As the Universe Turns - Chapter 274
Chapter 274 Bizarre
“You … are back.”
Shen Jing also looked at him quietly.
In the breeze, the two of them looked at each other like this. The breeze gently blew her long hair behind her shoulders, and her clothes fluttered. It was as beautiful as the Fairy of the Heavenly Palace. However, it made people feel a little cold, but they could not approach from afar.
After only two years, Shen Jing felt like a different person. Not only did her cultivation become much deeper, her eyes also changed. In the past, she was always a kind-hearted doctor, and her face always wore a faint smile. But now, there was a bone-piercing chill that made people unable to approach her.
Xiao Chen slowly walked to the edge of the fence. Only now did he realize that he was the last and only relative she had left in this world.
However, at this moment, he did not know how to face her, how to tell her about Ning Village. Especially now, she was vaguely different from two years ago.
“Sister Shen Jing, you’ve changed.”
“What’s changed?”
“It looks better than before.”
“…”
Shen Jing was slightly stunned for a moment. She turned around and said, “You haven’t changed at all. Come in.” After saying that, he walked back into the courtyard.
Xiao Chen stood behind him with a smile on his face, but his heart became even heavier.
When she went into the room, Shen Jing made him a cup of tea. Seeing that he was silent for a long time, she asked, “How is it? Did you find her?”
“Mm …”
Xiao Chen nodded lightly. In his heart, it was still Ning Village. Shen Jing asked again, “Where did you find it?”
“Immortal North Ancient Realm.”
“Immortal North Ancient Realm …”
Shen Jing’s expression immediately changed. “You went to Immortal North Ancient Realm?”
“What’s the matter?”
Xiao Chen looked at her. At this moment, he seemed to want to see something from the change in expression on her face. But very quickly, Shen Jing’s expression returned to normal. She shook her head, “I just didn’t expect that in these two years, you actually went to such a far place.”
“You don’t want to know at all what I saw in the Immortal Northern Ancient Era?” Xiao Chen stared at the change in her expression and continued to ask.
“What exactly are you trying to say?”
“No …”
Xiao Chen smiled and shook his head. He picked up the cup of tea in his hand. At this moment, even the tea felt very bitter. After a long time, he raised his head again and looked at Shen Jing. Finally, he said, “Sister Shen Jing, there’s something …”
“You don’t have to say it. I already know.”
From the moment he entered the room, Shen Jing could already tell that he was always hesitating to say anything. However, Xiao Chen did not expect that he would look at her in surprise, “You … already know?”
Shen Jing took a deep breath and slowly said, “I only found out last month …”
Xiao Chen lowered his head silently, “I’m sorry, Second Uncle Shen …”
“None of your business.”
Unexpectedly, Shen Jing was exceptionally calm. She did not have the slightest bit of resentment towards him, while Xiao Chen was somewhat stunned. Why was Sister Shen Jing so calm at this moment?
She was so calm that it was as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her. When did she become so cold-tempered? This was not her at all.
Suddenly, he remembered the time when he ran to the back of the mountain and saw Shen Jing cultivating some kind of cultivation technique. At that time, he felt that the technique was very strange. It was definitely not some kind of medical technique. Now, only two years had passed, and Shen Jing’s cultivation had become so high and her temperament had become much colder. Was it really caused by that evil cultivation technique?
When Shen Jing saw that he was suddenly stunned, she asked, “Have you felt unwell in the past two years … Hmm? May I ask you something?”
“Ah?”
Only then did Xiao Chen regain his senses. Shen Jing looked at him strangely and pressed her fingers down on his wrist. Gradually, her eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper. In the end, she raised her head and looked at him with a serious expression, “How could it be in your body …”
Xiao Chen knew that he could not conceal this matter from her. Back then, she had helped him renew his meridians. Now that his medical skills were so good, how could he conceal it from her?
He immediately told her about the backlash of life and death in his body, as well as about the fusion of the Heavenly Spirit Sect’s Heart Execution Flame.
“Using the seeds of Eternal Flowers and Leaves to resist the death energy …”
Shen Jing’s eyes narrowed slightly, as if she had thought of something. “Who told you this method? Who did it for you and introduced the seeds into your body?” She asked.
Seeing that her expression had suddenly become somewhat strange, Xiao Chen said tentatively, “Su Wen Palace, ask Fairy.”
“Fairy Su Wen …”
A slight change appeared in Shen Jing’s eyes. Xiao Chen immediately asked, “Could it be that Sister Shen Jing knows Fairy Su Wen?”
Shen Jing came back to her senses and glanced at him, “How could I recognize him?”
“I’m just asking.”
Xiao Chen sat back down. Shen Jing changed her mind and said, “The Heart Execution Flame you fused with can be used now?”
“Of course.”
As Xiao Chen spoke, he slowly raised his palm. A black flame immediately shot out from his palm. The flame moved up and down in his palm, and in his pupils, two shadows of Heart Execution Flame appeared.
Shen Jing stared at the Heart Execution Flame in his palm. After looking at it for a long time, she said, “This fire is extraordinary. It’s very rare. You can cultivate it alive. It will definitely be of great use to you in the future.” After saying that, he looked outside and said, “In the next few days, I will help you sort out your meridians, but these few days, I have to practice alone.”
At this point, she turned around and looked at Xiao Chen. “Please take care of the herbs in the courtyard for me.”
“Alright.”
Xiao Chen nodded. Seeing that she hadn’t mentioned anything about Ning Village since just now, he felt very strange. This Shen Jing in front of him seemed to have completely changed. Did she not care about the lives and deaths of those people in Ning Village at all? Even Second Uncle Shen …
In the remaining few days, Shen Jing went to the back mountain to practice. He was taking care of these medicinal ingredients in the courtyard. He recalled that when he had lost all his strength, it was the same. It was like an ordinary person living in this small valley. There were no more disputes in the human world and there was more peace.
On the seventh day, Shen Jing still hadn’t returned. That night, the moon was bright and the wind was gentle. Xiao Chen sat in his room and thought about it. He felt that when he saw Shen Jing a few days ago, she was a little strange, unlike the original Shen Jing.
At this moment, a gust of cold wind blew a few leaves through the window. He decided to sneak into the cold valley behind the mountain to see what kind of cultivation technique Shen Jing was cultivating.
Xiao Chen immediately felt a wave of cold energy invade the valley. However, with his current strength, it was not difficult for him to resist such cold energy. He immediately followed the path from last time and quietly went downstairs.
When he arrived at the bottom of the valley, he saw that the surroundings were deathly lifeless and cold. It was completely different from above. Even though he had been here once, he still felt very strange.
Xiao Chen quietly came to where Shen Jing was practicing. He held his breath and saw a person sitting not far from him under the faint moonlight. That person was naturally Shen Jing. However, at this moment, a strange mist was shrouding her body. It looked somewhat terrifying.
“What exactly is she cultivating …”
After withdrawing his aura, Xiao Chen quietly walked closer. However, at this moment, Shen Jing was alarmed that someone was approaching. With a wave of her hand, a purple mist immediately rushed towards him.
“Didn’t I tell you not to come here again?”
Her voice was abnormally deep and cold. Before Xiao Chen could react, Shen Jing had already arrived in front of him in an instant. At this moment, her eyes were extremely terrifying. Her face was also gradually twisting. Blood flowed out of her eyes. Her appearance was extremely terrifying.
“Shen Jing!”
Xiao Chen suddenly woke up. His back was drenched in cold sweat. It turned out that everything that had just happened was just a nightmare. However, why was that dream so real …
It was dark outside, and a cold wind suddenly blew in through the window, rolling up a few leaves.