frightfiction Chapter 524 Freedom
Chapter 524 Freedom
"Bring me back? Is Chuan'er still willing to come back? He ran away, he doesn't want me anymore..."
Xu Hanyi suddenly laughed out loud, his nails digging deep into his palm without him noticing, blood flowing down his wrist.
"Xu Hanyi, calm down..."
Li Yue spoke urgently, but her words were cut off before she could finish.
Li Jun looked solemn, and his fingertips quickly made hand gestures. In an instant, the other four peaks of the Qingluan Holy Land erupted with violent spiritual power tremors at the same time.
In the blink of an eye, a light curtain with flowing dark blue runes emerged from the void, covering the entire Tianjian Peak and Xu Hanyi.
"Senior Sister, this restriction will automatically disappear in three days. When that happens, I will not stop you from doing anything you want. But it's best for you to calm down for these three days."
After saying that, he turned to look at Li Yue and Jiang Wanying beside him and sighed softly, "Hey, let's go. Let Senior Sister be alone for now."
"..."
Jiang Wanying looked at the light curtain that was rippling as Xu Hanyi swung his sword wildly, and shook her head slightly.
"I……"
Li Yue also wanted to stay and have a good talk with Xu Hanyi, but Jiang Wanying interrupted her.
"Achuan was injured by Master. Please ask Sister Li to go find Achuan."
Jiang Wanying stared at the dark red bloodstain winding not far away, her brows furrowed, and her eyes were filled with unremitting worry.
"Xiao Linchuan is injured?!"
Li Yue's eyes widened and her voice suddenly rose, her tone filled with shock and worry.
"Well, if it's Sister Li..."
Before Jiang Wanying finished her words, Li Yue had already tiptoed onto the ground and rushed away in the direction of the winding blood trail, leaving only a shadow as her clothes fluttered.
"You've seen your master's current condition, so please be careful."
Li Jun said in a deep voice, shook his head, and turned to leave.
"..."
"Master..."
Jiang Wanying called out softly, then knelt down on the ground with her knees heavily.
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The rain was pouring down, and the big raindrops hit the dead branches and leaves, emitting a pungent smell of humus.
A figure stumbled through the inky mountain forest, dark red blood seeping out from under the torn clothes, mixing with the rainwater and winding down like a stream.
"Cough...cough..."
Lin Chuan's throat was filled with a fishy and sweet taste, and he could no longer hold it in. A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out and splashed into the mud under his feet.
He felt completely exhausted and slid down the tree trunk slowly, collapsing awkwardly on the rough bark. His heavy breathing caused the wound to ache as if it were being torn apart.
"I can't run away anymore. I need to recover quickly. Master hasn't caught up with me for so long. He must have been held back temporarily..."
Lin Chuan slowly closed his eyes, and the yin and yang energies in his body flowed through his meridians, clearing away the remaining sword energy in his body.
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Tianjian Peak.
Xu Hanyi lowered her head and sat powerlessly on the cold ground. Her long hair fell like a waterfall, almost covering most of her face.
After a long time, she let out a long sigh and her eyes slowly fell on Jiang Wanying who was kneeling in front of her.
"Get up." Xu Hanyi's tone was a little tired.
"Master..."
Jiang Wanying looked up at Xu Hanyi, but stopped talking before she could say anything.
"It's up to you whether you listen or not."
Xu Hanyi lowered his eyes to avoid her gaze, and his voice was so soft that it sounded like a sigh.
"..."
Jiang Wanying stood up slowly in silence and sat opposite Xu Hanyi.
"Did Ying'er already know about him and Li Yue?"
Xu Hanyi looked up at the person opposite him, with a complicated look in his eyes.
"Yeah." Jiang Wanying nodded slightly.
"Besides this, who else is around him?"
Xu Hanyi's tone was flat, and no emotion could be heard.
"..."
Jiang Wanying pursed her lips and remained silent.
"I am the only one who is kept in the dark and knows nothing?" Xu Hanyi said in a deep voice.
"Yeah." Jiang Wanying nodded again.
"Then you are quite united in your attitude towards the outside world."
Xu Hanyi twitched the corners of his mouth in self-mockery, his smile full of bitterness.
"Bai Zhi, Qing Shu, Lin Wanxi, Ye Xiaoxiao, as for whether there are others, I don't know either."
Jiang Wanying lowered her eyes and spoke in a low voice, with a hint of uneasiness and anxiety in her voice.
"So Ying'er took Chuan...him out to play, and brought him to someone else's place?"
Xu Hanyi frowned slightly, with complex emotions surging in her eyes.
"Yeah." Jiang Wanying responded softly, her voice barely audible.
"why?"
Xu Hanyi stared at Jiang Wanying with a sharp gaze, "Ying'er, aren't you afraid that after bringing Chuan'er to other people, he will gradually become alienated from you?"
"Disciple is not afraid,"
Jiang Wanying said in a firm tone, looking directly at Xu Hanyi, "Achuan's feelings for me have never changed. I, your disciple, can truly feel it."
