As the Universe Turns - Chapter 1011
Chapter 1011 Mortal Karma
In the next few days, Xiao Chen would be a guest in the White Fox Villa. Leng Baihu did not know that he was the Lord of the Lustless Heavens that many people were afraid of. He came to pester him every day, either to cultivate the Qi Seeking Technique, or to forcefully pull him to play in the Villa, or to go hunting in the back mountain.
However, every time they went out to hunt, they would always follow four or five maids who knew martial arts to prevent any accidents from happening outside.
Over the past few days, Xiao Chen did not think about the cultivation world at all. He was only meditating in this mortal world. That night, it suddenly rained heavily. A cold wind blew in from outside the window, bringing with it icy rain drops, causing the candles in the room to flicker unceasingly.
Although it was hot in the middle of summer, White Fox Villa itself was in a cool and shady place. When it rained, the air became even colder.
Xiao Chen sat by the window and watched the rainy night outside. The raindrops drifted in and gradually wet his sleeves, revealing his skin. It was a little cold.
“Rumble–”
A bolt of lightning pierced through the sky, illuminating the dark clouds in the sky. The rain fell so quickly that the tiles on the house seemed to jump up.
The heavy rain continued, and the thunder didn’t stop. The lightning seemed to tear apart the heavens, like an ancient beast that was about to devour everything in the world … This cold night was actually getting more and more ferocious!
“Rumble!”
The rain became more and more urgent, gradually blurring Xiao Chen’s line of sight. At this moment, he seemed to have an illusion and returned to Xuanqing Sect, the dark and cloudy Lian Feng Tower.
“Kill him, kill them!”
…
“Wei Yang … Wei Yang … No!”
“Do you still remember the three things you promised me? One last thing, I want you …”
“If one day, when you see the snowflakes falling all over the sky, you can still remember … that girl called Wei Yang …”
“Why is it that the heavens can accommodate all living beings, but they can’t accommodate one of her!”
…
“Rumble!”
The lightning in the sky became more and more urgent. Everything in front of him seemed to have returned to the day of Lian Feng Tower’s trial …
Should there be hatred in his heart? Did he hate Daoist Qingxuan’s palm strike back then? Is he going to be devilish from now on?
He didn’t …
That day, the magic yuan sealed in his body exploded. That day, he could kill many people. He could kill Xiao Cangtian, he could kill people from Guan Qishi, people from Cangfeng Valley, people from Qinghong Sect …
The person who forced him and Wei Yang to their doom, that day, he could kill them all …
But he didn’t.
On one side was the master who taught him skills and saved his life, while on the other side was the one who gave his life back to protect his beauty. What could he do?
He chose to self-sever his meridians, then hugged Wei Yang and jumped down from the 10,000 foot cliff, neither embarrassing Master nor disappointing Wei Yang.
If it was someone else, he might have been devilish that day, and he might have felt that everyone in the world owed him.
But he didn’t.
Even though he might have been disappointed with the so-called Righteous Dao in his heart since then, his own Dao had never changed as a result.
…
The rain in the sky became heavier and heavier. Lightning sliced through the night sky one after another. The rain fell on Xiao Chen’s face, somewhat icy and cold.
However, at this moment, there was no hostility in his heart. Instead, it was a kind of calm. It was just like the surface of the Taihu Lake. No matter how heavy the rain was, it was unable to ripple through the hearts of the fishermen on the shore.
If it was in the past, every time he recalled these things from the past, his heart would inevitably be filled with hostility, and even the Three Corpse Demons would awaken. However, at this moment, his heart was incomparably calm. Perhaps it was because of the mortal life of these past few days.
At this moment, Xiao Chen seemed to have suddenly realized something. It was like a flash of lightning. Although it was only an instant, it illuminated the darkness, one after another, endless green mountains stretching out.
