Chapter 99: Gaoyang

At the same time as seeing this warm smile, Pei Ye's mouth couldn't help but hook up, and his face, which had been somewhat stiff and tense since coming down from Wangxi Slope, relaxed for the first time.

Two men who had forged a short but deep friendship in a desperate situation, one was seriously injured and dying last night, and the other was possessed by a divine seed, unable to see a glimmer of life amidst internal and external troubles.

They had used almost all their strength to stop the divine seed at that time, even betting their lives, not knowing who could live for another second, and never thought they could survive.

However, twelve hours passed, and they met again in the lamp light of the County Magistrate's office.

Pei Ye had always thought Zhu Gaoyang was dead, and after Zhu Gaoyang woke up, how could he not think that the youth had long been buried on Mount Xincang.

After all, he was so weak.

"How did you survive?"

"And how did you survive?"

The two looked at each other and smiled. Zhu Gaoyang said: "I don't know how I survived either, anyway, when I woke up, I was on this bed."

Pei Ye walked to his couch and pulled a chair to sit down: "I was saved by Ming Qitian."

"……She really came?" Zhu Gaoyang was stunned, sat up a bit and said, "Did you see her take action?"

"I saw it."

"How is it? Is she powerful?"

"Very powerful."

"Hmm... compared to me... how much worse am I than her? Just based on the sword I struck at the purple-robed person in the woods before."

"……" Pei Ye frowned and pondered.

"That sword was certainly far worse than my peak, but the flavor is still that flavor. You also know a bit about swords, don't compare power." Zhu Gaoyang added, "Connotation and attainments, understand? Don't use your rough thinking of judging heroes only by the Crane Fulu Book before."

Pei Ye looked at him, recalling the feeling the two swords gave him.

"Bright moon and candle fire." He said.

"……Are you listening?" Zhu Gaoyang sat up again, gesturing seriously, "I struck that sword when I was dying, not at my peak. You have to add to it for me."

"Then it's an oil lamp."

"……" Zhu Gaoyang leaned his body back against the head of the bed.

Pei Ye patted him considerately.

"Sigh." Zhu Gaoyang sighed, picked up the tea and took a sip. When he put down the tea cup, the decadence on his body had disappeared. He smiled, "Then did you see that 【Heart-Slicing Glaze】—by the way, is she really that good-looking?"

Pei Ye was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Sister Xing Zhi.

Sister Xing Zhi poured tea and said: "He hasn't been awake for long, hasn't been out of the door yet."

"Oh." Pei Ye leaned over to take the tea cup, turned his head to Zhu Gaoyang at the head of the bed, "Can't you move your legs? She is in the County Magistrate's office right now—diagonally opposite."

"……" Zhu Gaoyang turned his head blankly to look at Sister Xing Zhi, "Really?"

"Really."

"You didn't tell me."

Sister Xing Zhi turned around and put the teapot back on the stove: "Why tell you?"

"Meet her, I haven't met her yet." Zhu Gaoyang said, "Our Long Jun Dongting and Yunlang Mountain... isn't it? And isn't she asking about the world's swords? She must also want to meet me, the sword pulse master brother."

"Already met." Sister Xing Zhi said lightly.

"Oh? When?"

"When we entered the County Magistrate's office, you were lying under the pear tree with your butt bare, we all saw it." Sister Xing Zhi glanced at him, "Including Ming Qitian."

"……"

Pei Ye watched Zhu Gaoyang's pale complexion turn whiter, then turned green, his thin lips pressed tightly.

"No." Pei Ye couldn't help but comfort, "Not completely bare, Uncle Chang covered you with a small red flower quilt, probably..."

He put one hand on his leg root, one hand on his navel: "Covered this much."

"……" Zhu Gaoyang glanced at him, seemingly not very appreciative.

"Hahahaha." Pei Ye laughed out loud.

"Alright." Sister Xing Zhi also laughed, "Whether people noticed you or not, don't take yourself too seriously."

Zhu Gaoyang sighed long: "You are gloating now. In the future, when she comes to Long Jun Dongting to ask about swords, I might be a head shorter than her before the battle because of this."

"Anyway, it's not much worse than this head." Sister Xing Zhi said.

Zhu Gaoyang didn't answer, turned to Pei Ye and handed over a jade pendant: "This is for you."

Pei Ye looked, it was exactly the one Zhu Gaoyang entrusted to him in the mountains.

"What do you mean?"

"A custom in our Chu land, new friends should give jade to each other."

"I have no jade to give you."

"Then owe it first."

Pei Ye didn't take it, pushed it back and said: "I only have ordinary ones to give you, you also give me ordinary ones."

Zhu Gaoyang was more stubborn: "I only have this for you now, you will return a good one to me later."

The two looked at each other silently. Zhu Gaoyang handed it to him: "Take it, it's convenient, don't be pretentious."

Pei Ye conceded first, sighed slightly and took this jade pendant that could store things.

He didn't know how much such a thing was worth, but since he hadn't heard of it before, it could be seen as precious; and since it was worn by the master brother of Long Jun Dongting, the quality could naturally be imagined.

Zhu Gaoyang smiled satisfactorily and said again: "What are your plans next? If you want to learn swords, do you want to come to our Long Jun Dongting to be my little junior brother?"

Pei Ye hadn't spoken yet, Sister Xing Zhi said first: "People can go to Yunlang Mountain."

"……" Zhu Gaoyang looked at him incredulously, "Why are you so good at climbing high branches?"

Pei Ye didn't answer. Zhu Gaoyang suddenly thought of something and said seriously: "Do you know? Now the sects are popular with a short-term practice of exchanging disciples. You go to Yunlang Mountain, you can try to make a success of the exchange with our Long Jun Dongting..."

Sister Xing Zhi said: "Do you really want to go to Yunlang Mountain? Do you want me to help you ask for Senior Uncle's opinion?"

Zhu Gaoyang said: "You are really annoying, this is my serious business."

Pei Ye smiled: "I'm not going to Yunlang Mountain, I want to go to the Divine Capital."

"Hmm, good ambition."

……

After talking for a while, Pei Ye's mood also shifted somewhat. Seeing the sky getting darker and the conversation fading, Pei Ye said goodbye and left.

Sister Xing Zhi originally wanted to stay and take care of him, but Zhu Gaoyang felt that he was just weak and not paralyzed, so naturally he wouldn't agree, and drove the two out of the door with persuasion and shouting.

"What is Brother Zhu's situation now?"

Walking in the second courtyard of the County Magistrate's office with Sister Xing Zhi, Pei Ye looked at the worry on the woman's brows that almost rose as soon as she left the door, and asked with a frown.

Xing Zhi was silent for a while: "There is no major problem, the Purple Star Overseer helped to look at it, and the Mind-Spirit Realm has stabilized. After returning to Dongting, just treat it carefully."

"But?"

"But, his heart is now... the appearance of that kind of thing." Xing Zhi said in a low voice, "It devoured a considerable part of his cultivation. And the Purple Star Overseer said that he might never be able to get rid of this thing in his life."

"……" Pei Ye was choked by this bad news, and it took a long time before he said, "Then, what impact does this thing have on his body?"

"It's not clear yet, but currently..." Sister Xing Zhi raised a pair of clear eyes with deep worry to look at the youth, "Whether it is True Qi or Mystic Qi, for every part of power he masters, a considerable part will be divided by that heart. At the same time, he also has to dominate a large amount of True Qi to suppress this heart. Calculated... whether it is strength or cultivation speed, probably... one out of four is left."

One out of four is left.

"……Does Brother Zhu know?"

"He knows, the Purple Star Overseer said it to his face—just an hour ago."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 100 =====