Ch24 - Does Master really not understand?

Since Pei QianYue’s current transformation back to his original form was because he had depleted his spirit energy, his size was no longer as huge as when he lost control and entered a frenzy. Instead, it was closer to the Divine Conscious state that Feng Ci had seen previously on LinXian Terrace.

But he still couldn’t be considered light weighted. 

An adult snake was several meters long. Completely coiled up and pressing down on Feng Ci’s chest, it made it somewhat difficult for him to breath.

Feng Ci reached over and pushed on its head lightly: “Get up.”

 

 

The snake’s head did not move. Instead, it hooked its tail affectionately around Feng Ci’s wrist.

Feng Ci: “……” 

This asshole really knew how to make Feng Ci’s heart soften.

 

Apart from this, the snake didn’t do anything else.

The black serpent seemed to be genuinely exhausted. Soon, it started breathing rhythmically and smoothly. Head pillowed on Feng Ci’s chest, only its body rose and fell slightly as it breathed.

It seemed to have fallen asleep.

 

“That’s what you get.” Feng Ci sighed and stopped prodding it. He placed his palm on the black snake’s head and gave it a rough stroke: “Who told you to have such terrible ideas.”

And just where did this guy pick up such a shitty temperament of using suffering and self-abuse to evoke Feng Ci’s tender affections.

The black snake slept very heavily. Feng Ci reached out and gently stroked his smooth and ice-cold scales. A spiritual light poured out of his palm and entered the black snake’s body.

 

The warm spirit energy traveled up the paths of the snake’s meridians and slowly healed its internal injuries. 

As Feng Ci stroked the snake, he suddenly recalled the dream that he had just now.

The place inside that dream was somewhere he’s never been to.

Nevertheless, be it the slightly cool night breeze amidst the mountains and forest, or the slowly echoing rings of the bell, or the sadness and sorrow shrouding his heart inside the dream… They were all terrifyingly realistic.

Just like…… he had really visited that place and did those things. 

But that’s not very possible.

Pei QianYue has been guarding him the entire night. If his Divine Consciousness left, Pei QianYue would have at least sensed something.

Aside from this, there was actually a more likely possibility.

—A premonition from the Heavenly Principles. 

Just like how the Heavenly Principles gave him a premonition about the impending catastrophe to arrive in this world. That old Buddhist Temple, called Hanshan Temple, was probably the next target of the mysterious murderer.

In any case, after everything was settled here, he needed to visit that Hanshan Temple personally.

 

As for right now……

Feng Ci looked down at the black snake coiled on top of him, who was clinging so tightly that he couldn’t move at all, and then sighed again. 

It’s best to heal his snake’s injury first and then talk.

The only good thing was that after bringing Pei QianYue inside, Feng Ci’s originally irritated and distraught mood gradually pacified as well. The static meditation during the night didn’t actually give him any rest. Relaxed now, he finally felt somewhat drowsy.

The snowstorm outside grew more and more intense. Feng Ci raised his hand and gave it a wave. The door closed on its own, and blocked all of the wind and snow outside.

After that, he yawned. Without even severing the spirit energy transfer, he fell asleep like this, hugging the soft snake in his arms. 

This nap, Feng Ci slept for a very long time. When he woke up, the snow outside had stopped.

The black snake on top of him has disappeared. In its place was a bed of warm blankets and…… the man laying next to him.

Feng Ci just woke up. His head was still befuddled. Rubbing his eyes, he raised his head in a daze and stared at Pei QianYue’s handsome face for a good while before finally realizing that their position right now was not quite right.

There was only a single window in the room. Now that it was tightly closed, not a lot of light came through. 

The bloodstained ribbon on Pei QianYue’s face has been removed. His eyes were gently closed. The corners of his eyes slanted upward slightly and his eyelashes were slim, long, and distinct like feathers. The blood splattered outer robe that he wore was removed as well, only leaving a black inner robe.

Pei QianYue slept next to Feng Ci, one hand placed over Feng Ci’s waist and the other hand stretched out on the pillow for Feng Ci to rest his head on. It seemed as if he was cradling Feng Ci completely within his arms.

Feng Ci: “……”

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Feng Ci wasn’t used to being so close with people. Hugging Pei QianYue in his snake form wasn’t anything, but in human form, it felt strange no matter how he looked at it. 

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Feng Ci found himself suddenly smacking into Pei QianYue’s chest.