At this moment, his aura was devoid of any aura of cultivation. He was like a mortal, like the old beggar who had appeared beside him several times, like the white-bearded man in raincoat fishing on the edge of the Taihu Lake.
“Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!”
At this moment, a hurried knock came from outside the room. Then, Leng Baihu’s voice sounded, “Brother Wu Chen, are you asleep?”
Xiao Chen slowly regained his senses. He stood up and opened the door. He saw Leng Baihu standing outside, holding an umbrella. However, a paper fan could not block the gale and rain outside. His body and hair were soaked, but he was still hugging a pile of blankets tightly in his hands.
“It’s already late, what are you doing?”
Xiao Chen let him in. Leng Baihu put the blankets on the table and wiped the rain off his face. He smiled and said, “The weather in West Sichuan is like this. When it rains in the night, it’s like winter. I’m afraid that it’ll be cold in the night, so I’ll bring you a quilt. Hehe!”
Xiao Chen looked at the quilt on the table, then looked at the rain on his face and laughed foolishly. Suddenly, he smiled gently, “Thank you.”
“Ah …”
Leng Baihu was stunned. Xiao Chen asked, “What’s wrong?”
“No, no, no … No, no, no, you were just, were you just laughing?”
For a moment, Leng Baihu’s words were somewhat incoherent. From the moment he realized it until now, he had never seen the other party smile. If it wasn’t for the fact that he was so close earlier, he would have thought that he had seen wrongly.
“Any problems?”
Xiao Chen looked at Leng Baihu. At this moment, he was no longer the lord of Lustless Heaven, who was as cold as a lonely moon in the sky. It was as if he was only the youth in front of him.
“No, no …”
Leng Baihu shook his hand and walked around his room. “Are we friends?” He asked.
“Of course.”
Xiao Chen looked at him and said.
“Hehe! That’s good!”
Leng Baihu chuckled and asked, “Do you have any other friends?”
“Yes.”
At this moment, Xiao Chen remembered the time when he had known Guisi. At that time, he was still a young man who had yet to pass through the world, just like the current Leng Baihu.
“Do you still have any questions?” Xiao Chen looked at him and said.
“This …”
Leng Baihu scratched his head and chuckled. He leaned over to him and said, “I’ve been practicing the Qi Seeking Technique for a few days and it feels a little difficult. Otherwise, you’d better teach me some simple skills. For example, like that day, you can use it to fight …”
Xiao Chen shook his head and remained silent.
“Ah? Why?”
Leng Baihu looked at him with a surprised expression, “But didn’t you just say that we were friends …”
Xiao Chen said, “Friends belong to friends, but …”
“But what?” Leng Baihu circled around him, stretched out his head, and asked in front of him.
Xiao Chen walked to the side and said, “I don’t know martial arts.”
“Again …”
Leng Baihu was dejected. Just as he was feeling disappointed, Xiao Chen suddenly said, “But I can teach you a method to breathe and cultivate qi.”
“Ah?”
Leng Baihu scratched his head and looked at the floor. He muttered softly, “Don’t tell me that I’m sitting there motionless again, not saying a word. Swallow and breathe …”
“Then do you want to learn?”
“Learn, learn!”
“Sit properly.”
Xiao Chen told him to sit down. Then, he pointed at more than ten acupoints on his body with his two fingers and said, “According to the order of my acupoints just now, slowly introduce the internal energy of my aura.”
“Alright!”
Leng Baihu immediately followed suit. Just like that, Xiao Chen instructed him on how to cultivate overnight. The rain outside had stopped for an unknown period of time, and the sky had already lit up.
“How is it? Have you remembered everything?”
“Mm-hmm! Remember!”
Leng Baihu nodded his head continuously. He looked at his palms that were flowing with internal energy. Although the night had passed, he did not feel tired. Instead, he felt that his internal energy was full, as if his cultivation had become much denser. This feeling had never been felt before. It was truly magical …
“Mm …”
Xiao Chen nodded slightly and said, “This method of breathing should be cultivated every day in the future, but don’t tell anyone else about it for 30 years.”
