However, when these people appeared, they ought to have focused their attention on Long Huayan, who had just regained his freedom. Instead… their gazes drifted uncontrollably toward… Bu Liuliqing, who was currently eating the Creation Fruit.
“Bu Liuqing, to think you’re not dead!” That exclamation… could truly be called earth-shattering.
Bu Liuliqing, who had been concentrating on his fruit, was startled. The fruit in his hand almost dropped to the ground, which would have been a terrible waste since it would have immediately melded with the soil.
And the efficacy of the Creation Fruit would have been cut in half.
Therefore… Bu Liuliqing, who had been eating at a leisurely pace, stabilized the fruit in his hand and, ignoring the newcomers entirely, finished off the rest in two or three bites.
He almost choked.
“Slow down.” Seeing him like this, Su Cixuan didn’t even manage to stop him before passing over a teacup and urging him to drink some water to wash it down.
Long Huayan, on the other hand, noticed that the teacup didn’t seem to be the one Bu Liuliqing had been using for himself—it was the one Su Cixuan had been drinking from… Stunned as he already was, Long Huayan didn’t even bother to issue a warning before Bu Liuliqing had already chugged a cup of tea to catch his breath.
Since things had already reached this point, Long Huayan figured that warning him now would be entirely meaningless.
He simply watched as his godfather handed over tea and then gently wiped [Bu Liuliqing’s] mouth with a silk handkerchief.
He was feeling somewhat… deeply impacted.
Given the current situation, it was best for him to remain silent. If his godfather didn’t mind or care, what right did he have to speak up? He should just sit quietly right here and wait for his godfather to vent his anger for him.
As for this unfamiliar man… was his name Bu Liuqing? And the newcomers recognized him.
When that person blurted out the name “Bu Liuqing,” Su Cixuan had already guessed a little something.
Yet he showed no external reaction, letting Liuliqing handle the situation however he saw fit. No matter what happened, he would back Liuliqing up.
Moreover, with this group’s unexpected appearance and chance encounter, he would be able to locate that missing corner of Liuliqing’s heart all the sooner.
“The Creation Fruit! What he just ate was the Creation Fruit—he actually just went ahead and ate the Creation Fruit like that, what an utter waste of a heavenly treasure…” Just as this fellow was expressing his righteous indignation, he was swept by an invisible wave of oppressive might.
With a muffled groan, his legs went weak, and he collapsed forward onto the ground, coughing up a mouthful of vital essence blood.
Everything happened so fast, so tangibly.
It caught everyone completely off guard.
“Bu Liuqing, to think that you’re still alive…” A man, even more handsome and ethereal than Long Huayan, stepped forward, his gaze directed at Bu Liuliqing carrying a piercing chill.
“Hold on, hold on. Who are you? I don’t even know you.” Although he possessed the memories of Bu Liuqing, Bu Liuliqing had no intention of entangling himself with anyone, anywhere, or anything from that sealed continent.
So they were truly strangers.
“Bu Liuqing… you…” Never had he expected Bu Liuliqing to react this way.
“Stop right there. If you’re talking about Bu Liuqing, I’m terribly sorry, but that’s really not me. I do, however, have an identical twin brother named Bu Liuqing. Judging by your reaction, you must be enemies of that older brother of mine whom I’ve never met.” Bu Liuliqing shifted the blame with absolute, crisp confidence.
Hearing Bu Liuliqing’s words,
To tell the truth… the other party actually began to harbor doubts. Primarily because back then, Bu Liuqing’s death had been absolute—his soul had been completely scattered, and under those circumstances, he simply hadn’t been left with any chance of survival.
If Bu Liuqing were still alive, even with the faintest breath left, they wouldn’t have been able to open the passage, no matter how they acquired that item.
Therefore, could this man standing before them who looked identical to Bu Liuqing, yet possessed a slightly different bearing between his brows truly be the grand villain’s twin younger brother…?
It seemed plausible; the item in Bu Liuqing’s possession was capable of opening the passage, and running into this Bu [Liuliqing] after arriving in this cultivation realm named Misty made it seem as though… perhaps Bu Liuqing had originally belonged to the Misty Continent all along, so…
“Your expression tells me you’re definitely enemies.” Bu Liuliqing didn’t wait for them to speak, immediately jumping to this conclusion.
Then…
“Even if you’re Bu Liuqing’s younger brother, that brother of yours wasn’t anything good, and you’re no better. You actually went and ate our Creation Fruit!” That was a Creation Fruit…
Abruptly, a young girl emerged from among this group—a particularly dainty and charming young girl.
Well, well! True to being two protagonists blessed with extraordinary fortune, how long had they been in this mainland realm before making connections with native friends? Truly impressive.
“Talk dog-sh*t! Have you no shame left? Since when did the Creation Fruit belong to you? Clearly it’s mine, and I’ll let whoever I want eat it.” Long Huayan, who had the greatest right to speak on the matter, grew furious.
He had never witnessed such a thick-skinned, shameless bunch.
Being roared at so fiercely by Long Huayan made the atmosphere turn somewhat awkward.
“Well said.” Bu Liuliqing clapped his hands in approval.
“Thank you for the praise, Senior.” Since this person had appeared alongside his godfather, even though he looked like a mortal, the fact that he could sit on equal footing with his godfather and receive his godfather’s special treatment led Long Huayan to believe he was making no mistake by addressing him as Senior.
