novelraw Chapter 403 - 221, Killing Xi Yunling, Usage of Other Shore Ghost Spring (5k large - , asking for subscription)_3
Chapter 403 - 221, Killing Xi Yunling, Usage of Other Shore Ghost Spring (5k large - , asking for subscription)_3
When Xi Yunling appeared, after coming to an understanding with Princess Chi Yang, she interrupted the argument in the reception hall and spoke.
Her words immediately brought silence to the surroundings.
"Since the resources belong to Silver Ring Zhai, there’s no point in us lingering in the Princess Manor."
"Your Highness, we shall take our leave."
Several representatives of the minor sects glanced at each other, respectfully bowed to Princess Chi Yang, and stepped out.
Only the Six Major Sects remained in the room.
"It seems Silver Ring Zhai intends to support the Royal Family."
"Tsk-tsk-tsk, they are even willing to offer resources like the Smoke Cloud Stone..."
Xu Xing set down his Tea Cup and ruthlessly pinned a label on Silver Ring Zhai.
"Lord Chang, you jest. The Royal Family has always been jointly supported by the Six Major Sects. There’s no question of helping or not," Xi Yunling retorted coldly.
The representatives of the other four sects turned their eyes to Xi Yunling. Seeing her in a Green Luo Dress, her eyes emitting a subtle radiance and her skin as delicate as white jade, they nodded secretly, thinking that Silver Ring Zhai would soon have another True Monarch.
An overflowing brilliance was an external characteristic of those at the Returning Core Peak, about to break through to the Dao Pill Realm.
"Audacious!"
"Is it your place to comment on this True Monarch?" Xu Xing, instantly filled with rage upon hearing this, reprimanded loudly.
He swung his sleeve robe, unleashing Magic Power that transformed into a ten-foot green and red giant palm, directly suppressing Xi Yunling.
With his True Monarch-level Magic Power, suppressing Xi Yunling, who was at the Returning Core Realm, was as easy as turning his hand.
Indeed, it was so.
Even though he controlled the power in his palm strike, it still shattered Xi Yunling’s protective Spell as easily as crushing dry weeds, knocking her thirty feet away.
She spat out mouthfuls of fresh blood.
"Is this how Silver Ring Zhai teaches its disciples? To be disrespectful to their seniors?" Xu Xing withdrew his palm force, covertly collecting a drop of Xi Yunling’s fresh blood, and feigned displeasure.
This action of his was rather "unreasonable."
However, Silver Ring Zhai and the Immeasurable Sect were already deadly enemies. The two sects had been killing each other for many years; there was no need for false benevolence or to pretend to be righteous.
He was firmly on the side of the Immeasurable Sect.
It would be abnormal if he weren’t ruthless.
"You..."
"You audacious junior! Even that Qi fellow wouldn’t dare say much in my presence," the True Monarch of Silver Ring Zhai, enraged by this, scolded loudly.
Xu Xing’s attack just now had been too abrupt; even though he saw it, he was unable to intervene in time.
Had he not seen Xu Xing "holding back," aware of the limits and not severely injuring Xi Yunling, he would have already attacked Xu Xing.
"It was Junior Disciple Xi who was rash. She is still young..."
"Daoist Chang, for you to attack a True Man... it truly doesn’t reflect well should word get out."
The Phantom Valley and Extreme Heart Sect, who were on good terms with Silver Ring Zhai, began to persuade Xu Xing, clearly taking Silver Ring Zhai’s side.
The remaining two sects also joined the attempts to mediate, siding with the Immeasurable Sect.
Very quickly, the reception hall descended into chaos.
"Since Silver Ring Zhai has intercepted the Smoke Cloud Stone, there’s no need for me to linger here..." Xu Xing angrily flipped his sleeve and walked out of the reception hall. He turned into an Escaping Light and left Princess Chi Yang’s Residence.
Seeing Xu Xing leave, the other major sects, aside from Silver Ring Zhai, also departed one by one.
"Princess Chi Yang... Where is the Smoke Cloud Stone?" the True Monarch of Silver Ring Zhai fixed Princess Chi Yang with a cold gaze, his tone demanding.
Xi Yunling’s friendship with Princess Chi Yang was her own affair; it had nothing to do with him or Silver Ring Zhai.
When it came to benefits, benefits were what mattered.
"True Monarch Yang... About the Smoke Cloud Stone..." Princess Chi Yang paused, then began to explain the whole situation, her face a mask of helplessness.
