Chapter 104: Moonlight Conversation

Moonlight Conversation

This Little Su, full of nonsense, yet not truly annoying. Instead, it made one vaguely feel like letting him continue to make things up. Ruan Ci rolled her eyes at him and said, "Is this all you came to me for? Then I know. Senior Brother Su, take care."

As she was about to turn around, Little Su hurriedly blocked her way and begged, "In a few days, the great tide will roll in. After leaving Hengze Heaven, it might not be convenient to say goodbye to Junior Sister Ci again. Is Junior Sister Ci really so heartless that she won't even listen to a few words from me?"

Ruan Ci was just putting on an act. Since Little Su said so, she took the opportunity to end it, walked out of the hall with Little Su, and jumped onto the roof—for Little Su, it was jumping onto the roof; for her, since everything here could not be touched, it was just raising her already hovering body a little higher.

Inside Hengze Heaven, the climate changes were as rich as the outside world. Tonight, the weather was humid, and the cool moonlight spilled onto the eaves. Water vapor condensed into night dew on the corners of their clothes. The two sat side by side on the eaves for a while before Little Su said, "My name is Su Jingxing, the ninth disciple of the Yanshan Fa Xian Order Master."

He held the Mouth-Purifying Mantra, but for people in the Demon Sect, showing one's true name was already a very sincere expression. Orthodox disciples like Li Pingyan had only held the Mouth-Purifying Mantra and were not as careful as the Demon Sect. Like Zhou Zhi Mo, he didn't say his true name until he died.

Ruan Ci said, "My name is Ruan Ci, under the Shangqing Purple Void Cave Illumination Gate. You are indeed from Yanshan, but I have never heard that Yanshan has such a divine ability to enter a painting."

Su Jingxing said, "That's right. Yanshan cultivation techniques take the eighteen Heavenly Demon Orders as the axis. The most superior traditions are all named after Heavenly Demons. It is rumored that each of the eighteen Heavenly Demon Orders inherits a cultivation technique that can integrate with the Dao. The Immortal Painting transmission of intent is a combination of the Demon Sect and painting cultivation. I obtained the inheritance from elsewhere, and with a movement of my heart, I accidentally attached it to it. It is not famous in the Central Continent, so it is natural that you haven't heard of it."

Ruan Ci's doubts were cleared. After all, if Young Master Yue could distinguish that this was Yanshan inheritance, there was no reason not to point it out to Ruan Ci. She couldn't help but smile, "Creating your own cultivation technique while still in the Foundation Establishment stage, you are also a rare genius in the Demon Sect for thousands of years. When you go back, tell your master that the scroll can even capture and evolve the charm of a Dao Lord. Maybe you will become the master's most favored disciple."

She said this from the bottom of her heart. Like Ruan Ci, she had never thought about creating her own cultivation technique. This was not something a Foundation Establishment disciple should do. The higher the Foundation Establishment layer, the more urgent it was to fill spiritual energy and refine the high platform. How could there be lifespan to do these things?

Naturally, if one casually created a small divine ability, it wouldn't be worth much attention. But when the two were on the fifth-layer platform, Ruan Ci injected her memories of Qing Jun into the scroll, and the scroll was able to capture a trace of the Dao Ancestor's charm and transmit it to Su Jingxing, allowing him to resist the hallucinations that continuously eroded his mind. This showed that this divine ability conformed to the Great Dao until the Dao Ancestor realm. For a Foundation Establishment disciple to have such talent, calling it "rare in a thousand years" was an understatement; "unprecedented in history" was more appropriate.

Su Jingxing did not show arrogance and was still the same kind and approachable person. Hearing this, he smiled, "If it were another Dao Ancestor, I would have said it. The Donghua Sword Envoy saved my life, and Qing Jun's charm helped me recover my Dao foundation and heal hidden dangers. My body is now covered with Donghua causality. In the future, I will inevitably have to be your protective wing. If I tell my master all this, wouldn't it be forcing him to choose between the Demon Lord and me?"

