MJWCATFPITWOC Chapter 61

Chapter 61: Lies

However, Shen Yucheng didn’t have time to laugh for too long. The power of the heavenly lightning far exceeded his expectations. The Puppet Shadow Mirror began to tremble, seemingly unable to withstand such a powerful influx of spiritual energy.

Before he could react, this wave of heavenly lightning split into two, with two bolts directly striking his body. His pupils contracted sharply, his chest tightened, and he almost couldn’t breathe.

Seeing this, Bai Guchen revealed a mad smile, his eyes shifting to the ordinary disciples outside the barrier. He knew Shen Yucheng’s weakness, and dragging his scorched and cracked body, he used his remaining spiritual power to summon another army of the dead. He waved his hand and croaked, “Aren’t you trying to protect them? Then I’ll let you protect them to your heart’s content!”

The army of the dead surged toward the disciples outside the barrier. Seeing this, the elders’ expressions changed drastically, and they immediately prepared to defend. Some of the timid disciples closed their eyes, while others cried out in alarm.

However, the expected chaos didn’t arrive. Some of the disciples slowly opened their eyes and saw that the army of the dead had frozen in place less than an inch away from them, as if time had stopped.

The disciples went from horror to confusion. When they came to their senses, their eyes turned to the barrier—they saw that in Shen Yucheng’s hand, golden threads, as fine as a net, firmly bound the space around Bai Guchen.

Silver light flickered between the golden threads, invisibly severing something invisible to the naked eye.

The disciples looked on in disbelief. However, the elders’ faces were grave.

Li Juemu looked blank: “Brother Shen… what is he doing? Why did those dead things suddenly stop moving?”

Lingyi frowned: “The classics mention that there are people who are born with the ability to see the flow of spiritual energy in space, and even touch them. I always thought it was just a legend, after all, it sounds too absurd, simply like a fairy tale… but now…” Her voice grew softer and softer, her expression complex.

Li Juemu seemed to understand: “Then what is Brother Shen doing?”

Lingyi suppressed the shock in her heart: “How didn’t I think of it before? He can turn spiritual energy into golden threads to use, he must have… something extraordinary.” Her eyes fell on Shen Yucheng.

Fu Lingxuan said calmly: “He seemed to directly cut off Bai Guchen’s spiritual energy transmission just now. Without the support of spiritual energy, those dead things naturally cannot move anymore.”

Mo Yifeng lay on the ground, his eyes reflecting Shen Yucheng’s figure. His golden pupils shone, his eyes were scattered and empty, as if he couldn’t see anything, yet he seemed to see everything. No one knew what Shen Yucheng was going through at this moment.

In fact, Shen Yucheng had only just regained his sight. But after the heavenly lightning struck him, his vision was once dark. He originally thought he was completely blind, but all the colors in his field of vision faded away, replaced by blue threads stretched taut in the air.

Those threads were somewhat similar to his golden threads, but they clearly came from another space.

He discovered that the ends of those threads were connected to the army of the dead, and their attack was about to fall on the disciples. His mind heated up, and he didn’t have time to think. He simply used the golden threads to cut off the blue threads.

Bai Guchen was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief. He gritted his teeth and rushed towards Shen Yucheng like a wild beast: “Shen Yucheng!”

Shen Yucheng’s vision gradually returned to normal, but the pain throughout his body also followed. He glanced at Mo Yifeng, whose face was even worse than before, as if he were about to die at any moment. His heart tightened, and he used his last bit of strength to fight with Bai Guchen.

The two exchanged blows, neither giving way. In the chaos, Shen Yucheng bit Bai Guchen’s neck hard, blood splattering everywhere. Bai Guchen roared in pain, and the next moment he was kicked away by Shen Yucheng and fell to the ground.

Shen Yucheng’s mouth was full of blood, and he panted like a bull. He staggered toward Mo Yifeng, his eyes deeply fixed on the other’s pale face. Just as the next wave of heavenly lightning was about to strike, the Azure Scaled Beast stood up and blocked the attack.