"Outrageous!" The True Monarch of Silver Ring Zhai frowned deeply. After a long look at Xi Yunling and Princess Chi Yang, he left the Princess Manor.
"Thank you for your righteous intervention this time, Senior Sister Xi. If not for you..." Princess Chi Yang supported Xi Yunling as they walked towards the inner hall, her eyes brimming with gratitude.
"We met when we were both at our lowest. If you hadn’t given me a mouthful of food back then, I’m afraid I would have starved to death in Cloud Capital," Xi Yunling sighed. "These things are trivial."
In her youth, she was merely one of the many refugees who had fled disaster in other places and poured into Cloud Capital. If it wasn’t for Princess Chi Yang’s kindness in offering porridge, she would have starved to death long ago.
"I suspect someone deliberately spread the rumor about the Smoke Cloud Stone this time. I wager it was that True Monarch Chang... I just don’t know what he’s planning..." Xi Yunling continued.
However, before she could finish her words, suddenly, wisps of black qi entwined around her. Her face instantly turned ashen, and her aura weakened to an extreme degree.
"Senior Sister Xi, your hair?" Princess Chi Yang was astonished as she watched Xi Yunling’s hair. Her dark hair turned white in an instant.
A trap? Difficult Victory Technique? Xi Yunling murmured to herself.
Her pupils suddenly lost all their light. Her Purple Mansion and Yellow Court within her Dantian shattered inch by inch, until a deathly aura enveloped her Returning Core.
"Senior Sister Xi? Senior Sister Xi, what’s wrong with you? Quickly, notify Silver Ring Zhai! Notify True Monarch Yang!"
In that instant, Princess Chi Yang felt Xi Yunling, whom she was supporting, grow much heavier, her body stiffening.
Her right hand, trembling slightly, slowly moved to Xi Yunling’s nostrils. Finding Xi Yunling no longer breathing, Princess Chi Yang’s vision went dark, and she lost consciousness.
「...」
「Cloud Capital.」
「A hundred miles away.」
In a nameless small mountain cave, Xu Xing sat cross-legged on a Jade Seat. A drop of fresh blood floated before him as he chanted an obscure spell and formed hand seals.
Threads of black qi emerged from him, drifting into the distance.
[Xi Yunling: Disciple of Silver Ring Zhai (Current life).]
[Age 1, born in Merchant Mountain Town, Zhaozhou, under the rule of North Yue Country, into an ordinary family.]
[Age 6, prolonged drought in Zhaozhou. She became a beggar, accompanying her parents to Cloud Capital to beg.]
[Age 7, her parents died tragically, leaving her the sole survivor. Encountered Princess Chi Yang’s carriage and was given life-saving porridge.]
[Age 13, joined Silver Ring Zhai.]
[Age 34, advanced to the Immortal Foundation Realm. Helped her hometown manage its water channels. That same year, discovered the treasure Water Cloud Bead in a water channel; her Cultivation soared.]
[Age 131, achieved Returning Core, becoming a True Man.]
[...]
[Age 349, assassinated by an enemy’s poisonous curse, she perished, her Dao extinguished.]
[Past life: ??? (Beyond the scope of Mirror Master Divine Ability, unable to investigate).]
[Current life: ??? (Beyond the scope of Mirror Master Divine Ability, unable to investigate).]
So, this female cultivator named Xi Yunling was also a good person, Xu Xing thought after reviewing Xi Yunling’s Fate Deduction, shaking his head. However, our sects are opposed; even if she is a good person, it has nothing to do with me.
There aren’t that many villains in the world. Even if there are, it’s not necessarily my role to judge them.
The enmity and slaughter among cultivators all boiled down to one word: contention. Contention for resources, contention for the space to survive. The former was for oneself, the latter for one’s sect.
Xu Xing observed the tranquil spring in his Sea of Consciousness. Its waters had diminished by about a tenth. This Divine Power of the Other Shore Ghost Spring... it perfectly complements my Five Ghosts Heavenly Spell. It only consumes a certain amount of Luck to kill someone. And as for Luck, I possess the Human King physique, with the Dragon Pulse continuously generating it. This time, I killed Xi Yunling by relying on the power of the Five Ghosts Heavenly Spell. Unlike the curse-killing of Song Knife, this time, in assassinating Xi Yunling, I only consumed water from the Other Shore Ghost Spring, with no repercussions to myself.
However... If possible, it would be better to kill fewer people like Xi Yunling, Xu Xing sighed.
Killing Xi Yunling without mercy was a fundamental requirement of being a cultivator. But to feel pity for her was his humanity.