Chapter 166 Choice

Chapter 166 Choice

Chapter 166 Choice
Li Wuxiang stood under the tree, looked at her quietly for a while, then walked to the Banfengzhu forest and picked two hundred-year-old Sanhuajuding apples.

As soon as this thing left the plant, its brilliance immediately faded and a layer of wax seeped out of its surface, as if it had become a wax-sealed pill.

Li Wuxiang swallowed one of them. Sanhua Juding shouldn't be taken like this. It can only exert one tenth of its medicinal power. Anyone who sees it will think it is a waste. But the steps to make this thing into a pill are quite complicated, and he has to choose the right day. He can't wait.

But even so, as soon as he swallowed the pill, he immediately felt the wound on the surface of the gold coil that had been repaired healing rapidly, and the vacuum nine palaces in his body disappeared almost in an instant - seeping into the skin, and the layer of stuff outside his body began to become more condensed and firm, as if a pair of invisible hands were pulling at it, making his whole body tense up.

As a result, his skin seemed to become more sensitive, not to air currents, flowers, or touch, but to the aura that was everywhere in the void, and the kind of connection that Mei Qiulu had mentioned.

In the past, he could only see that kind of connection when the True Form Sect monks asked the gods to perform rituals, but now he felt that everything around him, all things in the world, had that kind of connection with the Holy Mountain, whether strong or weak. In his impression, the Holy Mountain was no longer a mysterious, distant, ethereal space, no longer existing "under" or "above" the world of the living, but right beside him, existing among all things.

He couldn't go to Lingshan before because he lost contact with Zhao Qi and had no one to lead the way.

But now, he stood quietly in the night in the garden for a while, casually grasped the connection between something beside him and Lingshan, and gently pulled it. Immediately, he heard the never-ending wailing and the blood mist surrounding him - it turned out that when he was in the Coffin City, Lou He did not need any skills to repeatedly enter and exit Lingshan. It was an instinct formed after he cultivated to the realm of being covered with golden clouds!
He chanted Zhao Qi's name in his mind - according to Zhao Qi, in a place like this, if you think about it, you can come into contact with what you think about. In the past, when he was still at the level of Jie Jiugong, it was difficult for him to control his thoughts in Lingshan, and he often saw resentful ghosts that he didn't want to see.

However, at this moment he felt that he could also see it in Lingshan - originally the blood mist was constantly rolling. At this time, Li Wuxiang realized that it was not "rolling", but the blood mist itself was twisted into countless strands of things. Those things should correspond to all things in the world. They are almost endless, and they are also changing with the changes in the status of all things in the world. Therefore, it feels like blood mist, and it feels like it is rolling and wriggling!

At this moment, he silently recited Zhao Qi's name, and immediately felt that a blood mist became clear in front of him. It should be the connection that was materialized in the sacred mountain. He tried to grasp it with his mind, and instinctively felt that as long as he pulled it lightly, he would be able to find Zhao Qi.

However, the next moment, what came from this connection was a kind of breath that made his heart suddenly frightened, as if he was not looking for Zhao Qi, but something over there was trying to pull him over!

Li Wuxiang immediately extinguished the thought in his mind and let go of this connection.

He felt that Zhao Qi was really in trouble... Was he swallowed by something else in Lingshan? But at this juncture, he really had no time to care about Zhao Qi. He could only wait until the matter on Yulun Mountain came to light and ask Zeng Jianqiu what happened after they were swallowed into Lingshan by Wu Meng that day.

So he left Lingshan and returned to the world of the living.

Li Wuxiang followed the original path out of the yard, jumped onto the cliff, and climbed up several times. When he reached the top of the cliff and looked down, he saw that it was still dark below. He inexplicably had a feeling in his heart - perhaps the garden was no longer there.

……

The light in the dungeon was dim, and only the light coming in from the corners of the stone corridor could barely illuminate a person's outline.

Cheng Peixin leaned back against the damp and cold wall, trying to focus on her breathing. The pain in her left arm was relieved when she inhaled slowly, but it still hurt when she exhaled, so she tried to prolong her inhalation time and only exhaled when she felt uncomfortable. It felt like she had returned to the time when she started practicing secretly but failed.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally felt the pain eased, and she dared to move her body slightly and adjust her posture.

It was at this moment that she discovered a figure standing by the iron gate of the cell. She looked up and vaguely recognized that it was Zhou Ruixin, the current leader of the Tianxin Sect.

She didn't turn around, but stared at the other person's face hidden in the shadows. After a moment, she sneered and said through gritted teeth, "Why, Senior Brother, are you here to see how embarrassed I am now?"

