CHAPTER 650: CHAPTER 634: CAN’T BEAT, CAN ONLY HIDE

Sha Yuanzi fought strenuously in the Ten Thousand Bones Soul Devouring Array until his last ounce of strength was drained. He lay on the ground, staring at the dark resentful energy, his eyes also tainted a thick black.

The sky above, never once blue.

He closed his eyes.

The yin energy dispersed.

Chi Zhenzi withdrew the Array Plate, squatted down to touch his head, and sighed, "Don’t blame your master for being ruthless, it is all for your own good. In this world, it’s survival of the fittest, whether in ordinary life or in cultivation, it is an eternal truth. If you are weak, you will only be beaten and humiliated, but if you are strong, you can rise above everything. Do you understand?"

Sha Yuanzi picked himself up from the ground, knelt again, his voice carrying an extreme chill, "Disciple understands."

Chi Zhenzi sighed again, "You still resent your master."

"Disciple wouldn’t dare," Sha Yuanzi lifted his head, his eyes full of admiration, said, "Master is like a father to me, how could a son blame his father? This time it was my lack of skill in magic, repeatedly suffering losses at their hands, which inadvertently almost exposed Master, putting you in a difficult position. It is right for you to punish me."

Chi Zhenzi looked at the resentful energy swirling around his body, his disfigured face becoming even more somber and dismal, and said, "It is good that you have gained some insight. Come inside, your master will apply medicine for you."

Sha Yuanzi revealed a slight smile of joy.

Chi Zhenzi turned his head, entering the house first, with Sha Yuanzi hurriedly getting up to follow, but because of his abrupt movement, his injured body, further worn by the Ten Thousand Bones Array, nearly stumbled.

He dragged his legs and followed.

Chi Zhenzi took out some medicine, had him lie on the bed, and while applying the ointment, asked, "Tell your master again, the one you encountered, was it really Chi Yuan’s disciple?"

"Yes, this trip to the capital was precisely to trace the whereabouts of the Jiao Pearl..." Sha Yuanzi recounted recent events.

Chi Zhenzi narrowed his eyes slightly, "Chi Yuan has taken a female disciple?"

"Indeed, of the female path, and her magic is exquisite..." Sha Yuanzi snorted softly, feeling the force on his wounds increase, quickly said, "Disciple admits my mistake, I shouldn’t have allowed someone else’s power to quench my own prestige."

Chi Zhenzi stated, "Master is merely warning you, do not harbor the thought that the opponent is stronger than you, otherwise it will become your Heart Demon, making it difficult to break through in your cultivation."

"Master’s teaching is correct," Sha Yuanzi carefully voiced, "But master, if so, why then do we flee?"

Chi Zhenzi’s hand pressed down harder, his gaze sharp as a knife.

He really disliked the word ’flee’.

"Master has hidden his identity for thirty years, never seeking troubles with Chi Yuan, do you think I care about so-called fraternal sentiments? No, it’s because I cherish my reputation. One must understand what is most important, a gentleman can take his revenge after ten years, with strong power, when can you not take your revenge? Let him struggle a few more years," Chi Zhenzi grunted heavily, "For your master, the most important thing is to restore my cultivation to its peak, otherwise how can we talk about immortality? Without immortality, what’s the point of seeking temporary revenge?"

His lifelong pursuit was Immortality, at any cost.

Yet, Sha Yuanzi heard something else from this—that they were just surviving because they could not win!

Indeed, he seemed never to have won against Qin Liuxi.

"It’s not yet time to confront Chi Yuan directly," Chi Zhenzi squinted, "However, the Jiao Pearl falling into their hands is unacceptable. It seems his cultivation has not recovered to Foundation Establishment, they want the Jiao Pearl, surely to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill."

That won’t do, once Chi Yuan takes the lead in successfully refining the elixir and achieving Foundation Establishment, how could he seek revenge then?

Chi Zhenzi’s gaze fell on his legs, saw the ferocious knife scars, frowned, and with a touch on the scars, shockingly withdrew his hand.

"How can it be so scorching hot? What did she use to injure you?"

Sha Yuanzi said: "It was a dagger with scales, extremely sharp, and being stabbed by it felt like there was fire burning."

He looked at the two wounds and what was strange was, although it felt scorching hot like burning fire, entering the Ten Thousand Bones Array this time did not feel more uncomfortable than before. Although the yin energy was rampant in his body, the chill was still bearable.

Sha Yuanzi looked up at his master, seeing him in thought, he thought for a moment, but did not mention this discovery.

He was tired, not wanting to enter the bone array anymore, nor wanting to stay in that pitch-black world illuminated only by white bones.

Chi Zhenzi, however, thought that the foundation of Qingping Temple was deeper than he had imagined as the master had left plenty of good things and treasures for Chi Yuan in secret.

Thinking back to what his master had told him, that he was so focused on pursuing immortality that he had forgotten the initial purpose of following the Dao, reversing the proper order which would inevitably become a source of disaster, those contemptuous and complex eyes always made him feel heartache.

How could the pursuit of the Great Dao and immortality not be considered the Righteous Path?

Chi Zhenzi recalled the past, his face becoming somewhat fierce and twisted, involuntarily taking a deep breath.

"To be able to cast the Thousand-Mile Tracking Technique on you undetected and even injure you, indeed she has some skills. As your master, I only have you as a disciple; you cannot let me down," Chi Zhenzi looked at him and said: "Since that place by the Mountain Pass has been discovered, we can’t go back there."

"She will leave."

"Fool!" Chi Zhenzi glared at him: "Since you have already declared your identity and she has discovered one of our bases, do you think Chi Yuan won’t know? Wouldn’t he pursue us, or are we heading back into a trap?"

Sha Yuanzi dared not make a sound.

"First, go into seclusion for a while, then go out to find another body to come back. This body is no longer suitable," Chi Zhenzi mentioned this, generating a bit of vicious energy.

He was extremely weary of frequently changing bodies to prolong life.

Immortality, his lifelong pursuit!

"What about the Jiao Pearl?" Sha Yuanzi tentatively asked.

Chi Zhenzi said sternly: "Your master will think of a way."

Getting the Jiao Pearl would inevitably lead to Alchemy, stealing the refined Jiao Pearl, though riskier, was still an option.

Still, it required careful consideration.

Qin Liuxi, however, was unaware that her Jiao Pearl was being coveted, cleaned up the area around the Mountain Pass, and set up a great killing array before leaving leisurely.

As she left the Mountain Pass, she saw a merchant caravan resting, and slightly paused at the sight of their attire.

Those responsible for guarding the caravan and escorting saw Qin Liuxi emerging from the Mountain Pass and were also stunned but somewhat guarded.

This place belonged to Heavenly Dangerous Peak; how could someone come down from the mountain looking so beautiful, and furthermore, dressed as a Taoist?

Qin Liuxi smiled and introduced herself as a little Taoist in training, asking them where they were headed.

With this question, she found out that she had entered the Northwest Region, and with a few dozen more miles, she would reach Yang Pass.

"So I’ve reached the northwest," Qin Liuxi thought for a moment, having nothing else to do, and thought to herself, why not stealthily check on those suffering noblemen?