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Published at 19th of December 2021 10:29:07 AM


Chapter 96.1

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Chapter 96 – The End (1)

While Jiang Xunyi was talking to Jiang Yuan, Yun Xie, full of shock, had finished listening to the truth from Master He Deng. “You mean, the protagonist of the book ‘Clouds from the Sky’ is me, and A’Xun… Everything A’Xun had done was only to fulfill a… system task?”

Yun Xie was very clever, and even though Master He Deng had used many unintelligible terms, he still grasped the general meaning. Suddenly, everything from his past had a reasonable explanation, and countless images had suddenly connected one by one. He felt a bone-deep coldness while his heart twinged as if an invisible hand was jerking on a string. In a daze, he said, “It turned out to be like this…” 

He has always been arrogant, and he should’ve been the most upset over the fact that he was just a few words from a book. However, at this moment, this wasn’t at the forefront of his mind, as his whole heart was occupied by a sense of distress. “A’Xun had to take on so many things by himself without ever telling me… he always does this. If only I had known earlier… if I had known…”

Then how could he bear to let his sweetheart suffer alone and bear all of his burdens silently and alone, without ever speaking out?

Yun Xie murmured, “If A’Xun knows about his parents sending him here, he must feel sad… I have to go to him.”

As he spoke, he was reminded of Jiang Xunyi’s distressed look, evoking a pain in his heart. His voice became hoarse, and without even caring about He Deng, so he turned and left.

 Master He Deng: “…”

What kind of person was Yun Xie! His attempt of instigation had a counterproductive effect, and he had even forgotten to care about himself. He really couldn’t stand this anymore! Master He Deng yelled loudly, raised his hand, and threw his rosary beads. The beads scattered in the air, and after landing, they turned into the eighteen arhats, lining up in formation to block his passage.

Master He Deng’s voice was cold. “Sect Master Yun, since you obstinately persist to go in the wrong direction, I have nothing more to say. I had already told you. Jiang Yuan has persistently acted against you, attempting to lure you into the demonic side. You may not care about yourself, but I can’t leave it alone. The only solution is to kill Jiang Xunyi and prevent them from proceeding with their plans. This is also for your own good.”

Yun Xie slapped his sheath as he rose up, and the Kunwu sword slid out. For a moment, a gale arose around them, and birds and beasts wailed. A golden light flashed, illuminating half of the sky. However, Yun Xie’s heart was sinking.

He was a cautious person, and he had always been on guard against Master He Deng. However, what he had just heard was so disorienting that he had been confused for a while and showed weakness to his opponent. Although this Arhat formation couldn’t stop him, if it delayed him long enough, it was very possible for Master He Deng to rush to Jiang Xunyi’s side!

Calm down, calm down. He must figure out a way to hold him!

At this moment, another sword streaked over diagonally and slashed in front of Master He Deng. Yun Xie raised his head and looked up before breathing a sigh of relief. “Jiang Molou, I really didn’t expect that there would be a day I would feel happy to see you.”

When Jiang Xunyi left, Jiang Molou had tried to follow, but strangely, Jiang Xunyi’s figure had completely disappeared in the fog. He hesitated and turned back. Although he wasn’t able to hear anything explaining the cause and effect, he happened upon the fight between Yun Xie and Master He Deng and immediately stepped forward with a sword.

Jiang Molou stopped He Deng and said coldly, “He asked me to believe you, so I will help you this time. There is absolutely no next time.”

Yun Xie’s spirit was lifted and he swung his sword over an arhat. “This one time is enough!”

The Eighteen Arhats Array used by Master He Deng was originally the most orthodox move out of the Buddhist arrays. It was mostly used to deal with monsters, and it’s method was solemn and dignified. However, without any fear, Yun Xie drew his sword and slashed forwards. As he attacked, a faint black air gradually appeared on Kunwu’s blade.

Master He Deng was restrained by Jiang Molou, and he wasn’t able to break free. However, from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of what was happening, and he couldn’t help but scream, “Yun Xie, you really are crazy! You have a great future, and you were born with a noble fate. You would be able to dominate the world! Don’t let a mere person get in your footsteps! If their plan succeeds, it will harm you! Are you saying that you will ignore this even when it has gotten to this point?!”

Yun Xie replied coldly, “What nonsense are you spouting? I don’t understand and don’t care. Who cares about being the protagonist or not. If commanding everything under the heavens comes at the cost of love and leaves me growing old alone, then I would rather be useless for the rest of my life.”

