Chapter 163 – Avenged
The Dragon Lake City’s Su n Estate was extremelyrge, with courtyards the stood like trees in a forest, countless gardens, and row upon row of magnificent pavilions that were iid with jade, and every corner of the Su n Estate revealed its owner’s dignity and authority.
However, presently, all of this had transformed into a sea of mes.
Raging mes were like the most ruthless butcher in the world, burning and melting everything. No matter if it was good or evil, beautiful or ugly, in the sea of mes, all of it would transform into ash and return to the earth in the end.
The billowing mes burnt the sky red!
When Chen Xi rushed over, he saw a myriad of extremely verdant lotus flowers blooming at every corner of the Su n’s Estate, and the lotus flowers sprayed out strands of azure mes. The roof tiles, limestone, artificial mountains, pavilions, walls, and even the hardest steel had all melted in the azure tongues of mes. They’d melted into tiny specs of dust and crimson red molten iron, and even the surrounding space started to warp, evaporate, and roil under the extremely zing high temperatures. The raging waves of mes and hot current caused everything to be covered in ayer of a dreamlike aura.
Shrill cries, enraged shouts, cursing, begging... Various types of forlorn and bitter screams rose and fell as they resounded out from the sea of mes, and it was like the sea of mes in purgatory and weren’t supposed to appear in the realm of mortals.
Surrounded by the myriad of azure lotus mes, no one in the entire Su n was able to flee. No matter if it was the elders with high status and authority, the lowly servants, the swimming fish in the pond, or the birds in their cages, all lifeforms were desperately fleeing for their lives and struggling, yet it was to no avail, and in the end, they were zed into nothingness by the azure mes.
This was the might of the Immortal Artifact, Verdant Lotus Shadowbamboo. It was brilliant like the sun and moon as it incinerated everything, and it treated death with indifference. When used in the hands of Bai Teng, who was at the 6th level of the Earthly Immortal Realm, although only 40% of its might could be utilized, this strength was already sufficient to annihte the entire Su n.
Su n, Su n... Chen Xi stood silently in the air as he muttered to himself. The raging mes reflected on his clear and handsome face, causing it to flicker between dimness and brightness, and it seemed as if mes had started to ze within his eyes.When he saw the Su n was about to be melted bit by bit, moving step by step to oblivion, Chen Xi’s heart was instead empty and felt awful. So what if the Su n is annihted? How can it bring back grandfather to life?
Bang!
Chen Xi had his back to the sea of mes as he knelt in the sky, and a wisp of dense sorrow gushed out from his heart. “Grandfather, Grandson has finally avenged you. Have you seen it? But... Grandson is unable to see you again.”
The fire still zed, yet the miserable screams gradually lowered and gradually vanished, and it became empty with only the howling of the roiling mes being able to be heard.
When Chen Xi stood up, the entire Su n had already transformed into ash that covered the sky. It fluttered about, rose up, and fell down in the sea of mes, and it was utterly devoid of life.
From today onward, there was no Su n in this world any longer, there was no Su Zhentian, Su Jiao, Su...
Bei Heng had already arrived at Chen Xi’s side without Chen Xi noticing, and as he looked at the sea of mes, he felt waves of coldness in his heart. Another great power of Dragon Lake City that had existed for tens of thousands of years had been obliterated, and all of this was done by merely a single person and a single Immortal Artifact!
Yet the reason was merely because a woman wanted to help Chen Xi take revenge...
Was it absurd?
No!
This was the true cultivation world where the strong were respected, and it was bloody and brutal. How many cultivators hadn’t died under the Heaven’s Dao, but had instead died under the sharp de of their enemy?
Too many!
Perhaps, this was simrly a type of punishment of the Heaven’s Dao towards cultivators. While they possessed extraordinary strength, wealth, and authority, they simrly possessed countless resentment, hatred, and karma.
Bei Heng took a deep breath and exerted great effort to restrain the palpitation of his heart, and then he patted Chen Xi on the shoulder and said, “Your great enemy has been annihted, you ought to be happy.”