Pei QianYue’s body was still very cold. Through the thin, single layer of clothing, Feng Ci could clearly feel the muscular contours of an adult man underneath. 

Thin and well proportioned, but not frail.

Forehead pressed against Pei QianYue’s chest, Feng Ci could hear the other’s steady and powerful heartbeat. He felt a bit sour.

 

The snake that he raised has an even better body figure than him right now.

How envious. 

Feng Ci only dazed off for a brief moment. He wanted to continue pushing Pei QianYue away, but that arm suddenly increased in strength and clamped down tightly around Feng Ci’s waist. Feng Ci pushed a few times but couldn’t move it at all.

“……” Feng Ci raised his head expressionlessly: “If you’re not done messing around, then you can go outside and keep kneeling.”

As soon as he said this, the arm around Feng Ci’s waist loosened and then retracted soon afterwards.

Feng Ci turned and sat up. 

Pretending to be asleep with him, did Pei QianYue really think he would fall for it every time?

Pei QianYue didn’t show any embarrassment at being exposed. On the contrary, he continued to lay grandiosely on Feng Ci’s bed and asked in a low voice: “Master, did you sleep well?”

Feng Ci slept fair.

It was probably the best sleep he’s had in the last few days. 

But strangely, he did not want to answer this asshole’s question favorably. Most likely, it’s due to the experience he’s gained interacting with Pei QianYue these days— Don’t let him take the lead; otherwise, you’ll never know when this guy will dig a hole in front of you.

Feng Ci ignored him and grabbed Pei QianYue’s wrist to check his pulse.

The injury to his primordial soul has already mostly healed.

As expected of a powerful demon(妖) who has cultivated for 3000 years. Such a severe injury, but Feng Ci only needed to transfer a little bit of spirit energy to him, let him take a nap in his original form, and he has already recovered to this point. 

Which made that Immortal Alliance gang seem way too arrogant.

Thinking that just by gathering a few elite cultivators, they could control Pei QianYue. To call them egotistical and arrogant was not even an exaggeration.

Reaching there, Feng Ci suddenly recalled what Xiao Que had mentioned this morning.

Feng Ci asked: “How come you threw the captured Immortal Alliance disciples into the dungeons and then just left them there?” 

Pei QianYue answered: “Intentional.”

Pei QianYue’s eyes were still closed. To make it more convenient for Feng Ci to check his pulse, he got up slightly and leaned against the head of the bed. He appeared somewhat cute and well-behaved like this.

 

But the words that he said were cold and ruthless: “Isn’t this the best way to punish someone? Especially those sanctimonious and cowardly cultivators who are afraid of death. Let them be trapped in that pitch-black place where the sun doesn’t shine, trembling with trepidation everyday, conjuring fears within their own mind and scaring themselves to death. Isn’t this much more delightful than killing them directly?”

To some people, the fear of the unknown was much worse than Pei QianYue giving them a straightforward end to everything. 

Feng Ci has already experienced Pei QianYue’s ability to manipulate the human heart. Not to mention, those people have all attempted to take Pei QianYue’s life before. Feng Ci didn’t care how Pei QianYue planned to deal with them.

Having said that, Pei QianYue simply told Feng Ci how he had punished each of the cultivation sects that day.

Feng Ci heard something that actually piqued his interest: “Xiao Que can create poisonous parasites?”

The Shaman Valley didn’t separate medicine and poison. In addition to their superb medical expertise, the disciples of the sect were also professional parasite creators and manipulators. However, prior to this, Feng Ci has never heard of a type of poisonous parasite that could control another person’s thoughts. 

Pei QianYue: “This parasite is called a Blood Oath Parasite.”

The magic binding of a Blood Oath is first inserted into a parasite, then it is refined through verbal incantations. Consuming this  poisonous parasite afterwards is equivalent to making a Blood Oath, one that can’t be violated for life.

Feng Ci had a feeling: “This was your idea?”

The magic binding of a Blood Oath was an extremely sinister kind of magic. Feng Ci didn’t actually pass down the knowledge of it to his disciples back then. Instead, he wrote it in a mystic text and placed it in LingWu Mountain. Pei QianYue probably read about it inside his book. 

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Pei QianYue lowered his head slightly; his voice also softened somewhat: “3000 years. I had to do something to pass the time.”

He actually sounded a bit sulky and mistreated.