The tacit rapport between Bu Liuliqing and Long Huayan seemed quite seamless.
Upon seeing them act like this, the newcomers were momentarily rendered speechless.
“Senior, let me tell you, these are the exact people who tried to pull out my dragon tendons! Have they no shame, actually daring to pull something like that?” Following that, Long Huayan directly began lodging a complaint with Bu Liuliqing.
Not to Su Cixuan, who was sitting composedly at the side, looking profound and mysterious.
The invisible aura and pressure of his presence made it difficult for the others to even draw breath, and that companion of theirs still kneeling on the ground served as a stern warning.
“Indeed, they’ve got quite the nerve.” Bu Liuliqing also acted as though he feared nothing—primarily because Old Su was too steady. The steadier Old Su was, the more confident he felt.
Bu Liuliqing didn’t harbor any notion that he shouldn’t lean on borrowed power. He could clearly see that the others were casting deeply unkind looks his way; since the other party wasn’t going to be polite, why should he wrong himself?
Reflecting on the fact that the missing corner of his physical heart was currently in their possession, Bu Liuliqing had no intention of letting Su Cixuan let them off easily.
“Long Huayan, why would we want to pull your dragon tendons if you hadn’t been clinging so shamelessly to Mosui Pfft…” Yet another companion was hit.
Bu Liuliqing felt like banging on the table in applause. Old Su was mighty, Old Su was霸气 ( domineering)! This was what you called unreasonable force just because they were stronger before and sealed Long Huayan, that made him the unlucky one.
Before Long Huayan truly suffered a permanent disaster, his godfather had arrived, and since his godfather was stronger than them, it was only natural that they suffer in turn.
In a world like this, might made right that was simply the law.
They had been plotting to pull out his dragon tendons just a moment ago…
If you knew what price had to be paid for pulling dragon tendons according to the legends of our world—what a massive price it was.
“You actually dared to dream of pulling his spine tendons. You certainly have quite the imagination, and the guts for it.” Su Cixuan finally spoke.
Every single word carried a crushing weight of immense pressure.
The group of people who had managed to remain standing a moment earlier all collapsed flat onto the ground.
Including the two protagonists blessed with extraordinary fortune, Mofeixi and Lan Mosui.
“Why must this Senior push things to such a ruthless extreme?” Gritting his teeth in persistence, Mofeixi’s obsidian-dark eyes gazed at Su Cixuan with deep calm.
To be precise, he was trying his utmost to see through Su Cixuan, yet he failed completely.
Because the Su Cixuan they saw was shrouded entirely in a layer of mist.
This Senior was even more unfathomable than the mysterious Senior they had encountered when first arriving in this realm.
The Misty Continent—a cultivation realm indeed was far beyond anything they could imagine. Even though that previous mysterious Senior had judged them as having great potential for monumental achievements, in the face of such a situation, they could not afford to lower their guard.
They hadn’t expected Long Huayan to have such an elder stepping forward to back him up. It seemed they had still oversimplified matters.
“Ruthless…” Su Cixuan uttered this single word laden with mocking chill.
They probably had no idea what true ruthlessness looked like.
However…
Just as Su Cixuan increased his pressure once more…
A shimmering aurora shield abruptly materialized directly in front of this group.
Su Cixuan’s eyes narrowed, making him look all the more dangerous.
“Please give the Cangqiong Academy a shred of face, Exalted One.” A projection of light emerged before the aurora shield, bowing directly in a salute toward Su Cixuan.
“So they belong to your people.” Moving fast enough, weren’t they? More than half of these people hailed from that sealed continent, yet they had caught the academy’s eye within such a short span of time.
“They offended the Exalted One; we will punish them ourselves.” At any rate, that ray of light was simply there to apologize, acting completely servile and discarding any shred of dignity.
“You’d better figure out how to explain this to that dragon instead. Scat.” With a single command to scram, the moment Su Cixuan’s voice finished trailing off,
That ray of light, along with all those people, vanished completely from the spot.
“Old Su, you’re just going to let them go?” That didn’t make sense!
“They don’t have the missing piece you’re looking for on them.” How powerful was Su Cixuan? Naturally, the moment he guessed who the other party was, he had thoroughly inspected that entire group of people down to the core—even with their extraordinary fortune, they couldn’t escape being seen through completely by Su Cixuan.
Bu Liuliqing was a classic example.
“Oh.” Bu Liuliqing didn’t voice a single extra question.
Because he trusted Old Su; if Old Su said they didn’t have it, then they didn’t have it.
“Weren’t you going to ask why I let them go?” Su Cixuan countered with a question of his own.
Bu Liuliqing didn’t speak, simply gazing at Su Cixuan.
“We’ll be heading to the Cangqiong Academy to borrow something in the future, so I’ll let them off for now.” The key word was for now.
Hearing this, Bu Liuliqing burst out laughing. Old Su’s friends were exceptionally reliable! Although he wasn’t Bu Liuqing, because of the suffering he had endured on account of Bu Liuqing’s thorough demise even though he lacked pain sensation, in every other aspect Bu Liuliqing certainly hadn’t had an easy time of it.
Judging by Old Su’s phrasing, was he planning to exact revenge on his behalf?
Even if this felt somewhat willfully lawless and arrogant, at this very moment, Bu Liuliqing’s mood was simply fantastic.