slightly, interrupting Ye Lian’s words. A pair of eyes, gleaming with the cold light of stars, stared deeply back, “Do you think I’d be afraid of that?” Ye Lian recalled something, her lips curving into a bitter smile, helpless, “I forgot, back when you were still young, you madly went up to Little Thunder Mountain alone. With no ranking in cultivation, you had already withstood that Heavenly Tribulation.” The woman in white didn’t speak much and quickly returned to silence, shifting her gaze from Ye Lian back to the vast night sky. Just then, Ye Lian wanted to keep her company with more conversation when a long, piercing sound rent the night. Ye Lian’s gaze shifted, showing interest as she looked in the direction of the sound. She saw a Divine Beast come from the North, treading on clouds under the moon, pulling a golden Jade Chariot as if a swift breeze were spiraling in the night, and in a short span, it drew a very long trail of spiraling shadows. An immediate smile appeared on Ye Lian’s beautiful face. “The Jade Chariot comes from Shifang City, heading for Lihe Sect. Only someone of the esteemed rank of Miss Fang Da could have nine single-horned Divine Beasts pulling the chariot.” Su Jing closed her eyes, lost in thought and silent. Ye Lian then continued with a smile, “I have heard that Fang Geyu from Shifang City is on very good terms with Li Jiujiu.” Her slightly closed eyes drew a very beautiful, elongated line from the corner to the end, as if the world’s finest painter had depicted them with ink. Su Jing’s lips barely moved, “I said she won’t live past the tenth day. No one… can protect her.” She slowly opened her eyes and indifferently glanced at the ashes in the wind, “That jar of daughter red wine offered to Daze Palace must be burned.” Ye Lian saw that even in such extreme rage, she still remembered the wine jar presented to the Queen of Daze. Her smile deepened, “Don’t worry, I have already tasked Jiachen to handle this matter. Although he looks as gentle as a young girl, when he gets serious, he can be frighteningly fierce.” Behind the drifting clouds, in a secluded pavilion amidst the deep forest, Li Jiujiu lay on a couch, weak and drinking the bitter medicine spoon-fed by her father himself. It’s often said that good medicine tastes bitter, but gulp after gulp, the remedy seemed barely effective, not even returning half a shade of color to her pale complexion. “Father, the calamity caused in Xihai City is my doing alone. If Su Jing truly comes after seven days, your daughter will not burden the sect.” After swallowing the bitter medicine, Li Jiujiu’s gaunt face wore deep determination. Li Xuan, putting down the empty bowl, uttered with a pained expression and a choked voice, “What nonsense are you speaking? You are my daughter. Your mother has gone, and now my only support is in you. Though I am incapable and couldn’t ensure a peaceful and joyful life, before disaster strikes, I will not let you face it alone.” Li Jiujiu gave a bitter smile, “At this point, why needlessly add to the body count? It’s just, Father…” She suddenly reached out, grabbing at Li Xuan’s sleeve, holding it tightly. A flush of embarrassment and hesitation colored her worn and pallid face as she bit her pale lip. “If one day, a young man comes up the mountain with my Autumnwater Sword, just tell him that I’ve married far away. Let him keep the Autumnwater Sword and not to… not to wait for me anymore.” Li Xuan trembled all over, his mustache uncontrollably shaking as he said with a grim face, “Jiujiu, you…you…you couldn’t have secretly pledged your love with that scoundrel Lu Chengfeng, could you?!” No wonder! No wonder ever since the incident at Demon Cave, even though Jiujiu was with him, she returned to the sect alone, and that disciple’s whereabouts were unknown! Jiujiu’s Autumnwater Sword had also disappeared without a trace, whereas she had returned carrying that scoundrel’s Seven Stars Sword. Now with this sudden horrifying sentence, Li Xuan was terrified out of his wits! Li Jiujiu froze, not at all expecting her father to have such preposterous thoughts. She only had brotherly affection for her senior brother. How could there be any talk of the Swan Alliance? Seeing the stunned look on Li Jiujiu’s face, Li Xuan, misunderstanding, assumed it confirmed what he thought, his face turning red with restraint. “How foolish, Jiujiu! You truly are the utmost fool! I already told you before, your Senior Brother Lu has crooked thoughts and is not a good man. Why would you not heed your father’s earnest advice?” Li Jiujiu became anxious, “What are you saying, Father? It’s not Senior Brother Lu… how could I ever like Senior Brother Lu?” she hesitated for a moment but eventually sighed lightly, “Father, Senior Brother Lu is dead.” “What did you say?” Li Xuan’s anger solidified on his face, clearly unable to process the news for a moment. Li Jiujiu thought to herself that Senior Brother’s death was caused by Baili An. Even though his body was discarded in the Endless Sea, the truth would eventually come to light, and she told of everything that had happened in the Demon Cave. She omitted Baili An’s name and status, referring to him only as a young man to avoid future trouble for him. As for Senior Brother Lu’s death, she took all blame upon herself, explaining that Lu had accompanied her in search of the cave’s treasures and had succumbed to greed. Feeling desperate and seeing through his true intentions, her cultivation was no match for her Senior Brother’s, but was saved by a just young man who happened upon them and gave her the hard-won treasure. She then developed feelings for him and thus gifted her Autumnwater Sword to the young man. Having lived for centuries, Li Xuan was exceedingly astute. Seeing her stammering and avoiding the main issue, it was clear she was hiding much of the truth, especially as he knew his daughter too well. If it were merely budding affection, how could she have given her rite-of-passage gift to the young man. With thoughts swirling, Li Xuan sighed inwardly: Alas, a grown daughter can’t be kept at home. Now that she has her affections, who was he, as a father, to relentlessly pry the truth? It was for the best that Lu Chengfeng was dead, to avoid him constantly thinking of ways to charm his daughter and harboring those improper designs.