IS Chapter 162

Ye Zhuo’s sword was truly excellent.

So excellent that Li Yuan was almost unable to withstand it.

“Second Palace Master, at least cover me for a few moves first,” Li Yuan mentally surrendered.

“?”

Li Yuan received an even more merciless sword from Ye Zhuo. This was just how that man was.

After being suppressed and beaten for a good while, Li Yuan finally caught up. Did Ye Zhuo send him away to the Dragon Realm to secretly practice his swordsmanship? While he lost a month in the interdimensional passage, Ye Zhuo had an extra month to practice in the human realm. But how could he have improved so much? He wanted to learn too.

His charm had also improved.

Clearly, he was in a state of focused tranquility, yet he was incredibly imposing.

Was this the face he was supposed to see eleven years ago when they first met? Was this the ethereal sharpness and cold, clear, flying immortal sword he was supposed to encounter?

When using his sword, his eyebrows and eyes were full of exuberant spirit, becoming more and more vivid, making people unable to resist looking at him.

Such beautiful eyes, but taking one more look while fighting could be disastrous. The result was the misfortune of getting hit by a sword. Li Yuan mentally cried out to Ye Zhuo again, asking him to be gentler.

That was just how Dragon Li Yuan was.

If he didn’t want to have a proper sword fight, it didn’t matter. Ye Zhuo would make him show his true skills, he wouldn’t die anyway.

This dragon had also made great progress during his trip back to the Dragon Realm, with unusual changes in his swordsmanship.

They fought for another three days this time. The East Sea was a good place, no need to plant trees. After the fight, Li Yuan and Ye Zhuo sat down together on that reef. Only then did he realize that from here, the sea and sky were the same hazy color, with endless waves surging back and forth. He couldn’t see the end ahead, only the distant, unreachable, and indistinct horizon.

It was here that Ye Zhuo saw him for the first time.

“Ye Zhuo,” Li Yuan said.

Ye Zhuo looked at him.

“Have you let it go?” Li Yuan asked, “Your sword is different now.”

Ye Zhuo: “What about you?”

“What about me?”

Ye Zhuo: “Your sword is different too.”

“How is it different?”

Ye Zhuo thought for a moment.

“You’re copying me,” he said.

Li Yuan laughed, suddenly pulling the man into his arms.

“Ye Zhuo,” he said again.

Was he summoning his soul?

“Ye Zhuo,” Li Yuan intertwined his fingers with his, then lowered his head to touch his forehead, “I like you so much, Ye Zhuo.”

Ye Zhuo lowered his eyes, quietly listening to the dragon’s somewhat hoarse voice. This was how this dragon spoke.

“So if you teach me, I will learn,” Li Yuan said, “I will do it, I will definitely do it.”

He had never thought about getting anything in his life until this man taught him persistence in the sword, taught him to fight, to grab, to reach out and grasp something.

But this man’s last journey in the human world, his last door, his last choice, was to let go of attachment.

The moon had already risen over the East Sea, and their swords were placed together on the reef. Li Yuan felt that this wasn’t close enough. He reached out and lifted the Reverse Scale Sword, interlacing it and placing it on the body of the Do Not Long For sword.

So carefree and leisurely, it seemed he had taken care of everything he needed to.

“What did my Shifu say?” Ye Zhuo said.

Li Yuan tightened his arms, holding the man close, complaining, “Upper Master is so fierce.”

Fierce? Ye Zhuo looked at the dragon’s eyes suspiciously.

“My Shifu is kind and gentle,” Ye Zhuo reiterated.

Why did this dragon say she was fierce every time they met? His luck was really bad.

Li Yuan: “Upper Master’s Dharma appearance is still heaven-shaking and earth-shattering, with countless eons of reincarnation within, terrifying in every way.”

Ye Zhuo blinked lightly.

“Then, every word you wanted me to say, I conveyed to Upper Master without missing a single one,” Li Yuan said.

“After Upper Master Kadampa Hua listened, she said…” Li Yuan paused, “…said, do whatever you want, she doesn’t care about you anymore.”

Ye Zhuo: “She wasn’t angry?”

Li Yuan paused even longer.

“Upper Master should be missing you,” Li Yuan said cautiously, “When I saw Upper Master, she was initially stern and glared at me, but when I mentioned bringing a message for Ye Zhuo, her expression softened and she asked me what you wanted to say.”

Then he saw the beautiful eyebrows and eyes of the man in his arms gently relax, as if he saw through everything, and he asked playfully, “Then what did she call me?”

“.” Li Yuan recalled the scene at that time.

When Upper Master heard the words “Ye Zhuo,” her voice was like ancient chaos, suddenly roaring, “Don’t report that evil creature’s affairs to me!”

Li Yuan: “…Called you evil creature.”

Ye Zhuo laughed. Li Yuan was so angry he kissed him.

Ye Zhuo: “Then what?”

“Then, I said, you know you were wrong. Upper Master looked gratified.”

Ye Zhuo: “…Really?”

Li Yuan recalled the scene at that time. Ye Zhuo said that he was wrong to be entangled in obsession back then. He conveyed it to Upper Master word for word.

Upper Master sneered coldly and resolutely, without saying a word. A cold laugh was also a kind of smile, and wasn’t a smile on his face also a kind of gratification?

So Li Yuan said, “Really.”

Ye Zhuo: “Then you said, knowing I was wrong but not changing, it’s still my fault.”

Li Yuan: “…Upper Master had a slight sneer upon hearing this.”