Feng Ci coughed quietly, shifted his gaze, and changed the topic: “It’s good that you dealt with them like this. If you executed everyone, it’d easily make people feel you’re too cold and ruthless. Not to mention, it would have been a loss to the Immortal Alliance as well.”

However, there was one issue to this method of handling things. 

LingXiao Gates.

During this event, Elder Cheng Chao brought some of LingXiao Gate’s disciples over to participate. However, the Sect Leader of LingXiao Gates didn’t actually come in person. Now that Cheng Chao has died, the captured disciples didn’t hold high positions of power within their sect. Even if they promised not to turn traitor again in the future, it didn’t mean LingXiao Gates would remain quiet in the future.

Feng Ci asked: “How do you plan to deal with LingXiao Gates?”

“LingXiao has always been dissatisfied with me.” Pei QianYue said: “Hundreds of years ago, LingXiao was once the #1 Sect in the world. But in recent years, they have gradually declined due to various reasons. Of the Six Sects, they are the most eager to retrieve the lost mystic texts.” 

In other words, they wouldn’t rest until they get what they wanted.

Pei QianYue heard something from Feng Ci’s tone and asked: “Master, do you have a plan already?”

 

“Why not disseminate the news of Cheng Chao’s death and make the Sect Leader of LingXiao Gates come in person to retrieve the corpse. Once he arrives in LangFeng City, arrest him and make him declare his stance.” Feng Ci said: “If he is willing to surrender and pay allegiance, let him ingest the Blood Oath Parasite like the others to prove his loyalty. If he’s not willing……”

Reaching here, Feng Ci paused slightly. 

Pei QianYue asked: “If he’s not willing, how would you handle it, Master?”

“If it were me, I wouldn’t keep anyone who isn’t loyal to me.” Feng Ci said calmly: “Your treatment of LuoHua Sect was pretty good in my opinion.”

The punishment for LuoHua Sect was to execute everyone who had participated in the rebellion, destroy the spiritual roots of the rest of the disciples, and expel them from the sect to never enter the cultivation world again.

Pei QianYue chuckled quietly: “Here I thought Master would think I was too ruthless.” 

“If you’re not ruthless, do you plan to allow the disciples of his sect to stay in the cultivation world until they make a name for themselves and come back to seek revenge on you?” Feng Ci said: “The punishment of treason in the mortal realm involves death by association for 9 generations. Not only did you spare their lives, you also permitted them to leave the cultivation world and seek other ways of survival. How are you ruthless?”

When Feng Ci said these words, his expression was nonchalant. There was a shuddering coldness in his eyes.

His methods were never any softer than Pei QianYue’s.

Pei QianYue didn’t answer. He only said quietly: “But LingXiao Gates is one of the Six Sects after all.” 

Feng Ci frowned: “It’s because you indulged the Six Sects too much that resulted in today’s situation.”

Pei QianYue: “Thank you for the lesson, Master.”

Ever since Pei QianYue forced Feng Ci to reveal his identity that day, he has been behaving almost perfectly in front of Feng Ci, obedient and agreeing with everything Feng Ci said. Feng Ci thought it was amusing and said: “Stop pretending already. If you hadn’t decided on how to deal with the Six Sects already, why would you have allowed them to take advantage of you so easily and even lay siege to LangFeng City.”

It’s been almost 300 years since Pei QianYue established the Immortal Alliance. If the Six Sects have always been so duplicitous and Pei QianYue was just indulging them the entire time instead of doing anything, the Six Sects wouldn’t have waited until now to attempt a rebellion. 

For Pei QianYue to maintain a careful balance all of these years, yet purposely reveal a weakness right now— Feng Ci refused to believe it was only to force him to reveal his identity.

Pei QianYue didn’t refute it and answered honestly: “When I first established the Immortal Alliance back then, I thought it would be the best way to preserve the Six Sects’ legacies, but reality proved me wrong. If they insist on operating individually, then might as well have the Immortal Alliance take control of the Six Sects.”

Reaching this point of the discussion, Feng Ci finally understood.

From the start, Pei QianYue’s plan had been to completely unify the Six Sects. However, the Six Sects had existed side by side for so long already, the Immortal Alliance had no rights to do that. Just like how those sects needed a reason to rebel because they wanted to assume control over the Six Sects, Pei QianYue also needed an opportunity as well. 

The opportunity was the rebellion this time.

He had purposely allowed the rebel army to assault LangFeng City, not only to force Feng Ci to reveal himself, but also to capture all of the traitorous sects inside LangFeng City and pave the path for his take over of the Six Sects in the future.