"He even lied to his master." Xu Hanyi's eyes were cold, and there was a hint of questioning in his voice, "Ying'er, are you so sure that he won't lie to you?"
"Then Master, have you ever thought about why Ah Chuan lied to you?"
Jiang Wanying looked directly into Xu Hanyi's eyes, her tone earnest.
"What else could it be?"
Xu Hanyi sneered, his eyes filled with resentment, "He's simply afraid that I'll kill him."
"But if Ah Chuan is really like this, he can just go to someone else."
Jiang Wanying's expression was serious, and her words were sincere. "But Ah Chuan ultimately chose to return to Master. He wanted to be responsible to Master, but Master was stubborn. If he told her directly, there were some things that would surely anger her. That's why Ah Chuan had to hide it from Master. He would rather work hard to deal with it and run back and forth, just to find ways to make Master happy."
"When did Master let him deal with this?" Xu Hanyi's eyes were slightly red, and his tone was filled with grievance and paranoia that were difficult to conceal. "If he really cared about Master, he should have severed those unclear relationships!"
"If Ah Chuan easily cuts off ties with other people for Master's sake today, he would be completely irresponsible to them..."
Jiang Wanying's expression was solemn, her eyes firm. "My disciple can't help but wonder, since he can abandon others so easily, will he one day, because of someone or something, be so cruel as to sever his bond with Master?"
"..."
Xu Hanyi lowered his eyes to avoid Jiang Wanying's gaze, but the emotions surging in his eyes shattered into a shadow under his long eyelashes. After a long time, a very light, almost choked sigh escaped from between his teeth.
"Master..."
Jiang Wanying spoke softly, her tone a little softer, "Achuan... actually cares about you a lot."
"Do you care? Maybe..."
Xu Hanyi stared into the distance, his gaze indifferent and somewhat lonely. "Well, it's me who forced him to do this in the first place."
She raised her hand and rubbed her sore brow. When she turned around, the paranoia in her eyes turned into fatigue. "Ying'er, go find him. When you find him, tell him that I won't destroy his cultivation. He can do whatever he wants in the future. If he wants to come back, we can be ordinary master and disciple again. If he doesn't want to come back... then let him be."
"Master..."
Jiang Wanying wanted to say something else, but Xu Hanyi had already turned around. His thin figure swayed slightly in the wind, as if he would be blown away in the next second.
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In the dense forest.
Li Yue relied on the faint bloodstains on the ground and her keen sense of smell to track down the whereabouts of the person.
She walked quickly to a tree, bent down and picked up the tattered robe with an arm missing from the ground. The blood-stained cloth swayed gently in the wind, and the uneasiness in her heart became stronger.
"Xiao Linchuan, where are you..."
Li Yue extended her spiritual sense to the fullest extent, covering the entire dense forest, but the area within her perception range was still empty.
When she got here, almost all the clues had been cut off. She stood there, looking at the intertwined branches, and had completely lost track of the direction Lin Chuan had left.
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Two days later, Queyang City, Huaihua Inn.
Sitting on the couch, Lin Chuan slowly opened his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, the spiritual energy surrounding him suddenly vibrated, and the silver thread wrapped around his left arm, like silk, instantly shattered. The arm, which had been nearly severed, healed as before, leaving only a faint white mark.
"All that's missing is to completely clear out the remaining sword energy in my body."
Lin Chuan stretched his still limp arms, gave a helpless smile, and turned his gaze to the window.
After simply suppressing his injuries under the big tree, he changed his clothes, restrained his breath, and walked around all the way until he finally came here to stay temporarily.
As for going to Bai Zhi and the others, Lin Chuan didn't even dare to think about it. If Xu Hanyi followed his trail and found him, once the two sides clashed, Lin Chuan would rather take another blow from Xu Hanyi than have anyone else get hurt.
"With Bai Zhi here, my senior sisters should know my whereabouts, so they don't have to worry too much. But Master..."
Lin Chuan rubbed his eyebrows, and a complicated look appeared in his eyes.
"It seems that I can only concentrate on improving my realm, and then fight back when the time comes." Lin Chuan clenched his fists, a determined fire burning in his eyes.
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Tianjian Peak.
Jiang Wanying had long since vanished. Xu Hanyi, however, remained in her previous position, sitting quietly, her head lowered, her face shrouded in shadow, making it impossible to discern her expression.
"sorry."
A familiar voice suddenly rang out in his ears. Xu Hanyi's lips curled into a cold smile. He slowly raised his eyes and was about to say something, but his gaze was suddenly fixed on the blood-stained, torn robe in Li Yue's hand, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Where's Chuan'er? Didn't you find him?"
Xu Hanyi's voice suddenly tightened, his eyes fixed on the bloodstained robe.
"That's what I found." Li Yue's fingertips trembled slightly at the torn part of the fabric.
"Then why did you come back? Why don't you continue looking for him?"
Xu Hanyi stood up suddenly, the air around him suddenly cold, "Don't you like him? I'll give him to you, go find him!"
