Chapter 2357: The Aloof Sword Cultivator and His Bound Sword Spirit 01

Quick Transmigration Bureau, Spiritual Apex Office.

Bai Ze held Ling Gun Gun, while across from him on the sofa, Jin Chen prepared to draw a lucky bag.

Bai Ze wondered, "Is the feng shui better here?"

Why bother coming here to draw?

Jin Chen gave him a sideways glance, saying righteously, "You don't understand."

Being just a wall away from his wife, the feng shui is naturally good.

Bai Ze shook his head, sat opposite and watched him draw, occasionally stroking the extraordinarily calm Ling Gun Gun in his arms.

Ling Gun Gun didn't mean to disturb the Host, but being petted felt so nice that it purred twice, contentedly.

The purring accompanied the system's sound effect for drawing a lucky bag.

Jin Chen flipped it over and drew a "Thank You for Your Patronage" card.

Jin Chen: "……"

He looked at the white fluffy ball.

Ling Gun Gun hastily covered its mouth with its paws.

Bai Ze: "Hah."

His mocking intent showed plainly.

Jin Chen let out a cold snort from his nose and tossed the remaining three cards.

"The mechanism has a problem."

Bai Ze said, "After the system upgrade, gifts are random; do you really expect me to lay out the lucky-bag gifts in front of you?"

Jin Chen nodded and reached out his hand, saying, "Sure."

Bai Ze calmly replied, "No."

Jin Chen thought for a moment, got up, pushed the sofa to the wall, and leaned against the barrier to draw.

His long fingers turned over the three cards one by one.

"Thank You for Your Patronage," "Draw Again," and "Protagonist Halo Weakening Card."

Jin Chen fell into a few seconds of silence, then flipped the "Draw Again" card back over.

"Thank You for Your Patronage."

Jin Chen raised his hand and flung the card away.

"Heh heh heh heh…" Ling Gun Gun couldn't help laughing, twitching; to avoid being beaten by the Host, it buried its fluffy head in Bai Ze's embrace, exposing its trembling furry butt toward Jin Chen.

Bai Ze also fell silent, sighing, "Your luck is still this terrible… Jin Chen!"

Just a moment of inattention, and Jin Chen rushed into the barrier to tattle!

Meeting his master's seemingly weak but actually not weak golden eyes, Bai Ze: "……"

He temporarily embraced the earnestly nuzzling Ling Gun Gun with one hand, and with the other called up the lucky‑gift store controlled by the Spiritual Apex.

It was splendid and complete, everything one could wish for.

Jin Chen glanced sideways, then turned back to look at the briefly awakened Chenshu, encircling his waist and burying his face in the neck's crook to inhale.

Chenshu remained silent; the final stage of his soul's consolidation allowed no negligence, and the spiritual influence of the five‑element divine artifacts often made him drowsy, so being able to wake briefly was already no small feat.

He let Jin Chen hold him quietly; about five or six minutes passed, the arm around his waist relaxed, and then he lifted Jin Chen's face and kissed him.

Jin Chen lightly kissed him, then suddenly said, "My luck isn't bad at all."

Chenshu gazed at him, and seeing Jin Chen continue, his tone still a bit smug, he was exactly as he had been before him.

"I have you, right?"

Chenshu narrowed his eyes, lightly bit the corner of Jin Chen's lips, then extended a fingertip to touch his brow.

Jin Chen was in the midst of kissing when he didn't react in time, and suddenly saw his hands bound by ropes of spiritual power.

Jin Chen looked blankly at Chenshu, and saw in his golden eyes a teasing smile.

He suddenly recalled what he often did in the previous small world, and it dawned on him.

It turned out to be an obvious retaliation.

Jin Chen felt embarrassed and guilty, pressing his forehead against Chenshu's and giving a gentle rub.

"That's called adapting on the fly." Jin Chen spoke with conviction, then moved in to bite him, kissing him more fiercely.

Bai Ze closed the office door, taking the nearly recovered little pixiu to adapt to its true form.