Shen Yucheng lowered his head and slowly kissed Mo Yifeng’s lips. He closed his eyes, pouring blood drop by drop into the other’s body, feeling the gradually recovering warmth. Many scenes flashed through his mind—

The bits and pieces of the two getting along, although the time was short, had become the happiest moments of his boring life.

This should be the last time—

“Only a kiss of blood can dissolve the contract.”

At this moment, he didn’t want to let Mo Yifeng get involved in more disputes because of him. Mo Yifeng was a rare sword genius in the cultivation world, relying not only on talent, but also on a pair of hands full of calluses that others had never understood.

If he hadn’t met him, Mo Yifeng could have gone further. But following him, a person of the Forbidden Dao, would sooner or later be discovered by the world. At that time, all he would get would be the scolding and spittle of the entire cultivation world.

He was already used to such a world, but Mo Yifeng shouldn’t have to.

He didn’t want to become a stain on the other’s life.

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Their lips parted, and Mo Yifeng’s breathing gradually stabilized. He clung to the warmth on his lips, and when he raised his eyes to meet Shen Yucheng’s gaze, he found that the other person was no longer looking at him, his eyes cold and disheartening.

He felt a change in his body, paused abruptly, groped all over himself, and finally fixed his disbelieving gaze on Shen Yucheng’s dull eyes, his voice trembling unlike his own: “Give it back to me…”

Shen Yucheng coldly looked away. Mo Yifeng grabbed his collar tightly, roaring with red eyes: “The Dao Companion Contract?!”

The feeling of restraint that had been there all along had disappeared. A few months ago, he should have been happy. But at this moment, all that was left was emptiness.

Shen Yucheng didn’t answer, he was just silent.

However, this silence was more painful than any words.

Seeing Shen Yucheng’s eyes that had no intention of explaining, Mo Yifeng’s eyelashes trembled, and something flashed through his mind, echoing Bai Guchen’s method of dissolving the contract. His lips trembled almost uncontrollably, his voice hoarse and unrecognizable: “…Was it that kiss just now?”

This interrogation was accompanied by the heavenly lightning, as if the heavens were also questioning Shen Yucheng’s soul, striking straight at the depths of his heart.

After a moment of silence, Shen Yucheng barely opened his mouth, his tone deliberately cold: “Yes.”

“Isn’t dissolving the contract the purpose of our partnership in the first place?” Shen Yucheng paused, trying to make his voice sound normal: “Now, I’m just making that goal a reality. What’s wrong, is there a problem?”

Mo Yifeng stared at him with red eyes, as if trying to dig out a trace of truth from Shen Yucheng’s face. He asked, word by word: “Is that really what you think?”

Shen Yucheng’s eyes trembled slightly, not daring to meet Mo Yifeng’s gaze, but still pretending to be calm.

But his mind was already in turmoil.

They had traveled together all the way, from their initial acquaintance to going to Hanji Mountain together, experiencing the tragedy of Jitan Village, and cracking illusions together in the secret realm. Every danger was a narrow escape from death.

How could it all be fake…

He looked down at Mo Yifeng, wanting to say something, but found that his throat was blocked by something, and he couldn’t make a sound at all.

He couldn’t say anything anymore.

A lie that completely broke his heart.

After seventy-nine bolts of lightning, the tribulation will reach a new level.

The thunder roared, and the Azure Scaled Beast gradually couldn’t hold on any longer. Shen Yucheng saw that there was not much time left. If he didn’t leave, this cloud of tribulation would completely destroy the Lingfeng Sect, and Bai Guchen would never let it go. He couldn’t let himself become a burden to the sect and Mo Yifeng.

Shen Yucheng grabbed Bai Guchen and stepped onto the back of the Azure Scaled Beast, preparing to leave. Before leaving, he took one last look at Mo Yifeng. The fear in the other’s eyes, after guessing what he wanted to do, made his chest ache.