It was almost impossible to fathom that this sentence came from the arrogant Yun Xie’s mouth. Master He Deng watched him mercilessly slaughter the arhats, and he uttered in shock, “Yun Xie, you still… No, you… you have already entered the demonic path. You are so determined…”

Jiang Molou was in the clouds and mist[1] from their conversation, and he had long since grew impatient. While Master He Deng was distracted, he swung his sword to retain him before shouting, “What do you…”

Before he could ask for clarification, his face was splashed by blood. Yun Xie drew his sword from He Deng’s chest, then resheathed his sword.

“Fuck off, it’s your whole family that are demons. You don’t allow me to resist against your attempts to murder? What kind of thought process.”

Jiang Molou looked at Yun Xie in shock, as if he couldn’t believe that Yun Xie just killed him like this. However, looking closely, he found that a thick black mist had gradually overflowed from Yunxie’s eyebrows. Thunder sounded from the distant sky, and purple electricity loomed in the thick fog, although it did not strike. Instead, a huge maelstrom suddenly rose up, growing as it spun. Countless faces flashed within, all kinds of wailing and roaring mixing together. Instead, a restless and deathly stillness was achieved, wrapping around Yun Xie.

“This feeling is… the female enchantress?… No, the female enchantress did not have such great resentment…”

Jiang Molou strode forward and shouted angrily, “Yun Xie, what did you do?”

Yun Xie raised his eyes a little and looked at him calmly. In addition to the faint black air between his eyebrows, crimson veins spread up from his neck to his cheeks, eventually converging into blood under his eyes.

Yun Xie’s expression was blank, as if nothing was happening.

Jiang Molou was taken aback. After only two steps, he felt a huge pressure pressing on him, stopping him from advancing. The violent wind raged, blowing away the thick fog that had been lingering. The crowds began to discover the movement here, rushing towards the two of them, but they were pushed out by the vortex one after another.

Someone in the distance said in shock, “That person is… Sect Master Yun? What’s going on? Where is Sect Master Jiang? Where is the devilish energy coming from?”

As the devilish energy grew stronger, the ground shook and a black cloud rolled over Yun Xie’s head. The people with a low cultivation base were already lying on the ground, and even Jiang Molou staggered. However, he had always been stubborn. Seeing that things were not right and that Jiang Xunyi still hadn’t come back even after so long, he could not leave by himself no matter what.

With his saber was two inches out of its sheath, he used the protection of the sword aura to slowly approach Yun Xie again. Jiang Molou raised his hand and wanted to form a seal. Unexpectedly, the black aura condensed and whipped towards him.

From the side, a person rushed out and tackled Jiang Molou. The two rolled, avoiding the blow. Jiang Molou looked over at the person who was pressing on him. “Brother, you’re here! Yun Xie has…”

Jiang Xunyi’s face sank like water, letting go of him and leaping up. “I know!”

After he got broke free from Jiang Yuan just now, he immediately rushed over, and along the way, he could feel the energy bar of the system constantly pulsing and losing energy, but Jiang Xunyi could no longer feel excited at the development because this just meant that the situation was out of control, and the situation on Yun Xie’s side had gotten worse. When he finally arrived, things truly were very serious. Yun Xie did not just lose his mind like the last two times, he was already on the path to complete demonization!

In just the time Jiang Xunyi and Jiang Molou had briefly spoken, there was a loud bang in the air, and the thunder that had been brewing in the sky for a long time finally smashed down towards Yun Xie.

Everything was happening too fast. In that moment, no one had time to move. A huge, ghostly head with sharp fangs and cruel eyes appeared above Yun Xie. It opened his mouth towards the sky then swallowed the lightning whole.

Jiang Xunyi’s heart sank, knowing that he was still a step too late. The situation was growing more and more uncontrollable. The dark mist almost completely concealed Yun Xie’s figure. It was impossible to find out what state he was in.

He and Jiang Molou are already top-notch cultivators, but even after a few tries, it was difficult to even get close, much less find a way to wake him up.

Jiang Xunyi acted decisively and said to Jiang Molou behind him. “Molou, hurry up and tell everyone to step back as far as possible from here -“

He couldn’t hear the reply, because right at this moment, there was a loud bang. Jiang Xunyi, who was about to turn around, stood up and leapt up, landing on top of a tree beside him. There was a deep hole in the place where he stood just now. Jiang Molou had also avoided the blow at the same time. The ground between the two was quickly occupied by the spreading black fog.