 

This was killing two birds with one stone.

Feng Ci was too lazy to ask more about the relationships between these cultivation sects. He only asked a question that he was rather concerned with: “Did you already guess what they planned to do before heading to the Endless Valley?” 

Pei QianYue didn’t hide it: “Yes.”

Feng Ci: “You intentionally allowed yourself to be poisoned, and also intentionally killed that person?”

Pei QianYue: “Yes.”

Feng Ci sneered: “In other words, you actually didn’t lose control completely at that time?” 

Pei QianYue: “……”

Feng Ci didn’t miss the fleeting panic that flashed across Pei QianYue’s face. The amusement in his eyes deepened.

This asshole had tricked him so many times. Finally it was time for him to step inside it once as well.

Since he was able to maintain some mental awareness to accurately kill an elder with high authority within the cultivation world, did that mean he still had awareness when they were by the cold-water pool? 

Recalling something unknown, Pei QianYue lowered his head slightly and attempted to explain: “That demon(妖) poison did have some effect on me. It wasn’t completely fake……”

Feng Ci stared at Pei QianYue’s ears, which were visibly turning pink slowly, and understood.

In other words, he did indeed have awareness, but under the effect of the demon(妖) poison, it was muddled. He also had some difficulty controlling his own actions.

No wonder, he got scared and backed off at the last minute. 

Feng Ci stopped teasing him and changed to another topic: “That time you insisted on bringing me to the Endless Valley, was it also intentional?”

Pei QianYue: “……En.”

“Just when did you guess my identity?” Feng Ci couldn’t figure it out: “Was it those days on LinXian Terrace? You didn’t lose your memories?”

Pei QianYue shook his head. 

“It was at QingJing Sect.”

Feng Ci: “Ah?”

 

Pei QianYue said: “Master protected me in front of others.”

Feng Ci: “……” 

This can be used as evidence?

Pei QianYue said: “Since our first meeting, I already had a guess, but Master’s cultivation is too deep and unfathomable. Despite several attempts, I couldn’t find your bottom limit. However, to say this differently, how many people within this world can withstand my probing?”

To have such a high and profound cultivation level and also be willing to protect him like that in front of others.

Besides Grandmaster QianQiu, there was no second person. 

Feng Ci, exasperatedly: “Your conclusion here is a bit too perfunctory. What if you guessed wrong? What if it was only because I had fallen in love with you at first sight?”

Pei QianYue raised his head.

Feng Ci: “…… It was only an analogy.”

Pei QianYue turned his face away. For some unknown reason, he didn’t look very happy. He said coolly: “If not, then just kill.” 

Feng Ci: “……”

As expected of you.

“But even with that inkling in your heart, you shouldn’t have used this kind of dangerous method to force me to reveal myself.” Feng Ci said.

Pei QianYue’s plan here wasn’t completely flawless. 

If Feng Ci wasn’t the real Grandmaster QianQiu, or if Grandmaster QianQiu didn’t actually care about Pei QianYue’s life or death, then he could have genuinely died under that Demon(妖) Imprisonment Talisman.

Since the first day of that Immortal Alliance rebellion, Feng Ci has felt that Pei QianYue’s choices were extremely outrageous. In the last few days, he has been thinking about finding an opportune time to have a good chat with Pei QianYue. Now that they were on this topic, he immediately expressed his complete, honest opinions regarding this.

“Besides putting yourself at risk here with your actions, it was meaningless.”

Pei QianYue spoke softly: “Meaningless?” 

“Wasn’t it meaningless?” Feng Ci couldn’t discern the irregularity in the other’s voice and continued to say: “You clearly had so many different ways to prove my identity, why did you—”

Before Feng Ci finished speaking, he was suddenly grabbed by the wrist.

 

And then yanked forcefully.

Feng Ci was originally sitting at the side of the bed. Caught off guard, he was yanked back onto the bed unprepared. 

The next second, an ice-cold body covered him.

In these last few days, perhaps out of guilt or some other reason, Pei QianYue has always spoken very cautiously to him, restrained and courteous. Until this moment, he finally ripped off that well-behaved mask to reveal his true self.

Pei QianYue leaned over him. The voice that spoke next to his ear was both icy and dangerous: “Why did I do this, does Master really not understand?”

The author has something to say: 

Feng-still a straight guy right now-Ci: What. Don’t you just want to hit it once?

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