“Even father and mother can’t be told …”
“Yes.”
“Hehe … easy to say!”
Leng Baihu scratched his head and smiled. He stood up. Xiao Chen looked out of the window at the mountain villa that was clear after the rain and said, “It’s already dawn, and the rain has stopped. You can go back.”
“Mm-hmm! I’ll bring you breakfast in the kitchen later!”
Leng Baihu chuckled and went outside. Xiao Chen looked at the youth’s disappearing back and remained silent. This karma of the mortal world should be settled here …
The cultivation method he taught Leng Baihu was not a simple Qi Condensation technique, but a profound sect cultivation technique.
…
After leaving the courtyard where Xiao Chen lived, Leng Baihu was in a good mood along the way. When he walked past the corridor, he saw two maids passing by. The two maids were stunned for a moment, then looked towards the direction he came from. Wasn’t that the guest courtyard where Wu Chen Childe lived? Why did Young Master come out of there early in the morning with a look of pride on his face …
“Young Master, you …”
“You what you? Haven’t you seen such a handsome young master? Get out of the way …”
As Leng Baihu gestured at the swordsmanship he had used in the valley that day, he crawled between the two of them. The two maids looked confused, “Young Master, why are you acting so strange today? It seems like you’ve changed into a different person …”
As the two spoke, they looked towards the courtyard where Xiao Chen lived.
“Aiya!”
The maidservant girl on the left seemed to have discovered something extraordinary. She covered her mouth and whispered, “Young Master was at Wu Chen Childe’s all night last night. Could it be, could it be …”
However, the more she spoke, the thinner her voice became. It was as if her face was dyed red. The purple-clothed maidservant beside her reacted and her face also turned red. She hurriedly waved her hand and said, “I’m ashamed to death. Don’t say anything else …”
For the next few days, the maids in the manor were whispering something, but as soon as they saw Leng Baihu come out, they would immediately remain silent.
As for some thin-skinned maids, their faces were red and they didn’t dare to look at him. Like a young girl who was pregnant with spring, Leng Baihu also felt that something was strange. These damned maids were strange recently. Could it be that all of them had gone crazy?
After half a month, the people sent by Leng Qianfeng had finally sent back the flying pigeon letter this morning. The letter said that they had found the legendary SorrowlessValley.
Leng Baihu couldn’t wait to tell Xiao Chen the news. Xiao Chen came to the hall. Leng Qianfeng told him that the “SorrowlessValley” found by more than a dozen martial artists in the manor was more than 6,000 kilometers away from here. Moreover, there was a thick fog covering the outside. It was really difficult for mortals to enter it.
Six thousand kilometers was the fastest carrier pigeon, and it would take three days to fly. It seemed that three days had passed since the White Fox Villa’s martial masters found SorrowlessValley.
“There’s no time to delay. Daddy, get someone to prepare two fast horses. Brother Wu Chen and I will rush to SorrowlessValley!”
Leng Baihu said excitedly. This time, he also wanted to see what the legendary Carefree Valley that only immortals had visited looked like.
“Hu’er, you won’t go this time, right? Why don’t you stay at home and talk more with your mother …”
At this time, Madam Leng walked in from outside. Judging from her appearance, she wouldn’t let Leng Baihu go to SorrowlessValley.
“Ah …”
Leng Baihu scratched his head and turned around. He looked at his mother who had walked in from outside and said, “But I still want to go to SorrowlessValley to take a look. When I get back, I’ll have plenty of time to talk to her.”
“White Fox, you’ve never listened to Mother. This time, just listen to Mother, okay?”
As she spoke, Madam Leng had already arrived in front of him. She reached out and gently caressed his face, her eyes carrying a faint expression of indescribability. For some reason, she insisted on not letting him go to SorrowlessValley this time.