He shook his head, looking like he was thinking for the Fa Xian Order Master, "This unfilial disciple has already made the master worry, how dare I let the master fall into such an awkward situation, caught in a dilemma?"

Ruan Ci couldn't help but burst into laughter, "If you are cowardly, just be cowardly. Why say so much?"

Su Jingxing had already expressed his attitude. The few had experienced life and death together and formed an unbreakable bond, especially Ruan Ci and him, who achieved each other on the fifth-layer platform. Su Jingxing suffered serious injuries that damaged his Dao foundation to help her, and Ruan Ci, in a critical situation, unhesitatingly gave him the Dao Ancestor memories. Qing Jun's memories contained vibrant vitality. The Immortal Painting captured the divine intent, and even if it was just a trace of special spiritual energy evolved and simulated, it helped Little Su's injuries recover quite a bit. Otherwise, he would have stayed on the fifth-layer platform for so long and eventually ended up like Senior Sister Mu, dying without a whole corpse.

If one said that the two trusted each other and helped each other without reservation, it was obviously not the truth. But no matter what, the outcome was like this, and they eventually achieved each other. The two had a deep entanglement of causality. Su Jingxing was telling Ruan Ci that he would naturally not reveal Ruan Ci's identity to the sect, and even vaguely had the intention of defecting.

Ruan Ci had promised Su Jingxing on the fifth-layer platform that if he didn't snitch, she wouldn't make a move on Su Jingxing first. Su Jingxing's sincerity also satisfied her. After joking around, she asked some details, "The Demon Lord wants to catch me, but you secretly defected. Will it hinder your cultivation?"

This question was not aimless. Even without any oath constraints, if a cultivator acts against their heart, it is very likely that inner demons will be produced in future cultivation. So the few people worked together in Hengze Heaven. In the future, if they are hostile, this incense friendship might be able to serve as a turning point. If Yanshan is of one mind and respects the Demon Lord, Su Jingxing secretly doing these little actions, he himself might not be able to pass this hurdle.

Su Jingxing smiled, "The Demon Lord is the Demon Lord, the Fa Xian Order Master is the Fa Xian Order Master, and I am I. Within the Sheng Sect, there are often many factions. How can Yanshan be an exception? Besides, this is also the cleverness of us Sheng Sect people. With many factions, we can ensure that someone is betting on every side. If there is a great change, we can always find a way to preserve a tradition."

Ruan Ci had felt the deep meaning of this before, so she wasn't surprised. She just felt that it was indeed so, and she felt more at ease with Su Jingxing. She asked again, "People in the Demon Sect are best at sensing. You have been stained with Qing Jun's aura. How do you plan to report to the sect when you go back?"

Su Jingxing said, "The Demon Sect is best at sensing, and also best at shielding. I came to protect Junior Brother Chen. Junior Brother Chen has already died in Huang Shoushan, and no one cares what I did in Hengze Heaven—"

The Junior Brother Chen he spoke of was Zhou Zhi Mo's true surname. Ruan Ci interrupted and asked, "What is Junior Brother Chen's name?"

Su Jingxing shook his head, "If you tell your true name to your fellow disciples casually, such a disciple will definitely not live long in Yanshan. I call him Little Chen. Little Chen is also a genius. His body-refining kung fu is even better than his inner world. He was also eager to make contributions, wanting to remove the Sword Envoy's wings so he could make contributions for the Demon Lord. I waited for the last ship at the Yiyun Ferry, and being bored, I sold Immortal Paintings at the ferry, thinking that if he died on the way and Yanshan didn't get the Hengze Jade Dew, I would have a good time in Hengze Heaven."

"Unexpectedly, I encountered this change after entering the Heaven. The elders in the sect probably pay more attention to the Eternal Dao City and even the Dao struggle. I have already thought about how to report to the sect, and I have already agreed with Shen Qi and the others. It shouldn't be difficult to cover it up."