Chen Xi instantly woke up from the sadness of missing his grandfather. When he raised his eyes to look, he instead noticed that he couldn’t find a trace in the surroundings, and he couldn’t see Bai Wanqing anywhere.
“There’s no need to look, they’ve left since long ago.” Bei Heng said with a smile, “Little Brother, you’re a fortunate person, and have experts taking care of you at every corner. Unlike me, who’s a lonely ghost that can’t even find someone to depend on.”
Chen Xiughed as he understood Bei Heng was joking. As the Supreme Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, how could Bei Heng possibly be a lonely ghost?
“What a pity! I originally intended to seize the opportunity of the Su n’s annihtion to salvage a great deal. Unexpectedly, that Elder Bai Teng is so cruel, he transformed the entire Su n into dust and didn’t even leave a copper coin behind.” Bei Heng carried slight regret as he sighed.
“Big Brother, do youck copper coins?” Chen Xi couldn’t refrain from smiling.
“When you’re in my position, you’ll understand that the food, clothing, lodging, and travel of the disciples that cultivate in the sect requires me to rack my brains to arrange all of it. It looks wonderful in appearance, yet it’s actually extremely tiring.” Bei Heng sighed with emotion.
Chen Xi acutely noticed that Bei Heng’s attitude towards him had changed. It had be friendlier and more equal, and with a slight thought, Chen Xi had understood the reason.
In a single day, Bai Wanqing’s group of three had sessively annihted two great powers of Dragon Lake City, and the terrifying strength they revealed and the attitude they had towards him had indirectly caused Bei Heng to undergo a slight change in perception towards him.
All of this was given to him by Bai Wanqing, and Chen Xi understood it, causing him to be even more grateful to Aunt Bai that watched him grow up.
“Come, us brothers will go have some drinks. Your enmity has been avenged, and it’s a happy asion in your life. We’ll drink till we drop today!” Bei Heng put his arm on Chen Xi’s shoulder as heughed heartily.
“Alright, I just happen to want to tell Chen Hao and Instructor Meng of this good news as well, so that they don’t have to be worried.” Chen Xi nodded.
——
In a single day.
The Sta Pce had perished.
The Su n had perished.
Two of the ancient powers that had resided in Dragon Lake City for a few thousands of years had been pulled up by the roots, and this news instantly shocked the entire Dragon Lake City. Scouts from everywhere swarmed out, and various rumors fluttered about Dragon Lake City along with this.
“What? The Sta Pce and Su n were both annihted by the Supreme Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect, Bei Heng?”
“My ass! When the Sta Pce was annihted, Bei Heng was still at Falling Star Mountain, yet the Su n had already suffered an attack at that time, so how could the annihtion of both these powers have been done by Bei Heng alone?”
“Everyone, keep it down. I obtained information earlier, that during these two massacres the kid that subdued the Buddha’s Pagoda was present on both asions. Moreover, from the beginning until the end, he had Bei Heng protecting him! Do all of you think that this is rted to him?”
“Chen Xi?”
“Right! It’s exactly him.”
“It can’t be! He’s just an outsider, and no matter how strong he is, he’s only at the Violet Pce Realm. What ability does he possess to annihte two great powers? It’s simply like an ant that tried to shake a tree, an overestimation of his abilities. Impossible, it’s utterly impossible!”
“Hmph! Could it be that he can’t have a power backing him? Could it be that it had to be him who attacked alone and annihted the two powers? Trulyughable.”
During this night, the streets andnes, the tearooms and taverns, everywhere in Dragon Lake City was discussions about the annihtion of the Sta Pce and Su n, and it all touched upon Chen Xi and Bei Heng. Due to theck of sufficient evidence, no one was able to deduce exactly who did it, but practically everyone thought that this matter was surely rted to Chen Xi and Bei Heng.
It was precisely because of this that Chen Xi seemed to be even more mysterious in the eyes of the cultivators of Dragon Lake City, and as for Bei Heng, was there any need to discuss this Supreme Elder of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect?
When some people were delighted, there would be some who were sad.
