Chapter 100
The atmosphere seemed to have become a bit awkward because of Little Bu Tianhan’s sudden interruption.
Actually, the only one who was embarrassed was Bu Mingfeng. After taking back the food box, Gu Xiyu’s little apprentice sat down and started eating. Although Gu Xiyu glanced at his disciple, he did not reprimand him for his mistake but even explained to Bu Mingfeng for him, “Sorry, I’m afraid I can’t.”
Nor did he politely say that he would prepare for him next time.
His attitude was as cold as he remembered, but it did seem to be the same as Lin Wuhen had said, that Tian Ling had no memory of what had happened some time ago.
There was no denying that Tai Ling’s appearance was the most outstanding among the group of handsome men and beautiful women, and both men and women could not help but be attracted to him at first sight. Even though they knew he was practicing emotionless Dao, there were still many who came forward to confess their feelings for him.
Bu Mingfeng was one of them. However, he did not have such an interest in Tai Ling from the very beginning. He first came into contact with him because he had detected his unique yuanshen, and if he succeeded in capturing his dantian and the clear qi of his consciousness, he would be able to greatly enhance his cultivation. It was only when he got to know him that he inevitably got feelings for someone who was not nice in any way.
Unfortunately, Tai Ling rejected him, and he was very clear in his rejection. Bu Mingfeng did not force the issue but simply reverted to his original intention of approaching Tai Ling. That day, when he crushed Tai Ling’s trust in him, he had a moment of weakness and hesitation.
“Which do you choose, to be my dao partner or to perish?” Before the final move, Bu Mingfeng gave Tai Ling the right to choose: “You can continue to practice the emotionless dao, but only if you ……”
It was because of his hesitance that he missed the opportunity to take Tai Ling’s yuanshen. Tian Ling did not say a single word until his death and answered by choosing to self-destruct, so not only did he lose the man, but he even lost the spiritual power he wanted.
He was worthy to be a stone-hearted man who had cultivated the emotionless Dao to such a high level.
Looking at it now, Tai Ling had probably kept a trump card, so he was able to choose such a drastic action.
When Tai Ling returned, Lin Wuhen took the opportunity to check his identity, including his yuanshen, and found that everything was still the same. There was no sign of dispossession, so he could confirm that he was still the same person. Perhaps he never expected to lose his memories when he came back.
“It doesn’t matter; the two of us are such good friends, so if I can just visit you when I want to taste it. I’ll just come to your Immortal Peak later.” Bu Mingfeng smiled and was about to take advantage of the current break to talk to him about the secret realm and probe his current attitude, but before he could make a sound, he was interrupted.
The youth who was yelling about being hungry suddenly fell into the arms of the man in white, hugging him like a rascal and frowning, “Master, I don’t seem to be feeling well, I don’t know if I’ve used up too much spiritual energy coming here with you earlier, but I’m dizzy now.
Gu Xiyu’s face is expressionless: “……”
Flying by the sword consumed his spiritual power, which had nothing to do with Bu Tianhan. However, he could more or less guess what Bu Tianhan was thinking, the boy probably wanted to give Bu Mingfeng a hard time. He didn’t want to have too much contact with this stranger called Bu Mingfeng, so he didn’t expose Bu Tianhan’s fake act and just raised his eyes to look at Bu Mingfeng calmly.
Bu Mingfeng was no fool, he immediately understood Gu Xiyu’s need to deal with his disciple and said gracefully, “The sect master gave some instructions, so I will tell you more when we reach the End of the Sea.”
With that, he gave them some space and went to take care of the other disciples.
Bu Tianhan, who was leaning in Gu Xiyu’s arms, inadvertently felt the breath coming from his ‘master’, and his mind drifted elsewhere, and the dream he had tried to put behind him came again. There was a strange feeling in his heart again, a slight itch, and he didn’t even feel the least bit repulsed by being with Gu Xiyu like this.
What did the ‘man’ in the dream mean? What does it mean to be a soul fragment with the most energy? What is resonance? Was the life he had lived in those dreams an illusion, or were they real… experiences?
Not only was Gu Xiyu in every dream, but they also did many things together, including some very intimate ones——
“He’s already gone, how long do you want to hug me?” The cold voice was like water suddenly pouring over his head, pulling back his thoughts that were drifting away.
Bu Tianhan calmly let go and said with a straight face, “Don’t worry, your bony body is not as soft as the girls outside.”
He had touched Gu Xiyu’s waist, and it felt… quite good.
His head was suddenly flicked, and he looked at the person beside him incredulously, only for him to say solemnly: “Cultivators mainly cultivate their minds, I let you read so many books, but all you can think about are these dirty things?”
“I ……”, Bu Tianhan was just spouting nonsense, so he could not defend himself.
Gu Xiyu said mercilessly, “When we go back, copy each book ten times and give them to me.”
Bu Tianhan: “……” Let him wait, if the time is right when he gets back, he will show Gu Xiyu who should be on his knees begging for mercy!
The group finally arrived at the legendary End of the Sea. Gu Xiyu had been here once before and had an impression of the place, so he was not as surprised as the others. The End of the Sea gave him a rather uncomfortable feeling, and if it weren’t for the side mission and the opportunity for the protagonists, he would probably have put off the trip.