Having just accompanied it in adapting, he suddenly noticed a system alarm and clicked to view it.

Jin Chen had plucked away most of the gifts from the welfare store.

Bai Ze: "……"

Ling Gun Gun licked its paws, placed its forepaws on Bai Ze's shoulder, and patted.

"Boss, you can relax; the Host sometimes simply forgets to use items."

That's true as well.

Bai Ze pinched its paw, his clear‑divine eyes narrowing as he smiled, "Then you want to be on my side."

The two‑sided‑eating Ling Gun Gun nodded firmly, shifted its paws, patted Bai Ze's face, and hummed twice.

……

【Now transmitting to the next world…… Transmission successful!】

——

Within the Heavenly Derivation Sect, a great sect of the Immortal Gate, there is a secluded, isolated peak called No-Come Peak.

The peak's master is the venerable True Person Lingxu.

Under him, he once had five close personal disciples, as close as brothers, a lineage envied within the sect.

The villain Xie Qingmo, ranked second among the five disciples, possesses extraordinary talent and peerless swordsmanship, and he cherishes the sect deeply.

All changes began with the master Lingxu Zhenren's exceptional acceptance of the sixth disciple, Liu Qingcheng.

The protagonist Liu Qingcheng did not grow up on No-come Peak; his talent and immortal affinity caught the master's eye, and he was brought back, delicate in appearance and initially well-behaved.

However, ever since Liu Qingcheng set foot on No-come Peak, strange changes have silently occurred.

Xie Qingmo keenly noticed that his once-close senior brothers, junior brothers and sisters, and even the master he most revered, all began to show near-blind favoritism and affection toward Liu Qingcheng.

No matter what Liu Qingcheng did, even if he acted unreasonably or deliberately framed and killed others, disregarding sect rules, as soon as he shed a few Tears, the master and his fellow disciples would instantly feel heartbroken, blindly blaming others.

Reason, rules, and even basic notions of good and evil vanished before Liu Qingcheng's Tears.

Liu Qingcheng became the most beloved junior disciple on No-come Peak.

What chilled Xie Qingmo further was that, merely because he was unaffected by this influence and could not fully trust, he became a thorn in Liu Qingcheng's side.

Liu Qingcheng repeatedly schemed to frame and blame others, and each time, those once closest to Xie Qingmo would unhesitatingly believe Liu Qingcheng's grievances, then turn around and accuse Xie Qingmo of being narrow-minded and jealous of his junior.

Faced with collective betrayal and the reversal of right and wrong by those he trusted most, Xie Qingmo could not defend himself despite countless explanations.

He tried to explain, but this only deepened the misunderstanding and distance, and his deep affection for the sect was worn away by repeated harm.

Finally, Xie Qingmo chose to leave entirely, moving alone to the deepest part of No-come Peak, where he unintentionally caught sight of Liu Qingcheng colluding with the Demon Clan.

Each time he made others blindly believe, he also siphoned the fortune of those close to him; this is the fundamental reason why, over the past years, the cultivation of all disciples on No-come Peak, and even that of Master Lingxu Zhenren, has inexplicably stalled or even regressed.

Although the sect where he grew up could not be ignored, and due to Liu Qingcheng's repeated pressures, he nearly fell prey to inner demons.

He chose to leave the mountain, becoming entangled in a struggle with Liu Qingcheng, and thus became an obstacle to Liu Qingcheng's sacrifice of the sect to ascend the immortal path via the Ruthless Dao; in the end, he exchanged lives for lives, slaying Liu Qingcheng with his Natal Sword.

No matter how the awakened sect tried to make amends, it could not restore Xie Qingmo's lost life; meanwhile, Liu Qingcheng, blessed by misfortune, clearly slain by Xie Qingmo's Natal Sword, retained a soul and spirit, drifting to the Demon Realm to re-cultivate.

It's recommended that the Host uses the weakening Protagonist Halo Card—it's very useful!

【Okay, what is my identity?】

【……hehe!】