IS Chapter 123

Chapter 123

Shen Xinge looked at Ye Zhuo, as if on the verge of tears.

His expression made him seem like he was back to being six years old.

Li Yuan watched quietly. This child wanted his master to kill him, yet could act so righteously and willingly accept it. But when Ye Zhuo said he would kill him, he suddenly wore such a wronged expression.

Oh well, he wouldn’t argue with him today.

The bystanders also felt a sense of melancholy.

This Second Palace Master Ye was truly known for being cold and heartless. Even if Sect Master Shen wanted to kill Shen Xinge, they felt they couldn’t bring themselves to do it, but if it were Second Palace Master Ye, he could probably strike without hesitation.

Shen Xinge said softly, “Daoist Ye, it won’t sound good if you kill me.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Ye Zhuo said, “My reputation isn’t exactly good anyway.”

Shen Xinge said mournfully, “Then kill me, but don’t let my master see it.”

Shen Jingzhen’s body swayed, and he looked like he couldn’t take the blow and was about to draw his sword.

Ye Zhuo nodded towards Li Yuan.

Li Yuan took out a celestial artifact and directly restrained Sect Master Shen.

Shen Xinge looked at Ye Zhuo hesitantly, “Then Daoist Ye, be gentle.”

“Swords have no eyes, it’s all the same whether I’m gentle or not.”

“…Alright.” The little Daoist Shen looked heartbroken.

His master was also fighting fiercely with the celestial artifact, but was firmly restrained by Li Yuan.

Ye Zhuo was slowly drawing his sword.

Shen Xinge held back the urge to cry, he still had to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor.

Li Yuan and Wei Sheng Xian were both watching Ye Zhuo’s sword, a strange silence fell.

Yu Ge didn’t care what they were doing. They were just hesitating and couldn’t bear to strike. He was seizing this last moment to mend the rift in the realm. When Ye Zhuo really made his move, at the final moment of Shen Xinge’s death and the dissipation of his soul, their connection would naturally be severed, and perhaps there would still be a chance to fight for survival and find a way out.

Ye Zhuo’s sword was already drawn and held in his hand. He quietly looked at Shen Xinge, as if making his final decision. For some reason, faint strands of dark red light flickered on the dark black blade.

Everyone also held their breath, waiting for the dust to settle. Some people had even begun to silently count down, thinking Second Palace Master Ye should make his move soon.

Suddenly, Ye Zhuo struck with a swift and decisive sword, piercing through Shen Xinge’s chest.

The faint blue soul of the youth was instantly pulled back into his body and extinguished, with no more light. The chain connecting the souls also dissipated.

And Yu Ge’s soul burst out with a final blaze of light, screaming as it shot straight towards the high heavens.

—But it was entangled by dark red threads of karma, mercilessly dragged back into Shen Xinge’s body as well.

Then they realized that it was Second Palace Master Ye’s art of karma that had initially pointed the finger at Shen Xinge. So even now, this karmic method of origination and extinction was still maintained. Could it be that Second Palace Master Ye had already foreseen the situation now?

The blade was pulled out, blood dripping from the tip, falling onto the deep red ground.

Shen Xinge’s small body also fell straight to the ground, motionless.

Ye Zhuo sheathed his sword, the dark red strands on the sword dissipated. Jun Shaoliu stared deeply at those scattering colors.

“May I ask, Daoist Ye,” the Ghost Emperor’s voice was cautious and solemn for some reason, “Which High Disciple of the Sumeru Buddhist Realm are you?”

Ye Zhuo’s voice was faint, “You recognize them?”

“I dare not say ‘recognize’. The Sumeru Buddhist Realm has three High Teachers, all-knowing and all-powerful, who doesn’t know of them.”

Ye Zhuo: “My teacher no longer recognizes me.”

Back then, because he insisted on returning to the human realm, he, like the Dragon Li Yuan who had been roared at by the Heart Beast, had received a thunderous and furious “Get out!”

“In that case, I have offended you.” The Ghost Emperor said carefully.

Li Yuan leaned against the celestial artifact, crossed his arms and looked at Jun Shaoliu, a cold smile on his face.

He really wanted to kill Jun Shaoliu. How dare a ghost call the beloved disciple of the Sumeru High Teacher “Daoist,” wasn’t he afraid that the High Teacher would save him and the entire ghost realm?

None of the bystanders spoke.

Everyone knew that Ye Zhuo had been to Spirit Mountain, but the rumors in the world said that he had learned swordsmanship from Spirit Mountain, and that was why he became the Number One Sword Under Heaven.