He opened his mouth, but still didn’t say anything. In the end, as the Azure Scaled Beast leaped into the air, he used Bai Guchen’s blood to break through the barrier, and the cloud of tribulation followed them as they left.

Everything disappeared into the horizon.

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With Shen Yucheng gone, the Lingfeng Sect gradually returned to peace. Under the clear sky, living beings moved freely, and everything that had just happened seemed as if it had never happened. Its arrival and departure were just a blink of an eye for the sect, leaving no memory behind.

The elders and disciples came in to rescue, quickly sending the seriously injured Shi Wen and Shi Huan for treatment, while Li Juemu took Li Yuan back to rest.

After the miscellaneous matters were dealt with properly, Fu Lingxuan noticed that Mo Yifeng was still sitting in place. Some disciples seemed to have asked him if he needed treatment, but Mo Yifeng remained silent, sitting there like a wooden figure.

“Hey.” Fu Lingxuan walked forward.

Mo Yifeng didn’t respond, not even a flicker in his eyes. Fu Lingxuan frowned, sighed, turned around and told the disciples not to disturb him, letting him be alone.

At this time, several elders walked over. One of them asked in a deep voice: “Disciple Fu, did that outsider have any connection with Shen Yucheng? You know, what he used was the Forbidden Dao.”

The elder directly called Shen Yucheng by his name, apparently believing that he had a close relationship with Bai Guchen.

A trace of displeasure flashed in Fu Lingxuan’s eyes, but his expression remained humble: “Elders are overthinking it. Bai Guchen has nothing to do with Yu Chen, it’s just that the other party pestered him, which led to today’s events. If Yu Chen hadn’t taken him away, the cloud of tribulation would have turned the Lingfeng Sect into ruins.”

His words were respectful, but implicitly contained a warning, which made the faces of several elders change slightly. Another elder with a slightly better temper quickly comforted him: “Disciple Fu, we are just worried about the influence of the Forbidden Dao, and have no intention of offending.”

Fu Lingxuan smiled slightly, returning to his usual handsome appearance: “Disciple understands. However, if the elders have any questions, wait until Yu Chen successfully overcomes the tribulation and comes back to ask. If you go to disturb him at this moment, causing the tribulation to fail, I’m afraid not only will the cultivation world lose a Nascent Soul spiritual vein, but we will offend that person in the Futian Sect… If that’s the case, the disciple can’t help.”

As soon as the name of that person from the Futian Sect was mentioned, the elders’ expressions instantly became serious, as if they had just remembered that Shen Yucheng was also a disciple of the Futian Sect. They quickly bowed and said that there was no hurry, saying that it was okay to wait for Disciple Shen to successfully overcome the tribulation and come back to ask, and instead sent disciples to track down the whereabouts of Bai Guchen.

After sending away those old fogeys, Fu Lingxuan looked up at the sky. Although he said he would wait for Shen Yucheng to successfully overcome the tribulation and come back, Shen Yucheng’s decisiveness when he left gave him a premonition—perhaps, Shen Yucheng would never come back.

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The fog cleared, the clouds dispersed, and the dawn was dyed with rosy clouds.

This Immortal Sect Competition was forced to end due to a sudden accident. Since that day, rumors have spread among mortals, saying that the heavens are furious. For several months in a row, continuous thunderstorms have enveloped various places, which is simply a change in the heavens.

The final result of the competition was ranked according to the total score—

On the day the rankings were announced, the cultivation world was shaken.

[Golden Core Group Champion: Li Juemu]

After seeing the results of the Nascent Soul Group, storytellers in the market were all excited and shouted that this was a spectacle unseen in a thousand years—

[Nascent Soul Group Co-Champions: Mo Yifeng, Shen Yucheng]

Mo Yifeng and Shen Yucheng tied for first place, becoming the first co-champions in history!

People discussed in private that two champions were born in the same year.

This special case, I’m afraid, will not be done by anyone for the next hundred years.

Their names will be engraved in the legends of the cultivation world.