He was indeed meticulous, and there were many true-or-false means in his handling of affairs. But Ruan Ci was very clear about the power of high-realm cultivators. Hearing this, she still couldn't fully clear her doubts and wanted to say something else, but Su Jingxing stopped her. His aura changed abruptly, turning into an aura that Ruan Ci was vaguely familiar with. Ruan Ci was stunned, "Ah, this is the aura of the peddler—I forgot, you also have a treasure that changes aura."

Ruan Ci herself had the Heavenly Destiny Cloud Child, so how could she not know the preciousness of such treasures? You must know that everyone in the cultivation world uses aura as a sign of identification, precisely because it is easy to shield aura, but it is very difficult to change aura. Otherwise, with the ease of changing appearance in the cultivation world, there would inevitably be many more scams. Anyone who can change aura must have a deep foundation. As for Ruan Ci, when she talked to the peddler at Baoyun Ferry, it was another kind of aura, and after entering Hengze Heaven, she changed into another one. Once she revealed her true face, Su Jingxing naturally knew she had a strange treasure.

"This is a treasure obtained from the same place as that Immortal Painting. It can paint aura and even memories. Even if a Grotto-Heaven True Person reads it, they will be convinced." Su Jingxing smiled, "I have already tested it on my master."

Ruan Ci was speechless, only feeling that except for having better luck, she indeed had many things inferior to Su Jingxing. This Foundation Establishment disciple Su Jingxing didn't seem to have much awe for the Fa Xian Order Master. But in Ruan Ci's heart, as she learned more about the secrets of Grotto-Heaven, she became more cautious about True Person Wang. It can be seen that in this way of dealing with people, she was inferior to Su Jingxing again.

If it weren't for the changes in Hengze Heaven, and without Qin Fengyu by her side, she might not have been able to beat a strong opponent like Su Jingxing everywhere. Ruan Ci thought of this and couldn't help but feel unconvinced, but then she let go calmly. Little Su should have entered the Dao hundreds of years earlier than her. It was natural for him to be more sophisticated than her at this time. She smiled, "Alright, then I can rest assured. It's just that I still have a question in my heart. When you sold paintings that day, there was only one ship from Yiyun Ferry to Baoyun Ferry. You and I came on the same ship, right? How did you avoid Junior Brother Fan's poisonous eyes?"

Su Jingxing smiled, "Like us Demon Sect disciples, everyone collects treasures like poison-avoiding beads, otherwise we wouldn't be able to practice with peace of mind even in the sect. As far as I know, the cultivators who survived on that ship, except for you and the incarnations of those two high-level experts, all had some Demon Sect background. However, in those few days at Baoyun Ferry, the child in the flower-padded jacket pulled many companions to search for passengers and kill them. Only you and I successfully entered Hengze Heaven."

He had a sense of proportion. Ruan Ci and Qu Qu Qu Tan Yue were intimate, and Qu Qu Qu Tan Yue was an incarnation of a high-level expert, but Su Jingxing didn't ask about Qu Qu Qu Tan Yue's origin at all. Ruan Ci heard what he said and was stunned in her heart. She entered early, so she didn't know that only two people entered Hengze Heaven on that ship in the end. "That Junior Brother Fan..."

"He is also a meddler with many means, so that day he said to me that there is more than one person who wants to do something big in Hengze Heaven. I believe he is absolutely sincere. If it weren't for the changes in the city, I'm afraid he would have made a big commotion." Su Jingxing seemed to admire Junior Brother Fan very much and said with a light smile, "He is so proficient in the way of poison, but he made a move at Baoyun Ferry first, attracting everyone's attention. I really don't know what his original plan was. This disciple from the Poison Sect has extraordinary courage and is also a strange number. However, where he is hiding on the Poison Ship, although I have guesses, I can't ask. When he comes to find you to say goodbye, you can ask him carefully."