Ye Zhuo: “I will be wrong to the end.”

This time Li Yuan was silent for even longer. Some terrifying images floated in his mind.

Li Yuan said, “…Upper Master was furious.”

Ye Zhuo blinked again.

His eyes were so beautiful, Li Yuan decided not to bother with him, “That’s it. Every word you said, I told Upper Master. And the Upper Master’s words, I have now conveyed to you in their entirety.”

“Come here,” Ye Zhuo said.

He was already hugging him, how could he go over? Li Yuan leaned over, getting a little closer to Ye Zhuo. Ye Zhuo reached out and gently hugged him.

“Thank you, Li Yuan,” Ye Zhuo said, “Shifu must be angry, I know.”

After thinking about it, he added, “I’m very happy that you saw her for me.”

Li Yuan’s heart was beating so fast. He didn’t know if his eyes had become round again. Quietly smelling the lotus and water scent on this man, he tightened his arms, as if to hold this person to himself.

Li Yuan: “Upper Master wants me to go with her to the Sumeru Buddhist Realm to cultivate under her seat.”

“My Shifu will travel far in a thousand years, and this tribulation is unpredictable. So before setting off, she wants to take in a disciple and pass on her teachings,” Ye Zhuo said, “Since she’s had her eye on you for a long time, you should go.”

“If I go, what about you?” Li Yuan said, “I told Upper Master that I wouldn’t go, and I wouldn’t learn.”

Ye Zhuo’s gaze toward Li Yuan suddenly became quite interested.

The next moment, Li Yuan frowned, as if remembering something unpleasant.

“Upper Master was furious and said that even if I didn’t want to learn, I had to learn,” Li Yuan said, “…Then, she directly poured a lot of Buddhist teachings into me.”

After the initiation, Upper Master drifted away, and he hung on the pillar of the Cloud Sky Palace for ten days and ten nights.

The eldest sister passed by every day and mocked him, and the second sister kindly reported to the Dragon Ancestor, who said that this was what he deserved and didn’t need to be rescued, just pour some water on him every day.

–Otherwise, how would he have arrived at this time?

Thinking of this, Li Yuan couldn’t help but sigh softly. Anyway, Ye Zhuo had also been through it, so they could be considered to be sharing the same hardships.

Fortunately, he wasn’t completely ignorant of Buddhist teachings in the past year, and he could sort out the content that had been poured in, allowing himself to wake up. He wouldn’t be unconscious until August. He had passed the Dragon Ancestor’s test, so how could he be unconscious here? If he was too late to go to the human world, someone would be happy.

Then he saw the man break free from his arms, sit astride him, and look at him with interest.

“Then get up and compete,” Ye Zhuo tugged at his right hand, saying, “I’ll discuss Buddhist teachings with you.”

“I haven’t learned a single thing,” Li Yuan said, “Unless you teach me.”

Ye Zhuo: “What I teach you and what is passed on to you are definitely not from the same lineage. How can I teach you? Learn it yourself.”

Li Yuan: “Then what lineage did you learn? Tell me first.”

“I won’t teach you,” Ye Zhuo said, “I’m sleepy.”

Pretending to be sleepy, Li Yuan held him down and kissed him. After kissing, he still held his slender waist in his arms, his clothes scattered, beautiful to the extreme. This man wouldn’t let him touch him, saying it had been too long. He was allowed to see his meridians though. Li Yuan asked him what the lotus in his spiritual sea was, and Ye Zhuo said that it was just that he had nothing to do and condensed some spiritual power to store it. Was it that the Lotus Immortal Body condensed lotus flowers? What was that lotus leaf doing, its aura was a little familiar. When he wanted to look again, Ye Zhuo wouldn’t let him, saying that looking at someone’s spiritual sea was too offensive.

Wasn’t he just a gentleman? He was good at pretending. Li Yuan held the man and looked at the moon, looking for a while and kissing him once. When he was about to annoy him, he pretended to be pitiful.

“Ye Zhuo, I was scolded by the Old Ancestor in the Abyss Sea,” Ye Zhuo suddenly heard Li Yuan say in a muffled voice.

Ye Zhuo frowned, grabbed his wrist, and looked at the dragon’s spiritual sea and meridians. They were all fine.

“Why did he scold you?”

“Old Ancestor said that the Dragon Lord’s marriage must be announced to all realms, and congratulations must come from all directions, and asked if I had the destiny for that. I said it depended on whether the person I liked would nod. Old Ancestor then scolded me for being useless.”

That’s all? Ye Zhuo completely ignored him.

“Ye Zhuo,” the dragon lightly kissed him again, “Then do I have that destiny?”

Ye Zhuo said, “Then if I die, can you not die?”

Dragon Li Yuan was silent.

After a long while, he said, “I can’t promise you that.”

He added, “But if you really care, you can ask Elder Brother to stop me. If Elder Brother stops me for a moment, I will live for a moment. If he can stop me for a lifetime, I will live for a lifetime. Would that make you feel better?”

Ye Zhuo: “.”

Telling a joke?

But this joke was pretty good.

“How do you know he can’t stop you? Elder Brother is exceptionally talented, he can stop you,” Ye Zhuo grabbed him and stood up, “Get up, I still have places to go.”

Li Yuan: “Where to?”

Ye Zhuo: “I have something to give to Little Su.”

“I’m not going,” Li Yuan said, “Ye Zhuo, why do you want me to live so much? Do you now also feel that living is not bad?”

Ye Zhuo looked at him expressionlessly, “Are you going or not?”

“…Going.”