Zhou Ruixin in the shadows did not move, only his voice came out: "I want to see if you regret it."

"Regret? Regret for what? Regret that I saved Fei'er?"

Zhou Ruixin shook his head and took a step to the side, as if he wanted to leave, but stopped again: "I regret that you did something stupid again."

Cheng Peixin exhaled heavily: "If being timid in doing things is considered stupid, then you should think that what I did was stupid."

Zhou Ruixin was silent for a moment: "Alas, Junior Sister, after so many years and so many things, you still don't know why you have so many disasters?"

Cheng Peixin hummed: "You don't need to lecture me again. I'm just unlucky and don't have a good opportunity."

"You think it's bad luck or bad timing? But have you ever thought that there is a good opportunity, but you just can't see it clearly or you are impatient to wait?" Zhou Ruixin sighed, "Junior sister, you might have been able to become the sect leader in the past. When we brothers and sisters were young, none of us had better qualifications than you. But you fell in love with Zhao Kui, which delayed your foundation building and Qi refining. Is this bad luck or the wrong timing?"

"Shut up! This is my business! I don't regret it!"

Zhou Ruixin shook his head: "Maybe those in the past were, but what about this time?"

Cheng Peixin's chest rose and fell sharply several times: "This time I am doing this for myself and for the sect! I am helping the True Form Sect for the sake of the sect! Because in the future, even you will have to rely on others!"

"For the sake of the sect... hehe. Do you think I don't know about the Li Wuxiang you met in Deyang? The cultivation of the head of the Feiyun Temple of the Tianxin Sect was abolished. Do you think that the sect will not investigate it just because you said 'I don't want to mention it again'?" Zhou Ruixin took a step forward, showing his face, and looked at Cheng Peixin: "I know all these things very well, why don't you tell Miao Yi? Because compared to you, I know how to judge the situation and think about things in the long run - you have been stationed in Deyang for so long, haven't you ever been to the market and don't know the principle of bargaining? Which one is better for you, offering yourself up or being flattered and begged by others?"

"I, the elder of the sect, originally wanted to wait and see. You saw those swordsmen being chased out of the Nether Nine Abyss by the people of the Xuan Sect, and you think that their luck has run out? How many times has this happened in the past three thousand years? Are you sure that they are really finished this time? You are in a hurry to take sides and show goodwill. If Mei Qiulu suddenly gave birth to a Yang God overnight, how do you think the Tianxin Sect should deal with it?"

"You went to see Miao Yi and told him about Li Wuxiang's situation in Deyang. I didn't have time to stop you, and I thought it was okay. It was your own doing and had nothing to do with the sect. But you were so stupid that you were followed by the True Form Sect's people and wanted to kill those swordsmen - Junior sister, kill the swordsmen! Has there ever been a case of a disciple of the Thirty-Six Sects killing a swordsman in the past three thousand years? You weren't just killing people, you were pushing the entire sect down a path of no return!"

Cheng Peixin took a few deep breaths and said, "You can bear the fact that your junior sister, the head of Tianxin Sect, has her cultivation abolished, but you can't bear the swordsman killer, Sect Master Zhou!"

Zhou Ruixin raised his hand and grasped the iron bars of the cell, squeaking immediately: "Are you really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? From the perspective of legal orthodoxy and morality, who are you? Who am I? What is the Tianxin Sect? Taiyi Sect is the orthodox Taiyi Sect! They killed you, that's called it! You killed them, what's called it?! Who is enshrined in our main hall? It's the Five Mountains True Form Great Emperor!"

Cheng Peixin struggled to stand up, but she was not stable. She leaned against the wall again and said, "Zhou Ruixin, don't be so hypocritical in front of me! If you are really not afraid of the strong, you won't follow the True Form Cult's wishes to lock me up here!"

Zhou Ruixin looked at her, "I took action before because I didn't want you to do anything too extreme, so I took away those three swordsmen! Your hand was taken away by the True Form Sect you wanted to surrender to! And why are you here? Because if I don't lock you up here, the True Form Sect's people will not let you feel good, will make you go against family ethics, and harm your children! Don't you appreciate it?!"

He took another step forward and said, "I didn't expect that you could do such a stupid thing in this prison! Just now, you took your Xuanguang Mirror, didn't you? Did you find Li Wuxiang? Did you ask him to come to Yulun Mountain to rescue people?"