"I'm sorry for you. I'll accept whatever you do to me from now on. I'll continue looking for Xiao Linchuan, but please don't hurt him again."
Li Yue's fingertips brushed the bloodstained robe one last time, gently placing it before the light curtain. Without waiting for Xu Hanyi's response, she turned and left.
"Chuan'er..."
Xu Hanyi stared blankly at the torn arm of his robe, and suddenly remembered that when Lin Chuan swung his sword, the cold light suddenly changed its move when it was about to touch his arm.
"Why didn't that sword strike down..."
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Sophora japonica Inn.
"Shocked! The second elder of the Demon Clan actually did this in Siqin Tower!?"
"? Drinking with the Oiran only costs 88,000! The Second Elder of the Demon Clan: Isn't this too good to be true!?"
"? Eighty-eight thousand spirit stones, just to make a beautiful woman smile? The second elder of the demon clan: Come again next time!?"
……
Lin Chuan looked at the "Qingluan Baixiaotong" in his hand, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
This thing, which is similar to the Blue Star Magazine, gathers most of the news about the Qingluan Continent in recent times. Lin Chuan complained while searching through it, and soon he found what he needed.
"Are you still worried about not being able to find good Five Elements items? I'll be waiting for you at Yijinlou in half a month!"
Lin Chuan looked at the eye-catching title and his eyes were instantly fixed on it.
If the human race wants to ascend to the Divine Realm, refining the Five Elements is the key. But is it possible not to refine them? Of course you can.
However, the cultivators who are promoted to the God Transformation stage in this way are not only much weaker than the cultivators who refine the five elements, but the difficulty of comprehending the laws will increase by more than ten thousand times. Their future cultivation path will basically stop at the God Transformation stage, and it will be difficult to make any further progress.
However, even with this understanding of the pros and cons, the vast majority of Nascent Soul cultivators on Qingluan Continent still only refine the Five Elements when striving for the Divine Transformation Realm. Tracing back to the source, the answer to this problem can be summed up in two words: few and expensive.
Of course, if one had Xu Hanyi's strength and a family background that allowed him to get rich whenever he met a rich man, it would be relatively easy to put together a set of five elements items.
"There are still three days until the auction begins, so I can go and take a look..."
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Baiyun Holy Land.
After searching everywhere for Lin Chuan without success, Jiang Wanying decisively came here.
"Miss Jiang, the Saint is currently in seclusion refining the Five Elements. It is not appropriate to disturb her."
A female disciple bowed slightly, her face full of apology.
Hearing this, Jiang Wanying frowned, "When will she be able to come out?"
"This……"
The female disciple looked embarrassed. "Miss Jiang, if you have anything to say, please let me know first. I will pass it on as soon as the Saint Girl comes out of seclusion."
"..."
Jiang Wanying was silent for a moment, then she pursed her lips and said, "I'll come back in a few days."
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Qingluan Holy Land.
"Om."
A wave of spiritual power swept past, and the light curtain covering Tianjian Peak suddenly dissipated.
Xu Hanyi, with disheveled hair and a haggard look, slowly raised his hand, grabbed the bloody and torn robe, and held it tightly in his arms.
"Chuan'er, your master hurt you so badly, you must hate your master to death now..."
She slowly stood up, still holding the robe tightly in her arms, and staggered towards the main hall in a trance.
However, just when she was halfway there, she suddenly stopped and said, "No, Chuan'er's life or death is uncertain. I... at least want to see him alive and well."
While Xu Hanyi was muttering to himself, he had already rushed in the direction that Lin Chuan had escaped yesterday.
"Senior Sister, are you going out?"
Just as Xu Hanyi was about to step out of the Qingluan Holy Land, a figure suddenly blocked her way.
"I haven't settled the score with you for what happened to me three days ago. Get out of the way." Xu Hanyi's eyes turned cold and his tone was full of impatience.
"Senior Sister, I had no choice. If you had left the holy land in that state, outsiders would have thought you were an evil cultivator who had gone astray!" Li Jun took a half step back with a bitter face, still blocking the intersection.
"Stop talking nonsense and get out of the way!"
The spiritual power around Xu Hanyi suddenly surged, and his eyes were as cold as a knife.
"Sister, if you want to find Lin Chuan, you have to pack up first, right? You're so disheveled and holding a bloody shirt. Let's not talk about what others will say, but if that kid sees you, what if he dislikes you..."
Li Jun smiled apologetically and glanced at the blood-stained robe in her arms.
"He dares!"
Xu Hanyi's eyebrows were raised, the spiritual power around him suddenly rose, and the coldness in his eyes almost condensed into substance.
But in the blink of an eye, her aura suddenly dissipated like a punctured balloon. Her fingertips were tightly clenched on the bloody clothes in her arms, her knuckles turned white, and the bloodstained cloth was crumpled into a ball.
In a trance, she seemed to see Lin Chuan's resolute back as he left. She lowered her head, a few strands of messy hair covering half of her pale face, and her voice was full of dejection:
"He dares..."
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