For example, the Cang n’s Patriarch, Cang Xiaolong and Dean Jiang Zhenyu of the Myriadcloud Institution, both of them were in a state of uneasiness and worry all night, and they didn’t dare go to sleep for a long time.
They were afraid because the information they grasped was clearer than others, and they understood even more clearly about exactly how the Sta Pce and Su n were annihted.
Because all this was rted to Chen Xi!
The sad thing was they’d once joined forces with Su Zhentian and Tie Yunzi after the Hidden Dragon Rankings ended to attack Chen Xi, with the intention of seizing the Buddha’s Pagoda in Chen Xi’s possession.
Now, the Su n behind Su Zhentian had perished and the Sta Pce behind Tie Yunzi had perished as well, then would their powers be next?
Cang Xiaolong and Jiang Zhenyu both didn’t know that the unknown was the most terrifying. So, these two great figures thatmanded the wind and rain in Dragon Lake City had finally felt the feeling of being in a constant state of anxiety and being unable to sit or sleepfortably.
——
Chen Xi didn’t know all of this, as he’d already returned to the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect with Bei Heng and had returned to his own True Heart Peak.
“Brother, is what you said true? It was Aunt Bai that annihted the Sta Pce and Su n?” When Chen Hao heard the news from Chen Xi, he was shocked to the point his jaw almost fell off.
“It’s true, when have I ever lied to you?” said Chen Xi. Not to mention Chen Hao, even he who’d seen it with his own two eyes almost didn’t dare believe his sight.
Bang!
Chen Hao suddenly knelt on the ground, his tears flowing as he choked with sobs in a low voice. “Brother, if Grandfather was still alive now, he would probably be extremely happy, right? During these past two years, I’ve cultivated day and night and cultivated without rest precisely because I wanted to be strong and wanted to avenge Grandfather. Now that our great enmity has been avenged, why do I not feel the slightest happiness in my heart?”
Chen Xi was at a loss for words. Wasn’t he himself like that as well? Their enemies had died, yet they couldn’t get back their grandfather’s life. Besides Chen Hao and himself, who else was able to experience this empty sense of loss?
This night, the two brothers drank a great deal of wine and spoke a great deal of nonsense. This pair of brothers that had stuck together and helped each other since they were young were now already different from before. One of them was the Junior Brother of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Master, the disciple of Daoist Wen Xuan, and his status had risen rapidly to be extremely eminent. The other was the sword brother of the Wanderingcloud Sword Sect’s Supreme Elder, his status aloof, and his reputation had spread extensively and shaken Dragon Lake City.
Perhaps if their grandfather, Chen Tianli’s, soul could see this scene from the heavens, it would be sufficient to allow him to smile in the underworld.
Later at night, Chen Xi returned to his quiet room and sat cross-legged on his bed, and he pondered for a long time before slowly taking out a jade slip. This jade slip was entrusted to Bei Heng to pass over to him by Bai Wanqing, and it was a Soundsaver Jade Slip.
Bang!
The jade slip shattered into pieces, and a strand of a voice that was gentle and pleasing to the ear slowly resounded out in the room.
Chen Xi, you’ve finally grown up. Aunt Bai is extremely happy and extremely proud. I’ve found out a lot of things about you, and I’ve also found out that these two years have been full of hardships for you. Aunt Bai’s heart aches extremely, so take the annihtion of the Su n as a present from Aunt Bai to you and Chen Hao...
I presume you’ve suspected Aunt Bai’s identity since long ago. But once you arrive at the Dark Reverie and meet me, you’ll understand everything. Of course, meeting me or not isn’t important. What’s most important is that there are many things that you ought to know, and it’s rted to your mother and father...
Alright, it isn’t easy toe to the Dark Reverie. You have to work hard in your cultivation! Even Uncle Teng says your natural talent is extraordinary and Aunt Bai believes in you as well. You’ll surely be able toe to the Dark Reverie, and Aunt Bai will be waiting there for you.
The voice curled upwards and vanished gradually.
Chen Xi sat alone in the pitch ck quiet room, and his expression couldn’t be seen clearly.
— End of Book Three —