bayedsolid Chapter 461 The Love and Career of the Beautiful Immortal Venerable 44
Chapter 461 The Love and Career of the Beautiful Immortal Venerable 44
Spring sunlight filters through the spruce branches, casting dappled gold patterns on the bluestone path.
Sui Si held Jun Sui's hand as they passed through the mountain gate barrier engraved with runes, the warmth of their fingertips passing through their clasped hands.
The unique dampness of the back mountain, mixed with the scent of aged pine and cypress, and the faint scent of cedar in Jun Sui's hair, lingered around the two of them.
The ethereal energy floating in the air condensed into tiny dewdrops, clinging to the ends of Jun Sui's long, dark hair, refracting a rainbow-like halo.
"What are you doing here?"
Jun Sui looked up at the thousand-year-old stalactites hanging upside down on the cliff. The gilded hem of his robe was lifted by the mountain wind, and it flowed with shimmering light in the morning light.
He suddenly stopped and stared at the bronze chains that were faintly visible in the distant clouds.
The chains binding the Soul-Suppressing Bells emitted a clear, melodious hum, startling a flock of black crows perched on the ancient locust tree.
Amidst the flapping of the crow's wings, the faint sound of chains clanging against each other could be heard, like some ancient warning.
As Sui Si turned around, the sleeve of his white robe brushed against a spiritual herb with star-shaped white flowers.
He raised his hand to brush away the fallen leaves from Jun Sui's hair, his gaze piercing through the layers of vines to land on the deeper jade-colored dome:
"After we two get married, there will be a precedent for intermarriage between humans and demons."
If the immortal and demon races could break through a thousand-year-old barrier, then the human and demon races should naturally be able to eliminate their differences as well.
His voice was like a clear mountain spring, but when he spoke of "eliminating barriers," it took on a subtle, almost imperceptible melancholy.
Over the past thousand years, the enmity between the two tribes due to conflicts over territory and resources cannot be easily resolved by a marriage.
Jun Sui lowered his eyes to look at the overlapping shadows, his silver-armored boots crunching over the pine needles scattered on the ground:
“That makes sense. So, are we here to inform the seniors of the Qingyun Sect of this news?”
Before the words were finished, the rattling sound of chains came from afar, and several crimson guardian beasts emerged from the mist, their scarlet vertical pupils staring warily at the newcomers.
However, upon seeing Sui Si clearly, these normally fierce spirit beasts obediently lowered their bodies, emitting ingratiating whimpers.
Sui Si led him forward, the soles of her boots crunching through the ice with a crisp sound.
"more than.
"Once Ayu and Lique return from the Northern Border, they will get married sooner or later."
He suddenly stopped in front of a stone wall engraved with star maps, his fingertips tracing the lines that had been smoothed by time.
"We're here to take Ayu's earth soul."
"what?!"
Jun Sui suddenly lowered his head to look at Sui Si, the soft sword at his waist humming as it was drawn from its sheath.
His dark robes fluttered in the wind, and a dark golden demonic aura rose around him, startling the stone spirits on the cliff face into a flurry of falls.
"You mean Ayu's spirit is here?"
She was perfectly fine...
His words abruptly stopped as he suddenly recalled the aloofness that always lingered in Ayu's eyes whenever he saw her, and the hesitant look on Li Que's face as he gazed at Ayu's back.
In my memory, Ayu's laughter always seemed to carry a faint emptiness, as if... as if something was missing.
Sui Si raised her hand and pressed it against his trembling shoulder, the warmth of her palm seeping through the fabric into his skin:
"As Jun Li Que's elder brother and the Demon Emperor of the Demon Clan, you should be able to sense that you two brothers are beyond the Three Realms and do not belong to this world."
His voice was deep, and his fingertips gently caressed Jun Sui's tense neck.
"Li Que, being an outsider, disrupted the order here when he saved A Yu."
If she is allowed to grow up with her deformed body, the Heavenly Dao will eventually notice... Once discovered, not only will Ayu's life be in danger, but Li Que will also be...
You then took a half step back, your back hitting the cold stone wall.
Looking back now, when Sui Si found A Yu, he was mentally unstable and had a violent temper, which was clearly a sign of the collapse of his earthly soul.
"so you……"
His throat tightened. "She's stripped of her earth spirit? Why didn't you tell Ayu?"