Jiang Xunyi had narrowly avoided this attack, but his sword had fallen to the ground. Facing the huge ghost head, his slender figure looked exceptionally small. Jiang Molou’s heart jumped, unable to leave. He shouted, “Be careful!”

Jiang Xunyi roared, “Leave! Don’t worry about me – damn, Yun Xie can’t kill anyone else!”

He was unarmed, and he couldn’t withstand the pure demonic energy. Gritting his teeth, he just picked a leaf from the tree beside him, stood against the wind, and played a tune.

Jiang Xunyi was a traveler from the modern times, and unlike Yun Xie, who was a pure-bred ancient person with natural coquettishness, he couldn’t get used to bringing along a flute and folding fan. However, he had some musical affinity.

The rhythm played on the leaf was calm and lingering, sending ripples into the open plains, almost intoxicating. In this moment of blood and madness, it seemed that a blue sky had peeked through.

The black energy faded a bit, and from a distance, Yun Xie seemed to raise his head and glance at Jiang Xunyi.

The sound of the song gradually turned sad, and Jiang Xunyi slowly closed his eyes, as if he had been immersed in his own world.

He is by nature tenacious and willing to bear his problems patiently. All his problems had always been firmly repressed in his heart. With the pains and struggles of his life, there had not been true relaxed happiness for a while. But at this moment, with Yun Xie in such a dire situation, Jiang Xunyi was inexplicably able to find through song the valley that was once covered with green grass behind Solar Envy Mountain, the irises blooming, a floral smell emanating from the lapels of a robe, the night wind surrounding him……

I have waited for the end of the snowfall on thousands on mountains, but as the sound of the gavel rings out[2]……

The resentment retreated step by step, but Yun Xie was still standing still, neither stepping forwards nor attacking.

He did see the appearance of Jiang Xunyi – dignified like the rising sun, serene and alone. He was like white dew gathering before dawn, colored like the moon.

Yun Xie’s only thought was that Jiang Xunyi was really good-looking. Beauty was accentuated in the eyes of a lover, but it wasn’t only because he liked Jiang Xunyi that he thought so. Instead, it was because Jiang Xunyi was the best-looking person in the world.

In this life, he was able to accomplish a lot of things that no one else would even dare to dream about, but he only felt the happiest with this person.

He felt that he had enough of everything, and there was nothing else to desire. The demonic energy from this time was different from the past two times. It didn’t seem to burst from his heart, but merely seemed to graze him externally. One moment, he was conscious, then in the next, he became dazed. All his energy was devoted to barely holding on and retaining control in order to not hurt Jiang Xunyi.

【Warning! Warning! Asking the host to immediately stop all actions that affect the protagonist’s wishes.】A drop of cold sweat slipped from Jiang Xunyi’s forehead. The system was obviously already in a state of chaos. It was constantly interfering with his thinking, but the sound was cutting out. If it weren’t for the energy getting used up earlier, the incessant noise would’ve already droven him crazy.

At this moment, a curse came from behind. “What are you doing?! Are you going to kill Sect Master Yun?”

The voice was vaguely familiar, followed by a whip glowing with green light. It violently shot towards Jiang Xunyi from behind.

Jiang Xunyi didn’t have time to turn his head, follwing the momentum of the whip and flipping directly under the tree. He knelt down on one knee and kept playing.

However, the black energy that had just been pushed back suddenly soared, Yun Xie’s body moved, and in a flash, he was stanidng next to the person who had attacked Jiang Xunyi. In a flash, the other person’s head flew off his neck, rolling to the ground as blood splashed Yun Xie’s face.

That person is Ma Bin!

When Ma Bin was driven away mercilessly by Yun Xie because he offended Jiang Xunyi, the energy value of the system had weakened again because of the loss of someone who should’ve been one of Yun Xie’s younger brothers. Jiang Xunyi noted that Ma Bin was narrow-minded and had a bad temper. He was afraid that he would hate Yun Xie and had even mentioned it earlier, but he didn’t expect that the protagonist’s halo was so dazzling, Ma Bin was still loyal to Yun Xie even until he was killed by him in the end.

But why did Yun Xie kill him? Is it just because Ma Bin attacked him? Is Yun Xie sober or mad at this moment?

Suddenly, a very subtle sensation swept across the body, and his eyesight went black. The energy bar flashed again, but this time it had bottomed out, and then—

Instantly shattered!

The system finally crashed!

[1]云里雾里 – to be mystified

[2] 我等过千山雪尽漫眉头,但等到醒木一声收 – if anyone knows a better way to say this…





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