"So what? Well, Zhou Ruixin, you keep saying that you are judging the situation for the sake of the sect, but wasn't I just doing it for your sect? I told Li Wuxiang about what happened on the mountain. He came to rescue people and deal with the True Form Sect. It has nothing to do with our Tianxin Sect, right? Am I being stupid? What do you want?!"

Zhou Ruixin leaned his face towards the cell, stared at Cheng Peixin for a moment, then let go of her hand, stepped back two steps, and returned to the shadows. He was silent for a while, and slowly exhaled: "Okay. Junior sister, I see things clearly now. I used to think you were quite smart, but you were just too impulsive. Only now do I understand, you, ah."

"You asked me what I wanted, and I'll tell you."

"You went to tell Miao Yi about Li Wuxiang and captured Jian Xia. At this point, as long as Li Wuxiang doesn't know the news, Tianxin Sect won't be involved in this matter. It will just be a feud between Zhenxing Sect and Jian Xia. At most, there will be a traitor to Tianxin Sect to interfere."

"But tonight... with your current state of being crippled, if you want to activate the Mysterious Light Mirror, you need clean water, silver flakes, and ebony wood. Aren't you curious why the chopsticks were made of ebony wood with silver on the tips when someone brought you food at night? Let me tell you, it was made by the True Form Sect. They sent you this thing to force you into a desperate situation so that you would go find Li Wuxiang. But you didn't even think about it and fell for it immediately."

Cheng Peixin was stunned for a moment and was about to speak, but Zhou Ruixin raised her hand and said, "Shut up and listen to what I have to say."

"Now that you've told Li Wuxiang about the Jade Wheel Mountain incident, whether he comes or not, he knows that a swordsman died on Jade Wheel Mountain—while the Tianxin sect stood by and watched. And I've imprisoned three more."

"The thirty-six sects help each other, but what about the orthodox legal system of Taiyi Dao? Something like this happened on Yulun Mountain. Even if the Swordsman's luck has not yet run out and the people of Xuanjiao have retreated, let's not talk about whether the Swordsman will seek revenge or not. Let's talk about the other thirty-five sects - do you think they will covet Yulun Mountain for this reason?"

"Do you understand? Originally, the clan could have calmly responded and watched the situation change, but because of your stupid moves, the clan has no choice but to choose a side immediately!"

Cheng Peixin listened in a daze, and after a moment, she slowly slid down the wall. She sat on the ground and shook her head: "So, you are going to deal with the True Form Sect on the mountain?"

Zhou Ruixin shook his head helplessly: "Most of the Sword Sect is heading west now, and the other five Xuan Sects are about to come and chase us...but you think I want to deal with the Zhenxing Sect?"

"Li Wuxiang?" Cheng Peixin turned her head abruptly and sneered again, "He said he wouldn't come. And... and... he might be a Nascent Soul."

"He is a Jindan. And he was seriously injured." Zhou Ruixin said in a deep voice, "Today, a disciple from the True Form Sect has come to report the news. The day before yesterday, Li Wuxiang fell into the trap set by two True Form Sect cultivators and was seriously injured. Although they killed both of them, because the injury was too severe, they didn't notice that there was a third person watching - he was originally going in the direction of the Coffin City, but turned back after being injured and came to Yulun Mountain again."

"Then...you...Zhou Ruixin!" Cheng Peixin said, grabbing the stones on the wall, "You can use those three swordsmen to exchange Fei'er, right? You can hand them over to Miao Yi! Exchange Fei'er! You even held her in your arms!"

Zhou Ruixin was silent for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Junior sister, sometimes I... I really don't understand what you are thinking."

"Cheng Shengfei is now a swordsman. If the Tianxin Sect wants to surrender to the Zhenxing Sect, then this kind of thing must be done thoroughly and without leaving any way out. So who do you think will kill the swordsman? Will there be one left behind..." Zhou Ruixin said this and shook his head, "Fei'er's personality is somewhat similar to yours, but she is much better than you. Sometimes when I see her, I can't help but think, if Junior Sister Pei Xin is smart enough, it should be like this."

"So I won't keep her. You don't need to blame me. At the end of your life, everything you do is your own choice. As for Fei'er, you chose her for her. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself."

After he said this, he raised his hand, knocked on the iron bars, and walked away.

Cheng Peixin sat on the ground in a daze. After a while, she remembered what Zhou Ruixin said.

"This life has come to an end"... The end?! She turned her head and looked outside the door. It turned out that behind Zhou Ruixin, there were two other disciples of Tianxin Sect standing in the shadows. At this time, they walked to the iron railing, bowed expressionlessly, and said, "Uncle Cheng, please go on your way with peace of mind."

(End of this chapter)