Today, it was the first time he had openly used supreme Buddhist Dharma and talked about his teacher.

What the Ghost Emperor addressed was the “Three High Teachers.” Second Palace Master Ye did not acknowledge it, but he did not deny it either.

Palace Master Wei Sheng Xian wasn’t pretending anymore, he casually opened the betting array. Shen Jingzhen wasn’t pretending anymore, revealing his Human Immortal realm. Shen Xinge wasn’t pretending anymore, dragging Yu Ge down to die with him. And now, Second Palace Master Ye seemed to no longer intend to hide his edge and bide his time.

If they could really return this time, what kind of changes would occur in the human world?

Suddenly, someone exclaimed, “No! Little Daoist Shen is still breathing!”

As if to confirm his words, Shen Xinge’s small body moved, his chest rising and falling weakly a few times, and he coughed twice.

“Xinge!” The elders of the Hongmeng Sect knelt in front of him to check on his condition.

Finally, Shen Xinge slowly opened his eyes, looking around with a slight daze.

“This is Xinge!” The elder said in surprise.

This was Little Daoist Shen’s gaze, definitely not the look that old thief Yu Ge would have. Upon further inspection of his soul, it was clear and pure, with no trace of Yu Ge, only a deep sense of resentment was weakly dissipating.

Thinking back to when Second Palace Master Ye struck, the dark red karmic color on the sword, everything seemed to have an answer.

Second Palace Master Ye’s sword pierced through Shen Xinge’s chest, but the sword followed karma.

What was cut off was Yu Ge, who was related to the crack, and what was left was Shen Xinge, who had no connection. Two souls sharing life and death, under one sword, could actually cut one and release the other. No wonder the Ghost Emperor saw the mystery and asked that question.

So, Shen Xinge woke up in his seriously injured body.

He was smart, and even smarter now. Of course he could think clearly. His chest hurt a lot, but his heart didn’t hurt at all anymore.

Shen Xinge’s eyes gradually lit up as he looked at Ye Zhuo, “Daoist Ye!”

Ye Zhuo didn’t respond to him, so Shen Xinge grabbed the elder’s arm and stood up, rushing towards Ye Zhuo to hug him, “Daoist Ye!”

Ye Zhuo: “.”

Li Yuan didn’t think it was anything. But he barely suppressed it.

Ye Zhuo reluctantly accepted Shen Xinge for a moment, but there was a clear sense of resistance in his movements. Li Yuan couldn’t help but recall a long time ago, when this person was stuffed with a deer cub, he had the same posture of wanting to throw it out immediately.

As expected, Ye Zhuo quickly threw Shen Xinge away and distanced himself.

“Daoist Ye, you’re really amazing,” Shen Xinge said, “You’re so good!”

The elders of the Hongmeng Sect also smiled and came forward to thank Ye Zhuo. Others had to agree that Second Palace Master Ye’s move was truly unexpected.

Li Yuan asked Shen Xinge, “Am I not good?”

Shen Xinge thought about it. Putting aside some minor issues, this Daoist Yuan had helped him break through his realm, had taken him and his master flying in the sky, and had even broken through the realm crack with them. He couldn’t say he wasn’t good.

“You’re not bad either,” Shen Xinge said.

“Tsk tsk.” Wei Sheng Xian sized up Shen Xinge. This child had more tricks than Shen Jingzhen, which made him very interested.

“Little fox,” Wei Sheng Xian said, “How old are you now? Can you still grow taller?”

Shen Xinge told Ye Zhuo, “Daoist Ye, I will grow taller in the future!”

Su Yizhen looked at this scene with a smile, and also politely congratulated Shen Xinge.

Then he said to the Second Elder, “With all this, has Master put down his prejudice against Second Palace Master Ye?”

How could he possibly put it down! The Second Elder’s eyelids twitched. He always felt that Yizhen was about to leave him, just like Shen Xinge seemed to be about to leave Shen Jingzhen.

That’s right, what about Sect Master Shen?

—Shen Jingzhen finally lifted the celestial artifact that imprisoned him. After so long, his disciple was probably already a corpse.

Sect Master Shen looked at the crowd blankly.

Then he saw his disciple excitedly gesticulating in front of Second Palace Master Ye, several Hongmeng Sect elders stroking their beards and smiling, and Wei Sheng Xian on the other side looking on with malicious intent.

—It was a harmonious scene, and no one remembered who he was.

Shen Jingzhen didn’t want to know what had happened.

“How do we return to the human realm now?” Shen Jingzhen said.