novelraw Chapter 36 Going out vertically, coming in horizontally
Chapter 36 Going out vertically, coming in horizontally
A Foundation Establishment cultivator challenged a Qi Refining cultivator but was defeated and severely injured...
If you told this to outsiders, probably very few people would believe it.
Peng Yan himself couldn't believe such a thing would happen, but the result was...
Obvious.
As one of the main characters in this absurd affair, Chu Xiao personally brought the story to a close.
He first used spring water to wash Peng Yan, and then carried him down the mountain to see a doctor.
Because the physician had a good impression of Xuanjianzong, he did not charge for this consultation.
After giving Peng Yan a quick treatment, the physician asked, "Fellow Daoist, did you perhaps fight a Foundation Establishment stage demonic beast? Otherwise, how could you have suffered such severe injuries?"
"Well... haha." Chu Xiao smiled shyly, unsure how to explain, and simply chose to play dumb.
Seeing this, the doctor didn't press further, but simply said, "Never mind, I won't concern myself with the specifics."
"But I suggest that after the patient wakes up, you remind him to advise him not to linger in battle if he encounters that monster again, and to run away as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll pass it on to him." Chu Xiao nodded in agreement.
About ten minutes later, the doctor, having finished treating the patient, finally released him.
Chu Xiao carried the still unconscious Peng Yan on his back and took him to the latter's doorstep.
Chu Xiao raised his hand and knocked on the door. After a while, the door was pushed open with a response.
"...Senior Brother Chu?" Peng Xuan froze at the doorway, taken aback by the unexpected figure she saw.
"I met Fellow Daoist Peng outside. Seeing that my current realm has reached perfection, he kindly decided to have a spar with me to help me break through."
Chu Xiao began spouting nonsense with righteous indignation.
There are some truths that Peng Xuan doesn't need to know.
"During the sparring session, because I had broken through to a higher level, I accidentally lost control of my strength, and... sigh."
"In short, he was seriously injured and nearly unconscious. I found out his home address before he collapsed."
"As soon as I finished speaking, he fainted, so I had to bring him back."
"I'm sorry, Peng Xuan, it's all my fault for being too rough."
"As for the specifics, you can ask Fellow Daoist Peng yourself when he wakes up. Also, please apologize to him for me."
After saying that, Chu Xiao put Peng Yan into Peng Xuan's arms.
Peng Xuan looked bewildered as she helped her brother up, completely confused.
What happened? She remembered that when her brother went out in the morning, he was perfectly fine, smiling happily, and pretending to be mysterious, refusing to say what he was going to do.
How long has it been? How could her brother have been... and even "sent his body to his door" by Senior Brother Chu?
The thought of her brother going out upright and coming back sideways made Peng Xuan feel a little ashamed.
Her cheeks flushed slightly. She thanked Chu Xiao and quickly closed the door.
It's not that she's impolite; she just won't say a few more words of thanks.
It's not that she's ashamed and just wants to hide herself away.
Upon hearing Peng Xuan's thanks, Chu Xiao, who was locked outside the door, had a strange expression on his face.
He beat up her brother, and the guy still had to thank him...
"Forget it, never mind all that." Chu Xiao shook his head, shaking off all the distracting thoughts in his mind.
"Now that I've knocked him out with one punch, Peng Yan shouldn't come looking for trouble again."
"This way, I can devote all my time and energy back to making games."
With that, Chu Xiao embarked on his journey back to the sect.
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Back at the sect, Chu Xiao told Luo Xingyi and Jiang Mengying what had happened after he went down the mountain.
Jiang Mengying was not present when the martial arts sparring took place.
So when Jiang Mengying heard that it was Chu Xiao who defeated Peng Yan, she was taken aback.
After Chu Xiao left, Luo Xingyi looked at Jiang Mengying, who was still in a daze.
"You probably can't imagine that Chu Xiao's talent is so extraordinary," Luo Xingyi said. "I didn't expect it either."
If Luo Xingyi were to evaluate Jiang Mengying, what kind of person would he describe this junior sister whom Chu Xiao picked up from outside when she was a child?
Naluoxingyi would undoubtedly declare: "The world's number one Chu Xiaohuai."
That's why Luo Xingyi said those words just now.
"No." Jiang Mengying gently shook her head. "I have always firmly believed that my senior brother is the most powerful."
"Then why were you surprised just now?" Luo Xingyi asked.
"Because... I didn't expect this day to come so soon," Jiang Mengying said.
"But this is a good thing, isn't it?" Luo Xingyi said.
Chu Xiao's return to the Immortal Path and his display of terrifying talent are not only beneficial to the revival of his sect, but also to his own personal safety.
After all, the murderer who killed Chu Xiao's parents has not yet been caught.
Jiang Mengying did not answer, but turned and walked towards her room.
"Senior Sister, I'm going into seclusion," Jiang Mengying said without turning her head.
"Were you provoked by Chu Xiao?"
"I just don't want to be left too far behind by him," Jiang Mengying said.
"I don't want to be unable to help my senior brother in any way if he wants to avenge our master and mistress one day."
After saying that, Jiang Mengying left.
Watching Jiang Mengying's departing figure, Luo Xingyi remained silent for a long time.
After a moment, she muttered to herself, "...No matter how extraordinary my junior brother's talent is, no matter how strong he becomes in the future, he will always be my junior brother."
"It was true then, it is true now, and it will be true in the future."
"Master, Mistress, you can sleep peacefully now."
"The three of us can make a good living, and we will definitely avenge you two."
"Junior brother has started cultivating again. Although I don't know what method he used, his current growth rate is unimaginable to ordinary people."
"Given time, he will surely have a place among the world's strongest."
"Junior Sister still has eyes only for Junior Brother. Although she doesn't usually pay much attention to cultivation, I know that her talent far surpasses mine."
"Now that she's been spurred on by her junior brother, she's started cultivating seriously. I'm sure it won't be long before her cultivation surpasses mine."
"Since that's the case, then as the senior sister, I can no longer slack off..."
Luo Xingyi glanced one last time in the direction his junior brothers and sisters had left, then turned and walked towards the back mountain.
That place is the hidden location of the Xuanjian Sect.
Only the sect leader, the deputy sect leader, and her senior sister knew that there was a secret realm in the back mountain of the Xuanjian Sect that was related to a certain ancient powerful being.
However, because that secret realm was too dangerous, the sect leader never intended to let Luo Xing move in.
"My master once said that I must not enter before I reach the Nascent Soul stage."
"I had no intention of disobeying, but I have been stuck at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm for a long time. If I don't seek an opportunity to break through, I don't know when I will be able to."
Risk and opportunity always coexist. Spurred on by Chu Xiao, Luo Xingyi was no longer satisfied with the normal rate of improvement in his cultivation.
Therefore, prepared for the possibility of dying, Luo Xingyi ventured alone into the back mountain.
She will venture deep into the hidden realm, vowing never to leave the mountain until she reaches the Nascent Soul stage...
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