"I'm afraid that Ayu might act impulsively and ruin everything."
Sui Si sighed softly, his eyes filled with guilt.
"The situation was urgent at the time. If the skin hadn't been removed in time, Ayu wouldn't have survived more than three days."
In order to set things right and allow Ayu to grow up normally, I stripped her of her earth spirit.
He turned around and lifted the vine-woven barrier, revealing a bottomless, icy pool below.
The pool water shimmered with a mother-of-pearl-like luster, and a translucent rhomboid crystal floated in the center, with a pale pink halo curled up inside.
"For safety's sake, I placed Ayu's earth spirit in the back mountain of Qingyun Sect."
This place contains the magical techniques and artifacts of the Qingyun Sect's generations of leaders and elders; it is the safest place within the Three Realms.
He raised his hand to form a seal, and the pool water instantly boiled. As the crystals slowly rose, all the spiritual herbs in the valley began to glow, and a sweet fragrance filled the air.
"Now that our wedding is imminent, the Heavenly Dao's attention has been drawn to the marriage between humans and demons. The time is ripe to retrieve the Earth Soul."
Once Ayu is fully recovered, she and Li Que can truly be together.
As Jun Sui gazed at the crystal, he suddenly remembered the hairpin that A Yu always loved to wear—now that he thought about it, the faint light flowing on it was exactly the same as the Earth Soul Crystal in front of him.
It turns out that all these years, Ayu had been living with her earth spirit day and night without realizing it.
He took a deep breath, and the demonic energy gradually subsided. He reached out and grasped Sui Si's hand, which was forming a hand seal:
"When Li Que returns, we'll tell them together."
Hopefully they won't blame us for acting on our own initiative.
Sui Si gripped his hand tightly and whispered:
They will understand.
After all, everything we did was to give them a happy ending.
After saying this, the two stood side by side, quietly waiting for the upcoming reunion and rebirth.
……
Light and shadow scattered and reformed around Sui Si like stardust. The moment the dark blue fluorescence spread across his brow bone, the holographic panel floating in mid-air suddenly exploded with a dazzling firework effect.
The mechanical sound is wrapped in cheerful electronic reverb, like a lively note carrying an electric current:
Welcome back, host!
Your dedicated system 0525 is at your service.
Countless pixelated butterflies emerged from the data stream, fluttering around Sui Si and weaving a flowing net of light in the pure white space.
Sui Si reached out and grasped, his fingertips touching the silver starlight formed by the data stream, a cool sensation spreading along his nerve endings.
In this space constructed of code, the system's embodied virtual image is bouncing and switching forms.
From a cute, cuddly electronic panda to a pixelated figure waving a magic wand, even the floating special effects text around him constantly changes color:
"This mission went incredibly smoothly! Absolutely flawless!"
"so,"
Sui Si leaned against the leather sofa that appeared out of nowhere. As the cuffs of his silver-gray suit slipped down, they revealed the data stream jumping on his wristwatch. The characters made up of 0s and 1s were constantly moving along the edge of the dial.
"Are we just one more world away from completing our mission and collecting Ran Cang's life essence?"
He raised an eyebrow slightly, his voice rising at the end, exuding an air of knowing everything, as if the mission's roadmap was already etched into his very bones.
0525 suddenly transformed into a heart shape and spun in front of him, its body bursting with pink particle effects:
“That’s right!
Ran Cang is a key NPC in the entire quest chain!
Once you collect all the fragments of his life soul scattered across the three thousand minor worlds, you can activate the final storyline and unlock hidden rewards!
and......"
The system suddenly went silent, and a question mark effect appeared above the pixelated figure's head.
"and many more!
"Host, how did you know about this target? The mission files were clearly transmitted encrypted!"
Sui Si lightly tapped the sofa armrest with his fingertips, and dark gold runes appeared on the metal texture, outlining a mysterious totem in the air.
He watched the system frantically trying to retrieve the logs, chuckled softly, and a gentle ripple appeared in his eyes:
"Before you teleported last time, you left the mission summary file in my consciousness cache."
I was wondering why I always felt like there was a piece of code flickering in my subconscious.
He flicked away a detection program that was trying to infiltrate his brain.
"Let's continue, I'm ready for the last world."
【Di-】
The data flow surged and swirled beneath my feet, like a black hole that devoured everything.