Before he went in, Bu Mingfeng came to talk to him again, but this time he just gave him a very strict explanation of the team’s situation after entering.
[He liked Tai Ling, but he was responsible for Tai Ling’s death], said the intelligent system.
So that was the reason for Bu Mingfeng’s strange attitude.
After listening, Gu Xiyu didn’t give any response to the intelligent system, and his attitude towards Bu Mingfeng remained normal, not even stopping him from touching his hand or putting a hand on his shoulder unintentionally, as if he didn’t notice the other party’s intention at all.
Bu Tianhan, who was watching from the sidelines, felt his teeth itching.
“Many people from various clans have gone in before the Tiansu Immortal Sect, but it is said that no one has come out yet, so no one knows what’s going on inside. The disciples sent by the third and fourth elders will be in your care.”
It was a pity that Lin Qianyu was Bu Mingfeng’s disciple; otherwise, he would have found a way to bring her to his side for Lu Cheng’s sake. However, as mentioned in the original plot, the two would eventually meet in the secret realm due to various factors, so he didn’t have to worry too much.
In the original plot, Bu Tianhan, the villain, infiltrated the secret realm. Although there were many dangers in the secret realm, only a few people who entered it managed to get out because of Bu Tianhan, the great demon. Gu Xiyu didn’t know what happened, perhaps he was furious at the sight of his former enemy, Bu Mingfeng – but he lived up to his status as a great demon and went on a murderous rampage inside, causing a river of blood to flow in the mysterious realm.
The blood destroyed the aura of the secret realm, so it started collapsing, and only a few escaped.
Gu Xiyu was a little uneasy at the thought of this, so he subconsciously took hold of Bu Tianhan’s hand before entering and absentmindedly instructed, “Don’t get lost.”
Bu Tianhan twitched a few times but didn’t pull his hand away. He felt the warmth of another person’s hand and was inexplicably uneasy and uncomfortable. Because of the past events, he kept a distance from the people around him after he had become a demon cultivator and experienced death and rebirth over and over again. This was the first time in his memory that he had ever eaten, lived, and walked with someone so closely.
He was uncomfortable at first, but it wasn’t until he came back from that trip and had those strange dreams that he suddenly went with the flow. It was clear that he had approached this man to avenge the many people he had saved and to keep him confined to this world.
But now, his hatred for Gu Xiyu seemed to be a little less.
He couldn’t help but think: if those dreams were real, if those different lives were actually the worlds where Gu Xiyu had been on his previous missions, and the target of the missions was still “him,” did that mean that Gu Xiyu had feelings for him?
No, Gu Xiyu had injured him the moment they met; that was not how one would treat someone they liked.
Gu Xiyu was unaware of Bu Tianhan’s thoughts, and once they entered the secret realm, the thing he was worried about happened.
Even though he had held Bu Tianhan’s hand, once inside, everyone’s landing place was random. He was standing on a vast lawn with a cascading waterfall in front of him, and the water pouring down sprayed out a shallow rainbow.
The air was clear, and the spiritual qi was so abundant that one could not help but want to meditate on the spot, which could be worth several years of meditation on the mainland.
He suddenly thought, ‘Maybe it’s not that those people couldn’t come out, but that they didn’t want to leave?’
[[Cultivation World 1385, Sub World No. AC3437… While downloading data from the Secret realm, please don’t leave it halfway, otherwise, data acquisition will be affected.]]
The intelligent system was not very good, but the main system was quite reliable.
“…… Interestingly, according to the original plot, the secret world would have been discovered much later, but I killed the monster, which triggered it to appear earlier. This data shows that this secret world was left by the ancient great demons, and the place you are exploring is only a backyard existence for them.]]
Gu Xiyu was a bit confused: “Then, according to you, the things that the cultivators obtained from the secret realm are not all evil?”
[[Not necessarily, although it is a place where the ancient demons lived, it happens to be a place where they liked keeping the items they collected. So most of the treasures in this secret realm are the techniques and weapons needed by orthodox practitioners. In addition, there are many materials and spiritual plants that can no longer be found on the outside.]]
“The things that are really useful to demon cultivators are well hidden and can’t be easily found by ordinary people. The ancient demons are selfish, and rather than leaving them for future generations to find, they’d rather pick those they want and lead them. If we look at the people in this mysterious realm, only Bu Tianhan is able to attract the attention of the great demons’ last consciousness.]]
The main system seemed a little proud as he said this.
[There is one thing you should pay attention to. They should be a stone pagoda in the secret realm that looks like it leads to the sky but actually leads deeper into the earth, and only Bu Tianhan will be let in. In the original plot, Bu Tianhan accidentally entered the mysterious pagoda and was given a chance to greatly increase his power. But that destiny was originally meant for demons, and when the demon seed was triggered again, it caused Bu Tianhan to blacken even more, and he became so bloodthirsty that he went on a massacre.]]
[[There are many cultivators who have entered the Secret Realm, and there will be more to come. If he kills all the people in the mysterious realm, then the male and female protagonists might not be able to escape, and even if they can, Bu Tianhan’s risk value will definitely rise to 100 after this wave.]]
[[Based on various considerations, the main system could only send you on this special mission with urgency.]]