He stood up and smiled, "This trip out, I lost quite a bit. Not only do I have to be more careful in the sect from now on, but my cultivation route was also seen by Shen Qi, and I don't know how many of my weaknesses he has grasped. But all of this is worth it. We cultivators, in order to get a glimpse of the secrets of the upper realm, are all racking our brains and going all-in. Sword Envoy, you have a supreme treasure, but you are naturally exempted from such demands. I am both envious and jealous of you, and I don't know how many questions I want to ask you, but I know that even if you want to answer, you can't."

"Therefore, you must cherish this fate and move forward bravely."

His posture was upright, and he looked so gentle under the moonlight, but the words he said were completely contrary to his gentle temperament. "If your cultivation can surpass mine, I will be your most loyal helper. But if one day you slack off in your cultivation and are suppressed by me..."

Little Su raised his hands and grabbed forward, smiling as if threatening, "Then I will catch you, drill into your brain, and absorb all your insights into the upper realm."

Ruan Ci knew he was also encouraging her to practice well, but she was still aroused by her competitive spirit. Just as she was about to retort that she could kill Su Jingxing while she could still suppress him, she remembered that she had spoken first. If Su Jingxing didn't betray her, she wouldn't kill him. She couldn't help but feel discouraged, and suddenly realized that her casual promise had a big loophole. In this way, if Su Jingxing didn't betray her identity as a Sword Envoy to others, but only dealt with Ruan Ci himself, wouldn't he be able to try infinitely, and Ruan Ci would never be able to kill him?

Seeing her speechless, her expression changing, Su Jingxing couldn't help but smile slightly, as if seeing through her thoughts, and said softly, "That's right, you should think more carefully when you make promises in the future—these things, we Demon Sect disciples are all experts. When the time comes in the future, I will naturally teach you slowly."

After saying that, he jumped off the eaves, removed the sound-insulation array, and said to a corner in the courtyard, "I'm done, you come. The tide is getting stronger, don't talk too much, there are others waiting behind."

Ruan Ci only felt that there were still many things she hadn't said to Su Jingxing. This Yanshan little rascal, his foundation was clearly inferior to hers, but he had many ideas, both enemy and friend. Being with him was a completely different feeling from all other acquaintances. True Person Wang, Qu Qu Qu Tan Yue, and those great experts didn't count. Qin Fengyu, Li Pingyan, and others were intimate and trusting. Junior Brother Fan admired and was close to her, and had the feeling of a fellow traveler. But Little Su made her competitive spirit rise, and she always wanted to make him truly admit defeat once, rather than being full of calculations and calmly yielding like the fight in the high building.

For example, at this time, she wanted to retort, the words were on her lips—why did she need Little Su to teach her? She had old acquaintances, whose cultivation was much deeper than Little Su's, and they pointed her out without reservation. But for some reason, she felt that using cultivation to suppress people was vulgar. After a moment of hesitation, Little Su didn't give her a chance to refuse and left on his own.

Ruan Ci wanted to call him back, but heard the tide getting stronger. With a slight sense, she knew that the giant wave that rolled everyone away and sucked them back didn't know when it would erupt. This time, which could avoid the sensing of Grotto-Heaven True Persons and even Grotto-Yang Dao Ancestors and talk freely, was indeed limited. She had to sit still. The next moment, a yellow shadow swept onto the eaves. She was slightly stunned, "Why is it you? —Why are you dressed like this again?"

Shen Qi, who had transformed back into a girl, said coldly, "Why, if it's not me, who are you waiting for?"

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Updated! Sorry for the wait, everyone. I'm going out to eat at noon, scheduled update.

Are all Demon Sect people big bad guys? Even when they are about to die, they still think about pitting Little Ci~

Anyway, my friend is waiting for me, so I'll go first!

(I read a new book yesterday and it was quite good. I'll tell you about it tomorrow.)

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Thank you all very much for your support, I will continue to work hard! ===== CHAPTER 105 =====